The Cast: Melanie Bounds, Christine Warner, Cindy Jachrimo, Ian Mitchell & John Yaglenski In this Special Edition of the INTERCOT Insider Live Disney Podcast, the crew talks about the recently announced expansion to the Walt Disney World Resort at Disney's Hollywood Studios in the form of Star Wars Themed lands (also coming to California) and Toy Story Land. They also discuss the new film announced for Soarin' at Epcot and the Jungle Navigation Company at the Magic Kingdom. Finally, they tak...
Aug 19, 2015•1 hr 39 min
The Cast: Christine Warner, Cindy Jachrimo, Michael Montanez, Gary O'Brien & John Yaglenski - Weather Talk previals again! Where do YOU keep your thermostat? - Hampton Inn - John's outgrown them. They look like Grandma's Closet. - Where do you stay? Michael wants stuff done for him. - Christine's trip to Disneyland - lots to go over in a short time. - Lightning round of favorites. - What's your Disney age? - Churro discussion - Christine got a bad churro. - D23 - Changes coming to Disney's H...
Aug 10, 2015•2 hr 24 min
The Cast: Christine Warner, Cindy Jachrimo, Ian Mitchell & John Yaglenski PLEASE NOTE: Apologies from John - his mic is over modulated due to a new comptuer and bad audio drivers - which also caused some echo. The problem is fixed for future shows. Please bear with our audio problems but we didn't want you to miss out on the content of the show. - Summer Songs Lead The Show - Selfie Stick Ban, A worm can see fireworks - they are in THE SKY! - Animal Kingdom "Poop" Treats got pulled. - Ian fo...
Jul 13, 2015•1 hr 49 min
The Cast: Melanie Bounds, Cindy Jachrimo, Ian Mitchell & John Yaglenski - WDW Research looking into adopting a new ticket system. Tiered pricing. - How exactly will this new plan work if implemented? Things are already complicated. - Ian went to Walt Disney World and CROWDS! - South of the Border - has anyone actually stayed there? - Park opening and the line for Mine Train. - The Cabin in the Woods - Ian's experience in the Fort Wilderness Cabins. - Ian took his kids on Country Bears for th...
Jun 23, 2015•2 hr 6 min
The Cast: Melanie Bounds, Carol Robert, Michael Montanez, Cindy Jachrimo, Ian Mitchell & John Yaglenski - Why we run - Registration for Marathon Weekend pretty much done. Went very quick. Charity registration may be available.- We need new cowbells- John did his first half marathon ever - Disneyland's Diamond Celebration- Shopping Bags & Purses- Hatbox Ghost Returns- John is running on fumes- Free Dining Fiasco- Does the dining plan make sense really? - Concert series at Universal and Di...
May 26, 2015•1 hr 41 min
INTERCOT Insider Live Disney PodcastEpisode 76 - Christmas in AprilThe Cast: Christine Warner, Cindy Jachrimo, Gary O'Brien, Ian Mitchell, Melanie Bounds, John Yaglenski - Trader Sams/Poly villas & bungalows premiere, Tiki finally in lobby.- Mel's Trip Report/Poly info - Be Our Guest Breakfast, The Hub.- Relay for Life April 17 in Celebration, Florida - Donate $25 or more before April 17 and be entered to win one of two Fantasyland Lithographs. DONATE HERE: http://main.acsevents.org/goto/lev...
Apr 13, 2015•2 hr 30 min
The Cast: Christine Warner, Michael Montanez, Melanie Bounds, John Yaglenski - It's our 75th Anniversary - Diamond! 75 podcasts down the line. - Daylight Saving Time RANT! - Addicted to Hummus. - Soarin & Toy Story Mania Expansion. - INTERCOT Consulting - Apply Star Tours concept to Soarin' - John finally saw Big Hero 6. - Michael gets sassy with John - It's not a Spoiler! - Segue Kings - on to Pirates refurb all summer long. - Cinderella Review - Christine saw a preview. Lets hear from you ...
