Heya friends, here is the link to the next episode of the Pink Monorail Podcast. 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, and we’re growing 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 Episode 6
In the second installment of this particular chapter in their ongoing series, Noe & Shelly continue their exploration of the Columbian Exposition of 1893, with a specific emphasis on how the White City directly influenced Disneyland.
Over the course of this episode, listeners will learn about:
- What it was like to stroll down the Exposition’s Midway Pleasance
- Why the White City’s planned Bazaar of Nations turned into an entertainment free-for-all
- How the Exposition’s “Streets of Cairo” area became associated with a certain tune
- What Elias Disney did at the Fair (And how that then went on to influence Elias’s son Walt)
- How exhibits at the Exposition like the Kilauea volcano cyclorama worked
There's a reason the White City is a place the missus wishes she could have seen in person. Did you realize that so much pop culture could be traced back to this world's expo? Have you visited the former site? I’d like to hear about it in the comments section. As always if you would like to sponsor me
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