The Disney Culture Podcast

To all who come to this happy podcast, welcome! This episode Dan discusses what he did and experienced at Comic-Con. Deadpool and Wolverine were everywhere and with good reason, they are everywhere in the parks as well. The Haunted Mansion has reopened, the holiday edition and both Gina and Dan have already ridden it and Dan finally gave a visit to the Pixar characters in the Fantasyland Theatre i...

To all who come to this happy podcast, welcome! This episode is a big Acolyte discussion and how good of a story it was, whether you liked the writing or not. Lots of talk about the authorized strike and what it may mean. Disneyland celebrated a birthday and Dan was there for the "festivities"? The Last Jedi, Pizza Planet trucks, Halloween in June and a new exclusive for magic key holders involvin...

To all who come to this happy podcast, welcome! A blockbuster episode today as we discuss DAS news, the Oogie Boogie Bash ticket rollout, which seemed smoother than D23. Gina took a visit to Din Tai Fung and went to After Dark: Pride Night. Dan has been sick so he's been catching up on all the Disney content he's missed in recent years. Inside Out 2, the Acolyte, Star Wars and our usual rants. Com...

To all who come to this happy podcast, welcome! It's been a busy time for the Disney Culture crew from Graduation (Bashes) and the opening of Pixar Fest. The gang talks about their experiences with Pixar Fest, entertainment options, Universal Studios' Grad Bash and a whole lot more. Dan visited Castle Peak and Thunder Railroad, the backyard mini Disneyland and explains that process. Come along for...

To all who come to this happy podcast, welcome! Wow, what a day it was. D23 hasn't happened yet and it's already a fail! There is a lot of ranting in this episode about D23 and their pre-sales, Halloween and Anthony is with us so there's always something. Michael is back this episode to throw in his two cents about a bunch of things. We talk Disney showers, splash pads, honorary citizens, meeting...

To all who come to this happy podcast, welcome! Just when you thought we were going to be away again, BAM! We hit you with a new episode. Anthony has moved to Oregon and is enjoying the snow and ice. Meanwhile, Dan and Gina survive Disney in the rain and it's not like you think. Sometimes you just need a snack. Lunar New Year came and left as quick as the merchandise, but the food was great! Spiri...

To all who come to this happy podcast, welcome! Can you ever really get rid of us? It's been a while, but the future looks bright for us to continue from here on out. The holiday season is about over at the theme parks and we talk all the Disney we did over the Christmas season, which was a lot including a Festival of Holidays and of course Viva Navidad! Universal's Grinchmas was also visited this...

To all who come to this happy podcast, welcome! We are back after an unexpected hiatus because of our personal lives, but here we are to give you a Haunted good time. The Haunted Mansion movie has just come out and we talk about it and all the merch that of course comes with it. Dan goes over what he saw at San Diego Comic-Con, which was much different this year due to the ongoing strikes, but sti...

To all who come to this happy podcast, welcome! Dan and Gina were able to get together and ride Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway this last one and this podcast almost was a runaway as Anthony did not hold back his thoughts on the version of Mickey the ride uses. We discuss the line and how this ride is similar and different than both Rise of the Resistance and Mario Kart: Bowser's Challenge tha...

To all who come to this happy podcast, welcome! On this special (I guess) episode of the Disney Culture podcast, it's all Universal. Dan and Anthony were able to go to the passholder preview (was it really a preview though) of Universal's new Super Nintendo World and they give you all their thoughts on the process and the new land. Trust me there is a lot of them. This one needs to explicit warnin...

To all who come to this happy podcast, welcome! This time it's heavy on the Universal as we get ready to see the opening of Super (Mario) Nintendo World. Both Anthony and Dan will be checking out the passholder preview at Universal and they discuss their efforts to get that reservation, which was easy for Anthony, but time consuming for Dan. Of course we have some Disney talk as we gear up for the...

To all who come to this happy podcast, welcome! Some of the biggest news comes from Universal who is about to open Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios. We discuss what this might mean and why they chose to open it the way they did. Dan had the time of his life being able to visit Club 33 for the first time, he talks a bit about that. Christmas time is still going on at the parks, but the mag...

