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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill — 440 episodes

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1

You’ve Got a Land in Me: Toy Story’s Theme Park Journey (Ep. 587)

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A Great Big Beautiful Redo: Carousel of Progress Gets a New Future (Ep. 586)

3

Todd Martens on Galaxy’s Edge Reimagined - Plus Muppets Take Over Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster (Ep. 585)

4

The Great Disneyland Ticket Caper (Ep. 584)

5

The Surprisingly Weird Origins of Disney Automation with Roland Betancourt (Ep. 583)

6

Disney’s First Coffee Deal Was a Disaster (Ep. 582)

7

The Gumbo That Imagineering Hid in Plain Sight and the WestCOT Dream That Almost Let You Sleep in the Park (Ep. 581)

8

NEW SHOW: Dis & Hers - The Utilidor Isn’t So Magical After All (Ep. 12)

9

Hotels on Top of Attractions, Muppets at 60 MPH, and the Return of Deluxe Dining (Ep. 580)

10

Muppets Take the Coaster & Disney’s “Live the Dream” Park Plan (Ep. 579)

11

Villains Land Hotels & Disneyland’s Golden Bathroom of Tomorrow (Ep. 578)

12

Buzz Lightyear Gets a Major Upgrade, Plus How Disney Finally Acquired the Muppets (Ep. 577)

13

Piston Peak Clues and the Secret History of Bear in the Big Blue House (Ep. 576)

14

What It Really Took to Run The Great Movie Ride (Ep.575)

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The Great Movie Ride, Carthay Circle, and the Cheesecake That Stole the Show (Ep. 574)

16

The Chinese Theater That Wasn’t the Icon (Ep. 573)

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Villains Land Reimagined: Bigger, Bolder, and Built to Be Loved (Ep. 572)

18

The Knight in the Haunted Mansion to The Great Movie Ride Origins (Ep. 571)

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Disney’s New CEO and the Time Universal Forced Disney to Build Dinosaurs (Ep. 570)

20

The Fireworks Villains Win, Plus the Final Mad Dash to Open EPCOT (Ep. 569)

21

Ten Thousand Workers, One Deadline: EPCOT’s Craziest Year (Ep. 568)

22

When Did Summer Vacation Disappear at Walt Disney World? Plus The Surprising History of the Sword in the Stone Ceremony (Ep. 567)

23

A Runaway Boulder and a Crumbling Fairytale (Ep. 566)

24

The Patent That May Have Cracked Disney’s Encanto Ride - Plus the Secrets of Castle Care (Ep. 565)

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The $7 Million 3D Gamble That Saved Opening Day at EPCOT (Ep. 564)

26

Disney Destiny’s “Meet-and-Play” Feels Very Starcruiser-ish (Ep. 563)

27

Why Disney Is Quietly Letting 3D Die in the Parks (Ep. 562)

28

From Burbank Backlot to Hollywood Studios - The Roy E. Disney Building’s Second Act (Ep. 561)

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Sneaking Into Sam’s: Jim Finally Cracks the Grog Grotto Code (Ep. 560)

30

Inside IAAPA 2025: Big Rides, Bold Tech, and the Industry’s Next Moves (Ep. 559)

31

When Luggage Flies & Presidents Fume: Disney’s New Travel Perks and the Nixon Moment at the Contemporary (Ep. 558)

32

From Zootopia to the Matterhorn: Disney’s Big Swings and Small Details (Ep. 557)

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Disney's Game Plan for Epic & The Raglan Road Story (Ep. 556)

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Disney’s Numbers Are In: What the 2024 TEA Attendance Report Tells Us (Ep. 555)

35

When Disney Becomes the Classroom: Teaching Magic, Strategy, and Imagination (Ep. 554)

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From Pleasure Island to Pints of Guinness: Disney’s Nightlife Reinvented (Ep. 553)

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Talking Trash: The Strange History of Disney’s Most Beloved Garbage Can (Ep. 552)

38

72 Hours Before a Disney Park Opens (featuring Jim Shull) (Ep. 551)

39

How Disney Built Cars Land and What It Means for Piston Peak (Ep. 550)

40

Cruise Street? The Alternate Cars Land That Almost Happened (Ep. 549)

41

NEW SHOW: The Case For with Chris Cox, Len Testa & Jim Hill

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Dinosaur’s Last Ride, Tron Goes Red, and the Cars That Saved California Adventure (Ep. 548)

43

Birds, Booze & The Beak & Barrel: Magic Kingdom’s New Pirate Lounge Sets Sail (Ep. 547)

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The Vanishing Act: David Copperfield’s Lost Disney-MGM Studios Attraction (with Chris Cox) (Ep. 546)

