The Supreme Resort

This is a great one folks. Maybe our best episode to date? You'll have to decide. We discuss in detail jack's process, his work, his talent, his Broadway show, the parks and much more. Did you know Jack was in your favorite show? Well, he was. Glee, 911, Reno 911 and of course, the various Disney videos including the 1965 tencennial with Julie Reihm. If you don't know what that is, why do you list...

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That's right, these are both "Institutes". The Imagination Institute holds a lame ride that used to be awesome and some interactive elements. Worldwide Engineering Brigade is also an institute of sorts presenting an open house that holds a lame ride that could have been awesome! Hear Erik and Jimmy discuss the history and hidden secrets of these two them park institutes. Will the inclusion of the...

Happy New Year! Dumbo the flying Elephant is for all intents and purposes, an opening day attraction at both Disneyland and Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom. The attraction is an icon and right of passage for generations of children. It allows for children to "fly" up and down with this beloved IP. There is a Dumbo attraction in every Castle Park around the world. Will the fact that Magic Kingdom...

Happy Holidays! We decided to take the Christmas Break off and let Asher do a take over.  We will be back in 2023 with more exciting “normal” episodes.  We have some exciting guests and some deep dive vs. episodes to come.  Does that mean no more nonsense from Asher or other “Takeovers” from “other” Podcasts?  No, I didn’t say that.  But you have been very patient with some of our quirks over the...

It's a strange time at the Walt Disney Company. 15 year revolutionary leader of the Walt Disney Company was suddenly reinstated as Chair while much maligned CEO Bob Chapek was unceremoniously removed. There has been much speculation about what this means for the parks. Do reservations go away, what about park hopping rules? Genie +? Rather than blindly speculating on what we hope, we use quantifia...

Gothic Rosie joins us to discuss holidays at the Disneyland Resort. We also discuss her blog/Facebook/Instagram accounts and the useful information therein. We discuss Disability Access Service (DAS) and how it works and perhaps pros and cons. We have a new segment "Chapek Chat"! Rosie is Awesome! It is a great listen full of excellent details and fun. Enjoy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Welcome foolish Disney Nerds to the Suscream Resort. This episode deep dives in to the history and detail of Mickey's not so Scary Halloween party at Magic Kingdom and the Oogie Boogie Bash in Disney California Adventure. We know it has been a week since Halloween, but to be fair, we recorded this on October 30th We detail the candy options, shows, rides, extra things you can do exclusively at the...

On this week's episode, we discuss multiple click bait articles. We play games in reviewing these articles and trying to guess what the "experts" have to say about said articles. It is a fun episode. You should listen, rate and review.. Image Courtesy of Dan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You might be asking yourself: Why these two? I thought these people compared like for like attractions, or perhaps spiritual successors, what gives? Well, upon deep dive exploration, both attractions have 2 separate ride experiences. Both offer sickness bags. Both are in the second gate. You get the picture. Hear Jimmy, Erik and Dan explore these two very different attractions and determine which...

On this week's episode Dan, Jimmy and Erik discuss the features of Disney Genie, Genie + and lightening lane to decide which coast does it better. Is it worth it? We also discuss our recent trip to Disneyland and the running play by play of Jimmy getting covid! It's a fun one. Image courtesy of Disney Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Warning! Adult Language! Tomorrowland has been a perpetual "issue" since opening day in 1955. Tomorrow will always come and these days comes faster than imagineering can keep up with. Listen to fan favorites Natalie and Mae as we discuss live which Tomorrowland sucks most. We explore the lands in detail including all the attractions and restaurants we have already argued without relitigating. Nata...

Just when you thought this podcast could not get more interesting, we blow yor minds in this episode by discussing the other tomorrowland restaurants. Both Tomorrowlands have a fireworks viewing area too... Hear Dan and Erik argue which other Tomorrowland restaurant will reign supreme all culminating in a detailed breakdown of both Tomorrowland in a live recording with fan favorites Natalie and Ma...

Galactic Grill (previously called tomorrowland Terrace before Disney needed to star wars everything) is a counter service restaurant with a stage where things and people perform (not "No Doubt") Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe is a counter service restaurant in tomorrowland with a stage where an animatronic named Sonny Eclipse performs with his spirit backup singers from Yew Nork City. You read that r...

Disney CEO Bob Chapek tries doing a Twitch stream with a close friend of his. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We did a show pre pandemic with Jeremy whether we should even have Star torus as an attraction since Galaxy's edge opened. At the time we discussed some of the history and decided this should exist because in the immortal words of Mae Kat "Do you want to go to Hoth or not?" Listen as we break down the history of this beloved albeit, unnecessary attraction and re-litigate why this still exists. And...

Disney's Boardwalk Resort and Disney's Paradise Pier resort are both in close proximity to the second gate parks on both coasts. Disney's Boardwalk is a thoroughly Imagineered resort from top to bottom. It has theming details that will blow your mind. So many that we had to carry them over to our "after hours" show we release on our facebook page . Disney's Paradise Pier (soon to be Pixar) resort...

Welcome to the exciting conclusion of our 5 hour deep dive on The historic, game changing attraction Pirates of the Caribbean. Dan and Erik deep dive into the 2 domestic attractions scene by scene where we determine where the attractions are varied and where they are the same. Disneyland's being bigger and longer where Magic Kingdom's version has a clearer narrative. Which will reign supreme? Not...

Pirates of the Caribbean is one of the most beloved attractions in Disney Parks history! It was original I.P. at its finest and spawned a billion $ film franchise. But did you know just how predictable this attraction was for Disney? Talks of a pirate ride attraction began as early as 1957 before being realized a decade later just weeks after Walt Disney died. Hear how much pirates being in our cu...

It's our final installment of our Star wars Galaxy's edge trilogy. Or is it? We get pretty in the weeds on cosplay and the deeper star wars canon in this episode when Ryan from Earz Up walkabout and Rob from banthamilkpodcast.com join us to discuss the more nuanced features if the land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the crossover event of the century! The Year? Ok, This week? Anyway, it's a crossover nevertheless. We invited Allyn from Adventures of an Average Dad YouTube channel, Julie from SF Gate, Disnerland and podcasters and Boysenberry enthusiasts "The Boysenboyz" to join us at Knott's Berry Farm world famous Boysenberry Festival. Only one of the above made it! Erik was then invited to review the f...

Warning! This episode contains adult language! We are thrilled to welcome back to the show fan favorites Natalie (She Her) from Disnerland and Screen Writer Mae Catt (She They). to discuss Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge in a step by step walking tour through the land. Through the eyes of a theme park designer and a screen writer, we see Batuu in a whole new light. From subtle changes in paint color to v...

It's finally here! We have painstakingly argued for what is the best pre show that is not Rise of the Resistance and we have finally made it. We welcome Tage from DL Weekly podcast as we discuss and explore which is the best "non rise" pre show. We got there folks. Fairly easily, A Cinderella story? Perhaps. But many might say this was the spiritual successor to Rise pre show. Of all the brackets...

It's that time again, the trope of brackets on podcasts! This is definitely not March Madness for legal purposes, but rather Pre-Show Pandemonium part 1! We breakdown the regions representing the top 32 pre-shows down to 16! Join us in this week's episode and don't forget to complete your brackets by March 20th when we will determine the winner of all time best pre-show that isn't Rise of the Resi...

It's our 50th Show!! Or, it was supposed to be, but we had some scheduling conflicts. This episode, we discuss in depth Chris Smith and his books about Disney World. We also discussed why we love Disney Parks, the detail and the magic they create and how Chris came to be a self proclaimed Disney historian as well as what is on the horizon for him. Oh, we also talked a little about the 50th anniver...