by Jim Smith | Jan 20, 2023 | Disney, Disney Parks & Resorts, Disney Spotlight Series, Extinct Disney Attractions
(A version of this article was published for Pirates & Princesses on January 20, 2023.) “Is there a doctor in the house? Or at least somewhere in the theme park?” Look no further than the Wonders of Life. This pavilion – devoted to health care, the human...
by Jim Smith | Nov 29, 2022 | Disney Trivia, Lists and Trivia
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 | Oct 14, 2022 | Disney, Disney Spotlight Series, Extinct Disney Attractions, Lists, Role Call - The Best of Disney
We’ve all seen those old photos of the early days of Walt Disney World’s EPCOT Center. Some of us have been in a few of these photos, or even taken them ourselves. Well, old is new, retro is in, and EPCOT has turned forty years young! To celebrate, let’s take a look...
