Disneyland has posted the newest podcast my company, Willnick Productions, Inc. has produced for them. I must admit, I am particularly proud of this podcast. I think we captured a bit of the exciting and new as well as the interesting and old. We cover a new attraction based on Monsters, Inc. including an interview with the director of the film, Pete Docter and the Imagineers who created the attraction. However, for me, the home run was a trip up inside and to the very top of the Matterhorn. I owe this adventure to podcasting.
Back in November, at the Portable Media Expo, I was invited to go to a dinner with a good number of podcasters at Benihana. I was seated with my friend August Trometer (iPodderX) as well as Ken Ray and Laura Burstein, both formerly of Inside Mac Radio. During dinner, my work for Disneyland came up. Laura started telling us all kinds of “outlandish” theories about Disneyland, including one that there was basketball court in the Matterhorn. This sounded a little too out there to me. I, after a cocktail or two , was also quite confident that no one was going to suit up and traipse across the park to go play basketball. So I challenged her on the validity of her statement and said I would get to the bottom of it. Well, as you can see from the picture above, there most certainly is a basketball hoop on the 5th floor of the Matterhorn. I was wrong and Laura was right. (There I said it – painful as it is.) As a result of my investigation, I had a great time touring the inside of the Matterhorn as well as going all the way to the top. Fellow podcaster, Dan Klass, came along and has a funny take on the whole episode at the Bitterest Pill. I must admit, this was a once in a lifetime event, if you have any interest in Disneyland or what it is like inside the Matterhorn – give it a listen. Best of all, the folks at Disneyland and I to have even more exciting things planned for the months to come. I can’t wait for some of the things we have on deck for the Official Disneyland Resort Podcast.
It’s nice to see you’re willing to admit defeat. But I’m still waiting on that Ferrari F430 you promised!
That is too cool. I need to move out to the west coast, everything cool seems to happen out there. Sure Florida is nice and all, but I feel like I’m missing out.
PME, Podcast Hotel, Gnomedex, MacWorld, etc.
Well you certainly have one sweet gig at Disney. When I’m out there long enough, I’ve got to visit DisneyLand to see how it compares to DisneyWorld.
BTW, everytime I see the name of your company, I ask myself, “Will I what?” lol.
Nick,
Good to hear from you. The secret behind the name, Willnick Productions, Inc., is pretty straight forward. I have two sons, William and Nicholas.
Michael, you’re my hero. Man, what a wonderful experience for you of course, but once again another great experience for your listeners. You’re doing a great job with the podcast.
I love the podcast and the post! My wife and I are huge Disneyland fans and ever since I had heard about the inside of the Matterhorn, I have wanted to tour it. I am definitely jealous of your once in a lifetime opportunity.