# 97.5 - RetroMagic 2025 - Sept. 26-28, 2025 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/retro-disney-world-podcast-828997/97-5-retromagic-2025-sept-26-28-2025 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/retro-disney-world-podcast-828997/97-5-retromagic-2025-sept-26-28-2025.md Podcast: [Retro Disney World Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/retro-disney-world-podcast-828997) Published: 2025-05-25T02:38:12+00:00 Episode link: https://podcast.retrodisneyworld.com/e/975-retromagic-2025-sept-26-28-2025/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/k3bdci8x58sxu4rz/975_RetroMagic_Announcement_mixdownbgr79.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/retro-disney-world-podcast-828997/episodes/97-5-retromagic-2025-sept-26-28-2025 Duration seconds: 1642 ## Resource In this mini-episode (or is it an infomercial?), we discuss our upcoming RetroMagic 2025 event, coming to the Coronado Springs Resort at Walt Disney World the weekend of September 26-28, 2025. Tickets are available at https://retromagic.net How much would you pay to see Imagineer Tony Baxter? $700?! $900?! How about $185!!! BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!!!! How about the creative and technical leads responsible for The Living Seas pavilion, Tim Delaney and Kym Murphy? BUT THAT'S NOT ALL!!! · A charming feature of Main Street USA, we’ll take a deep dive into Walt Disney World’s Penny Arcade. Arcade expert Todd Tuckey of TNT Amusements will join a panel transporting you to the cool, dark haven of novelty games of yesteryear with rare photographs of the arcade, a look at some of the vintage games that resided in the space and where some of them live on today · Historian Hastin Zylstra will tell you more than you ever wanted to know about the Lake Buena Vista townhomes and their California origins including their connection to Disneyland. This oddball slice of Walt Disney World history is one you won’t want to miss. · Author and historian Foxx Nolte will revisit Lake Buena Vista shopping village. Before Disney Springs, Downtown Disney and Pleasure Island this quaint shopping and dining oasis was a charming beacon for locals and tourists alike. You’ll learn about its diverse offerings and its real-life counterpart its design was based on.· Disney Legend Tom Nabbe will reunite with members of the opening day monorail crew from October 1971. You’ll hear tales and travails of the early years of the Highway In The Sky. Panelists to be announced. · A panel of “opening crew” and executives for Walt Disney World in 1971 and EPCOT Center in 1982 will join us to reveal behind-the-scenes st… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/retro-disney-world-podcast-828997/episodes/97-5-retromagic-2025-sept-26-28-2025/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/retro-disney-world-podcast-828997/97-5-retromagic-2025-sept-26-28-2025.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.