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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 [...]

#024 - Resorts Audio Edition - 09.29.2006
Hey all, I’ve got a crazy-busy schedule most of September and October this year, but I’m trying my hardest to crank out new podcast episodes. This week’s features some audio from three of my favorite resorts:
- Animal Kingdom Lodge (by that one park … hmmm… I can never remember [...]

#023 - Weekly News - 9.22.2006
Top 7: Best places to make out
News Stories:

Disney and Apple announced that several movies from The Walt Disney Company are now available for download/purchase on the iTunes Music Store. Prices range from $9.99 - $12.99. The films sold 125,000 downloads in the first week, totallying $1.3 million in revenue. (Source: [...]

#022 - Tomorrowland Transit Authority - 9.8.2006
Top 7: Best Performances in WDW
News Stories:

A group of Australian students were shut down when they tried to perform their school’s version of Aladdin. Disney did allow them to do a private performance for close friends and family. No word yet on what the teacher who approved this was [...]

#021 - Great Movie Ride - 8.25.2006
Feature: Van vs. Van debate on “Mothersville: Are Disney Films Good or Evil?” (source)
News Stories:

Radio Disney is now available on the iTunes Radio Tuner (Source: SoCalTech.com).
The 2006 Podcast Awards are done. Congrates to MouseTunes for the best travel-related podcast.
Disney racked up 81 nominations for the 2006 Emmy Awards for [...]

#020: Living Seas - 8.11.2006
Top 7: “Best TV Episodes Filmed in WDW”
News Stories:

More details are emerging on the “Year of a Million Dreams” celebration. The official start date is set for October 1, 2006. All of the current dressings on Cinderella’s Castle will be removed. The appartment will be turned into a Royal Bedchamber as [...]

#019: Goofy’s Barnstormer - 7.21.2006
Top 7: “Best places to get good coffee in Disney”
News Stories:

The Orlando International Airport is constructing a “cell phone parking lot” where people will be able to wait in their car for a cell phone call from the traveler they are picking up, and then enter the “arrivals” area to get [...]

#018: France and Canada, and Louisiana to a lesser extent - 7.14.2006
Top 7: “Best things to come out of France and Canada”
News Stories:

Pirates broke records at the box office in its opening weekend, taking in $132 million! That’s 1/2 of what the first movie brought in during its total 6-month theater run. (source)
Disney is expected [...]

#017: Pirates of the Caribbean - 7.7.2006
Top 7: “Favorite things to do outside the theme parks”
News Stories:

Netcot announces their brand new blog (but you already knew that, because you’re here). The blog will have weekly podcast shownotes, pictures, news and anything else we feel like posting.
Pirates of the Caribbean, Dead Man’s Chest opened Friday 7/7/2006. [...]

#016: American Adventure - 6.30.2006
Top 7: “Non-Thrill Ride Scary Things”
Top 7, part deux: “D.E.A.D. List” - (will be posted as seperate entry)
News Stories:

Official closing date of “Who wants to be a Millionaire, Play It” will be August 19th, 2006.
John Pepper Jr. was just announced as the new Chariman of Disney.
Thursday, 12-year-old Michael Russell died after [...]