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Episode 320: Cinderella Castle, Disney Destiny Bars & Holiday Merch
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DVC is offering special point rates on select Disney Cruise Line trips. The Fairy Godmother is coming to Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique. Cinderella Castle will be getting a new color palette. Disney Cruise Line released new details about the Disney Destiny’s bars including a preview of new drinks and merch. The guys review upcoming holiday merch including a strange Kermit the Frog ornament. According to reports, the City of Anaheim is considering an aerial gondola system that would connect to Disneyland. The guys discuss a rumor that the Muppet Show is being rebooted by Seth Rogen.
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Introduction & Sponsorship
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This is Skipper Albert A. Wall, the voice of the jungle, broadcasting on the DVC to all voice unknown. If you're within the sound of my voice, you're listening to Welcome Home Podcast on the DVC.
00:00:25
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Welcome Home Podcast on the DVC.
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Hello and welcome home. This episode of welcome home is brought to you by DVC resale market. Thank you for joining us on episode 320 of welcome home, a Disney parks and vacation club podcast.
Hosts' Personal Updates
00:00:39
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I'm Tom here with Trevor. How's it going?
00:00:42
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Pretty good. How are you? I'm great, man. i Listen, yeah it's i you know I feel like i always start these shows with like something weird that's going on in my life, right? it' like There's always something I'm doing that's like, why am I doing that? um You have a lot more projects than I do.
00:00:57
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i I do. I mean, this podcast being one of them. But I mean, this week, i wanted to just start off, Trevor, because ever since we did the episode last week, I... and you know listen we yeah Everything that's that's happened, you know, it's been two weeks now, right? Which it feels like eternity. It feels like it's been a month, but it's been two weeks now since everything happened.
Listener Engagement & Support
00:01:18
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We got a really great outpouring of support when it first happened through like our social media and stuff like that. um But, you know, after we announced it on the show, everything that was changing, we've been getting like daily emails from people, messages from listeners we haven't heard from in a long time, like new reviews, subscriptions to Patreon. Like it's been crazy.
00:01:41
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, i yeah. i I have approved so many people in the Facebook group this last week. It's it's crazy. Like, you seriously, yeah. You know, exactly what Tom's saying. Like, like you know, we really appreciate everybody's support on the podcast. Like, like you know, wherere we want to make this... i mean, I think we it's not...
00:02:04
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It's not that that we're changing the podcast. It's that we've always wanted the podcast to be something positive and something that people enjoy. And yeah I feel like we're getting back to that again, which makes me really happy.
00:02:16
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And I'm really happy that our our listeners are resonating with that. Like, I just think that's... It's super cool that all of you like see what we're trying to do here and are supporting it. So thank you. And reaching out to us about it. Like that's that's the i mean, i'm we're getting emails and messages from people we haven't talked to in forever.
00:02:35
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um You know, one of the one of the first listeners I ever met in a park and took a picture with, which was, that again, still weird to me that anyone wants to take a picture with me. But um reach out to us. you know It was like, hey, you know just want to let you guys know that you know we support you and you know we're we're still around and and that kind stuff. And like honestly, i it may seem like a simple thing, but it means more to Trevor and I than any of you know. I mean, honestly, it's it's a it's a huge deal. It was...
00:03:03
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yeah Like I said, we talked about last week and we're not going to rehash it all, but it was it was tough. The whole thing was tough. It was not great for us.
Merchandise Plans
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And so to get that validation and that support from from so many people has ah hass been amazing, honestly.
00:03:16
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it's been It's been amazing. It's been energizing. like Trevor and I are probably... being ah more creative and excited about the podcast than we have been in a long time. We've got ideas floating around different things we want to do different things we want to try.
00:03:32
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ah You know, that's, and that's great. I think it's, it's, it's, ah it's going to really, it's stimulating a lot of ah ah creativity for both of us. And I think that's, ah that's a lot due to you guys too. I mean, that's, that's just due to the the support and everything. So.
00:03:46
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Yeah, and and the yeah the the the loop on that is that, you know, as we're getting more creative, that means you guys are going to see more stuff. You know, you know it feels like... you you know Even things as simple as you know we we haven't done a t-shirt design in a long time.
00:04:02
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And we're talking about that stuff again. And we're talking about you know not just t-shirts, but you know just other other stuff we want to do. And yeah you know things we want to try. Because there is... Honestly, there's a lot that we haven't done with the podcast that... I mean, it's it's honestly kind of overdue. It it just came down to...
00:04:24
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I guess motivation it would be, it's not even motivation. oh It's not, that's not right. it's It wasn't motivation. It was. Yeah. I, again, I don't want to rehash this stuff, but we, for a long time, i mean, the, as we did things, we made decisions as a group and you know, if ah somebody in the group disagreed with the decision, we typically didn't do it.
00:04:43
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Right. And so there were some things that Trevor and I wanted to do that, you know, but you know, the Damon didn't necessarily want to do. So now we're going to do those things. Yeah. And I mean, one of those things, by the way, hats, baby, we're going to do hats. Yeah. I, I, I was hesitant. I was trying to decide we bring it out or not.
00:05:01
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There will be hats. we will be so answering That is like the number one requested thing we had was hats. um I'll put it out there now, Trevor. We don't have them out now, but we will be starting. We'll be selling hats. It's going to take us a bit to kind of figure all this stuff out, but yes.
00:05:17
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Yeah. We, we want to do hats. Absolutely. I wanted to do hats for for a very long time because I think people really like wearing hats. A lot of people wear wear hats to the parks. i I mean, it's the number one one requested thing we've had from listeners, I think. i would I would prefer to wear a hat over a t-shirt from something that I'm supporting just because it's...
00:05:36
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You you know T-shirts kind of come and go, but, you know, a hat is something that stays around a lot longer, right? that Yeah, we're doing it We're going hats. Just a matter of time. We got to we got to get it together. But yeah, give it at night this is happening overnight. You know, just just so we're clear, you know, we're you know, we're not this isn't all going to change overnight.
00:05:55
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um You know, it's it's obviously partially dependent on Tom and and my availability to do this because we we we do have time to do this, obviously, but these things still take some work and some extra effort and all that.
00:06:13
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And we also don't want to do them. like We don't want to rush it, honestly. Like, i don't I don't want to just, like, throw something out there and have, you know, have people not be happy with it because then I won't be happy with it.
00:06:24
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So, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. i'm i'm I'm telling you right now, though Trevor, that that waitlist logo is going to be on a hat. It's going to be on a shirt. It's going to be everywhere I want to put it. not Yeah. it's It's on the Patreon already.
00:06:37
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It's on the Patreon already. Yeah. um But anyway, yeah. So i listen, i I mean, literally throughout the week, Trevor and I have just been like trading messages of of thing of, you know, either emails we got or messages we got or, you know, just just anything and everything because it's just been so it's it's it's kept us afloat.
00:06:57
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So thank you guys. Yeah. Seriously, thank you. um So anyway, but we we should start the show. What'd you say? Now we have
Disneyland Policy Corrections
00:07:06
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an episode to do. so Oh, yeah. we get into that Well, we should start the show with the correction from last week, because I i think this was actually my mistake. I think you may have actually just you know said that this was incorrect, and I just...
00:07:19
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didn't ignored you, i guess. i i don't remember what exactly we said last week, but yeah. Yeah, I don't either, but we definitely and ah misunderstood this whole early entry at Disneyland thing.
00:07:32
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And i I want to say it was, was a Chris that pointed out to us? um i mean, I gotta i gotta to find that one out. hold on. and but But yeah, so Chris, thank you, Chris. So ah Chris pointed out that the free lightning lane they're going to start giving out at deluxe resorts for ah for ah Disneyland next year instead of early entry.
00:07:54
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It's just one per resort stay. So it's not one per day. It's one per stay. Yeah, that that makes it a lot worse. It does. it does feel like they took a lot away by doing that.
00:08:08
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and And I made a joke about this on the Discord. And don't. Please, nobody actually tried to do this. They should. Technically, you you could make individual night stays and get one free lightning lane every day.
00:08:23
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But then you're probably moving rooms. every day which is just a nightmare in and of itself for the sake of is it worth it for the free lightning lane probably i mean i mean if i was there for know two or three actually no not even for two or three days no that's way too inconvenient i wouldn't even do that ah hundred percent I also have to apologize to you, Trevor, for missing your but your funny pirate joke from last week.
00:08:47
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Yeah, I mean, it's, yeah, Becky caught it. It's fine. i i wasn' I wasn't trying to be obvious with it. Yeah, that was it. But you I'm usually good with the subtle. The problem is, and I think you realize this because you when you had to host by yourself with Chris, not that you not that I host by myself here, but like when you're hosting, there's you're also thinking about different stuff you know instead of just talking about the show. like There's
Disney Cruise Line Points Discussion
00:09:15
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yeah the operational part of it, right? So sometimes I just miss things sometimes. It happens. Yeah, and it's fair. And also i did I didn't want to... like
00:09:24
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get back into it because it like we it was it was in the flow of the conversation and and i may you know i may do something like that again here but it's kind of like but i like it it it just happens it's it wasn't it wasn't a planned thing per se or it would like when i committed to it it was there but it was you know i wasn't like i wasn't like gearing up for that one Fair enough. Fair enough.
00:09:47
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So we do have other, we have besides corrections, we do have other DVC news. ah And this is, this is an interesting one because, you know, typically in general, I think most DVC people would tell you that a,
00:10:01
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Using your points for a cruise or for anything that's not a DVC room is not a particularly good exchange, right? Because you're you're not getting the value that you would get by staying at a DVC resort, right?
00:10:16
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Or by like, you know, you could always do the thing where you rent it out and then use the cash to do whatever you want. ah so But that being said, ah Disney is ah doing a special for ah some of these DCL Disney Cruise Line itineraries, which have better trade values. So they're essentially costing less points than they normally would.
00:10:38
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ah It looks like these are specific to sailings on the Disney Dream and Disney Wonder in the fall of 26 through the spring of 27. Yeah. So there it looks like these are specific cruises.
