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Uh, Hey, my dudes or ettes. Really? You're doing that to me already? I haven't even started. I mean, you didn't even include all the ladies. Hello, ladies and gentlemen. Uh, it's SOS back at it again, otherwise known as. Sort of sophisticated people. Uh, I'm Pete and Interrupter over there, and my best friend of all time is Amanda. Hello. Hello everyone. Amanda, you're gonna be super proud of me. Am I though? You are. Shouldn't you all just be proud of me? What? Okay, sure. Can we just leave it at that? Um, I just did something I haven't done in a really long time, like five years. This is gross. Are you really gonna say that right now? Are we gonna talk about this? Oh my God, not that. Oh, okay. What, like, I took the fam. That's just what you always talk or think about. Just say, no, that's, that is totally the legit, and, and quite frankly, no, no, no, no, no. It's probably been, sorry. Um, I just took the family Disneyland. Oh, that's awesome. The whole fam like, we did it. Yes. I love it. Were you celebrating something? I celebrating with like a. Lucas. Aw, my 23 year old's birthday. Thank you very much. And it was like Star Wars night. So it was like a themed night. Yes. We do that now right after Covid. Yeah. Uh, they closed the whole damn park. Yeah. It's, it's insane. Well, one, it's only insane 'cause you have to pay more for an extra ticket. No, but ho wait, but here's the, this is the trick. This is why I wanted to tell you. First of all, I, I have to, full disclosure, I'm not a Star Wars nerd. My families aren't Star Wars nerds. I don't want people to think we're Star Wars nerds. Like we love Star Wars, but like, we didn't like Jedi costumes. You're mediocre. Got it. We went. 85% of the parks dressed up like Yes. Yes. And we just were dressed regular and had fun. But my point is, for 160 bucks, I know it sucks. Like you have to pay for the ticket. You get in at six o'clock, they close the park at 8:00 PM for everybody else. But the, the kick ass part is at 7:00 PM they won't even let the other people like get in lines anymore. Oh. So basically by seven, whoever has private event, it's private event. Amanda, we walked on. To every ride. It's every crazy rise with the resistance rise. Star Wars Night rise to resistance. You know when you walk, walk in to like, yeah. And it's like an hour and 30 minute queue. We walked right onto the ride, like right into the queue. There was two other people on the ride with two other people on the ride. That's crazy. That's crazy. Okay, one more main street, like I walked down Main Street. Yeah. How many people usually on Main Street? Thousands in that, I mean, you can barely like put your arms out. Uhhuh, I counted less than 100. No way less. We took a picture. That's crazy. Less than a hundred. It's amazing. So what you're saying is, is that even though you get in at six like lines close for everybody else? Yes. And so then you basically can get on every ride before you leave You have to stay. You have to stay late. Yes. Okay. So they close at 1:00 AM Oh, okay. But like, but here's the deal. Probably by 11:00 PM we had already done like, like three quarters of the rides. That's awesome. Okay. I mean, three quarters of all the rides in Disneyland, let's cut to shit. It's so fast. It's so fast. It's so worth it. Totally do it. But did you bring a lightsaber? Didn't. No, that's what I'm telling you. We didn't nerd out. Oh. I mean, okay. But wait a second. So the whole reason I brought this up to begin this is wasn't just to be funny. Okay. Um, guess what's going on right now at Disney Night? Star Wars nights? No, it's turning 70. Oh, it's seven zero in May. Wow. Of 2025. Uh, do you remember the episode we did on Jimmy Carter? Yes. Okay. He was a centenarian. Yeah. A hundred years old. Centenarian. And then he died and then he, yeah. It was really sad, but we got that in under the mark. We did. Okay. What do they call somebody who turned 70? Silver Fox, I had to look. No, not it. Pro. I mean, probably, I hope I am one that, um, a septuagenarian. I'm sorry. What? Uh, yeah, a septuagenarian. Septuagenarian. Yeah. 70 years old. Okay. Look at that. Disneyland's. A septuagenarian. Is that gonna be our word of the day? Uh, you wish? Oh, it would've been easy. Um, would've been easy. I know it would've, but, okay, so sorry. Let's officially like launch this episode. So in honor of Disney Attorney 70, we're doing today's episode on the whole legacy, like how it went from Walt's dream. To this global phenomenon that somehow still makes phenomenon. Phenomenon. Um, it makes a bunch of adults act like kids, uh, especially me. Let's go. But we're not gonna make it boring people. What are we doing then if we're not gonna make it boring? What are we doing? Well, you're gonna do all the history stuff as normal, the boring part. Yeah. Uhhuh. And then we gotta get to the good stuff after that. So, I mean, we got security breaches, new lands being built, the five weirdest ever things found in the park. Yes. You're gonna love that part. And even the Smeller. Yes. It's an actual thing. Oh, it's a thing. And hopefully there'll be some like random fun facts that you know, not everyone knows. 'cause everyone loves Disney knows everything about Disney. But we're gonna try. Yeah, I know. So buckle up people. Uh, do you have that memorized? I, I found your, um, I do not. Okay. My 6-year-old daughter does that. Right. It's a, but I think I found your second career, what you're gonna be the voiceovers for. Okay. Sorry. Okay. Well go ahead and give us a word of the day then. Oh, Mr. Bilingual. Preferably in English. In English. I don't know any Spanish. This is not a Spanish podcast. We're doing English. Okay. You ready? Glamorous, glamorous, glamorous. Glab Glab. I don't even know what Glab is. This is so hysterical. Love the way I've learned to just sit and relax and just wait for you to come up with something. Well, us would mean like a lot of, right. Yeah. You got nothing but glab. You are stretching. Okay, so it comes from a Latin root word. Thank you very much. You Latin is not helping gl. Meaning smooth or hairless? Glover. It's a medical term to be honest. Like it's not. So if I see a bald man, can I just say like, look at that glover over there. Uh, yeah. I thought you were just gonna call me gl, so thank you very much. Oh, well. Happens when it's just like a little bit, because then that's what I would need for you. Just a little bit. Um, glish ish. Just that ish, right? That's true. Totally right. So anyway. Yeah. Figure out how to do glamorous. Okay. Okay, fine. Um, but, okay. So how does learning about Disneyland make us more cultured and curious? I don't know if it really does. Um, shot, have you ever walked around Disneyland? First of all, I think every country in the world is represented, let's be honest, right? Like in people, there's so many tourists. Unless you're at Epcot, then well, no, then it, then it's legit. But I mean, I just mean like, dude, this tourists, yeah. Galore. Okay. So first of all, it's true culture, mama. Okay? Um, do you think these tourists are glamorous? Half of them are by default. I got it before you. Oh my God, you just did. I hate you. Okay. My first time everybody market up. Fair. I'm still think of like, trying to figure out how to make this cultured. Okay. Curious. Episode 53. Okay, mark, mark it down. People, um, lemme get back on track. Took a year. Okay. Uh, how about imagineering? How about storytelling? No. How, yeah. Storytelling. Let's go with storytelling because like, that's like. People don't know how to tell stories. And Walt Disney was the king of turning storytelling into real things. Right. So I even like these horrible fairytales Yes. That are just like terrifying. He made them into these beautiful works of art. He, he made fantasy come to life. Yeah. Yeah. And I think there's something there about being cultured. Okay. Fair Learning how to make fantasy fair and like. Think how many generations it's affected already. That's true. Like, like four, five gener al already like, like this is about bringing dreams. You also think about it though, right? Like all of the stories that he retells are being cultured because you would have to know the original route of like, if you really want to go back who was in German or Dutch or completely fill the blank completely. Yes, absolutely. I completely agree with you. Yes. Okay. Well, so I can get aboard with that. Yes, that's fine. That's fine. Um, but we're not gonna talk about. Thing that people already know. 