A beloved Disney Parks classic, it's the Main Street Electrical Parade! This parade has been dazzling fans since 1972, and every time it comes back, it seems brighter than ever before!  Bob Jani - D23 Ron Miziker - D23 Main Street Electrical Parade - What's New & Fun Facts Disney's Hercules Strikes Manhattan Movie Premiere and Parade, June 15, 1997 - Thanks to Walt Disney's Hercules MSEP 6/14/97 (Complete) - Your Milage May Vary Catch 'Disneyland Forever' Fireworks, 'Main Street Electrical Parade' Before their Limited-Time Runs End Sept. 1 - Disney Parks Blog Shop Carousel Project-inspired merch now! Spinning Carousel Company CAROUSEL PROJECT PODCAST MERCH IS HERE! Shop now! THE CAROUSEL PROJECT PODCAST PATREON IS HERE! Become a member now. Learn more about our hosts, the podcast, and more! Have a question for the Carousel Project Podcast team? Send us an email to [email protected] or DM us on Instagram! We would love to hear from you! Want to help our podcast audience grow? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or share this episode with a friend!

Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, and a safe, healthy, wonderful New Year from the Carousel Project team!!! We're so thankful for YOU - and we can't wait for another amazing year in 2023!  Shop Carousel Project-inspired merch now! Spinning Carousel Company CAROUSEL PROJECT PODCAST MERCH IS HERE! Shop now! THE CAROUSEL PROJECT PODCAST PATREON IS HERE! Become a member now. Learn more about our hosts, the podcast, and more! Have a question for the Carousel Project Podcast team? Send us an email to [email protected] or DM us on Instagram! We would love to hear from you! Want to help our podcast audience grow? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or share this episode with a friend!

Let's jump back in time to explore the Golden Age of Disney Animation! Between the years 1937-1942, many of the still much-beloved Disney classics were shown to movie-goers for the first time.   Failogue: Pinocchio Opened with a Flop and some Naked Dwarfs  The Things You Probably Didn't Know About Dumbo | Kait Around The Kingdom  Decades of Disney Animation | Kait Around The Kingdom Opening Night, 1937: "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' Premieres at Carthay Circle Theatre RKO Radio Pictures Premiers the Disney Film Bambi in the US at Radio City Music Hall  Find all movies now on Disney+   THE CAROUSEL PROJECT PODCAST PATREON IS HERE! Become a member now.  CAROUSEL PROJECT PODCAST-INSPIRED MERCH IS HERE! Shop Spinning Carousel Company now.  Learn more about our hosts, the podcast, and more! Have a question for the Carousel Project Podcast team? Send us an email at [email protected] or DM us on Instagram! We would love to hear from you! Want to help our podcast audience grow? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or share this episode with a friend! Find us on our socials!  Josie Maida - Instagram  TikTok   Kait Killebrew - Instagram, TikTok  EPCOT Adam - Instagram  TikTok  

From our Carousel Project family to yours, we hope you have a wonderful holiday weekend!  Shop Carousel Project-inspired merch now! Spinning Carousel Company  CAROUSEL PROJECT PODCAST MERCH IS HERE! Shop now! THE CAROUSEL PROJECT PODCAST PATREON IS HERE! Become a member now. Learn more about our hosts, the podcast, and more! Have a question for the Carousel Project Podcast team? Send us an email to [email protected] or DM us on Instagram! We would love to hear from you! Want to help our podcast audience grow? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or share this episode with a friend!

