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The 3028: Theme Park History & Pop Culture Listory

3028 #OneNinetyEight - WDW50: Disney's Contemporary Resort Hotel

The 3028: Theme Park History & Pop Culture Listory

Matt Parrish and Kevin Quigley

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2021

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Thank you for listening to the 3028, a show about Disney history and Disney listory. This week, Matt and Kevin return to close out the 50 Years of WDW Resorts series with an in-depth look at Disney's Contemporary Resort, just in time for Walt Disney World's 50th anniversary.

Enjoy!

 

Transcript

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When you and your family visit Walt Disney World in Florida,

0:31.6

come, stay in this spectacular hotel.

0:34.5

It's one of two that United States Steel helped plan and build here,

0:39.1

but this is more than a hotel.

0:41.5

It's a prototype of a whole new way to build, and we're in bond.

0:47.5

Everything about it is striking, but most unusual is the way the rooms were made.

0:53.4

Instead of being built in place, the rooms for this hotel were assembled in a nearby

0:58.1

factory by our American Bridge Division.

1:01.5

First came a steel frame, then a floor of Ford Country.

1:05.7

Wall panels from our USS Holmes Division, next to ceiling with air-conditioning built right in.

1:12.4

Then wall cover, a complete bath, even sliding doors.

1:16.9

When the units leave the factory, they're trucked to the site,

1:19.9

and fitted into this 14-story frame like drawers into a chest.

1:24.7

We're confident that schools, hospitals and other structures will soon be built this revolutionary way.

1:31.5

We not only supply the structural steam, the cement and the foundations came from our universal

1:36.9

Atlas cement division. So come, stay at this unique hotel, a remarkable place inside and out.

1:45.3

We're finding new ways to build a United States Steel We're in bond.

1:54.1

The

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United States Steel We're in bond.

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The United States Steel We're in bond.

2:03.5

The United States Steel We're in bond.

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