Magic Our Way - Artistic Buffs Talkin' Disney Stuff

Jambeaux, everyone!!! Welcome to another episode of the Magic Our Way podcast. We appreciate your listening to our show and we hope it brings a smile to your face. We also appreciate your feedback and are committed to listening to our listeners. Factoid of the day: if you see a sign that says “don’t pull” in a Disney park, you should probably pull it! We are proud to announce that we have our second guest on our show (even though I announced it as our first; I was incorrect). We get to sit down with a Walt Disney World College Program alumna, whom we shall refer to as “Jackie.” and discuss her particular experiences with the program. The Magic Our Way Podcast is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company or its entities and all opinions expressed therein are solely those of the Magic Our Way podcast. No animals were harmed in the making of this podcast. But first, some news. In the Queue. we cover the following news stories: The Seven Dwarfs Mine Train opening date Frozen’s Olaf at Blizzard Beach DisDining.

Jambeaux, everyone!!! Welcome to another episode of the Magic Our Way podcast. We appreciate your listening to our show and we hope it brings a smile to your face. We also appreciate your feedback and are committed to listening to our listeners. Factoid of the day: the stones used in the construction of Cinderella's Castle are non-existent. We are proud to announce that we are presenting to you, the listener, our very first book review!!! We lead off with an awesome one: Lou Mongello’s 102 Ways to Save Money For and At Walt Disney World. As a disclaimer, Lou did send us a free PDF copy of his book to review. But, other than that, we have no affiliation with Lou Mongello or WDW Radio “world.” All thoughts and opinions expressed in this show are solely that of Danny and Kevin and the Magic Our Way community. But first, some news. In the Queue. we cover the following news stories: No more of Danny’s favorite frappe: athio Kouzzina More of Kevin’s lectures: Pixar, A113, and CalArts Trader Sam’s, fountains, and t

Jambeaux, everyone!!! Welcome to another episode of the Magic Our Way podcast. We appreciate you listening to our show and we hope it brings a smile to your face. Factoid of the day: most Animal Kingdom animals are real…the dinosaurs are not. The trips are over for now and we are VERY excited to get back to recording our shows for you. We lead off with an awesome one: Danny’s Disneyland Paris Trip report. Joining us on today’s show is his travel companion and always-beautiful wife, Anna. But first, some news. In the Queue. we cover the following news stories: Seven Dwarfs Mine Train animatronics Kevin’s World Music lecture: Off Kilter, why are there kilts in Canada? Debunking an April Fools’ Joke Where is all the Frozen merchandise?!?!?! and much, much more! This week we discuss a very simple topic: Danny's Disneyland Paris Trip Report. The great thing about this report is that Danny and Anna are both first-time visitors to this Disney resort. We get to hear about their journey across the pond and having to

Jambeaux, everyone!!! Welcome to another episode of the Magic Our Way podcast. We appreciate you listening to our show and we hope it brings a smile to your face. Factoid of the day: Tigger is a tiger! We bring you yet another traditional MOW show this week chic full of goodness.  In the Queue. we cover the following news stories: MOW Twitter-verse, once again My Magic+ and Disney tracking guests Danny goes to Disneyland Paris and Kevin goes to Disneyland California D23 and the Adventurers Club Relay for Life in Orlando and Jeanie with The Princess Blogs @FishSeanWoo confirms some Fastpass+ updates Introducing Beth from www.mouse-aid.com and much, much more! This week we discuss several Disney related lists  that have been circulating around the internet. The first list we discuss is from www.cracked.com and it is the 6 Things Nobody Tells You About Working at Disney World. Then, from www.micechat.com, we present to you their list of 10 Freebies at Walt Disney World. Lastly, from www.themeparktourist.com, we

Jambeaux, everyone!!! Welcome to another episode of the Magic Our Way podcast. We appreciate you listening to our show and we hope it brings a smile to your face. Factoid of the day: the 3 o’clock parade begins its journey at.wait for it…3 O’CLOCK PM!!! We bring you yet another traditional MOW show this week.  In the Queue. we cover the following news stories: MOW Twitter-verse Incredibles 2 and Cars 3 Another 24 hour day Festival of Fantasy Parade Gill might have set some fish free A unique pirate experience in Shanghai Disneyland and much, much more! We both grew up with Epcot Center and we really like that park. However, we feel that over the years, the park has lost its identity as it got older. We go ahead and do some backseat imagineering for our Hub this week. We come up with ways that we think would help Epcot get back to its true self, a little theme park self-help if you will. We also discuss what two of our viewers mentioned to us regarding their thoughts on improving the park. Do you have any thou

