Ep. 670: Don Ballard on the Disneyland Hotel
Mousetalgia! - Your Disneyland Podcast
Jeff Baham
4.4 • 776 Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2021
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
This week, Mousetalgia speaks with author and historian Don Ballard about the rich history of the Disneyland Hotel. We discuss the reasons Walt asked businessman Jack Wrather to open the hotel next to Disneyland, and the early guest experience at the hotel, including memories about restaurants, the mid century atmosphere, and the hotel's legacy through the changes it has made over the years. Plus - we discuss exploring Disneyland's massive properties attic, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Mousetalgia for August 23, 2021. |
| 0:06.0 | Mostalgia is a member of the Mice Chat Podcast Network. |
| 0:26.0 | Hang on to them hats and glasses Because this here is the wildest podcast in the wilderness |
| 0:30.1 | This is Mousalgia |
| 0:33.9 | Carpe Kingdom, seize the magic. |
| 0:50.0 | Welcome to Mousetalgia, your podcast, all about Disneyland, Disney California Adventure, and everything else, Disney. |
| 0:51.7 | I'm your host, Dave, and with us today. |
| 0:52.5 | We have Jeff. |
| 0:53.7 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:54.7 | And Kristen. Hey, everybody. And Kristen. |
| 0:55.9 | Hey, friends. |
| 0:58.4 | And that's it for today. |
| 1:01.0 | That's all you really need. |
| 1:02.6 | I mean, we love Becky, but. |
| 1:06.0 | I happen to know Becky has her first day at a new job tomorrow. |
| 1:07.0 | That's a big deal. |
| 1:07.7 | Last week. |
| 1:08.3 | Whatever. |
| 1:08.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:13.4 | So you don't really know then, do you? At the time of this recording, it's a big week at the Breland House. |
| 1:18.0 | Yes, because we are now working for the same institution, which is very exciting. |
| 1:23.9 | Yeah, there's a lot of changes happening here with kids going to school, back to school stuff, starting a job. |
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