When Tron The Attraction opened in Walt Disney World in 2023, there were comments such as, “It took FIVE YEARS to build!  Disneyland took ONE!”  And of course there are asterisks to that but it got us thinking about The Year Before Disneyland:  July 1954 to July 1955.  Yes, Disneyland The Park went from breaking ground to opening.  But look at what ELSE happened IN THAT SAME TIME: Disney parted with RKO and began distributing their own Pictures;  The Disneyland Hotel was pitched, sold, built, ALMOST completed;  Disneyland The Show – Disney’s 1st Regular TV Series – Premiered;  20,000 Leagues Under The Sea premiered;  there was the Davy Crockett Phenomenon;  AND Lady And The Tramp premiered.  ALL these on TOP of the regular Theatrical Animated & Live-Action Product. In just that Year. And I knew we had OUR “Once Upon A Time.”

Over this season’s Ten Episodes – Ten Weeks – we’re going to cover that Year Before Disneyland – a Prologue-To and then July 1954 to July 1955 – spotlighting the Key Events, Key People involved (including several Women whose work you sure know even if you don’t yet know their names), and you bet we’ll chat the Stories Beside The Story you know I love to share.

We hope you’ll join us for From Out Of The Past, the Podcast from Holland Imaginarium. Season 2:  The Year Before Disneyland. Premiering May 28th, 2024.