WDW Radio: The Disney Podcast for Walt Disney World, Disneyland, and More

Christmas in July - It's a Wonderful Shop, Stories of Walt and Christmas, Trivia Contest and more! Hello and welcome to The WDW Radio Show - Your Walt Disney World Information Station. I am your host, Lou Mongello, author of the Walt Disney World Trivia Books and Audio Tours of WDW, and this is show #284 for the week of July 22, 2012. As we celebrate Christmas in July on the WDW Radio blog this month, on this week's show, we're going to go live into the parks and seek out a little bit of Christmas now. We'll stop in to It's a Wonderful Shop at Disney's Hollywood Studios for a DSI: Disney Scene Investigation with Jim Korkis. We'll look at some of the details inside and out, and then share stories of Walt Disney and Christmas, and how one Christmas changed his life (and ours) forever. Think you know what it may be? I'll then have the answer and winner for last week's Walt Disney World Trivia Question of the Week, and pose a new question for your chance to win a Disney prize package! Be sure and stay for the announcements, including information about upcoming WDW Radio events, as well as some of your voicemails at the end of the show. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this week's episode of the WDW Radio Show. ------------------------------------- THANK YOU for your support by voting WDW Radio Best Travel Podcast for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011! ------------------------------------- Visit http://WDWRadio.com for our Disney blog, videos, events and more! Twitter: http://Twitter.com/LouMongello Facebook: http://Facebook.com/LouMongello Google+: http://LouMongello.com/gplus Pinterest: http://Pinterest.com/LouMongello Thanks for listening! Be sure to tune in next week!

http://WDWRadio.com - WDW Radio presents the WDW News Cast for July 11, 2012 - Live, Interactive Walt Disney World news from Lou Mongello Topics this week include: - Free Dining in Walt Disney World - Encore Cast Member concert - Disney Contest - Help design a new logo! - And more! QUESTION OF THE WEEK – Does free dining in Walt Disney World change how or when you visit? Leave your answer in the Comments section on WDWRadio.com ---------------- Join us every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. ET at http://WDWRadioLIVE.com for a LIVE interactive video news show covering Walt Disney World. Be a part of the broadcast and discussion and discuss the news real-time in the chat room. ------------------------------------- THANK YOU for your support by voting WDW Radio Best Travel Podcast for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011! ------------------------------------- Visit WDWRadio.com and talk about the show by posting in the WDW Radio message forums Subscribe to the show for FREE in iTunes http://bit.ly/wdwit Twitter: http://Twitter.com/LouMongello Facebook: http://Facebook.com/WDWRadio YouTube subscribe: http://YouTube.com/subscription_center?add_user=wdwradio Google+: http://LouMongello.com/gplus Pinterest: http://Pinterest.com/LouMongello Thanks for watching! Be sure to tune in next week! - Lou Mongello

Using Technology To Enhance and Share Your Walt Disney World Vacation Hello and welcome to The WDW Radio Show - Your Walt Disney World Information Station. I am your host, Lou Mongello, author of the Walt Disney World Trivia Books and Audio Tours of WDW, and this is show #283 for the week of July 15, 2012. Over the past many years, our Walt Disney World experiences have changed, not just because of the additions and enhancements in the parks and resorts, but because of how we experience Disney before, during and after our trips. Technology has afforded us the opportunity to not only enhance our individual experiences, but share them - often instantaneously - with others. So this week, we're going to look at Using Technology During Your Walt Disney World Vacation. We'll discuss the ways, apps, resources, and tips for using the technology, how sharing our days in the parks has changed it for us, and those that we share them with. It's an interesting look into the "new social" part of Walt Disney World, including photos, videos, audio, social networks and more. I'll then have the answer and winner for last week's Walt Disney World Trivia Question of the Week, and pose a new question for your chance to win a Disney prize package! Be sure and stay for the announcements, including information about the next WDW Radio Meet of the Month in Walt Disney World, our upcoming WDW Radio Cruise on the Disney Dream, the E-Ticket Event to kick off Epcot's 30th Anniversary, as well as some of your voicemails at the end of the show. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this week's episode of the WDW Radio Show. ------------------------------------- THANK YOU for your support by voting WDW Radio Best Travel Podcast for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011! ------------------------------------- Visit http://WDWRadio.com for our Disney blog, videos, events and more! Twitter: http://Twitter.com/LouMongello Facebook: http://Facebook.com/LouMongello Google+: http://LouMongello.com/gplus Pinterest: http://Pinterest.com/LouMongello Thanks for listening! Be sure to tune in next week!

