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Dick Nunis tests out the slides at River Country, 1976. Losing a legend is never easy, and this one hits particularly hard. It was announced today that the former chairman of Walt Disney Attrac...

https://progresscityusa.com/2023/12/13/dick-nunis-1932-2023/

Lillian, Walt, Ruth, Roy, and Edna Disney outside the Disney Brothers Studio One hundred years ago today, on October 16th, 1923, the Disney Brothers Studio was founded in Los Angeles. What bega...

https://progresscityusa.com/2023/10/16/the-disney-centennial/

Let’s return to EPCOT Center for a patriotic extravaganza like no other! Join us for a look at the creation of the groundbreaking attraction The American Adventure, and the history of Americana...

https://progresscityusa.com/2023/08/02/the-progress-city-radio-hour-episode-61-the-american-adventure/

Maquette of Dreamfinder based on concept art by X. Atencio Our 40th anniversary retrospective of EPCOT Center gathers one little spark of inspiration to make some memories! Follow Figment to th...

https://progresscityusa.com/2023/08/02/the-progress-city-radio-hour-episode-60-imagination/

Conceptual rendering of the Universe of Energy, 1977 We’re riding on sunshine as we continue our 40th anniversary retrospective of EPCOT Center with a look at a few of the faces of energy! Cr...

https://progresscityusa.com/2023/05/27/the-progress-city-radio-hour-episode-59-energy/

Davy Feiten programs the Country Bear Christmas Special. In this Progress City Town Hall we welcome back animator and Audio-Animatronics programmer Davy Feiten for part two of our epic intervie...

https://progresscityusa.com/2023/05/06/the-progress-city-radio-hour-episode-58-town-hall-davy-feiten-part-ii/

Davy Feiten hard at work programming Splash Mountain. For April on the Progress City Town Hall we’re thrilled to welcome audio-animatronics wizard Davy Feiten! Davy started his career as an a...

https://progresscityusa.com/2023/05/06/the-progress-city-radio-hour-episode-57-town-hall-davy-feiten-part-i/

Rendering of EPCOT’s World of Motion by Herb Ryman, 1979 It’s fun to be free as The Progress City Radio Hour continues our 40th anniversary retrospective of EPCOT Center with a celebration ...

https://progresscityusa.com/2023/05/06/the-progress-city-radio-hour-episode-56-mobility/

Bob Garner filming documentary footage of Imagineering’s model of the traffic scene from World of Motion. Hi all and happy 2023! We’ve been busy on the podcast front but have neglected to p...

https://progresscityusa.com/2023/05/06/the-progress-city-radio-hour-episode-55-town-hall-bob-garner/

The model for Tony Baxter’s original concept for The Land. Merry Christmas! The Progress City Radio Hour continues our 40th anniversary celebration of EPCOT Center with a look at the pavilion...

https://progresscityusa.com/2022/12/23/the-progress-city-radio-hour-episode-54-harvest/