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Episode 322: Moonlight Magic, Ginger the Pumpkin Tree & Candlelight Processional Narrators
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DVC announced Moonlight Magic dates for 2026. Disney announced that the Muppet Show is getting a 50th Anniversary special on Disney+ that could lead to a full series reboot. The Disney Treasure is celebrating its first Halloween by debuting a new character, Ginger the Pumpkin Tree. Disney announced the line-up of celebrity narrators for the 2025 Candlelight Processional. Walt Disney Imagineering gave a behind the scenes look at the new Haunted Mansion Oogie Boogie animatronic. The guys discuss a strange crime that recently occurred at Disney Springs.
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Introduction to Welcome Home Podcast
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Hello and welcome home. This episode of welcome home is brought to by DVC Resale Market. Thank you for joining us on episode 322 of welcome home a Disney Parks and Vacation Club podcast.
First Disney Experiences - Sharing Stories
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I'm Tom here with Trevor. How's it going Trevor? Hey, pretty good today. How's your weekend going?
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It's it's go. I mean, it's going, um you know, I was just it's funny. i I was talking about I've been talking about on the show. My one friend that was going to Disney for the first time with her kids.
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Oh, yeah. Yeah. I think I mentioned that. so So she texted us on the way home and she she was she was like, you know, had an amazing time, which. And I bet a lot of listeners can kind of identify with this is like when you're like the Disney person in your friend group, you almost feel a weird responsibility for your friend to have a good time. when they're good at disney You know what i mean?
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Yeah. like It's a weird thing because you're like, i like... It's almost like i in in a weird way, like if they're like oh, I hated it. It was the worst. that i like I almost take it personally, you like even though it nothing to do with me. Yeah, you you know you're absolutely right with that. like I do the same thing too, where like when somebody comes to you with Disney advice, I'm always like, I want to hear afterwards how it went because...
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it is It is a little bit of personal pride in that, like, yeah not not like a, I told you so, but like, but I know what I'm talking about.
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Right. yeah and And not from a place of like, like, I'm not trying to be like arrogant about it. It's just like, you know, or I guess i equated actually to, um I think back to, you know, the trip I took with my brother earlier this year is that, you know, yeah yeah you went into it like you he was up front. He's like,
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I haven't been to Disney in years. I'm really leaning on you for this. And I, and so like, I was that in that same boat as you, where I was like, okay, I really need to like, make sure he, he enjoys himself. Right.
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yeah Yeah. And I wasn't even there with them, you know? Yeah. But, but it's, it's, it's, it doesn't actually matter whether you're there with them or not. It's, you know, you just want them to enjoy themselves. So it's, yeah, it's a weird, it's a weird personal thing. I get you on that.
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I also think there's a certain aspect of it too when they're when it's people that are not Disney people necessarily. right like They've never done Disney. They don't really necessarily get it. And then they go and then they come back and they're like, now I get it.
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right You know what i mean? There's a certain thing there. They see the thing that you're like... Like I always try and like highlight certain things. It's like you have to do the thing. And then when they do it they're like, yeah, that was really good. i'm like, yeah, like, yeah, get it. Yeah. well And then we had a we actually had another friend ah that just recently went to for the first time.
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And she texted us on the way home. She texted my wife on the way home and said, well, I guess I'm a Disney adult now. Yeah. And I was like, yeah, there you go That happens. That's exactly how it happens.
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And, and I mean, and I, we, I was also joking too, cause our, our other friends and I, we talked to about this a while ago that, um that we lent our, our DVC points to that went back in May or June or whatever it was.
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they ah my I was talking to my wife about this and it's her friends it's her friend and her friend's husband apparently keeps saying to her, like when can we go to Disney again? When can we do this? yeah and I was like, that's how it happens.
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and That's how it happens. You go the one time and then all of a sudden it's like, okay, I got to keep doing this now. I gotta i want i want to go on the cruise again. I want to go to the parks again. weirdly addictive. It is and it's also like
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it it is and it's also like You know, the I get why, you know, it like, to be fair, Disney is very hard to go to on a regular basis unless
Navigating Disney - Tips and Challenges
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you're budgeting for it. So I get where you live locally. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Again, yeah you know, if if if, you know, geographic and all that doesn't, you know, work out, it is a very difficult thing. Like even where I live, you know, when I when I say to people like, oh, yeah, I usually go to Disney like once a year that like there's a lot of like, yeah.
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but because well the way there for that, like, well, no, it's it's, it's not that it's, it's the, like, when I was growing up, Disney was very much like, like Disney was the big trip people did. Like, oh it was like, you know, people would plan for like five years to go to Disney. Like, so That was growing up for me. I mean, that's how it was when I was a kid. Yeah. and but But it's even worse because, you know, one, we're in another country and two, like the other, like Disney World is, you know, the other side of the continent for us.
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It is. And even going to Disneyland was like, like you know you know, growing up, it was, you know, if somebody said they were going to Disneyland, it was like, oh, really? Like, wow, that's like you're lucky kind of thing, right? Yeah. It wasn't ah like, oh, you're going. It was it was a very...
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you know, you're lucky. So, but, but, you you know, we, we've gotten to a point obviously where, like I said, you know, we were like, yeah, you know, we go over a year, but you know, people's reactions to that do kind of bring me back to reality a little bit that it's like, yeah, most people are not,
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like Even when they want to go, that it's not a like, oh, yeah, you know we're just going to plan a trip and go in six months or whatever. it's It's a big thing for a lot of people, right? So, yeah. it well Yeah, especially when you're going for the first time. like i you know my These couple of friends, i I was just like, listen, this is it's an it's overwhelming thing. It really is.
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And like, because I don't think people truly really even especially Disney World, right? Like, because when you go to Disney World, you don't really it's hard to kind of understand the scale of the place.
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You know, yeah it's huge. I mean, it's it's insanely large. I mean, it's people don't understand the scale of that. Yeah, it's insane. It's it's a huge piece of property and it's ah it can be complicated, you know? And i think i I don't think it's needlessly complicated necessarily. I think it's just anytime you have all these resorts and all these parks and it just – it's inherently complicated, you know? Like it's – I mean I equate it to like I've – so So my parents have been doing a lot of traveling lately because they're they're at an age where, you know, they're they're retired and they've been going and exploring different places in the world. And and the the funny thing is is you know, whether like going to Disney is it's it is the same kind of mindset as like traveling to another country. Like, like you know, if you're going to Spain or you're going to.
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you know, Japan or wherever is you do kind of have to learn like the rules of what, like how things actually work there. And, and it's funny because people look at Disney and they go like, well, it's a theme park. Right. And it's like, yeah, yeah, it is theme park, but, but it's also, it's a massive resort.
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And it, you know, there are rules for it for, you know, transportation is not like, you know, you know, even things as simple as like, oh, you know, I'll just use an Uber to get between the parks. Well, Uber doesn't pick up in the places you think it does. So, you know, if you're, if you're not aware of that, it's not like, it's not you can just walk out to the nearest road and call an Uber and and go kind of thing. Right. Like it's, yeah yeah it's again, knowing,
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knowing all the nuance of where you're going is what what I think people struggle with. And also that's where I think we kind of see the trap as people that help other people with Disney is that they look at they think of it like going to their local amusement park, which, you know, we've, we've talked about going to our local amusement parks and, you know, what I had the same set, you know, same thing up here where yeah or it's, you know, planning a day trip out to, um you know, we, we have a place called Callaway park that is, you know, you know, a local amusement park that's been here for as long as I can remember.
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um that's that is a very simple thing Disney is not a simple thing it's not it is not yeah it's it is ah it is cool though when those people come back and they did have a great time like you know because it just I like you know it's a it's a neat thing and it's funny though because this friend texted me the night before they were going to arrive and they were like, give me some tips. And I was like, that's a really, that's, that's a hard thing to answer.
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Like tips on what tips on, you know, getting to the park every day, like tips on, you know, like, cause there's so many things there's like, it's, I was like, that's a really hard question. And I wrote her a very long text message of like very general tips, you know, but like, I was like, you can go really deep into tips if you want to. Yeah.
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But I mean, you you if somebody says, give me some tips, it's like, you know, the train circles around Magic Kingdom once every 20 minutes. Well, not right now, it doesn't. Yeah. yeah but But like, usually yeah what do you want me to tell you? Like, yeah, yeah they they use cats for, you know, keeping the mice at bay in Disneyland. Like, yeah, it's like, what kind tip you want? Like, yeah, I know.
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I know. I was laughing, though, because she sent me a bunch of pictures and ah her kids are. her one, her one daughter's around the same age as mine. And then the other one's like maybe five.
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And there was a picture of them on dinosaur. And I was like, Oh man, I could have warned you about that. like If you would have told me, I could have warned you. this picture didn't have to happen of them being terrified.
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No, I disagree with that. I think there is, there's discovery. and Yeah. that There is space for being scared at a, at a theme park. It's not, you know,
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It's not, I know everyone talks about like traumatizing their kids. I feel like honestly being scared at a theme park, is the best place to be scared because it is, it is a safe space and it is all like, like even when, even when kids are freaked out, like, like you know, my son, i the, the most I could ever remember him getting freaked out was the first time he rode the Matterhorn. He was like six.
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Yeah. And you know, the Yeti freaked him out, which yeah I know you've not been on the Matterhorn, but the Yeti is scary. Yeah. Yeah. He, he, he is scary. Yeah. And, you know, you freaked my son out and he kind of like, he was like, i don't want to go on that again. But then a he had time to kind of work through it.
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And then the next time he went, he was like, yeah, i want to do it again. and then he was fine with it. I think, I think kids being scared is, it is a valid response. and You know, it's, it's not like, like, don't be that parent where you're like dragging your screaming kid into something that, you know, that they didn't want to do. But if they get surprised or scared on a ride, like it's fine. It's not like you don't have to like,
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Go like, oh, gosh, you know, I shouldn't have done this. This was a mistake. It's like, no, actually, it's OK for kids to be scared. like I don't disagree with you. and You understand what I mean, right? Like like it's – Yeah, of course. yeah You know, having reactions to things is fair.