http://WDWRadio.com - WDW Radio presents the WDW News Cast for July 11, 2012 - Live, Interactive Walt Disney World news from Lou Mongello Topics this week include: - 2013 Disney's Princess Half Marathon Weekend, Tinker Bell Half Marathon, and the Wine and Dine Half Marathon - Grand Floridian Resort refurbishments - Disney's California Grill changes - Dumbo FASTPASS - Rapunzel Meet and Greet - Be Our Guest Restaurant Menus - Party for the Senses at the 17th annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival at Walt Disney World - Disney Parks air fresheners - And more! QUESTION OF THE WEEK - Would you visit Disney's Marvel Adventure theme park when it opens in Dubai in late 2013? ---------------- Join us every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. ET at http://WDWRadioLIVE.com for a LIVE interactive video news show covering Walt Disney World. Be a part of the broadcast and discussion and discuss the news real-time in the chat room. ------------------------------------- THANK YOU for your support by voting WDW Radio Best Travel Podcast for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011! ------------------------------------- Visit WDWRadio.com and talk about the show by posting in the WDW Radio message forums Subscribe to the show for FREE in iTunes http://bit.ly/wdwit Twitter: http://Twitter.com/LouMongello Facebook: http://Facebook.com/WDWRadio YouTube subscribe: http://YouTube.com/subscription_center?add_user=wdwradio Google+: http://LouMongello.com/gplus Pinterest: http://Pinterest.com/LouMongello Thanks for watching! Be sure to tune in next week! - Lou Mongello

Listener Email, New Contest, Announcements and more! Hello and welcome to The WDW Radio Show - Your Walt Disney World Information Station. I am your host, Lou Mongello, and this is show #282 for the week of July 8, 2012. Hearing directly from you is one of the aspects of the show that I enjoy most, and being able to answer your questions, help you plan your next Walt Disney World vacation, or even just talk about Disney trivia and history makes this a two-way conversation, and hopefully helps you enhance your appreciation and enjoyment of the parks. So this week, I'm opening up the inbox again, and will answer your questions about boat rides in Walt Disney World, Shades of Green, the Haunted Mansion stretching room, Art of Animation, Premiere Passports, Disney Cruise Line Land/Sea vacations, Disney Honeymoon registry, planning a surprise party in Walt Disney World and much more. I'll then have the answer and winner for last week's Walt Disney World Trivia Question of the Week, and pose a new question for your chance to win a Disney prize package! Be sure and stay for the announcements, including information about the next WDW Radio Meet of the Month in Walt Disney World, our upcoming WDW Radio Cruise on the Disney Dream, the E-Ticket Event to kick off Epcot's 30th Anniversary, as well as some of your voicemails at the end of the show. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this week's episode of the WDW Radio Show. ------------------------------------- THANK YOU for your support by voting WDW Radio Best Travel Podcast for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011! ------------------------------------- Visit http://WDWRadio.com for our Disney blog, videos, events and more! Twitter: http://Twitter.com/LouMongello Facebook: http://Facebook.com/LouMongello Google+: http://LouMongello.com/gplus Pinterest: http://Pinterest.com/LouMongello Thanks for listening! Be sure to tune in next week!

http://WDWRadio.com - WDW Radio presents the WDW News Cast for July 4, 2012 - Live, Interactive Walt Disney World news from Lou Mongello Topics this week include: - Top Ten Ways to Celebrate America in Walt Disney World - July 4 in Walt Disney World - And more! QUESTION OF THE WEEK - What is your favorite way to celebrate America in Walt Disney World? ---------------- Join us every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. ET at http://WDWRadioLIVE.com for a LIVE interactive video news show covering Walt Disney World. Be a part of the broadcast and discussion and discuss the news real-time in the chat room. ------------------------------------- THANK YOU for your support by voting WDW Radio Best Travel Podcast for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011! ------------------------------------- Visit WDWRadio.com and talk about the show by posting in the WDW Radio message forums Subscribe to the show for FREE in iTunes http://bit.ly/wdwit Twitter: http://Twitter.com/LouMongello Facebook: http://Facebook.com/WDWRadio YouTube subscribe: http://YouTube.com/subscription_center?add_user=wdwradio Google+: http://LouMongello.com/gplus Pinterest: http://Pinterest.com/LouMongello Thanks for watching! Be sure to tune in next week! - Lou Mongello

Top Ten Attraction Finales in Walt Disney World and Disney Trivia Contest Hello and welcome to The WDW Radio Show - Your Walt Disney World Information Station. I am your host, Lou Mongello, and this is show #281 for the week of July 1, 2012. Every attraction in Walt Disney World tells a story, and in many cases, there is a moment, reveal, detail, song or element that resonates with all of us. And sometimes, that magical moment comes as the attraction comes to an end. So this week, we're going to look at our Top Ten Attraction Finales in Walt Disney World I'll then have the answer and winner for last week's Walt Disney World Trivia Question of the Week, and pose a new question for your chance to win a Disney prize package! Be sure and stay for the announcements, including information about the next WDW Radio Meet of the Month in Walt Disney World, as well as some of your voicemails at the end of the show. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this week's episode of the WDW Radio Show. ------------------------------------- THANK YOU for your support by voting WDW Radio Best Travel Podcast for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011! ------------------------------------- Visit http://WDWRadio.com for our Disney blog, videos, events and more! Twitter: http://Twitter.com/LouMongello Facebook: http://Facebook.com/LouMongello Google+: http://LouMongello.com/gplus Pinterest: http://Pinterest.com/LouMongello Thanks for listening! Be sure to tune in next week!

