We Did This to Ourselves

For every snack worth standing in line for, there's one that exists entirely because someone's well-manicured hand holds it up to their phone's camera on an Instagram reel. This week, we go through our most overrated snacks on Disney property. We talk about the ones people eat because they crave the looks they get, the ones that sound incredible on paper and land somewhere between f...

There's something about Hollywood Boulevard that makes you want to be discovered. Nobody's being discovered. You're speed-waking to Galaxy's Edge. But the feeling's there. This week, we're talking through Hollywood Boulevard: the scene setter for Hollywood Studios, complete with cool shops, snack carts, a good-not-great ride and what we'd comfortably call the bes...

Sometimes you just have to sit with your favorite people and talk about the merits of grease in a baked good and if something can actually be too sweet. In this episode, we discuss our Top 3 snacks throughout Disney World property, most of which we'd commit small crimes to obtain. For those who have listened before, we talk about some new eats but also return to several snacks and that person...

Nobody ever showed up to Disney World and said, 'I really wish I had no idea what I was doing with these Lightning Lanes." And yet, here we are. This week, we break down everything you need to know about Lightning Lanes in 2026: tested strategies for booking, tools that actually help, and how to make the most of a service that costs roughly the same as a small car payment.  We also hit s...

Disney's sound design is genuinely impressive. The people, however, are a different story. This week, we get a little cynical and work through our worst sounds from around Disney property including pre-show annoyances, shrill, rhythmic beeping that follows you from land to land and resort to resort, and the self-proclaimed Disney historians and the people who enable them. We also round it out...

World Discovery doesn't have much going on in the way of food or atmosphere. What it does have is two of the best rides in all of Disney World, which turns out to be enough. This week, we talk about why Guardians of the Galaxy is the best ride on property, how the new Test Track is actually really solid, and explain why Mission Space is a ride we wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole. Ther...

Disney does a lot of things well, but the sounds might be the most underrated and memorable part of the whole operation. This week, Stef and I go through some of our favorite sounds from around Disney property: rides, transportation, park atmosphere, nighttime shows, and whatever it is about a Disney resort room that makes it feel like you're watching The Weather Channel at 2am.  We also talk...

This is the part of World Showcase that everyone else seems to lose their minds over. We are not everyone else. This week, we wrap up World Showcase with Norway and Mexico. A stretch beloved by people who could live on margaritas and chips and salsa, which, relative to most of the people who love this area, we cannot. We talk through why one of us is apparently very moved by the ride experience of...

Not every Lightning Lane is created equal. Some of them are just a slightly faster way to be disappointed. This week, we go through our worst Lightning Lane picks across Individual, Tier 1, and Tier 2. We talk about why one of Magic Kingdom's most recognizable rides probably isn't even worth burning a pick on, and a once-must-do that has disappointingly slid into the "...eh" ca...

Italy, Germany, and China have a lot going for them, if you love food and hate rides. If you're not stopping to eat, you're likely missing the majority of the experience in this stretch of World Showcase, unless you like looking at tiny train engines and more caramel than you've seen in your entire life.  Stef and I talk through all the highlights and lowlights of these three pavili...

Lightning Lanes are those things that sound simple until you're under the gun at 7am, a week before your park day, making decisions you're not caffeinated enough to make. This week, Stef and I trade picks for our best Lightning Lane selections across Single Pass, Tier 1, and Tier 2. We mostly agree on the obvious stuff, but we've got some curveballs in there based on how the parks h...

Most people treat this stretch of World Showcase like a moving walkway between rides. Morocco, Japan, and the American Adventure stand by while everyone power-walks past to get to their next Lightning Lane. We were those people. Turns out, we were wrong. This week, Stef and I finally slowed down long enough to actually explore and shed some light on this overlooked area. We also fire off a batch o...

Disney magic is great and all, but sometimes you just need 20 minutes to complain about a meal that cost $80 and tasted like it was assembled by someone who fried their taste buds from eating too many Sour Patch Kids. This week, Stef and I are each dragging three dining locations that had absolutely no business operating inside the most magical place on earth. Bad food, bad service, bad atmosphere...

