Episodes

Episode 118 - Jim Wraps Up the History of O Canada!

Dec. 31, 2016

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Bonus Episode #2 - Discovery Bay, Hawaii

Dec. 24, 2016

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Bonus Episode - Jim and Len review Rogue One **with spoilers**

Dec. 15, 2016

Jim and Len review Rogue One **with spoilers**

Episode 117 - Len gets to see Rivers of Light and the Disney Springs drone show!

Dec. 14, 2016

Hear Len's review of Rivers of Light's Castmember Preview performances, and the new drone show over at Disney Springs. Spoiler alert: Jim was right months ago when he said that creative issues were just as much a part of Riv…

Episode 116 - The Muppets Restaurant That Never Was

Nov. 30, 2016

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Episode 115 - Why For? The Headless Horseman, Part 2

Nov. 22, 2016

Listen to Part 1 of the story here: https://disneydish.bandcamp.com/track/why-for-the-headless-horseman

Disney Dish Episode 114 - Jim talks about Disney's 1980's plans to develop Long Beach Harbor next to Disneyland

Nov. 4, 2016

Jim talks about Disney's 1980's plans to develop Long Beach Harbor next to Disneyland

Episode 113 - Previewing our upcoming Unbuilt Disney talk

Oct. 30, 2016

There'll be more, including a long-lost Jimmy Hoffa memo, at the event.

Disney Dish Episode 112 - Disney Hurricane Aftermath, Len's Recent Restaurant Reviews (Condensed version)

Oct. 14, 2016

Len makes an unusual request at Victoria and Albert's, which causes the manager to stop by the table.

Episode 111 - History of the O Canada! film, part 2 (Condensed version)

Sept. 30, 2016

Jim finishes the history of the O Canada! film at Canada's pavilion at Epcot. Also a bit about the potential DVC at Caribbean Beach Resort.

Episode 110 - History of the O Canada! film, part 1 (Condensed version)

Sept. 14, 2016

Jim gives the history of the O Canada! film at Canada's pavilion at Epcot. This part of the story starts with Walt himself trying to find his father's family home in Canada, and we end this show at the fabulous Expo '67 fair…

Episode 109 - History of the Disneyland Hotel, part 2 (Condensed version)

Aug. 31, 2016

We pick up the story after Disney has just sold out the Rather Corporation to corporate raiders, in exchange for the rights to the property around Los Angeles, including the Disneyland Hotel. But what is Disney going to do w…

Episode 108: Disney News: Earnings, Park Attendance, and Goodbye to Stitch? (Condensed version)

Aug. 14, 2016

We'll release the first August show soon. Time is an illusion.

Episode 107: The Lost Episode of Chronological Disneyland

July 19, 2016

It's interesting to go back and see how Disney was thinking the same thing, for Coronado Springs.

Episode 106b: Disney's Summer 2016 Media Preview (Full version with side stories)

July 17, 2016

Here's the building in Trondheim, Norway, from which the Royal Sommerhus design was created: tinyurl.com/zdq7sk3

Episode 106a: Disney's Summer 2016 Media Preview (Condensed version without side stories)

July 17, 2016

Here's the building in Trondheim, Norway, from which the Royal Sommerhus design was created: tinyurl.com/zdq7sk3

Episode 105: The history of Fort Wilderness

June 30, 2016

We also talk about the opening of Skull Island at IOA, and Frozen at Epcot

Episode 104: Live from the Animal Kingdom with Tiffins, Nighttime Safari, and more

May 31, 2016

Special guest star: Laurel Stewart. We loved the meal at Tiffins. Kilimanjaro Safaris is interesting at night, not sure we'd make it our only visit to that attraction. Loved The Awakening.

Episode 103: Jim's Why For?

May 14, 2016

Here's a Why For that Disney fans are sure to go ape over... the history of "Scruffy", one of the rock apes of Gibraltar. Jim reveals how this started as a live-action project only to almost end up as the follow-up to Disney…

Episode 102: Splash Mountain's History Finale

April 30, 2016

Did you know that Walt and Ray Kroc (the guy who popularized the McDonald's restaurants) were in the same ambulance unit in World War I? There's a Disneyland tie-in there, and you can hear about it when Jim concludes the his…

Episode 101: Kali River Rapids' History

April 14, 2016

Jim goes through the history of Animal Kingdom's Kali River Rapids ride. The combination of animals and raft rides dates back to Walt's days, and the evolution of whitewater-style rides in the 1980's brought the idea back to…

Episode 100: The guy that invented FastPass

March 31, 2016

Jim talks to Bruce Laval, the guy who invented the original FastPass system while working for Disney in the 1990's.

Earth Day Bonus Episode: Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge and Kidani Village Walk-Through!

May 21, 2015

Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge and Kidani Village Walk-Through!

Episode 14: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Tomorrowland

June 20, 2012

Episode 14: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Tomorrowland