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 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 687 – What’s News (December 2022)

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On this week’s show, it is once again time to recap the news items that occurred throughout the Disney company in our recurring monthly segment we like to call “What’s News”. Paul Barrie from A Window to the Magic joins me again to recap the news from the month of December in Disney parks, resorts, entertainment, and business including: character experiences at Cinderella’s Royal Table returning, more entertainment being added to Epcot in World Showcase and Future World, announcements about new nighttime experiences coming to Disneyland, the release of Avatar: The way of water, 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 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 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 669 – What’s News – June 2022

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On this week’s show, Paul Barrie joins me again for our monthly look back at the Disney news items that occurred throughout the Disney company, theme parks, movies, and resorts during the month June. There were quite a few announcements about more things returning to the parks, we got more details about the upcoming D23 Expo, we got news about holiday happenings in Walt Disney World and Disneyland, and a whole lot more!

Episode 665 – What’s News? – May 2022

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On this week’s show, I’m joined again by Paul Barrie from A Window to the Magic for another look at the news items that occurred throughout the Disney company, theme parks, resorts, movies, and more during the month of May, In this monthly segment that airs on both of our respective podcasts, Paul and I will talk about annual pass changes at Disneyland, announcements from the Star Wars Celebration convention in Anaheim, virtual queuing for the new Guardians of the Galaxy coaster at Epcot and much more!

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 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 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 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 616 – Disney News 04/05/2021

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On this week’s Disney News episode of the All About the Mouse Disney podcast, I’m covering all of the news items that occurred throughout the Disney company during the month of March. We saw an optimistic month in March with the announcement of a re-opening date at Disneyland, dates for the 2021 International Food and Wine Festival at Epcot, the planned opening of Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure at Epcot on WDW’s 50th anniversary, possibly Disney Cruise Line sailings beginning again in summer 2021, and much more!

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 603 – 2020 Ear in Review

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On this week’s show, I’m joined again by Paul Barrie from A Window To The Magic to go over our 2020 Ear in Review. That’s right! Another year has passed and, while it may not seem like there was a lot that happened throughout the Disney company due to the coronavirus pandemic, there certainly was enough for us to recap in another marathon-length show. So sit back and settle in while Paul and I recap all of the notable events and news that occurred throughout this Disney company in 2020.

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 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 511 – Disney News 09/18/2019

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On this week’s Disney news show, we’ll cover the latest happenings from around the Disney company including the opening of the new pedestrian bridge at Disneyland, new details and a first look at the ride vehicles for Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, Disney CEO Bob Iger’s resignation from the Apple Board of Directors, and much more!

Episode 328 – Disney News 07/18/2018

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On this week’s news episode of the All About the Mouse Disney podcast, we cover the latest Disney news including TONS of Disney theme park food-related news, Cast Member exclusive canoe races and yoga sessions that took place at Disneyland, 2 potential cast additions to “Frozen 2”, Aulani bookings that are now available for 2019 and 2020, and much more!

Disney World introduces alcoholic beignets

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Disney fans know that everything tastes better at the park and they never disappoint when it comes to wild, Instagram-worthy snack offerings. Case in point: the Walt Disney World resort now has alcohol-infused beignets, and they’re airy, sugary pillow-shaped pockets of booze. Located at the jazz-inspired Scat Cat’s Club bar and lounge at Disney’s Port Orleans Resort — French Quarter, guests can imbibe and … Read More

Episode 325 – Disney News 07/11/2018

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On this week’s news episode of the All About the Mouse Disney podcast, we cover the latest Disney news including Incredibles 2 breaking box office records, the entertainment line-up for Christmas 2018 at Walt Disney World, reports of 2 high-profile stars possibly joining the cast of “Star Wars: Episode IX”, a new location that you can get married at in Walt Disney World, and much more!

“The Incredibles 2” sets new animation box office record

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Superheroes from Disney could have a 1-2 finish at the box office this weekend, as “Ant-Man and the Wasp” takes No. 1 while “Incredibles 2” makes box office history by becoming the first animated film to cross $500 million in North America. “Incredibles 2,” is expected to make $31 million in its fourth weekend, and on Saturday it will break … Read More

Disney introduces new Florida Resident theme park select pass

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Disney is introducing a new Annual Pass on July 9, aimed at offering more flexibility for guests visiting Walt Disney World. The Florida Resident Theme Park Select Pass is another option for Florida residents who are looking for access to at least one theme park during most times of the year. Each park’s availability will be accessible online through a … Read More

Get married in front of the Tree of Life

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If you’ve ever dreamed of spending the happiest day of your life at the most magical place on Earth, you’re going to love this: Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings & Honeymoons now offers three exciting new venues for your dream wedding at Walt Disney World Resort. Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings & Honeymoons offers many different wedding locations and if you’ve been following … Read More

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

Episode 322 – Disney News 07/04/2018

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This week’s news episode of the All About the Mouse Disney podcast is devoted to the opening of Toy Story Land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Last week, the new themed land in Walt Disney World was dedicated with Tim Allen on hand and it opened with massive wait times for the majority of the day. The reviews, so far, have been terrific, and we even got some details about some more things that are still on the horizon for Disney’s Hollywood Studios, including information about Mickey’s Runaway Railway and a new Cars show and attraction coming soon.