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A Pirate’s Life - GEEKS CORNER #822
Jun 30, 2026
Welcome back to Geeks Corner! In this action-packed episode, Mr. Daps and Caitie Bear celebrate a pirate-themed night as they set sail into a massive lineup of Disney Cruise Line updates, trading card deep dives, and a firsthand review of the highly debated new addition to a classic Disneyland attraction.
Here is what you can look forward to in this week's episode:
Episode Highlights
CHOC Walk 2026 Countdown:
Registration is officially open, and we are just over a month away from the 2026 CHOC Walk in the Park on August 2nd! The hosts discuss how this annual tradition raises vital funds for the Children's Hospital of Orange County. If waking up bright and early to walk through the park before opening isn't your thing, you can still support the Daps Magic team from the comfort of home by registering as a "sleeping bear".
Caption of the Week & Batuu Debates:
This week’s caption photo brings viewers back to the early days of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge. Remembering the scorching summer heat of the land's opening month sparks a fun debate: should Disney feature Batuu in an upcoming live-action series like The Mandalorian or Ahsoka? Plus, Caitie Bear shares her experience playing the expansion on The Sims 4.
Diving into Disney Lorcana:
Mr. Daps shares his first video opening a Lorcana starter set sent over by Ravensburger. While both hosts admit they are completely overwhelmed by the rules and are still learning how to play, they are highly intrigued by the stunning artwork, comparing the fun of collecting them to opening classic baseball cards. Caitie Bear gushes over the sparkly, glittery Tinker Bell and Casa Madrigal cards.
Pirate Night on the Disney Wonder:
Following their recent cruise, the duo reviews the immersive entertainment of Pirate Night, praising the fireworks at sea and the intentional touches like finding complimentary bandanas on your stateroom bed. This segment leads to a hilarious brainstorming session where Mr. Daps imagines Mickey Mouse swashbuckling across the Fantasmic! river boat or ziplining directly from the peak of the Matterhorn.
Behind the Attraction Season Review:
The team reviews the newest episodes, focusing on the history of Disney Cruise Line and the making of the upcoming Disney Destiny. They discuss the genius intentionality behind DCL's layout choices—including the famous split bathrooms—and break down the three distinct categories of rotational dining: upscale, technology, and entertainment.
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>> Welcome to Geeks Corner. I'm Mr. Daps.
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>> I'm Katie.
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>> And we're so excited that you're here.
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And did you know
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the Pirates of the Caribbean was
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originally envisioned as a walk-through
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wax museum by Walt Disney?
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>> I knew that.
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>> Oh, good.
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I'm glad to hear that.
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>> Thank you.
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>> Very exciting. We will be talking about
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Pirates of the Caribbean tonight. We
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will be talking about Disney Wonder and
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its Pirates opportunities.
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Whatever you want to call those. We'll
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also be talking more about the Disney
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Cruise with Behind the Attraction.
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And also a little bit of Lorcana among
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other things. But before we get into all
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of that, what should people do, Katie?
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>> You should go into the comments. I
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assume the comments are or the chat is
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over here.
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Or maybe it's over here.
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>> You never know. It's It's right above
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us.
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>> Whoa, crazy.
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Um, but what you should do
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>> [laughter]
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>> is you should go into the chat and you
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should share your thoughts and opinions.
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The show is a whole lot better when we
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get to have a conversation with people.
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At least that's what I think. Um
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jury is out on Mr. Daps.
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He agrees. Anyway.
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Anyway, I'm just going to sit here and
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see what happens.
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>> I can't have fun around here anymore.
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>> Okay.
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>> Uh, you should also subscribe wherever
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you're watching, wherever you're
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listening, wherever you're joining. Um
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yeah. We We do more of this. Also, you
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really wanted to hit that button. That's
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kind of why I was delaying you.
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>> waiting.
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>> Then
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>> [laughter]
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>> da da da daps.com post show to this
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show. Also a whole lot of other fun
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things. So, maybe some recipes, maybe
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some
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some little some little treats. There
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you go. All right. Also,
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head on over to chalkwalk.org/dapsmagic.
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We've got about a month and a couple of
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days until the 2026 CHOC Walk and the
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park. It's going to be a blast. It's
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going to be a lot of fun. A lot of great
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people, a lot of great characters,
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magical moments, and most importantly,
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it makes a very important difference for
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the children that attend Rady Children's
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Health of Orange County and and get care
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there. So,
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if you have time,
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maybe even you don't have time, head on
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over to chalkwalk.org/dapsmagic.
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Support. Join the team. Have some fun.
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Make a difference and we will all do
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this together and
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be in the park bright and early on
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August 2nd before the park's open. It'll
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be a blast.
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All right. One other thing to do this
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week that's always a lot of fun, if I
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can find it, and that is the caption of
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the week. This week's caption of the
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week takes us to Star Wars: Galaxy's
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Edge, I believe 2 weeks after it opened,
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if I recall,
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>> Oh.
