Welcome to Episode 126 of Tales From The Mouse House Disneyland Podcast, Christmas 2019 edition!! On this EXTRA LARGE EPISODE, we start our (sort of) new format, a free-stylin’ review if you will, of Disneyland Attractions and Foods. We also introduce a new member of the Tales family, Francis, who will be joining us in January with a brand new segment called, “With a Fork in My Hand”, where he’ll be checking out all the plant based food options at the Parks. Also on this LONG episode, our good f...
Dec 25, 2019•1 hr 9 min
WE’RE BACK!!!!!! After a four year hiatus, Tales From The Mouse House DISNEYLAND podcast is BACK! Thank you to all who have kept in touch over the years and inspired us to bring the show back. It’s been a tough four years at times, but Joyce and I are finally in a great position to share our love for Disneyland and all the Disney Magic we can with whoever wants to listen. On this first episode back we catch you up on what’s been going on with us over our absence, our recent trip to Disneyland (!...
Nov 03, 2019•40 min
Happy Veterans Day 2018! Joyce is back for another episode of Tales From The Mouse House Podcast, brought to you by It’s All About The Mouse Travel-Joyce Kessel! On this episode, Joyce gives you the lowdown on some Holiday Happenings around the Disney Resort Parks, and invites YOU, yes YOU to be part of the new show format! If you have any questions, comments or awesome (or not) Disney Vacation stories, drop us a line at talespodcast@cox.net. And don’t forget, if you’re looking to book your Disn...
Nov 11, 2018•5 min
HI GANG!!!! We’re BAAAAACK….sort of. Well, you’ll just have to listen to this SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT to hear the EXCITING NEWS!!!!! And stay tuned for more fun. – Joyce
Sep 30, 2018•3 min
Welcome to Tales From The Mouse House DISNEYLAND podcast, Episode 122! We have a special treat for yawll! Our great and dear friend Ragtime Robert, from Disneyland’s Coke Corner, joins us and shares some special announcements with us, as we chat about his recent birthday, anniversary with Disneyland and more!! AND…we share a special announcement that you won’t want to miss! As always, If you’d like to send in comments for the show, you can send us an email to talespodcast@cox.net , leave us voic...
May 08, 2016•1 hr 6 min
Welcome to Tales From The Mouse House DISNEYLAND podcast, Episode 121! We’ve got a HUGE show for you this time around!! Our great friend and best selling author Jeffrey A. Barnes joins us to discuss his wonderful book, The Wisdom Of Walt: Leadership Lessons From The Happiest Place On Earth. Jeff shares his incredible journey from not so Disneyland lover to BIG GIANT DISNEYLAND GEEK, and how that love turned into a college course and a best selling book and audiobook. If you’re interested in pick...
Mar 28, 2016•1 hr 9 min
WE’RE BAAACK!! Welcome to Tales From The Mouse House DISNEYLAND podcast, Episode 120! Finally, we’re back in the saddle again. It’s been a couple of months, and we’ve missed you guys, but we’re back with a fun episode. We kind of ramble on a little in our Host Chat (after all, we have some catching up to do) and fill you all in on what’s been going on with us, share some Disneyland Resort News, chat about what we’re most looking forward to at the Disneyland Resort and share some Tips and Tricks ...
Feb 28, 2016•41 min
Yep…episode 119.5. You read that right. Since we’re not going to record our usual Christmas EXTRAVAGANZA this year, we thought we’d just give you this special (and VERY SHORT) mini-episode. Our annual 12 DAYS OF DISNEYLAND CHRISTMAS song!! Enjoy! From all of us at Tales From The Mouse House Disneyland Podcast, we wish you and yours a VERY Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and VERY Safe and Prosperous New Year! And keep an ear out – coming up in January, 2016, we’re back at the mics with special gu...
