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✨🎙️ A Year in Review — and a Few Laughs Along the Way! 🎙️We’re celebrating 2025 by listening back at an incredible year on the podcast! Join us as we revisit standout clips from our amazing guests — and pull back the curtain with some of our favorite bloopers from the year.

The guest list includes:

• Disney Archivist Becky Cline 
• S.T.E.A.M. Into Star Wars Event - Blake, Organizer Tom Gross, Elin, Greg McLaughlin from the Rebel Base Card Podcast, Mason, Dan Zehr from Coffee With Kenobi With Dan Zehr, Laura and Rachel
• Lou Mongello from WDW Radio
• Former Disney Entertainment Cast Member Kim Kaufman
• Disney Legend Tony Baxter
• Disney Art Collector Steve Spain
• The Peoria, IL Disney Fest - Author Mindy Johnson, Author JB Kaufman
• Author and Former Imagineer Chris Merritt
• Musician Michael Mastroianni
• Former Imagineer and Lighting Designer Ken Lennon
• Matt Parrish from the 3028 Podcast
• Correspondent Joseph Zakrzewski
• Author/Blogger AJ Wolfe
• Author Tim Foster 

Our thanks to all our followers and listeners! Have a great holiday season!

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🎙️Podcast Alert! We’re catching up on stories from across the Disney universe this week! From the continued expansion of Disney Cruise Line to Make-A-Wish celebrating its 45th anniversary at Walt Disney World.

We’re also looking back at Disney’s theatrically released films of 2025, along with our own personal Disney highlights from the year.

That and more this week on The Hyperion Hub! ✨

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✨We’re wrapping up our Walt Disney World trip this week. We experienced the newest offerings like Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away, and Villains: Unfairly Ever After… and we also said goodbye to beloved classics like Dinosaur and Aerosmith’s Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster.

Our honest thoughts on attractions, shows and experiences. This week on The Hyperion Hub!✨

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✨ We’re in the most magical place on earth this week — and you’re invited! We’re celebrating Thanksgiving at Walt Disney World as our kids perform in The Hub with their high school marching band.

On this episode, we’ll wander through Disney Springs, set sail on the festive Jingle Cruise in Magic Kingdom, and journey through time aboard Spaceship Earth in EPCOT.

Thanks for celebrating with us in The Hub! ✨

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This week on The Hyperion Hub, we’re joined by author Tim Foster, who has written the ultimate tribute to one of Walt Disney’s most beloved attractions. 🌎✨

it’s a small world was created for the 1964 World’s Fair, brought home to Disneyland, and has delighted millions ever since. Tim dives into the full, fascinating story of “the happiest cruise that ever sailed” in his new book: it’s a small world: The Definitive History from Celebrations Press.

📘 Get your copy at celebrationspress.com

Plus—get ready for another round of Leave It or Change It! We’re debating which Disney attractions deserve a refresh and which should stay just the way they are.

Thanks for joining us on the adventure at The Hyperion Hub! 🎙️

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We’re thrilled to welcome AJ Wolfe back to the show this week! She joins us to talk about her New York Times best seller, Disney Adults: Exploring and Falling in Love with a Magical Subculture.

AJ dives into what it really means to be a Disney Adult and shares why she believes some Disney fans don’t always connect with all Disney Adults. It’s an honest insightful conversation you won’t want to miss.

Find her book here!

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🏁Plus, we’re shifting gears to talk about Disney’s multiyear partnership with Formula 1 called Fuel the Magic.🏎️

Thanks for jumping in the fast lane with us at The Hyperion Hub!

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✨ From blogging about the best Disney restaurants to exploring what it means to love the parks at every stage of life, AJ Wolfe has shaped the Disney fan community in countless ways.

She’s a writer, journalist, speaker, entrepreneur, and media creator — and she’s our guest this week on The Hyperion Hub!

We’re diving into her New York Times best seller, Disney Adults: Exploring and Falling in Love with a Magical Subculture.

Find her book here!

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Plus, we’ll share details on the brand-new Disneyland Fortnight experience!

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Our June 2000 trip to Walt Disney World comes to an end but not before another visit to Magic Kingdom. Join us as we take in some classic and extinct attractions including The Legend of the Lion King in the Fantasyland Theater. We also spend some time away from the parks enjoying dinner at ‘Ohana at the Polynesian Resort.

🎉It’s 2000! 🎉

🎶Celebrate the Future Hand in Hand — this week on The Hyperion Hub!🎙️

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Our trip through time continues this week as we listen back to Walt Disney World from the year 2000. On this episode, John and Jolie are in Disney/MGM Studios which was both a theme park and working studio. There was a tram tour that took guests past film props and showed behind the scenes magic of movie making. You’ll hear audio clips from favorites like Muppet Vision 3D and The Great Movie Ride!

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✨ We’re taking a trip through time! Hop in our audio time machine as we head back 25-years to when the millennium was brand new! Through vintage recordings, we’re visiting Walt Disney World in the year 2000 — when John and Jolie took their first trip together. 

Ride along on attractions long since gone from Magic Kingdom and EPCOT, and learn about their history.

🎉It’s 2000! 🎉

🎶Celebrate the Future Hand in Hand — this week on The Hyperion Hub!🎙️

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