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Happy Friday, everyone! Today, Mike, Rikki, and Scott are having some fun on today's show with trying to find comparisons for Walt Disney World restaurants to the chain restaurants back home! What Walt Disney World restaurants reminds you of an Applebee's? How about Red Lobster? What about Red Robin? Texas Roadhouse? Olive Garden? Chick-Fil-A? This and more on today's show! Please share your thoug...

This is the Live Call-in Show from this past Sunday night, August 17, 2025!  Mike and Scott were together for the hour with some fun Disney talk!  Tonight was another great show because of our callers!  We lead off the show tonight with Adam from New Hampshire with a debrief from his trip to Walt Disney World last week as we get lots of great information on his girls experience at Bibbity Bobbity...

Join Mike, Scott, and Rikki as we answer your Listener Questions on today's show!  Today we discuss a discussion in the BOGP Clubhouse about a couple that has been at sea with Disney Cruise Line for over 900 days! Would this "burn you out" on DCL? We also talk about the Beak & Barrel reservations happening this evening and what the ideal ADR time could/should be! We help a listener plan their...

Today we are excited to head out to Boonville, Missouri to speak with Listener Stefani about her recent trip to Walt Disney World! We discuss her stay at both Disney's Pop Century and Disney's Contemporary Resorts, thoughts on transportation around WDW, some quick-service "hidden gems", working around a really hot week in Florida, and making a moment for a family on Main Street that they will neve...

Happy Friday, everyone! Today, Mike, Rikki, and Scott are going to take you on a virtual Walt Disney World trip and maybe give you some ideas that could help you escape the hustle and bustle of Walt Disney World for a few minutes on our next trip with some "10-minute strolls" around Walt Disney World! From sunrise strolls at the resorts, to inside options in bad weather, to options inside the them...

This is the Live Call-in Show from this past Sunday night, August 10, 2025!  Mike and Scott were together for the hour with some fun Disney talk!  Tonight was another great show because of our callers!  We lead off with a caller from Arkansas who called from Southern California to talk about her first visit to Disneyland - that took place last night!  We hear all about what made Disneyland so spec...

Join Mike, Scott, and Rikki as we answer your Listener Questions on today's show!  Today we discuss how we tend to call restaurants by "WDW terms" back home and wonder if other Disney fans do the same. Do you do this as well? We also give some tips for Lightning Lane use for listeners headed to Walt Disney World from Washington state. We discuss options for a family headed to Boulder Ridge from Ne...

We are headed up to Chicago today to speak with Listener Kelly about her trip to Walt Disney World with her family last month! We discuss her backstory to start the show of how she has really experienced Walt Disney World so many ways, with friends, runDisney, off-site, as an athlete, and more! Then, we discuss her trip last month staying at Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort with her family of 4 (an...

Happy Friday, everyone! Today, Mike, Pam, and Scott are here to get you ready for your next Disney trip! Football teams across the country are going through training camp right now to prepare to be at their best in the upcoming season, so today we are discussing how you can prepare before your next trip to the parks or even Disney Cruise to ensure you have an amazing trip once you arrive! From doc...

This is the Live Call-in Show from this past Sunday night, August 3, 2025!  Mike and Scott were together for the hour with some fun Disney talk!  The callers brought some great conversation during this show, as we discussed fun times with on-ride photos, underrated attractions in all four theme parks, being at Disney's Aulani Resort last week during the tsunami warning, a "boots on the ground" rep...

Join Mike, Scott, and Pam as we answer your Listener Questions on today's show!  Today we give some suggestions for a progressive dinner along the monorail (and adjacent) resorts, discuss late 2026 cruising with a large group of 1st time cruisers, give some memories on Buzz Lightyear (as the attraction goes down for a lengthy refurbishment), and have a "hot take" from a listener about Piston Peak...

Today we are headed up to New Jersey to speak with our friend Paul from the BOGP Clubhouse about his trip with extended family down to the Villas at Disney's Grand Floridan Resort & Spa in July! We discuss how this trip came together (and grew!), the logistics of flying with two babies, making memories in the theme parks, meals at O'hana, Via Napoli, 1900 Park Fare, Citrico's and more! Also, P...

Today, Mike & Scott are here to review the BOGP Cruise 7 on the Disney Magic from July 6-11, 2025 to the Bahamas! We share it all, including getting to Port Canaveral, our staterooms, thoughts on all three main dining rooms, Palo dinner and brunch, tastings, adult areas around the ship, time at Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point and Castaway Cay and much more! Please share your thoughts over on t...

