Wedway Radio - Walt Disney World And Disneyland Examined With Some Disney History

Thanks for downloading WEDWay Radio, your show about Exploring the Disney Parks, Disney History and The Walt Disney Co.  This is Season 5, Episode 8 - Fantasyland 1.0, Part II of our Fantasyland Summer Series. On this episode we take a look at Fantasyland during its first three decades.  Fantasyland probably changed the least between 1955 and 1983, but it is drastically different from the park we know today.  Listen along as we explore some of the early attractions that used to invite visitors, such as the Pirate Ship & Skull Rock, and the Fantasyland Autopia.  We also discuss some never built attractions such as the Old Mill, The Duck Bump and Peter Pan's Crocodile Aquarium. Enjoy!

Thanks for downloading WEDWay Radio, your show about Exploring the Disney Parks, Disney History and The Walt Disney Company.  This is Season 5, Episode 7 - The Majestic Wilderness Lodge On this episode of WEDWay Radio we discuss all the great stuff that makes Disney's Wilderness Lodge one of the best themed resorts in the world.  Matt and Nate share the fictional backstory explianing many of the themed elements around the hotel and also many of the historical signifance of the time period in which the Wilderness Lodge is set.  One often overlooked story is the presence of Humphrey the Bear in the Wilderness Lodge.  He is the official mascot of the Wilderness Lodge and can found outside the Wilderness Lodge Mercantile Shop.  Humphrey appeared in several Disney shorts in the 1950's. Enjoy!

Thanks for downloading WEDWay Radio, your show about exploring the Disney Parks, Disney History and The Walt Disney Company.  This is Season 5, Episode 6 The Metro Retro Historical Society Meeting 3 - Two Brothers and Two Brothers…. On a Boat. This week we welcome Michael and Jeff Crawford back to WEDWay Radio to discuss different water craft around the Disney Parks. Enjoy!

Thanks for downloading WEDWay Radio, you show about Exploring the Disney Parks, Disney History and The Walt Disney Company.  This is Season 5, Episode 5 - 50 Years of Tiki's. On this episode we are celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room.  We discuss many of the amazing elements of this fantastic attraction. Enjoy!

Thanks for downloading WEDWay Radio, your show about Exploring the Disney Parks, Disney History and The Walt Disney Company.  This is Season 5, Episode 4: Three Dimensional Reality, the first part of our season 5 summer series, Fantasyland. On this show we discuss the origins of Fantasyland; how the roots are really the beginnings Disneyland.  We take a look at three key developments that helped to create Fantasyland. Enjoy!

Thanks for downloading WEDWay Radio, your show about Exploring the Disney Parks, Disney History and The Walt Disney Company. This is Season 5, Episode 3 - The Original Land Pavilion. On this episode we take a look at the original design for The Land Pavilion Future World's.  Listen as we journey back to the 1970's to view Tony Baxter's original design for this Epcot staple. Enjoy!

Thanks for downloading WEDWay Radio, a show about Exploring the Disney Parks, Disney History and The Walt Disney Company.  This is Episode 2 of Season 5: Club 33. This episode explores the uber exclusive private club, located within the gates of Disneyland: Club 33.  We discuss the overall theming, the design, the history of the club, speculate not he meaning of the name, and talk with a member about the benefits. Enjoy!

Thanks for downloading WEDWay Radio, a show about Exploring the Disney Parks, Disney History and The Walt Disney Company.  This is Season 5, episode #1 - The Love Bug. On this episode we examine one of our favorite Disney live action films, 1969's The Love Bug.  We look at the characters, plot lines, the importance of this movie in Disney history and some of the important people who helped bring it to the big screen. Enjoy our season premier of Season 5.

Thanks for downloading WEDWay Radio, a show about exploring the Disney Parks, Disney history and The Walt Disney Company.  This is episode #145 - The Mickey Mouse Revue. On this show we take a look at a classic Walt Disney World attraction, taking you back to the 1970's to examine The Mickey Mouse Revue.  This attraction was unique in that it was the only original attraction in Walt Disney World's Fantasyland when WDW opened in 1971.  We take a look at Fantasyland, the attraction, and its legacy. Enjoy!  

Thanks for downloading WEDWay Radio, a show about Exploring the Disney Parks, Disney History and The Walt Disney Company.  This is episode #144 - Tomorrowland 1.5: Disneyland's Tomorrowland from 1955-1966. On this episode we take a look at some of the forgotten, strange and iconic attractions of the first incarnation of Disneyland's Tomorrowland, including Rocket to the Moon, The Yacht Club and The Flying Saucers. Enjoy!

Thanks for downloading WEDWay Radio, a show about Exploring the Disney Parks, Disney History and The Walt Disney Company.  This is episode #143 - Disney's Folly, Part III of our Snow White 75th Anniversary Celebration. On this episode we take a look at the home stretch of completing the film from 1936-1937, whether the film was actually known as Disney's Folly in movie industry circles, the distribution deal, and borrowing artists from other studios.  We also talk about the Premier at the Carthay Circle Theater in Hollywood.We also discuss the legacy of the film itself. Enjoy!

