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Defunctland: The Awful Wiggles Dark Ride

(upbeat 1950s music) – [Kevin] In 1957, a 24-year-old Australian man named John Longhurst visited the newly opened Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California. A regular viewer of the “Disneyland” television show, Longhurst was interested not just in the park, but the man who made it. The trip to Disneyland did not disappoint. Longhurst recalled, quote, “It was something different to anything I’d ever seen. There was something romantic about it. ” This trip began what would become a lifelong obsession with both Disneyland and Walt Disney. Longhurst […]

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