Episode 713 – WDW BGM Madness Results/2023 Predictions Revisited

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On this week’s show, Bryce Yelverton and Sarah Evans join me again to reveal the winner of Walt Disney World Background Music Madness. I know we begin this bracket-style tournament to find out the #1 piece of music audio in all of Walt Disney World way back in March of 2023, and it has taken us a long time to get to this point. We are finally ready to reveal the winner that you, the listeners, voted for!

Then, we’ll revisit our Disney predictions for 2023 to see which ones came true and which ones didn’t.

Episode 706 – What’s News (June & July 2023)

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On this week’s show, we’re back with an all new What’s News show covering all of the latest happenings from around the Disney company. Paul Barrie from A Window to the Magic joins me to look at the news items that occurred throughout the months of June and July from the theme parks, movies, and more. We’ll touch on some of the announcements around Halloween and Christmas events coming to the parks on both coasts, an unfortunate passing of 2 Disney fan favorites, the latest updates from the Tiana’s Bayou Adventure re-theming of Splash Mountain and the San Fransokyo addition to Disney California Adventure, a new development with Disney CEO Bob Iger, and even a spoiler-free review of Disney’s Haunted Mansion motion picture remake.

Episode 703 – What’s News – May 2023

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On this week’s show, Paul Barrie from A Window to the Magic joins me again to recap new items that ocurred during the month of May from all around the Disney company. We’ll touch on some changes that were announced for vacation planning in Walt Disney World, the announcement of the closure of the Galactic Starcruiser Star Wars-themed hotel, a new “Elemental” short being added to the beginning of World of Color at Disney California Adventure, more details around the new DVC tower at the Disneyland hotel, and much more!

Episode 699 – WDW Trip Reports

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On this week’s show, I finally get around to recapping a couple of recent trips my family and I took to Walt Disney World. Both trips contained some brand new experiences for us that I’ve been wanting to talk about and share with you here on the show. Some of the highlights were: staying at a Disney resort that we’d never stayed at before, getting to ride Tron: Light Cycle Run, experiencing an enjoyable new dining experience or two, and much more!

Episode 698 – What’s News – April 2023

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On this week’s show, Paul Barrie from A Window to the Magic joins me again to cover all of the news items that occurred throughout the month of April in then Disney company. We have a lot to talk about in relation to the theme parks this month. We’ll recap the latest mishap with the Maleficent dragon at Disneyland, the opening of Tron in Walt Disney World, the latest details around Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, a particular spooky teaser that Disney released celebrating halfway to Halloween, and much more!

Episode 693 – What’s News (February 2023)

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On this week’s show, Paul Barrie from A Window to the Magic joins me again to cover all of the news items that occurred throughout the Disney company during the month of February. We’ll recap some of the highlights from Disney’s latest quarterly earnings call led recently by Bob Iger. We’ll also look at some of the additional details that were released about the new Frozen area coming to Hong Kong Disneyland as well as the new San Fransokyo area coming to Disney California Adventure. We’ll also remember the longest serving Disney Cast Member, Burny Mattinson, who recently passed away. 

Episode 691 – What’s News (January 2023)

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On this week’s show, it’s time for another What’s News segment with our good friend Paul Barrie from A Window to the Magic. Together, we’ll cover the latest Disney news and other happenings from around the company, theme parks, and more that occurred during the month of January. The Walt Disney Company really kicked off 2023 the right way with the grand opening of Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway and a brand new fireworks show at Disneyland and an update to World of Color at Disney California Adventure. We’ll also head over to Walt Disney World where we got new details about the Tron Lightcycle Run coaster set to open up later this Spring, the return of 2 popular meet and greets that have been on hiatus for the last 3 years, a new addition to the Animal Kingdom Lodge Pembe Savanna, and much more!

Episode 685 – What’s News (November 2022)

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On this week’s show, Paul Barrie from A Window to the Magic is back for another What’s News episode where we look back at all of the news items that occurred throughout the Disney company in the month of November. We will, of course, spend some time talking about the shake-up that we saw at the top of the company with Bob Iger returning as CEO and what that might mean for the Walt Disney Company and Disney fans alike. Then we’ll touch on some of the news items we heard about like the Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind Holiday audio overlay, more details on the re-opening of Mickey’s Toontown at Disneyland, “Hey Disney” debuting in the first Walt Disney World resort hotel, and much more!

