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Welcome back to another exciting episode of Geeks Corner with Mr. Daps and Caitie Bear! This week is absolutely packed with massive news from the Disneyland Resort, major ride transformations, and an unbelievable celebrity encounter that happened live in the parks.
First, we recap our favorite "Disney and positive stuff" announcements, starting with the highly anticipated Muppet-themed overlay coming to the classic Hollywood Studios roller coaster! We break down our thoughts on the newly revealed courtyard design, the incredible practical set pieces, and a mind-blowing behind-the-scenes look at how Walt Disney Imagineering utilized a real motion-capture suit to bring an audio-animatronic Scooter to life in the pre-show!
Then, we discuss a massive win for guest flexibility at Disneyland Resort: the official return of restriction-free park hopping! We dive into how this change impacts the morning crowd dynamics and what it means for the future of the park reservation system.
Finally, Mr. Daps shares a first-hand account of his Friday night adventure to Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge for the premiere of the new projection show, "The Curious Child." While waiting for the spires to light up, the crowd was completely shocked by the unannounced arrival of Star Wars royalty! Stick around to hear how the crowd reacted to seeing the creators themselves right before the big movie release.
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This Episode: 🕒
0:00 – Welcome to Geeks Corner! Deep cut Muppet trivia about the Electric Mayhem's original pilot song, "Love Ya to Death."
01:36 – CHOC Walk 2026: Join the Daps Magic team and send us your most creative fundraising incentive ideas!
03:05– Park Hopping rules are officially changing! A look at the return of all-day park hopping flexibility.
06:30 – Disneyland App upgrades, facial recognition entry system updates, and thoughts on park reservation business models.
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0:17
Welcome to Geeks Corner. I'm Mr. Daps.
0:19
>> I'm Katie.
0:20
>> And did you know that the first song
0:22
that The Electric Mayhem performed was
0:24
called Love You to Death in the second
0:26
pilot for The Muppet Show?
0:28
>> I There's a lot of things I didn't know
0:31
about that that I could break down. Like
0:32
second pilot
0:34
>> and Love You to Death. Was it a cover?
0:36
>> No, it's original.
0:37
>> Oh, it was an original. And they've
0:39
never played it again.
0:41
>> Wow.
0:41
>> I don't know.
0:42
>> That's the deep cuts. That's the deep
0:44
cuts.
0:44
>> I don't know that they've never played
0:45
it again, though.
0:46
>> Oh, okay. Um I know Dr. Teeth performed
0:49
it before the entire band did, I think,
0:51
on the Tonight Show, but you never know.
0:54
Like these things just keep going and
0:56
>> classic Dr. Teeth,
0:57
>> you know. Got to be a star. Uh yeah.
1:00
Anyway, what should people do, Katie?
1:01
>> Uh you should do stuff. How are you? How
1:06
are you doing? Uh you you should
1:09
subscribe here with us, see more of this
1:12
content, watch this and go, yes. Um you
1:15
should also go to dapshq.com.
1:17
There's a post show to the show. Um and
1:19
if staying up late is not your jam,
1:21
there is a replay of this show. And
1:24
also,
1:24
>> which is allowed,
1:25
>> which is allowed. And also there's just
1:28
a whole lot of fun stuff on there.
1:29
That's where we do secrets, where we do
1:31
some planning. Um it's where you get to
1:33
find out things before everybody else.
1:34
It's pretty cool. Mhm. Maybe see what we
1:37
have in store tonight. You never know.
1:38
Uh, also today is a fantastic day. Every
1:42
day is a fantastic day to join our
1:44
Chalkwalk team, which I believe I just
1:46
put the link in the chat if it worked.
1:49
If it didn't, it's
1:50
chalkwalk.org/dapsmagic
1:52
or you can just go to chalkwalk.org and
1:53
search for dapsmagic and then join our
1:56
team. It will be a lovely morning at
1:59
well, still night kind of.
2:01
>> It's still night.
2:02
>> It'll be very early. It'll be very fun
2:04
and uh we hope you'll be walking with us
2:06
before the parks open on that morning as
2:09
we make a difference. So, here is the
2:11
thing.
2:13
It's just getting started. We got a few
2:14
months before this goes. So, if you have
2:18
ideas for fundraising ideas, we did the
2:21
pickle milkshakes a couple years ago.
2:22
Not going to do that again because you
2:24
have to do something different. But if
2:25
you have ideas for what we could do as
2:28
an incentive for fundraising, let us
2:31
know in the chat or on social media or
2:33
anywhere else. And uh we will pick the
2:35
best idea and run with it for the next
2:38
few months. And hopefully that will be a
2:39
lot of fun. And this could also be not
2:41
just fundraising. It could be like if we
2:43
get this amount of team members or
2:45
something too or a team fundraising goal
2:47
or you there's there's options for this.
2:49
So um anyway, head on over to
2:51
chalkwalk.org/deepsmagic, /deepsmagic.
2:53
Join the team and let us know if you
2:55
have any fundraising or team raising
2:57
ideas because I think it could be a lot
2:58
of fun.
