#174 - Disneyneverland: Walt's Early Plans
Connecting with Walt - A look into the history of the man behind Mickey Mouse, Disneyland and Walt Disney World
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4.7 • 820 Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2020
⏱️ 67 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | From West to East and Kingdom to Kingdom, you're listening to the Diz Unplugged Connecting with Walt |
| 0:06.9 | podcast. |
| 0:27.8 | Connecting with Walt is brought to you by Dreams Unlimited Travel, |
| 0:32.1 | experts at helping you plan the perfect Disney vacation. |
| 0:36.2 | Visit them on the web at DreamsUnlimitedTravel.com. |
| 0:42.6 | Hello and welcome to episode 174 of the Diz Unplugged connecting with Walt Podcast. |
| 0:51.6 | I am your host and Diz historian Michael Bowling and I am joined by my co-host, producer, and good friend Craig Williams. |
| 0:53.2 | Craig, how are you today? |
| 0:55.7 | I am doing wonderful. How are you, Michael? |
| 1:02.7 | I'm doing well. Thank you. Well, you know, during the grand opening of Disneyland on July 17, 15, 1955, reporters criticized Walt because the park was not fully complete. And a reporter asked, |
| 1:11.1 | when will Disneyland be finished? |
| 1:13.9 | And Walt's answer has become famous and often quoted. |
| 1:19.3 | Disneyland will never be completed, |
| 1:21.8 | as long as there is imagination left in the world. |
| 1:25.9 | Marty Scalar said it was then time for Walt and Disneyland to walk the talk. |
| 1:33.4 | He explained, Walt Disney never hesitated. |
| 1:37.4 | To keep an operation like Disneyland going, you have to pour it in there. |
| 1:42.6 | Walt said from the start, it's what I call keeping the show on the road. |
| 1:47.1 | You have to keep throwing it in. You can't sit back and let it ride. |
| 1:52.9 | Walt Disney already had plans to expand his park. And in this episode, we're going to continue our |
| 1:58.7 | celebration of Disneyland's 65th anniversary |
| 2:01.3 | with a look at some of Walt's plans that were conceived but never built in this |
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