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But as long as you're not like leaving your kid to like process it on their own. Yeah, no that's that's that's fair. They actually, it's funny though, they the the the scarier reaction on their faces was actually frozen. What? Oh no, dude. Literally every time we've ever gone on that ride, the picture that we get back, my daughter always has the most terrified look on her face when we're going down that tiny little hill.
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Like, it's It's really funny, actually. But yeah, these i mean you know it's it's funny how that all works out. But it's i'm like I said, I'm just glad they had a good time. And it's always like nice to see that when ah when when people get to go do that stuff and have a good time. And then then we always you know we'll tell our friends, too. It's like, okay, well, you had a good time this time. But one of these times you come with us.
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You know, then you'll really have to good to show you. We'll show you the good time. The real good. Exactly.
Disney Events and Strategic Planning
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Yeah. Well, we'll show we we can. It's harder to just tell you these things. It's easier for me to just go with you and just be like, let's go do this thing.
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You know, again, just back to my brother with, you know, he didn't understand what ah what an after hours party was. And we did an after hours party. and He was like, oh, yeah, I see why you do these.
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It makes sense now. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He had to. He had like I told him about it, but he didn't know it until you like he experienced it. Right. It's it's the same thing. Yeah. Yeah. it's It's interesting, too. I was just talking talking to my wife, actually, because, you know, we we obviously were i mean, we're going to the Christmas party, which is two months away still. Right. Yes. And and I don't need to talk about that.
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um a you and i need I need to be that person for you now where I give advice. To hold my hand through this? Yeah. And the proud advice giver.
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i'm um'm I'm all for it. this is you know I think everybody has their Disney blind spots. This is one for me. um Only because we've been waiting. I mean, we've just been waiting to do it. Yeah. So, but, you know, the the interesting thing about it was we we have not used our points this year. And and i I've talked about on the show, like, yeah, of course, we want to go to Disney this year. And we did a couple days this year, but we really, we've only used a little bit of our points. Right. And so I kind of said to my wife, I was like, listen, it's kind of last minute, but.
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you know, would, would you be, would you want to, you know, stay for the night of the Christmas party? You know, like, so we can, so we don't have to deal with driving all the way back to my mom's house. We can maybe stay out a little bit later and, you know, then we can just go crash at the hotel and instead of, you know, trying to deal with the whole parking situation and yeah driving an hour and a half, two hours, you know, like it's,
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It just might be might be a better experience. And then we can just kind of get out when we want to get out in the morning. Right. And she was she was, you know, she was not opposed to the idea of doing it. The problem. Here's the problem, though. Right. So there's six of us in our group.
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Right. OK. And I can't just get a room for the three of us. That would be kind of not cool. You know. OK. Hold up, though. Because so, i mean, I've done that. I'll admit. i like yeah when yeah When I've traveled with my parents, wasn't like... we you know it wasn't like You know, they wanted their own room and we and so like we we did our own thing. We're like, OK, well, we're you know, we've got our room booked. We're going here.
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And that was, you know, we did the we did all the parties and stuff together. But then it was like, OK, you guys are going back to your room. We're going to our room. We'll see you later. So, I mean, I don't think it's out of bounds to say, like, if you make plans, like you don't have to do it for the entire party.
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Yeah, but i mean this is I mean, this is my family, right? So it's not like this is like... It was my parents, too. no No, no, no, no. I guess what I'm saying is we we are all traveling down together from my mom's house. Like, it's... I don't know.
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I invited them to come. It just feels weird for me to be like, hey, you guys go get your own hotel room and deal. You know what i mean? Like, I just have the points. I might as well. you know So you're just thinking you're going to do points for two rooms and then they have a place to crash to. Well, yeah, that's what I'm saying. Or get a two bedroom if I can get one. I mean, it's only one night. I mean, you know, it's not it's not going to cost me fortune. Yeah, I guess ah if the points are not an issue, yeah.
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like I guess it depends on what the point difference is between them would be my only thought on that. Yeah, I mean, i just you know i I just think it might be better for all of us, especially if I get like a Magic Kingdom area resort. But again, it's going to be hard. We're only two months out here. so it's ah single night, though, you you stand a better chance with a single night, I think. But I feel like it's going to be harder just because of the Christmas party being that night. you know that's That is fair, yeah. i mean though but No, I mean, I looked, and I i saw...
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You know, some things, but it's it's not. Well, I was even thinking, Trevor, you know, like I would I would even be willing to consider going a little over the top and doing a bungalow or doing cabin.
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Oh, you know, a cabin. Yeah. night Bungalow is I mean, they're like 100 points a night I mean, listen, I got the points. Why not? Like, just why not? Why not do it?
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Right. Yeah. mean, that they sleep 12 people. So that's what I'm saying. Like, yeah. Yeah. And I mean, wouldn't that be a cool experience for everyone? Yeah. Yeah. like That's true. and then And then when you're done, you literally just hop on the ferry boat. You ride across to um you're right across to the TTC.
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And then you get to have the ah the you get to do the Lion King walk. The Lion King walk? So, so, you know, the meme of like, um, where, uh, Nala is like walking past the hyenas and she's like, your head up. Okay. And they're all like sneering at her. it's but I'm sorry. I know that lot of jealousy going on there is what you're trying to say where everybody else is like trying to get out to, to their cars at the TTC. And you're just like walking over to the, uh, the, uh, to your room at the Polynesian. Yeah. but I mean, that's what it is. It really is that. And I,
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you know I'm not even going to apologize. it That's how it feels every time I do it.
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That's funny. I mean, listen, I could get i could get a two-bedroom lock off at the tower, right? Yeah. For 62 points. I mean, that's not bad. oh wow. Okay. If it's available, it's not available. But if it were available, then I, you know...
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You can always wait list it and see what happens. There is literally not a single date available for that room type from now until. Oh, right. The 30th of March.
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Yeah. i I forgot. It's the, the tower's new. Yeah. You're yeah right. towers The tower's not happening. yeah Yeah. And plus it's a lock off too. yeah I don't know. But if see, but the theme park view goes up to 90 and it's like, do I really need a theme park view? Absolutely not.
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ah Not after. not after If it's one night for the Christmas party, no, you don't need a theme park for you because you're not seeing anything anyway. It's not like you're going be watching fireworks from your room because you're going to be there late.
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but so Listen, a two bedroom at Grand Flow is only 61 points. I mean, that's I would do that. Why not? Yeah. Right. But that's the the thing is, I, again, it's, I just, it's a matter of availability. Right. And I think I'd have to be kind of smart about this and, and maybe go and see. And cause I don't remember off the top of my head, which of the magic kingdom area resorts have the most amount of two bedrooms. You know what i mean? And then maybe strategically place wait lists for those two, because yeah i feel like it's grand Floridian.
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And without, without like looking into it, I without actually looking at it yeah yeah i just feel like it's Grand Floridian. Just thinking of how the different resorts are laid out. That, I mean, that definitely could be the case. I'm just, and also the fact that they just did the expansion at Grand Floridian.
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That's not too long ago. So, well, I'm just pulling up. I don't know if you've ever gone on to a DVC info. DVC info has some really good stuff like this. So let's see really quickly here. Two bedroom dedicated,
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24 at, oh, that's a beach club. Sorry. Uh, 74, uh, two bedroom dedicated at, um, at, at Bay Lake. So that's a fair amount. At Bay Lake. Okay. Yeah. Bay Lake's a good amount. Yeah. Yeah. That's, that's yeah. Okay. So, and then grand flow at grand flow doesn't have that many actually.
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Bill is a grand flirting. Uh, let's see. There's, uh, So I guess the expansion must have been more one bedrooms. Yeah. Yeah. Cause there's 17 dedicated. it looks like there's, there's a 17 dedicated Lake view and 30 dedicated standard views. So, and this is according to DVC info, by the way. So if I'm wrong, you can, you know, blame them.
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Copper Creek has 56 though. That wouldn't be terrible. i mean, yeah. You know, wilderness lodge is another easy one because it's still, yeah yeah it's still a magic kingdom adjacent. Right. Yeah. Yeah.
00:19:39
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Yeah. it's It's really no worse than taking the ferry back to the TTC for the poly. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Hmm. Okay. Well, maybe, maybe I'll strategically place you. I see. Yeah. I don't know.
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We'll see. Yeah. I think you need to, uh, so you need to do this. And I'm, I, I'm not easily giving me the advice. This is like, yeah. Yeah. So, so, okay. You know, usually there's like the, the, the angel and the devil on your shoulder. Like,
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Yeah. the the You know, there's there's no like there's no, oh, save your points. No, you need to do this. Like and and the reason you need to do this is that you like I don't think you've done a lot of after hours events.
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Correct me if I'm wrong. I don't think you have done and nearly as many as I have. I did prior to my daughter being born. Right. So like when when so we were younger, we did a lot of them. Yeah. So yeah, you haven't done a lot of recent after hours events. yeah so Whereas I have done a lot of after hours events like like Halloween, Christmas parties and just general after hours stuff.
00:20:40
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Yeah. And having having your room close for an after hours event because it is a long day. It is It is absolutely much longer than you realize. And you're kind of on the adrenaline of like everything that you're doing and all that.
00:20:56
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Um, I can say that, you know, having, it it feels a lot better. And like you say, you know, the you know, the point of like, you want to hang around till the very end or you want to hang around longer.
00:21:08
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It's so much easier when you're like, oh, I just know that my room is right there. like Like you don't, there's no, like, I got to figure out what's next. Or I got, I have like another hour to drive or whatever. It's, you know, enjoy the party and just leave it at that. Right. Like, like you don't, yeah it makes it your Your mental state at the party is so much better because you can actually be so much more in it because you're not like you don't have like that back of your head, like planning thing going on.