3:00
>> All right, moving right along. Very
3:02
happy news is on June 9th, you will no
3:06
longer have to wait until 11:00 to park
3:09
hop. In fact, even better, which I love
3:13
about this, yes, you still have to make
3:15
a reservation that's still here, but you
3:18
could make it a reservation for
3:20
Disneyland and walk into Disney
3:23
California Adventure at 8:00, maybe even
3:25
7:45 if they've opened the gate early.
3:27
Um, you will not have to enter the park.
3:30
>> You'll have to start with
3:32
>> Yes, you do not have to. You can pick
3:34
whatever park you want to start with,
3:35
even if you have a reservation for the
3:37
other park. Um, the way I'm thinking
3:40
about it in my brain is this is exactly
3:42
how park harping works after 11 am.
3:45
>> So, if I have a Disney California
3:46
Adventure Reservation and I show up at
3:48
the resort at 11:30, I can go straight
3:50
into Disneyland and that will still work
3:52
that way
3:54
>> as long as there's capacity. Um, when
3:57
this new system, I guess you could call
4:00
it, goes into effect. What do you think
4:02
about them dropping the park hopping
4:04
rule just as Thomas Masloom said they
4:06
were going to?
4:06
>> Wow. We like it when people do what they
4:08
say they're going to do.
4:09
>> Good job.
4:09
>> Yeah, I'm I'm happy about it.
4:11
>> I I think that the 11 a.m. rule was
4:13
incredibly arbitrary. Um I think
4:16
>> remember there was like a Was it 2:00
4:17
first or 1:00?
4:19
>> It originally was 1, I believe, and then
4:21
it moved to 11. And that was when I
4:23
think I really was like, "Okay,
4:26
>> I don't understand." Um, so the 11 a.m.
4:29
thing has actually become something of a
4:31
running joke between us because we're
4:32
like, "Oh, we need to if we're going to
4:34
go into either park, we need to aim be
4:37
in the esplanade at like 10:45." Yep.
4:40
>> Because then you seem rude if like the
4:41
people are all waiting for the 11:00
4:43
a.m. uh gates opening and then like
4:46
>> you're like, "Oh, excuse me." Like
4:48
trying to push through. It's rude. So we
4:49
were like we always tried to get in
4:51
before that rush. Um, but I I think
4:54
there's just always been,
4:57
and I, again, this ties into something
4:59
that Thomas said, there's been this
5:02
element of it's very hard to be
5:04
hospitable when you're also like, hey,
5:07
yeah, there you do have a valid ticket
5:09
for this theme park, but you cannot come
5:11
into this theme park right now. Um, and
5:14
we saw that approach in all different
5:15
ways, but at the end of the day, it did
5:17
feel closed off. it did it did feel not
5:21
um conducive to the environment they
5:23
were trying to create. And so I think
5:25
this is now like you have a park hopper.
5:27
Cool. Like come party wherever you want.
5:30
>> You're getting what you paid for for the
5:31
entire day.
5:32
>> Yeah.
5:32
>> Which I think is a great thing. Um, I am
5:34
curious, and this just comes from a
5:36
conversation I just had with another
5:37
friend, how this is going to impact the
5:41
rush in the morning for parking
5:43
>> because generally a little bit before
5:45
11:00, things start getting quite a bit
5:47
busier. And will that be a continued
5:50
thing because that's just the time of
5:51
day people like to get there or were
5:53
people holding off and not getting there
5:55
till around 11 so that they could pick
5:57
which park they wanted to go to and not
6:00
be constrained to whatever they'd uh
6:02
chosen as their first park. Um I see in
6:04
the chat Chris saying I think this is or
6:06
I feel this is a preamble to dumping
6:08
reservations. I
6:12
uh let's see. There we go. Uh, this
6:14
might be a test to see how they handle
6:17
the unexpected. See, they put up the
6:20
wrong one. That's funny. Um,
6:24
test to see how I can read. Um, there we
6:27
go. Test to see how they handle
6:29
unexpected crowds. So, when we were
6:32
meeting with Thomas Masloom, he made it
6:34
very clear that the reservations would
6:37
not be going anywhere. What I do think
6:40
you could see happening is a
6:42
modification of the reservations to be a
6:45
little bit more gracious, like maybe
6:48
making day of modifications in the
6:52
future because I think that would be
6:54
something that would make everybody
6:55
happy because how many times do you have
6:58
a reservation and you know you wake up
7:00
with a cold or you wake up not feeling
7:02
well or you wake up getting called into
7:04
work or whatever it is and um
7:06
>> and that's what has happened to me in
7:08
the last two months. There you go. But I
7:10
do think there would be that would be a
7:12
major win if you're going to keep the
7:14
reservations so you can continue with
7:17
your business model because it was
7:19
business reasons that really they they
7:22
want to stick with the reservations. But
7:24
um if you're going to stick with that, I
7:27
I think there's ways you could make it
7:29
less stressful and less
7:33
>> the thing I will say because I was not
7:35
in that that famous meeting that Mr.
7:38
apps talks about with Thomas Maslin. But
7:39
I will say, and I don't think this is in
7:42
I touched on the order, but I don't
7:43
think it's in the order tonight. They
7:44
just built reservation capability into
7:47
the UI of the Disneyland app. I don't I
7:50
don't
7:50
>> Oh, yeah. That's not in the show.
7:51
>> I don't think that is funny.
