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Monday Jan 13, 2025
Monday Jan 13, 2025
Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney.
Disney’s Wild Animal Kingdom was a big gamble for the Company. A theme park focused more on live animals and conversation than Disney IP was something Disney had not really tried before.
But with the growing success of Disney World as a vacation destination, the time seemed right to build a 4th park.
Luckily for us, Disney’s Animal Kingdom (as it would come to be known) was placed in the hands of legendary Imagineer Joe Rohde, who traveled the globe to make sure the park was authentic as possible.
But that didn’t mean it was all smooth sailing.
As is common with Disney, the park went over budget, lands were cut and when it opened there weren’t many attractions for guests to enjoy.
So join us this week as we take a look back at one of our favorite Disney parks, to see what it was like on opening day.
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Timestamps
00:00 Welcome
01:44 Listener Questions
10:40 Animal Kingdom Stats
13:57 Animal Kingdom’s Impact on Other Zoos
16:20 The Parks Ties to Walt
16:46 The Origins of Wild Animal Kingdom
20:29 Of Course There’s a Universal Park Too
21:40 The Legend of Joe Rohde
27:03 The Original Idea for Animal Kingdom
32:08 Protests About the Park
35:40 Opening Day Attractions
50:18 Looking Back at Opening Day
55:40 See You Next Monday!
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