Disney Myths - The WDW News Today Podcast - Episode 4

[@thelostant]

Tom your hot take on only needing 3 types of Reese’s is spot on. The Reese’s egg is one of the 20 most significant food creations of all time.

[@ZebraLens]

Lol no I'm with Eric, the peanut butter to chocolate ratio is WAY off 😅😅😅

[@beckychristiansen8954]

But can all agree that those thin Reese’s cups are just stupid?

[@themagicalmouse4256]

Wholeheartedly agree with the Reese’s seasonal shapes

[@timothyanadon9993]

I'm a fan of the KING size version. The mini cups are too much work so yes the pumpkins are next

[@NZDLo]

Came here to say the same - the seasonal Reeses are my fave, due to the ration of chocolate to PB. I’ve noticed they have been affected by shrinkflation, lately, though!

[@kpetitjr]

Just chiming in to express how happy I am that WDWNT is putting out a podcast again. As a long-time listener of the original podcast, I sincerely missed it. Keep it up.

[@meowingpeeps9153]

I love hearing the actual truths to all these myths I kept hearing from Disney KZbinrs. Also I love when Tom gets mad! I love all his rants!

[@libertysdaddy1514]

Seriously Tom this is a great show!!! I’m loving it it’s giving this channel a new fresh thing. I also love parks center which is also amazing. KEEEP THIS

[@sue-pa1558]

Tom and Eric I just loved this particular show. Thank you so much for your efforts and discords. Can’t wait for DVC man. 😂

[@andrewbarnett152]

Eric without glasses on News Tonight is like the crazier, wilder, more unpredictable Eric. Eric with glasses on the podcast is the studious, thoughtful, well-behaved version of Eric. It's a bit like the difference between Clark Kent and Superman.

[@phillipchristenson2671]

Eric, Department of VA employee checking in here! Thank you for the service. Love the podcasts!

[@taratravia9464]

“I refuse to be happy for others. It’s against my nature.” I want this t-shirt!

[@michaelsullivan3581]

Three cheers for Tom... Tom, Tom, Tom!

[@lisaguidi728]

Me too! Tara, you’re on to the next best carousel of products item!

[@CocoW1968]

Me too!!! ❤❤❤😂😂😂

[@jgkidd82]

Loved all the podcasts in this series! Keep them coming!

[@CocoW1968]

I agree!!!

[@jennifercrytzer6723]

May we get a Tom Breaks Down the Once Upon a Studio short please? It might make for a fun podcast subject. There were so many Easter eggs and art in the background and characters.

[@CocoW1968]

Oh that is a great idea!!!

[@bonnafide2606]

Eric, I feel your pain. My parents took their family of 5 from Illinois to Florida in 1980 on a $500 (in cash!) budget. My parents never had credit cards in their lives. We got lucky because my folks knew people in Orlando (we lived there briefly in the 70s) who put us up for free in the empty parsonage of their church for the week. This allowed us to go to Magic Kingdom, Sea World and Circus World. We ate breakfasts and dinners at the parsonage and lunch everyday in a parking lot. The only souvenirs we got from Disney was a balloon each and a printed souvenir book we shared. That's it. My parents weren't cheap, just poor, but I still got to do what other wealthier kids my age never got to do. I visited Disney at least 3 times in my childhood and for a high school graduation gift, we stayed nearly a week at the Campgrounds and bought park-hopper passes. It was great.

[@veronicareitherreese6671]

Orange Grove Campground in Kissimmee was the place we stayed on our Disney vacations.

[@strawberryrnilk]

this podcast might be the best thing wdwnt has done since its conception

[@davyannajones]

The Epcot episode was the best one yet.

[@RTZ-ho1lf]

Pod Cast Rocks! Takes me back to the ole Tom vs Josh episodes... Keep it rolling guys! Great work!

