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A Birthday, a Trailer, and a Dinner - GEEKS CORNER #825
Jul 21, 2026
Welcome back to Geeks Corner! In this heatwave-fueled episode, Mr. Daps and Caitie Bear push through tech glitches to bring you the latest Disney news, culinary fun, upcoming sci-fi trailers, and a live viewer Q&A. This includes CHOC Walk, Caption of the Week, Disneyland’s 71st Birthday, Avengers: Doomsday trailer, Earl of Sandwich official opening, and our quick review of Gordon Ramsay at The Carnaby. We hope you enjoy this week’s episode and join the conversation in the comments! We’ll see you ’round the corner!
THE WEEK IN GEEK
CHOC Walk – Join our Team https://www.chocwalk.org/dapsmagic
Caption of the Week Photo https://dapsmagic.com/2026/07/the-first-order-caption-of-the-week/
Disneyland Celebrates 71st Birthday with Cavalcade https://dapsmagic.com/2026/07/disneyland-celebrates-71st-birthday-with-cavalcade-multi-cam-video/
Trailer for Avengers: Doomsday Released as INFINITY Vision Tickets Go on Sale https://dapsmagic.com/2026/07/official-trailer-for-avengers-doomsday-released-as-infinity-vision-tickets-go-on-sale/
Earl of Sandwich Opens at Downtown Disney District https://dapsmagic.com/2026/07/earl-of-sandwich-celebrates-grand-opening-of-permanent-flagship-location-at-downtown-disney/
An Evening at The Carnaby https://dapsmagic.com/2026/07/gordon-ramsay-at-the-carnaby-review-downtown-disney-dining/
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Welcome to Geeks Corner. I'm Mr. Daps.
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>> I'm Katie.
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>> And did you know that the button's not
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working?
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>> I didn't know that
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>> it's not working. There we go. We'll
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have to do it the oldfashioned way, I
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guess. Uh, did you know
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that it's just not going to show up?
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There we go. The Gordon Ramsay's first
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wholly owned solo restaurant, Restaurant
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Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea, London,
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officially opened on September 17th,
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1998.
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>> I did not know that.
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>> You didn't know that?
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>> No, I sure did not. Even after watching
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the Netflix documentary Being Gordon
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Ramsay,
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>> I did not know that.
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>> Surprised. There you go.
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>> I'm surprised and I'm delighted.
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>> Now you know. We will see what else
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happens. Yeah, none of these are
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working. That's great. I know what
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happened.
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Anyway, what should people do, Katie?
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>> Uh, [gasps] you should go wherever you
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are listening, wherever you are
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watching, you should subscribe. You
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should say you want more of this. You
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want to stick around and see if our
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buttons ever work. Maybe you also
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>> not tonight. [laughter] They won't.
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>> Yes. You should also go to dapshq.com.
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Um, there is a whole lot of bonus
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content. those post show to this show.
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It's very fun. And also go into the
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comments there. Our buttons won't work,
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but we have a post or a end segment
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where we talk about comments and it's
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called comments comments. Very original.
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Um, so stick around.
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>> One of the things I want to hear about
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in the comments this week is what you
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thought of the halftime show for FIFA
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that saw the the reunit reuniting. There
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it is. of the Muppets and Sesame Street
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Muppets. So, Disney Muppets, Sesame
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Street Muppets. Um, let us know what you
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thought of the full show, but also
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specifically that and what you'd like to
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see the Muppets do together in the
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future. And it's sad that we have to say
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Disney Muppets, Sesame Street Muppets.
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Cuz I would just like them all to be
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Muppets.
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>> I went to the liquor store earlier and
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the man said, "I like your shirt." And I
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said, "Thank you so much. Did you watch
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the World Cup halftime show?" And he
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said, "No, I did not." And I realized
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that if I said Disney Muppets, that most
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normal people wouldn't understand what
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that means. So I said, "Oh, the Kermit
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Muppets and the Sesame Muppets."
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>> They were reunited for the first time in
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a long time. And he said that was very
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nice. [laughter]
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>> I am sure. Uh, also if you haven't done
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it yet, take a moment to head on over to
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dapsmagic.com
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and post a comment on this week's
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caption of the week. I think this is a
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good one.
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>> I think this is a fun one. There's lots
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of possibilities for what could be
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happening here. And uh we would love you
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to post your caption and then return
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later in the week before Saturday like
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afternoon at like 1:00 because that's
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usually when the new one goes up and
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vote on your favorite caption by
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clicking like and uh I don't know. I
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think it's a fun one. Have you posted a
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caption yet?
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>> I have not posted caption for this one
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yet, but this is this is a good picture.
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>> I think it's fun.
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>> It's a little intimidating.
