{"podcast":{"title":"WDW Radio: Your Guide to Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise and More Disney Magic!","slug":"wdw-radio-your-guide-to-the-walt-disney-world-disneyland-disney-cruise-and-more-disney-magic-745149","podcast_index_feed_id":745149,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/wdwradio/","website_url":"https://www.wdwradio.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/9e1f73f0-0552-47e7-a828-2e08d9c0fc34/WDW-Radio-Logo-2026-v2.jpg","author":"Lou Mongello - Disney Expert","episode_count":1048,"summary":"WDW Radio is the award-winning Disney podcast that brings the magic of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, Marvel, and Star Wars to life. Since 2005, hosted by Lou Mongello – Disney expert, author, speaker, and Podcast Hall of Fame inductee – has been your trusted guide through the parks and beyond. Each week, tune in for Disney news, vacation planning tips, interviews, trivia, deep dives into Disney history, attraction and dining reviews, hidden park secrets, and more. From first-timer visitors to lifelong fans, this family-friendly podcast shares the tips, stories, secrets, and insights to help you plan smarter, experience more, and feel the magic like never before. Voted Best Travel Podcast 9 years in a row, WDW Radio also features a blog, videos, live shows, community meetups, group cruises, and special Disney fan events around the world. WDW Radio has welcomed legendary guests including Julie Andrews, Tony Baxter, Marty Sklar, Alan Menken, Richard Sherman, Paige O’Hara, Jodi Benson, Kevin Feige, Ashley Eckstein, and countless Imagineers, Cast Members, actors, producers, and creators who bring Disney magic to life. Explore Lou’s books (Walt Disney World Trivia,…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T12:18:51.425388+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wdw-radio-your-guide-to-the-walt-disney-world-disneyland-disney-cruise-and-more-disney-magic-745149"},"episode":{"title":"870 · 10 Reasons to Visit Shanghai Disneyland... and Why This Trip Changed Me","slug":"870-10-reasons-to-visit-shanghai-disneyland-and-why-this-trip-changed-me","published_at":"2026-06-23T21:41:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wdw-radio-your-guide-to-the-walt-disney-world-disneyland-disney-cruise-and-more-disney-magic-745149/870-10-reasons-to-visit-shanghai-disneyland-and-why-this-trip-changed-me","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wdw-radio-your-guide-to-the-walt-disney-world-disneyland-disney-cruise-and-more-disney-magic-745149","url":"https://wdwradio.captivate.fm/episode/870-10-reasons-to-visit-shanghai-disneyland-and-why-this-trip-changed-me","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/f25c0247-ebe6-49c6-a7c5-ab3b64dd2902.mp3","summary":"870 · 10 Reasons to Visit Shanghai Disneyland... and Why This Trip Changed Me China is a long way to go for a theme park... but Shanghai Disneyland is not a theme park. It is a destination that happens to have a Disney castle at its center. Lou Mongello had the privilege of being invited by Disney for Shanghai Disneyland's 10th anniversary celebration, with time alongside the Imagineering team who built it. In this episode, he gives you 10 reasons to visit Shanghai Disneyland , and why right now, during its 10th anniversary, is the perfect time to go. Here is what you will hear: The one design decision that makes Shanghai unlike any Disney park you have ever set foot in, and why it disorients you in the best possible way The only place on Earth you can walk through Zootopia, a land so detailed that guests line up just to photograph the lampposts Why the tallest Disney castle in the world is something you go inside, not just photograph, plus the anniversary-only shows playing on it right now The trackless boat ride that fans who have been to every Disney park call their single favorite attraction, period The one land where Disney hands you the controls, and the climb that Lou says sends you back down a different person The stunt show with a real, raging tornado on stage, performed more than 10,000 times with live performers inside it The snacks worth flying for, the Cast culture built from scratch, and the brand-new Spider-Man land rising right now with its coaster track already complete! and much more! And stay with me to the end, because this is the part I did not see coming. This trip did not just give me new things to talk about. It genuinely, fundamentally changed the way I think about Disney parks , not just what I think about them, but how. 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