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Episode 355: Lakeshore Lodge Updates, Monstropolis & Halloween at Disneyland
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A recent timeshare license application reveals that Lakeshore Lodge will be the second largest DVC resort. Disney released new details about the upcoming Monsters, Inc. land coming to Hollywood Studios including the storyline of the land, a behind the scenes look at construction, and the name of the land. Disneyland unveils its 2026 lineup for Halloween and fall celebrations, featuring a brand-new Haunted Mansion street party. A newly published patent from Walt Disney Imagineering shows off an innovative projection surface that can physically transform and vanish into thin air. Reports indicate that Disney is moving forward with a live-action reboot of 'Inspector Gadget' and is reportedly eyeing Will Ferrell to star.
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Hello and welcome home. This episode of Welcome Home is brought to you by DVC Rental Store. Thank you for joining us on episode 355 of Welcome Home, a Disney Parks and Vacation Club podcast. I'm Tom here with Trevor. How's it going, Trevor?
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Hey, pretty good. And still laughing because... you not let go because're breaking that You're breaking the rules here. i no no No, I feel we can sometimes just continue the... The laughing from the previous thing?
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Yeah, yeah. we we we were We were talking before the show and it kind of ended on a bit of a funny note. And I was, yeah. This happens a lot with us, okay? and It does. we Because what happens is we'll talk before the show. Like, Trevor and I both very busy, right? So, like, during the week, we don't really get a chance to talk, right? Like, because you're busy with work and life. I'm busy working. We just don't. We do but it's mostly just over messenger. So it's not like talking like we are. Yeah. yeah So a lot of times we get on, you know, do the show and then we talk for a little while. But also what happens sometimes is we end up talking about things that we're going to talk about
Pre-show Conversations
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in the show. And then we have to stop ourselves and be like, stop talking about that because we're saving for the show. Right. like yeah And that's what happened right before we started. and And the problem is, is I already had a bunch of ideas in my head and I'm like, whoa, wait, I have to shelve that now. Quiet. Yeah. Yeah. So we will get back there. Yes, we will. We will. But yeah. It's a very weird topic for me to put on the rundown. But at the same time, Trevor, I think you understand why. And and I do. And i I will say I did not have it on my card that I was going to be talking about this today. Okay. And that be yeah it makes me excited because. All right, good.
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yeah and And by the way, this is not like heavy Disney news or anything. yeah It's just it's a weird thing that it's like I love when something comes up where it's like, you know, hey, I haven't thought about this in a minute, but it's still something that lives in my head. And I like, yeah and I want to talk about it, but it's like the opportunity to talk about it doesn't come up.
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and But this is like a, it's like a gift. It's like, hey, you know you know, here's your chance to talk about something that like, i I could bring this up as a random conversation. And I know, like, I'm like, or this will
Dining Reservations & Plans
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make sense later. But, yeah like, if I brought this up to people, I would get the weirdest looks. You would. I feel like it's okay on this on this show to talk about this particular thing. Even though i I'm not going to lie, I didn't even know that this thing was Disney related in any way. Neither did I. yeah that's Yeah, that's part. But...
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So it so let let's stop there. Okay. We're doing it again. All Yeah, we're doing it again. and we wait Let's actually get into the show and then you can hear what we're talking about later. Yeah, later. It's at the end of the show. um yeah One other thing though, Trevor, I have to mention. So ah today was my was my dining reservation day oh for for ah for my trip coming up here. So, you know, um I did my my dining reservation. You know, I kind of forgot because as I said, I've been busy.
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And I You know, I just hadn't really thought about it at all. And I really was like resisting coming up with like what the plan was going to be. You know, like I just i was feeling ah indecisive about like what days we were going to do where and, you know, and all that. Right.
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And so here's the thing, though. We're going park hoppers. So it really at the end of the day, doesn't matter what park we're in. Like we can just go to another park for dinner. Yeah. You can make reservations. It's just you have to commit to, know, leaving your whatever park you're in to make sure you hit your reservation on time. So, yeah, there's a little bit of planning there. But, yeah, I get what you're saying. Yeah. So I'm just, you know, we kind of just scheduled stuff. And a couple of things we did were resort restaurants, not, you know, park restaurants. Right. So, in fact, I'm trying to think, did I even do any park restaurants? Yeah.
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I don't think... Oh, the I think the only one I did was um um the place that you go to all the time that I can never remember the name. oh my gosh. Garden Grill. Yes, Garden Grill. That was the only one. yeah Well, the the ironic thing about this, right, is, you know, we were joking about the DVC discount being the reason that I'm going.
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they They only do the discount Monday through Thursday, and I'm only going to be there ah for those days on Wednesday and Thursday, the first day they were there, and then the second day they were there. So it's not even like I can really, like...
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utilize it all that much the only one I'm going to utilize it for is is a garden grill so I mean you could but that would require bringing Ziploc bags to yeah you know take your food to go and eat it later put a bunch of Ziploc just bring some freezer bags with me and yeah don't be that person don't I'm not Ziploc bag I'm saying that to like the listeners like don't don't people in general don't like if you're going for a sit down you don't need to bring a Ziploc just because it's all you care to enjoy like Yeah.
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I know. I joke about it, but I'm sure somebody has done it. And well, i don't know. So here's what I'm doing for those that are interested. ah And I got to remember, even though I just did this hours ago, ah we're going to do ah Whispering Canyon.
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Yeah. So, which is always a class. figured you would. Yeah. I mean, listen, we're saying it Bay Lake. So a lot of this is. It's close enough. The vicinity. It's a lot of the vicinity of Magic Kingdom. So we're doing Whispering Canyon for dinner one night. We're doing, we're going to California Grill. That was a request. I'm like, okay, we want to take my daughter to California Grill. Interesting.
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Yeah, but my wife wanted to go and I was like, okay, we can do California Grill. I like California Grill. It's an amazing view. I think she'll get a kick out of the view. um We don't have like a fireworks time like reservation, but you know, whatever. She'll still enjoy the view and it's right in our hotel. So that makes it, you know, a little easier to, um,
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So we got that. We're doing Crystal Palace for breakfast, which is one that we've done many, many times and really love Crystal Palace for breakfast. First of all, food's usually pretty good for breakfast there. And it's much cheaper than doing dinner. And it's Crystal Palace. I love Crystal Palace. The vibes are nice in Crystal Palace. Off the charts.
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crystal palace Crystal Palace, we've done so many times and we will probably keep doing it forever because it just, like you said, the vibes of it are off the charts. So, yeah. I mean, if i mean if we weren't going to Garden Grill, it would be Crystal Palace. Like, it's, I feel they're in the same category for, like, I mean, yeah food's good, vibes are good, right? Like, yeah that's all I need.
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I think Crystal Palace is probably our favorite character dining room. I would say it was when my son was younger, it was ours, too. But it it eventually evolved into Garden Grill because. it' a cold second Yeah. Like, again, just for slightly different reasons. So, but I get it. Like, yeah, totally on board with Crystal Palace. What else do you got? What? else do What else do I got? um this Oh, we're doing Ohana. We're going to do Ohana. Okay. Oh, nice. Love Ohana. Are you doing breakfast or dinner Ohana? We're going to do dinner at Ohana. Okay. I've never done – you know, we've done Ohana million times, and I've never done breakfast there. And, you know, now that you're saying that, maybe I will do breakfast there because they they still do character breakfast there, right? They do, yes. And there is a couple of unique food. i Actually, sorry, i should when I went, there was unique stuff. I'm sure they still do it, but, um like, it the menu is slightly different from, like, Crystal Palace and and all those places. Like, there's ah some a few Hawaiian-specific things. And I believe you also get...
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Again, I'm dating myself by saying these things. i could be wrong. I should actually go look it up. But um I remember like you could get pog juice and for night breakfast. So there's that. I think everybody knows my favorite my favorite breakfast buffet is um it's a Boma over at Animal Kingdom Lodge, which has they do serve pog juice there in the morning. so um But yeah, that's all I have scheduled for now. though That's a good call, though. My daughter is Stitch obsessed, right? And so it's Man, I don't know. That's going to be that's a tough reservation, though. I will tell you, there was plenty of reservation slots open. I was, you know, usually you're fighting over some of the reservations, but there was there was a lot available.
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um I wonder if. Yeah, good. Sorry, I was just gonna say, I wonder if, you know, because they' they're doing the promo for yeah the the DVC stuff. ah you know I'm sure like you know we know that like fall is generally a big busier time, especially for DVC owners.
Disney Vacation Planning
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yeah But I wonder if there's also just been over the summer. um you know it's It's been getting hotter over the summers, and I'm sure that there...
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it's it's not as busy july yeah It's not as busy as people think, I guess. And also, I would say this, too, is like for summer, there's a lot of people that go that aren't necessarily doing sit downs because like summer summer trips for a lot of people are like, you know, it could be that once a lifetime trip or, you know, it's just, you know, know people saving up with their kids. And yeah.
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ah you know, you know, like I say, like what my family used to do, you know, we go like once every five years and, you know, it was a big trip that we saved up for. And so like we weren't doing like my my parents didn't have money for, you know, sit downs and stuff like that, which is, you know, is fair. Like, you know, not everybody's in that situation. disrupt Yeah. So I feel like like sit downs probably are not as busy as they are other times of the year. Like yeah because it's it's just a different dynamic of people that are coming in. Right. So. Yeah. Yeah.
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I agree. Yeah, I don't know. Listen, ah you know, we'll we'll see what happens. i this This is just kind of what we decided to, um you know, do for now. But, you know, this could change. I would love to do... um and Well, in one of these days, we're going to Animal Kingdom. We booked nothing for Animal Kingdom, mostly because we're just going to probably just do barbecue. ah But, and you know, we'll see what happens. I don't i don't know. it's We're going to play by ear. We've been really kind of ah loose with our Disney vacations.
