Miles from Main Street - Your Far from Disney Podcast

This week, we take your comments and ideas as we imagine a new country in Epcot's World Showcase.  We already have 11 countries, but there is room to add more.  We take a look at what those could be.  Maybe Spain or Taiwan?  What would they look like and would you include characters or a ride?  Animal Kingdom is adding a Tropical Americas section and has some countries represented. What could we do that the Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom doesn't already have?  We start with a possibility of Russia but quickly move to Australia, imagine the sounds of didgeridoos and the Outback! We then dive into the thought of Brazil, with its amazing Carnivale celebration and an Amazon River ride.  Then we look at India, with the thought of the Jungle Book being front and center along with Bollywood and the unique flavors of Indian food. Of course we take a tangent about funding and whether Epcot should have IP involved in their countries. We love reimagineering and creating new ideas for the parks and can't wait to hear what you think!Make sure you hit that subscribe button so you know when there are new episodes.Do you want to share your experiences? Be sure to leave us a voice mail on our website and we'll play it on our show! Let's talk on our social media pages or send us an email! Join our Facebook Community group FacebookInstagramWebsiteWe appreciate you joining us this week and every week and would love to hear from you! Finally, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts and Podchaser so that others can find us!It's time to press play – Let’s talk about it!

is all about Disney Dining, not just in the Disney Parks but around Walt Disney World Resort and the Disneyland Resort.  We encourage you to give us your top ten and comments as we go through our top ten dining experiences. We spend some time talking about some quick service locations like Sleepy Hollow and Satuli Canteen. We also talk about our favorite spots to sit down for a wonderful meal outside of the parks.  We look at Whispering Canyon Cafe and California Grill. Does Le Cellier make the list?  How about any restaurants in the Magic Kingdom?  Would Blue Bayou in Disneyland be a good choice?  We love the food at Disney and are excited to provide our thoughts!Make sure you hit that subscribe button so you know when there are new episodes.Do you want to share your experiences? Be sure to leave us a voice mail on our website and we'll play it on our show! Let's talk on our social media pages or send us an email! Join our Facebook Community group FacebookInstagramWebsiteWe appreciate you joining us this week and every week and would love to hear from you! Finally, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts and Podchaser so that others can find us!It's time to press play – Let’s talk about it!

We take a look at Epcot and some of the offerings that the park offers.  Much like our Magic Kingdom episode, we look at the shows, the rides and the food that Epcot offers.  Gran Fiesta Tour with the Three Caballeros, Living with the Land, or Journey into Imagination? We'll pick one for each category.  We have eight groupings in total and even have some friends come along to let us know their take on our choices.  Where will we put Le Cellier or Via Napoli? How about the Caramel Popcorn?  We love Epcot and really struggle at times to pick one to destroy or one to love.Come out to our socials and let us know your picks!  Make sure you hit that subscribe button so you know when there are new episodes.Do you want to share your experiences? Be sure to leave us a voice mail on our website and we'll play it on our show! Let's talk on our social media pages or send us an email! Join our Facebook Community group FacebookInstagramWebsiteWe appreciate you joining us this week and every week and would love to hear from you! Finally, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts and Podchaser so that others can find us!It's time to press play – Let’s talk about it!

Stewart from Welcome to Level Seven Podcast joins us for a discussion about Tom Sawyer Island and what we could do to change it. We start with some recent Disney news about Animal Kingdom's Dinoland and its pending renovation. Then pivot into some talk about Beyond Big Thunder and the expansion that is coming for Magic Kingdom.  We then get into Tom Sawyer Island, could Rapunzel work? How about Country Bears?  We get into that and more!Make sure you hit that subscribe button so you know when there are new episodes.Do you want to share your experiences? Be sure to leave us a voice mail on our website and we'll play it on our show! Let's talk on our social media pages or send us an email! Join our Facebook Community group FacebookInstagramWebsiteWe appreciate you joining us this week and every week and would love to hear from you! Finally, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts and Podchaser so that others can find us!It's time to press play – Let’s talk about it!