00:10:50
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um But, you know, it's it's it's interesting that they're doing this because, you know, we've already talked about this. It's it's not a good use of your points, but, you know, maybe they want more DVC owners going on or they're just trying to make it a little easier for DVC owners to to be a part of it.
00:11:04
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Yeah, I mean, ah i guess one thing to point out in this I noticed is that so so the point exchange is for direct purchase memberships only. so So something to keep in mind there is if you are doing resale, this does not apply to you unless it's before the grandfathered in dates, which I think we're back in 2019. Trevor found out about what was going to happen and went and bought some resale contracts real quick. Yeah.
00:11:32
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um so So, yeah, so the the thing is, is that this is not this is not open to the entirety of of people in DVC. So it's yeah, it's it's it's a or, you know, to for for those that remember, it's a blue card.
00:11:45
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probably Basically, yeah. For if you know what a blue card is, I mean, I feel like that should be one of our Patreon levels, Trevor. Blue card. blue card Yeah. ah car Yeah, I guess we could change one them to blue card.
00:11:55
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and like I like blue card. Yeah. um So yeah, this is a blue card perk. And I'll be honest, I i always thought... are I didn't think that these would be quite as good as they are. Like looking at these points... I'm just looking at the point values for the Dream on September 2026. I mean, some of these are... What is it? Like 200, 250 points for a deluxe Ocean View stateroom?
00:12:24
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Like that's... That's not bad. Well, this one. That's for the first two people, though. And then and then additional people you have to. Yeah. Oh, yeah. because this But this dream this September 2026 Dream one is a transatlantic one. It's a 13-night transatlantic.
00:12:40
Speaker
And you can get a a a so an ocean view stateroom ah with a veranda for, what, 291 points? not bad. not bad For 13 night cruise? I mean... Yeah, like, comparatively to, you know, staying 13 nights at a DVC resort, like, you're you're spending... the the point values are getting pretty close, if like, for for the type of room it is, right? Like... yeah I actually was like, I was looking at this 13 night transatlantic cause my wife has been, and I have talked about doing a transatlantic cruise.
00:13:15
Speaker
Uh, but this one is starting in South Hampton and ending in Fort Lauderdale. So it's not starting from the States. It's starting. So it's all good. Uh, but you know, we would want one that starts from the States and takes us to Europe not the other way around.
00:13:29
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. That's, that's kind of weird. Yeah. I mean, it's it's not weird for anybody that wants to, I guess, wants to come to Fort Lauderdale. from yeah i get Yeah, I guess that's fair. Yeah, I mean, if you yeah, I mean...
00:13:42
Speaker
Yeah, I guess it's it's weird for me because I would not plan a trip that way. or That's not to say that, you know, you know your people do all kinds of trips that I would not do. But that doesn't make them wrong. Yeah, it's fair.
00:13:55
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That's fair. um A lot of these, I mean, there's some shorter night ones. There's some longer ones here, you know, but it's yeah it really just varies. there But they have point charts. You can go and look these up on the DCL website. So...
00:14:08
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um Check that out. But it is an interesting thing that they are they are doing this because I, you know, like we've always talked about, it's not a good exchange. And and truthfully, it's not a good exchange to really do anything. That's not a DVC room. Right.
00:14:20
Speaker
So but and and there are better. to Personally, i think you're better off renting out your points and then using the cash. That's what a lot of people do, from my understanding. Because, yeah, it it is the better value. But it sounds like Disney, I wonder if they maybe or have not gotten and enough engagement on cruise lines. And maybe they're they're just trying to, you know, get DVC members to directly engage with it.
00:14:47
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as i like i i do i have noticed... Like they're offering some pretty tremendous deals on cruises right now. Yeah. So I don't know if that's, this is just kind of part of them there. I mean, it's, it's like a deal. I mean, it's, ah it's no different than a promotion, right? I mean, it's, you know, they're just doing a promotion just with DVC points is instead of cash.
00:15:06
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you know Right. which And I guess the the logic behind that, too, is you know you know Cruise Line and DVC are separate entities. And I'm sure um just like how we've had like the ah the park passes as special promotions and stuff in the past for DVC.
00:15:24
Speaker
you know, DVC is always looking for unique promotions to offer. And that and I guess, you know, ah we just have to remind everybody just because they're doing it now doesn't mean you're going to see it in a year or ever again.
00:15:36
Speaker
You get to see it for two years technically because it's their itineraries. But after, right. But after after the promotion though, you may never see this again. Right. Yeah. it's totally popular yeah you did DVC does this, you know, they're always like working to to do these different promotions and whatnot. But, uh,
00:15:53
Speaker
they they They come up and then ah my experience has been, you know, they'll show up and then it's like Oh, I hope they do that again. Then you never see it again. Yeah. yeah yeah Yeah. That's, I mean, listen, I can see them adding more dates to this as they, as necessary. Right. Like I could see them, like if they're trying to promote specific cruises or specific times a year, they can use this as a tool, you know, to, to do that. Cause a DVC member might be looking and going, Oh, I got some extra points flowing around. Hey, maybe I'll grab a cruise, you know, like,
00:16:24
Speaker
It's possible, you know, I don't know. So as a non-cruise person who, you know, as we know, I'm i'm i'm probably never getting on a Disney cruise. um which Which is unfortunate.
00:16:36
Speaker
I know, but... on, finish your thought and I'll tell you what my thing is. yeah What I wanted to know is, um you know, for they're offering these cruises on the Dream and the Wonder Where do those two ah ships sit in terms of like, or how are their favorites?
00:16:58
Speaker
They're older ships. Okay. So, so does that necessarily make them better or worse? I guess maybe, for maybe better. Okay. okay Yeah. All right. Yeah. Cause like, if you ask some of our listeners in the discord, they'll tell you like the magic is their favorite ship, right? Like, okay.
00:17:12
Speaker
You know what I mean? Like, or, or, I mean, that conversation was just going on like right now in the discord actually was, was about, cause, uh, uh, Dan, saw me back yeah Dan just came back from a trip on the treasure. Dan's been on every single Disney cruise line ship and says the treasure is now his favorite.
00:17:27
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So their favorite him and and his wife. So, um you know, and there was a yeah nice discussion about the different cruise ships and and stuff. And I it almost I feel like it just comes down to personal preference. I don't think any of them are particularly bad. It's not like the, you know, ah the it ah I don't know if anybody watched the the Netflix thing about that carnival cruise that lost power and just floated around the the Gulf for like four.
Disney Cruise Experiences
00:17:52
Speaker
Oh, my my my wife watched that. Yes. Yes. That was horrifying. That it cemented. so
00:17:59
Speaker
My wife wasn't getting on a cruise trip anyway. And after watching that, she's like, I'm never getting on a cruise trip. That doesn't happen anymore. After that happened, everybody was like, okay, we can't have that happen again. Like, you know, but, you know, it's, what was I going to say about that? Yeah, no, I mean, like Disney doesn't really have that ship where they have like a rundown ship. Like their ships are, you know, kept,
00:18:21
Speaker
in immaculate condition. Right. So it's, and but everybody just kind of has their favorites based on what's what's on the ship and, you know, what's different and that kind of stuff. So, you know, it really depends on who you ask it. it I may, I may incite some accidental discussion from our our listeners. Okay. I'm, I'm not a sports guy. So, boy you know, don't take anything I'm saying with a you know, any kind of seriousness, but is like having different favorite ships, like the same as having like a ah favorite football team.
00:18:50
Speaker
Probably, yeah. like At the end of the day, it doesn't it doesn't so much matter in that like you're still just watching people play football, but you just have a favorite team, right? like It's not... sure right You see what I mean, right? like it's I feel like it's like you can get on any...
00:19:08
Speaker
on any cruise and you can have a good time. It's just people have particular favorites. Yeah. Yeah. I think so. Yeah. And I just, I just wanted to understand that because like I said, I, I don't do the cruises. So, yeah you know, I think it's good.
00:19:21
Speaker
I think you can equate it to, to, to Disneyland, Disney world too. Right. Like, okay. Yeah. Disneyland is more your home resort where you go and you feel like at home and more comfortable. Right. And I, but you would go, you go to Disney world still, right? Like you, you, you'll do both, but like though there's one that just kind of,
00:19:38
Speaker
does something different for you. That's the same with me, right? Like with Disney world, like I've grew up going to Disney world. So like I could go to Disneyland, I'm sure I'd have a great time, but it's probably not going to take over Disney world in my, in my mind as the place, you know? Yeah. I mean, it's, it's, it's, yeah. I like them for different reasons is the thing. So I guess, yeah, it's kind of that yeah. That's exactly what it is. Fair.
00:19:56
Speaker
Yeah. I think Becky actually said that she said, I like different ships for different reasons. Um, Like, and so like, and I think that's, that's actually good though. You know? um Yeah. So like, I'll just, ah yeah. Becky said ah it's, it's, she likes different things for different reasons, different things on different ships.
00:20:14
Speaker
So, okay yeah. So yeah, you'll just have to excuse my uneducated questions about it because I just don't, I don't have any frame of reference for it. Right. Like that's that's the hard part is that like, you know, looking at these promos would be like, oh, you know, they're offering these. I'm like, that's cool. You know, if I was to get on a cruise, except it's like to me, I'm just like envisioning like I'm just standing on on a ship and I don't know what I'm doing. Well, so it's it's funny because my my my wife says to me, I we was like yesterday because we were talking about cruises. She goes, do you think Trevor would ever go on just like a guy's cruise and maybe you could do like a podcast cruise with just you and him? and the back
00:20:50
Speaker
And I'm like, mean, I know it's your wife that has more of the issue with the cruise ship than you. But I know you probably don't want to go on a vacation without your wife, though. I mean, yeah.
00:21:02
Speaker
we Like we did the meetup and I would, I would definitely do another like meetup kind of thing. like yeah Um, but I guess my thing is, is if I was, If I was going to go on a cruise, i would i would still almost or I would still want to more so go and spend time in a theme park than on a cruise ship.
00:21:24
Speaker
I guess for me, like i i didn't do any kind of cruises with my family or anything when I was younger. just i'm just like I just don't don't know what you're missing though.
