Topics in this week’s Disney news include:

- Limited Time Magic
- Pirates of the Caribbean – Pirate’s Adventure: Treasures of the Seven Seas Interactive Game
- Wilderness Explorers interactive game
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad interactive queue
- Habit Heroes at Innoventions in Epcot
- Le Cellier menu
- Epcot International Food & Wine Festival
- LIVE! With Kelly and Michael in Walt Disney World
- Twilight Zone Tower of Terror Ten-Miler
- And more!

QUESTION OF THE WEEK – What do you think of the trend towards more interactive and personalized experiences in the Disney parks? Comment below!

Thanks for watching! See you next week!

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Hello and welcome to The WDW Radio Show – Your Walt Disney World Information Station. I am your host, Lou Mongello, and this is show #290 for the week of September 2, 2012.

The 17th annual Epcot International Food and Wine Festival takes place between September 28 and November 12 this year, and will once again take guests on a culinary adventure around the world. With delicious food and refreshing beverages from across the globe, celebrity chef demonstrations and concerts, there’s something to satisfy every taste and interest. And with so much to see, do and eat, I want to help prepare you for this year’s event. So this week, we’ll cover not just the basics of the Festival, but what’s new, special events, what not to miss, as well as tips and strategies to get the most out of the event.

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Festival chefs are firing on all burners with menus designed for every palate and a new Marketplace VIP Access Chef Tour geared toward the foodie who wants the inside culinary scoop.

Fresh from festival planners:

• New festival marketplaces debut – TERRA Marketplace will offer all vegan menu items including Trick’n Chick’n Curry with Basmati Rice and Chili Colorado with House-Made Chips and Cashew Cheese; FLORIDA Marketplace will introduce fresh twists on regional flavor samplings. More than 25 ethnic and regional marketplaces with tantalizing new aromas and flavors will tempt guests in the World Showcase.
• Marketplace Chef Tours give VIP access – Each Wednesday, festival chefs will host a walking-and-tasting tour around World Showcase with stops at several international marketplaces. Guests will taste five marketplace dishes and five beverage items to include beer, wine and cocktails while learning chefs’ culinary secrets.
• Newly crafted beverages are geared toward family dining – Children of all ages can try inventive new sips during the family’s marketplace dine-around. Child-friendly bites to pair will include beef empanadas and cheese fondue.
• Fan favorites debut at Eat to the Beat! Concerts – Pop acts like Smash Mouth (Oct. 11-12) and Javier Colon, winner of “The Voice” (Oct. 13-14) will sizzle during their first Epcot nightly concerts included with other festival activities in admission. Eighteen Eat to the Beat! acts are slated, including other new bands Blues Traveler (Nov. 5-6) and Dennis DeYoung, original member of STYX (Nov. 7-8). Night Ranger kicks off the concert series Sept. 28-30, and other returning fan favorites include Boyz II Men, The Pointer Sisters, Sister Hazel and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.
• HGTV sets the table – Superstar HGTV designers host home entertaining seminars every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
• Celebrity chefs bring it – Renowned chefs like Robert Irvine and Rock Harper share their talents during culinary demos.
• Festival Welcome Center buzzes with extras – Guests can make the most of complimentary Authentic Taste seminars. Culinary demonstrations and wine seminars feature new tastes and sips for a nominal fee.
• Reserved culinary events kick tastings up a notch — Special culinary programs showcase a lineup of renowned winemakers, guest chefs and speakers participating in elegant dinners, luncheons, seminars and wine schools.

Other festival highlights include:

• More than 270 chefs including Disney chefs and culinary stars from across the country conducting culinary demonstrations and hosting dinners and tasting events.
• A complimentary Marketplace Discovery Passport to be stamped at each international marketplace visited for the perfect scrapbook souvenir.
• Party for the Senses grand tasting events Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27 and Nov. 3 featuring tempting bites from eminent chefs, more than 50 wines and beers and live entertainment.
• “3D” Disney’s Dessert Discovery on select Fridays.
• What’s Included with Epcot Admission:
• Authentic Taste seminars, HGTV seminars, special book signings, Eat to the Beat! concerts, cultural adventures, Marketplace Discovery Passport and all attractions and park entertainment are included with regular Epcot admission.