Episode 684 – Main Street Electrical Parade and Classic Disney audio

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On this week’s show, we’re bringing you some special Disney classic and theme park audio care of our loyal listener and audio archivist Sam Polkinghorne. First, we start the show off with a super long mashup of music from a Disney attraction that has been in the news quite a bit over the last several years – The Main Street Electrical Parade. Sam has contributed various renditions of Baroque Hoedown for us to enjoy this week in a mashup to end all mashups. If you’re a fan of the Main Street Electrical Parade and Baroque Hoedown, you won’t want to miss this. After that, Sam hosts another great mashup of classic Disney songs by DJ Tron that will keep you moving through your day in classic Disney style.

Episode 683 – Disney vs Universal

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On this week’s show, we’re not just talking about The Mouse on All About the Mouse. We’re also going to talk about another well-known resort with multiple theme parks right down the street from Disney….Universal Studios. As Disney fans, many of us are partial to Disney theme parks and the Disney brand itself, but many of us (myself included) also really enjoy Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, City Walk, and the Universal property hotels. I’m joined this week by Adria and Carey from our Disney Conversation Starters panel to talk about some of the differences between Disney and Universal, what what makes both of them unique and enjoyable vacation destinations, and what you might want to know before deciding on which one to visit on your next trip to Florida.

Episode 682 – My Favorite WDW Resort Hotels

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On this week’s show, I’m counting down through a list of all 22 of the Disney-owned resort hotels in Walt Disney World as they appear on my list of favorites. Over the years, I have been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to stay at just about every one of the resort hotels on Disney property in the “Disney bubble”. I’ve also spent countless hours touring and enjoying many of these resort hotels even when I haven’t been staying at them. They all have something unique to offer Disney guests and they all contain that special Disney magic. However, many of these hotels have captivated me in various different ways, and I’ve accepted the task of putting them in order from my favorite #1 resort to my least favorite (but still pretty awesome) resort. Join me as I go through this list and talk about these things that makes each of these resorts unique and satisfying.

Episode 681 – What’s News (October 2022)

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On this week’s show, Paul Barrie from A Window to the Magic is back to cover all of the news and events that occurred throughout the Disney company in the month of October. To name just a few of the topics we’ll talk about this week: Magic Band Plus debuts at Disneyland, Imagineer Bob Weiss retires, Disney Genie+ experiences a price increase and switches to a tiered pricing structure, Disney announces new nighttime entertainment and other exciting ways to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Disney company out at Disneyland, and much more!

Episode 679 – What’s News (September 2022)

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On this week’s show, it’s time again to take a look back at the news items that occurred throughout the Disney company in the previous month. Paul Barrie from A Window to the Magic joins me again to look back at the month of September and recap the newsworthy items that occurred throughout the world of Disney movies, theme parks, and more. And, let’s see, there was a little thing called the D23 Expo that took place last month in the city of Anaheim, CA that produced quite a bit of news in many different divisions of the Disney company. So, we’ll be unwrapping those announcements, especially the ones that had the internet ablaze from a Disney Parks perspective. We’ll also talk about some notable news from Disneyland Paris, the effects in Florida from Hurricane Ian, and more!

Episode 676 – What’s News (August 2022)

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On this week’s show, we’re back with another recap of Disney news from August 2022. Paul Barrie from A Window To the Magic joins me again for another What’s News episode where we talk about all of the major (and minor) news happenings from around the Walt Disney Company. There are quite a few things to unpack this month from the various different theme parks including changes coming to booking theme park reservations, new meet and greet characters not seen before coming to Halloween parties on both coasts, a new Pinocchio-inspired Tiki mug that got fans out at Disneyland very excited, and we’ll even go through some highlights of the latest quarterly earnings call.

