by Jeff Dixon | Apr 5, 2017 | Disney Trivia, Photos
From the very outset of the creation of Disneyland, Walt Disney instructed artist Herb Ryman to create a concept of Disneyland to show to the bankers, his instructions were clear: “Herbie,” Walt said, “I just want it to look like nothing else in the world. And it...
by Jeff Dixon | Jan 7, 2017 | Disney Trivia, Photos
From the files of Disney “Did-You-Know?’ here is something else you can add to the list of “things you never knew you never knew!” It is always fascinating to discover ideas, dreams, and concepts that are part of the history of the Walt Disney World Resort. This one...
by Jeff Dixon | Jan 2, 2017 | Disney Trivia, Photos
Here is a Disney “Did-You-Know?’ that you can file under “things you never knew you never knew!” As you can imagine there are many things that are planned in blue-sky meetings as Imagineers toss about ideas and concepts that possibly would fit into the worlds of Walt...
by Jeff Dixon | Dec 21, 2016 | Photos, The Clues
The following is an excerpt from Storming the Kingdom, the third novel in our series of mystery thrillers set inside Walt Disney World and the Central Florida area. This portion of the story comes from chapters 21 and 22 of the novel. The reason for the post is...
by Jeff Dixon | Nov 7, 2016 | Disney Trivia
Any fan of Walt Disney World will remember the names – Disney Village, Disney Marketplace, Pleasure Island, The Landing, West Side… and Downtown Disney. One of the most recent and extensive changes at WDW has been the reimaging and redevelopment of the three separate...
by Jeff Dixon | Sep 15, 2016 | Disney Trivia
Like many of you, I love discovering some unknown tid-bits about the world of Disney. I especially love the discoveries that connect back to the theme parks and resorts. In January 2012, Variety reported that screenwriter Max Landis had sold a pitch to Walt Disney...
by Jeff Dixon | Jun 12, 2016 | News
Normally – this blog and site contains posts related to Walt Disney and Walt Disney World. This one is different. It is posted on the event of the terrorist attack in Orlando. Nothing about Disney is included below, instead some thoughts about life and hope. We...
by Jeff Dixon | Jun 3, 2016 | Disney Trivia
This is the final installment in the series called “Walt Disney on Trial.” What we have tried to do in this series we have taken the stuff from the court of public opinion against Walt Disney and tried to address it with snippets of history and unravel the...
by Jeff Dixon | May 27, 2016 | Disney Trivia
Does history reveal Walt Disney to be racist? As we have seen to this point in our Walt Disney on Trial series that other allegations that so often arise against Walt in the court of public opinion are nothing but rumors and lies passed along by those that have chosen...
by Jeff Dixon | May 4, 2016 | Disney Trivia
We continue our examination of the often repeated and blindly believed accusations about the character and life of Walt Disney. As many of these same old stories and arguments have been often repeated over time, most have no idea of the history and the reality that is...