Special Programming by Reservation:

• The Party for the Senses grand tasting events and other special wine and culinary programs require reservations and separate event admission. Guests can call 407/WDW-FEST (939-3378) to make reservations. Information and reservations for select events and programs will be updated periodically this summer at disneyworld.com/foodandwine.

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Hello and welcome to The WDW Radio Show – Your Walt Disney World Information Station. I am your host, Lou Mongello, and this is show #194 for the week of October 31, 2010.

An important part of your Walt Disney World vacation experience depends on when you visit the resort, as throughout the year, there are numerous special events spanning a variety of interests and themes. One of the most popular has been the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival, now celebrating it’s 15th year. This week, we’ll recap the event on our roundtable, and discuss and review the event as a whole, as it goes far beyond just sampling foods from around the world in the kiosks in World Showcase. We’ll talk about some of the other experiences available to guests, our 3rd annual WDW Radio Walkabout, as well as recap the first annual Wine & Dine Half Marathon and post-race party in World Showcase.

I’ll tell you all about a new weekly offering from WDW Radio beyond the show and videos, and something that you can be an integral and interactive part of, as I launch the all-new WDW NewsCast.

I’ll have some more announcements and then play more of your voicemails 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!

Information and Links From This Week’s Show

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Hello and welcome to The WDW Radio Show – Your Walt Disney World Information Station. I am your host, Lou Mongello and this is show #138 for the week of September 27, 2009. Thank you for tuning in once again.

There’s no news this week, as I prepare to head out to Walt Disney World this week for the Adventurers Club event, Expedition Everest Challenge, and of course, the start of Epcot’s International Food & Wine Festival. And to that end, we’ll begin this week’s show with an interview with Epcot’s Executive Chef, Jens Dahlmann. We’ll discuss what’s new and exciting during the six-week, entertainment-packed events, filled with fine cuisine and wines from around the world.

And since planning your Walt Disney World vacation is the first and often most critical step, I’ll talk this week with three experts in doing just that, as members of the 2009 Walt Disney World Mom’s Panel join me to talk about the panel, share their stories and experiences, as well as some tips and advice for travelers and potential future panelists.

I’ll play many more of your listener voicemails at the end of the show, so sit back, relax, and enjoy this week’s episode of the WDW Radio Show.

You can email the show or call the voicemail TOLL FREE at 888-703-2171.

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

INFORMATION AND LINKS FROM THIS WEEK’S SHOW

Click Here to Talk About This Week’s Show in the Forums

The Official Disney Parks Blog

Give a Day, Get a Disney Day tour web site featuring the Muppets

Toy Story games on Disney.com

Video Highlights from Disney’s D23Expo – Day 1 and 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QikL-rx9R5M

Thanks to listener (and fellow Adventurer!) Jaxum in the forums for these videos from the Adventurers Club event on Thursday, September 24, 2009:

The Adventurer’s Club- The Bulter Graves
While we were having dinner, the permanent members of the Adventurer’s Club mingled with the crowd. These clips focus on the butler Graves as he makes his announcements to everyone and walks around with this ‘dingie’ bell.

The Adventurer’s Club- Otis T Wren
While we were having dinner, the permanent members of the Adventurer’s Club mingled with the crowd. These clips focus on Otis, while also including the wonderful and darling Sugar Snap!

The Adventurer’s Club- New Member Induction Part 1
Welcome the The Adventurer’s Club, if you are new and have never taken part in the Club, feel free to join us all as we are added to the rolls!

The Adventurer’s Club- New Member Induction Part 2

The Adventurer’s Club- The Hoopla Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_YHy62tP4E

The Adventurer’s Club- The Hoopla Part 2

The Adventurer’s Club- The Hoopla Part 3

The Adventurer’s Club- The Hoopla Part 4

The Adventurer’s Club- The Hoopla Part 5

The Adventurer’s Club- The Hoopla Part 6

The Adventurer’s Club- The Goddess Babylonia
The Goddess Babylonia. What an amazing presence she commands! And if you need to find the restrooms, she will show you the way! She had us laughing, smiling, singing, and spellbound. While it was a short moment she gave us, and I do wish she would have kept going, it was another memory to add to the list for the evening.

The Adventurer’s Club- The Mask Room
This video was taken toward the end of the evening in the Mask Room. There was quite a bit more to it, but the video was quite dark since the room was also, and I was near the door, so I was getting more sound from outside the Mask Room, so that part was cut.

