Pal Around Podcast

In this month's Pal Around, Tina, Jeff, and Julia talk about their most recent adventures. Starting with a free art show that was held in San Jose, Jeff and Julia talk about meeting voice actors Grey DeLisle (Pirate Redd from Pirates of the Caribbean) and Kate Higgins (current voice of Aurora for Disney). Tina and Julia bring you a trip report with the baby. We wrap up talking about a recent event at the Walt Disney Family Museum about the 30th anniversary of Indiana Jones Adventure ride at Disneyland.

It's time for a spring Pal Around and this time we are bringing a baby! Our good pal, Megan, joins the show as we all discuss getting ready to bring her daughter (and niece of the show) to Disneyland for the first time. We also discuss the new Topps Disneyland 70 trading cards, the creative team of Hoppers presenting at the Walt Disney Family Museum, and D23 tickets.

In this Pal Around, your pals Tina and Julia discuss: the new Princess line at Bath and Bodyworks, the 2026 Eggstravaganza at Disneyland Park, Pixar's Hoppers, and a talk at the Walt Disney Family Museum by Tom Morris about the early days of Walt Disney Imagineering and the creation of Disneyland.

Yaaaaaaaay! We have a new Pal Around for you and we have: Muppets, Disneyland Handcrafted, RunDisney, Disney After Dark, and trip reports to share.

Happy 2026 from your favorite pals! To start the year off we bring you a recent trip report to the Disneyland Resort as well as the Walt Disney Family Museum. Here's to another year of pal arounds!

In this Pal Around we are talking Happy (and Grinchy?) Meals at McDonalds, the new installment in the Prep and Landing holiday shorts Prep and Landing: The Snowball Protocol, Walt Disney Family Museum events, and Holidaytime at Disneyland. It's a packed one to close out 2025. See you next year!

It's been a busy fall for your pals already! This month we recap the latest edition of the D23 Gold Theater about the making of Haunted Mansion Holiday, a recent Walt Disney Family Museum event about Pirates and Haunted Mansion, and the 2025 Mouse-Con featuring and slew of Pixar voice actors.

We have a fresh Pal Around for you! This month we review the new Bath and Bodyworks x Disney Villain collaboration featuring Maleficent and the Evil Queen. We also revisit Pixar's Toy Story for its 30th anniversary with a talk at the Walt Disney Family Museum with Christine Freeman from Pixar's Living Archives.

In this new Pal Around, Tina and Julia give you a run down of a few Walt Disney Family Museum and D23 events. We also bring you a trip report of Halloween goodness from the Disneyland Resort while we participated in the RunDisney Halloween Half Marathon weekend.

In this Pal Around, Tina and Julia give a trip report for Disneyland's 70th anniversary from collecting tokens for the key to Disneyland to pennies we have you covered. We also visit the Walt Disney Family Museum for Mary Poppins and go on the road with D23 and A Goofy Movie.

In preparation for our upcoming epic Pal Around at the Disneyland Resort for the 70th anniversary, we invite our sisters Katie and Megan from the Sibling Library podcast on to help share some literary connections with some of our favorite personal memories from the parks. Then Tina and Julia report on recent and soon to happen Walt Disney Family Museum and D23 events.

It's the first Friday of the month so you know what that means! In this Pal Around, your pals Tina, Jeff, and Julia are discussing what we are most looking forward to about the Disneyland 70 celebration, our thoughts on the new live action Lilo and Stitch, a review of the most recent D23 Gold Theater about Disney nighttime spectaculars, and end with some conversation about Mickey's teddy bear.

Hoppy belated Easter. This month, the pals get together to talk about the treasure trivia hunt and After Disney talk at the Walt Disney Family Museum, a spring trip report to Disneyland that includes egg hunts and Season of the Force, and some upcoming D23 events.

In this Pal Around, good pal Mousetalgia Jeff joins Tina and Julia to talk some more about Snow White, Weird Disney, and Brenda Chapman's impressive career.

In this Pal Around, Tina and Julia review the new Disney Princess line from Bath and Body Works featuring six princesses. We also discuss the new D23 virtual offering: D23 Gold Theater and then recap the latest talk at the Walt Disney Family Museum about one of Walt's Nine Old Men, Wolfgang "Woolie" Reitherman.

In this Pal Around, Julia and Tina talk about the 2025 Disneyland Half Marathon weekend. We also remind you to get your last rides on the Red Car Trolley in before it goes away after February 8.

In this pal around we wish you a happy new year! As we enter 2025 we look back at 2024 and some of our favorite Disney things.

Pal Around is back this month to give you a report on our Candlelight Processional experience for the 2024 holiday season as well as a round up of our most recent trip to the merriest place on Earth. Merry Christmas to all and we will see you next year.

