Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 493: Frontierland to trade steamboat ride for “Cars” -themed road rally

The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Len Testa & Jim Hill start today’s episode by discussing the changes that will soon be coming to Tom Sawyer Island at WDW’s Magic Kingdom. They also look back at when the “Be Our Guest” restaurant opened at that same theme park back in December of 2012 Over the course of this episode, listeners will learn about: For which Disney animated feature from the 1990s did Ricky Martin voice the title character (for the Latin American / Spanish version of this film, that is) What did the Imagineers once toy with installing inside of the “Hall of Presidents” show building What does Universal Orlando’s new dining offer tell us about when Epic Universe will likely open to the public Why did Disney’s Central Reservations Office have to rethink the number of seatings they could book daily at “Be Our Guest” just six months after this new Magic Kingdom restaurant first opened Why did the load-in of the Ballroom’s chandelier prove to be a challenge to the “Be Our Guest” construction team SHOW NOTES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome back to another edition of the Disney dish podcast with Jim Hill.
0:03.6	It's me, Lentesta, and this is our show for the week of Shmer's Day August 19,
0:07.7	2024 on the show today.
0:10.0	News, including the 2023 theme park attendance numbers and Universal
0:15.0	announcing a new dining offer and then lots of listener questions including what
0:19.4	ride would you ride for 24 hours to win a million dollars. Then in our main segment, Jim gives us the history of Fantasyland's Be Our Guest Restaurant. It's the gray stuff episode. Let's get started by bringing in the man who says that sometimes it's nice when Laveita isn't all that
0:33.9	loca. It's Mr. Jim Hill. Jim has it going. It's going well, Len, and by the way, of course,
0:38.8	Laveita Loca was popularized by Ricky Martin, former member of Manudo, went solo in 91 and is now the king of Latin pop.
0:48.0	Interesting Disney tie when they were looking for a voice for Hercules for the original animated feature in 96-97
0:57.2	they got Ricky to come in he is Hercules voice for the Latin American market.
1:03.0	Oh, really? Yep. I'm 100% going to watch this now.
1:07.0	Okay.
1:08.0	And speaking of which one, there's no way you're escaping Hercules over the next five years.
1:13.7	I can imagine.
1:14.7	I mean, you again live in New York, so you had the opportunity back in 2019 to see the Shakespeare
1:21.3	in the Park version that they the the stage musical of
1:25.4	Hercules and then just outside of town in Jersey at the paper mill playhouse they
1:30.3	did the tryout of a again a revised version of that same show.
1:35.6	Right now, over in Hamburg, Germany, Hercules is on stage there,
1:40.4	and evidently it's so successful.
1:42.2	By the way, this version is directed by
1:44.4	Casey Nikola the guy who handled the version of Aladdin on Broadway that opened
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jim Hill Media Podcast Network, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Jim Hill Media Podcast Network and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.