Dec 21, 2015•4 min
Welcome to Tales From The Mouse House DISNEYLAND podcast, Episode 119! This is our ‘Holiday Special’ episode! Yeah, it’s a little early, but why not? On this episode, we share some Holiday Themed Free Stylin’ fun, Holiday Themed Tips and general Holiday Themed FUN!!! Oh, and we share a special announcement in Host Chat, so, you know, you don’t want to miss out on THAT. As always, If you’d like to send in comments for the show, you can send us an email to talespodcast@cox.net , leave us voicemail...
Nov 23, 2015•30 min
Welcome to Tales From The Mouse House DISNEYLAND podcast, Episode 118! Our special Halloween Episode!! (cue scary music now). On this episode we try our Periscope Experiment. Periscope is a cool app linked with Twitter that allows users to broadcast video LIVE!! So, we decided to give it a try in our Host Chat segment. If you were lucky enough to tune in live, thank you for joining us. If you weren’t able to catch it live, you can actually watch it from @StorytellerAl or @Talespodcast (yeah, the...
Oct 18, 2015•33 min
Welcome to Tales From The Mouse House DISNEYLAND podcast, Episode 117! Yeah, it’s been a couple of weeks since we’ve been in your heads, but it’s been kind of NUTS for us lately…in a good way. But we’re back, and we’re ready to bring some awesome Disneyland Magic to your day! And we have another fun Fact Or Fiction episode to bring ya’! Plus, we share some audio from our recent adventure to see Aladdin on the BIG SCREEN brought to us by D23! Supervising Animator Eric Goldberg (the guy who animat...
Oct 04, 2015•51 min
Welcome to Tales From The Mouse House DISNEYLAND podcast, Episode 116! On this slightly shorter episode, we introduce a new segment suggested by our great friend and listener Dean C called ‘Would You Rather’…plus, we do another round of Fact Or Fiction – Disneyland! And, we also share a couple of Halloween inspired news items. So, sit back, relax and let the Magic Begin! As always, If you’d like to send in comments for the show, you can send us an email to talespodcast@cox.net , leave us voicema...
Sep 08, 2015•25 min
Welcome to Tales From The Mouse House DISNEYLAND podcast, Episode 115! We’ve got some STUFF to share with YOU!! We chat a bit about the 2015 Disney D23 Expo (no, we didn’t go, but we’ve got our sources), and the HUGE announcements Disney made concerning improvements and changes to the Disneyland Resort in California. Also on this episode, another Fact Or Fiction Disneyland Edition!! YEAH, and we unveil our new segment theme song! Hey, if YOU’RE in need of a great travel agent, why not give our s...
Aug 16, 2015•39 min
Welcome to Tales From The Mouse House DISNEYLAND podcast, Episode 114! Yeah, it’s been a couple of weeks…we’re SORRY! It’s been crazy busy at the old Tales de Casa! But that’s a good thing. And we’re back…so…yeah!!! On this episode, we fill you in on what’s been going on with us, and we unveil a brand new segment! ‘Fact or Fiction: Disneyland Edition’. Trust us, it’s fun! Hey, if YOU’RE in need of a great travel agent, why not give our sponsor, Randy Crane from Mouse Ear Vacations a holler! I be...
Jul 26, 2015•43 min
Welcome to Tales From The Mouse House DISNEYLAND podcast, Episode 113! Another Free Stylin’© episode for y’all!! We offer up FIVE, count ’em, FIVE awesome mind jogging questions designed to really make you go…HMMMM. Oh, and we’d LOVE to hear YOUR answers to these questions (one of them was even written by one of our great podcast friends, Jeffrey B! THANKS JEFF!! ºoº). Plus, of course, we chat about what’s going on around the old Casa De Tales (well, Casa De MELTING Tales is more like it!). Hey,...
Jun 28, 2015•34 min
Welcome to Tales From The Mouse House DISNEYLAND podcast, Episode 112! We have a SPECIAL show lined up for you this week. Our great friend and VERY talented piano player, Ragtime Robert joins us to discuss his 60th anniversary on the bench! That’s right, 60 year of ‘tickling the ivories’! Boy did he share some amazing stories with us about his adventures too! Plus, Robert chats about some of his favorite things about entertaining park guests at the Disneyland Resort! Also, we chat a bit about ou...
