Make it Magical: A Disney-centric Podcast
Welcome to your destination for all things Disney! Let’s keep the magic alive with discussions on the movies, parks, history, tips, tricks, secrets, and beyond. Remain seated please…. for the wildest ride in the wilderness with a lifelong Disney nerd at the helm and her co-ghost host husband. Imagine this as a secondary happy place when you can’t be in the Disney parks. It’s time to relax, have fun, and Make it Magical!
Episodes
167 episodes
Episode 157: Deep Dive Into the Wonderful World of Winnie the Pooh (Part 6) - Clayton Finally Watches Winnie the Pooh
We've talked about the books that were the inspiration, the making of the Pooh featurettes, the conversion to The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, which can only mean one thing...Clayton finally watches The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh...
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Episode 156: Deep Dive Into the Wonderful World of Winnie the Pooh (Part 5) - The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh
It is time for Walt Disney's dream of a full length Pooh feature to become a reality. Almost a full decade after his death, the Pooh featurettes would be combined to form The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh! Watch us on YouTube: ...
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Episode 155: Deep Dive Into the Wonderful World of Winnie the Pooh (Part 4) - The Final Pooh Featurette
It’s the last but certainly not the least of the Pooh featurettes…. That’s right, we’re covering the history of Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! You’ll leave this episode knowing all the details on why this production marked another huge turning...
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Episode 154: Deep Dive Into the Wonderful World of Winnie the Pooh (Part 3) - Walt's Last Great Achievement
It is time to cover the second Pooh featurette, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day. This would be considered Walt Disney's final work with Disney Animation as he passed in 1966. While this would release in 1968 and take home the Oscar for Bes...
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Episode 153: Deep Dive Into the Wonderful World of Winnie the Pooh (Part 2) - Pooh's First Featurette
We continue our deep dive into Winnie the Pooh's history with the Disney company by covering the making of the first Pooh featurette, Winnie the Pooh and The Honey Tree! This story includes many Disney Legends, including the Sherman Brothers, W...
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Episode 152: Deep Dive Into the Wonderful World of Winnie the Pooh (Part 1) - Pooh’s Origin Story
Join us in the Hundred Acre Wood as we start a deep dive into the wonderful world and history of Winnie the Pooh! Today, we cover Pooh's origin story as author Alan Alexander Milne (A.A. Milne) created the character for his son Christopher Robi...
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Episode 151: Our Three Year Podiversary - Get to Know Us
It's our three year podiversary and also our first upload on Youtube! To celebrate the occasion we reflect on the first 3 years of Make It Magical, answer listener questions and dream of the future!Make It Magical is a Disney-Centric pod...
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Episode 150: Sailing the Disney Wonder Trip Recap
We are back from our Disney Cruise aboard the Disney Wonder sailing from San Diego to Vancouver. We are excited to share all about our trip and the ins and outs of the Disney Wonder with you this week!Check out our official website:
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Episode 149: The Exhilarating History of Soarin' (Part 2) - Secrets and Evolution into Soarin’ Around the World
The first leg of our Soarin’ series is coming in for a landing, but don’t miss your connecting flight to the behind the scenes of what it took to evolve into Soarin’ Around the World! We cover Michael Eisner urban legends, Disney smells, ...
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Episode 148: The Exhilarating History of Soarin' (Part 1) - The Creation of Disney’s Original Soarin’ Over California
Ok little aviators, it is time to stow away all your carry-on items in the under-seat compartment. This includes cameras, purses, AirPods, hats, and of course, those little beauties. Now that’s out of the way, Soarin' to tower, it is time to ge...
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Episode 147: Clayton Watches Atlantis - Part 4
Now that we have given the backstory on the making of Atlantis, it is time to actually give our thoughts on the film and where we put it in the greater Disney animation backlog!Check out our official website:
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Episode 146: Clayton Watches Atlantis - Part 3
Did you know that there was almost an entire Atlantis expanded universe, complete with multiple park rides, additional movies and a TV show that could take on the X-Files? We finish up our behind the scenes look at the making of Atlantis this w...