00:21:37
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Right. Well, I and that's the thing, too. Right. So look the other part of this, too, Trevor, that I think is important to note, right, is that if I do do this, then I also don't have to pay for parking.
00:21:47
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Right. yeah which is, you know, an expense that's added on there and I can spend that money on something else. Now, given you could argue the cost of parking way less than me doing a room, but again, i have, you've already paid for your points. Yeah. Like but the points are already paid for. So you don't like, yeah, they're,
00:22:04
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i know I know it's some funny mental gymnastics that the parking is free, and I'm using air quotes, but because you're right, the room is way more expensive than that.
00:22:16
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But you've already paid for the room, is the thing. But also, I'm thinking of it this way, too, because i was you know talking to my sister about this. My sister was texting me and I said, listen, I think you guys should yeah it should drive separately.
00:22:28
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right like We should have two cars there. Even though we can all fit one car, let's do two cars. And she was like, why? And I said, if we make it past 930, I will be shocked. right like I don't think we're going to make it past 930.
00:22:40
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we we're going to try. Don't get me wrong. Like we're going try to get my daughter. shoot thirty You should absolutely try and stay there. Like we're going to try it. Listen, we're goingnna like nap during the day. but can Yeah. Like like honestly, yeah if you can close out one of those parties, it's fantastic. And you know, I've done this with my, like my son wasn't as young as your daughter is, but we have done, like we've almost had him crash out on us because he was tired, but it is worth it.
00:23:07
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Like, Listen, I agree. We're going to try to get here to last as long as possible. might do some things that some parents might frown upon. There might be a lot of sugar going on. That's how it's going to be, right? couple of laps on the PeopleMover for nap is...
00:23:24
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ah You can do that too. I was just going to sugar my child up, but you know either way. I mean, a cat a catnap in the middle is not a bad thing. but No, no. I agree. i agree. Yeah. But I do think it makes all of that a little bit easier if we're just staying there overnight. so And I don't know really why I didn't really consider this as an option prior to this, but I mean, i i think it's a good idea.
00:23:49
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Because, you know, you like you said, your your mom's place is close enough is the problem. It is. that That's the problem. It's close enough. But really, when you're when you're at the party, you want to be like they having having yourself in walking distance just makes it better.
00:24:06
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I don't. It just. Yeah. i and then And then also, too, is, you you know. like you said, you know, if your party chooses to split up, it's, you know, you can all choose to leave when you want to leave or, you know, when people are tired or whatever.
00:24:20
Speaker
Um, again, it makes it, it makes it easier for everybody kind of getting back and settled down because it's not, you know, even not just for you, but like, like for, for your sister and stuff is, you know, they can kind of leave whenever they want.
00:24:34
Speaker
Right. like yes Again, my, my opinion is close it out, but that's, that's my opinion. Yeah. well so why Not everyone can do that. Some of, some of this is also a little bit selfish for myself and good news. My wife doesn't listen to the show.
00:24:49
Speaker
Um, but so my wife does and she will tell your wife, Jen, come on. Like, let's just, let's keep this between us. Okay. Um, and So Karen, my wife, ah is a early to bed kind of person. Right. So she's like a nine o'clock to bed kind of person. Right.
00:25:05
Speaker
Now, that's not to say she can't stay up. Right. But if she sees my daughter getting tired and she's also getting tired, that will be more of a, hey, we should go. Now, if we stay on property, the hey, we should go could mean those two go.
00:25:21
Speaker
And I stay. Yep. So I have lived this situation too, where I was there with my friends and my wife and my son were getting tired and they were like, we're going back to the room. And i was, i had friends there that we were all visiting for just the one day.
00:25:37
Speaker
So my wife was like, you go have fun with your friends. Yeah. And we're going to go back to the room. and And so I continued on with my friends for a couple more hours because, yeah, you know, it wasn't like I need to give keys to the car whatever. It's like, okay, I'll see you back at the room.
00:25:52
Speaker
Yeah. And that's, I think, the big advantage there. Because my wife's not going to drive the hour to half back at 9 o'clock at night. She's just not going to do it. Like, i do she would definitely rely on me to do it And that's fine. Like, i I'm fine with that. I just also am like... It gives everybody more freedom.
00:26:06
Speaker
It does. Right now, though, the only see only thing that I am seeing available, the only thing that's two-bedroom, is a treehouse at Saratoga. Hmm.
00:26:16
Speaker
Which is ah kind of a hall, and I don't want to do that. If I'm going to do this, I want it to a Magic Kingdom area resort, or at least something decently. Yeah. ah So, I mean, I think maybe I would abandon the two-bedroom and just... like Even if you can get two studios, to be honest. Because, again, like you said, it's not...
00:26:35
Speaker
I know, i know you want to like have the bigger room for the family, but if it's six people, two studios will do it. And it's, like they're just hotel rooms, right? Like it doesn't have to be, it doesn't have to be super complicated.
00:26:51
Speaker
I'll tell you this. There's a whole bunch of one bedrooms available out there. One bedrooms sleep eight, right? No, they sleep like five, depending on which which one. Yeah, they don't sleep a lot. that's why most They're like to they more points than they should be, and they only sleep they sleep about the same as a as a um as a studio, usually. so Yeah, I was going to say, because because the studios I stay in sleep five, so...
00:27:16
Speaker
Yeah, usually usually the one bedrooms only sleep yeah four or five, depending. um Yeah, which kind of stinks. you know i said there's a lot of one bedrooms. Now I'm just looking. There's like two different one bedrooms.
00:27:28
Speaker
i i would I would just get some studios to it. like That would be my thing. again yeah I mean, there's not even studios available, though. I mean, it's it's ah slim pickings out there.
00:27:39
Speaker
Really? I guess, yeah, you are also getting really, or it, like we're two months out. So yeah, I can get a one bedroom Savannah view at animal kingdom lodge. Uh, but can I get two of those? I don't know.
00:27:50
Speaker
um and really, do I want to pay for it? That's a bit, again, that it's the same problem of, I mean, again, it's still relatively quick to get back there. Like you just hop on the bus and go, but, uh, yeah, it's like you said, it's still not a magic kingdom area.
00:28:05
Speaker
Ooh, ooh, one bedroom. See, here's the problem, Trevor. Like, you can't book two rooms at once, right? Because she you got this, like, I have this one room here that I could do, but then it's like, but are there two rooms available? i need to know if there's two rooms available. We'll book itt and then go back in right away and see if you can book a second one.
00:28:21
Speaker
Yeah, because there's a Copper Creek one bedroom. If I can get two one bedrooms, I would i would rock that. Do it. That would be fine, I think. do Do it. Don't be the little devil on my shoulder trying to get me get me to spend my point. I'm trying palpateen you.
00:28:36
Speaker
Do it. You are. That's what you're doing. You're doing through the internet across countries. has to be something with your cross-country influence going on here. Well, these rooms are newly refurbished, too. They just finished the refurbishment over Copper Creek, so...
00:28:50
Speaker
Yeah. Okay. I'm being a terrible influence. and you You really are. i realize we we spent like 30 minutes trip planning for you here and just talking about stuff. Should should we actually maybe get into some of our...
Moonlight Magic and Future Plans
00:29:03
Speaker
Nah, you know, who cares about any that? Do people care about... No, other people don't care. do Okay, bra raise your hand if you care about Moonlight Magic for 20 years. All right. now yeah nobody Nobody? No. All right, let's talk about Moonlight Magic. All right. I'm trying to book a trip here, Trevor. well yeah show Okay, well know you do that on the side, but... um but so So they announced Moonlight Magic for... There's nine dates for 2026. So I'll get into this while you're while you're going through the booking stuff. so Okay, all right, right. So we have, ah starting in January of this year, we have Animal Kingdom on January 20th, February 12th at Epcot, February 23rd California Adventure, April 22nd at Hollywood Studios, June 25th Typhoon Lagoon,
00:29:50
Speaker
ah ju July 20th at Hollywood Studios, July 17th at Epcot, August 4th at Typhoon Lagoon, August 20th at Typhoon Lagoon, and then September 10th at Epcot. So these are all confirmed 2026 dates that they've announced.
00:30:05
Speaker
And as a nice little bonus, they also announced three more events in 2025 at Animal Kingdom. in uh october november and december which that's a lot of moonlight magic that uh or i get it's a lot of magic trevor lot of magic it definitely and and i was a little surprised about the animal kingdom ones for late this year because i was like oh like i i would and would have thought that they wouldn't want to do it because it's getting into the holiday season but i guess animal kingdom is
00:30:38
Speaker
not as busy as the other parks when it comes to holiday time. Right. Cause I mean, cause you think about it, like, like like both are Epcot Hollywood studios and magic kingdom all have their respective holiday party events going on.
00:30:53
Speaker
That's true. Whereas animal kingdom doesn't have anything. So maybe that's why they, they managed to squeeze those in for this year. But, uh, yeah. Um, is, or I know you, you're planning current stuff right now, but,
00:31:08
Speaker
is there Is there anything on the list for um ah for the 2026 dates that potentially lines up with when you might be going to Disney? No, know there's no money at this point.
00:31:21
Speaker
ah To be totally honest, there is no might right now. um You know, it's listen, I you know, it's it's it's not a I've talked about this before. There's not a good situation with my wife. show but So we we got to resolve that. And then we can kind of start talking about what next next year is going to look like.
00:31:38
Speaker
I can tell you this. We and I predicted that this was going to happen. Right. We got very much bit by the cruise bug on on but by going to by going to Disney Cruise.
00:31:51
Speaker
Yeah. So I wouldn't be surprised if it's just well. Listen, let's be honest. It's probably going to be. You're looking more at a cruise than than actual park. No, it's probably going to be both.