00:21:37
Speaker
Yeah. And I think that's part of it is that I look at it and I go like, I know, i know if I'm going to Florida or I'm going to California, I know what I'm getting. And I know yeah that's, I enjoy that stuff. I struggle with trying to understand like,
00:21:52
Speaker
what all I'm doing on a cruise ship besides, and especially considering like, like Disney cruise ships are very, um, you know, they're, they're family oriented. So there's a lot of like kids areas and stuff. So it's like, okay, outside of the kids areas, what am I doing?
00:22:05
Speaker
ah this band to you And, and, and, and I, I guess part of it too, is that I feel like if, uh, I, I, it's a weird thing, but when I'm on vacation,
00:22:18
Speaker
I feel like I have to be making good use of my time, even though I'm like, I know like vacations, vacation, and you should be, a i give you know, yeah relaxing. But it's like, if I'm paying to be on a ship and I find that like, none of the things there are stuff that I want to do, then I'm just paying to like, you know, sit on a pool deck you and right like you you You see what I'm saying? There's more to do than that, though. I mean, there's i know but but stuff going on all day.
00:22:46
Speaker
yeah Okay, I know, but but like I said, it's just it's a mental block I have in my head. is. Listen, I think you would like it because, I mean, really all there is to do on a cruise is eat a drink and relax.
00:22:59
Speaker
Like it's nice. I mean, it's, there's a lot of food options. You just chill, you hang out and you relax. You enjoy the ocean, eat some food, you know, you catch a show, you play some bingo.
00:23:10
Speaker
That's the way you do it, man. Okay. Yeah. Yeah, it's great. um Anyway, sorry. But I'm just trying to figure out ways to get you to go on a cruise. That's not a Disney cruise. fair Yeah, unfortunately, yeah it would be me. It would not be me and my wife going on a cruise. and and And that's also yeah part of it, too, is like I wouldn't I wouldn't want to go and do something like that without yeah my wife.
00:23:33
Speaker
i and And I totally understand. why I didn't – I made the suggestion. I was like, how would you feel if I went on a cruise without you? Like, you know? Yeah. but Yeah. I mean, but it's a good conversation to have, right? Like, it's – it's, it's ah you know, it's a weird thing that – like, I – you're right. I definitely could. Like, I could plan – you know, we could plan a trip and you know, I could just go and, you know, hang out on a ship. But it's – Yeah, i i would I would need to really, like, I would need to think about it a lot. But we're we're really getting off topic here. Well, that's what we do here. We're not. Yeah, yeah. Hey, rabbit holes. We we know about those. That's what we do.
Bibbidi-Bobbidi Boutique Updates
00:24:16
Speaker
ah um and let's Can we talk about Bibbidi-Bobbidi Boutique, though? Yeah, let's let's talk about Bibbidi-Bobbidi Boutique. Because um this next... Not to me, this didn't make the Parks blog. But yeah.
00:24:27
Speaker
Yeah. um so So the fairy godmother is coming to Bibbidi Bobbi Boutique, which you I feel like it's kind of a weird thing.
00:24:38
Speaker
that feels like it should have already been that way? Yeah. um yeah Because, you know, when when they're or I guess when the the hair the stylists that are, you know, taking care of the kids, yeah they're called fairy godmothers in training.
00:24:52
Speaker
They are. They are. Yeah. um But now they actually have that the fairy godmother is going to be um visiting yeah you know, you know, in in the Bibbidi-Balbi boutique, which.
00:25:05
Speaker
is like, I saw that and I was like, well, yeah, of course. Like, yeah, like that makes total sense. Yeah, of course they should be there. Uh, yeah. I mean, I, I, they don't really say like in what capacity, right? Like, is she just going to be hanging out there? Like in pictures with people, is she gonna walking around, like waving wand around and stuff like that? You know, like what is, who knows what she'll be doing. I'm sure it will be interesting though.
00:25:25
Speaker
Um, but I actually feel bad about this because I have friends that are going to Disney for the first time in a couple of weeks and these changes are not taking place till October. And I was like, ah, bummer to you guys. just missing it that's unfortunate because they're doing bippity boppity and i you know that was like ah well well here's the thing they don't know what they're missing anyway so that's true yeah yeah and and plus they also are saying that they're going to be rolling out new simplified package options which tells me one thing trevor price increases yeah so right uh probably what's happening
00:25:57
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just I mean, that that they say simplified or oh no so i was going to say simplified packages, but I get why they're doing it because they they said, here's the current list of packages. And like I'm looking at these and I'm like, oh, wow, there's like, yeah. You you know what, though? You get a lot this. really complicated.
00:26:15
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Honestly, though, you get a lot for this package, though. like ah Which though? i Even just the basic package. Like, when we did the $100 package on the ship, right? That's the carriage package talking about. Yeah, but you get it. I mean, she got a t-shirt. She got a backpack. Like, it wasn't a cinch bag on the ship. It was a full-on backpack.
00:26:35
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It was a princess sash. It was the makeup to take away. It was the ah nail polish. You know, they did the hair. They did the glitter. It was... like When I paid $100 for that, I was like, this is an incredible value because she got a lot of stuff on top of what they you know did to her hair and everything. So i you know I was totally fine with paying that. I can only assume that the prices are going to go up or they're the benefits are going to go down or both. I don't know.
00:27:02
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Maybe they're going to be more la carte about it, like where you can do like you know the experience for $50 and then you can add a t-shirt for another $20. You know what i mean? like Maybe it's going to be more like that. ah instead of like package based. But it is it is interesting that they're going to update this. It it probably hasn't been updated ah in a long time. I mean, I don't know off top my head, but it probably hasn't been.
00:27:23
Speaker
I mean, yeah, i'm I'm looking at these packages and i didn't realize how crazy... how crazy you can get with it? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. so so the $450 package says signature Disney princess gown with heirloom quality fabric and intricate design details that tell the tale of princess.
00:27:43
Speaker
High quality crystal tiara. Yeah. And a garment bag. Yeah. Well, so listen, I, that is wow. I mean, if if you can afford that amazing, but that is, that is my my daughter got the Amazon ah princess package, the Amazon signature princess package where she got a cheap dress from Amazon.
00:28:04
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ah it Yeah, exactly. yeah And you want to know what's funny is so when my son, i think he was, he was six or seven, we actually did the night package.
00:28:15
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Oh, I'm sure that's cool. Yeah. which Yeah, it was. and And so all it was, was he got the sword and the shield, the the foam sword and shield, and he got hairstyling done. It was only $20.
00:28:25
Speaker
That's, yeah it's yeah. Which is, yeah you know, for... And it's still only $20. That's a yeah amazing. Yeah. Like, honestly, it's it's just amazing the the scale it the scale of difference in in package prices that you can get the boys are a little easier than the girls you know um but no listen i i we i couldn't have had a better experience with the first bippity bobby boutique we we did we had been i think we enjoyed it too i said yeah my son we we had a good time with it he was and then of course he was trying to stab everything with the foam sword i mean towards what what did you expect him to do with the sword trevor yeah we we had to carry it for a while because yeah
00:29:07
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That's like buying lightsabers and not immediately fighting with them. Are you saying that to me as an adult? Not the fancy lightsabers. Yes, as an adult too, yes. I was going to say, because because I don't think that's exclusive to kids. I mean, know.
00:29:22
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Yeah. No, no, no. That is not exclusive in any way to children. ah Because I just as an adult now, even if I have like a paper towel, like tube, I will start oh fighting with my daughter. Like, no problem.
00:29:32
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ah You know, or, you know, of course, you know, you do like the little talking through it kind of thing. yeah anyway give pay yeah yeah so i i'll always bonk somebody in my house with a the paper towel tube after i take it off the yeah just have to you just have to it's like yeah it's but it's part of being a dad uh uh one of the things we didn't uh that that it was announced uh at d23 after we finished recording last week yeah was some changes to cinderella castle
00:30:04
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yeah Which don't know how people feel about
Cinderella Castle Color Changes
00:30:06
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this. i don't know if they're happy about this, sad about it, okay with it, ambivalent. I don't know. But essentially what they're doing is they're basically bringing the castle back to its original colors.
00:30:17
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Yeah. Which I honestly... said These current colors have been here for the last five years or so. yeah because I remember when they did it. We talked about it on the show. Because it was it was it was at the time people didn't love it.
00:30:30
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Because it was like ah almost like that pinkish kind of... right Yeah, it it was a pink hue and and the blue is very vibrant. Yeah. at Like, yeah. It's...
00:30:41
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yeah it me I think it was a little confusing because it's Cinderella's castle, but it had like kind of Sleeping Beauty color palette going on. feel like you couldn't really tell it was painted pink, though. Like it was it was like very muted. It was i don't know, but it seems like it's a very light pink, like a pastel.
00:31:00
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Yeah. Yeah. But they're going to be going back to basically gray colors, cream colors, the blue colors, and obviously gold. ah So that's, I mean, you know, it's a thing. I think it's good that they keep changing the castle. I i don't have any problem with it. I still want them to bring back the the lights on the castle. I, you know, I've said that before, even if it does mean that there's a crane there for like ever.
00:31:28
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You know, like whatever. i don't know if I like that part. But, you know, with the way technology is going, like, they could very easily have LEDs on the castle all year round.
00:31:42
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Yeah, they could. And not have, like... they wouldn't have this point. Yeah, exactly. Like, like they, they could build them in that they're not obvious until they need to turn them on. But yeah.
00:31:52
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Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And I mean, listen, this is, you know, they, they actually kind of get into a little bit like how they actually have to do this because it's not the easiest thing in the world for them to do because they, you know, this, this thing sits 365 days a year, you know, in the Florida sun, which will, will, you know, knock the paint out anything.
00:32:14
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Yeah. you know Yeah, it has to be able to withstand all kinds of extreme weather because it's got to be able to stand Florida hurricanes and, you know, heat and yeah, occasional snow.
00:32:26
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I mean, that there has been snow and not in Orlando. I mean, they had it. i mean, I don't know when the last time they had that happen there. Yeah, I guess. Yeah, not not snow, but it's gotten down to zero. I was actually there once when it was like close to zero and it was it was cold. Legitimately cold. Really? Yes. Oh, yeah.
