Showing posts with label main street opera house. Show all posts
Showing posts with label main street opera house. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Free Stylin' - Now It's YOUR Turn


by Joyce Kessel

Getting to know you, getting to know me!!! 

In most of our recent podcast episodes, we hosted what we're calling the Free Stylin’ format.  In these episodes, we asked each other questions about the Disneyland Resort, and just chatted about our answers. Now, Al and I did not share our answers with one another before the show, so there would be an element of surprise.

Here are some of the questions from the episodes.  We'd LOVE it if you would answer and share your results with us on our Facebook page: Tales from the Mouse House, or by sending us an email to talespodcast@cox.net. We'll compile all the responses and record a special Free Stylin' episode with all of YOUR answers! Don't forget to include your name when you reply!!  Of course, there's no right or wrong answer, just yours! And we'd love it if you could maybe say why you gave a certain answer. Ok, have fun!!


  • Things to do on a rainy day at Disneyland.
  • Things to do on a Holiday at Disneyland.
  • Secret cool things that you can do and how at Disneyland.
  • Favorite Way To Eat on the Cheap
  • Favorite Guided Tour
  • LEAST Favorite Attraction, Why?
  • Which Attraction would you wait over an hour for? Why?
  • If you could turn your favorite Disney movie into an attraction at the Disneyland Resort, which would it be, how would design it what land would it fit into and why?
  • What Ride/Attraction Do you hope will never become an Extinct Attraction? 
  • If you could spend one day at the Disneyland Resort with any Disney personality (living) Who would it be and why? What would you do? Why?
  • Favorite Hotel
  • Favorite Attraction
  • Favorite Place to Grab a Quick bite
  • Favorite Place to have a meal
  • Favorite Place to Rest your feet
  • Favorite Show or Parade
  • Favorite Parking Structure
  • If you only had 1 hour to spend in the park what would you be sure to do.
  • What is fondest memory of Disneyland?  Why?
  • Favorite Item on display at the Disneyland Resort and why? (Ex. the bench inside the Opera House)
  • Favorite must-have souvenir to purchase?
  • The coolest Hidden Mickey you've found?
  • If you could voice one character at the Disneyland Resort, which one would it be and why?
  • Favorite place to sit and people watch?
If you'd like to hear our answers and discussions to these questions, tune in to Tales From The Mouse House Disneyland Podcast, on iTunes, Stitcher Radio and on our main website at www.talescast.com !

Our dear friend Ragtime Robert has been 'off duty' from the piano at Disneyland due to some health issues lately, so we thought we'd share some of his AWESOME piano skills with anyone who's been missing him - and, if you've never seen or heard Ragtime...WHY NOT?!, Err, I mean, now's your chance to hear the BEST piano player around! - Al 

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Tales From The Mouse House Disneyland Podcast....Episode 73 VIDEO


***HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY WIFE JOYCE!!!***

Welcome to Tales From The Mouse House Disneyland Podcast Episode 73 - Video Voiceover Special!! Thanks for our good friend and awesome listener Doug E. for suggesting another of his favorite episodes...the Video Voiceover (imagine this was said with a LOT of echo and dramatic music). So Doug...here you are...a video...you know, voiceover episode! On this episode we take you on a tour of the Main Street Opera House and all the wonderful Disneyland exhibits. Now, if you've not paid a visit to this awesome attraction, you really should. There is SO much Disneyland history inside that you'll kick yourself for not seeing it sooner! Who needs the D23 Expo...when you've got THIS?! 
Exhibit Inside Mainstreet Opera House

Disneyland's Mainstreet Opera House

We also take you back in time to our very first visit to Disneyland together (and MY FIRST EVER VISIT) from September 2007. Now remember, this was pre-HD video for us, so some of the footage is a little grainy. You'll get to see the New Orleans Square train station, take a harrowing ride on one of Toontown's SCARIEST attractions, Gadget's Go Coaster and you'll finally get to see an extinct attraction that I covered a few episodes back, the infamous Maliboomer! And, we take you on a white water adventure over in California Adventure's Grizzly River Run where you'll meet some new friends.
Grizzly River Run

Speaking of my first visit to Disneyland, believe it or not, I can still remember it like it was 6 years ago! Ok, that was an attempt at humor. Seriously, I can still remember it like it was just a few months ago. I was so excited - AFTER I walked through the gates. Before...well, not so much. I was very much like a kid again after walking through the gates, and under that berm. We must have walked 80 miles (no exaggeration) on that vacation, just running here, then there, then back here. So much fun. It was then that my life changed forever. I thank my wonderful wife Joyce for introducing me to my Happy Place, and I thank Walt Disney for creating the getaway of my dreams. My life hasn't been the same since. But...that's a story for another day.

So, I just want to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my best friend and wife Joyce. Hope you had a wonderful day honey. And I want to remind you all that if you're thinking of taking a trip to Disneyland, or heck anywhere for that matter, give our good friend and sponsor Randy Crane from Mouse Ear Vacations a shout. He CAN get you the best deal in town. Check out his website at www.randyc-mouseearvacations.com   

Oh, and if you're looking for a good audiobook to listen to, check out storytellerpodcasts.com for the books I've narrated. Some awesome stuff there! 
An Audiobook Narrated by Al!



As always, If you’d like to send in comments for the show, you can send us an email to talespodcast@cox.net, leave us voicemail on the Hotline at 304-TALES23, leave us feedback in iTunes or leave comments for us on our Twitter account @talespodcast. Heck, you can even find us on FaceBook, just search for Tales From The House House - Disneyland podcast! If you'd like to listen to the show, you can find it on iTunes, on our podcast site at talescast.com, the direct episode link: Episode 73, or on Stitcher Radio now! Just visit www.stitcher.com and search for Tales From The Mouse House - Disneyland Podcast!


Thanks for making us part of your Disney experience and remember…


"Make It A Mickey Day!" ~~ Al & Joyce
Joyce the birthday girl (on the right)