Pardon Our Pixie Dust…

We are having some technical difficulties with both the Image Gallery & the PIXAR Play Parade video. We should have all of the pictures up in their respective folders sometime tomorrow or Monday, & the video may be available on the podcast feed tonight, but more likely tomorrow or Monday. But you can still download the video directly at this link!

Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you!

Introducing the WDW News Today Community Forum!!!

We are proud to announce that we finally have our own community forum!!! This will be a place to discuss all things Disney, from the parks to the movies. This will be a place for the Disney Online community to come together, discuss & have fun. These brand new forums are also the home to our sister sites & podcasts, WDW News Today & The Disney Pincast! We hope you enjoy these forums & come to be a part of our WDW News Today family!

If you would like to sign up for the forums, just go to www.wdwnewstoday.com/forum. We’d like to ask that if you have any comments on any news posts or podcasts on DL News Today, that you post about them in the specific thread on the forums, instead of using the site’s comments feature! Thank you & enjoy the WDW News Today Community Forum!!!

WDW News Today Community Forum

We are proud to announce that we now have our own community forum!!! This will be a place to discuss all things Disney, from the parks to the movies. This will be a place for the Disney Online community to come together and discuss and have fun. These forums will also be home to discussions for our other productions, Disneyland News Today and The Disney Pincast. We hope you enjoy these forums and come to be a part of our WDW News Today family.

If you would like to sign up for the forums, you can either click register on our left side bar or go to www.wdwnewstoday.com/forum. You will also be able to log into the forums everytime you visit by using the button on the left side bar. Thank you and enjoy the WDW News Today community forum!!!

Podcast Episode 33 Now Available for Download

To subscribe to the WDW News Today podcast on Itunes, go to this link. If you do not have Itunes, visit our Podcast Download Directory to download or listen to all of our shows

Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including John Corigliano, Jason Diffendal, Justin Heyman, Jose Castillo and Patrick Hurd for a show that Bridges the Gaps Between you and the World. Sit back, relax, and enjoy all of the Walt Disney World news, information, and fun we have to offer on this episode of WDWNT.

To kick off episode 33 Jason Diffendal, Jose Castillo and Justin Heyman join me in discussing the Walt Disney World news and rumors. This week, we discuss an upcoming Primeval Whirl refurbishment, the end of a long running parade at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and the possibility of a revamped Hall of Presidents coming to the Magic Kingdom.

Our Walt Disney World history segment, Back To The Future, returns, as we talk about the history of Magic Kingdom attractions inside what is often referred to as the Tomorrowland Interplanetary Convention Center . Joining me in our time travels this week are Jason Diffendal, Justin Heyman and John Corigliano as we take a interstellar journey through the Flight to the Moon, Mission to Mars, Alien Encounter, and Stitch’s Great Escape attractions.

To end this weeks show, I have an interview with Disney Dream Job CMO finalist Patrick Hurd to discuss his entry video, how he created it, and his love for all things Disneyland. While this interview is very lengthy, I think it provides us with a great story you can not learn in a one minute long video.

This episode is also available in an enhanced version. An enhanced podcast is a podcast with added features that standard podcasts don’t have. Enhanced podcasts include many features like Chapter listings, this lets you skip through chapters or see what is in store for this weeks show. Enhanced podcasts also have images to let you differ the chapters by. Enhanced podcasts have one negative feature, you can not play them on most MP3 players. The file format for this is a .m4a which can play on Apple’s iPod and Microsoft’s Zune. You will also need iTunes or Windows Media Player to be able to skip through chapters. If you need or would like the standard edition, download the normal edition listed below this file both on Itunes and in our podcast directory.

To subscribe to the WDW News Today podcast on Itunes, go to this link. If you do not have Itunes, visit our Podcast Download Directory to download or listen to all of our shows

Introducing The Disney Pincast

Following the huge success of the weekly Disney pin trading segments on the WDW News Today podcast, we are proud to welcome the only weekly podcast to ever be dedicated to Disney pins to our News Today family, the Disney Pincast. While the first episode will not be released until March 12th, we invite you to go to the official website for the show at www.wdwnewstoday.com/pincast. While there, you can click the Itunes button in the right column to subscribe to the show on Itunes. While you will be able to also download and listen to shows on the Pincast site, we will also be posting news, show notes, and interesting information throughout the week on that very same page. So whether you are a shark or new to trading, check out The Disney Pincast site and podcast today!!!

