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28. Pinocchio's Daring Journey - Part 2 - Origins of the Dark Ride, New Fantasyland, & Opening Scene
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In the 1980s, the Imagineers at WED completely redesigned Fantasyland. But was it made into what Walt always wanted, or is there more to the story?
In this episode of Distory, we travel back in time to explore the origins of the dark ride before discussing Tony Baxter's perspective of the Fantasyland remodel and sharing details from historic internal WED work documents regarding Pinocchio's design and story. We also wax philosophical about the themes in Pinocchio and have a lively debate, which Kirk *probably* wins.
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Books we reference in this episode:
The Disneyland Story by Sam Genneway