Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 477 : Why WDW’s “Fire Mountain” project flamed out

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill

Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Leisure, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.8 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by congratulating Israel Perez & the team at WDW’s Victoria & Albert’s for the Michelin star they were just awarded. They then welcome back veteran Imagineer Jim Shull for a discussion of WDSP’s upcoming “Alice & the Red Queen: Back in Wonderland” show For this episode, listeners will learn about: Why – when WDW Cast Members finally get to preview “Tiana’s Bayou Adventure” – they may come at this revamped flume ride from backstage How far along is the “Disneyland Forward” project when it comes to Anaheim’s approval process What’s interesting about that construction permit that just got pulled for Epcot’s “Journey into Imagination” pavilion The “Frozen” star recently got the opportunity to try his hand at conducting on the Disneyland Railroad Why – when it comes to updating and/or making significant changes to the African side of Disney’s Animal Kingdom – the Imagineers have very limited choices Show Notes 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, Lantesta,
0:05.0	and this is our show for the week of Shmer's Day, April 29, 2024.
0:09.0	On the show today, news, surveys, and listener questions.
0:12.0	Then in our main segment, Jim Hill is joined by surveys and to listener questions.
0:12.6	Then in our main segment, Jim Hill is joined by Imagineer Jim Scholl to talk about how Disney
0:17.3	works unexpectedly hot new characters into the parks without building a new attraction.
0:22.1	And what can go wrong when that happens?
0:25.0	Let's get started by bringing in the man who says that it is not proper office behavior,
0:29.3	no matter how good it's I don't know if you saw this last month on March 27th.
0:44.1	Disney Parks posted a video where a friend of the show,
0:47.5	Josh Gad, got to be a conductor in the Disneyland train for a day.
0:51.7	This was a follow-up to the video. He's living my best life,
0:55.6	Josh. That's the thing. This is a follow-up to his video from February of last year,
1:00.2	where Josh got to be a jungle cruise skipper for a day and got to say Josh looks
1:05.4	biffy in his train conductor outfit and can't wait to see the next video in this series
1:10.3	but beyond that, trains.
1:13.8	I took Amtrak cross country in the summer of 1985,
1:17.5	so I could take part in the 30 hour long,
1:21.7	Disney on the 30th anniversary party also cover the event.
1:25.0	Also, hidden agenda here, Len.
1:27.0	Amtrak was in real trouble at that time.
1:30.0	There was a lot of talk about pulling the federal funding and I figured
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