MouseStation 110 – MouseFest interviews
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Featured Topic – MouseFest interviews
In this week’s feature, Mike and Mark let some MouseFest attendees carry
the show for them.
Mike did a bunch of interviews, mostly at PodFest and the Mega Mouse Meet,
and we wanted to share them with you. Well, that and we’re really buried with
the holidays and thought that less recording for us this week would be helpful
in getting us through the week. So here are some really great interviews for
you!
Kevin Peace
Listener Kevin Peace talked about his adventure on the extended version of
Pirates of the Caribbean when the ride shut down during Steve Barrett’s Hidden
Mickey Hunt. He also talked about the MouseFest cruise, and how it was so
much easier to get to know people on the cruise because there were only a
couple of hundred people as opposed to the thousand or so on the land.
Kevin’s Magical Moment was the MouseFest cruise, because of the amount of
fun that he and Timbra had, and the number of people that they were able to
meet that had the same interests and likes.
Big Brian Martsolf
Podcast listener Brian, of the Mousin’
It Up Podcast, talked about MouseFest in general. He also chatted about
his podcast and about how many people were actually at MouseFest.
Brian’s Magical Moment was the fact that he actually had something to hand
out at this year’s MouseFest. Since his main site is focused on The
History of Walt Disney World in Postcards, it was only fitting that when
he handed out “his card”, it was a postcard.
Big Brian’s card.
Dan Hess
Dan, of the MouseGuest
Weekly Podcast, was a bit overwhelmed by MouseFest. Dan has done anime
conventions, but he was impressed by the number of people at MouseFest.
Dan’s Magical Moment was the entire movie of Beauty and the Beast.
For those not familiar with MouseGuest, Dan’s love for Beauty and the Beast
may even exceed Mike’s love of The Lion King.
Eric King
Eric, the other host of MouseGuest Weekly, chatted a bit about being a podcaster.
He loved being able to meet all of the other podcasters at PodFest. Following
the lead of other first-timers, Eric was a bit overwhelmed by the number of
people at MouseFest, and was very happy to have people come up to him and
talk to him about his podcast. Mike and Eric also chatted about how much the
listeners mean to podcasters.
Eric’s Magical Moment was his first trip when he and his wife Cathy came
for their honeymoon. Everything was just wonderful and a honeymoon at Walt
Disney World is hard to top.
Jonathan Dichter
Jonathan talked a bit about the “Magic and Mayhem” of the All
About the Mouse Podcast. (He’s the “Mayhem.”) He was amazed
at how many people were at MouseFest and how many people came up to him. He
also talked about being a podcaster and did a couple of his favorite voices,
including Shandy the Sugar Glider from the Magical Definition Podcast.
Jonathan’s Magical Moment was his previous trip, a year and a half ago, when
he and his wife were on their honeymoon, and the folks at the Wilderness Lodge
concierge level took great care of them.
Eric M. Davis
Eric is from OrlandoFunTickets.com,
which sells discounted tickets to the theme parks. This was Eric’s first MouseFest,
and he was loving it. He and Mike talked about their Walt Disney World College
Program days and got into a Vista-Way-vs.-Chatham-Square confrontation. Eric
was amazed at how the different sites all came together to create a wonderful
synergy.
Eric’s Magical Moment was a time when he was a manager at the BoardWalk and
they took a bunch of stuff to a mother who was ill and couldn’t got to the
park.
Mike asked Eric whether he felt that the Year of a Million Dreams was taking
away from the magic that the cast members provide, and Eric agreed with Mark’s
point of view, that cast members could take advantage of the increased empowerment
to make even more magic. (So there, Mike!)
John van Meter
John, our sponsor at Owner’s
Locker, talked a bit about the company and the lockers. He talked a bit
about Celebration, and noted that Mike’s feelings about the town are no longer
valid, and that it’s just a normal town now. John also talked about his favorite
park and favorite attraction.
John’s Magical Moment was proposing to his wife at the California Grill eight
years ago.
David Koenig
David (who authors a
column at MousePlanet, as well as several books) was having a blast at
the Mega Mouse Meet. He loves getting to meet all of the people at MouseFest,
and had a great time leading his tour through Epcot earlier in the day.
Jeff Kober
Jeff enjoyed meeting
everyone at the Mega Mouse Meet. He also talked a bit about his column (The
Magic of Business).
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2008? Should we run more audio? Less audio? Let us know by sending an email
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