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Disney Dish Episode 303: Looking ahead to 2021 at the Disney Parks
Jan. 4, 2021

Disney Dish Episode 303: Looking ahead to 2021 at the Disney Parks

Len Testa & Jim Hill discuss the Company’s post-pandemic plans
Disney Dish Episode 302: Which Beatle really enjoyed driving the Monorail
Dec. 27, 2020

Disney Dish Episode 302: Which Beatle really enjoyed driving the Monorail

Jim and I look back at what happened when a key member of the Fab Four stayed at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort back in late December of 1974.
Disney Dish Episode 301: Why Disney supposedly passed on the chance to make “E.T.”
Dec. 20, 2020

Disney Dish Episode 301: Why Disney supposedly passed on the chance to make “E.T.”

In our main segment, Jim talks about the history of the Country Bear Jamboree Christmas Show.
Disney Dish Episode 300: The secret behind Disney’s perfect looking Christmas trees
Dec. 13, 2020

Disney Dish Episode 300: The secret behind Disney’s perfect looking Christmas trees

Len talks Spice Road Table and Jim talks about the history of Disneyland’s Christmas tree.
Disney Dish Episode 299: Disneyland’s first real Christmas Parade
Dec. 6, 2020

Disney Dish Episode 299: Disneyland’s first real Christmas Parade

Len Testa & Jim Hill describe WDW’s new character caravan, and they look back at how Disneyland Entertainment director Tommy Walker made holiday celebrations look bigger & grander than
Wondery Little Stories Everywhere
Dec. 6, 2020

Wondery Little Stories Everywhere

Wondery presents Little Stories Everywhere
Disney Dish Episode 298: Park hopping returns at WDW starting on January 1st
Nov. 29, 2020

Disney Dish Episode 298: Park hopping returns at WDW starting on January 1st

Len Testa & Jim Hill look back on the career of Joe Rohde Jim then concluded his series on the renaming / rebranding of Disney’s Dixie Landings Resort
Disney Dish Episode 297: WDW adjusts its 50th anniversary plans again
Nov. 22, 2020

Disney Dish Episode 297: WDW adjusts its 50th anniversary plans again

Len Testa shares the Cube Rule of Food. Jim Hill continues his series about the development of the Port Orleans & Dixie Landings Resort for the WDW Resort
Disney Dish Episode 296: What to expect from a post-COVID Disney World
Nov. 15, 2020

Disney Dish Episode 296: What to expect from a post-COVID Disney World

“Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure” at Epcot won't open ‘til the first quarter of 2021 and a recent survey throws a spotlight on what the WDW Resort is considering offering to lure Guests back down to Central Florida once a coronavirus vaccine is readily available
Disney Dish Episode 295: Is WDW considering a socially-distant New Year’s Celebration?
Nov. 8, 2020

Disney Dish Episode 295: Is WDW considering a socially-distant New Year’s Celebration?

News! And Is Disney World preparing for a New Year’s Eve event? And in our main segment, Jim tells us about the history of Disney’s Dixie Landings resort, and how re-making that might give us clues as to how Splash Mountain will be re-themed.
Disney Dish Episode 294: How soon might we see HarmoniUs up & running at Epcot?
Nov. 1, 2020

Disney Dish Episode 294: How soon might we see HarmoniUs up & running at Epcot?

News! Listener questions! And in our main segment, Jim tells us how Disney is supposed to tie River Country into the Reflections DVC Resort.
Disney Dish Episode 293:  Is Disney getting ready to close Fantasia Gardens?
Oct. 25, 2020

Disney Dish Episode 293: Is Disney getting ready to close Fantasia Gardens?

News! Listener questions! And I go on a rant about California! And in our main segment, Jim tells us about the history of the Wonders of Life pavilion.
Disney Dish Episode 292:  Which Presidents visited what Disney Parks?
Oct. 18, 2020

Disney Dish Episode 292: Which Presidents visited what Disney Parks?

Which Presidents visited what Disney Parks?
Disney Dish Episode 291: Why doesn’t Shanghai Disneyland have any indoor roller coasters?
Oct. 11, 2020

Disney Dish Episode 291: Why doesn’t Shanghai Disneyland have any indoor roller coasters?

News! And in our main segment, we talk to Smithsonian museum specialist Bethanee Bemis about Disney theme parks and the American Experience.
Disney Dish Episode 290: What would WDW’s Pixie Hollow mini-land have been like
Oct. 4, 2020

Disney Dish Episode 290: What would WDW’s Pixie Hollow mini-land have been like

What would WDW’s Pixie Hollow mini-land have been like
Disney Dish Episode 289: The latest on WDW’s “Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser” hotel
Sept. 27, 2020

Disney Dish Episode 289: The latest on WDW’s “Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser” hotel

The latest on WDW’s “Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser” hotel
Disney Dish Episode 288: What was Disneyland like 6 weeks prior to its opening?
Sept. 20, 2020

Disney Dish Episode 288: What was Disneyland like 6 weeks prior to its opening?

What was Disneyland like 6 weeks prior to its opening?
Disney Dish Episode 287: Why it took Ariel 7 years to find a home in Anaheim
Sept. 13, 2020

Disney Dish Episode 287: Why it took Ariel 7 years to find a home in Anaheim

Why it took Ariel 7 years to find a home in Anaheim
Disney Dish Episode 286: How was Disneyland Park different in the 1960s?
Sept. 6, 2020

Disney Dish Episode 286: How was Disneyland Park different in the 1960s?

How was Disneyland Park different in the 1960s?
Disney Dish Episode 285: How Eisner’s cost containment efforts changed Kali River Rapids
Aug. 30, 2020

Disney Dish Episode 285: How Eisner’s cost containment efforts changed Kali River Rapids

How Eisner’s cost containment efforts changed Kali River Rapids
Disney Dish Episode 284: WDW Cast Members assemble a DIY “Great Movie Ride”
Aug. 23, 2020

Disney Dish Episode 284: WDW Cast Members assemble a DIY “Great Movie Ride”

WDW Cast Members assemble a DIY “Great Movie Ride”
Disney Dish Episode 283: Are Disney World & Universal Orlando heading for not-such-a-great Fall?
Aug. 16, 2020

Disney Dish Episode 283: Are Disney World & Universal Orlando heading for not-such-a-great Fall?

Are Disney World & Universal Orlando heading for not-such-a-great Fall?
Disney Dish Episode 282:  Introducing the Carousel-of-Progress detective
Aug. 9, 2020

Disney Dish Episode 282: Introducing the Carousel-of-Progress detective

Introducing the Carousel-of-Progress detective
Disney Dish Episode 281: Disney World refines its reopening plans
Aug. 2, 2020

Disney Dish Episode 281: Disney World refines its reopening plans

Disney World refines its reopening plans