Hi everyone. I have been keeping this journal here on DisneyChris.com since 2013, so that anyone interesting in tracking my audio editing and web design adventures will have an easy means to do so. In 2017 I began doing these updates in video format on my YouTube channel "DisneyChrisDotCom" and Brian Crawford has been providing show notes for these videos. On this blog and in these videos, I discuss all the changes and additions I am making to the website, including an insider's look into all that goes into my audio editing work. I will provide insight on the process of editing my audio tracks, the reasoning behind my artistic choices and the work involved in creating this audio for your listening pleasure. I may also share with you some personal anecdotes along the way. In general, this is to be a "sort-of" look inside my thoughts and the inner workings of how DisneyChris.com is being developed over time. I am also interested in your thoughts and opinions. You are welcome to respond to my blog by contacting me via email at DCLyndon@gmail.com. I will respond to any of your emailed questions or comments either within the blog or in a private email response. Just let me know if you choose to be anonymous. You can scroll to the bottom of this page to go back in time to read up on what you may have missed in the past, or you can just start with today's blog post and read or watch the videos from here forward. The choice is yours. Enjoy!
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August 2022 Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Update
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October 2021 Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Update Show Notes: October 2021 By Chris Lyndon Hello friends. Well, Brain is away this month, so I thought I would take a crack at writing the show notes myself. This is a first. Shameless Plugs Before we dive into the new content, I have a few things I want to remind you all of, and some upcoming and ongoing things I want to promote… Patreon For those of you who have been enjoying the vast array of free content I have been providing for nearly a decade, may I suggest that you might return the favor by becoming a Patreon subscriber? Your support is a win/win situation, because in exchange, you will receive exclusive rewards every month. At the $1.00 per month, aka “Brave” level, you will receive all the songs posted on my site over the past month as the Disney Song of the Day, in a nice little package with attached images, sort of set up like a little album of mp3 files. At the $5.00 per month, aka “Truthful” level, you will receive that, plus a special commentary video where Ruthie, Brian and I describe a classic Walt Disney short, and an exclusive bonus podcast, only for our supporters, we like to call “Down the Rabbit Hole.” This is a free-form off the cuff, unedited, roundtable discussion on all manner of things Disney. At the $10.00 per month, aka “Unselfish” level, (all levels are unselfish, but we are going with a theme here) you will receive all those rewards PLUS another longer commentary video showcasing classic documentaries and TV episodes featuring the Disney Parks. We call these our “Disneyland Documentaries” At the $25.00, aka “official conscience” level, you will receive all those rewards, PLUS, your choice of every track, as an MP3 file, from one chapter of your choosing from the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour. And every 6 months thereafter, that you remain at the $25.00 level for 6 months, you will be able to choose a new chapter. Reminder, many of those at the $25.00 level have not chosen a chapter yet. Please contact me and let me know. Also please remind me when your 6 months has passed and it is time for a new chapter. That would be sooo helpful. Thanks! You can find our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris DisneyChris Merch Another way to support our on-line, free content creation activities is to visit our on line store and get yourself a mug, T-Shirt, beach towel, tote bag, or any number of other cool items, emblazoned with one of two logos, created by yours truly (Look ma! My college degree in illustration is paying off!!!) One logo represents our Dateline Jiminy Crickets podcast, and option two is a compass design representing the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour. You can visit our store at: https://jcpodcast.threadless.com/ Social Media If you would like to follow us on Instagram, you can find us at https://www.instagram.com/disneychris_jc_podcast/ Brian is the official curator of our Instagram account, and he posts fun Disney images every day or so, plus this is great way to stay up-to-date on all our on-line content activities. Brain also has a great Instagram account and he also post amazing Disney Images very frequently. You can find him at https://www.instagram.com/keepingwaltindisney/ On Facebook we have a special group called Jiminy Crickets Podcast for fans of our podcasts and the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour https://www.facebook.com/groups/451821825220575 Be sure to send us a membership request I am also an admin/moderator of two other groups on Facebook that I am very active in Disney Music Fans - https://www.facebook.com/groups/DisneyMusicFans Vintage Disneyland - https://www.facebook.com/groups/VintageDisneyland I post a daily Vintage Disneyland Image of the Day in the Vintage Disneyland group, and all this month, the images are Halloween related. Facebook is also a great place to get up-to-date information about new podcast and new audio content as it is posted to my website. I always make a post whenever I add new tracks to the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour. You can follow our personal accounts on Facebook as well… Ruthie - https://www.facebook.com/ruth.imm Brian - https://www.facebook.com/brian.crawford.106 Chris - https://www.facebook.com/DisneyChrisDotCom You can also follow me on Twitter @DisneyChris73 https://twitter.com/DisneyChris73 Jiminy Crickets Podcast For those of you who are more keen to follow my activities on the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour, you may not be aware that I also produce and host three podcast. The first one I mentioned above, “Down the Rabbit Hole” which is exclusive to our Patreon subscribers at the $5.00 level or higher. (FYI - PayPal also offers monthly donation options, and if your preference is to use PayPal, you will receive the same rewards) One of my other shows is called “Dateline Jiminy Crickets” and is available via the same YouTube channel that I post these monthly updates on: https://www.youtube.com/user/DisneyChrisDotCom This is a monthly show with many visual components that is more focused on current events within the Disney Organization, and general Disney fun topics. My other “Flagship” podcast is called “Jiminy Crickets” and this was my first, and my longest lasting podcast. This is an audio only show, and features in depth discussions on historical Disney topics, covering Disney Legends, Disney parks, and Disney movies. I also sprinkle in a lot of fun music and audio extras. This show can be found on Apple Podcasts, as well as a special site I set up just to host our podcasts: https://jcricketspodcast.blogspot.com/ You will also find audio version of Dateline Jiminy Crickets on this podcast feed via Apple and https://jcricketspodcast.blogspot.com/ Recently we did a special episode on the original 1950’s Fantasyland Dark Rides. We also did a two part episode, (over 6 hours!!) on the 1951 Disney classic “Alice in Wonderland.” Program note: we have changed our schedule slightly for the remainder of the year, because of Brian’s temporary absence. We will be doing our next episode as a special tribute to the 50th Anniversary of Walt Disney World, in which we will take you on a tour of the Vacation Kingdom of the World, as it existed during it first year of operation, 1971. Then the following episode (which we originally had planned on doing before the Disney World episode) will be a special tribute of the 20th Anniversary of Tokyo DisneySea park, in Japan. Since Brian has been to this park, he can provide valuable insight, so we wanted to wait until he can join us to record this one. Odds and Ends Before we get to the meat of the bone, I wanted to mention just a couple more things. First of all, if you are not aware, on my website, I post a special Disney song every day of the year, and I call this my “Disney Song of the Day.” All this month I am doing a special salute to the greatest Disney villains. So be sure to check out my home page every day https://disneychris.com/ I also keep an archive of all the songs for each month and you can go back and listen to all the songs from January of 2019 up to today’s song. The October 2021 archive can be found here: https://disneychris.com/song-of-the-day-archive-october-2021.html If you scroll down to the bottom of this page, you will also find a directory, to go to all the other pages within the archive. I also have an index of all these songs on this page: https://disneychris.com/song-of-the-day-archive-index.html And the last thing I want to mention, before our main topic, does involve the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour. If you are not using a laptop or desktop computer, and prefer to visit the audio tour via mobile device, have I got a set up for you!!! While this is not a traditional app, it is set up to function much like an app, and is simple to navigate via your mobile device. Just open a browser and enter: https://disneychris.com/mobile-friendly-audio-tour.html or ever easier: https://disneychris.com/311 or just visit my home page and you can link to it from there as well. This will bring you to a table of contents. Just select the chapter you want to listen to, and then use the continual player to listen to hours of Disneyland audio magic!!! The Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Over the month of September I worked on chapter 11, and this chapter is now fully updated, with nothing marked “Coming Soon.” All tracks on this chapter are now available. That is 136 tracks, which is over 22 hours of audio! Chapter 11 is called “A Kingdom of Fantasy” and contains audio from the original 1955-1982 version of Fantasyland https://disneychris.com/15-disneyland-soundtracks/170-disneyland-audio-tour-chapter-11.html Below is a list of all the new tracks I added to this chapter over the month of September. The ones marked REDO were already on the chapter, but I made improvements to the tracks and reposted a new version… 1. TRK18 Tinker Bell Toy Shop 2. TRK20 Fantasyland Court Jester 3. TRK21 The Fantasyland Royal Brass 4. TRK22 Sleeping Beauty Castle - 1957 Walk-Through Diorama 5. TRK23 The Story of Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty 6. TRK24 King Arthur Carrousel - Original Fantasyland Band Organ - REDO 7. TRK25 1968 King Arthur Carrousel - Fantasyland Band Organ 8. TRK27 Snow White's Wishing Well - REDO 9. TRK28 Snow White and Her Adventures 10. TRK29 Snow White Musical Favorites 11. TRK30 Peter Pan Flight 12. TRK31 Peter Pan Musical Favorites 13. TRK32 The Mad Hatter Hat Shop 14. TRK33 Mad Hatter Tea Cups 15. TRK34 Welch's Grape Juice Bar 16. TRK35 Welch's Vintage Commercials 17. TRK36 Fantasyland Art Corner 18. TRK38 Fantasy Foods - Area Background Music 19. TRK39 Mickey Mouse Theater - Cartoon Cavalcade - REDO 20. TRK40 Fantasyland Theatre - Mickey Mouse Club 3-D Jamboree - REDO 21. TRK41 Papotin Revue 22. TRK44 Lilliputian Land 23. TRK45 Monstro the Whale - Shoot the Chutes 24. TRK46 Duck Bumps 25. TRK47 Crocodile Aquarium 26. TRK48 The Old Mill 27. TRK49 Rock Candy Mountain 28. TRK50 Rainbow Road to Oz 29. TRK51 International Land 30. TRK52 The Enchanted Snow Palace 31. TRK53 Fantasia in Fantasyland - Garden of the Gods 32. TRK54 Mary Poppins Carousel 33. TRK55 Dumbo's Storybook Circus 34. TRK56 Dumbo Flying Elephants 35. TRK57 Casey Jr. Circus Train 36. TRK58 Canal Boats of the World 37. TRK60 Storybook Land Canal Boats 38. TRK61 The Story of The Three Little Pigs 39. TRK62 The Story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 40. TRK63 The Story of Pinocchio 41. TRK64 The Story of Dumbo 42. TRK65 The Story of The Wind in the Willows 43. TRK66 The Story of Cinderella 44. TRK67 The Story of Alice in Wonderland 45. TRK68 The Story of Peter Pan 46. TRK69 Lullaby Land 47. TRK70 The Old Mill 48. TRK71 Mr. Toad's Wild Ride 49. TRK72 Mr. Toad - The Merrily Song 50. TRK73 Captain Hook's Pirate Galleon - The Chicken of the Sea - REDO 51. TRK74 Long John Silver and Polly Parrot 52. TRK75 Chicken of the Sea Vintage Commercial 53. TRK76 Skull Rock Cove - Area Background Music 54. TRK78 Alice in Wonderland Grand Opening 55. TRK79 The Original Alice in Wonderland 56. TRK80 Alice in Wonderland Musical Favorites 57. TRK82 Mickey Mouse Club Circus - REDO 58. TRK84 Disneyland Railroad - Fantasyland Station 59. TRK92 Skyway Dedication Ceremony 60. TRK93 Skyway to Tomorrowland - Swiss Chalet Terminal - REDO 61. TRK94 Holiday Hill 62. TRK98 Fred Burri: Swiss Yodeler - REDO 63. TRK105 Walt Disney and the New York World's Fair 64. TRK106 It's a Small World Demo 65. TRK108 It’s a Small World Recording Sessions 66. TRK109 It's a Small World - World's Fair Instrumentals 67. TRK115 It's a Small World - Disneyland Grand Opening 68. TRK120 Small World Clock 69. TRK121 It's a Small World Ride-Through 70. TRK130 A Dream Called Walt Disney World - Fantasyland - REDO 71. TRK131 King Stephan’s Banquet Hall - Atmosphere Music 72. TRK132 The Mickey Mouse Revue 73. TRK133 Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride - Queue Area Background Music 74. TRK135 It’s a Small World / A Wonderful World Full Of Love All the information regarding these tracks can be found in the video beginning approximately at the 11 minute mark https://youtu.be/AbUZPI7j5Lk?t=667 In conclusion
My next project is well underway, and I think I will have it done in time to report on it in the next video update on November 1st. I am now working on the second part of Fantasyland, which is chapter 12. This chapter is the “New Fantasyland” 1983-2021 I have already added several new tracks to this page… https://disneychris.com/15-disneyland-soundtracks/141-disneyland-audio-tour-chapter-12.html I have 40 more to add, 5 redo and 35 new. I think I can get this done by the end of the month, and will be able to share all the details on these tracks during the next video. Lastly, I want to wish you all a very safe and Happy Halloween. Enjoy the cooler weather! The leaves are just starting to change here in Rhode Island. See you in November!!!
September 2021 Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Update A New Orleans Celebration! Show Notes by Brian Crawford This month it’s all about celebrating the music of New Orleans Square. Chris just finished a massive musical update to this cherished area of Disneyland, and we are pleased to present it to all of you! August has also been a busy month for podcasting, and we’ll share all of the new episodes that we released. First…Patreon! Become a Patreon Subscriber Today! On Patreon we have four tiers of subscribers: Brave Cricketeer ($1 per month), Truthful Cricketeer ($5 per month), Unselfish Cricketeer ($10 per month) and Official Conscience ($25 per month). To see a full reward listing for each tier and to become a Patreon subscriber just click on this link: https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris. You can also contribute via PayPal and be eligible for the same rewards by clicking here. Please consider supporting the magic financially, no matter how big or small your donation! It costs money to continue bringing you this unbelievable content that Chris so generously provides, and to all our current supporters: A HUGE THANK YOU!!!! Online Store now Open! You can also support DisneyChris by visiting the online store and purchasing fun items emblazoned with one of two magical DisneyChris designs: The DisneyChris.com or the Dateline Jiminy Crickets logo! Check out the online store here to shop for T-shirts (available in multiple sizes for babies, kids, the ladies, and the guys…even if you’re supersized!); there are also mugs, stickers and even sippy cups for our youngest cricketeers! All proceeds get funneled back into the website and podcast endeavors so we can continue to share magical content! Coming in September 2021 JIMINY CRICKETS! PODCAST. 2021 marks the 70th anniversary of Walt Disney’s 13th full length animated classic, Alice in Wonderland and so we’ve dedicated two episodes to celebrate this classic. In the first installment, Episode 144, we discuss the author Lewis Carroll and how his story influenced Walt Disney’s early animation career and the eventual creation of a theatrical feature. We then discuss the plot of the film and how it compares to the literary classic, stopping along the way to discuss the incredible voice cast. Later this month we’ll continue the podcast where we left off in Episode 144 and share our favorite characters, scenes and songs! Also last month I shared the first half of our Disneyland trip on our Patreon-only podcast, Down the Rabbit Hole. However, Chris decided to open this episode up to everyone to encourage more listeners to join Patreon. This first installment I share our day at Disneyland and discuss how much we enjoyed touring the park without fast passes! On our next episode of Down the Rabbit Hole I share our day at California Adventure and our first ever visit to Avenger’s Campus. Recently we released our fifth episode of the Magical Music of Walt Disney. Our final episode of this series will include music chosen by YOU! We are giving our listeners the chance to include their favorite songs that weren’t on the previous five episodes! Send us your favorites by emailing us at disneychrisdotcom@gmail.com or post a comment to our Facebook or Instagram account (@disneychris_jc_podcast). Look for this bonus episode to be released in October! DATELINE JIMINY CRICKETS! In our August episode of Dateline Jiminy Crickets Chris, Ruthie and I shared several special segments to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Walt Disney World, including an opening day Top 10 List, an Encyclopedia topic on the Mickey Mouse Revue, an opening day attraction at the Magic Kingdom; and an overview of the exciting things planned for the 50th Birthday at the Florida resort. We continue the episode sharing some of the things we have recently been watching, and conclude by reading listener comments. SONG OF THE DAY – To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World, Chris is bringing us a special daily song from the vacation capital of the world. This is sure to be an enchanting musical journey through the history of our favorite Florida Disney destination! Visit DisneyChris.com every day for this unique celebration! Remember to stay connected to find out when new content (Podcasts, Song of the Day, Disneyland Magical Tour Audio updates) is released! On Facebook: Chris Lyndon, Twitter: @DisneyChris73 and on Instagram: @disneychris_jc_podcast. Also, a shameless plug, if you’d like to follow me on Instagram you can find me (Brian Crawford) @keepingwaltindisney. Thanks for following along! Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Jump to the 15:30 mark for the beginning of the monthly update where Chris discusses all the new additions to Chapter 7 of the Tour! For many Disneyland fans, New Orleans Square holds a special place in their hearts. Two of the best attractions Walt Disney’s Imagineers ever created, dozens of musical ensembles and unique shopping experiences fill every nook and cranny of this wonderful land. Here is a list of everything that’s new! Chapter 7 – The Paris of the American Frontier – New Orleans Square TRK2 New Orleans Square Dedication TRK8 Swanee River - New Orleans Square Medley - REDO TRK10 Disney Gallery 1987-1992 Area Background Music TRK11 Disney Gallery Rotunda 1993-1997 TRK12 Disney Gallery Exhibit Rooms - 1993-1997 TRK13 Disney Gallery Collector’s Room - 1993-1997 REDO TRK14 The Disney Gallery - Special Exhibits 1993-2003 TRK15 The Disney Gallery 2005-2007 - Disneyland A Magical Canvas TRK16 Club 33 Introduction TRK17 Club 33 - Area Background Music - REDO TRK18 Club 33 Harpsichord TRK19 Club 33 Trophy Room - REDO TRK20 Disneyland Dream Suite TRK21 Club 33 Jazz Lounge TRK22 Club 33 Jazz Lounge Pianist TRK23 Café Orleans TRK24 One-of-a-Kind Antiques TRK25 Cristal d'Orleans TRK26 Mille. Antoinette's Parfumerie TRK27 The Blue Bayou Restaurant - Live Dixieland Performance TRK28 The Blue Bayou - REDO TRK29 The Old Man of the Bayou - Beacon Joe TRK30 Songs of Swashbuckling Adventure and Pirate Lore TRK31 Disneyland 10th Anniversary - Pirates Preview TRK33 Pirates of the Caribbean Press Conference TRK35 Pirates of the Caribbean Ticket Booth Announcement TRK36 Pirates of the Caribbean - Introduction - REDO TRK39 Pirates of the Caribbean - REDO TRK40 Pirates of the Caribbean Foyer 2006 TRK41 Pirates of the Caribbean 2006 TRK42 Pirates of the Caribbean - Walt Disney World Scenes TRK46 Pirates of the Caribbean - Recording Sessions TRK47 The Pirates of The Pirates of the Caribbean TRK48 The Sounds of The Pirates of the Caribbean TRK50 Grotto Scenes TRK51 Auction Scene - Pirate Redd TRK54 Heavy Lifting Pirates TRK55 Captain Jack Sparrow TRK56 Pirates of the Caribbean - Tokyo Disneyland TRK57 Pirates of the Caribbean - Disneyland Paris TRK58 Battle for the Sunken Treasure - Shanghai Disneyland TRK59 Pirates of the Caribbean Musical Score TRK60 Pirates of the Caribbean 2006 - Musical Score TRK61 Pirates of the Caribbean at the Movies - Musical Highlights TRK62 Disneyland Pirate's League TRK64 (Yo Ho! Yo Ho!) A Pirate's Life For Me - Sing-Along TRK66 Pieces-of-Eight Pirate Arcade - Fortune Redd TRK67 The Bootstrappers - Pirate Band - REDO TRK68 Port Royal Curios and Curiosities - Area Background Music - REDO TRK69 Court of Angels TRK70 French Quarter Window Chatter - Tootie and the Old Lady - REDO TRK71 The Royal Street Bachelors - REDO TRK73 Mint Julep Bar TRK74 The Disneyland Railroad - New Orleans Square Station - REDO TRK79 Gloryland Brass Band TRK80 New Orleans Night Crawlers TRK81 The Reynolds Brothers - Rhythm Rascals - REDO TRK82 The Jambalaya Jazz Band - REDO TRK83 The New Royal Street Bachelors TRK86 New Orleans Bayou Bash - Traditional Jazz Band TRK87 The Princess and the Frog - Motion Picture Soundtrack TRK90 The Delta Ramblers TRK94 Side Street Strutters - REDO TRK97 Lisa Haley and the Zydecats TRK98 The Disneyland Band - New Orleans Medley TRK101 Le Bat en Rouge - Caged Old Hag TRK103 Disneyland 10th Anniversary - Haunted Mansion TRK107 The Haunted Mansion - REDO TRK108 The Haunted Mansion - Musical Score TRK109 Haunted Mansion Safety Spiels TRK110 Haunted Mansion Pet Cemetery TRK111 The Story and Song from The Haunted Mansion - REDO TRK113 The Ghost Host TRK114 The Haunted Mansion - Paul Frees Recording Session TRK115 The Haunted Mansion - Unused Recordings TRK116 Sounds of the Haunted Mansion TRK117 The Occupants of the Haunted Mansion TRK119 The Haunted Mansion - Pipe Organ - REDO TRK120 Madame Leota Séance Room - REDO TRK121 Constance the Black Widow Bride TRK122 The Hatbox Ghost TRK123 Ghosts in the Graveyard TRK124 Little Leota TRK125 The Haunted Mansion - Disney World Additional Scenes TRK126 The Haunted Mansion - Tokyo Disneyland TRK127 Phantom Manor - Disneyland Paris TRK128 Phantom Manor Musical Score TRK130 The Story of The Haunted House - Read-Along TRK131 Grim Grinning Ghosts - Sing-Along - REDO TRK133 The Haunted Mansion - Motion Picture Musical Score TRK134 Ghost Post - Interactive Mystery Game TRK136 DJ Elliot - Haunted Mansion - After Hours Dance Party That’s it for this month! Next month we journey to the magical realm of Fantasyland where Chris has all kinds of wonderful surprises in addition to those classic melodies we all know and love! Have a great month listening to New Orleans Square tunes as well as the daily Walt Disney World tunes on our Song of the Day page!
August 2021 Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Update Happy Summer! Show Notes by Brian Crawford Hope all of you are enjoying your summer and that it’s filled with great Disney music and Disney memories. This month Chris finishes up his voyage into Tomorrowland and so we’ll review all the additions to Chapter 18 – Today, Tomorrow and Beyond! Before that, a few shameless plugs! Become a Patreon Subscriber Today! On Patreon we have four tiers of subscribers: Brave Cricketeer ($1 per month), Truthful Cricketeer ($5 per month), Unselfish Cricketeer ($10 per month) and Official Conscience ($25 per month). To see a full reward listing for each tier and to become a Patreon subscriber just click on this link: https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris. You can also contribute via PayPal and be eligible for the same rewards by clicking here. Please consider supporting the magic financially, no matter how big or small your donation! It costs money to continue bringing you this unbelievable content that Chris so generously provides, and to all our current supporters: A HUGE THANK YOU!!!! Online Store now Open! You can also support DisneyChris by visiting the online store and purchasing fun items emblazoned with one of two magical DisneyChris designs: The DisneyChris.com or the Dateline Jiminy Crickets logo! Check out the online store here to shop for T-shirts (available in multiple sizes for babies, kids, the ladies, and the guys…even if you’re supersized!); there are also mugs, stickers and even sippy cups for our youngest cricketeers! All proceeds get funneled back into the website and podcast endeavors so we can continue to share magical content! Coming in August 2021 JIMINY CRICKETS! PODCAST. In July we released THREE podcast episodes! Episodes 141 and 142 take you back to the original Disneyland Dark Rides as Chris, Ruthie and I share our thoughts on Peter Pan’s Flight, Snow White’s Scary Adventures (now called Snow White’s Enchanted Wish), Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride and Alice in Wonderland. Take a listen to these great episodes and relive these magical and unique ride-through experiences accompanied with some great attraction audio that Chris has perfectly blended into the podcast. We also released the fifth installment of our “Magical Music of Walt Disney” series. This episode explores Disney music from 1992 through 2013 with 30 amazing songs that you are sure to love! Our final episode of this series will include music chosen by YOU! We are giving our listeners the chance to include their favorite songs that weren’t on the previous five episodes! Send us your favorites by emailing us at disneychrisdotcom@gmail.com or post a comment to our Facebook or Instagram account (@disneychris_jc_podcast). Look for this bonus episode to be released in October! In August Chris, Ruthie and I will be recording Episode 144, an in depth look at the animated classic, Alice in Wonderland as it celebrates its 70th anniversary! We will figuratively dump down the rabbit hole and explore all the magic of Wonderland, providing some historical context and sharing how this film has been represented in the Disney Parks! Lastly, our family went to Disneyland in July and I will share an account of our time there! It was a lot of fun visiting the park with my family, enjoying some of the new offerings as well as taking in the classic ones. It is always a great experience walking in Walt Disney’s footsteps and reliving many of the attractions that he shared with us. Chris plans to release my trip report on the next Down the Rabbit Hole podcast, a Patreon-only show for those at the Truthful Cricketeer level and higher, but this time he has decided to open the episode to all listeners! DATELINE JIMINY CRICKETS! We had no episode of Dateline in July but you can go back and enjoy our June episode! For August we plan on interviewing a popular Disney author and opening the mailbag! If you’d like us to read your comments or questions on the show, just drop us a comment on this vlog or one of our other many places where you can communicate with us! SONG OF THE DAY – No special theme for August, but you can be sure that Chris has a lot of surprises in store! Be sure to visit the Song of the Day page to enjoy this great treat Chris provides daily! Remember to stay connected to find out when new content (Podcasts, Song of the Day, Disneyland Magical Tour Audio updates) is released! On Facebook: Chris Lyndon, Twitter: @DisneyChris73 and on Instagram: @disneychris_jc_podcast. Also, a shameless plug, if you’d like to follow me on Instagram you can find me (Brian Crawford) @keepingwaltindisney. Thanks for following along! Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Jump to the 15 minute mark for the beginning of the monthly update where Chris discusses all the new additions to Chapter 18 of the Tour! This chapter is full to the brim of recently retired attractions and ones we can enjoy in Tomorrowland…today! Many of these tracks feature music and experiences I enjoyed with my family while we were passholders from 2010 to 2012! Chapter 18 – Today, Tomorrow and Beyond TRK4 Disney Gallery: Looking Back at Tomorrow Exhibit - NEW 07/04 TRK5 Disney Gallery: New Tomorrowland Exhibit - NEW 07/05 TRK7 The New Tomorrowland - Press Preview - COMING SOON TRK8 Tomorrowland 1998 - Reopening and Dedication Ceremony - NEW 07/05 TRK10 Tomorrowland Area Background Music - NEW 07/04 TRK11 Disneyland Paris: Discoveryland Area Background Music - NEW 07/07 TRK12 Discoveryland - Space Mountain Area Background Music - NEW 07/07 TRK14 Shanghai Disneyland: Tomorrowland - Area Background Music - NEW 07/07 TRK17 Space Mountain 1996 - NEW 07/04 TRK19 Astro Orbiter Announcements - NEW 07/04 TRK20 American Space Experience: Celebrating 40 Years of NASA - NEW 07/06 TRK21 American Space Experience: Mission to Mars - NEW 07/06 TRK23 Trash Can Trio - NEW 07/04 TRK25 Redd Rocket's Pizza Port - The Moonliner - NEW 07/05 TRK26 Honey I Shrunk the Audience Preshow - NEW 07/06 TRK27 Honey, I Shrunk the Audience - NEW 07/10 TRK28 Honey, I Shrunk the Audience Musical Score - NEW 07/10 TRK29 Rocket Rods Playlist - NEW 07/05 TRK30 Rocket Rods Queue - Area Background Music - NEW 07/05 TRK31 Rocket Rods Queue - Magic Highway USA - NEW 07/05 TRK32 Rocket Rods Circle Vision Preshow - NEW 07/05 TRK33 Rocket Rods - NEW 07/04 TRK34 Rocket Rods Exit Area Music - NEW 07/05 TRK36 Entrance Area - There's a Great New World of Innoventions - NEW 07/05 TRK37 Your Host, Tom Morrow - NEW 07/06 TRK39 Innoventions - Area Background Music - NEW 07/06 TRK40 Tree of Technology - NEW 07/06 TRK43 Compaq Fantasies of the Future - Mulan Storybook - NEW 07/05 TRK45 Disney Visual Magic - A Bug's Life - NEW 07/06 TRK47 Talk to Stitch - NEW 07/04 TRK49 Kaiser Permanente - Healthy University - NEW 07/05 TRK50 Disney VMK Central - NEW 07/06 TRK51 Xbox: The Future of Entertainment - Kinect Adventure - NEW 07/05 TRK55 Honda - ASIMO Theater - NEW 07/04 TRK57 Dream Home Kitchen: Lillian - Smart Cookbook - NEW 07/04 TRK58 Dream Home Boys Bedroom - Peter Pan Story Time - NEW 07/04 TRK59 Dream Home Party Tent - NEW 07/05 TRK60 Innoventions Fun Fone - The Mighty Ear - NEW 07/04 TRK61 Radio Disney - Broadcast Booth - NEW 07/07 TRK62 Autopia 2000: Chevron - Queue Area Background Music - NEW 07/04 TRK63 Autopia 2000: Chevron Queue Dioramas - The Campsite - NEW 07/04 TRK64 Autopia 2000: Chevron - Safety Announcement - NEW 07/05 TRK65 Autopia Powered by Honda - Bird's Safety Announcements - NEW 07/04 TRK66 Space Mountain 2005 - Queue Area Safety Announcements - NEW 07/05 TRK72 The StarCade - Arcade Games - NEW 07/04 TRK74 Toy Story Fun House: Woody's Greeting - NEW 07/05 TRK76 Club Buzz Area Music - NEW 07/07 TRK78 Buzz Lightyear Command Center - NEW 07/05 TRK79 Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters - NEW 07/04 TRK80 Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters - Laser Sound Effects - NEW 07/04 TRK81 Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters- Musical Score - NEW 07/05 TRK82 Little Green Men Store Command - NEW 07/05 TRK83 Mark VII Disneyland Monorail - NEW 07/04 TRK84 Submarine Lagoon Buoy Seagulls - Beyond the Sea - NEW 07/04 TRK85 Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage - Area Background Music - NEW 07/07 TRK86 Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage - NEW 07/09 TRK87 Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage - Musical Score - NEW 07/08 TRK90 Super Hero HQ - Make Way for Tomorrow Today - NEW 07/04 TRK91 Tomorrowland Expo Center: Area Background Music - NEW 07/07 TRK92 Iron Man Tech Presented by Stark Industries - NEW 07/08 TRK93 Thor - Treasures of Asguard - NEW 07/08 TRK94 Captain America - Living Legend & Symbol of Courage - NEW 07/07 TRK95 Big Hero 6 Preview - NEW 07/08 TRK96 StarCade: Big Hero 6 - Meet and Greet - NEW 07/06 TRK97 Guardians of the Galaxy Preview - NEW 07/07 TRK98 Ant-Man and the Wasp Preview - NEW 07/07 TRK99 StarCade: Wreck-It-Ralph - Meet Here - NEW 07/06 TRK100 StarCade - Tomorrowland Movie Exhibit: The Optimist Album - NEW 07/06 TRK101 Tomorrowland Theater - Tomorrowland Preview - NEW 07/06 TRK119 Galactic Grill - Tomorrowland Terrace Dance Party - NEW 07/03 TRK124 Tomorrowland Theater - Pixar Shorts Festival - NEW 07/03 TRK125 Toy Story - Alien Pizza Planet - NEW 07/03 TRK126 Disney's Cinematic Music of Tomorrow - NEW 07/03 That’s it for this month! Chris has already begun working on music from New Orleans Square and will be sharing a ton of classic musical experiences from this land unique to Disneyland! I’m very excited for the original 1969 Haunted Mansion ride-through experience! Stay safe everyone!
