We Did This to Ourselves
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We Did This to Ourselves is a Disney podcast from Jon and Stefanie, a married couple from Ohio with two teens and a thousand opinions. What started as a “we’ll probably only go once” family vacation turned into being casually obsessed. And now we’re spending our evenings ranking dark rides, rewatching Beauty and the Beast, and playing Disney soundtracks in the kitchen like it’s totally normal. And we know we're not alone.
From the parks to the playlists, the movies to the Mickey bars, we’re talking through it all—with strong opinions, occasional judgment, and a whole lot of love.
Casual, honest, funny, and slightly frazzled. Just like any good trip to Magic Kingdom. Or any couple deep in their Disney era.
Episodes
46 episodes
046. EPCOT is Finally Showing Off
World Discovery doesn't have much going on in the way of food or atmosphere. What it does have is two of the best rides in all of Disney World, which turns out to be enough.This week, we talk about why Guardians of the Galaxy is the best...
045. Disney's Best and Worst: Best Sounds
Disney does a lot of things well, but the sounds might be the most underrated and memorable part of the whole operation.This week, Stef and I go through some of our favorite sounds from around Disney property: rides, transportation, park...
044. The World Showcase Chapter Everyone Else Loves
This is the part of World Showcase that everyone else seems to lose their minds over. We are not everyone else.This week, we wrap up World Showcase with Norway and Mexico. A stretch beloved by people who could live on margaritas and chip...
043. Disney's Best and Worst: Worst Lightning Lane Selections
Not every Lightning Lane is created equal. Some of them are just a slightly faster way to be disappointed.This week, we go through our worst Lightning Lane picks across Individual, Tier 1, and Tier 2. We talk about why one of Magic Kingd...
042. World Showcase's Most Caloric Stretch
Italy, Germany, and China have a lot going for them, if you love food and hate rides. If you're not stopping to eat, you're likely missing the majority of the experience in this stretch of World Showcase, unless you like looking at tiny train e...
041. Disney's Best and Worst: Best Lightning Lane Selections
Lightning Lanes are those things that sound simple until you're under the gun at 7am, a week before your park day, making decisions you're not caffeinated enough to make.This week, Stef and I trade picks for our best Lightning Lane selec...
040. EPCOT's Most Skippable Stretch...But Don't Skip It!
Most people treat this stretch of World Showcase like a moving walkway between rides. Morocco, Japan, and the American Adventure stand by while everyone power-walks past to get to their next Lightning Lane.We were those people. Turns out...
039. Disney's Best and Worst: Worst Dining Locations
Disney magic is great and all, but sometimes you just need 20 minutes to complain about a meal that cost $80 and tasted like it was assembled by someone who fried their taste buds from eating too many Sour Patch Kids.This week, Stef and ...
038. World Showcase at Its Best
This week, we travel the correct way around World Showcase and head into the best part: Canada, England, and France. Three pavilions that set the standard for the rest.There’s only one attraction and it recently got a pretty big downgrad...
037. Disney's Best and Worst: Best Dining Locations
This week, we’re kicking off a new series: Disney’s Best and Worst. Once a month, we’ll pick a topic and argue our way through what Disney does best and then come back two weeks later to talk about what it absolutely does not.In t...
036. World Nature Is the Middle Child of EPCOT
Welcome back for a new episode! This week, we’re talking about World Nature. It’s not the star. It’s not a disaster. It just exists. We get into why Soarin’ is a legit fun ride, why Living with the Land might be the biggest wasted o...
035. The Part of EPCOT You Walk Through Anyway
This week, we're talking World Celebration in EPCOT.You don’t plan your day around it, but you absolutely pass through it. Probably with a Starbucks in your hand. We get into Spaceship Earth, foreign soda decisions that aren't as bad as ...
034. Tomorrowland Is Progress. And Not Much Else.
This week, we finish our walk through Magic Kingdom by stepping into Tomorrowland and asking some hard questions. Like, "Why is The Carousel of Progress the only thing holding this land together?" For all the promise of future and p...
033. Adventureland: Pirates, Tiki, Dole Whip. Repeat.
This week, we’re walking through Adventureland ride by ride, snack by snack, and spot by spot. We talk about why Pirates of the Caribbean is still one of our favorite rides in all of Disney World, why the Tiki Room deserves...
032. Notes and Footnotes From a Weekend at EPCOT
Buckle up, folks! She's a long one!This week, we recap the adults-only weekend trip we took while the rest of the country froze their royal nay-nays off. We talk about perfecting the art of the monorail crawl, rope-dropping a...
031. Frontierland Would Be Perfect If You Didn’t Have to Eat
If we were only interested in rides and shows, Frontierland would be our current front runner. Since we’re not, it’s got some work to do.In this episode of our land by land series, we talk through why the rides here still rip, why the sh...
030. Liberty Square Is All Killer, No Filler
We’re back in Magic Kingdom continuing our land by land series and this time we’re planting ourselves in Liberty Square. It’s small but it’s stacked and everything here earns its spot. We talk through Haunted Mansion, Hall of Presid...
029. Fantasyland On a Good Day
In the first episode of our new series, we’re walking Fantasyland the way you actually experience it: rides, snacks, and all the unique in-between moments and locations. We talk about why The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
028. Apparently We're Doing This Again
It’s the first episode of 2026, the start of season two, and somehow we’re three weeks out from another Disney World trip. So this episode is all about what we’ve planned, what we’re excited about, and what we’re already second-guessing before ...
027. So That Was 2025
So… that was 2025.In this episode, we’re looking back at everything that made this a very Disney year. Ride openings and closures, our most recent trip in June, and starting this podcast. It all happened faster than expected. Also, we ha...
026. It’s Christmas Week. You Get It.
It’s Christmas week, everyone’s schedules are full, and instead of pretending you'll listen to a full episode, we figured we’d pop in, say hello, and keep it moving. This one’s short on purpose: a quick check-in and a Merry Christma...
025. The Disney Room Stuff That Matters Way More Than It Should
Every Disney trip starts the same way: you open the hotel room door and immediately start tallying the score...and hopefully not the stains on the couch.This week we’re talking about the Disney room stuff that matters way more than it sh...
024. Disney After Dark (Not Like That)
We're counting down until Christmas and we’re talking about Disney after dark. Not like that, calm down. We’re breaking down the best nighttime rides, the best places to wander, the snacks that somehow taste better when the s...
023. Nothing Says Vacation Like Waiting for a Bus
This week we’re talking about the real backbone of every Disney trip: the stuff that gets you from point A to point B. The great equalizer. The rite of passage. The place where vacations go to humble you.We’re swapping stories and callin...
022. Disney Gratitude to Go With Your Pie
It’s Thanksgiving week, which means we’re getting sentimental and talking about the Disney stuff we’re actually thankful for. Think less “gratitude journal,” more “wow, you people who live in Orlando don't know how good you have it!"We’v...