Jun 14, 2015•1 hr 8 min
Welcome to Tales From The Mouse House DISNEYLAND podcast, Episode 111! Our 5th Anniversary Show!! YEAH!! We are now starting our 6th year delivering YOUR favorite Disneyland podcast to your ears! And we thank each and everyone of you who download our show, for making Tales a success. Cuz, like we always say, if it wasn’t for YOU, we’d just be a couple of Disney geeks talking into a computer! Well, on this VERY BIG episode, we get back to our ‘roots’ and go a little old school. We have an attract...
May 25, 2015•1 hr 18 min
Welcome to Tales From The Mouse House DISNEYLAND podcast, Episode 110! Hopefully yawl recognize our voices. I know, it’s been a few weeks. But, poor Joyce has been pretty sick (still is really…just…trust me, you’ll have to hear her voice!), but we’re back, and with another FREE STYLIN’ show! YEAH!! WOOT (whatever woot means). Plus, we have a couple Tips for you in our Tips-N-Tricks segment, designed for easy of traffic AND that delectable, frozen delight enjoyment! OH! And don’t forget to wish o...
May 04, 2015•32 min
Welcome to episode 109 of Tales From The Mouse House Disneyland podcast! We’ve tweaked our Free Stylin’ format a bit to include extinct ‘STUFF’ from the Disneyland Resort! Now, what we mean by that is: anything (that we liked) from ANY PLACE at the Disneyland Resort (Disneyland, California Adventure, Downtown Disney District, any of the Resort Hotels) that is no longer there between the time each of us started going (1969 for Joyce, 2007 for Al) and now. You’d be amazed at how MANY things have c...
Apr 12, 2015•33 min
Welcome to Episode 108 (yikes) of Tales From The Mouse House Disneyland Podcast!! (Lost fans will appreciate the significance of the episode number ). On this episode, we discuss our recent visit to the local farmers market, the HOTTTTT weather we’re already in, and we share some of our favorite discussions from our past Free Stylin ‘ episodes! So, get comfortable, this is a BIG episode! Hey, if YOU’RE in need of a great travel agent, why not give our sponsor, Randy Crane from Mouse Ear Vacation...
Mar 22, 2015•1 hr 8 min
Welcome to Tales From The Mouse House Disneyland Podcast, Episode 107!!! On this fun filled frolic, we present another Free Stylin’ episode for you, with some FUN questions! AND….our GREAT new friend and new listener Pyrat Wesley sent us an audio with HIS answers to our Free Stylin’ questions. Thanks PW!! Hey, if YOU’RE in need of a great travel agent, why not give our sponsor, Randy Crane from Mouse Ear Vacations a holler! I bet he can make YOUR vacation a MAGICAL one! In fact, hit Randy up for...
Mar 02, 2015•33 min
Welcome to Tales From The Mouse House Disneyland Podcast, Episode 106!!! We have a SPECIAL episode for you guys today!! If you’ll recall last episode, we told you about our good friend Bryan Dunn, and how he and his lovely wife Jamie and ADORABLE almost two year old son Jensen recently competed in the Disneyland Star Wars half-marathon. Well, they ALSO fell in LOVE with the Happiest Place On Earth! Bryan joins us for this episode to tell us ALL about their experiences, and their new found addict...
Feb 08, 2015•1 hr 4 min
Welcome to Tales From The Mouse House Disneyland Podcast, Episode 105!!! On this episode, we kind chat about all things, like, well, Disneyland, audiobooks, football rants (Joyce), the measles outbreak in Disneyland that created a huge world-wide pandemic….ok, maybe not a pandemic, welcome some brand new Disneyland fans, and Al makes a correction about the last episode. And, we do another Free Stylin’ episode!! YEAH!!!! Of course, we offer up some Disneyland Resort News and Tips and Tricks to he...