00:32:42
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Zero Celsius, though, right? Yeah. So, yeah, it's 32, I guess. Yeah. yeah so yeah's thirty two i guess thirty buts so I mean, that no, but that's cold for Florida. It is. It's it's very cold for Florida. I'm actually kind of hoping it's going to be that cold when we're there.
00:32:56
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Thanksgiving, like because the last time ah ah around Thanksgiving, we didn't go to Disney. oh No, we did go to Disney World. It was like 85 degrees the week of Thanksgiving. And, you know, it that stunk. Like we were kind of hoping for, you know, maybe some low 80s and like or at least high 70s, maybe, you know, like that would have been nice.
00:33:15
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But it was hot. uh you know in in november and i think any florida and will tell you like they sometimes get winter for like a few days so you know you never know but um yeah like listen this is not the biggest news in the world but it is i mean you could argue that cinderella castle is probably i mean it's it's certainly the most important icon to the disney company right as a whole as far as disney parks go as far as theme park Yes.
00:33:43
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no offense that no No offense to Sleeping Beauty Castle, but I feel like Cinderella Castle is more. I mean, Sleeping Beauty Castle is definitely not on the same scale as Cinderella's Castle. It's not. it Yeah. and And so, and I mean, it's probably one of the most recognizable landmarks that exists.
00:33:59
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I mean, honestly. i think I think for the past like bunch of years now, the cinderella castle Cinderella Castle has been um the number one most photographed thing on like Instagram and and other social media sites. like it's it's It just is. i mean it's it So this is important stuff. It's...
00:34:17
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It's not like a job is justified. yeah Yeah, exactly. And I will say this. i So just purely talking about color palette choices, um looking at the the concept art of what they're going to do versus what is there now.
00:34:34
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yeah um The blue particularly looks way better on the concept art than the blue that's on the castle right now. The blue that's on the castle now is almost purple. Yeah, it's it's a very like like saturated blue, right? Whereas this new blue, it like it almost it's leaning closer to like, don't want to say teal, but... It's more of a royal blue.
00:35:00
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Yeah, like like it's it's it's definitely lightened up a lot, and I feel it gives it a lot more... um ah it it in Again, the concept art, it looks... It gives it a lot more character.
00:35:12
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Like, it doesn't it doesn't feel like somebody, like... just found like I also like that the concept art is like a painting by the way because a lot of times when they do concept art it's you know it's it's not it doesn't look like this right this is this looks like an actual painting you could hang in a house you know what mean like it's they could have just easily done like color palette swaps on photo and that's it like they yeah yeah so somebody took some time to to do this as as an actual painting or rather they or they probably took a photo and did some
00:35:43
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some and i would I would bet that an artist drew this or colored this and and painted it. i Just knowing how Disney works behind the scenes, like, you know, when I watched a lot those things, i wouldn't be shocked if they... Because, I mean, listen, they've got... that Disney Imagineering still has model makers, man. They still people that make models of all these things, like little scale models. Like, that's a thing that still exists, even though computers exist.
00:36:06
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You know, like... it's I mean, that's just how they've always done it. and that's how they always will do it. You know, it's, and I, so I'm betting that they had someone paint this or at least paint it digitally. But to me, just like, yeah, I feel work looks real.
00:36:20
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Yeah. I feel like it was a digital painting for sure, but especially cons considering, yeah, yeah it had, it definitely has that concept art. um but Or, you know, like the people in it and everything like it's.
00:36:31
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Yeah. Yeah. um But yeah, like I said just back to like, you know, color choices and stuff. I feel like, you know, I, you know, I forgot that they had done the painting for the ah the anniversary yeah of the castle. And it's weird how it kind of like you just kind of come to accept it over time.
00:36:51
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Well, because every time you you you just kind of, it doesn't, you know, you get used to it, right? It it doesn't really like register with you anymore, you know? Yeah. But, but now that it's going back, like, like I remember when we talked about it, when, when they went to the the current color, it it was very like, oh, you know, that's, that's very like, you know, interesting color choices. Whereas them going back to the, these, uh, to the the more classic look of it, it's like, I look at them like, yeah, that just makes sense.
00:37:19
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Like, like I'm not, yeah. I'm not looking and going like, ooh, like why did they pick this? It's just like, yeah, that that looks how I think it should look. like like Even though I don't actually have like a... i don't have like a predefined... The castle must look exactly like this. But it's just like I look at it and I'm like, yeah, that's that's the castle.
00:37:38
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like I often think of the birthday cake castle. Yeah, I... i bit on the crazy side. i don't want them buy you the and i don't want but to do the birthday cake again.
00:37:52
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i love it. Yeah, I was there. I so i saw the birthday cake castle. it was it was awesome. If you don't know what talking about, by the way, Google it because it's one of... It's probably one of the most controversial things they've ever done.
00:38:04
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I mean, honestly, because some people loved it. Some people hated it. Yeah, I mean... Yeah, but but i I would not be opposed to them doing something like that again in the future.
00:38:16
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Like, no not just rehashing that because that that's not interesting, but, you know, doing, doing a again, not ah like a long-term thing, but like a temporary overlay of the castle.
00:38:27
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that, you know, will upset people for for, you know, a year or whatever. However long. Yeah. yeah But it's it's it's very cool to to see that kind of creativity as well, right? Like, you know, as much as it's like, you know, getting the castle back to, you know, kind of what you expect is nice, but also it's like that also leaves it open to, hey, you can do something interesting with it. i don't even know what you would do. Like, I'm i'm trying to like...
00:38:52
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think of an example in my head of like, what could you overlay the castle that this actually might be like a wait list episode. to do something I haven't, I haven't, how would you over, how would you overlay the castle?
00:39:05
Speaker
They could cover it with a mesh that has led lights on it. It makes it look like it's frozen during the winter time. Oh wait, they did that already. Yeah. second I'm bitter about that. I don't know why i just am like, I want that back.
00:39:17
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Bring it back. I'm going to write this down before I forget. Are we going to do an episode of this? yeah Yeah. How would you overlay the castle?
00:39:28
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so yeah you know it's it's the the The park icons to me are are always an interesting thing. right because it Hollywood Studios, I think, is the most interesting. Because the park icon at Hollywood Studios has been 12 different things over the past 10 years. it's It's the most disjointed thing. for icons yeah because i mean for a while there it was the it was the hat right when the sorcerer's hat was there it was the it was the chinese theater for a bit it was the earful tower it was tower of terror sometimes like it's it's they've had a hard time with that and you know the hat thing it's the hat thing is so funny to me because i i remember when the hat was there
00:40:09
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A lot of people complained about how it would block your view of the theater and it kind of messed up all the sight lines. And then they took it away and it was like, why'd you take it away? We loved it. It's not the same people. but okay no it could be though. you yeah like It's, it's, I, we talked about this when they got rid happily ever well like when wishes ended and happily ever after started.
00:40:32
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And so many people were mad about it. And then I, I distinctly remember, and I hate saying like being like, I was right about this, but it's true. I remember saying, wait until they take happily ever after way and see how many people are mad about that.
00:40:45
Speaker
Right. Like, cause that's cause all these people that are mad about wishes now. And then, you know, we're going to get to happily ever and what happened, right. They got like a crazy backlash to getting rid happily ever after yeah to the point where they had to bring it back.
00:40:57
Speaker
You know, don't know. It's such a difference of scale too, because happily ever after was not around nearly as long as wishes. And, and, you know, kind of the same thing with like the hat, you know, as, as an icon, you know, it was there.
00:41:10
Speaker
i think it was there long enough that, you know, when it finally did go away, you know, people weren't, you know, people were like sad about it, but at the same time it was kind of like, yeah, you know, it it had run its course. Like yeah it was, it was more of the, it was one of those like one point, man. I like go ahead. Yeah. I have an ornament of it. So I would, again, you know, we were there and we bought, we bought a pack of ornaments that were all the park icons. And in that pack of ornaments, the hat was the park icon for Hollywood studios.
00:41:39
Speaker
So, so I have that on my Christmas tree every year. uh okay well yeah that we could probably do a whole wait list about the hat but but that actually made yeah i i've made a note of that just like you know i think this is this is a good longer discussion i think to have we should do our ad So the sponsor of this episode, as I talked about in the very beginning, is DVC Resale Market.
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You know, it's ah they are. They're a great company work for. So and and that's why we have them on, too. So ah work for I say work with, I should say. But yes, not that we work for them because we don't know. No, we do not work for them, but we definitely, you know, they they've been a great sponsor of the show.
00:43:19
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so yeah And we're going to have them on a little bit more here too and yeah in the future. so um But anyway, Trevor, I know we we just finished talking about cruises, but let's talk about cruise ships again.
00:43:31
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i Okay, listen, here's the thing. fine I only wanted, i only put this on there because i really wanted to talk about, talk about this Pirates of the Caribbean lounge. That's the only reason I want to, I want i just want to talk about this lounge.
00:43:43
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And then we also have a thing about the drinks that are are going to be on there too. ah But and this lounge just looks really cool. This is giving the same vibes as Pirates. Beak and barrel. It is. Yeah, it is.
00:43:56
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Cask and cannon. They're doing kind of the same like little thing there too. Aren't they like casking cannon beacon barrel, right? B and B and the CNC. Those are the acronyms. are the acronyms Yeah, exactly.
00:44:09
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There's some really cool stuff in here, though. i I really and it's, you know, like it says, it's filled it's filled with Easter eggs, trinkets, ah really neat details. They have their version of a of the pirate mug, ah which, by the way, I realize they never bought you any Haunted Mansion merch from ah from the treasure like I meant to. I just I just totally forgot. But next time, I I forgot to ask you about that, because when we met up, I was going to ask you if you had gotten anything. Yeah.
00:44:36
Speaker
perfect okay But pirate mug. But also, i don't even know what this thing is, but I with the skeleton hand. what What is that? where are all your um'm I'm at the bottom down here they at the merch. and and there's yeah it's But it's also got like it looks like it has a spoon on it. and like meing Is it like a bartender kit thing? Yeah.
