Disney Dish Episode 272: Why was that Mickey arm built next to Spaceship Earth?

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🗓️ 1 June 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by discussing Disney World’s recently-announced plans to re-open its theme parks in July. Jim then goes on to reveal the hidden history of Epcot’s Millennium Icon Tower AKA the Mickey arm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to another edition of the Disney dish podcast with Jim Hill. It's me, Len Testa, and this is our show for the week of Schmer's Day, June 1st, 2020. Happy birthday to my daughter, Hannah.
0:09.4	On the show today, news, and in our main segment segment Jim tells us about the history of the
0:13.9	millennium celebration and the Mickey Armwand at Eppcot. Let's get started by
0:18.5	bringing in the man who's just written a step-by-step guide to stair climbing.
0:22.2	It's Mr. Jim
0:23.4	Jim, how's it going?
0:24.4	I'm doing reasonably well.
0:26.3	But you say stairs and that makes me think of Mitch Hedberg's great joke.
0:32.2	You never see an out-of-order sign on an escalator
0:34.7	because it just becomes stairs.
0:36.7	Exactly.
0:37.7	Stairs that don't move.
0:39.8	I miss him.
0:40.5	He was good.
0:41.5	Exactly. Jim, let's do a shout out to subscribers over at Disney dish
0:44.1	dot bandcamp.com.
0:45.6	Also, Jim, six weeks in a row with a record number of band camp
0:49.7	subscribers.
0:50.8	Thank you all so so much.
0:52.4	And thanks to new subscribers T Bryant, Tim and Jen, and Barrett N, and the longtime subscribers,
0:57.5	Sarah N, Tim TLD, and Ryan I squared.
1:01.4	Jim, these folks have just been hired by our favorite theme park to figure out how to
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