How many times has Disney advertised & promoted attractions for their theme parks that were ultimately cancelled? In this episode we attempt to answer the question once and for all, as well as explore what they were going to be.
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PRIMARY INFORMATIONAL SOURCES:
Marc Davis In His Own Words: Imagineering the Disney Theme Parks – Pete Doctor & Christopher Merritt – Disney Editions
Disneydocs.net
RetroWDW.com
ProgresslandUSA.com
InsightsandSounds.blogspot.com
JimHillMedia.com
http://duchessofdisneyland.com
DisneyHistoryInstitute.com
Davelandweb.com
Russia Pavilion EPCOT World Showcase Presentation (1992) – Cow Missing – Disney – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aLZ4ONp-ps
Alien Encounter Prop photos – How Bowers / @GoAwayGreen – https://twitter.com/GoAwayGreen/status/1608204955470422017
Thunder Mesa History – http://passport2dreams.blogspot.com/2015/01/all-about-western-river-expedition-part.html
VIDEO & IMAGE CREDITS:
(In Order of Appearance, non-Internet links & complete list within the end credits of the episode)
Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind D23 Expo – The DIS – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikjwjrci6nA
Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind 4k POV – Attractions 360
Dateline: Walt Disney World The Disney Decade – ProgressCityPublicTV – Disney – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvbXZPzI9co
Disney Decade News 1990 – CBS – Fuzzy Digital Memories – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVPO8ZegCi8
WFTV Epcot special from 1979 – Chip Skambis – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds4uaiDTHnQ
Fire Mountain concept art – Disney Enterprises – Photo Courtesy of WDWNT.com
Hi-Resolution concept art of Westcot – Frederick Chambers / @HelmsmanFreddy – Disney Enterprises
Edison Square Booth at Disneyland & Liberty Street signs 1955 – Davelandweb.com
RARE 1964 NBC COLOR TV SPECIAL – “A World’s Fair Diary” with Edwin Newman – MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EGllGYiFa8&list=PLsys-pk8zaL5zkb3cOF49YiwRSqnFH85e&index=3
International Street sign footage 1 – Disneyland Voce 1955 – Disney History Institute – disneyhistoryinstitute.com
Pristine Magic Kingdom Nov ’71 – Restored Home MoviePristine Magic Kingdom Nov ’71 – RetroWDW – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCtA5G3f00U
The Magic Kingdom at WDW – 1974 – RetroWDW – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2W2RzuRux0&t=281s
Epcot 1978 Model footage – MartinsVids.com
WDW Concept Art from Imagineering (1991) – Lake Buena Vista Preservation Society / RetroWDW – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-5DCTQgNek&t=158s
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opening day footage – Walt’s Nephew – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23gLxZFIER8&t=168s
Photos of Alien Encounter Figure – How Bowers / @GoAwayGreen on Twitter
Concept of Plectu’s Fantastic Galactic Revue – Nick Tierce / @nickytea on Twitter
A Day at the Magic Kingdom (1991) – Central Florida Sights and Sounds – Disney – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_UMBiAscKM
1991 Footage Walt Disney Story Exit Display – MouseSteps / JWL Media – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssVFdDDkjJM&t=15s
EPCOT B-ROLL – RetroWDW – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSZPp6DamIQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ-mnzgUAkA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL7g_pMVh6s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWT-qgsuX-c&t
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkxqgWSm0uU
Switzerland Pavilion concept art – Courtesy of WDWNT.com – Property of The Walt Disney Company
EuroDisney Grand Opening Day, Sky News UK – Darren Guyett – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeP-EYn1oJA&t=193s
Muppet Studio Construction photos – Bioreconstruct, @bioreconstruct on Twitter
A ‘Production’ Day at Disney-MGM Studios * Walt Disney World * May 1993 – Vintage Disney Parks Channel – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tegx8xbuh2A
DISNEY ANIMAL KINGDOM 22ND APRIL 1998 – westleycrusher – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BvP8_MtQGM&t=62s
Discovery River Boats (Disney’s Animal Kingdom) Pt. 1 of 2Discovery River Boats (Disney’s Animal Kingdom) Pt. 1 of 2 – ParkHopper – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UqQVO2FCO0
Employee Preview of Animal Kingdom March 9, 1998 – The Sandy Sandbox – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3RZPmz_zco
Radio Disney Cruise – 1983horizons1 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkVFF5Y4Q7U
Animal Kingdom Discovery River Boats 1998 – WDW Virtual Visit – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46PMcB0Sj8E
Failed Knights outside of Cave photo 1 – WDWTales.com
Dragon’s Lair in Sleeping Beauty Castle, Disneyland Paris – MouseSteps / JWL Media – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Sr6wiMzQMg&t=218s
Discovery River Boats Iguanodon – themickeywiki – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiRaMMDX8XU
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I think it would be great to show the good side of the people America goes to war with. We all seem to understand that with Iraq but suddenly forget when it comes to Russia. There are beautiful buildings & interesting histories, even if our governments are enemies.
