by admin | Jul 7, 2011 | Being A DISDad, Podcast Episode, Walt Disney World
Host: Aaron Rittmaster
Panel: Jason Gilbert, Mark Harbeson, John Thomas, Greg Hughes
In Episode 10, the panel (including school principal Greg Hughes) discusses taking children out of school for a family vacation to Walt Disney World. We also shared our favorite Walt Disney World educational experiences, including how to leverage “ordinary” interactions into educational opportunities.
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by admin | Jun 17, 2011 | Being A DISDad, Podcast Episode
Host – Aaron Rittmaster
Panel – Nathaniel E. Powe, Jr.; Mark Pratt; Paul Hajjar; Christian Hill, Joe D’Antonio
Episode 9 is our special Father’s Day Podcast. We start o the show with Voice Mail messages from several of the Dis Dads, sharing Disney/Fatherhood memories. The panel shares their own such memories, and we feature our first celebrity interview. Voice actor Tom Kane – the voice of characters from Monkey Fist on Kim Possible to Yoda on Clone Wars to Admiral Akbar on Star Tours 2.0 – sat down with me to talk about being a voice actor, being father to eight children, and Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
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by admin | Jun 4, 2011 | Podcast Episode
Host: Aaron Rittmaster
Panel: James Mathieson, Jason Gilbert, Mark Pratt, Nate Trent, Mark Harbeson, John Thomas
Podcast Episode 8 introduces the rst of what is likely an irregular series of podcasts featuring a podcast team of independent Disney Specialist travel agents with Fairytale Journeys travel agency, discussing Disney travel planning. In Episode 8, we discussed the benets of planning a Disney trip with a Disney Specialist travel agent and tips for working eectively with a travel agent. The panel also addressed Walt Disney World resort selection for a range of hypothetical families.
As always, special thanks to our Producer/Engineer Josh Haas. The DIS Dads Podcast is edited and mixed at Pi Productions by A Veil Lifted.
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by admin | May 21, 2011 | Podcast Episode, Walt Disney World
Host: Aaron Rittmaster (AJRitz)
Panelists: Chris Carroll (DisDadDoc); Nathan Trent (trennr); Carl Nixon (carlnix30); Bob Chavez (unclescrooge0707)
In Episode 7, the Dis Dads talk about Disney Dining Plans. We debate whether Disney Dining plans are a “value”, discuss special cases where Dining Plans can be especially useful, and oer our tips for best uses of dining credits.
In addition to the Dining Plan talk, Chris Carroll took the hot seat and answered 10 Questions in our getting to know a DIS Dad segment. Also, Carl Nixon shared a preview of his upcoming June trip to Walt Disney World.
As always, special thanks to our Producer/Engineer Josh Haas, who also created and recorded our intro music. The DIS Dads Podcast is edited and mixed at Pi Productions by A Veil Lifted.
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by admin | May 8, 2011 | Podcast Episode, Walt Disney World
Host: Aaron Rittmaster (AJRitz)
Panelists: prattpak (Mark Pratt); the duck 619 (David Nicely); Captain Oblivious (Mark Harbeson); jason4024 (Jason Gilbert); middlepat (Brian Newell)
Episode 6 is primarily devoted to discussion of Epcot. The panel rates their Top 5 Epcot attractions, shares tips for touring Epcot, and discusses dining options in Epcot.
In addition to the Epcot talk, Brian Newell took the hot seat and answered 10 Questions in our getting to know a DIS Dad segment. Also, David Nicely shared a preview of his upcoming trip to Walt Disney World.
As always, special thanks to our Producer/Engineer Josh Haas, who also created and recorded our intro music. The DIS Dads Podcast is edited and mixed at Pi Productions by A Veil Lifted.
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by admin | Apr 30, 2011 | Podcast Episode, Walt Disney World
Host: Aaron Rittmaster (AJRitz)
Panelists: prattpak (Mark Pratt); billybobblockhead (Greg Hughes); garryhman(Garry Hashman); jason4024 (Jason Gilbert)
Episode 5 is primarily devoted to discussion of Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The panel rates their Top 5 DAK attractions, shares tips for touring DAK, and discusses dining options in DAK.