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lately Like we used to be so much more structured of like, you know, we're going to this park on this day and then we're having dinner here and then we're eating here. And then, you know, it was like a whole thing. And now it's just like I don't have time or energy to do that. And so it's just like we just kind of figure it out. You know, you know know it's nice to just go with the flow.
00:10:40
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Yeah. To be honest, like i I'll say this, like we I still plan or when when I think about how. I started off planning Disney trips and how I do it now. Like I still use like the same basic template where I, at the very least, like commit to like, we're going to these parks these days or like, like there's like key points. It's like, I want to hit guardians. I want to hit, you know, garden grill, like, you know, as a family, it's like, you know, I kind of just put the questions out, like, you know, what are like the top five things you want to do? And it's like, yeah,
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yeah abcd and then and You know, you know, so then that's the plan. But then it's like everything else in between is like, eh, like, you know, we'll we'll we'll see where we end up kind of thing, yeah right? Yeah, which exactly. yeah I feel that's, yeah you know, that that is one of the advantages, obviously, of, you know, doing DVC and all that is, you know, where we are obviously getting to that point where it's like,
00:11:35
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disney Disney is a stressful planning thing, but it's only as stressful, I guess, as you make it. But I also understand, like, you know, for people that are spending all the money and everything, that it's it's hard to it's hard to put a bunch of money towards something and be like, I'll show up and find out. But I know people that have done that, too. Like, I've i've i've had coworkers that are like, yeah, I'm going to Disney in two weeks. What should I be doing? And it's like...
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You haven't, you're months late on this. You haven't thought about this. like yeah I'm like, what are we doing? But I mean, but you know, that that's good though. You know, it's good that you've got it. to you You have some key points to hit, but then outside of that is it's, you know, whatever happens. Right. But but you also said too, you know, this is going to be a trip of, uh,
00:12:23
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you know, your your daughter kind of discovering some of the the bigger rides and stuff too. So, I mean, it's good to It's good to give some space for that, right? Where it's not like... Like, you don't want to be like, you you know, like drill sergeant, like, go, go, go, we're going to the next ride and and your daughter's having a meltdown because...
00:12:40
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yeah you know, it it was just a little too much, right? Like, well, I i also too, just, I think the big, day you know, when I really think about it, like why that changed from, you know, going, you know, to really planning a lot to now just kind of going with the flow. Part of it's DVC, but also just part of it is the way you do Disney changed, right? Like we used to have to, you know, plan, used to have to do your Fast Passes, what, 60 days out when you were staying on property, right? And so that kind of forced you to decide what parks you were going to be in.
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Now that you don't have to do that anymore, it's like you can kind of just be more loose about it, right? I mean, yeah, that's true. And I mean, even even like the, yeah like things like, you know you know, you can do lightning lanes like seven days out, I think. Yeah, yeah. Which even even that sometimes is like, like I remember I keep, or I think back to like, you know, my my trip last year with my brother that, you know, I was talking to him beforehand. And it was kind of that like, you know, talking about, you know, me as the planner and him as like,
00:13:38
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he didn't know what he was getting into, but he was trusting me to just kind of, you know, know what we were doing. You know, and I was coming to him being like, hey, I'm booking lightning lanes. Are you good with me doing this? And he's like, I don't know what you're talking about. And, and, and, but so like from his point of view, he was like,
00:13:56
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He was expecting to just show up and roll with it. And I was like still in the back of my head, like that same fast pass kind of mentality where it was like, I want to make sure I get a good time on Guardians and, yeah and and you know you know, all these things. So I was like, like I still do that. to us like it's It is still there, but to your point, it's not...
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It's not like it was. Like, I'm actually glad that I didn't have to, like, go to my brother two months beforehand and be like, so, um what ride do you want to ride on, you know, 15th? Yeah. Like, that's, yeah, you're you're right. it it is very different now. And and I do appreciate that that Disney is doing that because...
00:14:36
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Makes it little easier. I think they realized that it was actually detracting from people enjoying the
Exploring Disney Restaurants
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parks. yeah Yeah. Like you can't, although some people really liked that, that kind of, i mean, I mean, my mom would, it would like that kind of stuff. but Yeah. It's a metagame in and of itself. Like like that the planning part was as much fun as, and I mean, it still is like, you know, even, yeah you know, like you booking restaurants and stuff, you know, that, that is fun. But,
00:15:02
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I think that the dangerous um edge of that is that when too many things fall into that, where it's like you have to like feel like you're planning down to the minute, that's where it that's where it takes the fun out of the trip as a whole. but Because like, you know, you know, the the planning beforehand is fine, but also accepting that, you know, plans are going to change. But when it's like you spend a bunch of effort on.
00:15:27
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trying to line everything up and then like one thing happens and it blows the whole thing out of the water. Like it's, it, it, it, it feels like you've lost an investment, which I know that like, that probably sounds crazy, but, yeah um, but like it's, it's your time and your energy that you're giving up. Right. So yeah. Yeah.
00:15:47
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Yeah. But, but either way, yeah, you know, glad, glad you got, Garden Grill. I, you know, I know i will say, you know, it's always garden grill is always top of the list for me. I, I do want to hear about California Grill for sure, because I'll be honest. It's one that like I've been aware of, but I've not like, I've not looked closely at. Yeah. I feel like, nice I feel like, you know, like all the Disney restaurants that are in the, the resorts, it's like,
00:16:17
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you know, we all like gravitate towards our favorites, but it's like none of them are bad. And I feel like if I actually like maybe went outside of my bubble a little bit more, i would, you know, you know, go somewhere like Garden Grill. and And actually to that point, like, you you know, even you took us to, to Liberty Tree last year. And I said, like, yeah I'd never been there before. And I was like, oh my gosh, this is like really good. i so good i actually suggested it again. again my was like, she's like, I thought she was going to like be like, we just went there. But then she was like, okay let me see know let me think about it i was like and then we ended up not doing it but i was like ah i love liberty tree yeah thanksgiving dinner man you can't go wrong with things even yeah like yeah but but i would have never like you're never done yeah i get it yes so here okay i'll i'll just explain the thought process just maybe maybe it's only me that thinks this way but i'll just put it out there is that i i will fully admit i'm very like
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first impressions are like a big thing for me when it comes to the restaurants where it's like if I look at the outside of the restaurant like I looked at um Liberty Tree and it was like oh this looks like a colonial tavern kind of thing right that's not my vibe.
00:17:27
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you want yeah like It's just, and and it's not that it's bad. It's just, I i look and go like, I don't, that doesn't look like somewhere I would enjoy eating. Yeah. But because I, that first impression is like, and and so similarly, like California grill is like, it looks like a restaurant, but I, I don't look past that. And I mean, I, and to be fair, we all do that. Like it's, yeah, of course impressions are a big thing, but I know there's a lot of places that I walk by because, know, just that initial impression is like, you know, oh, that like, i you know, I like the, you know, obviously the reason, you know, we went with Polly is, you know, the the Polynesian themes are like, oh, I like that Hawaiian theme. I like, you know, something, you know, different and unique and all that.
00:18:08
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Liberty Tree didn't like, it didn't feel different enough to me, which is, and I know that sounds silly because it's like, it's a colonial tavern, but it's like, But it just, it doesn't hit the right way for me. and And the silly thing about that is if you didn't take me in there, I would have never known how good the food is there. So it's like, yeah. I get it. So, yeah, it's it's a weird thing, right? Like, it's...
00:18:35
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yes Yeah, see, my wife and I, we like to explore the different restaurants. We try to we try to go to as as many different ones as we can, but we also do have, like, our the ones that we really like going to. And, I mean, listen, California Grill is, is you know, it's a signature restaurant, right? So it's it's much nicer. It's a much fancier meal. Yeah. Right? um But and the view is pretty great up there, though, too. I mean, the view is really great, especially we do it during fireworks and things like that. Yeah. I do kind of want to, i was thinking about trying to grab ah a reservation at SyFy because I love SyFy and I haven't been in a while.
00:19:08
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um But I don't know. I don't even know what day we're going to go to Hollywood studio. So I have no idea. um And then I also, i really wanted to check out the barbecue place at Toy Story Land in Hollywood Studios. I forgot that it existed and I just, I want to check it out.
00:19:22
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um But, you know, I don't yeah know if I'm going to be able to in anywhere. so so So that goes back to the same problem I was talking about, too. like Like the barbecue place is interesting and looks interesting. But let me know on the flip side of it is, you know, once I find somewhere and I'm comfortable with it, like Hollywood Studios, I'm like, well, I'm eating at primetime.
00:19:40
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Well, yeah, because, ah yeah you know, primetime's good. But to your point, it's like, hey, there is Sci-Fi Diner. There is Woody's. There is yeah there there are a bunch of places now in Hollywood Studios that it's like,
00:19:52
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I should really like... i I want to enjoy the thing that I know I will enjoy, but I should also go and try something new because I might enjoy that as well. And it's a hard thing to wrestle with. Yeah, I get it. I totally understand. Yeah.
Lakeshore Lodge & DVC Strategy
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Anyway, yeah ah so let's actually get into some news because you've got some fairly big news that I'm fairly, I'm pretty surprised by. I'm not goingnna lie. I mean, this is big. I don't know how much we get to really talk about it, but yeah.
00:20:22
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Yeah. it like So so we have some more information on Lakeshore Lodge. Yeah. And they ah so they released the um this is the license application, I guess, is the. the Yeah, i guess somebody got the filing that they have to file for for a timeshare. And, ah yeah you know, and and so we got some more information from from that.
