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.
Space Mountain lets you travel through space inside a structure that futurists H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, and Leonardo da Vinci might have imagined. This...
Two icons of Disneyland’s early Tomorrowland endure, even though the originals were destroyed in the 1960s. One is the House of the Future. The...
When it’s morning at Yesterland and you want coffee and a buttery pastry or melt-in-your-mouth muffin, just head halfway up Yester Main Street, U.S.A....
One original 1955 Tomorrowland attraction gave guests the kind of experience that Walt Disney’s Tomorrowland dedication promised—Rocket to the Moon, presented by a...
Werner Weiss discusses the 1946 Walt Disney movie that's locked in the vault with Jim Korkis, author of the new book, Who’s Afraid of...
For the most part, this park is all about putting you into detailed environments that immerse you in another place and time. Sorry, folks....
LuminAria premiered at Disney’s California Adventure on November 9, 2001. It was the new park’s first Christmas.
Read the full YESTERLAND article HERE: LuminAria.
When you are done...
The new Test Track Presented by Chevrolet opened this month. Yesterland takes you back to the original Test Track Presented by General Motors.
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Whether you’re looking for a meal, dessert, or both, you’ll enjoy the atmosphere and nostalgia at the Carnation Ice Cream Parlor and Restaurant.
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Test Track, Presented by Chevrolet, will have its official grand opening on Thursday, December 6, 2012. Guests who were lucky enough to be at...
Would you like to be at Walt Disney World every day of the year, for at least 20 years? You—or at least your face—could...
Get your autograph book and PhotoPass card ready. Ariel, the star of The Little Mermaid (1989), invites you and your family to visit her...
There are two Yesterland photo essays today.
The 2012 Epcot Food & Wine Festival is now over. Whether you were there or you missed it,...
Go undercover — in complete darkness — with Drew Carey.
Read the full YESTERLAND article HERE: Sounds Dangerous with Drew Carey.
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The Imagineering from the park’s early years still brilliantly evokes the “Hollywood that never was—and always will be.”
Read the full YESTERLAND article HERE: Real Buildings...
It’s now Disney’s Hollywood Studios, but it was Disney-MGM Studios when it opened in 1989. Today, we’ll head into the Echo Park section of the...
The Claim: EPCOT—the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, envisioned by Walt Disney before his death in 1966—was supposed to be enclosed by an immense...
A few years ago, Werner Weiss published a three-part series, “Real Buildings that Inspired Disney MGM Studios.” The park is now Disney’s Hollywood Studios,...