WDW-Memories: Relive That Walt Disney World Magic

Come and join us for another installment of the WDW-Memories podcast, where I try to make it possible for you relive your Walt Disney World Memories when you can't actually be there. Today’s again going to be a departure from our normal Request and Memory show. Today we’re going to do a trip report from my trip last month in June. This trip was over 4 days, the first three of which were in the evenings or before my convention in Orlando, and the 4th was with the whole family. I’ve broken this report up into 3 consecutive episodes which I have released on 3 consecutive weeks. And today, we’re going to be wrapping up the trip report with day 4 with the whole family at the Magic Kingdom and Epcot. Then we will finish this podcast with a ride on the Dumbo the Flying Elephant. Show notes: https://wdw-memories.net/2012/07/27/memory-074/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: BallotReady: The goal of this initiative is to increase voter education and encourage your listeners to get the vote out during the 2020 General Election this November. https://www.ballotready.org/

Come and join us for another installment of the WDW-Memories podcast, where I try to make it possible for you relive your Walt Disney World Memories when you can't actually be there. Today’s again going to be a departure from our normal Request and Memory show. Today we’re going to do a trip report from my trip last month in June. This trip was over 4 days, the first three of which were in the evenings or before my convention in Orlando, and the 4th was with the whole family. So I’m going to break this trip report up into 3 consecutive episodes which I’ll release on 3 consecutive weeks. That’s right, instead of every other week, I’m going to put these out on a special weekly schedule. And today, we’re going to be continuing the trip report with day two at the Magic Kingdom, and day three at Epcot and Disney’s Hollywood Studios, since they were just evenings after my meetings were done. Then we will finish this podcast with a ride on the Tomorrowland Transit Authority or TTA. Show notes: https://wdw-memories.net/2012/07/20/memory-073/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: BallotReady: The goal of this initiative is to increase voter education and encourage your listeners to get the vote out during the 2020 General Election this November. https://www.ballotready.org/

Come and join us for another installment of the WDW-Memories podcast, where I try to make it possible for you relive your Walt Disney World Memories when you can't actually be there. So today’s going to be a departure from our normal Request and Memory show. Today we’re going to do a Trip Report from my trip last month in June. This trip was 4 days spread out over the course of a week, the first three of which were in the evenings or before my convention in Orlando, and the fourth was with the whole family. So I’m going to break this trip report up into three consecutive episodes which I’ll release on three consecutive weeks. That’s right, instead of every other week, I’m going to put these out on a special weekly schedule. And today will be the first part of this trip report, day one at the Disney Hollywood Studios in Walt Disney World. Show notes: https://wdw-memories.net/2012/07/13/memory-072/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: BallotReady: The goal of this initiative is to increase voter education and encourage your listeners to get the vote out during the 2020 General Election this November. https://www.ballotready.org/

Come and join us for another installment of the WDW-Memories podcast, where I try to make it possible for you relive your Walt Disney World Memories when you can't actually be there. It’s good to be home. Don’t get me wrong, I loved my 15 days in Florida, but sleeping in hotels or beds, or just beds that aren’t your own can really wear on you after a while. But I’m back in Kentucky now and glad to be back with you recording from my studio. But the good part about a vacation in Florida is trips to our favorite place Walt Disney World. And I got to spend quite a bit of free time at the parks and I’ve got some great audio. But today isn’t about my recent trips but is about a time now lost. Today we’re going BACK to Star Tours the original ride. Show notes: https://wdw-memories.net/2012/06/29/memory-071/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: BallotReady: The goal of this initiative is to increase voter education and encourage your listeners to get the vote out during the 2020 General Election this November. https://www.ballotready.org/

Come and join us for another installment of the WDW-Memories podcast, where I try to make it possible for you relive your Walt Disney World Memories when you can't actually be there. So for those of you not following me on Twitter, Facebook, or Google+, you may not know I've been in Orlando for the past couple of days at the time of this recording. Actually, the day that this memory releases, if all goes as planned I should be in the Magic Kingdom. So this is a real good time for me. Don't forget though, if you want to follow me, I do still plan on tweeting a bit while I'm in the parks maybe at some poin this next week too, so keep checking it out. Today however is going to be a little departure from the norm. I'm still doing a memory, however it's a recent one. Like 5 days ago. Right now as I'm recording in my hotel room, it's Monday night. I'm doing this a little quick and dirty, but I wanted to make sure you had something cool to hear for Memory 070, so that's why I thought I'd do my first ride on the new Star Tours. Show notes: https://wdw-memories.net/2012/06/15/memory-070/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: BallotReady: The goal of this initiative is to increase voter education and encourage your listeners to get the vote out during the 2020 General Election this November. https://www.ballotready.org/