July 2021 Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Update Disneyland 66 and Fireworks! Show Notes by Brian Crawford Happy summer all you Disney music aficionados! July is one of my favorite months: Independence Day and the anniversary of one of the most special places in all the world: Disneyland! Walt Disney’s original Magic Kingdom turns 66 this month and how fitting we recently received an announcement that fireworks will be returning to the Disneyland Resort! Something else will be returning to Disneyland this month as well….ME!!! It’s been more than two years since our last visit and my family and I are looking forward to enjoying that special atmosphere. We’re also looking forward to a lot of patriotic and Disneyland anniversary tunes that Chris has prepared for us this month, as well as more updates to the Tomorrowland chapters on the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour. Before we get to what’s new let’s review a few messages! Become a Patreon Subscriber Today! On Patreon we have four tiers of subscribers: Brave Cricketeer ($1 per month), Truthful Cricketeer ($5 per month), Unselfish Cricketeer ($10 per month) and Official Conscience ($25 per month). To see a full reward listing for each tier and to become a Patreon subscriber just click on this link: https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris. You can also contribute via PayPal and be eligible for the same rewards by clicking here. Please consider supporting the magic financially, no matter how big or small your donation! It costs money to continue bringing you this unbelievable content that Chris so generously provides, and to all our current supporters: A HUGE THANK YOU!!!! Online Store now Open! You can also support DisneyChris by visiting the online store and purchasing fun items emblazoned with one of two magical DisneyChris designs: The DisneyChris.com or the Dateline Jiminy Crickets logo! Check out the online store here to shop for T-shirts (available in multiple sizes for babies, kids, the ladies, and the guys…even if you’re supersized!); there are also mugs, stickers and even sippy cups for our youngest cricketeers! All proceeds get funneled back into the website and podcast endeavors so we can continue to share magical content! Coming in July 2021 JIMINY CRICKETS! PODCAST. Chris, Ruthie and I just finished recording Episode 141; our look into the four original Dark Ride attraction at Disneyland: Snow White and Her Adventures, Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, Peter Pan’s Flight and Alice in Wonderland. We discuss the history of these attractions and all the changes over the years, including the big ones that occurred with the 1983 Fantasyland remodel. Look for this episode soon on our Podcast Channel or on Apple Podcasts DATELINE JIMINY CRICKETS! In June we released a fun episode of Dateline where we countdown our top 10 patriotic Disney live-action theatrical releases which included a Marvel film! Wow! Chris, Ruthie and I also review the most recent Disney film to hit the screen, Cruella, and not all of us loved it! This episode we introduce a new segment of favorite Disney quotes, this time focusing on attraction quotes and we finish off the episode with some Armchair Imagineering, patriotic style! Chris and Ruthie will be back with another Dateline in July and hopefully we’ll have enough comments by then to include our listener feedback “Mailbag” segment this month. So please drop a comment or question on our social media sites and we’ll read it during the show! SONG OF THE DAY – For July Chris has chosen some great patriotic tunes for the first 10 days of the month and the second 10 days focuses on Disneyland’s 66th anniversary! Be sure to visit the Song of the Day page to enjoy this great treat Chris provides daily! Remember to stay connected to find out when new content (Podcasts, Song of the Day, Disneyland Magical Tour Audio updates) is released! On Facebook: Chris Lyndon, Twitter: @DisneyChris73 and on Instagram: @disneychris_jc_podcast. Also, a shameless plug, if you’d like to follow me on Instagram you can find me (Brian Crawford) @keepingwaltindisney. Thanks for following along! Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Jump to 13:13 for the beginning of the monthly update where Chris discusses all the new additions to Chapter 16 of the Tour! This chapter is full of nostalgic music and memories of the Tomorrowland that debuted in 1967. Chapter 16 – A Great New Beautiful Tomorrow TRK4 Tour of the New Tomorrowland - A World on the Move - REDO TRK5 The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company TRK6 General Electric TRK7 The Monsanto Company TRK8 Bell System - The AT&T Company TRK9 McDonnell Douglas TRK10 The Coca-Cola Company TRK11 Goodyear PeopleMover Introduction - REDO TRK12 PeopleMover Loading Platform - Go Go Goodyear - REDO TRK13 The Goodyear PeopleMover TRK14 Goodyear PeopleMover 1960's - Area Background Music TRK16 Corridor of Murals - Communication TRK17 Corridor of Murals - Energy TRK18 Adventure Through Inner Space - Introduction TRK19 Adventure Through Inner Space - Demo Recordings TRK21 Adventure Through Inner Space - Boarding Area Background Music TRK22 Adventure Through Inner Space - Boarding Area Com Chat TRK23 Adventure Through Inner Space - REDO TRK24 Adventure Through Inner Space - Paul Frees Narration TRK25 Inner Space Post Show - Miracles from Molecules - REDO TRK26 Miracles from Molecules - A Musical Tribute TRK27 America the Beautiful - Hall of State Flags TRK28 America the Beautiful Theater Load - Disneyland Hostess TRK29 America the Beautiful - Circle Vision 360 - REDO TRK30 America the Beautiful - Musical Score TRK31 America the Beautiful - Dick Wesson Narration TRK32 Bell Telephone Exhibit - Check the Weather Around the World TRK34 Bell Telephone Exhibit - Hands-Free Phone Booths TRK35 The Character Shop - Area Background Music - REDO TRK37 General Electric Progress Report TRK38 New York World’s Fair - Carousel of Progress Promotional Film TRK39 New York World's Fair - Carousel of Progress Demo TRK40 Carousel of Progress - Visitor Comments TRK46 Carousel of Progress - General Electric Introduction - REDO TRK47 Carousel of Progress Loading Music - REDO TRK48 General Electric's Carousel of Progress - REDO TRK50 EPCOT - Progress City Proposal Film TRK51 There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow Musical Tribute TRK60 The Best Time of Your Life TRK61 Carousel of Progress - Walt Disney World TRK62 Carousel of Progress Queue Area Video TRK63 Walt Disney World: There’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow TRK64 McDonnell Douglas Flight to the Moon - Mission Control TRK65 McDonnell Douglas Flight to the Moon - REDO TRK66 The Sound Castle Ltd - REDO TRK67 The New Establishment - REDO TRK68 Better Half TRK69 Entertainment Committee TRK70 Cement Gravel and Rock Co TRK75 Apollo 11 Moon Landing - Live Telecast TRK76 Disneyland Goes to the World's Fair - Ford Magic Skyway TRK77 Get the Feel of the Wheel TRK78 International Gardens TRK79 Auto Parts Harmonic TRK80 Ford Magic Skyway TRK81 Disneyland Showtime in The New Tomorrowland That’s it for this month! Please be safe out there while celebrating Independence Day or whatever summer activities you have planned! May those plans include an ample supply of Disney music that Chris shares with us! I already have our Disneyland Magical Audio Tour playlist cued up for our long drive to California from Texas!
June 2021 Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Update Show Notes by Brian Crawford Happy Father's Day! Wow! It’s June already! That means time for dads and Donald Duck, who turns 87 on June 9th! This month’s Disneyland Magical Audio tour focuses mostly on Tomorrowland specifically Chapters 15 (The Original Tomorrowland) and Chapter 17 (Tomorrowland in the 1970s and 1980s). Chris added a far out amount of new audio and provided some supersonic edits to tracks that needed an update. Before we get into what’s new let’s review Patreon and what’s been happening on the podcast channels! Become a Patreon Subscriber Today! On Patreon we have four tiers of subscribers: Brave Cricketeer ($1 per month), Truthful Cricketeer ($5 per month), Unselfish Cricketeer ($10 per month) and Official Conscience ($25 per month). To see a full reward listing for each tier and to become a Patreon subscriber just click on this link: https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris. You can also contribute via PayPal and be eligible for the same rewards by clicking here. During May Chris was able to hit the milestone level of $250 and has promised to watch a newer Disney film and record his reaction in a special podcast episode. Send an email to dclyndon@gmail.com and vote between Coco, Big Hero 6 or Moana! Online Store now Open! You can also support DisneyChris by visiting the online store and purchasing fun items emblazoned with one of two magical DisneyChris designs: The Jiminy Crickets! Podcast logo or the Dateline Jiminy Crickets logo! Check out the online store here to shop for T-shirts (available in multiple sizes for babies, kids, the ladies, and the guys…even if you’re supersized!); there are also mugs, stickers and even sippy cups for our youngest cricketeers! All proceeds get funneled back into the website and podcast endeavors so we can continue to share magical content! Coming in June 2021 JIMINY CRICKETS! PODCAST. We didn’t release a history podcast in May, but you can still go back and relisten to our past episodes including our most recent look at all things Winnie the Pooh. Listen to Part 1 and Part 2 if you haven’t already, and enjoy this fun and informative trip through the Hundred Acre Wood! While on the podcast channel check out other past episodes including a look at Disney’s California Adventure as it existed during its opening year as well as powerhouse episodes featuring Disney stars Hayley Mills and Dean Jones! I’m a sucker for relistening to past episodes as I pick up on things that I missed the last time. I’m not even ashamed to say I’ve listen to the Country Bear Jamboree episode seven times already….. This month listen to Episode 140 which is the fourth in a five-part series featuring the Magical Music of Walt Disney. This installment is Volume 4 - Gearing Up for a Renaissance 1972-1991 where we visit some of the great music from EPCOT, Pete’s Dragon and the early renaissance films like The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast! Patreon subscribers, regardless of tier, will receive all the songs in mp3 format each time a new episode is released! Here’s that Patreon link again: https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris. DATELINE JIMINY CRICKETS! The May episode of Dateline featured Chris and Ruthie sharing some news from Disneyland’s reopening (with a special focus on recent Haunted Mansion additions and updates) and a top 10 featuring their favorite Disneyland landmarks. They also host a heartfelt memoriam to Disney legends we’ve lost recently. In June, Dateline will return with Ruthie and I sharing our thoughts on the latest Disney film release, Cruella and Chris and Ruthie will announce their top 10 Disney patriotic live-action films! Stay tuned to Chris’ social media channels to be the first to know when it’s available! SONG OF THE DAY – For June Chris has tons of Donald Duck and Dad songs to start your day off with a fun dose of Disney music! Be sure to visit the Song of the Day page to enjoy this great treat Chris provides daily! Remember to stay connected to find out when new content (Podcasts, Song of the Day, Disneyland Magical Tour Audio updates) is released! On Facebook: Chris Lyndon, Twitter: @DisneyChris73 and on Instagram: @disneychris_jc_podcast. Also, a shameless plug, if you’d like to follow me on Instagram you can find me (Brian Crawford) @keepingwaltindisney. Thanks for following along! Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Jump to 14:23 for the beginning of the monthly update where Chris discusses (and I interject with some lively banter…sort of) the additional Tomorrowland tracks he added to Chapter 17. In this update we also discuss music that may have existed in two Disneyland areas that never materialized: Discovery Bay, which was to be built where Galaxy’s Edge is today; and Tomorrowland 2055, an update to Tomorrowland that was never realized. I’ve also listed the tracks added during our mid-month update in May (those aren’t discussed in this video, but you can go back to that vlog and here those updates here: Disneyland Audio Tour May 2021 Mid Month Update - YouTube). The mid-month update consisted of mostly material from Chapter 15! Chapter 4 - The Heart of Disneyland TRK55 All-Star College Band - Plaza Concert (same as Chapter 17) Chapter 9 - The Rivers of America TRK78 O Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean - NEW 05/09 Chapter 11 - The Original Fantasyland TRK86 Junior Autopia - NEW 08/07 TRK87 Midget Autopia - NEW 08/07 TRK88 Fantasyland Autopia - NEW 08/07 TRK89 Fantasyland Viewliner - NEW 08/07 TRK90 Motor Boat Cruise - Area Background Music - NEW 08/07 TRK91 Motor Boat Cruise - NEW 08/07 Chapter 14 - Disneyland Showtime TRK49 Mouseketeer Days - Mickey Mouse Club Reunion Show (same as Chapter 17) Chapter 15 - The Original Tomorrowland TRK7 Dateline Disneyland - Tomorrowland Dedication - NEW 05/06 TRK19 Monsanto Hall of Chemistry - NEW 05/08 TRK20 Kaiser Aluminum Hall of Fame - The Wishful Knight - NEW 05/07 TRK21 Space Station X-1 - Satellite View of America - NEW 05/07 TRK22 The World Beneath Us - Richfield Show Announcements - NEW 05/07 TRK23 The World Beneath Us - NEW 05/07 TRK25 Dutch Boy Color Gallery - NEW 05/06 TRK27 The Art of Animation - NEW 05/06 TRK28 Crane Bathroom of Tomorrow - NEW 05/06 TRK29 Fun Fotos - NEW 05/06 TRK30 Fashion and Fabrics Through the Ages - NEW 05/07 TRK32 20K Leagues Under the Sea - Introduction - NEW 05/07 TRK33 20K Leagues Under the Sea - Motion Picture Musical Score - NEW 05/08 TRK34 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Exhibit - NEW 05/07 TRK35 Captain Nemo's Organ - NEW 05/07 TRK36 20K Leagues Under the Sea - Walt Disney World - NEW 05/08 TRK37 20K Leagues Under the Sea - Disneyland Paris - NEW 05/08 TRK38 20K Leagues Under the Sea - Tokyo DisneySea - NEW 05/08 TRK40 A Tour of the West - NEW 05/09 TRK41 America the Beautiful Introduction - NEW 05/08 TRK42 America the Beautiful - Musical Score - NEW 05/09 TRK43 The Monsanto Corporation - NEW 05/07 TRK44 House of the Future - Suburbarama - NEW 05/07 TRK45 Newsreel - The House of the Future - NEW 05/07 TRK47 Monsanto House of the Future - NEW 05/07 TRK49 Trans World Airlines - NEW 05/06 TRK50 Tomorrowland Spaceport - NEW 05/09 TRK51 Rocket to the Moon - Mission Control Center - NEW 05/06 TRK52 TWA Rocket to the Moon - Flight 1 - NEW 05/09 TRK53 TWA Rocket to the Moon - Flight 2 - NEW 05/09 TRK56 Thimble Drome Flight Circle - NEW 05/08 TRK57 Hobby Land - NEW 05/08 TRK58 The Astro-Jets - NEW 05/08 TRK59 The Flying Saucers - NEW 05/06 TRK61 The Space Bar - NEW 05/06 TRK63 Skyway to Fantasyland - Tomorrowland Terminal - NEW 05/07 TRK65 The Disneyland Railroad - Tomorrowland Station - NEW 05/07 TRK73 Richfield Autopia - Safety Announcements - NEW 05/07 TRK74 Junior Autopia - NEW 05/07 TRK75 Midget Autopia - NEW 05/07 TRK76 Fantasyland Autopia Announcements - NEW 05/07 TRK77 Tomorrowland Viewliner - NEW 05/07 TRK78 Phantom Boats - NEW 05/06 TRK79 Motor Boat Cruise - NEW 05/07 TRK80 Motor Boat Cruise / Submarine Voyage - Queue Area Music - NEW 05/07 TRK81 The Yacht Bar - NEW 05/08 TRK82 The Tomorrowland Yacht Bar - The Yachtsmen Quartet - NEW 05/08 TRK83 Tomorrowland Maritime Band - NEW 05/08 TRK87 Submarine Voyage - Queue Area Announcements - NEW 05/08 TRK88 Submarine Voyage Through Liquid Space - 1959 - NEW 05/08 TRK89 Submarine Voyage Through Liquid Space - NEW 05/08 Chapter 17 - A World on the Move TRK28 Goodyear PeopleMover Loading Platform - Area Music - REDO TRK29 Goodyear PeopleMover - Jack Wagner TRK30 The Super Speed Tunnel TRK31 McDonnell Douglas Mission to Mars - Mission Control TRK32 McDonnell Douglas Mission to Mars - REDO TRK33 Disneyland Railroad - Tomorrowland Ticket Announcements - REDO TRK34 Disneyland Monorail System - Mark III TRK36 Space Mountain Attraction Preview - REDO TRK39 Space Mountain Queue - Com Chat TRK40 Space Mountain - Outer Space Sound Effects TRK44 Mickey Mouse Club Reunion TRK47 The StarCade TRK48 The World of Tron - PeopleMover Queue Area Music - REDO TRK49 Wedway PeopleMover Thru the World of Tron - REDO TRK50 Tron Speed Tunnels TRK51 The Premiere Shop - Area Background Music - REDO TRK52 The All-American College Band TRK53 Friendship Train - REDO TRK54 Sunshine Balloon - REDO TRK55 Tabasco - REDO TRK59 Krash TRK60 Airplay TRK63 American Journeys Promotional Package TRK67 American Journeys TRK68 American Journeys Musical Score TRK69 Dusty The Delta Air Lion - Delta Preshow TRK70 Wonders of China - Theater Load Music TRK71 Wonders of China - Circle-Vision 360 - REDO TRK73 The Magic Eye Theater - Lobby Music TRK74 The Magic Eye Theater - Magic Journeys - REDO TRK77 Dateline Disneyland - Captain EO Premiere TRK79 Captain EO Lobby Area TRK80 Captain EO Preshow - REDO TRK81 Captain EO Theater Load TRK82 Captain EO - REDO TRK83 Captain EO Musical Score TRK91 Tomorrowland 1988 TRK93 Disneyland Monorail System - Mark V TRK94 TranStar TRK97 Discovery Bay Attraction Preview - Jack Wagner TRK98 Tony Baxter's Discovery Bay TRK99 Discovery Bay Preview Center TRK100 Hyperion Airship - Island at the Top of the World TRK101 Nemo - The Ultimate Adventure TRK102 Captain Nemo's Grand Salon Restaurant TRK103 The Fireworks Factory TRK104 Lost River Delta - Primeval World Dinosaurs TRK105 Professor Marvel's Gallery of Illusion TRK106 Tomorrowland 2055 Theme Music TRK107 The TimeKeeper TRK108 Alien Encounter TRK109 PT Quantum Presents - Plectu's Intergalactic Revue TRK110 The Black Hole - Laser Blast Shooter Ride TRK111 The Great Animation Machine TRK112 Lightkeepers - Electrical Parade Chapter 26 - Disneyland Records A Musical Mural: America the Beautiful - Side A - NEW 05/09 A Musical Mural: America the Beautiful - Side B - NEW 05/09 That will do it for June! I know it was a healthy dose of Tomorrowland magic! Get ready for more next month as Chris is busy working on the Tomorrowland from the 1960s including all that fabulous music from the Tomorrowland reimagining in 1967!
