845 · Cotino – What It’s Really Like Inside Disney’s First Storyliving Community
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Lou Mongello - Disney Expert
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🗓️ 2 November 2025
⏱️ 138 minutes
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845 · Cotino – What It’s Really Like Inside Disney’s First Storyliving Community
What if Disney built a place you could actually live?
This week, I take you inside Cotino, Disney’s first Storyliving by Disney community... and share what I discovered as one of the first people invited to explore it.
I didn’t know what to expect… but what Cotino revealed about Storyliving truly surprised me. In this episode, we’ll look at what makes this place so much more than homes in the desert, how it honors Walt’s revolutionary ideas and dream for a living, breathing community, how it reimagines that vision for today, and why it might mark the next great chapter and evolution in Disney’s own story.
🎧 Listen and discover how Disney is once again changing not just how we experience stories... but how we live them.
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| 0:00.0 | This is where the early planning is taking place for our so-called Disney World project. |
| 0:10.6 | Welcome aboard TTA Travelers. |
| 0:14.4 | In this wondrous place, the fun and imagination of Disney come together with the innovations of the real world. |
| 0:23.7 | Tomorrow's child, lighting a path as we're going. |
| 0:29.9 | Tomorrow's child. |
| 0:32.1 | Tomorrow's child, seeing that knowledge keeps growing. |
| 0:42.7 | Right now, we're leaving the world of today behind So if your imagination is ready |
| 0:44.7 | Here we go |
| 0:46.1 | WVW Radio |
| 0:49.2 | Your Information Station |
| 0:52.0 | What if Disney built a place you could actually live in? |
| 0:57.5 | Well, they have before, but never quite like this. |
| 1:01.7 | Catino, the first story living by Disney community, sits in the greater Palm Springs area of California, |
| 1:07.6 | and I was among the first to explore this completely new kind of Disney |
| 1:11.9 | experience. I admittedly didn't know what to expect, but what Katino revealed about story |
| 1:17.3 | living truly surprised me. This week, we'll look at what makes this place so much more than |
| 1:23.0 | homes in a desert, how it honors Walt's revolutionary ideas and dream for a living, breathing |
| 1:28.4 | community, how it reimagines that vision for today, and why it might mark the next great |
| 1:34.5 | chapter in the evolution of Disney's own story. Hello, my friend, and welcome to WW Radio, |
| 1:41.5 | your guide to Disney parks and experiences from around the world. |
| 1:44.6 | I am Lou Mangelo, and this is shown over 845, and whether this is your first time listening |
| 1:49.3 | or you've been with me for all 20 years since the very beginning, welcome home. |
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