WEDway Radio #030 - RetroMagic Tomorrowland Transit Authority

WEDway Radio - Walt Disney World and Disneyland Examined with some Disney History

Nate and Matt Parrish

History, Florida, Society & Culture, California, Disney, Arts, Imagineering, Disneyland, Radio, Park, Theme, Wdw, Places & Travel

5 • 707 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2009

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this episode Matt and Nate revisit their Tomorrowland 1994 RetroMagic series by visiting one of everyones favorite attractions at Walt Disney World, the ever popular Tomorrowland Transit Authority. As Nate says, "Its hard to pinpoint why this attraction is so popular; It isn't exciting, There arent any audio-animatronics, and there are no real special effects. However, it is nostalgic, its easy so the whole family can ride it and theres hardly ever a line."

For the first ten years the WEDway Peoplemover was basically a tour of Tomorrowland voiced by the legendary Jack Wagner. Then in 1986 the attraction changed to a commuter computer and the focus changed from a tour to focus more on the linear induction motor. In 1994 the attraction changed again with the Tomorrowland refurbishment and the ride turned into an attraction that had depth and a story and seemed like so much more than a tour. In 2009 the attraction changed back to more of a tour of the area and less a part of a sytem of transit throughout a fantasy world of tomorrow.

Theres just something about the TTA that makes us all feel a little closer to Walt Disney himself. This may be the best podcast ever produced. We added that last line just so it would appear in Mush's Blog. In the news this week we discuss the new walkway being built to connect the once temporary Bugs Land at DCA to the Hollywood Pictures Backlot. Also the closing of the Aladdin Show at the Hyperion Theater is discussed.

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0:00.0	From the Brava Centauri Studios, this is Wedway Radio. You are now beginning a grand circle tour of Tomorrowland aboard the People Mover, the first system of its kind in the world.
0:33.6	Here the pedestrian will be king, free to walk and browse without fear of motorized vehicles.
0:41.5	Only electric powered vehicles will travel above the streets of Epcot's central city.
0:47.2	Welcome aboard TTA travelers.
0:50.4	Whether you're a humanoid, a robot, or an alien passenger.
0:54.0	We hope you enjoy your trip along tomorrow and transit authorities Whether you're a humanoid, a robot, or an alien passenger.
1:00.2	We hope you enjoy your trip along Tomorrowland Transit Authority's Super Skyway.
1:20.6	Now moving past the Carousel of Progress where four warm and humorous families welcome you into their homes of yesterday and today, starting way back at the turn of the century.
1:29.5	First presented at the New York World's Fair, this famous theater in the round celebrates how progress through electricity has contributed to better living.
1:32.2	Sounds like we're doing a show on Carousel of Progress.
1:34.0	You know what's great is that?
1:36.4	That really ties two attractions together.
1:38.5	That's true. That's true.
1:40.0	Hey, Nate, welcome back.
1:43.1	Welcome back to episode 30.
1:43.9	Good to be here.
1:45.0	Wedway Radio.
1:47.1	This is a great episode that we've got in store.
1:48.2	I like it as well.
1:52.5	It's something that we haven't really addressed since like episode 18.
1:54.1	Yeah, it's been a while.
1:56.7	And it's sort of actually bittersweet to do this one.
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