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Yesterland

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Park Entrance Passenger Train The Wizard of Bras Red Wagon Inn Tobacco Shop GAF, Elgin, and Hallmark Flower Mart Candle Shop	Carnation Ice Cream Parlor Sunkist Citrus House Plaza Pavilion Fantasy on Parade Carnation Plaza Gardens Main Street Electrical Parade The Walt Disney Story America on Parade	Party Gras Parade World According to Goofy Aladdin’s Royal Caravan The Lion King Celebration Light Magic Hunchback Procession Blue Ribbon Bakery 45 Years of Magic Parade


Rocket to the Moon World Clock Hall of Chemistry Astro-Jet Skyway to Fantasyland The Yacht Bar House of the Future Tomorrowland Station Alweg Monorail Submarine Voyage Circarama Flying Saucers	Mary Blair Murals Adventure Thru Inner Space PeopleMover Carousel of Progress Rocket Jets Tomorrowland Stage Coca-Cola Terrace Stage Alpine Gardens America Sings Starcade Captain EO The Character Shop	Toy Story Funhouse Rocket Rods Cosmic Waves Retro Space Mountain American Space Experience Honey, I Shrunk the Audience 1998 Tomorrowland Mural Redd Rockett’s Pizza Port Chevron Autopia Innoventions Dream Home Club Buzz Other Attractions


Fantasyland Theatre Original Mad Tea Party Original Dumbo Original Mr. Toad’s Ride Alice in Wonderland Snow White’s Scary Adv. Skyway to Tomorrowland Storybook from Skyway Storybook, Class of ’55	The Old Mill Midget Autopia Sleeping Beauty Castle Fantasyland Depot Motor Boat Cruise Pirate Ship Restaurant Skull Rock Village Haus Restaurant The Old Matterhorn	Disney Afternoon LIVE “Plane Crazy” Stage Show The Spirit of Pocahontas Triton’s Garden Disney Afternoon Characters Animazement - The Musical Minnie’s Christmas Party


Conestoga Wagons Stagecoach Ride Dixieland Band Stand Rainbow Ridge Pack Mules Rainbow Caverns Mine Ride Mike Fink Keel Boats Burning Settler’s Cabin Fort Wilderness	Castle Rock Ridge Tom & Huck’s Tree House Indian War Canoes Indian Village Ceremonial Dance Circle Silver Banjo Barbecue Nature’s Wonderland Cascade Peak	Casa de Fritos Big Thunder Ranch Patch of Heaven McDonald’s in Disneyland Woody’s Roundup Halloween Carnival Happiest Turkeys on Earth

YESTER BEAR & CRITTER COUNTRY
Bear Country Mile Long Bar	Country Bear Jamboree Bear Vacation Hoedown	Indian Trading Post Splash Mountain


Pirates Arcade Museum	One-of-a-Kind Shop	French Market


Swiss Family Treehouse Tarzan’s Treehouse	Tahitian Terrace Aladdin’s Oasis Dinner Show


Christmas in Yesterland	“it’s a small world” Holiday	Haunted Mansion Holiday


Outside the Gates of Yesterland
Parking Lot Mickey & Minnie in the Lot Ticket Booths Yesterland Hotel Tram Looking Glass Elevator Golf at the Hotel Vacationland RV Park	Safari Adventure Never Land Pool The Inn At The Park Ken-L Land Pet Motel Compass Books & Café Earl of Sandwich Rainforest Cafe	ESPN Zone La Brea Bakery Marceline’s Confectionery Catal & Uva Bar Tortilla Jo’s & Taqueria Paradise Pier Hotel


Preview Center Stroll thru DCA Feb 2001 C A L I F O R N I A Largest Ceramic Mural Golden Gate Bridge Sunshine Plaza California Zephyr Bur-r-r Bank Ice Cream Baker’s Field Bakery Engine-Ears Toys Greetings from California Candy Shoppe Hollywood Elephants Ben Hair & Dial M The Power of Blast! Chance to Shine Superstar Limo Superstar Limo Exterior Sun Wheel Maliboomer Orange Stinger Pizza Oom Mow Mow Reboundo Beach Burger Invasion S.S. rustworthy Mulholland Madness Wall Street, U.S.A. Sunglass Shack Corn Dog Castle Private Entrance	Souvenir 66 Golden Dreams Man Hat n’ Beach Games of the Boardwalk Malibu-Ritos Pacific Ocean Photos Strips, Dips ’n’ Chips California Screamin’ King Triton’s Carousel Mickey Head on Screamin’ Original Billboards Catch a Flave Paradise Pier Ice Cream Treasures in Paradise Avalon Cove Soap Opera Bistro Playhouse Disney Live Hollywood & Dine Tower Coming in 2004 Tower of Terror Eureka! Block Party Bash Disney’s Electrical Parade Mulan’s Chinese New Year Rizzo’s Prop & Pawn Shop Dept of Untapped Hilarity Millionaire - Play It! Olaf’s Snow Fest Bountiful Valley Farm It’s Tough to Be a Bug!	Bountiful Valley Mural Santa Rosa Feed & Supply Flik’s Fun Fair Heimlich’s Chew Chew Tuck and Roll’s Buggies Flik’s Flyers Francis’ Ladybug Boogie Princess Dot Puddle Park Pacific Wharf Pacific Wharf Beer Truck Mission Tortilla Factory Seasons of the Vine Wine Country Market Condor Flats Air Tours Fly ’n’ Buy Souvenirs Taste Pilots’ Grill Racers FASTPASS DJ’s Dance ’n’ Drive Luigi’s Flying Tires Lilo & Stitch’s Luau Rockin’ the Bay X Games Xperience 75 InspEARations Glow Fest ElecTRONica Mad T Party Freeze the Night LuminAria First Christmas at DCA Santa’s Beach Blast