'cause again, everyone kind of knows about Disney. No, no, no, no, no, no. So it's gonna be like new shit. I got a plan. Okay. I don't know if it's new shit, but it's gonna be obscure shit. Okay. Ooh, okay. Obscure is good. Okay, but we're gonna do the boring shit first. 'cause I always do history 'cause I love history. You do love history. I upset. But it also sets the stage. Yeah. For what we need to know. Okay. Just don't get mad at me. Um, but also PS the Pope died. I know rep, I know it's a big deal, but if I didn't big know. Everything from that previous app I had. I had people say that to it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was like, oh my gosh, I don't what's a lot of people like's gonna happen. Listen to the app. I know. And I threw that shit down. Let's go. So I was like, oh, did you know the Pope time? I'm like, I didn't. Did you know, look at you we're waiting for our white or black smoke smoke. I don't think, here we go. By the way, I don't think the Pope ever visited Disneyland. No. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Missed the happiest place on there. All right. I'm going, I'm just ripping the bandaid. We're going into, we're gonna go decades. Okay. Real fast. So when it started, so it, yeah, yeah, yeah. And then we'll just go from there. Okay. Okay. So it starts in the fifties, obviously, 1955, duh. To be exact. That's why we're celebrating 70 years right now. So he starts off with, for those who can't add, sorry. I was like, wait. Right. So specific. Sure. Um, starts off with a castle, the jungle cruise. Add no trash anywhere to be found on the ground. Oh. Immediately people are obsessed. Right. For the record, it sets the whole tone, the no trash on the ground thing. It's a fun fact's, A fun fact. Do not mess with this. I have. Well, no, no. I have a killer. I do have a fun fact. There's a whole section about, okay, great. No trash. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It is just my favorite part about Disneyland on how un littered it is. No, it's clean, it's controlled it, and I do think every cast number, yes. Who is out there cleaning. Thank you. Because it makes, but it's also, wait, there's more to this. Okay. No more trash. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. But so it was amazing, like everybody went berserk, like day one. 'cause they thought it was the most magical place on earth. Okay. Wait, wait, hold on. But I have heard that like opening day was actually a total shit show. Oh yeah. No, it, it was. I'm just okay. But I'm just like, maybe I'm not talking about the day. I'm just talking about like when it opened it was amazing. But yes, it was a total shit show. The experience that you were supposed to revel in. But in your reading, did you actually, like, can you confirm this? What? Like the asphalt melted women's shoes? Oh, totally. Yes. Like their heels. Yeah. What? Yes. It's crazy not, 'cause it wasn't even done well and rides broke down constantly, which I mean like absolutely. To kind of be assumed of. There was food shortages. They were like, yes, not prepared, totally unprepared for everything. Yep. But what, there was a whole strike. So like the plumbers went on strike and half of the bathrooms were without running water. Do you know? Oh, that, wait, no, that's disgusting. So. Today that would never pass. Like if you did not have running water, dude. Because we got through code. Like open. Yeah, I know, but like in the fifties, I guess not. Right? Can't raise anything. This is, this is the problem. Nowadays it's 900% harder to like do something new and innovative. True. Like just in general. Okay. Whatever. All the loopholes. Okay. Can I keep going? All the hoops you have to jump through. There's no, no, no, no. Do you know why? My God, this episode's gonna be like nine hours long. What? I know. I know. But did you know why? Like all of these problems were compounded. Why? It's because they had counterfeit tickets and that's what led to the overcrowding and all. Did all, yes. Because you could make them back then. Yeah. Because they paper now at my dumb little October Fest, we already know how to like handle counterfeit tickets in like little Yorba Linda. It's like, go figure that out. Right? And like back that back in the day. People are just printing counterfeit. I know. It's crazy. Okay. All right. It's 1960s. Well get serious. He starts expanding Matterhorn monorail and it's a small world. Um. Fun fact. I'm already on fun facts. 'cause I love fun facts. Did you know that Small world was built for the 1964 World's Fair in New York and then they like moved it to Disneyland? So Walt designed it. Designed it. Built it, huh? Did it? 'cause you remember world fairs? They were doing world fairs like back in the late 18 hundreds, early 19 hundreds. That was a way to like tourism. That was a way to attract people to like different countries, huh? That's why the Eiffel Tower was built. That's why the Ferris wheel was built like all this stuff. Okay. Super, super fun. Fact. What did you know that at one point in time, all the water that was in small world was from all over the world. No, wait, what the hell are you talking about? Well, Disney had a bunch of people collect water from 20 or so countries all over the world. Wait, seriously? Yeah. And then at the dedication ceremony, he invited kids from each country and they poured it into the river system. Who is this guy? Michael Jackson. I know, this is amazing. I love this guy, but I feel like, I don't know if that's still like, like that was like the moment, right? But then you heard that they just had to be rewired because the water got into like all the wiring, but so what? Like, and now the water's all gone. So I mean, it's not as cool, but I think that might be the best one. In fact, the salt was right, like, okay, intentionality. I just got chills, intentionality. I literally got chills. Okay, moving on to the late 1960s, 'cause like six months later then he died and it was really sad in December of 1966. Um, silver lining though, he had already allayed groundwork for Disney. World. I know by that time, which is crazy. He was killing it. Like, we like, oh my God. Thank God. Okay. Anyway, um, talk about a visionary. He was totally a visionary way ahead of his time. Uh, 1970s, shit gets real haunted. Mansion. Space mountain. Alright, now we're like, now it's, now it's happening. Right. They were both Walt's original ideas even though he was dead, but those were both his um, good for everybody keeping the dream alive. I love that. They also added country bear jamboree and the whole bear country thing. Then like Right, like gotta love beer country. That Jam's gone. Yeah. Do you know the only place that you can find it in Disneyland right now? Where inside the windy the poo ride. Oh yeah. Yeah, that's right. See, I didn't have that fun fact, but you're right, it is in there. I love it. Demy a little I to some Disney. Okay, so then 1980s. I'm going fast enough, right? Yep, yep. Michael Eisner. Oh, Eisner takes over. He goes Big. Total. CEO went nuts. We get Big Thunder Mountain Captain eo Michael Jackson, shoutout Star tours. That's when it all got serious. Captain eo. That was, yeah. And then I hot minute ago it what? Right. That was like 86, 87. That was Oh, it was crazy. Then they start doing other countries, like that's when they started going like, I don't quote me on it, but like Tokyo, Paris, those kind of, uh, Tokyo was 1980s. I think Paris was 19, like early nineties. Okay. Anyway, in the nineties, tune Town opens Indiana Jones and Disney leans like super hard into like. All the animated movies. 