00:32:01
Speaker
I'm got going to be honest. It's probably going to be a cruise. and And I mean, and they might happen at the same time. They might happen at separate times. I don't know. But, um you know, we we'll we're going to have to see ah what what happens. But that's probably what's going to happen. I mean, I don't know. Things can change. We've talked about.
00:32:20
Speaker
we talked about doing Hawaii next year. I mean, we, we talked about, you know, doing a Lonnie. Um, so I, but I just, I don't know. I mean, that was maybe just a a thing because my sister was there and talking about how amazing it was. And we were like, Oh, oh we should do this. And, you know, but I don't know.
00:32:36
Speaker
So you're not too terribly concerned about the Moonlight Magic. The parties? No. and And to be fair, I'm never really all that concerned about the parties. i Okay, this sounds bad. But i we've the only time I've ever been actually registered for Moonlight Magic party, we didn't go. Yeah.
00:32:59
Speaker
We ended up being too tired and didn't go. Fair. I mean, yeah like I guess so my thing is is that i've I've twice tried to, like I've had it lined up where I was going to be there for a Moonlight Magic party and ah external circumstances blew it out of the water, right? so is Is that a is that a a pun about the hurricane blowing through? for her Yeah, that that's exactly what happened. so yeah Were you trying to make a subtle joke and I just called it out?
00:33:26
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, it that wasn't the direct intent, but yeah, there was it was undertones of, yes, a hurricane did that. Yes, a hurricane did ruin that bad vacation for you, yes. Yeah, I guess people won't be calling this out on the on the Discord later. when but Listen, I was so embarrassed I missed your pirate joke that now I'm on like you know high alert for this stuff.
00:33:48
Speaker
That's fine, but... Well, okay, you know I'll put it here anyways. I made a comment in the Discord that was a K-pop Demon Hunters reference and nobody caught it, so... You did? Sure did. You can go find it. Here's the thing. I actually didn't. i So I actually didn't watch the movie. I, i ah my daughter was gonna have me watch the movie and then,
00:34:08
Speaker
ah We ended up not watching the movie, but I have heard all of the music. So and he you would that you would have caught the reference because it was a reference from one of the songs. so Okay. I mean, you sure. i mean, i I don't know. i hear the songs all the time. I don't know all the words. again It's not like Zombies and Descendants.
00:34:30
Speaker
Okay. So I guess you're like, so I listened to the music and lyrics get stuck in my head very quickly. yeah So I like had all the lyrics stuck in my head from it. So, but anyway, that aside. Yeah. So I was, or, you know, you know, I would really love to go to one of these events, but funny enough, my situation is that we're saving our points for our anniversary in 2027. So okay I'm not going anyway. but that's That's a fair point. Yeah. which And,
00:35:00
Speaker
You know, what's kind of weird is um I in the past, I always kind of looked at the Typhoon Lagoon ones as like, ah, this is not a great or this would not be a great party.
00:35:11
Speaker
But as time is going on and I've had more time at the parks, I actually don't think i or I think I would actually enjoy a Typhoon Lagoon Moonlight Magic Party more than I think I would.
00:35:24
Speaker
Really? okay Yeah. Like just because i I realized that I've never actually done a nighttime visit to a water park, whereas all the other parks I've done like nighttime and after hours stuff. So yeah an after hours water park thing is kind of interesting to me.
00:35:40
Speaker
And the fact that there's three of them this year is is kind of nice. Again, not that I'm going, but, you know, that might lead to a precedent in 2027 that I could end up there for, you know, a water park thing.
00:35:53
Speaker
but I mean, yeah, you never know, right? I i don't know. i We've talked about this before. We're werere not really water park people. Yeah, get that. I do like a good water park.
00:36:04
Speaker
I like water parks, though. I mean, I do. It's just, I mean, and my daughter kind of does, too. My wife doesn't really care for it. like But i I'm all about, like, a lazy river kind of deal. Like, you know. Throw me in a tube and let me float.
00:36:16
Speaker
That sounds great. I was going to say you should go to Volcano Bay, but they they have two different lazy rivers. The one you would like. um The other one you would like. What does that mean? That...
00:36:28
Speaker
they they have a slow lazy river and a fast lazy river oh but i like a fast like i grew up all right so i grew up going no that this is like a you put on a life jacket and a current drags you around a uh like it and there's like waves in it like like there's a wave machine in the river yeah that's not awesome I grew up going to, and i this is for my Northeast people, ah to Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom.
00:36:53
Speaker
And Wild Water Kingdom had... So Trevor, you I think you'd appreciate this. it's So Dorney Park is basically, it's two parks. it's But it's it's split up in a very interesting way. but And I feel like they were doing this long before a lot of the other parks did it. Because a lot of the local parks now will have the water park part part and the theme park part.
00:37:13
Speaker
the Dorney park of the wild water kingdom part was like a pretty large water park. And then the, the Dorney park part was, was, uh, you know, just like a regular park. And so, you know, a lot of times we would start the morning in the, in the, um, in the water park. And then the in the evening we would go to the, to the amusement park, which feels backwards, but it's really not. No, no, I, I, I get that actually. but That makes sense to me, but they had a lazy river there. That was, uh,
00:37:39
Speaker
it wasn't It wasn't like what you're saying where there's like waves and stuff, but like there were things that like underneath would like ah like almost like geysers that would blow up that would knock you off your tube. There were waterfalls. there were you know And i growing up, we would go with my family all the time, and I'm one of the oldest in my family. And so before my uncles you know had kids, my one cousin and I were like the only two.
00:38:01
Speaker
And so they used to do what you know uncles do. they would you know put our They would move our tubes under the waterfall and stuff like that. you there yeah yeah exactly yeah you know but it's i think everybody has those kinds of experience ah but you know it's uh so i always remember that i don't even know if it's still there because i haven't been there in so long it's like it's called runaway river i' i'm as you've been describing all this i've been google know you usually like to google i love dorney park it's probably it's maybe my favorite non-disney theme park uh by by far actually because uh i don't know maybe just because i grew up with it i just i just always uh it's it's it's just a very cool old park you know
00:38:37
Speaker
yeah no i yeah i get that um yeah but yeah i guess yeah the uh this is this looks like i yeah it's not it's not a calm lazy river but uh i guess i would have to experience it to say if it's lesser it's not really an intense one either it just has stuff going on it's not just like a you know you just kind of float around kind of thing there's jets going on and waterfalls and all right fun stuff you know um so yeah it's it's not like the disney ones is the the point i guess correct the disney yeah the disney ones are relatively calm compared to other lazy rivers yeah no and that's i mean that's also understandable right like like of course they're pretty calm right um but but yeah yeah yeah so i don't know what were we even talking about i don't even know we were talking about moonlight magic originally and i went oh gosh water parks but yeah so how did we get there okay
00:39:28
Speaker
This is how this goes right now. So, okay. My bad. And and to this to be fair, you do today but yeah, to be fair, we don't have, we don't have a ton else to talk about on the rundown. I mean, there's like news wise. I mean, that was, that was the big DVC news for this week, which is fine.
00:39:45
Speaker
We do have a followup on the Muppet show. Yeah, which, listen, this isn't Parks, right? But yeah we talked about a rumor. It's Parks adjacent because the Muppets are you know, they are getting love in the parks. So yeah I think this is fair.
00:40:00
Speaker
Yeah. Listen, this is, ah we we talked about a rumor couple weeks ago that ah that Muppet Show was getting rebooted. And with Seth Rogen as executive producing, turns out that that was actually pretty true.
00:40:13
Speaker
ah Except for the full reboot part. They're not getting the full reboot. They're they're getting a 50th anniversary i um reunion kind of thing where they're going to redo. They're going to do a Muppet show like the classic Muppet show.
00:40:26
Speaker
and ah they're good And it is being produced by Seth Rogen. So and his and his production company. And but they are saying, though, it If it goes well, that they it it may go to a full series.
00:40:39
Speaker
So, you know, it's possibility. So this this is a pilot potentially. Kind of. It's like a pilot and an anniversary special all in one. thats That's a good way to do it, actually. I mean, I think, it's true yeah, if there's a huge response, like, yeah, right? theres Because, I mean, i'm I'm down for some classic Muppets, but again, it also kind of depends on on if it hits well. but Like, you know, it it has it has to hit the right beats that the old Muppet show hit. And there is a timing aspect to it as well, right? Like, if it if it's, I don't know, like, they' there is a weird thing. I don't even know how to explain it, but it's like,
00:41:17
Speaker
If it doesn't come on at the right time of year, I just won't watch it. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Like that's fair. That's fair. That's totally fair.
Entertainment News and Opinions
00:41:26
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, really, it's it's more i think if they release it in the fall, I probably stand a better chance of watching it just because like fall and winter stuff, I don't really do. So I'm more inclined to sit down and watch a TV show.
00:41:40
Speaker
But if they if this like comes out in the spring, ah Yeah. I actually say when it's coming out. I'm just trying to see. It doesn't. i or i I couldn't find a date in the article here. Okay.
00:41:53
Speaker
Yeah. It doesn't look like there is a date. Yeah. it It just says it's in planning, which means like, yeah, you know, we could see this. It says 2026. Yeah. yeah it like Like I said, it could be any time next year, which I guess I don't know when the original Muppet show started airing.
00:42:07
Speaker
So I guess we had' know could probably find that out because that'll probably coincide with the 50th. I do like that this article, uh, it says, uh, where did it say that the Seth Rogen looks like a Muppet anyway? So it's a good choice, which yeah it's a good joke, but also kind of true.
00:42:25
Speaker
Yeah. He does have that, uh, yeah he kind of has a muppet quality to him and you you mentioned he does um and you mentioned that uh that uh sabrina carpenter is uh the the featured guest right i don't know if you mentioned that or not but yes or or actually yeah sorry i didn't mention that you're right that was in the article i i placed over that part which does nothing for me but i'm sure it connects to a younger audience maybe it does yeah i mean yeah i i don't have a problem with sabrina carpenter it's just Yeah, not... I'm not a super fan, I guess. my my My biggest problem with this, by far, and I think you know what I'm going to say, Trevor, is that we have to deal with new Kermit.