THE PARKS OF YESTERLAND PARIS
Disneyland Paris, Feb. 2001 Mulan, The Legend	Disney Studio 1 Studio Tram Tour

TOKYO YESTERLAND
Parade: 100 Years of Magic

HONG KONG YESTERLAND
Hong Kong Disneyland, 1 Hong Kong Disneyland, 2	HK Sleeping Beauty Castle HK Buzz Astro Blasters

YESTER WORLD (Walt Disney World)
This Week at WDW in 1972 Magic Kingdom in 1973 WDW Tickets in 1973 20 Special Surprises! Defunct Magic Kingdom Snow White’s Adventures Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride Pooh’s Playful Spot Goofy’s Barnstormer Magic Kingdom Skyway Hall of Presidents with Bush Under New Management Country Bear Jamboree Frontier Shootin’ Arcade Original Ariel’s Grotto Magic Window on Castle Toontown Fair Station Light & Power Co. Arcade Magic Kingdom Then/Now 1 Magic Kingdom Then/Now 2 Magic Kingdom 1996/2016 1 Magic Kingdom 1996/2016 2 Magic Kingdom 1996/2016 3 Future World Then/Now 1 Future World Then/Now 2 World Showcase Then/Now 1 World Showcase Then/Now 2 World Showcase Then/Now 3 World Showcase Night, 1983 Yellow Ponchos Epcot’s Icon Tower Ristorante Alfredo	Liberty Inn Original O’ Canada Off Kilter World Showcase Buses Maelstrom Wonders of Life Goofy About Health Cranium Command Body Wars Leave A Legacy Original Test Track Food Rocks Circle of Life Captain EO at Epcot Fountain View Ice Cream Kim Possible Adventure Club Cool by Cola Cola Mouse Gear Electric Umbrella Sum of all Thrills Future World, T/T/N, Part 1 Future World, T/T/N, Part 2 Erasing Wonders of Life Well-Aged Festival Disney-MGM: Beginning The Earffel Tower Voyage of Little Mermaid The Great Movie Ride Backstage Studio Tour L.A. Cinema Storage Planet Hollywood Store Streets of America	Writer’s Stop Studio Catering Co. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Osborne Family Lights Watto’s Grotto Studio Backlot Tour End of Disney-MGM Studios Disney Stars & Motor Cars Hollywood Holly-Day Parade Sounds Dangerous! Toy Story Parade American Idol Experience Journey into Narnia Legend of Jack Sparrow Toy Story Pizza Planet Pixar Place Camp Minnie-Mickey Pocahontas & Forest Friends Tusker House Restaurant Jammin’ Jungle Parade Primeval Whirl McDonald’s Food at WDW McDonald’s Dinoland U.S.A. Virgin Megastore Ronald’s Fun House Pollo Campero, Downtown DisneyQuest NBA Experience Polynesian Waterfall Garden The Wave Restaurant WDW FASTPASS Distribution Disney’s Magical Express

