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It was the summer of 1793 and a ghastly epidemic of Yellow fever gripped the largest city of America and the nation’s capital. Samuel Breck, a newly arrived merchant to Philadelphia and later instructor to the blind, observed “the horrors of this memorable affliction were extensive and heart rending.” Samuel Breck estimated that the number of deaths in 1793 by yellow fever was more than four thousand. Modern scholars estimate the number to be closer to five thousand, a tenth of the capital’s fifty thousand residents. However, twenty thousand people, including Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and much of the federal government had fled the city to escape the fever thereby making proportion of deaths among those who remained quite high. What could cause such a devastating epidemic to occur on Pennsylvania soil? Yellow fever is an acute, infectious, hemorrhagic (bleeding) viral disease transmitted by the bite of a female mosquito native to tropical and subtropical regions of South America and Africa. However, it wasn’t discovered that Yellow Fever was transmitted by mosquitoes until 1881. At the time, Yellow Fever was a well known illness that affected sailors who travelled to the Caribbean and Africa characterized by disquieting color changes including yellow eyes and skin, purple blotches under the skin from internal bleeding and hemorrhages, and black stools and vomit, all of which were accompanied by a high fever. In 1793, people of the French Caribbean colony of Saint Domingue (now Haiti) were fleeing a revolution from France and thousands of infected individuals landed at the Philadelphia docks. This combined with the dry, hot summer and low water tables of 1793 created the perfect breeding grounds for mosquitoes and the spread of Yellow Fever. On August 19, 1793, the first fatality of Yellow Fever, Peter Aston, became a topic of “general conversation” according to Mathew Carey, Irish- born American publisher and first hand witness to the beginning of the plague. At first, many residents believed it was simply a common autumnal illness. The prominent doctor of the time, Benjamin Rush, quickly identified the illness as Yellow Fever as more fell victim to its grasp. By August 25, “universal terror,” as described by Carey, began spreading like wildfire through Philadelphia and many fled the city. There was so great a terror that carts, wagons, chairs, and coaches could be constantly seen leaving the city over the next few weeks. Those left behind sought refuge indoors. Congress was adjourned and moved to the then remote village of Germantown. Streets became empty as business halted. In 1900, Lillian Rhoades, author of The Story of Philadelphia commented that, “the hearse and the doctor’s [carriage] were the sole vehicles on the street.” She also stated, “The hospitals were in a horrible condition; nurses could not be had at any price: to go into a house in which nearly every bed contained a dead body, and the floors reeked with filth, was courting death in its most dreadful form.” In the history of Pennsylvania, no city has ever faced its own mortality to the extent that Philadelphia suffered under the Yellow Fever affliction. The spread of Yellow Fever to Philadelphia resulted in panic and fear of death. The number of deaths changed from “ten victims a day in August to one hundred a day in October” and “sudden exit was of common occurrence” as depicted by Samuel Breck. He also noticed that people were “in health one day were buried the next.” The city was almost completely unprepared for such a catastrophe. “No hospitals or hospital stores were in readiness to alleviate the sufferings of the poor” as mentioned by Breck. Hope became dismal. Rhoades also commented on the atmosphere of Philadelphia as “deserted and desolate.” Yet during such a tragedy, there was also an intense struggle for a cure and containment. Doctor Benjamin Rush, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, became the leader of the fight against Yellow Fever. Though urged to flee the city like others, Rush said, “I have resolved to stick to my principles, my practice, and my patients to the last extremity.” Dr. Rush gave the people of Philadelphia courage and hope. Fear engulfed the city of Philadelphia. While many resorted to prayer and appealed to the divine, Dr. Rush believed that Yellow Fever was caused by unsanitary conditions, especially those of the docks, sewage system, and rotting vegetables such as rotting coffee from the Arch Street wharf. He concluded that the illness was not transmitted from human to human but by “putrid exhalations” in the atmosphere. He also recognized that weather played a part in the epidemic and that the infection did not spread from human to human contact. Though many people of the time wanted to point blame at the newly arrived Saint Domingue revolution refugees, Rush was adamant to not point the blame to outsiders but instead accuse the sanitary conditions of the city and implore residents to clean up the city so as to not “entrail the disease upon future generations.” He believed the epidemic could be prevented by cleaning the