00:20:43
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Yeah. so So the details on that, so I'm going to throw out a couple of numbers here, first of all. so so the the filing has timeshare weeks.
00:20:59
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but the fifty two week calendar that translates to eight hundred and seventy six disney vacation club villas which is basically the entire resort. Yeah. That's, that would make, so yeah, this is going to be a DVC only resort. We were speculating 6040, but yeah, this, this would make it the second largest DVC resort.
00:21:23
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Next to Saratoga, right? Next to Saratoga. Yeah. And i'm not too far behind either because Saratoga is it's 888 units yeah.
00:21:34
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Like this, yeah, the the scale of this. in but the The interesting thing about this actually is that if this entire thing is DBC, it's way better than Saratoga only because, or I guess. Location. Sorry. and Yeah. new night Sorry. i will I will say this. This is my perspective on it. i You know, people who stay at Saratoga, I am not hating on this. Saratoga is very spread out.
00:22:00
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Yes. Whereas this resort is very. condensed, like like everything. it's It's, you know, one large building with a ton of ton of rooms and everything is very close. Whereas, yeah, Saratoga, you know, I i feel, you know, it's a plus number. Some people enjoy that, you know, Saratoga is, you know, everything, you know, villas are... Kind of quiet.
00:22:21
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Yeah, it's quieter. Everything is spread out. It's further away from everything as well, too. So, that's what Yeah, it's low man's land, right? Like, you're in between, like, Epcot and, like... Disney Springs. Yeah, like you're in that general area, which is not, I mean, you're talking, this is prime real estate where Lakeshore Lodge obviously, because you're a boat ride away from Magic Kingdom. So, yeah.
00:22:42
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Now, having it entirely DVC, like like you said, you know, we were surprised because we we figured we figured, you know, a new resort like this, they would want to have some cash rental spaces. But I wonder if...
00:22:56
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They're still going to have some because every every DVC resort does have some cash rooms, right? but they but i do yeah But I feel like maybe the logic is they they understand that, you know DVC owners will be vying for, you know, location and, you know, this type of resort and everything.
00:23:12
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And obviously Disney feels confident that they can fill a resort like this with just DVC members. yeah The other side of it too is because it is so close to Wilderness Lodge, maybe that's a bit of a...
00:23:25
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Maybe that's a bit of the play to get people into DVC because you would have people that would, you know, stay at, you know, Wilderness Lodge on cash looking across at the, you know, oh, what's that resort? Well, that's the beautiful resort. What's the one with the lazy river? Oh, that's the DVC resort. yeah Okay. Yeah. Yeah, this this article does note, by the way, that you know when Disney had ah the Parks blog ah post we got from April, it said 967 rooms. So there's ah ah there's a difference there between yeah of about 91 rooms. Now, every single DVC resort has cash rooms, right? So yeah especially at the beginning, because before they declare the rooms, they're their' cash rooms until they're declared, right? So they are you know it takes time for them sell of these things. But I think Disney's looking at
00:24:14
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It's the location, right? This is to me, it's this is the location. If you look at all of the DVC resorts that are around, you know, Magic Kingdom, obviously, this one's going to be the largest by far. It's also going to be the only ah DVC only one, right? It's the biggest exclusive resort yeah near Magic Kingdom. Exactly. And I mean, by far, and I mean, you could say Bay Lake, but, you know, Bay Lake and contemporary, i' I'm going to just kind of consider one. yeah Yeah, they are because they do share resources, right? Yeah, they do.
00:24:43
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That's the thing is Bay Lake is technically attached to contemporary. Yeah. Yeah. And I mean, but look, but look at it this way. Like all of those resorts, all those DVC resorts around, around Magic Kingdom, they're all sold out. I mean, you know, you're not, you're not seeing any for sale. I mean, the tower, I guess, I think they're still selling. i don't think it's It is still selling, but it's, sure yeah. i But it's selling well enough that they feel like they could sell this, you know?
00:25:07
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Yeah. so Yeah, it's it like said, it is very interesting. I'm i'm very surprised at how they yeah what they're doing, has how they how they do this. The other part, though, that we should probably touch on is it's still an unknown.
00:25:21
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Yeah. Is um there's the Palmetto Trust, which we yeah that thing yeah we had talked about this with the the cabins. So the so the DVC cabins that we're they They are part of a trust, which the implication of that is that you no longer have an exclusive DVC resort. It's that you're you're buying into the trust and all the resorts included in that trust are considered your home resort.
00:25:50
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Right. so yeah So the interesting thing is this has not been clarified. And I'm... I'm honestly, I'm 50-50 on this, whether or not they'll do this or not, because I feel like this resort is big enough that they could very easily position it like a Riviera where it just stands on its own and it's its own, you know, resort. You know, it has its own home. It has its own, you know, you know, home resort advantages and everything, because I feel like if they put it into the trust, it might be a matter of, you know, you know, this way they can like kind of manage, know,
00:26:26
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um, the cabins and this resort as one unit or as one resort. And, and so, so then, then actually makes the cabins a little bit more attractive to people. But then I feel like that then they have to do a bunch of rules because you get selling very badly. So, yeah, but but, but then like people would be trying to like buy into the cabins to be able to use at, yeah at a Lake Shore lodge. Right. So, yeah. So that, would have that that becomes a whole thing.
00:26:53
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Um, So I feel like it, they, I don't feel like this is going to go into the trust. What I wouldn't be surprised happens, or I shouldn't say wouldn't be surprised. What I think would happen, you know, back to the point of the trust, I wouldn't be surprised if Disney uses that as a means of positioning more resorts like the cabins, where it's like maybe some of the the locations where moderate resorts are, like Caribbean Beach and stuff, maybe they start adding DVC there, but they're but those are like the Those are the value resort DVC places that you stay where it's like they're not fully equipped the same way that like Lakeshore Lodge. You could see them doing like where you could like own in like a category. Right. Like it's you get instead of buying Lakeshore Lodge here to DVC. Yeah. Yeah, I'm being serious. Like, you could have it where it's like, okay, you can buy, instead of buying Lakeshore Lodge, you're buying a Magic Kingdom area resort, right? Like, and you can book at any of the Magic Kingdom area resorts because you own at all of those resorts technically under the trust. Like, I don't think, don't necessarily they're going to do that. I'm just saying, like, that would be an interesting idea. almost think they are going to do the trust for this, Trevor, only because Lakeshore Lodge is so close to... To the cabins. To the cabins. I mean, they basically are next. I mean, they're next to each other. They are, you know, share pretty much the same land. So that's why it would almost make sense to me because they're so close to each other, you know?
00:28:18
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Yeah. And like I said, that that's where it becomes like advantageous where they they can basically like leverage resorts or resources from both of those areas that are, you know, they're under one unit.
00:28:29
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And then, but like I said, you know, then then it becomes, or I wouldn't be surprised if if it did come to that, that all of a sudden the cabins sell out because like the the cabins are not, they're not a great value on their own, but I think if they were incentivized with Lakeshore Lodge, that might turn people towards it.
00:28:51
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Maybe. Like I feel there is still a use case for the cabins, but this this would just up the ante a little bit more, right? Yeah. it's the I'm surprised by it, honestly. Yeah, I'm i'm i'm curious how Disney's going to play this. but then But then the other side about that, too, is if they did add Lakeshore Lodge into the trust, it actually does, it limits their ability to add other resorts into the trust later because the problem I see with adding it into the trust is that Lakeshore Lodge is right now competing with, um, places like beach club, like in terms of amenities, right? Like, like, were' at the pool yeah, and all that yeah yeah well like the pool and laser river, like it is, it is a big selling feature. yeah You know, pools are a big selling feature of the resorts.
00:29:41
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And, um, Lakeshore Lodge is going to be up there. And if it's part of the trust, you know, it is a great way to attract people to the trust. But then the downside of that is that you'll have people buying into the trust and Lakeshore Lodge would would effectively have the same problem that Grand Californian has, where it's impossible to get a room there if you're not.
00:30:03
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if you're not in the trust and, and also like you're, you know, back to our earlier talk about like lightning lane bookings is your DVC resort booking is like, you're having to book, you know, on the 11th month, you know, you know, the day it opens because there's no chance you're getting it otherwise. Like that's, yeah that's where, that's the problem of the trust is that it, it, it could scale up that, you know, it it gives people, unless everything else going into the trust you Yeah.
00:30:37
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i don't know that they'll build another resort like this for a while and if if they're if they're rolling these as resource together and it's very clearly like the amenities in this resort are better than everything else that resort' is going to become impossible to book right yeah so I mean, as it is, it's already, it's going to be like for anybody who doesn't have it as a home resort, you know, we're going to be fighting for it at the seven month anyway. so I get a feeling and this is going to be very, I mean, listen, I, my, my wife said to me, she's like, we're, we're staying there next time we go. I'm like, yeah, well, if it's open, then yeah, we're going to stay there next time we go. I mean, we because, I mean, we, we love the Wilderness Lodge vibe and this has got that same kind of thing, but it's even like a little more upscale and, ah you know, it's bigger and it's going to be,
00:31:20
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I mean, I don't know. it's i think it's going to be popular. It's real estate, right? I mean, it's it's right a boat ride away from Magic Kingdom. them You can't can't beat that, you know, besides it beside the monorail ride away. So. Wilderness Lodge 2 electric boogaloo.
00:31:34
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Yeah, that's that's exactly right. Exactly. Okay, well, I think that's all right. Like you said, it's very it's a very interesting thing. Like, like the the choice on this is not... i You know, yeah, you and I, we we thought that this was going to go the other way. I'm kind of glad that it is going this way.
00:31:51
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Yeah. Because it does also... um it It does actually make it easier as DVC owners because it is such a large resort that, you know, I know we talked about like, you know, you know, I was kind of talking about from like a future state of like, you know, if it's in high enough demand, it'll
Monstropolis Unveiling
00:32:10
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be impossible to book there. But it is a very large resort.
