Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Pod

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Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod

An Unofficial Podcast Dedicated to All Things Disney

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Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod is a weekly, interactive discussion of the ins and outs of Disney fandom: news, reviews, analysis, and general discussion about what it is that makes us love all things Disney. To quote a loyal listener, this is a "thinking man's show" designed for the Disney fan. Topics include Disney animation and movies, Walt Disney World, Disneyland, and anything else relating to The Walt Disney Company.

Aaron Wallace, film critic and Disney enthusiast, is your host.

Disney Park News

Winners of the Fifth Annual Disneyland Half Marathon
Here they are - the winner of the men’s, women’s and wheelchair divisions of the Disneyland Half Marathon. They received their medals Sunday after the race.
Making a Splash at Magic Kingdom Park
One thing about taking photographs on Splash Mountain at Walt Disney World is you never need to tell people what to do.
Disney Parks Blog Weekly Recap
How about that for a party? It’s a first look at ElecTRONica coming to Disney California Adventure Park in October. The new party will be set amidst the world of “TRON: Legacy!” and offer an opportunity to peek inside the world of the movie. If you’re curious, take a look at the [...]
One-Stop Searching: Disney Sports
Thousands of athletes are gathering at Disneyland Resort this weekend for the fifth annual Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend. At Disney Parks, we see record-breaking and history-making sporting events all year long. Here is a look back at some of our Disney sports blog posts.
ESPN 101 High School Career Panel Offers Students a Glimpse at Potential Futures
Hundreds of Central Florida high school juniors and seniors recently got a lesson in how to take their dreams one step closer to reality as part of the ESPN 101 Career Panel hosted at the Walt Disney World Clubhouse of Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Florida.
New ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ Cast Members Find Inspiration at Disneyland Park
The film may not open until next May, but during a break from filming recently, new ‘Pirates’ cast members Stephen Graham and Paul Bazely made a special trip to where it all began when they rode the original Disney attraction that inspired the hit film franchise.
Tempting Treatments on Tap at The Spa at Disney’s Vero Beach Resort
Today, guests staying at Disney’s Vero Beach Resort got a sneak peek of the lovely new spa operated by local spa guru Tanja McGuire Incorporated. Of course, traditional treatments like Swedish massages and mani/pedis are offered, but a few items on the menu got my mouth watering. How do these sound? A Coconut Hydrating Facial with oils and chunks of ripe coconut, a hydrating Strawberry Rhubarb replenishing facial or a Mango Enzyme Exfoliating Wrap. They sound dreamy to me.