On this episode of Pal Around we welcome or good pal Jeff back so he can share some insight on the special event that happens one weekend in December at Disneyland: the Candlelight Processional.

Cheers to another Pal Around! Join Tina and Julia as we discuss recent events at the Walt Disney Family Museum, what has us most excited about upcoming trips to Disneyland, and some fun convention experiences.

On this Pal Around, Tina and Julia celebrate the 15th anniversary of our favorite Bay Area gem: The Walt Disney Family Museum. We discuss the most recent events at the museum which covered Disneyland Paris, Peanuts history, and the new book launch of Walt Disney Treasures: Personal Art and Artifacts from the Walt Disney Family Museum written by Walter E.D. Disney and the staff of the Walt Disney Family Museum. It's been an amazing first 15 years and we can't wait to see what is in store!

In this pal around, Tina and Julia give a report on the inaugural Disneyland Halloween Half Marathon in the scorching heat presented by RunDisney.

On this Pal Around, Tina and Julia discuss the upcoming Disneyland Halloween Half Marathon weekend, the end of an era with the discontinuation of Disney Movie Insiders, and meeting Princesses at SacAnime.

Our D23 Ultimate Fan Event recap episode is here! We are joined by Mousetaligia Jeff and his wife Julia to share our experience with the latest version of the D23 event formerly known as the Expo. Listen to our highlights and overall thoughts on the event.

In this Pal Around, we welcome back our pal Mousetalgia Jeff and discuss our thoughts on the upcoming D23 Ultimate Fan Event as well as recap the latest Walt Disney Family Museum talk featuring Pixar's Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera who shared some information about Inside Out 2 (and 1).

Welcome back to a new Pal Around! This month we have a lot to catch up on between Walt Disney Family Museum news and happenings, D23 Expo excitement, Run Disney, and Disneyland Day at the San Francisco Giants game we've got a fun episode for you.

Welcome to June and summer! This month your pals Tina and Julia are going to give you the rundown of some summer Disney events we will be attending, some Disney activities we will be doing (aka Tina’s new obsession with Legos), and some summer Disney releases we will be watching.

Your pals Tina and Julia are back this month to talk about a whirlwind trip that was jam packed with Season of the Force goodness. We also look ahead to some exciting convention guest announcements at SacAnime and Contra Costa Halloween Con.

On this episode, we are talking all things Easter at Disneyland: Eggstravaganza, meeting the Easter bunny, and stalking the Disneyland app for a chance to mobile order the coveted chocolate Easter eggs. We also discuss our success with buying Expo tickets as well as our hopes for this year's convention.

This month we welcome back to the show our great pal, Jeff Baham from the ⁠Mousetalgia⁠ podcast. We have a positive RunDisney update. A great recap of our trip to the Napa Valley Museum to see the current ⁠Pollyanna⁠ exhibit as well as our experience visiting the ⁠filming locations⁠ for the movie. We end with a trip report to Disneyland and our thoughts about the new (old?) Disney Store rebrand. An update that came almost immediately after recording is that the new viral chocolate chip cookies from Harbor Galley are now available for mobile order, have you tried them yet?

This month on Pal Around we give you a round up of upcoming Disney happenings as well as talk about what special Disney anniversaries are happening in 2024.

Happy New Year from your pals Tina and Julia! This month, we take you through some of Disney goals for 2024, unwrap some of our favorite Christmas gifts from Santa (and Mrs. Claus), and give some suggestions for podcasts/YouTubers/Instagramers to follow into the new year.

Welcome to another pal around. In this gift sized episode, Tina and Julia share a plethora of Disney experiences including: MouseCon 2023, Holiday Time at the Disneyland Resort, and Disney's Wish. Thank you for all the support over the past year and we look forward to seeing you in 2024!

In this Pal Around, we talk about some exciting RunDisney news, Tina's successful solo whirlwind trip to Disneyland, a cute spooky Nightmare Before Christmas 30th anniversary event at the Walt Disney Family Museum, Don Bluth at SacAnime, and share our excitement for the upcoming MouseCon. Will we see you in Concord, CA on Sunday, November 5?

Welcome to the Pal Around! This month we are talking trip reports to Disneyland as well at the Walt Disney Family Museum.

For this bonus September episode Tina and Julia react to recent parks news including all the announcements that came out of Destination D23.

Welcome to another Pal Around! This month we welcome the spooky season with Halloween Time beginning today, September 1 at the Disneyland Resort. We also have a roundup of recent events at the Walt Disney Family Musuem as well as game reviews and a preview of the fast coming SacAnime where Don Bluth will be appearing.

