WEDway Radio - Walt Disney World and Disneyland Examined with some Disney History

Matt and Nate

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Join Matt and Nate each week as we discuss Disney History, Disney Theme Parks Details and Theme Park Touring. Segments examine attractions, shows of the past and present of Disney theme parks and more.

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371 episodes

WEDway Radio #1 - Random Refurbishments: 2009 Edition

From the WWR Archives - Join Matt and Nate Parrish for their FIRST ever recording as they discuss random 2009 refurbishments happening in and around Walt Disney World and Disneyland. This never-released episode was recorded on a random afternoon in February 2009 as Matt and Nate tested equipment and decided on the format of the show.  Thank you so much for listening to WEDway Radio through the years - we have always appreciated your listenership and the friendships we built through the show.

16m
Dec 01, 2021
WWR The Hub #9 - Disney Foodisms: Underrated/Overrated Restaurants

Thank you for listening to WWR The Hub, a show that takes you in any Disney direction. This week, Matt is joined by friend and Disney fan Thad Forrester to discuss underrated/overrated/most memorable dining locations in and around Disney theme parks. Enjoy!

1h 16m
May 28, 2021
WWR S11E6 - Disneyland Attractionisms

Thank you for downloading WEDway Radio, the original Disney history show. This week, Matt is rejoined by themed architect and designer Wesley James to look at Disneyland attractions and how they categorize subjectively. Enjoy!

1h 51m
Feb 15, 2021
WWR The Hub #8 - This Is The Way (with heavy Mandalorian SPOILERS)

Thank you for downloading Wedway Radio The Hub, a show that takes you in any Disney direction. This week, Matt sits down with Wesley James to rehash Season 2 of The Mandalorian. From film and TV influences to technology and story, this show is all about Mando. Enjoy!

1h 0m
Jan 29, 2021
WWR S11E5 - Disney's Better on a Boat 2.0: Boats that Boat, Don't Boat, Float, and Fly!

Thank you for downloading WEDway Radio, the original Disney history show. This week, Matt and Nate continue Season 11 with an updated look at Disney watercraft and Disney theme park boats. From transporation to attractions, they discuss boats with captains, boats with narration, boats that fly, and more. Sometimes boats are nouns; sometimes boats are verbs. The fun never stops as NO boat is left docked (except boats that are actually docked). ENJOY!

1h 14m
Jan 12, 2021
WWR The Hub #7 - Disney Christmas Specials

Thank you for downloading The Hub, a show that takes you in any Disney direction. This week, Matt is joined by Jocelyn from The Magic for Less Travel to talk can't miss Disney Christmas specials, movies, and shows. Enjoy! 

35m
Dec 24, 2020
WWR The Hub #6 - It All Started With A Blog & Disney Confessionals

Thank you for downloading WEDway Radio The Hub, a show that takes you in any Disney direction. This week, Disney author Paul Lane stops by to discuss his new book on Disney bloggers, vloggers, and podcasters - and Jocelyn Martin joins the show to confess "things we've never done at Disney parks but definitely need to!" ENJOY!

1h 2m
Dec 02, 2020
WWR S11:E4 - Reimagining Disneyland's Tomorrowland

Thank you for downloading WEDway Radio, the original Disney history show. This week, Matt is joined by Disney enthusiast and themed architect Wesley James to talk about this history of Tomorrowland and how Walt Disney Imagineering can use the existing infrastructure of the land to improve Disneyland. Enjoy!

1h 14m
Nov 23, 2020
WWR S11:E3 - Pirate Arcade Museum & Caribbean Arcade

Thank you for downloading WEDway Radio, the original Disney history show! This week, Matt and Nate dive into the short-lived but rich history of the Pirate Arcade Museum at Disneyland and the Caribbean Arcade at Walt Disney World. Enjoy!

54m
Nov 05, 2020
WWR S11:E2 - BetaMouse 2.0: The Disney Magic Connection Project

Thank you for downloading WEDway Radio; this is the original Disney history show. This week, Matt is joined by Wesley James to pay tribute to the once heralded BetaMouse show...and they go full BetaMouse as they discuss the partnership between Disney and Nintendo prior to My Disney Experience and Fastpass+. SUPPORT THE SHOW Bring your vacation home with theme park inspired scents from MarcelineSquare.com! Enjoy!

1h 14m
Oct 23, 2020
WWR S11:E1 - Hollywood Boulevard 1.0, Part 1

Thank you for downloading WEDway Radio, the ORIGINAL Disney history show. This week, Matt and Nate kick off the much anticipated Season 11 by looking at the first days of the then Disney-MGM Studios and a complimentary tour of Hollywood Boulevard 1.0. Enjoy!

