What Might Have Been (And May Yet Be)
Could your favorite Disney park have been a much different place to how you see it today? The Disney Diary’s Shaun Finnie looks at Disney’s planned theme park attractions that haven’t been built… yet....
View ArticleThe Other Side Of Main Street, USA Part 1 – Residential Street
The Disney Diary’s Shaun Finnie takes a look at the first major planned expansion of Disneyland, what it would have contained, and why it was never built. In 1955 one of Walt Disney’s greatest dreams...
View ArticleThe Other Side Of Main Street, USA Part 2 – Edison Square
The Disney Diary’s Shaun Finnie continues his look at the first major planned expansion of Disneyland, this time concentration on the cul-de-sac at the end of Residential Street. As we saw in part one,...
View ArticleDisney At The 1964 / 65 World’s Fair – Part 1
The Disney Diary’s Shaun Finnie begins a series of columns looking at Disney’s involvement in the 1964 / 65 New York City World’s Fair, and the lasting legacy that work has left for us at the Disney...
View ArticleDisney At The 1964 / 65 World’s Fair – Part 2
The Disney Diary’s Shaun Finnie continues his a series of columns looking at Disney’s involvement in the 1964 / 65 New York City World’s Fair, this time concentrating on the two most technologically...
View ArticleMary Poppins At The Prince Edward Theatre, London
The stage musical version of Mary Poppins has recently opened to rave reviews in London’s West End. Shaun Finnie went to see if it was as good as the papers said. Mary Poppins has arrived in London’s...
View ArticleDisney At The 1964 / 65 World’s Fair – Part 3
The Disney Diary’s Shaun Finnie concludes his series of columns detailing Disney’s involvement in the 1964 / 65 New York City World’s Fair with look at the It’s A Small World ride and the rest of the...
View ArticleDisney On Stage – Part One
Disney Theatrical Productions have probably produced more stage shows than you think. In the first of a two-part article Shaun Finnie looks at the company’s formation and early productions. The recent...
View ArticleDisney On Stage – Part Two
In the final part of his look at Disney’s theatrical productions, Shaun Finnie examines some of the company’s less successful efforts, and looks at their plans for the future. When Sir Elton John and...
View ArticleWhat Might Have Been (And May Yet Be) – Upated!
Shaun Finnie presents an updated version of his list of planned but abandoned Disney rides and attractions. Last December I wrote up a list of Disney attractions that were rumoured to have at least got...
View ArticleDisney Cruise Line Rumours
The Disney Cruise Line is now well established and ready for expansion. In his latest article, Shaun Finnie looks at the possible directions that expansion could take. There have been many rumours...
View ArticleThe Hotels That Might Have Been Part 2 – Beyond Disneyland and Walt Disney World
When the EuroDisneyland resort in Paris was in its planning stages, Michael Eisner invited top architects from around the world to submit hotel designs loosely themed around the concepts of America and...
View ArticleThe Hotels That Might Have Been Part 1 – Disneyland and Walt Disney World
There has been much written over the years about lost Disney attractions at the theme parks; those that have been planned but never delivered to the public. But what rarely get mentioned are the many...
View ArticleThe Hotels That Might Have Been Part 3 – WESTCOT Hotels
In the first two parts of this series Shaun Finnie looked at Disney hotels that had been planned but never built. In this third and final part he tells of a Disney theme park where the guest rooms...
View ArticleCALIFORNIA DREAMING Part 1 – WESTCOT’S World Showcase
Most Disney fans agree that they would rather have seen the spectacular Westcot theme park built at Anaheim instead of what was eventually delivered : Disney’s California Adventure. In this article...
View ArticleCALIFORNIA DREAMING Part 2 –The Rest of WESTCOT
In his previous articles Shaun Finnie has guided us through the hotels and the World Showcase section of Westcot, the Epcot-style expansion to Disneyland that was planned for the mid-1990’s. This time...
View ArticleCALIFORNIA DREAMING Part 3 – Port Disney
After showing what might have been built at Disneyland had the Westcot plans gone through for Anaheim’s second park, in this column Shaun Finnie looks at another proposed California site – Port Disney...
View ArticleCALIFORNIA DREAMING Part 4 – Death of the Dream
In the early 1990’s Disney announced plans to build massive theme parks in two locations in California. So why were neither Westcot nor Port Disney ever built? Shaun Finnie looks at the reasons. As...
View ArticleDisney’s Abandoned Full Length Cartoons (Part 1)
The Disney Diary’s Shaun Finnie returns with the first in a series of articles examining planned Disney animations that were never completed. The Walt Disney Studios have officially released 44...
View ArticleDisney’s Abandoned Full Length Cartoons (part 2)
Shaun Finnie continues his look at the Disney animated movies that were planned but never produced, continuing with some more ideas from Walt’s time before bringing the story right up to date. One of...
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