Bryan and his daughter Mia run down their experience at Whispering Canyon Cafe. We start by discussing what we did to get to the Wilderness Lodge from the Polynesian Resort. Taking a Lyft definitely helped with this experience. We then talk about the tremendous lobby at the Wilderness.  We talk about visiting the Carolwood Pacific room and looking for Hidden Mickeys while we waited for our table. Its such a great resort with many things to occupy you while waiting.  We finally sit down at our table and discuss the shenanigans from the wait staff, the ketchup, the large sodas and eventually get around to the breakfast skillets full of delicious typical breakfast food, but certainly the Mickey Waffles! We finish up with a birthday celebration and how we then moved on to the Animal Kingdom. After our review, Mia goes rogue and wants to talk about Hoop dee doo revue.  We discuss some of the fun we had at this experience and the food they served there.  Finally, Mia gets around to talking about Ohana and some of the experience we had at dinner.  We'll cover the food, the ambience and that we were able to listen to Happily Ever After during dinner.   Make sure you hit that subscribe button so you know when there are new episodes.Do you want to share your experiences? Be sure to leave us a voice mail on our website and we'll play it on our show! Let's talk on our social media pages or send us an email! Join our Facebook Community group FacebookInstagramWebsiteWe appreciate you joining us this week and every week and would love to hear from you! Finally, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts and Podchaser so that others can find us!It's time to press play – Let’s talk about it!

How would you tell them to handle Rope Drop at the Magic Kingdom? What about using Genie Plus at Epcot? What snacks should they look for at Hollywood Studios.  We talk about what we would tell them about Oga's Cantina. We have thoughts on giving this advice about when to ride Haunted Mansion, Space Mountain and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train.  What will we tell them about Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind. We'll run down our list of tips in this reverse advice discussion.  We also welcome your comments and tips in this LIVE recording of our podcast to find out what advice you'd give your worst enemy for their first trip to Walt Disney World.Make sure you hit that subscribe button so you know when there are new episodes.Do you want to share your experiences? Be sure to leave us a voice mail on our website and we'll play it on our show! Let's talk on our social media pages or send us an email! Join our Facebook Community group FacebookInstagramWebsiteWe appreciate you joining us this week and every week and would love to hear from you! Finally, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts and Podchaser so that others can find us!It's time to press play – Let’s talk about it!

We have a guest this week!  Julia Hartlaub, Cast Member and fellow YouTube creator.  We'll find out some of her experiences as a cast member and then put her to the test with a Love it, Enjoy it, Destroy it: Magic Kingdom.We'll start with Julia's 9 year career with Walt Disney World.  We hear about some of her roles with Character Performance, custodial and food service.  She shares some favorite moments from these roles.  We hear about one child that needed some encouragement to be able to enter Hollywood Studios.  We also get to hear about a great moment with a family while doing water art in Epcot. She's finishes up with some of her favorite celebrity sightings.We then get into our Love it, Enjoy it, Destroy it: Magic Kingdom. We'll choose between Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain, and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. We do our best with some cult classics - Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean and the Jungle Cruise.  We'll pick from some shows - Country Bear Jamboree anyone? And we'll also decide from some dark rides, like Peter Pan or Winnie the Pooh.Find Julia on her channel  @JuliaHartlaub and Instagram  @JuliaHartlaub  Make sure you hit that subscribe button so you know when there are new episodes.Do you want to share your experiences? Be sure to leave us a voice mail on our website and we'll play it on our show! Let's talk on our social media pages or send us an email! Join our Facebook Community group FacebookInstagramWebsiteWe appreciate you joining us this week and every week and would love to hear from you! Finally, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts and Podchaser so that others can find us!It's time to press play – Let’s talk about it!