Jambeaux, everyone!!! Welcome to another episode of the Magic Our Way podcast. We appreciate you listening to our show and we hope it brings a smile to your face. Factoid of the day: Walt Disney himself is not cryogenically frozen. We bring you another traditional MOW show this week.  In the Queue. we cover the following news stories: Disney video games Frozen and the Academy Awards Disney Animation versus Pixar Festival of Fantasy Parade launch and much, much more! In the Hub, we introduce our first compare and contrast show. During Mardi Gras week of 2014, Kevin had the opportunity to take a 5 day cruise on the Carnival Triumph. This was his first experience on a Carnival “funship” and this was his second experience on a cruise ever. The first time he was on a cruise ship was during his honeymoon with the Disney Cruise Line aboard this Disney Wonder (and there were only two Disney ships back then, boys and girls, the other being the Magic). And, it just so happens that the Disney Wonder was in port in Cozum

Jambeaux, everyone!!! Welcome to another episode of the Magic Our Way podcast. We appreciate you listening to our show and we hope it brings a smile to your face. Factoid of the day: the Magic Kingdom that is accessible to the public is actually on the second floor! Ooooo! Ahhhh! We bring you another traditional MOW show this week.  In the Queue. we cover the following news stories: Disney Movies Anywhere app Kevin likes the Animal Kingdom and the Dinosaur attraction WDW ticket prices go up Another Jon Negroni article: Andy’s mom and much, much more! In the Hub, we discuss a question that was discussed during our podcast trip back in January. We asked each other, what job in Walt Disney world would you most want and what would you least want? We are not talking Imagineer or anything like that; we are talking about jobs that require the least amount of training. We also talk about the Casey’s Corner redux and the reorganization of the actual Magic Kingdom Hub.  As always, if you like the show, please rate us

Jambeaux, everyone!!! Welcome to another episode of the Magic Our Way podcast. We appreciate you listening to our show and we hope it brings a smile to your face. Factoid of the day: Zebras are black with white stripes! We bring you a traditional MOW show this week.  In the Queue. we cover the following news stories: Push the Talking trashcan Disney Auditions Polynesian lobby remodel and much, much more! In the Hub, we do some backseat imagineering. We discuss a question posed by one of our Twitter followers: how do you think Frozen should be introduced into the parks? One of the biggest Disney Animated movies to hit the box office in a while is sure to find a home in the parks in a substantial way someday. We explore some ideas on how we would do it. Also, we talk about how we would redo the Hollywood Studios. This is a park that has kind of lost its identity in a similar way as EPCOT Center’s Future World. We discuss things that we would do to make the Studios better such as reorganizing the lands, attrac

Jambeaux, everyone!!! We are continuing our series of podcasts on our same feed called the Magic Our Way Field Reports. To remind the listener, these shows will not be a regular segment due to the fact that these are podcasts we record straight on location at a Disney park or Disney event. You can call it our "on location" podcasts. We grab the portable studio and record anything from a mini trip report or attraction audio or interviews.  On this particular show, we feature one of you, the listener. This is a new feature that we are starting up that will allow you to get more involved in talking all things Disney with us. This episode features Sean from Orlando. He talks about his opinions regarding the new Fastpass+ system and he offers some park audio. You will get a chance to listen to a ride-through of the Test Track 2.0 and also get a chance to listen to the Epcot rope drop ceremony. You can follow Sean on Twitter, @FishSeanWoo, to see the pictures that he refers to in his Field Report. Thanks, Sean!!! A

Jambeaux, everyone!!! Welcome to another episode of the Magic Our Way podcast. We appreciate you listening to our show and we hope it brings a smile to your face. Factoid of the day: Johnny Five is alive!!! This week’s show is another one of our favorite mashups of Disney stuff: OUR BIG QUEUE SHOW, where we talk about anything and everything that has come across our path since the last time we sat down and recorded a show. this week’s show is basically in two parts. Firstly, we do a lot of shout outs to our listeners who feed us information and to a fellow podcaster who has returned to the Disney fan universe. Yes, we welcome back one of Kevin’s favorite podcasts, Netcot. It was one of the first shows Kevin listened to when he first discovered the Disney podcast community. Also, we have a listener Sean who took time to send us and email AND a recording of his Fastpass + experience in Epcot with his children. Also, one of our listener’s, Lee, started his own Disney travel agency, Just A Dream Away Travel Agenc

