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.
Who knew that Timon and Pumbaa were real estate developers? This movie tells the story of when they had ambitious plans to build Hakuna...
Welcome! Perhaps you expected a yellow train and a huge cast of animatronic critters. If that’s what you want, you’ll need to wait until...
Happy birthday to the United States of America! It’s 1975 or 1976 at Yesterland, so it’s been 200 years since the nation’s founding in...
Disneyland opened in July 1955 with an island in the middle of the Rivers of America. The Mark Twain Riverboat traveled around it. But...
Tomorrowland represents the future—the world of 1986, around 30 years from the present.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Rocket to the Moon at Disneyland
By then,...
Don’t call them bumper cars. They’re not cars. They’re bugs. Pill bugs, to be more precise. Hungarian pill bugs.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Tuck...
This is no ordinary McDonald’s Restaurant. This is “Ronald’s Fun House.” Take a look!
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: McDonald’s at Downtown Disney, Walt Disney...
Planet Hollywood Super Store at Disney-MGM Studios (now Disney’s Hollywood Studios Park) opened June 12, 1994.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Planet Hollywood Super Store...
“Ask any mermaid you happen to see… What’s the best tuna? Chicken of the Sea.”
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Yesterland: Chicken of the Sea...
Here’s your chance to go behind the scenes at an actual (fake) movie studio. You’ll see where Hollywood blockbusters were (not) filmed.
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Do you smell the aroma of pipe tobacco? It’s coming from the Tobacco Shop here on Main Street, U.S.A. at Yesterland.
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Yester Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Paris has a Hollywood Boulevard, but this one is inside a huge soundstage.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE:...
At Disney’s Hollywood Studios, the ride at the Chinese Theatre is Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway. But at Yester Hollywood Studios, it’s The Great...
The Happiest Place on Earth is nearby, but the Happiest Place in Yester Downtown Disney is Tortilla Jo’s. Start with festive, cheerful interior spaces...
A “scary” ride at a theme park is usually a roller coaster or other thrill ride. “Scary” suggests unnerving heights, speedy turns, and adrenaline-inducing...
Step into the Main Street Opera House for a tribute to a truly great American… Abraham Lincoln? No. Walt Disney!
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE:...
It’s a warm and sunny afternoon at Flik’s Fun Fair at “a bug’s land”. The year is between 2002 and 2018. You’re at the...
Eighteen Audio-Animatronic bears, led by your host Henry, are ready to entertain you in a country music show celebrating violence and lust, with fat...
In a park that offers delicious specialties from around the world, you just ate a hamburger. But that’s okay.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Yesterland:...
Your caterpillar vehicle exits from the show building onto a narrow ramp which resembles a series of leaves forming a vine.
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