594 The Disney Dream Girls

Welcome to the show for the Disney Dream Girls Podcast - show number 594 for Sunday 3rd May 2026.

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Julie Svendsen - Concept Show Designer

Photo Credit - WDFM 

Her father Julius was a Disney animator and he helped her to get a job as an accounting clerk at WED Enterprises in 1970. After several years of art school, and a BFA, she returned to WDI to work on the design teams for New Fantasyland at Disneyland, EPCOT, Typhoon Lagoon, Blizzard Beach, Disneyland Paris, Disney California Adventure, The Disney Stores and Shanghai Disneyland.

Favourite project she worked on:
“I can’t say that I had any favorite projects—they were all interesting in their own way. Each was a new variety of challenges and creativity which ran the gamut from coming up with concepts for different areas of the Walt Disney World water parks, Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach, to partnering with John Hench to sketch and create a montage of different Disneyland attractions for their appearance on bedspreads for the Disneyland Hotel.”

What is Svendsen’s favourite Disney Parks attraction?
“Wow, that’s a tough one. I’d say it’s a tie between Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, and the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse. But, when I was a kid, I loved the Frontierland Mine Train attraction and the Tomorrowland Flying Saucers.” 

Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party

Here are the dates - will you be attending?

EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival

The festival dates are here - what is your favourite thing to do or eat?

That's it for this week! 

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516 The Disney Dream Girls

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls Podcast - show number 516 for Sunday 1st September 2024.

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513 The Disney Dream Girls

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls Podcast - show number 513 for Sunday 4th August 2024.

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Seasonal Food Offerings

On the show, we discuss some of the delicious offerings - including some must tries that Michelle has her sights on. Is there anything that you would like to try?

Disney Destiny

We then move to talk about the Disney Destiny - following the announcements made this week by Disney Cruise Line. 

Is there anything onboard that excites and motivates you in to booking a cruise?

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502 The Disney Dream Girls Podcast

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls Podcast - show number 502 for Sunday 12th May 2024.

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On this week;s show, we chat history and some news before moving on to our main feature based around MNSSHP.

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422 - Here's To A Disney Summer

Welcome to this week's Disney Dream Girls Podcast - show number 422 for Sunday 7th August 2022.

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We start this week, with a little bit of Disney history, before hopping on to some Disney theme park chat. 

Disney History

9th August 1899 - Pamela Lydon Travers was born (as Helen Lydon Goff) in Queensland, Australia.

9th August 1934 - Walt Disney outlines the story for his first full length animated feature film - Snow White. 

11th August 2014 - Robin Williams passed away. 

What you must do and see this summer at the Disneyland Resort

You must catch the Main Street Electrical Parade before it ends on the 1st September as well as Disneyland Forever fireworks that also end on that day. 

The Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage has re-opened!

Catch the offerings for Celebrate Soulfully, which is around til the 5th September. 

The Disneyland All-American Band is performing throughout the summer until 12th August. 

Plus lots of food and drink offerings!

Magic Band +

Costs $34.99 or $44.99 plus tax and includes a charger (these are available to buy if lost for $7.99) but there is a $10 discount for Walt Disney World hotel guests if bought prior to arrival. 

The Positives

Lots of really cool, and perhaps collectable, designs. 

Can enhance park experiences via in park quests (Batuu Bounter Hunters and collecting the Fab 50 statues).  

Interacts with the nighttime fireworks.

The Negatives

When bought, may not have any charge.

Charge does not last long. 

Who wants to look at a watch when there is amazing fireworks filling the skies. 

Interactivity with statues is a bit hit and miss.

MNSSHP Food and Drink Offerings

There is the dessert party over in Tomorrowland and these will have Halloween themed foods.  

Below, are the party exclusive items:

Not-so-posion apple pie milkshake from Aunty Gravity's Galactic Goodies. 

Hades Hot Dog from Friar's Nook

Spellbinding Fried Pie from Golden Oak Outpost

Chilling Chamber Pot from the ice-cream cart near the Haunted Mansion.

Monster Cookie ice-cream sandwich from the Plaza Ice Cream Parlor.

Sweet almond corn cake from Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Cafe.

Mexican spiced "hot" Coco brownie from the popcorn cart near Cinderella Castle. 

Grave Digger milkshake and worms and dirt funnel cake from Sleepy Hallow Refreshments.

Jack-O-Lantern Float (citrus swirl) from Sunshine Tree Terrace.

What are you going to try?

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411 - The Disney Podcast From Two English Girls

Welcome to this week's Disney Dream Girls Podcast, show number 409 for  May 8th 2022.

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On this week's show, we talk through a range of Disney chat that caught our attention.

Harmony Barber Shop

Yay! The barber shop will be re-opening on 31st July 2022. Have you been? Would you fancy it? I know we both would love to snag a reservation!

