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Welcome to Geeks Corner! This week, the Geeks are trying something a bit different. They are playing a game of "Pick or Pass." The way it works is that a prompt is given, and then each Geek says whether they would pick (agree) that prompt or pass (disagree) on it. Most of these prompts come from recent Disney news or conversations Mr. Daps has had. We hope you will join in the fun in the comments as we play "Pick or Pass!" We'll see you 'round the corner!
Pick or Pass Topics
Context: The Magic of Disney Animation Opens at Disney’s Hollywood Studios https://dapsmagic.com/2026/09/the-magic-of-disney-animation-opens-at-walt-disney-world-resort/
Pick or Pass: Reclaiming Star Wars Launch Bay spaces to recreate a dedicated, multi-offering animation experience inside Hollywood Studios?Context: Madame Leota’s Swinging Wake Replaces Frightfully Fun Parade for Oogie Boogie Bash
https://dapsmagic.com/2026/08/madame-leotas-swinging-wake-a-haunted-mansion-street-party-makes-enthusiastic-debut-at-oogie-boogie-bash/
Pick or Pass: Retiring a full parade in favor of a specialized, stationary mini-street party experience for an after-hours event? Context: BD-X Droids back in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland
https://dapsmagic.com/2026/05/bdx-droids-are-back-at-disneyland-resorts-star-wars-galaxys-edge/
Pick or Pass: Add more experiences like BD-X Droids and potentially Anzellans to Batuu.Context: Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort Doesn’t Have Ghost Galaxy Once Again This Year https://dapsmagic.com/halloweentime
Pick or Pass: Leaving Space Mountain in its standard year-round state during Halloween Time?Context: Descendants: The Rise of Red to Be Shown on Wednesday During Movie Nights at Downtown Disney Presented by Honda https://dapsmagic.com/2026/09/descendants-the-rise-of-red-to-be-shown-this-wednesday-during-movie-nights-at-downtown-disney-presented-by-honda
Pick or Pass: Watching movies on the Downtown Disney LIVE! Stage on Wednesday nights during Halloween Time? Context: Corn dogs are a classic food offering at the Disneyland Resort.
Pick or Pass: Hand-dipped Disneyland corn dogs over any fancy quick-service entry?Context: Soarin’ Across America Debuts at Disney California Adventure and EPCOT https://dapsmagic.com/2026/07/soarin-across-america-debuts-at-disney-california-adventure/
Pick or Pass: Rotating temporary overlays on Soarin’ (Soarin' Over California, Soarin' Around the World, Soarin' Across America) throughout the year?Context: Avengers Jeep Returns to Former Home in Avengers Campus https://dapsmagic.com/2026/09/avengers-jeep-returns-home-in-avengers-campus/
Pick or Pass: Keep Avengers Jeep and integrate it into street-level character interactions in Avengers Campus?Context: The Storytellers of Plaza de la Familia Celebrated the Musical World of Coco Return to Disney California Adventure
https://dapsmagic.com/2026/08/the-storytellers-of-plaza-de-la-familia-celebrate-the-musical-world-of-coco-return-to-disney-california-adventure/
Pick or Pass: Short, walk-up mini-street shows in Paradise Gardens over full-scale stage productions in the Hyperion Theater?Context: Rainy day at Disneyland Resort filming Photoniks with Super El Niño on the Way https://dapsmagic.com/2026/09/rainy-day-retro-vintage-disneyland-photo-match-up-photoniks-episode-26/
Pick or Pass: Heading straight to the Disneyland Resort when a full rainy day is on the forecast?
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Welcome to Geeks Corner. I'm Mr. Daps.
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I'm Katie. And did you know
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>> that once again the button does not
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work?
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>> Whoa, that button doesn't work.
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>> I even tested it beforehand. Let's keep
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pushing it. All right. Well, that's not
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going to work.
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>> Oh my gosh. I hope it does the thing
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where it does like a million times.
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>> I hope not. All right. Did you know that
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The Magic of Disney Animation originally
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opened on May 1st of 1989?