The Adventurer’s Club- Their Final Farewell
This was the saddest moment of the evening. I don’t think there was a dry eye, or at least moistened eye, in the room, from the presenters to all us.

We Wants The Redhead blog by Lori Burke

My WDW Memories – Submit your story for inclusion in this all new book by Lisette Torano

The Fantasyland Audio Guide to Walt Disney World
is NOW AVAILABLE for instant download and on CD!

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Hello and welcome to The WDW Radio Show – Your Walt Disney World Information Station. I am your host, Lou Mongello and this is show #138 for the week of September 27, 2009. Thank you for tuning in once again.

There’s no news this week, as I prepare to head out to Walt Disney World this week for the Adventurers Club event, Expedition Everest Challenge, and of course, the start of Epcot’s International Food & Wine Festival. And to that end, we’ll begin this week’s show with an interview with Epcot’s Executive Chef, Jens Dahlmann. We’ll discuss what’s new and exciting during the six-week, entertainment-packed events, filled with fine cuisine and wines from around the world.

And since planning your Walt Disney World vacation is the first and often most critical step, I’ll talk this week with three experts in doing just that, as members of the 2009 Walt Disney World Mom’s Panel join me to talk about the panel, share their stories and experiences, as well as some tips and advice for travelers and potential future panelists.

I’ll play many more of your listener voicemails at the end of the show, so sit back, relax, and enjoy this week’s episode of the WDW Radio Show.

You can email the show or call the voicemail TOLL FREE at 888-703-2171.

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

Talk about the show by visiting and posting in the WDW Radio Show message forums

INFORMATION AND LINKS FROM THIS WEEK’S SHOW

Click Here to Talk About This Week’s Show in the Forums

Disney World Moms Panel

My WDW Memories – Submit your story for inclusion in this all new book by Lisette Torano

The Fantasyland Audio Guide to Walt Disney World
is NOW AVAILABLE for instant download and on CD!

Visit the WDW Radio Shop for more information or to order!

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Come join the WDW Radio Show Fan Page on Facebook!

Be sure to watch the latest WDW Radio Videos from Walt Disney World!

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Please come and join us for an upcoming

WDW Radio Show Meet of the Month!

Upcoming Dates

Purchase siged copies of Lou’s Walt Disney World Trivia Books and Audio Guides to Walt Disney World in the WDW Radio Store

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Hello everybody and welcome once again to The WDW Radio Show – Your Walt Disney World Information Station. I am your host, Lou Mongello and this is show #86 for the week of September 28, 2008.

I’m back from a busy week in Walt Disney World with a full recap of the week’s events, including News and details about what is coming for 2009, including the Celebration Vacations, changes and new additions to the Wide World of Sports Complex, and a new experience in Fantasyland with Tinker Bell and her fairy friends. I’ll talk to some executives with Disney to discuss just what’s coming next.

I’ll talk about my trip with a number of other friends and listeners to the show, as we recorded our recap of the week live from Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge. We’ll talk about everything from our experience at the newly reopened Nine Dragons restaurant in World Showcase, dinner at the Wave at Disney’s Contemporary Resort, the last nights of the Adventurer’s Club, and if we didn’t talk about food enough, I’ll play our live reviews from the promenade as we review samples from each Wonderland kiosk at Epcot’s International Food & Wine Festival. It’s a first-hand, on-the-spot review of many of the culinary delights being offered at the Festival from now through November 9, 2008.

We’ll also talk about other events throughout the week, and the Inaugural Expedition Everest Challenge 5K race that took place this past Saturday. Many of us faced the Yeti and lived to tell about it, so here’s our recap of the race and party.

I also have an exclusive interview with Steve Schussler, the creator of the Rainforest Café, Yak & Yeti and Downtown Disney’s newest dining experience, the T-Rex Café. He joins me to talk about his incredible personal journey, and the creation of some of Walt Disney World’s most unique restaurants.

Finally, I’ll reveal the Grand Prize Winner of the Adventureland Challenge Contest, and crown the Ultimate Adventurer.

Stay tuned at the end of the show for more information and announcements, as well as your voicemails, but for now, just sit back, relax, and enjoy this week’s episode of the WDW Radio Show.

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