7:53
>> But it's like that to me I'm like, "Oh
7:54
yeah, finally uh what are we five years
7:57
out of reopening? We now have a system
8:00
in the app that you can make a
8:02
reservation." I think we're just getting
8:04
started, baby.
8:05
>> Well, and we got it before Walt Disney
8:06
World. Yeah,
8:07
>> like they just got it I think yesterday
8:09
or something. Yeah. Um, yeah, that's an
8:11
that's an interesting thing, too. But I
8:13
I think it is a step forward. It's a
8:14
step in the right direction. It's nice
8:16
to see them continuing to try to make
8:17
for better guest experiences and uh it's
8:20
not in the show either, but they have
8:22
the new um the entrance system too with
8:25
facial technology or facial recognition
8:27
technology and that has
8:28
>> sped up
8:29
>> sped up the like there's rarely a line
8:31
and even when there is it zips through
8:33
so fast. Um it's been an interesting
8:35
thing seeing how that works and um I
8:40
think that's like I think there's still
8:41
room to improve there like um you know I
8:45
I
8:48
personally
8:48
>> oh
8:50
>> would love more than okay
8:52
>> because I I that is kind of the thing I
8:54
hear a lot when I'm going into the park.
8:56
Okay. and and just kind of the waved in
8:58
and I would like a happier greeting
9:00
personally and I don't know what you do
9:02
about that but
9:03
>> um
9:04
>> I know what you do.
9:06
>> You read Will Getera's book
9:08
unreasonable.
9:09
>> I it's a culture thing. It's going to
9:10
get there. Like I have zero doubt about
9:12
this and I just think it's it's a place
9:14
and I don't give them too much uh like I
9:17
don't blame them because they're all
9:18
learning the brand new system
9:20
>> and I would tend to guess that's a
9:21
little bit stressful not knowing the
9:23
system.
9:23
>> Yeah. like you had the same system
9:25
forever. They had it like the back of
9:27
their hand. They could focus on the on,
9:29
you know, really welcoming it. So, I
9:31
think that's something that'll be
9:32
coming. Um, we also know coming in very
9:37
soon next month, uh, we're getting two
9:40
new episodes of Behind the Attraction,
9:41
which are going to focus on the Disney
9:43
Cruise Line. And the part I love about
9:45
this is it goes from the origins of the
9:48
Disney Cruise Line all the way up
9:49
through the Disney Destiny. And um and I
9:53
kind of think that's something that
9:57
if you followed along, you have a
10:00
working knowledge of origins and the
10:03
history of Disney Cruise Line. But I
10:05
really hope we get some funds, you know,
10:07
Big Red Boat, like true origins, like
10:11
doesn't start just in 1998, but like
10:13
let's go into where the seed was planted
10:15
and and um you know what I think that
10:20
that part of the story is really
10:21
fascinating. Like it'll also be fun to
10:24
see the making of the Disney Destiny and
10:26
and that portion of it as well. But to
10:28
me, the real exciting part is the origin
10:31
story. How about you? What do you think
10:32
of this?
10:32
>> I'm excited for this. Uh for a very long
10:34
time the Disney cruise line was a bit of
10:36
gap in my knowledge. Um because if you
10:39
know me as a Disney fan, I have always
10:41
been um the most interested in the
10:44
tangible. Um I grew up as a Disneyland
10:48
fan specifically because I could go to
10:51
Disneyland and I could read about it and
10:52
then go see the things that I read
10:54
about. I did not start caring about Walt
10:56
Disney World until I took my first trip
10:58
and then I started reading before I went
11:00
and I was like, "Okay, cool. This is a
11:01
thing I'm going to experience." So, for
11:03
a long time for me, Disney Cruise Line
11:05
was a um I'm not even really a cruise
11:09
person. Again, this guys, this is this
11:11
is a different Katie, but it was like I
11:13
wasn't even really a cruise person. I'm
11:15
definitely not going to do a Disney
11:16
cruise line. So, just this gap in my
11:17
knowledge where I was like, oh, okay,
11:18
like that's that's cool, whatever. So,
11:22
now there's definitely this aspect of
11:24
like, oh, it is real. It is something to
11:27
experience. Um, and also having listened
11:30
to Johnny uh quite a bit and now I'm a
11:33
huge cruise person. Surprise, surprise.
11:35
Um, I think that that's a really fun
11:38
thing to kind of start fresh for me.
11:41
Like, let's go from the beginning. Tell
11:43
me about Disney Cruise Line.