Extinct Opening Day Attractions We Wish Were Still at Walt Disney World and WDW Trivia Contest Hello and welcome to The WDW Radio Show - Your Walt Disney World Information Station. I am your host, Lou Mongello, and this is show #280 for the week of June 24, 2012. We're going to turn back the clock this week and visit Walt Disney World on opening day, October 1, 1971. With a recent, renewed sense of nostalgia in the Disney Parks and among Disney enthusiasts, we're going to look at the Extinct Attractions We Wish Were Still in Walt Disney World. From some of your favorites to a few you may not remember, we'll discuss some lost attractions, shows, shops, restaurants and entertainment on this Wayback Machine segment. I'll then have the answer and winner for last week's Walt Disney World Trivia Question of the Week, and pose a new question for your chance to win a Disney prize package! Be sure and stay for the announcements, including information about the next WDW Radio Meet of the Month in Walt Disney World, as well as some of your voicemails at the end of the show. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this week's episode of the WDW Radio Show. ------------------------------------- THANK YOU for your support by voting WDW Radio Best Travel Podcast for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011! ------------------------------------- Visit http://WDWRadio.com for our Disney blog, videos, events and more! Twitter: http://Twitter.com/LouMongello Facebook: http://Facebook.com/LouMongello Google+: http://LouMongello.com/gplus Pinterest: http://Pinterest.com/LouMongello Thanks for listening! Be sure to tune in next week!

WDW NewsCast - June 22, 2012 - Winnie the Pooh, Dumbo Queue, Agent P, New Menus, Candlelight Processional, and more Topics this week include: - The new Winnie the Pooh and friends Meet and Greet in Fantasyland called “A Place for Friends to Meet” - New Dumbo queue in Storybook Circus - Pinocchio Village Haus in the Fantasyland section of the Magic Kingdom expanded its Italian menu - Agent P’s World Showcase Adventure - Candlelight Processional celebrity narrator list - Beastly Bazaar in Discovery Island scheduled to close around August 12th to be replaced by an indoor character meet and greet location - Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue dinner show new schedule in Fall 2012 - Marvel Super Heroes Assemble on Disney’s Club Penguin QUESTION OF THE WEEK - CarsLand opened this past week, and I and many others covered it extensively. After all you’ve seen and heard, does this inspire you to visit Disney California Adventure Park and Disneyland? ---------------- Join us every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. ET at http://WDWRadioLIVE.com for a LIVE interactive video news show covering Walt Disney World. Be a part of the broadcast and discussion and discuss the news real-time in the chat room. ------------------------------------- THANK YOU for your support by voting WDW Radio Best Travel Podcast for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011! ------------------------------------- Visit WDWRadio.com and talk about the show by posting in the WDW Radio message forums Subscribe to the show for FREE in iTunes http://bit.ly/wdwit Twitter: http://Twitter.com/LouMongello Facebook: http://Facebook.com/WDWRadio Google+: http://LouMongello.com/gplus Pinterest: http://Pinterest.com/LouMongello Thanks for watching! Be sure to tune in next week! - Lou Mongello

CarsLand and Buena Vista Street Recap and Review LIVE from Disney California Adventure Park Hello and welcome to The WDW Radio Show - Your Walt Disney World Information Station. I am your host, Lou Mongello, and this is show #279 for the week of June 17, 2012. This week, I'm coming to you live from the cutest little town in Carburetor County - Radiator Springs, as the town from Disney-Pixar's Cars has literally been brought to life at CarsLand at Disney California Adventure Park. I had a chance to visit CarsLand and Buena Vista Street for a special sneak preview of the lands that opened on June 15, and will bring you a full review, recorded live from CarsLand. We'll discuss the two lands, their history (both literal and according to Disney backstory), details, attractions, shops, restaurants and so much more. We have a lot to cover from an experience that had me happier than a tornado in a trailer park! I'll then have the answer and winner for last week's Walt Disney World Trivia Question of the Week, and pose a new Cars-themed question for your chance to win a special CarsLand prize package! Be sure and stay for the announcements, including information about the next WDW Radio Meet of the Month in Walt Disney World, as well as some of your voicemails at the end of the show. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this week's episode of the WDW Radio Show. ------------------------------------- THANK YOU for your support by voting WDW Radio Best Travel Podcast for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011! ------------------------------------- Visit http://WDWRadio.com for our Disney blog, videos, events and more! Twitter: http://Twitter.com/LouMongello Facebook: http://Facebook.com/LouMongello Google+: http://LouMongello.com/gplus Thanks for listening! Be sure to tune in next week!