docks, pumping out the bilge water of ship (water that collects and stagnates in the bilge of a ship), cleaning sewers more often, washing the streets in warm weather, removing filth from home better, emptying toilets more often, stopping building so close in alleys, and eating less meat in the summer. In regards to disease, Rush has said, “To every natural evil, Heaven has provided an antidote.” African Americans played a vital role in the epidemic of 1793. Rush pleaded for the help of Philadelphia’s free black community, believing that African Americans were immune to the disease. African Americans worked tirelessly with the sick and dying as nurses, cart drivers, coffin makers, and grave diggers. Absalom Jones and Richard Allen, religious leaders who would later go on to found the first black churches of Philadelphia, African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, and African Methodist Episcopal Church, respectively, described their experience as volunteers in 1793: “at this time the dread that prevailed over people’s minds was so general, that it was a rare instance to see one neighbor visit another, and even friends when they met in the streets were afraid of each other, much less would they admit into their houses.” This was not the only horror that Absalom Jones and Richard Allen observed. They observed horrendous behavior from the fearful citizens of Philadelphia: “[Many white people]… have acted in a manner that would make humanity shudder.” Despite Dr. Rush’s theory, 240 African Americans died of Yellow Fever. The unwilling victims of Yellow Fever were not just the infected. Children often suffered from a milder case of Yellow Fever while adults severely suffered. The number of orphans increased as parents became casualties to the fever. Jones and Allen observed, “A woman died, we were sent for to bury her, on our going into the house and taking the coffin in, a dear little innocent accosted us with, mamma is asleep, don’t wake her; but when she saw us put her in the coffin, the distress of the child was so great, that it almost overcame us; when she demanded why we put her mamma in the box? We did not know how to answer her, but committed her to the care of a neighbor, and left her with heavy hearts.” However, as a result, many orphanages were created to meet the growing needs. Benjamin Rush did find his own treatment for Yellow Fever by October. By blood leeching and purging patients Dr. Rush decreased mortality. In some cases, he would remove a very high proportion of blood from the body. He often gave calomel, a mercury compound, as a method to purge the bowels. There were several doctors and public figures such as journalist William Cobbett who attacked his Rush’s medical practice. William Cobbett was the primary political enemy of Rush going so far as to calling him “a quack,” “a murderer,” and “mentally unstable” according to Jim Murphy, author of American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 . Later in 1800, Rush would sue William Cobbet for libel for the amount of $5,000, after which William Cobbet fled the country in disgrace. Though there is no true cure and a vaccine was not developed until 1937, Dr. Rush’s avid conviction to his personal cure gave his patents strength and hope. It is estimated that Rush’s medical treatment saved over 6,000 people with his dedication and perseverance to find a treatment. At one point Dr. Rush himself fell ill to Yellow Fever. With his own treatment administered by one of his assistants, he became healthy despite a persistence cough. Lillian Rhoades comments on opinion of Rush after the outbreak, “Dr. Benjamin Rush, whose heroism during the Yellow Fever epidemic in Philadelphia during 1793 endeared him even to his political enemies.” Frosts in mid to late October which froze over the stagnant pools of water where mosquitoes breed greatly decreased the incidence of Yellow Fever infections. By November, the horrific epidemic was over and residents finally returned to their homes and lives. Those who stayed such as Dr. Rush or Absalom Jones to fight the Yellow Fever were glorified heroes. Circuit Judge William Bradford, after hearing of Rush’s deeds wrote, “he is become the darling of the common people and his humane fortitude and exertions will render him deservedly dear.” The only conflict that remained was the cause of the Yellow Fever plague and whether it was from the filth of the city as Rush believed or the opinions of others who “argued that the seeds of the disease came from the West Indies” as stated by modern author Bob Arnebeck. Soon after, the governor, Thomas Mifflin, “embraced both ideas called for greater civic cleanliness and stricter quarantines and inspection of incoming vessels” as Bob Arnebeck noted. The Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793 forever changed Philadelphia. Though the initial impact was gloom and dread, great adaptations were made by the people of Philadelphia. Hospitals, isolation hospitals, and orphanages were built. Political leaders learned the importance of nursing care from the epidemics and attempted to provide it more carefully. Aggressive attempts were made to improve the city’s