Episode 671 – Disney Conversation Starters

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On this week’s show, I’m joined again by our Disney Conversation Starters panel to talk about all things and anything Disney. These shows are always a lot of fun with this lively group of Disney fans and loyal listeners, because we sit down and start talking about anything Disney and just see where the conversation takes us. We don’t know what we’ll end up talking about or where the conversation will take us, but we do know that, whatever it is, will be full of varying opinions, a lot of laughs, and who knows, maybe even a little bit of controversy.

Episode 661 – Disney News 05/09/2022

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On this week’s show, Paul Barrie from A Window To The Magic joins me again for our monthly look back at the news from all around the Disney company, theme parks, and resorts including the return of nighttime entertainment to Disneyland, the disappearance of mandatory mask requirements from everywhere on property, changes coming to Kite Tails at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and a whole lot more!

Episode 657 – Disney News 04/04/2022

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On this week’s show, I’m joined again by Paul Barrie from A Window to the Magic to cover all of the news items that happened throughout the Disney company in the month of March. Last month, we saw announcements about the return of many things that have been missing for quite some time from the Walt Disney World resort and the Disneyland resort. We’ll also talk about some of the updates on the Toontown construction at Disneyland, and much more!

Episode 656 – Roy O. Disney (The Beginning)

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On this week’s show, we are taking an in-depth look at Disney’s first CEO Roy O. Disney. Walt’s older brother was instrumental in Walt’s success from the very beginning. Nate Evans joins me in part 1 of a multi-part series focused on Roy. We’ll begin by looking at Roy Disney’s early life and upbringing in Missouri, his time in the Navy during WWI, his role behind the scenes as the money man, and much more!

Episode 652 – Disney News (Jan – Feb 2022)

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On this week’s show, I’m joined again by Paul Barrie from A Window to the Magic to recap news items from all over the Disney company, theme parks, and more that happened during the months of January and February. We’ll talk about the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser, the return of the Main Street Electrical Parade to Disneyland, changes announced for attractions and Genie+, and a whole lot more!

Episode 651 – Talking Disney with Paul Barrie

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On this week’s show, I’ve invited our good from Paul Barrie from A Window to the Magic to talk with me about all things Walt Disney World, Disneyland, and everything in between. There’s been so many changes that have taken place over the last year on both coasts and we’re finally starting to see significant news items come out from Disney. Paul joins me to talk about these changes and news items as well as podcasting and a whole lot more.

Episode 649 – 2022 Disney Predictions

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On this week’s show, we kick off the new year with our 2022 Disney Predictions. Bryce, Blake, and Sarah join me again to see if we can predict significant news items, additions, announcements, and more that we think might occur within the Disney company, theme parks, movies, etc in 2022.

Episode 644 – Disney Conversation Starters 4

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On this week’s show, our Disney Conversation Starters panel returns for a little post-Thanksgiving dinner table conversation. It was right about a year ago that I invited Becky, Mike, Adria, Carey, Bill, and Janette on the show for an impromptu and unscripted discussion using Disney Conversation Starter topics created by Becky Ginther on the Disney in Your Day blog. This week, we celebrate one year of our conversation starter discussions with another impromptu discussion about anything and everything Disney.

Episode 638 – Listener Interaction 09/27/2021

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On this week’s show, I’m sharing some posts from the All About the Mouse Disney podcast Facebook group and some feedback from our listeners on topics like Rise of the Resistance doing away with their virtual queue, the return of one of my favorite pieces of live entertainment in Walt Disney World, one piece of live Disney theme park entertainment that will NOT be returning, an interesting article on why the crowds might be disappearing at Disney and Universal, and much more!

Episode 637 – Top 7 Must Sees at WDW/Must Do Disney with Stacey

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On this week’s show, we’re going back in time with audio from the Top 7 Must Sees at Walt Disney World and Must Do Disney, both hosted by Stacey Aswad. Since 2005, Disney fans have enjoyed seeing Stacey and her charismatic performances on the Walt Disney World Resort hotel TV station highlighting some of the top things to do in Walt Disney World. Earlier this year, Stacey announced that she was being replaced with different in-room programming. So, this week, we’re going to go back and listen to some audio of Stacey and the Top 7 Must Sees at Walt Disney World and Must Do Disney!