In addition to the Animal Kingdom talk, Jason Gilbert took the hot seat and answered 10 Questions in our getting to know a DIS dad segment. Also, Garry Hashman shared a preview of his upcoming trip to Walt Disney World.
As always, special thanks to our Producer/Engineer Josh Haas, who also created and recorded our intro music. The DIS Dads Podcast is edited and mixed at Pi Productions by A Veil Lifted.
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by admin | Apr 15, 2011 | Podcast Episode, Walt Disney World
Host: Aaron Rittmaster (AJRitz)
Panelists: DEA (Eric Anderson); prattpak (Mark Pratt); the duck 619 (David Nicely); DisDr. (Philip Cole)
Episode 4 is primarily devoted to discussion of Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The panel rates their Top 5 DHS attractions, shares tips for touring DHS with children, and discusses dining options in DHS.
In addition to the DHS talk, the duck 619 (David Nicely) took the hot seat and answered 10 Questions in our getting to know a DIS dad segment (nally, someone didn’t name Goofy as their favorite Disney character). Also, DEA (Eric Anderson) shared a preview of his upcoming Spring Break trip to Walt Disney World (and Bay Lake Tower).
As always, special thanks to our Producer/Engineer Josh Haas, who also created and recorded our intro music. The DIS Dads Podcast is edited and mixed at Pi Productions by A Veil Lifted.
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by admin | Apr 2, 2011 | Podcast Episode, Walt Disney World
Host: AJRitz
Panelists: theduck619, Disney Commando, DisDadDoc, carlnix30
Episode 3 features not one, but two separate segments about the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. It opens with a discussion of touring strategies for the MK, and closes with the panelists sharing their Top 3 Magic Kingdom rides. In between, Disney Commando took his turn on the 10 Questions hot seat and DisDadDoc shared a preview of his upcoming Easter week trip to Walt Disney World.
Special thanks this week to prattpak, for handling the initial editing and our Podcast producer Josh Haas. We gave them a more dicult editing job than usual this time, and they still made us sound smarter than we are in real life. Josh also created our intro music. The podcast was edited and mixed at Pi Productions by A Veil Lifted.
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by admin | Mar 19, 2011 | Podcast Episode
Host: AJRitz
Panelists: prattpak, BigTex71 and DEA
Episode 2 opens with a discussion of other Disney-focused podcasts that DIS Dads are listening to (how meta of us). Featured podcasts include (most links are iTunes links):
The DIS Unplugged; WDW Today; Be Our Guest Podcast; Beta Mouse; WDW Radio Show; Generation Mouse; Five Minute Magic; WDW News Today; WEDway Radio; inner mouse; Disney Film Project Podcast
Other topics of discussion included a 10 Questions interview with prattpak; MANLAW about being present with your family in the parks (and putting away the electronic devices); a preview of BigTex71’s upcoming adults-only trip to Walt Disney World and quick takes on our favorite Magic Kingdom snacks.
Finally, I’d like to introduce our Podcast producer Josh Haas. In addition to making us sound better than we do in real life, Josh created our new intro music. The podcast was edited and mixed at Pi Productions by A Veil Lifted.
Have comments or suggestions about the podcast? You can post them here, Email us at podcast@disdads.com, or hit us up on Twitter @DisDadsPodcast
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by admin | Feb 27, 2011 | Off-Topic, Podcast Episode
Today marks the official launch of the DISDads Podcast. Episode 1 features AJRitz hosting with club members prattpak, garyhman, BigTex71, DEA, DisDadDoc, Trennr, and DisDadC on the panel. This episode’s topics include:
1. Eating at Walt Disney World – DISDads Top 3 Table Service Restaurants
2. Recap of a Recent WDW Trip – prattpak reviewed his Grand Gathering trip from December
3. MANLAW – in this irregularly-featured topic, the panel discussed the importance of being there for a WDW theme park opening
4. Upcoming Trip Preview – DisDadDoc shared a preview of his upcoming April trip
Remember – this is our first effort. We are always looking to improve, so we welcome any constructive comments or criticisms. You should be able to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes soon. Once we’re available there, an iTunes review would be greatly appreciated!
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