Come and join us for another installment of the WDW-Memories podcast, where I try to make it possible for you relive your Walt Disney World Memories when you can't actually be there. Wow, my trip is almost here. A week from the release of this podcast I’ll be packing up and heading to Orlando for my convention. That first week I’ll be tied up there, but like I said I hope to slip over to the parks in the evenings or before the convention begins. I have a friend who works for Disney and with his help, I hope to see some things at the parks. At the end of the convention, my wife and kids and extended family will arrive and we’re planning to do a day together at the Magic Kingdom. This should be a blast as we’ll have a couple of the group who have never been to Walt Disney World including two little ones under two. I’m so looking forward to this. Maybe you have some ideas of what we should do to help keep the kids happy and cool throughout the day, just email me or post on one of our many social media sites. After that, we’re all going to head to the beach for an extended vacation. I’m still trying to convince the wife, but we may come back over to the parks for one more day at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, which I think the kids will love, but that ones not set in stone yet. I’ve made dining reservations just in case though, a good Junior Woodchuck is always prepared. So as you can tell, I’m pretty excited. I’m going to try and utilize my social media accounts while in the parks, so keep an eye on Twitter, Google+ and Facebook between June 10 and 24. And as for the podcast that should be released on the 15th, I’ll have something. Who knows, maybe I’ll record it live in the park and just release that. You’ll just have to wait and see. Now on to our regularly scheduled podcast. Our request for today’s podcast came from Amanda in Barcelona, Spain. She originally just wrote in saying she wanted to hear Imagination, plus some of the other great Epcot attractions. I’ll just sum up her emails as saying, she has many memories of spending time there at Epcot as she grew up in the Orlando area, everything from eating in World Showcase before Prom, to drinks in the UK every Friday after turning 21. The requests for Imagination though was just a nostalgic one. Show notes: https://wdw-memories.net/2012/06/01/memory-069/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: BallotReady: The goal of this initiative is to increase voter education and encourage your listeners to get the vote out during the 2020 General Election this November. https://www.ballotready.org/

Come and join us for another installment of the WDW-Memories podcast, where I try to make it possible for you relive your Walt Disney World Memories when you can't actually be there. So the pieces are coming together for my trip to Orlando. I have my ticket down purchased, we have plans to be in the park one day with the whole family, and if things go well I will spend a couple evening after the conference in the parks, or at least at the resorts. And what I’d love to hear is would anyone be interested in meeting up sometime between June 10-14? Just email me or call the voicemail line and let me know if you’ll be down there and we can maybe coordinate a get together of some sort. Show notes: https://wdw-memories.net/2012/05/18/memory-068/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: BallotReady: The goal of this initiative is to increase voter education and encourage your listeners to get the vote out during the 2020 General Election this November. https://www.ballotready.org/

Come and join us for another installment of the WDW-Memories podcast, where I try to make it possible for you relive your Walt Disney World Memories when you can't actually be there. As the days click forward towards my trip to Florida, I can’t help remembering all the fun times I had at the parks with the family. Especially all the fun times as Susie got to experience things for the first time. Now it’s going to be Mikey’s turn, and I just wonder what he’ll love. Will he be afraid of Mickey? What will he think of Beverly? Will he be a thrill ride junkie? I guess I’ll just have to wait to find that one out, but a good way to tell is to see how they do on the attraction in today’s memory. Today we’re going to catch a ride on The Barnstormer. Show notes: https://wdw-memories.net/2012/05/04/memory-067/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: BallotReady: The goal of this initiative is to increase voter education and encourage your listeners to get the vote out during the 2020 General Election this November. https://www.ballotready.org/

Come and join us for another installment of the WDW-Memories podcast, where I try to make it possible for you relive your Walt Disney World Memories when you can't actually be there. As I woke up this morning, I realized “I’ve got to release a podcast in a couple of days”. And because I have only a couple of days to record the intro and edit down the audio, I didn’t get a chance to post on all the social media websites soliciting comments like normal. For that, I want to apologize to all of you. That said, today we’re actually revisiting a previous memory. Today we’re going to go back and re-ride Space Mountain. Show notes: https://wdw-memories.net/2012/04/20/memory-066/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: BallotReady: The goal of this initiative is to increase voter education and encourage your listeners to get the vote out during the 2020 General Election this November. https://www.ballotready.org/

Come and join us for another installment of the WDW-Memories podcast, where I try to make it possible for you relive your Walt Disney World Memories when you can't actually be there. Well I goofed. For those of you not following on Twitter, Facebook, or Google+, I discovered at the last minute that the memory I was going to post for 65 was Carousel of Progress. That sounds fine, except I realized as I was setting up the release information that I posted this memory for Memory 022. So I figured I’ll have to come up with something else, and I’ve kind of had this one sitting in my back pocket for a while and figure I can do it whenever I need something. Show notes: https://wdw-memories.net/2012/04/09/memory-065/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: BallotReady: The goal of this initiative is to increase voter education and encourage your listeners to get the vote out during the 2020 General Election this November. https://www.ballotready.org/

