On this week's show, it's time for another What's News segment with our good friend Paul Barrie from A Window to the Magic. Together, we'll cover the latest Disney news and other happenings from around the company, theme parks, and more that occurred during the month of January. The Walt Disney Company really kicked off 2023 the right way with the grand opening of Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway and a brand new fireworks show at Disneyland and an update to World of Color at Disney...

On this week's show, I'm joined again by Bryce Yelverton and Sarah Evans from our Predictions Panel as we look to make our 2023 Disney Predictions. It seems, in many ways, we are on the verge of potentially seeing some rather significant changes and announcements to come over the next year. With the recent return of Bob Iger as CEO, the 100th year anniversary celebration of the Disney company launching, a slew of new entertainment and attractions slated to open up all over the world, and...

On this weeks show, our Predictions Panel returns to revisit our 2022 Disney predictions. Bryce Yelverton and Sarah Evans join me as we look back at the things we all predicted would happen throughout the Disney company including theme parks, movies, Broadway, and more. We'll see who was right on the money and who was way, way off!

On this week's show, our good friend and long-time loyal listener from New Zealand, Sam Polkinghorn, is guest hosting the show to introduce some of his favorite Disney park audio. This special New Year edition park audio is sure to kick start your 2023 the right way whether you're longing for the nostalgia of Tomorrowland, the need a pick-me-up from the Muppet Courtyard, or just wanting to Paint the Night in your mind with a little help from the Disneyland Resort. All of this and more is...

On this week's show, it is once again time to recap the news items that occurred throughout the Disney company in our recurring monthly segment we like to call "What's News". Paul Barrie from A Window to the Magic joins me again to recap the news from the month of December in Disney parks, resorts, entertainment, and business including: character experiences at Cinderella's Royal Table returning, more entertainment being added to Epcot in World Showcase and Future World, announcements about...

On this week's show, I'm bringing you Disney audio from Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park and Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge Resort hotel. Consider this my gift to you! Our good friend and loyal listener, Sam Polkinghorne, who follows the show from all the way over in New Zealand, has contributed much of the audio that's been shared on the show in recent years. He's an avid appreciator of Disney music, and he knows how much we love it as well. He asked me recently what my favorite audio from...

On this week's show, Paul Barrie from A Window to the Magic is back for another What's News episode where we look back at all of the news items that occurred throughout the Disney company in the month of November. We will, of course, spend some time talking about the shake-up that we saw at the top of the company with Bob Iger returning as CEO and what that might mean for the Walt Disney Company and Disney fans alike. Then we'll touch on some of the news items we heard about like the...

On this week's show, we're bringing you some special Disney classic and theme park audio care of our loyal listener and audio archivist Sam Polkinghorne. First, we start the show off with a super long mashup of music from a Disney attraction that has been in the news quite a bit over the last several years - The Main Street Electrical Parade. Sam has contributed various renditions of Baroque Hoedown for us to enjoy this week in a mashup to end all mashups. If you're a fan of the Main Street...

On this week's show, we're not just talking about The Mouse on All About the Mouse. We're also going to talk about another well-known resort with multiple theme parks right down the street from Disney....Universal Studios. As Disney fans, many of us are partial to Disney theme parks and the Disney brand itself, but many of us (myself included) also really enjoy Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, City Walk, and the Universal property hotels. I'm joined this week by Adria and Carey from...

On this week's show, I'm counting down through a list of all 22 of the Disney-owned resort hotels in Walt Disney World as they appear on my list of favorites. Over the years, I have been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to stay at just about every one of the resort hotels on Disney property in the "Disney bubble". I've also spent countless hours touring and enjoying many of these resort hotels even when I haven't been staying at them. They all have something unique to offer Disney...

On this week's show, Paul Barrie from A Window to the Magic is back to cover all of the news and events that occurred throughout the Disney company in the month of October. To name just a few of the topics we'll talk about this week: Magic Band Plus debuts at Disneyland, Imagineer Bob Weiss retires, Disney Genie+ experiences a price increase and switches to a tiered pricing structure, Disney announces new nighttime entertainment and other exciting ways to celebrate the 100th anniversary of...

On this week's show, we're getting festive with a special Halloween episode of All About the Mouse. It's no secret that The Haunted Mansion is one of my favorite attractions in all of Walt Disney World and Disneyland. Not only does it have some of the best effects that have stood the test of time, but it has a story that resonates throughout the mansion that has become both legend and lore at the same time. Behind the scenes, the creation of The Haunted Mansion has an equally mesmerizing...

On this week's show, it's time again to take a look back at the news items that occurred throughout the Disney company in the previous month. Paul Barrie from A Window to the Magic joins me again to look back at the month of September and recap the newsworthy items that occurred throughout the world of Disney movies, theme parks, and more. And, let's see, there was a little thing called the D23 Expo that took place last month in the city of Anaheim, CA that produced quite a bit of news in...

