Inside Tony Baxter’s 1976 Presentation: Big Thunder’s Forgotten Neighbors (Ep. 497)

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill

Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Leisure, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.8 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In this episode of The Disney Dish Podcast, Jim Hill and Len Testa bring you the latest Disney theme park news, listener questions, and a deep dive into Disney history. Tune in as they cover: Crane Permits and Fort Wilderness Construction: What’s going on at the old River Country site? Disney Cruise Line’s Future: How jumbo-ification could extend the life of Disney’s Magic and Wonder ships. The Evolution of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad: Jim continues his history of this Frontierland classic and the ambitious plans that never made it to Disneyland, including Discovery Bay and Dumbo’s Circus. Listener Questions: From Rise of the Resistance’s B-mode to the future of Disney’s IP-driven attractions. Listen now for a fun, fact-filled episode covering the latest updates and Disney history! SHOW NOTES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.3	Welcome back to another edition of the Disney dish podcast with Jim Hill. It's me, Lantesta, and this is our show for the week of Schmer's Day, September 16, 2024. On the show today, in the news, we have crane permits and an unsolicited bit of maritime engineering for you DCL fans.
0:47.0	In listener questions it's a mix of facts and obscure French cinema.
0:51.0	Then in our main segment, Jim continues the history of
0:53.6	Disney's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Let's get started by bringing in the man who
0:57.5	says that children are our future. Not your children, better ones. It's Mr.
1:02.1	Jim Hill. Jim has it going. It's going well. That was for the teachers out there.
1:07.0	There we go. September, underway, and yes, we're all hopeful, but since we're talking about the children of the future I
1:14.6	thought we should also take a moment to acknowledge the children of the past
1:17.7	especially those who took part in the children's crusade of 1212.
1:22.0	Len the idea here was in the children's crusade of 12. Oh, yeah.
1:23.0	The idea here was thousands of young people in Europe would march to the Holy Land and retake
1:29.2	Jerusalem with love rather than by force.
1:33.0	Oh, this was definitely not a way for parents to get rid of kids and they couldn't feed them.
1:42.0	No, that would be cynical.
1:43.6	There we go.
1:44.4	Go outside, get some fresh air.
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