Theme Parks Part 1 (Disney) | Ep #31

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Welcome, foolish mortals, to the latest installment in our special summer series. Here, John, Drew, and 999 happy haunts materialize to detail what it is that makes Disney theme parks so great. Now I will raise the safety bar and The Hourchive will follow you home!

Show Notes: 

01:05 Par favor mantengase alejado de las puertas

01:37 The Main Street Electrical Parade

07:25 Interlude: Walt Disney's Dedication of Disneyland

08:30 The origins of Disneyland

11:45 Knott's Berry Farm

13:40 Interlude: The Disneyland Story

16:30 Herb Ryman

16:55 The Nine Old Men

19:10 Black Sunday

20:05 Disneyland Opening Day Broadcast

22:15 Walt Disney's Riverfront Square

26:45 Interlude: "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow"

28:10 The Vacation Kingdom of the World

32:40 Epcot '94

33:06 Walt Disney's original vision of EPCOT

33:45 Disney at the 1964/65 World's Fair

35:50 The Haunted Mansion

40:20 Interlude: "Grim Grinning Ghosts"

43:50 The Pirates of the Caribbean

47:00 Politcally correct pirates

47:50 Marc Davis

49:08 Space Mountain (the ride that ruined Drew)

51:30 Death by Disney

52:10 Myths and the legend of Master Gracey

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Theme Parks Part 1 (Disney) | Ep #31