WDW Fan Zone Show

In this week’s episode, our team works through several aspects of a WDW trip and shares what we wish we knew on our first trip. We look at resort hotels, parks, attractions, dining (table service, counter service, lounges, and snacks), entertainment, resort transportation, shopping and merchandise, and general topics. We hope these help new and first time visitors with upcoming trips.

In this episode, our hosts share their likes and dislikes for shopping at Walt Disney World. Merchandise is a huge part of the experience at the resort from parks to hotels to Disney Springs. Disney is continually changing the items we wear and use and play with and collect, and we share where they hit the mark for us and where we see room for improvement.

In this episode, our panel shares the frequency that they typically engage in experiences at the Walt Disney World resort including attractions, restaurants, shows, park entry, and more. We share whether we almost always, often, sometimes, seldom, or almost never experience, starting with the Magic Kingdom and see how far we get. As we discuss popular attractions like Haunted Mansion, Pirates of...

This week, John reports back on our co-host requests for resort updates including The Beak and Barrel, GEO 82, the updated Little Mermaid show, Villains: Unfairly Ever After, the Polynesian Tower, construction at the parks, Starlight parade, Test Track, and more.

In addition to all of the WDW News with Jess, we have some requests for our host. With John preparing to leave for a February trip to Walt Disney World trip, our podcast team will present him with experiences or questions to research while there. The requests could be newly opened attractions, restaurants, lounges, or shows, constructions walls and sites, or any other items of interest. John will...

Exploring and experience Walt Disney World can take a lot of energy, so breakfast can be important to start the day. This week we talk about all the options for getting breakfast including resort counter service and table service, in-room options, Starbucks, park dining, character dining, and more. We'll also discuss tradeoffs for the different choices and share some of our standards and...

Walt Disney World has lots of choices for staying in the magic from value to moderate to deluxe resorts to Disney Vacation Club and even Fort Wilderness. In this episode, our hosts each share the various factors that they use when deciding where to stay on site, or what others might consider when deciding. Pricing, location, amenities, dining, and other aspects can guide the final decision.

2025 saw a lot of change at Walt Disney World and those and future changes resulted in losses (some of them very personal). Our hosts each share their Top 10 biggest losses from last year and their thoughts on the global and personal impacts.

There are almost countless table service restaurants, counter service locations, lounges, and food carts around the Walt Disney World Resort in the parks and at the resort hotels. In fact, there are more than 250 of them, not including Disney Springs. In this episode, we will quiz our hosts to see how many know where some lesser known food outlets can be found and what is served there. Play along...

In this episode, John poses several choices to our hosts where they have to pick one attraction, experience, resort hotel, food item, or other type of item. Our hosts will have to pick which they’d choose and why. It should be fun as we see how easy or hard the choices are and who chooses what. For example: Mickey Bar or Churro!