Universal Orlando Discussion Show Episode 2

Episode 2 of the Universal Orlando Discussion Show is out! Check it out at usfdiscussion.wordpress.com   Host Ryan Barr is joined by Brandon Glover and myself as we talk about Universal Studios Orlando Islands of Adventure. Give us your feedback on the Facebook page or on twitter.https://twitter.com/#!/WDWDISCussion

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This Week in Podcasting: Jan 29-Feb 4

WDWNT Episode 227: This week host Tom and his crew offer up a rare “themed” show. They turn the focus for show 227 to the cars of WDW. They start off the show with a Expedition Everoth. Co host Adam Roth talks with Tom Coreless about the new exotic car experience at the Walt Disney World Speedway. Adam gives the best review of this experience that I have heard to date. His information is spot on and very detailed. Adam also does a great job at not only conveying what happened during the experience, but he also manages to convey how he felt during the driving experience.  The team also does one of their “Back to the Future” segments. Personally, this segment is my favorite in all of Disney podcasting.  This newest edition of Back to the Future did not disappoint. The team goes over the history of the WDW Speedway in the Magic Kingdom. They do the standard, great job art uncovering the history and behind the scenes stories of this attraction. I really like how the team visits the other Disney parks across the globe and discusses the history of other Disney parks Speedways. This week’s show is not a “must listen” necessarily, but it is still a good listen for any WDW fan.   

Magical DefinitionPodcast Sunday Jan,29: This podcast from hosts Nathan Rose and Jim Hill continues to deliver quality information about theme parks and the Disney company I general. This week the decided to do a listener email show. The format is as simple as it sounds. Jim and Nathan field about three or four emails from fans. Jim does a great job at answering the listeners’ questions and providing some really great can’t miss information. Jim Hill is a wealth of behind the scenes information, and if you have ever wondered about what “behind the magic”, do yourself a favor and listen to this podcast.     

Inside the Magic Show356: This week w have another well produced, and well laid out show from host Ricky. The structure of this show is one of the best I have heard. This week Ricky talks about his recent trip to Disneyland. He goes into some great depths discussing his stay at the newly refurbished Disneyland Hotel. He also talks about the different dining experiences he had while out on the west coast. This show was pretty decent. Ricky was not afraid to be critical of Disney and some of the things he thought they could improve on. It is interesting to hear his unique and different views about the resort. This show is pretty informative to someone who is interested in going to Disneyland and needs to know about the hotels, and restaurants. The news section at the beginning of the show is choice as well. Ricky has a unique format when it comes to covering news stories. He stays on topic, gets the point across, and then moves on. Thumps up two Ricky for a somewhat watered down but still listenable show this week.      

Unofficial UniversalPodcast Episode 23: Lee, Tracey, Darren, and Hunter bring their fans another fun filled show on episode 23. This week they talk about the latest news from Universal Studios Florida. Part of this show was a bit of a repeat of their announcement show from last week. Either way they do give unique and interesting insight on the big news that came from Universal late last month. The featured segment on this week’s show is their Walk the Walk segment. The team ventures through the Woody woodpeckers Kid zone. This is a very, very funny segment. Although, I don’t think the team initially set out for the segment to be funny, that’s what it turned into. The hosts do a really great job at being serious, but at the same time, not taking themselves too seriously. It was not the most informative segment but the team did a great job at keeping it light and giving some great opinions on the kid zone. Co host Hunter does another great fact Hunter segment on the E.T attraction. Fan Andy Hughes calls I with a brief trip report which puts a nice bow on what is another stellar show from the UUOP crew.  

SHOW OF THE WEEK: WDWFanBoys Episode 112: For anyone who has read more than one of these podcast reviews its no secret that I am a huge Jim Hill mark. He is a choice source for information and behind the scenes secrets when it comes to Disney and Universal. This week the fanboys team Jim up with long time fan favorite Ron Schneider. The show starts out with the usual introductions and plugs, and after that for the two hours Ron and Jim begin to tear a hole into what was, up until then, my view of the Disney fanboy community. They share their opinions when it comes to “arm chair imagineers” and they don’t leave anything to the imagination. No pun intended. Fanboys Bret, Tim and Paul do a great job at throwing counter points at the two experts. Ron and Jim, as usual, pull back the curtain and let the fans behind the scenes as they share more unheard stories from Disney and Universal. This show is without a doubt one of, if not, the best WDWFanboy episodes I have heard; and not just because Jim and Ron are on. The hosting crew really does a great job at pushing forward new, and interesting ideas for the theme parks. These guys are fanboys in every sense of the word. They care about the parks, and they want to see the parks do well. Let it be known that this show is quickly making its way up my favorites list!        

 

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Show of the Month: January

I gave you, the readers, a chance to vote on which one of the four Shows of the Week from January you thought should be Show of the Month. The votes came in via twitter @wakefieldreport and the winner and January Show of the month is.......

Show of the Month: Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast Episode 20 and Special Outtakes Show:

"Hello internet!"

On the show this week hosts Lee, Tracey and Darren are visited by former Universal Studios Orlando team

member Ron Schneider. Ron shares stories with the crew about the first ever Christmas celebration at

Universal Orlando. Ron offers up some great insight and tells some very funny stories. Host Lee Mallaby

lands yet another top notch interview with a true theme park insider. Lee is a great interviewer and does a

great job at asking the important questions, while making sure he does not take the spotlight off of his guest.