sanitary conditions. Laws came into existence for homeowners to hold responsibility for cleaning up their property. Murphy stated these cleanliness laws were “rather weak and generally ignored by all.” However, during the nineteenth century these laws would eventually be enforced. A great improvement was made in Philadelphia’s water supply following the Yellow Fever outbreak. Waste from privy pits, byproducts of manufacturing, and trash of markets seeped into private and public wells used for drinking and cooking which resulted in what Jim Murphy describes as “evil-smelling and evil-tasting water.” The citizens of Philadelphia believed that foul-smelling water could be the cause of health problems. In 1799, Benjamin Latrobe, Father of American Architecture, was hired to design and construct Philadelphia’s first waterworks and the first water system in the United States. Latrobe’s waterworks design removed water from the Schuylkill River by a steam-engine pump which pumped the water to a central pump house. The central pump house, located at the large central square at Broad and High Streets, used another steam-engine pump to lift the water into huge wood reservoirs which used gravity to carry the water to houses and businesses around the city. Water from the central pump house surged with the power to wash streets and docks. Even bathing became a great deal more common. Latrobe later went on to design the current capital of the United States, Washington D.C. Ironically, he died of Yellow Fever while constructing the waterworks of New Orleans in 1820. One of the immediate changes to Philadelphia was the dispersal of residents who lived on the water side of Philadelphia. Merchants, then living on Water or Front Street, moved to reside in western outskirts of Philadelphia. Population movement changed the growth of Philadelphia away from the water front. Benjamin Rush had an enormous impact on the growth of medicine and medical care. However, at the time many other physicians of the College of Physicians disagreed with Rush’s belief of the cause. Rush resigned from the College of Physicians as he viewed “flawed medical logic and professional jealousy” from his peers as stated by Jim Murphy, the American award winning author. Though the cause of Yellow Fever would not be known for another century, Rush was criticized for his belief that the illness was not imported. He later wrote several books on his experience with Yellow Fever. Rhodes later describes, “The writings of Dr. Rush have claimed the attention of the medical world for their novelty, extent, variety, and accuracy.” Though incorrect in his cure for Yellow Fever, Dr. Rush’s scientific methods left a legacy for future generations to follow in the identification of emerging infectious diseases. Yellow Fever tore through the city like wildfire causing the death of one-sixth of the population remaining. Though many tried to flee the city, the effects of such a devastating epidemic could not be avoided. Out of the death and decay, several of history’s greatest doctors such as Benjamin Rush became combatants against the plague and consequently advanced medicine. The growth of Philadelphia and the history of Pennsylvania were forever altered by this tragedy endured by the residents of Philadelphia. As Murphy stated, “everyone – even those who had run from the city – considered himself or herself a survivor.” The Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793 can be considered a crucial part of not only Pennsylvania’s history, but of the history of human strength and fortitude during unbelievably difficult times. The Untold Stories of Black Women in the Suffrage Movement. During the Washington State Women’s Commission annual meeting at Gonzaga in 2019, attendees viewed “The Untold Stories of Black Women in the Suffrage Movement," produced by the KD Hall Foundation. Central to the story is Ida B. Wells, a leader in the civil rights movement, who was born into slavery in Mississippi and freed when she was six months old? by the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War. After losing her parents and brother to Yellow Fever, Wells moved to Tennessee, where she owned a newspaper and wrote on racial segregation. One of her many publications, “Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in all its Phases” drew attention to the horrors of lynching. As a social reformer, Wells was drawn to the women’s suffrage movement. She advocated for issues affecting women and African Americans. Wells also co-founded the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) and the NACWC (National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs); both organizations sought to further equal rights for people of color. The video puts into perspective the viewpoints of women’s suffrage leaders, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Both are well-known suffrage heroes, who argued that white women should receive the vote before African American men in 1870. Doing so, they contradicted ideas of equality that are central to civil rights movements. Many also forget that in 1913, the women’s suffrage parade in Washington, D.C., segregated white