45

What Disney’s Firework Ratings Reveal About the Future (Ep. 545)

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Disney’s Big Earnings Surprises and the Pirate Makeover of Magic Kingdom (Ep. 544)

47

From Disney Food Blog to Bookstore Shelves: AJ Wolfe’s Disney Adults (Ep. 543)

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Disney Starlight gets off to a strong start at WDW’s Magic Kingdom (Ep. 542)

49

Epic Universe wants to know when exactly you plan on visiting (Ep. 541)

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The Jack Sparrow Problem Disney Didn’t See Coming (Ep. 540)

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How Jack Sparrow Made It Into the Ride (and Why the Curse Wasn’t His) (Ep. 539)

52

Rebuilding the Future: How Innoventions Replaced CommuniCore (Ep. 538)

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Michael Eisner’s Teen Crisis: The Birth of Videopolis (Ep. 537)

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How Miami Nice, Pizza P-eye, and the Imagination Pavilion All Nearly Happened (Ep. 536)

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Why Disney’s New Lounge Smells Like Crab Cakes (and Kodak Regrets) (Ep. 535)

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Can You Really Conquer Epic Universe Without an Express Pass? (Ep. 534)

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From Pop-Up to Permanent: Disney’s Tent Obsession and the Accidental Origins of Toontown (Ep. 533)

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Mission: Space – Disney’s Most Ambitious Ride That Guests Don’t Want to Ride Twice (Ep. 532)

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The $25 Disaster: Why Disneyland’s Light Magic Parade Failed Spectacularly (Ep. 531)

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How Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland Almost Changed New Fantasyland (Ep. 530)

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Why it took 25 years to change the name of King Stefan's Banquet Hall (Ep. 529)

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Villains, Funhouses, and the Alice Ride That Was Almost Too Dangerous to Build (Ep. 528)

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Tariff concerns and a peek at Epic Universe (Ep 527)

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Fiberglass Heads and Forbidden Mountains (Ep. 526)

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The Red Car That Never Was: Sunset Boulevard’s Lost History and Epic Universe’s Survey (Ep. 525)

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Reflections Complete: The Full Story of Disney’s Lakeshore Lodge and the Evolution of DVC (Ep. 524)

67

Disney Concept Art vs. Reality: Why Your Favorite Rides Look So Different (Ep. 523)

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The Indiana Jones Ride at Animal Kingdom: What We Know So Far (Ep. 522)

69

The Untold Story of Ron Miller and Disney’s Lost Era (Ep. 521)

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Buffalo Junction: Disney’s Forgotten Frontier Resort (Ep. 520)

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Is D23 the New Magic Kingdom Club… and Is It Worth It? (Ep. 519)

72

How Disney Tried (and Failed) to Sell a Ticket Book for Fort Wilderness (Ep. 518)

73

Annual Passes and the Mystery of Disney’s Vanishing Resort (Ep. 517)

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Conquering Epcot’s Festival of the Arts and the Mystery of Disney’s Reflections (Ep. 516)

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How to Beat Animal Kingdom Before Breakfast (and What Happened to Reflections?) (Ep. 515)

76

Taking on Hollywood Studios Without Lightning Lane (and Winning) (Ep. 514)

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How Disney’s George Wilkins Created the Soundtrack to Your EPCOT Dreams (Ep. 513)

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How Expensive Can WDW’s Lightning Lane Premier Pass Get? (Ep. 512)

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Why Disney’s Polynesian Tower Might Be the Best Magic Kingdom Hotel (Ep. 511)

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How Disney Flattened a Chunk of Caribbean Beach to Pave the Way for Their Priciest DVC Resort (Ep. 510)

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How Sunny Eclipse came to the Starlight Café (Ep. 509 )

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What’s it really like down in the tunnels under the Magic Kingdom (Ep. 508 )

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Muppet*Vision 3D’s Curtain Call: Making Way for Electric Mayhem & Jollywood Nights Review! (Ep. 507)

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Villains Land’s 13 Disney Baddies Revealed & How Imagineering Saved Christmas with the Country Bears (Ep. 506)

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Is Disney’s Premier Pass Really Worth It? Plus, Universal’s Year-Round Horror & El Rio Del Tiempo’s Final Chapter! (Ep. 505)

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Tropical Americas is Coming, $25 Cake Slices, and the Grand Finale of EPCOT’s El Rio Del Tiempo (Ep. 504)

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Epcot’s Hidden Gems: The Forgotten Details of El Rio del Tiempo (Ep. 503)

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The Lost Rides of Epcot: The Untold History of El Rio del Tiempo (Ep. 502)

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Pixar vs. Disney: How Mickey’s PhilharMagic Became Eisner’s Secret Weapon (Ep. 501)