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>> I will say this picture was taken when I
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was trying to take pictures of Kylo Ren
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and they noticed me and decided to
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investigate. You can't take pictures of
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Kylo Ren and think you're just gonna
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What are you going to do with those
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pictures of Kylo Ren?
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>> But I can still go to Star Wars Galaxy's
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Edge and he can't. So,
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just saying maybe I can.
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>> Whoa.
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>> Maybe maybe my cannon is stronger than
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than they think.
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>> Camera. That is
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>> That was good, right? Yeah. Um, also, if
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you haven't done it yet, we still have
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about a week and a half, two weeks to
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join our Chalkwalk team. You can do that
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at chalkwalk.orgdapsmagic.
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Join us bright and early on August 2nd.
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walk through the parks, wear hats, have
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fun, see lots of Disney characters,
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often some unique characters, often some
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unique acts as well. Like sometimes I
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feel like the last couple years we've
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gotten to see the trash can trio, which
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is a major win.
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>> If you don't know what that is, just
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look him up on our YouTube channel. But
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super cool, super fun, and it's for a
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very good cause, which is the former
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Chalk now Radies Children's Health of
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Orange County, which I call our Chalk.
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>> Art Chalk.
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>> Art Chalk. Just do it. It'll be great.
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It'll be a lot of fun. All right, let's
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get into this week's news. First off,
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Disneyland celebrated its 71st birthday.
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The celebration included a cavalcade,
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which we had a 4 camera shot of up on
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YouTube. It also included a single
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circle to take a photo with that we
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could find in World of Disney. And um
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that was it.
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>> And you know, she doesn't even look four
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days over 71. [laughter]
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Yes. But anyway, it was fun. Anyhoo,
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it's the thing is with these birthdays,
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it's not necessarily about what Disney
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offers. It's about the people that come
5:07
together and have fun um experiencing it
5:10
together. And it's not a big year like
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71 is kind of a I don't know. It's not a
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throwaway year, but it's it's also it's
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not a milestone year.
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>> No. And and honestly, I don't expect
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them to do a ton on a day like that
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because I do want it to make like I want
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them to make the big milestones bigger.
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Like I would rather see the bigger
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variations between big and offyears than
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have it be closer together and you're
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kind of like, "Oh, okay. Well, this was
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70 or oh, this was 75 or whatever it
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was." Um, yes, [clears throat] they did
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also have the license plate frame
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magical key giveaway giveaway which on
5:48
Friday was less than magical because the
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line was very long and very uh packed.
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So, we returned yesterday and it was
5:55
super easy. Like probably what was it 12
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minutes took us to get it?
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>> It was very super fast.
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>> Yeah, it was 12 minutes timed it.
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>> If you are trying to get into the
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virtual queue, be very quick on it
6:06
because it was gone in 3 seconds
6:08
yesterday.
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Rise of the Resistance.
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>> Yeah. Yeah. Um
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>> I'm just saying
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>> it was it was insane.
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>> You have to have one device with the
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time counting down. You have to have
6:21
your device ready for the virtual queue.
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You need to be locked and you need to be
6:24
loaded. You need to refresh. Boom.
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>> Mhm. Um what did you think of the
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birthday Katie?
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>> For a second they were going to say,
6:31
"What did you think of the birthday
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cake?" And I was like, "Well, now I
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didn't get any birthday cake." But
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birthday cake,
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>> that was another year where they gave
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out cupcakes. Birthday cake is very or
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birthday Katie is very different than
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birthday cake, I guess. Um, I thought
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the birthday was cute. Um, I think I
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will say I do miss having like
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>> Do you like the flash mob better?
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>> No.
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>> Oh, okay. I thought that's what you were
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do. I thought this was flash.
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>> No, this is like the characters like the
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Oh, we're turning 58 today. There are 58
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characters
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>> and you would get to see some really
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cool characters. Sometimes people would
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fall face first into a trash can, but
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that's neither here nor there. You would
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get to see some really cool things. And
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I, in my mind's eye, always associate
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Disneyland birthdays or anniversaries,
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whatever you want to call them, um, with
7:20
like getting to see some really cool,
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>> not the unique characters.
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>> Unique characters is a good phrase.
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Because I think what they did on the
7:29
birthday last week was they had
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basically we've got all these characters
7:33
in the park, throw them in the
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cavalcade, which is kind of common to
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what they do anyway.
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>> And there's nothing wrong with that,
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>> but I I would like it to be a little bit
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more special for the birthday. Um, I do
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like to see the Dapper Dans being
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involved. I like to see the Disneyland
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band involved. I like to see all of all
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of that fun stuff. Um, and the singing
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of Happy Birthday very much.
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>> Do you know what I would like to see
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involved?
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What?
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>> The mayor of Main Street. I loved when
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they did the moment with the mayor of
8:02
Main Street and he would read a little
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thing and make it very Main Street, old
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town, you know, small town feeling and
8:10
the Disneyland band and all the other
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stuff you mentioned. Um, I I loved that.
