Podcasts about imagineers

WDW Radio # 716 - Italy Pavilion in EPCOT: How Close is The Pavilion to the Real Thing? - From the WDW Radio Archives I just returned from our incredible WDW Radio Adventures by Disney group trip to Italy a few days ago, and I am still reeling in the feeling of the Italian "la dolce vita." So I went back into the archives this week to bring you along with me TO Italy... in World Showcase in EPCOT Center. For decades, Epcot's Word Showcase has allowed visitors to Walt Disney World to visit, explore, and learn about regions, cultures, and people from all over the world, and in many cases, countries they may never get to visit otherwise. And with all things Disney, it's rooted in story, and in the case of the pavilions of World Showcase, the history as well. We wander through replicas of villages, buildings, shops, streets, and temples, but just how close are the pavilions to the real thing? In the past, we have asked and answered this question with detailed looks at the UK on show 202, and Norway on show 236... and in 2018, on show # 528 we did it again, as we traveled to Italy. For this episode, I was joined by a friend from Italy who helps to compare and contrast the pavilion with the country. Recorded live as we wandered through the pavilion, we discuss the architecture, culture, symbolism, history and stories, as we virtually tour the piazza, shops, dining options, history, architecture, and much more. It's a fascinating look into how and where Italian culture, traditions and history are found in the pavilion itself, and the attention to detail that Disney's Imagineers included to provide guests a truly authentic experience. Oh, and we may stop to sample an item on the menu… or two. I am actually personally very curious and interested to go back and listen to this one myself, having just returned from so many of the locations that inspired and are featured in the EPCOT version. Have you ever visited Italy? How do you think the EPCOT version compares to the real thing? Is Italy on your bucket list of places to visited? Share your thoughts in the WDW Radio Clubhouse at WDWRadio.com/Clubhouse, or call the voicemail at 407-900-9391 (WDW1) and share your story on the show. But for now... sit back, relax, and enjoy this week's episode from the Archives on the WDW Radio show. ---------------------------------- WDWRadio.com - Visit the site and blog WDWRadio.com/Clubhouse - Join the community and conversation on Facebook WDWRadioNATION - Get monthly rewards, and help support the show WDWRadioLIVE.com - Watch and chat LIVE Wednesdays at 7:30pm ET WDWRadio.com/Podcasts - Show notes, past episodes, links, and photos WDWRadio.com/Events - WDW Radio Disney meets, events, cruises, and more! WDWRadio.com/Shirts - Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, logo gear and more! 407-900-9391 - Call the voicemail with a question, comment or "Hello!" from the parks THANK YOU for your support by voting WDW Radio Best Travel Podcast for 9 consecutive years! Sit back, relax, and enjoy this week's episode of the WDW Radio show. Thanks for listening! Be sure to tune in next week! ---------------------------------- LouMongello.com - Let me help you turn what you love into what you do and turn your passion into your profession with one-on-one mentoring, mastermind groups, and my MomentumWorkshop and Retreat in Walt Disney World. I am also a keynote keynote speaker who can present at your event, conference, business, or school, and provide mentoring and consulting to individuals and organizations looking to build their businesses and brands. I speak on a variety of topics, including sharing the magic of Disney, and teaching how to deliver exceptional customer service, social media, podcasting, live video, community, following your dreams, and more. ---------------------------------- LET'S CONNECT! WDWRadio.com/Community Facebook.com/WDWRadio Instagram.com/LouMongello Twitter.com/LouMongello YouTube.com/WDWRadio Pinterest.com/LouMongello LinkedIn.com/in/LouMongello

*Subscribe @ iTunes* TSPP finally returns for 2023; unfortunately to discuss the loss of a legend in our industry, the Great Rolly Crump, but fortunately, to celebrate the greatness and beauty he brought to all our lives. It's a roundtable conversation on the Fantastic Crump with Doug Barnes, Brent Young (Super 78), Robert Coker (Thrillridde.com), and Ryan Harmon (Zeitgeist). Includes the Interview with Rolly Crump, Chris Crump, and Bob Gurr from the 2010 Knott's Preserved (Author: Chris Merritt) release event at Knott's Berry Farm. Enjoy! Links: Walt Disney Birthplace  MiceChat Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z'nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: www.seasonpasspodcast.com Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass  Contact us: doug@seasonpasspodcast.com brent@super78.com robert@robertcoker.com Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show.  Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2023 Season Pass Podcast

On this episode the guys chat about all of the movies and shows coming in 2023 from the Disney Company.  From a new Indiana Jones to many shows taking place in a Galaxy Far Far Away, 2023 will be a great year for Disney fans. On the Patron side the guys talk Dave's interesting day before playing Imagineers by replacing all Walt Disney World stage shows with something new. JOIN THE NEWEST DDP TODAY FACEBOOK GROUP: Disney Drinks With The DDP Today - A Disney Podcast Drinking Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1296500790895480 BECOME A PATREON MEMBER AND GET ACCESS TO THE PRIVATE FACEBOOK GROUP AND WEEKLY EXTRA CONTENT. If you would like to support all of the Disney Dads shows and help us bring you more content commercial free, click the link https://www.patreon.com/disneydads?fan_landing=true Check out the newest DDP merchandise today! https://www.teepublic.com/user/ddp-today COMING SOON!  -  ddptoday.com Book your next Disney vacation with Justin and Jamie at Away With Me Travel. Contact them today to start the magical planning process at show@awaywithmetravel.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/disneydadspodcast You can find all of our shows at disneydadspodcast.com Get your copy of Pabel: The Rightful King, written by Disney Dad Jason on Amazon today.  https://www.amazon.com/Pabel-Rightful-Jason-Lee-Odegard/dp/B08WZ4P3XM/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1614215220&sr=8-1  

On this weeks episode of The Theme Park Podcast, Scott talks about his experience of checking out the newest ride, TRON Lightcycle Run! He runs through the queue, locker system and what the ride experience was like. Then in the news Jon Faverau has thoughts on a Mandalorian ride, Imagineers are returning and Universal Studios gets new logos!

Happy women's history month! To continue their celebration, Emma and Gaby talk about some of the most influential women to Disney parks and Imagineering history!Podcast socials:InstagramTwitterhttps://rf4rm.com/Where to listenSpotifyGoogle PodcastsApple podcastsOur WebsiteOur personal Socials:Gaby's InstagramEmma's InstagramGaby's TwitterEmma's TwitterGaby's Tik TokEmma's Tik Tok

Its been talked about for some time now, but Aerosmith is getting outdated and we need something new in there.  As armchair Imagineers for a day, we talk about what we would change in Rock-n-Roller Coaster.  We not only talk new bands, but new movies we put in there as a retheme.  After the retheming discussion, we discuss what we would do if we had a blank canvas by bulldozing the entire space.  This is a fun one and would like to hear from you as well!Make sure you hit that subscribe button so you know when there are new episodes.Do you want to share your experiences? Be sure to leave us a voice mail on our website and we'll play it on our show! Let's talk on our social media pages or send us an email! FacebookInstagramTik TokWebsiteAlso find Mykhailo on Kylo and Kristin's Magical Life YouTube channel. You can also find Bryan on Bryan and Tammy's Thotful Spot Podcast We appreciate you joining us this week and every week and would love to hear from you! Finally, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts and Podchaser so that others can find us!It's time to press play – Let's talk about it!

I'm fascinated to learn more about the development of Disney's Animal Kingdom during the 1990s. Joe Rohde and his team built concepts that would ultimately lead to Walt Disney World's fourth theme park. This year represents the park's 25th anniversary, and it's the perfect time to speak with Imagineers from that group.… Read more... The post 193. Tom Sze on Developing the Concepts for Disney's Animal Kingdom appeared first on Tomorrow Society.

How is a name from the Lion King tied to the Jungle Cruise? And did rhinos really moon guests once upon a time? In this wild Distory episode, we monkey around with the animals of the Jungle Cruise as we learn about their inspiration, creation, and the unique challenges the Imagineers faced in bringing them to life. We'll also chat about some very cheeky rhinos, discover how the elephants know when to trumpet, and figure out what happened to some animals we no longer see in the Jungle Cruise today. Join us LIVE on TikTok every Friday at 5:30pm Pacific/8:30pm Eastern for more Distory! Kate: @disneycicerone Kirk: @walruscarp You can also find us on YouTube, Instagram, and at disneycicerone.com & walruscarp.com View full video versions of each episode HERE Distory T-shirts and Stickers WalrusCarp T-shirts & Merch Books we reference in this episode: The Disneyland Story Walt's Disneyland Marc Davis in His Own Words The Imagineering Story Kate's book: A Glimpse of the Magic --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/disneycicerone/support

Ride vehicles at Disney Parks are more than just a form of transportation. In every instance they are an integral part of the story. Disney's Imagineers work to create ride vehicles that fit within the theme of the attraction, efficiently transport guests to keep wait times low, and provide a safe and comfortable journey through the experience. For Disney fans, these ride vehicles also provide a source of nostalgia as we think back to our trips. In this two-part discussion, we unveil our favorite attraction ride vehicles at Walt Disney World and Disneyland and consider what makes for an unforgettable Disney ride vehicle. Huge thanks to our friends at Beyond the Mouse podcast for joining us in this episode! Be sure to check them out on your favorite podcast app. What are your favorite Disney attraction vehicles? Send me your feedback via email or through direct or public message at any of the following and [with your permission] I'll include your message in a future show: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@imaginationskyway Instagram: www.instagram.com/imaginationskyway Facebook Group (ImagiNation): https://www.facebook.com/groups/imaginationskyway Facebook: www.facebook.com/imaginationskyway TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@imaginationskyway  Twitter: www.twitter.com/skywaypodcast Email: matt@imagineerpodcast.com  Sponsors and Partners: Magical Park Vacations: plan a trip to Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, or any other Disney (or Universal) destination. These services are complimentary. WDW Park Planners: work with a concierge vacation planner to create a personalized Disney itinerary for you and your family. Magical Park Tours: hire an in-person guide to help your family navigate the parks and mitigate crowds. Get Bonus Content If you want to take your love of Imagination Skyway to the next level and help support the show, definitely consider joining us on Patreon for virtual events, bonus content and episodes, exclusive access to our private Imagination Passholder communities and more.  How to Support the Show Share the podcast with your friends Rate and review on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-imagineerpodcasts-podcast/id1244558092 Join our Patreon Group - https://www.patreon.com/imagineerpodcast Purchase merchandise - https://www.teepublic.com/stores/imagineer-podcast?ref_id=8929 Enjoy the show!