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>> I did not know that.
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>> There you go.
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>> Do you know what else opened in 1989?
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>> Taylor Allison Swift was born.
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>> Okay. I was like, Taylor Swift, but not
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really opened.
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>> No, but she was born.
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>> I guess that's that's something.
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>> And she was named after James Taylor.
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Did you know any of that?
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>> Okay. Well,
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>> I knew both of those things actually.
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I've paid attention. Uh, I did not know
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what. So, what year did MGM Studios
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open?
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>> I think that was that year. I think
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that's it was an opening day attraction,
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but then you were actually seeing the
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studios and
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>> fun little shows
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>> when it actually meant something
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when it was named MGM Studios. It was a
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real studio.
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>> You do have to wonder though if they had
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the ability to do what they can do today
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if it would have still been there.
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>> Yeah. Yeah,
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>> just because instead of just watching
1:27
things happen, you you'd be interacting
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and it also is easier, I assume, to
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update now and things like that. Like
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it's it's Yeah, you never know. You
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never know. But, uh, yeah. All right.
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What should people do, Katie?
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>> You should go into the chat and you
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should tell us. I guess we're bringing
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back Muppet of the week. Um, okay.
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>> Unofficially.
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>> Okay.
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>> So, I guess that's a thing. So, um, if
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you guys kind of want to do this like
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>> geek mess,
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>> if you guys want to guess the muppet of
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the week,
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>> gift,
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>> if you guys want to guess the muppet of
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the week and then the collective hive
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mind decides,
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>> I don't know, go for it. Could be worth
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a shot. Uh, you can also say other
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things in the chat like, uh, what was
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the first year you went to Hollywood
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Studios or MGM Studios,
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>> Mikey?
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Um, I was like, I just I know that he's
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probably got a good year.
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>> Probably does.
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>> Probably better than we do.
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>> You never know.
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>> Uh, and also go to dabshq.com
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>> where we have a post show to the show.
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Also a ton of other fun stuff. But
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tonight, most importantly, uh,
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>> oh,
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>> a post show to the show.
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>> Okay. A post show to the show.
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>> Post show to the show.
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>> Also, make sure to head on over to
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dapsmagic.com on the homepage where you
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can find this week's caption of the week
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photo, which I think is
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>> great. Like there are so many options
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for this photo for a caption. So head on
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over to dapsmagic.com
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and then leave what you think is the
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funniest caption and then vote.
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>> You know, to tie it all back together
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>> to MGM Studios and to Hollywood Studios
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and what have you. I was very shocked to
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see live action Emma in that photo
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today. Yeah, there was some there were
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surprising some surprising uh
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>> there was a few quite surprising
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characters, but I
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>> we got some comments about it.
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>> I literally went,
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>> "Huh?"
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>> Yeah,
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>> it was interesting characters that were
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there and characters that weren't and
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and that it was 60 characters and not
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64. Like there was a couple I was like,
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"Huh, why 60?" Because it could have
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been 64 because hasn't there been 64
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animated films?
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>> Hasn't there been 100?
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>> 100 years. 100 years.
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>> Yeah. 100 years. 64, I believe.
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>> Yeah. Because you could have represented
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one for each, but then also you still
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want Mickey and Minnie. And
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>> so then you need like 66. And then if
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you had Donald Well, Mickey you could
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say was in Fantasia.
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>> You can't have just one of the three
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good fairies.
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>> Yeah, it gets confusing. I I see why
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they went 6.
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>> Actually, it's just Merryweather.
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>> There you go.
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>> Flora and Fauna were sick, so the union
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sent me.
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>> There you go. That would work. and then
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just have a a Muppet do it instead. It'd
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be great.
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>> And then we're going to move it to the
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other side of Hollywood Studios and then
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there's a whole pre-show and then
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actually it's not Disney characters at
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all
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>> cuz it's Muppet Vision 3D. Anyway, you
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know, great talk.
