Show #21 - The Most Amazing Interview with Disney Legend Bob Gurr
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Hello my friends and welcome to one of the most exciting shows in the history of the Disney Avenue Podcast. Today’s guest is no stranger to the Disney community and has always been a man on the move. For nearly 40 years, he has helped move countless Disney theme park guests aboard vehicles and ride conveyances of his own design. As he’s often stated, “If it moves on wheels at Disneyland, I probably designed it.” And he certainly has. He has developed more than 100 designs for attractions ranging from Autopia and Matterhorn Bobsleds to the Disneyland and Walt Disney World Monorails. He...
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Show #20 - Interview with Disney Legend Charlie Ridgway
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Welcome back to another exciting episode of the Disney Avenue Podcast. On today's show, host Keith Mahne is joined by MiceChat CEO Dusty Sage for an amazing interview with Disney Legend Charlie Ridgway. Before Charlie was hired as a cast member under Walt, he promoted Disneyland as a news reporter. During 1954-55, while the Park was still under construction, he authored some of the very first articles about Disneyland to appear in any of the major metropolitan newspapers. He also covered Disneyland’s grand opening celebration on July 17, 1955. Eight years later, he joined the Park’s...
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Show #19 - Interview with Two WDW Cast Members from the Early Years
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Welcome to another exciting episode of the Disney Avenue...
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Show #18 - History of the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights with Jim Korkis
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It's the most wonderful time of...
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Show #17 - Dave Bossert Interview
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The Disney Avenue Podcast returns with another...
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Show #16 - Lee Cockerell Interview
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This time around on the...
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Show #15 - Keep Moving Forward Documentary
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Welcome friends to another episode of the Disney Avenue...
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Show #14 - Marty Sklar on the Opening of Disneyland
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Welcome back friends to another special episode of the...
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Show #13 - Floyd Norman Interview
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Welcome to the April 2015 episode of the...
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Show #12 - Interview with Former Imagineer Terri Hardin
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Welcome back friends to the March 2015 edition of the...
info_outlineBorn in Southern California in 1952, Ron was born to be a performer. He was a puppeteer, ventriloquist, magician and actor, who was fascinated by Walt Disney’s Disneyland and so was born his dream of one day performing at the park. Ron got his first theme park job in 1970, and over the ensuing 40 years he’s done it all – writing, directing, consulting, managing and performing for multiple production companies and in eight theme parks and five themed restaurants across America.
Some of his roles were as the comic in Disneyland’s Golden
Horseshoe Revue, King Henry 8th in 1520 A.D. Medieval Restaurant,
the strolling Dreamfinder in EPCOT Center’s Journey Into
Imagination, creative supervisor for Universal Studios Florida’s
Celebrity Look-Alikes and historical re-enactor in Titanic, the
Exhibition. Today, Ron makes his home in Central Florida where he
keeps busy writing, acting, doing voice-overs and consulting on
media and themed entertainment projects.
Ron has a wonderful book out called From Dreamer to Dreamfinder that you can
purchase here at Bamboo Forest Publishing or from Amazon.
The Disney Avenue Podcast is honored to have him on the show with
us today and so, without further ado, the Disney Avenue Podcast
presents Ron Schneider…Enjoy!