WW (Werner Weiss) Goes to WDW (Walt Disney World)
Epcot Hand and Wand Wining and Dining, 2001 Epcot Food & Wine, 2002 Food & Wine, 2002 - More Epcot Food & Wine, 2006 Epcot Flower & Garden, 2007 Epcot’s 25th Anniversary Epcot Food & Wine, 2007 Oklahoma at F&W, 2007 Ratatouille: Big Cheese Tour Food & Wine, 2008, Part 1 Food & Wine, 2008, Part 2 Festival of the Masters 2008 Epcot Food & Wine, 2009 Culinary Demos, 2009 Epcot Food & Wine, 2010 Culinary Demos, 2010	Epcot Flower & Garden, 2011 Epcot Food & Wine, 2011 WDW Celebrates 40 Years Food & Wine & Rain, 2011 Culinary Demos, 2011 Epcot Food & Wine, 2012 Culinary Demos, 2012 Epcot Flower & Garden, 2013 More Flower & Garden, 2013 Epcot Food & Wine, 2013 Culinary Demos, 2013 Epcot Flower & Garden, 2016 Culinary Demos, 2016 D23 Destination D, 2016 Epcot Festival of Arts, 2020 Test Track by Chevrolet Festival of the Masters 2010	Pop Legendary Years Please Remove Your Hat Harry Potter and Disney Mysteries of Bonnet Creek Gatorland Fastest Ride at WDW Places Not to Drink Swan Dolphin on WDW Radio Disney’s AVATAR Kingdom WDW Renamed! April Fools Florida Citrus Tower Hyperion Wharf Peabody Ducks of Orlando Epcot Wish List, Part 1 Epcot Wish List, Part 2 Epcot Wish List, Part 3 Rise of the Resistance


Myths & Legends about Disney
Swan & Dolphin Monorail? Saratoga Springs Monorail? Million Dollars per Mile? Theme Park Urban Legend Texas Disney Theme Park? Swan & Dolphin Legend Contemporary Legend World Showcase Myths	Katella Avenue Myth Frightened to Death? Casablanca Plane Myth Really Walt’s Airplane? Was Sid Cahuenga Real? Hydrolator Lawsuit? Erector Set Hotel? River Country Amoeba? 1	River Country Amoeba? 2 EPCOT Under Glass? The Treehouse Legend “Insane Facts” Part 1 “Insane Facts” Part 2 “Insane Facts” Part 3 “Insane Facts” Part 4

Disneyland History, Background, and Essays
Disneyland Signs, Part 1 Disneyland Signs, Part 2 The A-B-C’s of Tickets More about Tickets Ticket Books Birth of the “E” Ticket Sugar, Sugar Richfield Oil, 1955 Old Fantasyland, 1974 35 Years of Magic, 1990 Inside the Old Matterhorn They Haven’t Gone Submarine Construction Disneyland ’66 Brochure Disneyland Double Header GE Publicity Photos Homage to the House The Future Won’t Wait LEGO House of the Future LEGO PeopleMover LEGO Disneyland Sign LEGO “it’s a small world” The Dymaxion House Lincolnland, Part 1 Lincolnland, Part 2 Then & Now: Main Street Then & Now: Frontierland Then & Now: Three Lands Tahitian Terrace Menu	PopCult Interview Geekdom Interview Investigator Interview July 17 or July 18? Disneyland One Year Old Dressing for Disneyland Aerial Photos, 1955 & 1960 Aerial Photo, 1955 Aerial Photo, 1960 Disneyland in 1960 From the Air in 1962 Walt Disney in Chicago Walt Disney Birthplace Kickstarting Birthplace Kickstarter Results Restoration Underway The O-Zell Company I Like Van Dyke 115 Years Later Welcoming the Public Treasures of WD Archives Happiest Faces on Earth Year of a Million Dreams Magic Kingdom Club D23 Expo, 2009 D23 Expo, 2015 Popnology “Let the Memories Begin” WESTCOT Center, part 1	WESTCOT Center, part 2 Year 2009 in Review Give Day, Get Disney Day Back from California Jack Wrather, Legend? Sun Wheel Not Gone Year 2010 in Review Disney’s Mineral King TWA and the Moonliner Homage to the Moonliner The “Lost Weekend” Toy Story Mania x Three “it’s a small world” x 6 Cars, East and West Presented by Siemens Hollywood Land - Help DCA Then & Now, Part 1 Grizzly Peak Airfield DCA Then & Now, Part 3 DCA Then & Now, Part 4 DCA Then & Now, Part 5 DCA Then & Now, Part 6 DCA Then & Now, Part 7 65 Closings in 65 Years Wrather Years & Disney Years DL Hotel, 2007 & 2015 Jim Korkis (1950-2023)