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>> All right, we're going to do something
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different tonight. We will see if it
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works. I don't know that it actually
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will, but it's worth a shot. And uh we
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like to 1990 uh Mikey saying but uh we
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thought we would play a new game tonight
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called pick or pass. And the way this is
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going to work is I'm going to provide
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context for a story and then ask the
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question would you pick or pass this
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premise?
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And and then we will each give our
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answers. And I hope you'll give your
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answers in the comments as well um for
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why you would either pick or pass this.
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And we will keep our eyes on the
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comments as we do this. And if we miss
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them, we will definitely be coming back
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during the comments section of the show.
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But are you ready for the very first
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pick or pass
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>> when I say something controversial?
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Okay,
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just know that that's what I that's
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what's going to happen because I'm going
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to say things that I'm sure are
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controversial.
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>> That's hopefully the fun of the game.
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All right, context for the first one.
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The magic of Disney animation has opened
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at Disney's Hollywood Studios, right?
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So, pick or pass. Reclaiming Star Wars
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launch base spaces to create this
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dedicated multi-offering animation
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experience inside Hollywood Studios was
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a good thing.
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Would you do that or would you pass?
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>> Absolutely. Pick.
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>> Okay. I think
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>> Well, you do have a Star Wars uh tattoo,
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so I entirely Well, multiple, but
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>> I have three. Um, I love Star Wars.
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>> I think Star Wars Launch Bay is an
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affront to Star Wars.
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>> Oh, okay.
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>> And I will say that very strongly. Um,
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because I think that it doesn't explore
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the full extent of what Star Wars can
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be. I think that especially when you
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have it in Hollywood Studios and for us
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in Disneyland, we only kind of half have
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Launch Bay in Disneyland. Let's be
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honest.
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>> We don't have it at all anymore.
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>> We don't have it at all anymore.
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>> The carpet's covered. There's stuff
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hidden. But it's there
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>> technically. Yes, you can go see Kylo
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Ren if you have a right credit card. But
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um
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>> which I do not.
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>> And occasionally for Star Wars Nights in
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there and see stuff.
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>> But usually they just put them on the
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outside.
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>> Yes.
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>> But
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but
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I think it's crazy when Galaxy's Edge is
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just steps away at Disneyland and at
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Hollywood Studios. like you can go see
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this truly amazing
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Star Wars experience or
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also the Star Tours queue is in um
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Hollywood Studios which is incredible.
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>> Yeah,
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>> our Star Tours is also um close to that.
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That's not the same. Um we don't we
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don't have Endor.
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I think that Hollywood stu no launch bay
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sorry word soup.
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>> I think that Star Wars Launch Bay served
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a purpose. I think that purpose is
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fulfilled. I don't think Launch Bay
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needs to exist anymore in any park.
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>> Okay, so would that be pick or pass?
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>> I said pick.
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>> Okay, there we go. Um I would agree with
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you pick for that one as well. I think
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this is a great tribute to what the
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studio was founded on. I think it's also
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a really healthy dose of classic Disney
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magic into that park. And not that it is
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lacking on that because you do have
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Beauty and the Beast, you have
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Fantasmic, you do have Mickey and
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Minnie's Runaway Railway, you have lots
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of fun Disney classic experiences to
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have or to be had. But I think this is
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such a great way to connect people with
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the origins of Disney and and the
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foundation of where it comes from. And I
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like that they're doing that in the
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different parks, whether it's um, you
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know, a magical life with Walt Disney in
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in Disneyland or we've got Carousel of
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Progress coming in Magic Kingdom. And I
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like that they're getting back to like,
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oh, this is our core of who we have been
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and are and and everything comes out of
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that. And I think that's a really smart
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thing to be doing because the moment you
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get too far away from that, you tend to
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get in trouble. And then it's the whole
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when you try to please everyone, you
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don't please anyone. And um and I think
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this is recognizing that and saying,
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"Hey, I mean, it's what Josh Dearo has
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been saying is is focus on the fans and
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then branching it out like know that
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core audience." And so I think this
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nails that and uh so that's definite
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pick for me, too.
