Mousetalgia Episode 612: Disneyland Ambassador Connie Swanson Lane, Downtown Disney reopens
Mousetalgia! - Your Disneyland Podcast
Jeff Baham
4.4 • 776 Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2020
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Happy 65th birthday, Disneyland! This week, Mousetalgia has the privilege of speaking with former Disneyland Ambassador Connie Lane, the last Disneyland Ambassador who was personally selected by Walt Disney to represent Disneyland to the world. Connie shares with us her memories of being at Disneyland during many pivotal moments, including the opening of iconic attractions like Pirates of the Caribbean, Small World and Haunted Mansion, and her recollections of working with Walt Disney himself. Then, correspondent Kristen Carr reports from the grand re-opening of Downtown Disney, and gives you some idea of what to expect from a visit to the resort in the era of COVID-19.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Moustalgia, July 13, 2020. |
| 0:06.0 | Mastalgia is a member of the Mice Chat Podcast Network. |
| 0:26.0 | Hang on to them hats and glasses Because this here is the wildest podcast in the wilderness |
| 0:30.1 | This is Mousalgia |
| 0:33.9 | Carpe Kingdom, seize the magic. |
| 0:48.9 | Welcome to Mousalta, your podcast, all about Disneyland, Disney California Adventure, and everything else is Disney. |
| 0:51.3 | I am your host, Dave, and with us today, we have Chuck. |
| 0:52.1 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:53.8 | And Kristen? Happy Blue Sapphire Iron Anniversary have Chuck. Hello everybody. And Kristen? |
| 0:57.4 | Happy Blue Sapphire Iron Anniversary, Disneyland. |
| 0:58.6 | All right. |
| 1:01.2 | Well, today we're going to start off of the Mousalgo Roundup. |
| 1:04.8 | Get ready, folks. |
| 1:07.5 | For the weekly Moustalege Roundup. |
| 1:09.7 | Yeho! Today's roundup is in honor of Disneyland celebrating its birthday. |
| 1:18.8 | What would you be honoring Disneyland with this year for their 65th birthday? |
| 1:25.9 | Jeff, what is your birthday gift to Disneyland? There's always that one, that one, that one birthday that's very hard to shop for. Is this it? And this might be at Disneyland. What do you need? What do you need? I think, and I hate to do this. I've never really compared Disneyland to any other theme park at all, especially |
| 1:45.4 | a universal theme park. But I will say one thing about Universal Studios in the summertime. |
| 1:50.7 | Like, if you are overheated, you know, I was just thinking actually on Facebook two years ago, |
| 1:55.8 | I was at Disneyland on that day that it got 115. And I was there with my daughters. And I just |
| 2:00.2 | was remembering that day. And if you're at Universal on any kind there with my daughters. And I just was remembering that day. |
| 2:01.3 | And if you're at Universal on any kind of a warm day, there's a good chance that whatever |
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