8:15
How could you forget a meal? Like I
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think that was
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>> this is how vividly I remember this. I
8:20
think it was the 57th anniversary. Like
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I might be correct on this. I could be
8:24
wrong too. I'm sure Roger, somebody can
8:26
tell us, but um it would not surprise me
8:29
at all if I'm correct in in this being
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the 57th anniversary where Emil face
8:33
planted into an ice cream uh um cart.
8:36
But and shook it off and kept going like
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amazing. one of the most
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I don't know I I can only say amazing
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things about that because
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>> I just
8:49
>> talk about a recover that is where that
8:52
might be where sports casting but not
8:55
sports was born
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[laughter]
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>> because that was where I started
9:00
thinking about like wouldn't it be funny
9:01
if we had sports commentary for things
9:05
that weren't sports like Emil
9:07
>> in I feel like how lucky were you got to
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see that
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live and in person.
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>> Nobody saw it though.
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>> I know because we just filmed it.
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>> You filmed it and then you saw it later.
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But I still think that's even more
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incredible.
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>> Like that's the thing with doing what we
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do is so often you're looking through a
9:23
screen or an eyepiece or whatever or
9:26
lens that you get these things that you
9:29
don't even realize you got until so much
9:31
later and you're like, "Wait, what's
9:33
that? What just happened in the right?"
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Like amazing. Loved it.
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>> I love that type of stuff.
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>> Yeah, it was it was classic. Um, so if
9:41
you could have your way for a big
9:43
birthday shindig for Disneyland, what
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would you like to see them do? Like
9:48
sky's the limit. Let's say 75th
9:51
anniversary.
9:52
>> So let's go.
9:52
>> I'm going to go anniversary cuz actually
9:54
in my head that's what it is. But
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whatever.
9:56
>> Sure. [snorts]
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>> 75th.
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>> 75th. Cuz a big like you want a big
10:00
>> Yes.
10:02
>> I'm going to say 75 characters I think.
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Um 56.
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>> 56. I was so close.
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>> Very close. Thank you, Roger. [laughter]
10:11
>> Um, they come from the castle. They go
10:15
down Main Street. Think March down Main
10:17
Street as
10:17
>> Oh, so you want them to come out of the
10:19
castle? Yes,
10:20
>> I do. I want them to come out of the
10:21
castle. I want them to march down Main
10:23
Street with the Disneyland band. Um, and
10:26
I want them to then go to the train
10:28
station. I then want there to be a
10:30
moment at the train station of singing
10:32
Happy Birthday, what have you. They then
10:35
recess down and like the confetti
10:37
happens, the balloons happen. Like you
10:39
can keep the cavalcade in its form
10:42
>> and they're going to Small World this
10:43
time.
10:44
>> No, they they recess. They they just go
10:47
>> Yeah. Where do they recess too?
10:49
>> Backstage. Egg House.
10:50
>> Oh, so just out of out of Main Street.
10:52
>> But I think making it a really big
10:54
moment starting at the castle, like I'm
10:55
thinking like 10th anniversary with that
10:57
birthday cake and the pieces of cake all
10:59
dancing around,
11:00
>> you know? Um big moment at the castle.
11:03
Everybody gets welcomed. There's a big
11:05
moment there. You're like, "Yay!
11:08
March down Main Street." And then they
11:10
get on a train. Clockie,
11:14
why did I not think of that? That's way
11:18
better.
11:18
>> There you go. So, what's the rest of
11:19
your idea?
11:20
>> That was it.
11:21
>> Okay. So, here's my idea.
11:22
>> Okay.
11:22
>> If that's allowed.
11:23
>> Sure.
11:24
>> My idea. Similar but different. similar
11:26
but different
11:27
>> for actual birthday because I I'm going
11:29
to assume 75th you do something like you
11:32
did for 50th and 60th and 70th where it
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starts in May so you get the full summer
11:36
well 18 month celebration all of that
11:38
fun stuff. Thank you for the link Roger.
11:40
Um so I'm going to assume we have new
11:43
fireworks.
11:44
>> Okay.
11:45
>> New parade.
11:46
>> Okay.
11:47
>> Probably I'm going to guess either
11:51
Paint the Night or Main Street
11:52
Electrical Parade.
11:53
>> Mhm. Just because of timeline, I'm going
11:55
to guess paint uh uh electrical parade
11:57
because I feel like it's its turn now.
11:59
So, you got all of that stuff already
12:01
happening. Probably a new world of
12:02
color, probably some projection things.
12:05
Actual Disneyland birthday.
12:07
>> Okay. July 17th.
12:08
>> July 17th.
12:10
>> Walk me through it.
12:10
>> Here's what happens.