50m
Oct 13, 2020
WWR Season 11 Preview!

Thank you for downloading WEDway Radio, the ORIGINAL Disney history show. This week, Matt and Nate look forward to and preview Season 11 of the show! Thank you for your listenership through the years as we plan what's next! SUPPORT THE SHOW Through the 15th of October, visit MarcelineSquare.com for 15% off theme park-inspired scents that help you enjoy your vacation all throughout the year. Enjoy!

20m
Oct 05, 2020
WWR The Hub #5 - Pre-Carousel of Progress & Adventures By Disney!

Thank you for downloading WEDway Radio The Hub, a show that goes in any Disney direction. This week, Matt looks at a pre-cursor to the Carousel of Progress in Edison Square and chats about Adventures By Disney with Pam Forrester and Jocelyn Martins from The Magic for Less Travel. Enjoy!

1h 12m
Sep 14, 2020
NOW #133 - Clean Tables in Wonderland (and other Disney Parks news)

Thank you for downloading WEDway NOW, the sister show and news companion to WEDway Radio. This week, we take a look at touring Walt Disney World during the age of Covid and we pay our respects to Chadwick Boseman. Enjoy!

55m
Sep 03, 2020
WWR The Hub #4 - Disney Taverns Then and Now & WDW Around the Seasons

Thank you for downloading WWR The Hub, a show that takes you in any Disney direction. This week, Matt looks at the well and little known history of taverns around the Magic Kingdom(s) and checks in with Jocelyn Martins from The Magic for Less Travel to discuss Walt Disney World Around the Seasons. ENJOY!

54m
Aug 21, 2020
WEDway Radio - Season 10 Finale: Disney Decade 2.0 (part 2!)

Thank you for downloading WEDway Radio; this is the ORIGINAL Disney history show from coast to coast. This week, Matt wraps up the long-promised Season 10 of the show by looking at the second half of the Disney Decade 2.0 which launched when Bob Iger was named company CEO. Enjoy! SUPPORT THE SHOW For theme park inspired scents from the Confectionary to your favorite deluxe hotel lobby, visit MarcelineSquare.com.

2h 0m
Jul 15, 2020
WWR The Hub #3 - Disneyland's Liberty Street & Favorite Childhood Attractions

Thank you for downloading WWR The Hub, a show that takes you in any Disney direction. This week, Matt explores the never-built Liberty Street in Disneyland and sits down with Jocelyn Martins from The Magic for Less Travel to discuss favorite attractions from childhood. Enjoy! SUPPORT THE SHOW For expert travel planning to Walt Disney World and other resorts, contact Jocelyn Martins at The Magic for Less Travel. For theme park inspired scents that help you bring the resort to your home, go to marcelinesquare.com.

57m
Jul 04, 2020
WWR The Hub #2 - Mary Blair's Tomorrowland & Why We Heart Yacht & Beach Club

Thank you for downloading WWR The Hub, a show that takes you in any Disney direction. This week, Matt dives into the backstory of the forgotten Mary Blair Tomorrowland Mural at Disneyland and Jocelyn Martins from The Magic for Less Travel stops by to talk about the benefits of a stay at Disney's Yacht & Beach Club. SUPPORT THE SHOW! Bring the smells and fragrances of your favorite resort to your home with any one of our 12 theme park inspired scents from marcelinesquare.com. AND For expert travel planning to Walt Disney World and other resorts, contact Jocelyn Martins at The Magic for Less Travel. Enjoy!

1h 1m
Jun 15, 2020
WWR S10:E24 - The Toontown That Never Was

Thank you for downloading WEDway Radio, the original Disney history show. This week, Matt is joined by Chris Smith, author of The Walt Disney World That Never Was, to discuss Walt Disney World's Toontown that never was at the then Disney-MGM Studios. It was all started by a rabbit! Enjoy!

1h 23m
Jun 03, 2020
WWR: The Hub #1 - Main Street Theater & Epcot for Kids

Thank you for downloading WWR: The Hub, a show that can take you in any Disney direction. This week, Matt looks at the antecedent for Walt Disney World's never-built Main Street Theater announced in 2017. And he checks in with Jocelyn Martins from The Magic for Less Travel on Epcot for kids. Enjoy! SUPPORT THE SHOW You can now support the show with theme park inspired scents from marcelinesquare.com. Missing the theme parks? Bring home any of our TWELVE parks and resorts soy-based scents, perfect for any theme park fan. *Thanks to Cinema Treasures for the adapted script for the Willis Wood Theatre segment.  

41m
May 19, 2020
NOW #132 - Disney Attractions: Plus One, Minus One

Thank you for downloading the WEDway NOW show! This week, Matt is joined by Kevin from the 3028 Disney podcast and the incomparable Turkey Leg Jeff to discuss Disney Plus One, Minus One. What is it? You'll have to find out. SUPPORT THE SHOW You can now support the show by taking home your favorite theme park and resort area scents at marcelinesquare.com. These candles are soy-based and non-carginogenic, so they are perfect for homes with pets and kids. Bring home all TWELVE!

1h 13m
May 16, 2020
WWR S10:E23 - The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

Thank you for downloading WEDway Radio; this is the Disney history show. This week, Matt is rejoined by Nate before discussing the rich history of the Sherman Brothers with Gregg and Jeff, sons of Richard and Robert (respectively). Gregg and Jeff directed and the film about their fathers and recounted their many years working together and on the Disney Studio lot. Enjoy! *Special thanks to Colleen Marie for setting up the interview!

1h 28m
May 10, 2020
WWR S10:E22 - Lost WDW: The Villas at Eagle Pines

Thank you for downloading and streaming WEDway Radio; this is the Disney history show. This week, Matt takes a look at a casualty of the economic downturn following 9/11, the announced but never constructed Villas at Eagle Pines, inspired by famed architect Addison Mizner. Enjoy!

40m
Apr 26, 2020
WWR S10:E21 - Disney Decade 2.0 (part 1)

Thank you for downloading and streaming WEDway Radio; this is the original Disney history show. This week, Matt is joined by architect and Disney enthusiast Wesley James to look back at the Disney Decade 2.0. There was no proclamation, but as Michael Eisner's efficacy waned as the chairman of the Walt Disney Company, Bob Iger stepped in to take the Disney company in a new direction. Enjoy! SUPPORT THE SHOW: You can still support the show by bringing your favorite theme park smells home. While the parks are closed, relive some of the magic at marcelinesquare.com. Over ten scents to choose from - each one taking you on a separate theme park journey.

1h 31m
Apr 22, 2020
NOW #132 - RotR Issues, New Epcot, Nintendo World, Disney Springs Eats, and More!

Thank you for downloading WEDway NOW!, the sister show and news companion to WEDway Radio. This week, Matt is joined by Rikki Niblett to discuss Rise of the Resistance headaches, new stuff at Epcot, Super Nintendo World at Universal, new eats at Disney Springs, and more! YOU CAN SUPPORT THE SHOW! Bring home your favorite theme park and resort inspired scents at marcelinesquare.com. All proceeds support the show!

1s
Mar 05, 2020
WWR S10:E20 - Imagineering Disney: Designing Batuu

Thank you for downloading WEDway Radio; this is the original Disney history show! This week, Matt is joined by Disney Imagineer Josh Shaver-Moskowitz to discuss the design and detail that shaped Star Wars Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. HELP SUPPORT THE SHOW For theme park inspired scents, visit marcelinesquare.com Enjoy!

53m
Feb 21, 2020
NOW #131 - Retro Popcorn, Shades of Green, Epcot News & Kat at Disney

Thank you for downloading the WEDway NOW! show. This week, Matt dives into the latest Disney theme park news with Bob Iger's new best friend, Kat at Disney. Enjoy!

1h 8m
Jan 20, 2020
WWR S10:E19 - Imagineering Disney: Soundscaping

Thank you for joining me for SEASON 10! of WEDway Radio; this is the Disney history show. It's hard to believe over ten years has gone by since we embarked on this journey, but we appreciate your listenership, interaction, and support every day. Here's to another great year, 2020! This week, Matt is rejoined by architect Wesley James to dive into how Imagineers use sound design and soundscaping to augment your experience both technically and emotionally throughout Disney theme parks. Enjoy!

1h 20m
Jan 06, 2020
WEDway NOW #130 - The Skywalker Saga (with ALL the Spoilers!)

Thank you for downloading WEDway Radio and the NOW show! This week, I'm joined by Brad Hughes of Jedi Talk to dive into the story, lore, and symbolism of The Rise of Skywalker and the current Star Wars trilogy. Enjoy!

1h 42m
Dec 28, 2019
WWR S10:E18 - Disney's Dixie Landings: A Tale of Two Brothers

Thank you for downloading WEDway Radio; this is the Disney history show. This week, we dive into the controversial, rich, and detailed history of Disney's Dixie Landing's Resort at Walt Disney World.  Enjoy!

1h 10m
Dec 14, 2019