Episodes

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

Sept. 20, 2021

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

Sept. 13, 2021

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

Sept. 6, 2021

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 …

Disney Dish Episode 337: Remembering Holidayland at Disneyland

Aug. 30, 2021

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

Aug. 23, 2021

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

Aug. 16, 2021

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

Aug. 9, 2021

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?

Aug. 2, 2021

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

Disney Dish Episode 332: What not to miss at this year’s Food & Wine

July 26, 2021

Len Testa & Jim Hill welcome special guest Christina Harrison, who talks up where to find the very best eats -- and the strongest air conditioning -- at the 2021 edition of Epcot’s International Food & Wine Festival

Disney Dish Episode 331: Why Disneyland steered clear of a Halloween celebration for decades

July 19, 2021

Len Testa & Jim Hill look back at October 31, 1994 and KIIS 102.7 FM’s infamous promotional event at Disneyland Park

Disney Dish Episode 330: How the Floral Mickey came to be

July 12, 2021

Len Testa & Jim Hill look back at the horticultural challenges that Disneyland Park faced less than 10 days from its grand opening back in July of 1955

Disney Dish Episode 329: runDisney events return to the WDW Resort this November

July 5, 2021

Len Testa & Jim Hill conclude their look at the history of “Toy Story Midway Mania!”

Disney Dish Dish Episode 328: What happens when Mickey enters the public domain

June 28, 2021

Len Testa & Jim Hill look back at many of the concepts for Mickey Mouse-based rides, shows & attractions that never quite made it off of WDI’s drawing board

Disney Dish Episode 327: When is DCA’s Quinjet attraction likely to take flight

June 21, 2021

Len Testa & Jim Hill talk about how the Rivers of America at Disneyland Park almost encircled a Mickey & Minnie Mouse-themed island, rather than Tom Sawyer Island

Disney Dish Episode 326: How DisneyQuest led to Toy Story Midway Mania

June 14, 2021

Len Testa & Jim Hill reveal when they each believe Disney World’s golden age occurred

Places & Travel

Disney Dish Dish Episode 325: Which early Disneyland rides had the highest hourly capacity

June 7, 2021

Len Testa & Jim Hill talk about how Disneyland’s “Rocket to the Moon” ride became a “Mission to Mars”

Disney Dish Episode 324: Splash Mountain’s role in the creation of on-ride photography

May 31, 2021

Len Testa & Jim Hill share stories about how miserable service on Disney’s Magic Express has reportedly gotten

Disney Dish Dish Episode 323: How long before RunDisney begins staging events in Florida & California again

May 24, 2021

Len Testa & Jim Hill finish their look at Davy Crockett & Zorro in the Disney Parks

Wondery IMAGINED LIFE FAMILY : Take a journey and see the world through someone else’s eyes.

May 19, 2021

Sometimes, to find your own path to success, you just need to see the world through someone else’s eyes.

Disney Dish Dish Episode 322: Why ABC initially said “No” to “Zorro”

May 17, 2021

Len Testa and Jim Hill reveal why the founder of the American Broadcasting Company didn’t think that Roy & Walt were very good businessmen.

Disney Dish Episode 321: Meet the crew of Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser

May 10, 2021

Len Testa & Jim Hill continue their look back at Fess Parker’s time at Walt Disney Studios.

Disney Dish Episode 320: Who’s this other family in my Memory Maker account

May 3, 2021

Len Testa & Jim Hill discuss the huge part that Davy Crockett played in the first year or so of Disneyland Park’s operation

Disney Dish Episode 319: The day 'Soarin' ' first took flight over Future World"

April 26, 2021

Len Testa & Jim Hill look back at how the Farmers Market at EPCOT Center’s The Land paved the way for food courts at WDW Resorts.

Disney Dish Episode 318: How the 50s Prime Time Café paved the road for the Sci-Fi Drive-In Theater Restaurant

April 20, 2021

So what happens when Len Testa & Jim Hill each record their contributions to a Disney Dish episode separately? You’re about to find. Special thanks to editor extraordinaire Aaron Adams who stitched this show together.