Does anyone else remember the orange years of Nickelodeon? Back in the '90s and '00s, Nick Studios was all the rage, as guests at Universal Orlando Resort were able to experience live some of the best television shows of the time! Our own form of a time capsule, we jump back in time to remember it all!  Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Nickelodeon Studios History Nickelodeon Executive to Head Disney The Six Ages of Nickelodeon Nickelodeon Studios Nickelodeon Studios: Past, Present, and Future Nickelodeon Studios time capsule cover hits the auction block 15 Minutes of *Almost* Every Nickelodeon Studios Florida Credit Ending (1990-2003) Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration (all 3 hours) Burial of the Nickelodeon Time Capsule 4/30/92 c. Nickelodeon/Viacom 1992 Nickelodeon Studios Slime Geyser Live Debut Original 1990 Tour Videos from Nickelodeon Studios | NickRewind Nickelodeon Studios Nostalgia - Looking Back at a favorite former Universal Attraction Nickelodeon Studios - Audiovisual Identity Database How Nickelodeon Created Its Slime-Drenched '90s Style Lets Remember Some Stuff About Nickelodeon Studios CAROUSEL PROJECT PODCAST MERCH IS HERE! Shop now! THE CAROUSEL PROJECT PODCAST PATREON IS HERE! Become a member now.  Learn more about our hosts, the podcast, and more! Have a question for the Carousel Project Podcast team? Send us an email to [email protected] or DM us on Instagram! We would love to hear from you! Want to help our podcast audience grow? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or share this episode with a friend!

Did you ever get to experience the magic that was a Disney 24-hour day?! Yes, you heard that right - the Disney Parks, were once open 24 hours a day! Let's explore the fun of these events for park guests, and the marketing and public relations work that helped to make these events so successful!  Adventurelandia - Disneyland's 25th Anniversary Vintage Disney Parks Disneyland 30th Year Birthday Party Cast Member Invitation and Program, 1985 Disneyland Ticket Stub, July 17, 1985, 30th Anniversary Mouseplanet - Roy E. Disney Remembers Disneyland Disneyland Resort & Walt Disney World - A Tale of Two Disney Parks One More Disney Day Times Guide 24-Hour 'All-Nighter' Kicks Off Monstrous Summer at Disney Parks Rock Your Disney Side 24 Hour Event Times Guide 140 Disney Character 'Ultimate Tweet' Disney 24 hour day Kicking Off the 'Coolest Summer Ever' at Magic Kingdom Park Enter for a Chance to Win a Sleepover in the Cinderella Castle Suite Kicking Off Disneyland Diamond Celebration and Walt Disney World's "Coolest Summer Ever" THE CAROUSEL PROJECT PODCAST PATREON IS HERE! Become a member now. Learn more about our hosts, the podcast, and more! Have a question for the Carousel Project Podcast team? Send us an email to [email protected] or DM us on Instagram! We would love to hear from you! Want to help our podcast audience grow? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or share this episode with a friend!

In this episode of the Carousel Project Podcast, Kait, Josie, and EPCOTAdam discuss everything Fort Wilderness! From the origins of the property, to fun Guest stories through the years, and abandoned Disney Parks projects and attractions, of course!  SHOWNOTES  Fort Wilderness 50th Anniversary.  Hoop Dee Doo Revue Celebrates 45 Years.  Minnie Moo. Lawnmower Tree.  Hoop Dee Doo Musical Revue, D23.  Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground.  Abandoned -Disney's Fort Wilderness Railroad.  The Fort Wilderness Book THE CAROUSEL PROJECT PODCAST PATREON IS HERE! Become a member now. Learn more about our hosts, the podcast, and more! Have a question for the Carousel Project Podcast team? Send us an email to [email protected] or DM us on Instagram! We would love to hear from you! Want to help our podcast audience grow? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or share this episode with a friend! Find us on our socials! Josie Maida - Instagram, TikTok Kait Killebrew - Instagram, TikTok EPCOT Adam - Instagram, TikTok

