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Disney’s Numbers Are In: What the 2024 TEA Attendance Report Tells Us (Ep. 555)

The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

This week, Jim Hill and Len Testa discuss Disney’s newest attraction update — Soarin’ Across America, debuting at EPCOT and Disney California Adventure in 2026 — and what it means for the company’s strategy ahead of the U.S. 250th anniversary. They also break down the just-released TEA Global Attendance Report and what the latest theme park numbers reveal about Disney, Universal, and the post-pandemic recovery. The new Soarin’ Across America film and why Disney’s betting on nostalgia over novelty Key takeaways from the 2024 TEA Global Attendance Report — who’s up, who’s down, and why Disney Cruise Line’s new discount strategy and survey data collection The surprising link between Disney tech and U.S. military innovations The unbuilt Legend of Sleepy Hollow attraction that could have haunted the Magic Kingdom From ride refreshes to record books, Jim and Len explore how attendance trends, patriotic tie-ins, and spooky forgotten projects all shape Disney’s next chapter. SHOW NOTES Unlocked Magic Unlocked Magic, powered by DVC Rental Store and DVC Resale Market, offers exclusive Disney & Universal ticket savings with TRUSTED service and authenticity. With over $10 MILLION in ticket sales, use Unlocked Magic to get the BIGGEST SAVINGS. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn More⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1

Welcome back to another edition of the Disney Dish podcast with Jim Hill.

0:34.1

It's me, Lan Testa, and this is our show for the week of Schmers Day. October 27th, 2025. Happy Halloween, everyone. On the show today, we're getting a new Soren.

0:44.0

In surveys, some really well-designed Disney Cruise Line questions, plus listener emails.

0:49.3

Then in our main segment, Jim gives us the history of Disney's unbuilt, headless horseman

0:54.0

attraction.

0:55.2

Let's get started by bringing in the man who says that when your manager asks you to train

0:59.1

the new hire, say, do you really want two of me? It's Mr. Jim Hill. Jim has it going.

1:05.4

It's going well, then. But speaking of two of me, it wasn't all that long ago. Whenever I stepped

1:10.1

on a scale, it would say,

1:11.4

Oof, what a time, please.

1:13.3

What a time, what a time.

1:15.4

But thanks to the wonders of Ozambic, I'm down a chin or two.

1:19.9

Which actually makes me kind of sad, one,

1:22.5

because I have a number of fat jokes that I've loved to do over the years.

1:26.4

Like, you know you're too fat when

1:28.7

you step into the crosswalk and people run out of gas trying to drive around you, or you know

1:35.0

you're too fat when you step on the dog's tail and the dog dies. You know, you know, you're

1:41.6

too fat when you know 10 overweight people and you're six of them.

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