Glad to see this finally being discussed on here in an open format.
Very noticeable how much happier they all seemed on the latest Unplugged, in my opinion - not a coincidence. My hope is that Ryno and Craig (with the support of John and Kevin) get their opportunity to utterly reimagine this podcast, modernise it and take it in a new direction. They are great personalities, knowledgeable, fun but they have looked beaten for the last year or so - is it any wonder with what the atmosphere must have been like working from Pete's house? It's sad that people are saying that they're 'enablers' without any of us having a clue what was truly known. Sure, you can make assumptions that something isn't quite right, but you can't just accuse your boss of impropriety if you have no burden of proof and nobody has outwardly said anything (and the ones involved, Sean and Dustin, have only recently opened up on their story).
I hope that the future allows some of the great personalities that have been and gone, quite possibly due to 'things' happening to either return if they wish every now and then or to maybe open up on what transpired? People like Oliver as an example. He was great fun and was just....gone - without comment or closure. I am sure we can reel off plenty of other names in a similar vein (Charles? Deni? Panda? Fiasco? Drake? So on, and so forth) and whilst some have had a bit of a goodbye uttered, some have had nothing and just stopped appearing. We are owed nothing as an 'audience', it's a job to these people and privacy should be respected, but let's be real - it's always seemed a bit weird how randomly people have just evaporated.
I am waffling - bottom line from my perspective, I love The DIS Unplugged. When I booked our first trip from the UK to Orlando in 2017, it was my first place that I found for news and information on trip planning, as was this messageboard. I have grown to really enjoy a lot of the personalities over the years and truly do think Ryno and Craig from the remnants of what is left of the podcast are really great at what they do when they have the passion and energy to do it. I hope the show goes on with them both, under a new name, under a new management structure, in a new location and that (more importantly) ALL of those that have (allegedly) fallen foul of DISGUSTING behaviour are appropriately given the closure and understanding that they so rightly deserve.