11:44
>> Yeah. And I can remember the Big Red
11:46
Boat, like the advertisements for it on
11:48
TV in the 90s. And so, I think it's
11:50
going to be fun to refresh that memory
11:52
and to dig into that. And it it'll be
11:55
interesting to see what parts of the
11:57
story they can tell into because these
12:00
these episodes move pretty quick. Like
12:02
that's
12:03
>> I feel like that's the great part of
12:04
them and that's also they're like wait
12:06
no I want it to be more like the
12:07
imaginering story for this part because
12:10
there's some of it I'm like oh this is
12:11
perfect for what it is and then there's
12:13
other times I'm like oh no no I want I
12:14
want more there. Um, so I hope this is
12:17
um maybe a prelude to more uh digging in
12:23
deeper with stuff like the Imagineering
12:25
Story. And I believe Leslie Eyeworks was
12:26
on a cruise recently, so who knows,
12:28
maybe something's coming. Um, but yeah,
12:31
I think this will be fun and I can't
12:32
wait to see what they do with it. And
12:34
um, I can't wait to see also how it sets
12:38
up the current and future path that the
12:43
Disney Cruise Line is on. uh because
12:45
they're in a period of obviously
12:48
pretty substantial growth and it'll be
12:51
interesting to see if there's any teases
12:53
as to what's coming next on ships
12:55
because you know usually I feel like a
12:56
lot of these shows they're like and this
12:59
they don't tell you outright but they
13:00
kind of give hints as to like oh this is
13:02
where we're going to go. So I hope we
13:04
get some of that too. I don't I don't
13:05
know that I
13:07
completely expect it but I can hope. Um
13:10
yeah anything else you want to say about
13:11
that one? I think we should
13:13
>> talk about Muppets.
13:15
>> Thanks, Daddy. Thank you, Mr. Daddy.
13:17
Thanks, man.
13:19
>> And it worked.
13:22
It's always that moment of like, I
13:23
pushed the button. Will the button work
13:26
too many times?
13:27
>> It only happened one show, but man, that
13:29
show's really
13:31
uh not even the same computer. So, thank
13:34
goodness for that. Uh we got a lot of
13:36
Rock and Roller Coaster starring The
13:38
Muppets News this last week, and it's
13:40
not even open yet. The media event is
13:41
this week. So, I'm assuming tomorrow we
13:44
will be getting a whole lot more as
13:46
people get to share what they're doing
13:49
and and whatever this media event is.
13:52
And um I I'm
13:55
Yeah, I can't wait for it. But we got to
13:57
look at the courtyard. We got to look at
13:58
the pre-show. We got to look at
14:00
Statatler and Waldorf. Um
14:03
what did you think? Let's start with the
14:05
courtyard. What do you think of the new
14:07
courtyard? And apparently it's full of
14:09
of classic rock music now, which looks
14:13
insane.
14:14
>> The music loop is insane. First of all,
14:16
I will also say because we're not I'm
14:18
not even going to touch the music loop
14:19
right now. But what I will say,
14:20
>> and we could do a whole episode on the
14:21
music. We probably will delay.
14:24
>> Uh we should actually go back and cross
14:26
reference our guesses
14:28
>> for Rock and Roller Coaster and see if
14:30
any of them are on the loop.
14:31
>> There you go.
14:31
>> Just saying. Um I will say that I love
14:33
there's Electric Mayhem on there. I love
14:35
that Believe in Us is on there. Um, I
14:37
love Believe in Us. Um, I think that if
14:40
you did not watch Electric Mayhem,
14:42
please go back and rectify that. That
14:44
was such a great series.
14:45
>> And buy the vinyl because then maybe
14:46
they'll make another vinyl
14:48
>> cuz we we listen.
14:49
>> I love the vinyl.
14:50
>> I was like, we actually have two of our
14:53
One of them is there
14:55
>> over there
14:55
>> and the other one we actually listen to.
14:58
Um,
15:00
that looks so good. I think that the
15:01
piano looks great. I think the car looks
15:04
great. Um, and I think that the posters
15:07
all look super fun.
15:08
>> But what about the guitar?
15:11
>> Oh, yeah, the guitar. Sorry, but I was
15:12
saying the piano. Like in my head, it's
15:14
like the guitar into the
15:15
>> Oh, I thought you meant the piano around
15:17
the bottom with the gold tooth or the
15:19
gold. Okay. Yeah,
15:20
>> cuz those are two separate.
15:21
>> Well, I know that they're two separate.
15:22
Okay.
15:22
>> Wait, what? A piano and a guitar are the
15:24
same. Um, no, I think it looks nice. I
15:27
think that um a lot of people freaked
15:29
out a little bit unnecessarily that the
15:31
colors did not exactly match the concept
15:33
art. It's okay, guys. It looks great. I
15:37
think that what they did really well is
15:40
that before when you walked up to this
15:43
attraction, you were like, "Aerosmith,
15:45
I know what I'm getting into." And now
15:48
when you walk up, you're like, "Muppets,
15:50
I know what I'm getting into." Cuz it's
15:52
It is colors. It is.
15:53
>> It's more than Muppets. It's electric
15:55
mayhem. Like you were walking into the
15:57
Presbyterian church in the Muppet movie
16:00
>> and
16:02
>> yeah,
16:03
>> it's true. Like there it's it's exactly
16:06
what you'd expect. And uh
16:07
>> across from a decrepit hotel,
16:12
Hollywood Tower Hotel.
16:13
>> Oh, yes. Yes. I thought you meant The
16:14
Muppet Movie. I was like, what?
16:16
>> Uh Great Muppet Caper, The Happiness
16:17
Hotel. Thank you very much.
16:18
>> That counts, but not in the Muppet
16:20
movie.
16:20
>> I know.
16:20
>> Um anyway, I think it's fantastic as
16:23
well. I think the color choices are
16:25
better than the concept art. Like I
16:28
think they're brighter, they're more
16:29
vibrant, they're more
16:30
>> You also have to remember this is
16:32
Florida.
16:32
>> It's going to You have to go really
16:34
bright.
