Jason Schultz
@jason.parkendium.com
Building a digital Disneyland archive and thesaurus (Parkendium, https://mediagraph.io/parkendium). Archivist.
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Jason Schultz
@jason.parkendium.com
· Oct 17
To all new followers: welcome! I will be your tour guide for the next 30 years, until Disneyland's 100th birthday.
Building a digital Disneyland archive at Parkendium (mediagraph.io/parkendium), currently featuring over 225,000 assets in the Public Archive.
Building a digital Disneyland archive at Parkendium (mediagraph.io/parkendium), currently featuring over 225,000 assets in the Public Archive.
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Happy #SignageSunday from Disneyland
December 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Happy #SignageSunday from Disneyland
I read a preview of this and was excited by the fresh perspective and unique sources Roland pieced together. Many Disneyland books could benefit from better research, but this isn't one of them!
One thing that may be s puzzle piece is this history my friend Roland Betancourt has written that‘s about to come out
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Disneyland and the Rise of Automation
A history of the engineering marvels behind one of America’s most innovative and beloved entertainment experiences
press.princeton.edu
December 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I read a preview of this and was excited by the fresh perspective and unique sources Roland pieced together. Many Disneyland books could benefit from better research, but this isn't one of them!
I don't know why the Imagineers used so many shades of gray in the original Submarine Voyage lagoon, but I'm glad they brightened it up for Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage.
December 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I don't know why the Imagineers used so many shades of gray in the original Submarine Voyage lagoon, but I'm glad they brightened it up for Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage.
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NEW: In Memoriam Part II with a look back at PizzeRizzo, Muppet*Vision 3D, Tom Sawyer Island, the Rivers of America, Imagineer Eddie Sotto and Adam the Woo.
Featuring guest tributes by @alicia.social @lentesta.bsky.social @leonardkinsey.bsky.social and more.
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Featuring guest tributes by @alicia.social @lentesta.bsky.social @leonardkinsey.bsky.social and more.
touringplans.com/blog/saturda...
SATURDAY SIX – In Memoriam 2025 Part 2 (Tom Sawyer Island, PizzeRizzo, Adam the Woo) | TouringPlans.com Blog
This week’s SATURDAY SIX continues our annual look back at things we lost in the theme park world over the past 12 month
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December 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
NEW: In Memoriam Part II with a look back at PizzeRizzo, Muppet*Vision 3D, Tom Sawyer Island, the Rivers of America, Imagineer Eddie Sotto and Adam the Woo.
Featuring guest tributes by @alicia.social @lentesta.bsky.social @leonardkinsey.bsky.social and more.
touringplans.com/blog/saturda...
Featuring guest tributes by @alicia.social @lentesta.bsky.social @leonardkinsey.bsky.social and more.
touringplans.com/blog/saturda...
Downtown Disney's 25th anniversary is coming up one week from today and I feel compelled to create a comprehensive thread of vendors through the years.
It is less confusing than the changes to Main Street, U.S.A. through the years, at least!
It is less confusing than the changes to Main Street, U.S.A. through the years, at least!
Parkendium Update: Wouldn't you love to go back in time to experience a brand new Downtown Disney? This will have to do.
Downtown Disney documentation from the Laughing Place archives (757 assets)
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Downtown Disney documentation from the Laughing Place archives (757 assets)
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December 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Downtown Disney's 25th anniversary is coming up one week from today and I feel compelled to create a comprehensive thread of vendors through the years.
It is less confusing than the changes to Main Street, U.S.A. through the years, at least!
It is less confusing than the changes to Main Street, U.S.A. through the years, at least!
Wait, who was in charge of planning this?
Downtown Disney 25th anniversary bar crawl Friday, January 2, 2026?
December 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Wait, who was in charge of planning this?
I know a @33wonderland.bsky.social photo when I see it.
December 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I know a @33wonderland.bsky.social photo when I see it.
Part of what makes this impromptu history lesson at the Jungle Cruise boathouse fun is that Eddie Sotto designed the current boathouse in 1993.
Seen here as printed in The Art of Disneyland (2005)
Seen here as printed in The Art of Disneyland (2005)
December 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Part of what makes this impromptu history lesson at the Jungle Cruise boathouse fun is that Eddie Sotto designed the current boathouse in 1993.
Seen here as printed in The Art of Disneyland (2005)
Seen here as printed in The Art of Disneyland (2005)
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This is wonderful news! Jason has uploaded Eddie Sotto’s Twitter posts to Parkendium.
Update: 6,286 assets posted to Twitter by ex-Imagineer Eddie Sotto (boss_angeles)
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December 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This is wonderful news! Jason has uploaded Eddie Sotto’s Twitter posts to Parkendium.
Eddie posted about more than Disneyland, but since his teenage Disneyland obsession informed his professional life, it felt right to keep it all!
December 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Eddie posted about more than Disneyland, but since his teenage Disneyland obsession informed his professional life, it felt right to keep it all!
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December 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Any July 4 Mark Twain photo (quoted one from 2023) recalls the July 4, 1955 Penthouse Party for certain Studio families—and the best photo of Walt Disney.
December 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Any July 4 Mark Twain photo (quoted one from 2023) recalls the July 4, 1955 Penthouse Party for certain Studio families—and the best photo of Walt Disney.
