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Episodes
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney.
This week in Disney news we discuss what the recent cuts to the Galactic Starcuiser’s schedule could mean to it’s future and get totally sidetracked by the Philadelphia Flyers mascot while discussing some epic Daredevil: Born Again casting.
Plus, you’ll soon be able to get a Dole Whip anytime you want.
Some people may call it stupid to wake up at 2:45 am for 4 days in a row to run 46.6 miles, but Disney calls it Dopey.
And with Marathon Weekend sign-ups fast-approaching, your 3rd and 10th favorite podcast hosts (we all know which of us is your number 3) compiled a lists of Dopey training Dos and Don'ts that you can use to determine if you want to run and what to do to once you inevitably decide to follow Master Yoda's advice, "Do or do not, there is no try."
Your training program, race meals, and attitude along with a lot of other factors will determine how good of an experience you have. But some things will definitely hold you back like eating foods your stomach doesn't digest well (hello Port-o-potty) and thinking that one missed run will ruin your whole training program.
Plus, take it from us, if you run with a prop, you better try it out or you'll probably be forced to litter in front of the Castle. Oops!
As always, thank you so much for listening! Have a magical week!
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Monday Mar 06, 2023
Monday Mar 06, 2023
Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. Before we jump into the main topic, it’s time for a little Disney News!
If you haven’t seen the Encanto and Tiana topiaries, you need to and when better to see them than EPCOT’s Flower and Garden Festival that goes on from March 1-July 5?
The new Haunted Mansion trailer is out and it looks amazing (and a bit scary)! We can’t wait to see where they take the story, but if it’s anywhere as near as all the Haunted Mansion nods, it’s going to be great!
Going to Disney is such an amazing experience that almost everyone wants to do again and again. But, being the leading theme park in the world also means Disney can and needs to charge high prices for the experience.
This week, we give our 10 best tips and tricks to saving money on your Disney World trip.
We cover everything from how to save on food to finding the cheapest hotel to how to keep your merch hauls from breaking your bank. Also, we reveal how it may actually be more fiscally responsible to stay an extra day verses purchasing Genie+!
And if you’re currently planning a Disney experience of any kind and need a Disney expert to help you have the best trip possible, contact friend of the podcast Becky Ginther at beckyg@castledreamstravel.com.
As always, thank you so much for listening! Don’t forget to check us out on Instagram, Facebook and Youtube or submit a question/topic for us to discuss on a future episode.
Have a magical week!
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. Before we jump into the main topic, it’s time for a little Disney News!
Disney dropped the ultra-modern concept art for villas over at the Disneyland Hotel. They look so sleek…almost too sleek.
Rogers the Musical is coming to the Hyperion Theater in Disneyland. We’re hopeful that means it’s in the pipeline to be a full-blown musical in a few years.
We went to the Disney 100 The Exhibition grand opening at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, so we figured this week we’d give you the rundown of what’s in it and our experience.
Journey through the various galleries with us and hear what Disney memorabilia is contained within the exhibition. Hear our highlights, which includes the the original Matterhorn ride vehicle, the Nautilus used in Disney’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and Porgs so real you’ll want to sneak them into a natural history museum.
On top of all that, the exhibition has an incredible music gallery that allows you to hear Disney’s top animated hit songs from Moana, Encanto, and Frozen translated and performed into various languages!
We also share the best times to visit the exhibit and our interesting experience being recorded for use across all space and time in perpetuity.
As always, thank you so much for listening! Don’t forget to check us out on Instagram, Facebook and Youtube or submit a question/topic for us to discuss on a future episode.
Have a magical week!
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Monday Feb 20, 2023
Monday Feb 20, 2023
Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. Before we jump into the main topic, it’s time for a little Disney News!
Reservations for Hollywood Studios newest restaurant open up on February 21. Plus, Disney released footage of the upcoming World of Frozen expansion at Hong Kong Disneyland and we are absolutely IN LOVE with the updated Elsa animatronic.
In our main segment, we cover our picks for the must do attractions and Magic Kingdom, plus the ones you can totally skip!
Basically we end up gushing about how much we love Haunted Mansion (I mean who doesn’t?!?) and then Joe makes some picks that may lose us a few listeners.
Also a big shout out to the Happiest Hour on Earth podcast, the Market House podcast and Abby @disneyadventuretime for adding their picks to this week’s episode.
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As always, thank you so much for listening! Don’t forget to check us out on Instagram, Facebook and Youtube or submit a question/topic for us to discuss on a future episode or support us on Patreon.
Have a magical week!
Monday Feb 13, 2023
Monday Feb 13, 2023
Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. Before we jump into the main topic, it’s time for a little Disney News!
The big news this week came out of the Disney’s investor call. They will be restructuring the company into 3 divisions. With that, they’ll be cutting 7,000 jobs. And then surprising news of 3 sequels dropped including the one we predicted all the way back when the D23 Expo happened: Frozen 3.
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, we started to ponder, “What would a date in Disney World look like?”.
This week we answer that very question. Where can you go with your partner, what can you do, and even what can you wear to have the most romantic date?
And we answer the nagging question, “Which Disney World park is the most romantic?”. Then we wrap it all up with what would be the nicest full-day date we could think of.
Looking to plan a Disney trip this year? Reach out to Becky at Castle Dreams Travel (beckyg@castledreamstravel.com) and let her know Enchanted Ears sent you!
As always, thank you so much for listening! Don’t forget to check us out on Instagram, Facebook and Youtube or submit a question/topic for us to discuss on a future episode or support us on Patreon.
