Disney Dream Girls 143 - Festival of the Arts and EPCOT Day

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls podcast for, show number 143 for Sunday 29th January 2017. As always, if you wish to listen to the podcast, whilst reading this blog, you can click on the player below.

 
So what do we have in store for your this week? Well how about the trio of Disney food, art and music? Firstly, Michelle and Jayne talk through the menus of the kiosks at the brand new Festival of the Arts over at EPCOT. Then, we are joined by Curt Stone of Geekin on WDW Podcast, as he was fortunate enough to visit and enjoy the delights on offer.

Photo Credit - Disney

Curt starts his day with a quick Test Track visit and then he goes over to Norway for some delicious treats from our firm favourite - Kringla Bakeri. If you listen to the podcast, you will hear him then talk through the delicious food that is on offer at the festival. To aid your salivations, Curt has kindly shared some pictures with us and we have also added some from the official website too.

Loving this chocolate offering! Photo Credit Disney Parks Blog

Scallop and Pork Dishes - Photo Credit Curt Stone

Cronut Trio - Photo Credit Curt Stone

Sweet Potato Pie - Photo Credit Disney Parks Blog

Doesn't everything look amazing? Well... I'm not sure about the purple sweet potato pie! This from what we have heard is a more upmarket food kiosk offering than the Food and Wine Festival as the focus here is on the presentation and the food flavours. In fact, you could say the chefs have upped their creative skills in the plating of their offerings.  Pre-cronut, Curt also managed to meet Lou Mongello!

Curt meeting Lou Mongello - Photo Credit Curt Stone

In addition, Curt visited the art element of the festival. Work was showcased from Herb Ryman and Mary Blair. In addition, there were drawing classes, chalk artists and contemporary Disney artists to visit. Plus, something he really enjoyed, you can have your picture taken whilst within famous pieces of art!

Photo Credit Bob Allen of All In WDW

The final element of the festival was based around the muscial arts. Unfortunately, Curt didn't get to visit this but it features an array of well known stars from Disney on Broadway. All for the price of a park entrance ticket! If you manage to go, we would love to hear from you!

If you wish to contact Curt Stone, from Geekin on WDW Podcast, his website is Geekin On WDW and his twitter is @GeekinonWDW

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Disney Dream Girls 142 - WDW Food, Trips and Disneyland Final Checkout

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls podcast for, show number 141 for Sunday 15th January 2017. As always, if you wish to listen to the podcast, whilst reading this blog, you can click on the player below.

Todays show is packed full of Disney for you to enjoy! We start the show with a feast of delicious breakfast offerings from the Magic Kingdom!

Donut Sundae - Photo Credit Disney Parks Blog

Yes my friends this is the headlining act of the breakfast offerings. The other offerings include a hotdog topped with hash browns and corndog bites from Caseys Corner. Cereal and ice-cream (not in the same bowl - unless you are feeling particularly inclined!) from the Plaza. 

Hash Brown Hot Dog - Photo Credit Disney Park Blogs

Finally, a ham, egg and tomato waffle from Sleepy Hallow. What are your thoughts? Both of us welcome the quick service additions but wish they would be rolled out to other parks - particularly the Animal Kingdom.

Ham, Egg and Tomato Waffle - Photo Credit Disney Parks Blog

Having finished our breakfast, Michelle announces her 2017 Disney trip plans. In August 2017 she has booked a trip to Walt Disney World and will be staying in the Wilderness Lodge. Due to her research, she managed to save just under $3000/£2423! So make sure you listen for her top tips!

Wilderness Lodge - Photo Credit Walt Disney World Website

For our final feature, we are joined by James from the Creepy Kingdom Podcast. He was fortunate enough to be at Disney California Adventure for the Final Check Out of The Hollywood Tower of Terror Hotel. 

James H Carter II Checking Out - Photo Credit J Carter

James queued for three hours to be amongst the last few park guests to ride the attraction. Michelle was very lucky to catch up with him to talk about the experience. However, if you want to hear an expanded explanation, you can hear it on his own Podcast - The Creepy Kingdom Podcast.

Ready To Ride - Photo Credit

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Disney Dream Girls 141 - Disneyland Shanghai Trip Report

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls podcast for, show number 141 for Sunday 15th January 2017. As always, if you wish to listen to the podcast, whilst reading this blog, you can click on the player below.

 
Coming up on this show we are joined by Kat and Lewis for the first part of their two-part trip report that sees them visit initially Disneyland Shanghai and then Hong Kong Disneyland. 

Photo Credit - Kat and Lewis Sutton

Shanghai Disneyland officially opened on the 16th June 2016 and is located in Pudong, Shanghai. The park is owned by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts and Shanghai Shendi Group. The park consists of Mickey Avenue, Gardens of Imagination, Fantasyland, Treasure Cove, Adventure Isle and Tomorrowland. Toy Story Land is planned to open in 2018.

Enchanted Storybook Castle - Photo Credit www.ShanghaiDisneyResort.com

They travelled from Australia to Shanghai and stayed off-site first to experience Shanghai and then had four park days, staying at the Shanghai Disneyland Hotel at Club Level. This is something they highly recommend as the price point was comparable to deluxe hotels at Walt Disney World and comes with a host of benefits, all of which they discuss on the podcast.

