On this week’s show, we’re going to be addressing 2 topics in one show. I’m joined by long-time Disney fan husband and wife duo Leo and Wallis. We’ll start by talking about Genie+ and I’ll give my own personal review from my experience with Genie+. Then, we’ll discuss the recent announcement Disney made about the closing of the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser. We’ll touch on what we think may have contributed to the demise, what we think it might become, and much more!
Episode 690 – 2023 Disney Predictions
On this week’s show, I’m joined again by Bryce Yelverton and Sarah Evans from our Predictions Panel as we look to make our 2023 Disney Predictions. It seems, in many ways, we are on the verge of potentially seeing some rather significant changes and announcements to come over the next year. With the recent return of Bob Iger as CEO, the 100th year anniversary celebration of the Disney company launching, a slew of new entertainment and attractions slated to open up all over the world, and more, we expect to see more major headlines from Disney in 2023. We’ll call out some of our predictions of things we think may come to fruition in the coming year and then revisit those predictions next year to see just how close we came to being right.
Episode 689 – 2022 Disney Predictions Revisited
On this weeks show, our Predictions Panel returns to revisit our 2022 Disney predictions. Bryce Yelverton and Sarah Evans join me as we look back at the things we all predicted would happen throughout the Disney company including theme parks, movies, Broadway, and more. We’ll see who was right on the money and who was way, way off!
Episode 678 – Disney at the Cons (C2E2)
On this week’s show, I’ll be sharing some more audio from the summer convention circuit recorded and contributed to us by our good friend Blake Reilly from The Blake and Sal Show. This time, we have audio from the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2). This audio features a panel titled “Creating Star Wars: Playing in a Galaxy Far, Far Away” with Dave Sheidt, Jeffrey Brown, Joe Corroney, Katie Cook, and Ramon Perez. This is a collection of authors and artists who have worked together to bring characters in the Star Wars universe to life in books and graphic novels. They’ll talk about what it’s like to work in the Star Wars universe and create stories without disturbing an already well-established balance in the force.
Episode 670 – WDW Themed Land Madness (Round 5)
On this week’s show, we’re back with Round 5 of Walt Disney World Themed Land Madness! We started this bracket tournament back in March where you all have been voting for your favorite themed lands in Walt Disney World, and we’re down to the final matchup! Before we get to the announcing which 2 themed lands will be in the final showdown, though, we have to announce the winners of our Final Four. Sarah Evans joins me again to look at the 4 lands that were in the Final Four, announce the winners and who will ultimately be the final two themed lands in Round 5 of this bracket tournament. It’s been a lot of fun getting to this point where the excitement is coming to a head with some of the most difficult matches we’ve seen so far.
Episode 653 – Disneyland Update
On this week’s show, I’ve invited Adria Shannon back onto the show to talk about her recent trip to Disneyland. We’ll talk about what the Disneyland Resort in California is like now. She’ll also tell us about her trip, her thoughts on new attractions like Web Slingers and Avengers Campus, and of course we’ll cover the amazing food offerings available currently.
Episode 649 – 2022 Disney Predictions
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 604 – Disney Investor Day Announcements
On this week’s show, we are covering all of the announcements that came out of the recent Disney Investor Day presentation. Shortly before 2020 ended, Disney dumped one last treasure trove of announcements related to Disney entertainment in Disney+ TV shows and feature films to be released at the box office. My guests this week, Sarah Evans and Rick Gutierrez, join me to break down all of the announcements and the everything you need to know these exciting announcements!
Episode 576 – Current WDW Daytime and Night-time Shows – Prt. 2
This week, we continue our look at various current daytime and night-time shows in Walt Disney World that are not expected to be returning immediately when the parks re-open next month. I invite you to kick back this week and enjoy more sounds from the parks as we listen to audio from Fantasmic!, Rivers of Light, Once Upon a Time, and more. I’ll also give some details around each of these that might just make each of these a little more enjoyable as we all look forward to their hopeful, and eventual return.
Episode 568 – Disney News 05/04/2020
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 558 – Trader Sam’s Rise of the Skyliner Celebration
On this week’s episode of the show. Bryce Yelverton joins me as we talk about our individual trip reports that found us unexpectedly running into each other in Walt Disney World. Together, we’ll talk about our individual experiences including securing a ride on Rise of the Resistance, spending the day relaxing in Celebration, Florida, resort hopping on the Disney Skyliner, new experiences at Epcot, and our experience together at Trader Sam’s Grog Grotto and Tiki Bar.