Disney Cruise Line Covid Testing Changes

After 7th June 2022, guests must provide proof of a negative COVID 19 test result but now this must be paid for by the guest. This can be uploaded no more than two days prior to embarkation to avoid port testing. For guests not able to, or wish to, they may test at the port for a cost of $74 plus tax. For cruises departing in Canada this cost will be $95 Canadian.

Cosmic Rewind

Opening 27th May 2022 but guests at a Disney Deluxe Resort, Deluxe Villa Resort or other select hotels can book into a virtual queue to ride this attraction. 

Avengers Assembly: Flight Force

Thoughts on the name and upcoming attraction to Walt Disney Studios Paris?

Halloween

We talk through the many different Halloween options at the various Disney parks across the world. Are you planning on attending one of them?

Amazing VIP Tour

Michelle shares details of an amazing 50th Anniversary VIP tour. Do you want to join Michelle on this during August?

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Disney Dream Girls 158 - Michelle and Jayne's Mid May Disney Madness Show

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls podcast for show number 158 for Sunday 14th May 2017. As always, if you wish to listen to the podcast, whilst reading this blog, all you have to do is click on the audio player below. Alternatively, our podcast can be found in places that host podcasts such as iTunes (click here to subscribe) and Stitcher Radio.

 
This show is a bit of a mixed bag, with our views and opinions on the new Guardians of the Galaxy uplevelled cost event and whether attending Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party on opening night is a good idea. 

Then we move on to our main feature and we pose the question - What would you do in the parks to celebrate your birthday if money was no object? We have one or two ideas for someone with deep pockets to try out!

Please accept our apologies for the short show notes but as it was Michelle's birthday at the weekend she was busy with other things! Normal service will be resumed next week!

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Disney Dream Girls 154 - The Women Who Worked With Walt Disney

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls podcast for show number 154 for Sunday 16th April 2017. As always, if you wish to listen to the podcast, whilst reading this blog, all you have to do is click on the audio player below. Alternatively, our podcast canbe found in places that host podcasts such as iTunes (click here to subscribe) and Stitcher Radio.
 
Coming up on this weeks show, we answer a listeners question and then move on to a feature about two women who have impacted on our Disney experiences probably a lot more than we ever realise, namely Dorothea Holt Redmond and Mary Blair.

So to start with, we welcome another question from our lovely listener Shannon Holland. Her question covers two elements - Mickeys Not So Scary Halloween Party and transportation from park to park. Lets start with MNSSHP.

Firstly,  this year it is starting out incredibly early with two parties scheduled for August! Shannon's question was what would we recommend she does prior to going to the party? She was hoping to spend the day at Hollywood Studios.  So we give her our thoughts and we both agree to have a much easier day, perhaps by the pool or at Disney Springs. Mainly because you can gain entry to the Magic Kingdom with a party ticket from 4pm and the party runs til midnight - its a tiring day, especially if you have done another park prior to it.

The second part of her question, relates to how long should she allow for transportation park to park as she had heard it could take an hour. Whilst this does sound a long time, it can take less or even more - there are many factors to consider. An important note to remember is to use the the whole array of Disney transportation from monorail to the watercraft and buses.  

Dorothea Redmond - Photo Credit D23

Finally, on to our main feature where we look at some of the contributions made by the women who worked with Walt Disney. Our first woman who worked with Walt Disney is Dorothea Holt Redmond. Her name may not be familiar but her work will be. Apart from Disney, she is well known for her contributions to films made by Alfred Hitchcock and also Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind. On the show, we give a mini biography charting her life and involvement in the film industry prior to taking a post with Walt Disney Imagineering. Also, we share where you can find her work.

Shadow of Doubt Sketch - Credit Alfredhitchcockgeek.com

Gone With The Wind Concept Art - Credit Art Directors Guild

In the Disney parks, you will find her work across the theme parks. The most iconic is the mosaic she designed inside Cinderella Castle. It is stunning and incidently is signed by her, as well as the craftsman Hanns Scharff. Additionally, over in Disneyland, she worked on the redesign of the Red Wagon Inn to The Plaza Inn and a majority of New Orleans Square - including concept art for The Haunted Mansion (she has her own tombstone acknowledging this in the graveyard).

Murals inside Cinderella Castle

Our second woman, is Mary Blair. Her contribution to attractions, in park artwork and animation is legendary.

Mary Blair at Work

On the show we discuss how she came to work at WDI and also the projects she worked on. Many of our favourite attractions have become so well loved due to the styling by Mary. For the 1964 Worlds Fair, she worked closely with Walt on its a Small World. Who then would ever have imagined that the original dolls could still be found in Disneyland? 

Mary discussing its A Small World with Walt Disney

Tony Baxter sharing artwork by Mary

Her 'hard hat'

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