12:11
>> Okay.
12:12
>> Out of every opening day land,
12:16
characters start coming into the park.
12:18
>> Oh, okay.
12:19
>> They all meet in the hub.
12:21
They all do the Follow Me Boys, happy
12:24
Disney thing, March Down Main Street.
12:26
>> They actually just play the movie Follow
12:28
Me Boys.
12:28
>> Maybe they're singing it. I don't know.
12:30
Um, but they start going down the
12:32
street. No moment at at train station
12:35
because I just think 75 characters would
12:38
be too much up there.
12:39
>> Sure. But they all go down the street,
12:42
disappear out of the parade route on
12:44
Main Street, literally
12:47
a minute, five minutes, whatever later,
12:50
out comes a Cavalcade kind of like they
12:53
did for
12:54
was it the 60th where they did the
12:56
Cavalcade with all the characters and
12:58
former like Disney legends and and all
13:00
those fancy people. So, I would couple
13:03
like tons of old vehicles, like in a
13:06
perfect world, a bunch of vehicles from
13:08
1955 plus Main Street vehicles.
13:10
>> That's good.
13:11
>> All of them either convertibles or
13:13
trucks, so they're open air.
13:15
>> And you have either well, you have the
13:18
75 characters,
13:20
>> Disneyland band, Dapper Dans, mayor of
13:22
Main Street, Disneyland president,
13:24
walking alongside because they're no
13:26
more important than anybody else.
13:27
uh by decades cast members
13:33
>> who represent the different decades of
13:36
the parks and I guarantee there's not
13:37
that many from opening day and year so
13:41
you put them in a couple cars but then
13:43
as it goes you get more from different
13:45
decades and you have representing each
13:47
land and and then they just go from Main
13:50
Street all the way up and out small
13:52
world.
13:53
>> Wow.
13:54
>> I think it'd be great.
13:55
>> Somebody hire this man. Not super hard.
13:57
I mean, it's hard. It's It's logistics,
14:00
but it's totally doable in three years,
14:01
four years, whatever it is. Um, no, I
14:04
think that I think that would be
14:06
>> like I think you got to do these things
14:08
that that really connect. And it's not
14:11
necessarily about being big and
14:13
grandiose. It is about how can you
14:15
connect with not just your your guests
14:18
that are there for the day that come in
14:19
for these special days because
14:22
>> there is there is a um there's something
14:26
personal and special about coming in on
14:28
July 17th. That's why I never miss it.
14:30
But I think you also do the thing where
14:33
it should be equally special for the
14:35
cast members and not just that they got
14:36
a photo op in the back or that guests
14:39
got a photo op on stage. And um and you
14:43
know what, close to what Chris is
14:45
saying, I think you also at the end, as
14:47
a surprise, after everything's gone by,
14:50
you hear this loud roar and you look up
14:53
and the abominable snowman's on top of
14:56
the Matter Horn with with I don't know,
14:59
holding a flag going.
15:00
>> And Mickey has has scaled the Matter
15:02
Horn once again,
15:04
>> and he he uh defeats the powers of evil
15:07
with his imagination. And uh and Harold
15:10
has to go back into the mountain.
15:11
>> This is my dream.
15:13
>> Stay in that mountain. All right, that
15:15
went longer than I thought it was going
15:16
to, but it popped in my head.
15:18
>> Beautiful.
15:18
>> All right, today we have a trailer for
15:21
Avengers Doomsday,
15:23
>> which I'm still having a hard time
15:24
saying because when I think Avengers,
15:28
I keep wanting to say Endgame.
15:29
>> Okay,
15:30
>> like I keep kind of sliding into that.
15:31
In fact, I had to double check my
15:33
article when I was writing it because I
15:34
definitely did write it at least once.
15:36
And hopefully it's not anywhere in the
15:38
article, but we got the new trailer.
15:40
What did you think of Doomsday?
15:42
>> So,
15:44
I had to turn my brain off a little bit
15:45
because it is exciting. It's like, whoa,
15:48
big things, cool things. This is
15:50
amazing. The reason I had to turn my
15:51
brain off is because I was like, man,
15:53
the stakes get higher every time. And
15:56
every single time it's this world ending
15:58
event where all the odds are stacked
16:00
against us, and you know, no one's going
16:04
to come out of this alive. And yes, do I
16:06
assume that we're going to see some loss
16:07
of characters that we love? Yes. Um Oh,
16:12
hi Andy. Um not Indiana though. Indiana
16:14
will be safe. Um just it's just the the
16:19
ever evolving like higher stakes. No
16:22
higher stakes. No higher stakes. Um I
16:26
will say the Steve Rogers cameo at the
16:28
end of the trailer,
16:30
it's really good. If that's the only
16:33
cameo.
16:34
>> I meant in the trailer.