'cause now they're like, okay, animated movies were like taking over the world. Like we were getting like Little Mermaid. We were getting like Beauty and the Beast, all that shit was going on. Okay. And then the early two thousands, California adventure opens. Let's be real though. People hated it at first. Oh, they absolutely hated it. Yeah. Kind of sucked. And I think part of it was like, why would you build a California theme park in California? Right? Like, if I wanna go see the Golden Gate Bridge, right. And just go see it. Yeah, exactly. But can you imagine doing that in Paris? Like, oh, let's go see a miniature Eiffel Tower. No, everyone's five blocks away. But yeah, no, you do that in Las Vegas. Right. You don't, it's true. You don't do that in Paris. You're absolutely right. Right, right. I think that was a little bit of a problem, like not a Destin nation place. Right. Anyway. Absolutely. Yeah. Um, but I will say now California Adventure is maybe my favorite park. No, it is. I like it. It has, has Carsland Buena Vista Street. Right. Gardens of the Galaxy. It's got, it's got Woody Toy Story adventure. Dude. So good. Like the greatest game on all time. Okay. I'm gonna keep going in the 2000 tens. So we're like, only like 10 or 15 years ago, people, the most incredible land ever opened. Thank you very much. Star Wars Galaxy Edge. Oh my God. Do we have music to the music? No, that's lightsabers. Okay. Anyway, that belongs there. Okay. Whatever. Uh, so does the whole like redo of the Pixar Pier in California Adventure. Thank you. Right, because it used to be like, whatever the pier, I don't know the old name of the pier. What was the old name of the pier? Paradise Pier? Yeah. Yeah, it was Paradise Pier. Then they changed to Pixar Pier. Okay. And that's when like Disneyland basically went from like, I don't know, a park to like a lifestyle people, I mean, yeah. And you also need a mobile app. You have a boarding group. Got like three therapy sessions to understand how Genie Plus works. I mean, I don't even understand Genie Plus. Okay. Am I not alone on this whole thing? 'cause like I don't understand it at all. Like my kids do all that for me. No. Like they literally take my phone and figure it all out for me. It is definitely one of those things that it's like next level. Yeah. But it all started after the pandemic. Right? Not gonna lie. Like try to control everything. The whole reservation system sucks too. Like you can't just wake up and go like, I have a problem with that too, but don't get me started. Okay. That brings us to today after the whole Covid pandemic thing, which basically you remember it closed for like a year, Amanda. Like it was like. It was a thing. No, but it was also the best thing. Okay. We went right then. Like when they like only limited to like 5,000 people. So imagine being in Disneyland, only 5,000, it was kind of like strong. That's what it felt like that night, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was amazing. Yeah, the, I was like living my best covid life. 'cause the whole like. Anyway, like it, it's amazing. I, I, I dig on that whole thing. Okay, so then what'd they do? Like, so the, the recently they just did what Avengers Recently they just did the Avengers campus and then they did all the theme stuff, like the, all the theme nights they started. So that's all brand new stuff. Um, but also, did you know that Anaheim City Council just approved Disneyland's expansion plan? What? Yeah, they're $1.9 billion expansion plan is gonna be Disneyland. Holy shit. Forward. Holy shit. Burger. Yep. Yep. And all that. Money's gonna be going to redeveloping a 50 acre parking lot into a bunch of new attractions, which is kind of exciting. Wait, what are we doing? Do we have any idea what the new attractions are? Yes, we do. You know that? I didn't even look this shit up. You're already doing, you're, I mean, you did. You did your future. You did future sleuth thing. I did past to be a Disney nerd. Go. What do we know? So Avatar Land. A ride. What they're doing Avatar land. Yeah. Like they do, like they have in Wal Disney World. Yeah. Have you been though? It's amazing. It's unbelievable. Yes. Yes. It's honestly probably bringing some of that here. Oh my God, I love that. And there's a ride from the Coco movie. Oh my God. Coco. I love Coco. Which also his name is not Coco, it's Miguel. Okay. But sorry. Um, funny story about that. Shout out to Dia de Los STOs episode. That's true. Let's go. That is true. We're have some coco. Okay. I like that. Uh, and then I think there's some, like some tangled stuff and Black Panther stuff. I mean, nobody really knows yet, like the final plans of it all. Yeah. But. It's gonna be amazing, except if you live in Anaheim, then you're just gonna wanna kill yourself because it's already a shit show trying to get parking and driving in. Just imagine what the third land that's gonna look like. Um, I'm not living in Anaheim and, uh, quite frankly, I hope Disney that takes over Anaheim. Sorry, Anaheim me. Okay. Um, and crime. Right? Wow. Now we're not gonna, except Disney. Disney has his own city. Now we're now, we're not gonna have anybody listening to our podcast from Anaheim. Thank you. Okay. History out's beautiful. We're done. Like, can we get to like the good stuff nobody really talks about now. Okay. Security breaches. I wanna do security breaches are there. Yes. They hide them really well. A ton. No, this is amazing. So for background, like, it's not like Disneyland publicly release is like an exact number or anything. So I did do real like work here. Who'd you shake down? I did Sherlock Holmes work. Okay. Um, I looked up industry reports. I had to talk to some insiders. I talked to people that work there. Okay. All right. So first of all, you're not getting anyone fired. This is sir, right? I'm not GSA, right? Uh, typical day at Disneyland. I'm just gonna go through like security guards for so people have a, a, a sense, okay. Bag check. Metal detector staff, 75 people. Okay. Uniform security officers, 200 plain clothes undercover security officers, about another 200. And then like behind the scenes dudes like in charge of all the shit, like admin, like the real people like that are like watching cameras. Mm-hmm. Like 50 people. So like in total, you're looking at probably like 500 security people working like on any given day. And like Amanda, I have no idea of exact capacity of Disneyland, but I looked it up and it's somewhere between like 40,000, 80,000 people. So if I just use 50,000 people, divide by 500, that is one security person for every 100 people inside of Disneyland. They're not messing around, dude, that's one for 100. They're not, which is also why, right. I'm not so scared about like losing my children there. Okay. Wait. By the way, also, I looked, this one up, it took a little while, but I found it. They have 12 Anaheim PD assigned to the park daily. 