Podcast appearances and mentions of mark eades

Welcome to Episode 68 of the RetroWDW Podcast: "Magic Journeys - We appreciate your support and hope you have been enjoying each and every episode. Be sure to check out some of our previous shows from over the years. We have visited multiple parks, resorts, and just about everything else in between. We hope you stick with us through 2021 as we bring you some great content that will take you back to WDW each month.  Enjoy! Listener Mail Right to the mailbag this month! The bag is full and we love that! Every month, you can possibly get on the show, so be sure to write to us at podcast@retrowdw.com. Also, top-tier donors can even join us on a show! Take a look at how you can join us live on an episode. Our first letter is from Andy all about the Mannequins - he goes through this photo, explaining what each piece of hardware does. This is super helpful and also neat to look back; the system also included the classic 3.5" Floppy Disk! Going back to September, Jason sent us a tweet about his trip to WDW. So many good shots of the topics we have discussed over the years. Thanks, Jason! John touched base with us about the Mardi Gras parade items and props sitting in Port Orleans: French Quarter. Brian gives us the full story on this one and the connection is amazing. We also heard from Jacques, giving even more insight into this whole thing. Mr. Mardi Gras comes up and we love this back story. Thanks, everyone! We heard from Colleen on Instagram and she shared with us a super neat cup from Pleasure Island. These aren't very common to see anymore but we absolutely loved that you shared this with us! Dane wrote us about 'The Guide to Tomorrowland' - This was from way back in Episode 26: Tiny Bubbles. We included this item in our giveaway for the year - click here to read it! We got a letter from Carla regarding the Retro Food episode we recently did. She had quite a few corrections and insight into some restaurants in WDW. Phil wrote in about a friend who does high-profile celebrity security. Apparently, Tom Cruise used the services during a visit to WDW. This trip had many great stories and experiences, which Phil shared with us. Thank you so much Phil; this was great! Giveaway We have a copy of 'Walt Disney World: The First Decade' to send to one lucky winner. Send us an email with the subject line Decade to contest@retrowdw.com - we will pick a random winner from the entries to get this hardcover book from the 80s. Good Luck! Main Topic This month, we take you back to EPCOT Center and as far back as opening day. Magic Journeys: This is one of those short-lived attractions that most have not seen, but if you did, you get it. This was extremely high tech, advanced and the effort level that went into this is absolutely insane. Todd takes the lead, giving us a bit of history and why this whole thing came about. We hear from Murray Lerner, including original audio and interviews looking back at the creation of this film. Overall though, this film was intended to see the world through the eyes of a child. Of course, we get the technical reasons as to why 3D works and what is actually happening with your eyes. The 'how' of this film is something you really won't believe. Two whole years in the making with computer graphics, 75mm film, multiple frames on top of one another - the making of this film is a treasure trove of facts and figures. We also include clips from our interview with Mark Eades. He played a major role in creating this film, helping with the setup, and also was integral in making sure it worked. We also discuss the film made with the Dreamfinder, Ron Schneider. He goes into how they had to create a preview film all about Magic Journeys, just to have something in the theater for opening day. RetroMagic Fifty We have set our date for the next big Lake Buena Vista Historical Society event: RetroMagic 50. We will all be back at Walt Disney World in 2022 for this weekend-long event which takes place April 23-24. Please click the following link to sign up for ticket sale information and notifications. We hope to see you all real soon! 2021: Year Two of The Film To make sure you are the first to know when items are released, subscribe to us on YouTube. Be sure to click the notification bell too, that way you are alerted when we post.  Finally, be sure to check out Vimeo if that is your thing, as we will post there as well.

In this episode of the Defunctland Podcast, Kevin sits down with Former Imagineer Mark Eades to discuss his time in theme parks, working on early EPCOT Center, Star Tours, MuppetVision, Terminator 2 3D, and more!