16:35
>> I think we see him more than that.
16:37
>> Oh. Anyway, it's really cool. I also
16:41
anytime I get to see Sir Patrick
16:42
Stewart, I'm pretty darn happy. So, I
16:46
like the X-Men. I like I like everything
16:48
that's happening. I think it's going to
16:50
be really fun.
16:51
>> Yeah, I think it's going to be great. I
16:52
think it's also going to be one of those
16:53
ones that as heartbreaking as Infinity
16:57
War was, I'm betting this is even more
17:00
so because by the end of these movies,
17:03
we will have reset the MCU. And I think
17:06
that's something that we just have to
17:08
prepare ourselves for, which also could
17:10
mean it is some of the best MCU
17:14
footage we get or like movies that we
17:16
ever get. Um just because I do think
17:18
when you have the loss depending on how
17:21
it's resolved or not resolved um that
17:24
emotional journey can really lead to an
17:26
amazing thing and I think with the Russo
17:27
brothers doing it there's definitely the
17:29
possibility. So I am looking forward to
17:31
it. Can't wait to see it. Not sure if I
17:33
care to see it in Infinity Vision or
17:35
not. Um I do like the idea that it's
17:37
brighter. [laughter]
17:38
>> Like that's literally like audio usually
17:41
pretty good in theaters. I mean, other
17:42
than the other people around in the
17:43
theater, the brightness factor, I'm
17:46
like, "Oh, I kind of like that." Like,
17:47
"Oh, so are you blaming the brightness
17:49
on dark movies on the theaters now, or
17:53
>> I'm like, hm, I don't know.
17:54
>> Give me a break."
17:55
>> All right. Anyway, we'll look forward to
17:56
it. I think two thumbs up. I think it's
17:58
going to be a great movie. We're going
17:58
to have fun. Other exciting things that
18:01
happened around the Disneyland Resort
18:02
this week. Last Wednesday. Wednesday.
18:05
Yes, it was last Wednesday. I stopped by
18:08
a very warm downtown Disney to catch the
18:12
opening or cover the opening of the
18:14
official opening I should say of the
18:16
Earl of Sandwich. We had Robert Earl
18:18
there. We had Luke Montigue who is the
18:20
12th Earl of Sandwich.
18:22
Amazing. his great great great great
18:24
great great great however many
18:26
grandfather is the one that
18:30
supposedly I'm guessing probably like
18:33
>> was the Earl
18:34
>> the Earl of Sandwich who was a Navy
18:37
officer that decided to put meat between
18:39
bread so that they could keep fighting
18:41
in the Navy or needed a break for uh or
18:44
didn't want to take a break while um
18:47
gambling. Uh both stories were told to
18:50
us um during this media event and it was
18:53
very fun. We got to go in try anything
18:55
we wanted at at Earl of Sandwich which
18:58
they do have that new pastrami on rye
19:01
which they're geeking out about and I
19:02
can tell you I have bought this and had
19:05
it. It's delicious and I'm not even a
19:07
huge like it has sauerkraut in it and
19:09
was it Swiss cheese?
19:10
>> Yes. And
19:13
they're not necessarily things that I
19:14
always love, but I especially if it was
19:16
a rainy day,
19:17
>> I'm all on board with the sandwich. And
19:19
the rye was good and like
19:22
solid. Um, and then all their other
19:24
sandwiches are there as well. But the
19:25
other real big winner for me with Earl
19:28
of Sandwich reopening
19:29
>> in its permanent location.
19:31
>> Mhm.
19:31
>> Are the cookies.
19:33
>> And these aren't the cookies that you
19:35
used to get in like the little plastic.
19:37
>> No, they're the size of your head
19:39
>> and they're delicious. And each one I've
19:41
had has been delicious. My favorite so
19:43
far is the M&M cookie. Um it's the
19:46
proper balance for me between sweet and
19:48
not too sweet.
19:50
>> Yeah.
19:50
>> Like it's just good sugar cookie, good
19:53
M&M's. I liked the um
19:55
>> the macadamia nut
19:56
>> macadamia nut one. Like it was a ch like
19:58
a white chocolate macadamia nut thing.
20:00
That was super good, too. Um all of it's
20:04
great. The the new setup I think is
20:07
really good. I wish there was more
20:09
seating already because I just feel like
20:12
so far we've been lucky, found seats,
20:14
but I also feel like as this continues
20:17
to rebuild the client base, it's going
20:20
to it's that could be a challenge,
20:22
>> especially as the Downtown Disney live
20:24
stage has some more popular offerings
20:26
and so on so forth like
20:29
>> Yeah, I don't think there's a Duke of
20:31
Cookies to answer your question, Chris,
20:32
but there is a cookie monster and he
20:35
appeared
20:37
at FIFA a halftime show.
