Under The Mouse Ears

Theme Park History: Walt Disney and the beginning of his 'World' Derek Potter, Dec 2013 From Theme Park Insider: https://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/201312/3819/ When the Magic Kingdom opened its doors in 1971, it marked the beginning of an era for Disney, the theme park industry, and the state of Florida. The park would eventually eclipse its predecessor, both in size and popularity. The modest sized city of Orlando would quickly be transformed into an international city visited by more than 50 million people per year. Disney World's opening is a story over 10 years in the making. It involved a near five-year search for a site, secret land dealings, questionable business tactics, controversial political deals, a gargantuan engineering feat, and the death of Walt, the heart and soul it all. Disney World was not built as intended, meant to be not just another theme park, but also a city that would be a model for the future. While Walt's utopian would never come to pa

by Sam. 10.19.21 One of those things that's tough to pass up on a trip to Disney is dining at the top of the Contemporary Resort. Aptly originally named "Top Of The World", the restaurant was one of those can't misses when you were talking up 1970's WDW. While it still had those incredible views it still boasts today, the original vibes the Top of the World put out were alarmingly different. I often make the comment that walking through the lobby of the Contemporary still feels like walking through a JC Penny's catalog you found in your parent's magazine rack 30 years ago. If anything, this was essentially the the restaurant version of that lobby. In 1981, the "Broadway at the Top" dinner show debuted at the restaurant and ran until Sept 1993. Come for the fireworks but stay for the, um, entertainment? Check out ImagiNERDing's incredible blog for so much more: http://www.imaginerding.com/2015/08/21/top-of-the-world-contemporary/ Top of the Wo