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In this episode we announce the winner of our March Mayhem competition. Melissa gives us her thoughts on the new live-action Dumbo film. Gavin heads to WonderCon plus we talk about the original Imagineers that helped build Disneyland!

This week we talk about Heyzen's experience trying to meet Disney-Inspired Artist, Jason Ratner, Gavin and Melissa give us some updates on their submissions for the D23 Haunted Mansion Design Competition, Melissa tells us about some limited time magic on Indiana Jones, plus we bring wrap up our talks on Main Street with a good ol' Armchair Imagineering Session!

Heyzen and his wife recently had the opportunity to take the Warner Brothers studio tour and we talk about some of the things from the tour, we comment on the news that James Gunn is back on as director for Guardians of the Galaxy 3 after being fired by Disney last year, plus we continue our stroll on Main Street, U.S.A as Heyzen tells you a little about the history of Great Moments with Mr. Linco...

In this episode we chat about the news regarding content on Disney's upcoming Disney+ streaming service, Disney is taking an interesting approach to the opening of Galaxy's Edge and we talk about how effective it might be, we talk about Captain Marvel and how it did its opening weekend opening, and Melissa takes us down memory lane on Main Street, U.S.A as she tells us about some of the shops that...

In this episode we also talk about some of the news regarding Galaxy's Edge, changes coming to Epcot, plus we tell you about the Disney Legends award and we have a round-table discussion about who we would like to see receive this award.

In this episode we discuss the Pixar SparkShorts called 'Smash and Grab' and 'Kitbull'. We discuss how the latest trailer for Frozen 2 made us see Elsa a little differently. We also wrap up this month's talks about Disney California Adventure with a little Armchair Imagineering!

This week we said goodbye to Disney Legend, Dave Smith the founder of the Disney Archives and we talk a little about who Dave was and the legacy he's leaving behind. We give some details on our 2nd annual March Mayhem and we continue our series on Disney California Adventure where we talk about we what is commonly referred to as "DCA 2.0".

In this episode we talk about Melissa and Gavin's experiences checking out Mickey's Mix Magic. We talk about something new that Pixar is doing called SparkShorts and why think this uncommon approach to storytelling is a good thing for the Disney Company. Plus we take you down memory lane to when Disney's California Adventure opened and and tell you a little history about what we all lovingly refer...

The latest teasers for Avengers Endgame and Toy Story 4 dropped during the "big game" and we talk about what purpose those trailers serve. We talk about Project Stardust, the new Mickey popcorn buckets, and Gavin tells us about Disney and Sci-Fi movies!

Ep241: Armchair Imagineering (A Brighter Tomorrow) SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS °o° --------------------- °o° By now you probably know that Heyzen likes to nerd out on Pokemon Go. As he mentioned in this episode, several people had expressed interest in the "level 40" design he had made and it's now available for purchase! We don't know if th...

In this episode we continue our series about Tomorrowland as Melissa gives us some background on Space Mountain! We also talk about Lee Unkrich announcing that he's leaving Pixar, the Spider-man: Far From Home trailer and more!

In this episode we launch something new that we've been working on for a while now! We hope you like it and we look forward to your feedback! We also talk about some comments that Bob Iger made about intellectual properties coming to the parks, plus we talk about John Lasseter's new role and discuss some of the questions that arise from this next step.

In this episode we give our thoughts on Mary Poppins Returns, celebrating New Year's Eve at the parks, the latest increase on the annual passes, we talk about some of our favorite Cast Members and what we're excited is coming in 2019 from the Disney company!

Happy New Year! This week our pal Skyler from the DisInsider (https://thedisinsider.com) joins to do a walk-through of the Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars films coming in 2019. We all check-in to see how we did towards our 2018 resolutions. We also talk about the Disney Parks Christmas Morning Special (which showcased new footage of the attractions coming to Galaxy's Edge)!

In this episode we talk about the awesome that can come when two music styles collide, the Tropical Hideaway is now open at Disneyland, we discuss some of the things we may see and hope to see during Mickey's upcoming celebration, plus we discuss an online petition regarding the use of the phrase "Hakuna Matata".

In this episode we talk about checking out the holiday magic at the parks and meeting with Santa Claus. We talk about the history of the Candlelight Processional at the parks and we list some of our favorite Disney books that can make great gifts!

In this episode we talk about the trailers for Marvel's Captain Marvel, Avengers End Game and The Lion King. We ask the question, is the live-action Lion King film really "live-action"? We also talk about the new Beauty and the Beast attraction coming to Tokyo, our Disney Christmas traditions and a recent article regarding the Disney Company suspending annual passes for product flippers.

We received some questions about the connection between Disney and the Queen Mary so we talk about the connection they share in this episode. We talk about 2 new Disney After Dark events coming in 2019. Plus we list our top 3 Disney and non-Disney holiday movies!

In this episode we welcome back our pal Sam to talk about an amazing holiday experience at the Queen Mary that he helped create. Plus we talk about how Gavin had the opportunity to check off something from his Disney bucket list this week when he visited the Disney Studios in Burbank, CA!

In this episode we talk about the life of Stan Lee, some of the contributions that he made to our culture and talk about some of our favorite things that he created and appeared in.

In this episode we talk about the holiday season kicking off at the Disneyland Resort, more info on Disney+ (the name of Disney's streaming service), we're (kinda) in a Disney Parks Blog video, plus we have a blue sky session to imagine new experiences at Downtown Disney in Anaheim.

This week we talk about Rosita (from Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room) coming to the Tropical Hideaway later this year. Disney's latest roller coaster patent, Walt Disney World decreases their carbon footprint by expanding their solar panel farms, Disney animators had to go back and reanimate a portion of a film that was weeks from being released and we also give our thoughts on Mickey's 90th Spe...

This week Gavin recaps his experience going to the 25th anniversary Nightmare Before Christmas show at the Hollywood Bowl. Are Mickey and Minnie finally getting their own attraction at Disneyland? We talk about the Cycles animation short plus we discuss the announcement that the president of Pixar and Disney animation, Ed Catmull, is retiring at the end of the year.

This week our pal Jason from Florida joins us again to talk about some of the things that he's been up to, the rumor that James Gunn is jumping to DC, we discuss an article about Bob Iger in Time magazine and Gavin tells us about his adventure trying to get the 1st Edition Hatbox Ghost Tiki Cups (Disneyland Version) from Trader Sams.

This week we talk about the live-action Aladdin teaser trailer, visiting the Freeform Halloween House, the Hatbox Ghost tiki cups, the status of the 4th hotel slated for Downtown Disney plus as we get ready for our next Teamboat Willie event, we hear from a fellow Disney-fan and cancer survivor about her journey.