00:32:12
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I don't know that. um I don't know that it'll ever like Saratoga is never fully booked. Right. Like, well, yeah, there's over eight sort it's rare that it's fully booked. Like this is on the same size as Saratoga. Like it's, I think it's going to be hard for them to fill it up. But, but then there's also the discussion of getting the room type that you want. And that's, yeah that'll be, you know, another discussion, but.
00:32:38
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Yeah, it is. It's interesting that we thought was going to 60 40. We couldn't have been more wrong. So which I'm happily will happily be wrong. i I am more than happy to be corrected with, you know, accurate information.
00:32:52
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Yeah. So, yeah, I agree. Yeah. ah So in some other news here, so there's not ton of news this week, but, you know, is what we're going to go, we're to talk through it but we're getting some more details about what I guess we're confirming now that the the Monsters, Inc. land at Hollywood Studios is going to be called Monstropolis, which I think we all expected, but they hadn't actually announced. But I feel like it's pretty clear that it is at this point. Right.
00:33:16
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Yeah. I mean, right. Yeah. So I didn't know what else it was going to be. What else are you going to call it? Right. ah But anyway, they've released this ah newspaper thing from the Monstropolis Horn newspaper.
00:33:33
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yeah And and i feel like it's kind of they're offering they're offering some hints here at what's going to be in this land, right? Yeah. I mean, it's it like the the concept art is...
00:33:45
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um This is giving me Cars Land vibes. Yeah. I will say like it's it is very clearly right out of the movie. And and we knew that like like, you know, i i I wouldn't or if if Disney didn't do Monstropolis, how it's done in the movie like. Yeah. Yeah. That that would have been insane.
00:34:07
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um But we have this thing now they're they're calling they're they're calling this Human Day. But human is an acronym which stands for Humans Understand Monsters Are Nice. Yeah. And so the story land. It's kind of fun. Yeah. yeah The the the ah the implication of this is that they're they're trying to make it sound like, you know, humans are being invited into Monstropolis and they're trying to dispel the um the myth around humans being dangerous. Exactly. Yeah. yeah's That's the whole idea. But yeah. Yeah.
00:34:39
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Or, yeah, no, continue. I mean, yeah, what I was going to say is the the top of the of the newspaper, though, says local restaurants comment on new menu development. So, you know, listen, obviously there's going to be restaurants and the in the park. Now, that doesn't really tell us anything. But it does say a Glob Theatre show begins rehearsals ahead of Human Day. So I feel like that gives us a little maybe hint of what...
00:35:01
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the show might end up being, I don't know. i have maybe something about the the human day thing. Um, yeah but, uh, you the other thing is they have this whole thing called the department of human relations.
00:35:13
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Uh, you saw this too. It's kind of funny. Uh, the logo is a human hand shaking a monster hand that kind of looks like Sully's hand, I would say. Yeah. Um, Green Sully's hand, yeah. Yes, yes, Green Sully's hand. But this is kind of like, they're they're giving us now like the backstory of this because even though Monsters Inc. itself already has a backstory, obviously, and Monstropolis has a backstory, they, they like you kind of said, they they had to come up with a a reason why humans are walking around Monstropolis, right? Like, that's... Yeah.
00:35:45
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That's what... And in-universe, like, it's something to justify to the, you know, the residents of Monstropolis to, you know... ah Otherwise, it like, i I see why they had to do something like this because, you know, based... If you're basing it in, like, the lore of the movie, it's like, you know, people could be like, why aren't you scared of me? Like, it it it's yeah it saves, like...
00:36:08
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some silly conversations, right? That like, yeah I don't know. So, so every day is, I guess, human day at Monterey when you go there, right? The same way that it's always friendship day at, uh, Crystal Palace. Exactly. I mean, I love friendship day. Every day is friendship day. now I'm excited to celebrate friendship day.
00:36:26
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Yeah. And so they they're describing this part celebration, part cultural exchange. The event is designed to introduce humans to life inside Monstropolis while helping monsters discover that humans are not so frightening. After all, human guests will have the chance to explore the city, meet its citizens, taste unique cuisine, and step into the everyday world of monsters in a totally new way.
00:36:44
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I am fully expecting Trevor, the restaurant restaurant or restaurants in this land to have kind of what you've been asking for, which is food that looks really gross, but tastes really good. That whole thing. Cause like that's, I mean, how else do you do that here? You know, you have to do that.
00:36:59
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I mean, right we we do know one of the the restaurants because they do mention it. Yeah. Harryhausen's is confirmed. Yeah. You know, and we talked about, you know, there better be Harryhausen's. It is there.
00:37:11
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um You know, in the movie, it's ah it's a sushi restaurant. yeah Right. Yeah. I would assume there's sushi somewhere on the menu, but, you know, i like to your point is I would assume that there would be a lot more and a lot more like monster-centric cuisines, right? that Yeah. You know, you know those brain-breaking ones where it's like this doesn't look like it should be good, but it's really delicious. Even i will say in the in the concept art picture that we have here,
00:37:40
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Those ice cream cones that that girl is walking around with looking like she just like, hold mother bank like you know those are she's got this smug look on her face. Like, look what I got. I mean, I'm jealous of those ice cream cones and i i will be amazed if they're that big.
00:37:56
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and can we Can we talk about the guy to the right, though? With the carrying the baby monster. I just noticed this now He's got like one of those ah like baby carrier. Yeah. Yeah. The baby carrier things. and But inside it is instead of a baby is a monster. That's the regular thing.
00:38:13
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Yeah. like Like the same way that they had like the backpacks for the droids. This better be a thing. I mean, it has to be right. Yeah. How could it not be? ah Yeah. So, and then they also, by the way, I'm guessing this is the logo for the land. I mean, which is, I actually really dig. It's kind of cool.
00:38:30
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ah This black and white, like logo. It's like an outline of all the buildings. Yeah. It's a very, um it's, I feel like monsters Inc had like a weird, um,
00:38:43
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like almost 1950s vibe to it, if that makes sense. Like, I or i don't know, i don't know what to... to It's almost like the Incredibles had like that like 70s kind of like design thing, but it was like, yeah. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Like, like like yeah, how how Incredibles had like, yeah, the, the yeah, like 60s, 70s vibe to it. yeah Monsters Inc. feels like it's like a 50s vibe, but this is very very much giving it, yeah and even with, you know, the black and white with the, you know, the negative, using the negative outline, it's it's very cool, and it it shows off a lot without having to do a lot, which is very smart.
00:39:20
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Yeah, I mean, listen, I'm hopeful this land's going to have just, like, monsters walking around like we're seeing in, in you know, the the concept art that Sully's just kind of wandering. i would hope that we see other monsters walking around, you know,
00:39:33
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I don't know I guess we're going see. but this Yeah. It's not on the rundown, but i don't know if you've seen, so like, you know we talked about the animation courtyard yeah opening up, right? um You know, that they've been doing stuff, like like, at certain points during the day, the characters are just out, like, playing and interacting with kids and stuff like that.
00:39:54
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I'm hoping that that's, like, a template for similar things happening in Monstropolis. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, listen, it's not Montropolis unless you have random monsters wandering around, right? Yeah, totally. it's ah that's just the that's That's it, right? And i I'm hopeful they're going to use some of that new technology, like what they use for, for you know, building that Olaf, you know, robot and, you know, some of the, yeah obviously to to have a big Sully just kind of walking around.
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00:40:18
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And, you know, I'm sure there's all sorts of other monsters that they're going to come up with too, right? But I mean, don yeah, yeah.
00:40:24
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there's characters from like monsters, you and stuff that i like, there is actually a lot of potential for expanded universe characters to just be in there. And like, just one and I appreciate, like, I, I like, you you know, I like Sully, you know, he's a great character.
00:40:41
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um yeah and Mike as well, like, you know, even though he gets forgotten all the time or, you know, yeah covered up but, but, uh, I would love to see more characters, right? Like it's, there is so much potential. And the the funny thing too, is that it really, it really does offer them freedom that they, they could do like random characters that they could introduce them in the parks and then like work them into the shows and stuff where, absolutely yeah yeah. So it's like, yeah, it's a
00:41:17
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I'm excited for this. am too. I'll admit. like its yeah I'm really excited for this. And then also, you know, they did tease a little bit more of the ah the roller coaster, like the you know the launch area and stuff, which... Yeah. I mean, I, I, you know me, I love a good roller coaster. You do. Yeah. This is a pretty interesting one too. It's very different. Yeah.
00:41:35
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So, I mean, it I feel it's, I feel, I, I feel it's going to be up there with Guardians. I hope it's going to be up there Guardians. It better be up there with Guardians. Because like they set the bar pretty high. So. Yeah. Yeah.
00:41:51
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For sure. Yeah. right. Why don't we go ahead and do our ad? And I didn't expect us to take 40 minutes on these two things, but it's okay. we We also talked about your trip at the beginning. Oh, that's true. We did. You know what? You're right. You're right about that. I didn't and didn't think about that. so we we we We don't actually block time for like we don't talking about that kind of stuff. We should probably do that. I guess. Well, I guesstimate in my head what what what we're going to talk about for certain amounts of time. And sometimes I'm right. Sometimes I'm wrong. Yeah.
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00:42:56
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I have to say, this is not a show for a sponsor, but I i just used them recently. and I rented out some points that I knew I wasn't going to use, and the process could not have been simpler. And and I got got my money very quickly, and yeah, it was it was was great.
00:43:10
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so i I do need to talk to them about... er what ah Helios is looking more and more like a possibility for our trip next year, um which is the the resort inside of Epic Universe. So I'm i'm probably going to get a point swap going, which, i you know, we'll definitely talk about when not when I get to that point. Sure.