We had a great trip to Disney World in February. We learned a few things and we want to share it with you!We start talking a out who we were touring with (a large group of 7) and the experience we had with that many people. We then discuss having a wheelchair in our group and how some attractions give a return time and others let you go through the queue. Jungle Cruise gave us a time to return to the lightning Lane, among other attractions. Mykhailo talks about staying off property and his experience with those accommodations. We continue on with celebrating Mardi Gras, our feelings on the current state of Touring Plans and using Genie+ at Hollywood Studios. We have some great information for you in this episode! Make sure you hit that subscribe button so you know when there are new episodes.Do you want to share your experiences? Be sure to leave us a voice mail on our website and we'll play it on our show! Let's talk on our social media pages or send us an email! Join our Facebook Community group FacebookInstagramWebsiteWe appreciate you joining us this week and every week and would love to hear from you! Finally, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts and Podchaser so that others can find us!It's time to press play – Let’s talk about it!

We've returned from Walt Disney World and we have some fun things to share.  We start with some conversation of the type of trip we had and how everyone fit in. This was a trip originated by Tammy and Bryan with their two daughters and Tammy's mom coming along. With a stay at the Polynesian Resort, Mykhailo and Kristin come along and did their best to pretend they were staying there with us.  We cover some of this dynamic before we get into the excitement of being evacuated from Pirates of the Caribbean!While in the Magic Kingdom, we were able to get backstage when Pirates went down. It was a great experience and we get into the details of this neat happening. We end up including some of the other troubled ride experiences we had during the trip which leads Bryan and Mykhailo down a rabbit hole about the state of the rides in the parks.We get into discussing some of the financials around Disney+ and the trouble they had with their movies and how this may be effecting the parks.  A fun conversation that is one of those typical tangents that we like to go on.We'll get into more of the trip on upcoming episodes, but definitely wanted to talk about Pirates of the Caribbean.Make sure you hit that subscribe button so you know when there are new episodes.Do you want to share your experiences? Be sure to leave us a voice mail on our website and we'll play it on our show! Let's talk on our social media pages or send us an email! Join our Facebook Community group FacebookInstagramWebsiteWe appreciate you joining us this week and every week and would love to hear from you! Finally, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts and Podchaser so that others can find us!It's time to press play – Let’s talk about it!

We've been reassessing our podcast and have some announcements to make there! We also take some time to discuss what brought us to Disney, how we've let our love for the Disney Parks envelop all that we do.  But not only that, we discuss where we are headed with our podcast, what you can expect and just plain reintroduce ourselves!  Let us know your Disney story!!Make sure you hit that subscribe button so you know when there are new episodes.Do you want to share your experiences? Be sure to leave us a voice mail on our website and we'll play it on our show! Let's talk on our social media pages or send us an email! Join our Facebook Community group FacebookInstagramWebsiteWe appreciate you joining us this week and every week and would love to hear from you! Finally, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts and Podchaser so that others can find us!It's time to press play – Let’s talk about it!

We're joined this week by Cory and Lawrence from the DizPod - Living in Diz to talk about Disney's International Flower and Garden Festival in Epcot.  Before we get started we hear about what its like to be live streaming on YouTube two to three times a week from the Disney Parks with your family.  Cory is out in the parks with his family and has some great experiences from that.We then dive into Flower and Garden Festival.  After Bryan gives his top five items Lawrence lets us know how he uses the Scavenger Hunts with his kids, which leads into a conversation about the Orange Bird?  Yes, in relation to Figment - one of Epcot's iconic characters - we discuss the significance of the Orange Bird and his origins. Mykhailo will then give us his top five, focusing on the Garden Rocks Series, he's excited to see Simple Plan perform! Cory finishes up the conversation with his five items.  There is a lot to cover with this festival!We then dive into the recent news around Universal Studios' Epic Universe.  Will this push Disney to create a fifth park? Does this mean that Beyond Big Thunder Mountain is going to be a reality in the Magic Kingdom?  What about Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios?  We discuss what this news does to the park industry in Orlando and what we would like to see!Make sure you hit that subscribe button so you know when there are new episodes.Do you want to share your experiences? Be sure to leave us a voice mail on our website and we'll play it on our show! Let's talk on our social media pages or send us an email! Join our Facebook Community group FacebookInstagramWebsiteWe appreciate you joining us this week and every week and would love to hear from you! Finally, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts and Podchaser so that others can find us!It's time to press play – Let’s talk about it!