This is the Live Call-in Show from this past Sunday night, July 27, 2025!  Mike and Scott were together for the hour with some fun Disney talk!  The password for tonight's show was your favorite Walt Disney World pool, so we had some great conversations around that topic (which was nice, with the big heatwave hitting the country right now!) Plus, we heard about some great vegan desserts both at Ep...

Join Mike, Scott, and Pam as we answer your Listener Questions on today's show!  Today we talk about the AP Reservation requirement for the Magic Kingdom for Starlight going away this week and an ESPN8: The Ocho event coming to ESPN Wide World of Sports this Friday! We also get some questions about touring WDW solo, fireworks parties with the new Starlight parade and the hard-ticket events, and wh...

We are excited to head to New Hampshire today to speak with Listener and fellow BOGP Lizard Derek today about his recent cruise on the Disney Treasure to the Eastern Caribbean! We talk about how he is a recent "convert" to the Disney fandom and what got him to really see the magic in the theme parks and Disney experiences! Then, we hear all about his cruise on the Treasure as we break down his tho...

Today, Mike, Pam, and Rikki are here to start the weekend with some fun Disney talk! We are discussing some of the "hidden" enhancements to your vacation at Walt Disney World that don't cost anything extra! We are discussing things like the free Water Park admission on check-in day, free mini-golf passes, Kid's Eat Free offer for 2026 Disney Dining Plans, Wilderness Explorers and Epcot KidCot stat...

This is the Live Call-in Show from this past Sunday night, July 20, 2025!  Mike and Scott were together for the hour with some fun Disney talk, but we had issues with the phone lines (trust me, we kept trying!) so we took our questions/topics from the chat during the hour!  We discussed thoughts on the new Starlight parade at the Magic Kingdom, Scott's AP preview of Test Track 3.0, and we discusse...

Join Mike, Rikki, and Pam as we answer your Listener Questions on today's show!  We talk about the perks of staying Club-Level for a first-time guest, talk about if a guest should add DCA to their Disneyland stay (first-time visit) even though they are doing the Oogie Boogie Bash, give some tips for staying at Saratoga Springs Resort, give our best WDW restaurants without characters, and more! Com...

Today we are so excited to head up to Canada to speak with Listener Rebecca about a bunch of different topics for the show! First of all, Rebecca is a former International College Program Cast Member who made the magic for all of us in the early 2000's! We hear about how she was chosen for the program and some of her favorite memories from her time down at Walt Disney World! We also discuss her re...

Mike and Scott are here today to start the recap from the epic BOGP Cruise trip last week! We spend this show with the pre-cruise part of the trip! Scott got there first and spent time celebrating the 4th of July at Walt Disney World, and both guys stayed at Disney's Boardwalk Inn, had a great meal for the first time at Rosa Mexicana, we had an amazing BOGP Meet-up at Splitsville (Thanks, Tricia!)...

This is the Live Call-in Show from this past Sunday night, July 13, 2025!  Mike was solo on tonight's show, but it was no problem as we had some great calls to take us through the hour!  We discussed how this summer turned out a bit differently that Mike thought it might have a couple of years ago - WDW is collecting a bunch of "small wins" and Epic Universe isn't burning quite as hot as he though...

Join Mike, Rikki, and Scott as we answer your Listener Questions on today's show!  We discuss dining at Storytellers Cafe out at Disneyland during the Halloween season, strategies for seeing the theme parks without Park Hoppers nor Lightning Lanes for a family with teens, some Thanksgiving/Christmas talk with dining options outside the theme parks, ideas on switching up your runDisney resort choic...

We are excited to have Taylor from Edmonton, Alberta joining us on today's show to share his recent trip down to Walt Disney World with us! We hear about his split-stay to both Disney's Coronado Springs Resort at Bay Lake Tower at Disney's Contemporary Resort! We discuss fun times in all four theme parks, using Premier Pass on two of those days, enjoying the details that sell the "immersion" of th...

Mike, Scott, and special guest Jason are here today to play some Oddsmakers! We are trying to place odds on things either happening or not happening around the Disney Parks and Disney Cruise Line! What are the chances that we still have two performances of Disney's Starlight Parade on January 13, 2026? What percentage of guests walk off a Disney Cruise Line ship with some sort of merchandise? What...