Adventures & Mousecapades: A Disney Podcast

It wasn’t all frights and scares in Hollywood for Alicea and Kaitlyn, they also got to do a few other things while they were in town. Science fun at Griffith Observatory, “A Goody Movie” and the Walk of Fame at El Capitan Theater, and a day at Universal Studios Hollywood in regular theme park mode. Gotta get that podcast content! ;-)

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Kaitlyn and Alicea just got back from opening night of Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights 2023. They got to experience all 8 houses, the Terror Tram, and all 3 scare zones - plus dinner - with the “RIP Tour”. Chucky, The Last of Us, Stranger Things, and Mummies … who could ask for anything more?

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This week we continue our conversation with Tim and Audie about the real reason they headed over to Europe, to enjoy a week-long river cruise on the Douro River in Portugal and Spain. River cruise is a different pace and a different kind of experience than an ocean cruise - is it right for you? You’ll have to listen to find out!

Tim and Audie are travel agents with The Magic For Less. You can find them online at Meet Tim & Audie...

Audie Lawley is back on the podcast, and this time she’s joined by her husband Tim to tell us all about their transatlantic sailing on the Disney Dream earlier this year, from Miami to Barcelona with stops in the Azores, Lisbon, Cádiz, Málaga, and Cartagena (the one in Spain, not Colombia). Not only was this a special repositioning cruise, but it was also the Dream’s first sailing during DCL’s Silver 25th Anniversary celebration, c...

This week we’re chatting with Robyn Johnson, who’s a mom of kiddos with food allergies and a frequent Disneyland visitor about navigating food options in the park when you have constraints in what you can eat. She’s launching a new website called ParkMagic.com, and it includes a tool called Picky Mickey that can help you plan what and where to eat given your allergies. And it works for everyone else too, and includes drinks at all ...

It wasn’t supposed to be, but as it turns out this week’s look back at a previous Disney vacation turns out to be the last time we were in Hawaii … and that was all the way back in 2018. Don’t worry, we’re fixing that in just a couple short months. This week we cover our DVC Home of Aulani Resort, Kualoa Ranch, and finding secret treasures via the Shaka Guide app. We can’t recommend both Kualoa and Shaka Guide highly enough. Do you...

We had the pleasure of touring 3 different cruise ships while they were in port here in Seattle between cruises to see what Celebrity, Norwegian, and Holland America have to offer. They’re very distinct markets that each are catering to - are we one of them? Could a Disney Cruise Line alternative be in our future? Let’s find out!

This episode is NOT an ad for any cruise line, or for Travel Perks - the travel agency that made these t...

To conclude our European tour we taken in all the non-Disney sights, sounds, and tastes of Paris. Fine dining and stunning adornments at Versailles. A show at the Moulin Rouge. Famous artworks at the Musee D’Orsay. Big hitters like the Arc de Triumph, Sacre Cour, and the Eiffel Tower. And a TGV train trip to the beautiful old city of Bruges, Belgium. And to top it off, fine cuisine at … Five Guys?!?

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We take a detour into Disney news this week with our latest installment of our Quarterly Disney Report, covering all the happenings at the House of Mouse from April through June. Movies came out. Content was added to (and removed from) Disney+. Anniversaries were celebrated. And Alicea and I had WAY too much fun recording this one. Enjoy!

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This week we finish our tour of The Disneyland Paris Resort by visiting Disney Studios Park, talking about some of the hotels, and touching briefly on Disney Village - the local equivalent of Downtown Disney or Disney Springs. Highlights include Worlds of Pixar, the brand new Avengers Campus, and Disney's Hotel New York - The Art of Marvel.

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Alicea, Kaitlyn, and Sanae recently completed their trip to Paris and we're covering their escapades here on the podcast. This week we're looking at the original EuroDisney, now known as Disneyland Paris. From a unique Main Street 2nd floor restaurant with views of the parades to new takes on classic rides that take your breath away, this park has it all.

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We're joined this week by Tyler, a Disneyland CM who not only worked at Splash Mountain but was one of the last people to take the iconic log flume ride in it's current form when it closed a few weeks ago on May 31, 2023. It was really cool to get an insider perspective on what it's like to make the magic happen for thousands of guests every day and hear a few fun stories as well. Let's just say nuns were involv...

Alicea and Kaitlyn are back from their Parisian adventure, and in honor of Pride Month they're sharing their experience at Disneyland Paris's Pride Night. This was a hard-ticketed after hours event full of joy and celebration, and they had a great time despite the severe jet lag. 

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On the podcast this week is the mysterious Bill person that you keep hearing Nathan randomly mention in some episodes. He's one half of the power couple that are our best friends (along with his boss Rachel), and he spent 12 years as a cast member at Disney World. He literally started off keeping Hollywood Studios clean and ended up as the Finance partner for both water parks. Needless to say, there are a few stories to share,...

We welcome back Tiffany Sowell this week, and she's joined by her great friend Leslie Frazier, to talk about Disneyland's After Dark events. They've attended events in the past, and happened to be in town for Sweethearts' Nite back in February. Typically these after hours events offer special entertainment, treats, rare characters, and access to rides with super-low wait times. Did this event live up to expectat...

We're joined by Brent Todd this week, who was the moderator/coordinator/lead-cat-herder of the Facebook group for our recent cruise on the Disney Wish. If you're not familiar with cruise groups, essentially these are community forums run by fellow cruisers on your specific sailing that allow you to meet others, ask questions and learn from folks who have cruised before, plan activities onboard, and generally get as plugge...

This week we’re joined by friends and neighbors Kristin and Ryan to compare notes on the Disney Wish. They, along with their two daughters, are Castaway Gold cruisers with 4 voyages on the Wish under their belt (2 back-to-backs). It was really great to hear their perspective on the Wish, and hear about their rather rough voyage to Nassau a couple months ago.

If you haven’t seen it, here’s the video we mentioned of the Wish coming in...

We close our our March 2023 anniversary coverage with a trip report covering all the awesome stuff we did in Disney World that wasn't onboard the Disney Wish. We got to experience Tron: Lightcycle Run during the soft opening, made our first visit to Space 220, had our camera phone stolen by a wild cowboy at Whispering Canyon Cafe, and tried to save the world at Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind. A few days in the parks. S...

This week we're joined by Jenna, who recently completed her first in person runDisney weekend during the Springtime Surprise event at Walt Disney World. After doing some local 5K and even a virtual half marathon, she completed a 5K, 10K, and 10 mile race in Florida. Jenna is proof positive that with a positive attitude you can do just about anything, and was honestly kind of inspiring for us. I think this quote from her sums u...