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11/9/05 DL Space, Part III – Former Imagineer George McGinnis concludes his look back on the design of Disneyland's Space Mountain.

10/26/05 Space Mountain: Making it Fit – Former Imagineer Bill Watkins explains the difficult process of desiging the track into the already designed show building.

10/12/05 DL Space, Part 1 – Former Imagineer George McGinnis begins his story of the design and development of Disneyland's Space Mountain.

7/22/05 WDW's Space Mountain, Part 2 – Former Imagineer George McGinnis concludes a look at the design and development of Space Mountain.

7/06/05 WDW's Space Mountain – Former Imagineer George McGinnis begins a look at the design and development of Space Mountain.

3/30/05 Maelstrom, Part 4 – Former Imagineer Paul Torrigino concludes his discussion of his work on Epcot's Maelstrom.

3/16/05 Maelstrom, Part 3 – Former Imagineer Paul Torrigino continues his discussion of his work on Epcot's Maelstrom.

3/9/05 Maelstrom, Part 2 – Former Imagineer Paul Torrigino continues his discussion of his work on Epcot's Maelstrom.

3/2/05 Maelstrom, Part 1 – Former Imagineer Paul Torrigino discusses his work in designing Epcot's Maelstrom.

2/9/05 Disney on Ice – Mark takes the spectacle that is Disney on Ice.

12/29/04 Very Merry – Mark takes in some of Walt Disney World's Christmas entertainment.

12/23/04 MouseFest – Mark's experience at MouseFest.

11/24/04 History of the World, Part IX: After Roy – What happened with Walt Disney World in the period after Roy Disney's death?

11/10/04 History of the World, Part VIII: It's Showtime! – Mark continues his History of the World with Magic Kingdom's opening day.

10/29/04 Disney vs. Reality – Mark compares Walt Disney World's Saratoga Springs with the real thing.

10/27/04 Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda: The Dragon Tower, Part 2 – Mark continues his look at Animal Kingdom's ride that never got made.

10/13/04 Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda: The Dragon Tower – Mark starts an occasional series with a look at a ride that never was.

08/11/04 History of the World, Part VII – Mark continues his series by going over some of the construction issues faced by the Magic Kingdom.

07/28/04 Camp Disney – Mark just got back from Disney's Hilton Head Island resort and can't wait to share some of the details.

07/21/04 History of the World, Part VI – Mark continues his series with a look at the original hotel plans for Walt Disney World.

06/30/04 History of the World, Part V – The series continues with the engineering problems of working in a swamp.

06/09/04 History of the World, Part IV – Mark continues his series with the reaction to Walt Disney's death.

05/26/04 Business as Usual – Mark recaps events at Disney since the shareholder's meeting.

05/12/04 Horizons, Part 4 – George McGinnis concludes his series on the design of Epcot's Horizons Pavilion.

04/30/04 Horizons, Part 3 – George McGinnis continues his series on the design of Epcot's Horizons Pavilion.

04/28/04 Horizons, Part 2 – George McGinnis continues his series on the design of Epcot's Horizons Pavilion.

04/14/04 Horizons, Part 1 – Former Imagineer George McGinnis begins a series on the design of Epcot's Horizons Pavilion.

03/24/04 Planning Epcot – Part Three of Mark's History of Walt Disney World, in which Walt Disney begins plans for Epcot.

03/17/04 What Next? – Mark thinks through some scenarios for the near future.

03/10/04 Making Sense of It All – Mark tries to put last weeks event in some perspective.

02/25/04 History of the World, Part II – Mark continues his history of Walt Disney World with the selection of a site.

01/30/04 Mark VI – George McGinnis continues his look at the evolution of the monorails with the story of the Mark VI.

01/28/04 History of the World, Part I – Mark begins the ambitious task of telling the history of Walt Disney World, and he begins with the completion of Disneyland.

01/14/04 Mark V – Retired Imagineer George McGinnis begins a series discussing the monorails by looking back at the Mark V.

12/10/03 Looking Glass – Mark's "Windows on Main Street" series garners some very interesting e-mail.

11/12/03 Reader Secrets – Mark Goldhaber shares some of the many hidden tributes contributed by readers in response to his previous articles.

11/5/03 Farewell, Alien – Mark Goldhaber spends the day at Alien Encounter's final day.

10/31/03 Spookiest Place on Earth – Mark Goldhaber shares this year's Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party.

10/23/03 Wishes – Mark Goldhaber is lucky enough to be at one of the first public shows of "Wishes," the Magic Kingdom's new fireworks extravaganza.

10/8/03 Betcha Didn't Know, Part II – Mark Goldhaber shares some more of the hidden features and secrets around Disney World.

9/11/03 Betcha Didn't Know – Mark Goldhaber shares some of the hidden features and secrets around Disney World.

8/29/03 Hidden Tributes – Mark Goldhaber reviews some of the hidden tributes in Magic Kingdom and Epcot.

8/13/03 Windows on Main Street, Part 3 – Mark completes his review of the windows on Main Street and the history behind them.

7/9/03 Windows on Main Street, Part 2 – Mark continues his review of the windows on Main Street and the history behind them.

6/11/03 Windows on Main Street, Part 1 – Mark begins his review of the windows on Magic Kingdom's Main Street and just who those people are.

5/30/03 Continuing the Theme, Part 2 – It's official: Mark has joined the madhouse, and finishing his series on theming is the first task at hand.

4/23/03 Continuing the Theme, Part 1 – Mark begins a series that looks at the minor things that help create the overall theme. [Published as part of WDW Update.]

3/26/03 A Practically Perfect Day With Hardly Any Attractions – Mark takes a look at live entertainment options at Epcot.

Mark is a veteran of many trips to Walt Disney World starting in 1972, with a few Disneyland trips also under his belt. He is also a Disney stockholder and a Disney Vacation Club member who collects Disney sericels, books, clothing, and just about any other thing with The Mouse on it that he can lay his hands on.

Between visiting WDW, planning trips for himself and others, fantasizing about trips to WDW, and reading everything he can about Walt Disney and his legacy, there's not much time left for anything other than family time, but he's perfectly happy with that.

Mark is a computer geek working for the State of New York. He lives in the suburbs outside Albany, New York, with his wife and son.

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