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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 — 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Magic Kingdom's Submarine Voyage. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ran in Fantasyland from 1971 to 1994. Its Nautilus fleet, its Atlantis lagoon, its costs, and what replaced it.
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