Episode 555 – Disney News 02/03/2020
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 552 – 2019 Disney Predictions Revisited
On this week’s episode of the show, I’m joined again by my faithful predictions team Blake Reilly, Bryce Yelverton, and Sarah Evans. Together, we’ll look back at our Disney predictions for 2019 to see which ones, if any, came true. Did Bryce predict the correct new Disney color? Who predicted the correct box office flop? And what are some of the boldest and safest predictions that we’ll make for 2020? You’ll find out right here on this week’s episode of the All About the Mouse Disney podcast.
Episode 547 – Star Wars: Secrets of the Rise of Skywalker
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 545 – Disney News 12/18/2019
On this week’s Disney news show, we’ll cover the latest happenings from around the Disney company including a 10-year-old bot who got his wish to meet a group of Disney Imagineers, backup boarding passes that have started going into effect for Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, as look at a new parade coming to Disneyland in 2020, and much more!
Episode 542 – Disney News 12/11/2019
On this week’s Disney news show, we’ll cover the latest happenings from around the Disney company including job openings available in Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge where you can join either the First Order or The Resistance, new additions coming to Epcot in January, a ton of fun and unique merchandise coming just in time for the holidays, and I’ll tell you about a guest who tried to get a little too close to magic at Walt Disney World’s Carousel of Progress.
Episode 514 – Disney News 09/25/2019
On this week’s Disney news show, we’ll cover the latest happenings from around the Disney company including changes coming to the 2020 marathon weekend RunDisney races in Walt Disney World, a sneak peek at the music and magic coming to the “Epcot Forever” nighttime show at Epcot, an offer that Disney+ is offering for customers who subscribe early, and much more!
Episode 510 – Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge (Part 1)
On this week’s feature discussion show. Disney couple Wallis and Leo join me for a two-part discussion about Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, the newest themed land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Now that Galaxy’s Edge is open on both coasts, we’ll look at the Florida version from the new attraction Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run to Oga’s Cantina, Dok Ondar’s Den of Antiquities, blue milk, and more!
Episode 466 – Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland
This past weekend, Disneyland hosted thousands upon thousands of guests as they dropped the rope on their newest themed land, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. Our good friend Beci Mahnken from MEI and Mouse Fan Travel was there to get a first-hand look at the land of Batuu and the Black Spire Outpost and she’s joining us to fill us in on all the details including what you need to know before you go, what you need to eat while you’re there, and what souvenirs you need to make sure you return home with.
Episode 446 – Disney News 04/17/2019
On this week’s Disney news show, we’ll cover the latest happenings from around the Disney company including many of the exciting announcements and sneak peeks that came out of the Star Wars Celebration Ultimate Fan Experience in Chicago, the big announcement about the price and launch date of Disney+, a new Beauty and the Beast-inspired lounge coming to Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort, and much more!
Episode 410 – Disney News 01/23/2018
On this week’s Disney News episode, Disney’s Animal Kingdom honors “The Lion King” with a special Tree of Life Awakening, Municiberg opens in the former Pixar Placed area of Disney’s Hollywood Studios, reservations get ready to open for Disney’s Riviera resort, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge comes to a brand new Marvel comic mini-series, and much more!
Top 7 Disney things to look forward to in 2019
It’s that time of year ago. Another year gone and a new one just on the horizon. At a time when we usually take a look back at all of the exciting and news-worthy items that happened throughout the Disney company, I thought it would be a nice change of pace to take a look forward at all of the … Read More
Episode 368 – Friday with Friends (Star Tours)
Welcome to another Friday with Friends listener interaction episode of the All About the Mouse Disney podcast! On this week’s Friday with Friends show, we are honoring a listener request for some in-park attraction audio from Disney’s Hollywood Studios. On a recent trip to Walt Disney World, we asked what you all would like to hear on future episodes from the parks. One of the requests that came in was to feature audio from Disney’s Hollywood Studios, so we chose Star Tours: The Adventure Continues. Sit back, relax, and enjoy!
Episode 349 – Disney News 09/05/2018
On this week’s news episode of the All About the Mouse Disney podcast, Artist Point is set to change to a character dining experience, Disney releases concept art for Oga’s Cantina in Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge, Epcot’s 23rd annual International Food and Wine Festival launches, Disney Cruise Line begins meetings and talks on opening another private island, and much more!
Episode 325 – Disney News 07/11/2018
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!
