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Disney Dish Episode 369: The Origin of the Reedy Creek Improvement District

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4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by sharing WDW’s latest set of surveys (which -- this time -- touch on annual passholders). They then talk about Walt’s first meeting with Florida officials & local business leaders back in November of 1965 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to another edition of the Disney Dish Podcast with Jim Hill.

0:03.7

It's me, Len Testa, and this is our show for the Week of Schmerz Day,

0:06.7

April 11th, 2022, on the show today.

0:10.0

News, listener questions, and in our main segment, Jim Hill gives us the history

0:14.2

of the Reedy Creek Improvement District, which is Disney's own government entity in central Florida.

0:20.0

Let's get started by bringing in the man who points out that have a nice day and enjoy the time

0:24.6

you have left until midnight are two vastly different messages. It's Mr. Jim Hill. Jim, how's it going?

0:29.5

You know, Len, a simple turn of phrase, a minor change in emphasis. Can change an entire message.

0:38.0

All right, Jim, for our show today, we're going to do a quick dedication.

0:40.8

We're dedicating this episode to our longtime friend Gary Zerilly, who also suggested the topic.

0:46.1

And with that, let's do a quick shout out to subscribers over at DisneyDish.bandcamp.com.

0:51.0

Thanks to new subscribers, Bridget Mingham, Mickey T, and Meta Lee 87.

0:55.8

And long-time subscribers Rachel Brezeland, T.P.I.R, and Andy Sutherland.

1:00.5

Jim, these are the Disney cast members who've been scouring galactic garage sales and pawn shops

1:05.8

for things to sell at the soon-to-opened Treasures of Zandar store in Epcot's World Discovery.

1:10.9

They say that the hard part was figuring out how alien exercise equipment worked for humans.

1:15.6

And the best part was buying antique kitchen appliances from the planet Hala,

1:19.3

which cleaned themselves after cooking. True story.

1:22.8

Okay, I got to get myself into that store.

1:25.2

All right, Jim, let's do the news.

1:27.1

Folks, the DisneyDish news is brought to you by Storybook Destinations,

1:30.3

trusted travel partner of the DisneyDish podcast,

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