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Self-Driving Vehicles at Disney? Plus The Story Behind The Legend of the Lion King (Ep. 500)

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Do you remember Epcot’s “Magic Journeys” (Ep 499)

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Behind the Bar: Ricky Debler Jr. on Creating Disney’s Most Popular Tequila Spot (Ep. 498)

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Inside Tony Baxter’s 1976 Presentation: Big Thunder’s Forgotten Neighbors (Ep. 497)

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Big Thunder's Wild History, Tron’s Queue Overhaul, and Universal’s Next Big Attraction (Ep. 496)

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How a Western River led to Big Thunder Mountain (Ep. 495)

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How did the Imagineers just update WDW’s “Peter Pan Flight” (Ep. 494)

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Frontierland to trade steamboat ride for “Cars” -themed road rally (Ep. 493)

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Special Bonus Episode: What’s next for the Disney Parks

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Remembering Disneyland’s Indian Village (Ep. 492)

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Disney Destiny Puts Villains in the Spotlight (Ep. 491)

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 490: In what month of 2025 is Epic Universe going to open?

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 489: How does WDW’s new “Country Bear” show stack up

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 488: Disney Cruise Line coming to Japan

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 487: A look at LEGO’s lengthy relationship with Disney Parks & Experiences

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How Lightning Lane Multi Pass is supposed to work (Ep. 486)

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 485: Is WDW getting ready to revamp the My Disney Experience app

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 484: How were Disneyland’s fireworks impacted by the Clean Air Act

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 483: What were Disneyland’s first fireworks show like

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 482: How “Date Nite at Disneyland” got started

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 481: Up before dawn with “Disney Dreams That Soar”

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 480: When the Disneyland Hotel had a miniature golf course

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 479: What became of that “Typhoon Lagoon” movie Disney was going to make

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 478: What went wrong with “Stitch’s Supersonic Celebration”

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 477 : Why WDW’s “Fire Mountain” project flamed out

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 476: Tiana’s Bayou Adventure” gets ready for its grand opening

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 475: Re-opened 1900 Park Fare serves up a superior character meal

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 474: Why Disney World’s Asian Resort never got built

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Do you remember WDW’s Treasure Island (Ep. 473)

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 472: Why the “Disney Fairies” franchise faded out

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep. 471: When may “Tiana’s Bayou Adventure” open at WDW’s Magic Kingdom

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 470: How WDW fans plan on gaming that “free water park” perk

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 469: Will Jollywood Nights return to Disney’s Hollywood Studios in 2024

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 468: Who just got offered free dining at Walt Disney World

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 467: When will WDW’s version of “Tiana’s Bayou Adventure” open

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 466: Where might Disney World expand out to next

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 465: World Celebration Gardens becomes WDW’s newest wedding venue

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 464: What was Epcot’s very first nighttime show like?

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 463: Looking back at Disneyland’s House of the Future

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 462: How Casey Jr. plowed the road to Ghost Galaxy

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 461: The Disney Villains coaster that DCA almost got

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 460 : Looking back at “Shrunken Ned’s Junior Jungle Boats” game

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 459: The “Christmas Carol” ride that EPCOT’s UK pavilion almost got

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 458: Remembering Disney Legend Dick Nunis (1932 – 2023)

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 457: How many happy haunts now officially reside in WDW’s Haunted Mansion

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 456: Is Jollywood Nights now worth spending your Christmas cash on

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 455: Which WDW theme park is next slated for expansion

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Disney Dish with Jim Hill - Episode 454: Jollywood Nights is kind of a mixed Santa’s bag

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 453: Which “Wish” is which when it comes to Disney Parks, Products & Experiences

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 452: How Epcot’s leapfrog fountains came to be

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 451: What does the future hold for the Animation Courtyard at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 450: What was Epcot’s “Life & Health” pavilion originally supposed to have been like

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 449: Why “Fantasmic Hollywood” never happened at Disney-MGM

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 448: Why Hong Kong Disneyland doesn’t have a Peter Pan Flight ride

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the Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 447: Was “Rock’n Rockets” WDW’s best fireworks show ever?

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 446: What’s next for “Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser”

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 445: How Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa, is doing post-pandemic

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 444: How the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique became a worldwide phenomenon

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 443: The Mansion expansions that almost happened

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 442: The real cost of transforming Disney’s Hollywood Studios

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 441: Making the most of Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 440: Why “Tangled” & “Frozen” wound up with one word titles

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Josh Gad dishes Disney with Jim Hill featuring JOSH GAD (Ep. 439)

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 438: Is Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party actually worth the extra expense

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 437: How the “Magical World of Barbie” show wound up at Epcot

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 436: Who’s moving into WDW’s Haunted Mansion next month

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 435: What changes is Disney World reportedly considering for Genie+

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 434: Why are Walt Disney World’s listed wait times so often flat-out wrong?