00:43:06
Speaker
That's the problem we really have here. Yeah, I... Yeah, I literally i so i I told my wife about this news and her first response was, yeah, but then we got to listen to Kermit.
00:43:18
Speaker
And I was like, know, you know, it's it's such a hard thing because like, I understand, you know, he he he got the job and he you know, he's doing want to say I don't think it's his fault at the end of the day.
00:43:36
Speaker
i mean because Because there was people that had to like interview and field these people, and they picked him. So clearly those people need their ears checked. i i Because there's nobody out there going, well do her way better than old Kermit. like No one's saying. I don't know. I don't get it.
00:43:56
Speaker
I don't get why. Like, I feel like there's there are I've heard so many people do such good Kermit impressions over the years. I mean, Jeremy does a better Kermit. Yeah, exactly. I mean, yeah. like like Yeah. Jeremy, amongst like many other people, have done like amazing Kermit impressions. But somehow, you know, I don't Maybe there's there's, I mean, we're just we're just focused on the voice. Maybe it also has something to do with the you know ah puppeteering and all that as well. like I well that yeah don't know. think that was a part of it, right? But so yeah. so i did I did look it up and the Muppet Show actually started September 5th, 1976. So I feel like there's hope that this...
00:44:36
Speaker
this way Yeah, it'll probably be about this time next year that the ah that the special airs. Well, hold on a sec. When is... when is do we know yet when Muppets... Okay, so here's where... i don't know when. oh It's very Disney, right? they're You know they're going to coincide this with the opening of the Rockin' Roller Coaster. Because Rockin' Roller Coaster, ah the the the Muppet version, is supposed to be in 2026.
00:45:00
Speaker
This is supposed to be in 2026. Disney never will give up an opportunity to launch two things at once that are the same thing. So i whenever the ride's going to launch, the show's going to premiere and vice versa is what I'm going to predict right now.
00:45:14
Speaker
Well then, so so here, here's the funny thing is that rock and roller coaster may, we may not see it open then until late next year, because they may actually like the, the coaster opening can be delayed and they could, they could coincide it with the 50th anniversary of Muppets to just further build up the hype around it.
00:45:36
Speaker
They could. Yeah, they could. It's true. So, okay. So September 5th next year, rock and roller coaster prediction, Mark, or starring, starring in the Muppets.
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00:46:43
Speaker
right. So a little bit of cruise stuff here, Trevor. I know. Yeah. I. OK. This is interesting. OK. I will say, regardless of this being on the cruise, I've had a look at this article. And this yeah this is very interesting to me because there is there's a whole storytelling aspect to it.
00:46:59
Speaker
Yes. So really interesting thing that that that Disney does on their cruise ships is they have these they have these trees, you know, ah these pumpkin trees on some of the Disney ships. Right. I guess they're on all of them. Right. It's yeah. It seems like there's they have all of them and they only appear during Halloween time.
00:47:17
Speaker
And so the treasure, you know, now is I think this is its first Halloween, right? Because it was last December that it that it actually, you know, had its first sailing. Right. So this is its first Halloween.
00:47:29
Speaker
And so now we're getting a look at the tree, the pumpkin tree that they've designed for the treasure. I have to say, when I first saw this, I found it slightly creepy. But the more I look at it, it's it's very, very cool, very intricate.
00:47:42
Speaker
the ah the light The effect that it lights up in different places is very neat. i And like you said, the story behind it is very cool. Yeah. so So first of all, her name is Ginger.
00:47:54
Speaker
So Ginger the the pumpkin tree. And she's a one-of-a-kind gorgeous centerpiece. And that that is Disney's pun, not mine. so Of course it is, yeah. um And yeah, the the the part that I find interesting is how they say that Ginger um is a unique species of tree hailing from the fictional city of Agrabah, as seen in Disney's Aladdin. That is such a, like...
00:48:20
Speaker
Yeah. Weirdly specific thing, which I'm guessing is because of the fact that there is a lot of Aladdin influence on this particular boat. But it's like, okay, I didn't know that I needed to see a tree from the city of Agrabah, which I'm trying to...
00:48:38
Speaker
Like I never thought a pumpkin tree would come from Agrabah is it's fair. Interesting. But it's it's a funny, like very, very specific way to tie it all together. And yeah, like like you said, like the details on the tree are fantastic. Like it's like the late the face actually reminds me of like um like old like 1940s Disney animation.
00:49:04
Speaker
Like it has that same kind of quality to it. So, yeah. And the reason it's from Agrabah, the statue, Trevor, that's in the Grand Hall is is Aladdin and Jasmine. So it yeah it matches up to the story of the of the the ship and the and the statue they have right in the Grand Hall there. So it's right right next to there, basically. Yeah. So, yeah, I guess if it was just like random tree appeared, people would be like...
00:49:28
Speaker
Yeah, it would get, it would be disjointed. Whereas they're, they're trying to say like, oh, this is an, this is an Agrabah specific thing, which, you know, I guess, I guess the thing is, is, you Agrabah, you know, I say like, I can't imagine what a tree looks like coming from Agrabah to be fair. It's a fictional city. So true.
00:49:42
Speaker
You know, all all bets are off and a genie live there. So there's also that yeah like, it's there, there is a lot of room for, for creative interpretation.
00:49:54
Speaker
So I, I guess I can't fault them on that. Yeah, I mean, listen, they and i this is another one of those things that really makes ah you know going on Disney Cruise Line pretty unique is you know they they do these really... Each ship has something different. you know and they have They each have a different tree that's specific to that ship. And and you know they have their their Disney treasures. The storytellers on board are going to you know tell a story about it. That's going to be cool, too. What were you going to say, Trevor?
00:50:22
Speaker
I was going to say, Ginger's actually the... So, further down in the article, that they actually highlight all the different trees that are on the Disney ships. Ginger is the nicest one.
00:50:33
Speaker
by far. Yeah, no, 100%. Because, that like, just reading the names, like, like you know, they they have, like... like concept art pictures of them as well, but the names are, so there's Reap on the Disney Magic, Bog on the Disney Wonder, Grim on the Disney Dream, Muckle Bones on the Disney Fantasy. Muckle Boots is a great name though. And i then Boo wins for on the Disney Wish. Well, I mean, the whole lot of them, like Reap, Bog, Grim, like...
00:50:59
Speaker
They're all like very like heavy, heavy, like Halloween. And then Ginger's like, oh, like she like it's like a fall, like like nice fall Halloween kind of thing. Not like like heavy, hard Halloween, like scary stuff. Right. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Yeah.
00:51:20
Speaker
yeah it's it's just funny how like how different the trees are right it is it is i just i just love i mean just the word muckle bones just as fun to say okay i'm um ah um a fan co bones is an amazing name yeah it is it's great muckle bones is great uh but yeah no listen this is uh this like i said this really neat i i boo the the boo one that's on uh the wish is is pretty cool too but I don't know. I think this one is definitely the most ornate of all of them.
00:51:47
Speaker
Yeah, yeah boo Boo is kind of leaning towards what Ginger has going on, but Ginger is that very... ginger' is that very like refined nice looking tree play like it looks like looks like it's been taken care of whereas the other trees are a little more uh wild i guess yeah they're almost like a little scarier and like the two newer ones are just more of like disney movie kind of s you know yeah yeah it's it's interesting how that how they have evolved
00:52:18
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, listen, the other ones are dis are from Disney movies. I mean, they are Disney movie ask too, but i I guess what i'm saying is they're more, these are more like, um, so there's, they're softer. They're, they're more, uh, you know, creepy, but like not to the point where the, your kids can have nightmares.
00:52:33
Speaker
Yeah. it's It's the difference between like the, the old, like Halloween special stuff versus the, uh, um, like snow white kind of vibe, right? Like it's, yeah.
00:52:46
Speaker
Yeah. like, Snow White or like Prince, like, like this, this tree is leaning more towards like almost Disney princess esque, whereas the other ones are very like Halloween vibe. Right. So exactly. Exactly.
00:52:59
Speaker
i like i I would love to do a cruise ah during a holiday because you know they you so many fun things for like Christmas and and and Halloween. And so you know there's only really even five different sailings that you can actually see sea Ginger, right? And that's September 20th, 27th, October 4th, 11th, and 25th. And that's it.
00:53:19
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That's all you got. so and And I guess that's the only time she's going to be there. so That's actually kind of crazy to think about that. They only like, yeah, you you only really have like a month or two, which i guess shouldn't make sense.
00:53:34
Speaker
I shouldn't complain about this because I complain about this going the other way where, you know, they do holiday overlay stuff and it lasts too long. This seems like, you know, it's lasting the appropriate amount of time, which feels too short because it's like, I want to see it, but I also don't want to be there like necessarily at the the busy time when everyone else is going to see it. But I guess cruises are different because the the capacity is always limited, right? Like there's there's never...
00:54:02
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there's There's never a point where technically a cruise is less or more busy, right? That's yeah. So speaking of Halloween, I'm actually going to skip over the next one I had on here and jump to the number 10 here, Trevor, which is, ah and I'm sorry to bring up a sensitive subject for you.
00:54:20
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However, yeah aism yeah sorry. well imagine I don't mean to be triggered about it, but it I know. Well, did the holiday needs to just stop? Yeah.
00:54:33
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so I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Imagineering gave a behind the scenes look at the new Oogie Boogie figure from ah from the Haunted Mansion holiday um overlay because the old one before apparently was just like it just basically did two. It had two different states and it just moved between the two different states.
00:54:51
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Now that they've they've actually like moved it to a more advanced one, which you can very much see in the videos that they posted here. It looks really, really good. Oh yeah. He, he is fully like animated, like very, very much so from the, uh, like feeling like he came out of the movie.