10 cops plus two, like whatever you call like lieutenants, capsids. I dunno what the hell they are. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, they have a no fly zone too. Yeah. Enforced by the FAA. Right, right, right. That's been in place since 2003. It's like legit security. So like as far as guns and all that kind of crap go, the Anaheim PD has the guns. Yes, yes. Like everybody else is just like watching and doing their work and all that kind of stuff. But seriously, like, so then how do you have a breach with so many people? Because it, like, you gotta go back. It gets, it gets increasingly harder to have a breach. So all the breaches that I'm gonna talk about are like older breaches. Oh, okay. Okay. So like, it started 1960. There was some, I mean, it's still, but that's probably what they learned from, in order to get to where they are today with all of their personnel. I, I'm not gonna lie, there's was a breach last year. We're Last year. Yeah. We're gonna talk about different than the kind Oh, that, that, was that the woman with a kid? No, no, no. What was the woman with the kid? She'd like smuggled her kitten in the bottom of her. That's so cool. No, her stroller. I love that. And then was like, what are you talking about? I think that's cool. He has a ticket. See, look at that. But that was like smuggling someone in. People are still doing it. Let's go. Okay, all. I'm gonna go oldest to newest 'cause that's how my brain works. So in the sixties they found a gun on a dude, but. In their defense, like I was saying, like pre metal detector. Yeah. I feel like everybody maybe had a gun, so like Right. I dunno if that counts, but like that was like first security. It was a big deal. Yeah. 19. Got onto the party, 1970. Some protesters who called themselves the youth International party or yuppies, staged some kind of anti-establishment protest. This one was tough to find. They took over Toms Sawer Island, raised a Viet Kong flag, I guess, and just started smoking dope. Like, it was like a whole like anti-war thing. Like for the Vietnam War. It took a minute, but they like got everybody out and like banned them and everything like that. I mean, if you're gonna do a protest somewhere, Tom Sawyer's Island's place to do it. Right. Let's go. Absolutely. Okay. Um, then in 1981, bloodshed people, bloodshed. A security guard was stabbed in a parking lot by some dude who like, he wouldn't let in, I guess. But he didn't die like I like. I was hoping he would die. No, I shouldn't say that was terrible that I said I hope he dies. That is terrible. I know you're a horrible person, but they added like a lot of security like in the parking lot and like lights. Absolutely. That kind of shit. Okay. Okay. So then you have like the whole guests hiding in the park after hours thing. Right? That's like the cool thing that every wants to know about like hiding on rides or bathrooms or back corners and shit like that. Like most are caught like Amanda in like five seconds. But there were like a few that lasted longer than that. But like how long are we talking? Okay. How about eight years? I'm sorry, someone stayed on Disney property for eight years, so, uh, this is a bit of an urban legend, but there's a better than 50% chance it's real. So I'm telling you, stop it. No, I looked. Amanda, you can find this shit. Okay. Okay, go ahead. Seriously. Okay. I guess in the late eighties slash like early nineties, some guy. Claimed he actually lived inside of Disneyland, like secretly for eight years. Yes. I don't, I don't know if I believe that. Okay. How can you live there for eight years? I mean, I guess you just like hear me out and then we'll decide. Okay. We'll decide together. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. So apparently he's this former cast member who supposedly knew like all the ins and outs, like where he could hide and not be found. Okay. So he hid in like utility closets, backstage areas, sometimes Tom Sawyer Islands, caves, like all that kinda shit. Like allegedly he would shower and cast's bathroom, steal leftover food from kitchens. And he slept in like old maintenance tunnels or unused dressing rooms that like he knew were like not being used anymore. And then he made a fake cast member ID so we could blend in during the day and pretend to work every day. That's insane. I don't think I believe it though. You still don't believe it? I don't think so. Okay. What do you want me to say? But when you start doing the research, Amanda, it's like looks plausible. Okay. But was he ever caught? So Yes. He was like, so this night janitor started following him 'cause he was suspicious. 'cause like. He would see him in all those off limit areas that like they don't use anymore, like underground and then like security guards found like his whole stash of like clothes and food and stuff and then banned him for life. So like there's gotta be some truth to like, yeah, but then wouldn't they have pressed charges and wouldn't we have heard about it? So I, I don't know. Right. Because I couldn't find anything on charges. 'cause that's where it gets, I is really good at hiding shit. Right. So that's where it gets all done. But my point is this, if I was able to find that they found. A stash of food and stuff. Like it means someone was there for a little while, maybe not eight years. Okay. Maybe it was like, maybe it was like a month. I don't know. Seriously. Okay, that's some wild shit. Alright, so then apparently in 2013 some dude tried it again. Like to live there? No, not to live in it, it's just to stay overnight. Oh, so he hides out on Tom. Apparently, Tom Sawyer Island is very popular. Okay. Um, he hides in the cave system down there and it took like all the way the next morning to find him by using drones and like thermal imaging cameras, like he got banned for life as he should. Right. Yeah, I know, totally. But how do they even know to look for him in the first place? What do you mean? Like, was he Oh, like why were they, yeah. Like why were they suspicious? Was he running, running around and they were like, oh, random dude. Go track him down. Okay. So two things. I did actually look that up. 'cause that was weird. So one, I guess there's a counter on the boat, like when you get off the boat and get back on the boat. Oh, from Tom Sawyer? From Tom Sawer. That makes sense. Like cloud. Oh, okay. We're missing a person. But then I guess it's like thermal imaging. They have actually going all night long. Oh, so those like 50 security guards I was talking about before, like they noticed something in the case monitoring. Oh. And they were monitoring and they found them and everything like that. That's so random. Um, but if they have thermal imaging like. Do they have other technology that would then prevent people from actually staying over and breaking in and doing all these naughty things? Yeah, totally. Because I'd assume like technology got better so, right. So it's like impossible's what I saying? That's what you're saying earlier, like it's like they're getting to the point where like people really can't pull off any of this shit. I dunno if this one's considered a security breach, but Mosts recently in 2023, some petty, totally stripped naked and ran through it to small world. That's what I thought you were gonna talk about at the beginning. Oh no. Yeah, I do remember that one though. Whatever he's, don was like totally hanging out. Yeah. But I think, think he was, he was feeling up, she was on like mushrooms. He was, and he was like totally feeling up all the, yeah. I think that's, that was not good. That was not good. I would have loved to have been there and seen that. I don't