WDW Radio # 605 - The Original Dreamfinder, Ron Schneider
WDW Radio: Your Guide to the Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise and More Disney Magic!
Lou Mongello - Disney Expert
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🗓️ 6 October 2020
⏱️ 99 minutes
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WDW Radio # 605 - The Original Dreamfinder, Ron Schneider
As we celebrated Walt Disney World’s 49th birthday on October 1, I wanted to look back at not just one of the resort’s most popular attractions, but characters as well. The Dreamfinder (and good right arm, Figment) were created for the new Journey Into Imagination attraction in Epcot in 1983, and ushered in a sense of wonder and fun the likes of which the park had never seen before. And helping to create that spark of imagination was Ron Schneider, the original Dreamfinder. Ron joined me live in Magic Kingdom for the anniversary, and shares stories that paint a colorful picture tracing the origins of the attraction and character, as well as his years in the parks, to working with Tony Baxter, and the day that Michael Jackson asked to meet Dreamfinder. We also discuss the future of the attraction, characters, and EPCOT, Walt, and so much more.
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| 0:00.0 | The most exciting, the far, the most important part of our Florida project. |
| 0:06.4 | In fact, the heart of everything we'll be doing in Disney World will be our |
| 0:11.5 | experimental prototype city of tomorrow. |
| 0:16.8 | We call it Epcot. |
| 0:19.5 | Spell EP-CO-T. |
| 0:23.9 | Welcome to this very special place. |
| 0:27.0 | Epcot Center. |
| 0:28.6 | Walt Disney's greatest dream is now a reality. |
| 0:33.0 | Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. |
| 0:36.0 | All of us at Epcot Center are glad to have you as our guests today. |
| 0:40.8 | Discover Epcot. |
| 0:43.5 | It's unlike any theme park on Earth. |
| 0:46.3 | In this wondrous place, the fun and imagination of Disney come together |
| 0:51.0 | with the innovations of the real world. |
| 0:54.5 | The dream finder and his small friend Fickman are the hosts as you ride through a swirling |
| 1:00.2 | maze of colors, shapes, sounds and even smells. |
| 1:07.3 | W-W-E-R-E-O. |
| 1:11.8 | Your information station. |
| 1:15.5 | Hello my friend and welcome to the WDW Radio Show. |
| 1:19.7 | Your Walt Disney World Information Station. |
| 1:23.0 | I am your host, Lume Angelou and this is show number 605 and I'm here once again not |
| 1:28.8 | only to help you have the best vacation experience when you go to the Disney parks but I also |
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