Jan 25, 2015•35 min
Welcome to Tales From The Mouse House Disneyland Podcast, Episode 104!!! Our FIRST episode of 2015!! Woo-hoo! And we’ve got a pretty special episode for you. In honor of Disneyland’s year long 60th Anniversary Celebration, we thought we’d share some audio from past anniversary celebrations from Disneyland! Enjoy! Hey, if YOU’RE in need of a great travel agent, why not give our sponsor, Randy Crane from Mouse Ear Vacations a holler! I bet he can make YOUR vacation a MAGICAL one! In fact, hit Rand...
Jan 12, 2015•59 min
Welcome to Episode 103 of Tales From The Mouse House DISNEYLAND podcast!!! OUR 2014 HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA!!! YEAH!! A special episode for y’all this time: we discuss some of our favorite things about the Holidays at the Disneyland Resort, share some great audio contributed by our good buddy Mr. Daps from Daps Magic, a special Holiday Audio Play Al was in, our annual playing of The 12 Days of Tales Christmas (Yep, that’s US!) and MUCH, MUCH MORE!! Hey, if YOU’RE in need of a great travel agent, wh...
Dec 15, 2014•1 hr 7 min
Welcome to Tales From The Mouse House DISNEYLAND Podcast, Episode 102!! Our special pre-Thanksgiving show (ok, only because it’s being broadcast a few days before Turkey Day!). We’ve got a pretty big show for your this time – we share some fun stuff in our Host Chat, including a fun meeting of one or our listeners, an email from a new listener and a story all about our new treadmill…Oh, and we do another FREE STYLIN’ Episode for y’all, this one is sort of Holiday Themed in honor of the upcoming ...
Nov 23, 2014•44 min
Welcome to Episode 101 (like the Dalmatians!) of Tales From The Mouse House DISNEYLAND podcast!!! We have another great Free Stylin’ episode for y’all, kind of Halloween themed! We also share some Halloween Themed Tips and News for ya! Man, are YOU LUCKY! Also, a famous Apple voice even pays a visit!! So be sure to tune in for YOUR dose of Disney Magical Goodness!!!! Hey, if YOU’RE in need of a great travel agent, why not give our sponsor, Randy Crane from Mouse Ear Vacations a holler! I bet he ...
Oct 20, 2014•33 min
Welcome to our VERY SPECIAL 100TH EPISODE…ERR…EPISODE!!!! That’s right, this is our (official) 100th episode, and MAN, is it a BIG episode! Over an hour and a half of Tales Goodness! We share some history with you guys…Tales From The Mouse House history that is. Instead of our regular type of episode, we reminisce about episodes past, mainly our first few, and how HORRIBLE we were! Seriously, HOW did we EVER get to 100?! We even play a ‘snippet’ of that first episode, so you’ll know we’re not ju...
Oct 06, 2014•1 hr 40 min
Welcome to Tales From The Mouse House Disneyland Podcast, Episode 99!! ALMOST 100!! On this special Video Voiceover episode, our great friend Louie Tabinas sent us some great footage of the newly refurbished Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. And some great footage it is. We also share some video from our fun experience on the Happiest Haunts Tour in September, 2010, and finally, just some walking around Disneyland during the Halloween Season footage! So, get yourself into the Halloween spirit and e...
Sep 22, 2014
Welcome to Episode 98 of Tales From The Mouse House Disneyland Podcast! WE’RE BACK!!!!! Well, it’s been a struggle. While trying to improve the podcast for you all, I broke the podcast feed….again. But finally, we’re back up, the feed it repaired and we’re away from the old iWeb site! So, welcome to the new and improved WordPress website! YEAH!! And, we’ve got a fun filled show for you this time. We’re back to a more traditional format for this episode. Sort of. We share a food review from our a...
Aug 31, 2014•45 min