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 433:: When Disney World fast tracked construction of its Speedway

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 432: Remembering Disneyland’s “Flights of Fancy” parade

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 431: Is Disney World readying a redo of its Animal Kingdom theme park

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 430: Does “Tiana’s Bayou Adventure” really need to be that authentic?

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 429: Where the mermaids in Tomorrowland Lagoon came from

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 428: Lake Nona Town Center project canceled, “Galactic Starcruiser” to close

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The Disney Dish Episodwith Jim Hill Episode 427: Why “Aladdin’s Oasis” was only open for 14 months in the 1990s

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Disney Dish Episode 426: Do you remember Disney-MGM’s “Star of the Day” program?

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 425: The other times fires broke out at Disney theme parks

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 424: The edible landscape at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 423: What may replace “Poseidon’s Fury” at Universal’s Islands of Adventure

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 422: Remember when “Let’s Make a Deal” was produced at Disney-MGM

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 421: Which division at Disney just disappeared during the 1st round of lay-offs

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 420: What’s the origin story for WDW’s Dolphin & the Swan Hotels

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 419: Remembering Rolly Crump (1930 – 2023)

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 418: Looking back at WDW’s Cinderellabration

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 417: Why the original “Partners” statue was placed where it was at Disneyland

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 416: Who played Walt Disney in movies & TV shows

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 415: Why Universal Orlando is conducting surveys on WDW’s reservation system

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 414: What’s it like to ride TRON: Lightcycle Run at WDW’s Magic Kingdom

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 413: Trails End restaurant to close at WDW’s Fort Wilderness

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 412: “Mirror, Mirror for Us All” takes up-close look at Disney theme parks

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 411: Looking back on the early days of DAK’s Wild Africa Trek

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 410: What Len learned at that Reedy Creek Improvement District public meeting

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 409: Why Disneyland’s stagecoach was so short-lived

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 408: Looking back at Epcot’s “World of Motion” pavilion

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill - Episode 407: Disney News Round-up: Looking back at 2022

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 406: What would staying at WESTCOT have been like

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill - Episode 405: How the Emerald of Anaheim became a Disneyland Resort hotel

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 404: The Sorcerer’s Hat is still a sore spot with some Disney World fans

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 403: How WDW’s McDonald’s continue to innovate

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 402: How Bob Chapek learned he wasn’t Disney’s CEO anymore

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 401: Looking back at Mickey’s Kitchen

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 400: When Disneyland almost got its first McDonalds

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 399: Why “Reflections: A Disney Lakeside Lodge” didn’t go forward

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 398: How Epcot is getting ready for the holidays

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 397: How Figment found his way back into Epcot’s “Journey into Imagination”

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 396: How to make “Galaxy Edge” appeal to ALL Star Wars fans

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 395: How Epcot is getting ready for the holidays

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 394: After Hours Events return to WDW in early 2023

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 393: What happens when a hurricane heads towards Walt Disney World

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 392: How the pandemic tripped up “Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana”

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 391: Captain EO’s 60 hour-long opening event at Disneyland Park

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 390: Why WDW’s “20,000 Leagues” supposedly closed temporarily & then never re-opened

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 389: How Skull Rock came to be at Disneyland Park

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 388: Remember when WDW’s Halloween event only ran for one night

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 387: Why Epcot’s World ShowPlace Pavilion really got built

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 386: How did the WDW Resort get ready to handle the Y2K bug

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 385: MagicBands+ appear to have a power problem

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill - Episode 384: Disney World knows that its official website needs to be retooled

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 383: Len Testa to speak at this year’s IAAPA convention

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 382: What’s in the works for the LEGOLAND Florida Resort

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 381: How many trolls is too many trolls?

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 380: How the Disney Institute transformed into Saratoga Springs

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill - Episode 379: Aulani delivers the Disney Resort experience you used to get stateside

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 378: Looking back on Fort Wilderness’ abandoned expansion plans from the mid-1970s

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 377: How Walt Disney made his Imagineers walk in the Guests shoes

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill - Episode 376: How Walter Cronkite wound up narrating “Spaceship Earth”

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Disney Dish Episode 375: Survey sez: Disney World knows that Genie+ is a failure

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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill Episode 374: Is Universal looking to add even more magic to its “Wizarding World” ?:

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Disney Dish Episode 373: How “Cosmic Rewind” compares to other WDW attractions

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Disney Dish Episode 372: Why Florida’s attempt to dissolve the RCID is going to fail

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Disney Dish Episode 371:: Get ready for Victoria & Albert’s return