participants from African Americans, who were told to walk at the end of the parade. Despite the ratification of woman’s suffrage in 1920, some states prevented African Americans from voting, which the Civil Rights Movement fought to correct. Even though activists have worked to equalize voting, we still struggle today with practices like restrictions on early voter registration and required documents for voter identification that target low income earners in the United States. Recognizing Ida B. Wells and other leaders who are so often left invisible in discussions of women suffrage helps us understand the intersectionality behind the movement. Suffragists of all identities participated in trying to become part of American democracy, and their efforts resulted in our 100-year celebration of women’s suffrage. While we must celebrate our triumphs, we also must push for a true equality for all that addresses past and current social injustices that challenge our conceptions about movements for women’s rights. Understanding our history helps us see what we can do for our future. 6 Things You’ll Only Remember If You Were a Die-Hard Disney World Kid! If you grew up in a Disney-loving family during the 80s and 90s, you probably remember things being a bit different than they are now at Disney World! The Earffel Tower at Disney MGM Studios; Photo Credit: Disney Parks Blog. There are a few memories that are burned into our brains! We don’t know why we can’t seem to forget them! Let’s see if you do, too… . Take a trip back in time with us and see if you remember some of our favorite things from growing up at Disney World too! The Yellow Sea Of Ponchos. Every time it rained in Disney World (which seems to happen A LOT), the gift shops would bust out their displays of bright yellow Mickey rain ponchos, and it felt like everyone in the park would buy one! Vintage Yellow Ponchos Photo; Credit Werner Weiss ©Yesterland.com. We’re talking men, women, and even small children! They were big sheets of vinyl with an enormous logo of Mickey on the back. (This was before the days of Amazon when a lot of people bought cheaper rain ponchos online and brought them to the parks.) In 2003 Disney World switched over to a clear poncho which is much less harsh on the eyes, but call us nostalgic — we seem to prefer the vibrant yellow ones better! Check out our list of 9 important things you won’t find in Disney World here! Butter Was Mickey-Shaped Everywhere. Believe it or not, you can STILL find Mickey Butter at some spots in Disney World (like this beautiful bounty of Mickey-shaped butter pads that came with our room service at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge!). But alas, Mickey Butter is a rare creature these days! If you were lucky enough to visit Disney World during the Mickey Butter glory days, you’ll remember this stuff was everywhere! In fact, it was one of the things we were the most excited about seeing on every trip. We even remember having the old “D” in the Walt Disney World logo…as butter. Shaped butter just TASTED better, right?! Garden Grill Restaurant at EPCOT (back when it was known as The Land Grille Room ) even had MICKEY SHAPED BUTTER STATUES! We don’t know what Disney’s strange obsession with butter was but we fully support it returning! Typhoon Lagoon Doubloons. Typhoon Lagoon opened on June 1, 1989, at Disney World and quickly became the unofficial water park capital of all the cool kids. We remember these giant souvenir coins came with our kids’ meal, folded in a small paper envelope! Typhoon Lagoon Doubloon Photo Credit: Worthpoint.com. The token was made of plastic and read “Typhoon Lagoon Doubloon” on both sides. It had absolutely no purpose or cash value (what, you gave us a giant gold coin that we can’t spend on anything. ), but since we’ve held onto this thing all these years, we’re pretty happy it’s still around! You Could Meet the Dreamfinder and Figment. Back when Disney’s rarest characters used to roam the Earth (and before Journey Into Imagination’s refurb) there was the Dreamfinder — a magical man with a luscious crop of red hair and a beard to match — and you could MEET him! Dreamfinder and Figment Photo Credit: D23. And while, later, a much bigger costumed Figment was introduced, the original Figment was just a wee lad in an itty bitty sweater toted around by the gloved and tuxedoed Dreamfinder. Don’t even get us started with the rest of the amazing stuff you could see and do at EPCOT back in the day (fly around blood cells in Body Wars, sniff oranges in Horizons, sing with fruit at Kitchen Kabaret, bust a move with Captain EO…the list goes on and on). The place was absolutely bananas…and PERFECT. Candy Came in WAY Cooler Packaging. Long before Goofy’s Candy Co., Disney World packaged its candy in souvenir tins and acrylics cases. Some were shaped like Disney characters while others were beautifully illustrated with colorful designs. Each one was like a work of art! Vintage Candy Tin Photo Credit: Worthpoint.com. Our favorite cases were these simple square acrylic boxes that were usually filled with Runts or Tart n Tinys or M&Ms. The confectioneries and gift shops had STACKS of them. Old Disney