The Great British Mickey Waffle

For an extra special show this month - Becca & Ben were live from Disneyland Paris for our weekly live show Wafflers' Wednesday.  John, Claire, Peter & Gill were at the helm as Becca & Ben took us on a tour of Disneyland Paris during the 30th anniversary celebrations. You can find the video version over on our YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/thegreatbritishmickeywaffle To contin...

In this month's episode, Becca, is joined by the rest of the waffles Ben, Claire John, Gill and Peter. Ben takes a spin on our updated Carousel of Questions, and has some very interesting answers. To celebrate Disneyland Paris 30th Birthday, we took a trip across the channel and discussed how we plan a trip to Disneyland Paris. From how we get there, where we stay, and our must eat restaurants the...

For our middle of the month show, Ben is at the helm as we share a waffle with Gaz and Anj from The Kershaws Adventures. After a recent trip to both Walt Disney World and Disneyland Paris, we discuss some of their favourite moments and how things have changed since 2020. We also hear what they have coming up in the near future with more trips to Disney along with their partnership with Merlin.&nbs...

Gill wishes us a happy St David’s Day and puts Claire in the hot seat for our newly refreshed Carousel of Questions. Then we get onto our favourite topic – food!  We share our favourite restaurants, others we can’t wait to try and some we’ll never go back to.  And we talk about how to navigate a World without the Disney Dining Plan.  We’ve also got some tips for first-timers and any...

February 2022 sees the return of former Waffler Lloyd, together with his wife Emma, to Share a Waffle with us. Just back from a festive season trip to Walt Disney World,with their three young children, they share some excellent up to date planning advice, some great times had by all and also reminisce about some of their previous trips before their young family arrived! Before the chat started the...

Episode 57: Teens to the Kingdom - February 2022 Becca, Ben, Claire and John are joined by Josh and Joe to chat about what it’s like going to Walt Disney World as a teenager.  From food to must-do attractions and how to include your teenagers in the planning for your next trip.   With so much change at Walt Disney World since 2019, we delve into what new things you have to consider when...

We Found Dory!   For our January 2022 Shares a Waffle, we meet a Storyteller, Magic Maker and someone who illuminates your path in life, we warmly welcome Katie Whetsell to the Waffle family.   A former performer at Finding Nemo The Musical, along with so many other Musical Theatre roles both national and international, along with a range of Disney roles on DCL and in Walt Disney World....

Happy New Year from everyone at The Great British Mickey Waffle. In our first show for 2022, we look back to those resolutions made 12 months ago and see which wafflers succeeded and those who didn’t! We also make some great new resolutions for the brand new year with a huge swell of positivity and some pixie dust for upcoming Disney trips. With John as host, he finds himself set a Marvel-ous chal...

Hold the eggnog!  We have some special guests for the December 2021 shares a waffle show. With Festive frivolities just around the corner, Ben, Becca and John are joined by long standing listeners, viewers, friends  of the show Neil and Karen as they launch their Partnership with The GBMW and Portwood Travel. We share many stories about Disney past, present and future, reveal some intere...

It’s December 2021 and Claire takes the anchor role this month as Ben and Becca are still getting over the jetlag, Gill is trying to hold down the roof in Wales and John is busy warming his chestnuts by the fire. Sadly, Peter is a little under the weather so not coming out to play this month. First of all we hear about the two amazing Disney Park visits that our Wafflers have enjoyed. Ben and Becc...

Welcome to the November 2021 edition of The Great British Mickey Waffle. This month, Sammie is on host duty as she navigates us through talking all things scary rides as she tries to cling on to what is left of the spooky season.  Then it's finally her turn to take us through her RIDE, EATERY AND EXPERIENCE/SHOW for our Come Disney With Me segment! How will Sammies choices fare? Tune in to fi...

For our October 2021 Shares a Waffle, we are delighted to be joined by someone who is an actor, a photographer, a Disney fan and someone who is part of the hilarious podcast Accidentally Derivative.  He is probably even more than that but we are limited to the text space! Welcome to Marcus Vowell, who not only shares his love of Walt Disney World, but also gives us an insight into his first l...

It’s our 50th Show and It’s the 50th Anniversary of Walt Disney World Come and join our celebrations as John is given the task of overseeing the Waffle about The Happiest Stay-cation Cruises that ever set sail on The Disney Magic and he also gets to choose his ‘Come Disney with Me’ selections with some rather emotional results – keep the tissues handy!  Can you guess what his choice for each...