Do you wish you could stay at a Walt Disney World Resort hotel for the rest of your life?  We do!  This week, we take a look at the Disney resorts we would love to live in forever, the resorts we would enjoy one fun night in and the one that we will destroy.  We start with the WDW's Value resorts and decide between the All-Stars, Pop Century Resort or Art of Animation.  What will we love, enjoy or destroy? There is some interesting discussion here between Art of Animation and the All-Star Resorts.  Pop Century seems to be the middle child here.  We move on to the Disney's Moderate category and decide between Port Orleans, Caribbean Beach and Coronado Springs.  This discussion shows that we all have a favorite and we don't seem to agree.  We move into the Disney Deluxe Category next.  We narrow it down to choosing between the Contemporary Resort, Polynesian Resort or the Grand Floridian Resort.  This discussion is where the fun begins.  We discuss fireworks views, the restaurants and the sights of these extraordinary resorts.  Its hard to choose between these wonderful hotels, but we manage to find away.Finally, we open the discussion up and talk about the three places we would choose if we didn't have limits.  Would we still bulldoze the All-Stars, where would we choose to live the rest of our life? It gets a little off the rails, but we have a lot of fun discussing it!Make sure you hit that subscribe button so you know when there are new episodes.Do you want to share your experiences? Be sure to leave us a voice mail on our website and we'll play it on our show! Let's talk on our social media pages or send us an email! Join our Facebook Community group FacebookInstagramWebsiteWe appreciate you joining us this week and every week and would love to hear from you! Finally, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts and Podchaser so that others can find us!It's time to press play – Let’s talk about it!

The Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular at Disney's Hollywood Studios is a fun experience that was almost an opening day attraction for the park.  It seems to be ripe for a change and we thought we'd take a stab at what we could do with it.  We'll each make our big pitch.  Mykhailo wants to bring Cars Land to the space and we'll talk about what it would take to make that happen.  Bryan thinks a Muppets themed dark ride would be a great addition to the park, but do the Muppets have enough interest to support a new attraction?  We'll talk through it.Once we've finished those discussions we'll take a look at what other Intellectual Property could fit in the space.  We discuss the possibility of Rapunzel ride from Tangled. Or maybe a new show with Encanto.  We also get into the history of how Tower of Terror and Alien Extraterrorestial was put into place as we figure out how to create an attraction without using IP.  Make sure you hit that subscribe button so you know when there are new episodes.Do you want to share your experiences? Be sure to leave us a voice mail on our website and we'll play it on our show! Let's talk on our social media pages or send us an email! Join our Facebook Community group FacebookInstagramWebsiteWe appreciate you joining us this week and every week and would love to hear from you! Finally, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts and Podchaser so that others can find us!It's time to press play – Let’s talk about it!

This week, we're looking at attractions that deserve that final ride.  We ask the question, What attraction would you drop everything to go experience one last time.  Will you go to the Magic Kingdom for a last ride on Haunted Mansion?  Would you run for Epcot if they closed Frozen Ever After?  Or how about If they were shutting down Rock n Roller Coaster with Aerosmith?We also go on a couple of tangents. One about the Disney College Program and one about the history of Twilight Zone Tower of Terror and Westcot.  We even get into the ill-fated Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser.  Overall, we really find which rides are worth that one final ride.Let us know what Walt Disney World attraction you would give that one final ride.Make sure you hit that subscribe button so you know when there are new episodes.Do you want to share your experiences? Be sure to leave us a voice mail on our website and we'll play it on our show! Let's talk on our social media pages or send us an email! Join our Facebook Community group FacebookInstagramWebsiteWe appreciate you joining us this week and every week and would love to hear from you! Finally, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts and Podchaser so that others can find us!It's time to press play – Let’s talk about it!