Mar 15, 2015•2 hr 2 min
The INTERCOT Insider Disney PodcastEpisode 74 - There Is Something Wrong With Us!The Crew: Cindy Jachrimo, Melanie Bounds, Ian Mitchell & John Yaglenski - Epcot reference right off the bat.- Missing but not missing the Oscars.- Ticket Prices increase, break $100 for the first time. Comparing other parks. Pass options. Non-Expiration option is gone.- Annual passes for the water parks? Didn't know they existed.- Orlando becoming an upscale market?- John's Trip. 4 hours refreshing the browser t...
Mar 02, 2015•2 hr 38 min
The Cast: Gary O'Brien, Christine Warner, Cindy Jachrimo, Carol Robert, Melanie Bounds, Ian Mitchell. Michael Montanez & John Yaglenski - The cheering continues, they can't stop - The weather and ride reservations - Triple filtered water - 5k race day was super cold - Tambu lounge meet - Ian is doing a 10k, John is doing a Half - Our fundraising efforts - Sunrise in the Magic Kingdom - Christine tells her Marathon Story - Gary issues a challenge to Stacey Aswald to run any of the events at M...
Jan 27, 2015•2 hr 15 min
The Cast: Gary O'Brien, Christine Warner, Cindy Jachrimo & John Yaglenski It's the Holiday Edition and America's Barista FAIL. Weather Temp Check. What's going on holiday wise in the parks? Who is going to find the Purple Cat? Fisticuffs at the frozen castle lighting - does look beautiful though. Universal Grinchmas and Macy's Parade. Christine Loves New York - it's just like the slogan! Comedy Warehouse Holiday Special. The WDW Christmas Special taped and we don't know anyone who is making ...
Dec 25, 2014•1 hr 48 min
The Cast: Carol Robert, Cindy Jachrimo, Christine Warner, Melanie Bounds Snow for Thanksgiving & Weather Talk! Disneyland - Cindy's First Trip. $$$$$! Mini Monorail. Alice in Wonderland Refurbished and looks great. John doesn't understand the changes but the ladies say it's very well done and they love it more. Also liked additions to Big Thunder. No Cupcakes, went to bed hungry! Christine and bicoastal tickets. CHERRY CHURROS!!! John has been vindicated - sort of... Krazy Kirk and the Hillb...
Dec 16, 2014•2 hr 10 min
The INTERCOT Insder Podcast Live - Episode 70The Bathroom Button!The Cast: John, Cindy, Michael, Mel, Christine, Gary and special guest Shawn Kendrot developer of Disney Expedition Disney Expedition App: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/disney-expedition/a124e5e7-17ba-4955-b269-b4c1857fc8ce Get a Lumia 520 to play with for under $50 on Amazonhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E45043A/intercotcom The Bathroom Button! Pure Magic! Walking Directons too! Toy Story Mania Experiement with ...
Nov 02, 2014•2 hr 21 min
The Cast: Gary O'Brien, Cindy Jachrimo, Todd McCartney, Ian Mitchell, Melanie Bounds, John Yaglenski - Frozen in Malestrom It's great and terrible and where are we going to wait in line? - INTERCOT Consulting: The perfect queue. Beer cart, bathroom, then ride - Frozen Bathrooms - Old attractions to New - Two words. Hydro. Later. - Everybody generally agrees that all the songs used to be better in old EPCOT -Mainly because they were so funky baby. - Take it or leave it: Tiered amenities. John has...
Sep 30, 2014•2 hr 23 min
The Cast: Carol Robert, Cindy Jachrimo, Gary O'Brien, Michael Montanez, John Yaglenski - Off Kilter is done, new entertainment coming to Epcot. - Is there an example in Disney history where management has reversed their decision to close something? - Talking Epcot again - Marvel coming to Disneyland - More FROZEN! - Take it or leave it - Special Edition Magic Bands. Tried out during Star Wars Weekends. Frozen Bands have been circulating. Carol says leave it. Cindy says leave it too. Gary says le...
Sep 23, 2014•1 hr 46 min
The Cast: Melanie Bounds, Christine Warner, Cindy Jachrimo, Gary O'Brien, Todd McCartney & John Yaglenski - Back to School time! - Robin Williams. His Life, his legacy, his Disney connection. - The awkward transitions to our interview with Todd McCartney, The Horizons video restoration. Ecommerce in 1994. Disney Rumors back in the day. RetroDisneyWorld.com website. Movie nights! Converting and restoring video and film. The Mickey Mouse Review! Mom threw away my park maps and tickets. Retro i...