00:55:13
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Yeah, I mean, because like even with his eyes getting bigger and smaller and like making almost facial expressions and his stomach moving, like it's it's very cool. Do you want to know something wild about where this animatronic is positioned?
00:55:28
Speaker
it's It's where the hitchhiking ghosts are, right? Yeah. like i'm I'm looking at it and you forget that it's like he took over the space where the hitchhiking ghosts are, which it makes sense in in the context of the ride, but it's still just like...
00:55:44
Speaker
It's annoying to you because he took he took the spot of the... but book Well, so so here's the thing. like like They've got this amazing animatronic for a holiday overlay when the same animatronics that go there are basic.
00:56:00
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah, no, that's... yeah yeah like you You see, fair you see it like like... But that's not to say, like... I'm not saying, like, replace the Hitchhiking Ghosts either, but... maybe they you want like a fully articulated hitchhiking ghosts. I mean, we're trying but, but, but I guess here's the thing is that how would you, I don't know how I would make the hitchhiking ghosts move more than they do because like, they're kind of like all they're doing is hitchhiking. Yeah.
00:56:24
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But I feel like they're putting all this effort into Oogie Boogie. I don't know. I get it. It's, it's a weird, like I said, a very weird thing. If you think about it, where it's like the, the, the original thing that's there is, you know, very like basic predictable standard and then they have this like during the overlay it's this impressive like like this is like new new generation like the stuff we saw in uh splash mountain or sorry tiana's what you know what i mean um it's it's like that level of animatronic right but it's for a holiday overlay
00:57:01
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Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Great. So it's interesting. It's a very interesting choice. Yeah. i Listen, i i put this on here not just to annoy you, but but mostly because you... I'm not like... Yeah. I have ridden the ride. i i will ride the ride, but I still just... Yeah.
00:57:23
Speaker
Yeah. I have parents. I mostly put it on... i'm not I'm not like anti... Maybe, don't know. It's complicated. okay Haunted Magicology is gone is you complicated. okay that You have complicated feelings. I get it.
00:57:40
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yeah um but What I will say is I put this on here mostly because i you know i just love the behind the scenes of Magic Erring stuff. I love to see how they program these things, you know, the the thoughts they put behind it, the work they put behind it. I think when you understand how difficult the it is to do any of this stuff, then it it makes you appreciate it that much more, you know?
00:58:04
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Yeah, i I agree with you there that the the thing is, is that you don't realize how much emotion comes out of an animatronic until you see the difference between like,
00:58:16
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the you know The older like you know static, like like you said, has two or three movements that it does versus like you know facial gestures and just like very very incredibly detailed movements.
00:58:30
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and And it's funny because like if you look at Oogie Boogie, he's like he like a potato sack, right? really is, And you think, like how can a like what can you do with a potato sack? And they like i am you know just watching this, like you, I'm looking at and going, wow like the the amount of the amount of movement that's coming out of that is... It's very cool. like it it is It is definitely a feat that they're they're able to do that. And like I said, the thing that just...
00:58:58
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you know, kind of snaps me back to reality on his like, and that's for a holiday overlay animatronic. Like, like, what the heck? Well, but the other thing is, though do you really want them to upgrade the animatronics in the haunted mansion to be like, I mean, like, do you, that's such a double-edged sword, right? It is. That's what saying. Yeah.
00:59:16
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Yeah, you're right. i don't I don't necessarily want them to. And I think that's actually part of the problem is that, you know, I don't want them to mess with it. Like, I don't want them to take out the the essence of the ride or, you know, what makes the ride feel as good as it does, which part of it is that it is it was done a certain way. Right. And, and yeah yeah you know, if they start changing it too much, it does kind of lose the it loses whatever made it great in the, in, to begin with. Right. It's, it's the, you know, it's the analogy of, sorry, I'm going to get this wrong. I think it was Ulysses ship or the, you know, replacing one board at a time analogy that they did it in WandaVision, but it, or the, the, the analogy of, or no, it wasn't Ulysses. So, so that they had like, there was an old boat that was in a, it was in a,
01:00:14
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museum. And over time, the board started like wearing a away on it. So they kept replacing them with new boards. And they kind of hit a point where it was like, is it still the original ship? Because like basically everything on it got replaced with something new. And it's kind of like, ah Oh yeah, I know what you're talking about. Yeah. yeah and and And so the haunted mansion is kind of like, it's that same kind of problem where it's like, you know, there is, I know that like, I, yes, I understand that like over time they have replaced parts in it and, you know, updated animatronics and everything, but it's like,
01:00:43
Speaker
It does. yeah I'm worried of it passing a point where, you know, the the classic novelty of it, like even things like the Hitchhiking Ghosts is like, you know, I started thinking my head's like, oh, it would be cool if they updated the Hitchhiking Ghosts. it's like, wait.
01:00:58
Speaker
Do I want them to update? yeah Yeah. Do you really want that? Yeah. It's a hard it's a hard balancing act, right? And so maybe maybe the fact that they do have an overlay and they can do, like, you know, updating the Oogie Boogie animatron, it doesn't have the history that the rest of the ride does. So it's like...
01:01:18
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giving it to the the holiday overlay might be the best case scenario because they can do updates and stuff, but then they can still keep the classic ride mostly intact.
01:01:30
Speaker
Right? Yeah. and maybe And maybe my only thing is is, you know, maybe they need to move away from Nightmare Before Christmas for an overlay. maybe Maybe they need to, like, do, like, a... like ichabod crane overlay that would be cool like that would be kind of interesting i i do back all right but are you too late at this point trevor i guess what i'm saying is not too late for ichabod no no no not i don't even mean that i mean has nightmare before christmas is it too ingrained now that if you change it people are gonna be mad you know what i mean yeah i don't know it's yeah i guess it's
01:02:09
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I'm not very much in love with the IP, so I wouldn't be mad. But yeah, yeah there's a lot of there is a lot of people that would be mad about it. So I guess I just have to accept that it is the way it is. Yeah.
01:02:20
Speaker
Oogie Boogie gets a new animatronic and I have to plan my trips there in March if I want to actually go on the Haunted Mansion.
01:02:30
Speaker
How about we, how about on that note, how about we move over to Disney World and so then talk about it? So this is not a Parks update, but it's a Disney Springs update. and it's No, no, no. Candlelight Processional. I was i was going to Candlelight Processional.
01:02:47
Speaker
Okay, sorry. well Okay, we'll come back to the Disney Springs in a minute. okay yeah can some this is quite the celebrity list uh this year i have to say so um first of all you have uh constance woo who is i believe known for uh what was that crazy rich asians is that yes yeah and she also did that show fresh off the boat too so she's she's a pretty well known at this point right yes she's she's Then you have Jordan Fisher, who I'm going to put I'm going to make you a $10 bet right now, Trevor, whether you want to take this or not, that the first thing that Jordan jordan Fisher says at his at every single one of his, ah you know, things that he's doing is, you know, ready to begin. He's going to sing ready to begin from ah Happily Ever After because that's what he does. It's his thing.
01:03:30
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh yeah. Guaranteed. Yeah. That's like, yeah, I, I guarantee you he's going to do that. Right. Cause he just has to, well, listen, I appreciate the fact that he loves that so much, get you know? Oh yeah. totally Like it's so he should, I mean, it, it was, it was an amazing thing that he got to be a part of. Why wouldn't he, why wouldn't he take advantage of it? Right. i Agreed.
01:03:51
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I just, I, he just, I noticed that he does it a lot and i because people react to it. Why, why would you not do something that people react to? It's like the band saying like, you know, how are we? They said the name of the place I'm in.
01:04:07
Speaker
yeah Yeah, exactly. Yeah. So, but yeah, no, I definitely going to do that. But again, he's he's not a new one. he's He's been doing it. Jennifer Garner feels like a pretty big celeb to be doing this, right? I mean, that honestly, that a lot of the people on this list are pretty big. pretty Yeah, pretty big. Yeah, pretty big. But yeah, Jennifer Garner is a surprise for sure. i I don't know what I've seen her in lately, but, uh, besides credit card commercials.
01:04:37
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, but, but yeah, you know, you know, that, that would be cool. Um, I'm trying to remember who Ashley Eckstein. Uh, once you find this out, Trevor, you're going to be pumped about this one actually.
01:04:49
Speaker
Uh, cause she does, uh, she voices, uh, Ahsoka. Ah, oh yes. Right. Yeah. Yeah, basically across all of the Star Wars franchises. Did I say that name right, or am I going to get time for that? Eckstein or Eckstein, I don't know.
01:05:04
Speaker
No, no, no. I meant the character. Oh, Ahsoka. Ahsoka, yeah. Did I say that right? Okay. Yeah. Yeah, it's Ahsoka. Because I don't want to get in trouble. I'm not a big Star Wars guy, but I'm pretty sure I had that one right. ah So she's a voice actress.
01:05:15
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Ralph Macchio. We all know who Ralph Macchio is, right? Yeah, it's great. Yeah.
Pop Culture Surprises and Insights
01:05:19
Speaker
Okay. This next one, I had to look this person up, but when I did, I was like, I cannot believe they are doing this. Okay. So I am out of the loop. Yeah.
01:05:27
Speaker
Because I don't know who Leslie... okay did but did you not see any of the Deadpool movies at all? Yeah, wait. She's lying down. Yeah.
01:05:39
Speaker
Okay. yeah Yeah. She's blinded out from the Deadpool movies and they're having her that. i'm I'm looking at her right now and it's showing pictures of her when she was way younger. That's the problem, right? But if we look her up. Yeah. When you look her up and figure out that she was blinded out. rough That makes sense. Yeah. But I just can't believe they're having her do that. I mean, listen, I know she's not going to, she's not the character, obviously, but that that character is so dirty in those movies.