We finish up our discussion of our couples trip discussing our Epcot day.  We had a great time riding Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind for the first time together.  We'll discuss strategies for Guardians.  We also ate a ton of food during the Festival of the Holidays.  Not only did we peruse the countries and food, but we also enjoyed Norway's Barn Santa, ate all the cookies and even dined at Garden Grill.  Eating at Garden Grill was essential to our evening event as we finished the night watching John Stamos narrate the Candlelight Processional.  This was the highlight of the entire trip and it was great to relive that moment as we discuss it on the show.  Make sure you hit that subscribe button so you know when there are new episodes.Do you want to share your experiences? Be sure to leave us a voice mail on our website and we'll play it on our show! Let's talk on our social media pages or send us an email! Join our Facebook Community group FacebookInstagramWebsiteWe appreciate you joining us this week and every week and would love to hear from you! Finally, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts and Podchaser so that others can find us!It's time to press play – Let’s talk about it!

We continue to look at how we did traveling together to Disney World.As part of our Disney World trip in December, we spent our Saturday outside of a park and enjoyed Disney Springs during the day and a trip around the monorail loop during the evening.We spent our day hunting down Christmas trees, enjoyed holiday fare and did some shopping.  Did we make it to everything or did someone get upset?  Did we make to California Grill in time for our dinner?  Did we manage to visit the Gingerbread House at the Grand Floridian Resort?We'll talk about these, review our food, discuss that animatronic at the Wilderness Lodge and what we enjoyed about this wonderful day that required teamwork and decision making among this group of four that hadn't yet traveled together.  Finally, we'll get into how we managed, whether we upset someone and the lessons we learned along the way.Find Bailee B Harper hereMake sure you hit that subscribe button so you know when there are new episodes.Do you want to share your experiences? Be sure to leave us a voice mail on our website and we'll play it on our show! Let's talk on our social media pages or send us an email! Join our Facebook Community group FacebookInstagramWebsiteWe appreciate you joining us this week and every week and would love to hear from you! Finally, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts and Podchaser so that others can find us!It's time to press play – Let’s talk about it!

Happy New Year!  After a busy December that got away from us, we finally get together to talk about our Christmas trip to Walt Disney World.  Bryan, Tammy, Mykhailo and Kristin are together to cover Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party at the Magic Kingdom.  We'll cover how we handled getting in, buying merchandise and all the food.  But that's not all, we talk about favorite moments at the party together, what we think of the fireworks, the parade and the stage show.  Finally, find out our thoughts about the meet and greets at the party along with how much you actually can get done in one party night.Not only are we covering the party, but this goes to a larger discussion of how to tour with another couple.  Did we get mad at each other? Did we have fun? Did we ditch each other to get our own things done?  We'll cover all this and more.  In the end, we had a terrific time and we love getting to report on it!Make sure you hit that subscribe button so you know when there are new episodes.Do you want to share your experiences? Be sure to leave us a voice mail on our website and we'll play it on our show! Let's talk on our social media pages or send us an email! Join our Facebook Community group FacebookInstagramWebsiteWe appreciate you joining us this week and every week and would love to hear from you! Finally, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts and Podchaser so that others can find us!It's time to press play – Let’s talk about it!

Get ready to jingle all the way with me, Bryan, through a sleigh ride of Disney Christmas specials available on Disney Plus. From lesser-known classics to zany Muppet fun, this episode of Miles from Main Street promises a mixed bag of holiday cheer you probably never knew existed! You'll discover my personal favorites, and why I believe these offbeat specials deserve a spot on your holiday watchlist. And there's no need to check your list twice, as we're skipping the big movies for something a little more unique - a festive, tournament-style bracket to crown our 2023 Christmas movie champion. Join me in a discussion about the merry and lighthearted 'The Muppets Christmas Letters to Santa', and hear why I'm still holding out for 'A Muppet Family Christmas' to grace Disney Plus. We also look forward to  my trip to Disney World, where Mykhailo and I will indulge in exhilarating Christmas activities, from the Christmas party to the holiday festival at Epcot. So, tune in and let this episode of Miles from Main Street light up your holiday season with the warmth of Disney magic.Make sure you hit that subscribe button so you know when there are new episodes.Do you want to share your experiences? Be sure to leave us a voice mail on our website and we'll play it on our show! Let's talk on our social media pages or send us an email! Join our Facebook Community group FacebookInstagramWebsiteWe appreciate you joining us this week and every week and would love to hear from you! Finally, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts and Podchaser so that others can find us!It's time to press play – Let’s talk about it!

