How Disney’s George Wilkins Created the Soundtrack to Your EPCOT Dreams (Ep. 513)

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill

Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Leisure, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.8 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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This week, Len Testa and Jim Hill explore the remarkable career of Disney composer George Wilkins, the man behind EPCOT’s most iconic music, and discuss the latest park updates and strategies. George Wilkins Tribute: How a 45-year-old jingle writer turned EPCOT into his personal symphony. Free Dining Returns: Disney’s 2025 dining offer is back, but is its timing a response to Universal’s Epic Universe? Big Thunder Mountain Closure: With this fan favorite offline, what should you grab for Lightning Lane instead? Epic Universe Updates: Universal Orlando inches closer to opening with exciting ride testing and big surprises. Join Len and Jim as they uncover Disney history, analyze park strategies, and debate the best way to navigate post-Big Thunder chaos. SHOW NOTES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Drawn to Life, the groundbreaking live stage show at Disney Springs in Orlando, Florida,
0:04.9	has been dazzling visitors to the Walt Disney World Resort for more than three years now.
0:09.8	This family-friendly extravaganza, which really has to be seen to be believed,
0:14.0	seamlessly blends pieces of classic Disney animation with mind-blowing live acrobatics.
0:19.2	Drawn to Life is presented Wednesday through Sunday on the west side of Disney Springs.
0:23.3	This shopping, dining, and entertainment complex is open to anyone visiting Central Florida, and parking is free.
0:29.3	Again, that's Drawn to Life, live on stage at Disney Springs in Orlando.
0:34.6	Welcome back to another edition of the Disney Dish podcast with Jim Hill. It's me,
0:38.6	Lentesta. And this is our show for the week of Schmer's Day, January 6th, 2025. Happy New Year,
0:44.2	everyone. On the show today, news, including what to do now that Big Thunder Mountain is closed,
0:50.5	plus surveys. And in listener questions, grammar is a tool the man uses to keep you down.
0:56.9	Then in our main segment, Jim looks at the theme park music of George Wilkins.
1:00.8	Epcot fans rejoice will include demo tracks that most people haven't heard.
1:04.8	Let's get started by bringing in the man who's organizing the first ever Lucky Charms cereal convention for later this year.
1:12.1	More information on Leprecon 2025 will be available soon.
1:16.0	It's Mr. Jim Hill. Jim has it going.
1:17.6	Lynn, there is a lot that people could...
1:20.4	I saw your video. You looked up like, oh God.
1:23.2	No, that's that exactly.
1:24.9	There is so much to learn at this event.
1:27.1	Lucky Charmed, very storied history. First is so much to learn at this event. Lucky Charmed.
1:28.0	Very storied history.
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