00:43:30
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But yeah, again, not to show for our sponsor, but we do actually like our sponsor. so We do. And they're going to be here next week, actually, too. yeah gonna I think we're going to have Gary next week. From DVC Resale Market, correct? Yeah, yeah, yes so yeah. Hey, a little bit of a spoiler for y'all. Oh, yeah. Well, you know, listen, just ah just a teaser. That's the plan anyway. Listen, sometimes things change, schedules don't work out. But that's, way we are planning to to have them on next week. It's been a little bit of a, it's been a little while since we have them on. so And obviously, based on the start of this episode, we have things to talk about. Yeah.
00:44:01
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Yeah, clearly. Yeah. I will be interested there. There are Lakeshore Lodge opinions, you know, it carries carries and any anybody else that joins us because I think a lot to talk about there.
Disneyland Halloween Events
00:44:12
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So for sure. Yeah. So anyway, were we going to talk about? Where were we in the meantime? So we're going to change gears and go over Halloween at Disneyland. Yeah, I know I usually leave Disneyland for the end, but... Yeah, but we have other stuff to talk about after this, too. Yeah, we do.
00:44:29
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But, you know, the ah they have the... ah yeah You know, they always do this. they put They put out the Halloween stuff early because, obviously, you know, we we talk about, you know, people planning ahead. And, you know, make the joke... Well, on Halloween, it's two months from now, so... Yeah, and, and you know, i I mean, yeah, you know, we make the joke about, you know, Halloween starting August 10th, or Halloween season is starting August 10th. I think it's the 7th, actually, because it's happening well...
00:44:54
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No, this is Disneyland. Oh, Disneyland. Sorry, sorry, sorry. I thought you were just... heard Okay, sorry. My bad. Yes. Actually, sorry. Wait. i Actually, i'm I'm incorrect too. Why do they have two different... ah Okay. i Sorry. I was reading... I saw it starting August 10th, but that's actually when they start World of Color for... Paint the Night Parade and Wondrous Journeys. Okay, this is August 10th. So, yeah. So, they're starting...
00:45:21
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Paint the Night and Wonders Journeys will be going a limited time from August 10th to the Yeah. like okay so Okay, so they're doing like limited time World of Color and Paint the Night from August 10th to 20th. But then August 21st is actually when Halloween time starts at Disneyland Resort. guessing that's just them giving giving themselves time to do a transition by utilizing existing things, right? Yeah, which which is smart. And I will give them credit that they're at least waiting until the back half of August to start the Halloween stuff. Yeah. um Yeah, the ah so so there's all the usual stuff you would expect. um the
00:46:00
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ah Sorry, I'm just scrolling through this. I'm looking for the the part that's going to make me upset. because There's a part that's going to make you upset? Where is it? the Nightmare Before Christmas stuff? Yes. so yeah yeah yeah you You know me. that That's my sticking point. Yeah, I know. stop Stop with the Nightmare Before Christmas. home There are people that like it I know. Well, I mean, that that's fine. But yeah. Okay, here it is. No, wait. No, wait. This is something different.
00:46:27
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My daughter likes it for some reason. i And she's never seen it. I don't know why how she knows it. When I say for some reason, it's because I don't know where she saw it.
00:46:38
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You know? Right. So, okay, i I just, I was scrolling and, um okay, we're going to jump around a bit. because yeah's fine I mean, none of this is like, or there's a lot of returning things like the ah there's um like the villains like a nurse Ernesto de la Cruz and stuff like that.
00:46:57
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But there is a new street party, which maybe maybe this is them trying to placate those of us that are mad about Haunted Mansion not being Haunted Mansion for half the year.
00:47:08
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Um, that there is a, there's a new street party called Madame Leota swinging wake, a haunted mansion street party. And the concept art has like the stretching room photos. There's the, the dancers. It looks like, um, uh, it looks like there's a lot going on in this. Like I, I, and thinking about like how some of the other street parties play out, like, uh, um, like, you know, there, there's, uh, what's called?
00:47:35
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Encanto. I kept wanting to say Coco, but I was like, Encanto is the the show. like they They do a whole street party for that. but This looks on the same level, but it's obviously Haunted Mansion themed.
00:47:46
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and i And I find it funny that they're having to do a Haunted Mansion street party because Haunted Mansion is is not Haunted Mansion. It's not Haunted Mansion, yeah.
00:47:58
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and ah But, I mean, it's something. ah Just for a little bit of detail, but it says, The new street party will feature multiple show-stopping moments for Madame Leota to host her spirited seance and swing wake filled with happy haunts, ghostly dancing, ghostly lights, inviting you to partake in a ghastly good time that beckons all 999 ghosts. so The concept of it looks cool, but it kind of looks like, i when I first saw it, I thought it was a parade.
00:48:23
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Yeah, that's that's what I thought, too. i was like, are they is this just like ah another, i mean, like a boo-to-you kind of thing. Yeah. But it looks like it's, ah i mean, during the ah during the street parties, they they do use floats, but it's like the floats kind of come out and stop, and they do the party, and then they the floats go away. so um Yeah, because they're they're not doing ah the normal parade this year because the Frightfully Fun parade they're not is not happening this year because of construction.
00:48:53
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Yeah. So, so yeah, this is like the replacement for that essentially. But, but maybe it'll, uh, you know, I guess if it's well received, you know, it might become a more permanent thing.
00:49:04
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i hopefully This looks cool. I mean, i I'd love anything Haunted Mansion themed. I mean, an entire show dedicated to it, I'm not at all mad about it. And also, to point out, this is not happening in Disneyland. This is happening in California Adventure. California Adventure, on ah yeah um I just noticed in the background, it's... What's the name of the restaurant? It's... ah Carthay Circle. That's what it's called. There you go. There you go. You got it now. Okay. Cool. Yeah. No, listen. It looks very cool. I don't, ah you know, i would i would definitely check this out, although I'm not really into, like, the whole street party thing. It's not really my thing, but...
00:49:45
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um Haunted Mansion themed. Yeah, sure. I'm in. ah You know, it looks like, too, they've got like some ghosts. They've got like somebody. put They like puppet ghosts going on there, too. Yeah. I just said on the sides, which was interesting.
00:50:00
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Yeah. that like Again, that makes sense with how street parties play out. Like, I feel like street parties are a very unique thing to specifically California Adventure. Like there there is a lot more of them there than I feel there is in the other parks or there has been a lot more over time.
00:50:16
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So, so they, yeah, the the stuff that they bring out, like it's, it's usually, um, uh, I want to say it kind of reminds me almost of, of like Carnival or something like that. Like it's very, very like,
00:50:29
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like, more over the top than you would expect. Like, it's not just the floats. Like, there is going to be... I'm assuming there's a lot that's going to be going on in these, so... It kind of makes me laugh in the concept art that they have the person who's who's puppeteering the the ghost there. Because I feel like usually in concept art, they would just have the ghost, right? Like, they wouldn't, like, show that there's a person holding up the ghost.
00:50:51
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oh I feel... You're right, but I also feel i'm I'm glad that they're actually doing that because it does it does better illustrate what to expect. Yeah. Whereas if it's just like, like if they were just floating ghosts and they're just like, oh, you know, it's just somebody doing concept art. and then And then it becomes a thing where when it actually does happen, it's like, oh, they're doing, you know, that they've got them on sticks and it like – It's not as cool as it could have been or something. yeah It kind of sets up for like, yeah you know, disappointment. Right. Whereas this is more accurate to us. The one thing that that's puzzling me is the yeah there's there's the one. um i don't know. That's not the ghost or it's supposed to be like one of the yeah like a cast member, like, you know, dressed in the ah in the Undertaker um uniform. Oh, yeah yeah. Just standing there holding a candelabra.
00:51:44
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Which, like, it just, like, everyone else is, like, moving, and he's just, like, I'm a candelabra. Watch me hold the candles. I'm a candelabra. Yeah, it's kind of funny, actually. It's so funny, like, compare it, like, because you can see, like, through the rest, like, there's the dancers. It looks like they're going to bring the gravediggers to this as well. noticed that. Yeah. Yeah. Which is, you know, cool thing from Boo to you that, you know, I would love to see that translate over. But then the butler guy standing there is like... Yeah, just holding it. Yeah, that's pretty funny. I didn't notice him, but that's great. Yeah, I hope they do like the sparks and everything too, you know, like do the whole thing. So would be great. wondering, I don't guarantee that I can do this, but I'll have a look at this later and see if I can turn into an emoji on Discord.
00:52:35
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i just Like like like like a blank stare or something. Like like I feel like that that it's like such a like a funny like blank stare. It's like the Kerman ornament from that we have in there as ah as a reaction. Yeah. Yeah. that that one's That one's like more like surprised. This one's just like...
00:52:52
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It's such a blank stare. I see the Kermit one as being as being like a bad joke. Like, ah! Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, ah? It's almost Fozzie. It's like Fozzie told a bad joke and he's just kind of looking at him like, what? yeah why or i just told a bad joke. and yeah This is giving me more like are you serious? Kind of like, like yeah he's just kind of looking like I'm not impressed with whatever you're doing. yeah He's almost doing like, thing he's doing what the good cast members of the haunted mansion do, you know? Yeah. The ones that are in on the bit, you know? Yeah. It's supposed to be creepy and it's, I, I appreciate that that's what they're trying to illustrate, but it just looks really out of place in the middle of everything else that's going on. Like, yeah. Yeah.
