History of EPCOT's Journey Into Imagination Pavilion - Part 2

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🗓️ 26 September 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Michael and Tom join Figment and the Dreamfinder on a ride-thru of Journey Into Imagination as the story of that EPCOT pavilion continues.

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The EPCOT Explorer’s Encyclopedia: A Guide to Walt Disney World’s Greatest Theme Park by R.A. Pedersen
Tony Baxter: First of the Second Generation of Walt Disney Imagineers by Tim O’Brien
Secret Stories of Walt Disney World by Jim Korkis
Extra Secret Stories of Walt Disney World by Jim Korkis

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Journey Into Imagination Revisited - Full Ride Through Restored & Enhanced by RetroWDW

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0:00.0	From West to East and Kingdom to Kingdom, you're listening to the Connecting with Walt is brought to you by Dreams and Limited Travel, experts at helping you plan the perfect Disney vacation.
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0:50.2	Hey there, hi, there, and welcome to episode 340 of connecting with Walt.
0:56.6	I am your host and is historian Michael Bowling, and I am joined by my co-host, producer, and good friend Tom Bell.
1:04.5	Tom, how are you today?
1:06.6	Hey, Michael, I am good.
1:09.0	Tired, busy week, but busy weekend and another busy weekend coming up.
1:13.3	But I'm having fun, so I guess that's all that counts.
1:16.8	That's good.
1:17.4	It's a good busy.
1:18.7	That's nice.
1:19.6	Yeah. Oh, yes.
1:21.9	I've been busy, but it's all my usual stuff with church.
1:25.5	Yeah, same.
1:26.3	Same.
1:26.6	You know, and, you know, and the zoo and, you know, and the show and stuff like that.
1:33.6	The cats.
1:35.9	All that.
1:37.4	Repairing.
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