As I continue my research on Efteling for my upcoming episode, I wanted to share some of the Efteling-specific fairy tales that decorate the park's Sprookjesbos (Fairytale Forest). This story is titled 'The Six Servants' and is where 'Langnek (Long Neck)' is featured, which serves as one of the iconic pieces of the Sprookjesbos and Efteling marketing. Enjoy me reading it dramatically (i hope) and stay tuned for maybe a few others in the coming weeks!

Source: Efteling Book of Fairy Tales (ISBN 978 90 216 6983 0) with text by Gerrie van Dongen and Ad Grooten and illustrations by Anton Pieck

Hello everyone and welcome to this week’ episode 2.5: Six Flags Over Texas. This one is a bit lengthy as this park has been around since 1961 and has over 65 years of history! With lots of ride changes, ride name changes and some shuffling, this park has a lot to cover. Please excuse poor pronunciation of some of the Spanish words in this one, as some of these were tongue twisters for me! Stay tuned for my next episode and the finale to Season 2!

Sources:

• https://guidetosfot.com/parkinfo/history/

• https://www.sfotsource.com/history-timeline/#1960s

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Star_Carousel

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I’m back! It's been a long time coming, but welcome to this episode on the history of Disneyland. After several rewrites, I have finally finished this episode. It has been a true passion project to research this park since it hearkens back to one of my personal heroes, Walt Disney. I hope you enjoy this episode and the stories it tells. On the heels of the upcoming documentary, Disneyland Handcrafted, this is truly the era of Disneyland.

Thank you for your patience in getting this episode out. I have been spending every extra moment I had to make it happen, and I finally finished it after a busy holiday season for me. Please continue to have patience for the next episodes, but I should be back on somewhat of a schedule by the next episode. Stay tuned for the next park we will discover!

Sources:

• https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/disneyland

• https://youtu.be/QpM9-zkK4OM?si=_cy-JWRkYlYA-9Ld

• Remembering Walt - Favorite Memories of Walt Disney by Amy Boothe Green and Howard E. Green (ISBN 0-7868-6348-X)

• Yesterday’s Tomorrow: Disney’s Magical Mid-Century by Don Hahn (ISBN 978-148473764-4), Pages 40-41

• Walt Disney Imagineering - A Behind the Dreams Look at Making the Magic Real by The Imagineers (ISBN 0-7868-8372-3), Page 15

• Walt’s Revolution! By the Numbers by Harrison “Buzz” Price (ISBN 1-893951-06-5), Pages 26-27

• https://www.disneyhistory101.com/disneyland/2022/1/23/blllw5g4liwzbfix3bt7clfnn4kn8t

• https://youtu.be/itcrhPh_Pzc?si=arWM2xAumnG8vRTI

• LIFE Magazine: Inside the Disney Parks: The Happiest Places on Earth, Volume 18, No 7, 2018, Pages 24

• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0561265/?ref_=ttfc_ov_bk

• LIFE Magazine: Walt Disney: From Mickey to the Magic Kingdom, Volume 16, No. 7, 2016, Page 73-75

• Walt’s Apprentice - Keeping the Disney Dream Alive by Dick Nunis (ISBN 978-1-368-07804-7), Pages 45-48

• https://youtu.be/1uc_29Qwyx4?si=66c9rMccwYQbpH1i

• https://mickeyvisit.com/opening-day-at-disneyland/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOUyv7tUTDI

• Dream It, Do It: My Half Century Creating Disney’s Magic Kingdoms by Marty Sklar, Pages 6 and 7

• http://www.kpolsson.com/disland/dl1966.htm

• http://www.kpolsson.com/disland/dl1975.htm

• http://www.kpolsson.com/disland/dl1985.htm

• http://www.kpolsson.com/disland/dl1990.htm

• http://www.kpolsson.com/disland/dl2000.htm

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland

• https://youtu.be/FBZe2kbkCGU?si=kHXpDK9xWBO_SMw8

• http://www.imagineeringdisney.com/blog/2013/5/31/as-long-as-there-is-imagination-left-in-the-world-putting-th.html

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