The Disney Dish with Jim Hill

How Nickelodeon Helped Inspire Disney’s Family Suites (Ep. 601)

Len Testa and Jim Hill are back with Disney news, listener questions, and the conclusion of Jim’s history of Disney family suites. They check out the latest Walt Disney W

How Epcot’s Food Booths Became a Permanent Festival Fixture (Ep. 600)

Len Testa and Jim Hill dig into the latest Disney parks news before tracing how Epcot’s humble festival food booths evolved into permanent Global Marketplaces with open k

How Disney’s Family Suites Finally Found Their Home at Art of Animation (Ep. 599)

Len Testa and Jim Hill dig into the long road that eventually led Disney to build Art of Animation Resort, from an abandoned Toontown-inspired family suites hotel near th

D23 Brings Back Tomorrowland Hope, Dreamfinder, and the Yeti (Ep. 598)

Len Testa and Jim Hill unpack a packed slate of D23 parks announcements, from Disneyland’s newly promised Tomorrowland overhaul to major additions coming to Walt Disney W

Anaheim Before Disneyland: From Vineyards to the Packing House (Ep. 597)

Len Testa and Jim Hill are on the ground in Anaheim for D23, where they dig into the week's Disney news before exploring how Anaheim evolved from vineyards and citrus gro

How 9/11 Changed Disney’s Pop Century Plans (Ep. 596)

Len Testa and Jim Hill dig into Disney’s latest theme park attendance numbers, new Lakeshore Lodge concept art, Disneyland’s possible return to an old favorite, and some

Zootopia Gets a Better Beginning, Plus the Many Lives of Turtle Talk (Ep. 595)

Jim Hill and guest co-host Drew Taylor explore the newly updated version of “Zootopia: Better Zoogether” at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, including fresh dialogue designed to

Do You Trust Disney? And How Stitch’s Photophone Paved the Way (Ep. 594)

Len Testa and Jim Hill examine a revealing new Disney survey asking whether guests trust DisneyWorld.com, whether the site acts in their best interest, and whether it sho

Why Turtle Talk Outlived Stitch’s Great Escape (Ep. 593)

Disneyland’s sold-out evening tickets, Walt Disney World dining trends, and a possible Space Mountain overhaul lead off this week’s Disney Dish. Len and Jim also answer l

How Finding Nemo Taught Disney Characters to Talk (Ep. 592)

Disneyland’s bargain evening tickets disappear, Universal Orlando rolls out an unusually affordable Florida resident pass, and Epic Universe lights up the night with Cele

Luxo Jr. Takes a Rain Check at Pixar Place (Ep. 591)

Len Testa and Jim Hill start this week’s Disney Dish with news from Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Universal Orlando, and the wider entertainment industry before digging

When Gingerbread Houses Move Out and Dinosaurs Move In (Ep. 590)

Len Testa and Jim Hill start with snow shovels, snapping turtles, and New Hampshire’s ongoing audition for “America’s Australia,” then move into a packed Disney Dish. Thi

Lucky the Dinosaur, Allegedly (Ep. 589)

This week, Len Testa and Jim Hill cover a packed Disney Dish news lineup, from Disney’s “virtual reservations” patent to new Disney Springs transportation checks, rare tw

The Night Disneyland Locked In 8,500 High School Seniors (Ep. 588)

Jim Hill and Len Testa start with Monstropolis, Disney park capacity, Universal patents, and the sort of tequila event that makes you check whether your Epcot admission i

You’ve Got a Land in Me: Toy Story’s Theme Park Journey (Ep. 587)

Jim Hill and Len Testa are joined by veteran Imagineer Jim Shull for a globe-trotting look at how Toy Story became one of Disney’s most reusable theme park ideas. First,

A Great Big Beautiful Redo: Carousel of Progress Gets a New Future (Ep. 586)

Len Testa and Jim Hill recap a busy week in the parks, from the debut of Bluey at Disney's Animal Kingdom and the updated Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run experience to U

Todd Martens on Galaxy’s Edge Reimagined - Plus Muppets Take Over Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster (Ep. 585)

Len Testa and Jim Hill review Walt Disney World’s latest wave of attraction updates, including the new Soarin’ Across America film, the Muppets’ chaotic takeover of Rock

The Great Disneyland Ticket Caper (Ep. 584)

Len Testa and Jim Hill break down a busy week in theme park news, from Bluey crowd control at Animal Kingdom to Universal’s possible drone-show ambitions. Len also crunch

The Surprisingly Weird Origins of Disney Automation with Roland Betancourt (Ep. 583)

Jim Hill and Len Testa welcome Professor Roland Betancourt to discuss his new book, Disneyland and the Rise of Automation, which somehow connects Walt Disney, Ford factor

Disney’s First Coffee Deal Was a Disaster (Ep. 582)

Len Testa and Jim Hill return with a caffeinated mix of Disney news, listener questions, and one deeply researched (and slightly petty) rant about guitar accuracy. They a