Aug. 10, 2024

Pink Monorail Manufacturing the Magic Ep 8: Trolley Parks & Pleasure Gardens

Pink Monorail Manufacturing the Magic Ep 8:  Trolley Parks & Pleasure Gardens

 In the eighth installment of this educational series, Shelly & Noe Valladolid talk about how savvy rail & beer companies took advantage of trolley downtime to create new entertainment destinations at the end of the line.


Over the course of this episode, listeners will learn about:


  • How Tivoli Gardens directly influenced the design of Disneyland


  • A Ferris wheel from 1897 that is still operational today

  • Early animatronics in Jenny’s Whim

  • How the rise of the automobile signaled the death knell for trolley parks