Ed and Ron could not wait to interview Kathryn Mayer and Greg Glasgow and discuss their brand new book, Disneyland on the Mountain, released September 13, 2023. If you are a Disney fan, you do not want to miss this episode!

About Kathryn Mayer

Kathryn Mayer is a Denver-based writer and journalist whose work has appeared in numerous publications including Health, Observer, Insider, and PopSugar. She primarily writes about business, covering workplace health and benefits strategies, and she has appeared on radio, TV, and podcasts as an industry expert. This is her first book.

About Greg Glasgow

Greg Glasgow is a longtime writer and journalist for numerous magazines and newspapers in Colorado and elsewhere, including The Denver Post, 5280, and the Boulder Daily Camera, where he worked for ten years as arts and entertainment reporter and editor. He lives in Colorado with his wife and coauthor, Kathryn Mayer, and their dog, Audrey. This is his first book.

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Segment one:

“Disneyland On The Mountain” is about a ski resort that Disney attempted to build in California starting in 1965. For about 13+ years, the project dragged on until it hit the Supreme Court.
Willy Schaeffler was Walt’s partner on the “Disneyland On The Mountain” project. He escaped Nazi Germany to the US and created several famous ski slopes and rides, especially in Colorado.
“Disneyland On The Mountain” was intended to be built in Mineral King, CA near Sequoia National Park. There’s plenty of backstory in the book at this link https://www.amazon.com/Disneyland-Mountain-Environmentalists-Resort-Never/dp/1538173670
Walter spelled backwards (Ret Law) was the super secret project codename for “Disneyland On The Mountain” which was meant to be built in Mineral King, CA. More here: https://www.amazon.com/Disneyland-Mountain-Environmentalists-Resort-Never/dp/1538173670

Segment two:

What do the University of Denver, Walt Disney, and Willy Schaeffler have in common? It’s this combination that brought Kathryn and Greg together to write “Disneyland On The Mountain” https://www.amazon.com/Disneyland-Mountain-Environmentalists-Resort-Never/dp/1538173670
Silver was the first mineral to be discovered in Mineral King, California. In 1965, it became the chosen location for Walt Disney to build a ski resort.
Harrison “Buzz” Price is the economist that picked the locations for Disneyland and Disney World. More info on Wikipedia about Buzz is at this link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Price
Fun fact: Robert Brandt (husband to Janet Leigh, star of the movie Psycho) was the first person to approach the Federal government and ask for the land in Mineral King, CA to be put up for bid.

Segment three:

Planned in the 1960s, the Walt Disney ski resort was going to include skiing, sledding, tobogganing, and ice skating in the winter months plus camping, biking, hiking, nature classes in the summer.
Ed referenced a YouTube channel and how they have a video about the topic of the book, “Disneyland On The Mountain”. More here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWEk34VwcvU
So what ultimately happened to the land that Disney purchased for the now defunct ski resort? Disney still owns some land in the Mineral King, CA area.
Talking about ski resorts, Ed referenced this Wall Street Journal article today about how an Idaho town could become the next Jackson Hole https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/driggs-idaho-real-estate-market-57f888c9

Segment four:

Eventually, the planned Disney ski resort became mired in law suits. While Disney was not directly sued, the Federal government had to represent themselves in the case regarding the planned development.
Fun TSOE fact: Did you know that Ron has a commemorative brick at Disneyland?
A big THANK YOU to Kathryn and Greg for joining us today. Folks, if you have ever heard of Disney (that's all of you) then you NEED to read “Disneyland On The Mountain”. Link is here: https://www.amazon.com/Disneyland-Mountain-Environmentalists-Resort-Never/dp/1538173670

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