Trammin' 302: Disneyland Handcrafted

About this episode

The episode explores the handcrafted construction of Disneyland, highlighting the efforts of workers and the documentation by Leslie Iwerks and the Disney Archives.

Rome wasn't built in a day, but Disneyland was built in a year. Crafted by hand, it was put together by hard workers, under crazy circumstances, and questionable conditions. An outlandish dream became a reality, and it was all caught on film. For the first time, we can lay our eyes on a new perspective of how Disneyland was handcrafted, fake brick by fake brick thanks to Leslie Iwerks and the Disney Archives. Let's pick apart this process and watch our beautiful little park come together.. Jo...

People in this episode

Hosts: Christian Rainwater, Kirk Bagdasarian

Topics covered

• Disneyland history
• handcrafted construction
• film documentation
• theme park development
• behind the scenes

Keywords

• Disneyland
• handcrafted
• Leslie Iwerks
• Disney Archives
• construction
• theme park
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Disney Archives

More episodes of Trammin' - A Disneyland Podcast

• Topic 305: Good News is on the Way · June 4, 2026 · 1h 29m
• Trammin’ 305: Good News is on the Way · June 3, 2026 · 2h 18m
• Topic 304: Bless The Rains Down in Florida · May 21, 2026 · 1h 44m
• Trammin' 304: Bless The Rains Down in Florida · May 20, 2026 · 2h 38m
• Topic 303: How we Travel · May 7, 2026 · 2h 43m
• Trammin' 303: How we Travel · May 6, 2026 · 3h 34m