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Disney Dish Subscriber Exclusive: Epcot​’​s Equatorial Africa pavilion

by The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

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In a Bandcamp exclusive, Len Testa & Jim Hill talk about this never-built World Showcase addition. This episode features music that Disney Legend Buddy Baker wrote specifically for this Epcot pavilion

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

Which three African nations had agreed to be part of this Epcot expansion projects by the Summer of 1979

How the film portion of the Equatorial Africa pavilion’s “Watering Hole” experience was actually shot at a game park in Texas

Which two attractions were supposed to be added to Epcot’s Equatorial Africa pavilion during Phase Two of that project

How the marquee attraction for Phase One of this World Showcase pavilion (i.e., the “Heartbeat of Africa” movie) had not only been completed prior to Epcot’s October 1982 opening, it had been screened three times on the Disney Lot in Burbank

How the Equatorial African pavilion’s faux Ficus tree (which Disney Legend John Hench said was too big for Epcot) eventually found a new home at the WDW Resort

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released October 31, 2019
Hosts: Len Testa, Aaron Z. Adams, Jim Hill
Editor: Aaron Z. Adams

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The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Jim Hill is a writer, blogger, and theme park historian, and he'll be the first to tell you all of the back-room deals and corporate gossip that happens inside the Walt Disney Company.

Len Testa co-authors the Unofficial Guide series of travel books, focusing on theme parks.
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