May 2021 Mid Month Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Update
May 2021 Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Update Show Notes by Brian Crawford Happy Mothers Day! Hope everyone is having a great spring so far! Sorry for missing the notes last month, it’s been crazy at work, not to mention the heffalump-sized amount of research for the Winnie the Pooh podcast we recently released. That kept all of us busy as a bunch of bees! Well, for this month’s Disneyland Magical Audio Tour vlog Chris finished a project that he’s finally been able to dedicate the time and effort necessary to complete it: The Disneyland Railroad tracks! OK, not the actual steel rails and wooden ties, but the narration and sound effects of one of the most magical attractions in Disneyland history: The Grand Circle Tour. First, let’s talk Patreon and what’s coming up this month! Become a Patreon Subscriber Today! On Patreon we have four tiers of subscribers: Brave Cricketeer ($1 per month), Truthful Cricketeer ($5 per month), Unselfish Cricketeer ($10 per month) and Official Conscience ($25 per month). To see a full reward listing for each tier and to become a Patreon subscriber just click on this link: https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris. You can also contribute via PayPal and be eligible for the same rewards by clicking here. Chris is very close to achieving his first Patreon goal of $250, in fact, he’s just one Truthful Cricketeer subscriber away! Join today and let the rewards start rolling in! Online Store now Open! You can also support DisneyChris by visiting the online store and purchasing fun items emblazoned with one of two magical DisneyChris designs: The Jiminy Crickets! Podcast logo or the Dateline Jiminy Crickets logo! Check out the online store here to shop for T-shirts (available in multiple sizes for babies, kids, the ladies, and the guys…even if you’re supersized!); there are also mugs, stickers and even sippy cups for our youngest cricketeers! All proceeds get funneled back into the website and podcast endeavors so we can continue to share magical content! Coming in May 2021 JIMINY CRICKETS! PODCAST. In April we released both parts of our Winnie the Pooh deep dive podcast. This was a lot of fun to research and to record and we hope that all our friends and fans will take the time to enjoy our discussion and the rich musical history of this beloved franchise! It truly was a labor of love. Listen to Part 1 and Part 2 today! This month listen to Episode 139 which is the third in a five-part series featuring the Magical Music of Walt Disney. Volume 3 - The Legacy of Walt Disney 1963-1973 was released on May 4th and is ready for you to enjoy these timeless pieces of Disney music history. I’m listening to this wonderful compilation as I type up these notes! Patreon subscribers, regardless of tier, will receive all the songs in mp3 format each time a new episode is released! Here’s that Patreon link again: https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris. DATELINE JIMINY CRICKETS! It’s been a while since we released an episode of Dateline. There was no episode in April, but the one in March was very special! After we did a countdown of our favorite Disney dog films we had the opportunity to chat with Disney Live-Action film actor, Michael McGreevey! Michael starred as the character Schuyler alongside Kurt Russell in the Dexter Riley films as well as working with Dean Jones on Snowball Express and The Shaggy D.A.! We discuss his time working at the Walt Disney studio and he shares some wonderful memories of meeting Walt and Annette! We also talk about his appearances on the Disneyland Anthology television series including Sammy the Way Out Seal, For the Love of Willadean and many more! Click here to listen to this magical and nostalgic look back at a wonderful time in Disney history. Chris and Ruthie plan to record the May episode of Dateline in a couple of weeks, so stay tuned to Chris’ social media channels to be the first to know when it’s available! SONG OF THE DAY – For May Chris will be celebrating Mother’s Day for the first part of the month and I’m sure he has some wonderful musical surprises for the rest of month! Be sure to visit the Song of the Day page to enjoy this great treat Chris provides daily! Remember to stay connected to find out when new content (Podcasts, Song of the Day, Disneyland Magical Tour Audio updates) is released! On Facebook: Chris Lyndon, Twitter: @DisneyChris73 and on Instagram: @disneychris_jc_podcast. Also, a shameless plug, if you’d like to follow me on Instagram you can find me (Brian Crawford) @keepingwaltindisney. Thanks for following along! Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Jump to 13:50 for the beginning of the monthly update where Chris discusses the new “tracks” he added during the month of April! He spent a ridiculous amount of time cleaning up the Royal Theatre – Beauty and the Beast Fantasy Faire track; lots of background noise to deal with so it is very time consuming. The Tangled track is already complete and he’ll tackle the Frozen version of this entertaining show later. Aside from a special track to represent the “A Walk in Walt’s Footsteps” guided tour, all the other tracks he worked on were versions of the Grand Circle Tour of the Disneyland Railroad. These have been a much-requested addition to the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour and Chris finally had everything he needed, plus the time to make it just perfect! Here are all the tracks he added: Chapter 2 – The Disneyland Town Square TRK15 A Walk in Walt's Footsteps - Guided Tour TRK94 Disneyland Railroad - 1974 Grand Circle Tour TRK95 Disneyland Railroad - Bicentennial Grand Circle Tour TRK96 Disneyland Railroad - 1980's Grand Circle Tour TRK97 Disneyland Railroad - 1990's Grand Circle Tour TRK98 Disneyland Railroad - 2015 Grand Circle Tour TRK99 Disneyland Railroad - 2017 Grand Circle Tour TRK64 The Royal Theatre - Beauty & the Beast Chapter 12 – The New Fantasyland TRK111 The Royal Theatre - Beauty & the Beast - Same Track as Chapter 4 Chapter14 – Disneyland Showtime TRK145 Fantasy Faire Royal Theatre - Beauty and the Beast - Same Track as Chapter 4 That will do it for the month of May! Enjoy conducting your way through the Disneyland Railroad tracks that Chris has so masterfully engineered! I’ll show myself out until next month :)
April 2021 Mid Month Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Update
April 2021 Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Update
March 2021 Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Update Show Notes by Brian Crawford Spring is Around the Corner! Living in Texas through that crazy winter storm, I for one am really looking forward to spring and even St. Patrick’s Day to celebrate with a non-alcoholic beverage! Hope all of you are doing well and enjoying the great Disneyland tunes Chris has been providing! Let’s see what’s new this month on Chris’ website and his world of podcasting! Become a Patreon Subscriber Today! Being a patron of the Jiminy Crickets! Podcast and Disneyland Magical Audio Tour is mutually beneficial! Not only are you financing the creation of new magic and the maintenance of all existing content you are eligible for some great rewards! On Patreon we have four tiers of subscribers: Brave Cricketeer ($1 per month), Truthful Cricketeer ($5 per month), Unselfish Cricketeer ($10 per month) and Official Conscience ($25 per month). To see a full reward listing for each tier and to become a Patreon subscriber just click on this link: https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris. You can also contribute via PayPal and be eligible for the same rewards by clicking here. Online Store now Open! You can also support DisneyChris by visiting the online store and purchasing fun items emblazoned with one of two magical DisneyChris designs: The Jiminy Crickets! Podcast logo or the Dateline Jiminy Crickets logo! Check out the online store here to shop for T-shirts (available in multiple sizes for babies, kids, the ladies, and the guys…even if you’re supersized!); there are also mugs, stickers and even sippy cups for our youngest cricketeers! All proceeds get funneled back into the website and podcast endeavors so we can continue to share magical content! Coming in March 2021 JIMINY CRICKETS! PODCAST. The most recent episode featured Chris and Ruthie discussing the opening of Disney’s California Adventure which celebrated its 20th anniversary last month. They take us on a guided tour of everything that existed in the park on its opening day back in February of 2001. You can listen to the full episode by clicking here! This month look for Episode 136 which will be the second in a five-part series featuring the Magical Music of Walt Disney. Episode 2 - From Animation to Innovation 1953-1964 was recorded recently and will likely be released the second week of March, so keep an eye out on social media to be the first to listen! Patreon subscribers, regardless of tier, will receive all the songs in mp3 format each time a new episode is released! Here’s that Patreon link again: https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris. 2021 marks the 55th anniversary of Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree and so later this month Chris, Ruthie and I will do a deep dive into all aspects of Winnie the Pooh’s association with the Disney company. From the films, shorts, parks and merchandise no honey pot will be left unturned in this exciting podcast. DATELINE JIMINY CRICKETS! You can still enjoy the February episode of Dateline with special guest Michael Renfrow of ConciEars Vacation Planners where he joins Chris and Ruthie to discuss their favorite snacks and romantic spots in Disneyland and play a fun game of Disney Would You Rather. For March Chris and Ruthie have already sketched an outline for the next episode so look for that around the third week of the month! SONG OF THE DAY – For March Chris has created two special blocks of songs, first from March 8th to the 17th we’ll be treated with songs to celebrate the Irish in all of us, you know, to get into the St. Patrick’s Day mood! Secondly, from the 18th to the 21st each song will be dedicated to that wonderful season of renewal and twitterpation: Spring! Be sure to visit the Song of the Day page to enjoy this great treat Chris provides daily! Remember to stay connected to find out when new content (Podcasts, Song of the Day, Disneyland Magical Tour Audio updates) is released! On Facebook: Chris Lyndon, Twitter: @DisneyChris73 and on Instagram: @disneychris_jc_podcast. Also, a shameless plug, if you’d like to follow me on Instagram you can find me (Brian Crawford) @keepingwaltindisney. Thanks for following along! Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Jump to 9:55 for the beginning of this mid-month update where Chris discusses and shares neat insights to all 31 tracks he’s added. In recent months, a ton of tracks have been added because they were quick and relatively painless to edit. Now Chris has reached a point where the next set of tracks are lengthy and present several editing challenges. We’ll see a reduced number of tracks added to the tour in the near future, but that definitely does not mean a reduction in quality and fun! Here is a list of everything that’s new! Chapter 1 – Welcome to Disneyland TRK26 Kodak Presents - Disneyland ‘59 TRK30 Disneyland 10th Anniversary Chapter 7 – New Orleans Square TRK67 Ernie McLean TRK88 Duke Heitger’s Steamboat Stompers Chapter 9 – The Rivers of America TRK55 The Plantation House TRK79 Songs of the Sea: The Norman Luboff Choir Chapter 12 – The New Fantasyland TRK8 New Fantasyland Cast Member Training TRK27 The Make-Believe Brass Chapter 13 – Mickey’s Toontown TRK21 Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies - Cartoon Soundtracks TRK83 Mickey’s House - TV Programs Chapter14 – Disneyland Showtime TRK71 Videopolis - Area Background Music TRK74 One Man’s Dream Chapter 15 – 1950s Tomorrowland TRK12 Man in Space TRK13 Man and the Moon TRK14 Mars and Beyond TRK15 Magic Highway USA Chapter 18 – Today, Tomorrow and Beyond TRK16 The Observatron TRK22 Magic Kingdom Korps Chapter 19 – Star Wars in Disneyland TRK64 Disneyland 60 - Star Wars in Concert Chapter 20 – The Disneyland Hotel TRK41 The Disneyland Bellhops Chapter 25 - Magical Milestones TRK83 The Wonderful World of Disney - Disneyland 60 Chapter 26 – Disneyland Records TRK28 Songs of the Sea: The Norman Luboff Choir - Side A TRK29 Songs of the Sea: The Norman Luboff Choir - Side B Chapter 27 – Disneyland in TV Land YouTube Vlog Index 1:31:35 TRK24 Man in Space TRK25 Man and the Moon TRK26 Mars and Beyond TRK27 Magic Highway USA TRK35 Kodak Presents - Disneyland ‘59 TRK39 Disneyland ‘61 TRK52 Disneyland 10th Anniversary TRK106 The Wonderland World of Disney - Disneyland 60 That’s all for this update! Don’t forget to stay on top of Chris’ social media sites so you’ll know when new tracks are added, and happy listening! I’m starting with the Disneyland 10th Anniversary one!
February 2021 Mid Month Vlog Update
Show Notes by Brian Crawford Special Mid-Month Update! A couple weeks ago Chris gave a lengthy update, and to prevent from having a similarly long one on March 1st he decided to give us all a quick update on what he’s added since the first of February. Well, the update wasn’t as short as he expected, but it’s my job to summarize it all here for you! Once again, he invited me to join him on the show, and together we revealed the 40 tracks Chris added as well as sharing some of the exciting podcasts that will be coming your way soon! Become a Patreon Subscriber Today! Being a patron of the Jiminy Crickets! Podcast and Disneyland Magical Audio Tour is mutually beneficial! Not only are you financing the creation of new magic and the maintenance of all existing content you are eligible for some great rewards! On Patreon we have four tiers of subscribers: Brave Cricketeer ($1 per month) Truthful Cricketeer ($5 per month) Unselfish Cricketeer ($10 per month) Official Conscience ($25 per month) For the highest tier Chris has decided to give this special group a new benefit: exclusive downloads of select chapters of the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour. Every six months (beginning with the day you sign up) Chris will send Official Conscience Cricketeers all the tracks of an entire chapter of their choice in mp3 format! To see the full reward listing for each tier and to become a Patreon subscriber just click on this link: https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris. You can also contribute via PayPal and be eligible for the same rewards by clicking here. Online Store now Open! You can also support DisneyChris by visiting the online store and purchasing fun items emblazoned with one of two magical DisneyChris designs: The Jiminy Crickets! Podcast logo or the Dateline Jiminy Crickets logo! Check out the online store here to shop for T-shirts (available in multiple sizes for babies, kids, the ladies and the guys…even if you’re supersized!); there are also mugs, stickers and even sippy cups for our youngest cricketeers! All proceeds get funneled back into the website and podcast endeavors so we can continue to share magical content! Coming in February 2021 JIMINY CRICKETS! PODCAST – Both parts of the Dean Jones podcast are now available! Join Chris, Ruthie and me as we gush about one of the greatest Disney live-action film actors of all time. We delve deep into his time before and after Disney as well as sharing highlights and our favorite moments of all 10 of his Disney films. Below are the links for each episode: Episode 132: A Salute to Dean Jones Episode 134: A Salute to Dean Jones Part 2 Be sure to leave us a Five Star on review on Apple Podcasts if that’s how you access the show! Chris has also released Episode 133, the first of five very special bonus music episodes that we at Jiminy Crickets are delighted to present to you throughout 2021. This special series will be called "The Magical Music of Walt Disney" and will span the decades to bring you the 150 most iconic Disney tunes of all time. Our first episode contains 30 classic songs and begins at the very beginning with the soundtrack to the very first synchronized sound cartoon, 1928's "Steamboat Willie" and concludes with three enchanted songs from Walt Disney's 13th full length animated classic, "Alice in Wonderland." All Patreon subscribers, regardless of tier, will receive all the songs in mp3 format each time a new episode is released! Here’s that Patreon link again: https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris DATELINE JIMINY CRICKETS! If that’s not enough for February Chris and Ruthie also released an episode of Dateline with special guest Michael Renfrow of ConciEars Vacation Planners. Michael has been helping Disney resort guests with planning vacation for years. He and his team can plan every step of your Disney vacation. Visit their website to find out how ConciEars can make your next Disney vacation even more magical! In this episode the trio countdown their favorite Disneyland snacks, read and respond to Cricketeer feedback and close out the episode with a fun game called “Disney Would You Rather”! One last note: The Jiminy Crickets! Podcast has teamed up with The Roarbots and has become a featured show on their podcast network. Head over to The Roarbots and join in the celebration of geek culture! We provide the Disney aspect of it! SONG OF THE DAY – All February long Chris will be posting a romantic song sure to please all those Disney lovers out there. Be sure to visit the Song of the Day page to keep that amorous feeling all month long! Remember to stay connected to find out when new content (Podcasts, Song of the Day, Disneyland Magical Tour Audio updates) is released! On Facebook: Chris Lyndon, Twitter: @DisneyChris73 and on Instagram: @disneychris_jc_podcast. Also, a shameless plug, if you’d like to follow me on Instagram you can find me (Brian Crawford) @keepingwaltindisney. Thanks for following along! Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Jump to 26:40 for the beginning this mid-month update where Chris discusses and shares neat insights to all 40 tracks he’s added. For your convenience I’ve added a time index so you can jump to the point in the vlog where Chris discusses the new tracks for each chapter. Here is a list of everything that’s new! Chapter 7 – The Paris of the American Frontier YouTube Vlog Index 27:10 Track 71 The Banjo Kings: New Dixie Rebellion Band - NEW 02/09 Track 78 Duncan & Allen - New Orleans Square Street Party - NEW 02/08 Track 79 Tiana's Showboat Jubilee - NEW 02/07 Track 89 The River Rascals - NEW 02/06 Chapter 9 – The Rivers of America YouTube Vlog Index 33:30 Track 24 Disneyland Showtime - There's a Kind of Walk You Walk - NEW 02/08 Track 27 Disneyland Paris - The Molly Brown Riverboat - NEW 02/09 Track 31 The Mark Twain Live - Ragtime Pianist - NEW 02/07 Track 34 The Banjo Kings: New Dixie Rebellion Band - NEW 02/09 Track 42 Tiana's Showboat Jubilee - NEW 02/07 Chapter 12 – The New Fantasyland YouTube Vlog Index 41:10 Track 12 The Disneyland Band - Fantasyland Performance - NEW 02/03 Track 19 Snow White's Wishing Well - NEW 02/04 Track 35 Fantasyland - Area Background Music: Tokyo Disneyland - NEW 02/03 Track 39 Snow White's Scary Adventures - Queue Area Background Music - NEW 02/04 Track 81 The Mad Hatter Hat Shop - NEW 02/04 Track 83 Mad Hatter Tea Cups - Walt Disney World - NEW 02/04 Track 120 Fantasyland Theater - Greatest Musical Moments - NEW 02/07 Chapter 13 – Mickey’s Toontown YouTube Vlog Index 51:35 Track 12 Craig and Co - Toontown Concert - NEW 02/07 Track 24 Toontown Scene - Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 - NEW 02/04 Track 25 Roger Rabbit's Cartoon Spin - TV Ad - NEW 02/04 Track 40 Toontown Post Office - NEW 02/04 Track 45 Toontown Police Phone - NEW 02/04 Track 67 Goofy's Barnstormer: Solo Pilot Blues - Walt Disney World - NEW 02/04 Track 82 Mickey's House: Player Piano - NEW 02/04 Track 88 Movie Barn Projection Show - NEW 02/06 Track 91 Meet Mickey - The Sorcerer's Apprentice - NEW 02/09 Track 92 Meet Mickey - Steamboat Willie - NEW 02/06 Chapter14 – Disneyland Showtime YouTube Vlog Index 1:01:45 Track 129 Disney Special Event Preshow - The Magic Continues - NEW 02/05 Track 135 Tiana's Showboat Jubilee - NEW 02/07 Track 136 Steps in Time - NEW 02/09 Chapter 18 – Today, Tomorrow and Beyond YouTube Vlog Index 1:07:33 Track 8 Tomorrowland - Area Background Music 1987-2003 - NEW 02/01 Track 11 Walt Disney World: New Tomorrowland - Area Music - NEW 02/03 Track 13 Space Mountain TV - NEW 02/03 Track 20 Disneyland Forever - Make Your Own CD - Tomorrowland - NEW 02/07 Track 40 Compaq Convergence Factory Tour - NEW 02/02 Track 68 Space Mountain 2005 - Exit Corridor Area Background Music - NEW 02/05 Track 75 Toy Story Fun House: Buzz Lightyear's Intergalatic Space Jam - NEW 02/02 Chapter 19 – The Disneyland Hotel YouTube Vlog Index 1:29:10 Track 58 Resort TV - Disneyland Resort Information Track 59 Resort TV - Disneyland Resort Promotional Spots Chapter 25 - Magical Milestones YouTube Vlog Index 1:31:35 Track 83 The Wonderful World of Disney - Disneyland 60 Chapter 27 – Disneyland in TV Land YouTube Vlog Index 1:31:35 Track 106 The Wonderful World of Disney - Disneyland 60 That’s going to do it for this special mid-month update for February. Chris will be back on March 1st with another exciting episode of what’s new on the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour and his podcast efforts. Stay warm, stay safe and we’ll see you next month!
February 2021 Vlog Update
Show Notes by Brian Crawford Happy Valentine’s Day*! …and for all you bachelors and bachelorettes: Happy President’s Day! This month we have a HUGE, BEHEMOTH, COLOSSAL update to the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour; Chris has added 128 tracks during the past month, with more on the way in February. Before we get into the update let’s first review Chris’ shameless plugs! Let’s talk Patreon since Chris has added a new reward to the Official Conscience Tier ($25 a month). Become a Patreon Subscriber Today! Being a patron of the Jiminy Crickets! Podcast and Disneyland Magical Audio Tour is mutually beneficial! Not only are you financing the creation of new magic and the maintenance of all existing content you are eligible for some great rewards! On Patreon we have four tiers of subscribers: Brave Cricketeer ($1 per month)
Truthful Cricketeer ($5 per month)
Unselfish Cricketeer ($10 per month)
Official Conscience ($25 per month)
If you benefit in any way from the magic Chris provides visit https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris, select one of the membership levels and watch the rewards come rolling in while knowing you’re supporting a true labor of love! If Patreon isn’t your thing then consider using PayPal by clicking here. You can set this up as a monthly recurring contribution and be eligible for the same gifts as Patreon subscribers. Online Store now Open! You can also support DisneyChris by visiting the online store and purchasing fun items emblazoned with one of two magical DisneyChris designs: The Jiminy Crickets! Podcast logo or the Dateline Jiminy Crickets logo! Check out the online store here to shop for T-shirts (available in multiple sizes for babies, kids, the ladies and the guys…even if you’re supersized!); there are also mugs, stickers and even sippy cups for your youngest cricketeers! All proceeds get funneled back into the website and podcast endeavors so we can continue to share magical content! Coming in February 2021 JIMINY CRICKETS! PODCAST – In December, Chris and Ruthie wrapped up the 50th anniversary tribute to The Aristocats by releasing Part 2 of their look back on this great, musical film. If you haven’t had a chance, listen to Episode 131 on Apple Podcasts or by visiting this link! In January Chris invited me to join Ruthie in a special podcast featuring one of Disney’s greatest live-action film actors, Dean Jones! This one ended up being a two-parter as well, because you just can’t stop talking about all the great things Dean Jones did on Disney film…hilarious stuff, folks! Part 1 (Episode 132) was released on January 25th and can be enjoyed by clicking here or by subscribing to Chris’ podcast channel on Apple podcasts. Part 2 will be released right around Valentine’s Day! By the way, if you are an avid listener on Apple please leave us a five-star review and share the podcast with your friends via social media! Chris has also released Episode 133, the first of five very special bonus music episodes that we at Jiminy Crickets are delighted to present to you throughout 2021. This special series will be called "The Magical Music of Walt Disney" and will span the decades to bring you the 150 most iconic Disney tunes of all time. Our first episode contains 30 classic songs and begins at the very beginning with the soundtrack to the very first synchronized sound cartoon, 1928's "Steamboat Willie" and concludes with three enchanted songs from Walt Disney's 13th full length animated classic, "Alice in Wonderland." All Patreon subscribers, regardless of tier, will receive a folder of mp3 files containing all the songs from this episode, and from future episodes! DATELINE JIMINY CRICKETS! After a two-month hiatus, Dateline Jiminy Crickets returned for our first show of 2021. DisneyChris and Ruthie begin by honoring five Hollywood legends affiliated with the Walt Disney organization that we have lost over the past seven months. They then share their first Top 10 rankings for 2021, a list full of firsts. For a special Encyclopedia segment, they discuss the Tournament of Roses Parade and Disney’s participation in that annual event, one that Ruthie has enjoyed time and time again growing up near Pasadena. Ruthie also shares her initial thoughts on the Disney/Pixar animated feature "Soul,” and the show concludes as she and Chris discuss a little more of this and that. Stay tuned to Chris’ social media sites to hear when Dateline Jiminy Crickets is released for February! One last note: The Jiminy Crickets! Podcast has teamed up with The Roarbots and has become a featured show on their podcast network. Head over to The Roarbots and join in the celebration of geek culture! We provide the Disney aspect of it! SONG OF THE DAY – All February long Chris will be posting a romantic song sure to please all those Disney lovers out there. Be sure to visit the Song of the Day page to keep that amorous feeling all month long! Remember to stay connected to find out when new content (Podcasts, Song of the Day, Disneyland Magical Tour Audio updates) is released! On Facebook: Chris Lyndon, Twitter: @DisneyChris73 and on Instagram: @disneychris_jc_podcast. Also, a shameless plug, if you’d like to follow me on Instagram you can find me (Brian Crawford) @keepingwaltindisney. Thanks for following along! Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Jump to 23:00 for the beginning of the February 2021 update! This past month Chris added a whopping 128 tracks to the Audio Tour. This is a huge update, and the vlog is a little over two hours long, so for your convenience I’ve added a time index so you can jump to the point in the vlog where Chris discusses the new tracks for each chapter. Here is a list of everything that’s new! Chapter 1 – The Disneyland Main Gate YouTube Vlog Index 24:30 TRK24 - Disneyland, The Park TRK25 - An Adventure in the Magic Kingdom TRK32 - Disneyland USA Chapter 2 – The Disneyland Town Square YouTube Vlog Index 26:25 TRK10 - Jack Wagner Audio Tour for the Blind TRK85 - Disneyland Pre-Opening Report - The Disneyland Railroad Chapter 5 – Disneyland on Parade YouTube Vlog Index 30:20 TRK7 - Zorro Days Parade Chapter 6 – Tropical Regions of the World YouTube Vlog Index 32:18 TRK3 - Adventureland Theme TRK77 - Disneyland Pre-Opening Report - Adventureland TRK81 - An Adventure in the Magic Kingdom - Adventureland TRK101 - Dateline Disneyland - The Indiana Jones Adventure Chapter 7 – The Paris of the American Frontier YouTube Vlog Index 35:48 TRK7 - New Orleans Square Attraction Preview - Jack Wagner TRK9 - New Orleans Square Waterfront - Area Background Music TRK29 - Pirates of the Caribbean - Behind the Scenes TRK31 - Pirates of the Caribbean Grand Opening TRK39 - Pirates of the Caribbean - The Television Tour TRK72 - The Original Dixieland Jazz Minors TRK119 - Mystic Manor - Hong Kong Disneyland Chapter 8 - The American Frontier YouTube Vlog Index 43:25 TRK24 - Frontierland Square Dance Events TRK25 - Zorro Days Celebration TRK30 - Pioneer Mercantile - Projection Screen TRK38 - Mickey Mouse Newsreel: Disneyland .R.R. Through Frontierland TRK55 - The Golden Horseshoe Revue - The Wonderful World of Color TRK63 - Golden Horseshoe Preshow 1974 TRK65 - Magic Lantern Picture Show - Pecos Bill TRK69 - America Sings - Bill Bailey TRK79 - Riders in the Sky - Disney Medley Chapter 9 – The Rivers of America YouTube Vlog Index 55:17 TRK5 - Mickey Mouse Club Newsreel - The Mark Twain Steamboat TRK7 - An Adventure in the Magic Kingdom - Rivers of America TRK43 - Rivers of America Waterfront - Area Background Music TRK57 - The Sounds of America - An Island, a Treehouse and a Cave TRK66 - Mike Fink Theme - King of the River Chapter 10 – Bear Country & Critter Country YouTube Vlog Index 58:40 TRK2 - Bear Country Attraction Preview - Jack Wagner Chapter 11 - A Kingdom of Fantasy YouTube Vlog Index 59:12 TRK6 - Disneyland Pre-Opening Report - Fantasyland TRK14 - Fantasyland at Disneyland - Super 8 Home Movie TRK15 - Fantasyland Attraction Preview - Jack Wagner TRK18 - The Disneyland Band - Fantasyland Castle Concert TRK20 - Merlin's Magic Shop TRK110 - It's a Small World - Guided Tour with Walt Disney TRK113 - It's a Small World - The Disneyland Children's Chorus TRK114 - It's a Small World Opening Day Parade TRK117 - It's a Small World Attraction Preview - Jack Wagner Chapter 12 – The New Fantasyland YouTube Vlog Index 1:07:48 TRK3 - Fantasyland Attraction Preview - Jack Wagner Chapter14 – Disneyland Showtime YouTube Vlog Index 1:08:08 TRK2 - Dizzyland - Jack Wagner TRK19 - The Golden Horseshoe Revue - Wonderful World of Color TRK21 - Golden Horseshoe Revue - Magic Lantern Preshow TRK28 - Zorro Days TRK43 - Pre-Presentation Music 1970 - Jack Wagner TRK47 - The Space Stage - Featured Performers TRK50 - The Kids of the Kingdom - The Disney Medley TRK51 - Disneyland is Your Land TRK54 - Show Biz Is TRK66 - AAPHASAB Awards Ceremony TRK75 - Circus Fantasy - TV Commercial TRK87 - Blast to the Past - Disney Channel Promotion TRK101 - Dick Tracy's Diamond Double-Cross - Show Announcements TRK105 - Disney Afternoon Avenue - Promotional News Package TRK123 - The Spirit of Pocahontas - TV Commercial TRK133 - Snow White, An Enchanting Musical - TV Ad TRK138 - Two New Musicals at the Disneyland Resort TRK150 - Pixar Fest - TV Commercial Chapter 16 - A Great New Beautiful Tomorrow YouTube Vlog Index 1:22:58 TRK2 - WED Imagineering - The New Tomorrowland TRK3 - New Tomorrowland Grand Opening TRK4 - Tour of the New Tomorrowland - A World on the Move TRK19 - Mysteries of the Atom: Instrumental TRK33 - Bell Telephone Exhibit - Character Phones TRK41 - The Skydome Spectacular TRK42 - Skydome Spectacular Instrumental Score TRK43 - The Toucan and the Parrot TRK44 - Medallion City - Music to Buy Toasters By Chapter 17 – A World on the Move YouTube Vlog Index 1:30:37 TRK1 - Tomorrowland Theme Song TRK2 - The Magic of Tomorrowland TRK3 - A Dream Called Tomorrowland TRK4 - Tomorrowland Attraction Preview - Jack Wagner TRK5 - Tomorrowland Introduction - A Day at Disneyland TRK6 - America Sings - TV Ad TRK7 - America Sings - Grand Opening Dedication Ceremony TRK8 - America Sings TRK9 - America Sings Theater - Stars and Stripes Forever TRK10 - America Sings Exit Music TRK11 - America Sings Introduction/Closing TRK12 - The Old South TRK13 - Out West TRK14 - The Gay Nineties TRK15 - Modern Times - The American Songbook TRK17 - Modern Times - Rock n' Roll Instrumentals TRK18 - America Sings - Barbershop Medley TRK19 - America Sings - Down By the Riverside TRK20 - America Sings - Who Shot That Hole in My Sombrero? TRK21 - America Sings - Betty Taylor Bill Bailey Medley TRK35 - Space Mountain Theme Song - Here's to the Future TRK38 - Space Mountain Commercial TRK42 - Disneyland is Your Land TRK43 - The Kids of the Kingdom - Disney Medley TRK45 - Show Biz Is TRK62 - Bell Telephone Company - Reach Out and Touch Someone TRK65 - Circle-Vision Theater - Area Background Music TRK66 - All Because Man Wanted to Fly - PSA Circle-Vision Preshow TRK67 - American Journeys - Theater Load Music TRK75 - Magic Journeys TRK76 - Captain EO Commercial TRK92 - Manheim Steamroller - Tomorrowland Area Background Music TRK95 - Space Mountain Concourse - Area Background Music TRK99 - Island at the Top of the World - Theatrical Trailer Chapter 18 – Today, Tomorrow and Beyond YouTube Vlog Index 1:45:48 TRK1 - Welcome to Tomorrowland TRK2 - Tomorrowland Montage - The Happiest Place on Earth TRK38 - WD-40 - Robot Exhibit TRK42 - Compaq Frontiers of Fun - The D Show TRK46 - Mission Space Training Center TRK50 - Pioneer - Virtual Resort TRK54 - Xbox - Disney Infinity Exhibit TRK55 - Disney Interactive Studios - Ultimate Ride TRK57 - Siemens AG Project Tomorrow - Welcome to Your Future TRK60 - Dream Home Great Room - Grand Piano Chapter 25 - Magical Milestones YouTube Vlog Index 1:50:53 TRK17- Disneyland is Your Land - Character Stage Show Chapter 27 – Disneyland in TV Land YouTube Vlog Index 1:51:27 TRK13 - The Pre-Opening Report from Disneyland TRK17 - Mickey Mouse Club Newsreels: Dateline Disneyland TRK18 - Guest Star Day: Wally Boag TRK20 - Talent Roundup Day: The Disneyland Calypso TRK22 - Disneyland USA TRK30 - Disneyland The Park & Pecos Bill TRK32 - An Adventure in the Magic Kingdom TRK43 - Bell Telephone Hour: The Sounds of America TRK48 - The Golden Horseshoe Revue TRK49 - Holiday Time in Disneyland TRK75 - Christmas in Disneyland Whew!!! Are you all still with us? It was a behemoth! Chris is adding a bunch more in February and we are likely to do a mid-month update to keep the next vlog a little shorter, ok…a LOT shorter! Hope everyone has a fabulous February and enjoys their Valentine’s Day and President’s Day celebrations. Stay safe everyone!
