The DIS Unplugged Disney Podcast

Month: September 2009

  • Second Annual Expedition Everest Challenge Washed Out

    Saturday, September 26, over 3,500 runners gathered en masse at Disney’s Animal Kingdom to take on the sold-out Expedition Everest Challenge.  Unfortunately, as the evening wore on the weather turned treacherous and race officials were required to shut down the course due to lightning.  Many competitors who started in the rain could not complete the…

  • EPCOT VP Dan Cockerell Discusses Food and Wine Festival

    wdwinfo.com photos by Corey Martin Dan Cockerell, 40, Vice President of EPCOT, has worked with the Disney Company for over 18 years.  He started right out of college parking cars in the EPCOT parking lot, worked his way up to a front-line food and beverage manager at the Disneyland Resort Paris, and, as of February…

  • The Emerald City

    When someone in Australia finds out you’re gay, they immediately tell you that Sydney has the largest gay population in Australia.  Almost like “you should go there and be with your own kind”.  Always said with the best intentions, I was amused by how often this happened – I’m not lying, it was like a…

  • Iron Chef Cat Cora Talks About New Restaurant Kouzzina

    The new restaurant Kouzzina by Cat Cora located on Disney’s Boardwalk had its “soft opening” a month ago [see Kathy Werling’s blog for recent photos], but the official Grand Opening was Thursday, September 17.  Cat Cora is a world renowned chef and television personality.  She is the first and only female “Iron Chef” on Food…

  • The Red Center

    Days 5 and 6 of our trip took us to Uluru, in what is known here as “the red center” (the soil is red, and it’s in the center of the country – those Aussies are so creative with naming things ). Uluru is also known more popularly as Ayers Rock. I’ll be honest; while…

  • My kingdom for a cheeseburger

    On the third day of our Adventures by Disney vacation, we headed out into Cairns for a 45 minute boat ride out to the Great Barrier Reef.  Considered one of the seven natural wonders of the world, this was something I had been looking forward to for many years.  Not so much for myself, because…

  • A Night for the Senses

    On Tuesday night, I went for a walk on the beach but was not prepared for the intensity of a Palm Cove evening. You can’t see the animals; you can just hear them. You hear them making sounds that usually preclude someone being killed as they foolishly walk alone in a strange land. As I…