Hangin' at the Hangar Bar -- A Disney Adults Podcast

Welcome back to Hangin' at the Hangar Bar – A Disney Adults Podcast!We're continuing our Perfect Disney Days series, and this week it's Scott's turn to plan his ideal day at Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World!Here's the twist: Scott insists Magic Kingdom is practically a half-day park for Disney Adults without kids. So naturally, he plans a day that lasts almost 11 hours. Because apparently that's how Disney math works!Our imaginary vacation continues in late January or early February, with Scott and Candice staying at Disney's Old Key West Resort. No rope dropping, no racing between attractions, and definitely no getting soaked on Tiana's Bayou Adventure in chilly weather.What's on Scott's perfect itinerary?A leisurely breakfast at Olivia's Cafe: Banana bread pudding, bacon, and possibly more bacon. Priorities!A late arrival at Magic Kingdom: No alarms at dawn or frantic rope-drop strategies.Cheeseburger spring rolls: Because some snacks are worth breaking the no-backtracking rule.Classic Adventureland: Jungle Cruise, Pirates of the Caribbean, and maybe a Dole Whip with a visit to the Enchanted Tiki Room.Haunted Mansion and Fantasyland: Including Under the Sea – Journey of the Little Mermaid and a few attractions Scott nearly forgets.Tomorrowland favorites: Carousel of Progress, potentially twice, multiple laps on the PeopleMover, and TRON Lightcycle / Run.Dinner at Casey's Corner: Hot dogs, corn dog nuggets, and hopefully some live piano music.A spectacular finale: A fireworks dessert party, nighttime parade, and a leisurely stroll down Main Street, U.S.A.Along the way, Scott and Candice debate their very different touring philosophies. Is backtracking ever acceptable? Is it better to keep moving or sit back and soak up the atmosphere? And how many attractions can Scott forget before Candice has to remind him where everything is?We also discuss why Peter Pan's Flight, "it's a small world," Mickey's PhilharMagic, and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh almost didn't make the itinerary—and why a certain gift shop might be more important than the ride itself.The big question: Can you have a perfect Magic Kingdom day without doing everything?For us, the answer might be slowing down, enjoying our favorites, eating something delicious, and remembering why we love Disney in the first place.Coming next week: We're taking a break from park planning for a very different kind of episode. Scott and Candice will each choose three movies to recast with the Muppets. Which characters stay human? Who gets the felt-and-fur treatment? And can anything possibly live up to The Muppet Christmas Carol?Grab your favorite drink, get comfortable, and come hang out with us!Connect with us! Find Hangin' at the Hangar Bar on social media and tell us what YOUR perfect Magic Kingdom day looks like. What attraction or snack could you never skip?Remember, there's always a great big beautiful tomorrow, and we'll see you real soon!#DisneyAdults #MagicKingdom #WaltDisneyWorld #DisneyPodcast #DisneyVacation #PerfectDisneyDay

Scott's Perfect Disney Days: The Non-Park EditionWho says a perfect Walt Disney World vacation has to involve a theme park every day?This week on Hangin' at the Hangar Bar – A Disney Adults Podcast, Scott and Candice return to the Perfect Disney Day series. But this time, Scott needs TWO days to fit everything in!After perfect days at Hollywood Studios and EPCOT, it's time for a little relaxation, resort hopping, golf, great food, and perhaps a cocktail or three. Because for Disney adults, there's plenty of magic to discover beyond the parks!Scott considers three Deluxe Resorts for the second half of his dream vacation: the Contemporary, Grand Floridian, and Old Key West. Which one wins? Old Key West, thanks to its relaxed atmosphere and Florida Keys charm.But first, there's character breakfast at Cape May Cafe and some quality pool time at Stormalong Bay!After settling into Old Key West (with Candice requesting a one-bedroom villa), the evening brings one of Scott's favorite Disney activities: a monorail lounge crawl.Their dream itinerary includes:Polynesian: Wailulu Bar & Grill, Tambu Lounge, and Trader Sam's Grog Grotto.Grand Floridian: Enchanted Rose and Cítricos.Contemporary: Outer Rim, California Grill, and Steakhouse 71 Lounge.Along the way, there's a debate about Lapu Lapus versus Dole Whips with rum floaters, favorite Disney snacks, and plans to watch Magic Kingdom fireworks from California Grill.The morning begins with character breakfast at Topolino's Terrace at Disney's Riviera Resort before Scott and Candice head off on separate adventures.Scott's adventure: Eighteen holes at Disney's Magnolia Golf Course! He's looking forward to the famous Mickey Mouse-shaped bunker, Disney-themed details, and the challenging Grumpy's Gauntlet. His golf score? Not particularly important.Scott's Correction Corner: Scott mentions that Magnolia's tee markers feature quotes from Walt Disney and Jack Nicklaus. Oops! Those quotes are attributed to Walt Disney and Arnold Palmer. Even the map gets its directions wrong occasionally!Candice's adventure: An afternoon exploring Disney Springs, including World of Disney, art shopping, moonshine at Chef Art Smith's Homecomin', and ribs from Morimoto Asia Street Food.The two reunite at Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar, where Candice may have already made a few new friends. There's also a discussion about the diving bell and a memorable (and expensive!) round of chocolate cake shots.The perfect off days conclude with dinner at Sanaa and a nighttime Starlight Safari at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge before heading back to Old Key West.Scott and Candice also discuss the importance of building downtime into a Disney vacation. Rest, sensory regulation, spontaneity, and simply enjoying the resorts can make a huge difference.Of course, Scott's idea of relaxation apparently includes a resort change, multiple lounges, 18 holes of golf, Disney Springs, and a safari!What does YOUR perfect Disney non-park day look like? Pool time? Resort hopping? Golf? Shopping? A monorail lounge crawl?Find us on social media and tell us how you spend your Disney days outside the parks!Thanks for hanging out with us at the Hangar Bar. Remember, there's always a great big beautiful tomorrow, and we'll see you real soon!#DisneyAdults #WaltDisneyWorld #DisneyPodcast #DisneyResorts #DisneyGolf #DisneySprings #DisneyWithoutKidsDay One: A Split Stay and Monorail Lounge CrawlDay Two: Golf, Moonshine, and Disney SpringsAn Evening at Animal Kingdom LodgeWhy Take a Non-Park Day?Join the Conversation!