Welcome back to another Pal Around! This month we take a look at the most recent Van Eaton Galleries Disneyland auction and discuss visiting the exhibit as well as talk about our favorite pieces from the auction. Tina and Julia also give a trip report from their epic summer visit including our experiences with Rogers: The Musical at Disney California Adventure.

Welcome back to the Pal Around Podcast! This month we give our thoughts on all things Indiana Jones with the release of the newest movie: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. We talk Indy in the parks, in the stores, all the movies, and give a short game review of Funko Games Indiana Jones: Throw Me the Idol! Grab your whips and don't forget to call him Dr. Jones.

This month we are diving in with our very own Little Mermaid appreciation episode. Spoiler alert...Tina and Julia LOVED the newest live-action remake and can't wait to celebrate it this summer in the parks (and maybe going to see it again in the theater). We are getting ready for summer by talking about what Disney summertime magic we are looking forward to as well as preview a couple of things we are doing in and around San Francisco. Join us and go see the 35th anniversary of Who Framed Roger Rabbit at the Castro Theatre with special guest Charles Fleischer. Don't forget to submit a photo of your cat or dog to be a part of the newest special exhibit at the Walt Disney Family Museum about Disney Cats and Dogs running June 24, 2030 - January 14, 2024.

Happy May the Fourth! This month we dive into our Star Wars fandom and discuss the upcoming 40th anniversary of the Return of the Jedi. Find out which one of us had Darth Vader sign one of our two (!) casts, who grew up watching episodes 4 and 6 exclusively, and which one is all about the collecting. The answers may surprise you. We offer our thoughts of Contra Costa Con 5 and their offerings from this year and have a suggestion to go out and visit the Sharpsteen Museum before the Star Wars exhibit makes the jump to hyperspeed and closes on May 5. We also mention an upcoming event to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Join your pals as we discuss our most recent trips to Disneyland during that magical springtime season. We searched for eggs and found an Ewok, spotted ducklings while chaperoning some ducklings, and had some tasty treats. What are some of your favorite things to do and see at Disneyland in the spring?

Aloooooooha! This month Tina and Julia discuss recent trips. Tina brings back news from the islands and talks about visiting Aulani in person as a day guest. Julia turns her RunDisney woes around with a fun trip to Disneyland and experiencing some of the fun new offerings including Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway in Toon Town.

This month we are talking about the return of RunDisney races to Disneyland park, MouseCon Bakersfield, and the kick off of Disney100 at Disneyland. Tina and Julia are in training to run around Disneyland next January during the Disneyland Half Marathon weekend. Registration opens February 14th for the general public. Jeff then gives his reports of attending MouseCon Bakersfield as well as being in the parks on the opening day of the Disney100 celebration and his experience and first thoughts of Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway. We also talk about some exciting merchandise that will be hitting stores throughout the year. Do you have your eye on anything?

Happy new year! In this episode we are taking a look back at when we were Annual Passholders and how Disneyland has changed with the introduction of Magic Keys. Also, little plug to catch Jeff at Mouse-Con Bakersfield the day before his birthday this month on January 28.

In this episode we round up a bunch of topics about the holidays at Disneyland: favorite holiday memories, Festival of Holidays, Candlelight Processional - we've got you covered. Julia also reviews the newer addition to Disneyland's tour offerings: Walt's Main Street Story Tour which includes a special visit into Walt Disney's personal apartment on Main Street. If you would like a more in depth information about the Candlelight Processional, please check out an episode of Mousetalgia Minute (hosted by Tina and Julia) all about the history of the special event (written by Jeff). Until our next pal around, Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas, we will see you in the new year. Thanks for being here!

In this episode, we discuss the news of Bob Iger returning to head Disney after a brief retirement. We also recap our MouseCon experiences and talk about what we are most looking forward to that's new and upcoming on Disney+. Lots of good stuff to lead you in to the holiday season. You'll be hearing again from us soon, so stay tuned!

This month we discuss several recent offerings from the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco's beautiful Presidio. We also reminisce as we get ready for this year's MouseCon East Bay on November 6, at which our own Jeff will be a special guest and speaker. 

Your cadaverous pallor betrays an aura of foreboding...or is that excitement to celebrate the 25th anniversary of DoomBuggies.com? Join us as Jeff provides the history of DoomBuggies, from an AOL homepage to a popular podcast, he tells all. Julia provides a comparison of some of the versions of Haunted Mansions and Manors around the world. Then, Tina pays tribute to the Haunted Mansion Holiday (her favorite). There is also a little Hocus Pocus 2 reaction mixed in for spooky measure. But for now, come join our swinging wake and give a big congratulations to the Chef himself and DoomBuggies! 

We are a week since the D23 Expo took place and we are here a second time this month to share our thoughts, feelings, and successes with you. Did you attend this year?