Aug 30, 2014•2 hr 43 min
The INTERCOT Insider Live: Episode 66 Crabby John Has Spoken The Cast: Cindy Jackrimo, Michael Montanez, Melanie Bounds, Ian Mitchell & John Yaglenski Cindy joins the podcast for the first time Have you been to the park for the opening ceremony? John's kids have opened the Magic Kingdom Mel just got back from Disney World. Found the parks crowded in July - whoda thunk. Stayed at Caribbean Beach. Stayin Alive Canada meet. Michael tries not to go past the Mississippi in the summer Opening day ...
Aug 12, 2014•2 hr 12 min
The Cast: Carol Robert, Melanie Bounds, Ian Mitchell, Gary O'Brien, Ian Mitchel - Carol is back! - ICOT Sports Talk and Geography - Harry Potter Stuff & Universal - Buy your tickets from the Official Ticket Center & go for multiple days. - Food at Universal Studios Orlando - Cabana Bay Hotel - Calling Sammy Davis Junior - Summer Road Trips & Magic Fingers. Holiday Inn & Howard Johnson's - Our "Go-to" Hotels - Dad, he's licking me! - Carol doesn't like Florida - Metro train lesson...
Jul 19, 2014•1 hr 49 min
The Cast: Ian Mitchell, Melanie Bounds, Gary O'Brien & John Yaglenski Preshow: Ian is a crabby, crabby man. - Let's learn about International Bitterness Units - That's then, this is now. We recorded last week but posted it this week and we're now recording again this week. - Intercot Bitterness Units-Episode 63 was grouchy. John was going to edit it down but he left it to be true to the way people feel about things sometimes. - Mel's trip around Easter-Problems with linking in My Disney Expe...
Jun 07, 2014•2 hr 6 min
The Cast: Christine Warner, Michael Montanez, Ian Mitchell & John Yaglenski - The return of Michael - he was not fired. - John's hooked on racing - he's been sucked in. - Why we were gone so long. - Seven Dwarfs Mine Train Media Event. - Fantasyland looks great with the walls down and the theming is top notch on the new attraction. Pictures on our social media channels. - BTW, we are on Instagram now as @INTERCOT - Recycling MagicBands? How? - POV MineTrain video is online at youtube.com/int...
May 25, 2014•2 hr 58 min
The Cast: Christine Warner, Melanie Bounds, Ian Mitchell, & John Yaglenski - The Return of Gary - It's GARY! - Singing Starts... - March Madness Disney Style - INTERCOT Consulting: we needed pins or t-shirts! - Seven Dwarfs Mine Train - INTERCOT will be covering. John's invitation got lost - was later found mailed to the wrong address. No soft openings? - FastPass+ Changes - lots of new things coming - Konami Code gets a reference - Mel loves ET - Once Upon A Vine - wonderful wine! - #runICO...
Apr 30, 2014•2 hr 3 min
The Cast - Christine Warner, Melanie Bounds, Ian Mitchell, John Yaglenski - Guess Who reference gets us started - New Festival of Fantasy parade - our twitter account killed it today with incredible shots. Follow us on twitter @intercot. Christine gives a complete rundown. - See the full parade on our YouTube channel: http://youtu.be/geyksDpqAwo - Flower and Garden festival opens - The Guess Who show was great! - The Cheshire Cafe - White Chocolate Rabbit! - John's blind auction story. Controver...
Mar 26, 2014•2 hr 23 min
The Cast: Christine Warner, Melanie Bounds, Ian Mitchell, Shane Gamble & John Yaglenski - Media Preview Event, Seven Dwarfs Mine Coaster - Our first podcast fire - 4 Parks / 1 Day - Christine's Adventure - Shane Gamble's experience with Magic Bands, bad shoes, and the electric slide. - PUSH contract not renewed - lots of bad jokes ensue. - Fire at Voyage of the Little Mermaid - #runICOT updates, thanks for the charity suggestions. John is leaning towards running Marathon Weekend in support o...
