The WDW News Today Podcast - Enhanced Episodes

An enhanced podcast is a podcast with added features that standard podcasts do not have. Enhanced podcasts include advancements such as Chapter listings, this allows you to skip through segments or see all of the contents of this show. Enhanced podcasts also contain images allowing you to differ the chapters by or actually see a picture of what the podcaster is talking about. Enhanced podcasts have only one negative feature, you can not play them on most basic mp3 players. The file format for an Enhanced Podcast file is .m4a, which can play on an Apple iPod or a Microsoft Zune. If you need or would like a standard show, download the normal edition listed below this file. We hope you enjoy this WDWNT Network enhanced podcast. Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Jason Paul, 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!!! To kick off this week's show, we have your Walt Disney World Resort News and Rumor Report. In this week's report, we have a lot to discuss, including rumors of change in the Fantasyland Forest Expansion plans, Kodak leaving the Imagination pavilion at Epcot, and more details on Disney's Art of Animation Resort, amongst a number of topics. Following the report, I have an interview with Disneyland News Today's Jason Paul about the creation of the song you'll hear behind me at the beginning of the show, WDWNT: The Podcast Theme Song. 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

An enhanced podcast is a podcast with added features that standard podcasts do not have. Enhanced podcasts include advancements such as Chapter listings, this allows you to skip through segments or see all of the contents of this show. Enhanced podcasts also contain images allowing you to differ the chapters by or actually see a picture of what the podcaster is talking about. Enhanced podcasts have only one negative feature, you can not play them on most basic mp3 players. The file format for an Enhanced Podcast file is .m4a, which can play on an Apple iPod or a Microsoft Zune. If you need or would like a standard show, download the normal edition listed below this file. We hope you enjoy this WDWNT Network enhanced podcast. Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Scott Smith, Justin Heyman, Banks Lee, Conner Purzycki, and Brandon Struve 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!!! WDWNT announces the boarding of the Endor Express, non-stop Starspeeder service to episode 161. All passengers, please prepare for immediate boarding. Hello, I am Tom Corless, human-cyborg relations and welcome aboard our Star Tours tribute special. Please make sure your safety restraints are securely fastened for “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”, as well as a special guest interview this week as we say goodbye to the original Star Tours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Now hang on, tug on your safety straps, and enjoy this week’s 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. Don’t forget to visit the entire WDWNT Network of Disney-inspired websites and podcasts by visiting www.WDWNT.com

An enhanced podcast is a podcast with added features that standard podcasts do not have. Enhanced podcasts include advancements such as Chapter listings, this allows you to skip through segments or see all of the contents of this show. Enhanced podcasts also contain images allowing you to differ the chapters by or actually see a picture of what the podcaster is talking about. Enhanced podcasts have only one negative feature, you can not play them on most basic mp3 players. The file format for an Enhanced Podcast file is .m4a, which can play on an Apple iPod or a Microsoft Zune. If you need or would like a standard show, download the normal edition listed below this file. We hope you enjoy this WDWNT Network enhanced podcast. Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Scott Smith, Jason Diffendal, Jose Castillo, John Rick, Josh Siegel, John Rick, Banks Lee, Chris Lastrapes, and Brandon Struve 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!!! To kick off this week’s show, we have the complete, un-edited recording of our first-ever live show from the Walt Disney World Resort. It’s definitely worth a listen as it features the return of the extremely popular “Where in the World is Tom Corless?”, and perhaps the most poorly played edition of “Disney Don’t Forget the Lyrics” ever. Following that, a number of staff members from around the WDWNT Network join me for a review of all the festivities from WDWNT: The Weekend. And finally, to wrap up this week’s show, we take an in-depth listen to the new Starry-O-Phonic sounds from Space Mountain 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

An enhanced podcast is a podcast with added features that standard podcasts do not have. Enhanced podcasts include advancements such as Chapter listings, this allows you to skip through segments or see all of the contents of this show. Enhanced podcasts also contain images allowing you to differ the chapters by or actually see a picture of what the podcaster is talking about. Enhanced podcasts have only one negative feature, you can not play them on most basic mp3 players. The file format for an Enhanced Podcast file is .m4a, which can play on an Apple iPod or a Microsoft Zune. If you need or would like a standard show, download the normal edition listed below this file. We hope you enjoy this WDWNT Network enhanced podcast. Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Scott Smith, 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 have the return of one of most popular segment series, the Walt Disney World dining discussions. We begin this week with a look at table service restaurants at the Magic Kingdom. As you can imagine, the discussion eventually turn s into a heated debate about the Disney Dining Plan, but hopefully this won’t make you not tune in to future editions. 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.