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>> correctly. And you remember when you had
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to get the virtual queue to get in there
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and or boarding groups or whatever they
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were called, all of that fun stuff. But,
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here is this week's photo. If you go to
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the home page of dapsmagic.com, there is
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a recreation or another You'll see this
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big picture and you can click on it and
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there you can leave your caption of the
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week and vote on your favorite for the
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week if you return before Saturday when
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the new one goes up.
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>> Oh. I've already
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>> think of this this picture?
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>> Well, I'm not going to tell you what my
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caption is because you have to go look
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at that to find out. But,
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um I think it's a great photo and
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um
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I will say and I don't I don't know what
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it is. I don't know if this is going to
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make any sense. Looking at that photo
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makes me feel warm.
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Maybe it's cuz I vividly remember that
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summer the Galaxy's Edge opened and just
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the warm summer.
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>> Trees hadn't grown in yet.
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Um
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>> I mean, have they really?
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>> No.
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>> I was like, there's there's still a lot
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of open area. It's it's
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you might as well just gone for
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tattooing cuz it's hot. Like
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>> It's hot, man.
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>> like Batu, but
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>> look at that picture and I go,
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>> [gasps]
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>> So, here's my question for you since
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we're talking about Star Wars.
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What would you think if they were to
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like in my head, it'd be in a series
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like Mandalorian or Sokher or something,
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actually show Batu.
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Like I think it'd be pretty cool.
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>> Sure, it
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it would be cool. It would not be my
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favorite thing in the world based off
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the current Star Wars things that have
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happened cuz everything feels like,
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yeah.
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Yeah, catch that. And I'm like, I don't
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want I don't like it.
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>> I think you flat out lead into it. You
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go, this is Batu. This is the story
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that's happening in Batu. It doesn't
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have to do anything with the character
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or anything with going on in the in the
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land, but uh
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>> Uh, I've already played Sims 4 Star Wars
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stories. Okay, I think I know Batu.
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The Sims 4 expansion is uh Batu. It's
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literally Star Wars Galaxy's Edge. I
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have it on my laptop. You can play it
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sometime.
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>> I don't want to, but that's fine. Um,
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no, I think they should lead into it. I
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think you should throw the other side of
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Batu.
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>> You throw in the BD astroids. You Like I
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think
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I don't know. I
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Why keep dancing around it that oh yeah,
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they kind of came here in a story on a
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book or a comic book or whatever and
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actually just lean into it, connect it.
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And while our generations will always
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know that this was something that was
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made and they tried to connect it in,
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future generations will be like, oh,
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that's that place I saw.
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Like I think I think it'd be
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>> I also think it's a very big universe.
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>> Okay, we'll agree to disagree.
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>> And that's that's the beauty of
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>> we are moving on because this week I
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started digging into Lorcana because
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Ravensburger keeps sending me stuff, and
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frankly I've been completely overwhelmed
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by it. You can see the full video up on
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the Mr. Daps channel, actually.
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And also on dapsmagic.com. But, I opened
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the first starter set they sent me,
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which is going to start a series of
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videos that I'll be working through in
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the coming weeks and months to get
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through everything that they've sent,
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and there's still more on the way. So,
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hopefully I get caught up, and then as
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new stuff comes, we will share it.
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>> Mhm.
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>> But, in this first starter set,
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>> I like the book.
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>> There were four cards. Well, these were
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part of the and it looks like they're
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making into a like a
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oops, there we go.
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Into kind of a puzzle thing, it looked
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like. And there might be two of them
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there. There was a little guidebook that
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was great for telling you what was it
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what was in it, but not necessarily
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telling me what to do with things.
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And then I think in total I ended up
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with
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uh
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49 cards.
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And so,
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>> cards.
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>> And they were in this fun little booklet
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thing that they gave me. They're calling
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it portfolio, and one of them was a
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fancy card with Tinker Bell. Do you want
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to look at this?
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>> I I'm sure.
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I would love to.
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>> Mhm.
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And um
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Anyway, I have no clue how to play this,
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but I am intrigued by the cards. I think
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they're gorgeous.
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Um they're fun to look at. It's fun to
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see the different characters and the
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songs and locations and I think maybe
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actions or something too.
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Um
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But yeah, it What do you think of this,
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Kitty?
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>> So, I don't understand, much like Mr.
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Daps, I don't understand anything about
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Lorcana.
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Um and if you sit here and you say,
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"Well, Kitty, it's just um like Magic
7:30
the Gathering or like Kitty, it's just
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Pokémon." That's cool.
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I don't know what any of that means,
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either.
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Um I will say I like when things are
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shiny and sparkly, so I go, "Wow, shiny
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and sparkly cosmo to go. I love that."
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Um I also
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>> Bell one at the front.
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>> The Tinker Bell one at the front. Ooh,
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that's
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>> It's apparently a fancy one.
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>> That's a very like glittery
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I also like that she's a giant Tinker
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Bell.
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>> Mhm.
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>> Um
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I do think it's just it Like I'm also
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seeing that there's multiples. What's
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that mean? Um
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>> Well, there was four packs I opened in
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the video. And so there were repeats.
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>> Yeah. I just I'm like, "So what do you
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do with that?" Um
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>> Trade them, give them away. I don't
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know.
