Dec. 20, 2025
Manufacturing the Magic: Project Florida gets underway
In the 28th installment of this educational series, Shelly & Noe Valladolid
turn their attention to the Sunshine State. Which is where Walt, after an extensive land search, decides to build the East Coast version of Disneyland in the 1960s
Over the course of this episode, listeners will learn about:
- What are some of the shell company names that Disney used while purchasing pieces of property outside of Orlando
- How did a plucky news maven figure out what Walt was up to in Central Florida
- Why did Walt lie about Project Florida
- What were the very first pieces of infrastructure that Walt Disney Productions built down there in those swamps off of I-4
- What exactly was the Reedy Creek Improvement District
