What are your favorite podcasts? Here are my big ones right now..
WDW Prep To Go: I like how the shows are broken up into topics since you can pick/choose which ones to download. I also like how she is very focused on park strategy and she can give a lot of good tips very concisely. The downside with this show is that she is probably to the point where she is taking on "show topics" that aren't really worthy of their own topics. I think this podcast can really be good if she did a 3-day a week schedule (or even 2) with a Tips day (current format), Trip Report day, and news/guests type day.
WDW Radio: At first I didn't really care for this show because I felt like it was more for someone who was a real regular at the parks and/or lived in the area and visited all the times. Over time though, I came to appreciate the upbeat nature of the show and consider it in the rotation now.
Be Our Guest: I used to like this one quite a bit, but there’s something that is missing with the show and I can’t put my finger on it. Mike is great, the owner of the travel agency is great, but then the younger lady and older lady are brutal. But even outside of that, what really boggles my mind is that they are SO far behind on questions (most of their questions are answered after people’s trips) and they still don’t sift through them to find broader questions that apply to more people. They’ll take the time to answer a question like “I am going to Disney in Oct 2014 and I lost my magic band, called Disney to deactivate it, and now I found it again. Can Disney reactivate this band?” . Those are the types of questions that nobody probably cares about and isn’t even relevant to the questioner since the time has passed. Go through and pick through some better questions so you can at least catch up!
Dis Unplugged: I honestly, HONESTLY have no idea why people listen to this podcast. They have like 6 people on the show and they are all kinda grumpy, particularly Kathy (?). Even with all those people, there isn’t 1 that I can say are really all that great. I think maybe the problem is all these people are local, so they can’t even empathize with a visitor…even though they are travel agents. They make fun of clients that say things like “I want to do everything” or “I want it to be magical” and then go on a tirade about people like that. I think there is only one lady on there that has kids and she reminds you of it at the beginning of every sentence. I also think she expects the world to revolve around her because she has kids (Hey, so does everyone else at Disney!)
WDW Today: I only recently discovered this and think it’s a really great show. All the people on the show are friendly and light-hearted. They seem to be pretty knowledgeable about all things Disney, including restaurants and hotels. The mix of the hosts is great too….one guy has young kids, Len I think has slightly older kids, and then there is the older guy.
I’ve listened to a couple other shows like Passporter girls (Brutal) and another one, but these are the only ones that I’ve listened to for more than a couple episodes. If I had to pick 2, I’d go with WDW Prep and WDW Today.
How bout you?
WDW Prep To Go: I like how the shows are broken up into topics since you can pick/choose which ones to download. I also like how she is very focused on park strategy and she can give a lot of good tips very concisely. The downside with this show is that she is probably to the point where she is taking on "show topics" that aren't really worthy of their own topics. I think this podcast can really be good if she did a 3-day a week schedule (or even 2) with a Tips day (current format), Trip Report day, and news/guests type day.
WDW Radio: At first I didn't really care for this show because I felt like it was more for someone who was a real regular at the parks and/or lived in the area and visited all the times. Over time though, I came to appreciate the upbeat nature of the show and consider it in the rotation now.
Be Our Guest: I used to like this one quite a bit, but there’s something that is missing with the show and I can’t put my finger on it. Mike is great, the owner of the travel agency is great, but then the younger lady and older lady are brutal. But even outside of that, what really boggles my mind is that they are SO far behind on questions (most of their questions are answered after people’s trips) and they still don’t sift through them to find broader questions that apply to more people. They’ll take the time to answer a question like “I am going to Disney in Oct 2014 and I lost my magic band, called Disney to deactivate it, and now I found it again. Can Disney reactivate this band?” . Those are the types of questions that nobody probably cares about and isn’t even relevant to the questioner since the time has passed. Go through and pick through some better questions so you can at least catch up!
Dis Unplugged: I honestly, HONESTLY have no idea why people listen to this podcast. They have like 6 people on the show and they are all kinda grumpy, particularly Kathy (?). Even with all those people, there isn’t 1 that I can say are really all that great. I think maybe the problem is all these people are local, so they can’t even empathize with a visitor…even though they are travel agents. They make fun of clients that say things like “I want to do everything” or “I want it to be magical” and then go on a tirade about people like that. I think there is only one lady on there that has kids and she reminds you of it at the beginning of every sentence. I also think she expects the world to revolve around her because she has kids (Hey, so does everyone else at Disney!)
WDW Today: I only recently discovered this and think it’s a really great show. All the people on the show are friendly and light-hearted. They seem to be pretty knowledgeable about all things Disney, including restaurants and hotels. The mix of the hosts is great too….one guy has young kids, Len I think has slightly older kids, and then there is the older guy.
I’ve listened to a couple other shows like Passporter girls (Brutal) and another one, but these are the only ones that I’ve listened to for more than a couple episodes. If I had to pick 2, I’d go with WDW Prep and WDW Today.
How bout you?
