No. 49: Journey Into Imagination; David Koenig
Mousetalgia! - Your Disneyland Podcast
Jeff Baham
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🗓️ 21 February 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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No. 49: Journey Into Imagination; David Koenig from July 28, 2014
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David Koenig offers a look behind the scenes at the process of writing the best "behind the scenes" Disney parks books! From surprising anecdotes to the massive undertaking of documenting Walt Disney World's history, Koenig discusses his various books and his opinions about successful attractions, cast member secrets, and the art of bringing fantasy to life. Koenig talks about Universal's impact on the Disney parks, dealing with Disney's legal arm, and how pulling back the curtain on Disney park operations can make fans love the parks even more. Also, Mousetalgia goes back to Walt Disney World again as Dave, Becky and Kristen discuss a special fundraiser featuring Tony Baxter discussing Journey Into Imagination, the beloved extinct attraction from EPCOT Center. Tony talks about the original proposed EPCOT architecture, the origins of the attraction, and the unlikely genesis of Figment! Plus, our favorite Disney summer songs - and more!
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| 0:00.0 | Remain listening, please. |
| 0:04.6 | Permaneseer Escuchando, for favor. |
| 0:07.4 | You're listening to Mousetalgia's best year ever. |
| 0:10.3 | An encore presentation of the top 52 episodes of the Mousalgia podcast curated by Team Mousalja. |
| 0:16.2 | Please note that all sweepstakes are wide and time-sensitive news may be outdated. |
| 0:18.9 | Now sit back, hold on, and enjoy Moustalja's best ear ever. |
| 0:22.9 | We're doing it again. |
| 0:26.6 | Hello and welcome to Mostalgia's best ear ever. |
| 0:35.3 | We are now visiting episode 301. This originally aired on July 27 of 2014. |
| 0:45.1 | In this episode, we have two fantastic segments. In the first part, we interview David Koneg, |
| 0:52.8 | who is an author, and if you've not read any of his books |
| 0:55.9 | about Disneyland, drop this podcast right now and go Amazon them because they are well worth your |
| 1:01.8 | time. I think reading these books by David Koneg is what made me really start to get |
| 1:06.5 | interested in some of the history behind the scenes of Disneyland. There's just phenomenal stories in |
| 1:12.8 | there. All his books are excellent. He's a very interesting person, an engaging author, |
| 1:18.2 | and I hope you enjoy hearing some of the things that he has to say. In the second part of the |
| 1:23.5 | episode, we talked to Tony Baxter, and talks about journey into imagination with Figment and |
| 1:30.3 | Figment of course has continued to be a big star even in the last few years. If you haven't paid |
| 1:37.6 | attention to the Figment popcorn bucket, that definitely is a thing. And I saw recently it's actually |
| 1:43.3 | coming back with a new rainbow strap. |
| 1:46.3 | So Figment's still playing a huge role in the Disney universe. So you can learn a little bit more about |
| 1:52.3 | that from Tony. Thank you for listening. You're listening to Moustalgia, July 28, 2014. |
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