Retro Disney World Podcast

Retro Disney World Podcast


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89 Pleasure Island - Part IV
March 26, 2024

For the main topic this month, we head back to Pleasure Island for more fun and excitement. This is Part IV and if you haven’t enjoyed Part 1, Part 2, or Part 3, we highly recommend you take a listen

88 - Back to the Future: The Ride
February 20, 2024

For Episode 88, we are ready to Ride the Movies! Universal Studios in the late 80s brought their A-Game to central Florida and Back to the Future: The Ride was one of their top attractions. For this

87.5 - An Interview with Mr. Christmas Jim Heffelfinger
January 31, 2024

This mini-episode is a compliment to our 2022 holiday episode. We promised we'd eventually track down the fellow responsible for bringing the Lights of Winter to EPCOT Center. Brian and Todd talk to

87 - Hungry for Hollywood
December 08, 2023

Welcome to Episode 87 of the RetroWDW Podcast: Hungry For Hollywood - We appreciate your support and hope you have been enjoying each and every episode. Be sure to check out some of our previous shows

85 - Mickey Mouse Revue
September 13, 2023

We take you back to an attraction and for our fans that wanted us to go way back, we are going way back. The Mickey Mouse Revue which opened October 1, 1971 last about nine years closing in the fall o

84.5 - DVC Feedback
August 08, 2023

So our last episode, Episode 84: Disney Vacation Club, we dug into the history of the vacation club and the original resort. Throughout this episode, we were able to discuss our personal experiences w

83.5 - Glowing in Timeless Places
July 03, 2023

Welcome to Episode 84 of the RetroWDW Podcast Episode 83.5 - Tammy Tuckey - We appreciate your support and hope you have been enjoying each and every episode. Be sure to check out some of our previous

84 - The Disney Vacation Club
June 09, 2023

For our main topic, we take you back to the late 80s and early 90s and get into the history of the Disney Vacation Club. We all know what the vacation club is nowadays, but how did it start, and why?

83 - The Disney Institute
April 18, 2023

In this episode, we go back to the mid-1980s when Michael Eisner decided to bring The Chautauqua Institutions blend of enrichment, entertainment, and fun back to Florida with a uniquely Disney touc