[@chasitymoss4588]

Love these podcasts! ❤ I grew up going to Disney as we lived in Orlando and alot of my family worked there at the time. We took lunch also in coolers. As a kid in the 80's I thought you were rich if you could afford to buy food there. 😂😂

[@91jrma]

Really enjoying these podcast style programs, love hearing the banter & stories that the 2 of you have about the most Magical places on earth!!

[@davidthrogmorton5959]

I do not have a picture to back up my claim, but I have seen a "ring" by the horse carriage in WDW many years ago. My own family had a picture of it. Not found now when you need it of course. What I saw was not a cut off piece of brass. It was person-sized yellow metal. was not black, grey, jagged iron. It may have been a temp story thing that has been forgotten over time, but I saw this with my own eyes. The ring myth does have real plausibility.

[@neko-chan6145]

I enjoy listening to these. The part about how you remember doing disney as a kid was nostalgic. Eating those homemade sandwiches in the car or in the park brought back memories. Maybe you can do an episode on how people went to disney in the past and today. I like hearing those stories.

[@dano8080]

These are great == way better than Park Center == thanks for. sharing all the stories....

[@becm3472]

Great episode as I like hearing about Disney history!

[@acooldog4959]

thank you tom for giving pibb the respect it deserves

[@seanstein8313]

I loved the epcot episode

[@davyannajones]

This probably differs state to state but when my grandfather died (full disclosure he was a city councilman & his best friend was the former mayor who happened to also be a funeral home director) my grandmother called the funeral home. They came over with someone from the coroner’s office, pronounced him dead in the home and then took his body to the funeral home.

[@dawnboyles982]

I am really enjoying this series. Looking forward to more episodes.

[@michellee1190]

During the early 00's, at Disneyland, on Pirates. Somebody had thrown a AA battery at the crab and broken off one of its eyes. That stupid battery and the broken eye was there for YEARS, I started going into guest services in the "Police Station" and being like, "Hey. FYI, the crab on the beach in the first skele scene on Pirates is damaged and there's also trash." It got fixed in... 2014?

[@roberttorres1382]

I got to visit Walt's Plane at the Palm Springs Air Museum. I am glad they loaned the airplane to a group that care of it. From what I have heard, PSAM is trying to restore the interior.

[@toddbigeasy]

wow! thanks to you I found a POV of Horizons, brought back so many memories of 1985 visit. I had forgot about that attraction, I love it. I even had a "smell" memory of new Epcot. thanks for the memories!

[@davyannajones]

I love scoops but I load those bad boys up with chili, cheese, & beans. Also love Coke freestyle machines but they don’t belong everywhere

[@koopa159]

Here here, I say! Tom is right about the Eggs, Trees, and Pumpkins! We just need a summer one and we are set for life.

[@SvenBlackheart]

I’ve been loving the podcast bits! I grew up going to the parks from the 90s on (got to ride Horizons ONCE). These bits remind me of sitting around talking Disney with my brother. Keep it up y’all!

[@kallieblumberg9977]

More Sea Tales! 🌊 ⚓️

[@susantownsend8397]

Regular Reese’s cups. They calculated the perfect ratio of chocolate to peanut butter when they invented the originals.

[@sandpiper8991]

Epcot episode was great 👍🏻

[@87411969]

Great show! Love it!

[@LowTide941]

Very fun episode.

[@KhurtKhave669]

“I will be the only mustache in the park!” 😂

[@Audrey.SmilingSticks]

Oh my goodness - Eric talking about having a cooler of PB&J and going back to the car halfway through the day. 😂🙋🏻‍♀️ My childhood - great memories nonetheless!

[@vigliottec]

Do an episode with Jim Hill, that would be entertaining

[@inbtwndays]

I can personally attest that Thunder Mountain does knock kidney stones loose. It happened to me, and it took me out of commission for two days during my vacation. However I did ride most of the Magic Kingdom rides that day, including Space Mountain, so my data is not scientific. I brought this up at my next urologist appointment and he said it was definitely possible and sometimes people passed kidney stones after bad car accidents, etc. Anything that shakes up your body…

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

You guys should take your show on the road!