00:53:36
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It does. Yes. But I mean, look, this looks good. I mean, it looks mostly returning stuff. Right. ah And, you know, if you got to cancel one thing, and this is a good thing to replace it with. Right. yeah I just realized something, too. ah yeah The more that I'm looking at this, the the stretching portrait ghosts or or the people that are in the stretching portraits. Yeah. They're popped out from the frames. Yeah.
00:54:01
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Yeah, I think they're real people. Like, they're dressing people up like that. Yeah. Yeah, I wonder if they're going to be actual, like, performers. Again, that's another cool level of, like, adding to, yeah like, Haunted Mansion and all that, right? I assume that these are going to be live performers. It's kind of hard to tell from the photo because it almost just looks like they're just 3D and not necessarily people. But the yeah the real people in the photo kind of look like that, too. so And it is just concept art, so.
00:54:24
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Yeah. So, yeah, but um that that was the highlight, I guess, for me of the the fall celebration stuff. That's like entirely everything that we talked about. But yeah there's nothing else like
Projection Technology Innovations
00:54:35
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like that. It's all like kind of just the high level like Halloween's coming up and, you know, plan accordingly.
00:54:40
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Yeah. So. So. um All right. you You have a couple of things on here now. So we're getting into. Do you need to play something before we talk about this next thing? No, I don't think we need to. write this i Well, you know, there's a little bit of reckless speculation here, but this is more like, yeah yeah i mean you want I mean, do you really want me to? ah I was just curious if you had a queued up is all, but I mean, I always have a queued up. I got a soundboard here. ready to go at all times, though. We're going to be talking about a patent. that Yeah.
00:55:09
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I don't think we're good. um So Disney patented, and this was they submitted this in 2024, but it just got published a couple days ago here. And basically, it's a ah projection system that is a pop-up projection surface that can appear, change shape, show effects, and then vanish.
00:55:30
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so Which... I could, here's the thing. This is why I, we can recklessly speculate on what they're going to use this for. They might not use it for anything, but I could think of a million things they could use this for. Yeah. I wish I had thought of this. I will just say this now. Like, yeah.
00:55:47
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so it let me So let me just join this way. Okay, so it's projection screen. It's made with flexible fabric fabric stretched over rings, and then motors can pull the fabric into shapes like a cone, a funnel, or a pyramid shape. Once the effect is done, the fabric can fold flat and disappear.
00:56:04
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And then it says project projectors illuminate the surface from the outside with internal lighting elements, running effects like strobe lights or shadows. The projection service can be synchronized to a pre-programmed show sequence, be interactive with guests ah using cameras, microphones, or RFID readers like a magic band, as well as location based. So it can be a view from multiple angles. The patent lists several scenarios where the technology could be used a mountain, a fountain or mountain rising.
00:56:30
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a tornado forming and dropping to the ground, a tree li limb or plant growing, a character's arm reaching out from within the surface. ah Yeah.
00:56:42
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I feel like they could use all these things in just Cars Land and Villain's Land. I mean, okay, the the the first one, as soon as you said, a fountain or mount mountain rising. What mountain do we know wakes up in Fantasia Chernabog? Yeah.
00:56:59
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Can you imagine that kind of scale like that? Like watching Chernobog rise up as an effect like that? Yes. Pretty cool. Really cool.
00:57:10
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Yeah. That would be really cool. The interesting thing is, you know, they talk about like, you know, using the cone, like, you know, having it stretch out you know, go into shape. um you know you know go into a certain shape The one thing that, you know, they're talking about like, like or, you know, the diagram show this cone shape.
00:57:29
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There's nothing saying that other things couldn't be attached to it. I guess that's part of this is, you know, they're like, you know, this is a very interesting use case of. um So i' I'll cite the worst version of this that I can imagine, which, you know, they've already fixed is in. um in f Frozen Ever After when they had the, ah the rear projection faces on Oh, yeah, yeah. on And also, you know, you know, that it just didn't look right. But it was, it was that combination of projection technology with, um with, you know, animatronics, right?
00:58:04
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Yeah. This, yeah this feels like the same thing where it's like, you know, you don't have to have the screen that's being projected onto doesn't have to be, you know, out in space the whole time. They can, you know, reveal it through,
00:58:17
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through this technology So yeah, like, you know, like the mountain rising up and then, you know, like, you know, like having like Chernobog come out of the middle or something, but then like, you know, that combination of an animatronic with, you know, you know, that lends itself to like, you know, the effects of like, you know, the ghosts swirling around the mountains. and stuff like that. Or, you know, like they said, you know, even, ah I'm also thinking too of, you know, Mickey's Runaway Railway, like, yeah, the tornado, right?
00:58:42
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Yeah. like You know, stuff like that or like, you know, how at the beginning the, the the um you know, when when the screen, you know, when it explodes, right, you know, having, you know, being able to have like,
00:58:55
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things like come out of the screen and still continue the projection yeah is a very interesting idea. Like I, like I think about like, that could be like a next level thing of like, it's not just like, you're you know, we're thinking about like, Oh, new attractions, but this also opens them up to possibly plussing existing attractions with like,
00:59:15
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more impressive effects. Right. So absolutely. Like, can you imagine like that they said, a character's arm reaching out from a surface. Can you imagine like, ah like, you know, you're on that roller coaster that's supposedly coming to villains land and like, ah you know, a giant Chernabog arm comes at you as you're there. Like it just appears out of nowhere, like, like something like that. Right.
00:59:35
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i mean, There's so many cool things they could do with this. Montropolis, and they could do it, you know, they could use it for the Encantaland. I mean, Indiana Jones, like, this this is, like, a really... Like, this is one of those ones that I see them using somewhere in one these new projects multiple times. It seems very simple.
00:59:55
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And if it's a convincing effect, then, yeah, I mean, do i mean they've... Disney pretty much... I don't want to say that they they invented projection mapping, but they certainly made it, ah you know, mainstream. They've well refined it. Yeah. but And they they know how to do this at this point, right? So, like, they they are very, very good at this. And so, ah you know, if they can make certain shapes and then make them disappear, like, especially with these upcoming lands, I mean, i it's it should be really cool if they can do it.
01:00:24
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Yeah. and And, you know, they even like they said, you know, it's it's that next level of interactivity where it's like, you know, I i think about yeah You know, the Yeti is a good example of, you know, they they built a massive structure that is supposed to have a certain level of interaction to it.
01:00:42
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The problem was, though, because of just the sheer weight of it and, you know, what it was. And the power of it. Yeah, it wasn't able to sustain itself. But the interesting thing about this is because, you know, they're hollow structures, but they're able to effectively map and make them look like, you know, that they're solid or that it's, you know, something bigger than it is.
01:01:02
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this this opens up more effects like that too. Like, i you know, yeah I don't want to say, you know, replace the Yeti with like a you know, a projection mapped cone. but But, you know, on that level though, you know, new, like you said, you know, new stuff coming out or, you know, I'm sure this will give them opportunities to go back and review existing effects that um they could, know,
01:01:25
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you know Take something that was previously a solid structure, and if it's done correctly, like you know I said, the worst-case scenario is if they don't do the projection mapping properly, it does it does look jarring. like you know The Anna and Elsa faces were very jarring to look at.
01:01:40
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But if they do this properly, it just blends into everything else, and it becomes one of those... yeah you know there's There's certain effects that we see that it's like, how did they do that, right? Yeah, yeah.
01:01:51
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or like like it gives that initial like wow factor like i'm I'm thinking about you know it's not the same effect but like um the Guardians queue when they teleport you right it's like how did they do that right like it's the one that still gets me is Bell's Enchanted Tales I'm sure you haven't been to that I've seen the videos I know what you're talking about the mirror turning into a door i I have watched it closely every time I've ever been there and for the life of me cannot figure out how they do it And so many of the other facts you can look at it and you can, you know, maybe kind of figure out how it works, you know, for the most part. And that one, i just like stare at I'm like, I don't, my my brain is not computing how this is working. Like, and I'm sure I could watch a YouTube video about how it works, but I just, I kind of don't want to know, you know, like I kind of enjoy the fact that I still
01:02:42
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it still kind of is a mystery to me. Like, you know, I think I can figure out how they blow up the screen and Mickey and Minnie's runaway railway. Like, that one doesn't feel that difficult, but still cool, right? But like, oh, I should have done the spoiler alerts for that. I'm sorry. I should have done that. In case you haven't done it before, you know? Very funny. Yeah. I was ready. I was ready for that. I don't have the full spoiler alert sound, just the chime for now, but...
01:03:09
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Oh my gosh. I don't want to say, it's if you haven't been on this reg yet, i'm I'm sorry. I apologize. I mean, it like, okay, it's it's been out long enough. it like and And it's honestly like, it's that's not the main selling point of the ride. Anyway, there's lots of other things that happen in the ride. That's true. I, I, I will say that like, I was, I was thinking to myself like all the different ways they could use this. Right. And one of them was, uh, you know, like on the, uh, on the Montstropolis on the roller coaster that they're go to have like a Randall, like just disappearing in front of you. How cool would that be? Like if there was like a Randall thing and it just disappears already, you know, like, yeah because that's what he does. It kind of disappears, you know?
01:03:50
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There is lots of ways that they can do a disappearing effect, but having like, yeah, this is like, you know, having something mapped, but then, you know, you're going like, oh, I can see like, you know, that's projection matched, but then having the thing that was projection mapped disappear is like, wait, like, and actually another good example of that too is, uh, if you haven't watched it, the, uh, if you watch the videos of mystic manor,
01:04:13
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Oh, yeah yeah, course. The Idol disappearing in Mystic Manor. Like, it's, again, these are all, like, in that same level of, like, you watch it and you're like, no, like, that that should not that should not work to waitde and the way that it's working, right? Like, it's it's very impressive. And, yeah, like you said, this is this patent opens up, ah you know you know, I'll be on the lookout for stuff like this, but, you know, knowing Disney, you know, they'll they'll do it in such a way that, you know, it won't be, like, just, like, a white-coned, like,
01:04:43
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Like, here's the projection mapping. Just wait. It'll be amazing. Like it like they'll they'll figure out how to blend the stuff into whatever else they're doing. Right. yeah, so yeah i would I would agree with that.
