What's that? You've never heard of this? Well this is an Unbuilt EXCLUSIVE about a ride slated to replace Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin at Mickey's Toontown based on the 2017 DuckTales reboot!

Welcome landlubbers, today we explore the time that Disney bought a boat and a plane and sought to use that into a plot to take over an entire California city, that was also likely part of an extortion plot to convince the city of Anaheim to do their bidding! Also, there was a whole theme park!

We dive under the sea to explore the original version of The Little Mermaid ride which suspended guests under and above the fathoms below!

Plus, we talk Tiana's Bayou Adventure in a discussion that surely everyone will agree with and be very normal about.

Get ready for a real Scamifornia Adventure as we look at the Spirit of California project slated for Tracy, California in 2012, which totally didn't rip off a failed Disney theme park.

Also, Ryan O'Reilly gives his trip report to Kentucky Kingdom and Holiday World.

In this archive release, the two Ryans finally meet in person and discuss classic family-friendly Vegas!

A Monday Unbuilt release?! Yes unfortunately I had to rebuild this episode which meant a delay but there will be another archive release on Friday! Lucky you!

For now: we head to the D23 Expo in 2022 to ruthlessly mock it and all of the inane blue sky wonder that is and will forever be Beyond Big Thunder.

Next on our archive series we head back to August 2022 to hear Ryan O'Reilly's trip report to Northern California and experiencing the Walt Disney Family Museum, and so much more!

Today we follow up The Disney Cancellation Special with Universal! Join us as we look at various ideas such as a James Bond stunt show, a Potter VR broomstick ride, a noisy Seuss walkthrough, an Apollo 13 roller coaster and much more!

Continuing our archive series with a look at a very boring film that helped inspired a very not-boring unbuilt land, Discovery Bay!

Today is a double episode: first, I recap my tour of Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, then we explore various never-made themed resorts at Walt Disney World including the east coast version of New Orleans Square!

Once again, I apologize about the audio issues as our recording software captured the wrong microphone. I will do my best to ensure this does not occur again.

Early on in the podcast, we had the unique and wonderful chance to interview the former VP of Knott's Berry Farm Creative, Robin S Hall! This is a very fascinating interview, please enjoy.

Ka-Chow! It's a bonus 90 min episode EARLY where we go OFF about the D23 Horizons Parks Panel! Whether it's Lightning McQueen filling in the Rivers of America or Mike Wazowski yeeted the Muppets out of their courtyard, from Avengers to Villains, from Indy to the Madrigals, from various overseas Marvel projects to overpriced lounges, we got all the discussion!

Jaalin Harvey returns to discuss another Atlantis-themed attraction, this time the infamous Fire Mountain, a transforming coaster wrapped inside a volcano that would've towered over Adventureland.

This week, the archive series continues with our Muppets Haunted Mansion review!

In a totally not-transparent attempt to discuss the world's largest Bass Pro Shop in a pyramid, we explore an alternative plan to put a theme park in the guts of the infamous Memphis Pyramid!

This week in our archives dive we go back to 2022 and Ryan O'Reilly tells Dorman about his trip to RetroMagic and more!

Today we head into the Enchanted Forest and discover Jay Rasulo's original, meet-and-greet intense version of Magic Kingdom's New Fantasyland. Prepare to make a lot of birthday cards for Princess Aurora!

It's archive time again, and this is our last Building Upon episode where Dorman recounts a recent visit to both Disney World and Disneyland.

Today we check out Ron Logan and Rick Silanskas' "dream" park that was "funded" by con man Bryan Robinson, filled with some of the worst theme park ideas you've ever heard.

Ryan Dorman also delivers some piping hot takes about his recent trip to Orlando.

Our archive series continues with this episode from August 2021 where we review season one of "Behind the Attraction"!

America's favorite frontiersman actor tried to capitalize on his fame with an educational family fun park and failed twice! Come explore the history of Fess Parker and his wide-eyed dreams with us!

As we begin our final year of Unbuilt, we are going to release our bonus material, previously paywalled, every week the podcast is off for your enjoyment.

In this first archive episode from August 2021, Dorman discusses a Disney trip he's about to take.

As we look ahead to D23 2024, we look back at last year's announcements with this previously bonus-only look at Destination D23!

We continue on with part two of our look at Main Street offshoots, this time looking at the twisty alleyways of International Street and the unimaginable size of Hollywoodland.

Plus, we talk about the closure of the original Country Bear Jamboree.

We're back from hiatus with a brand-new episode about two Main Street expansion both planned by Walt Disney: Edison Square, with a familiar-sounding show sponsored by General Electric and Liberty Street, featuring a wax hall of Presidents!

Plus, we have some news about the future of Unbuilt.

Happy holidays! This year we look at two episodes from different eras of bad Simpsons: season 15's "Tis the Fifteenth Season" and season 31's "Bobby, It's Cold Outside". Which one is worse? Hint: it's the season 31 episode. C'mon. Duh.

We travel into the unknown and encounter Marc Davis' Enchanted Snow Palace, a 1977 concept where guests would take an icy boat ride to meet the Snow Queen! No, not Elsa, but there are a lot of goofy snowmen who may or may not like warm hugs!

This ride would've been FIRE! We travel back to the 90s and take a look at a pitch from MTVN Recreation involving a portable Beavis and Butthead simulator.

You can find the glossary materials here: https://www.mediafire.com/file/x1h7646y12peoyz/Beavis_and_Butt-Head_-_The_Ride.pdf/file

Our longest episode yet!