Jambeaux, everyone!!! Welcome to another episode of the Magic Our Way podcast. We appreciate you listening to our show and we hope it brings a smile to your face. Factoid of the day: better late than never!!! This week’s show is our long lost, finally released Halloween Show. This was originally supposed to be released before Halloween of 2013, but due to life and production time, it took us a awhile to get everything going. But, we figured we would release it now than never release it at all. We really enjoyed doing this episode and we wanted to share with our audience.   Anyway, Danny and I play a little Truth or False game utilizing facts from Danny’s favorite ride, The Haunted Mansion. Then, we discuss our picks for the scariest rides in Disney World. And lastly, We talk about which attractions we thought would be best for having a Halloween overlay.  As always, if you like the show, please rate us and leave a review in the iTunes Store. We do appreciate you taking the time to do so. Also, you can find us

Jambeaux, everyone!!! Welcome to another episode of the Magic Our Way podcast. We appreciate you listening to our show and we hope it brings a smile to your face. Factoid of the day: hippos are huge!!! On this week’s show, we discuss a myriad of topics all of which center around our Trip Report for our First Podcast Trip to the World!!! We lead off the show and give our listeners a hearty Asante Sana as we read and respond to their emails. Thank you to each and every one of you that have written in so far.  Secondly, we talk about our trip down to the World together for the first time. We tried to cover things that we didn’t cover in the Field Reports and also embellish on the things we brought up on our Field Reports. There were a lot of firsts for us during this trip which really helped to make this trip special.  We discuss Kevin’s experience with letting Disney chauffeur him around the property. The backstory is that Kevin usually has a car while in Disney World and does enjoy driving around property. Is

Jambeaux, everyone!!! We are continuing our series of podcasts on our same feed called the Magic Our Way Field Reports. To remind the listener, these shows will not be a regular segment due to the fact that these are podcasts we record straight on location at a Disney park or Disney event. You can call it our "on location" podcasts. We grab the portable studio and record anything from a mini trip report or attraction audio or interviews.  This series of field reports centers around our first ever podcast trip together for Danny and Kevin sans family. So, this makes it our first field report together from the World. On this episode, we briefly talk about our last day in the World as we get scooted away by disney’s Magical Express. We talk about Kevin’s first time at the Be Our Guest Restaurant, some Fastpass+ beta tests that we learned about. and some refurbs that started in the Magic Kingdom on our last day.  If you enjoy these trip reports, let us know by sending your comments and suggestions to magicourway@

Jambeaux, everyone!!! We are continuing our series of podcasts on our same feed called the Magic Our Way Field Reports. To remind the listener, these shows will not be a regular segment due to the fact that these are podcasts we record straight on location at a Disney park or Disney event. You can call it our "on location" podcasts. We grab the portable studio and record anything from a mini trip report or attraction audio or interviews.  This series of field reports centers around our first ever podcast trip together for Danny and Kevin sans family. So, this makes it our first field report together from the World. On this episode we talk about Danny’s experience as a volunteer for one of Italy’s best shows, the Ziti Sisters; he was Superman and the Statue of David. We also discuss Kevin’s first time eating at O’Hana in the Polynesian Resort. If you enjoy these trip reports, let us know by sending your comments and suggestions to magicourway@gmail.com. You can follow us on Twitter (@magicourway) and like us o

Jambeaux, everyone!!! We are continuing our series of podcasts on our same feed called the Magic Our Way Field Reports. To remind the listener, these shows will not be a regular segment due to the fact that these are podcasts we record straight on location at a Disney park or Disney event. You can call it our "on location" podcasts. We grab the portable studio and record anything from a mini trip report or attraction audio or interviews.  This series of field reports centers around our first ever podcast trip together for Danny and Kevin sans family. So, this makes it our first field report together from the World. On this episode we talk about our new accommodations at Bay Lake Towers and where are some good rooms in BLT. We also go over our experience of the tiered Fastpass+ system at EPCOT. If you enjoy these trip reports, let us know by sending your comments and suggestions to magicourway@gmail.com. You can follow us on Twitter (@magicourway) and like us on Facebook. You can also follow us on the video st