After spending two incredible weeks exploring Germany and Austria, Scott and Candice are back at the Hangar Bar with a question they never expected to ask: Are we still Disney vacationers?Don't worry! Nobody is turning in their Mickey ears just yet.This week, we're talking about how experiencing more of the world has changed the way we think about Disney vacations. While Candice still loves the comfort and familiarity of Walt Disney World, Scott is beginning to wonder whether it's time to prioritize new destinations and adventures.And yes, this might be the closest we've ever come to an argument on the podcast!Along the way, we discuss:- 🏰 **Is Walt Disney World still our go-to vacation?** How our recent European adventure has changed our travel priorities.- ✨ **The comfort of Disney vs. the excitement of somewhere new.** Can we have both?- 🍹 **Whatever happened to spontaneity?** Why increasing reservations, rising costs, and constant planning are changing the Disney vacation experience.- 🌍 **Finding Disney magic around the world.** From European cafés to incredible entertainment experiences, sometimes the magic shows up where you least expect it.- 🚢 **Our next Disney adventure!** We're heading back to Alaska aboard the Disney Wonder in May 2027, and we couldn't be more excited!- ✈️ **Rethinking how we travel.** Could shorter Disney World trips, international Disney parks, or Adventures by Disney become part of our future?Ultimately, this isn't a conversation about falling out of love with Disney. It's about realizing that the world is full of amazing places to explore, and maybe being a Disney adult doesn't mean every vacation needs to be a Disney vacation.After all, Walt Disney himself was an adventurer!**We want to hear from you!**Are you more excited about your next Disney vacation or your next non-Disney adventure? Have your vacation priorities changed over the years? And do you ever feel like planning a Disney vacation has become more work than relaxation?Join the conversation with us on Facebook, Instagram, or Discord!Thanks for hanging out with us at the Hangar Bar, where we celebrate Disney magic, great conversations, and living our best child-free Disney adult lives.And remember, there's always a great big beautiful tomorrow!**Hangin' at the Hangar Bar – A Disney Adults Podcast**

We're back at the Hangar Bar after a little vacation break, and while our latest adventure didn't take us to a Disney park, we still managed to find a little Disney magic along the way!This week, Scott and Candice are sharing stories from their recent trip through Austria and Germany and exploring all the ways their travels reminded them of Disney. From a projection mapping show in a beautiful Vienna church that felt a little like Happily Ever After, to visiting Neuschwanstein Castle, the inspiration for Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle, there were plenty of unexpected Disney connections.Along the way, we're talking about the sights and sounds of Europe, Oktoberfest crowds, incredible German pretzels, the importance of comfortable walking shoes, and why some experiences reminded us of wandering through EPCOT's World Showcase.But beyond the castles, music, and food, this trip reminded us of something we often talk about when visiting Disney: sometimes the best vacation moments happen when you stop planning every minute and simply let the magic happen.And we might have discovered something else along the way. Is Disney still our favorite way to vacation? That's a conversation for next week's episode!Question of the week: What's your favorite Disney-like experience you've had on a non-Disney vacation? We'd love to hear your stories!Come hang out with us on social media:Instagram: @hanginatthehangarbarFacebook: Hangin' at the Hangar BarThanks for hanging out with us, and remember, there's always a great big beautiful tomorrow!Hangin' at the Hangar Bar – A Disney Adults Podcast