01:06:05
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. which Yeah. Just kind of amazing. um And then Marlee Matlin is actually an interesting choice too, because she's actually deaf and the, and which is kind of cool that they're having her do this, but also like, I know her. She's a returning one too. Like she, yes she is a returning one. Yeah. And, and I, I mean, I know her from my favorite drama series of all time, which is West wing.
01:06:28
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um But then we got Henry Winkler got the Fonz. Yeah. Yeah, the Fonz is doing a night or two nights. Yeah, that's awesome.
01:06:39
Speaker
Right. That is awesome. I that that would be or I can't wait to see how that that goes, because I'm i'm sure people will be very excited to to see him. I mean, right. How great is that?
01:06:51
Speaker
I don't know who Lauren Daigle is. Maybe I'm just. bagle Yeah. Yeah. It looks like she's a singer. I'm i'm looking these people up, but I'm realizing that I am not very much in tune with like pop culture stuff. out Like, yeah, I don't know who she is.
01:07:09
Speaker
I guess she's a singer. She's an artist. Yeah. Okay, fine. Yeah. um And then Gary Sinise. I mean, yeah. Gary Sinise, I know. All I want Gary Sinise to do is get up there and do the pre-show from, from, from, right.
01:07:25
Speaker
Just do the pre-show for mission space. Gary Sinise. That's all we need. We miss the old pre-show. Yeah. i was to say, he doesn't even do the pre-show anymore because I know that's what I'm saying. I miss it. Yeah. I want him to bring it back. I just want him to do the whole pre-show.
01:07:38
Speaker
Yeah, I would want to be Brendan Fraser, by the way. Yes. Yeah. um Brendan Fraser has been a favorite in our house for a long time. We we love i mean, going back to like the mummy movies like we I love the mummy. That's great. Yeah.
01:07:52
Speaker
Yeah. we We watch them like all the time. And yeah, I mean, Brendan Fraser, he's and I know like he he's, you know, more of his recent stuff. He's done fantastic and as well. But yeah, that's he's a returning one, you know, super, super cool to see him doing that again.
01:08:07
Speaker
Yeah, huge fan huge fan of Brendan Fraser. That would be super super cool. I don't know who Luis Fonzi is. Seems to be a singer. And Joel David Smallbone, also don't know who that is. Also seems to be someone in a band.
01:08:20
Speaker
Luis Fonzi did Despacito. Oh, really? Is that the person who did that? Yeah. Really? Okay. Yeah. so Okay. Well, that makes sense then. He's obviously tremendously popular then because that song was number one forever.
01:08:34
Speaker
Yep. Okay. ah And then Brie Larson, who, again, pretty big star to have on here. You know, Captain Marvel. you know Yeah. But yeah, she has that Marvel history.
01:08:48
Speaker
Royalty, I guess, is what it is now. she She's part of the Marvel universe. So, again, it's, you know, you know, not honestly, that that one's not super surprising. It's not. It's not.
01:08:59
Speaker
Yeah. And, i you know, I always just look at these two of these people are just trying to like, you know, let's say, hey, free trip Disney. Right. And they also are going to get paid. So, yeah, I mean, yeah. You know, hey, would you show up and do this event for a couple of nights? But, you know, you get to hang out at Disney. well Yeah.
01:09:16
Speaker
yeah Why not? Right. And then the last one on here is Cheryl Lee Ralph, who I didn't know who that was. But then as soon as I Googled her, I was like, oh, she's from Abbott Elementary. I don't know if you watch that show, Trevor. It is very. have not.
01:09:31
Speaker
So very for that this shows how out of tune I am with like shows in general, which, like I said, I've said it before. I don't I don't watch a lot of TV shows. Just it's just not.
01:09:42
Speaker
yeah that's fair it's not what i do should watch alien earth though alien earth really good okay after so i i know we've talked about this before but like my my speed of shows is like alice in borderlands which the new season's coming out at the end of the month here so and again very sci-fi stuff though right i mean yeah yeah i i do i like sci-fi but ah you like the alien series i mean you know right yeah Yeah, I mean, i again, I kind of have to be in the mood for it.
01:10:12
Speaker
is yeah I think that's the hard part is that it's very much I have to be in the mood for it. And then also, i try not to talk about it on the show, but part of the reason that I don't watch regular TV shows is that I do watch a lot of anime.
01:10:24
Speaker
And anime has a whole, like, that could be a whole podcast in and of itself talking about anime. Well, i'm sure there's lots of anime podcasts, I would bet. Yeah. And actually, that there is there is a there is a Disney anime coming out called Twisted Wonderland later this year, just to tie that together. Okay.
01:10:45
Speaker
There you go. Tie back. uh yeah now listen so this candlelight processional i bet again alien earth fantastic anybody out there who likes the alien series go watch alien earth it is really really good just don't watch you with your kids it's not yeah and i mean first of all it's it's very scary but also you know not uh the language is not great for you know anybody under i don't know however whatever you know it gets your language It's not appropriate for this Disney pod. Not appropriate for the Disney podcast. But if you're listening to this and you like Alien, go watch the show. It's really good.
01:11:15
Speaker
It's on Hulu. Anyway. but But anyway, but these all of this comes back to, you know, these are people that are at the the candlelight processionals, which, yeah you know, it's a pretty, pretty cool lineup this year. Like like lots, of lots of interesting people ah doing the candlelight processionals.
01:11:32
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Yeah. And we should note that this starts November 28th and it goes to December 30th is the last show. So, and and they do, of course, always have the meal packages every year. And, you know, so you can get the reserve seating and all that fun stuff.
01:11:45
Speaker
We actually did it one year. a friend of mine is a cast member and um is an amazing singer. And so she, I think she was in it one year and we went to see her in it.
01:11:58
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um yeah because the cast members can like actually like you can they can audition for it you know so like and even if like your job is you know you work at dvc you can go and audition and be part of this which is pretty cool that they that is the way they do things yeah um but yeah i mean this this friend of mine is from college they they have a degree in opera singing and i like literally went to their you know their their their uh their final which was like a you know a whole opera and i Incredible singer. So I, I, you know, we wanted to go check, check that out because obviously it's really cool. I mean, they have the full band there.
01:12:29
Speaker
You've got, ah you know, 50, you have the 50 piece orchestra there. You've got the voice the Liberty. You have ah cast members, community singers. It's a really, really neat event. So. Yeah, yeah that but that's actually something, you know, for all the things that I've done at Disney, like outside of the normal, this is actually one that is on my to do list still. Oh, nice. Like doing Catalyst processional. But we just again, timing of being there at the right time is the hard part. Of course.
01:12:57
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All right. So this last article. yeah here's I'm going preface this. OK, I put this on here because.
Unusual Disney Incidents
01:13:05
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all right. This isn't funny. All right. Crimes are not funny.
01:13:08
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No, this is crazy is what this is. but kind But it's also kind of funny. but yeah This is this is Ocean's Eleven. Crazy. Yeah. I just had to put it on there because it's such a ridiculous thing.
01:13:21
Speaker
I just I had to talk about it. So for those that don't know, about a week ago or so here. Uh, somebody robbed the paddlefish, uh, which is where we did our meetup, uh, a couple of years ago, which, and they were fantastic. Really, really great people there. We had a great time. The facility was great. it was, the view was great. We had a great time at the paddle. It's a fantastic restaurant. And so to hear that they got robbed by somebody is unfortunate. The, the method of,
01:13:50
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being robbed is really, I think what stood out to us is the part that's different. Yes. Yeah. Because this person actually like got scuba gear and swam up to the boat or to, to certain, to the boat, like the restaurants shaped like a boat. It's like, it's on ah it's on the water. It is a boat. I mean, it's yeah.
01:14:08
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Yeah. And so they swam up to the boat and, in scuba gear, got, got, yeah, got up into the boat and then, and then went and stole over $10,000 from this restaurant. And unfortunately there was a couple of, of, uh, employees there that,
01:14:26
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this person surprised them and like they, thankfully they were not hurt or anything like, like you know, you know, the employees were okay. Um, that part of that funny. Yeah. But, but then this person like took a bunch of money and then got in scuba gear and disappeared across the lake. Like, I, it's just insane. bonkers Like, people like, i like the,
01:14:49
Speaker
the the Having the the the confidence to do something like that is insane. But also, like, I'm trying to think of, like, they they they said they they didn't catch the guy or they haven't caught him yet. But it's like, you would have to notice.
01:15:07
Speaker
like Like, I'm just thinking about, like, like the surrounding area. like Like, there's Disney Springs. Like, he wouldn't go to Disney Springs. He would actually have to go over to, like, like Saratoga or, like,
01:15:18
Speaker
Yeah. He has to have jumped in somewhere. and Yeah. like Like somebody should have noticed, but, but I guess, i guess to be fair, here's the hard thing is that there are like people that go into these lakes and scuba gear for various reasons. Like, like there are.
01:15:32
Speaker
Yeah. I guess it's not entirely unusual to see somebody with scuba gear, In these places. Right. Yeah. Yeah. And so, but, yeah but I'm just looking at, you know, I'm looking at Google maps here, Trevor, just, you know, doing a little satellite work here and you know, the lake that, uh, where paddlefish belongs to, uh, runs into what appears to, i don't know if this is a natural lake or not, but there's a big lake over there called Blake Lake that is surrounded by woods. Um,
01:16:00
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And there is a parking lot right next to it. So theoretically, you could park your car right on the edge here, walk through those woods, get in that lake, and then swim all the way to Paddlefish from there. It's not that long of a swim.
01:16:13
Speaker
So, I mean, I don't know if that's what happened. So you're thinking over at Saratoga, Yeah. like no it's by saratoga but it's it's more it's it's right by uh there's this is big lake it's right by the um it's between the windham and the uh hilton orlando when oh yeah oh okay yeah i see i see see the lake i'm talking about yeah yeah okay so yeah they they could actually get outside of yeah like disney and there's woods all around there right so you could like theoretically you could pull up right over there you could you know
01:16:45
Speaker
Well, the other weird part about it is they got to the boat, took off all their gear, stowed it somewhere, robbed the place, put all their gear back on, and then swam off.
