Frank Mezzatesta
frankmezzatesta.com
Frank Mezzatesta
@frankmezzatesta.com
I grew up in Oak Park Illinois and moved to LA in 1979 to work for Walt Disney Imagineering which I did for 41 years until spring of 2020.
Ah yes, the Norway bathrooms. I loved them and used them. Of course the Norway Pavilion was much better!
Before the Norway Pavilion…
There were restrooms (1983)
World Showcase
Epcot Center
Walt Disney World
September 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
When you are asked what DCA stands for and of course you say Disney’s California Adventure, think again! It also stands for Disney Commuter Assistance! Yet another free handout of this smart cooler bag from many years ago. I saw it just now next to my desk so I guess we are still using it.
September 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
WD40 is named after taking 40 attempts to get the formula for Water Displacement lubricant correct. Vick's Formula 44 cough syrup similar story. You have tried three times to have a conversation with someone or three times to accomplish some task and have failed. My advice, try again.
September 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Watched this 3 times and a think I have an idea what he did. Brilliant game of human nature.
"It looks like you win. Doesn't it? Except you don't. Next person."
Makes me think of this amazing bit with Ricky Jay as con man. "Get me a guy who wants to play!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHxV...
September 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is funny and scary all at the same time.
"Let's rebuild Disney World to work better for cars instead of people and see what happens." www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG0q...
I Redesigned Disney World... But For Cars
YouTube video by Streetcraft
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July 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Happy 626 day! I was having lunch yesterday with a fellow Imagineer at the Imagineering/Consumer Products Campus in Glendale. As we walked to the cafeteria in the “GC3” campus for Consumer Products, there was Stitch. These seemingly small things throughout the year add to the joy of working here.
June 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I wrote another chapter today on my website. This chapter about the Big Dino project. An attempt to make a big walking dinosaur to walk in the Park.

www.frankmezzatesta.com/wdi_bigdino....
The Big Dino - Frank Mezzatesta
www.frankmezzatesta.com
May 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Lucky the Dinosaur was a world traveler starting at Disney's California Adventure in 2003 and in 2005 visited Animal Kingdom. Here is his pin commemorating his visit. I include a picture loading Lucky on the truck at Imagineering for his trip to Florida. Note his decorations changed before opening.
April 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I followed the simple instructions and changed my handle to FrankMezzatesta.com just now.
Frank Mezzatesta
FrankMezzatesta.com
April 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I am very happy today as I received an email via my website from the son of an Imagineer I wrote about recently. There is this wonderful part of the Internet that connects us to people we might never run across otherwise and that have wonderfully positive things to talk about.
March 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
This was fun to watch and not to hear from Josh D'Amaro but Josh Gorin there at the beginning.
I really like this video showing off some Imagineering R&D projects. Cleo Abram isn't someone I've seen before, but I like her perspective: not just "wow!" but discussing the larger reasons we do these projects, and also she's not afraid to get into the technology. www.youtube.com/watch?v=enev...
Inside Disney's Secret Test Lab
YouTube video by Cleo Abram
www.youtube.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Brings back great memories of shopping for electronics.
February 25, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I love that this website is still active.
indeed
I miss the time when this was the focus of my activism
February 16, 2025 at 5:49 AM
From 1994 my Tower of Terror Florida construction badge and a much younger me. I am surprised they let this guy in!
January 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Printed a picture of the sunset and my printer needed its head cleaned and aligned. The green lines were printed in error but makes it look like a laser lightshow at EPCOT.
December 2, 2024 at 12:42 AM
Is it politically Okay to miss Splash Mountain? I worked on Walt Disney World's opening and rode it many times and enjoyed it each time. Riding it with only like four boats on the whole attraction so no one else was around you made it even more wonderful as it was all just for you!
November 22, 2024 at 1:19 AM
OK I am trying out Blue Sky as an alternative to Twitter. My first post is a picture of some complimentary Disneyland tickets I still have in a box. Back in the 1980's when there where tickets, employees could get these complimentary tickets to enter the park and ride any A through E attractions.
November 18, 2024 at 9:13 PM