If you’ve seen Disneyland’s Bert on Pinterest, there is a good chance it’s Chris Hartwell. With experience as a face and costumed character, a Jedi trainer, and a member of the cast of Fantasmic, Chris knows what it’s like to perform for Disney crowds. Chris sits down with Nathan to talk about his experiences in … Read more
On this episode of the Ride Rehab podcast, Tyler and Thomas hide out in the Carousel of Progress to answer the age old question, what does “tomorrow” stand for in the Magic Kingdom? They talk Jules Verne, Fallout 4, Pixar, and what Walt Disney would have wanted. Ride Rehab is the WDWNT Podcast of ridiculously … Read more
Today’s guest isn’t a mystery to those who have followed WDW News Today over the years. The sites founder and CEO Tom Corless has been on the Disney parks beat for over a decade and he’s seen both the parks and how people cover it change dramatically in that time. Tom sat down to talk … Read more
Sophie Jo has a special way she celebrates her Disney fandom – poetry. Stringing words together, she finds pathos in Stinky Pete and showcases her love for Disneyland Paris. While sometimes maligned, Sophie has a passion for the French park and has written all about it in her poetry book “Kids Grown Up,” where she explores … Read more
On this episode of the Ride Rehab Podcast, Tyler and Thomas sneak into Doctor Seekers office inside of the Dino Institute. They are surprised when the Doctor himself finds them, and helps them fix Dinoland U.S.A, DinoRama, the Dig Site, and the Dinosaur attraction. Ride Rehab is the podcast of ridiculously reskinning rides, areas, and … Read more
William “Sully” Sullivan started at the Jungle Cruise at Disneyland about a week and a half after the park opened and stayed with the company for the next 39 and a half years, finally retiring as the vice-president of The Magic Kingdom. Sully sits down with Nathan to chat about giving Walt private tours through the … Read more
Disney certainly has an ever evolving selection of beer and cocktails that have become pool-side favorites and World Showcase staples. But how to choose when you have so many options? Authors Daniel “Drunky” Miller and Rhiannon have written “Drinking at Disney – A Tipsy Travel Guide to Walt Disney World’s Bars, Lounges & Glow Cubes.” Drunky and … Read more
If you’re a Disney parks fan and a bit of a bookworm, it’s highly likely you know Jeff Kurtti – author of such fan favorite Disney books as Since the World Began, The Art of Disneyland, Imagineering Legends, and 27 other Disney titles! But his writing is just the tip of the iceberg. Jeff sits … Read more
Erick Kanter and his wife Marlene have a unique way to celebrate their love of the Disney parks. While some fans make shirts or create in-depth Youtube videos, the Kanters roast up their passion for Disney. Since 2014, they’ve been running Expedition Roasters – a coffee and tea company that brings to your kitchen a … Read more
Tammy Tuckey grew up with a passion for Disney World and now she’s sharing it with us. She’s not only the host of the Tiara Talkshow, where she’s interviewed everyone from Imagineers to Debbie Reynolds, but is also the musical artist behind the new album “You’ll Find Me on Main St.” – a compilation of … Read more
Back in December, we at Ride Rehab recorded this episode for the WDWNT Marathon Show and we’re happy to share the audio version with you now! We snuck into the Imagineering offices to find out what makes a good ride good, and a bad ride bad. And then, we crafted the best ride ever, and … Read more
Jason Lethcoe started his career in animation working on Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” and his love of story continued as an author for young adult fiction, including “Zoom’s Academy” which made into the film “Zoom.” These days, Jason has teamed up with Disney publishing on “Tales from Adventureland” – a book series centered around the … Read more
Actor and writer, Ron Schneider is known by thousands as the Dreamfinder at Epcot Center, but his life experiences are more than you could imagine! Ron chats with Nathan about going to the first operating day of Disneyland, working with a lion at Magic Mountain and writing the first Halloween show at Universal Orlando. When … Read more
In this episode of Ride Rehab, Tyler and Thomas find themselves trapped inside the flaska reclinata at the entrance to Pandora, and decide to chat about Banshees, River Shamans, dire animals, and interaction versus immersion. Want more Ride Rehab content? Visit our Soundcloud to listen to outtakes we had to remove from the final episode and … Read more
Benjamin Lancaster, writer and director of “The Further Adventures of Walt’s Frozen Head,” chats with Nathan about his love for storytelling, how Nikita Khrushchev inspired his feature film, and what lead him to make the movie gorilla style in the Magic Kingdom. Dreamfinders is a podcast hosted by Nathan Hartman about the creative culture surrounding … Read more
How Bowers has a history with Walt Disney World. From getting a tour as a child of the Magic Kingdom before opening to sneaking into MGM Studios while it was under construction, How has a long love of not only celebrating the parks, but archiving its elements as part of RetroWDW.com and its podcast. He’s got stories … Read more