We roar into Animal Kingdom with a look at Joe Rohde's Fantasyland, that of Beastly Kingdom where we search for unicorns, glide to classical music and face off against a fire-breathing dragon!

We take a peek into the possibility of Mel Brooks running the Hollywood Tower Hotel with this early iteration where comedy ruled instead of screams! Hop on an elevator and catch a movie monster or two as we see what happens when Michael Eisner tries to ensnare the master of parody with a semi-spooky E-ticket attraction!

We visit Casper the Friendly Ghost and his uncles the Ghostly Trio to check out Universal's unbuilt Whipstaff Manor dark ride based on the 1995 Casper film, where guests could ride on beds and choose their own route!

The east winds take us to a lovely London town and along with us we encounter Tony Goldmark of Escape from Vault Disney! In today's ep, we examine the various unbuilt Mary Poppins attractions in Disney history from Tony Baxter's Jolly Holiday ride to EPCOT's cancelled UK pavilion expansion!

We journey to Murcia, Spain and examine an unbuilt bottom-up Paramount theme park with attractions based on movies you've heard of like Mission Impossible and Grease, and also based on films you've never heard of like Stardust and FairyTale!

Today we have a split episode for you: first, Ryan Dorman talks about his trip to Aulani and we catch up on several news items, then we discuss some unexplored concepts for the Tokyo Disney parks!

In our fiftieth episode, we take a look at a myriad of Disney World projects that were never meant to be, but still announced by the company. Topics include: the Main Street Theatre, the Epcot Festival Center, Hyperion Wharf, Pop Century's Legendary Years, Reflections A Lakeside Lodge, the Play Pavilion and Spaceship Earth's most recent tabled redo!

Merry Julymas!

Once again we let Ryan Dorman chose a film for us to discuss, and this year he has chosen David Lynch's 1977 surrealist body horror Eraserhead! How much about parenting will we learn? Find out today!

Today we look at Disney's attempt to create a Harry Potter land, filled with completely underwhelming rides and attractions! Also we check out Universal's Villain Con: Minion Blast!

This Fourth of July week we take a look at Marc Davis' original 1975/1976 concepts for The American Adventure, including an omnimover ride with an original song!

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We dive in to Atlantis as we look at the proposed thrilling redo of Disneyland's Submarine Voyage: the Atlantean Encounter, based on 2001's Atlantis the Lost Empire. Will thrill-seekers escape the clutches of the Leviathan? Will we address the recent Titan Submersible incident? Well, the answer for that last one is no since the episode was recorded several weeks prior. That we just call bad timing!

We chopper back over to Islands of Adventure to take a look at the many possible replacements for the public domain land The Lost Continent! Could it be Rudolph, Harry Potter or even Willy Wonka?

Thanks to Alicia Stella of OrlandoParkStop.com for the information for today's show. You can check out her original article here: https://orlandoparkstop.com/feature/unbuilt-attractions/5-never-built-replacements-for-the-lost-continent-at-islands-of-adventure/

Orlando ParkStop is currently running a Stop Hate charity campaign for the month of June. Donations accepted towards The Trevor Project here: https://orlandoparkstop.com/charity/

Special Thanks to Jerry Skids for providing the voice of Construction Worker in our cold open sketch!

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It's the epic conclusion to our episode on Disney's America! Jaalin Harvey from A Podcast For All Things, But Mostly Disney continues to join us as we discuss why the history theme park was never built, the political controversy and fallout, as well as imagining the alternate reality where it came to be.

Also announcing our Ko-Fi "Unbuilt Unlimited", where you can enjoy bonus episodes and other exclusive content such as early access to episodes. Check it out here: https://ko-fi.com/unbuiltpod/

It's an EPIC, slightly, kind-of patriotic two-parter as Jaalin Harvey from A Podcast For All Things, But Mostly Disney joins us to talk Disney's America! In the first half of the episode, we discuss how Disney's America, a failed Virginia history-based theme park, came about and what was to be included in it.

What happens when George Lucas is on top of the world? He gets his own enormous fully-indoor multi-level theme park expansion, that's what! Crystalline domes, rocket jets, many girders and beams, Alien Encounter and a massive Star Wars roller coaster with multiple tracks?! Celebrate Star Wars Day with this look at a project that could only exist in the 1980s!

This year, Ryan Dorman enlists us to watch five short films on Disney+:

Le Pupille

May the 12th Be With You

Growing Fangs

Twentysomething

The Little Matchgirl

We return to Dubai and take a look at several parks that were going to be a part of Dubailand, including an F1-themed park, a Marvel Superheroes park and even... Waterpark City?!

We drive from Hollywood to Sin City as we return to Las Vegas to check out some never-built resort oddities such as a tacky recreation of the Titanic, a hotel shaped like cowboy boots, various cities and even the Moon! It's an insane grab-bag of bizarre ways to ensnare your wallet!

We conclude "Hooray for Hollywood" with a look at the original plans for EuroDisneyland's second gate, Disney-MGM Studios Europe! Today a dumpster fire sits on what was planned to be more akin to a grander, more fulfilling vision of Hollywood excess, but French! 

Plus: we discuss the recent Haunted Mansion movie teaser and stick around to the end for some bonus Star Wars chatter!

We'll conclude our Hooray for Hollywood miniseries next week, but today enjoy a couple of hilarious outtakes from our last few episodes!

Illusions abound as David Copperfield teams with Michael Eisner to create a magic-themed restaurant on the border of Disney-MGM Studios as we continue our Hooray for Hollywood series!