01:16:56
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I mean, I i feel like i mean scuba gear doesn't take a ton of time. Yeah. yeah I mean, if you know how to scuba dive, like you kind of know...
01:17:07
Speaker
what needs to be done to get it on and off. And it sounds like the, this guy was like the whole thing took him less than five minutes. It kind of seems that. Yeah. Yeah. Crazy. But I just had to mention it. Cause it's nuts. It's an, it's an insane story.
01:17:21
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It is. And, and yeah, you know, normally we don't like to cover stuff like this or talk about stuff like this, but it's so unusual. And, and again, just the, like, the, This clearly was somebody had a plan for this. like like You don't just like randomly roll up on on a restaurant.
01:17:41
Speaker
You know what? I'm scuba diving. I'm pretty close to paddlefish. Let me just scuba on over there. Oh, you're closed? I'm going to rob you then. like you know No, they they knew. that Clearly, this was this was a planned thing. Yeah. was Yeah. Well, listen, luckily nobody got hurt. They actually didn't threaten them with a weapon or anything. Like it wasn't, you know, it's still isn't not yeah like not still it still, still scary to, you know, be, and I don't mean to laugh at a robbery or anything like that. it's I'm only laughing at the method in which it happened. that Yeah. Yeah. I'm laughing at this guy is crazy enough to do something like this, like, like this, like,
01:18:18
Speaker
I feel like this is something that it's I can't imagine that you wouldn't be caught doing something like this because it is such a unique way of going about robbing a place. like so I mean, that person's got to get caught eventually, right?
01:18:31
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Yeah. I mean, i mean maybe. i guess, like you said, you know if they if they had it planned out that you know they got in and out without... you know, i mean, I mean, I guess the only thing would be like, you know, unless there's like a security camera in one of these surrounding areas that just sees like some guy like walking with scuba gear, which i mean, nobody that would be the thing is like, just like randomly in the middle of the night, some dude walking with scuba gear, like just just flopping around in, uh, in, in, I mean, I would assume he takes the flippers off and everything, but like, you know, you know, the, the tanks and everything are not small. Like you would notice like, yeah, you would notice that somebody hauling around with that stuff. So I'm not going lie. I didn't even think that that water was deep enough that you could do that. Like, I know it's like deep enough for like a boat.
01:19:14
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Right. But like they they have those ah they have those boat cars that they launch from. Yeah. Yeah. i don't know. It just feels like it's not that deep there.
01:19:26
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I mean, it's it is a lake. it's Yeah, I know. or Are you thinking about like the the springs themselves? No, no, no, no. um i'm I'm just saying like I feel like someone would see them. You know what I mean? like you That you wouldn't be able to get deep enough where you would be kind of hidden. But I guess it was nighttime. so Yeah, you don't have to be completely hidden. But also, like I'm looking at this lake from satellite view. like These from... from From what I can tell, like these lakes in Florida, like you really don't have a lot of visibility into them but on any given day.
01:20:01
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but well But part of the reason I'm saying this, though, too, is they have had to shut down the Saratoga boats many times because the water wasn't deep enough. Right. it's And that was, I mean, recently, like where they they weren't running the pontoon boats because the the water just simply was not deep enough.
01:20:17
Speaker
I guess that's more what that I mean, you know? That's for a boat, though, you know, for a person in scuba gear. That yeah that means, you know, that it's, you know, a difference of, you know, eight feet deep versus 10 feet deep or whatever. like it Yeah, i just I just wonder, like, if you could get deep enough where you wouldn't be able to see it. But according to the internet, that lake is 12 to 14 feet deep. So I guess you can can definitely get deep enough to...
01:20:37
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the The crazy thing, though, is that, you know, we we've we have talked about like there are gators in Florida. Well, that's and yeah, that that this in and of itself is a crazy premise because like you're taking a risk of i know it's Disney and we you know, we all, you know, like to think that Disney patrols these waters, but there's a chance that there's gators in these waters. And oh yeah.
01:21:05
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I personally do not think that you know taking a place worth... running into a gator. No, especially since they're probably going to get caught. Like, you know? Yeah.
01:21:17
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So anyway, yeah i he just yeah. I had to bring that story, Trevor. I couldn't let that sit out there without talking about it. Cause it's nuts. Yeah. Yeah. it It is the craziest thing. And, you know, unfortunately it happened to paddlefish, which like you said, you know, i you know, great you you know, they, they were fantastic for us. We, we very much enjoyed them. And, uh, you know, it sucks that it happened to them of all places. Cause you know,
01:21:41
Speaker
it's It's a nice place and you shouldn't have people rolling up on you in scuba gear take your money. Which I didn't think I would be saying these things this week.
01:21:54
Speaker
Yeah. just It's just crazy. like to People do... and this This kind of falls into the realm of... you know we we see this from time to time. is you know people People do insane things at Disney from time to time. It's not it's not just...
01:22:09
Speaker
you know Stuff like this. it's like I put this in the same area as like you know somebody climbing the the pyramid in Mexico. like yeah don't Don't do this stuff. Well, this is worse, though, too, because they because they all you know because they robbed somebody. but like Yeah, but like getting into a lake with scuba gear in anywhere in like disney it's just crazy but then again with the intent of robbing somebody is even worse like yeah that's that's not cool yeah yeah don't do crime people yeah that's that's all right let's wrap this thing up that right i think that was a that was such a weird uh
01:22:47
Speaker
a weird place to leave it but i mean it is but i also felt like it had to had to be the end of it you know like it had to be the way we ended things yeah yeah sometimes we got to do that we're not going to do that all the time but yeah sometimes sometimes weird stuff happens and and i guess we can talk about it i um Yeah. Listen, there's no like, you know, nothing, no insights to be gained from talking about this, but it's it's other than and insane other than if you see somebody walking with scuba gear, question it. Maybe. that's i mean, maybe. Yeah.
01:23:19
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Somebody had to. they They also spray painted over the. the Yeah. Again. the the The security cameras was like, what is this? Like, it's like an a heist movie. Like, mean, that's that's a case of somebody made a plan. They they knew what they were doing. And yeah, I mean, thatddy to to to be fair, I don't know about you, but, you know, with, you know, the fact that there are cameras everywhere, I am aware of the fact that there are cameras everywhere.
01:23:46
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And so i'm I'm always making a note of like, oh, you know, you know, I'm being recorded here or whatever. But I guess if I was like, if I was thinking on this level, you know, I didn't want somebody seeing what I'm doing. Yeah, I would, you know, figure out a way to cover up a camera.
01:24:00
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But so Trevor, prime suspect for the scuba rubber. I'm not saying I'm not saying I would commit these things, but I am saying that I understand the logic behind them because it's not.
01:24:13
Speaker
these people aren't like, like like you said, it's these aren't like crazy, like super villain, you know, forming schemes. It's, you know, somebody looked it and went, oh, I see where these things are. And they they were trying to, you know, plan out Plan out there their method of escape and all that kind of stuff. so Yeah, exactly. I mean,
Closing and Community Engagement
01:24:34
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I get it because, like I said, i'm i'm I get that you know covering the security cameras is the obvious thing because, yeah, you don't want people seeing what you're doing. So you you cover their security cameras.
01:24:45
Speaker
That makes sense. Not saying I would do it, but it makes sense. So don't come for me with you. know I'm not going to give you advice on how to you know get around security cameras.
01:24:57
Speaker
All right. That's fair. That's fair. yeah All right. Let's wrap this thing up. Yeah. All right. So, so as usual for, uh, you know, if you have any, uh, um, trip reports or anything you want to talk about with us, um, from the podcast, you can always find us at welcome home podcast at gmail.com. We do love hearing from you guys and, uh, you know, hearing your thoughts on the show, hearing, ah your trip reports and, you know, just generally seeing what you guys share, um,
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01:26:59
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01:27:12
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I mean, honestly, no leave it Leave us what you really think, yeah you know, the show, what you think of the show. No, yeah. you know Say bad things about the show. Just give us five stars. Yeah, that's fine. Yeah.
01:28:00
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No, i mean, honestly, it's, yeah, you know, it's, I know Tom wants everyone to leave five stars all the time, but, you know, just leave us a review because again, it helps more people find the show is what that's, that's the end goal is, you know, we just, we just want people to, you know, hopefully other people will find the show and enjoy it as well.
01:28:17
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yeah I can't tell you how crazy it drives me, Trevor, when I'm like trying to pick something out on like Amazon and I'm looking through the reviews and then there's like always like a review that says like greatest thing ever. And it's like four stars. And it's like, but why? You just said it's the greatest thing ever. Like don't give it four stars if it's the greatest thing ever. It can't be the greatest thing ever. It's four stars.
01:28:37
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So ones I hate are the ones that are like one star, but then they're like, I use this for like six months and it broke down, but it's like, yeah, but you used it for six months. So why? Like why the way?
01:28:47
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01:29:20
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01:29:32
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Yeah, I mean, when we started with them, you know, back in 2017, they did one thing, and that was resell DVC contracts. And now they resell DVC contracts. They rent them out. They finance them. They sell tickets. They plan vacations. they I mean, there's a million things that they do now So, yeah, but check them out. ah They're awesome, really cool people to work with. So please, ah you know, use them. Right? Right, Trevor?
01:29:58
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Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, I'm I'm I'm even going to just again, just to say that, you know, we we support them because we like to use them is, you know, we I was mentioning that we have a trip coming up in 2027 for anniversary. We're actually looking at possibly renting some points from them because we we may not have enough points for what we want to do. So, yeah, please check them out.
01:30:21
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01:30:39
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When we hit a chair, how she can cuddle is no I looked around from pole to pole, found her in a sugar bowl.
01:30:50
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Look out, here comes my ball and change.