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Disney Dish Episode 370: A closer look at the DVC being built next to WDW’s Polynesian Village Resort

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Disney Dish Episode 369: The Origin of the Reedy Creek Improvement District

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Disney Dish Episode 368: Love Bug Days at Disneyland

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Disney Dish Episode 367: Which modern Disney attractions should be considered classics

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Disney Dish Episode 366: What’s good to eat at this year’s Flower & Garden Festival

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Disney Dish Episode 365: Which attraction inspired the AquaMouse on the Disney Wish

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Disney Dish Episode 364: What the first public cruise aboard the Halcyon was like

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Disney Dish Episode 363: Looking back on “One More Disney Day”

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Disney Dish Episode 362: Will Storyliving by Disney work without a theme park nearby

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Disney Dish Episode 361: How WDW Entertainment wants to fix “HarmonioUS”

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Disney Dish Episode 360: The Very Best Eats at EPCOT’s Festival of the Arts

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Disney Dish Episode 359: Why WDI struggled when it came to Communicore

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Disney Dish Episode 358: Disney World fumbles for a 50th anniversary fix

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Disney Dish Episode 357: How Iron-Man wound up at Hong Kong Disneyland

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Disney Dish Episode 356: On which 10 WDW attractions does Genie+ save you the most time

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Disney Dish Episode 355: When Disneyland was closed two days a week

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Disney Dish Episode 354: When Baby New Year flew over Sleeping Beauty Castle

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Disney Dish Episode 353: Remembering the Disney family feud

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Disney Dish Episode 352: When Henry Kissinger got stuck on the Matterhorn

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Disney Dish Episode 351: Remembering the dragon that flew over New Fantasyland

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Disney Dish Episode 350: Remembering Mickey’s Jammin’ Jungle Parade

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Disney Dish Episode 349: Remembering the day “Stitch’s Great Escape!” opened

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Wondery Preview: Flip & Mozi's Guide to How To Be An Earthling

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Disney Dish Episode 348: How to write a Disney World room request that might actually work

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Disney Dish Episode 347: Big Thunder Mountain … the TV series?

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Disney Dish Episode 346:How did Disney Genie do during its first week

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Disney Dish Episode 345: Is it really necessary to purchase a brand-new Magic Band?

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Wondery for Kids Preview: Melon's House Party

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Disney Dish Episode 344: How far back was Disney planning an Animal Kingdom for Florida

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Disney Dish Episode 343: How the Walt Disney Waterbridge got built

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Wondery Preview: Who, When Wow! with Rebecca Sheir

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Disney Dish Episode 342: What it was like at WDW on October 1st

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Disney Dish Episode 341: Epcot’s new Space 220 restaurant is out-of-this-world

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Disney Dish Episode 340: Cinderella Golden Carousel’s costly transformation

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Disney Dish Episode 339: Which Disney annual pass should you be buying

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Disney Dish Episode 338: What not to miss on the menu for La Crêperie de Paris

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Disney Dish Episode 337: Remembering Holidayland at Disneyland

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Disney Dish Episode 336: Disney World’s difficult dealings with the NBA

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Disney Dish Episode 335: The ghastly tale of Captain Gore & his wife, Priscilla

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Disney Dish Episode 334: The Spook House at Mickey Mouse Park

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Disney Dish Episode 333: Is it getting too costly to stay on WDW property?

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Disney Dish Episode 332: What not to miss at this year’s Food & Wine

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Disney Dish Episode 331: Why Disneyland steered clear of a Halloween celebration for decades

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Disney Dish Episode 330: How the Floral Mickey came to be

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Disney Dish Episode 329: runDisney events return to the WDW Resort this November

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Disney Dish Episode 328: What happens when Mickey enters the public domain

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Disney Dish Episode 327: When is DCA’s Quinjet attraction likely to take flight

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Disney Dish Episode 326: How DisneyQuest led to Toy Story Midway Mania

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Disney Dish Episode 325: Which early Disneyland rides had the highest hourly capacity

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Disney Dish Episode 324: Splash Mountain’s role in the creation of on-ride photography

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Disney Dish Episode 323: How long before RunDisney begins staging events in Florida & California again

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Wondery IMAGINED LIFE FAMILY : Take a journey and see the world through someone else’s eyes.

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Disney Dish Episode 322: Why ABC initially said “No” to “Zorro”

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Disney Dish Episode 321: Meet the crew of Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser

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Disney Dish Episode 320: Who’s this other family in my Memory Maker account

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Disney Dish Episode 319: The day 'Soarin' ' first took flight over Future World"

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Disney Dish Episode 318: How the 50s Prime Time Café paved the road for the Sci-Fi Drive-In Theater Restaurant

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Disney Dish Episode 317: Looking for a great Disney theme park history book

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Disney Dish Episode 316: Do you remember “Mickey’s Audition”?

