I Want That Too with Lauren Hersey: The Evolution of Disney Villains in the Parks (Ep. 17)

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🗓️ 5 October 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of I Want That Too, Jim Hill and Lauren Hersey discuss the fascinating history and rise of Disney Villains in the parks, from their early appearances to the exciting new Villains Land coming to Magic Kingdom. They discuss how the villains have transformed from side characters to central attractions. What We Cover: The announcement of Villains Land at Magic Kingdom and what we know so far. Concept art and ride speculation, including a potential Maleficent roller coaster. How Disney is competing with Universal's Monsters Land. The history of Disney Villains in the parks. Special events like Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party and Villains After Hours. New villain merchandise, including some limited edition finds. Upcoming villain-themed shows at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The Story Behind Cinderellas Castle Mystery Tour Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to I want that to where Disney merch meets Disney history.
0:05.2	I'm entertainment writer Jim Hill and as always I am joined by the lovely Lauren Hersi.
0:11.7	Hi Jim, good to hear from you.
0:15.0	Good to see you as well.
0:17.0	But, so I, I've always, I feel like I'm always super excited about our shows.
0:21.0	I hope that you, all that are listening are as excited as I am. But today
0:26.5	is really special for me because we're talking about one of my favorite things which are the Disney villains and with all the news coming out of D23
0:39.8	there is so much to discuss.
0:42.6	Well, yeah, but again, but before we jump into that, we of course need to do a shout
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1:15.0	All right so back to villains Jim I know we have all heard the buzz about the new villains land coming to Magic Kingdom, but do you want to give our listeners just a little like quick update about what we know so far today?
1:32.0	Okay, so absolutely, Lauren.
1:34.0	Okay, so obviously this was one of the big announcements coming out of this use D23 Expo and, you know, Disney finally officially confirmed that the long-roomered villains land was indeed
1:49.3	coming to the Magic Kingdom and it's supposed to be the first new land added to the Magic Kingdom, geez, since New Fantasyland opened what open 2011, 2012.
2:05.0	Which again?
2:06.0	Was that really a new land though?
2:08.0	Well, like it's new fantasy land.
2:11.0	Well, it's like they literally...
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