Shanghai Disneyland Hotel - Photo Credit www.ShanghaiDisneyResort.com

During our chat, we discuss the parks attractions and they share some top tips which ensured they got the optimum experience. The one attraction they enthused about the most was the Tron Lightcycle Power Run. This is an opening day attraction and is based on the Tron film series. It currently is the fastest attraction in any Disney theme park, reaching speeds of 60mph. Their top tip is ask for the front row - you won't regret it!

Photo Credit - Kat and Lewis Sutton

Kat and Lewis particularly enjoyed leaving the park and going to Disneytown. As Disneyland does not serve alcoholic beverages, if you want a drink with your meal, it is an ideal destination that can be walked to very quickly. They enjoyed a meal at Wolfgang Puck Kitchen but there are also a few other familiar names such as The Boathouse, Starbucks and The Cheesecake Factory as well as more traditional Chinese cuisine. When it comes to shopping, Disneytown has some very familar names such as Lego, Pandora, Crocs, Superdry and Sephora.

Disneytown - Photo Credit www.ShanghaiDisneyResort.com

We hope you enjoy listening to the podcast, Kat and Lewis will be back in a few weeks time with their review of Hong Kong Disneyland. But until next time, it is goodbye from us and keep upto date with us by ensuring you follow along on all of our social media sites:

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Disney Dream Girls 140 - A Disney Year Ahead and Complaints

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls podcast for, show number 140 for Sunday 8th January 2017. As always, if you wish to listen to the podcast, whilst reading this blog, you can click on the player below.
On this weeks show, we start off by discussing some of the things we are looking forward to in 2017, whether it is movies, attractions or events. Then we move on to looking at five different complaints and discuss whether the complaint is valid and if Disney should offer any compensation. 

Films for 2017

Photo Credit Disney Movies Website

Beauty and the Beast (live action) 17th Mar 2017
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 5th May 2017
Cars 3 16th Jun 2017
Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Men Tell No Tales 26th May 2017
Coco 22nd Nov 2017
Star Wars 8 15th Dec 2017
Thor: Ragnarok 3rd Nov 2017

Dead Men Tell No Lies - Photo Credit Disney Movies Website

Theme Parks
Tower of Terror, closed 3rd Jan 2017
MSEP returns to Disneyland 20th Jan 2017
Dreams Come True returns to Disneyland 2017
Star Tours: The Adventure Continues opens in DLP 26th Mar 2017
Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission Break Out at DCA opens Late 2017
Re-opening of the Rivers of American late 2017
Pandora: The World of Avatar opens at DAK Summer 2017

Photo Credit Disney Website

Events
Season of the Force starts at DLP on 14th Jan 2017
Star Wars Celebration Orlando 2017 13th to 16th Apr 2017
D23 Anaheim 14th to 16th Jul
Disneyland Paris starts its 25th anniversary - Time to Sparkle 26th Mar 2017

Photo Credit Disneyland Paris Website

Run Disney Events
WDW Marathon Weekend 4-8 Jan 2017
DLR Star Wars Half Marathon (the light side) 12-15 Jan
WDW Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend 23-26 Feb
WDW Star Wars Half Marathon Dark Side 20-23 Apr
DLR Tinker Bell Half Marathon Weekend 11-14 May
Virtual Running Shorts 1 Jun - 31 Aug
DLR Half Marathon Weekend 31 Aug-3 Sep
DLP Half Marathon Weekend 21-24 Sep
WDW Wine and Dine Half Marathon Weekend 2-5 Nov
DLR Super Heroes Half Marathon Weekend 9-12 Nov

Photo Credit Run Disney Website

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Disney Dream Girls 139 - An Imagineer Visits Disneyland Paris

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls podcast for, show number 139 for Sunday 1st January 2017. As always, if you wish to listen to the podcast, whilst reading this blog, you can click on the player below.

Firstly, we send our condolences to the family and friends of Alan Mize, one of the co-hosts of the Enchanted Tiki Talk Podcast, who sadly passed away on Christmas Eve. It is really sad to have lost one of our fellow podcasters and especially one whose life was just beginning with a young daughter (Grace). If you are able to support the families Go Fund Me, to help with Grace's college fund, please visit Normnb8s Go Fund Me.

Also we send our condolences to the families of Carrie Fisher and George Michael who also passed away since our last podcast.

Moving on to our podcast, we chat through Christmas and then introduce our special guest - Terri Hardin. Terri has been on the show many times and on this occasion she talks about what it was like to go to Disneyland Paris and see the attractions she worked on, namely Dragons Lair and Big Thunder. 

Photo Credit L Jackson

Terri's Book

Photo Credit - L Jackson

Whilst in Disneyland Paris, Terri took the time out to meet up with people to take them on a tour of the attractions she helped create. On the podcast, she goes into details about the creative process behind this and then links to other projects she has done for Disney. 

Photo Credit L Jackson

Photo Credit L Jackson

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