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Disney Dish Episode 315: Remember when Mel Brooks worked for the Mouse

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Disney Dish Episode 314: When Sunset Boulevard got downsized

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Disney Dish: Epcot’s “American Adventure ‘78” now available to ALL Disney Dish listeners

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Disney Dish Episode 313: The hidden grotto that Disneyland Paris almost got

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Disney Dish Episode 312: How Geyser Mountain almost got built at Disneyland Paris

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Disney Dish Episode 311: Turning the Disney Dream & Fantasy into realities

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Disney Dish Episode 310: Looking back at WDW’s “Legend of the Lion King” show

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Disney Dish Episode 309: WDW’s Best Outdoor dining

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Disney Dish Episode 308: Survey sez … WDW’s still concerned about COVID-19

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Disney Dish Episode 307: How Disneyland may replace its annual pass program

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Disney Dish Episode 306: Why Disney World really built River Country

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Disney Dish Episode 305: Are you ready for “Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure”?

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Disney Dish Episode 304: The Muppety “Mermaid” you missed

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Disney Dish Episode 303: Looking ahead to 2021 at the Disney Parks

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Disney Dish Episode 302: Which Beatle really enjoyed driving the Monorail

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Disney Dish Episode 301: Why Disney supposedly passed on the chance to make “E.T.”

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Disney Dish Episode 300: The secret behind Disney’s perfect looking Christmas trees

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Wondery Little Stories Everywhere

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Disney Dish Episode 299: Disneyland’s first real Christmas Parade

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Disney Dish Episode 298: Park hopping returns at WDW starting on January 1st

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Disney Dish Episode 297: WDW adjusts its 50th anniversary plans again

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Disney Dish Episode 296: What to expect from a post-COVID Disney World

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Disney Dish Episode 295: Is WDW considering a socially-distant New Year’s Celebration?

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Disney Dish Episode 294: How soon might we see HarmoniUs up & running at Epcot?

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Disney Dish Episode 293: Is Disney getting ready to close Fantasia Gardens?

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Disney Dish Episode 292: Which Presidents visited what Disney Parks?

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Disney Dish Episode 291: Why doesn’t Shanghai Disneyland have any indoor roller coasters?

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Disney Dish Episode 290: What would WDW’s Pixie Hollow mini-land have been like

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Disney Dish Episode 289: The latest on WDW’s “Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser” hotel

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Disney Dish Episode 288: What was Disneyland like 6 weeks prior to its opening?

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Disney Dish Episode 287: Why it took Ariel 7 years to find a home in Anaheim

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Disney Dish Episode 286: How was Disneyland Park different in the 1960s?

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Disney Dish Episode 285: How Eisner’s cost containment efforts changed Kali River Rapids

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Disney Dish Episode 284: WDW Cast Members assemble a DIY “Great Movie Ride”

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Disney Dish Episode 283: Are Disney World & Universal Orlando heading for not-such-a-great Fall?

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Disney Dish Episode 282: Introducing the Carousel-of-Progress detective

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Disney Dish Episode 281: Disney World refines its reopening plans

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Disney Dish Episode 280: The significance of WDW’s deeply discounted 2-day tickets

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Disney Dish Episode 279: What’s fine at Epcot’s new Food & Wine

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Disney Dish Episode 278: What Disney did to get WDW’s Magic Kingdom ready to re-open

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Disney Dish Episode 277: How Redd plowed the road for a Princess Tiana ride

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Disney Dish Episode 276: What you’ll see at the Seven Seas’ DVCs

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Disney Dish Minisode # 3: Disney Park Pass reservation system

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Disney Dish Episode 275: When Disneyland’s Aunt Jemima was sent packing

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Disney Dish Minisode # 2: WDW gets ready to reopen

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Disney Dish Episode 274: Which WDW revenue streams have now gone dry

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Disney Dish Episode 273: When the Love Boat steamed around the Rivers of America

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Disney Dish Episode 272: Why was that Mickey arm built next to Spaceship Earth?

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Disney Dish- Minisode #1 - Walt Disney World Re-opening Update

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Disney Dish Episode 271: Remembering Disneyland’s “Blast to the Past”

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Disney Dish Episode 270: NextGen droids at WDW’s “Starcruiser” resort

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Disney Dish Episode 269: Insights from Disney’s earnings call

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Disney Dish Episode 268: Queuing up in the social distancing era

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Disney Dish Episode 267: How the Disney Princesses came to rule Restaurant Akershus

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Disney Dish Episode 266: It’s not an elevator. It’s a vertical vehicle conveyance

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Disney Dish Episode 265: Bob Chapek didn’t invent relying too heavily on Disney’s IPs

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Disney Dish Episode 264: How Flower & Garden really got started at Epcot ‘94

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Disney Dish Episode 263: How Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress almost went back to Anaheim

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Disney Dish Episode 262: Why isn’t there more Muppet stuff in the Disney theme parks

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Disney Dish Episode 261: How is the coronavirus is impacting the Walt Disney Company

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Disney Dish Episode 260: The road to “Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway”

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Disney Dish Episode 259: How long will Spaceship Earth be closed?

