I Want That Too with Lauren Hersey Ep 15: The Monsters Inc. Coaster That Almost Happened

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🗓️ 21 September 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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In this episode of I Want That Too, Jim Hill shares the untold story of the Monsters Inc. coaster Disney almost built over a decade ago. You'll learn about the original plans, why it was shelved, and what details were accidentally leaked to cast members before the official announcement. Lauren Hersey dives into the lasting popularity of Monsters University merch, especially the famous MU hat . If you're curious about Disney's past plans, the latest in Monsters Inc. products, and future theme-park developments, this is the episode for you! 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 podcast where Disney merch meets Disney history.
0:05.5	We cover the stories behind your favorite collectibles, products, and brands.
0:10.3	I'm Jim Hill, Entertain writer, and I'm joined, as always by my lovely co-host, Lauren Hersey.
0:17.0	Hi, Jim.
0:18.0	Hi.
0:19.0	Hi.
0:20.0	In today's episode, I'm telling you, this is going to be our good one.
0:25.0	It's packed. We have exclusive insights.
0:28.0	We got some unexpected twist and behind the scenes stories that are going to be really fun.
0:33.2	So stay tuned for that.
0:35.0	And today we are diving into one of the biggest announcements
0:40.2	I thought that came out of D23, which is that Monsters Inc is finally getting its own
0:47.3	themed land in Hollywood studios. But that is not all. Jim's got a really great and interesting story to share that goes way back to 2008
0:59.0	when this coaster was originally, I think that's when it hit your radar right?
1:04.0	Well yeah that that again further on in today's show we're going to share the
1:09.7	inside scoop about this was all what more than 15 years ago when I first became aware of this
1:18.8	project and we'll talk about how I got that news so So stick around, because that's later on and we're also going to discuss some of the more popular pieces of monsters University merch that ones that
1:34.0	refused to disappear that that famous MU hat and why does this item keep
1:42.4	selling out years after that movie's release 2013?
1:47.0	You're going to want to hear Lauren's theory on that.
1:51.0	And then I feel like, it's wait there's more. So we also if you are a
1:58.4	merch collector there was a new line that was released in July for Monsters Inc and Monster University
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