On this day in 1990 the Walt Disney World Swan Resort held its grand opening, allowing guests to glide in to the deluxe hotel designed by award-winning architect Michael Graves. This waterfront resort consists of a central 12-story building with an arched rooftop featuring a pair of graceful 47-foot swan statues. Across Crescent Lake sits …

Did you ever wonder about life? Then Epcot was the place for you to be on this day in 1989, when the Wonders of Life pavilion opened its doors for the first time. Nestled in Future World, the new pavilion was an interactive playground of new exhibits all focusing on health and fitness. There were …

It was on this day that the nutty duo, Chip and Dale, made their syndication debut in their own TV series, Chip ‘N’ Dale’s Rescue Rangers. To learn more about the origins of this series, we turned to one of the show’s original creators, Tad Stones, who told us how the little chipmunks became big …

As the Indiana Jones™ Epic Stunt Spectacular! begins, Indiana Jones is spotted falling from above on a rope. He carefully makes his way through an ancient Mayan temple in search of a golden idol, but finds himself in peril amidst deadly obstacles such as sharp metal spikes shooting into the air, where one misstep could …

The Disney family film Cheetah, released into theaters on this day in 1989, may feature only one prominent actor, Kevin Coogan from Adventures in Babysitting, but this little gem of a movie earns stripes for its simplicity and charm. It tells the story of two California teenagers spending their summer in Kenya with their parents, …

On this day in 1989, a Touchstone movie about a pooch named Hooch and his master, Scott Turner, portrayed by Tom Hanks, was released. In Turner & Hooch, Turner’s elderly friend is murdered, so he unwillingly takes in his friend’s unappealing and sloppy dog, who happens to be the only witness to the crime. The …

Somewhere between playing the alien character Mork from Ork on television and voicing the all-powerful Genie in Disney’s Aladdin, the usually zany Robin Williams made the grade in the dramatic role of English prep school professor John Keating in Touchstone Pictures’ Dead Poets Society. The thought-provoking film earned unparalleled praise among audiences and critics alike, …

Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale…a tale of the shrimp boat Miss Tilly, journeying from Safen Sound, Florida. During a fierce typhoon, the tiny ship was tossed to the peak of the volcanic mountain, Mount Mayday, which became a source of many fantastic waterslides. Surrounding the mountain, a 56-acre topsy-turvy tropical paradise …