00:44:57
Speaker
Is that what that is? Because it's a big it's ah it's a skeleton hand that's made out of gold and often off of its fingers is hanging the key. But also it looks like a spoon and some like maybe measuring cups or ah measuring, you know, things.
00:45:10
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The base has coasters in it as well. Oh, OK. Look in the in the next photo there. There's coasters. So, yeah, it's it's like a little mini bar kit, I guess. Yeah, it's very cool looking.
00:45:22
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It's it's a yeah, it's an interesting piece to have sitting on a yeah sitting on a table or wherever. Although there's only two coasters in it, which, you know, feels like a mess. I mean, yeah, I need a lot more coasters than that.
00:45:38
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I mean, that you just have to buy more than one that you can have like a left and a right one on. I mean, can I just get the coasters? Can I just get the coasters? There's also you can have a left and a right hand and then it's like, you know, there's some cool drinkware here too.
00:45:52
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There's some cool drinkware here too. of It looks like the ah the, is that like a ah ah ship inside a bubble that's inside the drinkware? Or is because it doesn't look like it's printed on there.
00:46:04
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It looks like an actual like ship in a glass. Yeah.
Pirates Themed Lounge & Drink Innovations
00:46:07
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Unless it's like, maybe you're supposed to chill it and it like substitutes for your ice. Oh, it's like one of those? Okay. Maybe. that's I'm guessing, maybe. that Yeah, they don't really describe it very well.
00:46:19
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but And i can't tell if it's I can't tell if it's deliberately backlit or if it if the base on it has lighting or something. Yeah, it'd be cool, actually. Yeah, if the base was like when you, you know, you could set like when you set down your drink, it lights up the drink. That would be cool.
00:46:36
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That would be really cool. Speaking of light up drinks, Trevor, not to move on really quickly here, but I want to talk about these other drinks that are coming to the Disney Destiny because. Okay. Uh, if you, first of all, the ship is sailing soon here. We actually have a couple of listeners that are going to be going on the destiny. So we might have to get somebody, somebody on to talk about that. But this first drink that's on here, um don't even know what is what's going on in this drink, but it's incredibly cool looking. I have no idea how they're doing this effect here.
00:47:05
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Oh, a mesmerizing cocktail will touch your senses with a special glass that reacts to the touch. So this glass, I think, you know, those, um you know, you had like the, the ball that had like the lightning.
00:47:20
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they They were a novelty thing that you used to see all over the place. Plasma, plasma ball. Yeah. Plasma globe. Yeah. So it looks like a similar, similar, like a, it looks like a glass that has like a plasma something inside of it, which but very cool.
00:47:38
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yeah How are they even doing that? probably, yeah I'm guessing maybe it has something in the base that does like some wireless charging of it or something. I don't know. Yeah. I just, I've never, I mean, I've never seen such a thing before. It's, it looks very cool. And the drink is, uh, yeah, I mean, yeah. Stoli vodka, lychee, uh, uh, fresh lemon juice, pink peppercorn and electric dust buzz rock. I don't know what that is.
00:48:05
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It sounds like a generic name for pop rocks. Just going to throw it out there. Yeah. It sounds like pop rocks. Yeah. I mean, this is the drink to put pop rocks in for sure. i I agree with that. Yeah, I agree with that. um But we also have a, they also do have a haunted mansion bar on this one as well. um And they're, they're going to have a, I don't know if this one is different. It says a popular drink of the same name on the treasure will feature all new ingredients. So technically it is new. Okay.
00:48:34
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um It's the chilling challenge. which I believe is the one someone can correct me on this, but I believe it's the one that you have to, it's on the secret. No, it's not on the secret menu. I take that back. The secret menu is, ah is, is something different, but um yeah, the, the chilling challenge, it looks like they're going to be doing something different with that. It's going to have, i don't even know if this is cognac.
00:48:55
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I don't know what that word is. Control noir. coin could Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know. Some sake of some sort, an orange blossom foam, an edible viola flowers, viola flowers. Joto Yuzu Sake. That's kind of nice. Yeah.
00:49:10
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It's an interesting looking drink. You got some smoke coming out of it. I don't know if this Haunted Mansion bar is going to be any different than the one on the treasure. It looks pretty much the same. Yeah, was going to say, I don't know. i mean, you you've been on the other one, so I don't know. It looks the same.
00:49:24
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it's this the the The Destiny is the same ship as the Treasure. It's the exact same ship. They just have different things on it, right? So my guess is that this lounge is exactly the same. It's in the same spot.
00:49:35
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Same thing because it's the exact same ship. So that's my guess. ah You do have some other stuff down here, though, too, for cask and cannon, because they they're also going to have a drink, a pair of drinks that come in. It's called the dead man's chest, which it's a beverage experience for two that includes drinks. ah that It's two drinks in a in a in a chest, and it looks like it's smoking, and there's some sort of lighting effects in there.
00:50:02
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um So there's like rum, pineapple, lime juice, agave nectar, coconut froth, That actually sounds pretty good. I would i would i would drink that. Yeah. it And you know i'm not a drinker. so yeah The hard part is is it's it's it's for two, though. That's not hard for a lot of people. I mean, you know, you double fist it.
00:50:23
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You don't have anyone else with it. I mean, I know like you know, same thing. I'm not a i'm not a much of a drinker either, but if I was to order one of these, you know I would be drinking both of them. which Yeah.
00:50:36
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it's It's worth noting, by the way, the Haunted Mansion, it's saying that the Haunted Mansion bar is going to have a whole new menu so that it is going to differentiate itself a little bit from the the one on the treasure. So which, you know, I think is a is a good thing. yeah You know, you want to have you don't want them to just be pure carbon copies of each other. right Trevor, you should come on a cruise with me just to go in the Haunted Mansion bar. like kids are the only i think we I will admit, yes. So, yeah, you you're right. i you know I would love to just go and hang out in some of these spaces. Sorry, Jen. I'm sorry, Jen. I'm sorry I'm trying to get him to... Because I know your wife listens. So I'm sorry that I'm trying to get Trevor to do a vacation without you.
00:51:13
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I mean, yeah. but We'll talk about it. Your wife can yell at my wife and then my wife can yell at my at me so that we can we can do it that way. We're all talking to each other for anyone that's wondering. It's it's it's become a whole thing.
00:51:27
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and Yeah, that's actually. Yeah. and And I don't know. ah Yeah, maybe I will end up on a cruise ship someday. I don't know. I don't want to push you into that. I don't want to keep you away from your wife on there.
00:51:39
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ah Anything else on this or do we want to move on the next thing? Yeah, i think I think we're good with the cruise line stuff for now. so Yeah. Now we're going to move over to the holidays again. no more Halloween stuff, though.
00:51:54
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We're done with Halloween. We've had enough about Halloween. It's September, so we're done with Halloween. Let's talk about Halloween. Christmas. yeah Let's talk about Christmas because it's September. Yeah, exactly. ah Yeah, but we're getting a look now at ah at some, and so a couple things here, actually.
00:52:10
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ah So some different merch that's going to be going on. There's also a mention of DVC in here as well. And i I actually don't know what they're referring to here with DVC. I'm going to have to click on it and figure it out. But ah there's a lot of different merch going on. and there There always is.
00:52:27
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But, um you know, I'm just scrolling through here. some christmas ors Some Christmas tree ornaments. ah Honestly, nothing here as far as Christmas tree ornaments is doing anything for me. I'm to be honest.
00:52:39
Speaker
Really, um I feel so. It's hard to tell, but I feel like um and yeah I'm probably wrong about this, but the the ornaments that they're showing off here look a little. um Look a little more um classic than like... That's fair. Yeah, classic design than more modern. Yeah. yeah So like i mean am not to like, I have lots of Disney ornaments, so, so you know, i'm not I'm not hating on ornaments at all.
00:53:10
Speaker
But I feel like in in like the last probably five or so years... They kind of got to a point where a lot of them felt very like it would they were very clearly just like mass produced, like plastic ornaments. Right.
00:53:23
Speaker
Yeah. And these are i I don't want to assume these aren't plastic, but they look they don't look like plastic to me. They look like ceramics. Yeah, so so whatever they're doing, know maybe it's just how they're choosing to paint them or whatever. they Exactly that. is that they They do look, like especially like I'm looking at this mini one where she's riding on the Dumbo ride.
00:53:41
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Yeah. um it It looks a little more like, like you said, like a ceramic or or you know you know so not plastic, right? Which even if they turn out to be plastic, just the fact that they don't look plastic I think is is a bonus. Yeah.
00:53:56
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So I, I, the, the one that kind of bothers me here, Trevor is actually the first one. i was trying to avoid it, but Kermit looks. so Yeah. What is going on with Kermit in this? yeah Kermit looks like he just heard ah the the new Kermit voice doing, doing the new Kermit voice.
00:54:13
Speaker
like mean i was gonna say he he's like staring into the void or into the void yeah he looks like he's he's having a mental breakdown really is what i i don't know what's going on with that one it's it's not even kermit's bob bob cratchit saw something maybe yes maybe because it's because it's the bob cratchit and his wife but it's what's supposed to be but i think it's his eyes i think that's the eyes that are doing it i don't know yeah they have a very like dead stare to them i know i can't describe i have to post a picture of it with the episode because i yeah i can't describe what's happening here i it's i just what i want to do like zoom in on him
00:55:00
Speaker
that's what i i just that's exactly right trevor i want to crop this and i want to zoom in just on his face and i want to a new gif that i can use for react yeah it's like a meme like like you know that's what i need this is reaction yeah just do one where i slowly i slowly zoom into his face and that's the reaction gif this is yeah Maybe I'll see if I can make it a, just make this picture, uh, an emote on discord. That's, that's funny. I like that. I like that.
00:55:32
Speaker
I mean, I want to call it like a dead stare. Like, like he's just like blank staring. it's just It's very, very odd. I mean, if we were if we were, you know, doing a non family show, there's other things I could say about this, but I'm not gonna but you read into it, you know, whatever.
00:55:49
Speaker
But you know, and and yes, we're we're we're giving it a hard time. But you know, it's it's still it still is good. Like it's yeah, it's fine. It's you know, just gar of its face. I don't know what's wrong with his face.
