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Realityland's David Koenig

Random Disneyland and Walt Disney World tidbits too time-sensitive or inconsequential to cram into a formal article.

  1. Club 55: The Final 15

    I just learned that longtime Disneyland Operations and Merchandise manager Jack Taylor passed away in April at the age of 87.

    A native of Carl Junction, Mo., Jack started on Opening Day on the pre-Storybook canal boats. He was promoted to foreman of the Jungle Cruise in 1956, moved to Holidayland two years later, and would eventually work most every area of the park.

    Jack’s favorite memory was of rigging a Jungle boat with fluorescent lights and taking Walt out on a ...
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