The Sweep Spot - A Disneyland Show by Former Cast Members

We welcome Tage and Erick from The Hub Crawl Podcast for a roundtable of Disneyland questions, like “If you could visit Disneyland in any year, what year would it be?”We have authored two books: Cleaning The Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt’s Dream Spotless and Cleaning The Kingdom: Night, Day, Past and Present . The Sweep Spot is an unofficial Disneyland podcast, with weekly episodes: a Top...

We catch up on the latest at the Disneyland Resort. Once per month, you can participate in a live chat as we record these episodes by joining the Patreon for The Sweep Spot . This time our Patreon supporters join us to chat about Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway, Tiana’s Palace, Magic Keys, and more! We have authored two books: Cleaning The Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt’s Dream Spotles...

We welcome back Tom Morris, who was an Imagineer and is researching the origins and history of Disneyland and Walt Disney Imagineering for a series of books. His first appearance on the show was in Episode 262 . He shares with us things most Disneyland fans haven’t heard before. We have authored two books: Cleaning The Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt’s Dream Spotless and Cleaning The Kingdo...

We catch up on the latest at the Disneyland Resort. Once per month, you can participate in a live chat as we record these episodes by joining the Patreon for The Sweep Spot . This time we chat about new nighttime entertainment at the Disneyland Resort, holiday crowds, the return of runDisney, and more! We have authored two books: Cleaning The Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt’s Dream Spotless...

We welcome back author, historian, and special guest Jim Korkis to talk about Disneyland as it was under the direct supervision of Walt Disney. We have authored two books: Cleaning The Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt’s Dream Spotless and Cleaning The Kingdom: Night, Day, Past and Present . The Sweep Spot is an unofficial Disneyland podcast, with weekly episodes: a Topical Episode every two...

We catch up on the latest at the Disneyland Resort. Once per month, you can participate in a live chat as we record these episodes by joining the Patreon for The Sweep Spot . Our supporters join us this time to chat about Indiana Jones, Splash Mountain, Genie Plus changes, and more! We have authored two books: Cleaning The Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt’s Dream Spotless and Cleaning The Ki...

We chat about what Disneyland was like in 1992, when both of us were working there. It was the year of the debut of the original Fantasmic! Toontown was preparing to open, and there was so much more happening. We have authored two books: Cleaning The Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt’s Dream Spotless and Cleaning The Kingdom: Night, Day, Past and Present . The Sweep Spot is an unofficial Disn...

We catch up on the latest at the Disneyland Resort. Once per month, you can join a live chat as we record these episodes by joining the Patreon for The Sweep Spot . Author Russell Flores joins us this time to chat about the return of CEO Bob Iger, Mickey’s Toontown, and more! We have authored two books: Cleaning The Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt’s Dream Spotless and Cleaning The Kingdom:...

We chat about what Disneyland was like in 1982, with Progress City Radio Hour ’s Michael Crawford . It was a year of change as Fantasyland went under construction, while the company was focused on opening EPCOT Center and building Tokyo Disneyland. Michael is the author of the Progress City Primer . We have authored two books: Cleaning The Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt’s Dream Spotless an...

We catch up on the latest at the Disneyland Resort. Once per month, you can join a live chat as we record these episodes by joining the Patreon for The Sweep Spot . Our Patreon supporters join us this time to chat about the Adventureland Treehouse announcement, enhancements to It’s A Small World, and more! We have authored two books: Cleaning The Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt’s Dream Spot...

Kurt Curtis, a Disneyland musician for almost 40 years, chats about playing live music at the Disneyland Resort, starting with the Make Believe Brass for the 1983 New Fantasyland! We have authored two books: Cleaning The Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt’s Dream Spotless and Cleaning The Kingdom: Night, Day, Past and Present . The Sweep Spot is an unofficial Disneyland podcast, with weekly ep...

We catch up on the latest at the Disneyland Resort. Once per month, you can join a live chat as we record these episodes by joining the Patreon for The Sweep Spot . We chat about the holiday celebrations coming to the Resort, MagicBand+, and more! We have authored two books: Cleaning The Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt’s Dream Spotless and Cleaning The Kingdom: Night, Day, Past and Present...

Nathan Eick, a Disneyland Cast Member from December 2000 to January 2022, chats about his various roles, including staffing the Disney Gallery, being a Tour Guide, vetting prospects in Live Entertainment, and more! We have authored two books: Cleaning The Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt’s Dream Spotless and Cleaning The Kingdom: Night, Day, Past and Present . The Sweep Spot is an unofficial...

