Meet the Chatters

Derek with Joy and Sadness

DEREK

Derek is a WDW annual passholder and has been visiting Disney parks regularly since 2007. He currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee, though his heart is split between the East Coast and the West Coast.

Favorite Disney attraction: The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (Walt Disney World) and Pirates of the Caribbean (Disneyland)

Least favorite Disney attraction: Mission: SPACE

Favorite Disney animated film: Toy Story 2

Least favorite Disney animated film: Pocahontas

Favorite Disney character: Woody

Least favorite Disney character: Tinker Bell

Favorite WDW food: ‘Ohana bread pudding (In Disneyland: Matterhorn Macaroons)

Least favorite WDW food: Anything at Mama Melrose’s Ristorante Italiano

Favorite WDW smell: Main Street Bakery

Least favorite WDW smell: Conservation Station

Matt's Family at MK
MATT

Matt is a lifelong lover of all things Disney, especially Walt Disney World, which he has visited regularly since he was four. Matt is from North Carolina but currently lives in the heart of Central Florida with his wife Jessica and their daughter Anna. The three of them frequent Walt Disney World.

Favorite Disney attraction: Pirates of the Caribbean

Least favorite Disney attraction: Stitch’s Great Escape

Favorite Disney animated film: Peter Pan

Least favorite Disney animated film: Pocahontas

Favorite Disney character: Donald Duck

Least favorite Disney character: Tinker Bell

Favorite WDW food: Steak with the peanut sauce at ‘Ohana

Least favorite WDW food: Cuban Sandwich at the ABC Commissary

Favorite WDW smell: Pirates of the Caribbean queue

Least favorite WDW smell: Garbage smell on Sunset Boulevard, in the Villains in Vogue area

Jer

JEREMY

Jeremy first visited Walt Disney World in 2007. Since then, he has become a frequent visitor to the resort and has taken two weeklong trips to Disneyland Resort as well. Jeremy currently lives in St. Louis, Missouri, where he is studying to become a medical professional, after which time he plans to return to Florida and put his skills to use somewhere near WDW.

Favorite Disney attraction: Splash Mountain

Least favorite Disney attraction: Stitch’s Great Escape

Favorite Disney animated film: Beauty and the Beast

Least favorite Disney animated film: The Aristocats

Favorite Disney character: Dumbo

Least favorite Disney character: Flit from Pocahontas (he has a serious chip on his shoulder)

Favorite WDW food: Roast Beef Sandwich and School Bread

Least favorite WDW food: Turkey legs

Favorite WDW smell: Soarin’ Around the World

Least favorite WDW smell: (1) Exhaust fumes from the Tomorrowland Speedway and (2) sweaty tourists