16:34
>> Exactly. Um but I think it's going to be
16:36
great. And I'm just looking over here at
16:38
the Electric Mayhem. Like it fits that
16:40
vibe really well. Going inside, there's
16:44
also the store, which we haven't seen
16:46
pictures of the store, but the the
16:48
merchandise looks fun. Um, but going
16:50
inside, we got a look at the preview or
16:52
the pre-show with the animatronic
16:55
scooter. And the best thing they did
16:56
there was motion cap for an audio
16:59
animatronic with a with a muppet. Like,
17:02
who would have ever dreamed?
17:03
>> They literally put Scooter in a mo cap
17:05
suit.
17:06
>> That's insane.
17:08
>> Brilliant. Um, like it's We could
17:12
nitpick. We're not going to.
17:13
>> I'm not going to. They have arm rods.
17:15
>> The The penguins are great. the the I
17:18
would love Ahari Krishna joke. Um
17:23
Scooter is great. The way they use the
17:25
electric mayhem and beaker in the
17:26
background. Fantastic.
17:27
>> What do you actually want to talk about
17:28
with the pre-show?
17:30
>> The penguins. I already
17:32
>> You haven't said the penguins yet.
17:33
>> I did say the penguins are great.
17:35
>> Oh well,
17:36
>> um I think they're great. Yeah,
17:37
>> love the penguins.
17:38
>> Um
17:39
>> no, they're great. Like Yeah. Uh like I
17:42
would want more penguins to be
17:43
completely honest, but they do exactly
17:45
what they need to do. They're not stars
17:47
in this case. There's no Eugene that I
17:49
heard.
17:50
>> What about in an orchestra?
17:52
>> What about with a cannon?
17:53
>> There you go. Um, and then we come to
17:56
the ultra fun part, which is the return
17:59
of Statler and Waldorf and in their
18:02
their Airstream trailer. Um, which is
18:06
fun. Like, it's great.
18:07
>> Of course, they're in a a trailer,
18:11
whatever. my grandparents had one, you
18:12
know, like it's it's kind of fits
18:15
perfectly. Um, and they're using some
18:17
jokes that are familiar that are
18:19
fantastic that I'm not going to say too
18:20
much of just because I know Chris hasn't
18:22
read spoilers yet, but um, but overall,
18:26
home run. I think everything you could
18:28
do with that space, they did right. And
18:32
now we just wait to see if they did
18:34
equally well with the the actual
18:37
attraction itself, which I assume they
18:40
did. I Yeah,
18:45
I feel a lot of things about the
18:46
Muppets. I feel a lot of things a lot of
18:48
the time about the Muppets. Um, and I
18:50
think that I am
18:52
very hopeful for this because everything
18:55
I have seen feels very Muppety. The
18:58
thing that I just have to wonder is like
19:00
there's like 12 celebrity cameos
19:04
where
19:05
>> I think in the queue.
19:06
>> Oh, okay. Okay. Okay. So, I'm excited to
19:09
also see the queue.
19:11
>> Yeah, I think they're in the queue and
19:12
then also in the exit or something. It
19:14
sounds like they're they're part of that
19:16
part.
19:17
>> I want to go to wherever Darren Chris is
19:18
and be like Darren Chris
19:21
attractions.
19:21
>> It'll be interesting to see how they do
19:23
that. Um
19:24
>> I'm sure we'll find out very soon
19:26
though. Uh,
19:28
I think I think also it's going to be
19:31
very fun that this is going to introduce
19:35
a ton of new fans to the Muppets. I
19:38
think
19:39
>> if for no other reason they're like,
19:40
"Oh, I want to go on the roller coaster
19:42
at Walt Disney World. What are the ones
19:44
I can't miss?" And this is going to be
19:46
one of those you don't want to miss. And
19:49
um it'll be fun to see how that changes
19:54
the perception of the Muppets perhaps
19:56
and how it hopefully opens up new doors
19:58
for the Muppets and maybe a whole new
20:00
series because we would like more
20:02
episodes from that special. Like I think
20:04
it could be a door opener for them and a
20:06
a next step to more Muppet stuff because
20:11
it seems like from what we saw the
20:13
special, what we're seeing of the
20:15
attraction, they're getting back to
20:17
letting the Muppets be the Muppets and
20:18
that is when they're the most fun.
20:21
Again, we're just going to go into Katie
20:23
Lure tonight. Um I became a fan of the
20:26
Muppets because growing up I went to
20:29
Muppet Vision 3D at Disney California
20:31
Adventure Disney's. Sorry, Disney's
20:33
don't forget the apostrophe. That was
20:34
the era I was growing up in. Um, but
20:37
it's like truly it was, so to speak, an
20:41
ends, a mean to an ends. Um, it was a I
20:44
needed to sit down somewhere and this
20:45
was a big room where I could sit down in
20:47
a comfy chair with air conditioning. Um,
20:50
but like I became so enthralled with
20:53
Muppet Vision and I that was like and I
20:58
know this may be sacrilegious. That was
21:00
my introduction to the Muppets. That's
21:03
what it did for me.
21:04
>> Got to be I mean there's worse places to
21:07
be introduced to the Muppets than seeing
21:08
Swedoms walking right in front of you.
