Walkabout The World - A Disney Podcast - Disney's Hollywood Walkabout With Producer Josh

Episode Date: March 10, 2024

Hello travelers! On today’s episode join cohost Producer Josh for a classic walkabout as he shares an evening stroll around Disney’s Hollywood Studios. You’ll begin with the sounds of Echo Lake. From there, walk over to some original MGM studios memories as you head to the Walt Disney Presents gallery. Then trek through Andy’s backyard and around Black Spire Outpost before ending with the nostalgic vibes of Sunset Boulevard at sunset.   As always, use good listening devices as we always record in 4 channel surround sound. We hope you enjoy the episode and thanks so much for following along!   If you like what we do, consider joining our crew on Patreon. These wonderful people help us keep the microphones crisp and the servers warm at night.   Visit us a walkabouttheworld.com - find links to all the things - attraction episodes, Insta accounts of all the hosts, and even how to buy your own Walkabout shirt!   Look us up at @WalkaboutWDW on Instagram and drop us a note to say hi.   You can now also drop us at line at [e-mail]. Say hi, tell us how you found us, and give us some suggestions on things you'd love to hear. Please consider giving us a rating and review wherever you listen - it really helps.   Walkabout The World is a weekly Disney podcast, always recorded on property at Walt Disney World or Disneyland Resort with the simple goal of making you feel like you are in the middle of the magic.

Well hello everybody and welcome back to Walk About The World, your weekly audio stroll through our beloved Disney parks and resorts. Coming to you right now from the wonderful and always beautiful Echo Lake at Disney's Hollywood Studios or as I will always lovingly refer to it as MGM sitting here on the five-and-dime bench right in front of Echo Lake by the steps. Peavey's Polar Pipeline to my right. Tune In Lounge and the Primetime Cafe to the left. And as I'm sure you can hear, the fountain and Gertie straight ahead. It is a beautiful evening.

And what better way to spend a beautiful evening than strolling through Hollywood Studios. I'm just going to Before we take a little walk so yes Yes, take on! Take on both! Alright, let's take a walk. I have to first, since I'm in the area, I always have to stop by Peavey's. If you're not sure who Peavey is, or why he has a polar pipeline, frozen Coca-Cola concoctions. Peavey's the character from The Rocketeer, the comic book, and of course the Disney film,

which I am a big fan of. And so I always swing by PV's to pay my respects, because over in the corner behind the, I should say next to all the slushie machines, just to the left, you'll find one of the stunt helmets and jet packs from the original film. So I definitely always have to stop by. Hey Madeline, is that it? And if need be, I'll partake and enjoy Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey and Coke. Not today though.

This has always been one of my favorite areas in the park. MGM was my favorite park as a child because, hey, it was the new theme park when I was a kid. It was a big deal. So it'll always have those special memories to me. Had all the greatest movies from that time. So The Rocketeer, like I said, there's Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Dick Tracy. That was my childhood. Speaking of Roger Rabbit, just behind where I was sitting is the Hollywood and Vine restaurant. And up on the second floor

is a Who Framed Roger Rabbit reference of Eddie Valiant's office and the silhouette of Roger when he smashed through the office window. Great little tribute. I see duckies. Not just any duckies, Echo Lake duckies! And baby duckies!

Michelle you may argue that the Disneyland duckies are the best duckies but, I don't know, I think the Echo Lake duckies are going to give the Disneyland duckies a run for their money. Walking toward the hub. Dockside Diner to your left. We're going to take a right. Let's go visit the dedication plaque. Disney MGM Studios, the world you have entered, was created by the Walt Disney Company and is dedicated to Hollywood, not the place on a a map but a state of mind that exists wherever people dream and wonder and imagine a

place where illusion and reality are fused by technological magic we welcome you to a Hollywood that never was and always will be May 1st 1989 Michael D. Eisner one of the best plaques next to the cameraman statue Chinese theater directly in front of us Runaway Railway we're going to take a right to the Studio Arch which when the MGM Studios first opened that arch was the entrance into

the production side of the park so right now we would be in the theme park and then you would enter the actual working studio and take the the backstage tour tram tour and walking tour which is, started out where Launch Bay is right now. Used to be the animation building. Walking under the Hollywood Studios arch. Star Wars Launch Bay, straight ahead. We're going to take a left. See maybe, yeah that's what we'll do.

Take a stroll through Walt Disney Presents. See what we can hear. Normally I would make sure that we watch the Walt Disney film at the end of the attraction but right now it's Percy Jackson behind the scenes. And you can meet Ariel from the live-action story. If you've never experienced this attraction, it's basically a museum of Walt's life and the history of the parks.

So, I would say don't miss it. Lots of great photos, artifacts. Starting off in Marceline, Missouri. Can't have the story of Walt without trains We call it the multiply of the camera. The problem was how to take a painting and make it behave like a real piece of scenery under the camera. Different elements in the scene were separated according to their varying distances from the viewer. With our original picture broken down in this manner, it is possible to control the value of speed with which each individual part of it moves to or away from the camera. And here now is our same moonlight scene the way the multi water plane camera sees it. True life adventures, walking under the arch. Here you leave today and enter the world of

yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy, which means here we are. We've arrived at 1955 Disneyland. Disney's Disneyland Each week there's a winnig One of these many worlds Run to the last Tall tales of truth and legendaries. Frontierland, the prophets of things to come. Adventureland, the wonder world of nature's own world. Paraseland, the happiest kingdom of them all. Here we have Lincoln and the Tide. With low skin so you can see all the mechanisms. And the Here we have Lincoln animatronic. Low skin so you can see all the mechanisms.