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>> Mhm. But what I really like about this
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is it's almost like a another universe
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of Disney.
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So it's like, "Oh, and then Daisy Duck
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is a secret agent and she does all these
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things." And like
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Tinker Bell, she's the most helpful.
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Apparent regular Tinker Bell, not shiny
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giant Tinker Bell.
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Um but no, I just think it's it's a fun
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imagination, so to speak.
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>> I agree. Uh and I'll be curious to see
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what happens as we get through more and
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learn more
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and dig through all of these other
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things that they've sent and
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>> deeper?
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>> Dig a little deeper. And uh no, it'll be
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interesting to see how it all plays out.
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And apparently DC knows how to play. I
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do not. And so maybe DC will help me
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learn how to play at some point. But
9:02
everybody I've talked to that learned
9:04
how to play
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it seems like they were learning in like
9:07
comic book stores or in communities.
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>> Oh.
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>> And so I think it's a little bit more
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challenging cuz I did go to the Lorcana
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website and I read through everything.
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>> Mhm.
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>> Did not understand most of it.
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>> Okay.
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>> I was like, "Oh, that's a lot. That's
9:20
great. I'm going to put these back
9:21
away."
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>> I was just looking at.
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>> And uh
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but no, I I think it'll be interesting
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to see cuz I'm assuming at some point it
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just kind of clicks. You know, like,
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"Oh, okay, I get it."
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>> Sure.
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>> But it hasn't reached that for me yet.
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Um I am very intrigued by the cards. I
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think they reminded me very much, no
9:39
surprise, of baseball cards. Collecting
9:41
them as you're opening them and working
9:42
your way through and
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um
9:45
clearly there's ones that very quickly
9:47
are like, "Oh, this one's a favorite.
9:49
This one I'm like, okay, whatever." And
9:51
um and then there's the duplicates just
9:53
like when you have baseball cards, too.
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And and I will say the one big thing
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that this did make me miss was
9:58
collecting baseball cards. It's just
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like, "Oh, it's like baseball cards but
10:02
for for Disney characters." Which is
10:04
also awesome. And they do have
10:06
the base or the Disney cards that are
10:08
not Lorcana that are character collector
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cards.
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>> So, go to DapsHQ.com. Get in now before
10:14
the new series starts with Mr. Daps and
10:16
baseball cards.
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>> There you go.
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I don't think I'm going to do that, but
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um
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>> Let's see if we can say yes, Sam.
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>> Oh, yes, Sam.
10:25
>> Thank you.
10:25
>> Um there we go. But I
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>> [laughter]
10:28
>> I have no clue. Um
10:31
yeah, it'll be interesting to see how it
10:32
plays out and uh I'm very curious
10:35
because there's these different story
10:36
lines and sets that come out and I'm
10:38
curious how those will
10:41
compare and contrast and then add to
10:43
what
10:44
I've already opened. Like there's
10:46
there's lots of questions. So, let us
10:48
know if you know how to play, if you
10:49
have any great tips of where to learn
10:50
how to play, all of that fun jazz. And
10:53
uh we will continue on this Lorcana
10:55
adventure together.
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All right, next.
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It is a pirate-themed night a little bit
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just like they have on the Disney cruise
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line, particularly the Disney the
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Wonder. And this week we did post a new
11:07
vlog of our trip aboard the Disney
11:10
Wonder, which was actually about day two
11:11
at sea. And I think day three was
11:14
actually pirate night. Was that right or
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day four?
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Uh or night four?
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>> The uh night three.
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>> It was later in the trip. Either way.
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>> day three or night four.
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>> But as I was as I was putting together
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the show, I was like, "Oh, we could
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still talk about pirate night." and just
11:28
tease the fact that the
11:30
the vlog is up of us at sea and meeting
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characters and going crazy with Chip and
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Dale and all of that fun stuff.
11:39
You can catch that on the website as
11:41
well.
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But,
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pirate night, what do you think of it,
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Katie?
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>> I really enjoyed pirate night. I was
11:46
very impressed by the I don't know why
11:48
you're laughing.
11:49
>> When does the Daps Ball season begin?
11:52
Great question. Great question.
11:54
>> Um I I think it's a lot of fun. I think
11:57
the fireworks at sea are a really good
11:59
time. Um I really wish that the Wonder
12:01
was one of the ships where Mickey like
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flies from the funnel.
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>> I mean, it makes you want to go on the
12:07
one where it
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>> It does.
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>> That looks cool. It's really
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>> like, I want to see Mickey Mouse um
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swashbuckle across the sky. Um but no, I
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think pirate night is really a really
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fun time and what I think is very
12:21
different with pirate night or when they
12:23
do Frozen night or when they do Marvel
12:24
days at sea or whatever it is that they
12:26
are doing on your sailing. The thing
12:28
that really sets Disney Cruise Line
12:30
apart from other cruises is, you know,
12:32
you you sail Royal, you sail Princess,
12:35
you sail whatever and like there's
12:37
it's in the app kind of people will talk
12:38
about it, oh, this is 80s night. Oh,
12:41
this is wear white night. But it's not
12:43
like widespread. It's kind of like, oh,
12:46
those are the people that care about
12:47
this type of thing. Disney Cruise Line,
12:49
you are going all out.