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>> All right, next one. It looks like
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there's a lot of picks for this one. So
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there we go. We should have we should
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have uh been tracking. Maybe we can just
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keep this in the back of our heads if if
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people pick or pass on more of these.
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>> I'm already human.
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>> Um All right. The context for the next
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one is Madame Leota's swinging wake has
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replaced the frightfully fun parade at
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Oogie Boogie Bash. This is a big picture
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question or picker pass I should say. Um
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this doesn't necessarily mean specific
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to this. This is just the context of
9:04
where this comes from. So pick or pass
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retiring a full parade in favor of a
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specialized stationary ministry party
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experience for an after hours event.
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Pick or pass.
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>> Y'all not gonna like this one. Pick
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>> really
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>> I'm also staying like I'm not looking at
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this lineup by the way. So as Mr. Naps
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is saying these things, I am completely
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like hearing it for the first time.
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>> I think and do not get mad at me. I am
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not talking about Frightfully Fun Parade
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in its original debut. Everything is
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wellmaintained. All of the dancers are
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there. Every effect is working to its
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full intent.
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>> But that's what I'm asking. But it but
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that's not what happened. Okay.
9:49
Frightfully fun parade that got replaced
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was not that I was very
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>> So I want you to answer in terms of
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context, not specifics.
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>> I think if it's a tired parade, I think
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pick absolutely.
10:04
>> But I I put full parade because it
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wasn't a full parade at the end. It
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>> was barely a full parade at the
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beginning, but
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>> Mhm.
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I am saying my piece.
10:18
I think that if it is going to
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revitalize the party, I think it's going
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to bring new energy. I think if it's
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going to um be a different vibe than
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what you're looking for, I think 100%
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pick.
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>> I'm 100% pass.
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>> That's fine.
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>> This I will say I'm 100% pass
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recognizing that Madame Leota's Swinging
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Wake is great. like it's way better than
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Frightfully Fun was. What is the problem
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with it is when you get rid of a full
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parade, they never bring these things
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back. And I think it's the whole like,
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oh well, we don't have to do a full
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parade, we can do this instead. And
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because the bar was already lowered,
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>> then everybody seems happy. But really,
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are you happy in the context of like
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let's take this from a a let's say
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prime example parade of dreams versus uh
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>> celebrated
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>> celebrate a street party.
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>> That's very different though,
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>> but that's the context of the the
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question I'm asking. Yes. And and I
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think
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>> you could have also asked this of would
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you prefer a uh a full-on cavalcade at
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Disneyland after dark? I just chose the
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one that was nearest. Sure. Disneyland
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After Dark, um, Star Wars night, a full
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cavalcade with all the Star Wars
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characters and all of this stuff,
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>> or would you prefer a stage show where
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they walk up and they swing lightsabers?
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Um, it's it's that context of
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of do you think people really want the
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big grandiose thing or do they want the
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more nimble quick thing? And and that's
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kind of my question. I could have done
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it with World of Color also, but but I
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also was worried about
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>> Yes. getting into that.
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>> I just think that there is
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>> I don't know. I'm still I'm sticking
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with what I said.
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>> Stick with a pick.
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>> No, I'm sticking with what I said
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because I do think the context matters.
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I don't think we're talking about
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replacing Parade of Dreams to Celebrate
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a Street Party. I think that even you
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just said it wasn't a full parade
12:22
towards the end. And I know that we're
12:24
we're taking this out of context and
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>> but what I write down
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>> Oh my I'm not reading what you wrote.
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But did you listen to my initial? I did.
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I said full parade.
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>> But I think
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if something is how old Frightfully Fun
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10, 15,
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>> it's old.
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>> It is an older parade. I think if you
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bring something with newer energy and
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maybe it is quick, maybe it is succinct,
12:49
maybe it is whatever. But I think if
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you're bringing a new energy, a new
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vibe, a new what have you, I think
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that's a good thing.