On this week's show, I'll be sharing some more audio from the summer convention circuit recorded and contributed to us by our good friend Blake Reilly from The Blake and Sal Show. This time, we have audio from the Chicago Cominc and Entertainment Expo (C2E2). This audio features a panel titled "Creating Star Wars: Playing in a Galaxy Far, Far Away" with Dave Sheidt, Jeffrey Brown, Joe Corroney, Katie Cook, and Ramon Perez. This is a collection of authors and artists who have worked together...

On this week's show, we take a look at the Africa in Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park and ask ourselves what would we keep, change, or replace about this themed land. Special guests Steven and Paige from the Parks Academy podcast join me along with Sarah Evans to look at one of our favorite themed lands in Walt Disney World. We'll look at all of the attractions, restaurants, shops, and more and look at whether we would keep these things the way they are, change them in some way to improve...

On this week's show, we're back with another recap of Disney news from August 2022. Paul Barrie from A Window To the Magic joins me again for another What's News episode where we talk about all of the major (and minor) news happenings from around the Walt Disney Company. There are quite a few things to unpack this month from the various different theme parks including changes coming to booking theme park reservations, new meet and greet characters not seen before coming to Halloween parties...

On this week's episode, Blake Reilly from The Blake and Sal Show (with Mark) is here as a special guest to share his adventures from the convention circuit in the summer of 2022. From Fan Expo Chicago (July 8, 2022), there are two panels. The first is Some of My Favorite People Are Bounty Hunters: A Conversation with Carl Weathers. The second one is called Snips & Skyguy: A Clone Wars Reunion with Ashley Eckstein & Matt Lanter.

On this week's show, I'm giving a trip report from my recent vacation to Walt Disney World and Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure in Orlando! Against all of my better judgement, we decided to take our family to do theme parks in Orlando in the month of August, the hottest time of the year. While there were many moments of hot, sweaty, misery, there were also some fun times we had along the way. We even got them chance to partake in some brand new experiences like Guardians of the...

On this week's show, we reveal the winner of this year's March Madness-style Disney bracket tournament - WDW Themed Land Madness. Before we announce the winner, though, we'll recap the matchups that led to this moment. Bryce Yelverton and Sarah Evans join me to look back at all 32 themed lands from the 4 Walt Disney World theme parks that competed in this year's tournament.

On this week's show, Paul Barrie from Window To The Magic and I are both back to recap the news and events that happened throughout the Disney company, movies, and theme parks in the month of July. Some of the news items that we'll touch on include the fight that broke out in Fantasyland at Magic Kingdom, new MagicBand+ introduced to Walt Disney World, Marvel movie announcements that were announced at the San Diego Comic Con, Disneyland's closure of limited time nighttime shows and re-opening...

On this week's show, I'm joined again by our Disney Conversation Starters panel to talk about all things and anything Disney. These shows are always a lot of fun with this lively group of Disney fans and loyal listeners, because we sit down and start talking about anything Disney and just see where the conversation takes us. We don't know what we'll end up talking about or where the conversation will take us, but we do know that, whatever it is, will be full of varying opinions, a lot of...

On this week's show, we're back with Round 5 of Walt Disney World Themed Land Madness! We started this bracket tournament back in March where you all have been voting for your favorite themed lands in Walt Disney World, and we're down to the final matchup! Before we get to the announcing which 2 themed lands will be in the final showdown, though, we have to announce the winners of our Final Four. Sarah Evans joins me again to look at the 4 lands that were in the Final Four, announce the...

On this week's show, Paul Barrie joins me again for our monthly look back at the Disney news items that occurred throughout the Disney company, theme parks, movies, and resorts during the month June. There were quite a few announcements about more things returning to the parks, we got more details about the upcoming D23 Expo, we got news about holiday happenings in Walt Disney World and Disneyland, and a whole lot more!

On this week's show, I'm speaking with author Sariah Wilson about her new book "Cinder-Nanny". Sariah is a Disney fan and author of several best-selling romance novels including "Roommaid", "The Seat Filler", and "The Paid Bridesmaid". Her new novel, "Cinder-Nanny", is a modern and somewhat different take on the timeless Cinderella classic love story where Diana Parker plays nanny for a family while on vacation in Aspen, Colorado. Despite possessing none of the necessary requirements for the...

On this week's show, I'm joined by first time AATM guests for a new recurring segment we'll be running on the show called "Keep, Change, Replace). Paige and Stephen from the Parks Academy podcast join me, along with our good friend Sarah Evans to look at Disney's Animal Kingdom's Asia area of the park. We'll review all attractions, dining, snacks, shopping, and other details of the park and ask ourselves the question, "If were Imagineers would we keep, change, or replace them?" What would you...