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Make your way towards the back of the China pavilion at Epcot's World Showcase and step into the Yong Feng Shangdian shop. There, on a pedestal, is a large bronze basin with two handles, one which most guests assume to be a simple wash basin. This basin, however, is unlike any you've ever seen before, as it is the Fish Basin, or "water-spouting" basin. Stop to read the small sign above the basin which reads... "The fish basin is dated back to the song Dynasty (960 to 1279

Author’s Note: I would like to thank Steve DeGaetano, author of Welcome Aboard the Disneyland Railroad! and the new The Disneyland Railroad: A Complete History in Words and Pictures, for his permission to use the following article. With each completion of the “Grand Circle Tour,” the engines of the Disneyland Railroad pull beyond the station and proceed into a gated restricted area, which allows the passenger cars to come to a stop in the boarding area. Unfortunately, this m

Photo Credit - WDW Guided Tours - WDWGuidedTours.com It passes by so quickly it's difficult to see, but just before you roar past the flooded town of Tumbleweed and dive into the Dave V. Jones Mine, look left and notice the wagon of Professor Cumulus Isobar, Rain Maker. Look quickly, and you'll find the professor himself leaning out the front door while bailing out his wagon, all while his two donkeys stand to the side high and dry. His name, of course, is a nod to the Disn

From my book The Hidden Secrets & Stories of Disneyland As you enter the Disneyland Railroad Station, you'll see directly in front of you what many guests simply assume to be a model train used as a decoration, but it is far, far more than that. In fact, it's a tribute to Walt Disney's love of trains and an important piece of Disneyland history. Of all the "rolling stock" Walt Disney ran on his "Carolwood Pacific" railroad in the backyard of his Holmby Hills home, none was m