00:56:02
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so The thing is, if I had that ornament, I would chuckle at it every time I walked, which means that it's a good thing. A thousand percent. A thousand percent you laugh at. and Just going on here, though, to your point, looking at the shirt that's next here, this is very old school Mickey and Minnie designs on the shirt.
00:56:19
Speaker
This is very like ah he's looking. I mean, I'm going here even earlier than that. This feels like. Yeah. Yeah. yeah actually yeah you're Yeah, actually, yeah, you're right. it it does This is like 60s Mickey. like Yeah.
00:56:34
Speaker
Yeah, and Minnie, I should say. like This is very much like ah you know the like the Walt Disney. What were those things? that Oh my gosh. like Why am I blanking on the things on the weekends so where we you know with the shows?
00:56:47
Speaker
Sunday Night ah Magical World of Disney. Yeah, yeah. like it's It's like that kind of style. So, I mean, that's what's just cool. It's funny. i I equate that to like when i was because i when I was a kid, that was like in the 80s, that was always fun. But now that I think about it, that those shows were actually, like they were rerunning stuff from yeah like the 60s and 70s.
00:57:11
Speaker
Yeah. Magical World of Disney. Yeah. it would yeah I also, I'm going down here too. We got we got some sweaters. I have to say, Trevor, I don't hate the spirit jerseys. I kind of like them, which I never say. you Everyone here knows I hate spirit jerseys, but I kind of like these. These are kind of cool.
00:57:31
Speaker
I said the the spirit jersey is nice, but I'm looking at this green hoodie. And. Okay. That's a good one. Again, an old school Mickey version. Yeah. But, and it looks like a nice hoodie. Like.
00:57:44
Speaker
Yeah. Like it would be a good Christmas hoodie. You know, I could, I could wear that for. yeah A month and a half in the winter. There's a good Donald long sleeve shirt here too with with Goofy on the sleeves and probably somebody else on the other sleeve.
00:57:59
Speaker
It doesn't show who's on the other sleeve, but Goofy's on one sleeve. ah feel I can see an an what looks like an antler. I feel like it's going to be Pluto on the other sleeve. That's what I feel like it is.
00:58:12
Speaker
I have to say, I appreciate that, that ah Disney's continuing to do even a small amount of Hanukkah stuff. Cause we, we have a bunch of Disney Hanukkah stuff in my house and, and, and it's all very cool. Although I don't know that they've, I, this does not feel like a new design to me. I feel like I've seen this before, but again, just happy that there, you know, that there's inclusion there. That's great. Yeah. There's merch there. I mean, yeah. It shouldn't always be Christmas stuff. There should be. yeah yeah You know you know, all kinds of inclusive stuff is good.
00:58:41
Speaker
They've even got a Hanukkah pin, which, you know. Yeah, they have a pin. i Actually, I think this pullover, this pullover this ah sweatshirt is is new. i think i think that's new, and i'm I'm already eyeing it up because I might get this for my wife because I think she would really like it.
00:58:59
Speaker
Good thing is she doesn't listen to the show. so it's Okay. Yeah. She'll find out. Just tell your wife not to tell my wife, okay? Okay. Well, you you can tell her because she's listening to the show. Don't tell don't tell my wife.
00:59:10
Speaker
There you go. just Don't tell her. It's a secret. right. You said that the the DVC stuff. So further down, I see that there is some there's a like Disney Vacation Club shirt and some welcome home.
00:59:25
Speaker
Or again, it looks like stuff specific to cabins at Fort Wilderness. Which is interesting. Yeah. I mean, like, I know they're trying to promote it, but like, how about like all the other resorts?
00:59:40
Speaker
You know, like, why just that one? ah They even have a little sign you can put on your, look at that. The Fort Wilderness Happy Holidays Resort and Campgrounds. Look at that. new Campgrounds. It's a nice little yeah sign. Yeah.
00:59:53
Speaker
They should have one of those for every single resort. How would how they just have that for four wilderness? Like that's, yeah I mean, yeah, every resort. You're right. every Every resort should have their own holiday merch and it doesn't have to like, you don't have to do new holiday merch every year, but if there was holiday merch that I could pick up at the resort, that would like, I, I would, I would absolutely love, uh, you know, Polynesian holiday merch. Yeah.
01:00:21
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I will say, though, they do have... yeah Yeah, I know you would. They do have a DVC member ah like jack like light jacket like kind of thing with Mickey on it that is pretty cool. That is just that are not specific to Fort Wilderness. ah Although maybe it is. i don't know. There's a tree on it.
01:00:38
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it does I mean, I think it's just general Christmas tree. Just general Christmas tree kind of thing? Okay. Yeah. ah Yeah, it's weird because they they are... like so there's like... The sweater is very like Fort Wilderness and...
01:00:51
Speaker
Yeah. But I think I feel like the overall theme of this is they're they're really trying to lean into like Fort Wilderness this year. Yeah. um Yeah. I mean, which is fair. You know, it's it is it is technically the newest um standalone DVC resort.
01:01:08
Speaker
Right. True. Because because even though the Polytower opened, the Polytower was adding on to an existing DVC resort. This is a new standalone resort. Maybe they're trying to remind people that.
01:01:20
Speaker
Well, it's also, listen, it's not selling very well either. So, ah oh yeah, I mean, the okay. Didn't want, okay. That is the elephant in the room. This is not anyone's. Yeah. shouldn't say It's not anybody. It's not, it's not most people's first pick. It seems very niche for, it is, yeah you know, you know, DVC stays. Yeah.
01:01:42
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But yeah, I guess this is just their way of trying to, you know, yeah ah drive a little bit of attention at it, which is fine. I should mention, too, that later in the article, it death says there's even more fun waiting to be unwrapped at our other DVC resorts, where each destination offers its own festive flair to create the new holiday tradition. So maybe this is just an initial release, and each resort will have something unique to it.
01:02:04
Speaker
Okay, I mean, that that would be nice if that's how this actually plays out. that And yeah, maybe they're just they're just showing this off as, you know, again, the the initial highlight. But I mean, yeah, I guess if if every resort gets their own, that would be amazing. I'm not going to assume that that's going to happen.
01:02:23
Speaker
Yeah, that's fair. That's totally fair. All right. All right. Should we talk to Disneyland stuff? I found this article yeah fascinating.
Anaheim Gondola System Considerations
01:02:32
Speaker
Yeah, okay. so So this next piece is the city of Anaheim is considering an aerial gondola system with potential Disneyland stops. So this is not Disney news per se, but it's it's the city of Anaheim doing a gondola.
01:02:48
Speaker
Which, you know, gondolas do make sense. And, you know, Anaheim is it's a big place and it just opens up, you know, the ability to travel around more without without having to rely on Ubers or, you know, buses or anything like that.
01:03:08
Speaker
To have an alternate transportation method like this would be pretty cool, and especially one like this. Although the thing I found funny about this, Trevor, I don't know how far you read down. But the company that they're working with is a startup company that has never fully delivered an operational system.
01:03:24
Speaker
And there is, quote, concerns about its ability to fulfill its promises. So it seems like they were trying to go a non-traditional route. And maybe that's not going to work out.
01:03:36
Speaker
But you know you could also end up seeing Disney paying for this, right? at least part of it, yeah. Yeah, because Disney pays for a lot of the infrastructure stuff around the park.
01:03:47
Speaker
You know, like they do. though They pay for new roads. They pay for, you know, ah new parking structures. They pay for housing. They I mean, there's there's a lot of stuff that they do in partnership with Anaheim, mostly so that Anaheim will do what they want. Right. Like, you know, yeah but I mean, they're like, yeah, we'll build the road, but you have to let us build a giant new theme park. And, you know, they shake hands and they do it.
01:04:08
Speaker
Right. Like so you could see Disney and, you know, paying for this in some way, shape or form, partly at least. But, you know, I don't know. Who knows if this going to happen? I think it would be a cool idea.
01:04:19
Speaker
um so I think it would be neat and be it'd be great. It'd certainly make it a lot easier for people that are non-locals to go to Disneyland. So and just to give some more context on what they're actually thinking this means. So the the areas is that it would connect is something called the Platinum Triangle, which is Angel Stadium, the Honda Center and the Grove of Anaheim.
01:04:44
Speaker
But then part of that would also be connecting to um ah or the Grove in Anaheim includes several hotels and is near the Disneyland Resort. So the implications of this are that you would be able to get to a bunch of other non-Disney things. so So, you know, going to like, you know, the stadium and stuff like that.
01:05:06
Speaker
Um, without having to, uh, without having to, you know, figure out transportation, all that. So no, this would not, this wouldn't solve the problem of like getting to airports or anything like that. Cause I think, I think the closest airport is John Wayne. And I, like, I don't see how this would be, um, feasible to do a gone or it would be, would be a weird gondola ride. Like it would be way longer than it needs to be, I think.
01:05:30
Speaker
The other thing too, that's kind of interesting. is So yeah, like you said, that this company um that's doing this, um yeah, they haven't actually delivered on a functioning system, which is a concern.
01:05:41
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um The other thing too, is, you know, thinking about the area itself um there are definitely some considerations to be had. um So while there is no hurricanes like there is in, in Florida,
01:05:56
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um There are a couple of other natural things that occur in California that um are unique to the area. One is earthquakes. So it has to be able to withstand earthquakes.
01:06:08
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The other thing is, is that they have something there called the Santa Ana winds. which, um, yeah so I'm familiar with that because yeah up in, in Alberta, we have a similar weather phenomenon called Chinooks.
01:06:22
Speaker
And the thing about them is that it usually comes with a heavy temperature shift, but it's very, it's not like hurricane level winds, but it's still very high winds that, you know, for any gondola system, it could definitely have an impact on that.
01:06:39
Speaker
Right. So, yeah. Yeah. Um, And then, you know, fire, it like, yeah, fires. i mean, fires fires are a whole other thing, too, that because they do have do have issues with ah the hills lighting on fire.
01:06:52
Speaker
Well, that is, yeah, that is a problem. Yeah. but so So, yeah, the the the interesting thing about this is that, yeah, it's not – this is not, like, you know, making getting around Disneyland easier, but it's making getting around Anaheim easier.