In the late 70’s Mark Eades found himself juggling an internship with Disney productions while also working nights at Autopia in Disneyland. But his work paid off and soon he found himself helping on a little film called Tron and then joining the editorial team for Epcot Center. For Epcot, Mark worked in post-production on such favorites as Magic Journeys, Universe of Energy, and the Golden Dreams segment of American Adventure, but that's just the beginning. Mark chats with Nathan about working with Jim Henson on Muppet Vision-3D, casting the voice of Rex for Star Tours, and working on one of the most beloved Universal Studio shows of all time - Terminator 2: 3D. Keep up with Mark at markeades.com Contact Nathan Twitter – @somestuffisaid Instagram – @somestuffisaw Email – dreamfinders@wdwnt.com Credits: Podcast Artwork - JP Tanner Editor - Shannen Michaelsen Quality Control - Ben Harris This podcast is distributed by WDW News Today Find us on Apple Podcasts, Youtube, Spotify, Google, iHeart Radio, Overcast, Stitcher, or your favorite podcatcher using our RSS feed.

Disney fans rejoice! Mark Eades is an Imagineer who worked on the epic attractions Star Tours and Honey, I Shrunk the Audience. Listen as we discuss their creation. That and so much more on this episode. COMMUNITY: Join the DCTC community and be rewarded including early episode releases. https://tinyurl.com/y97k6jem SHOP: DCTC Merch https://www.redbubble.com/people/DizneyCTC Website - http://www.dizneycoasttocoast.com Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/dizneyctc Instagram - http://www.instagram.com/dizneyctc Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DizneyCTC/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/DizneyCTC

Come along as Mel and Freddy dig into conversation with Mark Eades, one of the Disney Imagineers who helped bring Epcot to life back in the 80s. He cut his teeth in Disney animation and film and was called up […] The post TA Podcast E12: Mark Eades appeared first on Themed Attraction.

We are happy to welcome former Disneyland cast member, Disney Studio employee, and Imagineer Mark Eades to the show. Mark also went on to write for the OC Register.  Mark has some amazing stories from his time at Disneyland to Imagineering, to writing for the OC Register. Plus the latest in the Disneyland Resort current events. You can find more info on Mark at www.markeades.com plus get show notes, our book Cleaning the Kingdom and more at www.thesweepspot.com 

PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR AMAZING SPONSOR: THE LASIK VISION INSTITUTE CLICK ON THIS LINK FOR A FREE EVALUATION AND GET 25% OFF LASIK! *Subscribe @ iTunes* TSPP is back with Orange County Register Multimedia Reporter, Former Walt Disney Imagineer, and good friend of the podcast, Mark Eades. Mark, who regularly visits the Southern California Theme Park scene, to many, is known as the OC Register guy taking tons of pics and writing up lightning fast reports on the newest attraction, event or announcement; but he has an astounding history on working within the themed entertainment industry. Starting his journey at ground zero in Disneyland food service, to landing in Disney Studios/WED as a film/show producing workhorse: Magic Journeys, Living Seas, Star Tours, Muppet-Vision 3D, Golden Dream, etc., then ultimately reporting on the theme park scene in Orange County. Tons of early Disney Studios and WED talk, and a very revealing look at how Disney creative business worked in the eighties. Recorded at the Disneyland Hotel, March 31st, 2016, during the TEA Summit. Enjoy! Links: The LASIK Vision Institute - Free Evaluation 25% Off LASIK Orange County Register Holiday World Event: HoliWood Nights TEA Website InPark Magazine Walt Disney Birthplace  MiceChat Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z'nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: www.seasonpasspodcast.com   Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: doug@seasonpasspodcast.com brent@super78.com robert@robertcoker.com Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show.  Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2017 Season Pass Podcast

Wookiee Radio is back with episode 15 and this week we are joined by former Disney Imagineer Mark Eades. Mark was one of the team that created the original Star Tours ride at Disneyland and with that created a whole new type of theme park attraction. We cover the history of the ride from concept […]

What did Imagineers teach George Lucas about movie making? What really happened to kill Jim Henson's initial sale of the Muppets to Disney? Why was Pandora such a problem for WDI? Former Imagineer and current themed entertainment critic Mark Eades joins Demetri for a chat about that and more this week.