In this episode, creative technologist Roger Holzberg recounts his personal career journey from the Imagineering studio at the Walt Disney Company, where he devised and built original theme park rides, to his second career as where he applies immersive technology to health care and healing, first at the National Cancer Institute and now as a med tech innovator at Reimagine Well. Roger explains the subtle art of balancing new technologies with real world events and the ever-evolving customer experience. Discussion topics include: designing deep futures, the use case for virtual reality and augmented reality, dealing with animated dolphins, lessons from Walt Disney's Imagineering, visualization tech in cancer treatment and research, the use of distraction therapy, healthcare by design, teaching the art of world building, turning students in Imagineers, environmental sustainability. WEB SITE: https://reimaginewell.com/ Brett King is a world-renowned entrepreneur, futurist, speaker, international bestselling author, and media personality. China's President Xi Jinping cited his book Augmented: Life in the Smart Lane on the topic of Artificial Intelligence in his 2018 national address; the same book that was listed as a Top 10 non-fiction book in North America. In 2019 his book Bank 4.0 was awarded the Top Book by a Foreign Author in Russia for that year. Robert Tercek is an award-winning author, entrepreneur, and educator focused on the process of dematerialization and innovation. In his professional capacity, Mr. Tercek is a seasoned business executive with deep expertise in digital media and internet services. He is a prolific creator of interactive programs and products. He has designed and launched successful consumer experiences on every digital platform, including digital television, game consoles, broadband Internet, and mobile networks. In 2021, Mr. Tercek was recognized as the Humanitarian of the Year by the Media Excellence Awards for his leadership in designing and launching COVID SMART™, an interactive training program designed to keep workers safe on the job during the pandemic.

Ride vehicles at Disney Parks are more than just a form of transportation. In every instance they are an integral part of the story. Disney's Imagineers work to create ride vehicles that fit within the theme of the attraction, efficiently transport guests to keep wait times low, and provide a safe and comfortable journey through the experience. For Disney fans, these ride vehicles also provide a source of nostalgia as we think back to our trips. In this two-part discussion, we unveil our favorite attraction ride vehicles at Walt Disney World and Disneyland and consider what makes for an unforgettable Disney ride vehicle. Huge thanks to our friends at Beyond the Mouse podcast for joining us in this episode! Be sure to check them out on your favorite podcast app. What are your favorite Disney attraction vehicles? Send me your feedback via email or through direct or public message at any of the following and [with your permission] I'll include your message in a future show: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@imaginationskyway Instagram: www.instagram.com/imaginationskyway Facebook Group (ImagiNation): https://www.facebook.com/groups/imaginationskyway Facebook: www.facebook.com/imaginationskyway TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@imaginationskyway  Twitter: www.twitter.com/skywaypodcast Email: matt@imagineerpodcast.com  Sponsors and Partners: Magical Park Vacations: plan a trip to Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, or any other Disney (or Universal) destination. These services are complimentary. WDW Park Planners: work with a concierge vacation planner to create a personalized Disney itinerary for you and your family. Magical Park Tours: hire an in-person guide to help your family navigate the parks and mitigate crowds. Get Bonus Content If you want to take your love of Imagination Skyway to the next level and help support the show, definitely consider joining us on Patreon for virtual events, bonus content and episodes, exclusive access to our private Imagination Passholder communities and more.  How to Support the Show Share the podcast with your friends Rate and review on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-imagineerpodcasts-podcast/id1244558092 Join our Patreon Group - https://www.patreon.com/imagineerpodcast Purchase merchandise - https://www.teepublic.com/stores/imagineer-podcast?ref_id=8929 Enjoy the show!

In this episode, creative technologist Roger Holzberg recounts his personal career journey from the Imagineering studio at the Walt Disney Company, where he devised and built original theme park rides, to his second career as where he applies immersive technology to health care and healing, first at the National Cancer Institute and now as a med tech innovator at Reimagine Well.  Roger explains the subtle art of balancing new technologies with real world events and the ever-evolving customer experience. Discussion topics include: designing deep futures, the use case for virtual reality and augmented reality, dealing with animated dolphins, lessons from Walt Disney's Imagineering, visualization tech in cancer treatment and research, the use of distraction therapy, healthcare by design, teaching the art of world building, turning students in Imagineers, environmental sustainability.   https://reimaginewell.com/

This week, the randomizer goes all the way back to 2021 to once again cover a Disney+ original documentary series all about, what a shocker, just how awesome Disney is at doing the things Disney does! This time, it talks about that one time all the countries in the world converged on Flushing Meadows in Queens, and Walt Disney, Pepsi-Cola, the "No Wire Hangers" lady, a team of exhausted overworked Imagineers and of course the songwriters of "Pineapple Princess" all combined efforts to show those countries of the world, "here's what we think you'd look like if you were all adorable doll-children stuck singing the most insufferably insipid melody ever devised until the end of time." And the void stares back, ever deeper. Join Tony Goldmark, Charlie Callahan, Haley Baker Callahan and Cassie Shima as they getcha from BEHIND THE ATTRACTION, season one, episode eight, "It's A Small World!" You all have until 11:59PM on Tuesday, February 14 to VOTE for this year's Theme Month! https://twitter.com/efvdpodcast/status/1623230124526272514 Watch my original three-part "It's A Small World" episode of Some Jerk With A Camera! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=854rX0bpFE8&list=PLXVC39FA6kPfVJPk9rdvVmo7gnXlC5rRl  Check out my guests' stuff! CHARLIE CALLAHAN Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThemeSnark  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/rbgprods    HALEY BAKER CALLAHAN Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tricksterbelle  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjYjtuqtRKT0wCcO1T9j2dQ  CASSIE SHIMA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cassies_island Twitter: https://twitter.com/CassiePrologue  And check out this show on social media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/efvdpodcast Host's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonygoldmark Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/972385353152531 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/tonygoldmark Hear new episodes a day early by supporting this show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tonygoldmark

It's time for the creativity of the dudes to take form… and they each have their own spin on this one. Let's dive in as the dudes discuss what they think the ultimate adults theme park would look like!

Jeff and Sandy sit down to discuss the current renovations at Caribbean Beach resort.  It's good bye pirate rooms hello, Little Mermaid rooms.   They discuss the very subtle theming of this room not to be confused with the immersive themed Art of Animation Little Mermaid rooms.   Sandy shares the incredible thoughtful of the Imagineers in the design and functionality of these rooms.  These rooms are only in Trinidad South and at the moment they are not planned for the rest of the resort.   Completion of the makeover is late Spring 2023.  Take a look at the rooms in this video and then reach out to our friends at ezdisez.comCaribbean Beach resorts current motto...'A celebration of Caribbean Life with a touch of Disney Magic'