20:38
>> How many times can we bring up the FIFA
20:40
show? There you go. I thought that was
20:41
fun. Um, we also saw the opening of
20:44
Gordon Ramsay at the Carnneby on Monday.
20:47
Is that when it opened? Yeah. And um, is
20:51
that the day it opened?
20:52
>> Yeah.
20:52
>> Okay. Um, but the Carnneby also opened
20:55
and we went over and checked that out
20:58
last night. We will have a more um,
21:00
in-depth conversation about that on DAPS
21:03
Magic, Disney, and positive stuff this
21:04
week. There's also a very in-depth uh
21:08
written review up on dapsmagic.com
21:11
already and that is in the show notes.
21:13
But
21:15
first thoughts 24 hours later, Katie,
21:17
what did you think of Gordon Ramsay at
21:20
the Carnaby?
21:22
>> Bury me in the um sticky toffee pudding.
21:26
>> Bury me in the mac and cheese.
21:30
Bury me in the um All of this, by the
21:34
way. all at the same time. And that's
21:36
that's fine. I'll take it. Um, also in
21:38
the cottage pie,
21:40
>> what about the So, all great things.
21:42
>> Yeah,
21:43
>> I don't disagree with any of these. What
21:45
about the chicken wings?
21:46
>> I loved them. Yeah,
21:48
>> chicken wings were at top of my list.
21:49
>> They were incredible.
21:50
>> Um, sticky toffee. Awesome. Um, the I
21:54
loved the uh prime rib with a little
21:57
mashed potatoes, a little Jew,
21:59
>> and the and the um what's it called?
22:01
>> The Yorkshire pudding.
22:02
>> The Yorkshire pudding. All of that
22:04
combined, fantastic. Um, in short, I was
22:08
very pleasantly surprised with the
22:10
experience, with the service. Like, the
22:12
service was stellar. Like the epitome of
22:14
hospitality at the Island Resort. Like,
22:17
>> it was great.
22:18
>> I'm going to say it's top three
22:19
hospitality at Disneyland Resort right
22:20
now.
22:21
>> Um, wouldn't you say?
22:22
>> I would say so.
22:23
>> Um, food was great. The the building
22:26
itself is fantastic. I will say on a hot
22:30
day in the late afternoon, there are
22:32
some seats on the outside that may not
22:35
be as ideal if you don't like sitting in
22:38
the sun. Um, and we saw a few people
22:40
moved because of that. I'm sure they're
22:41
going to figure that out. Um, but
22:43
>> the back bar area is also very fun.
22:45
>> Yeah, but there's there's lots of fun
22:48
areas in this um gastro pub, I guess, is
22:52
what it technically is. Has fantastic
22:54
music if you like classic British rock.
22:56
Um, I think we heard three and a half
22:59
hours. Like one of our party was like,
23:02
"Oh yeah, I heard a song repeat itself."
23:03
>> I did not hear a song.
23:04
>> I did not because this is all my music.
23:07
[laughter]
23:08
And um and also going back and when I
23:12
was re-editing the vlog, I heard the
23:15
first song that we were going into and I
23:17
was like, "Oh yeah, I remember hearing
23:18
that." I'm pretty sure I would have
23:19
remembered hearing that a second time.
23:21
So, it's got a long loop either way and
23:23
I understand it might change day by day.
23:26
Um,
23:28
who knows? We will that's just a time
23:31
will tell thing. Um, service was great.
23:33
I said food was great. The um this the
23:37
portion sizes are very generous. Like a
23:40
lot of these dishes are very sharable, I
23:42
thought. Don't you think?
23:44
>> Yeah, I think
23:44
>> like prime rib is really a twoerson meal
23:46
in some regards. Um, especially if
23:48
you're going to get an extra appetizer
23:51
or like I think a perfect meal to me if
23:54
we were having it right now, I would
23:56
start with the um the wings,
23:59
>> get the prime rib with it's three sides.
24:01
>> Mhm.
24:02
>> And dessert.
24:03
>> Yeah.
24:04
>> Like you'd be fine.
24:06
>> We saw a couple that they each had an
24:09
entree and then they got an entree to
24:11
split and you and I both went,
24:13
>> "No way.
24:14
>> There's no way." Like, it's so generous.
24:16
They do such a good job.
24:17
>> It's incredibly generous. Especially
24:19
like um obviously the Wellington is like
24:22
a flame and so it is a little pricier
24:24
>> smaller.
24:25
>> Oh, that too
24:26
>> is what I was going to say. Um but the
24:29
prime rib is a hefty portion
24:34
>> of
24:35
>> it was it was solid. Um
24:37
>> and it's great
24:37
>> and
24:38
>> it's so good.
24:39
>> The prices are I would say middle to
24:42
higher range of what you're going to
24:44
find at Disneyland Resort. There are
24:45
more expensive meals at Disneyland
24:46
Resort.
