819 · Designing Disney with Former Imagineer Jason Surrell
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Lou Mongello - Disney Expert
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🗓️ 24 February 2025
⏱️ 84 minutes
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819 · Designing Disney with Former Imagineer Jason Surrell
Imagine starting as a Jungle Cruise skipper and ending up helping to shape some of Disney’s most legendary attractions!
Join me as I sits down with former Disney Imagineer and master storyteller Jason Surrell, whose creative work spans Pirates of the Caribbean, The Haunted Mansion, Star Tours, New Fantasyland, and much, much more. Jason shares his origin story, behind-the-scenes insights, and the future of immersive Disney storytelling, plus lessons from Marty Sklar, Tony Baxter, and other Disney legends. If you love Disney history, Imagineering secrets, and hidden details, this episode on Designing Disney is hopefully the first in a series of episodes you won’t want to miss!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, welcome, well, come in. |
| 0:07.0 | Kindly step all the way in, please. |
| 0:12.0 | We hope that this voyage you're about to take 20,000 leagues under the sea |
| 0:18.0 | will stimulate your interest in the phenomenon of life in the ocean depths. |
| 0:24.4 | Mother, I was reading about a fellow named Tom Edison who's working on an idea for Snap-on |
| 0:30.4 | Electric Lights. I'll believe that when I see it. That's my wife, Sarah. |
| 0:37.3 | Eastern Airlines Flight 25, your vacation flight to cool Caribbean Lagoon's, now ready for boarding. |
| 0:47.5 | W.W. Radio, your information station. |
| 0:52.5 | Hello, my friend, and welcome to WW Radio, your home and guide for all things to see parks and experiences around the world. |
| 1:00.7 | I am Lou Mangelo, and this is show number 819, and for nearly 20 years we've been sharing our love for Disney together through the podcast, live video every Wednesday at 7.30 p.m. Eastern, |
| 1:12.5 | blog, group events, and so much more. |
| 1:15.3 | And whether you've been here since the beginning or this is your first time tuning in, |
| 1:19.3 | welcome home. |
| 1:20.2 | And remember, you are part of this amazing Disney family and community. |
| 1:24.6 | Everything you need is over at www.com. so let's dive right in, because I want |
| 1:30.0 | you to imagine starting off as a jungle cruise skipper in Walt Disney World and ending up helping |
| 1:35.7 | to shape some of Disney's most legendary attractions. Join me this week as I sit down with |
| 1:41.5 | former Disney Imagineer and master storyteller Jason Sorrell, whose |
| 1:45.6 | creative work spans things like Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, Star Tours, |
| 1:50.6 | New Fantasyland, and much, much more. Jason shares his origin stories, behind-the-scenes insights, |
| 1:57.2 | and the future of immersive Disney storytelling plus lessons from Marty |
| 2:01.4 | Sclar Tony Baxter and other Disney legends so if you love Disney history |
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