Episodes

Jan. 9, 2023

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 409: Why Disneyland’s stagecoach was so short-lived

Video of Disneyland’s first stagecoaches sparks Jim to talk about what Frontierland was like back when the park opened.

Jan. 2, 2023

Disney Dish Episode 408: Looking back at Epcot’s “World of Motion” pavilion

Jim celebrates the classic EPCOT attraction World of Motion, which closed on this day back in 1996.

Dec. 26, 2022

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill - Episode 407: Disney News Round-up: Looking back at 2022

Disney News Round-up: Looking back at 2022

Dec. 19, 2022

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 406: What would staying at WESTCOT have been like

Jim continues the history of Disneyland’s Paradise Pier hotel, which is changing yet again.

Dec. 12, 2022

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill - Episode 405: How the Emerald of Anaheim became a Disneyland Resort hotel

Jim gives us the history of Disneyland’s Paradise Pier hotel, which is changing yet again.

Dec. 5, 2022

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 404: The Sorcerer’s Hat is still a sore spot with some Disney World fans

It’s the 121st anniversary of Walt Disney’s birth, and Jim tells us about all the ways Disney has celebrated that over the years.

Nov. 28, 2022

Disney Dish Episode 403: How WDW’s McDonald’s continue to innovate

Jim finishes up the history of when McDonalds proposed a new attraction for Disneyland.

Nov. 23, 2022

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 402: How Bob Chapek learned he wasn’t Disney’s CEO anymore

How Bob Chapek learned he wasn’t Disney’s CEO anymore

Nov. 21, 2022

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 401: Looking back at Mickey’s Kitchen

Jim continues the story of when the McDonald’s restaurant chain proposed a new attraction for Disneyland.

Nov. 14, 2022

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 400: When Disneyland almost got its first McDonalds

Jim starts a series about the time that the McDonald’s restaurant chain proposed a new attraction for Disneyland.

Nov. 7, 2022

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 399: Why “Reflections: A Disney Lakeside Lodge” didn’t go forward

Jim gives us the history of Disney’s Bay Lake Tower, which Disney filed the initial construction paperwork for on this day back in 2006.

Oct. 31, 2022

Disney Dish Episode 398: How Epcot is getting ready for the holidays

Jim tells us the history of Disney’s Pop Century Resort, which has a birthday coming up to celebrate its opening back in 2003.

Oct. 24, 2022

Disney Dish Episode 397: How Figment found his way back into Epcot’s “Journey into Imagination”

Jim finishes up the history of the 1999 re-do of EPCOT’s Journey Into Imagination”

Oct. 17, 2022

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 396: How to make “Galaxy Edge” appeal to ALL Star Wars fans

Jim continues the history of the 1999 re-do of EPCOT’s Journey Into Imagination, which I’m forever referring to as “The Curse of Tony Baxter.”

Oct. 10, 2022

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 395: How Epcot is getting ready for the holidays

In our main segment, Jim tells us about the 1999 re-do of EPCOT’s Journey Into Imagination.

Oct. 3, 2022

Disney Dish Episode 394: After Hours Events return to WDW in early 2023

Jim tells us about the history of Walt Disney World’s Peter Pan’s Flight, which opened on this day back in 1971.

Sept. 26, 2022

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 393: What happens when a hurricane heads towards Walt Disney World

With hurricane Ian bearing down on Florida, Jim and Len talk about what actually happens a hurricane heads torwards WDW.

Sept. 19, 2022

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 392: How the pandemic tripped up “Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana”

D23 news, obviously, and surveys, and listener questions! Then in our main segment, Jim talks about what he learned behind the scenes at Disney’s D23 expo last weekend.

Sept. 12, 2022

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 391: Captain EO’s 60 hour-long opening event at Disneyland Park

Captain EO’s 60 hour-long opening event at Disneyland Park

Sept. 5, 2022

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 390: Why WDW’s “20,000 Leagues” supposedly closed temporarily & then never re-opened

Jim tells us how Disney cast members sabotaged Disney’s then-President Michael Ovitz’s attempt to save the ride

Aug. 29, 2022