Episode 636 – Disney News 09/13/2021

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On this week’s show, we’ll review all of the news items that occurred throughout the Disney company, theme parks, and more during the month of August. We’ll look at the announcements about the new Annual Passes for Disneyland and Walt Disney World and break down the details from that announcement, the details and itinerary released about the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser hotel coming to Walt Disney World, details about the new daytime show, Disney Kite Tails, coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and much more!

Episode 635 – Disney News 09/06/2021

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On this week’s show, we are going back and covering news items that have happened all throughout the Disney company, theme parks, and more during the months of June and July 2021. We normally do a look back at the new items for the month at the end of the month, but I have neglected to do a news show in a while, so we’ll be going back and looking at new items that occurred like the announcement of Boo Bash in Walt Disney World, more restaurants and hotels opening back up, RunDisney in-person events announced to resume, and much more!

Episode 631 – Disney Conversation Starters 3

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On this week’s show, I’m joined again by our Disney Conversation Starters panel for another riveting discussion about all things and anything Disney. Disney Conversation Starters were introduced several years ago on the Disney In Your Day blog and the author of that blog, Becky Ginther, joins me with 5 other All About the Mouse listeners as we use some of her Conversation Starters to talk about all things and anything Disney!

Episode 630 – The Florida Project

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On this week’s show, we continue our celebration of the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida with a look at The Florida Project. With the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World right around the corner on October 1st, I thought it would be nice to look back at the original idea for Walt’s Florida theme park and his Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow or E.P.C.O.T. We’ll look at Walt’s idea for The Florida Project as it was originally presented to the world in the E.P.C.O.T film featuring Walt Disney himself. So sit back and relax as we go back to 1966 with the man and the mouse that started it all!

Episode 625 – Disney News 06/07/2021

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On this week’s show, we’ll go over all of the news items that occurred throughout the month of May 2021. We saw a ton of news stories coming out the theme parks in May as things were opening back up and restrictions were being eased including the end of mandatory mask mandates outdoors at the Walt Disney World resort in Florida, shows and restaurants opening back up, and more. We’ll also look at other news items like details around the Galactic Starcruiser hotel experience coming to WDW, a look at Disney’s “Cruella” that was released in theaters and Disney+, and much more!

Episode 622 – Soundtrack Madness Results and More!

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On this week’s show, we have a guest panel to reveal the results of Round 3 of our Disney Soundtrack Madness! Blake Reilly, Sarah Evans, and Bryce Yelverton guest host for this segment to reveal the results that you all voted for and to announce the Round 4 matchups, which bring us to our Final Four Disney Soundtracks. But, before that, I’ll go over the highlights from the recent headline-making Disney Quarterly Earnings Call that took place last week and talk a little bit about what it means for Disney fans as well as WDW and Disneyland park-goers!

Episode 621 – Disney News 05/10/2021

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On this week’s show, we’re covering all of the news items that occurred throughout the Disney company during the month of April. With the west coast Disney parks now operating again and that announcement made in April, we’re starting to hear of a lot more happenings throughout the company including new details on the Jungle Cruise make over coming to the parks, an announcement about the new Disney Wish’s planned maiden voyage for the Disney Cruise Line, The PeopleMover opening back up at Magic Kingdom, and much more!

Episode 618 – Rainy Days and Disney

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On this week’s show, we’re going to be addressing an issue that becomes pretty common at the Walt Disney World resort in Florida right around this time of year all the way through until the end of summer – Rain! Whether it’s a long dreary day filled with a constant drizzle or your daily expected 2:00 pm downpour, rain is routinely an obstacle many tourists and Disney fans have to work around during their theme park vacations. Well, there’s good news! You don’t have to let the weather rain on your parade, because there’s always something to do, inside and outside of the parks. My guests this week, Wallis and Leo, are a Disney couple who have plenty of experience in organizing their plans around the weather on their Disney trips, and this week they join me to talk about the top things to do at Disney in the rain.

Episode 612 – Disney News 03/08/2021

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On this week’s show, we’re going over all of the new items that occurred throughout the month of February from all over the Disney company including theme parks, movies and entertainment, Cruise Line, and more! Some of the highlights we’ll talk about are more dining locations re-opening in Walt Disney World, Epcot gets a new humongous structure added to World Showcase lagoon for the upcoming Harmonious nighttime show, highlights from Disney’s most recent quarterly earnings call, the winners from last week’s Golden Globe Awards, and much more!

