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The Joy of EPCOT Center: A Souvenir Program

01.15.2021 by Dan Heaton // Leave a Comment

The credits from EPCOT: A Souvenir Program. — The title card for EPCOT Center: A Souvenir Program

I regularly focus on the wonders of the original EPCOT Center, and there is a good reason. For a kid growing up in the ‘80s and early ‘90s, there was nothing else like it.… Read more...

127. Disney Imagineer Daniel Joseph on The Hatbox Ghost, Trader Sam’s, and Phantom Manor

01.11.2021 by Dan Heaton // 2 Comments

Daniel Joseph is a Principal Special Effects Designer at Walt Disney Imagineering — ©Disney

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Few Disney Imagineers take the same road to finding their careers. I’ve learned how many stumbled into their roles and discovered unexpected talents. The path was different for Daniel Joseph, who created haunted houses in his basement as a kid.… Read more...

Photo Essay: Family Vacations in the ’80s and ’90s

01.06.2021 by Dan Heaton // 2 Comments

The gorgeous fountain outside of Journey Into Imagination at EPCOT Center — Photo by Dan Heaton

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...