We love Disney. We really do.But sometimes the people at Disney? Well…we have some thoughts.This week, Scott and Candice are talking about the things that make us cringe in the Disney parks—from people who stop dead in the middle of a crowded walkway and families trying to squeeze every penny of “value” out of their vacation, to marathon photo shoots, matching outfits gone too far, phones blocking the fireworks, and guests who seem to be experiencing their very first day on Earth.Then we enter dangerous territory: Disney influencers.We’re talking staged “candid” moments, 37-take food reviews, secret Disney “hacks” everyone already knows, exaggerated reactions, endless narration, clickbait, and the content creators who seem to forget that everyone around them also paid to be there.But because we’re nothing if not self-aware, we finish by turning the criticism back on ourselves. What Disney behaviors are Scott and Candice guilty of? Too many pictures? Strong opinions about snacks? Riding Living with the Land four times in one day? (We regret nothing.)Plus, a quick bit of mousekeeping: Hangin’ at the Hangar Bar is taking a short 2–3 week break while we do a little traveling. We aren’t going anywhere—we’ll be back soon with plenty of stories to tell.So grab a drink, grab a snack, and come hang out with us. Then tell us: What’s your biggest Disney vacation pet peeve—and what do YOU do at Disney that probably makes someone else cringe?Follow along and join the conversation:Instagram: @hanginatthehangarbarFacebook: Hangin’ at the Hangar Bar

What does a “perfect day” at Disney’s Hollywood Studios look like when Scott gets to make all the rules?This week, we’re continuing our Perfect Day series with a full day at Hollywood Studios! Scott has planned the day from morning to night, and his goal is ambitious: can he create a Hollywood Studios itinerary good enough to change Candice’s less-than-enthusiastic opinion of the park?Before we get there, though, we tackle an important Disney debate: Halloween or Christmas? We talk about why Christmas at Walt Disney World feels extra magical, the questionable timing of Florida’s Halloween season, and why fake snow on a warm Florida evening somehow works better than it has any right to.Then it’s time to head to Hollywood Studios!We’re staying at Disney’s Beach Club Resort, sleeping in just a little, and taking the Skyliner over to the park. From there, Scott’s perfect day includes:• Breakfast from Woody’s Lunch Box• Slinky Dog Dash, Alien Swirling Saucers and Toy Story Mania• A big lunch at 50’s Prime Time Café• Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular• Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway• Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster featuring The Muppets• An afternoon beer break at BaseLine Tap House• Walt Disney Presents• Beauty and the Beast – Live on Stage (with The Little Mermaid as a backup!)• Waiting until DARK to experience Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge• Rise of the Resistance and Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run — preferably in Chewie Mode• Nighttime wandering, shopping and photos in Galaxy’s Edge and Toy Story Land• A casual dinner around Echo Lake• Fantasmic! to close out the night• A relaxing boat ride back to Beach ClubAlong the way, we debate whether Tower of Terror is still a must-do, why Scott doesn’t need a $250 lightsaber living in a closet, whether Disney should offer a “build it but don’t keep it” lightsaber experience, and just how much backtracking Candice will tolerate before abandoning Scott on a park bench.And somehow we end up imagining ourselves still recording this podcast in 2042, complaining about attractions Disney removed while riding around the parks on scooters. AARP, please don’t cancel us.Would this perfect day change YOUR opinion of Hollywood Studios? What would you add, skip or rearrange?Come hang out with us!Follow Hangin’ at the Hangar Bar on Instagram @hanginatthehangarbar and find us on Facebook. And if you enjoy the show, follow the podcast, leave us a review, and share the episode with another Disney adult!Remember, there’s always a great big beautiful tomorrow — and we’ll see you real soon!

