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Disney Dish Episode 353:  Remembering the Disney family feud
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Dec. 20, 2021

Disney Dish Episode 353: Remembering the Disney family feud

Jim Hill gives us the history of holiday overlays at Walt Disney World
Disney Dish Dish Episode 352: When Henry Kissinger got stuck on the Matterhorn
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Dec. 13, 2021

Disney Dish Dish Episode 352: When Henry Kissinger got stuck on the Matterhorn

Guests: Kevin Perjurer and Christina Harrison talk about the role that Nixon’s National Security Advisor played in the creation of Epcot-the-theme-park
Disney Dish Episode 351:  Remembering the dragon that flew over New Fantasyland
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Dec. 6, 2021

Disney Dish Episode 351: Remembering the dragon that flew over New Fantasyland

Jim Hill looks back at the opening of New Fantasyland. In particular, something that flew over the Magic Kingdom that night back in December of 2012.
Disney Dish Episode 350: Remembering Mickey’s Jammin’ Jungle Parade
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Nov. 29, 2021

Disney Dish Episode 350: Remembering Mickey’s Jammin’ Jungle Parade

In our main segment, Jim Hill gives us the history of Animal Kingdom’s beloved Jingle Jungle parade!
Disney Dish Episode 349: Remembering the day “Stitch’s Great Escape!” opened
Nov. 22, 2021

Disney Dish Episode 349: Remembering the day “Stitch’s Great Escape!” opened

Jim Hill tells us about the most controversial ride opening in Walt Disney World history.
Wondery Preview: Flip & Mozi's Guide to How To Be An Earthling
Nov. 17, 2021

Wondery Preview: Flip & Mozi's Guide to How To Be An Earthling

The intergalactic musical podcast that brings conservation into the conversation for kids and their grown-ups.
Disney Dish Episode 347:  Big Thunder Mountain … the TV series?
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Nov. 8, 2021

Disney Dish Episode 347: Big Thunder Mountain … the TV series?

Jim Hill and special guest Drew Taylor discuss the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad … that might have been.
Disney Dish Episode 346:How did Disney Genie do during its first week
Nov. 1, 2021

Disney Dish Episode 346:How did Disney Genie do during its first week

Len Testa tests the new Genie app at Disney’s Hollywood Studios!
Disney Dish Episode 345: Is it really necessary to purchase a brand-new Magic Band?
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Oct. 25, 2021

Disney Dish Episode 345: Is it really necessary to purchase a brand-new Magic Band?

Jim gives us the history of Walt Disney World’s Electrical Water Pageant.
Wondery for Kids Preview: Melon's House Party
Oct. 21, 2021

Wondery for Kids Preview: Melon's House Party

Did you know that the objects in your house sing and speak all day long? They just do so in a key only dogs can hear.
Disney Dish Episode 344:  How far back was Disney planning an Animal Kingdom for Florida
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Oct. 18, 2021

Disney Dish Episode 344: How far back was Disney planning an Animal Kingdom for Florida

Jim gives us part 3 of our inside look at how Walt Disney World was developed more than 50 years ago.
Disney Dish Episode 343: How the Walt Disney Waterbridge got built
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Oct. 11, 2021

Disney Dish Episode 343: How the Walt Disney Waterbridge got built

Jim Hill and guest host Christina Harrison discuss which foods & activities WDW visitors should seek out during that Resort’s 50th anniversary celebration
Wondery Preview: Who, When Wow! with Rebecca Sheir
Oct. 6, 2021

Wondery Preview: Who, When Wow! with Rebecca Sheir

Join host Rebecca Sheir on auditory journeys into the lives of history's unsung heroes and amazing humans who make us say "WOW!"
Disney Dish Episode 342: What it was like at WDW on October 1st
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Oct. 4, 2021

Disney Dish Episode 342: What it was like at WDW on October 1st

Len Testa recalls what it was like to be inside the Magic Kingdom on 10/1/2021 and Jim Hill talks “HarmonioUS”
Disney Dish Episode 341: Epcot’s new Space 220 restaurant is out-of-this-world
Sept. 27, 2021

Disney Dish Episode 341: Epcot’s new Space 220 restaurant is out-of-this-world

Len Testa & Jim Hill welcome Christina Harrison, who reports on what “Rise of the Resistance” was like on its very first day as a virtue-queue-less attraction. They then ponder what could happen if another division of Disney decides to go The-Children’s-Place route
Disney Dish Episode 340: Cinderella Golden Carousel’s costly transformation
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Sept. 20, 2021

Disney Dish Episode 340: Cinderella Golden Carousel’s costly transformation

In our main segment, Jim tells us what Walt Disney World was like two weeks before its opening in 1971.
Disney Dish Dish Episode 339: Which Disney annual pass should you be buying
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Sept. 13, 2021

Disney Dish Dish Episode 339: Which Disney annual pass should you be buying

in our main segment, Jim finishes up the history of Disney’s Haunted Mansion.
Disney Dish Episode 338: What not to miss on the menu for La Crêperie de Paris
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Sept. 6, 2021

Disney Dish Episode 338: What not to miss on the menu for La Crêperie de Paris

Len Testa rides Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure and eats crepes, then special guest Christina Harrison is back with reviews of EPCOT’s new food offerings. And in our main segment, Jim explains why the first version of Disney’s Haunted Mansion was going to be in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Disney Dish Episode 337: Remembering Holidayland at Disneyland
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Aug. 30, 2021

Disney Dish Episode 337: Remembering Holidayland at Disneyland

News! Listener Questions, where we play a game called “Would You Rather?”!
Disney Dish Dish Episode 336:  Disney World’s difficult dealings with the NBA
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Aug. 23, 2021

Disney Dish Dish Episode 336: Disney World’s difficult dealings with the NBA

Len Testa & Jim Hill continue their new series on the decade-long development of The Haunted Mansion
Disney Dish Episode 335: The ghastly tale of Captain Gore & his wife, Priscilla
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Aug. 16, 2021

Disney Dish Episode 335: The ghastly tale of Captain Gore & his wife, Priscilla

Len Testa & Jim Hill share listener mail & Jim then continues his history of The Haunted Mansion
Disney Dish Episode 334: The Spook House at Mickey Mouse Park
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Aug. 9, 2021

Disney Dish Episode 334: The Spook House at Mickey Mouse Park

Len Testa & Jim Hill begin a new series on the development of Disney’s Haunted Mansion attraction.
Disney Dish Episode 333: Is it getting too costly to stay on WDW property?
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Aug. 2, 2021

Disney Dish Episode 333: Is it getting too costly to stay on WDW property?

Len Testa & Jim Hill talk about Disney World’s new policies regarding mask use at the Parks & look back at why the Imagineers spent 18 months & $25 million to dredge a channel at Castaway Cay