I’m back! It's been a long time coming, but welcome to this episode on the history of Disneyland. After several rewrites, I have finally finished this episode. It has been a true passion project to research this park since it hearkens back to one of my personal heroes, Walt Disney. I hope you enjoy this episode and the stories it tells. On the heels of the upcoming documentary, Disneyland Handcrafted, this is truly the era of Disneyland.

Thank you for your patience in getting this episode out. I have been spending every extra moment I had to make it happen, and I finally finished it after a busy holiday season for me. Please continue to have patience for the next episodes, but I should be back on somewhat of a schedule by the next episode. Stay tuned for the next park we will discover!

Sources:

• https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/disneyland

• https://youtu.be/QpM9-zkK4OM?si=_cy-JWRkYlYA-9Ld

• Remembering Walt - Favorite Memories of Walt Disney by Amy Boothe Green and Howard E. Green (ISBN 0-7868-6348-X)

• Yesterday’s Tomorrow: Disney’s Magical Mid-Century by Don Hahn (ISBN 978-148473764-4), Pages 40-41

• Walt Disney Imagineering - A Behind the Dreams Look at Making the Magic Real by The Imagineers (ISBN 0-7868-8372-3), Page 15

• Walt’s Revolution! By the Numbers by Harrison “Buzz” Price (ISBN 1-893951-06-5), Pages 26-27

• https://www.disneyhistory101.com/disneyland/2022/1/23/blllw5g4liwzbfix3bt7clfnn4kn8t

• https://youtu.be/itcrhPh_Pzc?si=arWM2xAumnG8vRTI

• LIFE Magazine: Inside the Disney Parks: The Happiest Places on Earth, Volume 18, No 7, 2018, Pages 24

• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0561265/?ref_=ttfc_ov_bk

• LIFE Magazine: Walt Disney: From Mickey to the Magic Kingdom, Volume 16, No. 7, 2016, Page 73-75

• Walt’s Apprentice - Keeping the Disney Dream Alive by Dick Nunis (ISBN 978-1-368-07804-7), Pages 45-48

• https://youtu.be/1uc_29Qwyx4?si=66c9rMccwYQbpH1i

• https://mickeyvisit.com/opening-day-at-disneyland/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOUyv7tUTDI

• Dream It, Do It: My Half Century Creating Disney’s Magic Kingdoms by Marty Sklar, Pages 6 and 7

• http://www.kpolsson.com/disland/dl1966.htm

• http://www.kpolsson.com/disland/dl1975.htm

• http://www.kpolsson.com/disland/dl1985.htm

• http://www.kpolsson.com/disland/dl1990.htm

• http://www.kpolsson.com/disland/dl2000.htm

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland

• https://youtu.be/FBZe2kbkCGU?si=kHXpDK9xWBO_SMw8

• http://www.imagineeringdisney.com/blog/2013/5/31/as-long-as-there-is-imagination-left-in-the-world-putting-th.html

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Welcome to this special edition CHIT CHAT on the Holidays at Orlando Theme Parks. In this episode I chat about many of the holiday offerings available at parks from around the Orlando area. Happy Holidays from me to you and I will see you on the next ride around the carousel for our next episode, Disneyland, somewhere in the new year. Thanks for being a listener of mine and I love you.

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Welcome to this week’s (delayed) episode on Busch Gardens Williamsburg! I worked hard to get this one out on time, but alas, I did not. It in fact had a bit more research required than what I expected (oops) but here it is! Enjoy the episode as well as the chat after the history, where I discuss my trip this past summer to the park for the first time and how much I truly loved it (I need to be on Apollo’s Chariot again ASAP)

The next episode of my Park History series will release in a few weeks after a brief holiday pause and will be about the first Disney park, Disneyland! I have a lot to research by then so please be with me as I really don’t know when I will release that episode. In the meantime, this next episode will be a simple Chit-Chat episode to keep the conversation going, so lookout for that one in the coming week or so. Have a fantastic listen!

Sources:

• Back to Williamsburg - Kerry A. O'Brien - Google Books

• Busch Gardens History « BGW Memories

• Busch Gardens Williamsburg - Wikipedia

• Roman Rapids - Wikipedia

• Escape from Pompeii - Coasterpedia - The Amusement Ride Wiki

• Alpengeist - Wikipedia

• Story of Curse of Dark Kastle - YouTube

• Curse of DarKastle - Wikipedia

• Griffon - Coasterpedia - The Amusement Ride Wiki

• Verbolten - Wikipedia

• DarKoaster: Escape The Storm - Wikipedia

• Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf's Revenge - Wikipedia

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