Disney + 90s Star Power!!

In case you forgot about the synergetic power of Disney teaming up with 1990s actors, singers, or athletes to appear on medium-sized magazine covers, we bring you these. Oh Bob Saget and Baby Herman... the messes you get yourselves into.

Sebastian terrified of Steve Urkel. Inside we can learn about "Other Cool Nerds."

Hulk Hogan with a dinosaur in a headlock. Oddly this was before Jurassic Park came out.

Macaulay Culkin afraid of his new school teacher, Ursula.

Two years later Macaulay rides a motorcyle with bus driver Mickey.

Neil Patrick Harris (big Disney fan) "gets spooked".

Luke Perry's school schedule includes "skateboarding" and "star fashion". Roger Rabbit carries his many books.

Paula Abdul + circuses?

Will Smith.

The Fresh Prince and the Evil Queen. Get it?

Melissa Joan Hart riding a flying carpet with a creepy Aladdin. And Timone. And Meeko? And King Louie?? What the?

Joey Lawrence wearing Aladdin-like clothing.

MC Hammer and Darkwing Duck.

Joe Montana rock climbing with Goofy. Of course.

Blossom and the Beast.

Arnold Schwarzenegger wearing a really nice belt.

Fred Savage with Santa Clause and the Rescue Rangers.

Rick Moranis. Always shrinking things or blowing things up in the 90s. In the 80s he was hillariously and unknowingly saving the world from poisonous beer.

Source for many of these fabulous images: Disney Adventures Magazine Tumblr 

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EPCOT 30TH: A Photo Tour of the Past [Part 3]

Happy 30th Anniversary, EPCOT Center! Right now fans at the park are celebrating the occasion with lots of anniversary-related activities. 30 years ago this month guest participated in a number of ceremonies and dedications. Even Walt Disney's widow, Lillian Disney, attended some of the festivities. We present some extremely rare (possibly never-before-shared) event photos and more never-before-posted guest photos from our Photo Hunt.

Opening Day Ceremonies, October 1, 1982

Card Walker conducted the ceremony. EPCOT Center's "First Family" was recognized. The Winter Park, FL residents got up that morning at 4 a.m. and dodged park security until the parking lot was finally open at 7 a.m. As soon as they drove in Dick and Paula Cason told their kids to run to the gate so they'd be the first family to enter. Card Walker presented lifetime Walt Disney World passes to the family.

Watch it here.

Later that month on October 24 Card Walker welcomed Lillian Disney to a stage on the other side of Spaceship Earth in front of the fountain.

Did any of you out there happen to be in either of these crowds??

The day before a ceremony took place that officially dedicated World Showcase. The large "People of the World" dolls paraded around. Disney characters weren't a part of EPCOT Center until later on. These costumed people met with guests in World Showcase instead.

The "People of the World" or "EPCOT Pageant Dolls" were eventually retired. Here we see a rare group shot on their very last day of appearance.

Michael Eisner and others made way for more recognizable characters to appear.

Remember to old World Showcase omnibus?? It was later painted blue. Then this happened.

And finally, a real treat for you seekers of the super rare, super obscure, and perhaps super mundane. There are only five or so photos of this known to exist online. "The Lost Potties of Denmark"! I borrow this term from our friend Michael Crawford of Progress City, U.S.A. who has extensively researched to topic. The full Denmark Pavilion never happened but restrooms with Danish architecture were built. Here we see them behind the construction wall as the Norway Pavilion is being built. You can see construction of the Stave Church.

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Walt Disney World in 1971 [Part 2]

Walt Disney World and Magic Kingdom opened almost exactly 41 years ago. Let's look at some more of the park as finishing touches are added. Then let's enjoy the new park with some photos taken right after opening. Another big thanks to Nomeus of www.flurbex.com and his grandfather who took these photos while working on the construction of Walt Disney World. These photos are exclusive to ImagineeringDisney.com.

Early early Jungle Cruise photos are so rare! Look how clean and beautiful it was.

Haunted Mansion.

Walt Disney World Railroad.

Cinderella Castle.

Empty moat. Wait, was this taken before the sea serpent topiary was installed as seen in Part 1? I think so.

Central Hub.

A look at Walt Disney World just after opening. Mickey leads the way.

Snow White and five, maybe six Dwarfs. Dopey might be hiding in there somewhere. The great original Market House in the background. 

A 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea queue full of people. But there's a construction crane in the background. Could this have been a pre-opening test group? Maybe the crane was still used after opening.

Huge thanks to Nomeus and his family for these amazing and rare photos. Oh to have a time machine!

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