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Episode 145: Clayton Watches Atlantis - Part 2
We continue our adventure through the making of Atlantis this week discussing animation techniques, CGI, cast and more with much more of this adventure to follow!Check out our official website:
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Episode 144: Clayton Watches Atlantis - Part 1
It is time for another installment of Clayton Watches so that we can get him closer and closer to becoming the ultimate Disney expert and this time we cover Atlantis the early 2000 adventure following linguist Milo Thatch as he goes on an adven...
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Episode 143: Uncovering the Haunted Mansion (Part 20) - To the East Coast and Beyond, It's Time for Mansion Expansion
Disneyland's Haunted Mansion has finally opened after 18 long years of semi-continuous development and that's it for the ride...or is it? Disney had a hit on their hands and they knew it expanding quickly to Project X(Walt Disney World) and the...
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Episode 142: Uncovering the Haunted Mansion (Part 19) - Finishing Touches and the Opening of the Haunted Mansion
Part 19 and we are finally here, the opening of the Haunted Mansion in Disneyland. 18 years after the initial thought of a haunted house in Walt's park it is time for the doors to open and the spooks to begin! But before we can open, we have to...
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Episode 141: Uncovering the Haunted Mansion (Part 18) - The Man Behind Grim Grinning Ghosts
X gonna give it to ya! X. Atencio that is as he the final main Imagineer that we have to cover in the Haunted Mansion story. An animator turned lyricist? You'll have to listen to get the full scoop!Check out our official websi...
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Episode 140: Uncovering the Haunted Mansion (Part 17) - Put Them Together and They Just Make Sense
Oh no, there is peanut butter in my chocolate! Oh no, there is chocolate in my peanut butter! This is what we imagine Imagineering was like when Claude Coats and Marc Davis were given the reigns of the Haunted Mansion Development! While they bo...
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Episode 139: Uncovering the Haunted Mansion (Part 16) - The Omnimoving Doom Buggy
The decision has been made to move the Haunted Mansion to a ridethrough, which means we need a ride vehicle! Enter the top tier ride vehicle....the Doom Buggy! We cover it's origin and set the stage our next lead Imagineers on the project!<...
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Episode 138: Uncovering the Haunted Mansion (Part 15) - Closing the chapter on Rolly Crump and the Museum of the Weird
We have reached another milestone in the history of the Mansion, but it is a somber one. Walt has passed and the future of the Mansion is not clear without the man in charge. With this event we must also say goodbye to one of our favorite Imagi...
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Episode 137: Uncovering the Haunted Mansion (Part 14) - Museum of the Weird
Today things get a little weird! As in we're talking about the Museum of the Weird, which was Rolly's concept for what might have been attached to the Haunted Mansion! Today we cover all the weird oddities that he dreamt up which have had a las...
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Episode 136: Uncovering the Haunted Mansion (Part 13) - Scaring the Daylights Out of Walt
We are back to your regularly scheduled programming with another episode(lucky number 13) of Uncovering the Haunted Mansion. Today we talk about the famous pitch meeting for the Haunted Mansion that reportedly left Walt sleepless and spooked! A...
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Episode 135: Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend Recap - Part 2
Wow! We only covered the parks fun last week and didn't even cover the main reason we were in Walt Disney World...our first Marathon! This week we cover the full Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend with our experience, some tips and some tears(t...
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Episode 134: Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend Recap - Part 1
HELLLLLOOOOO!!!! We are back in more ways than one! This week we warm up the mics again and recap our amazing Walt Disney World trip filled with memories, meetups and a generally good time! Only the parks this week and next week on part 2 we wi...
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Episode 133: It feels like Christmas! It's the Muppet Christmas Carol! - Part 2
The thrilling conclusion to our muppet series is here as a special holiday treat as we did too much research!We wish everyone a happy holidays and a happy new year! This is our final episode this year and we will be back in 2025!
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