Episode 608 – Secret Stories of Extinct Walt Disney World

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On this week’s show, I’m joined again by Disney historian Jim Korkis to talk about some of the stories behind Walt Disney World’s forgotten attractions. As we approach the 50th anniversary of the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, it’s appropriate to look back at the genesis of the second Disney park and Walt’s original idea for what he wanted to do in Florida. Jim joins me to tell that story and to take a peek behind the curtain at some of attractions that have come and gone since the opening of Walt Disney World in 1971.

Episode 607 – Disney News 02/01/2021

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On this week’s show, we’re covering all of the news that occurred throughout the Disney company during the month of January 2021. Some of the items that I’ll go over and talk about include the announcement about the return of entertainment to Walt Disney World, new changes coming to the Jungle Cruise, and some new developments in the Disneyland Annual Pass saga. We’ll even talk about a new character you can find at Disney’s Aulani resort in Hawaii, and a whole lot more!

Episode 597 – Disney Conversation Starters

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On this week’s episode, we’re celebrating Thanksgiving Disney-style with a fun, laid-back dinner-table-style conversation with myself, some of our fellow All About the Mouse listeners, and my special guest Becky from the Disney In Your Day blog. We’re all going to be getting to know each other by going through some Disney Conversation Starters that you can use at your family Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner tables this Holiday season. Then, later in the show, I’m going to share the responses we got from listeners who have reasons to be thankful in spite of some of the challenges that this year has brought.

Episode 596 – Listener Feedback and One Second Disney Challenge

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On this week’s show, I’m going to start off by sharing some stories and discussion topics that have been posted by some of our listeners from the All About the Mouse Disney podcast Facebook page. Then, later in the show, we’re bringing back the One Second Disney Challenge with 2 more contestants, who will compete to see how well they can identify Disney songs and park audio with just a one second audio clip. Of course, we’ll also have our weekly installment of This Week in Disney History and much more!

Episode 594 – Disney News 11/02/2020

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On this week’s show, I’m covering all of the Disney news items that occurred throughout the month of October including more layoffs of Walt Disney World Cast Members, this time it is entertainment performers, disappointing re-opening news for Disneyland from the state of California, new archways coming to welcome guests at the entrances to Walt Disney World property, new babies born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and much more!

Episode 590 – Disney News 10/05/2020

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On this week’s show, I’ll cover all of the news that came out of the Disney company during the month of September 2020 including the announcement that 28,000 Cast Members would be laid off, we get a glimpse at the new animated short “Burrow” that will be appearing before “Soul” when it is released in theaters, a mural is added to Disney Springs in California honoring Chadwick Boseman, Disney+ announces a new short that will give us the backstory of Olaf from “Frozen” and much more!

Episode 586 – Disney News 09/07/2020

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On this week’s Disney News show, I’ll cover all of the news that happened in the month of August including, Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort to get a refurbishment that will include theming around Disney’s “Moana”, a shocking moment was captured on camera as part of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge was struck by lightning at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Walt Disney World theme park hours are announced to be reduced, Disney releases their live-action “Mulan” direct to Disney+, and much more!

Episode 581 – Disney News 08/03/2020

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On this week’s Disney News show, I’ll cover all of the news that happened in the month of July including, new face mask restrictions for Walt Disney World resort theme parks, the new timeline for upcoming films to be release, which includes another delay for the live-action remake of “Mulan”, an announcement for a new Disney-Pixar movie called “Luca”, Disney’s Daytime Emmy wins, and much more!

Episode 577 – Disney News 07/06/2020

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On this week’s Disney News show, I’ll cover all of the news that happened in the month of May including, Disney’s announcement that they will be re-theming Splash Mountain, Disney announces plans for re-opening parks around the world, Epcot reveals that the International Food and Wine Festival will beginning early this year, and much more!