News from Disneyland

DISNEYWIRE: Behind-the-scenes at Disneyland’s topiaries
DISNEYWIRE features Disney news from other media sources. Disney Parks Blog reports: Have you ever marveled at the topiaries at “it’s a small world?” I’ve been fascinated by them since I was a young girl. We recently spoke with the Disneyland Resort Topiary Engineer and are sharing some of the highlights from our interview today. Read the rest [...]
DISNEYWIRE: Behind-the-scenes at Disneyland’s topiaries is a post from: Around Disney
Disney park farm set to close for expansion plans
Visitors can wander and splash around in the Bountiful Valley Farm area of Disney California Adventure for the last time Tuesday. The farm area in A Bug’s Land is set close Wednesday so workers can start building the entrance to Cars Land, which is under construction south of the farm area. The farm features a water-play area, [...]
Disney park farm set to close for expansion plans is a post from: Around Disney
Thousands take to streets in Disney race
Here’s a dispatch from Register reporter Adam Townsend. It published to the Register’s main site, but you should feel free to start reading it here. Enjoy! _____ ANAHEIM – Steam rose from the runners packed near Disneyland Drive and Magic Way early Sunday as they stamped, yawned and stretched. About 14,000 runners, paper numbers pinned to their fronts, were [...]
Thousands take to streets in Disney race is a post from: Around Disney
DISNEYWIRE: Steven Colbert goes to Disney park
DISNEYWIRE features Disney news from other media sources. The Huffington Post reports: Emmy-nominee Stephen Colbert and his family vacationed at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA today (Aug. 28). See photos of Stephen Colbert and his family at Disney California Adventure. Recent celebrity sightings: DISNEYWIRE: Steven Colbert goes to Disney park is a post from: Around Disney
DISNEYWIRE: Steven Colbert goes to Disney park is a post from: Around Disney
Last chance to take Disney ride this weekend
Disney California Adventure visitors will be able to ride the tall Maliboomer attraction for the last time Monday, which is Labor Day. On Tuesday, crews plan to start removing the ride after the holiday weekend, said John McClintock, a Disneyland Resort spokesman. See a recent story about the Disney ride demolition. Disney has long planned to demolish [...]
Last chance to take Disney ride this weekend is a post from: Around Disney
DISNEYWIRE: Voice of Mickey Mouse
DISNEYWIRE features Disney news from other media sources. MousePlanet reports: Over the years, many people have voiced the famous falsetto of Mickey Mouse. J. Donald Wilson once did it on radio, as did Joe Twerp, who supplied the voice for 17 episodes of the Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air in the 1930s. Read the rest of the story [...]
DISNEYWIRE: Voice of Mickey Mouse is a post from: Around Disney
14,000 Disney racers set to close Anaheim streets
A record number of Disneyland Half Marathon racers have signed up to run Sunday through Anaheim theme parks and streets, some of which will be closed for the event. The fifth-annual, 13.1-mile race is set to draw 14,000 participants, about 500 more than last year, said Michelle Himmelberg, a Disneyland Resort spokeswoman. Disney added extra slots [...]
14,000 Disney racers set to close Anaheim streets is a post from: Around Disney

News from WDW

Disney Cruise Line: Kids sail free on select 2011 Caribbean cruises
Disney Cruise Line has announced its second kids-sail-free offer for 2011. To qualify for this offer, you must book a verandah stateroom (categories 4A to 7A only) with two full-fare guests. Kids must be 17 or younger and stay in the same stateroom. Most seven-night Caribbean cruises from Jan. 8, 2011, through March 5, 2011 — [...]
Marketing of ‘Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam’ focuses on music, not merchandise
We joined 8 million other viewers on Friday night to watch the U.S. premiere of Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. Kids and their families made the long-anticipated sequel — the original debuted in 2008 — the top cable movie so far in 2010. Marketing this movie has been different than the first installment — and [...]
High-energy dance festival Disney Step Classic begins today
Fancy footwork is on display this weekend at Walt Disney World when the Disney STEP Classic returns for its third year. Today, the dance teams are participating in workshops taught by performance judges who are also National STEP Show Alliance certified STEP coaches. The workshops are geared for all levels of proficiency — from beginning enthusiasts [...]
Scenes from grand opening of Disney’s luxury kennel, Best Friends Pet Care
Disney-created situation ‘virtually certain’ to end in crash, mother of worker who died says
By Jeff Weiner, Orlando Sentinel In new court documents, the mother of a Disney monorail worker killed last year accuses her son’s former boss of “flippantly” vacating his duty, creating a dangerous situation that “was virtually certain to result in injury or death.” 21-year-old Disney monorail pilot Austin Wuennenberg was killed on July 5, 2009 when two [...]
Space Mountain music: Hear all about it from an Imagineer
Disney World visitors this week are among the first to hear something new: Space Mountain set to music. An uptempo, futuristic soundtrack has been added to the Magic Kingdom roller coaster. I talked with Alex Wright, a show designer with Walt Disney Imagineering, about the change, which is an extension of adjustments made to Space [...]
Got game? Check out these fan scavenger hunts at Disney World
What better way to enjoy Disney World’s theme parks than with like-minded guests? Two upcoming fan meet-ups will take participants on scavenger hunts through two different parks in October. In honor of Epcot’s International Food and Wine Festival, the Disney Food Blog is hosting its 2010 WDW Foodie Fest. The open house is from 11 a.m. [...]

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