25 Years of Purple Dragons and Bearded Men in Top Hats

In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Figment, Dreamfinder, and the beloved Journey Into Imagination attraction, we here at WDW News Today will be celebrating with some very special commemorative events. You probably noticed our bright orange and purple colors we have adopted for this festive occasion (inspired by a certain dragon), but we will also have a bunch of special content prepared for this week’s edition of the WDW News Today podcast, episode 33. So stay tuned for special Imagination themed content over the next two weeks here on the WDW News Today website and podcast!!!

Podcast Episode 32 Now Available for Download

To subscribe to the WDW News Today podcast on Itunes, go to this link. If you do not have Itunes, visit our Podcast Download Directory to download or listen to all of our shows

Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including John Corigliano, Jason Diffendal, Justin Heyman, Luke Manning and Adam Roth for a show that Bridges the Gaps Between you and the World. Sit back, relax, and enjoy all of the Walt Disney World news, information, and fun we have to offer on this episode of WDWNT.

To kick off episode 32, John Corigliano, Jason Diffendal, and Justin Heyman join me in discussing the Walt Disney World news and rumors. This week, we discuss an upcoming Jungle Cruise refurbishment, updates happening at the new wing of Disney’s Contemporary Resort, and the possibility of a new ticketing system coming to the theme parks.

To end this week’s show,we have the first REAL edition of Disney Don’t Forget the Lyrics, as listener Chris Nolin faces off with champion Luke Manning for a fantastic prize package. Who will win this epic showdown, tune in to find out!!! We are still looking for more participants in this fun-filled game show, so please contact us if you would like to know more about being a part of Disney Don’t Forget the Lyrics.

To subscribe to the WDW News Today podcast on Itunes, go to this link. If you do not have Itunes, visit our Podcast Download Directory to download or listen to all of our shows

WDW News Today Podcast Updates

Due to some technical difficulties, we have had to delay the release this week’s edition of the WDW News Today Podcast until early tomorrow morning. We also regret to say that there will not be an enhanced version of episode 32. The reasons for these changes are mostly  we are preparing for the release of two new podcasts to our News Today family, The Disney Pincast and WDW HD.

-The Disney Pincast will be an extension of the weekly pin trading segments we have tested for a few weeks on the WDWNT podcast. This show will expand on the concept to include Disney pin trading news and information from around the globe. The Disney Pincast will debut on March 12, 2008 and will be released weekly on Wednesdays starting on that date.

-WDW HD will provide high definition videos of the Walt Disney World Resort. We are hoping to release this new venture sometime around the end of this month.

We thank you for your continuing support and viewership of our site and podcasts and hope that we will make up for this week’s shortcomings with our upcoming expansion.

DLNT Site Update

We’ve been going through a few Administration problems here on the site. One problem was that all posts were changed to show SparkyLD as the poster, but he only wrote these 2 posts. So all posts that aren’t on the main page right now, show Sparky as the writer. But don’t worry, we’ll try to have that & all other problems fixed by tonight!

DLNT Episode 2 (2/24/08)

Join host Luke Manning and a cast including John Corigliano, Nick McLamb, Tom Corless, Jose Castillo, Jason Diffendal, and Sparky LD, for a show that brings you the Ideals, Dreams, and Hard Facts of the Disneyland Resort. So sit back, relax, and enjoy all of the Disneyland news, information, and fun we have to offer on the Disneyland News Today Podcast!

We start off Episode #2 with our weekly Disneyland News and Rumors. Among the things covered this week are the California Food and Wine Weekends, the Goat in Big Thunder Mountain, more on the PIXAR Play Parade, and much more! I tried doing the news by myself this week, so I could test if it works better with just me, or with guests. What do you think?

Each week, we’ll be sharing with you a piece of live-in-park audio from the Disneyland Resort. This week, a lesser known attraction inside Disney’s California Adventure, Animation Academy. In Animation Academy, you can learn to be a Disney animator, and draw a random Disney character. On the show this week, we learn how to draw Daisy Duck!

Finally, joining me for this week’s discussion are Tom Corless, Jason Diffendal, Nick McLamb, Jose Castillo, John Corigliano, and Sparky LD. We go around the table asking each participant what their favorite & least favorite Disneyland Mountains are! And sorry ahead of time for the background noise in this segment!

To download this episode of the DLNT Podcast, please visit our Podcast Download page. To just listen to the show (not download it) click on the little player attached to this post. Or you can subscribe to our podcast on iTunes.