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Writer of things for theme parks and sundry. Disneyana, futurism, and stray nonsense. Co-host of the Progress City Radio Hour. 🎶 podcast.progresscityusa.com Support the show and get extra fun at patreon.com/progresscityusa linktr.ee/progresscityusa

Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort, Centre Town, Old Port Royale (1988-2017) One of my favorite parts of the resort was Centre Town as it put you right in the middle of a Caribbean village as you browsed local shops for a meal any time of the day, and always under a blue sky.

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Also, this publicity shot of Walt and Summer Magic director, James Neilson cracks me up. If you look closely, you can see Walt’s car in the background with his driver still in the driver seat! I like to think Walt was in such a rush he just said “Screw it, park on the set” 😂

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Man, I know Summer Magic isn’t exactly renowned in the film circle but the music and sets are just top notch. If you’ve ever walked down Main Street at WDW, you already know this film by heart. Also, there is just something great about this era of Disney films that were filmed on the studio lot.

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Also, I just love this shot and how Hayley Mills is admiring Richard Sherman as he works with Eddie Hodges between takes. There’s just something heartwarming about this entire shot. ❤️

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I had a realization yesterday that The Sorcerer's Apprentice is a great allegory for Generative AI. Mickey pawns off work to an autonomous force only to have that force mindlessly use keep doing that very thing and destroy everything while using up plenty of perfectly good water in the process