Remembering that time I posted this still of Disneyland construction from The Imagineering Story and Eddie Sotto spotted a young Ron Dominguez as the man handing the letters. He was one of my most attentive followers!
December 24, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Remembering that time I posted this still of Disneyland construction from The Imagineering Story and Eddie Sotto spotted a young Ron Dominguez as the man handing the letters. He was one of my most attentive followers!
One of these days I’ll finally get on Grizzly River Run. Across all sources I have almost no photos on the attraction itself.
December 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
One of these days I’ll finally get on Grizzly River Run. Across all sources I have almost no photos on the attraction itself.
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This week, we hear Eddie Sotto in his own words from a previous #SkullRockPodcast interview and remember his remarkable legacy. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or here: bit.ly/48Tg1Se
#Disney #WDI #Imagineer #designer #artist #themepark #Disneyland #podcast
#Disney #WDI #Imagineer #designer #artist #themepark #Disneyland #podcast
December 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This week, we hear Eddie Sotto in his own words from a previous #SkullRockPodcast interview and remember his remarkable legacy. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or here: bit.ly/48Tg1Se
#Disney #WDI #Imagineer #designer #artist #themepark #Disneyland #podcast
#Disney #WDI #Imagineer #designer #artist #themepark #Disneyland #podcast
In September, looking to build upon success in digitizing President Nixon's news summaries in the President's Office Files this year, I was looking at Pat Buchanan's unprocessed Central Files.
I found 56 Presidential briefing books—many filled with extensive Nixon handwriting—we didn't know we had.
I found 56 Presidential briefing books—many filled with extensive Nixon handwriting—we didn't know we had.
December 23, 2025 at 2:20 AM
In September, looking to build upon success in digitizing President Nixon's news summaries in the President's Office Files this year, I was looking at Pat Buchanan's unprocessed Central Files.
I found 56 Presidential briefing books—many filled with extensive Nixon handwriting—we didn't know we had.
I found 56 Presidential briefing books—many filled with extensive Nixon handwriting—we didn't know we had.
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Wonderful to see Eddie receive some accolades. A true genius, and a fantastic and kind guy.
Eddie Sotto, former Imagineer who shaped modern theme parks, dies at 67
Eddie Sotto, former Imagineer who shaped modern theme parks, dies at 67
Eddie Sotto, a former Imagineer whose worked influenced several Disney theme parks, died in December in Orange Country. Sotto is best known for designing Main Street, U.S.A., at Disneyland Paris, but also touched many Disneyland attractions.
www.latimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Wonderful to see Eddie receive some accolades. A true genius, and a fantastic and kind guy.
December 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Walt: "What the hell happened over there?"
December 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Walt: "What the hell happened over there?"
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An obituary/remembrance for Eddie Sotto, a designer who shaped modern theme parks. Thank you to the former Walt Disney Imagineers who contributed.
www.latimes.com/travel/story...
www.latimes.com/travel/story...
Eddie Sotto, former Imagineer who shaped modern theme parks, dies at 67
Eddie Sotto, a former Imagineer whose worked influenced several Disney theme parks, died in December in Orange Country. Sotto is best known for designing Main Street, U.S.A., at Disneyland Paris, but ...
www.latimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
An obituary/remembrance for Eddie Sotto, a designer who shaped modern theme parks. Thank you to the former Walt Disney Imagineers who contributed.
www.latimes.com/travel/story...
www.latimes.com/travel/story...
This 2001 digital photo of Bear Creek Bend was taken closer to when Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opened at Disneyland (September 2, 1979) than to today.
December 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This 2001 digital photo of Bear Creek Bend was taken closer to when Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opened at Disneyland (September 2, 1979) than to today.
I am trying over here!
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
December 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I am trying over here!
At lunch today the subject of the Yale Lock Shop on Main Street came up. It might have been the only table on the planet to have somebody who casually remembers a 1955 Disneyland News ad and somebody else (me) who could pull it up in under 30 seconds.
December 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
At lunch today the subject of the Yale Lock Shop on Main Street came up. It might have been the only table on the planet to have somebody who casually remembers a 1955 Disneyland News ad and somebody else (me) who could pull it up in under 30 seconds.
For @cdylanm.bsky.social, here's "Mr. Treehouse" Earl Archer in the Disneyland Line in 1975.
Earl was a keeper of Disneyland paper and many of my Disneyland Line scans (like this one!) came from his collection.
Earl was a keeper of Disneyland paper and many of my Disneyland Line scans (like this one!) came from his collection.
December 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
For @cdylanm.bsky.social, here's "Mr. Treehouse" Earl Archer in the Disneyland Line in 1975.
Earl was a keeper of Disneyland paper and many of my Disneyland Line scans (like this one!) came from his collection.
Earl was a keeper of Disneyland paper and many of my Disneyland Line scans (like this one!) came from his collection.
Hopefully one day we'll get to learn more about the speeder bike attraction @tomkmorris.bsky.social was working on to replace the Tomorrowland and Fantasyland Autopias...
December 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Hopefully one day we'll get to learn more about the speeder bike attraction @tomkmorris.bsky.social was working on to replace the Tomorrowland and Fantasyland Autopias...