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 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 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 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!