In this episode, we have the Beginning and the "Best" of the WDW Navigators.   Yeah all of the hosts are out celebrating St. Patty’s day so we decided to replay some clips from some of our first 45 episodes.   On the best of you will hear our first every episode show opening where it sounds like we are talking throught in cans. We also have some clips from episode 4 where we had the world famous Yehaa Bob  Episode 11 Our WDW Navigators meet up with Flat Head Keith, Episode 20 4 parks in one day during Christmas of 2015 Episode 35a the ladies talk StarWars Episode 36 the Soarin (without a G) marathon Episode 40 the Ken Storey story Episode 41 where we invited the Resort Loop.com guys Tim and Bob or is it Bob and Tim to join us. We didn’t include clips from some of our guest because we want you guys to go back as listen to the full episodes.   We had Former Imagineer Brian Collins on episode 10.   We had the voice of Living with the Land and the TTA Mike Brassell on episode 12.  We had the guys from the Magic Our Way podcast on episode 17 (our most downloaded episode).  We had another former imagineer Mark Eades on episode 37, and that Apex Predator Rachel from the Behind the Magic podcast on episode 44.   You will surely want to go back and listen to some of those informative and funny episodes.  We hope you enjoy reliving some of the fun moments from the first 45 episodes. The crew, well most of them will be back next week. Thank you for listening and following along Facebook (WDW Navigators page & group) and on Twitter& Periscope (@WDWNavigators). Send us a comment, suggestions,sound clips, show openings or your outrage to us at wdwnavigators@gmail.com Listen to us here or on Stitcher, Podbean or iTunes. If you listen on iTunes, please leave us a 5-star review and we’ll read it on a future episode. FishSean Woo out!

Show Notes:  In this episode of The Tiara Talk Show, former Walt Disney theme park Imagineer Mark Eades chats with host Tammy Tuckey about his humble beginnings working at Disneyland as a college student, how he found the perfect voice for Captain Rex in the original Star Tours attraction, what movie scene was removed from The Great Movie Ride at Disney’s Hollywood Studios three months before the park’s opening & more! Visit Mark Eade’s website here: www.markeades.com Follow Mark on Twitter: www.Twitter.com/markaeades Are you looking to plan and book an upcoming Disney vacation? Contact The Tiara Talk Show’s official travel agent, James from Destinations in Florida by visiting www.destinationsinflorida.com/tiara for a free quote! Be sure to… - Follow us on Twitter at @TiaraTalkShow: www.twitter.com/TiaraTalkShow - ‘Like’ our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/TheTiaraTalkShow - Follow us on our Tumblr page: thetiaratalkshow.tumblr.com - Follow us on our Google+ page: google.com/+TheTiaraTalkShow - Follow us on our Instagram page: instagram.com/thetiaratalkshow Want to give us your thoughts on this episode? Call us at 1-407-413-9390 and leave us a voicemail! Thanks for listening! “The Tiara Talk Show” is edited, created and hosted by Tammy Tuckey. The Tiara Talk Show is Copyright © 2013-2016 by Tammy Tuckey. All rights reserved.

This is part 2 to episode 37 of our interview with former Imagineer Mark Eades. If you are a fan of EPCOT, then you should know his name and if you love EPCOT then you need to hear part 2. There are some cuts in this part as he told us some great "off-the-record" stories but what you will hear is fascinating and an insight into the development of EPCOT and other parks' attractions. Pay attention to the Captain EO story.We recorded this before Susie Q took her cruise, so I cut out the old news and we haven't had a chance to record with her since her return to land. Susie Q's FastPass to the News will return next week when we have local-legend, Orlando's own Ken Storey on to discuss 2016 in Orlando.Check out our newly re-launched Facebook page (WDW Navigators), follow us on Twitter & Periscope (@WDWNavigators), email us at wdwnavigators@gmail.com and here on our website.Give us a listen on Stitcher, Podbean and iTunes. Leave us a 5-star review and we will include it on our next episode.And as always, thank you for listening.Rob