This week, the Disney100 is just days away, we have the details, Mickey and Minnie are almost ready for their premiere, Black History Month celebrations, new tiki mugs, a small upgrade to "it's a small world," we talk about Toontown, and more! Please support the show if you can by going to https://www.dlweekly.net/support/. If you want some DLWeekly Swag, you can pick some up at https://www.dlweekly.net/store/. Book your travel through ConciEARS at no extra cost to you! Be sure to mention that you heard about ConciEARS from DLWeekly at booking! DISCOUNTS! If you want some awesome headwear or one of a kind items, be sure to visit our friends over at All Enchanting Ears! You can use the promo code DLWEEKLY10 to get 10% off your order! We have partnered with the Howard Johnson Anaheim Hotel & Water Playground to get great deals for our listeners! Book your stay at the Howard Johnson Anaheim and get 15% off your stay (code 1000022077)! Magic Key Holders get 20% off their stay (code 1000025935) as well! Book now! Need the perfect bag for your days in the parks? Look no further than Designer Park Co.! Purchase the Rope Drop Bag as featured on Episode 222 and get 10% off your purchase! Use coupon code DLWEEKLY to get the discount. News Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway opens this Friday for the kickoff of the Disney100 Celebration starting at Disneyland. With the attraction opening, guests will be utilizing a virtual queue, with no standby access. Guests will also be able to purchase an individual Lightning Lane to experience the new attraction. - https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2023/01/your-guide-to-the-disney100-anniversary-celebration-at-disneyland-resort/ Beginning sometime after the start of the Disney100 Celebration, Disney announced that MagicBand+ will be able to interact with Disney100 decor around the parks. No official launch date or any details on what the interactions will be. In Walt Disney World for the 50th Celebration, guests could use their MagicBand+ to interact with the 50 golden characters throughout the parks. - https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2023/01/your-guide-to-the-disney100-anniversary-celebration-at-disneyland-resort/ With the celebration quickly approaching, some of the decor has been appearing around the resort. For guests arriving at the Mickey and Friends or Pixar Pals Parking Structure, there are new large banners along the tram route commemorating the opening years of milestone attractions, movies, and more. Character banners are in the esplanade, and a platinum medallion with Disney100 Years of Wonder has been installed above the entrance to Disney California Adventure. Buena Vista Street has blue and platinum bunting and medallions on the lampposts. On the Disneyland side of things, Disney100 crests have been installed above the entrance, with Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather already in place, along with a Disney100 crest above the castle gates. THe star had been installed on top of one of the turrets as well. As recently as today, new flags, banners, and sashes have appeared on Sleeping Beauty Castle. - https://dlnewstoday.com/2023/01/disney-100-years-of-wonder-medallion-added-to-disney-california-adventure-entrance/ Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway will be closing each night for the fireworks, much like Toontown had been before the closure of the land. On nights that the park remains open until after 11, the attraction will reopen, but if the park closes at 10pm or earlier, the attraction will not reopen for the night. - https://dlnewstoday.com/2023/01/mickey-minnies-runaway-railway-at-disneyland-will-close-during-fireworks/ Black History Month is returning at the Disneyland Resort in February. Celebrate Gospel is returning to the Fantasyland Theatre on February 18th and 25th from 2:30pm to 7pm. Troubadour Tavern will offer a honey-glazed fried chicken bowl and red velvet bundt cake. Downtown Disney will offer family crafts, live music, and special offerings. - https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2023/01/disneyland-resort-honors-black-history-month-with-celebrate-gospel-and-more/ The Disney Gallery inside of the Opera House on Main Street is currently closed as it transforms to present "Disney100 Years of Wonder." The exhibit will feature artwork created by original Disney animators for some of the early films, alongside artwork created by Imagineers to bring those stories to life. An animator's desk and a multi-plane camera will also be on display. - https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2023/01/your-guide-to-the-disney100-anniversary-celebration-at-disneyland-resort/ Costumes have been unveiled for the Cast of Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway. The costumes feature designs that allow cast members to reverse the pieces to change scenes at a moment's notice! They are made of vibrant colors and textures. Eagle-eyed guests can even be on the lookout for hidden Mickeys on the costumes, in addition to other elements that connect the costumes to the attraction. - https://dlnewstoday.com/2023/01/disneyland-resort-reveals-trainsformable-new-mickey-minnies-runaway-railway-cast-member-costumes/ "it's a small world" reopened this week and with it came some new exterior lighting! The exterior now has green and pink lighting in addition to the blue and white from before. The new lighting package enhances the small show that happens on the quarter hour. The lights also change when the train passes by. - https://www.micechat.com/345226-dateline-disneyland-update-recalibrate-illuminate-celebrate/ Trader Sam's has unveiled more tiki mugs recently. The HippopotoMai-Tai and the Piranha Pool tiki mugs had been out of stock for a while, but are back in stock now. The HippopotoMai-Tai mug is the 4th variation, this time in an orange glaze. Trader Sam's Piranha Pool Mug is the second edition of this mug with an ombre glaze with a black and red combo. There is also a couple of mixology events for the Food and Wine Festival on March 6th and April 10th. - https://www.micechat.com/344999-new-mugs-and-events-at-disneylands-trader-sams-enchanted-tiki-bar/ Lunar New Year started this weekend and there is so much to see and do. Magic Key Holders can pick up a free Lunar New Year button from January 20th through February 15th under Silly Symphony Swings. The Sip 'n Saver pass has also returned. Be sure to check the pricing of the items if you get a Sip 'n Saver pass to make sure you get your money's worth. With it being the Year of the Rabbit, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and his wife Ortensia the cat are meeting and greeting guests. - https://www.micechat.com/345170-hop-into-disney-california-adventures-lunar-new-year-celebration/ Weeklyteers with ambitions to become Magic Key Holders should act now! As of the recording of this podcast, Inspire and Believe keys are available for purchase. They went on sale January 17th, so who knows when they will go back to being unavailable. - https://www.micechat.com/345226-dateline-disneyland-update-recalibrate-illuminate-celebrate/ The water around the Pacific Wharf area has been drained to begin work on transforming the area to San Fransokyo from Big Hero 6. Nothing has gone vertical yet, but will hopefully be visible soon. - https://www.micechat.com/345226-dateline-disneyland-update-recalibrate-illuminate-celebrate/ Disney released the Foodie Guide to the 2023 Celebrate Soulfully event. - https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2023/01/disney-eats-foodie-guide-to-celebrate-soulfully-treats-and-eats/ Weeklyteers who can't make it to the parks for the kickoff of the Disney100 this week can tune in virtually this Friday! Disney will stream a kickoff at 2pm Disneyland time this Friday, January 27th. The event will include special performances, behind-the-scenes looks at the new entertainment, fun Disney trivia, and more! - https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2023/01/watch-this-friday-disney-parks-livestream-of-disney100-celebration-at-disneyland-resort/ Discussion Topic Toontown History https://www.mouseplanet.com/7275/Toontown_Dedication https://d23.com/this-day/the-roger-rabbits-car-toon-spin-attraction-opens-in-mickeys-toontown-at-disneyland/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey%27s_Toontown https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Mickey%27s_Toontown#:~:text=Advertisement-,History,buildings%20are%20stylized%20and%20colorful https://www.mouseplanet.com/13102/Before_Mickeys_Toontown

Welcome to Main Street Views Episode: Why and What is Imagineering, where we discuss our favorite Imagineers, and the projects they have created. We explore the importance of storytelling thru Imagineering and the costly effect it has when cut short. We can't thank you all enough for your support. We hope you enjoy the view from Walt's Apartment and Main Street too!Please consider joining us in our Patreon campaign.https://www.patreon.com/waltsaptpodcastStart your Getaway Today Vacation with the link belowhttps://www.getawaytoday.com/?referrerid=8636If you are looking to book a Disney Vacation please use our friends at Getaway Today. Also if you call 855-GET-AWAY and mention Walt's Apartment you will get a special value just for mentioning us.Check Out Sunken City Designshttps://sunkencitydesigns.bigcartel.com/Remember to use the code WALTSAPTPOD at checkout for additional savingsCheck out Awesome Backpacks atDisney Theme Park Backpack - Designer Park Co.Remember to use the code WALTSAPTPOD at checkout for additional savingsBe sure to get all your news from the Disney Universe from our friends at The Disinsider. They are your one-stop for all things Disney.Thanks for always supporting us here at Walt's Apartment...We are proud to be part of the Disney Podcast Family , checkout all the other great shows below https://linktr.ee/DisneyPodcastFamily

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 537 With Disney's Leslie IWerks The Imagineering Story Walt Disney called Imagineering “the blending of creative imagination with technical know-how.” From Disneyland, U.S.A. to Shanghai Disneyland, the technologically advanced artisans and storytellers known as the Imagineers have created entire worlds of Disney magic. Now, as told to Leslie Iwerks, herself part of a Disney Dynasty, these Disney park designers reveal their secrets. Expanding upon her documentary of the same name, The Imagineering Story, the entire legacy of WDI is covered from day one through future projects with never-before-seen access and insights from people both on the inside and on the outside.

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 537 With Disney's Leslie IWerks The Imagineering Story Walt Disney called Imagineering “the blending of creative imagination with technical know-how.” From Disneyland, U.S.A. to Shanghai Disneyland, the technologically advanced artisans and storytellers known as the Imagineers have created entire worlds of Disney magic. Now, as told to Leslie Iwerks, herself part of a Disney Dynasty, these Disney park designers reveal their secrets. Expanding upon her documentary of the same name, The Imagineering Story, the entire legacy of WDI is covered from day one through future projects with never-before-seen access and insights from people both on the inside and on the outside.

Last summer, Disney Cruise Line released its fifth and most technologically advanced cruise ship yet: Disney Wish. We'll meet Laura Cabo, a creative executive at Walt Disney Imagineering, who shares the excitement and challenges in designing a cruise ship that's nearly as long as the Eiffel Tower, and how Imagineers turn visions into reality. For more information on this episode, visit natgeo.com/overheard. Want more? The documentary Chad made with Laura and other Disney Imagineers is called Making the Wish: Disney's Newest Cruise Ship. It will be available on Disney+ March 3.  And while you're there, check out the documentary series The Imagineering Story about other Imagineers all over the world. If you like what you hear and want to support more content like this, please consider a National Geographic subscription. Go to natgeo.com/exploremore to subscribe today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 537 With Disney's Leslie IWerks The Imagineering Story Walt Disney called Imagineering “the blending of creative imagination with technical know-how.” From Disneyland, U.S.A. to Shanghai Disneyland, the technologically advanced artisans and storytellers known as the Imagineers have created entire worlds of Disney magic. Now, as told to Leslie Iwerks, herself part of a Disney Dynasty, these Disney park designers reveal their secrets. Expanding upon her documentary of the same name, The Imagineering Story, the entire legacy of WDI is covered from day one through future projects with never-before-seen access and insights from people both on the inside and on the outside.

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 537 With Disney's Leslie IWerks The Imagineering Story Walt Disney called Imagineering “the blending of creative imagination with technical know-how.” From Disneyland, U.S.A. to Shanghai Disneyland, the technologically advanced artisans and storytellers known as the Imagineers have created entire worlds of Disney magic. Now, as told to Leslie Iwerks, herself part of a Disney Dynasty, these Disney park designers reveal their secrets. Expanding upon her documentary of the same name, The Imagineering Story, the entire legacy of WDI is covered from day one through future projects with never-before-seen access and insights from people both on the inside and on the outside.

Disney often provides us with inspiration throughout the year, and the same can be said as we turn the clocks to the New Year. As we begin the year 2023, a few Disney friends, Imagineers and I wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year and provide some Disney-inspired magic for the year ahead. Thanks to my special guests on this episode. Brian Crosby (Marvel): https://www.instagram.com/wizardofcroz23/ Amanda Hasaka (Disneyland Foodies): https://www.instagram.com/disneylandfoodies/ Brett, Craig & Vanessa (Beyond the Mouse): https://www.instagram.com/beyondthemousepod/?hl=en Colleen Bentley (WDW Park Planners): https://wdwparkplanners.com/ Conor Brown (WDW Opinion): https://www.wdwopinion.com/ Danny & Stephanie Shuster (WDW Magazine): https://www.wdw-magazine.com/ Kim Collins (Magical Park Vacations): https://magicalparkvacations.com/ Philander Butler (Disneyland Resort): https://www.instagram.com/philanderc85/ Scott Wolf (Mouse Clubhouse): https://mouseclubhouse.com/ Timmy Britt (Timmy Britt Studios): https://www.timmybritt.art/  Theron Skees (Designers Creative Studio): https://www.designerscreativestudio.com/ What are your goals and wishes for 2023? Send me your feedback via email or through direct or public message at any of the following and [with your permission] I'll include your message in a future show: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/imagineerpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/ImagineerPodcast Facebook Group (ImagiNation): https://www.facebook.com/groups/imagineerpodcast/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/ImagineerPodcast TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@imagineerpodcast  Twitter: www.twitter.com/ImagineerNews Email: matt@imagineerpodcast.com  Sponsors and Partners: Magical Park Vacations: plan a trip to Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, or any other Disney (or Universal) destination. These services are complimentary. WDW Park Planners: work with a concierge vacation planner to create a personalized Disney itinerary for you and your family. Magical Park Tours: hire an in-person guide to help your family navigate the parks and mitigate crowds. Get Bonus Content If you want to take your love of Imagineer Podcast to the next level and help support the show, definitely consider joining us on Patreon for virtual events, bonus content and episodes, exclusive access to our private Passholder communities and more.  How to Support the Show Share the podcast with your friends Rate and review on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-imagineerpodcasts-podcast/id1244558092 Join our Patreon Group - https://www.patreon.com/imagineerpodcast Purchase merchandise - https://www.teepublic.com/stores/imagineer-podcast?ref_id=8929 Enjoy the show!

