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Disney Dish Subscriber Exclusive: How DCA got its very own nighttime show

by The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

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Len Testa & Jim Hill look back at the early days of Disney’s California Adventure theme park. In particular how Walt Disney Creative Entertainment -- with little time & an even smaller budget -- launched “LuminAria” out on Paradise Lagoon

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

Why DCA initially didn’t have streets, but -- rather -- performance corridors

What compelled the Disneyland Resort -- after initially saying the Main Street Electrical Parade was “ … glowing away forever” -- to bring this fan-favorite back to Anaheim in the Summer of 2001

Which “land” was hurriedly added to Disney’s California Adventure in an effort to make this theme park seem more kid-friendly

Why the Castle Dreamlights at WDW’s Magic Kingdom tripped up that theme park’s very first projection mapping show, “The Magic, the Memories and You”

How did the success & longtime popularity of Disneyland’s “Fantasmic!” make it challenging for Walt Disney Creative Entertainment to create a nighttime show for DCA

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released June 11, 2021
Hosts: Len Testa and Jim Hill
Fabulously edited by 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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