The Jackiesphere

Original video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDEmtWLwMOM

epcotexplorer:

“Spaceship Earth glows with billions of interactions….”

kaiyves:

Time Lapse Images of Earth at Night Taken From the International Space Station

OMG, these are awesome.

(Source: britneys-unicorn)

epcotexplorer:

Planning the Community of Tomorrow: Diagrams and Blueprints (1966)

When Walt Disney unveiled his plans for a new entertainment and community venue in Florida, the City of Tomorrow that served as the property’s centerpiece was fully conceptualized, planned, and ready to be built. 

Talk about marketing to back up your first foray into a new type of themed entertainment, and a whole new state! 

epcotexplorer:

Project Florida: Amusement and Resort Area - Cape Cod Resort

Unveiled as a total vacation destination in 1966, in, famously, Walt Disney’s last televised appearance before his death, Disney World looked radically different from later plans, and of course, the final product. 

The most obvious difference is the omission from plan to reality is the City of Tomorrow, but there are striking changes in the theme park area of the property. Lacking the thematic and idyllic Seven Seas Lagoon, the park faces a tightly knit collection of hotels and resorts, most of which never came to fruition. 

There is a “South Seas” hotel mentioned, which eventually became, from what is understood, The Polynesian Village. There are also various swathes of green land intended for recreation and golf. But most interesting and eye catching, on these renderings is a large lagoon, a arc shaped plot of land, adorned with buildings, and the legend “Cape Cod Resort”. 

Sight unseen, (quite literally) this is the only mention the resort will get. And it’s MASSIVE, easily on the scale of the Polynesian, with it’s many longhouses, and even the Contemporary. And conspicuous by their absence; the Venetian, the Asian, and the Persian. That trio of hotels would be added to later plans in the 60’s, and be dropped in the early 70’s, as cost of the Magic Kingdom ballooned. 

But besides all that… there’s Cape Cod Bay, and Cape Cod Resort. All planned out, all tucked away in the corner of a Disney World never to be. 

If anyone has more information on this, please feel free to sound off in the comments/reblogs/what have you. This is certainly some captivating stuff. 

Classic.