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Distory with Kate & Kirk
Exploring the history of the Disney Parks (with a dash of the ridiculous!), Distory with Kate and Kirk is an adventure into the fascinatingly obscure details that have made the Disney parks what they are today.
Episodes
Distory with Kate & Kirk26. Enchanted Tiki Room Distory - Part 5 - Dole Whips, Orange Birds, & Finding Rosita
Despite common belief, Dole Whips were not actually invented for Disneyland, and their history is not as old as you might think it is. On this episode of…
Distory with Kate & Kirk25. Enchanted Tiki Room Distory - Part 4 - Walt Disney World's Tropical Serenade & Under New Management
"It’s a whole new world so you better get hip or your audience will disappear."Those famous, cringy words of Iago from the largely unpopular Under New…
Distory with Kate & Kirk24. Enchanted Tiki Room Distory - Part 3 - The Music of the Tiki Room
Have you heard the lost song of the Tiki Room? In this episode of Distory, we talk about the origins of all the music in the Enchanted Tiki Room, including the…
Distory with Kate & Kirk23. Enchanted Tiki Room Distory - Part 2 - Concept Art and The Enchanted Tiki Garden
Stand back! This episode of Distory is filled with the fascinating history of the lanai tikis of the Tiki Room, the original 1960s concept art for the…
Distory with Kate & Kirk22. Enchanted Tiki Room Distory - Part 1 - The Lost Restaurant & How the Birdies Sing
Pay attention, it's showtime! In this episode of Distory, we ruffle a few feathers as we discuss the origins of the Tiki Room and where you can still see…
Distory with Kate & Kirk21. Pink Elephants On Parade: Dumbo the Flying Elephant Distory
Dumbo the Flying Elephant seems like a simple off-the-shelf spinner ride, but its unique history is filled with frustrations, malfunctions, and design…
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20. A Spin in the Teacups - Mad Tea Party Distory
Have you ever wondered why the teacups at Disney are so hard to spin? Well, they weren't always that way. In this episode of Distory, we move down through the…
Distory with Kate & Kirk19. Sightlines in Disney - How Perspective Affects Your Park Experience
How does the way Disney designed their parks influence how we experience them? In this episode of Distory, we talk about how Disney has masterfully crafted our…
Distory with Kate & Kirk18. A World of Color - Color Psychology in the Disney Parks
How does Disney's use of color affect our experience of the parks? In this episode of Distory, we go beyond Go Away Green and Blending Blue to explore how the…
Distory with Kate & Kirk17. Haunted Mansion Distory - Part 16 - Momento Mori & The Pirate Connection
As we near the end of our Haunted Mansion odyssey, our journey would not be complete without a stop in the gift shop! In this episode, we walk through the…
Distory with Kate & Kirk16. Haunted Mansion Distory - Part 15 - Tomb Secrets & Pet Cemeteries
You may think that the tombs at the exit of the Haunted Mansion are just simple, funny puns, but a few of them hold hidden meanings buried beneath their…
Distory with Kate & Kirk15. Haunted Mansion Distory - Part 14 - Little Leota & Exit Secrets
Who is Little Leota? Is she a bride? A mourner? A hostess? And why is she the last ghostly figure we see on our way out of the Haunted Mansion? In this episode…
Distory with Kate & Kirk14. Haunted Mansion Distory - Part 13 - The Hitchhiking Ghosts
In this episode of Distory with Kate & Kirk, three ghosts follow us on our way out of the mansion as we explore the fascinating backstories and development of…
Distory with Kate & Kirk13. Haunted Mansion Distory - Part 12 - The Knight, the Prisoner, & the Executioner
In this episode of Distory with Kate & Kirk, we focus on the often-overlooked trio of happy haunts at the very end of the Haunted Mansion's graveyard: The…
Distory with Kate & Kirk12. Haunted Mansion Distory - Part 11 - The Mummy & The Opera Singers
In this episode of Distory with Kate and Kirk, we make our way (albeit slowly) through the graveyard of the Haunted Mansion, this time focusing on the…
Distory with Kate & Kirk11. Haunted Mansion Distory - Part 10 - Singing Busts, Picnics, Phantoms, & Parties
In this episode of Distory, we continue to creep through the graveyard of the Haunted Mansion beginning with the history of the singing busts before having a…
Distory with Kate & Kirk10. Haunted Mansion Distory - Part 9 - The Phantom Five
In this episode of Distory, we finally arrive in the graveyard just in time to celebrate the swinging wake with the Phantom Five! And they might not…
Distory with Kate & Kirk9. Haunted Mansion Distory Part 8 - Falling from the Attic
On this episode of Distory with Kate & Kirk, we make our descent from the attic of the Haunted Mansion, taking in every detail and historic feature along the…
Distory with Kate & Kirk8. Haunted Mansion Distory - Part 7 - The Attic
Have you ever wondered why the Haunted Mansion's attic feels so much creepier than the rest of the mansion? In this episode of Distory with Kate & Kirk, we…
Distory with Kate & Kirk7. Haunted Mansion Distory - Part 6 - The Grand Hall
In this episode of Distory with Kate & Kirk, ghosts are beginning to materialize as we enter the Grand Hall (aka The Ballroom) of the Haunted Mansion and give…
Distory with Kate & Kirk6. Haunted Mansion Distory - Part 5 - Music Room, Endless Hallway, & Seance Room
In this episode of Distory with Kate & Kirk, we dodge hot and cold running chills in the endless hallway of the Haunted Mansion before exploring the details of…
Distory with Kate & Kirk5. Haunted Mansion Distory - Part 4 - Concept Art & Portrait Gallery
In this episode, Kate (in Disneyland) walks us through a display of actual Haunted Mansion concept art on display while Kirk guides us through the Sinister 11…
Distory with Kate & Kirk4. Haunted Mansion Distory - Part 3 - The Foyer & Stretching Room
Is this Haunted Mansion series stretching (on forever), or is it just your imagination? In this episode, we finally step foot into the Haunted Mansion's foyer…
Distory with Kate & Kirk3. Haunted Mansion Distory - Part 2 - The Music, Concepts, & Queue
In this episode of Distory, special guest & Musicologist Dr. Eliot Grasso joins us for an in-depth discussion of the music of the Haunted Mansion. We also…
Distory with Kate & Kirk2. Haunted Mansion Distory - Part 1 - Outside the Mansion
In this Episode of Distory with your Ghost Hosts Kate and Kirk, we explore an in-depth history of the outside structure of both the Walt Disney World (Florida)…
Distory with Kate & Kirk1. Pirates of the Caribbean History - Concept to Ride Through
In this our inaugural first-ever episode of Distory with Kate & Kirk, we dive deep into the history of Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean attraction, sharing…