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In this episode, we put on our Imagineer hats! Bob Iger needs new ideas for the Walt Disney World Resort and he's asked none other than yours truly, the HPOE cast!  Listen in as we pitch our ideas to each other to prepare for our boardroom meeting with the big boss of Disney! Let us know who you thought was the best! Happy Listening Everyone! Support the show

On Episode #131 of Radio Free Galaxy, we're reviewing two new mediocre Disney+ offerings! To begin the show, we discuss how James Gunn and Kevin Bacon just barely manage to make the Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special watchable! Wow, how fun! After that, we use our review of the new dumpster fire Willow series as a jumping-off point to talk about how Disney creators have transitioned from the innovative Imagineers of the past into the desperate Profiteers of the present! Don't agree? Oh, what miraculous joy must bloom eternal from your silly, ignorant mind! We envy you indeed! Thanks for listening and please remember to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and the Spotify app! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/radiofreegalaxy/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiofreegalaxy/support

The reason I found it impossible to understand anything in the Bible when I was fallen away is because of one simple fact: I did not really believe in God. Once I had re-admitted that God was real, I still did not really believe in spirits. This blocks all understanding of what Jesus is up to, in nearly every interaction that he has. It's not surprising people get nothing out of the Bible today, since our Present Bias considers spirits to be the mere superstitions of uneducated fools. Our long march through the Enlightenment left our souls behind, and now we have to turn the bus around to go back and retrieve the other half of our selves. Notice that whenever Jesus heals someone, he cures by removing something and/or making something whole. He often drives out a spirit. And spirits are everywhere in the Gospel. They seem to not only rule the nations, but they overtake people. A general observation of mental health in today's world suggests that little has changed since the time of Jesus. These healings happen without full explanation, but there is clearly something spiritual at work, something supernatural. Let's run down the list:Jesus drives out a spirit in Capernaum, he drives spirits into a herd of pigs, he heals a demon-possessed child, he heals a boy with an “unclean” spirit. That's just for starters. He re-infuses the spirit into dead people, re-animating them. He does this to Lazarus, Jairus' daughter, and a widow's son; garden-variety miracles of resurrection for Jesus, not the Resurrection that Jesus does to himself that conquers death. Next, consider the numerous healings of blindness and deafness. There are seven of these alone. Plus, he heals deformities, skin diseases, and even paralysis. Then there are the mystery illnesses that, like Peter's mother-in-law who has a fever, the chronically ill woman in the crowd, the many healings at Gennesaret, the dropsy cure on the Sabbath, and the healing of the official's son in Galilee. None of these medical cures require a scalpel or a prescription. He even re-attaches an ear in a split second without any plastic surgeon in sight (or proof of insurance). Without understanding that Jesus came to a spirit-filled world, how can you possibly understand or relate to anything in the Bible? I don't think you can, because the awareness of God, spirits, angels, and demons is fundamental. In our disenchanted scientific model, we don't live in the best of all possible worlds, we live in the boringest of all possible worlds. No wonder every libertine becomes so dull as they age and end up looking botoxically ridiculous in their luxury cars. Our scientific obsession has sliced our ability to understand scripture by shifting our thoughts into a pancake-flat rationalism, into “nature” alone, ripped clean away from the spiritual life. We've lost a whole dimension of understanding by cancelling our souls and God. The funny thing is that cancel culture cannot cancel what is true, and God and souls are real. We can hear them knocking on the culture now, quite loudly, while we put our fingers in our ears and try to talk over it. Oddly, in our collective transition from beings with body and soul into just a body and mind, we have become less and less connected to nature. This may be the greatest irony of all: in our obsession with nature as the answer to all things, we have moved further and further from the woods. We believe nature is the only thing that is real, but in our actual lives we mostly experience nature on TV, not outdoors. And if we do finally get outdoors, we make sure to bring plenty of hand sanitizer in order to quickly makes ourselves clean again. You can't make this stuff up. I think the ancient Israelite cleanliness rituals have nothing on today's materialist germophobes. Covid protocols doubled the fear for those already afflicted. The bright side of Covid is that people started to realize that nature must be experienced, not merely narrated by David Attenborough. The exodus from cities and throngs of people cramming into National Parks attest to the fact that a change in mood about those “flyover states” and rural living is happening. There is a transition happening as the candle of the Enlightenment has begun to flare out, particularly as its pursuit of “truth” through pure materialism and liberalism has led us directly into postmodernism, the poster-child of relativism and antithesis of truth. Let's briefly revisit the pre-Enlightenment era, known as the the Dark Ages. First, you need an Enlightenment propaganda decoder ring. It's pretty simple: Christendom = Dark = Evil.Modernity = Light = Good. The name alone, Enlightenment, broadcasts the propaganda as much as “woke” implies that the pre-woke world was “sleep.” We have the same game being played out again and again. Marx tried to do a takedown of the bourgeoisie, with his villain as Christianity and the class system. In the Enlightenment, the enemy was the same: Christendom. In the latest manifestation of Marxism, guess who is the enemy? Christianity. The long-term Nazi plan was to stamp out Christianity. Is anyone yawning yet? We can keep going if needed, all the way back to Julian the Apostate to Marcus Aurelius to Nero. The common enemy of worldly power is Christianity, always. And guess who remains after all of these ideologies flame out? Jesus. I've heard people say, “We are finally getting out from Christianity and the patriarchy.” Today men, and white men in particular, are the enemy. It's hard to tell these true believers that, no, you are not, because Jesus is the ruler of this world. The misapplication of the doctrine of original sin happens ad nauseam, as the underdog and the oppressor fable plays out. This is why we cannot get to the Kingdom of God, because the whispers of the evil one keeps this loop of pride happening. If we consider the era of the Enlightenment, which is now being replaced, we can track the language of “Dark Ages” rather easily, all the way back to Petrarch in the 1300s, but the label really took off with the French Revolution. See, people were not free until they rejected God. Here's another clue for your decoder ring. Freedom = Rejection of God. That's how the story goes. Ignorance and error only comes with obedience to God, or so we're told, and given that we want to taste all the flowers of life, we are easily sold. But that story is always a lie. It's the wrong kind of freedom. People find this out in their own falls and redemption just as nations do. Repeatedly. Israel itself found this out the hard way, repeatedly, until it finally was kicked out of the promised land entirely for 1900 years. Choosing the freedom of the self versus the freedom of obedience to God takes you down very different paths. This is the story of the decline of Christian values in the west. Taking the easier path is the lesson of Lot going to live in Sodom instead of taking the less arable land that Abraham chose. In our current state, we constantly choose the easier path, and have done so with massive encouragement from writers and media, from the Renaissance era right up to the iPhone today. The perceived gains in efficiency and leisure come with a cost. It's been long observed by writers like Neil Postman that we are Amusing Ourselves to Death. But not only does entertainment take our eye off the road of life, it breaks our connection to nature entirely, to the point that people become disconnected from even the sources of food that we eat. During the “Dark Ages,” we lived in far greater connection with nature. When we had no radios or phones, when we shivered near wood stoves, when we lived near animals, near the woods, near pastures, we had a far better idea of “spirits” than we do today. I suspect it was far easier to talk about spirits when you could hear the blizzard whipping at night outside the hut, or even the castle, than it is today where we watch TV in our Snuggie in front of the gas fireplace amid the humming white noise of forced air furnace heat and walled within airtight spray-in insulation and drywall. No, they did not have hot tubs or cold beer or vibrators, but they had something much greater, and that was a spiritual sense of life. The many advances that came through engineering and science proclaimed that unending progress in technology would bring freedom. Now, I don't want to experience a Minnesota winter without a forced-air furnace if I don't have to, but a furnace does not bring salvation, and faced with the choice of losing God or losing my furnace, I would choose to remain with God, and ideally, I pray, avoid living in the eternal furnace. My point is that people were far more in touch with nature and its awesome power, and likewise were more connected to the world of ghosts. We don't experience either now, as we lean over Chromebooks and live out the myth of Narcissus, staring into the mirror of a screen. Unless the storm breaks into our lives somehow, we don't get to recognize our weakness and need for something greater than ourselves. And God still does find a way to invade our lives, it just takes longer than it did in the “Dark Ages.” God still has a way of breaking in to our world, even with all of our engineered comfort. A storm can strike even while you lay on the couch and the sun is shining outside. Jesus climbs into our boat, invading us with Grace. How you react to it will be the climactic moment of your life. Never coercive, God lets us choose, and we do. One way or another, we say yes or no to God, whether we think we have or not. Many people today say, “Nature is my church,” and I know why. Those who spend time in the woods sense something out there, something awesome. You don't need a sequoia tree to appreciate the awesomeness of nature. A sapling will do. An acorn or a pine cone will do. You can spend time in amazement looking at a blade of grass if you hold it close enough. My point is that we do not experience nature reading papers in the journal Nature. Knowing how nature works is not an experience of nature. We experience the awe of nature by participating in nature, being out in nature. Being able to summon from memory the Latin names of plants is not experiencing nature, it is bottling nature for our consumption. A child jumping in a pile of leaves understands nature far better than a naturalist collecting beetles in jars. There is more nature experienced in slapping a single mosquito around a campfire than reading an entire book on microbiology in a library. This is exactly how the prayer life works as well. It's how speaking a foreign language works, or playing a musical instrument. You don't experience things from books, you experience things by participating. I have a book about the science of swimming, but I don't take it with me swimming. The reason people feel churchy in nature is because they are no longer watching Planet Earth on the discovery channel, they are discovering earth and creation itself. When we disconnect from cities, books, screens, traffic, noise, ego-dramas, TV shows, and every other pornish eye candy we have invented, something incredible happens. We become more whole. When we become whole we become more spiritual, because we are both body and soul, and whenever we deny the soul we becomes less human. We become only half of the image and likeness of God when we downplay the soul. Whenever I am on a hiking trail and come across someone blasting music on his smart phone, I say to myself, sarcastically, “You know what this walk in the woods is missing? Top 40 music. Thank you, Justin Beiber. You've made it complete.” The silence of the woods - the bird songs and the babbling streams - recalibrates the soul to the tune of God. Bieber does not do that. By no coincidence, fairy tales mostly occur in the woods, since that is where spirits are felt. Being in nature re-enchants us, giving us a sense of the spiritual. We feel whole in the woods, and thereby a sense of holiness. Here's a hint: these two words are related. The reason the woods doesn't need Justin Bieber is because it is already complete by itself. What people find in the woods is creation, and like God when he finished making it, we all can see: “It is good.” Even if we come across death in the woods, of plants or insects or animals, we can see the circle of life without the need for Elton John to sing about it. Like the woods, we feel more whole because a spiritual presence can be felt, and it can be stifled and ruined by simply pulling out your iPhone to take a selfie. Gadgets and phones in the woods is the guaranteed way to lose the wholeness, because they have all the temptations of the city, the world, and the nations. All the falls of man are present in the phone, so that every time you place a screen before your nose, you are less whole. This is because the self gets in the way of the soul. The mind is meant to connect body and soul, but the mind becomes the self, and even the word “Selfie” gives away the essence of the problem. We can even sense that our bodies are good in nature. I don't think a hiker looking at a grove of trees is likely to think, “I need to lose weight” or “I should inject botox into my face this week.” But if they are taking selfies, holding up the mirror to their face, those ideas leap to the forefront of the mind. Or maybe I'm wrong. Carrying a mirror of our thoughts everywhere we go doesn't give us connectedness, it reduces our wholeness. In the woods, the wholeness seeps in, the joy of something profoundly close touches you in the brush of a fern, while the sense of something higher and unreachable calls out to your soul. This is the paradox of the transcendent (farness) and the immanent (nearness) nature of God. The reason nature feels spiritual is because God made it, and he made you. Of course it feels spiritual. In the woods, you are closer to home than ever. When out among creation, you are reminded of your own creation. The spirits identified by the ancients are still in the woods. They are still everywhere but we ignore them, walled in by the sound and light produced by artificial gadgets. Distraction is the best angle the devil has to make us forget not only God, but to make us forget the devil, too. He is counting on us doing that, and every time your reach for a device, he is rubbing his hands in lieu of taking your soul on the last day. Through our obedience to science we have decided angels and devils are too childish to accept. Those ideas were for the primitive minds of people before the year 1500. Those ideas are for the fearful, we think. Surely, we are more sophisticated. Our sophistication is our paper shield against all superstition. Hence the need for cartoon Tinkerbells, Caspars, and red devils. It assures us that there is nothing to fear. But there is something to fear, and we all know it, and it's called death. The whole reason for the walls we build is to push that fear aside, down the line, away from our present. Our society reviles death to the point that open casket funerals are nearly a thing of the past. No one wants to see a body. A neat cremation is preferred - it's cleaner - much like our dinosaur chicken nuggets that bear no resemblance to the once-living chicken. This is the irony of our alleged sophistication. It isolates us the realities of life and death. We openly mock those whose lives still occupy the spaces of nature. The hillbilly with his trout, the hunter that we call savage, and the farmer who delivers piglets all have a far closer relationship to nature than the billions who live in cities. We mock what we fear. Having had a chance to work on farms, I have noticed that those who live among palpable nature, with daily chores that involve blood and manure, who see life and death as daily occurrences, have an understanding of things that books can never provide. This is why I turn the volume down whenever someone from Silicon Valley offers instructions for living. I have gained more in five minutes watching a calf being born, delivered by a farmer with an eighth grade education, than I have ever gained from one hundred hours of human resource training videos on how I should think. The birth of a calf, let alone a human being, is watching a sacred miracle of life bursting forth. Watching an HR training video is a mandatory brain-death march at the bayonet of my paycheck. The spiritual flatness we have allowed into our lives is stunningly obvious to an increasing number of people, but the pleasure of making money lures and keeps us in this trap. I was nudged, even coached into the office life, despite the movements of my heart telling me from my very first hour in a cubicle: “This is a birdcage. Escape now!” The language of Babel kept me there. After all, I speak Babel. “God helps those who help themselves.” “Get rich or die trying.” This wall against the possibility of spirits is built and shored up with mockery as mortar. We've forgotten that spirits can pass through walls. Disney is freezing spirits in time every time they portray another fairy tale. By bringing fairies to the screen, fairies becomes less believable. Science has decided what is reasonable to believe and Disney has killed our imagination. Disney is in the business of turning imagination into a science, even calling their engineers, “Imagineers.” They are quantifying and qualifying the intangible. Cinderella was once a fairy tale for each of us to imagine, and now she is cast into a single image, in her blue dress, as if her image was hammered onto a stone tablet in Orlando. Science and Disney have denied the spirits by reducing them to engineered cartoons. In the former we downplay it, and in the latter we play it up as quaint fantasy. So I've taken a huge detour into the woods here, but now let's bring it back to the desert, to Jesus and that third temptation. Jesus has three temptations in the desert, and in Genesis there are three falls: Adam, Cain, and Babel. (Again, I'm skipping the Nephilim story in chapter 6 of Genesis. There is a fall there as well, but I'll stick with Adam, Cain, and Babel, or this series will never end). In all three falls, spirits are involved. In all three temptations of Christ, spirits are involved. The falls all occur due to our failure to accept God. In all three falls, humility before God is lacking. Pride reigns. Pride cometh before the fall. The whole Bible is about mastering yourself by tamping down pride. To keep from being deceived, we have to ignore the questioning whisper that suggests to you that God is lying, that he is not real. To keep sin from pouncing on you, like Cain, we have to mash our pride into a slurry and send it down the disposal. To keep from trying to manipulate God, we must offer him gratitude and praise, not sacrifices for a transaction. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit whydidpetersink.substack.com

