Throwback Thursday Disney Style!

The internet has introduced a number of traditions.  One of these is "Throwback Thursday".  Most people celebrate this by uploaded an old photo of themselves as their Facebook profile picture.  Or some folks will tweet an old picture from their past in a "remember when" kind of way.

I'd like to take this a moment on this "Throwback Thursday" to talk about the Disneyland and Walt Disney World of yesterday and share with you several web links and blogs on the topic.

First, let's look at the Walt Disney Company's own official department dedicated to looking back thru time.  The Disney Archives and Collections Department has a great web page full of images from the company's past.  Plus, D23 The official Disney Fan Club, produces a series of videos called the Armchair Archivist.   I can get lost watching these on YouTube!  Here is an embedded video link to the whole playlist.


Then there are fan created webpages, blogs and photograhy collections all dedicated to the Disney. Here are some of my favorite:

• Yesterland is a great website all about closed Disneyland and WDW attractions.  Ever wonder what Cranium Command was like in the Wonder of Life Pavilion at EPCOT?  Want to take a trip back in time to see the original Dumbo ride before it was replaced with the new version?  Then this is the website for you!  

• Walt Dated World is similar to Yesterland but it's not as easy to navigate.  Still, it's worth checking out all their photos of what WDW was like in the 70's and 80's. 

• Daveland's Disneyland.  Dave DeCaro is a talented artist & photographer who also has created this treasure trove of vintage & current photographs and research all about Disneyland, the Disneyland Hotel and Walt Disney World.  Trust me, you can get lost in there! 

• BoingBoing is calls itself "the web's favorite zine devoted to the weird, wonderful and wicked things to be found in technology and culture".  But, thanks is large part to Cory Doctorow, the site often covers Disney history.  :) 

• The Original EPCOT webpage is less about what was and more about what might have been.  So it almost doesn't fit on this list.  But still, it's worth checking out.  

• Imagineering Disney is my most recent discovery.  I just spent hours clicking around this blog and reading all about Disney's involvement in the 1964 World's Fair, the new closed Discover Island and River Country in WDW.  Also make sure to check out the extensive
  "Friends of the Blog" list on the right side of the page for hours and hours of more entertainment.