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>> And even if you're not, they're like, by
12:52
the way, here's bandannas on your bed so
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you don't forget.
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>> Yeah, so that you can still be included
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in the pirate celebration.
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>> really appreciated cuz those of us that
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didn't have any piraty things,
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there was a bandanna that I could add to
13:04
my hat.
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>> Which he did.
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>> It was on the thumbnail.
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>> Yeah. I was
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>> No, it wasn't. Maybe it was. I don't
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remember.
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>> Anyway, that other thing that happened.
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>> I think it was. Yeah.
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>> It worked out well.
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>> It was a lot of fun. Uh I thought it was
13:18
great. Like the entertainment's always
13:20
so great on anything Disney and I
13:23
thought it was very fun to watch all of
13:25
this happen and as you were talking
13:26
about Mickey Mouse swashbuckling
13:28
through, I had this weird image of
13:31
Mickey Mouse in the Pirates
13:33
um
13:34
or the Peter Pan section of Fantasmic
13:36
somehow. And I was like,
13:38
"That would never work, but it would be
13:40
hilarious like at Disney after dark."
13:43
I don't know.
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>> That's where he fights Maleficent from.
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>> Sure. On on the Columbia. I don't know.
13:51
But like it just popped into my head is
13:52
like how crazy would that be to see
13:54
Mickey swashbuckling on a
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>> He says, "This is my dream." And then he
14:00
zips across the Columbia.
14:03
>> There we go. There we go.
14:04
>> And then he zips around the Columbia.
14:06
>> Or you could mix it with like Tinker
14:08
Bell.
14:09
>> Mhm.
14:09
>> And he zips down all the way from the
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Matterhorn. So then the entire park can
14:13
see [laughter] it.
14:15
And he goes from the Matterhorn and then
14:17
lands on the on the the island right in
14:21
front of Maleficent. And and right in
14:23
that moment when he lands, Maleficent
14:26
does the fire thing.
14:28
And he comes back as source or as uh as
14:31
um
14:32
Brave Little Toaster Mickey. And and
14:34
then
14:36
"This is my dream."
14:38
>> Absolutely incredible things happening
14:40
here at Geek's Corner.
14:41
>> I'm telling you 75th anniversary is
14:43
coming up. That would be incredible.
14:45
>> Yeah, that it sure would be incredible.
14:47
>> coming to Disneyland with my dad as a
14:49
kid and he's like, "What Disney does
14:51
great is they make you go wow."
14:53
>> Yeah.
14:53
>> That would make people go wow.
14:55
>> Yeah,
14:56
you know, I can't argue with that. That
14:58
would indeed make people go wow.
14:59
>> I it I think
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>> I
15:02
People are already saying wow.
15:03
>> There you go.
15:04
>> I need such cases.
15:05
>> See, there you go. Now we just got to
15:06
figure out how to get the Muppets into
15:07
it and we're good to go. Um all right.
15:09
We also got in the last week, speaking
15:12
of Disney Cruise Line, a new well, two
15:14
new episodes in a new season of Behind
15:18
the Attraction which focuses on the
15:19
history of Disney Cruise Line. And then
15:22
on the making of the Disney Destiny,
15:25
which is one of the newest ships in the
15:26
fleet.
15:27
What did you think of
15:30
Behind the Attraction?
15:31
>> Not enough big red boat.
15:33
>> I would have liked more big They show it
15:35
one like they show It was not even
15:37
really it. It was like a
15:39
It was a
15:39
>> It was like a
15:40
>> image of it.
15:41
>> It was like a B-roll or an image or
15:42
something like that. But, I would have
15:44
liked more of that. Um
15:45
>> I would too. That'd be fun.
15:46
>> Other than that, I really, really
15:49
enjoyed Behind the Attraction. I also
15:51
learned some things. So,
15:54
um
15:55
Johnny, if you're watching this, don't
15:57
don't at me, okay? Don't want to hear
15:59
it. But, I thought it was very
16:00
interesting that the rotational dining,
16:03
it's a uh what do they call it? An
16:04
upscale restaurant, a technology
16:06
restaurant, and an entertainment
16:08
restaurant.
16:09
Okay, cool. So, everybody knew this but
16:11
me. You don't at me, either.
16:13
>> No, no. I'm just listening.
16:14
>> Oh, I thought you were saying, "Mhm."
16:16
>> I mean, I
16:16
>> Yes. Okay.
16:17
>> I read it, but I also thought it was
16:19
interesting.
16:19
>> I just think it's a really cool thing
16:20
that it's like, "Yeah, you can
16:21
categorize like this is where we're
16:24
going to do something technological that
16:26
you're going to go, 'Wow.' And this is
16:27
the entertainment." And like it it made
16:30
sense. It's one of those things you know
16:32
subconsciously, and then it's put in
16:33
front of you and you're like, "Oh, yeah.
16:35
That 100% lines up." Um
16:38
>> And good for Disney for thinking of that
16:41
before you even have
16:43
like thinking of that early on and then
16:45
creating it that way as opposed to kind
16:47
of stumbling into it.
