The WDW News Today Podcast - Standard Episodes

Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Jason Diffendal, Anthony Yacullo, Justin Heyman, Taylor Martina, Zach Larson, and Banks Lee for a variety show dedicated to the Walt Disney World Resort and its many fans. Plenty of Walt Disney World information and fun awaits you on this edition of the WDW News Today Podcast!!! This is episodes 177 & 178 for January 24, 2011 and is a special double episode thanks to our current server migration of the entire WDWNT Network. From episode 177, we present a double-dose of the Golden Age, where we go land by land, area by area, and space by space through the Walt Disney World Resort to find out when was truly the Golden Age of the vacation kingdom of the world. Following that, we have episode 178 for your enjoyment, featuring live audio from the media events that took place at the Walt Disney World Resort last week, including the announcement of changes to the Fantasyland Expansion and audio from the premiere of "The Magic, The Memories, and You!" at the Magic Kingdom. Discuss this show, see our show notes, and vote for the segments you want to hear every week by going over to the WDWNT Network Community Forums at www.wdwnewstoday.com/forums. Don’t forget to visit the entire WDWNT Network of Disney-inspired websites and podcasts by visiting www.WDWNT.com

Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Jason Diffendal, Anthony Yacullo, Justin Heyman, Patty Granger, Jenni Simon, and Zach Larson for a variety show dedicated to the Walt Disney World Resort and its many fans. Plenty of Walt Disney World information and fun awaits you on this edition of the WDW News Today Podcast!!! This is episode #176 for January 10, 2011 and is our first show of the new year. To kick off 2011, we have a very special edition of Town Square Talk with Mayor Justin Heyman, where we'll recap all of the HUGE announcements we made on 1.1.11, or January 1st for the numerically impaired. Following that, we have your Walt Disney World Resort News and Rumor Report. In this week's huge report, we'll be discussing major changes at the Magic Kingdom as a result of the Fantasyland Expansion, details on the 2011 Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival, and a look outside and inside of Disney's Art of Animation Resort among a number of topics. Discuss this show, see our show notes, and vote for the segments you want to hear every week by going over to the WDWNT Network Community Forums at www.wdwnewstoday.com/forums. Don’t forget to visit the entire WDWNT Network of Disney-inspired websites and podcasts by visiting www.WDWNT.com

WARNING!!! – This show is a comedy show with no education value what-so-ever. You will not learn anything, get any trip planning advice, or hear the history of any attraction. If you don't have a good sense of humor and are easily offended, this is not a show for you. If you have a good sense of humor, then get your headphones ready for a 3-D audio experience! (Just like TRON: Legacy, only portions of this show are in 3-D. Just keep your headphones on. We had to warn you, it's the law.) The WDWNT Network proudly presents The 4th Annual Christmas Podcast Parade in 3-D, live (well, sort of) from the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida and the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. Join hosts Tom Corless, Paul Barrie, Regis Philbin, Anthony Yacullo, Sean Dickey, Jamie Nakagiri, Conner Purzycki, Brian Martsolf, and Chris Lastrapes for a wild time on Main Street U.S.A. Prepare for holiday floats, famous celebrities, fantastic performances, and full-out destruction. This new Christmas tradition is proudly presented by WDW News Today, Disneyland News Today, The Disney Pincast, The Vinylmation Station, the WDWNTube, WDWNTunes, Magical Travel, A Window to the Magic, The Muppetcast, and the disney Brit Podcast. Sponsored by G-Force Records and WDWNT: The Products. If you would like to contact us with any questions, suggestions, comments, or concerns you can email us at wdwnewstoday@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail message at (206)-666-2982. Enjoy the Show!!! Happy Holidays!!!

Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Jenni Simon, Taylor Martina, and Zach Larson for a variety show dedicated to the Walt Disney World Resort and its many fans. Plenty of Walt Disney World information and fun awaits you on this edition of the WDW News Today Podcast!!! This is episode #174 for December 13, 2010 and is the finale of our "Who Wants to be a Podcaster?" competition. We'll find out who is joining our podcast team and who is going home right at the top of the show this week. Following that, I have a special address to make about some upcoming events and the year that was. Discuss this show, see our show notes, and vote for the segments you want to hear every week by going over to the WDWNT Network Community Forums at www.wdwnewstoday.com/forums. This is also your destination for “Who Wants to be a Podcaster?” Voting! Don’t forget to visit the entire WDWNT Network of Disney-inspired websites and podcasts by visiting www.WDWNT.com

Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Jenni Simon, Taylor Martina, Zach Larson, Anthony Yacullo, Justin Heyman, and Banks Lee for a variety show dedicated to the Walt Disney World Resort and its many fans. Plenty of Walt Disney World information and fun awaits you on this edition of the WDW News Today Podcast!!! This is episode #173 for December 6, 2010 and is our annual Walt Disney tribute show. To commemorate Walt's 109th birthday, we'll be discussing his greatest achievements in our most popular segment, "The Top 10". All this and much more Walt Disney World information and fun awaits you this week as we celebrate Walt Disney's legacy on the WDW News Today Podcast. Discuss this show, see our show notes, and vote for the segments you want to hear every week by going over to the WDWNT Network Community Forums at www.wdwnewstoday.com/forums. This is also your destination for “Who Wants to be a Podcaster?” Voting! Don’t forget to visit the entire WDWNT Network of Disney-inspired websites and podcasts by visiting www.WDWNT.com

Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Marci Smith, Jenni Simon, Taylor Martina, Zach Larson, Jason Diffendal, and Banks Lee for a variety show dedicated to the Walt Disney World Resort and its many fans. Plenty of Walt Disney World information and fun awaits you on this edition of the WDW News Today Podcast!!! This is episode #172 for November 29, 2010 and is the fourth round of our "Who Wants to be a Podcaster?" competition. To kick off this week's show, we'll make one elimination based on how you voted over the last week, leaving us with our final 3 competitors. The remaining will be moving on to the latest segment in our Dining Discussion Series, covering all of the counter service dining locations at the Magic Kingdom. From the Tomorrowland of Confusion, to the beloved dole whip, we'll leave no stone unturned when it comes to quick dining in the Kingdom. Discuss this show, see our show notes, and vote for the segments you want to hear every week by going over to the WDWNT Network Community Forums at www.wdwnewstoday.com/forums. This is also your destination for “Who Wants to be a Podcaster?” Voting! Don’t forget to visit the entire WDWNT Network of Disney-inspired websites and podcasts by visiting www.WDWNT.com

Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Marci Smith, Jenni Simon, Josh Stern, Taylor Martina, David Smith, Zach Larson, Banks Lee, and Anthony Yacullo for a variety show dedicated to the Walt Disney World Resort and its many fans. Plenty of Walt Disney World information and fun awaits you on this edition of the WDW News Today Podcast!!! This is episode #171 for November 22, 2010 and is the third round of our "Who Wants to be a Podcaster?" competition. To kick off this week's show, we'll make two eliminations based on how you voted over the last two weeks. The remaining four competitiors will be moving on to the Walt Disney World Resort News and Rumor Report. In this week's huge report, we'll be discussing the new interactive queue for The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, the announcement of who will be flying the Starspeeder 1000 when Star Tours returns in 2011, and the huge announcement of the long awaited replacement for Pleasure Island at Downtown Disney among a number of topics. Following the report, we have another edition of "The Golden Age". In this discussion featuring the World of Motion and Test Track at Epcot, we will continue our quest land by land, area by area, and space by space, throughout the Vacation Kingdom to find what is truly the Golden Age of the entire Walt Disney World Resort. Will classic Epcot or cutting edge thrill ride prevail? Discuss this show, see our show notes, and vote for the segments you want to hear every week by going over to the WDWNT Network Community Forums at www.wdwnewstoday.com/forums. This is also your destination for “Who Wants to be a Podcaster?” Voting! Don’t forget to visit the entire WDWNT Network of Disney-inspired websites and podcasts by visiting www.WDWNT.com

Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Anthony Yacullo, Jason Diffendal, and Justin Heyman for a variety show dedicated to the Walt Disney World Resort and its many fans. Plenty of Walt Disney World information and fun awaits you on this edition of the WDW News Today Podcast!!! On this week's show, we are celebrating the 30th anniversary of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad witha special installment of our Walt Disney World history segment, Back to the Future. In this week's trip through time, we'll be looking at the history of the Western River Expedition and explore the western mountains of the Disney Parks around the world. "Now hang on to them hats and classes", because all this and much more Walt Disney World information and fun awaits you on this edition of WDW News Today Podcast. Discuss this show, see our show notes, and vote for the segments you want to hear every week by going over to the WDWNT Network Community Forums at www.wdwnewstoday.com/forums. This is also your destination for “Who Wants to be a Podcaster?” Voting! Be sure to nominate the WDW News Today Podcast for Best Travel and Best Produced Podcast in the 2010 Podcast Awards at www.PodcastAwards.com! Don’t forget to visit the entire WDWNT Network of Disney-inspired websites and podcasts by visiting www.WDWNT.com

Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Natalie Henley, Marci Smith, Jenni Simon, Mike Truskowski, Josh Stern, Taylor Martina, David Smith, and Zach Larson for a variety show dedicated to the Walt Disney World Resort and its many fans. Plenty of Walt Disney World information and fun awaits you on this edition of the WDW News Today Podcast!!! Before we get started with our segment for this week, we'll be making the eliminations of two contestants from "Who Wants to be a Podcaster?" based on how you voted the over the last week. Following that, we have the seventh edition of what you voted our most popular segment, "The Top 10". It's an interactive and fun segment where the WDWNT Podcast Team and our listeners come together to create top ten lists for Walt Disney World in many different categories. We continue this week with our contestants presenting the top movies that should have attractions at Walt Disney World. Discuss this show, see our show notes, and vote for the segments you want to hear every week by going over to the WDWNT Network Community Forums at www.wdwnewstoday.com/forums. This is also your destination for “Who Wants to be a Podcaster?” Voting! Be sure to nominate the WDW News Today Podcast for Best Travel and Best Produced Podcast in the 2010 Podcast Awards at www.PodcastAwards.com! Don’t forget to visit the entire WDWNT Network of Disney-inspired websites and podcasts by visiting www.WDWNT.com

Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Jason Diffendal, Natalie Henley, Marci Smith, Jenni Simon, Mike Truskowski, Josh Stern, Taylor Martina, David Smith, John Kuruc, Zach Larson, and Jay Catalano for a variety show dedicated to the Walt Disney World Resort and its many fans. Plenty of Walt Disney World information and fun awaits you on this edition of the WDW News Today Podcast!!! This is episode #168 for November 1, 2010 and is the second round of our "Who Wants to be a Podcaster?" competition. To kick off this week's show, we have half of the contestants participating in the one-time-only return edition of "What Were They Thinking?!?". Following that, the other half of the group will be taking part in "The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly" as we over-examine Pirates of the Caribbean at the Magic Kingdom. In between the segments, we'll be making the eliminations of two contestants based on how you voted the over the last two weeks. Discuss this show, see our show notes, and vote for the segments you want to hear every week by going over to the WDWNT Network Community Forums at www.wdwnewstoday.com/forums. This is also your destination for “Who Wants to be a Podcaster?” Voting! Don’t forget to visit the entire WDWNT Network of Disney-inspired websites and podcasts by visiting www.WDWNT.com

Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Jason Diffendal, Justin Heyman, Anthony Yacullo, Conner Purzycki, Banks Lee, and Duffy Lee for a variety show dedicated to the Walt Disney World Resort and its many fans. Plenty of Walt Disney World information and fun awaits you on this edition of the WDW News Today Podcast!!! On this week's show, we have a "scary" installment of our Walt Disney World history segment, Back to the Future. In this week's trip through time, we'll be looking at the history of the only attraction based on the one that started it all, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. We'll travel back to Snow White's Adventures at Disneyland, visit here many Scary Adventures in Orlando, and even travel overseas to see how the Wicked Queen has been scaring international guests. All this and much more Walt Disney World information and fun awaits you on this edition of WDW News Today Podcast. Discuss this show, see our show notes, and vote for the segments you want to hear every week by going over to the WDWNT Network Community Forums at www.wdwnewstoday.com/forums. This is also your destination for “Who Wants to be a Podcaster?” Voting! Don’t forget to visit the entire WDWNT Network of Disney-inspired websites and podcasts by visiting www.WDWNT.com

Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Jason Diffendal, Justin Heyman, Natalie Henley, Marci Smith, Jenni Simon, Mike Truskowski, Josh Stern, Taylor Martina, David Smith, John Kuruc, Zach Larson, and Jay Catalano for a variety show dedicated to the Walt Disney World Resort and its many fans. Plenty of Walt Disney World information and fun awaits you on this edition of the WDW News Today Podcast!!! This is episode #166 for October 18, 2010 and is the first week of our "Who Wants to be a Podcaster?" competition. To kick off this week's show, we have half of the contestants providing your Walt Disney World Resort News and Rumor Report. In this week's report we'll be discussing the arrival of Duffy the Disney Bear at Epcot, the announcement of Walt Disney World's marketing campaign for 2011, and we'll reveal the captain of the Starspeeder 1000 for Star Tours: The Adventures Continue, among a number of topics. Following the report, the other half of the group will be taking part in "The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly" as we over-examine DINOSAUR at Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park. At the end of the program, we'll recap the competition and fill you in on how to vote for your favorite contestants. Discuss this show, see our show notes, and vote for the segments you want to hear every week by going over to the WDWNT Network Community Forums at www.wdwnewstoday.com/forums. This is also your destination for "Who Wants to be a Podcaster?" Voting! Don’t forget to visit the entire WDWNT Network of Disney-inspired websites and podcasts by visiting www.WDWNT.com

Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Jason Diffendal, Justin Heyman, Natalie Henley, Marci Smith, Jenni Simon, Mike Truskowski, Josh Stern, Taylor Martina, David Smith, John Kuruc, Zach Larson, and Hayley Nance for a variety show dedicated to the Walt Disney World Resort and its many fans. Plenty of Walt Disney World information and fun awaits you on this edition of the WDW News Today Podcast!!! On this week's show, we introduce the ten contestants of our "Who Wants to be a Podcaster?" competition. Before they begin participating in segments and vying for your votes next week, we give them a chance to tell a little bit about themselves, and then we have a little surprise for them that I think you'll enjoy. Discuss this show, see our show notes, and vote for the segments you want to hear every week by going over to the WDWNT Network Community Forums at www.wdwnewstoday.com/forums. Don’t forget to visit the entire WDWNT Network of Disney-inspired websites and podcasts by visiting www.WDWNT.com

Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Anthony Yacullo, Jason Diffendal, Chris Lastrapes, and Scott Smith for a variety show dedicated to the Walt Disney World Resort and its many fans. Plenty of Walt Disney World information and fun awaits you on this edition of the WDW News Today Podcast!!! On this week's show, we have another edition of "The Golden Age". In this discussion featuring Mickey's Bithdayland, Mickey's Starland, or Mickey's Toontown Fair at the Magic Kingdom, we will continue our quest land by land, area by area, and space by space, throughout the Vacation Kingdom to find what is truly the Golden Age of the entire Walt Disney World Resort. This segment was actually recorded a few weeks ago and marks the final podcast appearances for Scott Smith and Chris Lastrapes, and personally, I feel it's a fitting farewell for these long-time mainstays of the show. Discuss this show, see our show notes, and vote for the segments you want to hear every week by going over to the WDWNT Network Community Forums at www.wdwnewstoday.com/forums. Don’t forget to visit the entire WDWNT Network of Disney-inspired websites and podcasts by visiting www.WDWNT.com

Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Anthony Yacullo, Jason Diffendal, Jay Catalano, and Justin Heyman for a variety show dedicated to the Walt Disney World Resort and its many fans. Plenty of Walt Disney World information and fun awaits you on this edition of the WDW News Today Podcast!!! On this week's show, we have the sixth edition of what you voted our most popular segment, "The Top 10". It's an interactive and fun segment where the WDWNT Podcast Team and our listeners come together to create top ten lists for Walt Disney World in many different categories. We continue this week with the top original attraction characters ever-made for the Walt Disney World Resort. Discuss this show, see our show notes, and vote for the segments you want to hear every week by going over to the WDWNT Network Community Forums at www.wdwnewstoday.com/forums. Don’t forget to visit the entire WDWNT Network of Disney-inspired websites and podcasts by visiting www.WDWNT.com