01:04:54
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It's it's very cool. though Like I, you know, it in thinking about it it's like, of course, you know, using a projector and a hollow structure it It is cost effective. It is the smart way to do this stuff because they can build bigger without incurring costs due to, you know, weight and and all that kind of stuff.
01:05:15
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But like you said, it it feels simple, but it's really, it's how they're going to use it, right? Like it's how they it. Yeah. Yeah. It's how they use it. Yeah. it's It's simple, but it's not that simple. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah.
01:05:29
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All right. I love it. I love it too. yeah I love it too. All right.
Inspector Gadget Reboot Discussion
01:05:33
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Okay. Let's talk about this last thing. Okay. All right. We're on to the last thing. So. I'm annoyed. Let's get this on the bingo card for things that we didn't think we were going to talk about today. all right. um So. Do you want to do it? Do you want me to do it? I'm just going to say the title of the movie and let it sit for a minute.
01:05:54
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So Inspector Gadget.
01:05:58
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just yeah Think about that for a minute. yeah so So they're doing a doing another reboot of Inspector Gadget. Because why not? Yeah. the So apparently, and the reason that is relevant is that it is Walt Disney Studios that is doing it, which, yeah I mean, I don't know where along the way they acquired Inspector Gadget as an IP, but but they did. They own the film rights to it. They don't own the rest of it. Just the film rights. Okay, say what so just...
01:06:28
Speaker
Yeah, I forgot that they were the ones that did the two live-action movies with Matthew Broderick and French Stewart. I forgot that they were the ones that did it because, i listen, they weren't particularly good movies. Yeah, I wasn't paying that heavy attention to them back then. but Well, this is actually relevant to you, too, because Inspector Gadget is a Canadian product, too. so I know it is, yeah. yeah it It was on TV every day for a long time. Oh, yeah, but...
01:06:52
Speaker
I feel like they played it more up here because we had a, or we do have a requirement on TV for like so much Canadian content. And it was like an easy, it was the filler show between the stuff that we wanted to watch. Like, yeah, I watched, I've watched the entirety of inspector gadget multiple times, not by choice.
01:07:11
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love that. I love the gadget. I was a kid. I will say I don't, I don't hate it, but it was like, it was on so much that like it it's too much. it like It was like, okay, like, yes, I know. I've seen that, you know, yes, Dr. Claus, you know, taking over a laundromat or something. Like it was like,
01:07:31
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Well, yeah, it just like it got to be too much was the problem. like And you're right. yeah I still watched it. It's just when I think back on it, it wasn't that I was watching it because I was like, oh, boy, Inspector Gadget on. It was just like it's coming on next and I'm not getting up to go somewhere else because want to watch the show after Inspector Gadget. Yeah.
01:07:50
Speaker
I'm also going to really, I'm going to date myself on this though, too. But I, when I was a kid, I used to watch re reruns of ah Get Smart with my dad all the time. And Get Smart. Yeah. yeah you that That was like the inspiration for Inspector Gadget. And it was it was Don Adams who did the voice of Inspector Gadget. ah Yeah. That's awesome. Maxwell Smart. and And Get Smart is a hilarious show if you've never seen it. I actually tried to find it on streaming recently and could not find it, which I was really disappointed about. Because I'm sure it's still really funny.
01:08:17
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And, ah you know, so every time I hear that voice, I would think of, you know, the voice of instruct Inspector Gadget, I'd hear, you know, Get Smart. You know, I think of Get Smart, too. So um I don't care that they're making another one of these. I really don't.
01:08:31
Speaker
Like, make it. i I have questions about the fact that is this still a relevant IP to children? Like, I don't think my daughter knows who Inspector Gadget is. I know they made a recent, like, like a cut may eight or nine years ago, they made a and a reboot of the series, but... Yeah, yeah, and it wasn't great.
01:08:52
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Yeah. Because it it was all, like, 3D animated. I watched a little bit of it, because I think... My son, he might he probably doesn't even remember it, but like I think we watched a little bit of it, and it just wasn't like – it didn't hit the same way that that the old one did. But part of the problem of Inspector Gadget, and i guess let's just touch on this, is that like the the old show was like – the The main thing that made it interesting was, you know, back in the 80s, you know, Penny having a computer book where she like, she was like hacking stuff with a computer book. And we were like, oh my gosh, that's amazing. You know, it's so scientific. And now it's like,
01:09:30
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She has a phone, I guess. its like yeah It was very futuristic when we were kids, for sure. i think that was part of why it was so cool, right? Yeah. And I mean, Inspector Gadget, like, you know, he had like... And I mean, that I assume that'll be like the whole premise of the film is that, you know, you know all of the like crazy contraptions that he has at his disposal is... yeah was That was part of what made funny is you know, you know he He had all these things and then obviously it, you know, he, he could never like get it, get his body to do what he wanted to because it seemed to have a mind of its own. And yeah. Yeah. Like, like you're right. Like the the comedy of it was funny. It was, it was a good show. The, the fact that they're doing another movie, the, the, the reason that that we're talking about this is that apparently, yeah apparently they've confirmed that.
01:10:22
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Well, in talks. or no Sorry, they're in talks. that It hasn't been confirmed. But the the person who they're lining up to play Inspector Gadget might be Will Ferrell.
01:10:35
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Which... I love Will Ferrell. really do. But not for this. yeah I feel like they almost needed to have, like, Will Ferrell from 10 years ago.
01:10:46
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ah But even then, he just doesn't, like, the Matthew Broderick one wasn't very good, but at least he, like, when I looked at him, I was like, okay, Inspector Gadget. he kind of You know, he has that kind of, like, tall, skinny vibe to him, that kind of, you know, like, he he I felt like he looked like Inspector Gadget to me. I don't see Will Ferrell as Inspector Gadget. It just feels weird.
01:11:05
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Will Ferrell, I see, like, I think it's going to be a matter of once once they get him in the costume, you'll be like, oh, yeah, it makes sense. You think so? Like, i I can see it from Will Ferrell. I know what you're saying, but I guess my thing is, is that, you know, Will Ferrell, like, you know, everyone cites, you know, even in in this article, they're citing like, you know you know, from Elf. And it's like, you know, you know, the energy he brought to Elf was, you know, very, it it was, you know, very high energy and all that.
01:11:33
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I don't know that. he'll be able to bring that to Inspector Gadget. Well, he's older now. Exactly. and And I don't want to, you know, I don't want to say that that's, you know, that like, yeah you know, saying he's older, I don't think is honestly even like the best excuse because like, i don't know if you saw, um, the, you know, the Sonic the Hedgehog movies. Um,
01:11:54
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I haven't, but I wanted to. i just There's a dance sequence that Jim Carrey does in it where it's it's he's Dr. Robotnik and he plays like a younger and an older Dr. Robotnik.
01:12:05
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And he does this dance that is like insane. Like if you look it up, it like it the whole sequence is insane in the middle of the movie. at But, you know, he's like 63 doing that dancing. And it like like, I know like they they can stunt double it, but it's like, it's it's him. Like, it's... But it's also like, what's the last good movie he made?
01:12:28
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Well, but, i mean, Jim Carrey actively chooses not to make movies. Will Ferrell. I know. Yeah, but, like, what's the last good thing that Will Ferrell made? Like, I don i love Will Ferrell. I really do. i some ah Some of my favorite movies are Will Ferrell vehicles, but he's at the end of his career. was in the Lego movie.
01:12:45
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i no I don't know if he's at the end of his career. I just think it's, you know. Towards the end. I mean, you know, there's lots there's lots of ah actors that have resurgences. You you know, Brendan Fraser is a great example that, you know, he was gone for a long time and he's come back.
01:13:01
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I'm not saying that, you know, Will Ferrell is the wrong pick for this, but yes, you know, age is a factor in it. And also, you know, I guess it depends on if he brings the right energy. I can see, again, based on his previous characters like Anchorman and stuff like that,
01:13:17
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I can see him bringing, you know, that like get smart kind of energy that you're talking about. Like, you know, cause that's what inspector gadget was based on or, yeah or you know, it was the the same guy, but you know, you know, it had that particular energy to it.
01:13:31
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I can see him potentially bringing that, but I think the bigger issue is, is if the writing actually makes sense and if it doesn't, the the Matthew Broderick one felt very cringy to me. Like it it didn't, it didn't feel like,
01:13:46
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um It didn't feel right. it like it just It didn't feel like a good transition of the IP to live action. and it like It felt very forced.
01:13:57
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Maybe Will Ferrell can do it better. like i know what you're saying, that you know you know maybe he's not the right pick for it. He's not going to we do the voice. though he's not going to do the voice.
01:14:07
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I mean, he'll he'll just kind of do his... his normal voice. Yeah, he just, did his normal voice. Yeah. Yeah, like, yeah, because, because I guess like Inspector Gadget has that very nasally, like, yeah, it's more like higher, higher register than Will Ferrell has, so.
01:14:22
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Yeah, and I don't remember if Matthew Brodrick even tried to do that voice in that movie. No, he didn't. In that, That was part of it, too, is that it was just like felt like watching Ferris Bueller play Inspector Gadget because, like, Matthew Broderick didn't like he wasn't like him. No, I feel like I feel like he's at least got the look. I don't know. But I think it was more like the the costume was doing a lot of the work there. I don't think it was actually Matthew Broderick. Because if you actually look at, like, put a picture of Inspector Gadget, like the old animation, it's the suit that's doing the work. It's not Matthew Broderick.