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 147 of Disney Assembled!!! There are many fun events that have taken place within the animated stories of Disney films. In this episode, we talk about the ones we wish Imagineers would make a reality for us to see or participate in while visiting Disney parks. If you enjoy the show, please consider helping us out. Buy us a Dole Whip! Become a member and get extra content on Patreon. Subscribe to the show on your podcast player of choice. If you are able, consider giving us a 5-star rating and review. Find and subscribe to our YouTube channel. Visit our Disney Assembled store to purchase some excellent Disney Assembled merch. Have a Disney Dad Joke of the Week for consideration? Have an idea for a future episode? Want to share a story for our "What the...?" series? Follow and shoot us a message on our socials: @DisneyAssembled on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok or email us at disneyassembled@gmail.com. Be sure to check out our Spotify Playlist, "Disney Assembled's Favorites" - click here to listen. Our show can also be heard on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 9am EST on Magic of the Mouse Radio. You can find links to all of the above, as well as links to where you can subscribe to the show, on our website: disneyassembled.com See you real soon! Troy & Mimi :) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/disneyassembled/message

Ep. 40: DoomBuggies at Mousecon East Bay 2022 On November 6, 2022, DoomBuggies founder Jeff Baham spoke about the Haunted Mansion at the 7th annual Mousecon East Bay convention in Northern California. This episode of the DoomBuggies Podcast is DEAD-icated to that presentation, which is presented here in its entirety. If you didn't get a chance to visit Mousecon in Northern California, you can still get tickets to Mousecon Bakersfield, which will be taking place on January 28, 2023, and Jeff will be making a presentation there as well. Contact the DoomBuggies Podcast at 1-888-5-HATBOX or comments@doombuggies.com.

In this episode, Pastor Cindy talks about how we are in a building season. God has put a building capacity within us. She shares that In the time of building, sometimes we have to break things down in order to build things up. She believes that God is going to raise up Imagineers, dreamers and visionaries, who dream with God and whose minds become a manifestation of God's imagination. He is going to bring up Solutionaries, people with wisdom and knowledge, experience and skill to bear on pressing and entrenched challenges in an effort to create positive change in our community. In the right time and in the right moment, God's people are going to conquer the land and territory that God has set before them.    Order your copy of Cindy's new book, NEW MOVES OF GOD Check out Cindy's new TV show, CINDY STEWART LIVE. You can register for the 6-week, self paced e-course at COMPELLED TO CHANGE.  Please email Cindy with any questions or comments to cindystewartauthor@gmail.com. She'd love to hear from you.  Pastor Cindy's Website  Pastor Cindy's Facebook  Pastor Cindy's Instagram Gathering Website  Gathering Facebook   Check out the other shows from KB PODCAST PRODUCTIONS: THE KINGDOM BRINGER PODCAST with Darin Eubanks Next Level Podcast with Michael McIntyre Super-Natural Living with Beth Packard KINGDOM MASTER MIND PODCAST with Ann McDonald   Podcast music from HOOKSOUNDS.COM

In the 1980s, the Imagineers at WED completely redesigned Fantasyland. But was it made into what Walt always wanted, or is there more to the story? In this episode of Distory, we travel back in time to explore the origins of the dark ride before discussing Tony Baxter's perspective of the Fantasyland remodel and sharing details from historic internal WED work documents regarding Pinocchio's design and story. We also wax philosophical about the themes in Pinocchio and have a lively debate, which Kirk *probably* wins. Join us LIVE on TikTok every Friday at 5:30pm Pacific/8:30pm Eastern for more Distory! Kate: @disneycicerone Kirk: @walruscarp You can also find us on YouTube, Instagram, and at disneycicerone.com & walruscarp.com View full video versions of each episode HERE 100 Disney Adventures of a Lifetime Book Giveaway Distory T-shirts and Stickers WalrusCarp T-shirts & Merch Books we reference in this episode: The Disneyland Story by Sam Genneway --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/disneycicerone/support

When creating theme park attractions, you can have amazing ideas. That's only part of equation, however. There's still the matter of making that vision a reality. The teams of talented Imagineers that work in the field deserve more attention. During his 25 years at Walt Disney Imagineering, Mark Gilbert was responsible for producing Show Elements for countless major projects.… Read more... The post 181. Imagineer Mark Gilbert on Working on the Ground to Create Disney's Theme Parks appeared first on Tomorrow Society.

