An independent website featuring photos, videos, and travel musings by Alan S. Dalinka.

[EXCITING UPDATE: NEW TEMPLATE INSTALLATION COMPLETE! – AUGUST 2026 — ALL POSTS & PAGES SHOULD NOW BE WORKING]

World DestinationsUSA DestinationsOld Hometown: ChicagoCentral Florida Sites*

Photos of Chicago by ASD
This one is on WordPress 7.0.2 – Responsive Theme – Travel Blog Template

This is Alan S. Dalinka’s independent website featuring travel photos, videos and other musings from his original hometown of Chicago, to his current home in Central Florida, and around the globe — except when visiting all places Disney Parks, Disney Cruise Line, Disney Vacation Club and other resorts and other places, exhibits and things associated with The Walt Disney Co. and, more broadly, “Hollywood” wherever it exists, as those are on the sister site, ASDHollywood.com.

Very early Photoshop combination of U.S. Capitol, EPCOT, Magic Kingdom, and a couple of drawn circles as "Ears."
This was likely one of the very first images ASD ever posted on the very first webpage of what is now Dalinka.com.
The US Capitol building photo is likely from 1988. The Disney elements are from video shot in March and/or November 1996.
This image has been sitting on the server unused for many years and was restored here July 18, 2026!

A Sampling of Some of the Newest Pages Added in July 2026


Sampling of 2016 Chicago Slideshow Images

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ASD at the podium ASD Podium caption

This is Dalinka.com  (and Dalinka.net, Dalinka.org, & Dalinka.us)

The Webmaster is ASD:  Alan S. Dalinka. A bit about ASD is here.

On December 30, 1995, a personal “home page” was launched that eventually became this page.  By August 24, 1996, that “home page” outgrew the free space of that early webpage provider, so it was moved to a more generous free provider, Tripod.com, where it remained until January 1, 2002.  Next, it migrated to the host of ASD’s “other” home page (the one focused on Disney & “Hollywood,” The ASDHollywood Page, GeoCities/Yahoo!  By September 10, 2007, all of ASD’s pages moved to the current host, IONOS.com (formerly, 1and1.com).

So, to be clear, the pages of ASDHollywood.com are where to to find photos, videos and and other musings from ASD’s visits to Disney Parks & Resorts and other Disney places plus “Hollywood” (which includes Los Angeles and the studios–including Universal Studios theme parks on both coasts–as well other television and film-related places around the USA), the pages of Dalinka.com are devoted to ASD’s travels to other destinations and his original hometown, Chicago. You can read about the technology and development of the site, as well as relevant disclosures and disclaimers here.

This site as been in “beta” since migrating to WordPress over a decade ago, but as of August 2026, with a lot of effort, everything should be working again, at long last! If you find something on the site that isn’t working right, like dead links or images that won’t load, please let me know by email.


Old Hometown: ChicagoThe Category Now Includes Return Visits

Chicago Skyline
Sunset behind the Chicago skyline viewed from Adler Planetarium, April 30, 2007

*Central Florida Sites on Dalinka.com excludes Disney & Universal because they’re at ASDHollywood.com

ASDHollywood.com features ASD’s visits to Disney Parks & Hollywood

These pages all updated as of August 2026!

ASD's Composite Image of Disney Parks
Visits

First: November 1976
Most Recent: January 2026

Visits

First: October 1972
Most Recent: Recently!

Visits

First: January 1999
Most Recent: November 2009


ASD’s YouTube Channel: ASDTubeU

Latest Uploads Playlist


Page created: December 30, 1995

Last Updated on August 2, 2026