#123 - Epcot's Opening Day: 30 Years of Discovery

WEDway Radio - Walt Disney World and Disneyland Examined with some Disney History

Nate and Matt Parrish

History, Florida, Society & Culture, California, Disney, Arts, Imagineering, Disneyland, Radio, Park, Theme, Wdw, Places & Travel

5 • 707 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2012

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Thanks for downloading WEDWay Radio, a show about Disney parks, Disney history and touring. This is episode #123 - Epcot's Opening Day: 30 Years of Discovery.

This episode is our third in our 30 Years of Discovery Series, celebrating the five decades of Epcot, and we chose to look at Epcot's Opening Day and Dedication including the TV Special starring Danny Kaye.

The show is broken up into three parts:

- October 1, 1982

- What was there on opening day

- The TV Special

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0:00.0	From the Brava Centauri Center, and we proudly dedicate the Bell Systems Spaceship Earth.
0:40.3	Our next speaker shared this podium with me on this very spot three years ago during our groundbreaking ceremonies.
0:53.3	At that time he told the audience that, quote,
0:57.0	this bold project is nothing less than a repository
1:02.0	of the hopes and aspirations of our children and, yes, our grandchildren.
1:08.0	Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls.
1:11.6	On behalf of the Disney organization, I would like to welcome you all to the dedication
1:15.6	of Epcot Computer Central presented by Sperry Univak.
1:20.6	And now it is my great pleasure to introduce to you the chairman of the board of Walt Disney Productions, Card Walker.
1:39.4	Welcome to Wedway Radio 123, a show about Disney history, Disney Parks, and touring.
1:45.0	I'm your host, Nate, and going back, back over over the falls is Matt.
1:47.8	Is that the maelstrom reference? It is.
1:48.6	Back.
1:49.6	Back over the falls.
1:51.6	Seems like I was just listening to the last show because you know you edit it and I do not.
1:58.4	So by the time it's out, I don't know what I've said to embarrass myself.
2:03.8	And I was thinking about that.
2:04.9	Why did I not take my kid on the maelstrom?
2:07.1	I don't know.
2:08.0	That was weird of you.
2:09.7	What a waste.
2:10.6	I know.
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