Grand Circle Tour Podcast

Your Tour Guides Jason Thomason, Mindy Carnes Muir and Stan Solo talk about what to watch to get you in the Disney mood before your trip.

Author Charles Zitta joins your Tour Guide George Falcione to discus his new book Disney and the Wonder Within: Ears of Virtue, how he spreads the magic, and teases book two The Watchmakers Gift.  Be sure to pick up his book by visiting https://www.wonderwithinbooks.com/ and join him on Facebook at the Disney and the Wonder Within Group

The return of Dan's famous points game!  Your Tour Guides Dan Hansen, Mindy Carnes Muir and George Falcione play for points while discussing the most underrated attractions in the Disney Parks.  Plus Living With the Land is not to be missed, diehard Disney fans sing along with the Country Bear Jamboree, Boatwright's has the best prime rib but weird rice stuff and more!   

Your Tour Guides Jason Thomason and George Falcione review the Pirates Of the Caribbean vinyl picture LP.  Plus the Legacy Collection Beauty and the Beast release, how Sleeping Beauty will always be the world's most beautiful animated film, why Hunchback is an underrated Disney classic and more!

Your Tour Guides Caroline Koller, George Falcione and Jason Thomason discuss the difference between and amenities of the different types of Walt Disney World hotels.  Value, moderate or deluxe which is right for you and your vacation?  Plus the Polynesian is perfect, why value hotels are great, club level is worth the upcharge and more!  Caroline is a travel agent and would love to help you with your WDW vacation, contact her at carolineb@mei-travel.com for all your vacation needs

Your Tour Guides Stan Solo and Dan Hansen discuss all of Disney's upcoming 2019 film and which ones they are excited for.  Let us know what movies you're looking forward to at Grand Circle Tour Magic Ticket Holders on Facebook and @GCTPodcast on Twitter

Your Tour Guides George Falcione, Mindy Carnes Muir and her Husband Brandon, Jason Thomason and Stan Solo review Tim Burton's Dumbo. Does our favorite pachyderm soar or does it put the dumb in Dumbo?  Let us know what you thought of the movie at Grand Circle Tour Magic Ticket Holders on Facebook and @GCTPodcast on Twitter, all complaints go to inquiry@McDuckIndustries.com

Lucasfilm fine artist Craig Skaggs joins our Tour Guide Stan Solo to talk about his career and his work.  Be sure to follow Craig at https://www.facebook.com/craigskaggsart/ and his officially licensed Star Wars art is available at http://www.acmearchivesdirect.com/

Our Tour Guides Jason Thomason, Caroline Koller and Dan Hansen talk about Disney after dark and what attractions are their last and what they like to do at the Resorts after the Parks have closed.  Plus Disney Springs is Dan's favorite Park, Jason gets his aloha from his Mom, George Falcione buzzes in for the win at the Animal Kingdom and more!

Ron Schneider joins our Tour Guides George Falcione and Jason Thomason to tell us how followed his bliss and share some wonderful stories with us from the day Disneyland opened to the public to Dreamfinder & Figment and beyond.  Pick up Ron's book "From Dreamer To Dreamfinder" available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Good Reads, autographed copies can purchased at http://www.bambooforestpublishing.com/ and be sure to see Ron in The Further Adventure's Of Walt's Frozen Head http://waltsfrozenhead.com/

Our Tour Guides Mindy Carnes Muir, George Falcione and Stan Solo talk about the attractions they're afraid of, which they avoid and those they'll never do.  Plus the Great Goofini conquers one Tour Guide, Dinosaur is the inferior Indy, how Mission Space compares to Stich's Great Escape and more!

Our Tour Guides Stan Solo, George Falcione and Jason Thomason discuss the introduction of Carol Danvers to the MCU in Marvel's Captain Marvel.  Plus, Orange Bird sippy cups are a good way to bribe us, the correct order to watch the Star Wars films in and more!

The entire gang is together for the first time since the beginning!  Voice artist of the Grand Circle Tour Ken hosts our Tour Guides Mindy Carnes Muir, Caroline Koller, Dan Hansesn, George Falcione, Jason Thomason and Stan Solo as we take a look back at our first year and look ahead to year two!

Our Tour Guides Jason Thomason and George Falcione take a stroll down Main Street U.S.A. to the music shop to discuss and review the Haunted Mansion Picture Disc LP.  Disney vinyl albums are available at https://disneymusic.shop.musictoday.com/store

Our Tour Guides George Falcione, Mindy Carnes Muir and Jason Thomason talk about how Disneyland and Walt Disney World are very different experiences and how the two resorts do and mostly don't compare.  Plus which Galaxy's Edge is better, Disney World hotels have a vibe while Disneyland hotels have a price, Magic Kingdom churros are for tourists and more!  

Brian Collins joins our Tour Guides George Falcione and Jason Thomason to talk about his time as a show writer for Walt Disney Imagineering.  Brian shares some great stories with us from working on the Great Movie Ride to creating graffiti for the Disney-MGM Studios and more!  Be sure to follow Brian on Twitter @BrainstormInst, The Mouse and the Imagineer on Facebook and at http://www.wdwithme.com/

The start of a new GCT series!  Our Tour Guides Dan Hansen, Jason Thomason and Stan Solo talk about purchasing and owning DVC in order to help you in deciding if it's for you.  Plus we find out what the minimum is for purchasing, Shirley from accounting calls, DVC parties are the best parties and more!

Our Tour Guides Caroline Koller, Stan Solo and George Falcione talk about what first sparked their love for Disney.  Plus Ariel & Eric wedding cake toppers, how the price of college can put the breaks on Disney trips, the things you don't plan at the Parks tend to be the most memorable and more!  Bonus, stay tuned after the outro as friend of the show Victor Nawrocki shares his first time to WDW 

Our Tour Guides Dan Hansen, Stan Solo, George Falcione and Jason Thomason talk about Stan's recent solo trip to Walt Disney World.  Stan is the first to find a new hidden Mickey, what happens when two flights home are cancelled, the saga of Kevin the blue balloon concludes and more!  

Our Tour Guides Jason Thomason, Mindy Carnes Muir and her husband Brandon, George Falcione and his wife Jessica talk about and give tips for couples who want to have a romantic day at Disney.  Plus doing rope drop is a sign of true love, what makes an attraction romantic, churro cereal is a thing and more!