Disney Assembled

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 83 of Disney Assembled! This week, we continue our Top 25 trilogy with a discussion about our top 25 most influential Pixar characters.  If you enjoy the show, please consider showing us some love in any of the following ways: Buy us a Dole Whip! Please consider becoming a Disney Assembled patron on Patreon . For the price of a cup of coffee, you can help us...

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 82 of Disney Assembled! Over the years, there are many memorable characters from Disney films that we have come to love. However, not all of them have had as big an impact on the Disney brand or experience as others. In this episode, we list the top 25 most influential characters from Disney Animation Studios or Walt Disney Studios. For this list, we are not inclu...

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 81 of Disney Assembled! Both Disneyland and Walt Disney World have many attractions that draw thousands of people to the parks each day. However, there are some attractions that are exclusive to one park or another. In this episode, we count down our top 5 exclusive attractions at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. If you are going to enjoy one of these, you are go...

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 80 of Disney Assembled! The debate over which park does certain attractions better has raged (well, maybe not raged, but at least existed) since duplicate (variant) attractions appeared. In this episode, we talk about 10 of those attractions and decide which we believe are done better at Disneyland and which are better at Walt Disney World. If you enjoy the show,...

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 79 of Disney Assembled! This week, we use an episode idea from one of our Patreon members and rank our top 10 Pixar films. If you enjoy the show, please consider showing us some love in any of the following ways: Buy us a Dole Whip! Please consider becoming a Disney Assembled patron on Patreon . For the price of a cup of coffee, you can help us out, get access to...

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 78 of Disney Assembled! Here we go! We wrap up our series about our recent 2-day trip with a discussion of our visit to Disney's Animal Kingdom and Epcot. If you enjoy the show, please consider showing us some love in any of the following ways: Buy us a Dole Whip! Please consider becoming a Disney Assembled patron on Patreon . For the price of a cup of coffee, you...

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 77 of Disney Assembled! This week, we try to keep the magic alive by discussing our recent trip - specifically, our 2 days at Magic Kingdom. There was so much to talk about that this episode is a little longer than usual. If you enjoy the show, please consider showing us some love in any of the following ways: Buy us a Dole Whip! Please consider becoming a Disney...

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 76 of Disney Assembled! Continuing with last week's episode, this week we talk all about our visit to Disney's Hollywood Studios! We begin with breakfast and end with park hopping. Enjoy! If you enjoy the show, please consider showing us some love in any of the following ways: Buy us a Dole Whip! Please consider becoming a Disney Assembled patron on Patreon . For...

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 75 of Disney Assembled! Recently, we made an unplanned/spur of the moment decision to add a few days to our road trip and spend 2 days at Walt Disney World. In this episode, we talk about how we made that decision, how we were able to fit all 4 parks into 2 days, how we did it "on the cheap" and our list of things that were"hits" or "misses." We will go over our e...

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 74 of Disney Assembled! Here it is! This week, we finish our rankings of the best ride attractions for young children at Disneyland and DCA. These are the best of the best (in our opinion). If you have young children, these are the "must do" rides on your next trip. If you did not listen to last week's show, check it out to catch up. If you enjoy the show, please...

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 73 of Disney Assembled! So, we have been planning a trip back to Disneyland and DCA. It got us thinking about all the ride attractions we love, especially those for young children. Therefore, we went to the Disneyland website and filtered the rides by age (preschool). Then, we ranked the list from #26 to #1 based on our opinions. In this episode, we discuss #26 -...

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 72 of Disney Assembled! Mimi is back from summer camp! It has been 2 weeks since we were able to have our father/daughter Disney conversation and it was great to be back. In this episode, we imagine what it would be like to have Disney characters and attractions as part of your summer camp experience. Disney, do this!! If you enjoy the show, please consider showin...

