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180. When Disney Destroyed Fantasyland: The 1983 Disneyland Rebuild & New Peter Pan's Flight - Peter Pan's Flight Part 5
In the 1980s, Imagineering completely tore apart Walt Disney's original Fantasyland. But how did they decide on what should replace it? And what did they decide NOT to build?On this episode of Distory with Kate & Kirk, we fly back in time to Disneyland’s 1983 opening of New Fantasyland and Disney's Peter Pan’s Flight. Through rare Imagineering documents and vintage photos, we deep-dive into the details of how they dismantled and rebuilt Walt’s original Fantasyland, including some concepts that never came to pass. As we fly along, Kirk takes us on a tour of dormer windows, Kate points out some…
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