01:07:06
Speaker
But also, I don't know – I see where the – you know, with the expansion of Disneyland and how – like – Disneyland is going to get bigger and it's not that you're going to have any more issues getting around Disneyland, but it does lend itself to, you know, people, you know, people go to Disneyland and they always want to explore the surrounding areas as well, because there is lots of other, you know, like, like Orlando, there's, there's lots of other tourist things to go and see and do there.
01:07:34
Speaker
The fact that they're trying to connect all these things with a gondola system is, it's a very interesting idea. And honestly, like, you know, if it did work out, I would hope that maybe it's something that would be considered in Florida because I'll be honest.
01:07:50
Speaker
Um, you know, my brother and I were taking Ubers to and from, ah Disneyland to universal. If there was like a gondola or a monorail or something that connected those two, I would, i would be so happy to see that. Yeah.
01:08:06
Speaker
Like it's the same kind of thing, right? Like it's, yeah you know, just, just a means of connecting all of those, those attractions together would, I think, you know, yes, Disney, you know, they don't want to spend money on stuff. That's not theirs per se, but if it brings more people to the parks, like why would you not? Right. Yeah.
01:08:26
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah, I get exactly. Exactly. So, yeah, lot it's a lot of interesting things to think about. The the implications of that are, um you know, it's it's a cool idea. um i Whether it actually happens or not. Yeah, I worry that, you know, this my my only negative thought around this is that I feel like this company is not considering all of the. Yeah.
01:08:53
Speaker
geographical implications of the area that that they're working because you know it is like anaheim is fairly flat you know it's it's not ah like it should be easy to get around but there are things that happen there that i'm i hope that they're considering as part of this because i don't know that i would want to be on a gondola when an earthquake happens Yeah, I mean, probably not. I mean, well, I think the other problem with this, though, too, is like part of the reason I don't I don't ever worry on the on the gondolas when I'm at Disney and and the Skyliner is that it was it was create it was it's built ah by a company called it's Doppelmeyer's name and company. Right. And they they make gondolas all of the world. Right.
01:09:35
Speaker
They've got I mean, they've they're a company that's existed for ever. Right. Right. So and and they I mean, they use gondolas in much more harsh conditions than Florida thunderstorms. Right. I mean, you're talking like up giant mountains for ski slopes and all sorts of stuff like that. So like they're established, they're well known, they know what they're doing. and And if they went with a company like that, great.
01:09:56
Speaker
But, you know, they're going with this startup that seemingly has never built anything. So, you know, that's guys gary called ah called Swift Cities, by the way. Yeah. Yeah. But, you know, listen, there's no indication that this is actually happening. Right. There's no indication this is actually happening. So, yeah.
01:10:11
Speaker
Yeah. So anyway. Yeah. The the yeah. but Sorry. Just reading the article again. You know, concerns about its ability to fulfill its promises. is yeah One of the concerns that was brought up about this company
01:10:27
Speaker
I mean, typical startup though. Right. I mean, yeah, I mean, yeah, I don't, I don't want to be like that, but it's like, it's true for, for a gondola. It's like, it better work.
01:10:38
Speaker
Yeah. Right. Like, like that's, that's my thing. Yeah, exactly. I should note that, I mean, ah you know, just for accuracy sake, Doppelmayr is a relatively new company, but it's like it's one of those companies that's been around forever and it's changed names a million times and, you know, that kind of thing. But anyway, so not to say that, you you know, not to say that a startup couldn't achieve it. It's just.
01:11:04
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Yeah.
Entertainment Rumors & Reboots
01:11:05
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Yeah. I hope I hope this works out and this becomes a new common mode of transportation. That's really what I want to see happen is, you know how much i mean, we all love the Skyliner here. So, yeah.
01:11:19
Speaker
And again, just more transportation options is really all we're looking for. So, yeah. Okay, last thing you had on the rundown here, because we should probably wrap this so this is non-parks, right? I know sometimes people get mad, but we don't talk when we talk about things that non-parks.
01:11:35
Speaker
So I put it at the end specifically because I want to talk about it, but it's not a parks thing. so It does tie back to the Muppets, which, you know, Muppets are taking over rock and roller coasters. So it's loosely...
01:11:48
Speaker
And it's Disney. Disney owns the Muppets. So i I want to say, first of all, that this is a rumor. Okay. And this is ah an online rumor that's going on. So 100% possible this is not true and not happening.
01:12:01
Speaker
Right. Yeah. But the rumor is that the Muppet show, the classic Muppet show, has a reboot of it, has been greenlit by Disney to do a reboot with Seth Rogen producing.
01:12:12
Speaker
If this is true, this will be amazing. Like, Yeah. I mean, I love the original Muppet show. Like, yeah. Like, in the because, yeah, they're they're saying, you know, reportedly returning in its original celebrity filled glory, which that was always the best thing about the Muppet show is like you saw like all kinds of people on that show. Like like it was it was whoever was kind of popular at the time.
01:12:41
Speaker
Yeah. and And it was always fun seeing like, yeah I mean, yeah, the the the Muppet show just had like it it had so much character in and of itself that, yeah you know, it it felt like another universe but or something.
01:12:59
Speaker
or It's the best. It's not. It's hard to decide. Yeah. It's not that it felt like another universe. It's that it it felt like it felt like they they were like it was like an actual like working show that was like.
01:13:15
Speaker
you know, all like all these other things were like coming out and eat like, I think about the Star Wars. Yeah. yeah that Yeah. That's exactly it. Like, like it felt very like, you know, when they were like talking to like Mark Hamill about like Star Wars and stuff and it's like, oh yeah, you know, that makes sense. Like, you know, you know, they're, they're like, they, they were, they're aware of like real world things that are going on. Like it, it it was so much like fourth wall breaking, which I think was,
01:13:41
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. That's what made it really good. And I feel like, you know, you know, Seth, Seth Rogan isn't afraid to do that. No, definitely not.
01:13:51
Speaker
Yeah. um Yeah. Just again, just makes sense. Like, Yeah. And I mean, it was announced three years ago that he was also producing a figment movie, but that has never come to fruition, which is unfortunate. But I mean, like that, listen, this kind of stuff happens all the time where things are being developed and they just don't happen.
01:14:06
Speaker
Right. Like, you know, that's, that's part of, of Hollywood and how these things work. ah But listen, I, there was that show couple of years back now that was like a talk show format that was by the Jim Henson company, but it it wasn't the Muppets.
01:14:22
Speaker
um That I actually really liked. I forget what the name of it was. Space. yeah are they They were like aliens or something, weren't they? Yeah, they were aliens and they were like, it was a giant alien puppet and they would like interview celebrities. It was like talk, like late night talk show format.
01:14:37
Speaker
Yeah. And I really liked it. i think it only did one season. i can't remember the name of it for the life of me, but it was really good. And I, you know, i feel like, they can do really fun things with celebrities here. And like you said, it, it, it was always such a weird, ah but like thing that worked. Cause it, it felt like all of these Muppets were real people that were producing this television show, you know, like, yeah, exactly.
01:15:02
Speaker
And that's how the Muppets have always felt. And I think that's why the Muppets are so beloved is they, they just feel like they're real, even though, you know, you know, cover your ears, kids. They're not, uh, they're puppets, but you know, it's, they're, they're real.
01:15:15
Speaker
They're real. They're yeah, they're real. It's all good. Yeah. You can have a conversation with Kermit. You can't. That's true. You know, that's, that is true. That is true. But yeah anyway, I hope this is true.
01:15:26
Speaker
I hope this is a thing that actually happens. I do appreciate that Disney is continuing to try to do things with the Muppets. Cause I, it could easily become one of those things that they just abandoned, but it's too, it's too valuable of a property. It's, it's ah you know, and I appreciate they keep trying these things now, given the last thing they did was that, ah that, that, um,
01:15:47
Speaker
that, uh, uh, the, the, the show with the Muppets, what was it last year where, it where it was, uh, with the, uh, oh my gosh, what was that show movie? No, there was a there was a series on Disney Plus that they canceled after one season, but it had it got like really good reviews and people really liked it.
01:16:05
Speaker
um Why can't I find the name of that? My gosh. oh was It was the Muppets Mayhem. The Muppets Mayhem. Oh, yes. 23. That was in 2023. ah But and you know it was actually, you know people really liked it, but it got canceled after just a season, so um which is a bummer.
01:16:21
Speaker
but Yeah. I mean, yeah. Yeah. So one thing I should point out about this rumor that I guess I don't know. I don't remember when the figment rumor came around, but the the person who leaked this, um the fixer film was actually announced. That wasn't even a rumor. That was an actual announced thing.
01:16:41
Speaker
Yeah. So so all that this says is, you know, Seth Rogen is producing the Muppet Show reboot and filming starts mid September. It's like in a couple of weeks here then. Yeah. And I guess that this.
01:16:53
Speaker
This person linked like an email or something that they got. Yeah, I mean, listen, it's a little flimsy. Don't get me wrong. yeah but again Yeah. And you think they would have announced it already if it was happening? my i don't think Disney would, actually. Unless they're just doing it like almost like a pilot and they're going to see if it works. and then Yeah, I mean, it if if they're doing if they're you know filming it, I feel like they you know they usually don't announce, unless it's like i ah you know something huge, they usually don't announce things before they even start filming.
01:17:26
Speaker
Well, I mean, so I mean, they do. they I feel like they do. No. Again, ah it's only when it's like a huge like if it's like a Star Wars or a Marvel or something but but but should be in that category. I feel like I, you know, they they are to us. I don't know that they are the world. Yeah. Yeah.
01:17:44
Speaker
I mean, again, I feel like maybe we we have a little bit of inherent bias little towards the Muppets because we, we we i mean, we grew up with it. we We are like there is there is definitely um like a an age gap of people that like grew up heavily with the Muppets.
01:18:01
Speaker
Yeah. And then and then past a certain point, it did kind of fall off. So, you know, for, for us folks, it's, you know, we're like, yeah, Muppets for sure.
01:18:13
Speaker
It's not necessarily, you know, I'm sure even people listening to the show, you know, you know, just cause you and I, you know, grew up with the Muppets doesn't mean that, uh, you know, other people yeah necessarily did either. Right.