Are you ready to immerse yourself in the festive spirit with an exciting rendezvous at the Magic Kingdom? We've got an engaging episode lined up that's brimming with anticipation and adventure. Join Bryan, Tammy, Mykhailo, and Kristin as we devise a game plan for an enchanting Christmas Party. We'll explore whether to stick together or venture individually and debate the thrilling prospects of attractions such as toy soldiers, angels on stilts, and even a spontaneous Taylor Swift dance meet-up!Next, buckle up as we shift gears and embark on an exhilarating journey, planning for Mickey's Merry Christmas party. Unleash your holiday spirit as we share insider tips on experiencing attractions like the Jingle Cruise, Haunted Mansion and the special cranberry citrus swirl float. Marvel at our optimism as we yearn to catch the Christmas overlay on Space Mountain, with our collective hearts set on a memorable, festive evening. We'll also share practical advice on how to get the most out of your time at Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party.Finally, we'll take you through our detailed plans for a holiday season visit to Disney's Magic Kingdom. Learn from our experiences as we lay out our strategies for navigating the park, prioritizing attractions like Space Mountain, and dealing with unpredictable weather. We'll share our thoughts on character meet and greets, and the potential for visiting Tomorrowland Speedway and Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor. But it's not all set in stone - hear about how we'll remain flexible and make on-the-spot decisions based on wait times and our desired attractions. Don't miss out as we wrap up with an invitation for you to join in the conversation, whether through social media or our website. So, plug in your headphones and let's get this party started!Make sure you hit that subscribe button so you know when there are new episodes.Do you want to share your experiences? Be sure to leave us a voice mail on our website and we'll play it on our show! Let's talk on our social media pages or send us an email! Join our Facebook Community group FacebookInstagramWebsiteWe appreciate you joining us this week and every week and would love to hear from you! Finally, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts and Podchaser so that others can find us!It's time to press play – Let’s talk about it!

In our latest podcast episode, we leave no stone unturned on how to plan a memorable non-park day at Disney. Bound by our collective love for all things Disney, we aim to craft a balanced plan that ensures everyone has a good time without the fear of burnout. Mykhailo, Kristin, Tammy and Bryan are all here to put together a non-park adventure around Disney Spring and the Walt Disney World Resort.  From enjoying the mouth-watering delights of Gideon's Bakery to exploring the unique offerings of Scat Cat Cafe, we make sure to weave in relaxation amidst the thrill.Ever wondered about the beautiful resorts that line the Disney landscape? We tackle the logistics of traveling between these delightful spaces and discuss different modes of transportation that can make your day an adventure in itself. Add to that, our tips on planning meals and snacks, and you've got yourself a day chock-full of gourmet delicacies. The highlight of our plan? A night out at Trader Sam's, where the fun truly begins.As we navigate through our hypothetical journey, we'll also explore festive activities like viewing the gingerbread house at Grand Floridian, attending the Mickey's Very Merry Christmas party and even look at holiday fun at Epcot. We'll ponder over the most efficient way to manage time, and even discuss the possibility of splitting the group to cover more ground. And between all this festive fun and frolic, we'll also weigh the pros and cons of a pool day versus a Magic Kingdom morning. So, buckle up and join us as we paint a picture of an exciting, fun-filled, and magical day at Disney that goes beyond the parks!Make sure you hit that subscribe button so you know when there are new episodes.Do you want to share your experiences? Be sure to leave us a voice mail on our website and we'll play it on our show! Let's talk on our social media pages or send us an email! Join our Facebook Community group FacebookInstagramWebsiteWe appreciate you joining us this week and every week and would love to hear from you! Finally, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts and Podchaser so that others can find us!It's time to press play – Let’s talk about it!