The DIS Unplugged Disney Podcast

Author: Tom Bell

  • Disneyland’s Inaugural Tinker Bell Half Marathon

    Sunday marked the inaugural running of Disneyland’s Tinker Bell Half Marathon, which was the culmination of a weekend of races and events centered on healthy lifestyes.  Over 17,000 runners participated in the weekend’s races, with 12,000 running the half marathon, including 920 men.  DIS Unplugged’s very own Tony Spittell was one of those few brave gentleman and will…

  • Disney California Adventure Construction Update

    It’s time again for a construction update!  With “Summer 2012” looming on the horizon, Disney California Adventure is still a maze of construction walls.  The Pan Pacific inspired main entrance is done, but Buena Vista Street is still a mass of steel and Cars Land is littered with construction equipment.  There’s even a surprise construction wall…

  • Disney’s D23 Announces 2012 Events

    D23: The Official Disney Fan Club just announced their calendar of events for the upcoming year.  In addition to the usual events in the central Florida and southern California areas,  they’re planning events in Boston, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Palm Springs and Walt Disney’s boyhood hometown of Marceline, Missouri. “To help D23 celebrate its…

  • Review: Disneyland Adventures for Xbox 360

    Disneyland Adventures is being released November 15 for the Xbox 360 with Kinect.  This isn’t typically something we would cover here on the DIS Unplugged, but after testing out this game at the D23 Expo in August, I knew I had to play this game again…and definitely had to tell you all about it.  In the…

  • Our Glimpse of Alaska from the Disney Wonder

    I just wanted to share a few pictures from our recent 7-day Disney Cruise to Alaska.   For additional information, check out Dreams Unlimited Travel agent Tracey Heinrichs’ recent blog.   The Disney Wonder is visiting Alaska through the end of September and will return again next summer.  Enjoy this quick glimpse from our cruise.

  • Calling all Wilderness Explorers!

    The Redwood Creek Challenge Trail at Disney California Adventure has some new visitors with Russell from “Up” starting a Wilderness Explorer Camp inside the trail.  The bad news is that he made so much noise setting up the camp, that he chased away Koda and Kenai from Brother Bear (though you can still catch them for breakfast at Storytellers.  Lox anyone?).…

  • Goofy’s Sky School: Can it get off the ground?

    Are you ready to fly the Goofy way?  Well you’re in luck. Goofy is now taking applications for student pilots. Mulholland Madness, which opened in Paradise Pier with California Adventure in 2001, has reopened as Goofy’s Sky School.  But are a fresh coat of paint and some new billboards enough to get this new attraction…