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 - http://passport2dreams.blogspot.com/2016/06/lake-buena-vista-and-shaping-orlando.html

http://progresscityusa.com/2011/10/31/lake-buena-vista-chronicles-selling-the-magic-1972/

http://www.imagineeringdisney.com/blog/2011/4/14/lake-buena-vista-the-other-prototype-city-with-a-peoplemover.html

https://www.themeparktourist.com/features/20161225/32361/how-walt-disney-called-his-shot-disney-springs

https://waltdatedworld.com/id121.htm

http://passport2dreams.blogspot.com/2012/07/lake-buena-vistas-lost-crescent-city.html

https://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 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEm-09B0px8 - Disney

Project Florida 1971 - RetroWDW.com - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTxG8NOORdM - Disney

Florida Welcomes Walt Disney (1965) - ProgressCityPublicTV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D-jPLRGP4I

1975 Lake Buena Vista Home Movie - RetroWDW.com - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDi2hNH9Qn0

https://www.retrowdw.com/lbvhs/lake-buena-vista-townhomes-brochure-1972/

Disneyland Remember to Vote - DisneyD23 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwHr2C2m9nE

Disneyland PSA Snow White Seven Dwarfs Remember To Vote - Surf's Up Studios California USA - http://www.SurfsUpStudios.com

Magic Kingdom Club 1980 Update - RetroWDW - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPDsDgeeveg

Contemporary Resort and Lake Buena Vista - RetroWDW - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhcIC1Mx73k

A Day at the Magic Kingdom - Central Florida Sights and Sounds - Disney - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_UMBiAscKM

A Day at Epcot Center - Central Florida Sights and Sounds - Disney - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVFO9ZJ612I

Wet N Wild commercial - Televisionarchives - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7IUuoFlQb4

Seaworld Commercial - member berries - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnGy5778PEI

Church Street Station photo - Orlando Retro - https://orlandoretro.com/category/retro-lists/

Church Street Station Marketing Video - Kim F - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP8q7C6uM1I

Young Again 1986 ABC Disney Sunday Movie Opening - MemoryMuseum - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ProA5SOIfWA

Bookkeeping and Accounting (1945) - A/V Geeks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyXkZQnLyJM

Hurricane Connie News Report - https://archive.org/details/1955-08-15_Storm_Havoc

Walt Disney World Coming Attractions - ProgressCityPublicTV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l8nuTPDNRM

Splash, Too - ThomTheTailman - Disney - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-g1mrPpwxc

The Making of Disney-MGM-Studios - ProgressCityPublicTV - Disney - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBTsFHtJtg8

Disney’s Pleasure Island Opens in 1989 - Universal / NBC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9AFn5gjjQo

Disney Pleasure Island Info Video from 1990 - ommadawnfan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sdhkvmGEOg

https://www.retrowdw.com/pictorial-souvenir/wdw-dining-recreation-entertainment/pleasure-island/

1995 Walt Disney World Vacation Planning Video - InteractiveWDW - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQAweukIGL4

Adventurers Club Colonel Critchlow Sunchbench - Lake Buena Vista Historical Society - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk3Kmcrmf2w

Walt Disney World Adventurers Club at Pleasure Island - May 28, 1992 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_yLVXsdmmM

WDW 1993 Vacation Planner - ResortTV1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKCfudEgns8

WDW Resort Information Channel - May 1992 - RetroWDW.com - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfX58oRztKA

Pleasure Island 1991 - Pluto ParkingTV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMwUBS3mFig&t

Disney Village Marketplace and Pleasure Island *Walt Disney World* May 1993 - Vintage Disney Parks Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTpfibOKhOs&t

Disney Village Marketplace and Pleasure Island, FL (Aug 1990) - Theme Park Patrol - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvzLmpnV55E&t

Mardi Gras Parade *Pleasure Island Downtown Disney* Walt Disney World * February 1998 - Vintage Disney Parks Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5tesq4v1AE

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