We catch up on the latest at the Disneyland Resort. Once per month, you can join a live chat as we record these episodes by joining the Patreon for The Sweep Spot . Our Patreon supporters join us for this episode. We chat about Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway, Disney100, price increases, MagicBand+, and more! We have authored two books: Cleaning The Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt’s Dre...

Author Jeff Baham of DoomBuggies.com joins the show to talk about Disneyland Haunted Mansion merchandise, books, and collecting. We have authored two books: Cleaning The Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt’s Dream Spotless and Cleaning The Kingdom: Night, Day, Past and Present . The Sweep Spot is an unofficial Disneyland podcast, with weekly episodes now, with a Topical Episode every two weeks,...

We catch up on the latest at the Disneyland Resort. Once per month, you can join a live chat as we record these episodes by joining the Patreon for The Sweep Spot . We discuss MagicBand+ hotel changes, and more! We are Lynn Barron and Ken Pellman, former Disneyland Custodial Foremen and lifelong Disneyland fans who bring our perspective to what’s happening now at the Disneyland Resort. We have aut...

A group of former Disneyland Jungle Cruise Skippers join us to chat about their time with the backside of water, the movie based on the attraction, and how being a skipper has stayed with them in the rest of life. We have authored two books: Cleaning The Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt’s Dream Spotless and Cleaning The Kingdom: Night, Day, Past and Present . The Sweep Spot is an unofficial...

We catch up on the latest at the Disneyland Resort. Once per month, you can join a live chat as we record these episodes by joining the Patreon for The Sweep Spot . Our Patreon supporters join us this time as we discuss the announcements from the D23 Expo 2022, and more! We are Lynn Barron and Ken Pellman, former Disneyland Custodial Foremen and lifelong Disneyland fans who bring our perspective t...

A group of former Disneyland Jungle Cruise Skippers join us to chat about their time with the backside of water, the movie based on the attraction, and how being a skipper has stayed with them in the rest of life. We have authored two books: Cleaning The Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt’s Dream Spotless and Cleaning The Kingdom: Night, Day, Past and Present . The Sweep Spot is an unofficial...

We catch up on the latest at the Disneyland Resort. Once per month, you can join a live chat as we record these episodes by joining the Patreon for The Sweep Spot . We discuss the rumored “Disney Prime” program, artificial turf, the DVC lounge announced for Tomorrowland, and more. For info on Ray Hedgpeth projects go to http://www.theamoebapeople.com/We are Lynn Barron and Ken Pellman, former Disn...

We discuss Tomorrowland at Disneyland, including its history and how we kept it clean. We have authored two books: Cleaning The Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt’s Dream Spotless and Cleaning The Kingdom: Night, Day, Past and Present . The Sweep Spot is an unofficial Disneyland podcast, with weekly episodes now, with a Topical Episode every two weeks, alternating with a Current Events Episode...

We catch up on the latest at the Disneyland Resort. Once per month, you can join a live chat as we record these episodes by joining the Patreon for The Sweep Spot . We discuss the Magic Keys program, price increases, and more, with our Patreon supporters giving their thoughts. We are Lynn Barron and Ken Pellman, former Disneyland Custodial Foremen and lifelong Disneyland fans who bring our perspec...

To discuss Disneyland as it was in 1972, we welcome back popular recurring guest, author and historian Jim Korkis . We chat about Bear Country, the Main Street Electrical Parade, Imagineering, and more! We have authored two books: Cleaning The Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt’s Dream Spotless and Cleaning The Kingdom: Night, Day, Past and Present . The Sweep Spot is an unofficial Disneyland...

We catch up on the latest at the Disneyland Resort. Once per month, you can join a live chat as we record these episodes by joining the Patreon for The Sweep Spot .We are Lynn Barron and Ken Pellman, former Disneyland Custodial Foremen and lifelong Disneyland fans who bring our perspective to what’s happening now at the Disneyland Resort. We have authored two books: Cleaning The Kingdom: Insider T...

We welcome former Disneyland Custodial Lead Jennifer Furfaro Smith, our co-worker we affectionately knew as “Foof.” She was one of the main Leads in the early days of cleaning up Fantasmic! and helped open Disney California Adventure. She also shares stories of meeting celebrities during her almost-24 years at the Resort. We have authored two books: Cleaning The Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping W...