Wdw Happy Hour - News, Brews, Reviews, And Everything Else Disney!

Welcome back to dining plans, and sayonara to the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser. We had a lot of fun getting back together to discuss all of the big items that have popped up this month. We hope you enjoy!   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wdwhappyhour

In this episode, Scott combs the Internet for 1-star reviews of beloved Disney restaurants, resorts, and attractions, and turns it into a fun game for everyone's enjoyment!   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wdwhappyhour

This is an episode chock full of goofy little news nuggets (trademark incoming). Also, Matt and Katherine give a mini vacation recap and a full review of the new Dolphin hotel restaurant, Rosa Mexicano.   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wdwhappyhour

In this episode, we craft a Frankenstein's Monster of a 5th gate at Walt Disney World using all existing (past and present) attractions, restaurants, shows, and more from Disney parks all around the world. The international Disney parks have some must-do rides that we feel would fit right at home in the ol' U.S. of A.   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wdwhappyhour

The gang has done a whole lot of traveling in the past month, so we've got a lot to discuss on this episode. Rob, Scott, and Holly share their experiences from their recent trips to Walt Disney World - including reviews of the Flower & Garden Festival and Tron Lightcycle Run. Meanwhile, Katherine and Matt give highlights of their recent Hawaiian getaway where they got to visit Disney's Aulani resort and hop over to the mainland for a day in Disneyland.   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wdwhappyhour

ChatGPT seems to be taking the Internet by storm, so we decided to put it through its paces this episode. For the uninitiated, ChatGPT is a Natural Language Processing (NLP) tool that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to have human-like conversations with people. Did we lose you? Don't worry, you don't have to work at NASA or have a degree in computer science to enjoy this episode. Essentially, Scott asked the chatbot a bunch of questions about Disney and we went around the table grading its responses. This episode was so much fun that we may just do a part 2 in the future. We hope you have even half as much fun listening to this one as we did recording it.   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wdwhappyhour

CEO Bob Iger recently announced a plan for a roughly 7,000 layoffs throughout The Disney Company. We send out positive thoughts to the Disney CMs as they deal with this difficult and challenging scenario.   For our main topic, we thought it may be nice to balance this bad news with some tales of our favorite and most cherished cast member interactions over the past several years.   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wdwhappyhour

In this episode - Matt and Katherine's recent trip to the Epcot International Festival of the Arts and a review on the new version of Fantasmic in Hollywood Studios. We also give a preview for the Roundup Rodeo BBQ in Toy Story Land and even take a brief trip to a nearby Florida Parrothead Paradise.   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wdwhappyhour

Happy New Year, everyone! We've got plenty of news to discuss on this episode including opening dates for Tron Lightcycle Run, runDisney events returning to Disneyland, and new (and old) nighttime spectaculars. Also, we break down the 2023 EPCOT Festival of the Arts menu.   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wdwhappyhour

First of all, we want to wish all of our listeners an extra special holiday season. We want to express our supreme gratitude to everyone who has listened to the podcast, sent kind words, and spread the word by telling their friends and family about our podcast. It means the world to us that there are people all over the world enjoying the episodes just as much as we enjoy recording them for you. In this episode, we recap our highlights of this past year. Our biggest surprises, our favorite moments, our favorite TV and movies, and more! Also, we talk about our goals for 2023 and all the things we are most looking forward to in the near future.   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wdwhappyhour

We had every intention of posting this 2 weeks ago, but the Bob Iger CEO shakeup forced us to push this episode back. For our regular listeners, you'll no doubt know that we start each podcast episode with a segment that we call Toppin' it Off where we talk about a drink that you can find in the Disney parks. Well, we've done another 64 TIOs - Enough for our 2nd tournament to determine the one drink to rule them all!   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wdwhappyhour  

In an extremely shocking turn of events this past week, Bob Chapek was ousted as the head of The Walt Disney Company to be replaced by none other than former CEO/President of Disney, Bob Iger. In this episode, we break the entire situation down including comments on the rumor mill, what this means for the company and the parks, and Bob Iger's biggest challenges for his second tenure as CEO.   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wdwhappyhour

Who says you can't have fun all by yourself? In this episode, the gang describes their individual ideal day if they had to traverse the parks all by themselves. How would you spend a day in the parks if you had to go solo?   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wdwhappyhour

It's been some time, but we are back with a brand spanking new episode for you! In news this week, we cover the new "Holiday Remix" coming soon to Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout, general price increases at the parks, and Bob Chapek's continued defense of the park pass reservation system. We also talk about the gang's recent trip to Walt Disney World including some of our favorite items from Epcot Food & Wine Festival. We also talk a lot about Universal Studios and some of the ways they may be leading the way in theme parks.   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wdwhappyhour

Just dropping a quick message to let you know that we apologize for the lack of episodes this month, and we will be back very soon with new content. See you real soon!   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wdwhappyhour

The gang recaps their recent California vacation and all the new (or at least new to us) things we got to experience at both Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure. We also discuss a listener email to provide some advice around planning your trips to Walt Disney World during the holiday season and New Year's.   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wdwhappyhour

See you real soon, D23 Expo! In this episode, we recap all the sights and sounds from our final day at the 2022 D23 Expo. Katherine and Matt give you the scoop on all the things announced at the Josh D'Amaro-led parks panel -- A Boundless Future: Disney Parks, Experiences and Products. Hope you all like character meet-and-greets!   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wdwhappyhour

We got to attend the big Marvel, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios panel this afternoon. We talk about all the huge sightings and announcements. We also give our "smashes" and "passes" for all the projects that were shown in Hall D23 today.   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wdwhappyhour

Coming to you live from Anaheim, CA - This is our recap for our first day at the 2022 D23 Expo. From the Disney Legends Induction Ceremony to the Disney Animation Studios and Pixar panel, we talk about all our highlights from day 1.   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wdwhappyhour

In a few short weeks, most of the WDW Happy Hour crew will be headed to Anaheim to attend this year's D23 Expo. In this episode, we discuss what panels we are looking forward to, and importantly, which panels we think are worth skipping. We also talk about rumors & rumblings, and general wish list items to make our predictions for announcements at this year's Disney convention.   Take a seat at the bar, and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest: WDWHappyHour YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/WDWHappyHour Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wdwhappyhour