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

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

FromThe Disney Dish with Jim Hill

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Aug 19, 2019

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Jim Hill and guest host Dan Zehr talk about how Halloween is celebrated at Disney theme parks around the globe. Dan then looks back at the three different experiences he had while participating in WDW’s College Program
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Aug 19, 2019

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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 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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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 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
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Episode 13: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Fantasyland: Episode 13: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Fantasyland by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
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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
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Episode 11: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Adventureland: Episode 11: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Adventureland 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 111 - History of the O Canada! film, part 2 (Condensed version): Jim finishes the history of the O Canada! film at Canada's pavilion at Epcot. Also a bit about the potential DVC at Caribbean Beach Resort. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
24 min listen
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
28 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
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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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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 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
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Episode 129 - History of Character Greetings plus NintendoLand and Star Wars Hotel News: Jim also updates us on the Star Wars hotel idea that's being considered for Disney's Hollywood Studios. 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 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 170: Toy Story Land Opens!: Ride the rides and take a walk through Toy Story Land at Disney's Hollywood Studios. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
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Episode 167: New Harry Potter Coaster Details!: Universal's building a new Harry Potter-themed roller coaster and Jim has new details about that. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
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Episode 128 - Is "Tapu Tapu" Samoan for "Opening Day Disaster?" and Guardians of the Galaxy opens at DCA.: Jim attends the opening day ceremonies at Universal's Volcano Bay water park, then flies across the country for the debut of Guardians of the Galaxy at DCA. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
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Episode 110 - History of the O Canada! film, part 1 (Condensed version): Jim gives the history of the O Canada! film at Canada's pavilion at Epcot. This part of the story starts with Walt himself trying to find his father's family home in Canada, and we end this show at the fabulous Expo '67 fair in Montreal. 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
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Episode 131 - The History of Fantasmic!: With the impending re-opening of Disneyland's Fantasmic!, Jim walks us through the history of the attraction. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
21 min listen

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