WWR Final Season No. 1 - Western River Expedition

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

🗓️ 19 March 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Thank You for downloading WEDWay Radio. This is the Disney History Show. This is the Final Season of WEDWay Radio and this is episode 1. On this episode we explore the greatest attraction to never be built. Thunder Mesa and The Western River Expedition.

To set the stage we take a look at the Magic Kingdom on opening day, the types of attractions that were present. We discuss Marc Davis, the man responsible for Thunder Mesa. Learn what the Western River Expedition was going to entail, and finally we discuss why the Western River Expedition was never built.

Enjoy this Kick-Off epsidoe as we bring you the greatest season of WEDWay Radio yet. Enjoy!

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0:00.0	From the Brava Centauri Studios, this is Wedway Radio. Howdy folks! Welcome to the one and only original country band Jamboree, featuring a bit of Americana, our musical heritage of the past.
0:39.4	But enough of this chit-chat, yak, yak, and flim, flam, just reframe from hibernate.
0:44.8	And we'll all enjoy the show, because we've got a lot to give. Absolutely. Epcot, experimental, prototype, community of tomorrow.
1:19.6	Epcot will take its cue from the new ideas and new technologies that are now emerging from the creative centers of American industry.
1:30.7	It will be a community of tomorrow that will never be completed,
1:35.2	but will always be introducing and testing and demonstrating new materials and new systems.
1:46.3	Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,
1:48.5	here's the Disneyland program note.
1:50.7	Today, for your musical enjoyment,
1:52.9	the Disneyland band will present an hour-long concert
1:55.7	beginning at 1245.
1:57.7	The band will perform in Plaza Gardens
1:59.8	adjacent to the hub, the center of Disneyland.
2:02.3	Welcome to Wedway Radio. This is episode one of the final season of Wedway Radio.
2:23.0	This is the Disney History Show.
2:24.7	My name is Nate Parrish, and I'm joined by my esteemed co-host, Matt.
2:29.5	Matt, how are you?
2:30.7	Life is good, man.
2:31.7	I'm excited to get this season rolling, and we're just i'm i'm pumped yeah yeah
2:37.9	the last real kind of show we did uh the last real wedway radio we did was our year
2:43.4	and review show and then we did the the the planet comic con show and then we did the announcement
2:50.2	show so yeah yeah that's good actually um i was going to tell you i had the Planet Comic-Con show, and then we did the announcement show.
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