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>> Okay. And I think especially in this
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case, it was a great thing.
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>> Okay,
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>> that was a good one.
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>> Thank you.
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>> I'm not going to do a rebuttal because I
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have one, but
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>> don't start with me, DAPs.
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>> What if Mixmaster Mickey Mouse led the
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parade? Um, I actually, that was my
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rebuttal is there's no Mickey Mouse.
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There's no like there is Mickey that's
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the Kingdom Hearts and there's many
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that's Sanderson and Sisters but you do
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lose the opportunity to see many more
13:28
characters when there's not a parade and
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that was the one thing that I was I was
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kind of like hm
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>> all right next one context is the BDX
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droids that are back in Star Wars
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Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland. So pick or
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pass. Should there be more experiences
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continued to be add for Galaxy's Edge
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like BDX droids or the Enzelians that
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have been rumored to come to uh Batu?
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>> Easy pick.
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>> And why?
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>> Um I think that we were sold that Star
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Wars Galaxy's Edge is going to be a very
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interactive land. I think that we were
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sold this grand experience of everywhere
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you turn there's something to see,
14:05
there's something to do. Um I personally
14:08
want there to see I want to see breakout
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musicians. Please, for the love of God,
14:12
give me breakout musicians. Star Wars is
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about music and fun, and I want to be
14:17
near the cantina and there be like a
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jazz trio or whatever, like something
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fun and weird and spacey.
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When I saw the Anzelins at D23, the
14:30
ultimate Disney fan event, I lost my
14:32
marbles because I was like, "Holy moly,
14:35
this is the coolest thing in the world."
14:37
and the fact that the Anzelins would
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interact and they would yell at you and
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um tell you to stop distracting them or
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whatever.
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>> I couldn't understand them very well to
14:49
be honest.
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>> It was also very loud and it was a very
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confined space. It was very hard to hear
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them. But
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I think that you could take anything for
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Galaxy's Edge. And as long as there's
14:59
these small tidbits that we as people
15:02
that have been experiencing Galaxy's
15:03
Edge for seven years now could be, oh,
15:07
this feels fresh. Oh, this feels fun. It
15:09
feels like there's always something new
15:10
to discover. This is Star Wars. There is
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so much that we can pull from and I feel
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like we've barely scratched the surface
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of what could be experienced.
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>> I agree. Uh, I think it's a hard pick
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and uh, or easy pick, I guess, is a
15:24
better word, but I love that they're
15:26
continuing to plus up Galaxy's Edge,
15:28
whether it's adding music, adding
15:30
characters, adding BDX droids, hopefully
15:32
handling those Enzelins. Um, and I would
15:37
love to see
15:39
I would love to see more random things
15:42
like this. Like whether it's it's R5 or
15:46
even a droid we don't know that's
15:48
walking around, you know, like another
15:49
protocol droid. Like it doesn't have to
15:51
be C3PO. It doesn't have to be directly
15:54
from the movie for everything. like the
15:56
BDX droid started here and then um and
16:00
then moved into
16:02
the screen like which is awesome and and
16:04
I think you could do more with that in
16:06
the future and I'd love to see like more
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walking droids more like even if you had
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a droid uh music group like if if you
16:18
you know throw them up on there's places
16:19
you could put them throughout the land.
16:21
I think you could do some fun things
16:23
with that where
16:25
maybe a little bit more than what we see
16:27
with the modal nodes during Star Wars
16:29
night, but like
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>> but you could do some fun stuff like
16:32
that and take it to that next level and
16:35
and make those moments so that you don't
16:37
have to just go into, you know, Oga's
16:39
cantina to see a droid um interacting
16:42
with you. I mean, now you do have the
16:44
BDX stories, but I think you could do
16:45
even more with that or even like throw
16:47
them in the cues of both of the
16:50
attractions or Yeah.
16:52
>> No, I was saying that's very smart with
16:54
the I think Smugglers needs life in that
16:56
queue. I think the overhead stuff is
16:58
really fun, but imagine
17:00
>> working on that big rocket thing.
