Episode 123 - Disney World stories we'll tell in the 2018 Unofficial Guide

FromThe Disney Dish with Jim Hill

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Episode 123 - Disney World stories we'll tell in the 2018 Unofficial Guide

FromThe Disney Dish with Jim Hill

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Mar 19, 2017

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We start, of course, with Pandora, and then go across all four theme parks.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mar 19, 2017

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Titles in the series (100)

Take a walk through Walt Disney World with TouringPlans's Len Testa and Jim Hill from JimHillMedia.com as they talk about upcoming projects and rumored happenings from all around the "World".

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Episode 12: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Frontierland and Liberty Square: Episode 12: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Frontierland and Liberty Square by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
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Episode 126 - When Harrods Almost Came to Disney (Chronological Disney): Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Disney wanted to build malls as part of its Downtown Disney strategies. In order to get elite, anchor stores like Harrods into Florida, Disney supposedly offered them a two-for-one deal that involved Florida and ... by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
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Earth Day Bonus Episode: Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge and Kidani Village Walk-Through!: Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge and Kidani Village Walk-Through! by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
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Disney Dish Episode 114 - Jim talks about Disney's 1980's plans to develop Long Beach Harbor next to Disneyland: Jim talks about Disney's 1980's plans to develop Long Beach Harbor next to Disneyland by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
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Episode 117 - Len gets to see Rivers of Light and the Disney Springs drone show!: Hear Len's review of Rivers of Light's Castmember Preview performances, and the new drone show over at Disney Springs. Spoiler alert: Jim was right months ago when he said that creative issues were just as much a part of Rivers of Light's delays as were technical problems. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
31 min listen
Episode 100: The guy that invented FastPass: Jim talks to Bruce Laval, the guy who invented the original FastPass system while working for Disney in the 1990's. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
39 min listen
Episode 107: The Lost Episode of Chronological Disneyland: It's interesting to go back and see how Disney was thinking the same thing, for Coronado Springs. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
21 min listen
Episode 10: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Main Street U.S.A.: Episode 10: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Main Street U.S.A. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
25 min listen
Episode 106a: Disney's Summer 2016 Media Preview (Condensed version without side stories): Here's the building in Trondheim, Norway, from which the Royal Sommerhus design was created: tinyurl.com/zdq7sk3 by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
19 min listen
Episode 106b: Disney's Summer 2016 Media Preview (Full version with side stories): Here's the building in Trondheim, Norway, from which the Royal Sommerhus design was created: tinyurl.com/zdq7sk3 by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
34 min listen
Bonus Episode - Pandora Food and Merchandise, plus WDW News: Jim and Len walk through the food and merchandise to tell you what's interesting and what's tasty. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
37 min listen
Episode 105: The history of Fort Wilderness: We also talk about the opening of Skull Island at IOA, and Frozen at Epcot by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
44 min listen
Disney Dish Episode 112 - Disney Hurricane Aftermath, Len's Recent Restaurant Reviews (Condensed version): Len makes an unusual request at Victoria and Albert's, which causes the manager to stop by the table. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
45 min listen
Episode 11: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Adventureland: Episode 11: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Adventureland by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
20 min listen
Episode 102: Splash Mountain's History Finale: Did you know that Walt and Ray Kroc (the guy who popularized the McDonald's restaurants) were in the same ambulance unit in World War I? There's a Disneyland tie-in there, and you can hear about it when Jim concludes the history of Splash Mountain. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
32 min listen
Episode 122 - The First Second Gate (Chronological Disneyland): Back in 1990, Disneyland was ready to invest in a second theme park in Anaheim. It wasn't the first time, though, that the Disney corportation looked to expand its footprint in California. In fact, Walt had an ambitious plan way back in 1962. Here's that story. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
31 min listen
Episode 14: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Tomorrowland: Episode 14: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Tomorrowland by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
17 min listen
Episode 104: Live from the Animal Kingdom with Tiffins, Nighttime Safari, and more: Special guest star: Laurel Stewart. We loved the meal at Tiffins. Kilimanjaro Safaris is interesting at night, not sure we'd make it our only visit to that attraction. Loved The Awakening. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
18 min listen
Episode 103: Jim's Why For?: Here's a Why For that Disney fans are sure to go ape over... the history of "Scruffy", one of the rock apes of Gibraltar. Jim reveals how this started as a live-action project only to almost end up as the follow-up to Disney's animated "Robin Hood". by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
22 min listen
Episode 101: Kali River Rapids' History: Jim goes through the history of Animal Kingdom's Kali River Rapids ride. The combination of animals and raft rides dates back to Walt's days, and the evolution of whitewater-style rides in the 1980's brought the idea back to Disney. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
34 min listen
Episode 125 - The Master Plan for Disney Seas California (Disneyland's Unbuilt Second Gate mini-series): Jim talks about how Imagineer Kim Murphy's aquarium-centered career at SeaWorld and Epcot's The Seas leads to the ideas for another of Disney's nautical-themed second gates for California - Disney Seas. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
21 min listen
Episode 108: Disney News: Earnings, Park Attendance, and Goodbye to Stitch? (Condensed version): We'll release the first August show soon. Time is an illusion. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
21 min listen
Episode 13: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Fantasyland: Episode 13: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Fantasyland by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
18 min listen
Episode 115 - Why For? The Headless Horseman, Part 2: Listen to Part 1 of the story here: https://disneydish.bandcamp.com/track/why-for-the-headless-horseman by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
36 min listen
Episode 109 - History of the Disneyland Hotel, part 2 (Condensed version) by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
25 min listen
Episode 132 - What DID and DID NOT Get Announced at D23: Jim is back from D23 where he interviewed lots of people attached to lots of projects, some of which got announced and some that didn't. Jim tells why the things that didn't get talked about, didn't get talked about. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
46 min listen
Episode 113 - Previewing our upcoming Unbuilt Disney talk: There'll be more, including a long-lost Jimmy Hoffa memo, at the event. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
17 min listen
Episode 160: New Epcot Concept Surfaces at Auction: Len and Jim start talking about previously unseen Epcot concept art from Harper Goff and others, up for auction at iCollector.com. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
25 min listen
Episode 116 - The Muppets Restaurant That Never Was: This is part of our Unbuilt Disney series, with additional shows at DisneyDish.bandcamp.com by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
34 min listen
Episode 124 - When Disneyland's Second Gate was a Boat (Chronological Disneyland Series): Jim tells the story of how back in the early 1990's, when Disneyland was looking to expand, it considered the Queen Mary in Long Beach Harbor as part of its expansion plans. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
33 min listen

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Episode 123 - Disney World stories we'll tell in the 2018 Unofficial Guide

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