An enhanced podcast is a podcast with added features that standard podcasts do not have. Enhanced podcasts include advancements such as Chapter listings, this allows you to skip through segments or see all of the contents of this show. Enhanced podcasts also contain images allowing you to differ the chapters by or actually see a picture of what the podcaster is talking about. Enhanced podcasts have only one negative feature, you can not play them on most basic mp3 players. The file format for an Enhanced Podcast file is .m4a, which can play on an Apple iPod or a Microsoft Zune. If you need or would like a standard show, download the normal edition listed below this file. We hope you enjoy this WDWNT Network enhanced podcast. Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Scott Smith, Anthony Yacullo, and Chris Lastrapes 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 one of our signature segments focusing on one of Walt Disney World’s signature attractions. It’s “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly” of Space Mountain at the Magic Kingdom. We’ll go step by step through what we like and don’t like about the original version of the world’s most famous roller coaster. 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.

An enhanced podcast is a podcast with added features that standard podcasts do not have. Enhanced podcasts include advancements such as Chapter listings, this allows you to skip through segments or see all of the contents of this show. Enhanced podcasts also contain images allowing you to differ the chapters by or actually see a picture of what the podcaster is talking about. Enhanced podcasts have only one negative feature, you can not play them on most basic mp3 players. The file format for an Enhanced Podcast file is .m4a, which can play on an Apple iPod or a Microsoft Zune. If you need or would like a standard show, download the normal edition listed below this file. We hope you enjoy this WDWNT Network enhanced podcast. Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Jason Diffendal, Scott Smith, Brandon Struve, Adam Roth, 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!!! To kick off this week’s show, we have your Walt Disney World Resort News and Rumor Report. In this week’s report, we have a lot to discuss, including the extension of the Main Street Electrical Parade at the Magic Kingdom, the end of High School Musical at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, a few updates on Star Tours: The Adventures Continue, and we’ll tell you why you may soon be able to spend a night inside the Haunted Mansion on your Walt Disney World vacation. Following the report, WDWNT Reporter Adam Roth joins me to recap the events of Star Wars Celebration V in Orlando, as well as the one-night-only mega-event that was “Last Tour to Endor” at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. 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.

An enhanced podcast is a podcast with added features that standard podcasts do not have. Enhanced podcasts include advancements such as Chapter listings, this allows you to skip through segments or see all of the contents of this show. Enhanced podcasts also contain images allowing you to differ the chapters by or actually see a picture of what the podcaster is talking about. Enhanced podcasts have only one negative feature, you can not play them on most basic mp3 players. The file format for an Enhanced Podcast file is .m4a, which can play on an Apple iPod or a Microsoft Zune. If you need or would like a standard show, download the normal edition listed below this file. We hope you enjoy this WDWNT Network enhanced podcast. Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Jason Diffendal, Scott Smith, 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 another 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 singing food, rockin' parodies, and flying hang-gliders inside The Land pavilion at Epcot. We'll travel back to the Kitchen Kabaret, and take our time machine all the way up to the cloning of a California Adventure attraction, and beyond. 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. Please visit the official “WDWNT: The Weekend” website at www.WDWNTtheWeekend.com for information on our first-ever fan event at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. Registration for the event is closing August 15th, so register ASAP!!! WARNING! – The standard/normal edition of The WDW News Today Podcast will be moving to its own feed on August 16, 2010. Please search iTunes for the “Standard Episodes” feed and be sure to subscribe to it if you wish to continue to download only the standard/normal edition of the show. Links to the standard edition RSS Feed and iTunes feed are available in the sidebar of www.wdwnewstoday.com. We apologize for any inconvenience but hope these changes will make downloading and enjoying the show easier for you.

Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Jason Diffendal, Scott Smith, 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 another 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 singing food, rockin' parodies, and flying hang-gliders inside The Land pavilion at Epcot. We'll travel back to the Kitchen Kabaret, and take our time machine all the way up to the cloning of a California Adventure attraction, and beyond. 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. Please visit the official “WDWNT: The Weekend” website at www.WDWNTtheWeekend.com for information on our first-ever fan event at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. Registration for the event is closing August 15th, so register ASAP!!! WARNING! – The standard/normal edition of The WDW News Today Podcast will be moving to its own feed on August 16, 2010. Please search iTunes for the “Standard Episodes” feed and be sure to subscribe to it if you wish to continue to download only the standard/normal edition of the show. Links to the standard edition RSS Feed and iTunes feed are available in the sidebar of www.wdwnewstoday.com. We apologize for any inconvenience but hope these changes will make downloading and enjoying the show easier for you.