16:48
>> Yeah.
16:49
Um I also just found it very impressive
16:52
how much of the things that we really
16:54
liked about Disney Cruise Line were
16:55
extremely intentional. Like, "Oh, yeah.
16:58
We're always going to do split bathrooms
16:59
because that's easier for families." And
17:02
I'm like,
17:03
"Yeah, it is. Genius." Um and like
17:06
intentionality around rotational dining,
17:09
and I thought everything
17:11
that they went into was so interesting
17:14
and so fascinating that um I really
17:17
enjoyed it, and I was just sad that it
17:19
was only two episodes.
17:20
>> Even the intentionality of everything
17:22
behind the Disney Destiny compared to
17:24
cuz the first one focuses a lot on the
17:26
first two ships.
17:27
>> Yeah.
17:28
>> And it was fun to have that
17:29
counterbalance of like, oh, here's the
17:31
Disney Destiny and all that was thought
17:33
about
17:33
>> Yeah.
17:34
>> that and it was almost like as they're
17:37
kind of kicking off into this new era of
17:40
Disney Cruise Line of expansion
17:42
there was almost this like
17:45
cruise line 2.0 I guess you could say
17:47
where it's like, oh, we're kind of in
17:48
that opening era, like a new beginning.
17:51
>> Mhm.
17:52
>> And we're we're doing that in the way we
17:53
do our ships now. And that I thought it
17:55
was interesting to look at and to see
17:56
all that stuff play.
17:57
>> We didn't even say the thing we liked
17:59
the most.
17:59
>> Which was?
18:01
>> Michael Eisner.
18:02
>> Oh, I loved that they had Michael
18:03
Eisner. I thought you were going to say
18:04
Tim O'Day.
18:05
>> Also Tim O'Day, obvi- Tim O'Day's always
18:07
my favorite part. But Michael Eisner.
18:09
>> Oh, yeah, there's so many they had so
18:10
many good good people in it. But I I
18:12
>> Thomas Maslin.
18:14
>> Yes, very briefly. He doesn't talk, but
18:17
um
18:17
>> Stop talk.
18:17
>> But no, I thought it was great to have
18:19
uh Michael Eis- like there's so many
18:20
great people in it, but
18:21
>> incredible. Again, I just wish it had we
18:23
had more.
18:24
>> There you go. All right. Well, now we're
18:26
getting to the topic that everybody
18:27
wants to talk about and maybe even hear
18:29
our opinions about, but it is time to
18:32
talk about
18:34
Pirates of the Caribbean.
18:37
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>> Mhm.
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>> All right, before we got into speaking
21:47
about our new pirate friend, I thought
21:49
it would be appropriate to go through
21:50
and look at other
21:52
animatronics that we've experienced
21:54
domestically
21:56
through the years.
21:57
>> Mhm.
21:57
>> And we could have gone internationally,
21:59
too, and then it could have gotten even
22:00
crazier, but uh you know,
22:03
we only have a week between shows. And
22:06
>> [laughter]
22:07
>> Anyway, these are quite a few of the
22:10
different audio animatronics we've
22:11
experienced through the last couple of
22:13
years. Some of them new, some of them
22:15
old, and
22:17
what I thought was interesting about
22:19
this is looking where we've come from
22:22
>> Mhm.
22:23
>> to get to where we're at today to frame
22:25
the conversation.
22:26
>> Mhm.
22:26
>> And so you look back at the little guys
22:29
in the opera house that we saw as part
22:31
of the 70th last year, and then you get
22:33
the
22:35
you know, the the alligator and
22:38
tiki birds and small world dolls and all
22:41
of these fun things. And
22:43
and it's interesting, I think, to put
22:45
into context how these things have grown
22:47
and changed through the years as we move
22:49
up through Lincoln, we go through
22:50
Carousel of Progress, we go to uh
22:54
uh Indiana Jones to Walt Disney and
22:58
going over to Florida with the uh the
23:01
Pandora
23:02
>> Shaman. Shaman, thank you. And
23:05
it was interesting
23:07
as I was going through this, looking at
23:09
the different reactions to the different
23:13
audio animatronics by Disney fans. And
23:16
one thing we do know, for all of us, us
23:18
included, I think, is
23:20
we're
23:21
in general
23:23
more
23:25
happy with things when they don't change
23:27
and just work the way we like them.
23:30
Like in general.
23:31
>> More or less, yeah.
23:32
>> More or less. Like I'm making a
23:33
generalization.
23:34
>> Sure. Let's make a generalization.
23:36
>> And
23:37
I think it's interesting to see the
23:39
reactions of this last weekend with this
23:43
new attract or this new animatronic
23:46
because I think we have to
23:50
there's a shock value.
23:52
And everybody reacts reacts to change
23:54
differently. And
23:57
and it's been interesting watching the
23:58
comments over the weekend, which
24:01
more or less doll most of them came from
24:04
one side, but as as it's gotten further
24:06
in, I'm now seeing more going from the
24:09
other side.
