Dave's Disney View

My mom handed me a photo album from 2008. I reminisce about the trip. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daves-disney-view/message

Jack Wagner’s voice was iconic in Disneyland, and carried forward to disney world. I talk about him and have some audio clips of his, for you. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daves-disney-view/message

This episode focuses on central laundry at Walt Disney world. It’s a little unusual but there’s a story here of course! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daves-disney-view/message

In what now is annual tradition, here’s a commencement address for newly minted graduates! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daves-disney-view/message

A few years ago, a listener sent some questions about quantifying the magic. I decided to answer the questions on a podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daves-disney-view/message

Today, I take a dive into the safari and some of its history and then I play audio from the trip into the Savannah. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daves-disney-view/message

I found an old diary I had, in which I recorded a trip to Disney in the 70s. I share what 11-year-old me wrote about the trip. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daves-disney-view/message

Things in the world have again gotten interesting and I feel a need to step away from podcasting for a short time. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daves-disney-view/message

There was this interesting shop along Main Street in both Disneyland and in Walt Disney world which was something of a magic shop. I talk about it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daves-disney-view/message

Disney has announced a series of moves that would indicate a very different future for disney parks. Fast pass, annual passes, park hopping, reservations, magic bands, and even the magical express provide some clues. I’m talking about it. What are your thoughts? Email me, tweet me, or drop a voice message --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daves-disney-view/message

Today, I present to you the audio from the current show, minus the speaking part at the end. I explain what’s up with that. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daves-disney-view/message

I present to you the music from spectromagic, along with a little bit of the parades history. I also report on a rumor about the carousel of progress. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daves-disney-view/message

Abigail Disney (granddaughter of Walt’s brother, Roy) has been in the news recently as a critic of the Disney Company.  I wanted to discuss some of her comments and expand on them a bit with my own thoughts. This podcast contains clips from "The Business" which is hosted by KCRW.  They have a great show, and I encourage you to check out their work.  Specifically, the two episodes with Abigail Disney are here.  Part 1: https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/the-business/abigail-disney  Part2: https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/the-business/disney-future-banter/abigail-disney-part-2 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daves-disney-view/message

News comes at us quickly these days as disney adapts to a new normal. I talk about a number of things that caught my attention over the last little while --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daves-disney-view/message

This is a retrospective of the epcot pavilion The Living Seas. It opened a few years after epcot, but it was a marvel of sorts and fit in thematically with the nature of epcot in that part of future world. I talk about the history and how it became what it is today. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daves-disney-view/message

I’ve got a few things to talk about; a collection of things that are on my mind right now. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daves-disney-view/message

Walt Disney had a plan for urban design - and a central theme was how to get people around his city of tomorrow.  He envisioned monorails for longer trips, and a peoplemover for local circuits.  The WED designers laid out plans for both, and prototyped the people mover in DIsneyLand before it opened in Florida.  It is a clever and innovative means of transportation that never seemed to catch on.  I talk about it, and play the audio tracks that were on the attraction over the years. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daves-disney-view/message

Disney lays off 28,000. The pandemic rages on. Changes are coming to movies and movie distribution. It’s the end of the NBA bubble. Nah. There isn’t much to talk about at all. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daves-disney-view/message

This is a look back at a fun attraction that existed in the wonders of life. It was film, multi media, and audio animatronics assembled in a theater to tell a story. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daves-disney-view/message

This podcast gives a brief history to pressed pennies at Disney parks, and I talk about my iOS app for finding and collecting pressed pennies. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daves-disney-view/message