[@thelostborough5214]

Regarding US Flag Code, the official US Flag Code is not binding or empowered to penalize those who do not abide by it. It's basically a list of suggestions. People tend to confuse Flag Code with the Flag Protection Act that was passed by Congress in 1968, which did have penalties for the misuse of the US flag. This was subsequently found unconstitutional and unenforceable in US v. Eichman 1990.

[@themagicalmouse4256]

More myths would be awesome! Part II please.

[@mholme17]

The American flag explication from Eric is the best and most sensible one I have heard! Thank you for that! Eric - thank you for your services. Agreed on the Reeses and when people say “Reisies”.

[@joeglass5343]

Big Thunder for Kidney stones, yes, but also the last time I was on Space Mountain it shook a stone loose and then I was experiencing the signature pain of a stone to end my magical vacation.

[@kallieblumberg9977]

I have a great job and I love my family but y’all are quickly becoming the best part of my week 😂❤

[@billybatson22]

The turkey leg myth is legendary. Glad to get the truth.

[@joannbeiser4907]

In st Charles Missouri has a historic Main Street in cobblestone and every year, in august they have “festival of the little hills” it is the site of the first state capital. In the winter Victorian dressed carolers walk the streets to make a Victorian village. It is rough on my mobility scooter, for sure. They should paint the lines to better simulate cobblestones. Disney is very capable of the art.

[@HolmstromRules]

The rumor about Walt and cryogenic storage I believe developed out the punch line of the joke about Walt being frozen and was now "in a state of suspended animation."

[@neelpatrick]

Love this so much and am so happy this podcast has started up! Can’t wait for more episodes- have loved the first four.

[@michellee1190]

I'ma need an episode of Disney Park Music Album recommendations.

[@disneyjenn1671]

This would be a great topic

[@mushieslushie]

At Palisade Tahoe (Squaw Valley) they still do a announcement on the tram where they say that Walt was inspired by the mountains when he visited for the Olympics and that's what he used as reference when they build Big Thunder Mountain. Walt died over 10 years before Big Thunder opened so to say that Walt had anything to do with it is hilarious. Also the mountains there look nothing like Big Thunder.

[@ginadoyle4089]

Benjamin Franklin was a rock star. I love seeing his “ghost house “ in Philly.

[@kaitlinrogan5396]

My new favorite podcast! Keep up the great work.

[@MasonG12]

Can you do the maintenance reports again?

[@WDWNT]

It’s a lot of work, I’ll have to see if it’s feasible

[@biancalovesdisney]

Fav episode yet 💙💙

[@libertysdaddy1514]

LOVE YOUR SHOW TOMMY!! Keep up the outstanding work wdwnt

[@seanstein8313]

Eric, what's your favorite WDW course right now? LBV has been in awesome shape. I feel like the greens are faster there compared to Palm or Magnolia.

[@WDWNT]

I have always preferred LBV. More fun, less punitive, and drains better. It seems like Palm and Magnolia are always cart path only.

[@artcollier1949]

A much earlier myth? About the brown pathways in Liberty Square is that it represented the Mississippi River, (Muddy Mississp), demarking the division of the eastern US from the West of Frontierland. Not aure the brown pathway actually lines alignes to such a division to make the true.

[@silicondave2797]

I'm excited for episode 7.

[@CastawayRJ]

7?!

[@silicondave2797]

@@CastawayRJ yeah 7.

[@Patrick-lb8xe]

On the jungle cruise on a keys to the kingdom tour we were told that the chanting natives scene the words can be heard “We hate disco”.

[@user-iq6mg6lj2f]

An enjoyable Podcast, well done.

