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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 390: Why WDW’s “20,000 Leagues” supposedly closed temporarily & then never re-opened

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill

Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Leisure

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by musing on when performances of “Fantasmic!” may begin at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. They then look back at the Fall of 1995. Which is when Magic Kingdom managers snookered Michael Ovitz, the then-President of The Walt Disney Company. Show notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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 Smur's Day September 5th, 2022.

0:09.0

On the show today, news, surveys and listener questions.

0:13.0

Then in our main segment, today marks 28 years.

0:16.0

Since 20,000 leagues under the sea closed at Walt Disney World,

0:20.0

and Jim tells us how Disney cast members sabotaged. Disney's then president Michael Obitz's attempt to save the ride.

0:27.0

Jim, I think that's literally the only thing I can thank Michael Oveitz for.

0:31.0

Anyway, let's get started by bringing in the man who says that caller ID isn't enough.

0:36.6

He wants to know why you're calling as well.

0:39.2

It's Mr. Jim Hill.

0:39.9

Jim, how's it going?

0:40.8

Doesn't it bother you when they call the house how these people are so certain that your car's warranty is about to expire? I mean no right

0:48.8

That's very specific information. It's kind of like someone calling your house and saying,

0:53.0

hey, you know, sure, I'm almost out of milk and bread.

0:55.2

Do you want me to pick some up?

0:57.0

Exactly.

0:58.0

It's a brave new world we're living in, Jim.

0:59.8

I'm in the car and I wheel around every so often look over my show because they clearly have seen the odometer.

1:05.0

All right, Jim, let's do a quick shout out to subscribers over at Disney dish dot bandcamp.com.

1:09.0

Thanks to new subscribers Ralph de Verona, Enrooms, and Karen Hill and longtime subscribers,

1:16.1

Vincent Mastriani, Donna Ivy, and Swan Dolphin, Jim. These are the folks who do the

1:21.2

makeup during the Lion King segment of Fantasmic over at Disney's Hollywood Studios.

1:26.0

They say that it takes a long time and a lot of skill to get those neon ostriches and electric green elephants just right, but they practiced by going out on Lady Gaga's

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