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Former WWE Superstar, Scotty 2 Hotty (aka The Worm) joins the Netcot podcast to chat about Disney, wrestling and … 80s hair bands. Scotty tells us about how he got into Disney; other professional wrestlers that are Disney fans; and why there’s a connection between some Disney fans and some pro-wrestling fans.
Also on this show: [...]

Shownotes for episode #107 of the Netcot Podcast:

Disney says they’ve improved blu-ray technology by adding interactive functionality (more).
Apple announced the iPhone 3G along with new features targeted at enterprise IT groups. Their announcement featured a brief video that included statements from a member of Disney’s IT group (more).
Mickey and Minnie mouse will get special costumes [...]

(News | Source: Twisney)
Twisney.com blends social networking and short updates of sites like Twitter with Microsoft’s Virtual Earth technology to allow Disney fans around the world to see live updates from within the Disney World Resort. The site officially launched just two weeks ago and has already drawn the attention of Disney fans world-wide.
This weekend’s [...]

Feature: Your Disney Index - listen and write down the scores that correspond to the questions asked. Add up the numbers you wrote down and you have your Disney Index - or a measurement of how much of a Disney fan you are.
Top 7: Jobs I’d leave my job for (at Disney parks)
News stories featured [...]

I’m excited to launch our first Netcot.Podcast VIDEO podcast. I hope its just the first of many. Since you might want to share it with your friends, I thought I’d offer a few ways to do that:
First, you can obviously tell them about the Netcot.Podcast.
You can also tell people on MySpace to check it [...]

Podcast #033: Brand New Year
Top 7: Ways to make waiting in line go faster!
News:

Parks in WDW closed early 3 times during the holiday break as parks reached capacity for short periods of time. (source)
Stuff is being refurbished. Click the source to read the latest details. (source)
Disney.com is getting a sleek makeover. (source)
George Taki (Mr. Sulu [...]

Podcast #032 - 12.22.2006 - Holiday Edition
Top 7: BEST ideas (in WDW)
News:

The U.S. Government is enlisting Disney to help with their image by helping to put a better face on their tourism image and TSA group. (Source: MSNBC.com)
Plans to put a Disney theme park in Shanghai might be changing as the company is exploring other [...]

One of my favorite places to keep up with stuff is digg.com and they’ve just started up a new section of the site all about podcasts. I’ve posted the Netcot podcast on the site (because I’m that cutting edge … or something). Feel free to stop by the listing of the podcast here and vote [...]

Podcast #031 - Fantasmic!
Top 7: Worst Ideas, a Constructively Critical Viewpoint
News Stories:

Walt’s house is now for sale on eBay. (link)
Effective January 1, 2007, you must be 21 years of age or order to enter the BET Soundstange Club, Mannequins, Motion, Rock-n-Roll Beach Club and 8Trax at Pleasure Island. All others will allow you in if [...]

Podcast #030 - Wonders of Life
TWO Top 7 Lists!
The official 2007 NETCOT Calendar is available for FREE here!
News Stories:

Some very clever dude put together his own rendition of a Mary Poppins trailer. (view here)
The Downtown Minneapolis Macy’s department store location is also featuring their version of Mary Poppins in their annual 8th floor holiday display. [...]

Podcast #029 - Oldest Ride in WDW: Cinderella’s Castle
Top 7: Best Places to Wait
News Stories:

Ying & Yack will soon open in Disney’s Animal Kingdom (summer 2007). (source: Restaurant News Resource.com
Captain Cooks (Polynesian) is open again after a brief refurbishment.
Target (aka “the bulls-eye boutique) is angry at Disney for selling movies on iTunes. (source: JimHillMedia.com)
DIsney [...]

#028 - Parades - 11.17.2006
Top 7: Rides that should be sponsored
News Stories:

Some dude named Jamie has an awesome blog of the stuff he’s built as replica’s of things at the Haunted Mansion. Check it out!.
Some other dude decided to jump off the trams in Disney World. (source: OrlandoSentinel.com).
New trams have been spotted at Disney’s Animal [...]

#027 - Star Tours - 10.27.2006
Top 7: Foods that should have been good, but weren’t
News Stories

Drexel Heritage now has a line of Walt Disney inspired furniture. (source)
The annual Disney-hosted pro-golf event took place this week, sans Tiger Woods. (source).
A video is available on the internet with some searching (perhaps misplaced in a show note) that [...]

#026 - Soarin’ - 10.20.2006
Top 7: (none this week due to a longer audio feature)
News Stories:

Vault 28, an upscale Women’s clothing shop featuring Disney-related clothes, opens in Disneyland’s Downtown Disney this week. (Source: theOC register)
The “Wonderland” kiosks (where you could burn CDs with rare Disney theme park audio) in Disney World are now gone. However, [...]

#025 - Disneyland’s Tower of Terror - 10.13.2006
Top 7: WORST places to make out
News Stories:

The Spangler family from Ohio recently won a prize in the Year of a Million Dreams celebration. They got to enter the Magic Kingdom before anyone else, walking down Main Street on a red carpet and greeted by 1500 cast members.
The [...]