[@user-fe8uq9zp2g]

The Moroccan pavilions literally looks identical to the country they did an amazing job there. There is no lights in it cus that wouldn’t be accurate and the “tower” there is a mosque same way the lights would be disrespectful on the Norway church. I don’t remember turkey legs being greasy last time I ate one I was a kid in like 2000s/2010s maybe they changed :(. I also feel like they declined in popularity back then everyone would eat them now I barely see people w them. Please keep doing the podcast! I’d love a WDW hot takes episode with genuine controversial hot takes 🤭

[@johnphazzleton]

Loved this. Thank you

[@gothamfamily4]

Hello from Erie PA, we will be back at our happy place in 25 days. We are doing MK Christmas party as well as Jollywood in HS. We are also doing the Keys To The Kingdom your. We always like to do things we haven’t experienced before. We can’t wait

[@dalerose3500]

Under the flag code. Street light illumination is sufficient for flags to flown at night. Also as a private company Disney can raise the flags or not under the First Amendment. They don't have to be bound to the Flag Code like government buildings.

[@Bernstorm5000]

I heard multiple times (even from cast members) that there was one REAL skull within the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN attraction at Disneyland. Supposedly, it was the one on the bed headboard. I later got the privilege to escort X Atencio at the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 2 premiere, and actually got to ride the newly-renovated attraction with X. That was memorable for sure. However, when I mentioned that rumor to him, the 87 year old X forcefully said, "Oh, that's bullsh*t!" He said, "We never would have done that. If anything, they would have reference real cadavers for molding, but none of it made it into the Park. Period!" Later, I got the same confirmed by Marty Sklar. The other rumor in the Dland PIRATES attraction is that the treasure chest you see as you are about to leave that treasure room is from PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL. That rumor is absolutely true.

[@Bernstorm5000]

Funny. I wrote this before listening to the whole thing and you guys addressed this issue. Not convinced what you are saying is true. X was pretty emphatic, but Marty is the one who really convinced me. He said that rumor had been going around for years, even within WED/Imagineering, but it was absolutely not true. Who knows. These stories take on a life of their own. Marty and X would have likely known for sure, and they were convincing, but the truth may be lost to the ages.

[@WDWNT]

That chest thing isn’t a rumor, it was stated when it was added to the ride.

[@Jediaxle]

When I was a CP at Magic Kingdom back in 99 a story I heard several times was someone lost a finger on Space Mountain he was holding hands up and railing caught his wedding ring. Also remember a story of someone who got off the ride and was walking on the tracks in the dark and when they got to him he said if he stayed on he would have died and the told him probably would die continuing to walk on a coaster track in the dark.

[@bdchiaccio]

So informative and interesting!!

[@terri_blueberri]

That knight on HM scared me so bad as a kid that I was afraid of it like 20 years later when I finally rode it again. I only remember it happening once, even though I went many times when I was a kid though.

[@kcholt68]

Back in the mid-80s I saw a scare performer on Haunted Mansion in Disneyland. It was the round-face ghost with the top hat and cape. It was a night when the park was closed for just church youth groups, so maybe that's why they had him.

[@thekitchensink6277]

This is the Best podcast Ever!

[@Jay-wk9xj]

The Poop River has always been told as "reimagineering" of a storyline of a unfortunate rural sewage reality outside most larger cities in the late 1700s.... i buy it..mischievous Disney artists have put far more filthy references in Disney parks and products throughout the years.

[@djdef5521]

I really enjoy these podcasts, keep up the great work! I think there could probably be a part 2 of the myths one.

[@harmonyleiker4423]

I tried going on big thunder when I had a kidney stone. CMs let me ride it 3 times in a row in the back car. It may ave been a coincidence, but i passed it an hour later. I’d try anything when I have a stone!

[@QuatroAtYale]

If you go to Plimouth Plantation, the historical interpreters there do throw "slops" (leftover food) out on to the dirt streets. But if you go to Williamsburg, you'll find plenty of privies as outbuildings. If I were a passerby in colonial times, it would be easy to hop a fence and use someone's privy and hop back on to the street. I didn't see any interpreter there throw slops into the street.