01:15:02
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Yeah. yeah i mean Not the French Stewart was much better, but i'm just, you know. Oh, boy. i totally forgot that Inspector Gadget was a the the live actions for Disney. I just completely, it just did not register my brain.
01:15:17
Speaker
I feel it has potential to bring it back. yeah You know, we've talked about this with other IPs about, like you know, like, things falling out of, you know, popularity and whatnot. I mean, they have to try and bring stuff back from time to time. And, you know, sometimes it hits and, you know, maybe it'll, you know, at the very least, maybe some memes will come out of it that, you know, people will enjoy.
01:15:38
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You never know. Right. It'll interesting to see who they cast as, you know, as, um as like Dr. Claw and like Penny and penny all that. Yeah. yeah I'm sure Alan Tudyk will be a brain somehow.
01:15:50
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Yeah, I was going to say, I wonder who'll be brain, but yeah, it'll be a CGI. I guarantee you right now that Alan Tudek will be brain. Guaranteed. There was no chance anyone else but Alan Tudyk plays Brain. Do you know the funniest thing if they did, if it was Alan Tudyk doing Brain, but do you remember that show, The Shaggy Dog, where the guy turns into the dog? And there were sequences in the show where, like, the dog was supposed to like, fight someone off, but it was clearly, like, somebody in a dog suit throwing a hook. Yeah. That would be the funniest thing if it was like, there was like, like most of it was like, you know, either like, like, you know, animal, you know, actor kind of stuff. But then, and you know, like Alan Tudyk doing the voice, but then if there was like one scene where it was like Alan Tudyk in a dog suit, like throwing a punch, that would be the funniest thing. I would, I would greatly appreciate it if Disney did that kind of nod because, because like that, that that would be a nod back to like, you know, those old era,
01:16:52
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shows right yeah yeah yeah i i just yeah i just ah who who else could it be honestly i mean yeah i i don't know i don't know who else you you cast as random animal at this point i don't know if there's a large alan tudek has that lane tied up yes yeah random animal alan tudek lockdown yeah yeah that he he he's the new uh john ratzenberger for disney it If you think about he really is. like like Like, John did, like, so many Pixar movies and just, like, like he just had his thing in those movies. Like, Alan's done the same thing. so Except he usually just doesn't get to talk. Except for, like, Rogue One or whatever. Like, he usually doesn't get talk. He just makes sounds. and so True. yeah Well, no, that that's not true. um In Wish, his character talked as well. Okay, yeah. right Because the donkey had, like, his own voice and everything. That's true. And he got to talk in Frozen, I guess, because he was the Duke of Weaselton. So, okay, fine. Whatever. and And he was also Duke Weaselton. Yes.
01:17:55
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So, that's what i say you just debunked your own theory on that. You know what? It's the end of the show. You know, know I start to not have my brain work. So, it was just when You're like, he never talks, except...
01:18:07
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Okay, but and he also does just a lot of random animals that too, right? Yeah, yeah. You know, he he also is credited as the voice of BB-8 too. And BB-8 didn't even have a voice. So it's... Yeah, and the interesting thing about Brain is that like Brain had, he had a voice, but it was very like, it was...
01:18:29
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Scooby-Doo with an accent. Yeah. Like, you know, he was talking, like he would talk, but, you know, it was very like, rah, like. its But but he would he would still like say, like he would like grumble to himself or whatever. So yeah, there's Yeah, I can see Alan Tudyk doing Brain. I'm just just calling it now. So does someone mark that down for later when it happens. I mean, yeah, that's, again, I don't even know who you would dispute would would do that. i love big Who else is doing it? I mean, unless they did something crazy, like maybe if it was like, it ended up being like somebody like Donald Glover or something that like just like somebody out of left field does like the voice of Brain. Like that would be, that would be funny too. The only way Alan Tudyk doesn't do it is if he's too busy to do it. That's the only way he doesn't do it, right? If he's got a scheduling conflict.
01:19:20
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Or if they, like I said, I could see somebody doing it that you wouldn't expect. Yeah. like yeah Like, i I can see Disney doing that. and i was I'm trying to think, like... I was actually just looking at... Like, Pedro Pascal. like he You know, somebody that's, like like, uber famous, but it's like, and he plays Brain in Inspector Gadget. To your point, to your point, right? In the in the live action movies, there the gadget mobile speaks and has a voice and the voice is D.L. Hughley. Now that's random. Like, why would it be D.L. Hughley, right? And then also in the in one of the animated movies, it's Jaleel White.
01:20:00
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I mean, really okay. Yeah. And then Ernie Mac is one of them. Like what? Like, but to your point, that's exactly what it is. It's like somebody that you might not actually recognize their voice, but is somebody you would know, you know, it's clear enough or it's a unique enough voice, but also, yeah, I, I didn't even clock to heal white.
01:20:19
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I, I feel like I need to go and watch these movies and see if my daughter's interested, but those inspector gadget movies are so bad. I'd rather just go watch the original series. Yeah, yeah even like said even the remake, like, the remake wasn't bad. it was just, it didn't hit the same way as the old ones. And and it was mainly because, like, like they they updated the technology and everything. And it was like, you know Inspector Gadget was still doing his thing. But, like, all the stuff Penny was doing, she was more like a secret agent than, like, some kid genius. Because because that's I think that's the difference. It's like...
01:20:52
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she was able to be like clearly like a ah kid genius in the, in the original run. But then it was like, Oh, they had to make her a bit older. And she was more like, you know, working, you know, she, she was like an independent agent working for the, the organization that gadget was working for. But like, yeah like it, it just didn't, it didn't fly the same way. Right. Like I feel like they need to go back to that kid genius thing. And yeah,
01:21:20
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You know, I don't know, get her you know, you know, maybe she's like, you know, doing all of her hacking on like a a jailbroken iPhone 12 or something. yeah yeah you know You know, you know, something that, you know, unsuspecting that, you know, nobody thinks it's that powerful, but she's like, yeah.
01:21:38
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Yeah, I get that. Yeah. yeah Because, you know, kid walking around with a book was. Yeah. Yeah. They never thought to take away the book from her, but she also had to that watch too with the the incredibly high powered magnet.
01:21:50
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Yeah. I'm just, I'm recalling now, like all the gadgets. Yeah. Yeah. It always was a really funny thing. So I, I wonder even how I honestly, I wonder if we're really dating ourselves. Like, I wonder how many people even know what we're talking about with Inspector Gadget. I feel a lot of people do or a lot of the, you know, the parents that are listening to the show,
01:22:11
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have watched Inspector Gadget at some point or at least aware of it because, you know, you know, I'm, you know, I'm, I'm a bit older than you, but you know, we both lived through that. Like yeah I feel like it was, it was, it started in the eighties, but you know, Inspector Gadget ran into the nineties. So it was, it was 83 to 87, but then it was like on constantly.
01:22:31
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So yeah. Yeah. Like said, that was the thing for me is that it was, it got to that point where it was just in syndication and it was, it was a filler show, which, well, Yeah. Basically, all of the programming on early Nickelodeon came from this was DIC c Entertainment, right? yeah Early Nickelodeon was produced by this group.
01:22:52
Speaker
A lot of good good Canadian shows came out of that. Also, ah did you ever watch You Can't Do That on television? oh yeah Oh, yeah. Of course, yeah. Yeah, that was that was filmed in Toronto, which is kind of crazy to think about. Wait, also... Yeah, go ahead. Sorry. I didn't realize that. Like, I thought it was another, like...
01:23:10
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like out of Hollywood thing. I didn't realize it was actually Canadian when I was watching it growing up. Well, also Disney apparently used to own DIC, which I did not know. So there you go. That makes sense. Disney just owns so many things and and owned them at some point impossible to keep track of. So,
01:23:25
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Yeah. All right. Let's wrap this up. but and i know you'rere I know you're trying to avoid it, but what avoid it's so DIC. It's DIC is how it's pronounced. yeah Yes. Because that's how they go at the end of the shows.
01:23:39
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At the end of the shows, they would always say DIC. And I know yeah I know it sounds close to an inappropriate. Well, and every kid would. like that Yeah. And everyone's giggling about it. Enjoy.
01:23:50
Speaker
But that's what it is. Yeah. This is funny. yeah Some industry insiders referred to Deke as do it cheap. That's what it's searched for. Dang. I mean, listen, the shows weren't always the highest production quality. I don't care. You know, Young Me didn't care. It was yeah you know it was Saturday morning cartoons, you know. yeah yeah Let me have that. Yeah, yeah it's it's all good.
01:24:15
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that's having it up that That was fun. i i enjoyed that. i'm I'm glad we got to little bit of nostalgia for you, right? Yeah, a little bit of nostalgia, a little bit of a weird weird conversation, but hopefully maybe something will come of it that is, maybe you'll see Inspector Gadget in the parks. Wouldn't that be weird?
01:24:33
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Oh, my God. No, they only own the film rights. I don't think they own park rights. Yeah, but but, well, I mean, you never know. But, I mean. True. in Like, I would not be mad about a character meet with Inspector Gadget. Dude, I would run to a character meet with Inspector Gadget. love it. Like I said, I loved Inspector Gadget when I was a kid. I would 100% take my picture with Inspector Gadget. But.
01:24:56
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Anyway, yeah. Some food for thought, but let's, let's leave it there. You know, let everybody think about that. lots Lots of fun stuff we talked about on this episode. So, you know, if, uh, if you have any questions about anything we talked about, or you want to share your own thoughts or, you know, you're doing trip planning and want to share things, um, you can always reach out to us at welcome on podcast at gmail.com, or you can check us out through the website, welcome on podcast.co.
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