Thanks for downloading WEDWay Radio, a show about exploring the Disney parks, Disney history and the Walt Disney Company. This is episode #142 - Dinner and a Horror Movie. On this episode we take a look at the end of Disney MGM's first real expansion with the opening of the Muppet Vision 3D, The Honey I Shrunk The Kids playground and the opening of Commissary Lane, which includes the subject our this show - The Sci-Fi Dine In Theater Restaurant. The Sci-Fi Dine In Theater Restaurant is an amazing dining experience.  It may be the best themed restaurant in all of Walt Disney World. We discuss many of the theming elements and how it fits into the overall theme of the Studios.  Nate also shares experiences working at the Sci-Fi. Enjoy!

Thanks for downloading WEDWay Radio, a show about Exploring the Disney Parks, Disney History and The Walt Disney Company. This is episode #141 - Classic Attractions, Classic Music: The 1960's On this episode we are once again joined by Jeff Crawford to discuss the music of the 1960's; this time looking specifically at attractions.  This is the greatest decade of Disneyland, and the attractions prove it.  We examine the music of The Tiki Room, The Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse, Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean, Adventure Through Inner Space, The Monorail, Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, The Magic Skyway, The Carousel of Progress and It's A Small World.   Enjoy this show, its a good one. ------------------------------- Check out the show notes for this and every episode of WEDWay Radio at wedwayradio.com Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Google+ Twitter: Twitter.com/WedwayRadio Facebook: Facebook.com/WedwayRadio Google+: bit.ly/Gpluswedway We want to thank you again for listening! 

Thanks for downloading WEDWay Radio, a show about Exploring the Disney Parks, Disney History and the Walt Disney Company.  This is episode #140 - Music of Disney Films: The 1960's. On this episode we are joined by Jeff Crawford and take a look at the Disney films of the 1960's and the music that made them.  Some of them are very well known, others are quite obscure.   Enjoy!

Thanks for downloading WEDWay Radio a show about Exploring the Disney Parks, Disney History and the Walt Disney Company.  This is episode #139 - One Great Year (Part II) Because year in Review shows are aren't really our style, we take a look at a historic year in Disney history - 1991.  Enjoy!

Episode 138 is our second installment of our Snow White 75th Anniversary series and we are proud to bring you this look at both the story development and the character development for the film

Thanks for downloading WEDWay Radio a show about Exploring the Disney Parks, Disney history and The Walt Disney Co. This is episode #137 - Meet Me at Disneyland. On this episode, Matt and Nate discuss a local television show from 1962 in the Los Angeles area called Meet Me in Disneyland.  The show wasn't very long.  It only lasted through the summer, but it used musical acts to highlight the different areas of the park Enjoy! ------------------------------- Check out the show notes for this and every episode of WEDWay Radio at wedwayradio.com Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Google+ Twitter: Twitter.com/WedwayRadio Facebook: Facebook.com/WedwayRadio Google+: bit.ly/Gpluswedway We want to thank you again for listening! 

Thanks for downloading WEDWay Radio, a show about exploring the Disney Parks, Disney history and the Walt Disney CO. This is episode #136 - Main Street 1.0 Part 2.  On this particular episode we take a look at the second block of shops and unique places of Man Street USA as it existed in Disneylands opening year of 1955. Some of the more interesting things we discuss are the Pen shop, Intimate Apparel, The Main Street Shooting Gallery and the Carnation Ice Cream Shop. Enjoy! ------------------------------- Check out the show notes for this and every episode of WEDWay Radio at wedwayradio.com Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Google+ Twitter: Twitter.com/WedwayRadio Facebook: Facebook.com/WedwayRadio Google+: bit.ly/Gpluswedway We want to thank you again for listening! 

This is the first of our three part series celebrating the 75th anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney's first feature length animated film.  In this particular installment we discuss the barriers that Disney had to overcome to go from making shorts at the beginning of the 1930's to creating features towardsthe end. Enjoy!

Thank You for downloading WEDWay Radio, a show about Exploring the Disney Parks, Disney History and The Walt Disney Company.  This is episode #134 - Unbuilt Hotels of the Seven Seas Lagoon. On this episode we take a look at the three unbuilt concepts for deluxe resorts on the Seven Seas Lagoon that go back to the initial days of the Florida Project.  D23's Michael Crawford of Progresscityusa.com joins us to discuss the history, style and layout of these areas. Enjoy! ------------------------------- Check out the show notes for this and every episode of WEDWay Radio at wedwayradio.com Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Google+ Twitter: Twitter.com/WedwayRadio Facebook: Facebook.com/WedwayRadio Google+: bit.ly/Gpluswedway We want to thank you again for listening!