by Jim Smith | Nov 29, 2022 | Disney Trivia, Trivia and Games
The earliest days of EPCOT brought many guests to CommuniCore to explore the latest advances in science and technology. After little more than a decade, the “brain” of EPCOT lost its audience, and was closed for transformation. From the ashes of CommuniCore rose...
by Jim Smith | Nov 29, 2022 | Hidden
Question 1: In 1999 – Innoventions underwent a refresh for Disney’s millennium celebration. During the period from 2001-2007, who was considered the official “host” of Innoventions? (Hint: a previous iteration of this character has appeared in former attractions...
by Jim Smith | Nov 23, 2022 | Disney, Extinct Disney Attractions
“E.P.C.O.T … will never be completed, but will always be introducing and testing and demonstrating new materials and systems.” – Walt Disney In the later years of his life, Walt Disney’s ambitious imagination envisioned EPCOT Center to be a functioning “city of...
by Jim Smith | Nov 14, 2022 | Disney, Disney Legends, Disney Spotlight Series
(A version of this article was shared with Laughing Place on November 18, 2022.) You’ve heard the tale of how Mickey Mouse was born on a train. And we all know Walt Disney was a pioneer of animation from its early days. But do you know the story of the man behind some...
by Jim Smith | Nov 11, 2022 | Disney Parks & Resorts, Disney Pocket Guides, Facts and Figment Travel Planning, Travel Planning
(A version of this article was shared on Pirates & Princesses, along with similar articles on other Disney Cruise Line and Disney Resort Pocket Guide pieces.) Where would you like to go today? The southern seas, or perhaps the northern glaciers? This ship has seen...