In our last show, historian Sam Gennawey and journalist Mark Eades shared their thoughts about Disneyland's upcoming Star Wars Land expansion. We had some lively conversations and after the dust settled, Mark stuck around. He's back today to tell us about his fascinating career, not only in his current role as multimedia reporter with the Orange County Register, but also as a 20-plus year veteran at the Walt Disney Company. In 1972, Mark started out bussing tables at the River Belle Terrace at Disneyland before becoming a ride operator in Tomorrowland. After graduating from college, he interned at the Walt Disney Studios and eventually worked his way into WED Enterprises, later known as Walt Disney Imagineering. Mark had his hand in developing attractions for the openings of Epcot and Tokyo Disneyland, attractions that included Magic Journeys and Horizons. He worked on the Circle-Vision 360 film American Journeys for the Magic Kingdom and researched the use of motion simulators for what would become Star Tours. Mark left Disney and a few years after that, began working at the Orange County Register. He's now a multimedia reporter for the Register and Disneyland is his beat. Today, Mark shares with us what it was like to be inside Disney Imagineering and what you can learn by camping out on Main Street U.S.A. for an entire day. Mark Eades is Tim's guest today in The Mouse Castle Lounge. Enjoy! www.TheMouseCastle.comRSS Feed: http://themousecastle.libsyn.com/rss

First off, let me apologize for this episode being late. Second, wait until you hear why it was late. We had Mark Eades, former Imagineer, on for almost 2 HOURS of recording!He talked about his early days at The Walt Disney Company, his time at WED, the early days (pre-opening) of EPCOT and his family growing by the addition of "Eptots". He talks about early changes in EPCOT and the inner workings of WED.We will have the second part of his interview in the upcoming episode for next week.Susie Q gives us her FastPass to her news before she jumped on board a Disney Cruise to celebrate her birthday.Lastly, we previewed FishSeanWoo & my trip report on our 4 Parks in 1 Day.Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy it.Follow us and send comments, suggestions and questions to us on Twitter (@wdwnavigators), on Facebook (WDW Navigators podcast) or here. Send us an email at wdwnavigators@gmail.com.Please give us a listen on Stitcher, Podbean or iTunes. Leave us a 5-star review on iTunes and we will read it in an upcoming show.Rob

Star Wars Land is officially under construction at Disneyland. This week, to make way for the 14-acre addition to the park's northwest corner, several sections of the park were closed—some temporarily, some permanently. The Rivers of America will be drained and rerouted, resulting in a shorter trip around a smaller Tom Sawyer Island. That project will take at least a year, which means no Mark Twain, no Columbia, no canoes, no island rafts and no Fantasmic! during that time. The Disneyland Railroad will also take a hiatus so the track around the river can be reconfigured. Big Thunder Ranch and the Big Thunder BBQ: gone forever, their footprints expected to become the gateway to Star Wars Land. What will we get when the dust finally settles? The largest single-themed land expansion in Disneyland history, featuring two E-ticket attractions: one that puts you in the middle of a battle between the First Order and the Resistance, another that puts you behind the controls of the Millennium Falcon. The changes don't come without controversy, though. While many hail the arrival of a galaxy far, far away at the Happiest Place on Earth, others are less than enthusiastic, feeling this is a sea change that alters the very core of what makes Disneyland Disneyland--what my first guest, Disney historian Sam Gennawey, calls the park's historic DNA. I spoke with Sam a week ago, when guests were still clamoring for one final float around the river and one final grand circle tour. I also spoke with multimedia reporter Mark Eades with the Orange County Register. Mark has written extensively about Disneyland and is a former Imagineer himself. He knows his stuff. Sam Gennaway and Mark Eades offer two distinct viewpoints about what may be the most significant expansion in Disneyland history. They're my guests today in The Mouse Castle Lounge. Enjoy! www.TheMouseCastle.comRSS Feed: http://themousecastle.libsyn.com/rss

Part II of interview with former WDI Imagineer, Mark Eades.