To all who come to this happy podcast, welcome! We heard a little bit about some guys named Bob, so of course we talk about that. Unlike one Bob, however, Wakanda is forever and Dan talks about that. You know what we like about the parks? Eating, so Dan is trying a new challenge as far as eating in the parks. Dream Keys went on sale for a few hours and of course Disney+ has a lot of it, though it...

To all who come to this happy podcast, welcome! It's Halloweentime (or the very end of it) so that means Christmas had already started at the parks. This episode we talk about Andor and She-Hulk, which we are still trying to figure out what happened at the end and where this will go from here, but since it's spooky season we also talk about Hocus Pocus, both 1 and 2 and the Sanderson Sisters as we...

To all who come to this happy podcast welcome! It's been a while, but we are back. Things just got busy over the summer. There is so much to talk about we barely got to talk about any of it and just went with what was on our minds. We aren't a news site so we don't cover the latest and greatest we talk about our experiences. A little bit of Halloweentime, which started in August, a little D23, bec...

To all who come to this happy podcast welcome! Dan is close to ending his quarantine and Gina went solo to the parks, so they talk about recent adventures in the park, Dan before he got sick and Gina fairly recently. They talk about how Universal hosted a passholder party and ponder why everyone doesn't offer mobile ordering. Random tidbits here and there for a bunch of stuff to keep Dan out of bo...

On this episode of the Extraordinary Culture podcast, we return (again). Yeah we know we have been absent, but we get busy and someone decided to become a daddy so he's been extra busy. This episode X joins us again, he finally got a day off. This episode we cover Star Wars Celebration and some concerts that we have attended as well as some other random stuff and bad jokes as always. I'm sure we w...

To all who come to this happy podcast welcome! This episode is all things Star Wars except for that part where we cover the reopening of Fantasmic, but it has Star Wars in the story so it counts. Gina and Dan give their experiences on Disneyland After Dark: Star Wars Nite that happened in conjunction with Star Wars Celebration. Both Gina and Dan attended the Star Wars Nite, but had very different...

To all who come to this happy podcast welcome! In this episode we are springing back into things because it has been a while since we have talked. Gina gives a rundown on what the trams are like and we just update everyone on experiences and happenings at the park. From trees at Pirates, hunting eggs at the returning Eggstravaganza, hotel rooms for Star Wars Celebration and some Halcyon talk we ju...

To all who come to this happy podcast welcome! In this episode we talk all the food and by that we mean the tastings from Lunar New Year. There was lots of good stuff, not like the Festival of Holidays. All kinds of things were had and tried and we give a breakdown of what had. Super Bowl fever hit the parks. Gina was there to give us a report of what DCA was like on the day of the Big Game. We ta...

On this episode of the Extraordinary Culture podcast, don't call it a comeback, but we are back and we talk about why we have been gone for the last couple of months. We say see you later to one, because it's not goodbye, as he's taking care of what he's got to take care of for the time being. Our buddy Vic joins us this month to talk about Tom  Brady retiring, the When We Were Young Festival that...

To all who come to this happy podcast welcome! We are back in the spirit (jersey) here with the last episode of 2021. It's been a busy month. We talk about The Book of Boba Fett, Hawkeye, and of course Spider-Man No Way Home. We speak of Disney in the rain during the holidays, how Genie+ works, Dan getting in the spirit and going to check out the Candlelight Processional. Where would we be without...

To all who come to this happy podcast welcome! We are back and living the Dream (Key). Half of us have managed to make heading to the parks a regular part of our routine again. As such we have had to pay more attention in to what is going on in the parks and trying to experience new things. We take you through a little bit of Christmas on this episode and bring you some Knott's news as well, becau...

On this episode of the Extraordinary Culture podcast we talk why we have been so busy and start to talk about Halloween. Three fourths of the guys talk about What We Do in the Shadows, then switch to What if? In Star Wars news we talk about Visions and the upcoming Book of Boba Fett. Finally on to music. Dan and Rick talk about their experience seeing Rancid and the Dropkick Murphys and the new wa...

To all who come to this happy podcast welcome! Slowly, most of us are becoming keyholes. We used up the rest of our three day passes and transitioned over quickly to the Magic Key. It's a lot like being an Annual Passholder only different. We discuss the reservation system, how busy the park really is. What we expect out of the paid Christmas nights and a whole lot of other stuff to entertain ours...