know what I would've done if my kids would've been like, I think I would've laughed. But like now, difference between you and I, you would laugh. I'd be mortified. Right? I, I would've explained what was going on. Okay. Okay. But now it's all cyber stuff because they've figured out all the physical stuff like you were asking earlier, like, well, isn't it getting harder and harder? It totally is. But now cyber criminals. To like steal? No. Your info. No. Check this out. This is shut down. The rides like by far my favorite one here. Okay. Just happened last year in 2024, it became known as the infamous menu database hacking incident. Thank you very much. This is incredible. You cannot make this up. So some like production manager, employee guy hacks, Disney's computer system. He works there and changed all the restaurant menus. And like change the allergy information saying that things were safe to eat when they really weren't for like people with peanut allergy. Was he just a disgruntled employee? I, that's kind of fucked up. I'm not gonna lie. But wait, hold on. I guess he also changed the names of like menu items to something more inappropriate. So the mini screens read stuff like, I swear to God, I mean, I quote shit stuffed chicken sandwiches and hotdog with a side of french fucks. No way. Yes, they did not. Yes. This guy's my idol. No. Yes. I mean, I think that's harmless and funny, but like whatever. I don't know. I thought it was glorious. But if you got an image to protect, which Disney does, no, I know. You can't have that shit happening. And he got caught and you know, did he get charges pressed against him? I don't know. I, I'm gonna look this one up. I don't know right. I don't know anything about charges. Right? Like keeps everything quiet. They do, man. They don't mess around. He probably got killed on the spot. I think it's funny. No. Okay, fine. Not funny, but you know what would be funny? What would be funny, um, if we talked about the weirdest things ever found in Disneyland, because dare I ask what those are? Oh my God. Are you ready? Oh, I got French. I'm ready to, that's what they're, I know they're, this is a fun episode because like all I had to do was look up random, crazy crap. But I will tell you this, I had to like go rock layers deeper because you know, they give you the normal stuff. Yeah, it's like the basic, you're like, yeah, that's something I like. There's 150 keys turned in probably more than that every day. Right. Yeah. Like how do you then get to your, get your car out? You don't, oh my God, I have a whole story about that. I shouldn't say this on air, but like I leave Shouldn't parking under the Uhhuh wheel? Well, uh Oh, I know Uhhuh, right? So it's like, whatever. Right. So I left like a crazy person, Uhhuh and some who probably thought they were nice person, picks them up and brings them all the way inside the park into the lost and found. Yeah. Do you know how fucking far away that is from the car? And Mickey and friends, me and Paul come out of Disneyland. We're there, we get to the car. No car keys. I'm like, somebody stole them. I'm like, no, no one stole them. It's Disneyland. The car's still there. The car's still there, right? Like, duh, like they're at the loss and found we trekked. All the way back to the, why did you find a security guard or parking attendant ask them to like, oh my god, I'm call in. I was so mad. So anybody listening, just leave my car keys where they are please. Thank you very much. Okay. Alright. Craziest things. Found, we ready for this? I'm doing top five. Okay. Okay. Engagement rings, right? Stories galore. Everybody loses engagement ring there. Okay. How do you lose an engagement? I dunno. 'cause they're dumb, but they mostly find them in like. Disneyland's like lost and found because Disneyland has the best lost and found system ever. They do. That's true. The best engagement ring story by far is where, uh, some dude had this like small ring baked into a churro and then like subsequently bought the churro and was gonna propose to his girlfriend. But she ate the damn thing so fast they had to No. Yeah. Yeah. They had to wait till the end of the night to get it out, if you know what I mean. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Gross. And so my question is like, how do you not know? There's a, like you're really wolfing down the churro. I guess she doesn't chew her food right. Like I was choking. I don't know. That's weird. Yeah, they found it. That's weird in the poo. Hmm. Gross. Okay. It is totally. Okay. Next one. Human remains. Yeah, I have heard about that. Like ashes. Yes. Right. Like not body parts. People bring people who are cremated and sprinkle them around the park. Yeah, I'm with you. It totally makes sense. That's why you gotta wash your hands kids. 'cause people love Disneyland. They're obsessed with it. So I totally see like haunted mansion or Pirates of the Caribbean. Like perfect places to drop, you know, little bits of ashes forever. But Disney has like a full on HEPA cleanup code now for when someone tries to scatter ashes and they have all those thermal imaging devices and can figure all this all out. You know the code. I don't. Monster Zinc. The HEPA code? No. 2319. We had a 2319. Is that actually the code that you That's Monster. Zi, dude. No, I know. Have idea. Idea If they did. No. I dunno. But that would be hysterical. That would be hysterical. That's, they have like they did it. Yeah. Yeah, they had the girl on the floor. Monster floor. We have a breach. Okay. So that would be hysterical. That would I, I thank you very much. 20. Well played. Well played. Okay. Um, real snakes. So again, actually it just makes sense when you think about it 'cause it just freaks people out. But snakes are common like in Southern California and can get into the park like pretty easy sometimes. Yeah, because the parks have rats. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And like snakes eat rats and, but they also have cats. I didn't put that in the fun fact, but they literally have like a hundred cats. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. So anyway, like I get the fact that like snakes are like. The park, but actually in 2011, I guess a little red racer, snake, whatever that is. Bit an 11-year-old boy, huh? Right near Thunder Mountain. Oh, not venomous or anything. Yeah, just some saliva and a bandaid. But I could see how it would totally freak people out. I know snakes in the snakes in India. I did not go for the petting zoo experience. If I found snakes, I would like push them all over to Indiana Jones and then I'd be like, snake, listen. They would be like, why do there have to be snakes? Okay. Yeah, no, I'm hilarious. Okay. Uh. How about a loaded handgun in 2013? That's quite unbelievable actually. Yeah. 