THC 95: Opening Day Attractions, At Home Holiday Parks Experience, New Disney+ Series Based on a Non-Disney Book, and Having Dinner with a Classic Imagineer or Park Visionary

Join Erik and Tage this week as they are joined by Michael and Kate as they discuss the opening day attractions they would like to experience, the Disney Parks holiday experiences they would like to recreate at home, the non-Disney books they would like to see adapted into Disney+ series, and which classic imagineers or park visionaries they would like to have dinner with. Support the podcast by going to https://www.thehubcrawl.com/support.

Question 1: If you could experience one of the Disneyland opening day attractions — that we no longer have — which would it be? Quick list: (on Main Street) the Horse-Drawn Surrey, the Horse-Drawn Firetruck, Wurlitzer Music Hall, Upjohn Pharmacy, the Maxwell Intimate Apparel Shop; (in Frontierland) the Davy Crockett Museum, Horse Corral, Railroad “Cattle Cars,” Conestoga Wagon, Pack Mules; (in Fantasyland) the Mickey Mouse Club Theatre (technically opened 8/27); (in Tomorrowland) Rocket to the Moon, Circarama, World Beneath Us, Space Station X-1, Tomorrowland Boats, ‘20,000 Leagues’ Walk-Through (technically opened 8/5), Aluminum Hall of Fame, Monsanto Hall of Chemistry.

Question 2: What is a Disney Parks holiday experience that you would like to recreate at home?

Question 3: What non-Disney book or character would you like to see adapted into a Disney+ series?

Question 4: Which classic Imagineer or park visionary would you love to have dinner with? Think a multi-course meal where you can pick their brains for hours. Or just hang. And yes, you can pick folks who have passed on.

Bonus Question: Let’s pretend Disney+ is creating a docuseries focused on the history, design, and future plans for resort hotels, which Disney owned hotel (anywhere) would you want them to feature and why?