by Todd James Pierce | Feb 26, 2016 |
The Disney-MGM Studio Backlot in Burbank Part Two: Studio Execs Behaving Badly by Todd James Pierce In the early months of 1987, Burbank city officials worked toward an agreement with Disney to build a theme-park-slash-shopping-center in their downtown district, an...
by Todd James Pierce | Feb 22, 2016 |
The Disney-MGM Studio Backlot in Burbank PART ONE by Todd James Pierce PROLOGUE Years before Disneyland, Walt briefly explored the idea of using trains to offer guests a brief tour of his animation studio in Burbank. Though the idea had likely been percolating...
by Todd James Pierce | Feb 10, 2016 |
The Story of Dateline Disneyland: 1955 by Todd James Pierce It’s been a while since we’ve done a special podcast-only article. But we’re doing one today. In large part, this story is being released as a podcast because it relies heavily on...
by Todd James Pierce | Jan 25, 2016 |
The Original Plans for the “Sailing Ship Columbia” by Todd James Pierce >> To design Disneyland, Walt hired art directors from other studios to create themed lands that would, in part, function has permanent movie sets. The majority of these men–such as...
by Todd James Pierce | Jan 18, 2016 |
The Frontierland That Never Was by Todd James Pierce As I scooted around the Internet this week, I found many sites bemoaning the loss of Walt Disney’s original Frontierland. To make way for the two large show buildings in Star Wars Land, the park is permanently...
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