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Disney Dish Episode 258: Making sense of Epcot’s construction fences

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Disney Dish Episode 257: How Epcot’s festivals continue to change this theme park

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Disney Dish Episode 256: What became of the Disney Institute?

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Disney Dish Episode 255: Was Superstar Limo the worst Disney ride ever?

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Disney Dish Episode 254: Does Disney’s Riveria Resort have a hidden room

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Disney Dish Episode 253: Rating Epcot’s newest films

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Disney Dish Episode 252: Imagineering Epcot’s Space pavilion

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Disney Dish Episode 251: New restaurants under consideration for WDW’s Magic Kingdom

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Disney Dish Episode 250: Remembering WDW’s “Glory and Pageantry of Christmas” show

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Disney Dish Episode 249: Reviewing WDW’s Riviera Resort

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Disney Dish Episode 248: From CircleVision to “Soarin’ “

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Disney Dish Episode 247: “Rise” is great. It’s also not ready

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Disney Dish Episode 246: Snow White is a problematic Disney Princess. Discuss.

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Disney Dish Episode 245: Make way for DAK’s Merry Menagerie

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Disney Dish Episode 244: Why Hyperion Wharf Didn’t Happen

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Disney Dish Episode 243: The long road to Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway

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Disney Dish Episode 242: Shining a spotlight on the Osborne Lights

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Disney Dish Episode 241: Testa and Scopa! Together again!

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Disney Dish Episode 240: 364 days of staying in WDW hotel rooms

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Disney Dish Episode 239: Inside the Skyliner malfunction

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Disney Dish Episode 238: An Illuminating look at “Epcot Forever”

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Disney Dish Episode 237: : Skyliner is an entertaining addition to WDW’s resort-wide transportation system

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Disney Dish Episode 236: Baby New Year can fly? Only at Disneyland

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Disney Dish Episode 235: How Future World got its animatronic dinosaurs

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Disney Dish Episode 234: 2019 Food & Wine – Part One

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Disney Dish Episode 233: Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party tips

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Disney Dish Episode 232: How Big Thunder got on track

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Disney Dish Episode 231: Should I Try WDW's College Program

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Disney Dish Episode 230: Looking back at Independence Lake

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Mickey Rides That Were Never Built (Ep. 229)

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Disney Dish Episode 228: Epcot to light up for the holidays?

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Disney Dish Episode 227: Backstage at Disneyland in July of 1955

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Disney Dish Episode 226:Does the Grand Destino Tower measure up?

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Disney Dish Episode 225: Does WDI need to streamline its design process?

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Disney Dish Episode 224: Will WDW’s 50th feature pin trading 2.0?

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Disney Dish Episode 223: How Epcot’s cost over-runs almost cost The Walt Disney Company everything

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Disney Dish Episode 222: Get ready for fewer FastPasses at DHS

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Disney Dish Episode 221: Why WDW’s “Fire Mountain” project flamed out

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Disney Dish Episode 220: When Godzilla (almost) came to Tokyo Disney

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Disney Dish Episode 219: The end of the Chronological Disneyland series (for now)

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Disney Dish Episode 218: Why the Disney Parks build so few original attractions these days

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Disney Dish Episode 217: Disneyland’s Batuu battle plan

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Disney Dish Episode 216: Not-so Great Moments with creepy Mr. Lincoln

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Disney Dish Episode 215: Why is “Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway” running behind schedule?

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Disney Dish Episode 214: WDI debates how to update Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster

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Disney Dish Episode 213: The Atlantean Encounter that Disneyland Park almost got

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Disney Dish Episode 212: The very model of a modern major theme park

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Disney Dish Episode 211: “Edge” gets moved up, “Resistance” gets pushed back

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Disney Dish Episode 210: What the future holds for Epcot’s Future World

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Disney Dish Episode 209: What part will Epcot’s new Play Pavilion play in WDW’s 50th anniversary celebration

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Disney Dish Episode 208: What the press preview of Anaheim’s Black Spire Outpost revealed *Special Edition*

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Disney Dish Episode 207: Making a better (Disney) world, one damp towel at a time

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Disney Dish Episode 206: When Disney World almost lost its Hall of Presidents

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Disney Dish Episode 205: What’s going on around the edges of DHS’ “Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge”

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Disney Dish Episode 204: Why the Seven Dwarfs drove Cinderella & Sleeping Beauty out of Fantasyland Forest

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Disney Dish Episode 203: How WDI have been Tinkertoying with DHS’ Toy Story Land

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Disney Dish Episode 202:: Where would you want to go on WDW’s first customizable tour?