This week, Set a date to runaway with Mickey and Minnie, unexpected price increases, more chances to hang out with the plaids, Another Wakandan moves into DCA, a peek into holiday festival foods, we finish our interview with Imagineer Greg Combs, and more! Please support the show if you can by going to https://www.dlweekly.net/support/. If you want some DLWeekly Swag, you can pick some up at https://www.dlweekly.net/store/. Book your travel through ConciEARS at no extra cost to you! Be sure to mention that you heard about ConciEARS from DLWeekly at booking! DISCOUNTS! If you want some awesome headwear or one of a kind items, be sure to visit our friends over at All Enchanting Ears! You can use the promo code DLWEEKLY10 to get 10% off your order! We have partnered with the Howard Johnson Anaheim Hotel & Water Playground to get great deals for our listeners! Book your stay at the Howard Johnson Anaheim and get 15% off your stay (code 1000022077)! Magic Key Holders get 20% off their stay (code 1000025935) as well! Book now! Need the perfect bag for your days in the parks? Look no further than Designer Park Co.! Purchase the Rope Drop Bag as featured on Episode 222 and get 10% off your purchase! Use coupon code DLWEEKLY to get the discount. News: The kickoff to Disney's 100th anniversary will be centered at Disneyland. To begin with a bang, Disneyland announced the opening date of Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway! Starting January 27th, guests will be able to take a trip through the El Capitoon theater with Mickey and Minnie. Now, the rest of Mickey's Toontown is not going to open just yet, just the attraction. – https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2022/10/disney100-celebration-at-disneyland-resort-begins-jan-27-2023/ Not only will Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway open for the celebration, but the icon of Disneyland – Sleeping Beauty Castle will see a makeover. The castle will celebrate wonder with platinum banners and bunting, and accented with the three Good Fairies. One of the most exciting upgrades will be two majestic water fountains on either side of the moat. Finally, a wishing star will sparkle from atop the large roof of the castle. – https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2022/10/disney100-celebration-at-disneyland-resort-begins-jan-27-2023/ In a surprise move by Disneyland, ticket prices went up this Monday. Usually, these changes happen in the beginning of the year, but not this time. On average, the ticket prices increased $5 this time. THere is an additional tier of ticket, which moves the previous ticket levels down, now starting at Tier 0, which is the old Tier 1. Pricing has remained $104 for the now tier 0 ticket, and increased to $179 for the Tier 6 level, up $15 from last time. Adding park hopping now costs $5 more at $65 per ticket. Multi-day tickets went up between $30 and $35 per ticket. Preferred Parking and Hotel Valet parking has gone up $5 and $15 respecively. Genie+ is now $25 per day and they have implemented demand-based pricing with no high end price announced. Web Slingers is now a normal Genie+ attraction and is not per experience like before. – https://www.micechat.com/336395-disneyland-ticket-price-increase-october-2022/ Star Wars Galaxys Edge is not immune from inflation and price increases. Building a droid at the Droid Depot will now cost $119.99 plus tax, an increase of $20. Savi's Workshop has also increased the cost to build a lightsaber to $249.99, plus tax – an increase of $30. – https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2022/10/11/building-a-droid-and-lightsaber-just-got-more-expensive-in-disneyland/ One of the last remaining things that went away with the beginning of the pandemic has finally returned! Guided Tours have come back to Disneyland! Currently, Walt's Main Street Story Tour and Holiday Time at the Disneyland Resort tours are open for booking. Walt's Main Street tour includes a walking tour down Main Street, a visit to Walt's apartment, refreshments on the patio of the apartment, PhotoPass downloads, and a commemorative lanyard. The tour lasts 90 minutes for $160 per person. The Holiday Time tour is two and a half hours long and looks at the holiday traditions, with a special viewing area for A Christmas Fantasy Parade, holiday treats, a ride on “it's a small world” holiday and more. This tour is $110 per person. – https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2022/10/05/guided-tours-are-returning-to-disneyland-and-you-can-book-yours-now/ and https://disneyland.disney.go.com/events-tours/disneyland/#/park-tours/sort=alpha/ and https://www.micechat.com/335872-disneyland-guided-tours/ More new characters are coming to Avengers Campus in Disney California Adventure. M'Baku will make his appearance soon from Black Panther, who will be in the new Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Werewolf by Night from Disney+ has two characters who are visiting. Jack Russel in his werewolf form and Elsa Bloodstone both come out after dark. – https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2022/10/07/big-black-panther-announcement-made-for-disneyland-resort/ and https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2022/10/09/you-can-now-see-a-werewolf-in-disneys-avengers-campus/ There was a special event this past Sunday near Disneyland that was perfect for Halloween Disneyland fans! An Oogie Boogie Afternoon was held at The Frida Cinema in Santa Ana, and went behind the scenes of the popular Halloween after-hours event with Imagineers. Disney Live Entertainment, and Walt Disney Imagineering were on hand to talk about the event. Afterwards, a guests were treated to a special screening of A Nightmare Before Christmas. – https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2022/10/05/how-to-go-behind-the-scenes-of-disneys-oogie-boogie-bash/ Tis the season to start thinking about your holiday dining in the park. Disneyland announced nine returning food booths for the Festival of the Holidays in DCA, including Visions of Sugarplums back for the first time since 2018. No menus have been announced, but we're looking forward to the details. – https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2022/10/11/food-booths-announced-for-festival-of-holidays-at-disneyland-resort/ and https://dlnewstoday.com/2022/10/new-booth-announced-full-list-of-marketplace-food-booths-released-for-festival-of-the-holidays-2022-at-disney-california-adventure/ A new feature will help you find your car in the Disneyland app. When you park at a Disneyland parking area, the app can now tag your aisle and section in the app. The service is presented by State Farm. – https://twitter.com/Disneyland Encanto has come to New York City for a limited time. CAMP, The Family Experience Company and Disney have joined forces to put on the experience. Disney Encanto x CAMP is a 6,000 square foot experience, inspired by the film and will transport guests into Encanto. The experience is an hour-long and includes the courtyeard, a climb up to Antonio's room and a rainforest adventure, a spin through Isabela's flower-filled room, and more. Never before seen areas like Luisa's and Pepa's rooms and Dolores' Soundscape door. Tickets can be purchased at the link in the show notes. – https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2022/10/explore-the-magic-doors-at-disney-encanto-x-camp-opening-oct-8-in-nyc/ Discussion Topic: Imagineer Greg Combs Meow Wolf: https://meowwolf.com/

Join your tour guides Justin Clark, Beatrice Denis and Jason Thomason as talk about their favorite windows, tombstones and other tributes to the Imagineers hidden throughout the Parks.  Plus the Munsters > Hocus Pocus 2, how the fire station came to Main St, when a tribute takes on a life of it's own and more!  The Grand Circle Tour Podcast is in no way part of, endorsed or authorized by, or affiliated with the Walt Disney Company or its affiliates. As to Disney artwork/properties: © Disney. Disclosure | Privacy Policy

 Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this week's show with a brief recap of their recent “Disney Dish on the Disney Wish” event. They then take a look at the dark rides that the Imagineers were originally development for WDW's Magic Kingdom back in the late 1960s Show Notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Len Testa & Jim Hill start off this week's show with a brief recap of their recent “Disney Dish on the Disney Wish” event. They then take a look at the dark rides that the Imagineers were originally development for WDW's Magic Kingdom back in the late 1960s Show Notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 329: Jim Sarno.  Join host Cody with Justin, Jamie, Joe and our amazing guest Jim Sarno, Walt Disney Imagineer.  We chat about his time with Imagineering and working on Epcot.   Happy 40th EPCOT!   Jim Sarno was a Walt Disney Imagineer working on the opening team for Epcot. He worked in the model shop with Harriet Burns, Joe Rohde, and many more classic Imagineers. Working on many of the pavilions we know and love at Epcot - including The Land Pavilion, Imagination Pavilion, Communicore, and Spaceship Earth - Jim was responsible for creating SMRT-1, the fountain that once lived in the center of the Land Pavilion, and much more.   Twitter Info: @JennLovesDisney (Jenn), @InsideDisney407 (Cody), @HatboxMouse (Jared), @justinkoehn (Justin), @tmkbradio (Joe), @doubleoh_kevin (Kevin) Instagram info: @lilo_thelostprincess (Jamie) Contact us via email at cast@tmkbpodcast.com  

The Imagineers are a team of people that use the Power of Imagination to create and build new things that make the world a more awesome place! This super-team of illustrators, architects, engineers, lighting designers, writers and graphic designers work to design and build everything from haunted mansions to fast thrill rides!

Stand back! This episode of Distory is filled with the fascinating history of the lanai tikis of the Tiki Room, the original 1960s concept art for the attraction, and even a discussion about a goddess who used to have a prominent role in the preshow and who has been missing for years. We also discuss how the Imagineers influenced each other in design, discover how a previously unused concept was recycled into the final attraction, and Kirk attempts to rhyme like Rongo. Join us LIVE on TikTok every Friday at 5:30pm Pacific/8:30pm Eastern for more Distory! Kate: @disneycicerone Kirk: @walruscarp You can also find us on YouTube, Instagram, and at disneycicerone.com & walruscarp.com! Get your "I Speak Fluent Distory" shirt @ disneycicerone.com/shop Books we reference in this episode: It's Kind of a Cute Story - by Rolly Crump An article we reference in this episode: Tales of an Original VIP Hostess for Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room