01:18:26
Speaker
It's true. It is true. no ah Sorry. It's, it's a hard truth that, uh, You know, people but don't care about the Muppets. It's not for everybody, but I definitely I love i love Jim Henson stuff in general. i but I always have like like the Dark Crystal is like one of my favorite movies of all time.
01:18:44
Speaker
Like, I just I love that stuff. Yeah. um But yeah, I also get where, you know, not everybody is necessarily as excited about it. But, you know, maybe again, this is.
01:18:56
Speaker
this is an opportunity where if it, you know, if this does hit well, it may, you know, like we talked about with other IPs and stuff, this may bring it back around again, that it's, you know, it, it builds up, you know, hyper on the Muppets again.
01:19:11
Speaker
I mean, Yeah. You never know what's going to hit next. to like you're going to hate me for saying this, Tom, but hey, K-pop Demon Hunters, you know, it's good. I don't hate you for saying that. I listen. It's but it not Disney. I guess I guess people might get mad about it. But, you know, it's it's that that same kind of thing is, you know, you you don't know what's going to hit. And that until it does. Yeah.
01:19:33
Speaker
The interesting thing about the Muppets just in general is that my daughter has never watched a single thing with the Muppets in it, but she is aware of the Muppets. Like she, she knows who Kermit the Frog is. She knows who Miss Piggy, like she, i mean, the I guess the only thing she's ever seen was literally Muppet Vision 3D. Like that's the entirety Your daughter didn't have like, you didn't have like Sesame Street on and stuff when...
01:19:56
Speaker
not really you know Not really. Actually, you know what? we we We watched a couple episodes of Muppet Babies, so she might know them from that um now that I'm thinking about it. Because we I tried to get her to watch old Muppet Babies, and she was not feeling that.
01:20:09
Speaker
We actually had like Sesame Street on in our house, which is why I think like my son definitely knows who like Muppets are. We tried Sesame Street. She wasn't feeling it. I don't know why. um i don't know. It just wasn't her thing. I mean, she knows who Elmo is.
01:20:22
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you know, like everybody Elmo is, but yeah, my my son was freaked out by Mr. Noodle on Elmo. I mean, it's fair. It's fair. Yeah.
01:20:31
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I never really liked snuffleupagus. Uh, you didn't like snuffy. No, I don't know. Stuff. Oh man. Yeah. I just love snuffy. There's something about snuffy that bothered me. and I don't know why.
01:20:43
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I don't know. He has the same vibes as Eeyore to me. think that's why I like it. He's got an Eeyore. and that's Yeah, okay. I can see that. Every once in a while, i might you know my daughter's stuffed animal of choice is Eeyore. She has an Eeyore stuffed animal that is probably 30, 40 years old. Honestly, it's been around a long time.
01:21:00
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And every once a while, I will pick it up and I'll do the Eeyore voice and pretend to be Eeyore. And she does not appreciate it. Yeah. at all she's like you're doesn't sound like that i'm like i think he does i think he sounds just like that and she's also like you wouldn't say that and i'm like yes he would like i've been watching ear a lot longer than you yeah i know what drives eeyore okay i know his his personality here um but yeah i don't know how we got on that but hey we we're we're good at going down Yeah, we're i like i it's I'm in a weird point in my life, too, with my daughter where it's like we have all this... like her Her room is decorated to Winnie the Pooh, and she's starting to hit that age where she maybe doesn't want that stuff in her room anymore, you know?
01:21:45
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Oh, yeah, we we kind of got there, too. like My son had stitched stuff everywhere, it's all...
Podcasting Challenges & Listener Engagement
01:21:51
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that this Like we used to like be excited because there's like, oh, there's like a new Stitch stuff we we can get them. And now it's like, dude, and Stitch I remember we talked about this like before the new movie came out.
01:22:02
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They sold like I i figured what it was. Was it three billion dollars in Stitch gear? I am telling you, I've been to a bunch of kids' birthday parties this year, and I you know dropped my daughter off at school. Stitch is everywhere.
01:22:13
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like ah like Even more so than it was before. like i i mean, literally, the one birthday party I took my daughter to, every gift this kid got was Stitch.
01:22:25
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Like all of them And I'm like, how did Stitch become this? Like, I know, you know, people really like Stitch. and am i And listen, my daughter, too. My daughter's entire she, you know, my my mom bought her a backpack this year. It's a Stitch backpack. It has a Stitch lunchbox, too. It's got a Stitch water bottle that came with it. Like, it's I mean, it's got little ears that stick off the side of the Stitch ears that is stick off the side of the backpack.
01:22:49
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It's amazing. But like it stitches just everywhere. I it's, it's amazing to me, like how that's blown up. So anyway, let's wrap this up, Trevor. We've been, we should probably wrap this up.
01:23:01
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um Yeah. So, all right. So, yeah, you know, as usual, know, if you guys have any trip reports you want to share with us or any, um you know, anything you want to talk about from the show, you know, we do have an email address. You can always find us at welcome home podcast at gmail.com.
01:23:19
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We love hearing from you guys and hearing bring what you think about the show and just, you know, obviously all of our little rabbit holes that we talk about and everything. Yeah. We are also on things we got wrong, you know.
01:23:32
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Yeah. i mean Yeah. That too. You know, we we are not we're not like all knowing omniscient Disney people. we We do make mistakes. So, you know, we we like hearing about that as well.
01:23:43
Speaker
People don't realize how hard it is to do this. You're like, oh, it's easy just talking to a microphone. But things come up and then you just say things and sometimes they're wrong. Like, it just happens that way. Like, you know. And I don't claim to be perfect at any of this. so No, no, no, no.
01:23:58
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We can try be as accurate as possible. We do. Yes. um So also we are on social media, so you can find us on Facebook as welcome on podcast. You can find us on YouTube as welcome on podcast. You can find us on Instagram as welcome home picks.
01:24:10
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Make sure on Facebook, if you find us there, we also have a group called welcome home Disney wait list. As we talked about earlier on the show, you know, we, we've had lots of newcomers to, to the group. You know, we love seeing you guys in there.
01:24:24
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and We love seeing people having conversations and, you know, talking about, know, ah you know, talking about stuff from the show, but also, you know, just general Disney stuff. it You know, it's, <unk>s it's meant to be a place where, where we all enjoy Disney and, and all the, yeah, yeah all all the fun and all the conversations that come of that. So, you know, please come check out our group if if you want to, to get in on that.
01:24:49
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And if you want to help support the show, we have a store. so you can go to store.welcomehomepodcast.co. The website has changed. So just ah just a heads up. So it's.co.
01:25:02
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I should also note that welcome home podcast.co is not currently up. However, yeah the store link is so you can go to store.welcomehomepodcast.co. Just know that if you go to welcome welcome home podcast.co, there's no website there.
01:25:16
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So, but the store is up. And I, as we mentioned, we're going to start adding new merch and new designs to that. So, Yeah, so that that will be coming, but there's still all of our existing merch is up there, so you can always grab something from there.
01:25:28
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And we also do have a Patreon, so you can go to patreon.com slash welcomehomepod. You can check out our different levels of Patreon support, which have exclusive rewards for our Patreon supporters that you can't get on the main store. It's a separate logo.
01:25:41
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that is exclusive to our Patreon. um Again, just you know for thanking people for supporting us that way. And ah also people who support us on Patreon get access to the Discord server, which is yet another place that we have conversations about all the stuff like we talked about today, cruise line stuff, general trip stuff, and sometimes weird off-topic stuff as well. You never know what kind of conversations we're going to have It's a cool little community we got going on there.
01:26:10
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah, exactly. You know, it's, it's nice. ah It's nice seeing, you know, you know, people just, yeah even if, ah even if we're not in the conversation, i I greatly appreciate that our listeners and our community, you know, just keeps the conversation going. So, you know, yeah please, please jump in and, you know, you know, don't be afraid to, to contribute to the conversation as well.
01:26:34
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And good. Oh, I was just going to do my last point on. you I thought you already said it. I, I, for some reason, I thought you already said it. I could be wrong. No, I didn't get there quite yet. But last but not least, if if you're listening iTunes or Spotify anywhere, leave us a five star review.
01:26:50
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ah Again, just helps more people find the show and and, you know, gets us out there to more people to the algorithm. Also, I'll put it out there, too. You know, if you if you think that there's somebody that might enjoy the show, you know, you know, forward them a link to us or, you know, tell your friends because, you know, we we do want people to enjoy the show and enjoy.
01:27:09
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And listen to it because we enjoy doing the show. And, you know, we hope that you guys enjoy doing the show. And on iTunes, you know, if you want to share with us what you think about the show, leave us a review so we can we can hear what you guys think about it. Yeah. And the other thing you can do for us as a favor, you know, just you can do it personally to me.
01:27:26
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ah dave Subscribe to Welcome Home Podcast so you can reminded every time we release an episode. You know, even set it up to like auto download. That's the way to do it, man. That way, you know, Monday morning comes around. You're like, oh, i got got to listen to something on my way to work. Oh, there it is. Welcome Home's already there.
01:27:41
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Didn't even know it, right? ah You can find us on Apple Podcasts, mz Amazon Music, TuneIn, Stitcher, Spotify, YouTube, YouTube Music, ah just about any podcast app that's out there. And of course, on YouTube, you can like watch video episodes of things like Food Time ah and you know maybe some maybe some more video in the future. Who knows?
01:27:57
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A huge thank you to our... What's that, Sherry? We're working on that. We're working on that. We want to do more videos, so... Yes, more videos. We'll try and get those out. Yep. Get up here to the 2025s.
01:28:08
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Closing Remarks & Invitations
01:28:14
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DVC needs. Join us next time for more Disney Parks discussion. Of course, more DVC talk. We hope to see you all real soon.
01:28:21
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this is skipper Albert A. Wall, the voice of the jungle, signing off from Welcome Home Podcast on the DVC....to a huddle when we hit a chair.
01:28:34
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How she can cuddle is no man's affair. I looked around from pole to pole, found her in a sugar bowl. Look out, here comes my ball and chain..........