January 2021 Vlog Update
Show Notes by Brian Crawford Happy New Year! Happy 2021 to everyone! Hopefully this year will be full of great Disney music and fun for all of you! Chris has been feeling a lot better and has been more mobile as of late. Each day is an improvement, and he is able to put in a good amount of work. That will be evident in this month’s update as a ton of new tracks have been added to the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour. Before we get to the new content let’s briefly discuss Patreon and what’s coming up in January on all of Chris’ podcasts! Become a Patreon Subscriber Today! Being a patron of the Jiminy Crickets! Podcast and Disneyland Magical Audio Tour is mutually beneficial! Not only are you financing the creation of new magic and the maintenance of all existing content you are eligible for some great rewards! On Patreon we have four tiers of subscribers: Brave Cricketeer ($1 per month)
Truthful Cricketeer ($5 per month)
Unselfish Cricketeer ($10 per month)
Official Conscience ($25 per month)
If you benefit in any way from the magic Chris provides visit https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris, select one of the membership levels and watch the rewards come rolling in while knowing you’re supporting a true labor of love! If Patreon isn’t your thing then consider using PayPal by clicking here. You can set this up as a monthly recurring contribution and be eligible for the same gifts as Patreon subscribers. Online Store now Open! You can also support DisneyChris by visiting the online store and purchasing fun items emblazoned with one of two magical DisneyChris designs: The DisneyChris.com logo or the Dateline Jiminy Crickets logo! Check out the online store here to shop for T-shirts (available in multiple sizes for babies, kids, the ladies and the guys…even if you’re supersized!); there are also mugs, stickers and whole lot more! All proceeds get funneled back into the website and podcast endeavors so we can continue to share magical content! Coming in January 2021 JIMINY CRICKETS! PODCAST – Christmas Eve was the 50th anniversary of The Aristocats and equally as important was the release of Episode 131, Part 2 of our tribute to this great animated film. Chris and Ruthie pick up where they left of in Episode 129 (Part 1) and share their favorite songs and scenes from this classic! Coming up in January Chris, Ruthie and guest, Brian will record another tribute podcast to one of the great Disney live-action film actors, Dean Jones! In this podcast we’ll talk briefly about Dean Jones’ career before Disney before diving into his Disney films! DATELINE JIMINY CRICKETS! We haven’t recorded a Dateline or news episode since October, mostly due to Chris’ being under the weather in late November/early December, but never fear! Chris is doing much better and he and Ruthie are planning to record a super deluxe bonus catch up edition of Dateline Jiminy Crickets soon! One last note: the Jiminy Crickets! Podcast has teamed up with The Roarbots and has become a featured show on their podcast network. Head over to The Roarbots and join in the celebration of geek culture! We provide the Disney aspect of it! SONG OF THE DAY – Check out the Song of the Day Archive page! It includes songs for each day of 2019 and 2020 and now for 2021! Be sure to check this site daily for a little Disney magic to start your day. I usually listen while I’m shaving…it helps to soothe the cuts and burns. Lol! Last week Chris also selected the Disney Song of the Year for 2020. This time it is the attraction theme song to Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: Nothing Can Stop Us Now. Click here and scroll down to 2020 to enjoy this joyful tune! Thanks to Cricketeer, Joshua Smith for suggesting this song! I can’t wait to experience this attraction on my next visit to Walt Disney World! Remember to stay connected to find out when new content (Podcasts, Song of the Day, Disneyland Magical Tour Audio updates) is released! On Facebook: Chris Lyndon, Twitter: @DisneyChris73 and on Instagram: @disneychris_jc_podcast. Also, a shameless plug, if you’d like to follow me on Instagram you can find me (Brian Crawford) @keepingwaltindisney. Thanks for following along! Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Jump to 21:00 for the beginning of the January 2021 update! This past month Chris worked on five chapters. Ever since regaining his strength Chris has been adding a ton of new, fantastic audio! Here is a summary of everything new you can experience on the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour: Chapter 8 - The American Frontier Track 1 - Walt Disney Takes You to Frontierland Track 4 - Frontierland Attraction Preview - Jack Wagner The next seven new tracks are from the section Frontierland in TV Land! Track 10 - The Ballad of Davy Crockett Track 11 - Disneyland Pre-Opening Report – Frontierland Track 12 - Frontierland Dedication - Bang Goes Old Betsy Track 15 - Mickey Mouse Club - Songs of the Wild Frontier Track 16 - Mickey Mouse Club - Wally Boag Track 18 - An Adventure in the Magic Kingdom – Frontierland Track 20 - Walt Disney's Legends of the American West (a fantastic compilation of Disney Live-Action film heroes, both human and animal!) Track 38 - Mickey Mouse Newsreel: Disneyland R.R. Through Frontierland Track 100 - All Aboard the Mine Train Track 112 - Big Thunder Mountain - Songs from Disney Classics Chapter 11 - A Kingdom of Fantasy These tracks are from the section, “It’s a Small World – Continent by Continent” Track 122 - Scandinavia Track 126 - South America Track 127 - The Tropical Rain Forest Track 128 - Polynesian Islands Track 129 - Small World Grand Finale Chapter 13 - The Land That Toons Built Track 1 - Welcome to Toontown Track 2 - The Toons Are Coming Track 3 - Toontown Ragtime Medley - Chris Calabrese Track 4 - Welcome to Toontown - Parade Swing Track 5 - Roger Rabbit Comes to Disneyland - TV Ad Track 9 - Mickey's Toontown TV Ad Track 13 - A Day at the Happiest Place on Earth - Toontown Montage Track 39 - Toontown Mailbox (from Downtown Toontown Section) Track 47 - Nothing Can Stop Us Now (from Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway section) Track 63 - Goofy's Gas Station: Payphone Chatter (from Goofy About Toontown Section) Chapter 15 - Looking Back at Tomorrow Track 1 - Tomorrowland Introduction Track 26 - The Tomorrowland Art Corner Track 31 - 20K Leagues Under the Sea Bandstand - Cavalcade of Big Bands Track 46 - An Adventure in the Magic Kingdom - House of the Future (from the Monsanto House of the Future Section) The next two tracks are from the TWA Moonliner – Rocket to the Moon section: Track 53 - Disneyland Records - Rocket Trip to the Moon Track 54 - Donald Duck and Friends - Uncle Scrooge's Rocket Ship Track 85 - Aquatic Ballet of the Mermaids (from Submarine Voyage Through Liquid Space) The next six tracks are from The Disneyland Alweg Monorail System section! Track 89 - The Alweg Corporation - Sky Express in Cologne Track 90 - The Disneyland Alweg Monorail System – Introduction Track 91 - Disneyland '59 - Monorail Dedication Track 92 - The Monorail Song / Nation on Wheels Track 93 - Monorail Speedramp Safety Announcements Track 94 - Disneyland '61 - Monorail to the Disneyland Hotel Track 97 - Walt Disney Songs from Outer Space Chapter 16 - A Great New Beautiful Tomorrow Track 45 - Progressland Mirror Maze (from Carousel of Progress – The New York World’s Fair section) Track 49 - Carousel of Progress - Progress City The next eight tracks are from The Carousel of Progress Musical Score section! Track 52 - Progressland Spectacular Track 53 - Kaleidoscopic Overture Track 54 - Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow - Carousel Instrumentals Track 55 - There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow - Talking Machine Track 56 - There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow – Dixieland Track 57 - There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow – Swing Track 58 - Progressland March Track 59 - Progress City - Instrumental That’s all for the January 2021 update. Chris has already added several tracks between the day we recorded the vlog and the day I’m putting these notes together! Expect a lot of additions by the time the February vlog rolls around! I hope all of you enjoy a safe, happy and healthy New Year and thank you so much for supporting the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour!
December 2020 Vlog Update
Show Notes by Brian Crawford Happy Holidays! The update to the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour came a little later this month due to some health issues Chris experienced at the end of November. Not to worry, but Chris is on the mend and wishes everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and a joyous winter season. To assist in the celebrating Chris has miraculously found time to provide an ample amount of Disney holiday content. So let’s get to all that’s new this month! Become a Patreon Subscriber Today When you become a Patreon subscriber you support the creation of new content and updates to existing content of the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour. You also help Chris continue to bring three great podcasts to the Disney community: The Jiminy Crickets! Podcast, Dateline Jiminy Crickets, and Down the Rabbit Hole. The latter is an exclusive Patreon only podcast for those who subscribe at the $5 level. Even with a $1 subscription Chris will send you a monthly Song of the Day file as well as 3 to 4 bonus audio packages (usually centered around a holiday). If you benefit in any way from the magic Chris provides please visit https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris, select one of the membership levels and watch the rewards come rolling in while knowing you’re supporting a true labor of love! If Patreon isn’t your thing then consider using PayPal by clicking here. You can set this up as a monthly recurring contribution and be eligible for the same gifts as Patreon subscribers. Online Store now Open! You can also support DisneyChris by visiting the online store and purchasing fun items emblazoned with one of two magical DisneyChris designs: The Jiminy Crickets! Podcast logo or the Dateline Jiminy Crickets logo! Check out the online store here to shop for T-shirts (available in multiple sizes for babies, kids, the ladies and the guys…even if you’re supersized!); there are also mugs, stickers and whole lot more! All proceeds get funneled back into the website and podcast endeavors so we can continue to share magical content! Coming in December 2020 JIMINY CRICKETS! PODCAST – Episode 130 – From All of Us to All of You was released last week and contains 35 Disney Christmas Carols! Over 2 hours of music with brief intros provided by Chris, Ruthie and Brian. For Patreon subscribers, this playlist will be provided as a bonus gift in appreciation for your support. If you’re not a member of Patreon scroll up to the second paragraph, click the link, and become one today! Part 2 of the 50th anniversary tribute podcast of the Aristocats will be released around the 24th of December, the actual 50th anniversary! You can catch up with Part 1: Jiminy Crickets Episode 129 – The Aristocats 50th Anniversary. I’ve listened to this episode twice already and it contains a wonderful review of how the film came into production as well as an in-depth review of the voice actors up through Phil Harris, the voice of Thomas O’Malley. After listening to Episodes 129 and 130 and you still have time on your hands, go back and listen to our popular two-part podcast tribute to Hayley Mills. Click here for Episode 127 and Episode 128. DATELINE JIMINY CRICKETS! Due to Chris’ illness we didn’t have the opportunity to bring you an episode of Dateline Jiminy Crickets. Jump to 8:20 in the vlog where Chris shares an update on his health. Thank you all for your well wishes as Chris recovers. Each day is getting better! As for the special episode planned for December, there is a good chance it will happen in 2021! Just like with Disney Imagineering, no good idea goes unused! SONG OF THE DAY – All December long we countdown to Christmas with joyous Disney Christmas and Holiday songs to keep the celebration going on all month. Check out the Song of the Day Archive page! It’s also time to cast your vote for Disney Song of the Year for 2020. Email Chris at dclyndon@gmail.com to submit your vote today! HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS – In addition to the Song of the Day you can find more great Disneyland Christmas music in Chapter 23: Christmas Time in Disneyland! Hours and hours of great holiday sounds from the Happiest Place on Earth! We all can’t get to Disneyland this Christmas season, so enjoying the sounds from the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour is the next best thing! Finally, you can find great Christmas images featuring pictures from around Disneyland and the world of Disney animation and art over on our Instagram page: @disneychris_jc_podcast! Remember to stay connected to find out when new content (Podcasts, Song of the Day, Disneyland Magical Tour Audio updates) is released! On Facebook: Chris Lyndon, Twitter: @DisneyChris73 and on Instagram: @disneychris_jc_podcast. Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Well, the plan was for Chris to add a ton of new tracks, but that didn’t happen as Chris has been focused on getting healthy. That just means the January update will be full of new content! If you’ve been following Chris on Facebook you’ve seen the updates flying in! That said, Chris did have some time recently to add 10 tracks to Chapter 15: Looking Back at Tomorrow. Here is a list of the new audio: Track 2: Disneyland Song Parade – Tomorrowland Song Track 3: Your Trip to Disneyland on Records – Tomorrowland Track 4: The Disneyland Sound – Tomorrowland Theme Music Track 5: Tomorrow Lounge – The Music of Tomorrow The next four tracks are from the section, “Chronicling Walt Disney’s World of Tomorrow” Track 6: Disneyland Pre-Opening – Tomorrowland Track 7: Dateline Disneyland – Tomorrowland Dedication Track 8: Disneyland USA – Tomorrowland Track 9: Disneyland the Park – Tomorrowland From the section, “From Tomorrowland – The Disneyland TV Series”: Track 11: The Disneyland Story – Tomorrowland Introduction Track 17: Clock of the World That will do it for the December update! I hope all of you had a wondrous and joyous holiday season and Chris would like to thank all of you for your continued support and understanding during this difficult time as he gets his health back on track. The good news is that he’s feeling great recently and has been able to continue his work! Stay safe everyone!
November 2020 Mid Month Vlog Update
Show Notes by Brian Crawford Surprise Mid-Month Update! Chris has added so much content since the beginning of November that the update in December would probably be about 5 hours long! So, you know what that means, lots of additions for Disney music fans to know about…immediately! On this Disneyland Magical Audio Tour update, Chris invited a special guest, me! It was an honor to join Chris and share my love for the music we all enjoy. Before we get to all the new tracks in the tour let’s review Patreon and the Podcast a bit: Become a Patreon Subscriber Today It takes money to make the magic, and if you can spare a few dollars a month, consider becoming a Patreon or PayPal subscriber! There are various levels at which you can contribute! Even at the $1 level (Brave Cricketeer) you’ll be eligible for exclusive audio content, including Chris’ annual December Christmas album! At the $5 level (Truthful Cricketeer) you’re eligible for the exclusive Down the Rabbit Hole podcast: a podcast where Chris, Ruthie and the occasional guest dish about their favorite Disney topics, completely unscripted and unedited! Visit https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris, select one of the membership levels and watch the rewards come rolling in while knowing you’re supporting a true labor of love! If Patreon isn’t your thing then consider using PayPal by clicking here. You can set this up as a monthly recurring contribution and be eligible for the same gifts as Patreon subscribers. Online Store now Open! You can also support DisneyChris by visiting the online store and purchasing fun items emblazoned with one of two magical DisneyChris designs. Check out the online store here to shop for T-shirts (available in multiple sizes for babies, kids, the ladies and the guys…even if you’re supersized!); there are also mugs, stickers and whole lot more! All proceeds get funneled back into the website and podcast endeavors so we can continue to share magical content! Coming in November 2020 and the first part of December 2020 MUG GIVEAWAY! – We are collecting listener feedback for a special “Mailbag” episode that we will release the week of Thanksgiving. From all comments received we will select one lucky winner and announce it on the episode. Drop a comment on this vlog , one of two special facebook posts or one of two special Instagram posts (@disneychris_jc_podcast) that refer to the contest. Hint: you’ll see a picture of the mug in the post! JIMINY CRICKETS! PODCAST – On November 18th, Chris and Ruthie released their latest podcast, episode 129 celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Walt Disney’s 20th animated film, The Aristocats! This episode digs deep into the first half of the film with extensive research done on the animators and voice actors that created this memorable classic. If you think you know all there is to know about our favorite Parisian pussycats think again! Click here to listen now! In December Chris and Ruthie plan to share their favorite Disney Christmas and Holiday songs in fun-filled podcast full of music and good cheer. Like last year, Chris will provide the playlist to all of his Patreon and PayPal supporters! SONG OF THE DAY – A reminder that Thanksgiving is coming soon and Disney Chris has prepared a celebratory song of the day playlist for November 21st – 30th…gobble gobble golly gee yeah! DATELINE JIMINY CRICKETS! – In December get ready for a ton of holiday fun for the next episode in December. Lots of great Disney Christmas surprises and maybe even another segment featuring the DisneyChris players will be in order! We’ll see! Remember to stay connected to find out when new content (Podcasts, Song of the Day, Disneyland Magical Tour Audio updates) is released! On Facebook: Chris Lyndon, Twitter: @DisneyChris73 and on Instagram: @disneychris_jc_podcast. Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Ok! Time for what’s new in the Audio Tour! Jump to 15:00 to get all of the details. Chris added tracks to six chapters and he goes over each new track in detail. Since there are so many of them this update, I’m simply going to list them all here and you can refer to the vlog for more explanation. Chapter 7: The Paris of the American Frontier TRK1 Walt Disney Takes You to New Orleans Square TRK3 Disneyland is Your Land - New Orleans Square TRK4 A Day at Disneyland - New Orleans Square TRK5 Disneyland 25th Anniversary - Down Yonder in New Orleans TRK6 The Happiest Place on Earth - New Orleans Square TRK34 Pirates of the Caribbean - Overture TRK35 Pirates of the Caribbean - Load and Unload Spiels TRK45 Jolly Roger Spiel TRK96 Haunted Mansion Introduction TRK108 Quote the Raven Chapter 8: The American Frontier TRK1 Walt Disney Takes You to Frontierland TRK2 Your Trip to Disneyland on Records - Frontierland TRK3 Disneyland Song Parade - Frontierland Theme TRK5 Disneyland is Your Land - Frontierland Medley TRK7 Fife and Drum Corps TRK8 Frontierland Stockade Entrance TRK11 The Disneyland Story - Frontierland TRK14 Disneyland USA - Frontierland TRK15 Mickey Mouse Club - Talent Roundup TRK17 Disneyland the Park - Frontierland TRK19 The Sounds of America - Frontierland / Bessie and Tessie TRK56 Mr. Piano Man TRK92 Mickey Mouse Shorts - Nature's Wonderland Song TRK105 Big Thunder Mountain Commercial TRK107 A Day at Disneyland - Big Thunder Mountain Chapter 9: The Rivers of America TRK3 Disneyland USA - The Rivers of America TRK4 Mickey Mouse Club Newsreel - The Mark Twain Steamboat TRK5 Disneyland the Park - The Rivers of America TRK7 A Day at Disneyland - Rivers of America TRK8 Disneyland Is Your Land - Rivers of America Medley TRK9 Here Comes The Old Mark Twain TRK25 Walt Disney World - Beacon Joe TRK31 Disneyland After Dark - Louis Armstrong and Friends TRK51 River Belle Terrace - A Day at Disneyland TRK69 Native American Village Introduction Chapter 10: A Real Honey of a Place TRK1 Bear Country Promotional Announcement TRK3 A Day at Disneyland - Bear Country TRK18 Bear Band Serenade - Original Demo Recording TRK19 Cuddlesome Bubblesome Bear TRK21 Country Bear Jamboree Piano Medley TRK24 Bear Band Serenade - Instrumental TRK25 Don Robertson - Pianjo TRK26 Homer & Jethro - Fractured Folk Songs TRK27 Tex Ritter - My Woman Ain't Pretty TRK28 Wanda Jackson - Tears Will Be the Chaser for Your Wine TRK29 Grandpa Jones - Pretty Little Devilish Mary TRK30 Buck Owens - How Long Will My Baby Be Gone TRK31 The Stonemans - The Guys that Turn Me On TRK32 Tommy Collins - If You Can't Bite Don't Growl TRK34 Jean Shepard - Heart, We Did All That We Could TRK35 Johnny Horton - Ole Slew Foot TRK38 Blood on the Saddle - Full Length Recording TRK41 The New Mickey Mouse Club - Country Bears TRK42 Bear Country Tribute - Disneyland's 25th Anniversary TRK58 The Great Outdoors - Disney Sing-Along Songs Chapter 11: A Kingdom of Fantasy TRK2 Walt Disney Takes You to Fantasyland - Fantasyland Suite TRK3 Your Trip to Disneyland on Records - Fantasyland TRK4 Disneyland Song Parade - Fantasyland TRK5 Fantasyland Theme Instrumentals TRK6 Dateline Disneyland - Fantasyland Grand Opening TRK7 Disneyland USA - Fantasyland TRK8 Disneyland the Park - Fantasyland TRK9 An Adventure in the Magic Kingdom - Fantasyland TRK10 The Sounds of America - Fantasyland TRK11 The Magic of Fantasyland TRK14 A Dream Called Fantasyland TRK15 A Day at Disneyland - Fantasyland TRK16 Family Reunion Parade - Fantasyland Montage TRK122 Europe TRK123 Asia TRK124 Africa Chapter 12: A Timeless Land of Imagination TRK2 The New Fantasyland - Introduction TRK7 New Fantasyland Commercial TRK10 A Land of Fantasy - Disneyland is Your Land TRK11 Land of Fantasy Medley TRK13 A Day at The Happiest Place on Earth: Fantasyland TRK14 Fantasyland Castle Medley TRK18 Snow White Grotto - Area Sounds TRK47 Peter Pan's Flight - Boarding Spiel TRK62 Pinocchio's Daring Journey - Musical Score: Tokyo That’s going to do it for this update! In two weeks, Chris will be back for the usual December update with news on what he’s recently added to the tour since this update. In the meantime, have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and be happy, healthy and safe out there. Thanks so much for your continued support!
November 2020 Vlog Update
Show Notes by Brian Crawford It’s Turkey Time! Wow…Thanksgiving, and then Christmas just ahead? This year has gone by pretty quick and the pounds (in my case) have been piling up! Oh well, bring on the goodies and the celebrations, heaven knows we all need to celebrate this season. To assist in the celebrating, DisneyChris has a bunch of great things planned this month and next. Let’s get to it! Become a Patreon Subscriber Today We know times are tough, but if you can spare a few extra dollars per month then consider becoming a Patreon or PayPal subscriber! There are various levels at which you can contribute! Even at the $1 level (Brave Cricketeer) you’ll be eligible for exclusive audio content! If you can give more than $1, great! At the $5 level (Truthful Cricketeer) you’re eligible for the exclusive Down the Rabbit Hole podcast: a podcast where Chris, Ruthie and the occasional guest dish about their favorite Disney topics, completely unscripted and unedited! Visit https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris, select one of the membership levels and be confident in the fact that you’re supporting all that goes into producing entertaining podcasts and superior audio content on the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour! If Patreon isn’t your thing then consider using PayPal by clicking here. You can set this up as a monthly recurring contribution and be eligible for the same gifts as Patreon subscribers. Online Store now Open! You can also support DisneyChris by visiting the online store and purchasing fun items emblazoned with one of two magical DisneyChris designs. Check out the online store here to shop for T-shirts (available in multiple sizes for babies, kids, the ladies and the guys…even if you’re supersized!); there is also mugs, stickers and whole lot more! All proceeds get funneled back into the website and podcast endeavors so we can continue to share magical content! Coming in November 2020 JIMINY CRICKETS! PODCAST -- During the month of October Chris, Ruthie and guest, Brian (me!! LOL!) released a two-part podcast celebrating the accomplishments of the legendary Disney child and teen-age star, Hayley Mills. You can enjoy a total of six hours of discussion of her films and television shows and enjoy listening to some popular and rarely heard songs sung by Hayley and her fellow Disney pals. Click here to listen to both episodes! Later this month Chris will join the “co-hostess with the mostest”, Ruthie, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney’s 20th animated film, The Aristocats! In December Chris and Ruthie plan to share their favorite Disney Christmas and Holiday songs in fun-filled podcast full of music and good cheer. Like last year, Chris will provide the playlist to all of his Patreon and PayPal supporters! SONG OF THE DAY -- Head on over to the Song of the Day page in November to enjoy two special blocks of songs: for November 9th -18th Chris will feature songs that celebrate Mickey’s birthday while November 21st – 30th we can get our turkey on listening to delicious Thanksgiving morsels. DATELINE JIMINY CRICKETS! -- No episode for November but get ready for a ton of holiday fun for the next episode in December. Lots of great Disney Christmas surprises and maybe even another segment featuring the DisneyChris players will be in order! We’ll see! Remember to stay connected to find out when new content (Podcasts, Song of the Day, Disneyland Magical Tour Audio updates) is released! On Facebook: Chris Lyndon, Twitter: @DisneyChris73 and on Instagram: @disneychris_jc_podcast. Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Chris has been working very hard preparing the audio tour for a flood of new tracks. At the time of me writing these notes (Nov 7th) he has already released 30 new tracks with many, many more to come. Jumping to 10:00 in the vlog, Chris noted a few things we can enjoy in the tour now: first, it’s Mickey’s birthday this month so if you are looking for Mickey Mouse songs head over the Chapter 25: Disneyland Anniversaries to find a ton of songs to get you in the mood for Mickey! Secondly, Chris has moved all of the Thanksgiving related songs to the top of Chapter 24: Holiday Time in Disneyland for your Thanksgiving listening enjoyment and convenience! Skipping to 12:45 Chris goes over his current To-Do list which is comprised of 250 easy-to-add tracks. He chose 20 tracks from Chapters 7-18 that only require some minimal editing and setting up. So expect to see a tidal wave of new content in the coming weeks and months. Next month’s Disneyland Magical Audio Tour vlog will explain all of these new additions, and there will be a lot so I have my work cut out for me next month in summarizing them! To end the update (16:30) Chris shows us his Master To-Do list and shows what tracks he’s working on in chapters 1-6 and 19-27. That will do it for this update. As always, Chris is very appreciative of his friends and listeners and would like to give all of you a sincere thank you for your continued support! Happy Holidays everyone!
September 2020 Vlog Update
Show Notes by Brian Crawford Welcome to September!
