Fastpass to the Past: The Theme Park History Podcast
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Since Disneyland's opening in 1955, every designer who has been tasked with creating a new Main Street for a new Disney park has had to live up to that first nostalgic thoroughfare, the only one Walt actually had a hand in designing, while also setting the scene for the rest of the park. For Disneyland Paris, this task fell to a young brand-new Imagineer and self-proclaimed Disneytologist, Eddie Sotto, who envisioned a very different Main Street USA.
Eddie spent over a year working on a Main Street inspired by the stories of the Roaring '20s, and the jazz, cinema, art deco, and gangsters that populated the decade. His design included a hidden restaurant in a locomotive, a speakeasy jazz club, and police raids. Unfortunately, due to creative and financial reasons, his plans never saw the light of day in Paris. In this new part of the 'Lost Lands of Disneyland' series, we go back to the drawing board, deep in the Walt Disney Company archive, to see what this Roaring 20's entrance sequence would have looked like.
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Episode 16: Universal Studios Hollywood, From Glamour Trams to Today's Studio Tour
Bonus Episode - Shanghai Disneyland Trip Report
Episode 14: Shanghai Disneyland & Hong Kong Disneyland (Disney's China Parks)
Episode 13: The 5 Lost Resorts of Disney World
Episode 12: Lost Resorts: Disney's Mineral King Ski Village
Episode 11: The World Infamous Jungle Cruise
Episode 10: Lost Lands: Beastly Kingdom & Camp Mickey Minnie
Episode 9: Lost Lands of Disneyland: Holidayland
Episode 8: Lost Lands of Disneyland: Discovery Bay
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Episode 5: Part 1: How Disney Stole An Entire Theme Park (JAWS & Universal Studios Orlando)
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