Hey, it's Matt Parrish. Thanks for joining me on the Hub, a wedway radio presentation.

This week on the Hub, we visit a feed park we've yet to touch on on this spinoff show, Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.

And as usual, I like to celebrate the unexpected and the under-explored,

so we'll take a trip through several eras that have made up this park

by focusing on singular thematic eateries of today and yesteryear.

And we'll check in with my good friend Jocelyn Martins from The Magic for Less Travel

as we sit down and discuss Walt Disney World around the seasons.

as you walk through the Magic Kingdom today, it's tough to imagine an adventure land without a Caribbean plaza, or a tomorrow land without both Space Mountain and the Carousel Theater. Do you remember what it was like to walk through a frontier land without Big Thunder or Splash Mountain?

I doubt it.

I know I can only faintly remember Frontierland with a train station that sat eye level just beyond Peko Spills.

Needless to say, a lot has changed since the Walt Disney World Resort opened its first theme park in 1971.

Since the days where you could visit Merlin's

Magic Shop or the Aristocats theme gift shop in Fantasyland. So as we approach the 50th anniversary

of the theme park that would signify the launch of the Vacation Kingdom, I thought we would

highlight thematic features that have come and gone throughout its legacy. And as we look back, we'll begin with the taverns of Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.

My father is an nabby to cell.

Olau, o'allere, o'le, o'all.

He prist the chalz with santaught of a lotem teller,

Olao, laur, le, y'alli. When Disneyland opened to the park could be considered authentic.

They were authentic in that they replicated familiar aspects of the outside world, but set them in a particular era to meet the theme of the land.

This kind of authenticity was as much a necessity as an homage to Old World Charm, even if it captured both elements.

In order to fund Disneyland and keep it afloat, Walt Disney himself negotiated deals that would allow

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