An older animatronic model. And right across you have your model of Spaceship Earth. And the Tower of Terror. It is like seeing this. Look at this. Look at the reflection. It's a real picture. It looks sad.

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And you can meet Ariel from that film. It's the meet and greet at the end of the hallway. And the last room before you go into the film is props and costumes from the Percy Jackson. The new Percy Jackson film. Or series, I guess it is. I haven't watched it. But it's always cool to see that kind of stuff especially it kind of harkens back to the studio days

which was one of my favorite parts of this park was getting to see all that stuff like the AFI exhibit that had all the awesome film props. Alright, out of Walt Disney Presents. Going around the corner, headed toward Toy Story Land now. Since I'm reminiscing about my old favorite park. There are still some remnants of the original studios like the arch even though it's been changed but right here just in

front of Toy Story Land before the entrance to your right you can still see the sign on the building Roy O Disney Production Center which was part of the studio tour. Beautiful sunset behind Rex on top of the Jenga Tower. Slinky dog going by. How long do you think the wait is for Slinky Dog today? I'm going to say, let's go 75. That's my guess. I don't know how to do it. I don't know how to do it.

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I saw. Love the theming of the toy cart. Fisher Price. Play camper. They have the little people in it. Remember the little people? I think the little people are still around. They're just for a different generation. They probably changed them a little bit. Alien swirling saucers to the right as we trek through Andy's backyard. And exiting Toy Story Land through our lack of transition theming. Andy's backyard just got really rocky.

There's the music change. You know where we are. Just stepped off worlds. It's one giant leap from 80s backyard. Does that mean that we're maybe we're still in 80's Backyard? This is just his Kenner Star Wars play sets. Record time.

Alright, Joy Depot, straight ahead. Bye. The same shot? The former entrance exit to the Star Cruiser. Still hoping for something good that they can turn that into. For a little less money. Skips. Skips. Parker. Parker. Skips. Parker. Skips. Skips.

Skips. Ogre's to the right. Falcon straight ahead. Lots of selfies being taken in front of the old Falcon today Everyday as well should be. It's a Millennium friggin Falcon. Never gets old Now we're getting to wait for the boat. Gonna swing through the marketplace Smell those buttered blue grains. Kinda smells like earth popcorn. Ah! Creature spell to our left.

And Jeremy's favorite noises. Of the refreshers. I'm not gonna record the space toilets. Sorry Jeremy. Weird guy. It's a clown. Hello gunk droids. Resistance X-Wing. Make our way out of Batuu. Batuu.

Just past Rise of the Resistance. 95 minute standby Aka not today Coming out of Batuu. Kind of made me a little sad looking at the one remaining building from the old back lot. New York Street backlot. I'm glad it's still here. Let's pop into the Muppet Courtyard. Gonzo's Royal Flush. I'd say next to the Rapunzel bathrooms, my favorite and most hilariously, wonderfully themed bathroom.

Let's stop here with Miss Piggy, because when you have a chance to visit the Piggy Fountain, you visit the Piggy Fountain, you visit the Piggy Fountain. Pizza Rizzo! it's rat pizza. 725 Grand Avenue, ice cold hydraulics. First suspension since 1989. Cruise on by and rev up your taste buds. That's the theming for the new snack shop here. Grand Avenue.

Candy painted cinnamon rolls, bouncing mini churros. Mini churros. Mickey shake pretzels, of course. Cotton candy. Jack Daniel's whiskey with coke cardi superior rum with coke other frozen slushies oh it's nice to have new snacks. The sun has gone down past the horizon. All the lights, the neons have all started to flicker. And this is what Hollywood Studios is all about.

That's right, my friends. The beauty of the neons. The music. I love it. Let's take in some Sunset Boulevard. We'll end there. Sound good to you? Good, because that's where we're going. I can be on there, or I can just be in the middle. Turning here to Hollywood and Sunset. Trolleycar Cafe to the right.

The neon and all its glory. I'm a California boy, I'm a California boy Can't you come by and see me? I want to meet you I like to look, but I can't look This is the only place I'm gonna go I'm a little boy, I'm a little boy I'm a little boy, I'm going to sing a little bit of the song. Perfect, the bench just opened up for us. I love this show. The gold is good. Well, thanks for coming along with me today, guys.

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And with that, travelers, travelers, let's enjoy the sunset on Sunset. See you next time! Oh, that's funny. I don't know. I don't know. Oh, that's funny. I don't know. Really? I don't know.

I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Yeah, well, I think it's a pain. Well, we don't know. Dream of what we've walked past The way we've been through And the way we've been through But some will be gone

And we'll be set Forevermore Forevermore In the dream These hands we play in the air I'm going to be a little bit more He's having quite a day And I'm going to be just another Good boy I'm going to be a little bit more

I'm going to be a little bit more I'm going to be a little bit more I'm going to be a little bit more I'm going to be a little bit more I'm going to be a little bit more I'm going to be a little bit more All right. All right. For someone who doesn't care. I like the sound of that. I'm going to go to the library. Thank you so much for listening and following along with us each week here at Walk About the World

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