Jambeaux, everyone!!! We are continuing our series of podcasts on our same feed called the Magic Our Way Field Reports. To remind the listener, these shows will not be a regular segment due to the fact that these are podcasts we record straight on location at a Disney park or Disney event. You can call it our "on location" podcasts. We grab the portable studio and record anything from a mini trip report or attraction audio or interviews.  This series of field reports centers around our first ever podcast trip together for Danny and Kevin sans family. So, this makes it our first field report together from the World. On this episode we talk about our accommodations at Bay Lake Towers using DVC points. We also talk about our experience on the Jingle Cruise. Lastly, we talk about Disney attraction refurb and offer our opinions on its necessity. If you enjoy these trip reports, let us know by sending your comments and suggestions to magicourway@gmail.com. You can follow us on Twitter (@magicourway) and like us on

Jambeaux, everyone!!! Welcome to another episode of the Magic Our Way podcast. This is show #030. Happy New Year!!! This week’s show is another movie review!!! Kevin and Danny saw the movie Saving Mr. Banks. Again, if you have seen this movie and would like to voice your opinion, please send us an email. We would love to hear from you. Also, this is our last show before we take the show on the road and head on down to Walt Disney World. Yes, that's right folks!!! For the first time ever in history, the Magic Our Way Podcast heads on down to the world. So, with that, we talk about what we have planned for our short upcoming trip. Also, Danny goes to Disneyland Paris, WHAT!?!?!?!? Listen to the show to find out more. As always, if you like the show, please rate us and leave a review in the iTunes Store. We do appreciate you taking the time to do so. Also, you can find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/magicourway) and follow us on Twitter (@magicourway). Find some of our video statuses on Keek.com and keep an ey

Jambeaux, everyone!!! Welcome to another episode of the Magic Our Way podcast. This is show #029. It's a movie review! This week’s show is a movie review as was stated. Danny and Kevin saw the movie Frozen and offer up their opinions regarding their experience. If you have seen the movie and would like to voice your opinion, please do send us an email. Also, in preparation for our upcoming trip, Danny utilizes the Disney Reservation System and has a definite experience.  As always, if you like the show, please rate us and leave a review in the iTunes Store. We do appreciate you taking the time to do so. Also, you can find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/magicourway) and follow us on Twitter (@magicourway). Find some of our video statuses on Keek.com and keep an eye out for our YouTube channel. If you have any suggestions or comments for the show, please do not hesitate to contact us at magicourway@gmail.com. We will be sure to read your email on the air, unless you tell us not to. We do want to hear from our

Jambeaux, everyone!!! Welcome to another episode of the Magic Our Way podcast. This show is a continuation of show #028b.  This week’s show is a continuation of the discussion we began last week regarding Kevin's Thanksgiving Disney Trip. This half is choc full of topics such as: -Magicbands, how do you like wearing them? -Did you notice things in the parks such as anything Frozen or anything regarding the Limited Time Magic promotion? -How are things in Downtown Disney with all the construction going on for the Disney Springs project? -How is the Tangled recharging station? -How was Kevin's first time at the Poly? -Kevin loves Ragland Road! As always, if you like the show, please rate us and leave a review in the iTunes Store. We do appreciate you taking the time to do so. Also, you can find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/magicourway) and follow us on Twitter (@magicourway). Find some of our video statuses on Keek.com and keep an eye out for our YouTube channel. If you have any suggestions or comments for

Jambeaux, everyone!!! Welcome to another episode of the Magic Our Way podcast. This is show #028a. As we have stated before, thank you for joining us this week and thank you for your patience! This week’s show is has been split into two episodes due to the fact that when we started recording, we did not realize that this show would become a two-hour extravaganza as well. So, this week you have 28a and next week you have 28b. So, Kevin takes a family trip to the World during Thanksgiving Week and, of course, we have to talk about it. It was Kevin's first time staying at the Polynesian Resort. Some of the things we talk about is life with a Magicband. What happens when you have the Disney Dining Plan attached to your Magicband and it is time to pay? Also, Polynesian DVC, what's up, doc? Also, since the weather was so cold that week, Kevin's family decided to stay inside and live luxuriously; for the first time in their life, they take advantage of Disney Room Service. As always, if you like the show, please rat