Episode 568 – Disney News 05/04/2020

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On this week’s Disney News show, I’ll cover all of the news that happened in the month of April including, Bob Iger speaking out about possible changes in the Disney parks once they re-open, a man arrested for breaking into DCA, and Disney’s purchase of more land near Magic Kingdom. We’ll also feature the return of Jonathan “The Voice” Dichter for a special game show segment of the podcast.

Episode 555 – Disney News 02/03/2020

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On this week’s episode of the show, we’re covering all of the latest Disney news and happenings from around the Disney company that occurred during the month of January. It was a busy month, and we have a lot to cover including international Disneyland park closures due to the coronavirus, a new RunDisney membership club that was announced, new animals additions at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, a lawsuit facing Disney involving their upcoming film “Onward”, and much more!

Episode 547 – Star Wars: Secrets of the Rise of Skywalker

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On this week’s featured discussion show, Rick from the Rediscovering the Magic podcast, joins me for a Star Wars-themed show while he reviews both the newest Star Wars film “The Rise of Skywalker” and the the “Secrets of the Empire” virtual reality attraction from The Void at Disney Springs.

Episode 540 – Favorite WDW Holiday Offerings

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On this week’s feature discussion show, Bryce Yelverton joins me on the show again to talk about our favorite Holiday offerings in Walt Disney World. This time of year at the Walt Disney World resort is like none other. Now, this is a topic we’ve talked about before on the show, but the last several years have brought about significant changes to how Walt Disney World does Christmas with extinct attractions and brand new additions. Together, we’ll look at our favorites from the classic experiences to new additions.

Episode 486 – Friday with Friends 07/19/2019

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On this week’s Friday with Friends listener interaction show, one of our good friends Rick, from the Rediscovering the Magic podcast drops by to talk about his most recent visit to Walt Disney World with his family. They had a chance to partake in many experiences for the very first time (some new and some not-so-new) including Pandora – The World of Avatar, Toy Story Land, Magical Express and more.

Episode 374 – Friday with Friends 11/02/2018

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On this week’s Friday with Friends listener interaction episode, Sarah Evans joins us as we discuss some of the most-talked about posts from our Facebook group including Johnny Depp and Pirates of the Caribbean, the Disney Villainous deck game, a trip report with suggestions of places to eat in Walt Disney World on a business trip, and more! 

Episode 352 – Disney News 09/12/2018

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On this week’s news episode of the All About the Mouse Disney podcast, lots of new things are being added to Disney Springs from a new VR experience based on Wreck-It Ralph to a major discount for Passholders at Maria & Enzo’s and Enzo’s Hideaway, Disneyland unveils its Haunted Mansion Holiday ballroom centerpiece gingerbread house, Disney and Amazon team up to offer streaming Disney music for Amazon Prime subscribers, the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin resort gets set to add on a 3rd building, and much more!

Maria & Enzo’s offering large Passholder discounts

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Maria & Enzo’s and Enzo’s Hideaway at Disney Springs are now offering 40% off to Disney Annual Passholders during lunch. This offer is valid now through December 31st. Not valid with any other offer or during brunch.Source: WDWMagic.com

The re-imagined World of Disney at Disney Springs

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The first phase of the redesigned World of Disney is now open at Disney Springs. The new look is much more open than before, with the entire store now visible from end-to-end. There is also new-look much more in-keeping with the Disney Springs feel – exposed brick and a more industrial look. Design inspiration is said to be an animator’s loft.Although … Read More

Exploring Jock Lindsey’s In Disney Springs

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Recently Disney Springs has gone through a major transformation bringing in a plethora of new shops and dining locations. One of the brand new locations in the Disney Springs Landing area that is attracting a lot of attention is the Indiana Jones-themed Jock Lindsey’s Hangar Bar. This lounge is rich in theming, back story, and décor. It’s really the kind of place where you might want to go to relax and be immersed in another world (and time) other than the one you are currently in.

7 Things To Do At Night In Walt Disney World

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Over the nearly 45 years since it opened, Walt Disney World has become synonymous with the words “magic” and “fun”. Thousands of guests flock to the parks daily to experience the classic attractions, shows, and entertainment. If you’re anything like me, though, you’ve probably found yourself experiencing that awkward moment when the parks have all closed, but you’re not quite ready to end your day yet.