#256 - From the Archives: Living History with Ben Harris Pt. 2
Connecting with Walt - A look into the history of the man behind Mickey Mouse, Disneyland and Walt Disney World
DIS Unlimited
4.7 • 820 Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2023
⏱️ 91 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
05/26/23 - In this episode from the archives, Michael continues his conversation with Ben Harris who was a Cast Member starting in 1958 and had plenty of stories and experiences with Walt Disney.
Michael’s Disneyland History Segments
Important DIS links and more information!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | From West to East and Kingdom to Kingdom, you're listening to the Diz Unplugged Connecting |
| 0:06.3 | Us Walt Podcast. Connecting with Walt is brought to you by Dreams and Limited Travel, experts at helping you plan the perfect Disney vacation. |
| 0:31.8 | Visit them on the web at Dreams Unlimited Travel.com. |
| 0:36.0 | Hey, their hi, they're ho there. |
| 0:43.3 | And welcome to episode 256 of the Diz Unplugged, connecting this Walt podcast. |
| 0:49.3 | I am your host and Diz historian Michael Bowling, and I am joined by my co-host, executive producer and good friend Craig Williams. |
| 0:52.6 | Craig, how are you today? |
| 0:54.8 | Oh, I'm doing okay. |
| 0:55.8 | How are you, Michael? |
| 0:56.6 | Oh, I'm doing well. |
| 0:57.7 | Welcome back. |
| 0:59.0 | Thank you. |
| 1:00.0 | Two weeks in a row. |
| 1:00.9 | What a record for me here. |
| 1:03.4 | Well, since November, yes. |
| 1:06.7 | But we are happy to have you back again. |
| 1:10.1 | So for this week. And this week, we are happy to have you back again. So for this week. |
| 1:12.4 | And this week, we are going to, again, continue our conversation with Ben Harris. |
| 1:20.0 | If you were in, if you didn't listen to last week's episode, you want to go back and listen to that. |
| 1:27.0 | Ben became a cast member at Disneyland in 1958, started out as the conductor on the Disneyland Santa Fe Railroad, worked up to be operations manager. He shared some terrific stories last week about Walt Disney and his experiences working, you know, at Disneyland in those early days. |
| 1:48.0 | And, you know, he has a great story about, after they did the additions of like the elephant |
| 1:54.3 | pool, all those things that Mark Davis designed to bring some humor in the jungle cruise, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from DIS Unlimited, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of DIS Unlimited and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.