In the 19th installment of this educational series, Shelly & Noe Valladolid talk about what happened in September of 1953 prior to Roy O. Disney’s fateful flight out to NYC.

They also talk about how the material that Walt’s brother showed to executives at CBS, NBC & ABC to sell them on Disneyland was created.

Throughout this episode, listeners will learn about:

How did Herbie Ryman’s “Lost Weekend” with Walt REALLY go down
Which “Lands” were initially proposed for Walt’s family fun park
How did Walt go about securing all of the funding that was needed to build Disneyland

Who were the Park’s original sponsors

How did C.V. Wood go about recruiting Disneyland’s participants

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Manufacturing the Magic: Drawing up plans for Disneyland