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Disney Dish Subscriber Exclusive - The history of walk​-​around characters at the Disney theme parks

by The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

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Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this episode with a quote from Bob Iger, back when this executive chairman didn’t believe that there should be any “Ratatouille” rides in the Disney theme parks. Then Jim reveals how walk-around characters for the Parks have changed over the past 65 years

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Over the course of this episode, listeners will learn about:

How Disney’s very first walk-around character costumes were created for the Hollywood premiere of “Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs” back in December of 1937

What design trick did Disney Legend Bill Justice repeatedly use when he was creating the outfits for Disneyland’s first official set of walk-around characters back in 1961

How many versions of a particular character costume do the seamstresses at the Disney theme park create when a new walk-around character is first being introduced to the parks

What’s different about the Mickey walk-around character when he’s dealing with dignitaries versus interacting with kids in the theme parks

Why did Disney theme park managers provide special guidance for walk-around characters in regards to how they should move & behaving while inside stores

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released March 20, 2020
Hosts: Len Testa and Jim Hill
Fabulously edited by Aaron Z. Adams

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The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Jim Hill is a writer, blogger, and theme park historian, and he'll be the first to tell you all of the back-room deals and corporate gossip that happens inside the Walt Disney Company.

Len Testa co-authors the Unofficial Guide series of travel books, focusing on theme parks.
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