Pete, Vicky, and Sue discuss all the Disneyland news and announcements revealed at the D23 Expo. Magicband+ is also set to debut at Disneyland Resort this fall and Eudora's Chic Boutique has opened in New Orleans Square of Disneyland park. N091 Season 8 of the My DVC Points Podcast was brought to you by: DVC Resale Market - Industry Leader in DVC Resales DVC Rental Store - DVC Point Rentals Monera Financial - Exclusively Financing DVC Contracts Patreon supporters in the My DVC Points VIP Producer Club. D23 Disneyland announcements During the D23 Expo 2022, Disney announced two new meet and greets will be coming to Disneyland Resort in 2022. Beginning this week for a limited time, the Incredible Hulk will appear in his Quantum Suit inside Avengers Campus. Additionally, the Mandalorian and Grogu will make their first appearance on Batuu at Disneyland park starting in mid-November. In late January 2023, Disneyland Resort will begin the 100 Years of Wonder celebration. The park will receive new platinum-infused décor, new looks for Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and their pals, special food and beverage offerings, and more. Two all-new nighttime spectaculars, “World of Color – One” at Disney California Adventure park and “Wondrous Journeys” at Disneyland park, will debut in 2023. The “Magic Happens” parade will return in Spring 2023. Disney also announced Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway and Mickey's Toontown will open early 2023. Disney announced Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure will be expanding with a third attraction featuring a brand-new story that will bring guests into battle alongside their favorite Super Heroes. The new concept for this attraction will be an epic family adventure, where guests team up with more of the Avengers and their allies to battle against foes from the multiverse, including King Thanos, a villain designed specifically for Avengers Campus.  Similar to Walt Disney World, Tiana's Bayou Adventure will open at the Disneyland Resort in late 2024.  Pacific Wharf in Disney California Adventure park will be reimagined into San Fransokyo from “Big Hero 6.” Imagineers are in the early phases of this work, but the transformation will include a place to meet Baymax, along with new shops and restaurants. runDisney races will return to the Disneyland Resort in 2024!   Previously, Disney announced their plan to reimagine Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel with a Pixar theme, which was revealed to be called Pixar Place Hotel. The hotel will include many Pixar touches, including a “Finding Nemo”-themed splash pad area.  The Great Maple will open a flagship restaurant on the first floor and operate other food and beverage locations throughout Pixar Place Hotel. This modern American eatery specializes in upscale comfort food with a twist, serving fresh takes on American classics for breakfast, lunch and dinner. In the Downtown Disney District, Disney plans to introduce more than a dozen new and reimagined locations. Din Tai Fung, a world-renowned Asian restaurant that originated in Taiwan and specializes in soup dumplings, will join the district with its authentic cuisine. Additionally, Porto's Bakery and Café, an iconic Southern California destination known across the country for its sweet pastries and desserts, as well as delicious California–Cuban-inspired dishes, will be coming to the Downtown Disney District in the future. Source: D23 Expo, Disney Parks Blog MagicBand+ to premiere at Disneyland This fall, MagicBand+ will make its debut at Disneyland Resort, bringing the wearable technology to the West Coast for the first time! Launched at Walt Disney World Resort earlier this summer, MagicBand+ includes smart features like color-changing LED lights, haptic vibrations and gesture recognition. When MagicBand+ is paired to a smartphone device through the Disneyland app, it unlocks personalization options such as selecting unique light colors and adjusting the vibration and motion recognition settings. MagicBand+ features and experiences will vary between Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort. MagicBand+ can be connected to theme park tickets or Magic Key passes in the Disneyland app for an easy way to enter the Disneyland Resort theme parks, check in at Lightning Lane entrances, and link Disney PhotoPass photographer photos to your Disney account. MagicBand+ also adds new, immersive elements and surprises to park experiences. In sync with special moments during select nighttime spectaculars, the band will complement the magic in the skies by pulsing with colorful, dancing lights and vibrations. It will also come to life during “World of Color” in Disney California Adventure park and “Fantasmic!” and select nighttime shows in Disneyland park. Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge in Disneyland park will include the Star Wars: Batuu Bounty Hunters interactive quest. It was later announced that at Disneyland Resort, Magicband+ are able to be transferred for a day to another guest. This function is not available at Walt Disney World. Source: Disney Parks Blog Eudora's Chic Boutique featuring Tiana's Gourmet Secrets opened at DL Eudora's Chic Boutique Featuring Tiana's Gourmet Secrets has opened in the New Orleans Square section of Disneyland park. Tiana, who makes the very best gumbo in town, has collaborated with her talented dressmaker mother Eudora, to open the most fanciful little shop of surprises. Here, one can find accessories to create and serve masterful New Orleans-style cuisine and more. The shop also is home to Eudora's delightful sense of style. Source: Blog Mickey First MVMCP has sold out The first Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party has sold out on November 10th. This date is the second party of the season and is also the lowest price. Source: Walt Disney World website My DVC Points is an awesome community of DVC members. Our positive, respectful, and authentic conversations about Disney Vacation Club are designed to help people make informed and educated decisions about what's best for their families. Please join us to continue the conversations on our Facebook Group, Discord Server, and YouTube channel. It takes an awesome community of DVC members to produce our content. We're always recruiting people to help research, produce, edit, or join our shows to share their stories. Thus far, we've had over 225 DVC members on our shows. If our content has been a blessing to your family, please consider supporting our show through our VIP Producer's Club at Patreon.com and join us for the Patreon After-Party from our live shows. 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This week, a short lived parade is returning, new nighttime entertainment for Disney 100 coming early next year, Magic Band news, the new hotel name is announced, Grad Nites are getting pricier, we talk about our Oogie Boogie Bash experience, and more! Please support the show if you can by going to https://www.dlweekly.net/support/. If you want some DLWeekly Swag, you can pick some up at https://www.dlweekly.net/store/. Book your travel through ConciEARS at no extra cost to you! Be sure to mention that you heard about ConciEARS from DLWeekly at booking! DISCOUNTS! If you want some awesome headwear or one of a kind items, be sure to visit our friends over at All Enchanting Ears! You can use the promo code DLWEEKLY10 to get 10% off your order! We have partnered with the Howard Johnson Anaheim Hotel & Water Playground to get great deals for our listeners! Book your stay at the Howard Johnson Anaheim and get 15% off your stay (code 1000022077)! Magic Key Holders get 20% off their stay (code 1000025935) as well! Book now! Need the perfect bag for your days in the parks? Look no further than Designer Park Co.! Purchase the Rope Drop Bag as featured on Episode 222 and get 10% off your purchase! Use coupon code DLWEEKLY to get the discount. News: The parade that was only around for two weeks before the pandemic finally has a return season! Next spring, the Magic Happens parade will step off through Disneyland once again. The parade will be part of the 100th Anniversary of the Walt Disney Company in 2023. – https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2022/09/disneyland-resort-announcements-from-d23-expo-2022-and-more/ Not only is Magic Happens returning for the Disney 100 celebration, but new versions of World of Color and the Disneyland fireworks are debuting in the spring. World of Color – One will celebrate the storytelling legacy started by Walt Disney 100 years ago. The show will tell a story of how a single action creates a ripple that can grow into a wave of change. Wondrous Journeys will be the new Disneyland fireworks show that will have nods to all 60 Walt Disney Animation Studios films to date, and will include more state of the art projection effects on Main Street, it's a small world, and the Rivers of America. – https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2022/09/disneyland-resort-announcements-from-d23-expo-2022-and-more/ The Disney Parks Blog did what Josh D'Amaro didn't do at the D23 Expo last week – they gave us some information on the Magic Bands coming to Disneyland! No exact date was mentioned, but they did confirm that Magic Bands should be at the resort for guests this fall. The Magic Bands will allow guests to get into the parks, redeem Lightning Lane reservations, open Disney Resort Hotel room doors, buy merchandise, link PhotoPass photos, and more. Some of the flashier features include glowing with the nighttime entertainment and adding the ability to play games in the park. – https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2022/09/magicband-features-and-experiences-revealed-for-disneyland-resort-coming-this-fall/ One of the announcements from the D23 Expo last weekend was the new name of the hotel, formerly known as the Paradise Pier Hotel. The Pixar Place Hotel will be the name when the refurbishment is complete. No date on that yet. A Finding Nemo themed splash pad will be coming to the hotel, along with the Southern California team from Great Maple, which will run the restaurant on the first floor, along with other food and beverage locations at the hotel. – https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2022/09/disneyland-resort-announcements-from-d23-expo-2022-and-more/ Princess and the Frog has come to New Orleans Square – long before the retheming of Splash Mountain! Eudora's Chic Boutique featuring Tiana's Gourmet Secrets opened this week and offers Princess and the Frog themed merchandise, cooking supplies, and Tiana's own spices and sauces. Imagineers designed the story of the shop to be owned by Tiana's mother, Eudora. The new shop is just one main space that is pretty small, with walls covered in artwork showing the lives and scenes of New Orleans and Tiana herself! – https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2022/09/20/explore-disneys-new-princess-and-the-frog-themed-store-with-us-eudoras-chic-boutique/ Overnight guests at Disney Resort Hotels will have a special experience for Halloween this year. Each hotel will offer trick-or-treating, with a treat map for each hotel with locations handing out complimentary candy. Hotel guests are encouraged to sign up at the front desk of their Disney Resort Hotel. The dates for this are October 28th through 31st. On Halloween night, there will be a costume contest on the Adventure Lawn at the Disneyland Hotel. – https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2022/09/celebrate-halloween-time-in-downtown-disney-district-and-at-the-disneyland-resort-hotels/ Weeklyteers who are interested in attending Grad Nite events at the resort will have to pay a little more this year. Ticket prices are up between 8 to 22 percent compared to last year. The Grad Nite party experience is $99 on weekdays and $104 on weekends, all-dat DCA admission with the Grad Nite party and a parkhopper option is $199 for weekdays and $219 for weekends. – https://www.ocregister.com/2022/09/16/disneyland-raises-prices-up-to-22-for-grad-nite-2023/ The painting has wrapped up at the Hollywood Lounge in the Hollwood Pictures Backlot area of Disney California Adventure. The signs have been convered to digital displays, and a new mural has appeared with the lounge's name on the side. The menu has not been updated. – https://www.micechat.com/333927-disneyland-update-halloween-treats-traffic-tricks/ Another patent has been posted that was requested by Disney. This time, it is for a glasses-free VR attraction experience. In basic terms, the new technology would use projections and reflections, much like the Pepper's Ghost effect that we have had in the Haunted Mansion for years now. Of course, just because a patent is filed doesn't mean that it will show up anywhere in the parks soon. – https://dlnewstoday.com/2022/09/disney-files-patent-for-glasses-free-vr-attraction/ Discussion Topic: Tage and Teresa's Trip to Disneyland and Oogie Boogie Bash Recap

We're back on the air!! After 2 years of being Patreon exclusive, we've decided to bring Did You Know Disney back to the podcasting airways! For the time being, we will be releasing the backlog of episodes once made exclusive to only Patreon members, starting with this amazing interview with the amazing Joe Lanzisero, former Vice President of Walt Disney Imagineering. Joe is an inspiring and charismatic guy and it is an absolute pleasure to consider him as a friend like we do. Joe now does basically a little bit of everything in the creative world, so be sure to follow his goings on with the links below. Again, a very special thank you to Joe Lanzisero for taking the time with us. Enjoy!Guest InformationJoe Lanzisero Instagram AccountJoe Lanzisero WebsiteShow Social AccountsThe Back Side Of Water/Did You Know Disney InstagramThe Back Side of Water/Did You Know Disney FacebookFreddy Martin's InstagramMike Mulligan's InstagramAnnie Ruygt's InstagramOther Shows Part of the BSOW Network®The Back Side of Water PodcastThe Smuggler's Dispatch PodcastProduction CreditsProduced By: Alex StewartDirected By: Alex StewartMixed By: Alex Stewart