21:10
But I also think that like when
21:14
something like that has the opportunity
21:16
like with Sabrina Carpenter special um
21:18
and it does have the opportunity to
21:20
reach different people, I want it to be
21:21
so authentically Muppets
21:23
>> and this feels authentically
21:25
>> Muppets. I think it will be. So I'm
21:27
excited.
21:27
>> Yeah, it'll be great.
21:28
>> All right, moving right along.
21:31
>> Star Wars. There's a new movie coming
21:33
out this week. It's called The
21:34
Mandalorian and Grou. We will be
21:35
watching it. And if you listen to DAPS
21:39
Magic, Disney, and positive stuff this
21:40
weekend, there will be a in-depth review
21:43
with me and DC.
21:46
But before we get that far, there's
21:48
stuff happening in the parks. There is a
21:50
new show called The Curious Child where
21:52
it's basically Grou playing with the
21:55
Force or exploring his powers to
21:58
basically tell his story with Mando in
22:02
projection form uh over the Millennium
22:05
Falcon. like it's it's a lot of shadow I
22:08
guess and light and um so I went in it
22:12
it was announced on Friday and I grabbed
22:14
a reservation late Friday night for
22:16
Saturday because that was the first day.
22:18
So, I went in and hung out with Clocky
22:19
and Misty for a little bit and then ran
22:21
on over to Star Wars Galaxy's Edge and
22:24
uh found a place where I was normally
22:26
going to go up above was all blocked off
22:28
and there was lights, but it was a
22:30
little weird because I didn't see any
22:31
camera equipment. So, I was like, oh,
22:32
okay. I don't know. They're doing
22:34
something up there.
22:34
>> You texted me, I think they're filming
22:36
something with the picture of the setup
22:38
and I went, oh, okay.
22:39
>> But I also didn't think they were
22:41
filming something because it just didn't
22:42
make sense. Like the whole thing didn't
22:44
Usually there's tripods and stuff. Yeah.
22:47
And
22:47
>> that wasn't there. So, um then this is
22:50
like an hour before the um the first
22:53
show and standing there waiting,
22:56
nothing's happening, nothing's
22:57
happening. Probably five minutes before
23:01
uh Shadows of Memories starts, they
23:03
start doing like light tests for for
23:06
photos. Like a photographer showed up.
23:08
So, I'm like, "Oh, okay. They're gonna
23:09
take pictures. That that makes sense."
23:11
So then literally right as the show is
23:14
about to start out walks Dave Fona, John
23:17
Favro, Sigourney Weaver, and Pedro
23:19
Pascal. And the crowd goes crazy. And I
23:24
don't actually know if I'm going to post
23:26
the first or the video of Shadows of
23:28
Memory because as it was going crazy,
23:31
everybody's looking around and, you
23:33
know, the video is not that great.
23:36
But it was a very fun moment. And so
23:39
they wave a little bit and the show
23:41
starts. People are still screaming and
23:43
and they they just watch the show and
23:46
then they watch uh The Curious Child as
23:48
well. And then afterwards uh they're
23:50
waving and taking pictures and you know
23:53
some social media videos that you've
23:54
probably seen online, including ours.
23:57
And somebody throws up a little Grou
23:59
plush and Pedro Pascal kisses it and
24:02
then holds him out kind of Lion King
24:03
style. And it just is one of those fun
24:06
little moments that that really was com
24:09
like it was scripted, but the best part
24:11
of it was the unscripted part. It was
24:13
how they interacted with these fans that
24:16
had no clue anything was happening and
24:18
it was just one of those really special
24:19
things. Also turned out, and I don't
24:21
know if these are related, little boy
24:23
next to me, 13 years old, on the phone
24:26
with mother, grandmother, I don't know
24:27
who it was, um, apparently was stuck on
24:30
Millennium Falcon Smuggler's R. And I
24:33
was like, why is he stuck? And I'm
24:36
looking over to my left and I'm like,
24:37
it's not down. Like, people are still
24:39
going in. People are still coming out.
24:42
So, um, what also happens sometime on
24:45
Saturday night is Pedro M Pascal dressed
24:48
up as Mando and surprised a bunch of
24:51
people. This little boy was not among
24:53
them. But I'm wondering if in the
24:56
process of making a space to be able to
24:59
do this,
25:00
he got to sit in the Millennium Falcon a
25:03
little bit longer than planned because
25:05
they couldn't, you know, you couldn't
25:07
have people go certain places or
25:09
whatever. I don't know. This is purely
25:11
speculation,
25:13
but who knows? Like, and he got out
25:15
probably 20 minutes before the show
25:17
started. So, you know, it would have
25:18
been enough time for Pedro to get out of
25:21
costume and and
25:23
be with the rest of the crowd for for
25:25
the show. So, I don't know. But I
25:27
thought it was a fun little moment they
25:28
had. Uh the fun the most fun though was
25:31
just all of these people that had no
25:33
clue what was happening suddenly
25:34
realizing like the Mandalorian is there
25:37
himself. Sigourney Weaver, Dave Fona,
25:40
who we just love, and uh and also John
25:43
Fau who's incredible and everything. I
25:46
mean, Happy was right there. And um and
25:48
the vibe for that show was amazing. And
25:51
then afterwards, like everybody was just
25:52
buzzing and uh I did feel a little bit
25:54
bad because my friend Adam walked up
25:56
literally right after it all happened.
