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.
Disneyland put Orange County on the map in 1955. The park included Adventureland, Frontierland, Fantasyland, and Tomorrowland. By 1974, a bunch of additional “lands”...
There’s a carnival in Yester-Frontierland. It’s at Big Thunder Ranch. Or, more accurately, it’s at the Jamboree area deep inside it.
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It’s 2003 at Yester California Adventure. X marks the spot for the X Games Xperience. Be immersed in a fast-paced array of activities inspired...
Most Yesterland ride vehicles run on electricity. A few, such as the Pack Mules and the Conestoga Wagons, are animal-powered. Others involve a diesel...
You don’t have to be a myrmecologist to be fascinated by how ants build elaborate underground tunnels and other complex structures. Flik, the hero...
It’s 1991 at Yesterland. The park is celebrating Disney’s successful entry into afternoon syndicated television with Adventures of the Gummi Bears, DuckTales, Chip ’n’...
Pacific Wharf was one of the original features of Disney’s California Adventure when it opened in 2001. Park maps showed Pacific Wharf as one...
The Dixieland Bandstand is the home of the Disneyland Strawhatters, a Dixieland jazz combo whose members—not surprisingly—all wear straw hats.
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The same performing bears who used to present the Country Bear Jamboree have a new show for you—with new songs, new costumes, new props,...
When Disney’s California Adventure opened in February 2001, Greetings from California was the park’s version of the Emporium at Disneyland—a large store on the...
The World Showcase Promenade makes a 1.3-mile loop around World Showcase Lagoon. That’s a long walk. But there’s an alternative. A fleet of old-fashioned...
Jim Korkis—the Disney historian whose books, printed and online columns, and podcast appearances delighted Disney fans for decades—died Friday in Orlando of stage IV...
A troupe of Chinese circus performers and the main characters from Mulan recreate memorable moments from the film — dazzling the audience with dance,...
The shop is now Adorable Snowman Frosted Treats at Pixar Pier, but it had two previous lives at Paradise Pier. Please visit both Yesterland...
The Tahitian Terrace Restaurant in Yester-Adventureland is your gateway to the islands of Tahiti, Samoa, and Hawai‘i. This is a popular place.
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Would you like to go inside Sleeping Beauty Castle? Not just across the drawbridge and through Sleeping Beauty Castle… and not just into Glassblower...
Cinderella Castle doesn’t have a giant “Magic Kingdom” sign above it. The Tree of Life doesn’t have a giant “Animal Kingdom” sign above it....
From a distance, the Hollywood Tower Hotel is an elegant, if oddly shaped, edifice. As you get closer, you notice that something went terribly...
“Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” Movie Set Adventure opened at Disney-MGM Studios (now Disney’s Hollywood Studios) on December 17, 1990. It had been less...
When you think of the Disneyland sign, what do you visualize? It probably depends on when you first visited Disneyland or became aware of...