Have a magical week!
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. Before we jump into the main topic, it’s time for a little Disney News!
The ride concept for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is out, and it’s an interesting one. After the success of Tiana’s Palace, Tiana’s now set her sights on helping the community by starting a community-owned food co-op of sorts inside an old salt mine.
Also, over in Universal, a few weeks ago, Universal announced they’ll be building two new experiences/parks in other locations in the U.S., one in Texas, the other in Las Vegas.
As Disney people, we don’t always hop on over to Universal Studios, but on our latest Disney trip, we decided to pay Universal a visit.
We learned quite a bit from the trip and really got a chance to see with new eyes exactly where Universal thrives and Disney could up their game a little.
So this week, we talk about some of the things we really loved about Universal that Disney could learn from (and maybe a few things we weren’t so much a fan of). We also discuss the future of Universal and how that will absolutely have a direct impact on Disney, especially if Disney doesn’t prepare themselves for it.
As always, thank you so much for listening! Don’t forget to check us out on Instagram, Facebook and Youtube or submit a question/topic for us to discuss on a future episode or support us on Patreon.
Have a magical week!
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. Before we jump into the main topic, it’s time for a little Disney News!
The opening date for Rodeo Roundup BBQ in Toy Story Land is March 23.
Disneyland’s Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway opened last week. As per the usual, Disneyland got an upgraded version of the ride with a few small additional scenes and incredible queue theming.
In the latest installment of “Bob Iger thinks the parks are too pricey,” the price of Savvi’s Lightsabers and droids have been decreased. We love how he’s making the parks more affordable and wonder why this isn’t in the news more.
Finally, Disney has patented head-mounted camera display for costumed characters. The invention will give cast members better visibility out of their costumes.
It’s officially the Walt Disney Company’s 100th anniversary celebration, so this week we’re talking about what we see as the company’s highlights over the past 100 years.
We discuss what failures led to the thriving Disney company we know today, how Walt’s loss of Oswald gave rise to Mickey, the innovations made by the company in order to improve entertainment as we know it, the contributions of Eisner and Iger, and how Disney’s changed our culture and the world. It’s an absolutely bananas 100 years. Here’s to 100+ more!
As always, thank you so much for listening! Don’t forget to check us out on Instagram, Facebook and Youtube or submit a question/topic for us to discuss on a future episode or support us on Patreon.
Have a magical week!
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. Before we jump into the main topic, it’s time for a little Disney News!
Disney’s 100th Anniversary food has been revealed and as usual, it looks pretty good. But the big story is the poison apple mug and the Mickey Mouse sipper.
The new Donald Duck Restaurant in Shanghai has opened and features the cutest duck in all the lands.
Lastly, when Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway opens in Disneyland, you’ll have to join a virtual queue to ride like most other new attractions in the Disney parks.
This week we give our trip recap of Marathon Weekend. We discuss crowds, what we did (ate a lot) and didn’t do (ride a lot), how the races worked, the highlights of both running and spectating the races, and the Dopey Challenge.
We had a total blast and put pretty much no pressure on ourselves to do much of anything besides run, eat, and enjoy ourselves which made for a delightful trip.
As always, thank you so much for listening! Don’t forget to check us out on Instagram, Facebook and Youtube or submit a question/topic for us to discuss on a future episode or support us on Patreon.
Have a magical week!
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. This week there was so much news, we decided to make it the full episode. Tune in next week for our full recap of our Disney trip and the Dopey Challenge.
The Disney Dining Plan has been nonexistent since pandemic, but now Disney is offering some dining promotions up to $750 at no extra cost.
We know “Happily Ever After” was coming back, but now we have a date! April 3 is the day! Epcot Forever will also be returning April 3. But possibly the biggest news is that the barges are going bye bye!
Speaking of Disney shows, “Avengers: Power the Night” drone show will be running in Parisian on the Tower of Terror for their 30th anniversary grand finale from January 28 through May 8. This show will feature 500 drones making iconic items from he MCU like Cap’s shield, Ironman’s repulsers, and Dr. Strange’s sling ring.
In a strange turn of events…Disney is cutting costs for guests. Yes, you read it correctly. Over in Disney World, there will be complimentary parking at hotels, relaxed passholder reservations after 2, and Genie+ will include attraction photos. For the 100th anniversary, Disneyland in California will allow park hopping at 11 and free attraction photos starting February 4th. They will also offer two months’ worth of $104 days.
And in the last piece of Disney news for now, Reedy Creek changed the land usage plan, which will allow them to create space for another theme park, if they’d like. We speculate on what this might mean.
As always, thank you so much for listening! Don’t forget to check us out on Instagram, Facebook and Youtube or submit a question/topic for us to discuss on a future episode or support us on Patreon.
Have a magical week!
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. Before we jump into the main topic, it’s time for a little Disney News!
Since we’re still coming down from our races, we’re recording early and only have this one, very excellent, piece of very appropriate news: RunDisney’s returning to Disneyland in 2024!! You best believe we’ll be there!
This week, we make predictions about what 2023 is going to bring for the Walt Disney Company.
Will there be new park/ride announcements?
Will Bob Iger really be done at the end of his 2 year contract?
Will Pixar finally get their movies back into the theaters?
Only time will tell, but we rubbed our crystal ball and think we know the answers to all that and more!
As always, thank you so much for listening! Don’t forget to check us out on Instagram, Facebook and Youtube or submit a question/topic for us to discuss on a future episode or support us on Patreon.
Have a magical week!