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/lakeb...

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/1955081...

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

Splash, Too ThomTheTailman Disney    • Splash Too Part 1  

The Making of DisneyMGMStudios ProgressCityPublicTV Disney    • The Making of the DisneyMGM 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/pictorialso...

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...