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From Pop-Up to Permanent: Disney’s Tent Obsession and the Accidental Origins of Toontown
Episode 533
This week, Len Testa and Jim Hill reveal how Disney’s “temporary” structures - from party tents to prefab domes - have a habit of overstaying their w…
1 year, 3 months ago
Mission: Space – Disney’s Most Ambitious Ride That Guests Don’t Want to Ride Twice
Episode 532
Len Testa and Jim Hill break down the surprisingly intense history of Epcot’s Mission: Space—from launch-day astronauts and jetpack stunts to the gue…
1 year, 3 months ago
The $25 Disaster: Why Disneyland’s Light Magic Parade Failed Spectacularly
Episode 531
Len Testa and Jim Hill dive deep into the infamous debut of Light Magic, Disneyland’s ill-fated replacement for the Main Street Electrical Parade. Wh…
1 year, 4 months ago
How Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland Almost Changed New Fantasyland
Episode 530
Jim reveals Disney World’s scrapped plan to retheme the Mad Tea Party with Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland—a move that would’ve introduced clever no…
1 year, 4 months ago
Why it took 25 year to change the name of King Stefan's Banquet Hall
Episode 529
This week, Len Testa and Jim Hill dig into one of the strangest goofs in Disney history—how the restaurant inside Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom …
1 year, 4 months ago
Villains, Funhouses, and the Alice Ride That Was Almost Too Dangerous to Build
Episode 528
Len Testa, Jim Hill, and Imagineer Jim Shull dig into the wild, weird, and wonderfully unsafe history of Disney’s unbuilt Alice in Wonderland walkthr…
1 year, 4 months ago
Tariff concerns and a peek at Epic Universe (Ep 527)
Len Testa & Jim Hill are joined this week by veteran Imagineer Jim Shull for a super-sized edition of this podcast. As these three first recap Len’s…
1 year, 5 months ago
Fiberglass Heads and Forbidden Mountains
Episode 526
This week, Jim Hill is joined by special guest Ruben Bolling, the award-winning cartoonist behind Tom the Dancing Bug, while Len Testa is off cruisin…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Red Car That Never Was: Sunset Boulevard’s Lost History and Epic Universe’s Survey
Episode 525
This week, Len Testa and Jim Hill take you back to a time when Hollywood Studios had no Sunset Boulevard and how a red car, a Rocketeer supper club, …
1 year, 5 months ago
Reflections Complete: The Full Story of Disney’s Lakeshore Lodge and the Evolution of DVC
Episode 521
This week, Len Testa and Jim Hill are joined by DVC expert Paul Krieger to finally wrap up the long-running series on Reflections: A Disney Lakeside …
1 year, 5 months ago