Cheers to another “Hangover” from California! Beth shares an interesting, and very tasty “mouse looking” cocktail **Hint Hint** a chocolate craving may come after hearing about the cocktail! Bettina shares the true crime story in this episode - the horrible death of Amie Harwick. She was a Psychotherapist, a family and marriage therapist, a sex theripist, and an author. And, her ex boyfriend, Gareth Pursehouse, was obsessed with her - stalking her, and eventually brutally murdering her on Febuary 15, 2020. Beth lightens things up a bit with her paranormal story… Haunted Disney Land! Yes, you read that correctly! “The Happiest Place on Earth” has a few spirits, real human bones, and trickster Imagineers! Cheers! Want More Hangover? Check out these links: https://linktr.ee/Killer.Hangover.Podcast **Our resources are listed on our website** --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/killerhangoverpodcast/message

We bring you Part III of our series where it's 1971 and Walt Disney World is set to open. You have thousands of new Cast Members, most of whom have never seen a Disney theme park, and you need to orient them to that experience. The only problem is that the park isn't open or ready yet either. So how do you give them that understanding? Enter a series of handbooks put out by the University of Walt Disney World. In these printed materials, Cast Members were introduced to the setting in which they would work. There is one for each of the lands of the park, plus the resort. In this podcast, we'll look at Frontierland. We'll look at what attractions, shops, dining and other features were available at this time. Whether you were a host for the Country Bear Jamboree, serving up drinks at the Mile Long Bar, or steering canoes along the Rivers of America, we'll look at this land as Imagineers and early operators saw them. If you yearn for the Walt Disney World of yesteryear, or you want to know what these two lands were like back in the early days of the park, this is your podcast, as we continue our efforts to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World.

Disney fans rejoice! On this episode, I'll be chatting with Garner Holt from Garner Holt Productions. Most likely you've seen old episodes of the Disneyland television series where Walt Disney and his Imagineers were building the first ever Audio-Animatronic figures like the Enchanted Tiki Room birds, President Lincoln, pirates, and many more. And that's how it used to work. Nobody was building animatronics at that time, so The Walt Disney Company and the folks at WED Enterprises had to do it for themselves. A lot of people still believe the animatronic figures we see in new attractions are being made at Walt Disney Imagineering. But that's rarely the case these days. Enter Garner Holt, who has been creating the greatest animatronics in the world since 1977, and has been building them for Disney for several decades. Whether it's small animated figures on parade floats, a giant Maleficent dragon, or anything in between, there's a good chance that Garner Holt Productions had their hands in the project. Listen as Garner shares the story of how a visit to Disneyland's Haunted Mansion changed the trajectory of his life, and how he later got to play in that exact sandbox with the creation of Haunted Mansion Holiday. That and so much more on this episode. Find links and info related to this episode in the show notes. ------ GIVEAWAYS, BONUSES, SUPPORT, AND SAVE: Gain early access to episodes, take part in live stream Q&As, and gain more bonuses by joining on Patreon. Support the show at no additional cost to you. Get yourself a FREE audiobook on Audible, and do your regular shopping on Amazon and shopDisney using my special links. Save money on Whosits & Whatsits as well as Souvenir Scents using discount code "DCTC." Get FREE DISNEY GIFTS from DCTC. ------ BE SOCIAL: Follow @DizneyCTC on Instagram. Follow host @JeffDePaoli on Twitter and TikTok. ------ CONNECT: Write me at Contact@DePodcastNetwork.com Leave a voicemail at 818-860-2569 Visit the show at DizneyCoastToCoast.com Sign up for the DCTC Newsletter ------ "Dizney Coast to Coast" is part of the DePodcast Network. Love the show? Leave a tip.

Disney Parks are filled with thousands of hours of music. From area music loops to attraction soundtracks, Disney's Imagineers infuse a tremendous amount of work creating and selecting music and sounds that best fit every corner of the resort. Disney's Hollywood Studios (formerly Disney-MGM Studios) is no exception. Disney's Imagineers worked tireless to select the best music for each distinct area of the park as they attempted to evoke the appropriate mood and setting for each location. In this two-part podcast episode, we offer a deep-dive discussion of the music at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Part 1 offers insights about the park as a whole, the entrance, Hollywood Boulevard, Echo Lake, Commissary Lane, and Grand Avenue. In part 2, we return to discuss Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, Toy Story Land, Animation Courtyard, and Sunset Boulevard. Which music loop is your favorite from the areas of Disney's Hollywood Studios we discussed in this episode? Send me your feedback via email or through direct or public message at any of the following and [with your permission] I'll include your message in a future show: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/imagineerpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/ImagineerPodcast Facebook Group (ImagiNation): https://www.facebook.com/groups/imagineerpodcast/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/ImagineerPodcast TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@imagineerpodcast  Twitter: www.twitter.com/ImagineerNews Email: matt@imagineerpodcast.com  Sponsors and Partners: Magical Park Vacations: plan a trip to Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, or any other Disney (or Universal) destination. These services are complimentary. WDW Park Planners: work with a concierge vacation planner to create a personalized Disney itinerary for you and your family. Magical Park Tours: hire an in-person guide to help your family navigate the parks and mitigate crowds. Get Bonus Content If you want to take your love of Imagineer Podcast to the next level and help support the show, definitely consider joining us on Patreon for virtual events, bonus content and episodes, exclusive access to our private Passholder communities and more.  How to Support the Show Share the podcast with your friends Rate and review on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-imagineerpodcasts-podcast/id1244558092 Join our Patreon Group - https://www.patreon.com/imagineerpodcast Purchase merchandise - https://www.teepublic.com/stores/imagineer-podcast?ref_id=8929 Special thanks to our Deluxe Passholder Patreon members! Thomas N Devan L Katelyn F Jason K Jordan J Dani S Enjoy the show!

Disney Parks are filled with thousands of hours of music. From area music loops to attraction soundtracks, Disney's Imagineers infuse a tremendous amount of work creating and selecting music and sounds that best fit every corner of the resort. Disney's Hollywood Studios (formerly Disney-MGM Studios) is no exception. Disney's Imagineers worked tireless to select the best music for each distinct area of the park as they attempted to evoke the appropriate mood and setting for each location. In this two-part podcast episode, we offer a deep-dive discussion of the music at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Part 1 offers insights about the park as a whole, the entrance, Hollywood Boulevard, Echo Lake, Commissary Lane, and Grand Avenue. In part 2, we return to discuss Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, Toy Story Land, Animation Courtyard, and Sunset Boulevard. Which music loop is your favorite from the areas of Disney's Hollywood Studios we discussed in this episode? Send me your feedback via email or through direct or public message at any of the following and [with your permission] I'll include your message in a future show: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/imagineerpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/ImagineerPodcast Facebook Group (ImagiNation): https://www.facebook.com/groups/imagineerpodcast/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/ImagineerPodcast TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@imagineerpodcast  Twitter: www.twitter.com/ImagineerNews Email: matt@imagineerpodcast.com  Sponsors and Partners: Magical Park Vacations: plan a trip to Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, or any other Disney (or Universal) destination. These services are complimentary. WDW Park Planners: work with a concierge vacation planner to create a personalized Disney itinerary for you and your family. Magical Park Tours: hire an in-person guide to help your family navigate the parks and mitigate crowds. Get Bonus Content If you want to take your love of Imagineer Podcast to the next level and help support the show, definitely consider joining us on Patreon for virtual events, bonus content and episodes, exclusive access to our private Passholder communities and more.  How to Support the Show Share the podcast with your friends Rate and review on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-imagineerpodcasts-podcast/id1244558092 Join our Patreon Group - https://www.patreon.com/imagineerpodcast Purchase merchandise - https://www.teepublic.com/stores/imagineer-podcast?ref_id=8929 Special thanks to our Deluxe Passholder Patreon members! Thomas N Devan L Katelyn F Jason K Jordan J Dani S Enjoy the show!

Disney Cruise Line's newest ship, the Disney Wish sets sail this summer (2022), and I had the opportunity to chat with former Walt Disney Imagineer and Portfolio Creative Executive of Disney Cruise Line, Theron Skees about the design of this newest ship. In this episode, I chat with Theron about the Imagineers' approach to designing a cruise ship, attractions and amenities we can look forward to aboard the Disney Wish (including the Aquamouse, Disney's first ever attraction at sea), and reasons to consider sailing with Disney Cruise Line. Be sure to learn more about Theron and follow him online by visiting his website. When will you next set sail with the Disney Wish or another Disney Cruise Line ship? Send me your feedback via email or through direct or public message at any of the following and [with your permission] I'll include your message in a future show: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/imagineerpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/ImagineerPodcast Facebook Group (ImagiNation): https://www.facebook.com/groups/imagineerpodcast/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/ImagineerPodcast TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@imagineerpodcast  Twitter: www.twitter.com/ImagineerNews Email: matt@imagineerpodcast.com  Sponsors and Partners: WDW Magazine: subscribe to the premier magazine focused on Walt Disney World (print or digital) to read monthly Disney-related content, including an ongoing Imagineering series written by yours truly! Magical Park Vacations: plan a trip to Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, or any other Disney (or Universal) destination. These services are complimentary. WDW Park Planners: work with a concierge vacation planner to create a personalized Disney itinerary for you and your family. Magical Park Tours: hire an in-person guide to help your family navigate the parks and mitigate crowds. Get Bonus Content If you want to take your love of Imagineer Podcast to the next level and help support the show, definitely consider joining us on Patreon for virtual events, bonus content and episodes, exclusive access to our private Passholder communities and more.  How to Support the Show Share the podcast with your friends Rate and review on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-imagineerpodcasts-podcast/id1244558092 Join our Patreon Group - https://www.patreon.com/imagineerpodcast Purchase merchandise - https://www.teepublic.com/stores/imagineer-podcast?ref_id=8929 Special thanks to our Deluxe Passholder Patreon members! Thomas N Devan L Katelyn F Jason K Jordan J Dani S Enjoy the show!

en Testa & Jim Hill welcome Arthur Levine from About Theme Parks, who then talks about his new Substack project. These three then talk about an intriguing bit of construction that's now underway at WDW's Blizzard Beach water park Show Notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

en Testa & Jim Hill welcome Arthur Levine from About Theme Parks, who then talks about his new Substack project. These three then talk about an intriguing bit of construction that's now underway at WDW's Blizzard Beach water park Show Notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices