Turkey Leg Talk

Author and food & wine pro Marcy Carriker Smothers joins me on the show this week to talk all things Disney dining, including some great Walt Disney stories and a whole lot more!

As we once said on our "it's a food world" segments, Walt Disney World is not just burgers and hot dogs. The food options in all of the parks and resorts, both currently and historically, are certainly much finer than the normal fare that you would find in an amusement park or theme park.

Wait, what? Right now you’re saying, “Hey, Phil, you stopped doing Word of the Week shows several weeks ago, didn’t you!?” Well, hold onto your hats and glasses, because it’s time for the Word of the Week – Audio Animatronics!

The return of the Word of the Week show features the history of one of the most beloved parts of the Disney theme parks, the Audio Animatronics!

Disney’s Hollywood Studios has changed more than any other Disney theme park. It started as a working movie studio, added many properties that weren’t Disney related or owned, and is now about to become something totally different with the additions of Toy Story Land and Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. We’ve lost a lot over the years and that’s exactly what we’ll be talking about on Episode 138: Top Ten Things We Miss in Hollywood Studios.

From Lights, Camera, Action, to the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights, listen in as we talk about all of the things we miss in Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

Admittedly, it’s slim pickings for pizza in Walt Disney World. The same could be said for authentic Italian food. For years it was nearly impossible to get authentic Italian cuisine anywhere on Walt Disney World property. That all changed a few years ago. It’s time for it’s a food world – Via Napoli.

Authentic Italian ingredients? Check. Water for cooking flown in from a spring with the same chemicals as the water in Naples? Check. Delicious pizza, pasta, & more? Checkity Check Check.

There are 999 Happy Haunts in Disneyland & Walt Disney World’s Haunted Mansion. This episode isn’t about them. I’ll tell you all about the “real” ghost stories of the Disney theme parks on this week’s Word of the Week – Ghosts.

Does a ghostly Walt Disney still roam Disneyland at night? Have you heard of George, the ghost who haunts WDW’s Pirates of the Caribbean? If you want real Disney ghost stories, here they are.

Link for YouTube video of possible ghost in Disneyland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT-mUZxjdWE