In Their Defense… Standing Up for D23 In today's article, we offer an opinion piece about why D23 is a good thing, despite some of the arguments you might hear otherwise. Merriweather Pleasure Sails Into The Sunset… In today's Tapestry article, Jackie Steele takes a look back at the rich history of Downtown Disney Pleasure Island, and how its origins were firmly rooted in the original plans for the Florida Project. Sizing Up EPCOT: How does it compare to the World’s Fairs? Epcot has been billed as a "permanent World's Fair." So how does it stack up in terms of size when compared to the World's Fairs of days gone by? Today's article gets out the measuring tape to find out. Before the Omnimover… Before there were Omnimovers, there was the Carry-Go-Round... learn a bit about the granddaddy of the omnimover, and find out about different kinds of continuous-loading attraction vehicles. 1939’s Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow MousePortal takes an introductory look at some of the similarities that the 1939 and 1964 World's Fairs share with today's Disney theme parks. Video with Insight and Aftermath of Disney World Monorail Accident WDWNT Reporter Jose Eber has put together a video recapping the monorail accident from this morning, featuring insight from a former Walt Disney World Monorail pilot on what may have happened. WARNING: This video may contain pictures and images too graphic for some, please watch at your own discretion: More Details on Monorail Accident From the Orlando Sentinel: Two Walt Disney World monorail trains collided early Sunday morning, killing the operator of one of the trains. Walt Disney World spokesman Mike Griffin said the crash happened at about 2 a.m. Sunday, on one of the monorail’s last runs of the day. Austin Wenneberg, 21, a Disney employee who was piloting one of [...] Tragic Monorail Accident at the Walt Disney World Resort We have sad news to report this morning. It would appear that 2 monorail trains have collided. Full details are not available yet, but as they become available we will post them here. Our condolences go out to the family of the deceased driver.  Below, find details from cnn.com: (CNN) — A monorail train at Walt [...] Matt Paul’s 7/3/09 Magic Kingdom Report Matt Paul visited the Magic Kingdom on July 3rd to witness the new citizen naturalization ceremony, as well as to see the “Celebrate America” fireworks and he has some photos to share: The castle forecourt stage was decked out This logo is begging t0 be made into a pin It was so busy, that they went [...] Tom Corless’ 6/24-7/1 WDW Photo Report I have returned from my latest trip to the Walt Disney World Resort, and there were plenty of things going on in the last week. So let’s not waste any time, on to my photo report: There is a large balloon promoting “UP” outside the AMC Theater in Downtown Disney West Side I think the “UP” balloon [...] Walt Disney World monorail crash kills employee (AP via Yahoo! News) Officials at Walt Disney World Resort were investigating what caused the first fatal accident in the 38-year history of the park's Monorail, a one-time symbol of founder Walt Disney's vision for future transportation. Walt Disney World monorail crash kills employee (AP via Yahoo! News) Two monorail trains crashed early Sunday morning in the Magic Kingdom section of Walt Disney World, killing one train's operator, emergency officials said. Disney World monorail crash kills driver (CNN) Two monorail trains at Walt Disney World collided early Sunday, killing a 21-year-old driver. DISNEY WORLD DEATH CRASH (New York Post) Two monorail trains crashed yesterday in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, killing a train operator and injuring several visitors, officials said. A second train operator was hospitalized because he was emotionally shaken, police in Orlando, Fla... Disney World monorail crash kills train driver (Los Angeles Times) Disney says the incident is the system's first fatal collision in its 38-year history at the park. Two monorail trains crashed early Sunday morning in the Magic Kingdom section of Walt Disney World, killing one train's operator, emergency officials said.