'cause how did that get through security especially? It was after nine 11. Yes. That's so some kid found it just sitting on a bench while he was exploring the caves in Tom Sawyer's Island. Everything happened to Tom Sawyer's Island. Right. So it turns out this dude who really dropped it actually like, had a conceal and carry permit, but like, but I didn't think you could carry it. Thank you very much. I don't even understand. People should have been fired for that shit. Yeah, like I like how did it even get in there? Yeah, yeah, yeah. That doesn't make feel good. Yeah. Okay. But it was in there. They found it. That one's available to, uh, look up. Okay. Finally my favorite one by far. Are you ready for this? A prosthetic leg. What? Like a whole leg? Like someone lost it. Someone lost it. So that, and this is my point, so I guess like it happens randomly from time to time. Like they show up in the loss and family. Like, here's my question. Like how do you lose a prosthetic leg? Like. What has to be going on where you're like wearing it and all of a sudden you're like, shit, my leg gone. They're like, uh, hold my leg. Like, how do you not know? Right? Like, I don't even know, like maybe it flies off on Space Mountain or something and goes like whipping. No, I feel like it falls to the floor. But even if it fell to the floor, wouldn't you like be like, stop the ride. I need to get my, like, like please tell me how it like, finds its way to the lesson found. I don't know. Like I don't, I don't get it. I mean, maybe they were like wearing it for a while, then they took it off and they got to their wheelchair to take a break and someone would just like put it in the backpack or underneath and then it just like fell out. You are you, I don't know. You were kindhearted. What is that? Like? What, like why do you think of that? Like you're just a, just being a little sweaty. So like irritated. I don't know. I don't, maybe not at all. Do you know who was a prosthetic? Like, oh, we did know somebody. Okay. Rip. Oh, oh, sorry. Yeah. The Pope. No, not the Pope. But you know what? I do think we should talk about what Disney's secret sauce. Like how they make everything so magical. Oh, good. Call onto the secret sauce. Moving us along. Let's go. I could talk about Disneyland all day. So I just wanna say, shout out to, um, my best friend and co-host Amanda, for always making sure we stay on track. 'cause otherwise this would drone on and on. Okay. Got three biggies for secret sauce. You ready? Okay. Okay. Um, and I don't mean like, just like cool stuff. I mean, I mean like it shaped the way amusement parks and entertainments and just like. All public spaces are like actually handled today. Like pioneering people? Yeah, because it's so good, because it's Disney baby. Okay. Uh, the first one is the most unsexy thing on the planet by far, but also the most impactful. Okay. Remember we were gonna talk about this earlier and I shut you off. Yeah. The trash system. Okay. The trash system get this, the trash can spacing at Disneyland is literally. Psychologically engineered. How so? Yes. Okay. So Walt actually conducted a scientific study Yes. To figure out Amanda, people walk exactly 30 steps before littering, like the majority of people anyway. I don't litter. I have no idea why people litter, but like apparently 30 steps is a thing, so to make sure nobody litters, he spaces the trash cans between 30 and 45 feet apart. Taking into consideration that they're like gate. Like how far they walk, like problem solve. That's crazy. I know. I gotta go count them at Disney. Now I gotta go figure this out. It's totally nuts. And get this at Walt Disney World, they took it a step further and built something called the avac, the automated vacuum assisted collection system avac. The avac. Oh. It's a massive underground network of pneumatic tubes that suck garbage. Amanda, away from public areas. You don't even know what's happening. It's insane. Like, it's just like No. Like while you're walking. Yes. It's got like a flow that sucks all the garbage into it. And underground. Huh. And now they use it in like airports. They use it in hospitals they use, they're starting to like adopt it in like smart cities. Like Huh? It's, it was amazing. Trash. Amanda. Trash. I wanna avac system for my house, right. For life. I, anywhere I go, I think rich people have them. Amanda. Oh, probably. I think we just, I think we just, oh, I just wanna know anything about that. We need to. Get onto like next level stuff here. Uh, speaking of next level, right? Okay. The next one, uh, the Smer, the thing you were talking about at the beginning. Oh yeah, yeah. The selter, the AKA, the scent marketing. Mm-hmm. Pioneer. Mm-hmm. Okay. It sounds like something Ensberg would totally make and try to kill Phineas and verb and take over, like the entire Tristate area. The Smer. I've never watched Verb. You don't know verb? No. Okay. Totally great show. You can do all of my jokes. They fall flat on Amanda. They do. People help me out. Sorry. Don't you guys know like Finney's and Ferb. It's excellent, by the way. Your kid should watch it. Okay, so he's just this evil doctor genius. That lives in the New York area and everything he creates to try to kill Phineas in verb, um, has AOR at the end of it. Oh. Like, so like the, you know, whatever The gun aor the mTOR Theor. Okay. Um, so what is this? Whatever. Okay. Explain it for everybody. So it's, it's a scent machine that's used to manipulate mood and like your whole immersion experience. That's true. So that's true. The first of its kind ever created. True. So Main Street smells like cookies. Pirates of the Caribbean, smells like musty, sea air, haunted mansion smells like whatever, like death is supposed to smell. Like, you get the idea. Uh, sorn over California. Popcorn smells like popcorn Main Street. Yeah, yeah. Popcorn, right? Yeah, totally. Sorn of a California sorn over the world. They do it too. Oh yeah. That sounds They do. The orange that's on the ride. Yeah. Okay. But they, it's still the same concept. It's totally caught on. Right. So, uh, Amanda, they use it in shopping malls. They use it in hotels, they use it in movie theaters. Now, its also, I mean. People who like sell homes, do the same thing that okay, that's all because of Disney. So I think that that was my whole point of like bringing this all back to like this trash thing and this smell thing. It was a trend that was started unintentionally and here we are 70 years later and like it's like taken over the world. Okay. Yeah. It's like a billion dollar industry, isn't it? It totally the whole smelling. Yes. Thank you. Dead Walt Disney, who probably didn't even know how big it got, like all dead people. That's true. That's true, right? Yes. Do you think Walt Disney is buried in the Haunted Mansion? No. Oh, okay. I feel like he should be buried in the middle of Main Street. Right? You know what would be dumb as someone would like, probably like try to dig up his grave. So sorry. That's true. People suck. Okay, so finally the last one. We have the whole zone sound design concept like, like soundscaping by land. It's so good. Right? I have one for you. What? So, you know, in Star Wars land your favorite land ever. Yes. Uhhuh, when you walk by one of the fighter jets Yeah. Whatever they're called. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Um, and then all of a sudden you hear go v like it's shutting down. Yes. It's because the train is going behind it. What? Yeah. Star Design is like the best land for all those noises. That's amazing. Like I, I, so I didn't even, like, it didn't dawn on me till like recently when I was like researching this episode and then I went like, each land has its own soundtrack and background noises like that go with that land. Like you just said, like you're ever gonna hear Frontier Land's music crossing over to Adventure Land because that's like. All on purpose. Mm-hmm. Right. So they use directional speakers, I guess, that are all strategically hidden and point in like very precise directions. So only people in that area hear them. Right. Okay. Uh, and they use something called volume fading or volume overlapping. So that like when you're walking the music from one zone lowers and the next one like fades in and it's all seamless. We just. Feel like our ears are adjusting. Like we just, yeah. We don't even know. Yeah. It's amazing. We don't even know what's going on. It's amazing. Yes. And like to the point where my children, when we go to a different theme park, we went to Legoland. Oh. They were like, look, there's a speaker. Why does it sound like that? Oh my God. Really? And it's like that. But when you go to like, it's terrible like Disney, it's part of the environment. So I look this up in it, they're buildings. They're landscaping. Like they're all designed to absorb and block the sound. Like, yeah, like this is what the imagineers do. Immersed. They're not just making Right, they're not just making rides. They're making sure all this is like really carefully thought out. Right. Like my absolute favorite part though, in each land is the background noises specifically like Star Wars land. Yes. It has all like. Chirping in the, like, you're outdoors. You feel like you're outdoors, right? Yeah. Right. It has like, it has all the machines too. It has like machin sounds like. Yeah, and then like adventure land has like the insects and the animal noises. Oh my God. It's pirates. It has like crickets inside. It's like my favorite. Hey. Yeah. Do you want a fun fact? Oh, totally. Gimme that. There's a fake owl in critter country. There's what? Yep. Wait. It's a fake owl and it totally follows you from tree to tree while you're walking. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You gotta listen for it the next time you go. Oh my God. That is, that is like freaky. Also there's a non-existent thunderstorm that happens near haunted mansion. Like you hear this? I, no way. Yeah, you can, but it's like, it's part of the ambiance music or like the ambient noise. So you don't know. I have to like, I have to like lock in like I'm too busy getting fat. You just have to go check these out. Like you have to go with the intentionality of seeking these things out. Okay, fine. Sorry, I'm not good at this. Disney's just awesome. What can I tell you? Okay, fine. I'm listening different now. Totally. Okay. Totally fun. Facting here. Do you want another fun fact? Uh, yeah. Always. Okay, last one then. Like, how about bonus? Fun fact waiting in lines. What about that Disney invented it. What? They, they invented like the cue line? No, not like waiting in No. Like the themed cue line. Not like waiting in line. Oh yeah. Yeah. The theme Q like before that people were just like standing around, like waiting in like a random line. It was totally boring, but the idea of standing in line turned into an experience. Disney like made their lines part of the rides. I mean, I'm gonna tell you, everybody copies it. Rise of the resistance, right? The different that's don't holds how it's going on. Feel like you're happy. It's amazing. I know. That's my whole point. Since you're starting off with all the fun facts. Can we just officially like start that? Yeah. This whole episode's been one giant fun factor. I mean, kind of, but I want like the weirdest, most obscure and totally unnecessary fun facts that you can come up with. Oh my God. I'm gonna try please and thank you. I'm gonna try to do this. I'm gonna, I hope I can impress you. Okay. Are you ready? Okay, go. Okay. Did you know there's a basketball court inside of Matterhorn? Yeah. Everyone knows that. Oh shit. Okay, fine. Try again. You're harsh a little bit. Uh, did you know there's a secret luxury bathroom in New Orleans Square? Yes. What? Fine. Okay. It's up inside the Dream Suite where Pirates of the Caribbean is that nobody can really use. Okay. Oh wow. Okay. Oh, for two. How about this one? Did you know that Walt Disney's face on the famous statue in the middle of the park is not real? Wait, what? What do you mean it's not real? It's not real like it's a statue. Of course it isn't. No real. No, no, no, no, no, no. It's like not made from a specific photo. Like no photo ever existed of him like standing there like that. It's actually like just a mashup. Of a bunch of different photos. That's not really a fun fact. Okay, well that's not a fun fact. Then I'm gonna super fun fact to you. Okay, go ahead. Okay. The expression on his face never existed either. They just picked something that looked good for the statue. Stop it. Not good enough. Okay. Super, super fun. Fact, Mickey isn't real either. Amanda, he's just a cartoon. You're so dumb. Okay. Sorry. I am not doing well. This is my worst fun fact episode ever. Okay, I'm gonna get on track. I'm locking it in right now. Did you know the haunted Mansion used to have real death certificates? Wait, what do you mean? Yeah, so totally like as late as the two thousands, every once in a while, like a cast member was allowed to issue a death certificate to like, I guess like a cool guest or someone who asked for one, I don't know, as a memento. Yeah. Saying they had joined the 999 happy haunts. Um, but now they totally stopped doing it and they're just used for like special occasions and you can only see them if you pay for like behind the scenes tour. Oh, I know. But like that wasn't that long ago. I feel like, I feel like somebody out there knew that. Fun fact. Yes. Speaking of the haunted mansion. Oh, speaking of it, what did you know That when you ride through the ballroom scene, one of the glass panels has a bullet hole in it? No shit. You never noticed it? A bullet hole? No. Dark because it's dark caused Well, I mean, you can see it though, honestly, a man I usually gun. What? Yeah. So Or someone threw something at it. Seriously? Yeah. Disneyland ever like officially confirmed what it was, but the hole got so big that replacing the glass would require them to remove it. So they just covered it up with the spider web. I have to check this out. You do. It's, it's pretty amazing. That is fascinating. Now, I, I mean, it's more fascinating how it got there, but I, I wanna know if it was a real BB gun, because if it was a BB gun, you know what it was? How'd it get in there? A security breach. Right? I missed it. Okay. Then did you know Pirates of the Caribbean? Had a real human skull in it. I do. Yes. Mm-hmm. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, so check this out. Um, it actually used to have a lot more than that when it opened in 1967. The imagineers thought fake skeletons looked too cheesy. So they borrowed yes, quote unquote real human remains from UCLA's medical school. Let's go UCL and put them all over the ride. Most have been replaced with replicas for like health and safety 23 nineteens people. Um, but one real skull still remains, and I'm not telling where it is. I absolutely know where it is. Don't say it. Don't say it. Okay, fine. By the way, do you know what that skull is? Glamorous. Yeah, I already got it earlier. Okay. But I got it late. I got it. Yeah. Okay. Sorry. Um, okay. I have one. Wait, wait. What is happening? Are you taking over? Fun facts? Yeah, kind of. 'cause I've known most of the ones that you said, oh my God. Fine. Go. Okay. Okay. Ready? What? So did you know that the jungle cruise used to be dead serious and also had a live alligator paddock when it opened? Oh my God. Seriously? Yes, totally. They ditched the alligators in the first year 'cause people were trying to feed them and they figured it was just too dangerous. And that's why they opened the whole safari ride over at Animal Kingdom and Disney World. Oh my God. My favorite ride ever. It's so good. But the other thing is that the Jungle Cruise was supposed to be a giant educational tour, and it took them like five years to finally start to add jokes. Thank God they added the jokes. The jokes are the best part. It's true. You wanna know. Super, super, super fun fact. Yes. What, uh, Bethany's first job was? No. As a jungle cruise skipper, let's go. You had to be a special human. I know, right? It's great. Can I have a fun factor in? Okay, go ahead. Okay. I, it's like totally like a one-up in contest. Um, did you know that Disneyland used to have flying saucers? Thank you very much. Totally. So, back in the 1960s, they had a ride where you hovered in the air and just rammed into each other, like floating bumper cars, huh? Yeah, I know, but it's only, what was it called? I don't know. Flying saucer rod. I have no idea. I should have looked it up. It broke down all the time. So they jumped the whole thing. Like they just, it was too hard to like. Like keep up. That's sad. 