Come and join us for another installment of the WDW-Memories podcast, where I try to make it possible for you relive your Walt Disney World Memories when you can't actually be there. I know they say it’s spring, but it sure doesn’t feel like it to me. These warm days make me think fondly of wandering around Walt Disney World on a warm Summer Vacation. I’d much wrather actually be there, but since I can’t, it seems like a good time for another Walt Disney World Memory, and today’s is a revisit of an all-time great one. Show notes: https://anchor.fm/wdw-memories/episodes/Memory-064 --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: BallotReady: The goal of this initiative is to increase voter education and encourage your listeners to get the vote out during the 2020 General Election this November. https://www.ballotready.org/

Come and join us for another installment of the WDW-Memories podcast, where I try to make it possible for you relive your Walt Disney World Memories when you can't actually be there. Ok, so it’s official. I’m heading to Orlando in June. Yes it’s for a convention at the Orange County Convention Center, but I can’t travel that far and not see the parks. So I will figure out a way to make it there, even if it’s for a day or just an evening. Maybe I’ll even plan a time to meet up with any of you who might be there at the same time, but no official plans yet. If you have any suggestions, feel free to let me know. Anyways, this really has nothing to do with today’s memory. Today, we’re going to relive one of those polarizing attractions again, Mission: Space. I say polarizing because I know people love to hate this attraction because it replace the beloved Horizons. I think Dan said it best in a tweet when he said “noooooooooooooooooooo, That took over for the best attraction in WDW...” I agree with Dan, but I won’t go so far as to protest Mission: Space. It’s a pretty good ride in it’s own right. I LOVED Horizons, don’t get me wrong, but I am sadly coming to grips with the understanding that things must evolve to keep from getting stale. I just wish it wasn’t this attraction that was destroyed. That said, at least Mission: Space isn’t so bad. I love the background music as you approach the attraction, the feeling of the initial G forces as you “take off”, and the feeling of weightlessness as you “leave the Earth’s atmosphere”. Show notes: https://wdw-memories.net/2012/03/09/memory-063/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: BallotReady: The goal of this initiative is to increase voter education and encourage your listeners to get the vote out during the 2020 General Election this November. https://www.ballotready.org/

Come and join us for another installment of the WDW-Memories podcast, where I try to make it possible for you relive your Walt Disney World Memories when you can't actually be there. Well I’ve got some exciting news. Well not news really, but it could be. So Traci and I were talking this week, and we’ve both got the itch to return to Walt Disney World. Now it so happens that work might be sending me down to Orlando for one of two conventions this year, and if it works out, Traci may accompany me down just for a couple of days before the convention begins, and we’ll probably go to Walt Disney World for a day or two. So I may have some new audio to start incorporating into the memories. Show notes: https://wdw-memories.net/2012/02/24/memory-062/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: BallotReady: The goal of this initiative is to increase voter education and encourage your listeners to get the vote out during the 2020 General Election this November. https://www.ballotready.org/

Come and join us for another installment of the WDW-Memories podcast, where I try to make it possible for you relive your Walt Disney World Memories when you can't actually be there. Let me start off with an apology. Two weeks ago, my extended family all returned back to the home we grew up in to celebrate Christmas and my Dad’s birthday. It was a wonderful weekend, but in the process of planning and packing for the trip I totally forgot that I was supposed to release a podcast. I had contemplated putting something out, but after returning things were just crazy and I never got around to it. So that brings us to this weeks memory. This week, we’re going to listen to some older memories of a troupe of performers that can often be found in the United Kingdom, and on occasions, Italy in Epcot’s World Showcase. If you haven’t guessed it, we’re going to listen to the World Showcase Players. Show notes: https://wdw-memories.net/2012/02/10/memory-061/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: BallotReady: The goal of this initiative is to increase voter education and encourage your listeners to get the vote out during the 2020 General Election this November. https://www.ballotready.org/

Come and join us for another installment of the WDW-Memories podcast, where I try to make it possible for you relive your Walt Disney World Memories when you can't actually be there. Well so it’s been a few weeks since I last released a podcast, but I first wanted to start off by saying Happy New Year to everyone. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas or whatever you celebrate. Our family had an interesting one to say the least, but I’d have to say I love watching my kids open up the gifts we got them, and then playing with everything while watching the Disney Christmas Parade on TV was probably the highlight of my day. Show notes: https://wdw-memories.net/2012/01/13/memory-060/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: BallotReady: The goal of this initiative is to increase voter education and encourage your listeners to get the vote out during the 2020 General Election this November. https://www.ballotready.org/