To the Magic and Beyond

It's all fun and games until a hurricane appears in the forecast and now your trip feels like it's in jeopardy. In this week's episode, we cover what happens at the Walt Disney World Resort whenever a hurricane comes through the area and what the options might be. Michelle also shares her story of when she ended up being at Disney World during hurricane Milton in 2024.

In this week's episode, we continue to recap our wonderful Disneyland trip! We chat about our experience at California Adventure, Oogie Boogie Bash, and a couple of surprises we did for Producer Courtney's birthday!

We had the absolute best time visiting Disneyland! Come along with us as we recap part one of our journey! We'll discuss details about the Disneyland Hotel, exploring Downtown Disney, and our first day at the original park: Disneyland!

There are so many moving pieces to consider when taking a trip to Walt Disney World, and some of the most common questions we get asked are about the transportation! In this week's episode, we cover all of your options for transportation around Disney World - including airport options, getting from resorts to the parks, driving your own vehicle, and much more!

Since we're visiting the one and only Disneyland this week, we wanted to share with you some of the history of Disneyland - where did the inspiration come from? How did opening day go? What rides were there when it opened? There are so many fun things we wanted to share with you, so enjoy this little trip through the history of Disneyland!

The moment is finally here! Our podcast crew is going to Disneyland! Tune in to hear this pre-trip episode where we chat about all the plans for our upcoming trip to "The Happiest Place on Earth"!

Finding seats at Walt Disney World for fireworks, shows, and dining can be intimidating! In this week's episode we'll give you some tips and guidelines for finding the best spots at the parks. We even brought in our resident "Seat Vulture" - Katie - as a special guest to share her thoughts on finding the best places to sit!

Producer Logan had a fun idea to spontaneously challenge us all to come up with "Would You Rather" Disney questions to ask each other! Tune in to hear what questions we came up with and what answers we chose!

Are you going on a trip to Walt Disney World and wondering where you should stop in to grab a quick bite to eat? We've got you covered! In this week's episode, we each rank our top 5 quick service restaurants throughout Walt Disney World!

Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. Oogie Boogie Bash. Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party. What are these? Should you go? How do you get tickets? In this week's episode we break down some of Disney's holiday parties and discuss what you can expect if you do (or don't) go!

We took on Chat GPT and asked it to create vague descriptions of Disney movies and characters to see if we could guess what they were! It turns out...it's harder than it seems! Tune in to hear how we fared, and play along to test your own abilities to guess correctly!

We may live in Tennessee, but some of our crew marked off a bucket list item and spent a year with annual passes to Walt Disney World! Hear all about how their year went and how many trips they managed to squeeze in!

We had so much fun with our first mystery questions episode, that we had to do another one! Enjoy listening along as we get asked another round of random Disney questions that Producer Logan put together, and learn a little more about all of us!

In our Disney Lingo 101 episode, you may have learned about the term "Pixie Dust" - moments where something magical and unexpected happens on a trip. In today's episode, we share some of the moments we've been Pixie Dusted on various Disney trips, and maybe even a time or two we've been "uni-dusted" on Universal trips!

Our first ever Universal motion picture review! Universal and DreamWorks came out with their very first live action remake, so we figured we go and check it out! Listen to this week's episode to hear our thoughts on the How to Train Your Dragon, live action remake!

What are our favorite rides at Disney World you ask? Well, you've come to the right podcast! Check out this week's episode to learn about which rides are our favorite at each of the Disney World parks.

Let's face it, these days when talking about Disney or Disney World it seems like there's a whole new language to learn. Lightning Lanes? MDE? Pixie Dust? The list goes on! In this episode, we break down some of the key terms you may hear when planning a Disney World trip!

Y'all loved our last review of the live action Snow White, so we are back with another one! Hear our thoughts on the newly released, live action Lilo & Stitch! ***There are spoilers in this episode, so please keep that in mind before listening!***

Michelle recently went on a big group trip to Disney World! Hear all about how this group of 11 (including 3 kids under 3) conquered a week long vacation with the Mouse! There may have been lost luggage, lost phones, and rain...but there were also fun times and amazing core memories made along the way!

What is Rope Drop? What are some tips and tricks for a successful Rope Drop? Here at To the Magic and Beyond, we have dubbed Michelle the "Rope Drop Queen"! She's got all the strategies for you if you'd like to Rope Drop on your next visit to Disney World! Plus, hear a few memorable stories of our experiences Rope Dropping!

Jordan and Producer Logan had an opportunity to go on a quick, 3-day trip to Orlando to experience Animal Kingdom (Producer Logan had never been). Tune in to hear all about how their quick, budget friendly trip went! There may have even been a surprise add-on!

It's hard to keep us away from Disney World...both Jordan and Michelle have trips to Disney World coming up, so it's time to chat about how we're prepping! One is a quick 72-hour, budget friendly trip - the other has been in the planning process for almost a year now and is a full week-long trip with 11 people! Lots to discuss and pre-plan for! Tune in to hear the different approaches and what we...

Epic Universe - Universal Orlando's brand new theme park will be opening on May 22nd, 2025 and we've got the scoop on all there is to do as this new park! Check out this week's episode to hear about all things Epic and what we're most excited to see! **Since recording this episode, Epic Universe ticket and Express Pass options have been changed/updated. To stay up to date on all th...

Join us as Producer Logan and Producer Courtney ask us questions from a hat - Disney style! From "would you rather" situations to favorite characters, we have no idea what the questions are going to be! This episode is full of a lot of laughs and a lot of getting to know us better when you hear what we have to say!

Last week you heard all about our favorite foods to eat at Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom - this week we continue our Disney World Park's favorite food spots by telling you all about where we love to eat at Hollywood Studios and EPCOT! Hope you brought your appetites!