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From WDW History, the Walt Disney World history archive
WDW History is a free encyclopedia of Walt Disney World as it was and as it might have been, currently documenting 33 entries across five portals. Each entry records what a thing was, when it opened and closed, and what stands where it stood, written from the record.
Featured entry — The American Adventure Show at Walt Disney World. The American Adventure has run in Epcot's World Showcase since opening day in 1982. Its history, its Audio-Animatronics, and the little-known reason behind the clock tower's backward numeral.
Rides and shows that ran their course. Opening and closing dates, what they were, and what stands where they stood.
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Magic Kingdom's Submarine Voyage
- Animation Gallery: The Hollywood Studios Shop Where an Artist Painted Your Souvenir
- ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter: Tomorrowland's Scariest Ride
- Gurgi's Munchies & Crunches: Magic Kingdom's Black Cauldron Snack Stop
- Horizons: The Epcot Pavilion That Promised the Future
- Journey Into Imagination: The Dreamfinder Ride Kodak Killed to Fix
- Maelstrom: The Norway Pavilion's Viking Boat Ride
- Mission: SPACE: The Ride Built on Horizons' Grave
Pavilions, lands, and resorts that were announced, planned, or dreamt, then shelved. The park that might have been.
- Beastly Kingdom: Animal Kingdom's Unbuilt Land of Myth
- Discovery Bay: Disney's Unbuilt Jules Verne Land
- Disney's Asian Resort: The Hotel Whose Site Became the Grand Floridian
- Fire Mountain: The Volcano Coaster Magic Kingdom Never Built
- The Resorts Walt Disney World Never Built: Persian, Venetian, Asian
The hotels of Walt Disney World, built and unbuilt: their themes, their years, and the ideas behind them.
Retired films, stage shows, parades, and spectaculars, documented from opening night to final performance.
- The Adventurers Club: Pleasure Island's Beloved Lost Lounge
- The American Adventure Show at Walt Disney World
- Captain EO: The Michael Jackson Film Epcot Opened Twice and Closed Twice
- The Empress Lilly: Disney's Landlocked Riverboat Restaurant
- Mickey's Magical TV World: The Disney Afternoon Show at Mickey's Starland
- Mickey's PhilharMagic: The 3D Concert That Modernized Fantasyland
How the resort itself changed: the founding of the parks, the eras of Future World, and the decisions that reshaped the property.
- The A-E Ticket Books: How You Used to Pay for Disney Rides
- Discovery Island: Walt Disney World's Abandoned Zoological Park
- Disney-MGM Studios: How Walt Disney World's Third Gate Became Hollywood Studios
- Kilimanjaro Safaris
- Magic Kingdom: The Park Roy Disney Finished After Walt Died
- Pleasure Island: The Nightclub District Walt Disney World Built and Then Let Go
- River Country: Walt Disney World's First Water Park
- The Walt Disney World Monorail Runs on Beams Filled With Styrofoam