This week, we travel the correct way around World Showcase and head into the best part: Canada, England, and France. Three pavilions that set the standard for the rest. There’s only one attraction and it recently got a pretty big downgrade, which we have thoughts about. But the snacks, the shops, and the restaurants more than make up for it. If you’re looking for the part of EPCOT where it actuall...

This week, we’re kicking off a new series: Disney’s Best and Worst . Once a month, we’ll pick a topic and argue our way through what Disney does best and then come back two weeks later to talk about what it absolutely does not. In this episode, Stef and I each come prepared with our picks for Disney’s best resort and theme park quick service restaurant, table service restaurant, and lounge. Along...

Welcome back for a new episode! This week, we’re talking about World Nature.  It’s not the star. It’s not a disaster. It just exists. We get into why Soarin’ is a legit fun ride, why Living with the Land might be the biggest wasted opportunity in the park, and why the food situation feels like it’s trying but not exactly swinging for the fences.  We also get into Disney news, check in on our Disne...

This week, we're talking World Celebration in EPCOT. You don’t plan your day around it, but you absolutely pass through it. Probably with a Starbucks in your hand. We get into Spaceship Earth, foreign soda decisions that aren't as bad as people say, and whether Figment is showing up a little too often for a character with one ride. We also hit Disney news and run through another round of...

This week, we finish our walk through Magic Kingdom by stepping into Tomorrowland and asking some hard questions. Like, "Why is The Carousel of Progress the only thing holding this land together?"  For all the promise of future and progress, this land needs the most help. There is, however, Joffrey’s, and that counts for something. We also hit Disney news and work through another round o...

This week, we’re walking through Adventureland ride by ride, snack by snack, and spot by spot.  We talk about why Pirates of the Caribbean is still one of our favorite rides in all of Disney World, why the Tiki Room deserves more respect than it gets, and why the cheeseburger spring rolls might actually be the best food in Magic Kingdom.  Along the way, we get into Disney news and work through a r...

Buckle up, folks! She's a long one! This week, we recap the adults-only weekend trip we took while the rest of the country froze their royal nay-nays off.  We talk about perfecting the art of the monorail crawl, rope-dropping a pub, and purchasing our body weight in Gideon's cookies. Along the way, we tackle some Lightning Lane questions and hit you with some Disney news.  If you've...

If we were only interested in rides and shows, Frontierland would be our current front runner. Since we’re not, it’s got some work to do. In this episode of our land by land series, we talk through why the rides here still rip, why the show is Stef’s favorite and why the food remains the weakest part of the equation. It’s proof that you can love a land and still plan to eat somewhere else. Along t...

We’re back in Magic Kingdom continuing our land by land series and this time we’re planting ourselves in Liberty Square. It’s small but it’s stacked and everything here earns its spot.  We talk through Haunted Mansion, Hall of Presidents, hush puppies and melted Nutella, and Stef turns the episode into a brief government lesson...three separate times. We also hit the latest Disney news and run thr...

In the first episode of our new series, we’re walking Fantasyland the way you actually experience it: rides, snacks, and all the unique in-between moments and locations.  We talk about why The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh feels like an acid trip, why the loaded tots at Friar’s Nook deserve way more respect than they get, and how It's a Small World is a better version of Living With the...

It’s the first episode of 2026, the start of season two, and somehow we’re three weeks out from another Disney World trip. So this episode is all about what we’ve planned, what we’re excited about, and what we’re already second-guessing before we even leave. We’re also catching up on Disney news, checking in on how we’re handling the pre-trip planning, and closing things out with a fresh round of...

So… that was 2025. In this episode, we’re looking back at everything that made this a very Disney year. Ride openings and closures, our most recent trip in June, and starting this podcast. It all happened faster than expected. Also, we have a trip announcement! We cap it off with sharing a little Disney news and wrapping things up with a final Lightning Lane round for the year. Thank you for liste...