24:10
And and so you have to start looking at
24:12
things and be like, okay,
24:14
I know I'm going to feel this because
24:16
something changed.
24:17
>> Mhm.
24:18
>> And so then
24:20
so we saw everything, I think everybody
24:22
saw it on video first.
24:24
Basically.
24:24
>> Mhm.
24:25
>> Like that was because they released the
24:27
video on Friday. Hey, here's this new no
24:29
audio animatronic figure. And then um
24:33
everybody has their opinions. And then
24:35
you have to wait to go to Disneyland to
24:37
go experience this. For us it was on
24:39
Sunday we went to Disneyland and we got
24:41
to experience the new audio animatronic.
24:43
And frankly, the most exciting one isn't
24:46
the one everybody's talking about.
24:48
The one I think is the most exciting is
24:50
the return, I think it's the return, of
24:52
the parrot with the guy with the dirty
24:54
foot above the bridge. Um I was very
24:56
happy to see that back. But,
24:59
um,
25:01
but,
25:02
it's
25:04
it's an interesting thing to experience
25:06
it in person versus
25:09
through a lens of a camera. It's an
25:12
interesting thing because I actually
25:14
think there were things that were better
25:15
about that and then things I disliked
25:17
more about it as well.
25:19
And
25:21
I think to start out with,
25:25
I think the technology is ridiculous.
25:29
Like you look at that and it's it's
25:32
incredible. I also don't know that it's
25:35
the final version.
25:36
To me, it's kind of like when they did
25:39
um, the Frozen sisters first time round
25:41
and then they're like, "Oh, well, this
25:43
was good. Now we can go to great."
25:44
>> 10 years later?
25:45
>> Yeah, and
25:49
but it's interesting to to go through it
25:51
and have that experience and feel it
25:53
differently than I expected because I
25:56
didn't
25:57
I didn't have the adverse reaction I was
26:00
kind of expecting to see
26:02
>> Mhm.
26:02
>> uh, when I went into it just because I
26:05
think for a lot of us that is the
26:09
you go down the the ra- or the the
26:12
whatever they're called, the drops.
26:14
And you have that little exciting
26:15
moment, whatever the water's spraying
26:17
your face.
26:18
And then you have this kind of like
26:21
calm moment before you really get into
26:24
everything. Like it's that
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>> [gasps]
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>> and
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>> Mhm.
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>> that's your deep breath moment is going
26:30
through that tunnel.
26:31
>> Mhm.
26:32
>> And I think what this did is it changed
26:33
that dynamic.
26:35
And so you're going through this dynamic
26:37
and where before you had this like, "Oh,
26:39
I could this is my deep breath moment.
26:41
It's a little bit
26:42
eerie. My imagination's going a little
26:44
bit wild because I don't know if these
26:46
are ghosts talking. I don't know if
26:47
they're the pirate skeletons, like if
26:50
that's what they were saying." like all
26:52
of these things are happening.
26:53
And
26:56
then then you would have the
26:59
the the battle, the pirate battle. And
27:01
you're back into like, oh, this is all
27:03
in your face. This is loud. This is a
27:05
lot going on. And
27:08
so that kind of took that away.
27:10
>> Mhm.
27:10
>> As you're going around the corner and
27:12
now you have this pirate that's got a
27:14
new curse from what I can tell.
27:16
>> Mhm.
27:17
>> And it's it's getting the coin and when
27:19
the coin happens, it basically turns him
27:21
into a
27:23
I think a dead skeleton because
27:26
the more I've rewatched this, it's he
27:28
grabs it, he turns into the skeleton.
27:30
>> Mhm.
27:32
>> Freezes.
27:34
Falls.
27:36
Then the coin's gone.
27:38
And he goes, oh, look, a coin, picks it
27:40
up.
27:41
Goes through the process again over and
27:42
over and over again. Um
27:46
I am very curious
27:48
if it's completely dialed in cuz I
27:50
thought it was kind of loud.
27:53
>> I can see that.
27:54
>> I'm also very curious, is this a
27:56
permanent thing or is this a test for
28:00
something like Coco?
28:03
Because the
28:05
the
28:07
when I see it turn into a skeleton, I
28:09
immediately my brain went straight to
28:11
Coco cuz it almost had that look of like
28:14
the skeletons in Coco
28:16
>> Mhm.
28:17
>> in the way it was styled versus the
28:19
skeletons in the attraction that are
28:21
very true to life. And and so I'm kind
28:25
of curious
28:27
what the bigger picture like that was
28:29
actually where my brain went is I I
28:31
would need I want to go on it again and
28:35
and experience it face-to-face a few
28:36
more times because my question
28:38
immediately or my brain immediately
28:40
started like, what's the bigger picture
28:41
here? This is amazing technology. It's
28:44
it's cool. It's
28:46
you know, it's
28:47
amazing what they can do now with this.
28:51
But I'm also like, why is it here?
