I Want That Too with Lauren Hersey Ep 10: How the Disney Store got its start

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🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Lauren Hersey & Jim Hill start this week’s show by checking out some of the bragging rights merch Disney has made available for its recently opened “Splash Mountain” redo. They also take a look back at when the Mouse had a store in virtually every mall in America Throughout this episode, listeners will learn about: How did The Walt Disney Company decide where the first 13 Disney Stores would be located When did the Critter Co-op open at WDW’s Magic Kingdom How many different categories did Disney Parks, Products & Experiences opt to break its “Tiana’s Bayou Adventure” / “Princess & the Frog” merchandise down into Whatever became of the “Mickey’s Kitchen” fast food chain Out of the eight studios operating in Hollywood back in the early 1980s, where was Disney ranked when Michael Eisner came on board as the Company’s new CEO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to I want that to the show where we do a deep dive into the world of Disney
0:05.6	merch, uncovering stories behind some of your favorite collectibles.
0:10.1	I'm your host, Entertainment Writer Jim Hill, and I'm L host entertainment writer Jim Hill and I'm Lauren Hersey thrilled as always to be here and
0:17.8	Mr Hill and I are recording the show on Friday July 5th Happy day after 4th of July, Jim.
0:25.5	Happy day after July to you, too.
0:27.9	Thank you, sir.
0:28.8	So a week ago today, Tiana's Bayou Adventure finally opened to the public at
0:37.2	Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom Friday, June 28th.
0:40.7	And we had talked like a couple, maybe like a month ago about some of the new gift shops that were coming.
0:46.5	We got the sneak peaks of you know the Critter Coop gift shop that didn't officially open until June 30th.
0:56.0	And then...
0:57.0	Yeah, again, it missed the first two days that this was open to the public.
1:01.8	Now, on the other hand Disney did have
1:04.2	scads of Tiana's Bayou Adventure merch available for purchase in the
1:11.8	Emporium down on Main Street
1:13.9	and, you know, kind of an interesting choice.
1:16.8	But it turns out, Lauren, this is something that Disney does now.
1:22.3	You know, in fact, I guess they started this practice when, what is it,
1:30.0	Star Wars Galaxies Edge opened in 2019.
1:33.4	You know, the thing about it was you could buy merch way back
1:37.2	in the back of the park if you were actually in there at Blackspire Outpost.
1:41.8	But if on the other hand, you hand, you're walking out of the park
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