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- If you’ve ever worked at a Theme Park, Waterpark or Guest Service Provider of any type, or had friends/relatives have.- If you’ve ever visited a Theme Park and wondered what it’s like to work there, and what goes on behind the scenes.- Have you ever wondered what it was…
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Should've Been A Commercail (opens the original)
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Season 3, Episode 5:Should've Been a Commercial Beforethe Summit Bechtel Reserve became a world-class high adventure destination, itwas 10,600 acres of rugged West Virginia wilderness connected by little morethan logging roads and good intentions. Inthis episode, Mike takes you back to the winter of 2012 when he and Scoutvolunteer Russell Smart attempted something nobody had yet accomplished:driving a street-legal pickup the full length of a newly cut road through thefuture Summit property. Arme
The Forgotten Attraction (opens the original)
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S3 – E4 The Forgotten Attraction. What if one of Walt Disney World'smost impressive opening-day attractions simply vanished... not because itfailed, but because another Disney park wanted it? In this episode, Mike Patrick takesa nostalgic trip back to the early days of Walt Disney World and shares thestory of his favorite forgotten attraction: The Mickey Mouse Revue .Opening with the Magic Kingdom in 1971, this ambitious Audio-Animatronic spectacularbrought together dozens of beloved Disney char
Disney's Wipeout (opens the original)
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S3 – E3 Disney's Wipeout: The Surf MachineThat Worked Too Well BeforeSpace Mountain, before EPCOT, and before Walt Disney World became the vacationgiant we know today, Disney was experimenting with some truly wild ideas. Inthis episode, Mike takes you back to 1971 and explores one of the company'smost fascinating forgotten projects: a massive surfing attraction built rightin the middle of the Seven Seas Lagoon. Whatstarted as an ambitious plan to let guests surf at Walt Disney World quicklyturne
River Country; Disney's Forgotten Waterpark (opens the original)
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🌊 Before there wasTyphoon Lagoon... before there was Blizzard Beach... there was River Country. Inthis episode, we journey back to Walt Disney World's very first water park, arustic swimmin' hole on the shores of Bay Lake that helped pioneer the modernthemed water park experience. From rope swings and sandy beaches to itsinnovative design and lasting influence on Disney history, River Country wasunlike anything Disney had built before. I'llalso share a personal connection to the attraction, incl
The Little Train That Didn't (opens the original)
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All aboard for a forgotten chapterof Walt Disney World history. In this episode, Mike travels backto 1973, when Fort Wilderness was rapidly expanding and Disney was building anambitious steam railroad through the campground. What began as an exciting newtransportation system quickly became an unexpected adventure for a 20-year-oldlifeguard who was "voluntold" to oversee the operation. From learning steam locomotiveengineering at Disney's train school, to reading about catastrophic boilerexplosio
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