28:53
What was the thought process to put it
28:55
in this spot versus, you know, replacing
28:58
maybe Captain Jack in the last treasure
29:00
scene as you're going up the up the ramp
29:03
at the end? And um
29:06
And so I don't entirely know what I
29:07
think of it. I think the technology's
29:09
amazing. I think it's a step towards
29:10
something better. Um like I I think
29:15
I think it's it's incredible what they
29:18
can do now and how that's being pulled
29:20
off. And you look at less than a year
29:22
ago they introduced us to this
29:23
technology and it's already been
29:25
implemented somewhere.
29:26
And
29:28
when you think of how fast robots are
29:30
being produced now and now audio
29:33
animatronics, like I'm very curious
29:35
where it goes next. What did you think
29:36
of it?
29:37
>> I will keep this about as brief as I
29:39
can. Love the technology, don't love the
29:41
placement.
29:42
>> Okay.
29:42
>> I was like, [laughter] sorry, we have
29:44
30 seconds left.
29:45
>> Oh, we have as much time as we want.
29:47
>> Well, yeah, we do have a post show to
29:48
this show at Daps HQ.com, so
29:52
>> Okay.
29:53
>> Yeah.
29:54
I like I like the technology. I don't
29:56
love the placement.
29:56
>> Okay.
29:57
Yeah. And I think that's going to be a
29:59
trick with everybody. And um it will be
30:01
interesting to see as time goes on, is
30:04
this permanent for one?
30:06
It may be, it may not be.
30:08
Is this something that as people go by
30:10
and over the months in however long it's
30:13
takes, is this something that that
30:16
becomes a you're used to it or does it
30:18
become like the the fog waterfall that
30:21
ends up going away? Like you think of so
30:23
many things that have come and gone in
30:25
this attraction of particular, like
30:28
anything is possible. And
30:31
and I do think we all have to to give it
30:33
some sort of a chance
30:34
to not go with our initial gut reaction
30:38
of like, "Huh."
30:40
Because I I think that's exactly what it
30:42
is. It looks amazing.
30:44
>> It's a little bit loud for the space. It
30:46
might be a little bit big for the space.
30:48
Um
30:49
but it also might have been necessary to
30:51
put it in that space. I don't know.
30:53
Um I will also be curious to see if more
30:56
figures get this type of of of an
30:59
update. Um or do they go to
31:03
you know, more of a Walt approach or or
31:05
else do they
31:05
>> next?
31:06
>> Yeah, like it is what happens next.
31:08
Yeah. And um
31:10
it'll be very interesting to see too cuz
31:11
I feel like
31:13
the timing of this and everything, I'm
31:15
like, oh, is this a prelude to something
31:16
being announced to D23?
31:19
I don't know. So, all that to say is
31:22
I think we need time to actually figure
31:24
this thing out.
31:26
Don't you?
31:26
>> I agree.
31:27
>> Yeah.
31:28
And and I'm sure there'll be much more
31:30
or many more conversations about it,
31:31
many more videos about it. I will say
31:33
that you have to see it. It's just like
31:35
Walt.
31:36
Like Walt does not look as good on video
31:39
or in camera as you do when you're in
31:40
the room watching it. And this is the
31:42
same thing. And um even just watching
31:45
the video a few minutes ago, I was kind
31:47
of like huh.
31:48
I thought it looked better in person
31:50
than it did. And I actually think it
31:51
looks better from not zoomed.
31:54
Like I want to I want to go we filmed it
31:56
on the um Pocket 3.
31:58
>> Mhm.
31:59
>> And I want to watch that video because
32:00
it's not zoomed at all.
32:01
>> Mhm.
32:02
>> And the other camera we zoomed in a
32:03
little bit and I'm curious
32:06
I want to replay that part in my brain
32:07
and and see what it's like. But anyway,
32:09
let us know what you think of it in the
32:10
comments. Be kind. You can be, you know,
32:13
have critical thinking without being
32:14
cruel, I guess is a good way to put it.
32:16
Um cuz we'd love to hear what your
32:18
thoughts are. But as Katie did mention,
32:20
we are running out of time. But we have
32:22
one more thing to do. And that is to
32:23
respond to
32:30
>> Comments. Comments.
32:33
>> That is right. It's time for comments.
32:35
If you have any comments or questions
32:36
you'd like us to respond to, we will
32:38
take a minute or two to do that before
32:40
we wrap up tonight.
32:41
Otherwise, bring them on over to Daps HQ
32:44
and we'll talk more about them there.
32:46
I will scroll back through. I'll give
32:48
you everybody a chance to uh
32:51
to leave anything that they want.
32:53
Sparrow, how will everything Johnny
32:54
succeeds and see him as a man? I don't
32:56
know. Uh it'll be interesting to see
32:58
what the future of Pirates of the
32:59
Caribbean is. There's a question about
33:00
the future of Pirates of the Caribbean.
33:02
Um if they did a pirate-themed Muppet
33:04
Show one day
33:05
uh which guest star Muppets Treasure
33:08
Island
33:09
>> Maybe
33:10
>> Tim Curry.
33:11
>> [laughter]
33:11
>> Muppets Pirates of the Caribbean.
33:14
>> Oh, phenomenal.
33:14
>> I would be all for that. I think that's
33:16
the way you do it.
33:17
>> With Orlando Bloom.
33:19
>> Okay.
