R.A. Pedersen's Blog, page 47

Hyperion Wharf goes to Yesterland

We've heard from some fairly reliable sources that the plans for Hyperion Wharf at Downtown Disney have been collectively canceled. Further demolition and construction is not expected, and what remains of Pleasure Island – including the Comedy Warehouse, Mannequins, and … Continue reading →

Tiki Room permits filed and more

There's construction going on at the tiki-tiki-tiki tiki room, the permits just say "construction" but that's nothing new, in the tiki-tiki-tiki tiki room. Head on over to the Tiki tiki tiki tiki room permit. Elsewhere, Epcot's got a few permits … Continue reading →

Tilt-shift time-lapse Lightning McQueen and Mater at Epcot

How many recent gimmicks can Disney squeeze into one video? Lots! This tilt-shifted, time-lapsed video of Disney-Pixar's Lightning McQueen and Mater being constructed and installed at the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival just in time for Pixar Weekend might be … Continue reading →

Fall of the Florida Passholder at Walt Disney World

Star Tours 2 is opening on May 20th at Disney's Hollywood Studios and nary a peep has been made over the apparent lack of passholder previews for the attraction. In fact, it seems the utter disregard for the annual passholder … Continue reading →

Culled from the Net

What do we post when we have nothing to talk about ourselves? We rely heavily on friends and acquaintances with broader non-Epcot-based interests in a segment we like to call "Culled from the Net." First up, AJ over at the … Continue reading →

Epcot's World of Motion circa 1994

There's nothing terribly interesting going on today at Walt Disney World to report, so we'll take you back to 1994 to experience an equally slow, normal, and entirely uneventful day at Epcot. Let's start by standing around outside the World … Continue reading →

Disney's Art of Animation Resort – Let there be light!

Permit filed today by Walt Disney Imagineering for Disney's Art of Animation Resort: Front Entry Power Service So now they can have lights and eletrical service and all that fancy stuff we associate with resorts at Walt Disney World and … Continue reading →

Grand Floridian expansion to begin construction soon

We mentioned a few days ago that the new wing planned for the Grand Floridian had gotten permit approval to go forward if the company chose to do so. Well, now there's another permit that shows the project is definitely … Continue reading →

Epcot's World Showcase News Roundup

There's a been a lot of news in the past week for Epcot's World Showcase and we wanted to make sure you didn't miss any of it. Stories fall off the front page as new stories are added, but this … Continue reading →

Epcot Explorer's Encyclopedia on sale for 10% off at Amazon.com!

Just a quick update – head on over to Amazon to get The Epcot Explorer's Encyclopedia on sale for just $17.95 (that's 10% off the cover price.) We don't control the Amazon price and how they discount, so we can't … Continue reading →