Explore the History of Pleasure Island, Disney's first (and only) Adult Entertainment District, as well as the troubled History & Origins of Downtown Disney (now Disney Springs), which began as an abandoned Residential Community in preparation for Walt Disney's EPCOT.

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PRIMARY INFORMATIONAL / VISUAL SOURCES:

Passport2Dreams - http://passport2dreams.blogspot.com/2...

http://progresscityusa.com/2011/10/31...

http://www.imagineeringdisney.com/blo...

https://www.themeparktourist.com/feat...

https://waltdatedworld.com/id121.htm

http://passport2dreams.blogspot.com/2...

https://allears.net/2013/02/18/sarato...


VIDEO LINKS in Order of Appearance (the rest are continued in a pinned comment & included in the end credits):

The Imagineering Story - What Would Walt Do, The Midas touch, Hit or Miss - The Walt Disney Company

The Florida Project - RetroWDW -    • 1966 EPCOT Film - The Florida Project...   - Disney

Project Florida 1971 - RetroWDW.com -    • Project Florida 1971 - Restored in HD   - Disney

Florida Welcomes Walt Disney (1965) - ProgressCityPublicTV -    • Florida Welcomes Walt Disney (1965)  

1975 Lake Buena Vista Home Movie - RetroWDW.com -    • 1975 Lake Buena Vista Home Movie  

https://www.retrowdw.com/lbvhs/lake-b...

Disneyland Remember to Vote - DisneyD23 -    • Disneyland: Remember to Vote  

Disneyland PSA Snow White Seven Dwarfs Remember To Vote - Surf's Up Studios California USA - http://www.SurfsUpStudios.com

Magic Kingdom Club 1980 Update - RetroWDW -    • Magic Kingdom Club - 1980 Update - 16...  

Contemporary Resort and Lake Buena Vista - RetroWDW -    • Contemporary Resort and Lake Buena Vi...  

A Day at the Magic Kingdom - Central Florida Sights and Sounds - Disney -    • Video  

A Day at Epcot Center - Central Florida Sights and Sounds - Disney -    • Video  

Wet N Wild commercial - Televisionarchives -    • Video  

Seaworld Commercial - member berries -    • Sea World  - And Shows  - Orlando Vac...  

Church Street Station photo - Orlando Retro - https://orlandoretro.com/category/ret...

Church Street Station Marketing Video - Kim F -    • Church Street Station Marketing Video  

Young Again 1986 ABC Disney Sunday Movie Opening - MemoryMuseum -    • The Richest Cat In The World 1986 ABC...  

Bookkeeping and Accounting (1945) - A/V Geeks -    • Bookkeeping and Accounting (1945)  

Hurricane Connie News Report - https://archive.org/details/1955-08-1...

Walt Disney World Coming Attractions - ProgressCityPublicTV -    • Walt Disney World Coming Attractions ...  

Splash, Too - ThomTheTailman - Disney -    • Splash Too Part 1  

The Making of Disney-MGM-Studios - ProgressCityPublicTV - Disney -    • The Making of the Disney-MGM Studios ...  

Disney’s Pleasure Island Opens in 1989 - Universal / NBC -    • Disney's Pleasure Island opens in 1989  

Disney Pleasure Island Info Video from 1990 - ommadawnfan -    • Disney Pleasure Island Info Video fro...  

https://www.retrowdw.com/pictorial-so...

1995 Walt Disney World Vacation Planning Video - InteractiveWDW -    • 1995 Walt Disney World Vacation Plann...  

Adventurers Club Colonel Critchlow Sunchbench - Lake Buena Vista Historical Society -    • Adventurers Club: Colonel Critchlow S...  

Walt Disney World Adventurers Club at Pleasure Island - May 28, 1992 -    • Walt Disney World Adventurers Club at...  

WDW 1993 Vacation Planner - ResortTV1 -    • WDW | 1993 Vacation Planner | Be Our ...  

WDW Resort Information Channel - May 1992 - RetroWDW.com -    • WDW Resort Information Channel - May ...  

Pleasure Island 1991 - Pluto ParkingTV -    • Pleasure Island 1991  

Disney Village Marketplace and Pleasure Island Walt Disney World May 1993 - Vintage Disney Parks Channel -    • Disney Village Marketplace and Pleasu...  

Disney Village Marketplace and Pleasure Island, FL (Aug 1990) - Theme Park Patrol -    • Video  

Mardi Gras Parade Pleasure Island Downtown Disney Walt Disney World * February 1998 - Vintage Disney Parks Channel -    • Mardi Gras Parade * Pleasure Island D...