Get ready for pumpkin spice, fall colors and cooler weather Disney music fans! This month is special because not only is Chris celebrating his 47th birthday, but his dad turns 90! His family has set up a special Zoom celebration in honor of his father’s milestone achievement. Lots to celebrate and lots of great music updates to add to the celebration. Let’s get started! Become a Patreon Subscriber Today It does cost money for Chris to bring us this amazing free content, and if you have some extra dollars please consider becoming a subscriber (either Patreon or PayPal) to help keep things going! Visit https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris, click on "Become a Patron" and you’ll join a team of Patreon subscribers and be eligible for lots of great rewards! It’s mutually beneficial! Chris gets the financial support he needs, and you can enjoy these great gifts: Song of the Day playlists, exclusive cartoon and Disneyland Television Series commentaries, a Patreon exclusive podcast and bonus gifts Chris offers from time to time! If Patreon isn’t your thing then consider using PayPal by clicking here. You can set this up as a monthly recurring contribution and be eligible for the same gifts as Patreon subscribers. Online Store now Open! Looking to rep DisneyChris while out on the town or in the Disney Parks? Check out the online store here to shop for T-shirts, mugs, stickers and more! All proceeds get funneled back into the website and podcast endeavors so we can continue to share magical content! Coming in September 2020 On the Jiminy Crickets! Podcast channel Chris released a new episode yesterday: Episode 126: Mine Train Through Nature’s Wonderland. All aboard the mine train! In this episode DisneyChris and Ruthie pay tribute to one of the greatest extinct Disney theme park attractions of all time, the Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland. First you will learn all about the history of this former Disneyland 'E' Ticket, and then take a virtual ride through the entire attraction, with all of its authentic original sound effects. You can also go back and enjoy past shows like Episode 125 where Chris and guest co-host, Brian Crawford celebrate the 65th anniversary of Lady and the Tramp! Coming later this month is an episode I’m sure we’ll look forward to and enjoy: A Tribute to Hayley Mills! This year is the 60th anniversary of the live-action classic, Pollyanna so join us as we celebrate this film and all the others Hayley has done for the Disney company. Coming up this month for Song of the Day is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious September! It’s a month-long tribute to Dick and Bob Sherman, songwriters for the Disney Company (a.k.a. The Sherman Brothers). Visit www.disneychris.com each day or check Facebook (Chris Lyndon) for links to the fabulous songs written by the famous Disney songwriting duo! Chris and Ruthie took August off, but not to worry, around September 15th there will be a new episode of Dateline Jiminy Crickets chock full of Disney news and fun and engaging segments highlighting music, films, theme parks and Disney characters. For Patreon subscribers at the $5 level or higher expect a new Down the Rabbit Hole podcast as well. You should have received a link to the August podcast with your monthly rewards email. Remember to stay connected to find out when new content (Podcasts, Song of the Day, New Disneyland Magical Tour Audio tracks) is released! On Facebook: Chris Lyndon, Twitter: @DisneyChris73 and on Instagram: @disneychris_jc_podcast. Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Chris has been remarkably busy updating the site in August. There are some new audio additions, but the bulk of the work has been in preparation of adding a TON of placeholder tracks to Chapter 7 through Chapter 18. Let’s look at the new audio additions first and then I’ll summarize the prep work that has kept Chris from wasting away the day watching cat videos on YouTube. Track 7: Mickey Mouse Club Newsreel – Horse Drawn Street Cars. This short segment on the popular 1950s daytime serial featured news for children, by children; featured here is the popular Main Street vehicle attraction. Track 86: Mickey Mouse Club Newsreel – Disneyland and Santa Fe R.R. Fantastic track showcasing the legendary Grand Circle Tour of Walt’s Magic Kingdom as told by our friends at the Mickey Mouse Club. Track 106: Primeval World Diorama – Sound Effects. All the unique sound effects (without the accompanying music) from the visually stunning segment of the Grand Circle Tour. Chapter 3: Meet Me Down on Main Street Track 9: Mickey Mouse Club Newsreel – Horse Drawn Street Cars. Track added from Chapter 2. Track 58: Chinatown – Tea Room Restaurant. Chris added an additional song from this planned Main Street eatery that never came to fruition. Chapter 6: Tropical Regions of the World Track 79: Mickey Mouse Club Newsreel – Jungle River Ride. Another newsreel addition, this time in Adventureland aboard the Jungle Cruise! Track 115: Disney Character Training – Jungle Book Friends. Cast Member training audio featuring characters from the 1967 animated film, The Jungle Book. Track 116: Inspired by Adventure – Songs from Disney Animated Classics. Chris added a couple things from a couple of 1940s Goofy shorts that take place in Africa. Chapter 23: Christmas Time in Disneyland Track 80: Tokyo Disneyland – Jingle Bell Jamboree. Tokyo Disneyland’s take on the popular Christmas version of the Country Bear Jamboree. Despite being absent from the parks in the U.S. this beloved holiday classic still lives in Tokyo! Chapter 27: Disneyland in TV Land Track 3: Disneyland Episode 1 – The Disneyland Story. Much improved, clear and crisp audio of the historic first broadcast of the Disneyland Anthology Television Series. Track 17: Mickey Mouse Club Newsreels: Dateline Disneyland. A compilation track of all the newsreel segments that featured places in Disneyland. Track 68: The Wonderful World of Disney Main Title 2015. The final edition of the stirring main theme to the long running Disneyland Anthology Television Series. As I mentioned, Chris has been doing a significant amount of work in Chapters 7 through 18; this includes prepping the chapters for the insertion of new tracks to include liner notes and adding or updating the accompanying images. In the video Chris walks us through Chapters 7, 8 and 17 to give us a general idea and scope of the project. You can see all the great new additions for yourself by visiting each of these three chapters. I’m most excited for the addition of the Mystic Manor soundtrack from Hong Kong Disneyland! There is a great deal of audio to enjoy in these chapters today, sprinkled in with a ton of “Coming Soon” tracks. Chris will provide updates too, when each of these new additions will be available for listening. There are some interesting additions to Chapter 17 in which two new sections will feature audio from two areas that were never built in Disneyland: Discovery Bay and Tomorrowland 2055. These new sections will highlight audio that was planned for, but never released due to these areas of Disneyland never coming to light. That’s all for this update! Thanks again for all your wonderful support and dedication to the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour and the podcasts! Stay healthy, safe and magical and we’ll be back in October for another spooky update!
August 2020 Vlog Update Show Notes by Brian Crawford Celebrate Summer! Hope everyone is enjoying the summer season and staying safe! We know it’s been tough out there and visits to the parks and other Disney locations have been limited. Hopefully, the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour and the podcasts the team creates are bringing you some Disney joy this summer! Keep your hopes up and let’s see what’s new with Disney Chris this month! Become a Patreon Subscriber Today It takes money to continually bring the magic of Disneyland audio to you, the guest and beneficiary of Chris’ labor of love. Please consider a small financial donation to assist in continuing to provide this service! Visit https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris, click on "Become a Patron" and you’ll join a team of Patreon subscribers and be eligible for lots of great rewards! These include Song of the Day playlists, exclusive cartoon and Disneyland Television Series commentaries, a Patreon exclusive podcast and bonus gifts Chris offers from time to time! If you’d like to contribute via Paypal you can do that by clicking here. You can set this up as a monthly recurring contribution and be eligible for the same gifts as Patreon subscribers. Online Store now Open! Looking to rep DisneyChris while out on the town or in the Disney Parks? Check out our new online store here to shop for T-shirts, mugs, stickers and more! All proceeds get funneled back into the website and podcast endeavors so we can continue to share magical content! Coming in August 2020 Back on July 4th Chris and Ruthie released Episode 124 of the Jiminy Crickets! Podcast with an outstanding look at the history, attractions and music of The Rivers of America! If you haven’t had a chance to listen, click the link above to experience this fascinating look into the history and music of this magical area! Episode 125 has also just been released as Chris and guest co-host, Brian Crawford celebrate the 65th anniversary of Lady and the Tramp! Enjoy this deep dive into the beautifully animated film supported by some of the most magical music to accompany a Disney film! Later this month Ruthie will be back to record Episode 126, Nature’s Wonderland! The August song of the day features great music that is “Almost Disney”. This fun playlist will feature songs that weren’t produced by Disney or Buena Vista Records, but feature prominently in the parks, films and elsewhere in the Disney community! A new song will be presented each day! For Patreon and PayPal subscribers Chris will happily share this playlist with you! A new episode of Dateline Jiminy Crickets will be airing soon and expect some exciting news updates from all around the parks and the Walt Disney Company! Stay tuned to all of Disney Chris’ social media sites to find out when Dateline, the Nature’s Wonderland podcast and new songs of the day are released: Facebook: Chris Lyndon, Twitter: @DisneyChris73, Instagram: @disneychris_jc_podcast. Patreon subscribers will also be notified when a new Down the Rabbit Hole podcast is released. Last month Chris and Ruthie asked each other some difficult Disney questions that resulted in some entertaining conversation, affording us the opportunity to get to know our favorite podcast hosts better! Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Chris didn’t add any new audio to the tour in July but has been busy with a huge project related to the site. If you recall, last month Chris was a little burned out adding and editing content to Chapters 1-6 and 19-27. So he decided to shift his focus a bit, spending considerable time and effort during the last month doing research and image hunting to organize updated track lists for the “middle chapters”, that is, Chapters 7-18. When this is all completed Chris will have added more than 1,000 additional tracks to the audio tour, which is why he’s been promoting Patreon a lot recently. This isn’t going to be an inexpensive effort, as more web hosting fees will be incurred. Jump to 22:00 in the video to get an in-depth look at what this research entailed. During the video Chris requested some information from his friends regarding a few exhibits in Innoventions over the years. He is looking for any information (to include images and audio) for the following: Tom Morrow Music – Lonesome Road; WD-40 – Robot Exhibit; Compaq Convergence Factory Tour; AT&T – Hyperlink Hopscotch; Pioneer – Virtual Resort; Nanooze Labs If you have any images of Innoventions (from it’s inception to closure in 2015) that you’d feel comfortable sharing please email them to dclyndon@gmail.com. In general, if you are an Innoventions expert send Chris an email! That’s all for August Disney music fans! Drop Chris a note on Facebook or Instagram and let him know how much you appreciate his efforts, and if you can, consider a financial contribution as Chris undertakes one of his biggest updates ever to the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour.
July 2020 Vlog Update July 2020 Show Notes By Brian Crawford A Month of Celebrations! Happy Birthday, America! You are 244 years old, but not to be outdone, Disneyland celebrates its 65th anniversary in a couple of weeks. It’s hard to believe no guests will be on hand inside Disneyland park to celebrate this year. Crazy times, but here’s hoping we can all safely return to Disneyland soon. For now, we can all enjoy the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour and all the new content Chris has added this month! Let’s get to the update! Become a Patreon Subscriber Today It costs money for Chris to bring the magic to all of us. While he appreciates all those who volunteer their time, he also has reserved a special place in his Disney heart for those who contribute financially. Visit https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris, click on "Become a Patron" and you’ll join a team of Patreon subscribers and be eligible for lots of great rewards! These include Song of the Day playlists, exclusive cartoon and Disneyland Television Series commentaries (last month Chris, Ruthie and Brian shared a historic look at Disneyland by watching An Adventure in the Magic Kingdom from 1958), a Patreon exclusive podcast and bonus gifts Chris offers from time to time! If you’d like to contribute via Paypal you can do that by clicking here. You can set this up as a monthly recurring contribution and be eligible for the same gifts as Patreon subscribers. Online Store now Open! Looking to rep DisneyChris while out on the town or in the Disney Parks? Check out our new online store here to shop for T-shirts, mugs, stickers and more! All proceeds get funneled back into the website and podcast endeavors so we can continue to share magical content! Coming in July 2020 Just a couple days ago Chris and Ruthie released Episode 124 of the Jiminy Crickets! Podcast with an outstanding look at the history, attractions and music of The Rivers of America! Don’t miss this unique and thoroughly enjoyable look into the centerpiece of Frontierland in Disneyland. They also spend time looking at other Rivers of America areas in the Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Paris. Also coming later this month Chris and Ruthie celebrate the 65th anniversary of Lady and the Tramp! You don’t want to miss this one either! July Song of the Day will celebrate both big anniversaries in America! First to celebrate Independence Day: beginning July 1st through the 10th we can enjoy patriotic songs featured in Disneyland’s celebrations. From July 11th to the 20th we will commemorate Disneyland’s milestone 65th anniversary with some fun songs. As always you can visit The Holiday Time in Disneyland page to listen to more 4th of July tunes! A new episode of Dateline Jiminy Crickets will be airing soon and expect some exciting news updates from all around the parks and the Walt Disney Company! Stay tuned to all of Disney Chris’s social media sites to find out when Dateline, the Lady and the Tramp podcast and new songs of the day are released: Facebook: Chris Lyndon, Twitter: @DisneyChris73, Instagram: @disneychris_jc_podcast. Patreon subscribers will also be notified when a new Down the Rabbit Hole podcast is released. Last month Chris, Ruthie and myself did a deep dive on all the Disney happenings of 1975! Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Chris, with the help of a good friend, has updated and streamlined the DMAT index page! The new page makes it simple to find what’s coming soon (highlighted in RED) and what’s new (highlighted in GREEN). One other neat feature of the index page is a link to Chris’ wish list. Here you can find all of the audio that Chris would like to obtain and add to the audio tour. Scan the list and if you have some usable content Chris will credit you on the site! Fans of the site know that Chris has spent a considerable amount of time adding and updating tracks to Chapters 1 through 6 and 19 through 27. He got a little burned out recently so decided to turn his attention to chapters 7 through 10, making a list of what he’d like to add and update in these chapters. He also spent considerable time and effort researching and locating brilliant thumbnail photos to go along with the new tracks in the works. We all know this is a labor of love and we are indebted to Chris for his efforts in bringing this magical gift to all Disneyland fans! Here is what’s new: Chapter 3: Meet Me Down on Main Street Track 57: Chinatown – Tea Room Restaurant. Audio from an unbuilt attraction that was to feature an audio-animatronic Confucius sharing words of wisdom with guests over delicious, hot tea. Chapter 4: The Heart of Disneyland Chris added several tracks from Disneyland after Dark to this chapter. The latest is: Track 52: Carnation Plaza Gardens Entertainment – Jack Wagner. The legendary voice of Disneyland shares all the daytime and nighttime entertainment happening in the historical and magical venue. Track 122: Magic Happens Parade. Audio from Disneyland’s latest parade; all edited and cleaned up for your enjoyment! Track 12: Disneyland City Hall – Phone Greetings. Birthday, Anniversary and special event greeting given over the phone from Disney characters Track 13: A Walk in Walt’s Footsteps – Firehouse Apartment Guided Tour. Join yours truly as I give you an intimate look at Walt’s private apartment perched above the Firehouse in Town Square. Track 15: Disneyland Firehouse – Edison Gramophone. Chris added a new “cylinder” to Walt’s classic gramophone. If anyone has a list of the cylinders that are in Walt’s apartment now please let Chris know! He’d love to add more! Track 18: Dapper Dans – Town Square Performance. Chris cleaned up this fun medley of Disney songs. Track 54: The Walt Disney Story. Improved audio and clarity Track 59: Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln. An authentic, restored presentation of the original classic Town Square attraction. Track 63: Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln. This is the 2009 and current version using the original source audio. Fantastic crisp, clean performance! Track 82: Disney Family Album: Ward Kimball – Grizzly Flats Railroad. An audio excerpt from the popular Disney Channel series showcasing Ward’s private home railroad. Track 100: Disneyland Goes to the World’s Fair – Ford Magic Skyway. A truly superb segment from the Wonderful World of Color television episode featuring this popular bygone attraction. That’s all for July Disney music fans! Enjoy your summer of celebrations and be sure to share your appreciation and thanks to Chris by dropping him an email or comment on his Facebook page!
July 2020 Vlog Update July 2020 Show Notes By Brian Crawford A Month of Celebrations! Happy Birthday, America! You are 244 years old, but not to be outdone, Disneyland celebrates its 65th anniversary in a couple of weeks. It’s hard to believe no guests will be on hand inside Disneyland park to celebrate this year. Crazy times, but here’s hoping we can all safely return to Disneyland soon. For now, we can all enjoy the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour and all the new content Chris has added this month! Let’s get to the update! Become a Patreon Subscriber Today It costs money for Chris to bring the magic to all of us. While he appreciates all those who volunteer their time, he also has reserved a special place in his Disney heart for those who contribute financially. Visit https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris, click on "Become a Patron" and you’ll join a team of Patreon subscribers and be eligible for lots of great rewards! These include Song of the Day playlists, exclusive cartoon and Disneyland Television Series commentaries (last month Chris, Ruthie and Brian shared a historic look at Disneyland by watching An Adventure in the Magic Kingdom from 1958), a Patreon exclusive podcast and bonus gifts Chris offers from time to time! If you’d like to contribute via Paypal you can do that by clicking here. You can set this up as a monthly recurring contribution and be eligible for the same gifts as Patreon subscribers. Online Store now Open! Looking to rep DisneyChris while out on the town or in the Disney Parks? Check out our new online store here to shop for T-shirts, mugs, stickers and more! All proceeds get funneled back into the website and podcast endeavors so we can continue to share magical content! Coming in July 2020 Just a couple days ago Chris and Ruthie released Episode 124 of the Jiminy Crickets! Podcast with an outstanding look at the history, attractions and music of The Rivers of America! Don’t miss this unique and thoroughly enjoyable look into the centerpiece of Frontierland in Disneyland. They also spend time looking at other Rivers of America areas in the Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Paris. Also coming later this month Chris and Ruthie celebrate the 65th anniversary of Lady and the Tramp! You don’t want to miss this one either! July Song of the Day will celebrate both big anniversaries in America! First to celebrate Independence Day: beginning July 1st through the 10th we can enjoy patriotic songs featured in Disneyland’s celebrations. From July 11th to the 20th we will commemorate Disneyland’s milestone 65th anniversary with some fun songs. As always you can visit The Holiday Time in Disneyland page to listen to more 4th of July tunes! A new episode of Dateline Jiminy Crickets will be airing soon and expect some exciting news updates from all around the parks and the Walt Disney Company! Stay tuned to all of Disney Chris’s social media sites to find out when Dateline, the Lady and the Tramp podcast and new songs of the day are released: Facebook: Chris Lyndon, Twitter: @DisneyChris73, Instagram: @disneychris_jc_podcast. Patreon subscribers will also be notified when a new Down the Rabbit Hole podcast is released. Last month Chris, Ruthie and myself did a deep dive on all the Disney happenings of 1975! Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Chris, with the help of a good friend, has updated and streamlined the DMAT index page! The new page makes it simple to find what’s coming soon (highlighted in RED) and what’s new (highlighted in GREEN). One other neat feature of the index page is a link to Chris’ wish list. Here you can find all of the audio that Chris would like to obtain and add to the audio tour. Scan the list and if you have some usable content Chris will credit you on the site! Fans of the site know that Chris has spent a considerable amount of time adding and updating tracks to Chapters 1 through 6 and 19 through 27. He got a little burned out recently so decided to turn his attention to chapters 7 through 10, making a list of what he’d like to add and update in these chapters. He also spent considerable time and effort researching and locating brilliant thumbnail photos to go along with the new tracks in the works. We all know this is a labor of love and we are indebted to Chris for his efforts in bringing this magical gift to all Disneyland fans! Here is what’s new: Chapter 3: Meet Me Down on Main Street Track 57: Chinatown – Tea Room Restaurant. Audio from an unbuilt attraction that was to feature an audio-animatronic Confucius sharing words of wisdom with guests over delicious, hot tea. Chapter 4: The Heart of Disneyland Chris added several tracks from Disneyland after Dark to this chapter. The latest is: Track 52: Carnation Plaza Gardens Entertainment – Jack Wagner. The legendary voice of Disneyland shares all the daytime and nighttime entertainment happening in the historical and magical venue. Track 122: Magic Happens Parade. Audio from Disneyland’s latest parade; all edited and cleaned up for your enjoyment! Track 12: Disneyland City Hall – Phone Greetings. Birthday, Anniversary and special event greeting given over the phone from Disney characters Track 13: A Walk in Walt’s Footsteps – Firehouse Apartment Guided Tour. Join yours truly as I give you an intimate look at Walt’s private apartment perched above the Firehouse in Town Square. Track 15: Disneyland Firehouse – Edison Gramophone. Chris added a new “cylinder” to Walt’s classic gramophone. If anyone has a list of the cylinders that are in Walt’s apartment now please let Chris know! He’d love to add more! Track 18: Dapper Dans – Town Square Performance. Chris cleaned up this fun medley of Disney songs. Track 54: The Walt Disney Story. Improved audio and clarity Track 59: Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln. An authentic, restored presentation of the original classic Town Square attraction. Track 63: Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln. This is the 2009 and current version using the original source audio. Fantastic crisp, clean performance! Track 82: Disney Family Album: Ward Kimball – Grizzly Flats Railroad. An audio excerpt from the popular Disney Channel series showcasing Ward’s private home railroad. Track 100: Disneyland Goes to the World’s Fair – Ford Magic Skyway. A truly superb segment from the Wonderful World of Color television episode featuring this popular bygone attraction. That’s all for July Disney music fans! Enjoy your summer of celebrations and be sure to share your appreciation and thanks to Chris by dropping him an email or comment on his Facebook page!
June 2020 Vlog Update June 2020 Show Notes By Brian Crawford A Celebration of Donald and Dads! Time for another Disneyland Magical Audio Tour update! We sincerely hope everyone is staying safe and healthy! This month we celebrate Donald Duck’s 86th birthday and of course, June means Father’s Day and Chris will be featuring special songs each day to recognize ducks and dads! Before we get to what’s new on the website let’s go over a few things: Become a Patreon Subscriber Today If you are interested in supporting Chris financially remember to become a Patreon or Paypal Subscriber. As always, wonderful rewards are offered to subscribers, including cartoon commentary, Disneyland Television show commentary and an exclusive podcast, Down the Rabbit Hole. Visit https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris, click on "Become a Patron" and you’ll join our team of Patreon subscribers to unlock the exclusive content! If you’d like to contribute via Paypal you can do that by clicking here. You can set this up as a monthly recurring contribution and be eligible for the same gifts as Patreon subscribers. Online Store now Open! Looking to rep DisneyChris while out on the town or in the Disney Parks? Check out our new online store here to shop for T-shirts, mugs, stickers and more! All proceeds get funneled back into the website and podcast endeavors so we can continue to share magical content! Coming in June 2020 Coming this month on the Jiminy Crickets! Podcast channel is Episode 124: Rivers of America! Chris and Ruthie will take a historic look at this beautiful feature in the Frontierland area of Disney Parks, well, except in Tokyo it’s technically in Westernland! While you are waiting for the new episode, go back and visit or revisit podcasts from month’s past. I highly recommend listening to the two-part episode on the Country Bear Jamboree here! A new episode of Dateline Jiminy Crickets will be airing soon and expect some exciting news updates from all around the parks and the Walt Disney Company! Stay tuned to all of Disney Chris’s social media sites to stay in the loop: Facebook: Chris Lyndon, Twitter: @DisneyChris73, Instagram: @disneychris_jc_podcast. Chris will usually update his social media to inform all his friends of updates to the site including daily Song of the Day releases. For June we celebrate Donald’s 86th birthday from June 1-10 and in honor of Father’s Day enjoy 8 Days of Dad from June 14-21! Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Jump to 10:50 to begin this month’s update! To begin Chris shares a peek at his new Disneyland Magical Audio Tour database. With some help from his computer savvy friend he created some style sheets that will make it easier to update chapters with new audio. Skip ahead to 11:45 for the tutorial. At 16:30 the main update begins with a brief look at Chris’s to do list before jumping into what’s new: Chapter 1: The Disneyland Main Gate Track 8: Your Trip to Disneyland on Records – Welcome to Disneyland. 1955 cardboard cutout record album representing your arrival to Disneyland. Track 53: Disneyland Main Gate – Original Background Music. Chris found cleaner recordings of a couple of songs and added them to this entertaining loop. Chapter 4: The Heart of Disneyland Track 12: The Dapper Dans – Plaza Performance. Replaced the track with several new songs Track 13: The Red Wagon Inn – Swift and Company. Cleaned up and improved the audio. Track 32: Monsanto House of the Future. Full version of the narration of this classic Tomorrowland attraction has been uploaded! Track 51: Plaza Gardens – Fantasy Follies. Replaced some current vocals with live ones to make this a more authentic experience. Track 54: Belle’s Book Shop. Significant clean-up of the audio. Chapter 19: A Galaxy Far, Far Away Track 71: Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance. Audio from a ride through video created by Disney Imagineering Chapter 25: Magical Milestones Track 14: One Big Happy Family. Disco pop song performed during Disneyland’s 25th Anniversary. Track 90: A Special Birthday Message from Mickey and Friends. The Disney online store offered a birthday greeting for guests unable to go to the parks during the 2020 global pandemic. Chris did a significant amount of work on Chapter 3, so we save the best update for last! Chapter 3: Meet Me Down on Main Street Track 5: The Sounds of America – Main Street Montage. Significant audio clean up. Track 9: Horse Drawn Street Cars – The Trolley Song. Chris added a fun intro with Goofy Track 29: Main Street Organ Grinder. Cleaned up the audio and added some fun monkey sounds Track 31: Main Street Cinema. Added some extra songs to the loop heard inside the theater. Main Street Cinema Section. Chris added audio from all the cartoons that are continuously played at the historic theater: Track 37: Steamboat Willie (1928) Track 38: Plane Crazy (1928) Track 39: Traffic Troubles (1931) Track 40: The Moose Hunt (1931) Track 41: The Dognapper (1934) Track 42: Mickey’s Polo Team (1936) Track 43: Main Street Cinema – Opening Day at Disneyland. For the 50th Anniversary the theater temporarily shared live footage from Disneyland’s opening day on July 17, 1955. Track 45: The Dapper Dans. Major overhaul of the track! Main Street Corporate Sponsor Section. Lots of new updates and audio added here! Track 61: Wurlitzer Music Store – Rudolph Wurlitzer Company. Training film on how the company makes pianos. Track 62: Swift Market House – Swift and Company. Lots of clean up here. Track 63: Upjohn Pharmacy – The Upjohn Company. Training film audio presented here. Track 64: New Century Clock Shop – Elgin National Watch Company. Advertisement audio showcasing Elgin products Track 65: Greeting Card Corner – Hallmark Cards Inc. A series of commercials from the card company. Track 67: Kodak Camera Center – Eastman Kodak Company. All the Kodak commercials from the sponsored Disneyland ’59 television special. Track 68: Sunkist Citrus House – Sunkist Growers Inc. Industrial film about the citrus company in California. Track 69: Coca-Cola Corner – The Coca-Cola Company. Vintage advertisements from the 50s and 60s. Track 70: INA Carefree Center – Insurance Co. of North America. Audio from a record album handed out to guests featuring the song “When you Wish Upon a Star”. Track 78: The Main Street Maniacs. Not the exact band, but a better recording of a similar sounding jazz quartet. Track 92: Penny Arcade Orchestrion – Walt Disney Medley. Orchestrion music, not authentic, but a holy grail track Chris is still searching for. Coke Corner Ragtime Pianist. Here are some new tracks featuring our favorite ragtime entertainers over the years! Track 97: Rod Miller: Ragtime Track 98: Four Hands Piano: Rod Miller and Alan Thompson Track 99: Ragtime at the Magical Kingdoms: Chris Calabrese Track 100: Main Street Music Magic: Ragtime Robert Track 101: Ragtime Michael Tickles the Ivories That’s all for June my friends! Have a wonderful month and as always, Chris would like to share his heartfelt thanks to all those who contribute to this magical endeavor. He is pleased to hear all the wonderful comments from those who enjoy the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour and the Podcasts!
May 2020 Vlog Update Show Notes by Brian Crawford Happy Mother’s Day Cricketeer Moms! It’s a new month and another update to the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour! To begin a big Disney Chris shout out to all the mothers out there, and of course a huge thank you to all those who support Chris financially and in other ways to keep the content coming. Become a Patreon Subscriber Today Speaking of keeping the content coming you can join in the success of the show by contributing a small amount via Patreon. For your contribution you’ll be given access to exclusive cartoon and documentary commentaries, special audio bonuses delivered straight to your inbox and a Patreon-only podcast, “Down the Rabbit Hole”, a fun, no-holds-barred, off-the-cuff good time! Visit https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris, click on "Become a Patron" and you’ll join a team of Patreon subscribers and unlock exclusive content! If you’d like to contribute via Paypal you can do that by clicking here. You can set this up as a monthly recurring contribution and be eligible for the same gifts as Patreon subscribers. Online Store now Open! Looking to rep DisneyChris while out on the town or in the Disney Parks? Check out our new online store here to shop for T-shirts, mugs, stickers and more! Coming in May 2020 Over on the podcast channel the first installment of a two part series featuring the Country Bear Jamboree has been posted! Join Chris and Ruthie in this knee-slappin’, foot stompin’ frolic through the history and music of this beloved Disney attraction. Part 2 will be released in a few days, and later in May look forward to a podcast celebrating the 65th anniversary of Lady and the Tramp! Also in May we can expect another episode of Dateline Jiminy Crickets! We all know there isn’t much happy Disney news to report, so Chris and Ruthie deliver a slice of good Disney cheer through some fun segments like Disney Top 10, Armchair Imagineering and Disney Would You Rather. Stay tuned to all of Disney Chris’s social media sites to stay in the loop: Facebook: Chris Lyndon, Twitter: @DisneyChris73, Instagram: @disneychris_jc_podcast.
Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Now for the Audio Tour update! Chris added new tracks to six chapters and we’ll go over each of the additions. Before that, Chris reviews a couple of lists that has projects he’s working on and audio content he’s looking for; jump to 7:45 to see what’s on the docket. Here is all the new content we can enjoy today on the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour: Chapter 1: The Disneyland Main Gate Track 102: D23 Expo Welcome Center. A fun mix of Disney songs welcoming guests to the bi-annual expo. Chapter 4: The Heart of Disneyland Track 11: The Keystone Cops – Plaza Performance. Chris re-mastered this track to include some longer mixes of this popular saxophone ensemble. Track 46: The New Disneyland Band. A wonderful mix of songs the band performs in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle. Chapter 6: Tropical Regions of the World, Track 14: Enchanted Tiki Garden – Tiki Room Preshow. An updated version that we can hear today complete with conch shell and tiki drum sound effects that can be heard as the show transitions from one god to the next! Track 40: The Royal Tahitians. Chris added this complete record that features some lovely island sounds. Track 43: Aladdin Oasis Dinner Show. An existing track that has been updated with some enhancements. Track 49: South Seas Traders – Shrunken Head Ned. An extended track that now features the complete dialogue of our favorite shrunken head! Track 58: Alturas. A Bolivian group that played distinctly South American sounds in the park around the time the Indiana Jones attraction debuted. Track 59: Adventureland Big Band. A band that performed 1930s era music atop the Tropical Imports Shop Track 64: Sounds of the Jungle Cruise. A tour of the Jungle Cruise without a skipper narration, complete with wonderful sounds of the jungle! Track 65: Your Trip to Disneyland on Records – Adventureland. This track was imported from the Disneyland on Records chapter and presents a tour of the land given by Tinkerbell, Mickey, Donald and Goofy! Track 70: Disney Parks Presents – The Jungle Cruise. An entertaining read along experience with John Lasseter, a former skipper, who takes on an adventure through the jungle. Track 75: Cameras in Africa. True Life Adventure audio that inspired our favorite jungle attraction. Track 81: Sandy in Disneyland – Ted Knight: Jungle Estate Agent. Ted Knight tries to sell Sandy Duncan a piece of jungle real estate in this hilarious track. Track 84: Disneyland’s 35th Anniversary – Jungle Cruise Adventure. Charlie Fleisher (Roger Rabbit) and Tony Danza take us on a fun trip through Adventureland! Track 98: Indiana Jones Adventure – Press Package Interviews. Chris added some music to the press interviews during the opening of the Indiana Jones Adventure. Track 102: Indiana Jones Adventure – Temple of the Forbidden Eye. A complete re-edit of the existing music that takes us from the queue, through the attraction and all the way out the exit. Track 109: Adventureland Hotel Suite. An imported track from the Disneyland Hotel Chapter Chapter 20: The Disneyland Hotel Track 61: Disneyland Today – In Room Music 2019. The complete music loop broadcast on the in-room channel. Track 83: Downtown Disney – Daytime Area Background Music. This track now features the highly requested music from Mickey Ave. at Shanghai Disneyland. Track 84: World of Disney Area Background Music. Complete loop. Track 86: Downtown Disney – Nighttime Background Music 2017. Complete loop. Chapter 24: Holiday Time in Disneyland Track 10: Main Street U.S.A. – Fourth of July Medley. 12 minutes of patriotic Main Street songs! Track 120: Give a Day, Get a Disney Day – Disney Community Outreach. Promotional spot of the 2009-2010 volunteer program giving participants a free day at Disneyland Chapter 25: Magical Milestones Track 54: 40th Anniversary Live Entertainment – Alturas. The all new track imported from Chapter 6. Track 72: Disneyland 60th Anniversary Diamond Celebration. Promotional spot celebrating Disneyland’s 60th Anniversary! We’ve reached the end of our update this month! Continue to stay safe and enjoy some great Disney music courtesy of Disney Chris and the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour! See you in June!
April 2020 Vlog Update April 2020 Show Notes By Brian Crawford Happy April Cricketeers! It’s time for another update on the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour and all of DisneyChris’s World Wide Web endeavors including the Jiminy Crickets Podcast, Dateline Jiminy Crickets and Down the Rabbit Hole! First let’s talk Patreon: Become a Patreon Subscriber Today! If you’d like to financially support all of Disney Chris’s activities across the internet visit https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris, click on "Become a Patron" and for as little as $5 per month you’ll help join a team of Patreon subscribers and unlock exclusive content! Each month, depending on your contribution level, Chris will send out rewards like Song of the Day playlists, Cartoon Commentaries, the Down the Rabbit Hole Podcast and Disneyland Anthology Series commentaries. If you’d like to contribute via Paypal you can do that by clicking here. You can set this up as a monthly recurring contribution and be eligible for the same gifts as Patreon subscribers. Online Store now Open! Looking to rep DisneyChris while out on the town or in the Disney Parks? Check out our new online store here to shop for T-shirts, mugs, stickers and more! Follow DisneyChris on Social Media! Be sure to follow Disney Chris on all his social media channels to get updates on all the new additions: Facebook: Chris Lyndon, Twitter: @DisneyChris73, Instagram: @disneychris_jc_podcast. You’ll get up to the minute updates on the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour, new podcast releases and dozens and dozens of high-resolution, bright and colorful images of our favorite theme park: Disneyland! Coming in April 2020 In order to spread some positivity and good cheer in these troubled times a special bonus episode was released on April 1st featuring two and a half hours of some of the happiest songs in the vast Disney repertoire. You can listen to the playlist along with some brief commentary by Chris and Ruthie over on the Jiminy Crickets podcast website. All Patreon and Paypal subscribers received all of these songs as a gift from DisneyChris on April 1st, so that’s another reason to become a subscriber! The most recent podcast is now available: Episode 120 Celebrating 70 years of Cinderella. Chris and Ruthie take a 3 hour deep dive into this animated classic featuring songs, the voice actors and a run through of the entire film including some fun things to watch for the next time you sit down and view this timeless classic. The next podcast (Episode 122) will be released near the end of the month and will showcase one of everyone’s favorite attractions: The Country Bear Jamboree. Join Chris and Ruthie as they explore this great attraction to include the songs, the characters and the fascinating history of how this attraction came into existence! The next Dateline Jiminy Crickets episode will be available soon. Since there isn’t much news to report this month’s program will feature some new segments. Besides the Disney Top 10 we can look forward to a new segment called “Disney Would You Rather”, a Disney Armchair Imagineering segment and for the first time, a Disney celebrity interview! Be sure to follow Chris on social media so you can be the first to know when this exciting episode will be released. Patreon subscribers can look forward to another Down the Rabbit Hole podcast later this month and all of us can enjoy the Disney Song of the Day as Chris will be celebrating Easter from April 1 – 12. You can listen to daily songs on The Disneyland Magical Audio Tour home page as well as more Easter Songs located in Chapter 24: Holiday Time in Disneyland! Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Now let’s get to the audio tour! Jump to 16:45 to get started! This update goes over four chapters: Chapter 6: Tropical Regions of the World; Chapter 19: A Galaxy Far Far Away; Chapter 20: The Disneyland Hotel; Chapter 27: Disneyland in TV Land. Chapter 6: Tropical Regions of the World, a tribute to the music of Adventureland gets started at the 20:00 minute mark. Some highlights include: some remastering of the Tiki Barker Bird Track; improved audio quality of the Enchanted Tiki Garden waiting area, United Airlines 1970s Tiki Room Pre-show; One Man’s Dream – A Dream of my Own – a track featuring Marie Osmond singing with the Tiki Birds before they were shipped off to Tokyo Disneyland; Whatever Happened to Rosita? A track featuring all of the little snippets of Rosita’s spoken audio in the Tropical Hideaway; and other outstanding Tiki tracks from Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland. Jungle Cruise Area Background Music has been updated; Jungle Cruise Boathouse – Walt Disney World has been completed – the 1930s era Global Broadcasting Service with content unique to Walt Disney World; An Introduction to the Swiss Family Treehouse by Walt Disney; Music from the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular at Disney’s Hollywood Studios; Temple Excavation Grounds Background Music remaster; the Indiana Jones Adventure Instrumental Score (queue and ride-through music); A wonderful track consisting of a two hour mix of animated films that have an exotic, jungle or tropical feel to them. Chapter 19: A Galaxy Far Far Away, a tribute to the music of Star Wars throughout Disneyland picks up at 39:00. This chapter is divided into four sections: A Long Time Ago 1977-1985 (highlights: lots of 33 and 45 records to remaster!); The Adventure is Real 1986-2011 (Jedi Training Academy music tracks have been added); The Adventures Continue 2011 – 2018 (highlights: Hyperspace Mountain track recently added); Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge 2019 – present (highlights: Oga’s Cantina – DJ R3X has been added along with some bonus content of Rex; Droid Depot Atmospheric track has been added). Chapter 20: The Disneyland Hotel, a tribute to the original lodging playground of the Disneyland Resort. Jump to 46:00 for the beginning of this update! Highlights include a cleanup of the Disneyland Hotel theme song; Dateline Disneyland – Jack Wrather and Bonita Granville opening day interview with Ronald Reagan; Disneyland USA – Disneyland Hotel Introduction audio; Disneyland Hotel Heliport edit; A Highway in the Sky – a round trip narrated by Walt Disney in 1961; Disneyland Hotel – Japanese Gardens has been edited with more appropriate music; Sgt Preston’s Yukon Saloon & Dancehall – Yukon Follies – music from Jack Wrather’s TV production; Several Magic Kingdom Club audio clips from video advertisements; Walt Disney Entertainment – All Star Jazz Band was recently added; Several in-room music tracks have been updated with the 2019 version coming soon; Disneyland Hotel Signature Suites – special audio surprises from within these extravagant rooms; The Blue Sky Suite – Mid Century Meeting Space audio added; Several Background Loops are being worked on and should be ready in April; Chapter 27: Disneyland in TV Land, a tribute to television coverage that talks about Disneyland or anything related to the park. Jump to 59:00 to dig into this update! Some highlights include: A lot of coming soon as Chris is consolidating tracks from episodes into one convenient track. Some episodes underway include Disneyland ’59, Disneyland U.S.A. and Disneyland ’61; Disneyland After Dark and Disneyland Around the Seasons has been completed; Walt Disney CBC 1963 Interview has been updated; The Wonderful World of Disney Main Title (1997) has been added to the section featuring the various Disney anthology title songs; Disney Family Album interviews are all coming soon – this section features interviews from several Imagineers that played a significant role in building Disneyland attractions. That will do it for the update this month! Remember to follow DisneyChris on his social media channels to keep up to date on all the new additions to the tour!
March 2020 Vlog Update February and March 2020 Mega Show Notes By Brian Crawford Happy Valentine’s Day St. Patrick’s Day and First Day of Spring! First off, Chris would like to thank all of his friends and supporters for their devotion to all of the content he shares; podcasts, YouTube videos and updates to the Audio Tour. Just as Walt Disney said, “You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality!” Thank you!!! Chris was been very productive in January and February adding over 130 tracks to the Disneyland Magical Audio. To stay up to date on his progress in real time, be sure to follow Disney Chris on all his social media channels to get updates on all the new additions: Facebook: Chris Lyndon, Twitter: @DisneyChris73, Instagram: @disneychris_jc_podcast. Before we get to all of the new tracks let’s talk about Patreon, the online store and the podcast channel! Become a Patreon Subscriber Today! Consider becoming a Patreon subscriber and choose a monthly subscription that fits any budget. In return for your generous support Chris provides special rewards based on the amount you donate. Rewards include exclusive podcasts and Disney audio delivered straight to you email inbox! Visit https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris, click on "Become a Patron" and choose a level that works for you! Online Store now Open! Looking to rep DisneyChris while out on the town or in the Disney Parks? Check out our new online store here to shop for T-shirts, mugs, stickers and more! Jiminy Crickets Podcast Jiminy Crickets! Podcast has some great historical programming with the most recent episode being a celebration of Space Mountain’s 45th anniversary. Listen to Episode 118 today! Coming in late February/early March is episode 119, Pinocchio! Join Chris and Ruthie as they bring you history and behind the scenes content from Walt Disney’s second full-length feature animated film. On Chris’ YouTube channel, DisneyChrisDotCom you can enjoy Dateline Jiminy Crickets, a news format podcast that is usually released the first week of each month. For the best listening experience visit the YouTube channel for Chris and Ruthie’s take on the latest and greatest news from all corners of the Walt Disney Company. Down the Rabbit Hole is an exclusive podcast for Patreon subscribers; scroll up to see how you can help Chris financially support his passion of bringing high-quality Disneyland audio to all of his friends! This podcast is an informal, impromptu discussion (which can sometimes get a bit controversial…so if you’re into Disney drama be sure to listen!) between Chris, Ruthie and sometimes a special guest (ahem…me). Last January we discussed the new Star Wars offerings at the Disney Parks and on Disney+. For the February installment Chris and Ruthie discussed the Academy Awards and the new Disney movies coming to theaters in 2020. The Song of the Day for February was a bit different than usual. Instead of featuring Disney love songs, Chris decided to spotlight the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour! Everyday throughout February Chris shared a track from one of the 27 chapters…plus a couple surprises since there are 29 days in February this year! Never fear, lovebirds, if you do want to get your romantic Disney fix just visit the Song of the Day Archive to listen to songs from February 2018 and February 2019. You can also visit Holiday Time in Disneyland to hear romantic music from Disneyland, including a new track titled, “Disneyland After Dark – Sweethearts Night! Coming in March 2020 Song of the Day in March will feature music celebrating St. Patrick’s Day for the time period 3/10 – 3/17. To welcome the new season Chris will feature songs from 3/18 – 3/22 with a special spring theme! Jiminy Crickets! Podcast will release Episode 119, Pinocchio soon. It has been delayed a couple of weeks due to a medical emergency, but Chris is fine now so not to worry! Also this month Episode 120 celebrating the 70th anniversary of Walt Disney’s 1950 full-length animated feature, Cinderella! On Chris’ YouTube channel get ready for Chris and Ruthie’s take on the latest and greatest news from all corners of the Walt Disney Company. February was a huge news month so be sure to tune in to this podcast to hear how Chris and Ruthie feel about the recent proceedings! Disneyland Magical Audio Tour OK, folks…now to the tour! Whew! As you can tell, it’s been a busy two months outside of the tour, and honestly, I don’t even know how Chris had time to edit and upload over 130 tracks, but he did! All for us…so again, please consider a Patreon subscription to show your gratitude! February Video Jump to 16:10 in the February video to see Chris’ master to-do list. It is color coated. Yellow means the tracks have been edited and are ready for final clean-up. Grey tracks have been completed and uploaded to the site! Red tracks are those where Chris is still looking for audio to complete them. (One exciting note on the March 2020 update is the acquisition of all the needed sound effects in order to now edit together all the of the Disneyland Railroad Grand Circle Tour tracks that will soon be featured on Chapter 2!) Jump to 25:00 in the video for a complete breakdown of each track Chris added. Specifically, Chris goes over only those chapters that currently have no further tracks that need to be added (for now) and the chapters have been fully updated, including Chapter 5: Disneyland on Parade; Chapter 21: Disneyland After Dark and Chapter 26: Disneyland Records March Video Jump to 11:00 in the March video to see Chris’ updated to-do list. You can compare the progress from the February video. Jump to 14:25 for Chris’ discussion on the Area Loops in seven different chapters. In total there are 22 loops with 8 complete and 14 remaining. One of the highlights is the Main Street USA – Disneyland Paris Background Music loop, which plays throughout the March video update! The rest of the update goes through chapters 1 through 4 in great detail. These chapters have yet to be completed with this round of updates, but Chris shares what has been done and what we can look forward to in the coming months! Jump to 21:00 for all the happening in Chapter 1. Skip ahead to 36:00 for Chapter 2. Chapter 3 begins at 54:00 and Chapter 4 starts off at 1:07:00! Lists Here are the “to do” lists Chris has been using to track his progress. I am including these here so you too can track his progress. LIST 1 Disneyland Magical Audio Tour – Chapters in Progress 1-6 / 19-27 Chapter 1 - Welcome to Disneyland
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_____________________________________________________________________ COLOR KEY * Items highlighted in yellow - preliminary editing completed * Items highlighted in red - materials needed * Items highlighted in grey - completed and have been added to the website NOTES - Disneyland 10th Anniversary Improvements: ▪ Add underscore music during Imagineer segment 1:45 - 8:40? ▪ Remove rustling and distracting noises during Imagineer segment 3:50 - 9:15 _____________________________________________________________________ LIST 2 Disneyland Magical Audio Tour NEW 2020 Additions (Completed Tracks) Chapter 1 Welcome to Disneyland: The Disneyland Main Gate
https://disneychris.com/a-day-at-disneyland.html Chapter 2 Hometown USA: Town Square
https://disneychris.com/15-disneyland-soundtracks/127-disneyland-audio-tour-chapter-2.html Chapter 3 Meet Me Down on Main Street: Main Street USA
https://disneychris.com/15-disneyland-soundtracks/160-disneyland-audio-tour-chapter-3.html Chapter 4 The Heart of Disneyland: Central Plaza
https://disneychris.com/15-disneyland-soundtracks/150-disneyland-audio-tour-chapter-4.html Chapter 5 I Love a Parade: Disneyland on Parade
https://disneychris.com/15-disneyland-soundtracks/129-disneyland-audio-tour-chapter-5.html Chapter 6 Tropical Regions of the World: Adventureland
https://disneychris.com/15-disneyland-soundtracks/130-disneyland-audio-tour-chapter-6.html Chapter 14 Disneyland Showtime: Live Stage Productions & Special Events
https://disneychris.com/15-disneyland-soundtracks/143-disneyland-audio-tour-chapter-14.html Chapter 19 A Galaxy Far Far Away: Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge
https://disneychris.com/15-disneyland-soundtracks/246-disneyland-audio-tour-chapter-19.html Chapter 20 The Disneyland Hotel: The Happiest Resort on Earth
https://disneychris.com/15-disneyland-soundtracks/131-disneyland-audio-tour-chapter-20.html Chapter 21 Disneyland After Dark: Nighttime Magic in the Magic Kingdom
https://disneychris.com/15-disneyland-soundtracks/138-disneyland-audio-tour-chapter-21.html Chapter 24 Holiday Time in Disneyland: Seasonal Celebrations in the Magic Kingdom
https://disneychris.com/15-disneyland-soundtracks/230-disneyland-audio-tour-chapter-24.html Chapter 25 Magical Milestones: Disneyland Birthday and Anniversary Celebrations
https://disneychris.com/15-disneyland-soundtracks/179-disneyland-audio-tour-chapter-25.html Chapter 26 Disneyland Records: Disneyland Recordings on Vintage Vinyl
https://disneychris.com/15-disneyland-soundtracks/134-disneyland-audio-tour-chapter-26.html Chapter 27 Disneyland in TV Land: And Now Your Host… Walt Disney
https://disneychris.com/15-disneyland-soundtracks/136-disneyland-audio-tour-chapter-27.html List 3 Area Loops To Do List Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 6
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
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February 2020 Vlog Update
January 2020 Vlog Update
Happy New Year from DisneyChris! Another year is upon and so are a lot of exciting additions to the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour and the Jiminy Crickets! podcast. Before we get into the updates have you ever considered helping out Chris financially with all of his projects? Consider becoming a Patreon subscriber and choose a monthly subscription that fits any budget. In return for your generous support Chris provides special rewards based on the amount you donate. Rewards include exclusive podcasts and Disney audio delivered straight to you email inbox! Visit https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris, click on "Become a Patron" and choose a level that works for you! Online Store now Open! Looking to rep DisneyChris while out on the town or in the Disney Parks? Check out our new online store here to shop for T-shirts, mugs, stickers and more! Coming in January 2020 Disney Song of the Year has been voted on and the winner is: Into the Unknown. Visit The Song of the Year Timeline to listen to this year's winner as well as top songs from years past. Jiminy Crickets! Podcast just released thier latest episode: Disneyland '59. Join Chris and Ruthie as they share memories, history and interesting facts from one of the most magical summers in Disneyland history. The next podcast will celebrate the 45th anniversary of everyone's favorite space travel attraction: Space Mountain! Chris and Ruthie will release another Down the Rabbit Hole podcast for all Patreon subscribers at the $5 level or higher. These fun, informative and completely off the cuff podcasts are recorded each month! Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Jump to 17:45 in the video for a complete breakdown of everything Chris is working on in Chapters 1-6 and 27. Here is a quick preview of some of the tracks that will be added/improved in the coming month: Chapter 1 Track 29 "Disneyland 10th Anniversary" (cleaning up some background noise) Chapter 2 Track 10 "Disneyland Guided Tour - Welcome to Disneyland" Chapter 2 Track 15 "Disneyland Firehouse - A Walk in Walt's Footsteps Guided Tour" Plus several Disneyland Railroad audio tracks!!! What's on the Docket: Chapter 6 Track 64 "Sounds of the Jungle Cruise" Chapter 2 Track 54 "The Walt Disney Story" Chapter 6 Track 43 "Aladdin's Oasis Dinner Show" Chapter 6 Track 104 "Indiana Jones Adventure - Temple of the Forbidden Eye" In Search of Audio Chris is looking for some special audio to complete work on three exciting tracks: Disneyland Railroad Authentic bells and whistles, specifically from the C.K. Holliday engine. The most desirable recording would be if a friend of the site went to Disneyland in person and recorded the audio with minimal background noise. Walk in Walt's Footsteps audio clips used during tour. This would involve someone that has firsthand knowledge of all the audio clips played during the tour. Ideally someone who can take the tour and make specific notes and/or a recording of the audio. Enchanted Tiki Room Conch Shell and Tiki Drums. Chris is looking for someone to record all of the transitional music between each Tiki god's presentation in the pre-show. Jungle Cruise Skipper needed! Looking for someone to deliver the dialogue of a Jungle Cruise skipper. Acting talent and comedic timing experience preferred; male within a pleasant speaking voice preferred as Chris will attempt to replicate the vintage Jungle Cruise experience back when all skippers were male. That's all for this update! Be sure to follow Chris on all his social media accounts to stay up to date on all the new audio releases to the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour. Facebook: Chris Lyndon, Twitter: @DisneyChris73, Instagram: @disneychris_jc_podcast
December 2019 Vlog Update
11/1/19 Vlog Update
A Month Full of Dapper, Mickey and Turkey! Show Notes by Brian Crawford Thanksgiving will soon be upon us and Chris would like to give a heartfelt thank you for all of the support from Patreon subscribers, others who donate their time and talents and most of all the Cricketeers who listen to and enjoy the content that Chris so diligently works to provide. He'd also like to thank all of those who took time to wish him a Happy Birthday! A great way to show your appreciation and thanks for all Chris does for the Disney Music Fan community is to become a Patreon subscriber. We all know the work he puts in is a labor of love, however it is not free! There are costs to maintain and replace aging equipment, monthly internet service fees and the cost to host the website. In return for your support as a Patreon, Chris provides special gifts to include exclusive Cartoon and Disneyland program commentaries as well as monthly Song of the Day downloads sent straight to you! Visit https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris, click on "Become a Patron" and choose a level that works for you! Speaking of gifts, Chris is pleased to announce that coffee mugs will be sent to all Patreon subscribers that have pledged $25 a month or more for four months. Those that pledge at the $10 level will be eligible for their free mug in six months! Soon anyone can purchase a Jiminy Crickets! mug for $15 plus shipping! Details on how to purchase coming shortly! All proceeds will support both the podcast and DisneyChris.com. Jiminy Crickets! Podcast Coming up this month on the podcast is a special episode titled "Disneyland '59". Chris and Ruthie will explore the three E-ticket attractions that debuted at Disneyland (and all the fanfare and history behind them) in the summer of 1959. Three Holidays This Month! In November Disney fans celebrate three holidays: Dapper Day, Mickey's birthday and of course Thanksgiving. For Dapper Day Chris has created a new playlist called "Songs to Dapper Your Day By". This 94-minute, 34-track playlist features fashion related show tunes from the 1930s to the 1960s. Go listen on the Jiminy Crickets podcast homepage here and while you're there make sure to listen to the recent episode celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland! You can also get your Dapper Day on by visiting Chapter 24: Holiday Time in Disneyland and scrolling down to track 117 in the More Cause for Celebration Section. Mickey's 91st birthday is coming up and of course Chris will celebrate his favorite character on the Song of the Day page! Each day from November 11 - 18 look for a special Mickey-themed song. You can also visit Chapter 25: Disneyland Anniversaries and listen to songs celebrating Mickey's 50th, 60th and 90th birthdays! During November 24-30 a special Thanksgiving Song of the Day will be featured on DisneyChris.com. If you can't wait for Thanksgiving music then visit Chapter 24 (link above) to listen to all Thanksgiving-related Disneyland songs...Chris has conveniently placed all of them at the top of the list. Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Not a lot to report this month on the audio tour. Jump to 17:05 in the video to listen to all the behind the scenes work Chris is accomplishing on the site. He explains in detail the process of cleaning the audio and organizing the improved tracks. Currently his efforts address Chapter 1-6 and 19-28. Here are some highlights: Adding the long awaited Disneyland Railroad Grand Circle Tour tracks; a new version of Fantasmic audio that debuted in 2017; Several Christmas tracks that Chris has planned to have ready next month; consolidating the Disneyland TV special tracks into one seamless episode (i.e. Dateline Disneyland, Disneyland '59 and Disneyland After Dark) in Chapter 27: Disneyland in TV Land. That's all for this month! Enjoy the beginning of the holiday season with your family, friends and a healthy helping of Disney Chris!
10/1/19 Vlog Update A Big Thank You and...Halloween Time! Show Notes by Brian Crawford I would like to welcome my good friend Brian back as our show notes writer. And here is the first of his many updates to come... Wow! October has arrived and the Halloween celebrations are in full gear in Disney Parks around the world, but are my decorations up in the front yard? Nope! Chris has me back typing up show notes so some things have to wait! We will get into all of the Halloween shenanigans a bit later, but first: THANK YOU!!! Chris would like to sincerely thank all of his Patreon supporters as well as those who volunteer their time and talents to keep the website running and the podcasts coming. If you'd like to help Chris by donating your time and/or talents please contact him via his social media accounts (Instagram: @disneychris_jc_podcast, Facebook: Chris Lyndon, Twitter: @DisneyChris73). If you want to help financially consider becoming a Patreon subscriber! Here's how: Visit https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris, click on "Become a Patron" and choose a level that works for you. We are overjoyed if you can contribute $1 a month, but consider the rewards Patreon subscribers get at the $5 (Brave Cricketeer) and $10 (Truthful Cricketeer) levels: Brave Cricketeer: Exclusive access to the "Down the Rabbit Hole" podcast. Chris and Ruthie pick a topic and chat about it for an hour, completely unscripted. Also access to a monthly Disney classic cartoon commentary where Chris, Ruthie and myself watch, offer insightful tidbits of information and laugh at the gags! Truthful Cricketeer: Exclusive access to the Brave Cricketeer gifts above, PLUS commentary of classic episodes of the Disneyland Anthology television program that cover Disneyland the park! The latest edition has Chris, Ruthie and I sharing our dos centavos during the program Dateline Disneyland, the live telecast of Disneyland's opening day on July 17, 1955 (divided into three segments that began in September). Halloween Music This month's Song of the Day features spooky music with a Disney Villains theme. Click here to listen to what's been released so far this month. You can also go the Song of the Day archive and listen to music Chris posted for Halloween in 2017 and 2018. "Boo"-yeah! What's more you can visit the Holiday Time in Disneyland chapter and listen to tracks 3 - 45 for Halloween music featured in Disneyland. New this year: Track 29 - Big Thunder Trail - Haunted Abandoned Mine. One of the only surviving remnants of the long extinct attraction, Mine Train through Nature's Wonderland, is a mysterious cave located across a catfish pond along the Big Thunder Trail. During the Mickey's Halloween Party events, special lighting, fog and frightening sound effects were used to turn this into a haunted, abandoned mine. Track 38 - The SCAREolers. A popular favorite among Downtown Disney Halloween time visitors is a ghostly crew of acapella singers known as the SCAREolers. Their imagined backstory is that each member of the group is among the 999 happy haunts who reside within Disneyland's Haunted Mansion, and have been "let out" for the evening to entertain mortal guests. In addition to all this great music join Chris and Ruthie on the Jiminy Crickets! Podcast this month for their take on the Haunted Mansion attraction in Disneyland which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary! Stay tuned to Chris' social media accounts for notification when this podcast is available. Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Chris revealed his MASSIVE to do list in previous updates which comprises edits and new content to Chapters 1-6 and 19-28. Tracks highlighted in yellow are existing tracks ready for editing. Tracks highlighted in grey are completed tracks. Those that are not highlighted are "Coming Soon". Here is what's new this month: Chapter 25 - Magical Milestones Track 3 - Walt Disney Productions 50th Anniversary. 1973 marked the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney Productions, and to honor 50 years of happiness, Disneyland hosted a special three day event with an anniversary parade, a Mickey Mouse cartoon festival at the Fantasyland Theater, and a live musical stage show at the Tomorrowland stage featuring members of the original Mickey Mouse Club. Track 8 - The Collector - Mickey Mania. Music from a video featuring an eccentric Mickey Mouse collector's typical day...except this time it ends with a visit from the Disney company psychiatrist. Track 13 - Disneyland 25th Anniversary TV Commercial Track 53 - Disneyland 50th Anniversary TV Commercials. Previously contained just one commercial and is now a mix of five commercials narrated by Kelsey Grammer. Track 58 - The First 50 Magical Years - Lobby Area Music. This is a new addition from Chapter 2 and Chris explains in great detail the reasoning for this. Skip to 32:10 in the update to get all the details! Track 66 - Disneyland 60th Anniversary Commercial - Forever Young That's all for this month! Everyone have a safe, enjoyable and spooktacular Halloween! Many thanks to Chris for providing a soundtrack to our celebrations! See you next month!
