Episode 155: Do Disney's Summer Hotel Discounts Signal a Strategy Shift?

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Episode 155: Do Disney's Summer Hotel Discounts Signal a Strategy Shift?

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Len finds some interesting pricing trends in Disney's latest hotel discounts, and Jim explains the strategy Disney's using.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Apr 5, 2018

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Take a walk through Walt Disney World with TouringPlans's Len Testa and Jim Hill from JimHillMedia.com as they talk about upcoming projects and rumored happenings from all around the "World".

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Episode 101: Kali River Rapids' History: Jim goes through the history of Animal Kingdom's Kali River Rapids ride. The combination of animals and raft rides dates back to Walt's days, and the evolution of whitewater-style rides in the 1980's brought the idea back to Disney. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
34 min listen
Episode 108: Disney News: Earnings, Park Attendance, and Goodbye to Stitch? (Condensed version): We'll release the first August show soon. Time is an illusion. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
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Episode 102: Splash Mountain's History Finale: Did you know that Walt and Ray Kroc (the guy who popularized the McDonald's restaurants) were in the same ambulance unit in World War I? There's a Disneyland tie-in there, and you can hear about it when Jim concludes the history of Splash Mountain. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
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Episode 11: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Adventureland: Episode 11: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Adventureland by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
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Episode 10: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Main Street U.S.A.: Episode 10: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Main Street U.S.A. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
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Episode 105: The history of Fort Wilderness: We also talk about the opening of Skull Island at IOA, and Frozen at Epcot by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
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Episode 103: Jim's Why For?: Here's a Why For that Disney fans are sure to go ape over... the history of "Scruffy", one of the rock apes of Gibraltar. Jim reveals how this started as a live-action project only to almost end up as the follow-up to Disney's animated "Robin Hood". by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
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Episode 128 - Is "Tapu Tapu" Samoan for "Opening Day Disaster?" and Guardians of the Galaxy opens at DCA.: Jim attends the opening day ceremonies at Universal's Volcano Bay water park, then flies across the country for the debut of Guardians of the Galaxy at DCA. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
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Episode 12: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Frontierland and Liberty Square: Episode 12: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Frontierland and Liberty Square by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
28 min listen
Episode 13: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Fantasyland: Episode 13: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Fantasyland by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
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Episode 14: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Tomorrowland: Episode 14: Urban Design with Sam Gennawey - Tomorrowland by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
17 min listen
Episode 104: Live from the Animal Kingdom with Tiffins, Nighttime Safari, and more: Special guest star: Laurel Stewart. We loved the meal at Tiffins. Kilimanjaro Safaris is interesting at night, not sure we'd make it our only visit to that attraction. Loved The Awakening. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
18 min listen
Episode 100: The guy that invented FastPass: Jim talks to Bruce Laval, the guy who invented the original FastPass system while working for Disney in the 1990's. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
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Episode 107: The Lost Episode of Chronological Disneyland: It's interesting to go back and see how Disney was thinking the same thing, for Coronado Springs. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
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Earth Day Bonus Episode: Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge and Kidani Village Walk-Through!: Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge and Kidani Village Walk-Through! by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
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Episode 111 - History of the O Canada! film, part 2 (Condensed version): Jim finishes the history of the O Canada! film at Canada's pavilion at Epcot. Also a bit about the potential DVC at Caribbean Beach Resort. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
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Episode 106b: Disney's Summer 2016 Media Preview (Full version with side stories): Here's the building in Trondheim, Norway, from which the Royal Sommerhus design was created: tinyurl.com/zdq7sk3 by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
34 min listen
Episode 113 - Previewing our upcoming Unbuilt Disney talk: There'll be more, including a long-lost Jimmy Hoffa memo, at the event. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
17 min listen
Episode 121 - Caribbean Beach, Coronado Springs News and Disney buys Disneyland Paris: Jim and Len recorded this show a couple of days before the Caribbean Beach and Coronado Springs news hit last week. Also Jim talks about why Disney just bought the other half of Disneyland Paris. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
35 min listen
Episode 109 - History of the Disneyland Hotel, part 2 (Condensed version) by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
25 min listen
Episode 129 - History of Character Greetings plus NintendoLand and Star Wars Hotel News: Jim also updates us on the Star Wars hotel idea that's being considered for Disney's Hollywood Studios. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
38 min listen
Episode 142: History of the SpectroMagic Parade, part 1: Jim gives the history of the SpectroMagic parade by starting out with an explanation of *why* Disney needed a nighttime parade to begin with, and what they tried to begin with. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
28 min listen
Episode 119 - Rockettes and Restaurants: In our main two segments, Jim talks about the time Michael Eisner picked a fight with Radio City's Rockettes, and lost. Len talks about the best restaurants in Walt Disney World as voted on by you. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
39 min listen
Episode 106a: Disney's Summer 2016 Media Preview (Condensed version without side stories): Here's the building in Trondheim, Norway, from which the Royal Sommerhus design was created: tinyurl.com/zdq7sk3 by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
19 min listen
Disney Dish Episode 114 - Jim talks about Disney's 1980's plans to develop Long Beach Harbor next to Disneyland: Jim talks about Disney's 1980's plans to develop Long Beach Harbor next to Disneyland by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
27 min listen
Bonus Episode - Pandora Food and Merchandise, plus WDW News: Jim and Len walk through the food and merchandise to tell you what's interesting and what's tasty. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
37 min listen
Episode 127 - We review Pandora - The World of Avatar: It's been almost 6 years in the making, but Disney's Animal Kingdom has finally opened Pandora - The World of Avatar, based on James Cameron's film franchise. Jim and Len walk through the land and rides to tell you how it turned out. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
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Episode 133 - The History of Fantasmic! Part 2: Would you believe that Maleficent's flames involve non-dairy coffee creamer? In this episode, Jim and Len continue the history of Fantasmic, talking about how Disney Imagineers came up with some of the show's iconic effects and scenes. Jim also explains the pressure that Disney was under as the show's debut got closer and closer. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
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Episode 123 - Disney World stories we'll tell in the 2018 Unofficial Guide: Every spring, Jim and Len get together to talk about the mini-stories that go into the Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World. It's how the podcast got started, in fact. This show is our actual conversation about what's going in to the 2018 edition. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
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Episode 125 - The Master Plan for Disney Seas California (Disneyland's Unbuilt Second Gate mini-series): Jim talks about how Imagineer Kim Murphy's aquarium-centered career at SeaWorld and Epcot's The Seas leads to the ideas for another of Disney's nautical-themed second gates for California - Disney Seas. by The Disney Dish with Jim Hill
21 min listen

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Episode 155: Do Disney's Summer Hotel Discounts Signal a Strategy Shift?

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