An enhanced podcast is a podcast with added features that standard podcasts do not have. Enhanced podcasts include advancements such as Chapter listings, this allows you to skip through segments or see all of the contents of this show. Enhanced podcasts also contain images allowing you to differ the chapters by or actually see a picture of what the podcaster is talking about. Enhanced podcasts have only one negative feature, you can not play them on most basic mp3 players. The file format for an Enhanced Podcast file is .m4a, which can play on an Apple iPod or a Microsoft Zune. If you need or would like a standard show, download the normal edition listed below this file. We hope you enjoy this WDWNT Network enhanced podcast. Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Jason Diffendal, Banks Lee, Scott Smith, Brandon Struve, Jose Castillo, 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!!! To kick off this week’s show, we have the fifth edition of our newest segment called “The Top Ten”. 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 ten table service restaurants at the Walt Disney World Resort. Following that, we have another edition of Town Square Talk without Mayor Justin Heyman. On this trip down Main Street WDWNT, we’ll be providing information on WDWNT: The Weekend (which, might I add, is just three weeks away), the season finale of “See Ya’ Real Late”, the return of the Super Obscure Show to WDWNTunes, WDWNT: The App, and we’ll also be informing you of a very important change that will affect how you download this program every week. 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. Please visit the official “WDWNT: The Weekend” website at www.WDWNTtheWeekend.com for information on our first-ever fan event at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. Registration for the event is closing August 15th, so register ASAP!!! WARNING! – The standard/normal edition of The WDW News Today Podcast will be moving to its own feed on August 16, 2010. Please search iTunes for the “Standard Episodes” feed and be sure to subscribe to it if you wish to continue to download only the standard/normal edition of the show. Links to the standard edition RSS Feed and iTunes feed are available in the sidebar of www.wdwnewstoday.com. We apologize for any inconvenience but hope these changes will make downloading and enjoying the show easier for you.

Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Jason Diffendal, Banks Lee, Scott Smith, Brandon Struve, Jose Castillo, 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!!! To kick off this week's show, we have the fifth edition of our newest segment called "The Top Ten". 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 ten table service restaurants at the Walt Disney World Resort. Following that, we have another edition of Town Square Talk without Mayor Justin Heyman. On this trip down Main Street WDWNT, we'll be providing information on WDWNT: The Weekend (which, might I add, is just three weeks away), the season finale of "See Ya' Real Late", the return of the Super Obscure Show to WDWNTunes, WDWNT: The App, and we'll also be informing you of a very important change that will affect how you download this program every week. 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. Please visit the official “WDWNT: The Weekend” website at www.WDWNTtheWeekend.com for information on our first-ever fan event at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. Registration for the event is closing August 15th, so register ASAP!!! WARNING! – The standard/normal edition of The WDW News Today Podcast will be moving to its own feed on August 16, 2010. Please search iTunes for the “Standard Episodes” feed and be sure to subscribe to it if you wish to continue to download only the standard/normal edition of the show. Links to the standard edition RSS Feed and iTunes feed are available in the sidebar of www.wdwnewstoday.com. We apologize for any inconvenience but hope these changes will make downloading and enjoying the show easier for you.

An enhanced podcast is a podcast with added features that standard podcasts do not have. Enhanced podcasts include advancements such as Chapter listings, this allows you to skip through segments or see all of the contents of this show. Enhanced podcasts also contain images allowing you to differ the chapters by or actually see a picture of what the podcaster is talking about. Enhanced podcasts have only one negative feature, you can not play them on most basic mp3 players. The file format for an Enhanced Podcast file is .m4a, which can play on an Apple iPod or a Microsoft Zune. If you need or would like a standard show, download the normal edition listed below this file. We hope you enjoy this WDWNT Network enhanced podcast. Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Jason Diffendal, Banks Lee, Scott Smith, 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!!! On this week’s show, we have a huge edition of the Walt Disney World Resort News and Rumor Report. In this week’s report, we have a lot to discuss, including the 2010 Epcot International Food and Wine Festival, the return of Captain EO, a new experience coming later this year to Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and what you can expect during the 2010 holiday season at the Walt Disney World Resort, just to name a few of the topics we’ll be covering. 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. Please visit the official “WDWNT: The Weekend” website at www.WDWNTtheWeekend.com for information on our first-ever fan event at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. Registration for the event is closing August 15th, so register ASAP!!! WARNING! – The standard/normal edition of The WDW News Today Podcast will be moving to its own feed on August 16, 2010. Please search iTunes for the “Standard Episodes” feed and be sure to subscribe to it if you wish to continue to download only the standard/normal edition of the show. Links to the standard edition RSS Feed and iTunes feed are available in the sidebar of www.wdwnewstoday.com/blog. We apologize for any inconvenience but hope these changes will make downloading and enjoying the show easier for you.

Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Jason Diffendal, Banks Lee, Scott Smith, 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!!! On this week's show, we have a huge edition of the Walt Disney World Resort News and Rumor Report. In this week's report, we have a lot to discuss, including the 2010 Epcot International Food and Wine Festival, the return of Captain EO, a new experience coming later this year to Disney's Animal Kingdom, and what you can expect during the 2010 holiday season at the Walt Disney World Resort, just to name a few of the topics we'll be covering. 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. Please visit the official “WDWNT: The Weekend” website and sign up for the WDWNT: The Weekend event newsletter at WDWNTtheWeekend.com. Registration is now open and our event is filling-up fast, so register ASAP!!! WARNING! - The standard/normal edition of The WDW News Today Podcast will be moving to its own feed on August 16, 2010. Please search iTunes for the "Standard Episodes" feed and be sure to subscribe to it if you wish to continue to download only the standard/normal edition of the show. Links to the standard edition RSS Feed and iTunes feed are available in the sidebar of www.wdwnewstoday.com/blog. We apologize for any inconvenience but hope these changes will make downloading and enjoying the show easier for you.

An enhanced podcast is a podcast with added features that standard podcasts do not have. Enhanced podcasts include advancements such as Chapter listings, this allows you to skip through segments or see all of the contents of this show. Enhanced podcasts also contain images allowing you to differ the chapters by or actually see a picture of what the podcaster is talking about. Enhanced podcasts have only one negative feature, you can not play them on most basic mp3 players. The file format for an Enhanced Podcast file is .m4a, which can play on an Apple iPod or a Microsoft Zune. If you need or would like a standard show, download the normal edition listed below this file. We hope you enjoy this WDWNT Network enhanced podcast. Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Jason Diffendal, Brandon Struve, Banks Lee, Scott Smith, and Chris Lastrapes 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!!! To kick off this week’s show, we have another edition of “The Golden Age”. In this discussion featuring the Magic Kingdom Resort area, 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. Following the report, we have a special piece of audio I recorded while out at the Disneyland Resort last week, featuring the re-dedication of the park for its milestone 55th anniversary. 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. Please visit the official “WDWNT: The Weekend” website and sign up for the WDWNT: The Weekend event newsletter at WDWNTtheWeekend.com. Registration is now open and our event is filling-up fast, so register ASAP!!!

Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Jason Diffendal, Brandon Struve, Banks Lee, Scott Smith, and Chris Lastrapes 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!!! To kick off this week's show, we have another edition of "The Golden Age". In this discussion featuring the Magic Kingdom Resort area, 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. Following the report, we have a special piece of audio I recorded while out at the Disneyland Resort last week, featuring the re-dedication of the park for its milestone 55th anniversary. 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. Please visit the official “WDWNT: The Weekend” website and sign up for the WDWNT: The Weekend event newsletter at WDWNTtheWeekend.com. Registration is now open and our event is filling-up fast, so register ASAP!!!

An enhanced podcast is a podcast with added features that standard podcasts do not have. Enhanced podcasts include advancements such as Chapter listings, this allows you to skip through segments or see all of the contents of this show. Enhanced podcasts also contain images allowing you to differ the chapters by or actually see a picture of what the podcaster is talking about. Enhanced podcasts have only one negative feature, you can not play them on most basic mp3 players. The file format for an Enhanced Podcast file is .m4a, which can play on an Apple iPod or a Microsoft Zune. If you need or would like a standard show, download the normal edition listed below this file. We hope you enjoy this WDWNT Network enhanced podcast. Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Jason Diffendal, Justin Heyman, John Coriglano, Scott Smith, and Chirs Lastrapes 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 week we have a ver special edition of the WDWNT Podcast. In honor of our 3 year anniversary this week, this show is something a little different, we're calling it "The Happiest Homecoming in Ears". We're bringing back a classic retired segment from the WDWNT vault and an old friend will be returning in one our signature segments. To kick off this week's show, we have the long-awaited return of everyone's favorite game show, "Disney Don't Forget the Lyrics". Following that, we have another 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 Splash Mountain at the Magic Kingdom. All this and much more Walt Disney World information and fun awaits you on this 3rd Anniversary 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. Please visit the official “WDWNT: The Weekend” website and sign up for the WDWNT: The Weekend event newsletter at WDWNTtheWeekend.com. Registration is now open and our event is filling-up fast, so register ASAP!!!