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

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

FromThe Disney Dish with Jim Hill

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May 22, 2015

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To celebrate Earth Day, Jim and Len walk through Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge and Kidani Village, talking about the construction, architecture, crafts, and animals that you see around the resort.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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May 22, 2015

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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 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
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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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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
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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
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Episode 149: Marvel in Disneyland Paris and What it Means for Us: Disney recently announced a huge expansion for Disneyland Paris, including Marvel, Star Wars, and other new rides. Jim looks at what this means for domestic parks, especially Disneyland. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
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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
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Episode 14: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Tomorrowland: Episode 14: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Tomorrowland by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
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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
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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 120 - Epcot's Festival of the (mostly culinary) Arts, Caribbean Beach DVC, and other news: Len visits Epcot's newest seasonal fling, the Festival of the Arts. Jim explains how Caribbean Beach's new DVC buildings might look, and we talk rumors of Evening Extra Magic Hours' demise at the Studios. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
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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
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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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 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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