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Disney Dish Subscriber Exclusive: How “Disney on Parade” led to “Disney on Ice”

by The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

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In honor of the 40th anniversary of the launch of “Disney on Ice,” Len Testa & Jim Hill look back on how Feld Entertainment & Walt Disney Productions came together in July of 1981 to create a new traveling arena show

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

What aspect of the character costumes used in “Disney on Ice” forced Feld Entertainment to hire an eighth tractor truck to haul this traveling arena show around the country

When the Disney characters first begin appearing in a traveling ice show

What did Alana Feld overhear two Moms saying that then changed the career path of many Olympic medal winners

Why was Ron Miller not exactly thrilled to meet with Kenneth Feld back in 1980

Which two now-owned-by-Disney-IPs did the “Ice Capades” cut licensing deals with back in the late 1980s / early 1990s in an effort to compete with the characters featured in “Disney on Ice”

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released July 23, 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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