World Candy Box! Now Disney packages its candy in disposable plastic bags and tubs — how we long for them to bring back this art form! (Huge thanks to Carl S. for sending us this pic to spark our imaginations and remember our must-have souvenirs from the 80s! Maybe our obsession with these was the seed of Disney Food Blog!) Fine, But I Still Call It MGM Studios! Perhaps the biggest change from our past is Disney’s Hollywood Studios (which doesn’t even have the same name anymore). MGM Studios (as it was formerly called) opened on May 1st, 1989, and was the third park at Disney World. This park was super RAD even before Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge! It had a giant Mickey-shaped water tower , a Honey I Shrunk the Kids: Movie Set Adventure playground, and even a Studio Backlot Tour with a sound stage, tram, and walking tour! The idea behind MGM Studios started as a movie-themed pavilion at EPCOT. But the project grew and grew, eventually expanding into its own unique theme park concept! Learn more about Hollywood Studios (which just celebrated its 31st anniversary) HERE! A 1985 licensing agreement between Disney and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio gave Disney the right to use “MGM” for the name and logo. And originally, Disney planned on using the theme park as an actual movie production studio. Ernest Saves Christmas was filmed at MGM Studios before the park opened to the public, and that began the downfall of the name MGM before guests had even stepped foot inside. Disney Studio Backlot Tour. MGM filed a lawsuit against Disney in 1988 (BEFORE the park was even open to the public) stating movie-making was in violation of their contract with Disney…even though that was kind of the whole point of the park in the first place. The case was settled in 1992 and Disney was allowed to keep using the MGM brand for its park. They did that until January 7, 2008, when the name was changed to Disney’s Hollywood Studios! Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Actually, now that we’ve had a chance to reflect back on this stuff, we think we know why we cling to these memories. They’re rather small details through the eyes of an adult, but in the imagination of a child, Mickey Butter, meeting the Dreamfinder, and seeing rows and rows of neatly stacked candies in shiny clear acrylic boxes is a dream come true! We wonder what stuff our kids are noticing that they’ll be remembering many years from now! We look forward to finding out. 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Our guides are backed by a 100% money-back guarantee, so you have nothing to lose. What do you remember from your vacations to Disney World growing up? Tell us in the comments below! TRENDING NOW. We gave Disney's pickle (!!) corn dog a try! Check out our review. You probably weren't expecting these rules on your vacation! Here are eight of the weirdest. We're taking a look at the first formal predictions for the 2021 hurricane season. Disney won't make this map of Disney's Hollywood Studios, so we did! And now we're. If you only have one day to visit EPCOT, how is it even possible to. There are plenty of great cocktails, wines, and beers to be found in Disney World. Comments. Loved Backlot Tour!! Got to do the action scene at the beginning once! One of my favorite Disney memories! Really liked this blog post. Learn a lot of stuff I didn’t know before. Great job to whoever did this, y’all rock. Yep, I still call it MGM, not Hollywood Studios. Also, the Tomorrowland Transit Authority in the Magic Kingdom used to be the WEDWay PeopleMover. I still call it that too. Lois Pierce says. I remember it all. I first visited Disney World when there was only the Magic Kingdom and there was very literally A,B,C,D & E tickets! We first visited Epcot soon after it had opened and saw Dreamfinder and Figment. I had a Figment Sleepshirt I got on that trip. But I love that Disney’s always changing and always new. You missed many of the really unique Disney magic… like when you made a reservation for dinner at the Whispering Canyon Cafe and when you were called to be seated you were presented with authentic WCC Paper Menu Newspaper with your family name printed at the headline and your name sprinkled throughout the paper. awesome, or riding with the driver on the Monorail or eating eggs Benedict at the Steak House restaurant in the main concourse of the Contemporary because it was the only restaurant on property that offered eggs Benedict. Have you ever seen a DREAM pin… (Disney Resort Experiences are Magical). Michael Eisner and Frank Wells changed the entire culture of being a cast member by raising the guest experience bar to unparalleled heights that the competition could not match. I was a Disney Institute graduate of several disaplines and cherish every moment. Oh yes, and let’s not forget the popular “Sticky Mickey” breakfast bread or a real candy apple on a Granny Smith. Now it appears the water pageant night time lights and music will pass on. It was a highlight for the kids at night for guests staying on Bay Lake or the 7 Seas Lagoon. The good old days. What about the personalized newspaper menu at the