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.
It’s 52 ½ feet down at a 47-degree slope. Logs reach a top speed of more than 40 m.p.h. Yikes! Do you still want...
It’s a warm summer night in Yesterland. The year is 1993. You could have an ordinary dinner in the park, but consider the Aladdin’s...
You’re at Flick’s Fun Fair. You—and all the other human guests—are the size of bugs. Clover leaves tower over your head. Heimlich, the voracious...
Wander among teepees of the Plains Indians, an Iroquois birch bark longhouse, and a cedar plank house and totem poles of Indians of the...
It’s been Trolley Car Café, an in-park Starbucks since February 4, 2015. During the first two years of the park, it had three different...
A golden dome houses Wonders of Life, Presented by MetLife. It’s not an attraction in the traditional sense. It’s more like a whole theme...
For the most part, this park is all about putting you into detailed environments that immerse you in another place and time. Sorry, folks....
You may have heard that Catal is the indoor part and Uva Bar is the outoor part. It would be more accurate to say...
It’s 1990 at Disneyland. Upon entering through the park’s turnstiles, you receive a commemorative “35th Anniversary Dream Machine” ticket. A prize box on the...
Mules are unpredictable. Sometimes they move right along; sometimes they barely move at all; sometimes they just stop; and sometimes they even back up....
This parade is a cross between a Fantasia 2000 movie tie-in, a Disney character cavalcade, and a “see other park guests look silly” parade....
“You are not the first to pass this way, nor shall you be the last. Those who seek the spirit of Norway face peril...
Have you seen the high-striker game at a carnival midway? Yester California Adventure is no ordinary carnival, and Maliboomer is no ordinary high-striker game.
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The color of the pavement on the Wilderness Trail changes from gray to maroon. That means you’ve entered a new land. Welcome to Bear...
Welcome to French Market Restaurant. The restaurant efficiently serves guests with twin cafeteria lines and seats 250 guests at a time on its outdoor...
Theme parks let you step into the movies. Welcome to Little Patch of Heaven, the ranch from Disney’s 2004 animated feature Home on the...
Before you head to the theater’s queue, take a few minutes to admire the mural that covers the otherwise plain building. The biggest figure...
If you enjoyed Back to the Future (1985), Back to the Future Part II (1989), and Back to the Future Part III (1990) as...
Prof. Wayne Szalinski, the eccentric scientist who invented the shrinking ray machine, is about to get an award for his great invention. You’re invited...
There have been claims that the site for these villas, which is surrounded by the Golf Disneyland course, was originally slated to be a...