Heya friends, I spent the summer of 2025 recharging my creative batteries, and working on side projects. One of which was to continue the podcast series featuring the missus. This podcast is designed for Disney fans, amusement park visitors, and history buffs. You’ll learn the roots of the multi-billion dollar theme park industry from ancient history all the way to today. The missus, and I worked hard putting these episodes together through 2024, until we had a family emergency and had to stop working on it for 7 months. We are back on it through 2025. Click on the picture or link to visit our streaming page hosted on Jim Hill Media. I hope you get a chance to listen, subscribe, and leave a review so we can climb the theme park podcast rankings!
The Pink Monorail Podcast Manufacturing the Magic Ep 21: Disneyland’s sister parks – Part One
In the 21st installment of this educational series, Shelly and Noe Valladolid talk about what happened when C.V. Wood (the original president of Disneyland) went off in 1956 and set up his own theme park design company. This episode takes a close look at Freedomland & Magic Mountain
Over the course of this episode, listeners will learn about:
- How many theme park designers did C.V. Wood take with him when he exited Disneyland?
- What was the first theme park that Wood worked on after he stopped working for Walt?
- How was Freedomland’s opening day much like the one that Disneyland experienced back in 1955?
- What similarities did Magic Mountain have with Walt’s original family fun park?
- Who were some of the stars that performed at Freedomland?
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