Geek-End Update, Saturday, March 12, 2011

Theme Park

• Jeff Heimbuch over at The Disney Dispatch discusses the history of the Living Seas.
• Disneyland Ephemera and Oddities shares a pre-opening Pirates photo.
• TokyoMagic posts an interesting news clip and souvenir guide from Disneyland.
• Foxxfur at Passport to Dreams singles out the simple rubber spider.
• Disneyland Ephemera and Oddities posts some great shot of the cemetery at Fort Wilderness.
• Disney on Parole has some great vintage Kids of the Kingdom shots.
• Disneyland Nomenclature celebrates the third anniversary of Bob Gurr’s window.
• John Rozum offers some unbelievably deserted photos of the Magic Kingdom. And he gets his sign geek on! Part Two of his signage homage.
• Jim Korkis at MousePlanet shares the story of a 1969 Press Conference with Roy O. Disney.
• Donnie at I’m a Blogger, Dottie has some great 1985 Walt Disney World photos.
• SamLand looks at the Heart of Our Cities.
• Goofin’ Around the World takes us back to 1989 to tour Residential Street.
•  Long-Forgotten Mansion offers another superb post ion the intricacies of the Mansion.

Animation

• Lee at DisLeeLandia reviews the short Destino.
• Jeff Pepper at 2719 Hyperion asks us to consider the source of 101 Dalmatians.
• Jeff Heimbuch at the Disney Dispatch dishes on Jose Carioca.

General

• Jeff Pepper reminds us that nothing gold can stay except the next property in his Studio Geo series.