Welcome back to Fridays with Jim Korkis! Even though it’s not so utterly Friday today…Jim, the dean of Disney historians and author of Jim’s Gems in The easy Guide, writes about Walt Disney World history every Friday on yourfirstvisit.net. SECRETS OF THE OSBORNE SPECTACLE OF DANCING LIGHTS By Jim Korkis The Osborne Spectacle of Dancing […]

Welcome back to Fridays with Jim Korkis! Jim, the dean of Disney historians and author of Jim’s Gems in The easy Guide, writes about Walt Disney World history every Friday on yourfirstvisit.net. AN INTERVIEW WITH DAVE SMITH By Jim Korkis Dave Smith became a Disney Company employee on June 22, 1970 and was the company’s […]

Welcome back to Fridays with Jim Korkis! Jim, the dean of Disney historians and author of Jim’s Gems in The easy Guide, writes about Walt Disney World history every Friday on yourfirstvisit.net. DISNEY WORLD AND ST. LOUIS By Jim Korkis During 1963 and 1964, Walt Disney was in discussions with the city of St. Louis […]