'cause I, I think that would be a really cool one. Well, speaking of flying saucers, did you know astronauts actually used to train at Disneyland? They used to what? Train. I hate you at Disneyland. Why? Like, why do you keep doing this to me? Because it's fascinating. Well, I like you got better fun facts than I do and I'm the one researching the episode. Okay, this will be like my last one trying to one up you. Thank God. But NASA astronauts used to practice zero gravity Walking at tomorrow Land's Moonlight Attraction in the 1960s. What? Yeah. Not because they really needed to, but just to hype everyone up for the whole space race thing. So it's like a total PR move. Oh my God. So like real astronauts would go to Disneyland. That is the coolest thing ever. Maybe it was called. Yeah, that's kind of a cool idea where you go after you won the Super Bowl, the Disneyland. Oh my God. Okay. Back to me. You, you don't have any left? No, go ahead. You got, okay. I got two more. I mean, not right now. Okay. Uh, yeah, let me know if you come up with anymore. I have, I have a feeling you're gonna come up with a few more. Okay. Do you know there's a time capsule buried right in front of Sleeping Beauty capsule? Yep. Sure do. Shit. Okay. It was buried there in 1995 during the 40th anniversary and is set to be opened in 2035 at the 80th. I don't know why they used 40 and 80. Why didn't they use like 50 and a hundred? But anyway, 10 years ago, people, I wonder what's inside. Probably a Tamagotchi. You think the Tamagotchis inside what? What was 1995? Totally tamagotchi. Maybe like what else is popular in 1995? I don't know. That's your age, hogs. Pogs. Pogs is a good one, I think. Pug. Yeah. Right. Okay. And finally I saved the best one for last. You're gonna love this one. I swear to God. Okay. I'm hoping to death. You don't know this one. Don't lie to me. Okay. If you know it, you have to tell me. Okay. Okay. The year before Disneyland opened, Walt Disney was seriously considering putting a live chicken restaurant inside of Disneyland. Did you know that? No he wasn't. Yes he was. No. Oh, seriously? Yes. Get this with windows into the kitchen. I got you. This is so exciting with Windows into the kitchen where you could watch the chickens being killed, plucked and prepared. Like the whole idea was we could learn all about farm to table. 'cause remember he was a visionary. He was way ahead of his time. Like crazy. That would've been a concept. Didn't happen. I feel like it was because Nats had the chicken restaurant and he was like, we're gonna one em, Mr. Is Knotts chicken restaurant and uh, can you imagine them like slaughtering the chicken? Like just imagine the bloodshed like. Like, but you know what, then we would see a lot of chickens with their head cut off. That's true. That would be pretty fun. Yeah. Well, ba ba, good work. Good work. I love the last one, a new fun fact that I didn't know I got it. Okay. All right, well you wanna sum up the whole episode so then we can show off our newfound Disney trivia and be a true Disney nerd. Uh, yes. I I find it interesting that this was the first time you said that you didn't love my fun facts. I'm gonna remember that. Did. I said they were good. I I absolutely loved most of them, though I knew them. I feel like we're in the Twilight Zone too, because you got the word of the day. So like I feel like I know it's a weird episode. I feel like times a weird episode times are a change in, okay. I only have one real takeaway or like, call to action for anybody who wants like more info, go to Disney. No. Well, yeah, but yeah, yeah, yeah. Of course. So two. Okay. Thank you Amanda. If you like Disney history, you're like, you like this concept, listen to this podcast called The Sweep Spot. Uh, toasted by former Disneyland cast members. It gives real like firsthand accounts and historical perspectives on like the parks development and its infrastructure. Like it's got a bunch of cool stuff. I'm sure there are discussions even including those on the 70th anniversary celebrations that will like totally enrich your appreciation of Disneyland's legacy. So go forward if you're into it. Um, that's sort of it. Then just remember these key details to seem sort of sophisticated people. Disneyland opened its gates in 1955 with a bold vision to create a place where dreams could come to life. 70 years later, that vision still resonates. Amanda, every time I go into Disneyland, I forget everything. It's the greatest thing ever. Like I literally let all of my problems melt away. I don't know how it happens. Huh? It's magical. It is magical. Totally. I agree. Okay. The real meaning behind Disneyland isn't rides and entertainment. It's imagination and perseverance. It's about turning a creative idea into a legacy that continues to inspire wonder in every generation people. What is your legacy gonna be? Think about it. Not as great as Walt Disney's. I'm fine with that. Just consider legacy three. It's not just a theme park, it's a cultural landmark, a place woven into family traditions, personal milestones, and collective memories. It's where you go. And finally, the reason America embraced it and helped it grow was because it captured something universal to everybody. The joy of storytelling, bringing it back around, the power of play and the belief that anything is possible, I. All right, dear listeners, done. There you have it. Churros, childhood Nostalgia and the Chaotic Magic of 70 Years of Disneyland. How did we not pump churro smell into this podcast studio for this episode? We blew it. I don't. Do they actually pump the C Tarot smell? They must do. They have to. They pump the popcorn smell. That's, they gotta pump the smell. That's true. Fair enough. So the next time someone says, isn't Disneyland just for kids, you can lean in and say, actually it's a revolutionary piece of storytelling architecture that launched modern theme parks, pioneered animatronics, and once had real alligators near the jungle cruise. Look, Disneyland is more than mouse ears and doll whip. It's a cultural time capsule, a dream machine, and yet a place where grown adults willingly stand in line for three hours to write a flying fricking elephant. Oh my God, seriously, right? Kill me with Dumbo. But the kids are real cute on it. Oh my God. I have a funny story about, about that. Can I, can I pause? I, I know we're at the end, but can I pause? Sure. Funny story. Yeah. Uh, I'm recording Emma, like on the old cameras, like we didn't have phones then. And, and Gabby and Emma are getting on the ride. Um, and Emma ran back into one of the ears of Dumbo and felt it. Crap. We could have won America's Funniest Home Videos. Amanda? It was excellent. She started crying. I picked her up. I'm like filming the whole thing. It was classic. We never turned it into America's. Okay. Sorry. Missed opportunity. Yeah, totally. Sorry. Sorry for interrupting the conclusion. Well, if we've done our job today, you're leaving sort of sophisticated, maybe even with a magical nugget to drop. Next time someone brings up Walt Disney or wonders how a cartoon Mouse built an empire. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe. Leave us a review and share it with a friend. Until next time, stay curious and stay enchanted when you wish a.
