Yesterland: Remembering Disney Historian Jim Korkis (1950-2023)
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...
Yesterland: Mulan, The Legend (Mulan, La Légende) at Disneyland Paris
A troupe of Chinese circus performers and the main characters from Mulan recreate memorable moments from the film — dazzling the audience with dance,...
Yesterland: Catch a Flave at Paradise Pier and Paradise Pier Ice...
The shop is now Adorable Snowman Frosted Treats at Pixar Pier, but it had two previous lives at Paradise Pier. Please visit both Yesterland...
Yesterland: Tahitian Terrace Restaurant and Polynesian Revue at Disneyland
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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Yesterland: Sleeping Beauty Castle Walk-Through, 1977 Version
Would you like to go inside Sleeping Beauty Castle? Not just across the drawbridge and through Sleeping Beauty Castle… and not just into Glassblower...
Yesterland: Epcot’s Icon Tower at Spaceship Earth
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....
Yesterland: The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at California Adventure
From a distance, the Hollywood Tower Hotel is an elegant, if oddly shaped, edifice. As you get closer, you notice that something went terribly...
Yesterland: “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” Movie Set Adventure at Disney-MGM...
“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...
Yesterland: Disneyland Signs, Part 1 and Part 2
When you think of the Disneyland sign, what do you visualize? It probably depends on when you first visited Disneyland or became aware of...
Yesterland: Splash Mountain at Disneyland — now in Yesterland
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...
Yesterland: Aladdin’s Oasis Dinner Show at Disneyland
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...
Yesterland: Heimlich’s Chew Chew Train at Flik’s Fun Fair
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...
Yesterland: Indian Village at Disneyland
Wander among teepees of the Plains Indians, an Iroquois birch bark longhouse, and a cedar plank house and totem poles of Indians of the...
Yesterland: L.A. Cinema Storage at Disney-MGM / Disney’s Hollywood Studios
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...
Mickey’s Toontown Fair Train Station at Magic Kingdom Park
For the most part, this park is all about putting you into detailed environments that immerse you in another place and time. Sorry, folks....
Yesterland: Catal Restaurant, Uva Bar & Café at Downtown Disney
You may have heard that Catal is the indoor part and Uva Bar is the outoor part. It would be more accurate to say...
Yesterland: “35 Years of Magic” – Disneyland in 1990
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...
Yesterland: Mule Pack, Rainbow Ridge Pack Mules, & Pack Mules Through...
Mules are unpredictable. Sometimes they move right along; sometimes they barely move at all; sometimes they just stop; and sometimes they even back up....
Yesterland: 45 Years of Magic…Parade of the Stars
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....
Yesterland: Maelstrom at Epcot’s Norway Pavilion
“You are not the first to pass this way, nor shall you be the last. Those who seek the spirit of Norway face peril...