17:02
>> Working on that big rocket thing. I
17:03
think um Mikey said it best. It needs to
17:06
feel like a spaceport.
17:07
>> Yes.
17:08
>> I immediately think of skeleton crew.
17:10
They saw so many fun ports and a lot of
17:14
scum and villain and a lot of people
17:17
bartering and like the energy is there
17:19
and that's what Star Wars is supposed to
17:21
be about.
17:22
>> And you could swap out these things
17:23
because if it is a spaceport, people
17:25
come and go. So you could have one, you
17:28
know, one droid or one character or one
17:30
whatever here one day and another day.
17:33
Like you could even have colleagues of
17:34
Han that you don't know about that come
17:36
from his smuggling days that just
17:39
randomly show up and start talking to
17:40
Han and Leia like
17:42
>> please
17:42
>> and and just have them dressed as a you
17:45
know space smuggler, whatever you want
17:46
to call it or or random you know members
17:50
of the First Order which they kind of
17:52
not really not First Order the Empire or
17:54
the uh or the Rebellion. like you could
17:56
have these people that that are
17:58
peripheral characters that could open
18:00
the door to more stories and more, you
18:02
know, excitement and energy and whatever
18:04
that is. But I think that'd be fun. Um,
18:07
and I I do think there's a good point
18:09
there with the Play Disney Parks app
18:11
being gone now. Uh, there is a lot of of
18:15
questions about what comes next beyond
18:17
just using the Magic Bands you can't buy
18:19
in the parks. And um because clearly
18:22
there has to be some sort of a plan.
18:24
Like Disney doesn't do anything without
18:25
a plan. And so you have to wonder like
18:27
what's the next? Is there going to be
18:29
more functionality in the current
18:30
Disneyland app? Is there going to be um
18:33
something completely different coming?
18:35
Who knows? Like it it'll be very
18:36
interesting to see.
18:37
>> All right. Next one is it's Halloween
18:40
time at the Disneyland Resort and for
18:41
the last well multiple years there has
18:44
been no ghost galaxy taking over Space
18:47
Mountain. So picker pass leaving Space
18:50
Mountain in its standard year round
18:52
state during Halloween time. I don't
18:54
like that some of these are specifics
18:56
and some of these are big picture
18:57
questions. I don't like that. I'm just
18:59
>> That's how it works.
19:00
>> That's fine. I'm just telling you. Um
19:01
I'm just giving feedback that.
19:02
>> Okay,
19:03
>> that's it. Um
19:06
so
19:06
>> I think you're going to say passive
19:08
because the way I wrote the question.
19:10
>> Yeah, I was like hold on. Can you
19:11
rephrase the question, please?
19:13
>> Uh so pick is keeping uh Space Mountain
19:18
as is all year round.
19:20
>> Okay. And then pass would be bringing
19:24
back Halloween or Ghost Galaxy during
19:26
Halloween time.
19:27
>> Pass. There you go.
19:28
>> We are passing so hard on this. And you
19:31
know what? I don't even know if my
19:32
parents are in the chat right now, but I
19:34
will get ahead of this. Okay. The first
19:36
time everyone on Ghost Galaxy, I was so
19:37
scared I cried.
19:39
>> I was in line and I was so scared. I was
19:42
so scared. I cried.
19:43
>> I was also 13.
19:45
>> But that's also how good it is.
19:46
>> Um, it's so good. It plays with your
19:48
imagination. It's so spooky. It's so
19:51
fun. I also think it's a really great
19:54
way for younger kids. Again, yes, I was
19:56
13. Okay, so like whatever, chill.
19:59
That's like the same year I went to Not
20:00
Scary Farm for the first time and I
20:02
cried more at Ghost Galaxy. But um do
20:06
whatever you want with that. But
20:09
I think Ghost Galaxy is a really great
20:11
way for younger
20:14
generation, younger writers to
20:18
experience something a little bit more
20:19
spooky. And then they get to feel brave
20:21
when they conquered it and they get to
20:23
be like, "Oh, I did something a little
20:25
bit scarier than because Disney does
20:28
have the reputation of like, oh,
20:29
everything is like happy pumpkins and
20:31
and oh,
20:34
>> uh, it's really not so scary." Um, you
20:37
know,
20:38
>> Ghost Galaxy and if we're going to talk
20:41
about my favorite word, kinetic energy.
