Hello and welcome to The WDW Radio Show – Your Walt Disney World Information Station. I am your host, Lou Mongello, and this is show #306 for the week of December 23, 2012.

I’m here to help you have the best possible Disney vacation experience, and bring you some Disney magic to to wherever you are with this podcast, videos, blog, live broadcasts, events, trivia books, CDs and more. You can find it all at WDWRadio.com

This week I want to introduce you to person whose name you may not recognize, but whose work you undoubtedly have enjoyed. As a show writer for Walt Disney Imagineering, his work included many of the stories and details in the queue of the Jungle Cruise, Pecos Bill’s, One Man’s Dream, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Space Mountain, Pop Century, Pal Mickey, the Adventurers Club, the Disney Cruise Line and the Walt Disney World Railroad. I’m excited to share with you my conversation with storyteller Darryl Pickett. We’ll discuss his personal journey from dreamer to Cast Member to Imagineer, talk about his wide scope of work, offer guidance to future Imagineers, and much more.

I’ll have the answer to our last Walt Disney World Trivia Question of the Week, and then have some announcements at the end of the show. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this week’s episode of the WDW Radio Show.

Thanks for listening! Be sure to tune in next week!

- Lou Mongello

Information and Links from This Week’s Show

Visit Darryl Pickett’s site at odsmill.com and follows @FlippyShark on Twitter

Purchase The Secret Feast of Father Christmas from Amazon.com

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Join Lou Mongello and Erin from Walt Disney World Resort as they explore Big Top Souvenirs and Treats at Storybook Circus, part of the New Fantasyland expansion at Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World!

The centerpiece of Big Top Souvenirs is Big Top Treats, with the largest on-stage show kitchen in Walt Disney World. Here, you can enjoy circus treats like cotton candy, caramel apples, ice cold “Goofy’s Glaciers” beverages and much more. The location also features a wide variety of merchandise including shirts, hats, toys, dolls, plush, Duffy the Disney Bear, pins, Vinylmation, D-Tech, and much more. Of course, Dumbo takes center stage, with plenty of items that can only be found in this location.

Thanks for watching!

- Lou

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