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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill -  Episode 376:  How Walter Cronkite wound up narrating “Spaceship Earth”
376
May 30, 2022

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill - Episode 376: How Walter Cronkite wound up narrating “Spaceship Earth”

Jim gives us the history of the Walter Cronkite narration of Spaceship Earth, which had its debut back in May of 1986.
The Disney Dish with Jim Hill -  Episode 376:  How Walter Cronkite wound up narrating “Spaceship Earth”
376
May 30, 2022

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill - Episode 376: How Walter Cronkite wound up narrating “Spaceship Earth”

Jim gives us the history of the Walter Cronkite narration of Spaceship Earth, which had its debut back in May of 1986.
Disney Dish Episode 375:  Survey sez: Disney World knows that Genie+ is a failure
375
May 22, 2022

Disney Dish Episode 375: Survey sez: Disney World knows that Genie+ is a failure

Jim wraps up the history of how “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” influenced Disney theme parks.
The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 374:   Is Universal looking to add even more magic to its “Wizarding World” ?:
374
May 16, 2022

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 374: Is Universal looking to add even more magic to its “Wizarding World” ?:

Jim continues with the movie “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” and its influence on Disney theme parks.
Disney Dish Episode 373:  How “Cosmic Rewind” compares to other WDW attractions
373
May 9, 2022

Disney Dish Episode 373: How “Cosmic Rewind” compares to other WDW attractions

Jim starts a new series about Disney’s science-based gimmick comedies of the 1960s & 1970s
The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 371::  Get ready for Victoria & Albert’s return
371
April 24, 2022

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 371:: Get ready for Victoria & Albert’s return

The formation of the Reedy Creek Improvement District, Part III
Disney Dish Episode 369: The Origin of the Reedy Creek Improvement District
369
April 11, 2022

Disney Dish Episode 369: The Origin of the Reedy Creek Improvement District

Jim Hill gives us the history of the Reedy Creek Improvement District, Disney’s own government entity in Central Florida.
Disney Dish Episode 368: Love Bug Days at Disneyland
April 4, 2022

Disney Dish Episode 368: Love Bug Days at Disneyland

Jim Hill talks about “Love Bug Day” at Disneyland to celebrate the movie Herbie the Love Bug.
Disney Dish Episode 367: Which modern Disney attractions should be considered classics
367
March 28, 2022

Disney Dish Episode 367: Which modern Disney attractions should be considered classics

In our main segment, Jim Hill and Len Testa propose which attractions are the “modern classics” in Disney theme parks.
Disney Dish Episode 366: What’s good to eat at this year’s Flower & Garden Festival
366
March 21, 2022

Disney Dish Episode 366: What’s good to eat at this year’s Flower & Garden Festival

What not to miss at this year’s International Flower & Garden Festival
Disney Dish Episode 365: Which attraction inspired the AquaMouse on the Disney Wish
365
March 14, 2022

Disney Dish Episode 365: Which attraction inspired the AquaMouse on the Disney Wish

Jim Hill gives us the background on Crush ‘n’ Gusher, the water-powered roller coaster over at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon
The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 364:  What the first public cruise aboard the Halcyon was like
364
March 4, 2022

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 364: What the first public cruise aboard the Halcyon was like

Christina and Len talk about their stay on the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser!
The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 363:  Looking back on “One More Disney Day”
363
Feb. 28, 2022

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 363: Looking back on “One More Disney Day”

Jim gives us the history of One More Disney Day - the 24-hour live event that happened on February 29, 2012.
Disney Dish Episode 362: Will Storyliving by Disney work without a theme park nearby
362
Feb. 21, 2022

Disney Dish Episode 362: Will Storyliving by Disney work without a theme park nearby

Jim finishes up the history of EPCOT’s Communicore attractions.
Disney Dish Episode 361:  How WDW Entertainment wants to fix “HarmonioUS”
361
Feb. 14, 2022

Disney Dish Episode 361: How WDW Entertainment wants to fix “HarmonioUS”

Jim and Len continue their look at what CommuniCore was like when EPCOT Center first opened back in October of 1982
Disney Dish Episode 360: The Very Best Eats at EPCOT’s Festival of the Arts
360
Feb. 7, 2022

Disney Dish Episode 360: The Very Best Eats at EPCOT’s Festival of the Arts

How Imagineer George Rester designed EPCOT’s CommuniCore section
Disney Dish Dish Episode 359: Why WDI struggled when it came to Communicore
359
Jan. 31, 2022

Disney Dish Dish Episode 359: Why WDI struggled when it came to Communicore

Jim looks back at the history of EPCOT’s Communicore attractions, which was last visited by guests on this date in 1994.
Disney Dish Episode 358: Disney World fumbles for a 50th anniversary fix
358
Jan. 24, 2022

Disney Dish Episode 358: Disney World fumbles for a 50th anniversary fix

Len Testa & Jim Hill look at the development of “The Iron Man Experience” at Hong Kong Disneyland
Disney Dish Episode 357:  How Iron-Man wound up at Hong Kong Disneyland
357
Jan. 17, 2022

Disney Dish Episode 357: How Iron-Man wound up at Hong Kong Disneyland

Jim tells us about Disney’s first attempt at a Marvel-themed attraction,
Disney Dish Episode 356: On which 10 WDW attractions does Genie+ save you the most time
356
Jan. 10, 2022

Disney Dish Episode 356: On which 10 WDW attractions does Genie+ save you the most time

Data Storyteller Becky Gandillon tells us which Genie+ reservations save the most time in line, at all four Walt Disney World theme parks.
Disney Dish Episode 355: When Disneyland was closed two days a week
355
Jan. 3, 2022

Disney Dish Episode 355: When Disneyland was closed two days a week

Jim Hill tells us what it took to finally seal the deal to get the construction of the original Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Disneyland Park greenlit back in February of 1977.
Disney Dish Episode 354: When Baby New Year flew over Sleeping Beauty Castle
354
Dec. 27, 2021

Disney Dish Episode 354: When Baby New Year flew over Sleeping Beauty Castle

Jim Hill tells us about the time Disney threw Baby New Year off the Matterhorn! The 1960’s were really different, weren’t they?