WDW Happy Hour - News, Brews, Reviews, and Everything Else Disney!

On this episode, we look back fondly on the year 2023 making some lists and - as you do - checking them twice. What's ending up on WDW Happy Hour's Naughty & Nice lists? I guess you'll just have to listen to find out!   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook:  https://www.faceboo...

Today, the gang shared their quintessential pre-meal bread, apps, entrees, desserts, and drinks to compile their ultimate Death Row Meal. For the uninitiated - a hypothetical scenario in which you are being put to death but granted one final meal before you go. We promise, it's all in fun. Cheers!   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour...

In this episode, we take a list of 15 Disney villains and try to rank them on a scale from "pure evil incarnate" to "just misunderstood". We had a ton of fun with this one, and we welcome you to play along, make your own ranking, and share them with us. Cheers!   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/WDW...

In this episode, the gang recaps their recent trip to Walt Disney World. We provide our review of Moana's Journey of Water and tell you what food and drink items we think you should get if you're planning on attending this year's Food & Wine Festival at Epcot (running through November 18th).   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour Yo...

In this episode, we discuss Disney's recently announced 60 billion dollar spending plan. Also, Matt and Kat give a review of the Bora Bora Bungalows at Disney's Polynesian Resort.   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/wdwhappyhour

Taking place September 8th through September 10th 2023, Disney hosted its semiannual Destination D event at Disney's Contemporary Resort at Walt Disney World. Disney shared an unprecedented amount of new reveals mostly pertaining to the U.S. Disney parks. In this episode, we break down all the big announcements and share our thoughts on the highs and lows from Destination D.   Take a seat at the b...

In this episode, we span Disney property to find those little nooks and crannies - The places stuck in a time capsule. The places that make us feel uneasy. Maybe there's something that we can't put our finger on, but it just feels... strange. We had a ton of fun recording this one. Enjoy!   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube: ...

In this episode: The Disney Company figuratively dips it toe in the online sports betting pool, and Rob and Holly literally dip their toes into the WDW resort pools to beat the record-breaking Florida heat.   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/wdwhappyh...

Katherine and Matt recently got to travel out to the west coast for San Diego Comic-Con. Of course, no trip to Southern California would be complete without a stop at Disneyland! Also, the gang shares their thoughts on a bizarre new experience coming to Fantasyland.   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube:  https://www.youtube.co...

Now for the exciting conclusion of our Disney Parks Restaurants Tournament where we find out the winner of the whole enchilada (Is enchilada a clue or a red herring? I guess you'll have to listen to find out!). Also, apologies for the background noise as there was a major storm happening pretty much the entire time we were recording these episodes. Enjoy!   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on...

In the first installment of our Disney Parks Restaurant Tournament, 64 of the finest restaurants from around the Disney parks duke it out to see which eatery will be crowned the champion. In this episode, we go cover one half of the restaurants in round 1. Make sure to check out our next episode for the thrilling conclusion and to find out which is the restaurant to rule them all!   Take a seat at...

Bob Iger makes an appearance at WWDC 2023 to discuss Disney's involvement in Apple's recently announced Vision Pro. A new Indiana Jones themed "lounge" coming to Disney's Hollywood Studio for a limited time. For our main topic, we put on our Disney Executive hats and give the thumbs up and thumbs down to some decisions made by Disney in the past few years.   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us o...

Welcome back to dining plans, and sayonara to the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser. We had a lot of fun getting back together to discuss all of the big items that have popped up this month. We hope you enjoy!   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/wdwhappyh...

In this episode, Scott combs the Internet for 1-star reviews of beloved Disney restaurants, resorts, and attractions, and turns it into a fun game for everyone's enjoyment!   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/wdwhappyhour

This is an episode chock full of goofy little news nuggets (trademark incoming). Also, Matt and Katherine give a mini vacation recap and a full review of the new Dolphin hotel restaurant, Rosa Mexicano.   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/wdwhappyhour

In this episode, we craft a Frankenstein's Monster of a 5th gate at Walt Disney World using all existing (past and present) attractions, restaurants, shows, and more from Disney parks all around the world. The international Disney parks have some must-do rides that we feel would fit right at home in the ol' U.S. of A.   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pin...

The gang has done a whole lot of traveling in the past month, so we've got a lot to discuss on this episode. Rob, Scott, and Holly share their experiences from their recent trips to Walt Disney World - including reviews of the Flower & Garden Festival and Tron Lightcycle Run. Meanwhile, Katherine and Matt give highlights of their recent Hawaiian getaway where they got to visit Disney's Aulani reso...

ChatGPT seems to be taking the Internet by storm, so we decided to put it through its paces this episode. For the uninitiated, ChatGPT is a Natural Language Processing (NLP) tool that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to have human-like conversations with people. Did we lose you? Don't worry, you don't have to work at NASA or have a degree in computer science to enjoy this episode. Essentially, Sc...

CEO Bob Iger recently announced a plan for a roughly 7,000 layoffs throughout The Disney Company. We send out positive thoughts to the Disney CMs as they deal with this difficult and challenging scenario.   For our main topic, we thought it may be nice to balance this bad news with some tales of our favorite and most cherished cast member interactions over the past several years.   Take a seat at...

In this episode - Matt and Katherine's recent trip to the Epcot International Festival of the Arts and a review on the new version of Fantasmic in Hollywood Studios. We also give a preview for the Roundup Rodeo BBQ in Toy Story Land and even take a brief trip to a nearby Florida Parrothead Paradise.   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHou...

Happy New Year, everyone! We've got plenty of news to discuss on this episode including opening dates for Tron Lightcycle Run, runDisney events returning to Disneyland, and new (and old) nighttime spectaculars. Also, we break down the 2023 EPCOT Festival of the Arts menu.   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube:  https://www.yout...

First of all, we want to wish all of our listeners an extra special holiday season. We want to express our supreme gratitude to everyone who has listened to the podcast, sent kind words, and spread the word by telling their friends and family about our podcast. It means the world to us that there are people all over the world enjoying the episodes just as much as we enjoy recording them for you. I...

We had every intention of posting this 2 weeks ago, but the Bob Iger CEO shakeup forced us to push this episode back. For our regular listeners, you'll no doubt know that we start each podcast episode with a segment that we call Toppin' it Off where we talk about a drink that you can find in the Disney parks. Well, we've done another 64 TIOs - Enough for our 2nd tournament to determine the one dri...

In an extremely shocking turn of events this past week, Bob Chapek was ousted as the head of The Walt Disney Company to be replaced by none other than former CEO/President of Disney, Bob Iger. In this episode, we break the entire situation down including comments on the rumor mill, what this means for the company and the parks, and Bob Iger's biggest challenges for his second tenure as CEO.   Take...

Who says you can't have fun all by yourself? In this episode, the gang describes their individual ideal day if they had to traverse the parks all by themselves. How would you spend a day in the parks if you had to go solo?   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook:  https://www.facebo...