Do you remember this Disney celebration that ran from coast to coast? The Year of a Million Dreams celebration brought 27 months of Disney magic to guests at Walt Disney World and Disneyland! From Dream Fastpasses and a DVC membership to a one night stay at Cinderella Castle Suite and the Grand Marshal World Tour, you're not going to believe some of these prizes. Ready to relive this celebration? Check out these extra links below! Year of a Million Dreams | D23 Year of a Million Dreams | Kait Around The Kingdom Year of a Million Dreams - October 1, 2006 - December 31, 2007 | All Ears.net A Dream (Suite) Come True in Disneyland Park | Disney Parks Blog Meet the Dream Makers | Disney Parks The Year of a Million Dreams | Disney Parks The Disney Dream Giveaway 2008 | Disney Parks Disney Parks Year of a Million Dreams television commercial, 2006 2007 Walt Disney World "Year of a Million Dreams" Vacation Planning DVD, Part 1/5 Disney's 27 Month Long Year - The Year of a Million Dreams | HistoryTyme Disneyland Park The Year of a Million Dreams (2007)  Disney Travel On Demand, Dream Makers, Episode One, Year of a Million Dreams  Disney Travel On Demand, Press Event, Year of a Million Dreams Disney Celebration Recap – The Year of a Million Dreams An Inside Look at a Disney Dream Job: the Dream Squad THE CAROUSEL PROJECT PODCAST PATREON IS HERE! Become a member now. Learn more about our hosts, the podcast, and more! Have a question for the Carousel Project Podcast team? Send us an email to [email protected] or DM us on Instagram! We would love to hear from you! Want to help our podcast audience grow? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or share this episode with a friend! Find us on our socials! Josie Maida - Instagram, TikTok Kait Killebrew - Instagram, TikTok EPCOT Adam - Instagram, TikTok

"To all who come to this place of joy, hope and friendship, welcome." It's our Season Four finale and we're taking a trip back to October 1, 1982, when EPCOT Center opened at Walt Disney World resort! Did you know EPCOT Center was the largest private construction in the country at the time? This week Josie, Kait, and Adam discuss Walt's original plans for EPCOT, the park's construction process, and the many, many dedication ceremonies. Follow the links below to learn even more about EPCOT Center's Opening Day!  Grand Opening of EPCOT Center  EPCOT Center Commercial (1982)  EPCOT Center: The Opening Celebration The Spaceship Earth Story (1982)  Disney Announces Plans For EPCOT Center | On This Day in Disney History - @KaitKillebrew  EPCOT Center Holds Family Preview Event | On This Day in Disney History - @KaitKillebrew  WDW Chronicles: 1982 Opening Day at EPCOT Center EPCOT Center Grand Opening EPCOT Center Opening Ceremonies Earth Station at EPCOT Center The Original EPCOT Project THE CAROUSEL PROJECT PODCAST PATREON IS HERE! Become a member now. Learn more about our hosts, the podcast, and more! Have a question for the Carousel Project Podcast team? Send us an email to [email protected] or DM us on Instagram! We would love to hear from you! Want to help our podcast audience grow? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or share this episode with a friend! Find us on our socials! Josie Maida - Instagram, TikTok Kait Killebrew - Instagram, TikTok EPCOT Adam - Instagram, TikTok

If you have ever wondered what the Disney parks were like back in 2000, The Carousel Project has you covered! This week, Josie, Kait, and Adam travel back to the start of the new millennium and go over vintage maps from Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Disney-MGM Studios, and Disneyland! On the East Coast, we were celebrating the Millennium Celebration and on the West Coast, Disneyland's 45th Anniversary was approaching! Remember, this was about a year before Disneyland Resort's expansion to second gate, Disney's California Adventure (Now "Disney California Adventure"). Follow along with the links posted below to see the maps discussed in the episode!  Disneyland Map -- 2000  Walt Disney World Four Parks Map -- 2000  EPCOT Map -- 2000 Disney-MGM Studios Map -- 2000  Disney's Animal Kingdom Map -- 2000  THE CAROUSEL PROJECT PODCAST PATREON IS HERE! Become a member now. Learn more about our hosts, the podcast, and more! Have a question for the Carousel Project Podcast team? Send us an email to [email protected] or DM us on Instagram! We would love to hear from you! Want to help our podcast audience grow? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or share this episode with a friend! Find us on our socials! Josie Maida - Instagram, TikTok Kait Killebrew - Instagram, TikTok EPCOT Adam - Instagram, TikTok