It’s September, and time for our middle of the month Shares a Waffle show John, Claire and Ben share a Waffle, a laugh, a bag of Pear Drops and so much more with the English enigma that is ThemeParkBazza! We share his journey from the UK to the USA and his recent move to Orlando, this is a must listen show, for anyone who has that dream of moving to the sunshine state, or indeed for those of us wh...

Welcome to the September episode of The Great British Mickey Waffle. Having recently sailed with Captain Mickey and Captain Minnie, Gill takes the helm, steering us through uncharted waters.  She’s joined by Peter, Ben, Becca and Claire as we discuss the first conundrum of a holiday to Walt Disney World – to plan or not to plan? Then Gill takes us on a virtual trip to the parks as we discuss...

Welcome to the August 2021 episode of The Great British Mickey Waffle  This month Peter takes the chair.  He is joined by Ben, Becca, Gill, John, Sammie and our overseas correspondent Claire. Peter has chosen a signature restaurant, a show that is not that summer like, and a well loved attraction for his Come Disney with Me. How well will he score?  With the 50th anniversary of WDW...

This very special bonus episode of the Great British Mickey Waffle rounds off our amazing month of Marvel!  Claire, Ben and Becca were so excited to be able to have the opportunity to “Share a Waffle” with none other than Kate Herron, director of the recently concluded season 1 of the Marvel Disney + Series: Loki.  Kate had lots to tell us about her experiences shooting Loki. We discusse...

In this bonus Shares a Waffle this month we are joined by Lisa Di Noto Glassner, a friend of the show from places such as the WDW Radio and Here with the Magic Online Communities.  This is a show not to be missed! John is joined by Claire, Ben and Becca as Lisa shares her Disney story and how she ended up moving to Orlando. How her passion for running has become an integral part of her daily...

For the latest episode in our ‘Shares a Waffle’ series we are joined by Michael Tatsch, of ‘Mike and Kathy’s Videos’.   John, Gill and Peter welcome him to share a waffle and face our Carousel of Questions.   We also discuss some of the great times that he and his wife Kathy have enjoyed at WDW, as well as their method of travelling to the magic, which will be a new one for us...

For this months show Becca is taking the lead as we talk about all of the new Marvel goodness coming to the parks.  We have a quick news update with John and Becca takes her turn with our ‘Come Disney with me’ segment.  Make sure you go back and check out our previous episodes to see what our wafflers Ben and Claire came up with. In this month's segment Becca takes the opportunity to present 3 thi...

It’s June which means it’s time for another episode in our “GBMW Shares a Waffle” series. This month Claire, ably assisted by Ben, Becca and John, had the absolute pleasure in chatting with the always chipper, cheery and very interesting Zac Brown. No, not THAT Zac Brown (the one with the band), but OUR Zac Brown - the one who is a part of many of the Disney communities we love to be part of regul...

For this month’s show Ben is in charge, as we take a trip back down memory lane as we reminisce and celebrate our 2nd anniversary of The GB Mickey Waffle. We share the details on Disney’s latest offer for UK guests and whether it has influenced any of our plans and we hear some lovely messages from our friends and supporters of the show.   Ben also has his turn on presenting his “Come Disney...

For the latest episode in our ‘Shares a Waffle’ series we are joined by Sara and Stephen, who are more popularly known in the Disney YouTube community as Mickey Scousers. John, Becca, and Ben welcome them to share a waffle and we chat about their love of all things Disney, their YouTube channel and there is such a fantastic, informative chat about DVC and all that it entails. It might end up costi...

Disney Dining Plan – to do or not to do!!  Sounds simple or sounds daunting, hope we can help! Claire takes the anchor duties for the first time in quite a while, joined by the whole team of John, Sammie, Gill, Peter, Ben and Becca to continue that discussion from the past few months. Food…. and especially trying to ascertain “Is the DDP EVER really free?” We recognise that the dining plan is...

This month, we Share a Waffle’ with the whole Afterhours team, Jason Canapp, Collin Kendall and Carlos Eduardo Silva – will we survive to tell the tale? Listen and find out!   John, Claire, Ben and Sammie welcome them back and share so much Disney chat. Having previously been on our shows individually, we welcomed back old friends and had so much more to discuss. We also turned the tables on them...