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From Pleasure Island to Pints of Guinness: Disney’s Nightlife Reinvented (Ep. 553)

The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Jim Hill and Len Testa uncover how a single Irish pub reshaped Disney Springs. From the forgotten Pleasure Island Jazz Company to the birth of Raglan Road, this episode reveals how one restaurant sparked a renaissance in Disney dining. Plus, the guys tackle Disney’s latest round of price increases, Universal’s updated safety policies, and a listener’s perfect park-free resort itinerary. Disney’s latest ticket and Lightning Lane price hikes and how far above inflation they’ve gone The long-awaited opening details for Zootopia: Better Zoo Gether at Animal Kingdom Universal’s new accessibility rules following a tragic ride incident Planning the ultimate resort-only day at Wilderness Lodge and Animal Kingdom Lodge The untold history of Pleasure Island’s Jazz Company and how it paved the way for Raglan Road From gated nightclubs to Guinness on tap, this week’s show traces the evolution of Disney nightlife and how Raglan Road set the stage for everything that came after. 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to another edition of the Disney Dish podcast with Jim Hill. It's me, Len Tessa, and this is our show for the week of Shmursday, October 13th, 2025 on the show today. In news, inflation is 2.9%, so let's guess how much Disney just raised prices. In listener questions, let's plan a resort day at Wilderness Lodge and Jombo House, plus surveys.

0:25.6

Then in our main segment, Jim gives us the history of Disney Springs Raglan Road Restaurant.

0:30.0

Let's get started by bringing in the man whose milkshake brings all the boys to the yard,

0:32.6

and he hopes they start raking some leaves while they're there.

0:34.4

Mr. Jim Hill. Jim has it going?

0:40.1

Well, once again, Land, you've obviously hacked into the home security cameras here at Stadler-Herald.

0:52.0

Because you just described my backyard to a tea. It is a sea of leaves that needs to be raked. You know, you're just organically composting and letting nature take its course, Jim. That's what I said. as opposed to being a lazy bastard.

0:55.2

But now, speaking of fall foliage, by the way,

1:04.1

I have a message for all you leaf papers out who are now clogging the twisty-turning country roads here in southern New Hampshire as you drive ever so slowly.

1:05.5

Without a care of the world.

1:08.3

Like no sense of your own mortality.

1:08.9

Go ahead.

1:10.6

Just drive as slow as you want, sure. Do we go? You know, because you're looking for color out there, you know, in the seed of countryside.

1:16.6

All right. Just going to break it to you. We had a drought this past summer here in New England,

1:23.8

which has severely impacted fall folioid season. So unless you're a big fan of brown, then stay home this year, which will then make

1:34.3

it a lot easier for those of us who are just trying to get to the post office before it

1:38.3

closes for the day, all right?

1:39.9

Like, which shade of umber do you prefer?

1:42.3

There we go.

1:43.4

Here's my question, though, Jim. So, okay, in Crayola crayons, right? We've got raw umber and burnt umber. Does no one know how to cook umber? We just... I'd like my umber, but like medium rare? Like, no, I don't... I'm thinking umber falls into that is that avocado you know

2:03.9

slot where you go from impossibly to get a too hard to use to you know just beyond soft you can't use

2:11.1

this there's that microsecond when the avocado is just where you needed i went to uh i went to make

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