Behind the Scenes of Disney Rides

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Behind the Scenes of Disney Rides

Alright... my wifes thread, and a thread I did for Haunted Mansion a while back made me think of just doing this...

Here is a behind the scenes look of the OLD way they did the Hitch Hiking Ghosts!

Here are a couple pictures.... but click the link below for the full thing. Trust me... its pretty cool.

http://www.imagineeringdisney.com/blog/2011/7/21/abandoned-disney-haunted-mansion-hitchhiking-ghosts.html

If you guys find anything cool like this... post it here. Would love to see more! And this site has a lot of cool stuff... so even if you find more stuff on that site, post it here!

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Here is a thread about the Mainstreet Parade and how it run as a small model.

http://www.imagineeringdisney.com/blog/2012/3/26/mechanizing-a-miniature-main-street-electrical-parade.html

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Plans scrapped for a ride in Germany? This a very interesting one!

http://www.imagineeringdisney.com/blog/2012/2/17/rhine-river-cruise-mysteries.html

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Last one for the day... love photos like this!

Here are photos of Epcot being built.

http://www.imagineeringdisney.com/blog/2011/5/14/epcot-center-construction-photos-future-world.html

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Ok so looking at those old pictures of Epcot made me need to look at a current map to see where everything was placed so I looked at Google Maps

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?t=k&ie=UTF8&om=1&source=embed&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=104669159413782391962.00048a18a6d62c22be5e5

Upon looking there it led me to notice this building labeled Wonders of Life....now in the past 4 years we have never went over into that area where Ellen's Energy is... but hubby said he remembered going there when we went in 2003...and he remembered back in the day when it was Body Wars....so I looked on my current Disney app and the building was still there but not labeled...so I Wiki'ed it and found that it closed in 2007 and the building is only used for special events throughout the year...anyone have fond memories of it that they want to share? LOL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonders_of_Life

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The Amazing Home of John Lasseter

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WDW Before Opening Day 1971

http://www.imagineeringdisney.com/blog/2011/10/1/wdw-before-opening-day-1971.html

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Jess wrote:
Ok so looking at those old pictures of Epcot made me need to look at a current map to see where everything was placed so I looked at Google Maps

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?t=k&ie=UTF8&om=1&source=embed&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=104669159413782391962.00048a18a6d62c22be5e5

Upon looking there it led me to notice this building labeled Wonders of Life....now in the past 4 years we have never went over into that area where Ellen's Energy is... but hubby said he remembered going there when we went in 2003...and he remembered back in the day when it was Body Wars....so I looked on my current Disney app and the building was still there but not labeled...so I Wiki'ed it and found that it closed in 2007 and the building is only used for special events throughout the year...anyone have fond memories of it that they want to share? LOL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonders_of_Life


I believe it's used every year for the food and wine fest head quarters. Lots of tastings and the ability to buy wines and booze on site Smile there's also another not used much building the Odyssey near world showcase. We had a grand gathering event there in 2008 and then priority seating for illuminations.
It was fantastic, I don't know ifihave pictures. I think my MiL might I'll have to check with her.
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I want to know what's with the guy hanging out of the back of the station wagon next to them....Was he with them taking pictures? Or is that just how people did things back then...lol

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Jess wrote:

I want to know what's with the guy hanging out of the back of the station wagon next to them....Was he with them taking pictures? Or is that just how people did things back then...lol

Probably a bit of both... lol

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