UUOP continues to be one of my favorite theme park podcast out there today. The way they present their

news at the beginning of the show is one of my favorite segments and I look forward to it. With only 20

episodes under their belt the crew at UUOP continues to get better and better. Podcasting is much like a

theme park attraction; it’s all about storytelling, and these guys have managed to get some of the best story

tellers in the industry on the show. The bonus outtakes show was a special treat. As someone who used to

host a small local high school TV news show I can appreciate a good blooper. With the special edition of

the bloopers show I think UUOP is more than worthy of “Show of the Week’. The bit where co host

Hunters family member keeps bursting into is room during the show is hilarious! The bonus show will have

you laughing from beginning to end and is well worth the extra download. I look forward to watching this

show progress and grow in 2012!      

 Congrats Lee, Tracey, Darren and Hunter!

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This Week in Podcasting: January 22-28

Disney, Indiana Episode 92: I should start off this review by saying that I am from Indianapolis, Indiana so this show gets major points from me from the start for its name alone. I am a big fan of shows where you sit the hosts down and let them talk nonstop for hours on end. No cuts, no edits, and no pausing. After listening to shows like Mouse Lounge and Disney, Indiana, I am warming up to segment based shows. I am very impressed with the production quality of this show. This week the crew takes a comprehensive look at Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. They start off their shows by giving a very detailed run down on the making of and history of the movie. Then they toss in some audio of well known Beauty and the Beast songs. The songs they present are some rare ones. Foreign versions and I think a Broadway version makes its way into the podcast. The scripted segments are a little bit corny for my taste but the show overall is very impressive. My fellow Hoosiers, Scott and Tracey should be very proud with this high quality and entertaining production they have!  

Generation Mouse Episode 50: This is another one of those underrated shows that I do not hear many fans talking about. This show is so funny. The young group of hosts really have a passion and love for WDW, and it really shows in their podcast! This week they revisit the topic of their first show. They give their top 5 must do’s in Disney. The subject has been done before but the spin that this crew gives the topic makes it worth listening to. Their views and ideas are a breath of fresh air and a joy to listen to. The group also does a great job at giving a different, non standard, set of top 5 things to do at WDW. They market their show as opinions from young adults but this show can appeal to any age group. You can tell in their voices that, while young, this group is filled with true professionals. They also have a lot of charisma which is very important for a group of podcast hosts.   

Dis Dad Episode 22: I am not a dad, yet…so I did not think I would find this podcast useful. I assumed it was a panel of dads talking what they do at WDW while their wives and kids ride the rides and see the shows. My assumption that this podcast would be so one dimensional and uninteresting was completely wrong! This week’s show started off a little bit slow. Hosts Ryan, Aaron, Eric, and Carl started off by talking about their opinions of the WDW monorail resorts. The topic seemed a bit forced, and the crew did not seem to be too into it for the first half of the show. They did give some good advice and info, but the segment just didn’t connect with me. Maybe I was in a bad mood or distracted. For some reason, unknown to me, about halfway into the show, the podcast picked up a lot of steam and really caught, and kept my attention. They begin to throw fact after fact at the audience and I found myself really enjoying this week’s show. They panel puts guest Carl on the hot seat and gives him 10 questions to answer. The show all together is good. Not fantastic, but I will definitely give their next show a listen and I look forward to hearing a whole new perspective on Disney.   

Your Mousecast #41: The hosts this week are joined by Adam Goodger of Disney Brit to talk about MouseMeets 2012. Adam does a good job at keeping up with the hosts interesting sense of humor and gets across some really good info to those who are interested in going to the event in the U.K. The segment is funny and informative; what more could you ask for? The hosts are also joined by a fan who gives a very funny trip report from her latest trip to WDW. All of this along with the unique look on the news from the Your Mousecast crew makes this week’s show standard fare; very funny, quick, witty, and informative. I am continually impressed with the crew’s ability to keep the show so humorous yet informative at the same time!   

Show of the Week: Mouse Lounge Season 6 Episode 10: Let me start off by saying that I think the Mouse Lounge podcast may be the most underrated show out there today. Gary Chambers is a true professional and deserves a lot of credit for the high quality production he puts on. This week he brings his fans a show that is filled with some of the best Disney audio I have heard so far this year. Featured in this week’s show is a trip around EPCOT’s World Showcase. Gary brings us audio of live music performances from each country around the lagoon. As someone who is not the biggest EPCOT fan, this music was new to me, and I genuinely found it entertaining, Gary also mixes in a Danny Kaye introduction to World Showcase, and a special Illuminations mix, but the segments that started this week’s show truly made this week’s editions of the Mouse Lounge a must listen. Gary digs out, from the BBC archives, a Russell Davis piece about Walt Disney. Davis interviews a young Walt, and gets some interesting insight into the man behind the mouse. Mouse Lounge host Chambers also presents a Disney Archive, and Capitol Records 1954 hit, Mickey Mouse’s Birthday Party. This week’s Mouse Lounge was more than a joy to listen to.  

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