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 71 of Disney Assembled! This week, in recognition of the release of Luca we decided to discuss Disney characters whose image/popularity/or existence is connected in some way to water. We recorded this episode a couple of weeks in advance due to scheduling conflicts over the summer. This was a really fun episode for us and we hope you enjoy it, too! If you enjoy th...

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 70 of Disney Assembled! Over the past couple of weeks, both Goofy and Donald Duck celebrated birthdays! In this episode we honor these 2 favorite characters by discussing our 4 favorite Goofy shorts and the 4 characters that seem to frustrate Donald the most. If you enjoy the show, please consider showing us some love in any of the following ways: Buy us a Dole Wh...

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 69 of Disney Assembled! If you follow us on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter you may have seen that the family is moving. Not far - just one street up. As we were moving, we thought, "What would it be like to move into one of the lands at Disneyland?" So, that's the show this week - a conversation about what it may be like to live in each of the Disneyland lands. W...

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 68 of Disney Assembled! There are so many reasons to be excited about Disneyland (and DCA) that we decided to officially announce that Summer 2021 is hereby declared to be THE SUMMER OF DISNEYLAND!!!!! Listen to us talk all about what's happening in Disneyland and Disney California Adventure that makes us so excited.  If you enjoy the show, please consider sh...

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 67 of Disney Assembled! We were honored to have the chance to speak with a former WDW cast member, Luke Toups. Luke worked as a Main Street custodial cast member and he was kind enough to come on and share how he decided to apply to work at WDW, the journey he had to joining the cast, and a few wonderful stories about bringing extra magic to guests. You are in for...

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 66 of Disney Assembled! Many people are starting to plan a Disney Parks trip. We certainly are! In this episode, we offer some opinions on which park to choose depending on a number of factors. If you enjoy the show, please consider showing us some love in any of the following ways: Buy us a Dole Whip! Please consider becoming a Disney Assembled patron on Patreon...

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 65 of Disney Assembled! Between now and the end of 2021, Disney is scheduled to release 8 feature films. These include films from the MCU, Walt Disney Studios, Pixar, and Disney Animation Studios. In this episode, we offer a brief description of each film and give a rating based on our excitement level for each film. If you enjoy the show, please consider showing...

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 64 of Disney Assembled! On April 30, 2021 Disneyland in California reopened after being closer for over 400 days due to COVID-19. We were so happy to see all the happy people going back to the parks, including our friends at Mouse Park Insider! After speaking with them on Instagram Live, we were inspired to imagineer some brand new attractions, which apparently wa...

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 63 of Disney Assembled! After finishing The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, we were excited to talk more MCU! So this week, we go back to the random generator for an assortment of 3 MCU movies from which we have to pick 1 to keep "as is," 1 to fix up a little, and 1 that gets blipped into the universe.  If you enjoy the show, please consider showing us some lo...

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 62 of Disney Assembled! This week, we plan our return to Disneyland! Well, not exactly. We do not live in California and cannot get back there, yet. However, we have a great  time planning what we would do if we were able to go when the park reopens. To all our California friends who are heading back soon, we hope you have a great time. Share on Instagram so...

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 61 of Disney Assembled! We have met some wonderful Disney friends through this podcast. However, one of our oldest and most awesome ones are the Bantha Boys Scott and Aaron from Bobsleds and Banthas. In this episode, we were thrilled to finally connect with them and have a truly engaging conversation about our mutual love for Disney. We also share some perspective...

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 60 of Disney Assembled! This episode tackles a topic never before addressed on a Disney podcast: Disney characters that smell bad! In other words, if a Disney character came to life and came out of the screen, these characters would smell the worst, in our opinion. Join us as we navigate recording an episode while our neighbors throw the loudest Easter party in hi...

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 59 of Disney Assembled! March 26 marked our first anniversary as a podcast (actually, our first real episode dropped on March 28, 2020). Over the past year, we have been fortunate to have met many wonderful people in the Disney community and wanted to spend some time this week recognizing many of those good people. We also play a few listener voice messages, talk...