24:47
>> Um, easily like it's kind of in the car
24:52
po
24:54
era. Yeah.
24:55
>> But as I was looking through other
24:56
Gordon Ramsay restaurants and the prices
24:58
around the United States, it's actually
25:00
a lot more affordable than a lot of
25:02
them. Um, which surprised me because I
25:04
feel like it's not like his burger. Like
25:05
I feel like it's a step above Gordon
25:07
Ramsay burger. Yeah. And maybe a step
25:09
below Gordon Ramsay steak at um in
25:11
Vegas. And um the prices were closer to
25:15
Gordon Ramsey burger.
25:17
>> So I I thought that was interesting to
25:19
note. Um it isn't something you do I
25:21
don't think all the time. Like it's I
25:22
think more on the pricey end for that.
25:24
Um
25:26
>> but the thing I like about the business
25:27
model of that building is you have the
25:30
expensive meal upstairs and you have the
25:32
very affordable meal downstairs. And if
25:35
they did that for every expensive
25:37
restaurant at Disneyland in Downtown
25:38
Disney, which they kind of are,
25:40
>> I would be I would be very happy because
25:42
I do think
25:43
>> there is always that risk is if you have
25:45
too many expensive restaurants, it
25:47
prices out families and
25:48
>> and that's just not fun. And you don't
25:50
want it to be like Earl of Sandwich is
25:53
busy most of the time. Like every time I
25:54
walked by on Sunday, it was packed and
25:57
and so you don't want to overwhelm the
26:00
affordable restaurants um by having too
26:02
many of the big ones. I'm sure Disney's
26:04
figured all that out, but um two thumbs
26:06
up for both of these. Like I thought
26:08
both locations were great. I'm still,
26:11
you know, drooling over those those I
26:15
I'm not even a huge chicken wings guy.
26:17
Like I'm very rarely like, oh, I want
26:19
that cuz I don't like getting messy in
26:21
public.
26:22
>> Yes. Like I like the flavor.
26:23
>> You love wings, but you don't love
26:26
>> Depends on the sauce.
26:27
>> Okay.
26:27
>> I've been disappointed by many a wing.
26:29
>> Okay.
26:30
>> Um Well, think about it. Like if they're
26:33
good, I'm all on board. If they're not,
26:35
I'm like I loved the thought of them,
26:37
but I didn't enjoy them as much as I
26:39
thought, which is why I don't get them
26:40
very often. Um but those were worth
26:42
getting messy for.
26:43
>> Um I do wish they'd had the uh little um
26:46
>> like warm towel thing.
26:47
>> Well, the towlet, even if it was the
26:49
ones that are in the little plastic
26:50
thing, like I'd be fine with that
26:51
because I did feel like I needed to wash
26:53
my hands afterwards. But uh the homemade
26:55
ranch that came with it, fantastic. The
26:56
blue cheese that came with them,
26:58
fantastic. Um, what is the one bite you
27:01
would like to have again tonight that
27:02
you had last night?
27:03
>> Sticky toffee pudding.
27:04
>> Okay,
27:04
>> easy.
27:05
>> I think that would be mine, too. Like
27:07
that was And that's Gordon Ramsay's
27:09
mother's restaurant or recipe. So, um,
27:12
I'm sure it's in a book somewhere or
27:13
something, but it it was ridiculously
27:16
good, but everything was like nothing
27:17
was bad. Um, the only thing I would say
27:19
wasn't my favorite was the uh the mush
27:23
peas. I was like, they're mushies like
27:25
the smash peas, whatever they're called.
27:27
And like they taste like peas. Like,
27:29
okay,
27:30
>> we did it, guys.
27:32
>> We did what?
27:33
>> Like mushy peas.
27:35
>> Oh, yeah. I was like, "Yeah, there are
27:36
mushed them." And they weren't bad.
27:38
Like, just weren't exciting either
27:40
compared to everything else. And um one
27:42
of the things I also noted in my review
27:44
that I thought they did a nice job with
27:46
is they didn't
27:48
they didn't over complicate the mashed
27:50
potatoes
27:52
>> because I think if they had, it would
27:53
have taken away from what they were
27:56
framing. Yes.
27:57
>> And I was kind of thinking of it almost
27:58
as a picture frame where it's like, oh,
28:00
if the prime rib is the main like
28:03
centerpiece, you want the mashed
28:04
potatoes to really just frame them and
28:06
to accompany them, not overpower that or
28:10
the
28:12
um beef Wellington or whatever. So, I
28:14
thought I thought that was great in the
28:15
way they did that. But,
28:17
>> um, two thumbs up. If you can get a
28:18
reservation, go. I think they're booked
28:20
out the last I saw all the way through
28:22
the end of the year. But, things open
28:23
up. Like if you keep hitting refresh,
28:25
it's just like uh reservations were for
28:26
Disneyland. They pop up, you can get in
28:28
at some point. They'll probably have in
28:31
theory walkups. Um and uh we will see
28:34
how that plays out as well. But now it
28:38
is time for one of your favorite parts
28:39
of the day.