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Disney Dish Episode 201: How character greetings will be done differently at Black Spire Outpost

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Disney Dish Episode 200: Are you ready to take the controls on “Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run” ?

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Disney Dish Episode 199: Why the original version of Disney California Adventure Park missed the mark

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Disney Dish Episode 198: Live From Grand Avenue - Disney’s grand plans for DHS’ Grand Park area

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Disney Dish Episode 197: Live From the Animation Courtyard - What happens to “Star Wars Launch Bay” after “Galaxy’s Edge” opens

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Disney Dish Episode 196: Aulani may just be the ultimate Disney Resort

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Disney Dish Episode 195: Live From the Studios - Tinsel Town really piles on the tinsel for DHS’ holiday celebration

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Disney Dish Episode 194:What’s behind Be Our Guest’s recent drop in readers satisfaction ratings?

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Disney Dish Episode 193: Live From Tomorrowland-Is a “Slaughter Race” -based attraction headed to Disney World?

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Disney Dish Episode 192: 21st century politics & flume rides don’t mix in Frontierland

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Disney Dish Episode 191: New Fantasyland to be spruced up ahead of WDW’s 50th anniversary celebration

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Disney Dish Episode 190: Details on Grand Destino, “Epcot Forever,” & Star Wars Hotel

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Disney Dish Episode 189: Scene One & Done in Liberty Square

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Disney Dish Episode 188: Mapping out WDI’s plans to redo Adventureland at WDW’s Magic Kingdom

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Disney Dish Episode 187: Live From Main Street- Walking down Main Street, U.S.A. during the 2018 holiday season

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Disney Dish Episode 186: How Disney's decision to delay "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3" has impacted the "Jungle Cruise" movie

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Disney Dish Episode 185: Teeny trains at Epcot. Big changes coming to "Rock 'n' Roller Coaster" in Paris

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Disney Dish Episode 184: An in-depth look at Disney World's new date-based ticket pricing system

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Disney Dish Episode 183: Reflections: A Disney Lakeside Lodge to be WDW's next DVC. How Starbucks came to be part of Disney Parks & Resorts

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Disney Dish Episode 182: Listener questions about WDW's Skyliner, "Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge," and flexible ticket pricing

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Disney Dish Episode 181: Skymosphere in Epcot's replacement of "Illuminations" and Thunder in Paradise

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Disney Dish Episode 180: Could Free Dining be on its way out at Disney World?

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Disney Dish Episode 179: Is it time for a two part Food & Wine ? Why are the Disneyland Resort & the City of Anaheim brawling?

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Disney Dish Episode 178: You might just get stuck in the muck in the next version of The Void Star Wars VR Experience

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Disney Dish Episode 177: Update - Disney's Skyliner and Universal Orlando's Aventura Hotel

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Disney Dish Episode 176: Disney Transportation: Cruise ships, helicopters and the Millenium Falcon

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Disney Dish-Episode 175: UG readers reveal their favorite restaurants at Universal Orlando's parks and resorts

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Episode 174: It's All About the Numbers

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Episode 173: Restaurant News, Listener Questions, Restaurant Survey Results

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Episode 172: DHS News and Superboy History

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Episode 171: More about Toy Story Land and possible Universal Plans revealed

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Episode 170: Toy Story Land Opens!

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Earth Day Bonus Episode: Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge and Kidani Village Walk-Through!

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Islands of Adventure and the Wizarding World’s Big Swing (Ep. 9)

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Inside Disney's Epcot Resorts: BoardWalk, Beach Club, Yacht Club and Swan & Dolphin (Ep. 6)

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Downtown Disney’s Pleasure Island Problem and the Road to Disney Springs (Ep. 7)

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Walking Disney's Hollywood Studios: Lost Attractions, Muppet Studios, and Imagineering's Unbuilt Dreams (Ep. 5)

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Universal’s Florida Foreshadowing and the Road to Diagon Alley (Ep. 8)

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Epcot’s Future World in 2011: Lost Concepts and Disney What-Ifs (Ep. 4)

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Animal Kingdom’s Lost Attractions, Broken Yeti, and Dino-Rama Secrets (Ep. 3)

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Touring the Magic Kingdom Monorail Resorts – From Bay Lake Tower to the Grand Floridian (Ep. 2)

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New Fantasyland Rising – Stories from a Walk Through the Park (Ep. 1)