Smart talk and stories behind the magic of theme parks
My first visit to Walt Disney World that I remember occurred in 1980 when I was four, but those memories are hazy. The vacation that really sticks with me happened four years later. EPCOT Center was less than two years old in the summer of 1984.… Read more...
My Walt Disney World memories begin in the early-to-mid ‘80s during the resort’s second decade. Individual ride tickets were gone, and it was long before FastPass. We spent a lot of time in Tomorrowland, easily my favorite Magic Kingdom land at the time.… Read more...
I was born in 1976, less than five years after the opening of Walt Disney World. My parents visited in the next year and made the drive from Missouri to Florida regularly for our family vacations. One of my earliest memories is arriving at the Polynesian in 1980 and taking a golf cart to our room.… Read more...