33:19
>> [laughter]
33:20
>> I was like cuz certainly
33:21
>> Well, I was thinking like a completely
33:23
new like who would you pick?
33:24
>> Oh. Oh.
33:25
>> Like Hugh Jackman or um
33:29
>> He's getting everybody's gigs these
33:30
days.
33:30
>> Well, he's also I think doing a Treasure
33:32
Island which is probably why that that
33:34
but Treasure Island versus Pirates of
33:36
the Caribbean, totally fine.
33:38
One might have inspired the other a
33:39
little bit but that's that's totally
33:41
fine. Um if you wanted a pirate-themed
33:44
churro what would you put on it, Katie?
33:47
>> I'm thinking a dirt cup but um on a
33:49
churro.
33:50
>> Oh, okay.
33:51
>> Like dirt sea and arms.
33:53
>> I was looking for something that had
33:55
like R in it.
33:57
>> Oh.
33:57
>> like this has to be I don't know.
34:00
>> No, I that
34:01
that's what I was going to say was um
34:04
>> Um the world has been downhill since the
34:06
conclusion of Muppet of the Week. I I
34:08
agree. We need more Muppets of the Week.
34:09
They need to do it again.
34:10
>> I think that was the only thing keeping
34:11
this society together.
34:13
>> That's very possible.
34:15
Um
34:15
>> Daps Ball season does begin uh
34:17
the second week of July so
34:19
>> Oh, is that when it Okay, here we go.
34:20
>> Yeah. Get your gloves out.
34:22
>> Um thoughts on today's amazing
34:24
programming coming to Disney D23, the
34:26
ultimate Disney fan event in August. So
34:28
much and it all looks great and I have
34:30
no clue how we're covered all but
34:32
that's okay.
34:33
>> That's the fun of it.
34:35
I I think today seeing just what's going
34:38
on in the evenings at the Anaheim
34:40
Convention [snorts] Center
34:42
gives everybody reasons to be happy even
34:44
if you're not over at the Honda Center.
34:46
So, um I think that's that's a win.
34:48
Um
34:50
>> How long until we have an Eisner A? Not
34:52
soon enough.
34:53
>> I would love that. I
34:54
especially if it popped out from behind
34:56
>> Behind the tree, wearing a Mickey Mouse
34:58
tie, wearing a Mickey Mouse watch.
35:00
>> Yep.
35:00
>> Wearing the MGM Studios hat. Okay.
35:03
That's what I want to see.
35:04
>> In the the future attraction great
35:06
moments in Disney history.
35:08
>> Yeah, but only the Muppet parts. There
35:11
we go. So, it's only
35:13
whenever like Jim Henson was there.
35:15
>> Mhm. Mhm.
35:16
>> Great moments in Disney, but only the
35:19
Muppety parts.
35:20
>> to say the best thing I've seen in an
35:21
animal audio animatronic is the use of
35:23
Pepper's Ghost with the AA in Shanghai's
35:26
Pirates attraction. I have heard that
35:27
from other people. I would like to go
35:29
there someday.
35:31
Um another comment that placement is
35:34
weird, replace Jack at the end. I think
35:36
that actually would be really cool cuz
35:38
it fits with the story.
35:39
>> I think it'd be a full circle.
35:41
>> And you just have the moonlight come in
35:43
and that's when he turns to a I think
35:45
that'd be amazing like I think
35:48
I think if you put it in that location
35:51
everybody's geeking out about it. Like
35:53
then it's a home run. Like
35:55
>> Cuz if you don't like that one, there's
35:56
two other Captain Jack animatronics to
35:58
choose from.
35:59
>> Which one's your favorite?
36:01
>> Uh I don't know that I have a favorite.
36:04
>> Okay.
36:05
Um okay, that that's fine.
36:07
>> Huh, what's yours?
36:09
>> Probably the second one where he's
36:11
coming out with the dog and like
36:13
>> one's pretty good.
36:14
>> Yeah. All right. Well, we are running
36:15
out of time. Katie, what should people
36:17
do?
36:18
>> You should go to DapsMagic.com,
36:20
check out all the Disney and positive
36:22
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36:27
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36:30
for the post show to this show. And that
36:33
is also where you can get behind the
36:34
scenes on a ton of other shows that we
36:36
do here at Daps Magic. So,
36:37
>> there you go. It's going to be a lot of
36:38
fun. Also, make sure to subscribe to our
36:40
YouTube channel. We have a ton of videos
36:42
going up. We will have some 4th of July
36:45
stuff going up this weekend, hopefully
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with military bands, if I figure out
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when and where they're playing. If you
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know, let me know and I will be there.
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We can use all the help we can get. I'm
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just saying. Uh also, we will have some
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Disneyland Paris stuff going up. We have
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some stuff from Asia still going up. We
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have some stuff from the cruise still
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going up, too. So, a lot of fun stuff
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that you won't want to miss. And then
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all of the stuff happening with
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Disney 71st birthday, Disneyland's 71st
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birthday, D23, and all that stuff you
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won't want to miss, either. But, that is
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all the time we have for you this week.
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We'll see you round the corner.
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>> Bye.
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