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.
If you’ve never looked at this ride closely, you might think it’s just a colossal air hockey table with a fleet of ride vehicles...
The year is 2002 at Disney’s California Adventure. It’s the young park’s second summer. The folks in charge are trying something new in an...
The Briar Patch is in the shadow of Splash Mountain. The beloved ride features characters from Song of the South, Walt Disney’s 1946 feature...
Yesterland usually looks at things that are gone, but not today.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Yesterland: Radiator Springs — East and West
This photo essay...
The other side of the park has Matterhorn Mountain, but Frontierland has its own landmark peak. Around half as tall as the Disney version...
Goofy is a stunt pilot — a “barnstormer” — in the tradition of the daredevils of the 1920s who used surplus Curtiss JN-4 “Jenny”...
Club Buzz was one of many updates to Tomorrowland Terrace, which had opened July 2, 1967 — with quick-service food windows, open-air dining tables,...
“They don’t call me DJ for nothing!” boasts a blue subcompact as he pulls into the intersection of Radiator Springs’ Main Street, also known...
These days, Disney theme parks rely on popular IP to attract guests — Star Wars, Cars, Frozen, and Avatar, to name a few.
Yesterland has...
Are you ready to explore five floors of virtual fun? Then head over to this climate-controlled high-tech theme park in a big box building.
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The entertainers of Food Rocks are fruits, vegetables, dairy products, a basket of treats, a fish, a sandwich, kitchen tools, bags of junk food...
Deep fried foods… nutritionists tell us to avoid them, but our appetites tell us to order them for lunch. So head over to Boardwalk...
Sure, you can buy candy at a grocery store, but Marceline’s Confectionery provides a completely different experience.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Marceline’s Confectionery at...
It’s a rustic camp suggesting something in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York. Disney characters hang out here.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Camp...
It was an attraction based on a movie franchise based on an attraction.
The emphasis was on audience participation, high-energy storytelling, and the creative use...
It’s not just the highest point on Tom Sawyer Island. According to the 1957 map brochure, it’s the “highest point in Disneyland.”
Read the YESTERLAND...
While waiting in the queue, you see other guests in blue pods enter one end of the Mighty Microscope, appear near the opposite end...
Experience the singing, dancing, and song-writing talents of Michael Jackson as Captain EO—on a quest to change the world. It’s a spectacular, 70-millimeter, 3D...
Do you fancy yourself as a sharpshooter of the Old West? Then Yester Frontierland has an attraction for you.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Frontierland...
If your child’s name begins with the letter C, A, L, I, F, O, R, or N, this park has a perfect photo location...