On October 6, 1989, Disneyland unveiled its towering new Harbor Boulevard marquee in Anaheim - the fiber-optic sign John Stamos later bought at auction - and on October 6, 2014, the Haunted Mansion shop Memento Mori opened at Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World.

On October 5, 1955, the Disneyland Hotel opened beside Disneyland in Anaheim, California, as the first hotel to carry the Disney name, built by Jack Wrather and later acquired by Disney in 1988. Alex and Jordan revisit its seven-room opening day, its family-first ideas, and its monorail and tower growth, plus the October 5, 1949 release of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad and Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.

On October 4, 1993, Mission to Mars flew its final mission from Tomorrowland at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, ending a Disney space voyage that began with Disneyland's Rocket to the Moon in 1955 — with Mission Control host Mr. Johnson (voiced by George Walsh) and in-flight narrator Third Officer Collins (Pete Renoudet), later replaced by the ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter. Plus: Alice in the Wooly West, the 34th Alice Comedy starring Margie Gay and Julius the Cat, turns 100 (released...

Haunted Mansion Holiday at Disneyland opened on October 3, 2001, bringing Jack Skellington and Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas into the Haunted Mansion. Alex and Jordan celebrate the 25th season of the beloved overlay in New Orleans Square, from its gingerbread house tradition to the Tokyo Disneyland version.

Splash Mountain officially opened at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom on October 2, 1992. Alex and Jordan look back at the beloved log flume's dedication day, its Disneyland roots, and its three-decade run in Frontierland.

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Alex and Jordan celebrate October 1 — the shared birthday of Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, which opened in 1971 under Roy O. Disney after Walt Disney's death, and EPCOT Center, Walt's futurist dream park that opened in 1982 with Spaceship Earth, Future World, and World Showcase.

On September 30, 2005, Michael Eisner resigned as CEO of the Walt Disney Company after 21 years, ending the era of the Disney Renaissance, Disney-MGM Studios, and the ABC network acquisition — and handing the company to Bob Iger. Plus: IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth gives its final performance at Epcot in 2019 after a 20-year run, and Pepsi ends its 27-year Golden Horseshoe Revue sponsorship at Disneyland in 1982.

On September 29, 2019, Walt Disney World launched the Disney Skyliner, a free gondola system connecting EPCOT, Disney's Hollywood Studios, and four resorts — Disney's Riviera, Caribbean Beach, Pop Century, and Art of Animation — with nearly 300 Disney-themed cabins soaring up to sixty feet high. Plus: Downtown Disney officially becomes Disney Springs in 2015, and Remember the Titans premieres in 2000 with Denzel Washington.

The Last PassengerWhat happens when a lonely rickshaw driver picks up a passenger from a deserted road at midnight?In Episode 24 of The Haunted Rickshaw, we follow a mysterious journey through the silent streets of the night. The passenger gives the driver a strange destination—but as the journey continues, the driver begins to realize that something is terribly wrong.Who is the mysterious passenger?Why does the road seem to change?And what secret is waiting at the final destination?Turn off the

A lonely road. A silent night. And a rickshaw that seems to know where you’re going—even when you don’t.In Episode 23 of The Haunted Rickshaw, a young man takes a mysterious rickshaw ride home after midnight. The driver never speaks, the streets become strangely unfamiliar, and one terrifying detail makes him realize that this may not be an ordinary journey.What happened on that dark road?Who was the mysterious rickshaw driver?And why did the ride end at a place that should no longer exist?🎧 Listen

🎙️ The Haunted Rickshaw — Episode 22:The Passenger Who Never PaidIt’s 2:45 AM when Jasim picks up an elderly passenger on a deserted road.The passenger asks to be taken to an old house across the river. At first, everything seems normal. But as the journey continues, Jasim realizes something is terribly wrong.The road disappears. The rickshaw seems to move across water. And the mysterious passenger reveals a terrifying secret — he died in the river many years ago.When Jasim finally reaches the old

🎙️ The Haunted Rickshaw — Episode 21: The 3 AM PassengerAt exactly 3:07 AM, Selim picks up a mysterious passenger on a deserted road.The passenger asks to be taken to an old cemetery. But during the journey, something feels terribly wrong. He barely speaks, his face remains hidden, and when they finally arrive, he pays Selim with an old banknote that should no longer exist.Then Selim discovers a terrifying connection between the passenger, a mysterious death from 2004, and a message that seems to

On September 28, 1996, EPCOT at Walt Disney World launched the very first Epcot International Food & Wine Festival — a 30-day culinary tour of World Showcase dreamed up by EPCOT executive George Kalogridis that grew into one of the world's biggest food festivals. Plus: Canada, China and France pavilions soft-open three days before EPCOT's 1982 grand opening.

On September 27, 1947, Disney released Fun and Fancy Free — the package film pairing Bongo with Mickey and the Beanstalk, starring Mickey, Donald, and Goofy opposite Willie the Giant, and marking the last time Walt Disney himself voiced Mickey Mouse. Plus: the 2014 closing of Disney's Hollywood Studios' Studio Backlot Tour.

On September 26, 2004, Hurricane Jeanne forced Walt Disney World to close all four theme parks — the third hurricane shutdown in six weeks after Charley and Frances. Plus: The Suite Life on Deck premieres on the Disney Channel in 2008 with Dylan and Cole Sprouse, Brenda Song, and Debby Ryan.

On September 25, 1959, the original Mickey Mouse Club aired its final episode on ABC, ending four seasons of the Mouseketeers — Annette Funicello, Bobby Burgess, Cubby O'Brien and the rest — hosted by Jimmie Dodd, after a renewal dispute between Disney and ABC ended TV's first great kids' variety show. Plus: Disney's Newsies: The Musical world-premiere opening night at Paper Mill Playhouse in 2011, with Alan Menken, Jack Feldman, and Harvey Fierstein.

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On September 24, 1937, Disney released Lonesome Ghosts, the 98th Mickey Mouse cartoon, starring Mickey, Donald, and Goofy as the Ajax Ghost Exterminators. With voices by Walt Disney himself, Clarence Nash, and Pinto Colvig, four bored ghosts prank-call the trio — and the molasses-and-flour ending became the blueprint for Disney's playful spooks, all the way to the 1969 Haunted Mansion.

On September 23, 1980, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad debuted at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in Florida, Imagineer Tony Baxter's runaway mine train and the wildest ride in the wilderness. Plus: Mickey Mouse stars in Brave Little Tailor, the 1938 Academy Award-nominated cartoon.