Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. Disney finally announced where the new Monsters Inc. land will be going in Hollywood Studios and it’s going to be taking over Muppets Courtyard.  But the Muppets will still have a presence in the park with a redo of Rockin Roller Coaster. We discuss some of the longer term impacts of these moves. Should you stay on property or off property for your next Disney World Vacation? That’s the question...

Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. Disney Cruise Line announce that their newest ship, the Disney Adventure, will have not one, not two, but three attractions including their first ever roller coaster at sea. And if we weren’t excited before, we are now. It’s hard to believe that it’s been 5 years since the launch of Disney+. Back then, it was seen as a great value in the world of streaming with access to the entire Disney vault...

Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. Just as you can count on the leaves changing for Fall, you can count on Disney World to raise ticket prices.  This week Disney World announced price increases for all levels of their annual pass.  But hey, at least they also announced Satu’li Canteen is going to start service breakfast. So we guess it isn’t all bad. We’d all love to spend the whole day in the parks, but what if your time was...

Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. We finally have a date for when parts of Dinoland will start closing for its conversion to Tropical Americas. Plus Big Thunder Mountain at Magic Kingdom is getting a year long overhaul and Brooks announced a major partnership with RunDisney. Seeing as it’s Halloween this week, we are discussing the history of the holiday in the parks. Plus, what sounded like a good idea at the time, we show up in...

Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. This week Disney announced a major addition to the Lighting Lane family with the Lighting Lane Premier Pass. The Premier Pass will be available at Disney World and Disneyland in the next few weeks and allows you one ride on each Lighting Lane attraction a day. But it also comes with a hefty price tag. So this week, we cover the ins and outs of the new Premier Pass, which turns out it actually...

Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. Disneyland announced ticket prices have increased with the most expensive day now at over $200. But then the Disney Marketing Department was like “no need to pay attention to that because Paint the Night is coming back!” This week, we are beyond excited to be talking with former Imagineering President, Bob Weis. Bob’s new book Dream Chasing is all about his incredible 40+ year career in the...

Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. This week we’re super excited about the upcoming John Williams documentary coming to Disney+ on November 1st. Did you know there are things to do outside of the parks in Disney World? We know, crazy right? But even we were shocked by the sheer amount of fun to be had outside of the parks. Most of which, we never even knew existed. So we thought we would share the best ones with you. From getting...

Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. RunDisney announced some changes to the upcoming Disney Marathon and with the earlier start time, we’re debating whether it’s even worth it to go to sleep the night before. When is it worth taking young kids to Disney? Where are the best character meals? What are the best rides to take my kids on? This week, we’re helping parents everywhere tackle one of life’s major milestones . . .taking your...

Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. Disney announced more details on the Story Living Community in California and it seems like they are making a play to capitalize on the aging Disney adult population. Plus, Walt Disney World announced its lineup for this year’s Jollywood Nights. We’ve officially entered Spooky Season and to celebrate we’re joined by our friends Jennifer and Keifer to discuss their recent trip to Mickey’s Not So...

Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. Disney has been pretty quiet with news lately and while we don’t think that bodes well for the future, they did announce The Nightmare Before Christmas is returning to theaters October 11. When is the best time to visit the Disney parks? Unfortunately, this isn’t as straightforward an answer as it was even 5-6 years ago. So this week we give you all the tools you need to make the best choice for...

Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. This week, Disney announced of the closure of a beloved Hollywood Studios attraction . . .Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy.  The show will be closing to make way for a new Villains show debuting next year. Who knew a theme park about Hollywood would have so much DRAMA? Disney-MGM Studios (now Hollywood Studios) opened back in 1989 as the 3rd park at Walt Disney World, but unlike its...

  Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. Disney released our first look at the interior garden on the Disney Adventure and it looks beautiful.  Plus as the opening date for the new DVC Tower at the Poly, we got some more details on the theme. If you haven’t seen Deadpool & Wolverine, first of all what are you waiting for?, but also you may want to skip this episode because we do get into some slight spoilers. But our main goal is...

Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. Coming off of the high of D23’s major park announcements, Disney dropped the bad news - Tom Sawyer Island and the Rivers of America are going away to make room for Cars land in the Magic Kingdom. In our main segment we shed some light on Disney’s Accelerator Program. It’s a little known part of the Disney company that invests in and mentors start up tech companies.  You probably haven’t heard of...

Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. Disney held the D23 Expo this past weekend and boy did they deliver in terms of announcements for the parks. Parks Chairman Josh D’Amaro declared that nothing would be blue sky (which may have been a little bit of a stretch) and then announced a dozen new attractions at Disney parks throughout the world. While we’re excited for the new lands (looking at you Lion King) there still is plenty of...

Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. Disney’s bi-annual fan expo - D23 - is taking place in Anaheim this week. So join us on a musical journey as we preview the expo, plus throw out some wild predictions from a secret Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Movie to Encanto in the parks to news on the Avengers attraction (not the one you’re thinking of, the other one). And be sure to tune in next week when we find out how totally right we...

Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. D23 is around the corner and Disney is already starting to drop some big announcements.  This week, we got our first week at the newest Disney Cruise Line ship, the Destiny.  And over at the parks, Deadpool has made an appearance at Disneyland in a BIG way. One of the biggest questions anyone planning a Disney trip has is “how many days should I go for?” So this week we decided to help you answer...

Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. With Deadpool and Wolverine premiering this week, Marvel’s fortunes may just be about to turn.  Add to that the rumors that the Russo Brothers are in talks to direct the next two Avengers movies makes us more excited than ever to see what Marvel will announce at Comic Con and D23 in a few weeks EPCOT officially opened on October 1, 1982, but what was the park like in those early days? What...

Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. This week, a major sea change occurred in the world of Disney cruises when the Oriental Land Co announced they will operating Disney cruises out of Japan later this decade. Even without any other details we are ready to book our trip. You’ve picked your hotel and purchased your park hopper tickets, but now comes the most important question - where are you going to eat? Walt Disney World has...

Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. Disney released some major news this week that it will be getting rid of Genie+ and replacing it with Lighting Lane Multi Pass and Single Pass, which is basically a way for them to move to a paid FastPass system.  Disney Animation and Pixar have struggled connecting with audiences lately and the number of sequels coming out has us worried if we’ll ever see meaningful, original stories...

Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. This week Disney Cruise Line released some special voyages for late 2025, early 2026. Plus Disneyland made an announcement about the return of a fan favorite Holiday overlay. It seems like nowadays that a lot of people are talking about how Disney parks have lost some of their magic.  But is that really true? We’re on the case to get to the bottom of this question. Sure, there is a lot of...

Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. Disney obviously heard we were talking about the Magic Kingdom this week, so they decided to drop a lot of news about the closing of an opening day attraction and the reopening of another one. Plus we got a first look at the replacement of the Voyage of the Little Mermaid stage show coming to Hollywood Studios this Fall. Today we’re jumping in our Time Machine and going back to October 1, 1971. ...

Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. There are reports that Disney has a new movie in development and it’s setting is none other than the secretive Club 33.  Described as a murder mystery we discuss the potential pros and cons of having a movie about a place most of us will never see and some initial casting picks. Then we put our spin on Wired’s Autocomplete by answering the internets most commonly asked questions about Disney...

Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. This week Disney’s Media Team must have forgotten that there’s a month left until Tiana’s opens because they released the entire ride POV on their social media.  Plus we got the first trailer for Moana 2. Over the years, Disney has given us countless memorable characters, from Snow White to Aladdin.  But which ones are the greatest of all time? We each pick out Top 5 favorite Disney characters...

Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. Disney news has been light the past few weeks, but we did get a new Matterhorn themed Dole Whip at Disneyland, plus the return of Fantasmic. Then in our main segment, Angela is put in the hot seat as she must guess who said and what movie these famous Disney quotes are from. Joe has been plotting his revenge ever since Angela embarrassed him a few weeks ago with some of the most challenging...