Did You Know?

September 6, 2009 – Five of Pixar’s directors receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 66^th Venice International Film Festival.

Other Notable Disney Dates:

September 2, 1997 – The Enchanted Tiki Birds, Tropical Serenade, closes in Adventureland in Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom for renovations. The attraction will re-open in April of 1998 as The Enchanted Tiki Room – Under New Management.

September 3, 2009 – the Disney Wonder cruise ship rescues a 34 year old man who fell from a Carnival Cruise Line ship returning from the Bahamas

September 4, 2006 – Tower of Terror opens in Tokyo DisneySea Park. This attraction is themed around the 1890′s Hotel Hightower in New York City and has no connection with The Twilight Zone

September 5, 1927 – Trolley Troubles, the first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, is released

September 6, 2005 – Toy Story 10th Anniversary Edition is released on DVD in the United States

September 7, 1984 – The Morocco pavilion debuts in Epcot

September 8, 1998 – The attraction Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride in Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom is closed.

Question of the Week:

George Lucas presented the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to the 5 Pixar directors. Who were these directors and what was significant about this group receiving this award?

Candra Spirtoff and Megan Voisard are identical twins, born and raised in Cincinnati,  Ohio. They both graduated from the University of Cincinnati, Candra with a Bachelor’s degree in Legal Assisting and Megan with a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice.  They currently work as a paralegals for a local law firm.  Their passion is anything and everything Disney, and they have visited WDW almost every year since 1988, at the age of four.

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Welcome to the WDW Radio Show. This is Show #25 for the week of July 29, 2007. Thank you for tuning in once again.

We’ll start off this week as always with a lot News and Views from Walt Disney World, as well as our trip to the Walt Disney World Rumor Mill, which includes some rumored details about the Haunted Mansion refurb and upgrade.

Steve Barrett, author of the Hidden Mickeys series of books joins me on what will be a recurring segment on the show, where we talk about some new and interesting Hidden Mickeys, and ask for your help with some questionable ones as well.

It’s time to fire up the old Walt Disney World Wayback Machine once again, and this time Jeff and I visit an opening day extinct attraction that so many of us still miss and have fond memories of, and that is Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride.

Eric Hollister from GeoMouse.com will announce the winner to this week’s Walt Disney World Half Marathon Challenge, and Eric and Dan from MouseGuest.com join me as we talk about another of Walt Disney World’s Hidden Treasures

Because so much of “Why We Do What We Do” is about helping others, I’ll also introduce you to another friend of the show, Byron Hall, the PhatDisneyGeek, who will tell you about something he is doing to help make some magic for those that really need it.

I’ll also answer more of your emails on the air, and also make an announcement about the show, so sit back, relax and hope you enjoy this week’s episode of The WDW Radio Show.

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Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride

Virtual Toad – Computer generated virtual ride through

Passport to Dreams Old and New - All Hail Toad!! - FoxxFur’s wonderful post all about Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride

Great Toad ride-through videos are available at MagicalThemeParks.com

Epcot’s 25th Anniversary Celebration

Jeff Pepper’s Acknowledge the Legacy: Restore the Dream Epcot tribute

Dreamfinder Forever by Adam Roth

Orlando Sentinel Blog Article about Epcot’s 25th

Support our friend Byron Hall, the Phat Disney Geek, in his efforts to help himself, and others who need some real Disney Magic through the Make A Wish Foundation – http://www.phatdisneygeek.com

Hidden Mickeys

Visit Steve’s web site at HiddenMickeysGuide.com

Hidden Mickeys: A Field Guide to Walt Disney World’s Best Kept Secrets

THIRD Edition now available! Find over 700 Hidden Mickeys in this guide!

Steve is pleased to announce the release of his latest book, Disneyland’s Hidden Mickeys: A Field Guide to the Disneyland Resort’s Best-Kept Secrets

Visit Eric and Dan over at MouseGuest.com, and be sure to check out their podcast, AtmosphEars DVDs, and new interactive web site! I’m actually on their show this week talking all about the Contemporary Resort!

Congrats and best of luck to the other friends of the show who were nominated for Podcast Awards, including: Inside the Magic (Best Produced), Meandering Mouse (Travel) and the Comedy4Cast (Comedy)!

Walt Disney World and Disneyland Theme Park Items

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