28:45
Comments. Comments.
28:48
That is right. It is time for comments.
28:50
So, if you have any comments that you'd
28:52
like us to respond to, notice, whatever,
28:55
let us know in
28:56
>> if you'd like to say something to
28:58
Indiana.
28:59
>> There you go. Uh, let us know in the
29:01
comments. We'll scroll through them
29:02
really quickly um before we sweat our
29:04
way out of here tonight because it is
29:06
very warm and humid here in Southern
29:08
California tonight. And um
29:11
>> yeah, I'm glad to hear that you loved
29:13
the live action Moana. We Moana, we
29:16
haven't seen it yet. Um, I don't know if
29:19
they're going to have a second and third
29:21
live action Moana. It hasn't made enough
29:22
money, so I'm kind of curious about how
29:25
that will play out. Um, Cars 4, I'm very
29:27
curious where that's going to go. Um, a
29:30
road trip, I guess, huh? I don't know.
29:33
On the road again,
29:34
>> as like, how did the cars go on a road
29:36
trip? Mhm. Um, if
29:40
>> if uh Electric Mayhem
29:43
did a song for the Summer Olympics
29:45
opening ceremony, what would you pick,
29:47
Katie? That's a very good question.
29:49
>> That's Sound of
29:52
>> Okay.
29:54
I think it's a fun like unity song.
29:56
>> Mhm.
29:58
I kind of think it'd be funny to have
30:00
them sing moving right along as the
30:02
guy's coming in with his I don't know.
30:06
I'm going to think about that. That
30:07
one's going to have me thinking for a
30:09
bit. Um, A Muppets Pirate of the
30:10
Caribbean would be a lot of fun.
30:13
>> Um, I think there's a lot of
30:15
possibilities with that. Um, Disney's
30:18
House of Mouse be added to both
30:19
Disneyland Disney World as a dinner
30:21
theater. That could be fun. I like that
30:22
idea. [snorts]
30:24
Um,
30:26
Snow at Walt Disney World. You know
30:28
what? Snow definitely changes operations
30:30
at every Disney park when it happens.
30:32
and they each have their own um
30:35
operating manual for when that happens.
30:37
And sometimes those change, so it's
30:40
always interesting to see what keeps
30:42
going and what doesn't. And it could be
30:44
even who's in charge on any given day
30:45
that that makes some of those
30:46
determinations at the Disney resort.
30:49
>> Yes.
30:49
>> Don't say the word grapple.
30:51
>> Don't say it.
30:52
>> Um speaking of buttons, if you could
30:54
have the perfect Disney doorbell, what
30:57
sound would it make?
30:58
>> Good question.
30:59
>> The old sound it used to make when you
31:00
would scan in. Oh, the the dinging
31:03
>> like the magical little chime.
31:05
>> Yeah, that's the dinging in my head.
31:07
>> Yeah.
31:07
>> Um, happy birthday.
31:10
>> Hope you're having a fantastic one.
31:12
>> Um,
31:15
the previous question about the Muppets
31:16
and Sesame Street. Muppets cried.
31:18
Absolutely. It was beautiful.
31:20
>> Um, should have brought Patty Cake back.
31:22
That would be fun. Patty Cake and the
31:23
mayor.
31:24
>> Yeah,
31:24
>> there we go. Done.
31:26
>> Why not?
31:27
>> Exactly. Um,
31:31
Indie is the best puppy.
31:34
>> Are you ready for some new episode of
31:35
Strange New Worlds? Absolutely.
31:37
>> I'm barely recovered from season three.
31:38
>> I'm a little bit sad that we only have a
31:40
season and a half, technically two left,
31:41
but um
31:44
yeah, it'll be fun.
31:46
>> I cried for like an hour after I
31:48
finished season 3.
31:49
>> I am I am very curious what the Muppet
31:53
episode is going to be or the puppet
31:55
episode. I think it's going to be the
31:56
one that's related to um the
31:59
transporter, but because that's how they
32:01
get away with doing anything with
32:02
typically Star Trek.
32:04
>> Um and cover the Eye of the Tiger. That
32:06
would be a good one.
32:08
>> Or Final Countdown.
32:09
>> Both of those would be great.
32:10
>> Those are both really good.
32:11
>> Yeah. All right. Well, we made it
32:13
through the comments. It is very warm.
32:15
And we do have an after show, but Katie,
32:18
what should people do?
32:19
>> You should go to dapsmagic.com.
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