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.
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...
This week, “The Happiest Place on Earth” is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its opening. But what day in 1955 did the park open?
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The Matterhorn Bobsleds attraction opened at Disneyland on June 14, 1959. It was known for its thrills — and its long lines.
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Other attractions at Disney parks are populated by Audio-Animatronic people. This one has crash test dummies. Get ready to see broken windshields, damaged fenders,...
Luigi and Guido — a 1959 Fiat 500 and his Italian forklift assistant, respectively — run Luigi’s Casa Della Tires in the Disney-Pixar feature,...
You just watched MuppetVision*3D, and now you’re hungry. You’re in luck. There’s a “yesteraunt” near the show’s exit.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Mama Melrose’s...
It’s not unusual for a hotel lobby to have a fountain or indoor plants — but the atrium garden in this “Yester World” lobby...
You’re at Disneyland Park between mid-1994 and mid-1997. Whatever you do, don’t miss The Lion King Celebration.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: The Lion...
Welcome to the Studio Backlot Tour, as it was during its final years at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Studio Backlot Tour
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Welcome to the original Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride — not the version that’s now at Disneyland.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: The Original Mr. Toad’s...
You don’t have to go to San Francisco to see the Golden Gate Bridge. Here at Yester California Adventure, the Golden Gate Bridge is...
Disney parks have streets, boulevards, avenues, and highways. Five Disney castle parks have a Main Street, U.S.A. Disney’s Hollywood Studios has Hollywood Boulevard, Sunset...
At Disneyland’s Tomorrowland, Autopia is the lone attraction remaining from opening day — although the current incarnation bears little resemblance to the 1955 original.
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There have been four generations of ticket booths at Disneyland. They are all in this Yesterland article.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Disneyland Park Ticket...
Just ten days later after Disney acquired Lucasfilm, Central Florida visitors were enjoying a major Star Wars addition to one of the region’s theme...
Snow White’s Adventures — without the adjective Scary in its name — was one of the Magic Kingdom’s original rides when the park opened...
The festive Fantasyland Depot has a striped roof that suggests a medieval tournament tent. The little structure draws attention to the fact that the...
The original Bountiful Valley Farm artwork, with its huge letters painted onto a blue sky wall, lasted from 2001 to 2002.
It’s the most forgotten...
Are you fond of insects and arachnids? Or do you think that the world would be better off without them? Flik, the blue ant...