Feb 18, 2014•2 hr 55 min
The Cast: John, Mel, Carol, Christine & Ian - John's illness and why we were away so long- Some of lifes best memories have happened at Disney World- #RunICOT - Marathon Weekend- TIM- The line for goofy was too long: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VNLw3Kc8rI- Ian's Trip- Staying at the Swan/Dolphin- MyMagic+ - The ups and downs, the good and the bad- Take It or Leave It - Tables in Wonderland- Universal Announcements- Spiced Road Table opens at Epcot- Downtown Disney West Side – House of Bl...
Jan 29, 2014•2 hr 57 min
The Cast: John Yaglenski, Gary O'Brien, Christine Warner, Ian Mitchell, Michael Montanez Apologies in advance for audio issues - we had problems with the recording but didn't want to throw the episode away - which is one of the reasons it took so long to release... - Ian's got a toque on, Gary's got the anorak.- MyMagic+ Delayed according to the Orlando Sentinel.- Ian's experiences and frustrations with the MyMagic+ App.- What problem did this system solve?- Is vacation planning becoming to much...
Jan 02, 2014•2 hr 8 min
The Cast: John Yaglenski, Melanie Bounds, Gary O'Brien, Christine Warner, Ian Mitchell - We learn what SNOAP is... who knew and then it leads to talk about the weather.- Ian starts asking TOO MANY QUESTIONS.- Changes coming to Animal Kingdom with new Avatar Themed Land and Discovery River Nighttime Show! We try to figure out where exactly this will be taking place.- We look forward to Disney's Animal Kingdom being open at night. - Enough about the Lands.- John's Trip to The Disney Worlds and his...
Oct 29, 2013•2 hr 34 min
The INTERCOT Insider Live Disney PodcastThe Cast: Melanie Bounds, Christine Warner, Carol Robert, Gary O'Brien & John Yaglenski - Harry Met Sally - John is turning in his man card.- The Girls went to Disneyland last podcast and tell their story.- Christine is blown away by Cars Land and how textured and layered Disneyland is.- Lots of crying there - Carol talks about Main Street and Christine teared up over the headboards- Disney's America shout out - stupid rich people of Virginia- Run Disn...
Oct 01, 2013•2 hr 28 min
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Sep 02, 2013•2 hr 20 min
The Cast: Carol Robert, Christine Warner, Ian Mitchell, John Yaglenski - INTERCOT Insider Magic Recording Our Way.- It's back to school time. Schools heading back early.- John's never wanted to buy DVC more after his trip to Hilton Head.- Trip Report from Disney's Hilton Head Resort - TOTALLY RELAXING!- Christine's stay at the Treehouse Villas.- Ian mentions his stay in the castle.- Imagination Rehab? Odd signs point to the possiblity.- Euphamisms for thunderstorms- Take It or Leave It - Extra M...
Aug 21, 2013•2 hr 12 min
INTERCOT Insider Live Podcast Episode 53It’s a Snoozer!The Cast: Melanie Bounds, Ian Mitchell, Christine Warner & John Yaglenski - We hit all of our crutches out of the chute- Transformers Opens and we were there – Christine says its great but likes Spiderman better- Simpson yourself, Rock the Universe, King Kong coming back @ Universal- Disney’s Hollywood Studios rumors -left side of the park gone? Where would Osborne Lights go? Expansion of Star Wars Brand. 2018?- Where is Avatarland?- Pai...
Jul 25, 2013•2 hr 10 min
The INTERCOT Insider Live Podcast Episode 52 - Not The Sun But The Moon Princes ImaLama The Cast: Melanie Bounds, Carol Robert, Christine Warner, Ian Mitchell, John Yaglenski - We Talk About The Weather - How Original. Andrea storm and music. - 24 Hour Monstrous Summer Kickoff and review. - Park Ticket price increases - $5 more for Magic Kingdom, Universal Prices. - Universal unveils Transformers Ride & Simpson's Springfield. - Grand Floridian DVC on sale, Ian sells his DVC. - Debate on usin...
Jul 01, 2013•2 hr 16 min