9/1/19 Vlog Update
8/1/19 Vlog Update
Show Notes by Ryan Komitor
Hello everybody, and Happy August! D23 is happening, school is starting, and it’s time for another update of DisneyChris.com and the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour. This month has been a “tidying up” month for the site so once again there is not a massive list of updates and changes, however some fun stuff on this never ending project is brewing so let’s go take a peak… Patreon Just a reminder that DisneyChris is on Patreon! This is a way to help support the site, the Jiminy Crickets Podcast and the Dateline Jiminy Crickets Podcast. Becoming a Patron allows you to get exclusive content such as additional podcasts, commentaries, audio collections and more! August Goings On The news focused Dateline Jiminy Crickets podcast will be taking a short hiatus during the month, but rest assured that new episodes will resume in September! The reason for this is that the “hostess with the mostest” Ruthie Brown will be taking a vacation at the end of the month to go to D23, and with D23 upcoming it was felt that waiting until after the expo is over would be best. While Dateline Jiminy Crickets will be on hiatus during the month of August, the regular Jiminy Crickets podcast will keep on trucking with a new episode: one of the ever popular music episodes, in this case “Our Top 35 Songs from Walt Disney Live Action Films” (Episode 113) which focuses on music from films made between 1949 and 1979 (as a special promotion, if you are a Patreon subscriber at the $5 level or higher during the month of August or September you will get a special collection with the 35 songs plus an additional 15 songs) Please note that this episode will not be available on YouTube due to copyright issues but will be available on the other usual platforms for the podcast. Speaking of D23, Chris and Ruthie ordered a lot of buttons to give out for the event. Keep a lookout for them! Just make sure to mention “Jiminy Crickets” or “DisneyChris.com” though. ;) Disneyland Magical Audio Tour August 2019 Updates The Disneyland Hotel Chris has continued to chug along on this chapter. Here is a list of the tracks he has most recently added: 26 – The Magic Kingdom Club - 1980 Update 27 – The Magic Kingdom Club Gold Card - 1989 Update 28 – The Magic Kingdom Club Gold Card - 1990 Update 29 – Detective Mick - Magic Kingdom Club 1991 30 – Discover a New World - Magic Kingdom Club 1992 31 – Be Our Guest - Magic Kingdom Club 1993 32 – A Whole New World - Magic Kingdom Club 1994 33 – Wonderful World of Disney - Magic Kingdom Club 1995 34 – A Really Big Postcard - Magic Kingdom Club 1996 These tracks covering the Magic Kingdom Vacation Club (series of promotional films and videos for corporate vacation clubs) are now complete! Chris also was able to track down the 1990 and 1996 videos and has added them here. 41 – Poolside Recreation Area Background Music 43 – Hook’s Point - Neverland Pool Representing 2 eras of the sandy pool at the hotel, and both are now complete. Track 40 has 60’s Surfer music that would have been pumped out of the speakers back in the day. Track 42 meanwhile has tracks with a more nautical theme. 37 – Hotel Coffee Shop - Monorail Café Jukebox This track already existed on the site, but Chris decided that it needed a major expansion. The Coffee Shop had been a part of the Disneyland Hotel since near its inception, but in the 1980’s it was given a monorail theme and transformed into a 50’s style Café replete with era appropriate music via jukeboxes, which will be replicated here. 84 – Pop Up Disney! A Mickey Celebration We discussed this track last month, but as a point of interest the actual location at the park will be closing soon so in the not so distant future this will become a “Yesterland” attraction, but if you want to remember it it will always be on the site. Disneyland Anniversaries Get Your Ears On: A Mickey & Minnie Celebration – 2018 We went over this section last month but Chris wants to go over it again since it is now completed! Since it’s sort of been phased out now this will serve as a memory of times past. 71 – 90 Years of Mickey This is a fun montage musical piece that serves as a lead-in to the section proper. 72 – It’s a Good Time - Mickey’s 90th Birthday Theme Song The full version of the lovely 90th Birthday song that graced many Disney Resort ads throughout 2018. 73 – Mickey’s 90th Birthday Cavalcade This was an event held at Town Square in Disneyland on Mickey’s 90th Birthday (November 18, 2018). Chris already had the music that they used so he decided to include it (yay for reuse!). 74 – Mickey’s Soundsational Parade The opening portion of the parade showcasing Mickey Mouse. 75 – Get Your Ears On - Tomorrowland Terrace Dance Party Chris studied multiple YouTube videos of this event to get the playlist right. 76 – Mickey’s Mix Magic This also features the “It’s a Good Time” song. It was a projection show. 77 – Pop Up Disney! A Mickey Celebration The aforementioned track also on The Disneyland Hotel chapter. So that’s all the updates we have for August. Chris wanted to keep the update brief but hopefully it was still informative on the going’s-on with the site. However, there is still a lot of work to be done and Chris will have an update for you in September. We hope everyone has a wonderful time at or from home enjoying D23 and a terrific rest of the month during these dog days of summer, and we’ll talk to you again in September along with the Jiminy Podcasts resuming their normal schedule! TTFN!
7/1/19 Vlog Update
Show Notes by Ryan Komitor Hello everybody, and Happy July! Hope you’ve been having a great summer in spite of the crazy weather. It’s time for another update from DisneyChris.com and the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour. While not nearly as insane as the last couple of months, we still have some neat things to go over including some great patriotic content. So let’s cut to the chase and get started! Patreon We went over this last month in far more detail, but just a reminder that DisneyChris is on Patreon! This is a way to help support the site, the Jiminy Crickets Podcast and the Dateline Jiminy Crickets Podcast. Becoming a Patron allows you to get exclusive content such as additional podcasts, commentaries, audio collections and more! July Goings On From July 1st through June 10th we again paid tribute to the founding of America on July 4th with our annual “10 Days of America”, which consisted of patriotic edged songs for the Disney Song of the Day! July 17th was of course a very special occasion, seeing the 64th anniversary of the opening of Disneyland! To commemorate this, between July 11th through July 20th we had a “10 Days of Disneyland” celebration for the Disney Song of the Day. For the remainder of the month the standard schedule for the Song of the Day will be unaltered. Disneyland Magical Audio Tour July 2019 Updates General Changes Chris likes to have the same audio on multiple chapters when the track has content that consciously overlaps between 2 of them. As a consequence however, this has meant that Chris has been busy as of late making sure to update each version of a track so that they have parity with each other. Asterisks mean that they are coming soon. Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge Chris has added just 1 new track since last month. 28 – Star Tours Opening Day Festivities - Cantina Band This is a jazz/saxophone mix of the Cantina Band theme for E-Ticket riders on Opening Day. Chris “cheated” a little with the image of the Cantina Band in front of Star Tours as he couldn’t find an actual photo of them performing on that day. The Disneyland Hotel As with last month, Chris’ top priority is to work on The Disneyland Hotel chapter. Please keep in mind that the track numbers mentioned below may be slightly off, as since his July 1st update, some other tracks may have been added in, bumping up the number positioning. Here are the tracks as they were mentioned on July 1st: Tracks 1-5 showcase the early years of The Disneyland Hotel during the 1950’s 1 – Disneyland Hotel Theme Song This is a jingle for the Hotel. 2 – Dateline Disneyland - Jack Wrather and Bonita Granville Audio from a live broadcast featuring actor (and future President) Ronald Reagan. 3 – Disneyland USA - The Disneyland Hotel This is from the 1956 documentary “Disneyland USA” which showcased the park. 4 – Disneyland Hotel Heliport This track was already on the site but it has now been added to this chapter as well. 5 – Disneyland ’61 - The Highway in the Sky Content from episodes of “Walt Disney Presents” covering the monorail. 19 – Café Villa Verde / El Vaquero - Mariachi Band Representing the former Mexican restaurants that used to be in the Disneyland Hotel and their live music. 20 – Sgt. Preston’s Yukon Saloon & Dancehall - Yukon Follies Review This track represents one of Jack Wrather’s successful TV productions and their representation in the Disneyland Hotel in Wrather’s time. Since last month, Chris decided that the live audience recordings that he had were not good enough so rather than use those Chris has decided to forgo a “historically accurate” route for this track and has (rather successfully) used “soundalike” tracks from other sources, many of which consist of the actual songs that were played, just not by Sgt. Preston but by his whole troupe. 21 – Dancing Waters - 1980 22 – Dancing Waters - 1989 23 – Fantasy Waters - 1992 24 – Fantasy Waters Alternate Show - 1996 Chris already had the latter 3 tracks on the page, however Track 21 (the 1980 version of Dancing Waters) is brand new. Chris had had a poor quality source for it, however clean source audio for the majority of the 1980 version has come to light so a reconstruction was possible! 25 – Hotel View - Fantasy in the Sky Fireworks Chris is adding this since you were able to watch it via closed circuit TV back in the day. This is also available on the Disneyland After Dark chapter as well. Tracks 26-34 and 62-65 are Magic Kingdom/Vacation Club tracks that as you may recall from last month were planned for inclusion on the Welcome to Disneyland chapter, but Chris decided that they should just be included here instead. 36 – Mark V Disneyland Monorail to The Disneyland Hotel In this case Chris has decided to include it both in The Disneyland Hotel chapter and the Welcome to Disneyland chapter. 40 – Poolside Recreation Area Background Music* 42 – Hook’s Point - Neverland Pool* Representing 2 eras of the sandy pool at the hotel. Track 40 will have 60’s Surfer music that would have been pumped out of the speakers back in the day. Track 42 will have nautical music. 39 – United Airlines - Disneyland In-Flight Music This is another track that can also be found on the Welcome To Disneyland chapter, but has been added here as well due to its travel theme. 49 – Disneyland Hotel Elevator 50 – Hotel Room Headboard Music Box - A Kiss Goodnight Two fun tracks of interior music consisting of actual recordings of the “talking elevator” and the music box. 51 – Disneyland Today - In-Room Muzak 52 – Resort TV - Disneyland Today In-Room Music 2011 53 – Welcome to Disneyland Orientation 54 – Disneyland Trip Tips Countdown 55 – Dining Disney Style* 56 – Disneyland Resort Information - Celebrate You! 57 – Princess Bedtime Stories 58 – Duffy the Bear Bedtime Story 59 – Resort TV - Disneyland Today In-Room Music 2015* 60 – Resort TV - Disneyland Today In-Room Music 2019* Since last month Chris has decided to merge all the Disneyland Resort TV related material into one section. 61 – The New Disneyland Hotel The first half of this track was already on the site, so Chris just combined it with another commercial. 69 – Disneyland Hotel Signature Suites - Introduction 70 – Adventureland Suite 71 – Pirates of the Caribbean Suite 72 – Big Thunder Mountain Suite 73 – Fairytale Suite 74 – Mickey Mouse Penthouse These are tracks that play in the Disneyland Hotel Signature Suites. The first track is an introduction, while the rest represent each suite. The Adventureland Suite has authentic in-room music while the rest are compilations that Chris created to match the theme of each suite. The doorbells however are actual source recordings of what is used in the suites. This section is now complete! 75 - The Blue Sky Suite – Mid-Century Meeting Space The former penthouse apartment of Jack Wrather and Bonita Granville was recently transformed into a mid-century meeting space so is represented here. 81 – Downtown Disney - Daytime Area Background Music* 82 – World of Disney - Area Background Music* 83 – World of Disney - 2018 Area Background Music* 84 – Pop Up Disney! A Mickey Celebration 85 – Downtown Disney – Nighttime Area Background Music 2017* 86 – Downtown Disney – Nighttime Area Background Music 2018 Like the Magic Kingdom/Vacation Club tracks Chris decided to completely remove these tracks from the Welcome to Disneyland chapter and host them exclusively on The Disneyland Hotel chapter. Track 84 is a recreation of a Disney playlist that can also be found on Spotify and other streaming services. This leads back to what Chris was discussing earlier about updating duplicate tracks for consistency. As a result, this will also be included on the Disneyland Anniversaries chapter to commemorate Mickey Mouse’s 90th birthday celebrations from 2018. While we’re here, let’s go over this new section shall we? Disneyland Anniversaries Get Your Ears On: A Mickey & Minnie Celebration - 2018 69 – 90 Years of Mickey This is a fun montage musical piece that serves as a lead-in to the section proper. 70 – It’s a Good Time - Mickey’s 90th Birthday Theme Song The full version of the lovely 90th Birthday song that graced many Disney Resort ads throughout 2018. 71 – Mickey’s 90th Birthday Cavalcade This was an event held at Town Square in Disneyland on Mickey’s 90th Birthday (November 18, 2018). Chris already had the music that they used so he decided to include it (yay for reuse!). 72 – Mickey’s Soundsational Parade The opening portion of the parade showcasing Mickey Mouse. 73 – Get Your Ears On - Tomorrowland Terrace Dance Party Chris studied multiple YouTube videos of this event to get the playlist right. 74 – Mickey’s Mix Magic This also features the “It’s a Good Time” song. 75 – Pop Up Disney! A Mickey Celebration The aforementioned track also on The Disneyland Hotel chapter. Speaking of Mix Magic, doing this meant that Chris had to also update his Disneyland After Dark chapter. The hip bone, connected to the thigh bone… Disneyland After Dark Tracks 59-62 are identical to Tracks 21-24 on The Disneyland Hotel chapter. 96 – Disneyland After Dark - Sweetheart’s Nite* 97 – Disneyland After Dark - 90’s Nite* 2 tracks representing special after hours events from early 2019. 98 – Get Your Ears On - Tomorrowland Terrace Dance Party Same as Track 73 on the Disneyland Anniversaries chapter. 99 – Mickey’s Mix Magic Same as Track 74 on the Disneyland Anniversaries chapter. And you thought we were done. Nope, because in adding the Sweetheart’s Nite track, Chris had to update the Valentine’s Day section of the Holiday Time in Disneyland chapter which then led to other tracks on that chapter as well… Holiday Time in Disneyland Happy Halloween 21 – Caged Old Hag 22 – Disney Villains Shop These represent the Disney Villains Shop that used to be in Fantasyland (now the Peter Pan’s Flight gift shop). 29 – Big Thunder Trail – Haunted Abandoned Mine* This represents both the long defunct Mine Train through Nature’s Wonderland ride and a modern use of the caves from that ride as a Halloween showcase. 38 – The SCAREolers* Basically the Halloween equivalent to Christmas Carolers. It’s not really in the park, but is a Downtown Disney thing. However, Chris liked the concept enough to break the rules here. Happy Valentine’s Day 69 – Disneyland After Dark - Sweetheart’s Nite* Same as Track 96 on the Disneyland After Dark chapter. Keep in mind of course that as holidays change the track positioning here will change as well. So that’s all the updates we have for July. Chris will continue to work on the chapters featured here plus the Welcome to Disneyland chapter throughout the month. Hopefully by the time August rolls around even more of these track will have been completed to be shown off. We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday and a terrific rest of the month, and we’ll talk to you again in August! TTFN!
6/1/19 Vlog Update
Show Notes by Ryan Komitor Hello everybody, it’s that time again! Happy June and welcome as we discuss not 1 but 2 major happenings here at DisneyChris.com and the Disneyland Magical Audio tour. So let’s cut right to the chase and get started. Patreon Updates While long time followers of DisneyChris will be aware of this, in case you are new to the site it is felt to be a keen reminder that Chris does this site out of a labor of love, not money. However because of the nature of the site and its continual growth in mind Chris has long accepted donations from those generous individuals who wish to help further the development of the site and the podcasts. Chris has decided to rethink what kind of awards he gives to Patrons and has decided on the following 4 levels themed after the wardrobe of our mascot Jiminy Cricket himself: Patrons who pledge $1 to $4.99 are “Brave Cricketeers” based off of Jiminy Cricket’s green umbrella. Patrons who pledge at this tier will receive access to an exclusive Patreon chat group for subscribers only, and your name listed in the credits of our YouTube show – Dateline Jiminy Crickets. Patrons who pledge $5 to $9.99 are “Truthful Cricketeers” based off of Jiminy Cricket’s white gloves. Patrons who pledge at this tier will receive all of the rewards from the above tier, plus a Disney “Song of the Day” MP3 collection monthly with artwork attached (this used to be given to all levels, but Chris decided to move it up) and a monthly Cartoon Commentary video (a reboot of the Cartoon Commentaries from the short lived “Jiminy Crickets Live” YouTube podcast series). We will be starting with “Plane Crazy” and going in chronological order. Patrons who pledge $10 to $24.99 are “Unselfish Cricketeers” (even though all of you are unselfish for supporting us ;) ) based off of Jiminy Cricket’s top hat. Patrons who pledge at this tier will receive all of the rewards from the above tiers, plus exclusive bonus themed audio collections 3-5 times a year, and a monthly Patreon exclusive podcast “Down The Rabbit Hole”. Like the Cartoon Commentaries, this feature with Chris and Ruthie used to be a feature of the “Jiminy Crickets Live” show, however it never quite worked the way it was intended, so hopefully this new format will be more successful. As a preview Chris has uploaded the first one to YouTube free for everyone as a preview of what these will be like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FfXY7E-4VQ Patrons who pledge $25 or more are “Official Conscience” based off of Jiminy Cricket’s gold star badge. Patrons who pledge at this tier will receive all of the rewards from the above tiers, plus people at this level will have the opportunity (no we’re not forcing you) to be a guest podcaster by contributing opinion editorials on Disney topics of your choice for our listeners, and exclusive commentaries for the Disneyland TV specials in chronological order that discussed Disneyland (Disneyland, Walt Disney Presents, The Wonderful World of Color and theatrical shorts) with Chris, Ruthie and now joined by longtime supporter of the site (as well as our former show notes editor) Brian Crawford! Like “Down The Rabbit Hole” the first of these commentaries has been uploaded to YouTube for you to get a taste of what these have to offer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp3NQAxYd7k In addition to the above, Chris will be redoing the T-shirts that have been available. We will be making the original designs available again, as well as some new designs. These will be available for purchase at around $20 in the near future, however if you pledge at the “Unselfish Cricketeers” level consistently for 10 months you will receive a free T-shirt of your choice, and if you pledge at the “Official Conscience” level constantly for 4 months you will have the same opportunity as above, just sooner. More details to come soon! Finally, Chris has noticed that Patreon likes users to set goals, so he has decided to set one. If Chris is in a position where Patrons are sending a cumulative total of $500 or more per month, he will watch a modern Disney animated film that he has not yet seen. Chris is notorious for taking forever to get around to watching the newer Disney film releases. When we reach our goal, Chris will not only watch a recent Disney film, but release a reaction podcast of his first impressions with Ruthie and then record a full audio commentary (no video, but it will be synced to the film) that will be released exclusively to our Patreon subscribers at all pledge levels. If you are a Patron you will also be able to vote on which film he watches when the goal has been reached (the planned choices are Moana, Big Hero 6 and Coco). We hope that all of you will consider further supporting the site, purchase new content for the site, pay our web hosting fees, buy new recording equipment for improved audio quality and plan special meet and greets at the parks. Every little bit counts so it’s totally okay if you only have pennies to spare. Help us continue to bring you magic! June Goings On June 9th marked the 85th birthday of Donald Duck, so the Disney Song of the Day from June 1st thru June 10th we had a special block of songs available entitled “10 Days of Donald”. From June 11th thru June 16th we celebrated Father’s Day on June 16th with special themed songs on the Disney Song of the Day as a tribute to Disney Dads! And of course we will also be adding lots of new audio to the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour throughout the month. Disneyland Magical Audio Tour June 2019 Updates Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge It’s open. We may have to delineate in the future Disneyland BGE (Before Galaxy’s Edge) and AGE (after Galaxy’s Edge) as while the crowds have died down somewhat the mass chaos and excitement that erupted after the opening of the park to the general public shall be “a day long remembered” (Chris recommends checking out TheDailyWoo on YouTube who has some nice coverage on Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge and staying at the Disneyland Hotel for the first time). The good news though is that Chris has under much calmer surroundings been able to make further progress on the latest chapter to the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour and we are pleased to announce that it is now open for viewing to the general public! If you’re looking for a way to experience Star Wars at Disneyland without being trampled by the crowds you’ve come to the right place. Let’s have a brief tour of what’s available (tracks marked with a * mean that they are coming soon): Section 1: A Long Time Ago… 1977-1985 This section is devoted to pre-Star Tours era content, and shows how Disney became affiliated with the franchise and George Lucas 1 - Star Wars: A New Hope - Musical Score 2 - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - Musical Score 3 - Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Musical Score Highlights from the now classic scores for the original trilogy films, composed by John Williams. 4 - The Space Stage: Meco 5 - The Space Stage: Halyx Two performers who were inspired by the music of Star Wars who played at Disneyland in the 1970’s and the 1980’s. Meco had a hit disco style cover of the Star Wars theme. 6 - Buena Vista Records - The Story of Star Wars* 7 - Buena Vista Records - The Story of The Empire Strikes Back* 8 - Buena Vista Records - Star Wars: Rebel Mission to Ord Mandell* 9 - Buena Vista Records - The Story of Return of the Jedi* 10 - Disneyland Records - Star Wars* 11 - Disneyland Records - The Empire Strikes Back* 12 - Disneyland Records - Droid World* 13 - Disneyland Records - Planet of the Hoojibs* 14 - Disneyland Records - Return of the Jedi* 15 - Disneyland Records - The Ewoks Join the Fight* 16 - Disneyland Records - The Ewok Adventure* 17 - Disneyland Records - Ewoks: The Battle for Endor* 18 - Disneyland Records - Star Wars: Adventures in ABC* 19 - Disneyland Records - Star Wars: Adventures in Colors and Shapes* It all began with the above albums. These represent the earliest collaborations between Disney and Lucasfilm and thus are included here for posterity. The first 4 are long playing records (about 35 minutes each), whereas the remainder are “read-alongs” which were about 10 minutes each. 20 - America Sings - Geese Quartet Included here as 2 of the Geese later became droids in Star Tours. Tough way to make a living. 21 - The Muppet Show - The Stars of Star Wars As the title suggests, this was an appearance from some of the cast of Star Wars (Mark Hamill, Peter Mayhew, Anthony Daniels and Kenny Baker) on an episode of The Muppet Show originally broadcast on February 23, 1980. Chris wanted to add this as it was kind of uncanny how both franchises featured in this episode (Star Wars and The Muppets) are now owned by the Walt Disney Company, and at the end they even sing “When You Wish Upon a Star”. Section 2: The Adventure is Real 1986-2011 This section (named after the publicity tagline) covers the period between the creation of Star Tours and the last years of the George Lucas era of Star Wars/Lucasfilm and the original Star Tours. Included is rare promotional and press material, background music, musical scores, sound effects, ride-throughs and more! 22 - George Lucas’ Star Wars TV Special - The C3P0 Rap 23 - Star Tours - TV Commercial 24 - Star Tours Spaceport - PeopleMover Preview 25 - Star Tours Press Package Interviews* 26 - Star Tours Press Conference* 27 - Star Tours Interplanetary Launch Preview Party 28 - Star Tours Opening Day Festivities - Cantina Band 29 - Star Tours Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 30 - Star Tours - Tomorrowland Spaceport 31 - K-DROID Radio 32 - The Droid Rooms 33 - Star Tours Loading Bay 34 - Star Tours StarSpeeder 3000 Flight to Endor 35 - Star Tours Exit Corridor 36 - Star Tours Musical Score 37 - The Star Trader - Area Background Music 38 - Jedi Training Academy - Area Background Music* 39 - Jedi Training Academy* 40 - All-American College Band - Star Wars Theme Section 3: The Adventures Continue 2011-2018 In 2011 a new version of Star Tours called “Star Tours: The Adventures Continue” was introduced, serving as a prequel to the original and likewise including material from the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy. Just a year later in 2012 Star Wars/Lucasfilm was sold to The Walt Disney Corporation, officially making them members of the Disney family. 41 - Star Tours: The Adventures Continue - Grand Opening Ceremony 42 - Inside Star Wars: The Adventures Continue 43 - Darth Vader Visits Disneyland - TV Commercial 44 - Star Tours: The Adventures Continue - TV Commercial 45 - Star Tours: The Adventures Continue - Area Background Music 46 - Star Tours: The Adventures Continue - Travel & Tourism Ad 47 - Star Tours: The Adventures Continue - Spaceport Music 48 - Droid Sector G2-9T Luggage Scanner Droid 49 - Star Tours: The Adventures Continue - In-Flight* 50 - Stormtrooper Guest Interactions 51 - When You Wish Upon a Death Star 52 - RunDisney - Star Wars Half Marathon Rare promotional and press material, background music, musical scores, sound effects, ride-throughs and more! 53 - Season of the Force - TV Commercial 54 - Season of the Force - Area Background Music This was a special overlay of Tomorrowland with a Star Wars theme. 55 - Star Wars: Launch Bay - Area Background Music 56 - Star Wars: Launch Bay - Cantina Bar 57 - Dark Side Gallery: Commander on the Bridge - Darth Vader 58 - Dark Side Gallery: Commander on the Bridge - Kylo Ren 59 - Light Side Gallery: Wookie on the Bridge - Chewbacca 60 - Meet the Makers - Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge Preview In 2015 the Innoventions attraction was replaced by the new “Star Wars: Launch Bay” attraction. 61 - Tomorrowland Theater - Path of the Jedi 62 - Hyperspace Mountain* 63 - Jedi Training Academy - Trials of the Temple* 64 - March of the First Order 65 - Disneyland After Dark: Star Wars Nite Section 4: Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge 2019 In 2019 Disney launched a brand new land many years in the making, promising one of the most immersive experiences yet experienced in a theme park. 66 - Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge - John Williams Theme 67 - Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge - Behind the Scenes at Disneyland Resort 68 - Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge - Attraction Previews 69 - Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge - Know Before You Go 70 - Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge - Dedication Ceremony* As more sources and events come to light more will of course be added! Disneyland Hotel Chris is a bit “Star Warsed” out now, so he’s decided to work a bit on the Disneyland Hotel chapter. This has been on the site for years, but it was felt that much more could be added. Here is a list of the new tracks that will be coming to the page over the next month or so (expanding the page from about 40-45 tracks to 84 tracks). Note that the following list includes all new additions and the tracks crossed out have already been added to the chapter… TRK02 Dateline Disneyland - Jack Wrather and Bonita Granville TRK19 Café Villa Verde / El Vaquero - Mariachi Band TRK20 Sgt. Preston's Yukon Saloon & Dancehall - Yukon Follies Revue TRK21 Dancing Waters - 1980 TRK26 The Magic Kingdom Club - 1980 Update TRK27 The Magic Kingdom Club Gold Card - 1989 Update TRK28 Detective Mick - Magic Kingdom Club 1991 TRK29 Discover a New World - Magic Kingdom Club 1992 TRK30 Be Our Guest - Magic Kingdom Club 1993 TRK31 A Whole New World - Magic Kingdom Club 1994 TRK32 The Wonderful World of Disney - Magic Kingdom Club 1995 TRK38 Poolside Recreation Area Background Music TRK40 Hook's Point - Neverland Pool TRK47 Disneyland Hotel Elevator TRK48 Hotel Room Headboard Music Box - A Kiss Goodnight TRK50 Disneyland Today - In-Room Music 2011 TRK53 Dining Disney Style TRK57 Disneyland Today - In-Room Music 2015 TRK58 Disneyland Today - In-Room Music 2019 TRK59 The New Disneyland Hotel – UPDATE TRK60 Disneyland Resort Vacation Planning DVD - 2003 TRK62 Disneyland Resort Vacation Planning DVD - 2014 TRK63 Disneyland Resort Promotional Spots TRK67 Disneyland Hotel Signature Suites - Introduction TRK68 Adventureland Suite TRK69 Pirates of the Caribbean Suite TRK70 Big Thunder Mountain Suite TRK71 Fairytale Suite TRK72 Mickey Mouse Penthouse Suite TRK73 The Blue Sky Suite - Mid-Century Meeting Space TRK79 Downtown Disney - Daytime Area Background Music TRK80 World of Disney - Area Background Music TRK81 World of Disney - 2018 Area Background Music TRK82 Pop Up Disney! A Mickey Celebration TRK83 Downtown Disney – Nighttime Area Background Music 2017 Notes on some of the above tracks... 19 - Café Villa Verde / El Vaquero - Mariachi Band Representing the former Mexican restaurants that used to be in the Disneyland Hotel and their live music. 20 - Sgt. Preston’s Yukon Saloon & Dancehall - Yukon Follies Review This track represents one of Jack Wrather’s successful TV productions and their representation in the Disneyland Hotel in Wrather’s time. Chris was unsure of how he is going to represent this track, but he managed to use some live recordings to assemble a “sound-alike” version with actual songs performed in the show in a very similar style. Came out just great!!! Tracks 26-32 are Magic Kingdom/Vacation Club tracks already planned for inclusion on the Welcome to Disneyland chapter, but Chris decided that the Vacation theme of these meant that they should be represented here instead. 38 - Poolside Recreation Area Background Music 40 - Hook’s Point - Neverland Pool Representing two eras of the sandy pool at the hotel. 47 - Disneyland Hotel Elevator 48 - Hotel Room Headboard Music Box - A Kiss Goodnight Two fun tracks of interior music 67 - Disneyland Hotel Signature Suites - Introduction 68 - Adventureland Suite 69 - Pirates of the Caribbean Suite 70 - Big Thunder Mountain Suite 71 - Fairytale Suite 72 - Mickey Mouse Penthouse These are sound effects and music inspired by the Disneyland Hotel Signature Suites. The first track is an introduction, while the rest represent each suite 79 - Downtown Disney - Daytime Area Background Music 80 - World of Disney - Area Background Music 81 - World of Disney - 2018 Area Background Music 82 - Pop Up Disney! A Mickey Celebration 83 - Downtown Disney – Nighttime Area Background Music 2017 84 - Downtown Disney – Nighttime Area Background Music 2018 Finally these tracks were the main impetus for all the new work on this chapter. While this doesn’t mean that Chris is going to cover Disney’s California Adventure yet, a friend of his pointed out that Downtown Disney was closer to the Disneyland Hotel than California Adventure or the entrance to Disneyland so he decided to add it here. These were already on the Welcome to Disneyland chapter but they will be removed from there and added here. Track 82 is brand new. So that’s all for the updates for June. As you can see Chris has his work cut out for him (still needs to finish Star Wars and the Hotel chapter has opened up another can of worms) however always remember that this is a marathon, not a sprint. The fun and anticipation of editing, as well as the continual support of people like you are what keeps this adventure going. Also with the addition of the Galaxy’s Edge chapter Chris has reached another milestone as the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour now has 1700+ track! “Gawrsh” as Goofy would say, but it’s always nice to reach another hundred tracks. Hope you had fun and have a wonderful month of June and summer, we’ll talk to you again in July, and may the force be with you! TTFN!