poopy brown
The segment about Thunder Mesa is interesting. As someone starting out in my field (architecture), I could easily sit around and say I am working on huge and visionary projects. When the reality is less grand. It’s a common theme in building development, especially mixed use. You sell big phases to investors, and in turn use that to drive public interest. It’s not seedy when the plans are fully realised, which does happen often. But to build an entire brand off of it, seedy. I grew up going to Disneyland a lot. I remember that some of my friends would fantasize about Thunder Mesa… and would beg our parents to take us because the “full” area was coming soon. Corporate gaslighting?
I hate what they’re doing. Walt is rolling in his grave.
There's no such thing as a troublesome depiction, just weak modern people.
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"And zero for California Adventure." Probably because it had no promise to begin with. OH!
Could you do videos on the Efteling?
I think the count for DCA it would have 1 being the original version of the Avengers E-Ticket we were supposed to get. ALSO the Mary Poppins ride over at Epcot!
Name of video seems like bait for DeSantis fanboys.
Yo dude how could u forget about Atlantis Submarines in Disneyland it was advertised and promised 😞 but they instead went with nemo ugh missed opportunity with that one 😒
Scandinavia isn't even a country tho.
Where did you get that footage at 14 minutes in? Is that Channel 9? That looks like a very young Bob Ophsal.
I absolutely love to see how beautiful the women looked walking around back then 😍 so beautiful and classy. Sexy and timeless. Never trashy.
Splash mountain was the last straw. I’m done going to Disney
I still mourn the loss of Beastly Kingdom. As such I shall never step foot in Pandora.
How do these videos make me nostalgic for something I never experienced?
Why not try to build some of these now? Doesn't Disney have more money than ever and ride capacity issues hurting guest experience? It just seems like an obvious move for Disney to make in response to increased competition from Universal and claims that the parks are losing the magic. I guess they realized that it doesn't matter, because people will keep showing up to make for max park capacity anyway. I think they have mastered the fine corporate art of meeting bare minimums to keep audiences coming. That's not to discredit the few cool things they have added recently, at least they still do somethings worth noting.
The government aside, Russian architecture is stunning and would have looked great in Epcot and now Disney owns Fox and therefore Anastasia they have the IP ready to make a ride!
To be fair (to be faaaaair), it's probably for the best that Beastly Kingdom never happened. Disney doesn't have the best record with dragons. It probably would have burned to the ground by now.
Such a great deep dive into the cancelled projects. Great video and i'm sop glad you made this!
Another great video like always
French Chernobyl? What a slay.
32:08 "Just what the heck would Disney do today if they had actually built the thing?"
Maybe we'll find out with the way things are going with China…
This video really shows how creative and ambitious Eisener was compared to Iger and Chapek. It's kinda sad that we're celebrating the return of a CEO who did the bare minimum to make the company good, instead of someone who pushed for innovation and creativity.
Thank god there was no Russia pavilion at Epcot.
my toxic trait is that i’m delusional enough to think that some of these still might happen one day
Sad we never got to see that Mary Poppins area at the UK Pavilion they were gonna do
Thomas Edison? He's the reason why we're enslaved right now.
I remember as a kid when there was an advertisement to Disney theme park back in 2000 to celebrate the new millennium: The California Adventure. Only to find out that it didn’t happen.
I love your dedication and pride you have for your channel. I've been watching your channel since 2019 And you never fail to amaze me on how much research and time you put into your videos. Keep up the awesome work you're doing and don't stop 😀
Im still pissed we didnt get beastly kingdom at animal kingdom. Still pissed.