Disney Dish Episode 291: Why doesn’t Shanghai Disneyland have any indoor roller coasters?

News! And in our main segment, we talk to Smithsonian museum specialist Bethanee Bemis about Disney theme parks and the American Experience.

Show Notes

Summary:

Len Testa starts out this week’s show with an enthusiastic review of Foxx Nolte’s “Boundless Realm” book, which takes its readers behind-the-scenes at the Haunted Mansion. Then Jim Hill concludes his Disney Princesses in the Parks series by talking about how WDW’s New Fantasyland project changed course in mid-construction

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

How Don Bluth’s history with the Mouse House makes it somewhat problematic to try & turn the title character of Fox’s “Anastasia” into a Disney Princess
Why -- in a recent survey that the WDW Resort sent out -- is Disney asking questions like “Are you a grandparent?”
How many times did Ben -- a “Snow White’s Scary Adventure” superfan -- get to ride the WDW version of this dark ride before it closed in May of 2012
Why are WDW Cast Members who work at “it’s a small world” big fans of the Tangled Toilets
How is COVID-19 derailing the Disney Vacation Club’s plans when it comes to persuading people to purchase points at the Riviera Resort