Werner Weiss
Werner Weiss is the Curator of Yesterland, the ultimate collection of Disney theme park past attractions. You'll find his handiwork featured on MiceChat every Friday.
Free transportation between Orlando International Airport and your “Yester World” resort hotel is good. Free luggage transfers are even better.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE:...
It’s a sunny, dry day in the New Tomorrowland of 1998 at Disneyland. But you could find yourself soaking wet if you follow the...
2025 is the 70th Anniversary of Disneyland. When Disneyland celebrates an anniversary that’s cleanly divisible by five, websites like to publish lists of things...
Please don’t call it the Hubcap. Sure, it’s at the hub of this theme park, and it’s a bulging, round, decorative object, much like...
Disney-MGM Studios opened at Walt Disney World on May 1, 1989. Compared to Disney’s other two Florida theme parks — the attraction-rich Magic Kingdom...
Climb aboard one of the two Conestoga Wagons in this corner of Yester-Frontierland. The blue one has “Westward Ho!” emblazoned on its canvas cover,...
While visiting the Frontierland Indian Village, don’t miss a performance at the Dance Circle.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Frontierland Indian Village Ceremonial Dance...
In addition to two one-of-a-kind rides, TriceraTop Spin and Primeval Whirl, Chester & Hester Dino-Rama! offers Fossil Fun Games, with one-of-a-kind carnival games, a...
It’s 2001 in Yesterland. For the first time ever, the Haunted Mansion has been transformed.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: 2001: The first season of...
In 1971, Dennis Caswell, a California teenager, wrote to the General Electric Company about the General Electric Carousel of Progress at Disneyland. The company...
It’s 2001 at Yester California Adventure. Before the end of the year, Robert Mondavi will stop operating its Golden Vine Winery, resulting in a...
How about a leisurely, elevated 16-minute ride through Tomorrowland? Head over to the PeopleMover station on the second level of the landmark Rocket Jets...
At Francis’ Ladybug Boogie, each of the six ride vehicles looks like Francis — with a half-smile, raised eyebrows, and eyes looking to the...
By now, most Disney theme park fans know that an animatronic Walt Disney will be added to Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress at Magic...
As you explore the Yester Magic Kingdom’s retro-futuristic 1994 New Tomorrowland, it soon becomes obvious that all the buildings are from the Tomorrowland of...
Catch All The Magic Before It’s Glowing, Glowing, Gone!
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Main Street Electrical Parade — Farewell Season, 1996
It’s 1996 at Yesterland....
Welcome to the Hollywood Pictures Backlot, as it was in 2001. Everything looks brand new because Disney’s California Adventure just opened earlier this year.
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Although EPCOT has changed considerably, World Showcase still features the brilliant Imagineering work that captivated opening day guests on October 1, 1982.
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You’ve just climbed down the spiral ladder and taken a seat in front of your own personal porthole. A stream of cool air blows...
Elephants and carpets don’t fly in real life, but they do at Magic Kingdom Park. Triceratops dinosaurs didn’t fly in real life either, but...