25:58
He was like, "What was going on up
25:59
there?" And I'm like, "Well," and and he
26:03
kind of saw it, but he didn't get to
26:05
really like he missed it by that much.
26:08
Um but super cool and I love when they
26:11
do things. It reminded me kind of of
26:12
when the Pirates of the Caribbean thing
26:14
in 2017. I think it was 2017 when Johnny
26:17
Depp surprised people as Captain Jack
26:20
Sparrow in the attraction. People are
26:21
just going by and suddenly he's alive.
26:23
And um I just think those those little
26:27
magical moments really are a whole lot
26:29
of fun when they pull them off. And and
26:31
>> I do think that the Johnny Depp in
26:34
Pirates had its own special edge cuz
26:37
there had been this like wives tale of
26:40
like you know sometimes Johnny Depp is
26:43
just like in the attraction sneaks in
26:44
there. Yeah.
26:45
>> Yeah. And like it was this thing that
26:46
was kind of passed around. It had never
26:47
actually happened
26:49
>> that we know.
26:50
>> Yeah. That we were aware of. people
26:52
would be like, "Oh, you know, I think
26:53
that might have heard that might have
26:55
just been Johnny Depp." And then it
26:57
actually happened. And you know, the
26:59
first person to come off the attraction
27:01
was like, "Johnny Depp's in there." And
27:02
they're like,
27:03
>> "Sure, pal."
27:04
>> Yeah, he is.
27:06
>> Um, but I do think it's such a special
27:08
moment. Um, I actually was just thinking
27:10
the video reminded me of on May the 4th,
27:13
Ashley Xeen got to surprise cast members
27:15
at Millennium Falcon
27:16
>> and I was like to me Millennium Falcon
27:19
is one of the best places inside
27:21
Galaxy's Edge. Um, because it does feel
27:24
so faithful and this is goes back into
27:27
the timeline stuff and whatever. No
27:28
matter what iteration of Star Wars you
27:30
love, you know the inside of the
27:31
Millennium Falcon. Like you know the
27:33
hollow chest, you know all of that. and
27:36
it doesn't really affect which which uh
27:41
trilogy you line yourself with.
27:43
>> Falcon's the Falcon.
27:45
>> And so there's this special piece of
27:46
Star Wars magic. And so getting to see
27:48
Pedro do it, getting to see Ashley do
27:50
it, and getting to see people that are
27:52
like so excited about Star Wars, getting
27:56
to have that experience,
27:58
um I think is really cool. And
28:02
I I love Star Wars. I'm on video crying
28:04
and saying I love Star Wars. Okay.
28:05
>> So, can I put my produ producer hat on
28:07
for just a second?
28:08
>> Sure.
28:08
>> So, if I had have been in charge.
28:10
>> Okay. If you were in charge,
28:12
>> I would have had it of group of five,
28:14
please.
28:16
Group of five comes in. They go the
28:18
normal, you know, they're in the the
28:21
what is that area where the table is and
28:23
everything in the holding area.
28:26
>> Then you go and you're walking in.
28:28
You're getting the the speech from Hondo
28:30
on the screen
28:31
>> and then the door opens
28:34
>> and they're sitting in the pilot seat.
28:36
>> Oh yeah.
28:37
>> Is Mando and you're already geeking out
28:41
because you're like, "Oh, they put the
28:43
Mando."
28:43
>> That's pretty cool. I don't think this
28:45
ever happened.
28:46
>> And then he turns around, takes off the
28:49
helmet.
28:49
>> Yeah.
28:50
>> And literally
28:51
people lose their mind. Like they lost
28:53
their minds for this. But can you
28:55
imagine? You don't have to say a word.
28:57
Yeah.
28:57
>> You have a couple GoPros hidden up in
28:59
the corners. Like people would be going
29:02
insane. Like it would be And then you do
29:05
it like three or four times.
29:06
>> Oh yeah.
29:07
>> And then never again. And you just let
29:09
like And then And then you don't release
29:11
the video until opening day of the movie
29:15
because then if there are little social
29:17
media videos getting out there, people
29:19
are going to freak out and try to get on
29:20
the ride as much as they can. So, you're
29:22
going to give it a good boost at the end
29:24
and and then you reveal it actually was
29:27
a thing by releasing the produced, you
29:29
know, the the Lucas film version.
29:31
>> Yeah.
29:32
>> With the opening of the movie. And I
29:34
think that would be so hilarious. Like,
29:36
that's just me, my little producer role.
29:39
Um,
29:40
>> if you if you want more ideas, Disney,
29:42
call me. I'm more than happy to help.
29:43
Um,
29:45
but I thought this was very fun and and
29:47
I wouldn't have traded it for the world
29:49
because it really was a special moment.
29:51
But speaking of special moments, it is
29:53
now time for
30:00
comments. Comments.
30:03
That's right. It's time for comments.
30:05
So, if you have anything you would like
30:07
us to respond to, let us know in the
30:09
comments and we will search through
30:11
those. I was going to say seek through
30:13
the I don't know what I was going to
30:14
say. Um anyway, we will take our our
30:17
time and take a look at these comments
30:19
and uh respond to them as we can. Um I
30:23
am going to see I did see one earlier
30:24
from Bailey. Um and Bailey was asking
30:28
why I was laughing that is on brand for
30:30
them for the do you think we are going
30:32
to get uh get the joke about Hari
30:34
Krishna and I was laughing because I
30:36
hope they do it. Um I think that would
30:38
be
30:39
>> was that in response to something else?
