Grand Circle Tour Podcast

The second episode in our How To DVC series join your Tour Guides Dan Hansen, Mindy Carnes Muir and George Falcione as they discuss DVC resale markets this time.  Plus Dan does math, George is starting a vlog, what perks you don't get through resale and more! 

Your Tour Guides Stan Solo, Jason Thomason, and Mindy Carnes Muir talk to Donnie Crook an interpretive naturalist at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley, Minnesota about the different wild animals you can see at WDW. Find out which Tour Guide lost a churro to a bird, which one hates snakes more than Indiana Jones does, and which one thinks love bugs are VW Beetles. Plus while Disneyland uses cats to control the mice population, find out which animal Walt Disney World uses. If you are planning a trip to the Twin Cities be sure to make some time to visit the Minnesota Zoo https://mnzoo.org/ 

Your Tour Guides George Falcione, Dan Hansen, and Jason Thomason talk about how they do Disney and share some of their tips, tricks and opinions.  Plus two of your Tour Guides are now Travel Agents, why it's good to go to Universal, there's Disney trips and adventures all around the world outside of the Parks and more

Big Fat Panda joins your Tour Guides Stan Solo, Jason Thomason and George Falcione to discuss and review Pixar's Toy Story 4.  Plus a lesson in spoilers, one Tour Guide develops a soul, one new character's link to Incredibles II and more!  Be sure to subscribe to and follow all of Panda's adventures at www.BigFatPanda.com

Your Tour Guides Jason Thomason, Mindy Carnes Muir and Stan Solo talk about some of the activities and adventures you can share with kids that are free at the Disney Parks and Resorts.  Plus Tonga Toast will change your life, adults can color at Epcot too, every kid must ty a Beverly before Club Cool is gone and more!

Lisa CT joins your Tour Guides Stan Solo, Caroline Koller and Dan Hansen to talk about her recent trip to Walt Disney World in our first ever two part before and after trip report.  Plus Dan still loves Pizza Rizzo, why the Moonlight Magic parties are worth the DVC  membership alone, everyone loves Caroline's tips and more! 

Your Tour Guides Stan Solo, Jason Thomason and George Falcione review Disney's live action Aladdin and talk about how much they all enjoyed this one, mostly.  Plus our roving reporter Stan walks up to complete strangers and interviews them after the movie and more!

Christopher Anderson aka Orangegrove55, Christian Milan and Ethan Becker aka Theme Park Wizard join your Tour Guides George Falcione and Jason Thomason to talk about their experiences during Disneyland's Star Wars Galaxy's Edge opening and share some tips for your future visit to a galaxy far, far away.  Be sure to subscribe and follow all our guests at: youtube.com/c/orangegrove55 @orangegrove55  youtube.com/user/cmilan8 @christiandmilan @Theme_Wizard 

Your Tour Guides George Falcione, Dan Hansen and Jason Thomason discuss extinct attractions and the impact they've left on the Disney Parks since they're removals.  Plus a shoutout to the Cast Members of Disney Store #910, why Pooh killed the Country Bears, what Epcot pavilions might not be safe after the 50th and more!

Christian Milan joins your Tour Guides George Falcione and Jason Thomason to talk about D23 and to help people make the most out of their time at Disney.  Be sure to subscribe and follow Christian at https://www.youtube.com/user/cmilan8

Your Tour Guides Dan Hansen, Mindy Carnes Muir and Jason Thomason talk about what the odds are of for the future of some attractions and lands in the Parks.  Plus Galaxy's Edge will get no money from one Tour Guide, Mindy and Jay almost always agree, why the Skyliner will be the demise of Disney and more!

Disney Legend and Imagineer Bob Gurr joins your Tour Guide Mindy Carnes Muir to talk about his life and career, share stories and give us all some wise life advice.  His new book "Bob Gurr: Legendary Imagineer: Life and Times - Disney and Beyond" is now available in both paperback and on e reader devices

Your Tour Guides Caroline Koller, Jason Thomason and Dan Hansen talk about when are the best times to visit Walt Disney World and share their experiences.  Plus why you should get travel insurance, are no waits for rides worth the Florida heat, going in cold weather is a great excuse to bring home a new Disney sweatshirt and more!  

Happy Life Day!  Episode I: the Phantom Menace is a great Star Wars movie and your Tour Guides Stan Solo and Jason Thomason talk about it and give the movie the love it deserves.  Stan has always been a fan of the movie while Jason saw it for the first time in twenty years and went from a hater to a fan

Your Tour Guides George Falcione and Jason Thomason talk about what's coming to Disney+, what would be their dream content for the new streaming service and why Hulu is great for Disney.  Plus the time Marty Sklar yelled at Jason, why the boys will still buy the Blu Rays, did Sleeping Beauty ruin 101 Dalmatians and more!

Your Tour Guides George Falcione, Dan Hansen and Jason Thomason have a great time doing some armchair Imagineering for Disneyland and Magic Kingdom and discuss a few rumors about the Parks.  Plus a surprise game, there's better water parks out there, Beauty and the Beast > Frozen and more! p.s. Don't tell Mindy what we say about the Storybook Land Canal Boats in this one  

Your Tour Guides Mindy Carnes Muir, Dan Hansen and George Falcione talk about the Disney magic Cast Members make for their guests and share stories of times they're received the magic.  Plus everyone's excited for Pizza Rizzo, a celebrity bus driver, how wearing a Grand Circle Tour Podcast t-shirt to WDW will get to the front of the line and more! p.s.  Smile at the Cast Members

John Saccheri aka Big Fat Panda joins your Tour Guides Stan Solo, Mindy Carnes Muir, Dan Hansen, George Falcione and Jason Thomason to talk about review Marvel's Avengers: Endgame.  Plus Panda tells us what's like to walk around Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Disney's Hollywood Studios.  Be sure to subscribe to and follow Panda at http:/www.BigFatPanda.com 

The views expressed in this episode are not actually the views of the Tour Guides.  George Falcione makes Caroline Koller and Jason Thomason defend some of the most unpopular opinions about Disney for points!  

Mark Silverman (voice of Rod Serling in the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror) and Jennifer Beaudoin of Pixie Dusted Dreams Travel and Events joins your Tour Guides Jason Thomason, Mindy Carnes Muir and George Falcione to talk about a very special after hours event taking place October 4th in the courtyard of the Hollywood Tower Hotel to celebrate the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror's 25th anniversary.  Tickets are available at https://www.eventbrite.com/ and be sure to visit https://www.pixiedusteddreams.com/ for your Disney travel and event needs