5/1/19 Vlog Update Show Notes by Ryan Komitor
4/1/19 Vlog Update
Show Notes by Ryan Komitor
No this not an April Fool’s Joke! ;) Hello everybody, and happy April! It’s time for another monthly update on DisneyChris and the Magical Audio Tour. It’s the month of Easter so we’ll be showing how you can participate in the festivities through the site. Also we’re going to give you a sneak peek into a brand new chapter being added for the Magical Audio Tour.
Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge The new land will be opening at Disneyland Resort on May 31st, and to coincide with this the intention is to have the newest chapter of the Magical Audio Tour available on May 31st, regardless of whether the audio is fully done. If the audio is not finished by then the unfinished tracks will be added at a later date. Keep in mind that it can take a while to work on each track due to strict but necessary quality control measures.
Special Announcement We are pleased to announce that the Jiminy Crickets! Podcast has become a member of Roarbots. Roarbots is a podcast and article network that is “a celebration of geek culture, representing a diversity of voices that covers a broad swath of the nerdy landscape. Fair warning: Our working definition of “geek culture” is constantly evolving, so you’ll likely see us geek out about everything from movies, games, and toys to food and travel destinations.” Both the normal Jiminy Crickets! Podcast and its news based sister show Dateline Jiminy Crickets! are included. An episode will be posted every Thursday, but rest assured that this will not involve a lowering of the quality and standard that Chris and Ruthie have strived for. Rather, during weeks when new podcasts are not released (one week a month) an archival release from the ever growing archive of past releases will be released onto their site. If you want to look more into Roarbots you can check them out at https://theroarbots.com/. The podcasts will of course still be available via https://jcricketspodcast.blogspot.com/ as well as iTunes and Stitcher.
Easter Fun! Throughout the month of April we will be having Easter related content on the site as well as Chris’ social media. Check him out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DisneyChris73 and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisneyChrisDotCom for this and lots more content. Chris also has two Facebook groups: Disney Music Fans and the Jiminy Crickets Podcast, so if you have any interest in either (and aren’t trying to sell something ;)) please make sure to contact Chris and he’ll get you set up. Between April 10-21 the Disney Song of the Day will have a “Countdown to Easter” event, where each day has Easter themed songs. And of course the remainder of the month will have a normal Disney Song of the Day. On Facebook and Twitter Chris will also be sharing vintage Disney Easter photos throughout this time. Chris wants to point out that he has a decade long backlog of Easter images available, and while he gives credit where it is due, 99% of the time he does not know who created the original images
Holiday Time in Disneyland – Happy Easter Being that time of year, Chris has moved the Easter tracks up on the Holiday Time in Disneyland chapter, and the St. Patrick’s Day tracks have been moved down. 10 hopping tracks for your enjoyment!
Disneyland Magical Audio Tour April 2019 Updates Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge Yes it’s that time. Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge promises to be a major addition to the park(s), and it only seems appropriate that such a big new chapter in Disneyland necessitates a new chapter of the Magical Audio Tour! Chris began work on this chapter around mid-February, and work has steadily progressed behind the scenes to get it ready in time for the launch of the new land itself. Originally Chris was simply doing preliminary work on it, however when Disney announced the land’s opening for late-May, Chris decided to pause all other work and focus exclusively on the new chapter. This chapter is a one-stop station; a celebration of Star Wars, of both the films as well as the association between Disney and Star Wars that long predates the 2012 buyout of Lucasfilm. The page itself is currently up, but the actual content will be launched later so please be patient. And with that, it’s time for an exclusive sneak peak of what is to come…
Section 1: A Long Time Ago… 1977-1985 This section is devoted to pre-Star Tours era content, and shows how Disney became affiliated with the franchise and George Lucas Star Wars: A New Hope - Musical Score Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - Musical Score Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Musical Score Highlights from the now classic scores for the original trilogy films, composed by John Williams. The Space Stage: Meco The Space Stage: Halyx Two performers who were inspired by the music of Star Wars who played at Disneyland in the 1970’s and the 1980’s. Meco had a hit disco style cover of the Star Wars theme. Buena Vista Records - The Story of Star Wars Buena Vista Records - The Story of The Empire Strikes Back Buena Vista Records - Star Wars: Rebel Mission to Ord Mandell Buena Vista Records - The Story of Return of the Jedi Disneyland Records - Star Wars Disneyland Records - The Empire Strikes Back Disneyland Records - Droid World Disneyland Records - Planet of the Hoojibs Disneyland Records - Return of the Jedi Disneyland Records - The Ewoks Join the Fight Disneyland Records - The Ewok Adventure Disneyland Records - Ewoks: The Battle for Endor Disneyland Records - Star Wars: Adventures in ABC Disneyland Records - Star Wars: Adventures in Colors and Shapes It all began with the above albums. These represent the earliest collaborations between Disney and Lucasfilm and thus are included here for posterity. The first 4 are long playing records (about 35 minutes each) whereas the remainder are “read-alongs” which are about 10 minutes each. The Sounds of Outerspace This is a 1981 sound effects album inspired by the sounds of Star Wars. This also concluded a 17 year run of sound effects albums on Disneyland Records that began with “Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House” in 1964 (also included elsewhere on the DisneyChris site). America Sings - Geese Quartet Included here as two of the Geese later became droids in Star Tours. Tough way to make a living.
Section 2: The Adventure is Real 1986-2011 This section (named after the publicity tagline) covers the period between the creation of Star Tours and the last years of the George Lucas era of Star Wars/Lucasfilm and the original Star Tours. Included is rare promotional and press material, background music, musical scores, sound effects, ride-throughs and more! Mickey’s Space Fantasy: Tomorrowland / Star Wars Theme George Lucas’ Star Wars TV Special Star Tours Press Package Interviews Star Tours Press Conference Star Tours Interplanetary Launch Preview Party Star Tours Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Star Tours TV Commercial Star Tours Spaceport - PeopleMover Preview Star Tours - Tomorrowland Spaceport K-DROID Radio The Droid Rooms Star Tours Loading Dock Star Tours StarSpeeder 3000 Flight to Endor Star Tours Exit Corridor Star Tours Musical Score The Star Trader - Area Background Music Jedi Training Academy - Area Background Music Jedi Training Academy All-American College Band - Star Wars Theme
Section 3: The Adventures Continue 2011-2018 In 2011 a new version of Star Tours called “Star Tours: The Adventures Continue” was introduced, serving as a prequel to the original and likewise including material from the Star Wars prequel trilogy. Just a year later in 2012 Star Wars/Lucasfilm was sold to The Walt Disney Corporation, officially making them members of the Disney family. Star Tours: The Adventure Continues - Grand Opening Ceremony Inside Star Wars: The Adventure Continues Darth Vader Visits Disneyland - TV Commercial Star Tours: The Adventure Continues - TV Commercial Star Tours: The Adventure Continues - Area Background Music Star Tours: The Adventure Continues - Travel & Tourism Ads Star Tours: The Adventure Continues - Spaceport Music Droid Repair Bay RX-24 Pilot Droid Droid Sector G2-9T Luggage Scanner Droid Star Tours: The Adventure Continues - In-Flight Musical Score Stormtrooper Guest Introduction When You Wish Upon a Death Star RunDisney - Star Wars Half Marathon Rare promotional and press material, background music, musical scores, sound effects, ride-throughs and more! Season of the Force - TV Commercial Season of the Force - Area Background Music This was a special overlay of Tomorrowland with a Star Wars theme. Star Wars: Launch Bay - Area Background Music Star Wars: Launch Bay - Cantina Bar Dark Side Gallery: Commander on the Bridge - Darth Vader Dark Side Gallery: Commander on the Bridge - Kylo Ren Light Side Gallery: Wookie on the Bridge - Chewbacca Star Wars: Launch Bay - Rogue One Preview In 2015 the Innoventions attraction was replaced by the new “Star Wars: Launch Bay” attraction. Tomorrowland Theater - Path of the Jedi Hyperspace Mountain Jedi Training Academy - Trials of the Temple March of the First Order Disneyland After Dark: Star Wars Nite
Section 4: Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge 2019 In 2019 Disney launched a brand new land many years in the making, promising one of the most immersive experiences yet experienced in a theme park. Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge - John Williams Theme Aye, there’s the rub. Galaxy’s Edge has not opened yet so the content that can be provided for it is, shall we say, limited and that’s why Chris is putting a call out to those who may have any audio material that they would like to share with the site. Contact info can be found near the top of the Audio Editor’s Blog. Setting up the chapter was more difficult than it would seem, as it involved tedious work renumbering and rearranging everything to facilitate the placement of a new chapter. Chris would like to give a shoutout to an anonymous friend of his who helps him in situations such as these. It is greatly appreciated! In addition, there will be a continuous play feature at the bottom, just like all the other chapters. We’re excited to bring this new chapter to you. Please be patient as Chris continues to work on this new content for a late May launch. In the meantime there are many other chapters that you can check out if you need a Disney park music fix. Thank you for joining us for the April 1st update. Chris was nice and decided to not play an April Fool’s joke on you all, everything that’s here is actually happening. It’s going to be an exciting couple of months coming up so make sure to tune-in to the next audio editor’s blog on May 1st. Have a wonderful Easter and/or related holidays, and we’ll see you soon! TTFN!
3/1/19 Vlog Update
Show Notes by Ryan Komitor
Hello everybody, and happy March! It’s time for another monthly update on DisneyChris and the Magical Audio Tour. Just a quick reminder that updates are now being released at the start of each month. It’s the month of St. Patrick’s Day so as a result that is the theme of the month! Chris even decided to make a special title card for this month’s update with this theme. We’ll be going over some of the fun things that you can do to get into the spirit, as well as the going’s on with the site in general.
Special Announcement We are pleased to announce that the Jiminy Crickets! Podcast has become a member of Roarbots. Roarbots is a podcast and article network that is “a celebration of geek culture, representing a diversity of voices that covers a broad swath of the nerdy landscape. Fair warning: Our working definition of “geek culture” is constantly evolving, so you’ll likely see us geek out about everything from movies, games, and toys to food and travel destinations.” Both the normal Jiminy Crickets! Podcast and its news based sister show Dateline Jiminy Crickets! are included. An episode will be posted every Thursday, but rest assured that this will not involve a lowering of the quality and standard that Chris and Ruthie have strived for. Rather, during weeks when new podcasts are not released (one week a month) an archival release from the ever growing archive of past releases will be released onto their site. If you want to look more into Roarbots you can check them out at https://theroarbots.com/. The podcasts will of course still be available via https://jcricketspodcast.blogspot.com/ as well as iTunes and Stitcher.
St. Patrick’s Day Fun! Holiday Time in Disneyland – Happy St. Patrick’s Day Being that time of year Chris has moved the St. Patrick’s Day tracks up on the Holiday Time in Disneyland chapter, and the Valentine’s Day tracks have been moved down. Admittedly not all of the tracks are purely St. Patrick’s Day related and those are more a general Irish theme, but we hope you enjoy them! 8 tracks from end to end of the rainbow.
Song of the Day Archive Between March 11-17 the Song of the Day will be either Irish or St. Patrick’s Day themed with a Disney connection. The rest of the month will be a standard Disney song as usual.
Jiminy Crickets! Podcast – From the Archives If you want to further get into the St. Patrick’s Day spirit Chris recommends Episode 62 of the Jiminy Crickets! Podcast: “Darby O’Gill and the Little People” which can be found here as well as the other usual places, and make sure to check out some of the other legacy episodes too: https://jcricketspodcast.blogspot.com/2017/03/episode-62-darby-ogill-and-little-people.html
Disneyland Magical Audio Tour cont. March 2019 Updates Chris has been quite busy the last month and has made great headway in finishing the Welcome to Disneyland chapter. Out of 40 odd tracks 17 are now done, with more on the way.* The finished tracks include:
Meanwhile the list of tracks that are still being worked on are as follows
For more detail on these tracks make sure to read the February 2019 show notes. Chris hopes to be done with the vast majority of these tracks by the end of March, but has said that realistically he knows this could change at a moment’s notice, since he is incredibly busy with the podcast and his social media presence. *A quick update. Since the March video went out Disney unveiled the whole hoo-ha surrounding the Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge expansion at both Disneyland and Walt Disney World. Since the opening dates were officially announced, and they are much earlier than originally rumored, he decided to immediately pause work on the “Welcome to Disneyland” chapter. and work on his new chapter exclusively devoted to Star Wars in order to have it ready in time for the grand opening on May 31st. We hope to provide more info on what this entails in April at the earliest so please stay tuned! We hope that everybody has a very happy and wonderful St. Patrick’s Day and we hope that these additions will help get you into the Irish spirit. The next update will be at the start of April so we hope to see you then. TTFN!
2/1/19 Vlog Update
Show Notes by Ryan Komitor
Hello everybody, and happy February! It’s been a while, and there’s a reason for that. As of the last update back in January, Chris will be doing something a little different for 2019 where, rather than posting audio blogs bi-weekly, they will now be done at the start of each month! You probably guessed based on the special banner for this episode but February means Valentine’s Day, so a lot of this month’s audio blog will be about the new Valentine’s Day content Chris will be adding to the site. Things have been incredibly busy the past month for both the Magical Audio Tour and the site as a whole, so there are lots of updates to share. Let’s cut right to the chase and talk about the new Valentine’s content.
Song of the Day Archive For February, the Song of the Day entries will be devoted to Disney Love Songs to fit into the Valentine’s spirit! This is the 5th year of Song of the Day and the month begins with Barbra Streisand’s cover of “Someday My Prince Will Come” from the 2005 Disney themed Make A Wish Foundation album “Wishes”, inspired by the fireworks show of the same name. Barbra being such a legendary singer made her a perfect choice to kickstart the month, and of course each day a new love song will be added throughout the month. Impatient for a love song fix? DisneyChris also has an archive of the past couple years’ (2017-2018) worth of February Song of the Day entries so be sure to check those out as well. Clicking on those pages gives you a continual play option as well as selecting individual tracks. Great for a boring day at work, but perhaps best to use headphones if it’s allowed, just in case the boss walks in. ;)
Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Holiday Time in Disneyland – Happy Valentine’s Day Another option for Valentine’s Day music is on the Magical Audio Tour. Since Valentine’s Day is the most current holiday these entries have been moved up on the Holiday Time in Disneyland chapter to near the top. 7 tracks of park related Valentine’s goodness. Like chocolate but without the potential toothache. Like Song of the Day each chapter has a continual play option in addition to the individual track selections.
Jiminy Crickets! Podcast In time for Valentine’s Day is Episode 105 of the Jiminy Crickets! Podcast, celebrating the 60th anniversary of Sleeping Beauty. Chris and Ruthie go over everything you would want to know about the making of this classic animated love story. Check out this and many more podcasts on https://jcricketspodcast.blogspot.com/ as well as iTunes and Stitcher.
Disneyland Magical Audio Tour February 2019 Updates Lots of things are in the works here at DisneyChris. Focus has largely been on Chapter One, Welcome to Disneyland, for the past few months, and things are ready to be unleashed. You may have noticed since the end of last year that there were a lot of “Coming Soon” entries on that page in particular because of this, and now Chris’ work in restoring and editing the audio has nearly been finalized. What this means is that over the next month or so the new (or in some cases, updates of existing entries) tracks will be added. Chris will let you know on both his Facebook and Twitter when tracks are uploaded. The reason why it can take months between a Coming Soon spot and final upload is not merely the volume of tracks, but Chris’ thorough quality control procedures which ends with a final listen-through of each edited track to check for any remaining glitches should they exist. In all 41 tracks are to be added; 35 brand new and 6 updates of previously existing tracks. Here is a full list of the tracks as well as more details on selected tracks
This one required a lot of work and fun editing to sound good, as it was a live broadcast. The results should be worth it however.
There was a version of Disneyland ’59 in theaters called “Gala Day at Disneyland”, however it was a bit too perfectly edited and presented so Chris wanted to use the Kodak sponsored ABC TV special instead. Chris spent a lot of time further working on the audio for the site and editing out commercials and making transitions from one section to the next. For those who would like to hear “Gala Day at Disneyland”, it’s available as Chapter 1, Track 32.
While both tracks previously existed on the site in some form, Chris has decided to go back and tackle these anew using the latest restoration tools and techniques. The original versions were already on the TV Land chapter but the difference here is not only the improved audio, but also that unlike on the TV chapter, here they will be combined into single tracks rather than in sections.
There was 1 song on this that had a truncated start, however Chris was able to locate the original uncut track so that the intro has been restored.
These 2 tracks were unearthed a couple years ago in poor quality. Originally Chris didn’t intend on including them but decided they were interesting enough to include after working to improve the sound. The Kennel Club loop is a reconstruction from the original records used at the time. The last track was truncated but luckily other tracks included on the album it was from were also used in the Main Gate Loop from around the same time, so it was able to be located.
This is going to be a fun track. It’s going to be a mix of 50’s and 60’s songs about souvenirs. While it doesn’t have much to do with Disney, Chris is a huge fan of this era of music and wanted to include context of what people were listening to at this time. Chris also included the ringing of a cash register as a transition between each track.
A short commercial from the early 1980’s about Disney’s Unlimited Passport program.
Elements of Tracks 71 & 73 were already on the site as 1 single track, but Chris decided to expand them and add a third track as well. A major reason for the change was originally what will be Track 71 ended the track, and had a film projector sound overtop to give the impression of watching a training film. Chris became increasingly unhappy with this decision so he has made the changes as seen above. Track 72 is another Jack Wagner narrated track. As the “voice of Disney” from the early 1970’s into the early 1990’s, aside from his duties as park announcer and curating music loops he was also often hired to do narrations for Disney’s internal films & slideshows for employees & cast members, and this is yet another example. It’s an almost ludicrously detailed track for new cast members so it will be a fun listen.
Early 1990’s training video for cast members.
This is actually based on a loop that plays for the Magical Express airport bus lines in Walt Disney World, however the tracks are also used in closed circuit broadcasts in the Team Disney Anaheim lobby, so Chris really wanted to include this. Think of it as “artistic license”. ;)
This is a brand new section devoted to audio from films and videos released to members of the Magic Kingdom Club national travel discount program offered to employees of large corporations. Most stuff that doesn’t involve Disneyland has been edited out, but rest assured, there’s a lot of Disneyland material here.
On “The Wonderful World of Disney” TV related chapter as well as the Anniversary chapter there’s a lot of tracks devoted to commercials and related items. This is a combination of most of them in one place. This is from 1980 to the present day.
This is a news spot issued by Disney to local TV stations to inform the public about the then new Disney Dollars program. To fill it out Chris added “We’re In The Money” as background music, which is most appropriate.
These 3 are being added to have more Main Gate material other than the Disneyland Band track which was already on the site.
This is now the authentic audio. The older version was pieced together using Walt Disney World and Disney Home video materials.
After the Magic Kingdom Club disbanded in 2001 DVD’s such as this were sent out to anyone interested in planning for their vacations.
Music only segments from the 2017 D23 Expo.
This is the most recent loop, replacing the one that played beginning in the early 2000’s.
A special loop that played in the summer of 2018 for Pixar Fest
Mix of tracks used for Annual Passholder Days. Chris decided to include it here even though the actual event was held at the Starcade in Tomorrowland.
Chris originally didn’t want to go down the proverbial rabbit hole of Downtown Disney, but as it’s such an integral part of Disneyland’s history now he decided to include some tracks from there. Another reason is that recently proper music loops have been added where before generic music was played. In the case of the 2018 World of Disney loop, Chris only has 3 songs from it currently as a full tracklist has yet to be ID’d, so unless Chris is able to find out what the other tracks are, he will just include the 3 tracks and replace it when the full loop is found.
These 2 tracks are replacements for a previous track (Chris can’t remember the name now) which combined Disney related pop songs with tracks created by Disney. Chris decided to split them into 2 tracks. “Disneyland Jukebox” is a collection of rock & pop songs by people about Disneyland, and admittedly some of the songs are negative towards the park. After some deliberation it was decided to include them anyway. Meanwhile, “Songs of Tribute” is about songs that are used in celebration and in tribute to the park, and is the concluding track for the chapter.
Whew, that’s all the updates coming through February. Hopefully everyone enjoyed this peak behind the curtain into the goings-on here at DisneyChris. Also even though these notes should go out after Valentine’s Day has occurred, Chris nevertheless recommends that those who find themselves single on that day have a fun day for themselves, and I wholeheartedly agree. It’s a day to have fun in general whether you’re freshly out of a relationship or have been happily married for decades, just have fun! Again, the next update will be at the start of March so hope to see you then! TTFN!
1/1/19 Vlog Update
Show Notes by Brian Crawford Happy New Year from Disney Chris! Happy New Year Disney music lovers! Chris has been hard at work all December long finishing up the Christmas chapter, but despite the feverish pace the end of the year found him three tracks shy of fully editing Chapter 22 - Christmas Time in Disneyland. Oh well, that just means something to look forward to next Christmas! We’ll get into the Disneyland Magical Audio Tour a bit later, but first let’s see what’s new with the Jiminy Crickets Podcast: Jiminy Crickets Podcast Update The live show hasn’t turned out to be what Chris and Ruthie envisioned. There have been many technical challenges, copyright issues with posting the cartoon commentary piece, and lack of participation in the live audience. There were some faithful participants and Chris and Ruthie would like to sincerely thank those dedicated Cricketeers for their support and interaction during the live show. Many listeners just preferred catching the live show after it was posted, and that’s totally OK! So going forward the live show will be eliminated and replaced with a YouTube show that will focus on Disney news and current events with one additional segment that was introduced on the live show. This segment will rotate between The Top 10, Disney book reviews, Disney Doin’s and other fun productions. The new format will be pre-recorded every other Wednesday and made available the following day on DisneyChris’s YouTube channel at 8pm Eastern Time. The first episode was recorded and uploaded on Thursday, January 10th. Go on over to the channel and catch up on all the recent events happening at the Disney parks around the world. The regular Jiminy Crickets podcast will still be released once per month and Chris and Ruthie have also planned three additional music shows. These bonus episodes will be released in February, July and September! Chris has also decided to make exclusive podcast content available for Patreon subscribers! Selected subscribers will be given a chance to participate in “The D Show”, a Disney trivia game for the consummate Disney nerd! Chris and Ruthie will also continue to record Cartoon Commentaries for subscribers as well. As these shows are recorded and posted to the Patreon site, Chris will provide a link to all subscribers. Consider this an added incentive to subscribe today! For as little as $1 per month you can get access to this exclusive content as well as special musical selections Chris will send to all of his friends who contribute. Click here to donate to this unique place of Disney music and magic! Disneyland Magical Audio Tour Let’s review all of the track updates Chris made to Chapter 22 – Christmas Time in Disneyland. Unless otherwise noted the update was essentially lengthening the track and/or cleaning up the audio. As Chris finds new audio to enhance tracks he will usually spend considerable effort adding this new material and enhancing the aural experience for the discriminating Disney audiophile! Track 38 – Charles Dickens Christmas Carolers Track 39 – The Dickens Yuletide Band Track 40 – The Holiday Brass Track 42 – The Dapper Dans – Holiday Medley; all new musical selections with improved audio quality with special assistance from a barbershop quartet loving Patreon subscriber! Track 43 – Coke Corner Pianist – Holiday Medley Track 44 – ‘Tis the Season Handbell Carolers Track 52 – The Disneyland Hotel – Holiday Area Background Music Track 55 – Jingle Cruise – Queue Area Background Music; completely redone 1.5 hour musical loop of the now “retired” holiday overlay…bring it back, bring it back! Track 57 – The Rivers of America – Holiday Area Background Music Track 58 – The Blue Bayou – Holiday Area Background Music Track 70 – Frontierland – Holiday Area Background Music Track 71 – Big Thunder Ranch – Holiday Area Background Music Track 73 – Jingle Jangle Jamboree – Billy Hill and the Hillbillies; not original music by the popular and hilarious Golden Horseshoe ensemble, but a nice compilation of holiday music in that infectious Kentucky Bluegrass style Track 74 – Bear Country – Holiday Area Background Music Track 86 – Mickey’s Night Before Christmas; this is currently the Walt Disney World version of the show. Chris is working with a former cast member who performed in the Disneyland version and will do his best to get it posted next year. Track 87 – The Magic of Christmas Track 89 – Mickey’s Nutcracker Track 94 – Sleeping Beauty Castle – Winter Castle Lighting Ceremony Lastly, Chris added five new versions of the Candlelight Processional and is now just missing two versions of the annual classic: Jack Wagner and Howard Keel. These will be available next year! To close out this update, Chris shared his “to do” list to finish up Chapter 1 so expect a lot of great new additions to that chapter in the coming weeks. As usual (and my pleasure of course!) I will summarize all of the new content and additions in the next update. Have a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!
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