Books, DVDs, Movies, and Apps
Book: Disney Mountains Book: DL Encyclopedia Book: Early Parks of OC Book: Imagineering Legends Book: Wally Boag Book: Color Companion Book: Hassle-Free WDW Book: The Vault of Walt More: The Vault of Walt Book: Knott’s Preserved PDF: Knott’s Then & Now Book: Knott’s The Early Years Book: Four Decades of Magic Book: Walt and the Promise Book: Disneyland Paris	Book: Bob Gurr: Design Book: DL Encyclopedia 2 Book: Song of the South? Book: Kind of a Cute Story Book: Vault of Walt Vol 2 Book: Disneyland Story Book: The Book of Mouse Book: Pacific Ocean Park Book: Universal vs Disney Book: DL Book of Lists Books for Disney Fans, 2015 Book: MORE Secret Stories Books for Disney Fans, 2016 Book: DL Encyclopedia 3 Books for Disney Fans, 2017	Books for Disney Fans, 2018 Book: Extinct Disneyland Book: Disney Never Lands Books for Disney Fans, 2019 Books for Disney Fans, 2020 Books for Disney Fans, 2021 Book: DL Highlights ’54-’72 Book: Final Secret Stories Books for Disney Fans, 2022 DVD: Disneyland Secrets DVD: Secret Tour Disneyland DVD: Secret Tour Version 2 Movie: Finding Kraftland App: Field Trip


Guest and Cast “Yester Memories”
Memories (1995) More Memories (1996)	Even More Memories (1997) Still More Memories (1998)	Main Street Electrical Parade

Guest Contributors
The Final Electrical Parade Early Disneyland Growing Up in Disneyland Disneyland in the 1960s Posing with Aunt Jemima The Day the Flowers Died	Candy Caper End of the Original Hotel Memories Fueled Realities Bud Hurlbut (1918-2011) One Day, Two Magic Kingdoms Walt Disney Stamp, 1968	Reminders of the Past part 1 Reminders of the Past part 2 Mailboxes at Disneyland Freedomland U.S.A. Changes to DCA in 2001

Side Trips from Yesterland
Other Lands 1974 Other Lands 2023 Food, Lodging, & Theaters Cypress Gardens & LEGOLAND Lion Country Safari Safari Camp Map	Newport Buffalo Ranch ESPN Zone Two Aérophile Balloons Wizarding World Walt Disney Family Museum Your Visit to the WDFM	Walt’s Disneyland Doorway to Dreams Midget Autopia Mystery Seattle Monorail

Yester Berry Farm (Knott’s)
Knott’s Bear-y Tales Bear-y Tales “Fun Map” Knott’s Then Then Now Knott’s Gold Mine Henry’s Livery at Knott’s	Vintage Knott’s Ghost Town Knott’s Independence Hall Knott’s Antique Autos Bringing Back the Missions Missions Return to Knott’s	Missions: Real and Knott’s Disney Sneaks into Knott’s Voyage to the Iron Reef Knott’s SF Cable Car Ride

Yester Universal Florida and Yester Universal Studios Hollywood
Universal FL Then and Now Marvel Super Hero Island Toon Lagoon	House of Future Resort Twister at Universal Shrek 4-D	Diagon Alley & London Dragon Challenge Back To The Future - Ride

Disney Vacation Club
Disney’s Newport Coast Disneyland Paris Villas	4 DVCs that Might Have Been Villas at Grand Floridian	DVC Balcony Views Disney at National Harbor

Aulani - Disney at Ko Olina, Hawai‘i
What to Expect at Ko Olina What Not to Expect A Closer Look Ground Breaking & Blessing News from Ko Olina Construction Photos Disney Ko Olina Update The News from Aulani Aulani Is Topped Out Aulani Moving Along	Aulani in One Year 2011, Year of Aulani Model Villa at Aulani Expedition Aulani 3 Months to Go for Aulani Aulani and Pearl Harbor 2 Resorts in 2 Months Aulani’s Neighborhood Aulani and O‘ahu Aulani Opens!	A Visit to Aulani Villa View at Aulani Yester & Future Aulani ‘AMA‘AMA at Aulani Craziest Job at Aulani Will Walk for Food Aulani “Disney Presence” Neighbors of Aulani News from Aulani, 2019 Report from Aulani, 2021

Disney Imagineering
Pirates and More Pirates Disney Hotels Disney Gas Stations Jungle Cruise Comparisons Goodbye, Old Jungle Buildings that Inspired MGM, 1 Buildings that Inspired MGM, 2	Buildings that Inspired MGM, 3 Buildings that Inspired MGM, 4 Buildings that Inspired MGM, 5 Buildings that Inspired MGM, 6 The Darkroom and the Derby Carthay Circle Theatres Buildings that Inspired DCA, 1	Buildings that Inspired DCA, 2 Buildings that Inspired USF Venice, Italy & Epcot’s Italy Neptune and his Relatives Norway: Real & Epcot Norway: Before & After

Missouriland
Walt Disney’s Marceline Walt Disney Elementary Midget Autopia 3.0	Marceline, California Uptown Theatre Laugh-O-gram Building	One City, Two Moonliners Disney Hometown Museum Disney Annual Meeting, 2012

I hope you’ve enjoyed your visit to Yesterland. Please return soon.

, Curator of Yesterland

Updated November 1, 2024