30:41
>> Oh maybe I thought it was to that. Um
30:43
>> I feel like I remember it being Oh. Uh
30:46
it was the Airstream
30:49
the the Gulfream.
30:50
>> I could picture my grandparents in it.
30:51
>> Yeah. Like that is on print for them.
30:53
>> That was Yeah.
30:53
>> I was like, "Wait, no. I I attached this
30:55
somewhere."
30:56
>> Yeah. Um are we getting any previews for
30:58
Saurin in California? doesn't look like
31:00
it because
31:02
um I was looking on the calendar the
31:04
other day and it looks like it soaring
31:07
over California is is running up until
31:10
like the day before two days before
31:13
Saurin across America begins. So, um
31:18
I don't know, maybe not. I my guess is
31:21
not. Um I wish we would. I think that
31:23
would be really fun and I really would
31:25
like to see it firsthand because I do
31:27
think it's very different to see it on a
31:30
YouTube video than it is
31:33
in person.
31:34
>> I'll say something weird.
31:35
>> Okay, go ahead.
31:36
>> I want to smell it
31:37
>> and or smell it and feel it like
31:39
whatever they are.
31:39
>> I want to smell it.
31:41
>> Let me smell the attraction. I love the
31:43
question from Caleb who's asking what I
31:46
think about the new background and you
31:47
also background music that's going to be
31:51
part of the magic of Disney animation. I
31:53
want to hear the entire thing. Like we
31:55
got we got this much and it was just
31:57
enough to make me want a whole lot more.
31:59
And I'm like I love that you're doing
32:01
this. Why are you teasing me with this
32:04
much? I want I want to hear the entire
32:06
loop. And I'm sure somebody's going to
32:07
record it and post it. Mouse steps,
32:09
please. And um um I don't know that if
32:13
they do that actually, but I would love
32:14
it. And um that is one I would I would
32:18
definitely love to listen to. Um are are
32:21
you going to get the Lego set? Uh two
32:25
problems.
32:27
One, it's $399.
32:28
>> That That is problem one.
32:30
>> That's not actually the biggest problem.
32:31
>> It's not the biggest problem.
32:32
>> The biggest problem is it would fill up
32:34
most of this table. And um that that
32:39
could be a trick. Like storage would be
32:42
an issue. And it's the same reason I
32:45
don't have the Enterprise D.
32:47
>> Mhm.
32:47
>> It it's just that like I don't want to
32:49
build it and then immediately have to
32:51
take it apart and not have it on display
32:54
anyway because I think that one would be
32:58
such a a perfect one on display. I mean,
33:01
it even has Walt's like it has the
33:03
firehouse with Walt's apartment. It has
33:05
the fire truck. It, you know, it's got
33:07
everything.
33:08
>> What's really funny,
33:10
this Lego set has everything.
33:13
Walt's apartment. Um, anyway, sorry.
33:15
That's if you were tracking with me,
33:18
thanks. If you weren't, I don't blame
33:19
you. Um, it's fine.
33:21
>> Okay.
33:22
>> Uh, the hardest part. This is a fun
33:26
little behind the scenes.
33:28
>> The Lego set is missing a mailbox.
33:29
>> It is. Uh anyway, to finish the sentence
33:32
I had started, the fun little behind the
33:34
scenes is that one of the hardest parts
33:37
of moving from the uh previous studio to
33:40
the current studio
33:42
is we built so many Lego sets a lot.
33:47
Thank you for tracking on Stefan with
33:48
me. Um yeah, uh transporting Lego to a
33:53
secondary location does prove quite
33:56
difficult actually.
33:57
>> Such is life.
33:58
>> Yeah. Yeah. Um, looking forward to
34:01
seeing that meme for Daps After Dark. We
34:04
are doing something very different for
34:06
Daps After Dark tonight. We will see if
34:08
it works. It may not. Um, but it'll be
34:10
an adventure either way. Like, we may
34:12
hate it. We don't know. It's It's going
34:14
to be different. That's all I'm going to
34:15
say.
34:15
>> I don't think I'm going to hate it.
34:16
>> Um, I think it'll be fun. It's It's a
34:18
test for something bigger. That is my
34:20
clue. Um, but I think we are running out
34:23
of time. So, what should people do,
34:24
Katie?
34:24
>> You should go to draftsmagic.com. You
34:26
should check out all the Disney and
34:27
positive stuff as it happens. You should
34:30
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34:32
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34:34
dapshq.com.
34:36
Go see all the fun stuff that we're
34:37
we've been teasing this episode.
34:39
>> Mhm. Also, make sure to subscribe to our
34:42
YouTube channel. We have a ton of videos
34:44
going up, including new videos we'll be
34:46
shooting in the next couple of days that
34:47
you won't want to miss. And of course,
34:49
all of the other shows that we have
34:51
going on on dapsmagic.com
34:53
as well. But that is all the time we
34:55
have for you this week. So we will see
34:57
you around the corner.
34:58
>> Bye.
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