The appetizer is over. **Now we eat.**In Part 2 of our 2026 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival series, Scott and Candice are working their way through the festival menus—from CommuniCore Hall all the way around World Showcase—to figure out what we'd order, what we'd skip, and what has us seriously regretting that we aren't going this year.This year's festival celebrates its **30th anniversary**, and Disney is reaching into the archives to bring back 30 dishes from previous festivals. That means we're finding menu items dating all the way back to the original 1996 festival alongside plenty of new additions.Along the way, we're talking about:🍷 New and returning dishes from around World Showcase🥨 Germany's schnitzel, Schinkennudeln and returning Apfelstrudel🧀 A LOT of cheese—and Candice is understandably pleased🥒 Pickle wings, fried pickles and the inexplicably immortal pickle milkshake🥃 Enough Old Fashioneds for Scott to contemplate an entire Food & Wine Old Fashioned crawl🍺 Beer, cider, cocktails and some increasingly ridiculous beverage names🐌 France's returning escargot bites—or, as Scott quickly rechristens them, "snail bread"🥩 Why you should adjust your expectations before criticizing the doneness of a tiny festival-booth steak🍰 Bread pudding, cheesecake, crème brûlée, funnel cake and plenty of other ways to abandon moderationWe also discover that you could build your entire festival day around a theme—Old Fashioneds, desserts, plant-based dishes, cheese, or whatever sounds good—and use that as your own personal Food & Wine crawl.But after looking at the entire 2026 lineup, we have to ask: **Is Food & Wine still one of EPCOT's best festivals?**There are plenty of dishes we'd happily try, and we're glad Disney brought back favorites from the festival's 30-year history. But the overall menu left us feeling a little...whelmed. There's plenty of solid, elevated theme-park food, but are there enough adventurous and innovative dishes to make a festival built entirely around food feel truly special?As always, those are just our opinions—and we want yours!If you're headed to EPCOT Food & Wine this year, tell us what you're planning to try. Better yet, come back after your trip and tell us what was fantastic, what disappointed you, and whether our completely uninformed opinions based solely on menu descriptions were spectacularly wrong.Find us on Facebook, Instagram and Discord and come hang out with us!

The EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival is back for 2026—and before we start eating our way around World Showcase, we're looking at everything ELSE the festival has to offer!This week, Scott and Candice kick off a two-part Food & Wine series with a guide to the festival beyond the marketplace menus. We start with the important question: Is Food & Wine actually our favorite EPCOT festival? Candice makes the case for Food & Wine, while Scott remains firmly on Team Festival of the Arts.Then we're exploring what you can see, do, collect, hear and experience at this year's festival, including:🍷 The 30th anniversary of EPCOT's original festival🧀 Emile's Fromage Montage and how the cheese challenge works🐀 Remy's Hide & Squeak scavenger hunt🎶 The Eat to the Beat Concert Series, dining packages and why they may be worth considering🧀 A new cheese-themed experience coming to CommuniCore Hall🛍️ 30th-anniversary festival merchandise📸 Food & Wine PhotoPass Magic Shots—including one Scott would happily wait far too long for🍽️ Disney's new festival eating shelves and the long-overdue possibility of retiring the EPCOT tradition of dining on a trash canWe also share some lessons we've learned from experiencing Food & Wine over the years. The festival can be a great place to stretch your culinary comfort zone, but expectations matter. These dishes are being produced outdoors, in huge quantities, for thousands of guests. Enjoy them for what they are, be kind to the Cast Members, ask questions if you have dietary concerns—and maybe eat your food while it's still hot instead of spending ten minutes creating content with it.And seriously: those new shelves are for eating. They are NOT changing tables. We can't believe we have to say this either.This episode is just the appetizer. Next week we're digging into the 2026 marketplace menus booth by booth, talking about what sounds fantastic, what we're curious about, and what we'd probably skip.If you're attending Food & Wine this year, we want to hear from you! Once you've tried some of the dishes, find us on Facebook, Instagram or Discord and tell us what lived up to the hype—and what definitely didn't.Grab a drink, get comfy, and come hang out with us!