Whispering Canyon Cafe or riding with the pilot on the monorail or visiting the different club Venus at Pleasure Island. All great memories. My kids mock me every time, I call it MGM. I even confused a very young cast member on my last trip who had no idea what I was referring to. Great memories! I still have the poncho and candy box. I remember guessing which color monorail would arrive and trying for pilots seat. Also, I remember 20,000 leagues and thought I was way deep! “Thanks For The Memories” I saw and did everyone of them and to top it all, I still have my yellow poncho and use it on my yearly visits to WDW. I have a picture of me with the Dreamfinder and Figment when I was around 8 years old! I remember meeting them and Figment flipped my hat off my head. Haha! I still miss The Adventurer’s Club. I wish they would bring that back! Makes me sad reading this because we loved MGM We went there in 1989 when it opened. It was a magical movie experience. Participating in Superstar Television experiences ( I was a Ethel to Lucy in the chocolate factory episode and my husband and I were the sketchy neighbors in the Golden Girls). Learning how sound effects created, it was fun Now? Nothing about making movies. Ever since Frozen invasion its lost its way. Dianna Heuman says. They used to actually “make” movies with the street actors and using spectators (my husband and I were in one) back where they now sell the frozen Cokes near 50’s Prime Time Cafe. Lots of fun and laughs! The yellow ponchos…my family & I still have them! MGM Studios & Downtown Disney forever in my mind. I can’t get used to saying Disney Springs!! Wonderful nostalgia. I had the opportunity to cover EPCOT’s opening back in 1982 for a magazine & must say u hit on many of the things I so enjoyed. Really think WDW does a bang up job in general but they really screwed up with losing “The Dream Finder & Figment” in original form. Also doe anyone remember the wonder Broadway style show in the “Top of The World” Supper Club in the Contemporary resort that was the predecessor to California Grill….really, really miss that too!…www.hcgrp.net. Paul in CT says. We had dinner at the Garden Grill on our very first visit with the kids to WDW in ‘89. I remember the Mickey butter statues back then. It was almost too cute to eat, but we took a photo and then we did. They were gone by our next visit in 1991. Love the walk down memory lane. I remember all of this except my only regret is that I never met Dreamfinder and figment. Margaret Beyer says. I miss the old MGM, back lot tour, car show, and Osborne lights. We still have our yellow ponchos too. I hope it’s ok to mention it here, but we have an excellent Vintage Walt Disney World group on Facebook if you’re in to old photos and memories from 1971 until 2001. Lots of great photos! – Dan B (aka; Gern Blandsten Jr. on Facebook (my nickname)) Growing up, I went to two different tapings of the New MMC at MGM Studios! Such fun memories! Yes!! I LOVED Figment! And it will absolutely always be MGM. I don’t know if this was just in Disneyland but the Mickey mouse bunched lollipop were changed. I miss throse so much they came in yellow, orange, and lime green colors, my favorite was the yellow banana one. I forgot about the Mickey shaped butter! My fam still calls HS MGM . My brother got to be in the Backlot tour action scene on one of its final days. We had no idea he’d been selected until we saw him on stage! So cool. I also loved the ‘Tapestry of Dreams’ parade at Epcot. Getting to drop your ‘dream’ into one of the baskets carried by performers on stilts! I found our yellow Mickey ponchos when cleaning out a closet in October. We wore them proudly in November of this year! One thing I definitely remember were the Mickey ponchos. I think my parents got them for my siblings and I for when it was raining tho I was really young. I remember the ride tickets- we never had enough E tickets lol. And I loved If You Had Wings (where the Buzz Lightyear ride is now) sponsored by the now defunct Eastern Airlines. And you did not need a ticket to ride it! Cinderella castle had the Mickey statue butters too!! My first trip, we lucked out having dinner there, and this is what I remember! How do you have 101 Dalmatians on the cover of the post but not mention it in the article? When did the Earful Tower look like that? Spot lovers need to know! Dawn Maloney says. I remember the Mickey butter statue at the France restaurant in Epcot and the fabulous parade in Epcot with performers on stilts before the fireworks. We went to a character breakfast at the Empress Lilly in Downtown Disney. Lovely memories – my favorite was and still is in Epcot Horizons. I LOVED the Mickey Butter! I seem to recall at Norway they had spaceship earth shaped butter (like little golf balls) when Akershus was actually Norwegian food, complete with a Norwegian food buffet (ah, before the princess’ invaded..). I my mom never let us get candy, but I do recall we must’ve got something once, bc the clear acrylic box held my hair ties on my dresser! Does anyone remember the powdered soap they used to use in the bathrooms? 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