[@stacirobinson6162]

What about the theory that the pirates of the Caribbean is haunted. And if they don't tell George good night the ride will break the next day...

[@walterramirez4443]

"Friday night without pants"...sounds like a new paid event at Epcot 😂

[@charliedurham4248]

This is one of the most interesting Disney vlogs I have EVER seen

[@annemariec7659]

Enjoying this series. 😊

[@davidwheaton5857]

While it was still important, Walt Disney was not a veteran as Eric stated. Walt served with the Red Cross.

[@jennifercrytzer6723]

Mr Cheezypop can talk to the validity of the Big Thunder kidney stone thing. He vlogged about it

[@michellee1190]

There's flesh and skin on that hand coming out of the coffin. It's a very skinny hand, and the skin might have a bit of a weird tinge (the lighting in there is a bit blue) but there's nothing that clearly states if the "Lemme out!" guy is a vampire, a zombie, or if he's actually alive.

[@BeakieHelmet]

The big myth I heard repeatedly growing up in the 90's was that the ceiling xenomorph on the great movie ride came down all the way to just barely over the heads of guests at opening, but shortly after opening someone stood up and punched it and broke it, resulting in it staying much higher in the ceiling way out of range of guests after that.

[@WDWNT]

It did not :/

[@bradystardust7708]

I love these podcasts. I have a collection of Alien Encounter merch which includes a few of the things in the display case that Tom has. I'd love to have episodes that focus on specific attractions. Not a recap of their history, per say, but your Thoughts and Facts and Opinions. I personally would love to hear Tom talk about Alien Encounter.

[@markpyle7466]

Excellent podcast episode. More please!

[@sunflowermads]

Fr epcot episode was 🔥

[@timothyanadon9993]

I heard the gallstone thing with the Matterhorn. I believe Mr. Cheezypop did an entire episode of him passing one.

[@mariamanousakis1717]

I really like tostitos scoops

[@StDebb]

Great episode!

[@JLKelly2]

I heard a rumor Dick Summers got banned from playing at the Epcot America Gardens Theatre because so many people showed up it caused hysteria as the crowd went wild and police had to be called to disperse the crowd

[@cosmicbludgeon]

The current Disneyland submarines couldn't quite scratch that 20,000 Leagues itch for me.. I am biased in favor of what I grew up with, of course, but there was more to the appeal of the WDW attraction besides just climbing into a submarine and riding past scenery. The over-reliance on projection screens at the Disneyland subs doesn't help the comparison, though. I'd take the 1970s rubber fish over the CG ones any day.

[@Jarvel5]

I actually really like that idea for the American flags on Main Street. Never really gave it more thought, but that definitely makes sense with their only being 45 states. I like it!

[@michaelsullivan3581]

I, for one, am really enjoying the show! Marvels of Momdom! Very well played indeed!

[@ChrissyDee3]

Omg. It’s not poop? My life history as an “unofficial tour guide” is just a void hole. 🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@ChrissyDee3]

And then why is it shaped like a river and just a small “stream” through the walkway instead of whole thing 😂. I’m stuck on this 💩💩

[@ChrissyDee3]

Back to the poop. Whether it was cobble stone or not - it still was a squiggly winding river design… lol

[@ginaangelo3234]

Sooo do I go to guest relations for a refund on my keys to the kingdom tour or… lol

[@dailyrefining]

Love this episode! Ooo it's all about the big cup Reese's with Reese's puffs in it, it adds good texture 😆 My husband and I have never been to Disney in Florida but we still love your channel and watch each video you put out!

[@Shereenaugust]

Love your show

[@TheRealBlkButterfly]

No, its not E-moo, its e-mew.... Source: The fact that I'm Australian and live in Australia where emus are from.

[@mikestrauss5968]

The story I heard s about the pirate skeletons is that they were all taken out except the headboard skull which is still real. It’s funny to me though be the jaw on that skull doesn’t look proportionally correct to me.

[@SMTraz]

What about River Country closing due to the brain-eating amoeba? :)