What happens when you take Disney movie magic off the screen and put it on a mannequin?This week on Hangin’ at the Hangar Bar, we’re taking you along on our birthday-weekend road trip to Omaha, Nebraska, where we visited The Walt Disney Archives presents Heroes & Villains: The Art of the Disney Costume at The Durham Museum.We went in expecting incredible costumes, Disney storytelling, and maybe a little of the immersive experience we remembered from Disney100. What we found was a little different — but it gave us plenty to talk about.We discuss what it’s like to stand inches away from costumes actually worn on screen and whether seeing how the magic is created makes it feel less magical — or makes you appreciate the work behind it even more.Some of our favorite and most surprising costumes included:Johnny Depp’s incredibly detailed Wolf costume from Into the WoodsCaptain Jack Sparrow and Hector Barbossa from Pirates of the Caribbean — including Candice sniffing Jack Sparrow’s costume. For science.Meryl Streep’s Witch costume from Into the WoodsAngelina Jolie’s MaleficentHelena Bonham Carter’s Queen of HeartsCostumes from Mary Poppins ReturnsJafar from the live-action AladdinOprah Winfrey’s gorgeous costume from A Wrinkle in TimeDanny DeVito’s surprisingly tiny costume from DumboBelle’s yellow dress from Beauty and the Beast, which looked very different standing in a museum than we expected from seeing it on screenWe also talk about how much costumes contribute to creating a character. Fabric, texture, color, accessories, fit and even something as simple as Barbossa’s hat can completely change how we perceive someone before the actor says a word.Then we turn our attention to The Durham Museum itself. We enjoyed our visit, but it led to an interesting realization: Have years of visiting Disney parks completely ruined us for traditional museums?We’re accustomed to Disney telling us why every object matters and surrounding it with story. At the Durham, we sometimes found ourselves asking, “Okay…but what are we supposed to be getting from this?”Is that a museum storytelling problem — or a Disney adult problem? We think the answer may be a little of both.Ultimately, the exhibit also connects back to a question we’ve been exploring recently: Are we losing the Disney magic?Maybe understanding how the illusion is created doesn’t diminish the magic. Seeing the craftsmanship and work behind these movies might simply give us another, deeper way to connect with stories we already love.If you’re near Omaha and enjoy Disney, movies, theater, costuming or filmmaking, we think the exhibit is worth a visit. Our advice: slow down, read the placards and look at the details. There’s a lot hiding in plain sight.We Want to Hear From You!D23 brought some big Disney announcements, but Hangin’ at the Hangar Bar isn’t really a Disney news podcast. So what would you rather hear?Should we do a full episode with our D23 reactions, or weave our thoughts into cold opens and future episodes when they’re relevant?Come tell us on Facebook, Instagram or Discord — and check out our social channels for photos from the costume exhibit!Grab a drink, grab a snack, and come hang out with us.There’s always a great big beautiful tomorrow — and we’ll see you real soon!

What does Scott’s perfect day at EPCOT look like? We’re finally finding out!But first, we kick things off with a little Disney news that couldn’t be more perfectly timed. Disney has ordered a pilot for a new Disney+ series inspired by Spaceship Earth. We talk about what we know so far, why Candice was initially VERY excited about the idea (until Scott explained what kind of show it might actually be), and whether we like Disney taking original theme park ideas and turning them into new stories instead of always bringing existing movie IP into the parks.And yes, if they make a show about Spaceship Earth and nobody thanks the Phoenicians, we may have a problem.Then it’s time to officially begin Scott’s Perfect Day series!We’re starting at EPCOT, but before we can enter the park, Scott has some decisions to make. What time of year are we visiting? Where are we staying? And after debating Old Key West, the monorail resorts and Beach Club, Scott makes a potentially dangerous discovery: if this is his perfect vacation, there’s absolutely nothing stopping him from planning a split stay.With Beach Club chosen as our starting point, we head into EPCOT for Scott’s perfect day — and surprisingly, he starts by slowing things down.We’re talking an early Garden Grill breakfast, Living with the Land, Soarin’, time actually exploring the aquarium at The Seas, Figment, Journey of Water, Spaceship Earth, Guardians of the Galaxy and plenty of time to wander instead of racing from attraction to attraction.Then, of course, there’s the food and drink.A brat and beer in Germany. A tequila experience at La Cava del Tequila. Wandering World Showcase without over-planning every stop. Bread and cheese from France to enjoy with a beer in the UK. And somehow Scott manages to temporarily forget about one of his favorite EPCOT treats — much to Candice’s disbelief.As evening arrives, Scott starts repeating a few attractions for a very specific reason: he wants to experience EPCOT after dark. That means another ride on Living with the Land, another walk through Journey of Water, and eventually settling into GEO-82 for drinks, food and a view of the nighttime spectacular — followed by one of Scott’s favorite Disney experiences: letting everybody else leave first.This isn’t about squeezing every attraction into a single day. Scott skips Mission: SPACE, Space 220 and Test Track, and he’s not willing to call the newest version of Frozen Ever After part of his “perfect day” until he’s actually experienced it.It’s about building the EPCOT day that feels perfect to him — good food, favorite attractions, drinks, plenty of wandering, and enough breathing room to actually enjoy being there.Now we want to hear from you:Go back and listen to Candice’s Perfect EPCOT Day and tell us — whose perfect day would you rather join?And what would you change about Scott’s day? Which attraction did he leave out? Where would you eat? What’s an absolute must-do on YOUR perfect EPCOT day?Come hang out with us on Facebook, Instagram and Discord and let us know!Thanks for hanging out with us at the Hangar Bar. Grab a drink, get comfy, and remember: there’s always a great big beautiful tomorrow!