Yesterworld: The Rise & Fall of Disney’s Pleasure Island and the Troubled History of Downtown Disney

Explore the History of Pleasure Island, Disney's first (and only) Adult Entertainment District, as well as the troubled History & Origins of Downtown Disney (now Disney Springs), which began as an abandoned Residential Community in preparation for Walt Disney's EPCOT.
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PRIMARY INFORMATIONAL / VISUAL SOURCES:
Passport2Dreams - passport2dreams.blogspot.com/2016/06/lake-buena-vista-and-shaping-orlando.html
progresscityusa.com/2011/10/31/lake-buena-vista-chronicles-selling-the-magic-1972/
www.imagineeringdisney.com/blog/2011/4/14/lake-buena-vista-the-other-prototype-city-with-a-peoplemover.html
www.themeparktourist.com/features/20161225/32361/how-walt-disney-called-his-shot-disney-springs
waltdatedworld.com/id121.htm
passport2dreams.blogspot.com/2012/07/lake-buena-vistas-lost-crescent-city.html
allears.net/2013/02/18/saratoga-springs-lake-buena-vista-and-the-disney-institute-part-one/
VIDEO LINKS in Order of Appearance (the rest are continued in a pinned comment & included in the end credits):
The Imagineering Story - What Would Walt Do, The Midas touch, Hit or Miss - The Walt Disney Company
The Florida Project - RetroWDW - www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEm-09B0px8 - Disney
Project Florida 1971 - RetroWDW.com - www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTxG8NOORdM - Disney
Florida Welcomes Walt Disney (1965) - ProgressCityPublicTV - www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D-jPLRGP4I
1975 Lake Buena Vista Home Movie - RetroWDW.com - www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDi2hNH9Qn0
www.retrowdw.com/lbvhs/lake-buena-vista-townhomes-brochure-1972/
Disneyland Remember to Vote - DisneyD23 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwHr2C2m9nE
Disneyland PSA Snow White Seven Dwarfs Remember To Vote - Surf's Up Studios California USA - www.SurfsUpStudios.com
Magic Kingdom Club 1980 Update - RetroWDW - www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPDsDgeeveg
Contemporary Resort and Lake Buena Vista - RetroWDW - www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhcIC1Mx73k
A Day at the Magic Kingdom - Central Florida Sights and Sounds - Disney - www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_UMBiAscKM
A Day at Epcot Center - Central Florida Sights and Sounds - Disney - www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVFO9ZJ612I
Wet N Wild commercial - Televisionarchives - www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7IUuoFlQb4
Seaworld Commercial - member berries - www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnGy5778PEI
Church Street Station photo - Orlando Retro - orlandoretro.com/category/retro-lists/
Church Street Station Marketing Video - Kim F - www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP8q7C6uM1I
Young Again 1986 ABC Disney Sunday Movie Opening - MemoryMuseum - www.youtube.com/watch?v=ProA5SOIfWA
Bookkeeping and Accounting (1945) - A/V Geeks - www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyXkZQnLyJM
Hurricane Connie News Report - archive.org/details/1955-08-15_Storm_Havoc
Walt Disney World Coming Attractions - ProgressCityPublicTV - www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l8nuTPDNRM
Splash, Too - ThomTheTailman - Disney - www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-g1mrPpwxc
The Making of Disney-MGM-Studios - ProgressCityPublicTV - Disney - www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBTsFHtJtg8
Disney’s Pleasure Island Opens in 1989 - Universal / NBC - www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9AFn5gjjQo
Disney Pleasure Island Info Video from 1990 - ommadawnfan - www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sdhkvmGEOg
www.retrowdw.com/pictorial-souvenir/wdw-dining-recreation-entertainment/pleasure-island/
1995 Walt Disney World Vacation Planning Video - InteractiveWDW - www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQAweukIGL4
Adventurers Club Colonel Critchlow Sunchbench - Lake Buena Vista Historical Society - www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk3Kmcrmf2w
Walt Disney World Adventurers Club at Pleasure Island - May 28, 1992 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_yLVXsdmmM
WDW 1993 Vacation Planner - ResortTV1 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKCfudEgns8
WDW Resort Information Channel - May 1992 - RetroWDW.com - www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfX58oRztKA
Pleasure Island 1991 - Pluto ParkingTV - www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMwUBS3mFig&t
Disney Village Marketplace and Pleasure Island *Walt Disney World* May 1993 - Vintage Disney Parks Channel - www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTpfibOKhOs&t
Disney Village Marketplace and Pleasure Island, FL (Aug 1990) - Theme Park Patrol - www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvzLmpnV55E&t
Mardi Gras Parade *Pleasure Island Downtown Disney* Walt Disney World * February 1998 - Vintage Disney Parks Channel - www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5tesq4v1AE

Category : Kids Channel

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