20:43
That's two words, but it's fine. Kinetic
20:45
energy. Space Mountain at night in
20:49
Tomorrowland
20:50
when Dolores the Ghost would like rip up
20:54
the spaceport.
20:57
>> I miss it. I miss Ghost Galaxy so bad.
21:01
>> I agree completely. Pass for all of
21:03
those reasons. Um, I thought it was
21:05
fantastic and it's really a bummer they
21:06
don't do it anymore. Especially when you
21:08
think of what they could do with
21:09
technology now. Like the projections are
21:11
so much better than they were. You know,
21:13
think of when Fantastic 4 came last year
21:15
and like out of nowhere they throw this
21:17
stuff out. Like they they could do so
21:19
much more with that now. And I think
21:20
that would be such a great boost that
21:23
you already have the music, upgrade the
21:25
projections or just use the old ones. We
21:27
won't complain. Like so many great
21:29
things with this and uh and I thought it
21:32
was great. All right. Next one. This
21:34
week on Wednesday, Descendants: The Rise
21:37
of Red will be shown during the movie
21:39
nights at Downtown Disney presented by
21:42
Honda.
21:45
>> I did include that for a reason.
21:47
>> Excellent.
21:48
>> Um, pick or pass.
21:50
>> Watching movies on the Downtown Disney
21:52
live stage on Wednesday nights during
21:53
Halloween time. Good thing or not?
21:56
>> Pick. I think this is such an easy win
21:58
in my humble opinion. I think one of the
22:01
most magical things that Walt Disney
22:02
World does at their resorts is they do
22:05
movie nights. Um, and so I remember us
22:07
we were walking through Boardwalk I
22:09
think. Yeah.
22:10
>> And it was like Ratatouille and
22:12
everybody had like their blankets and
22:14
everybody could do that.
22:16
>> Disney needs more accessible things for
22:20
people that aren't in the parks and that
22:22
is that extra dose of Disney magic.
22:24
Maybe it's somebody that's local that
22:26
having a pass or going frequently is out
22:29
of their price range, but you can
22:32
justify doing dinner, getting your
22:34
parking validated, and you hang out on
22:36
the lawn. Um, I also think it's one of
22:39
those things that makes Downtown Disney
22:40
a destination. Um,
22:44
I can't say enough good things about
22:45
this. I think this is genius. Um,
22:48
especially when you have Happy right
22:49
there. especially when you have um
22:52
balloons, you have all of these things.
22:55
But if somebody was like bare bones,
22:57
they just want the Disney experience and
22:59
they want to feel something and they
23:01
can't access the parks or maybe they
23:04
don't want to go to the parks or there's
23:05
no reservations or what have you. I
23:08
think this is a really really great
23:10
thing.
23:10
>> There you go. Um I'm going to say pick
23:12
as well. I think it adds community. It
23:13
adds business and it's great for the
23:15
people that aren't necessarily staying
23:18
at the Disneyland Hotel or one of the
23:20
places they still do uh movies for those
23:22
kind of guests. But I just I just think
23:24
it's a win for everybody all around. And
23:26
I love the idea of adding it at
23:27
Christmas and have snow also. Like I
23:30
think that'd be a lot of a lot of
23:31
>> think snow.
23:32
>> All right, this one a little bit quicker
23:34
because we have three more to go.
23:36
>> Okay, corn dogs.
23:38
>> Mhm.
23:39
>> Are a classic food offering at the
23:40
Disneyland Resort. This just comes from
23:41
a conversation I had a week or two ago.
23:44
>> Oh, okay.
23:44
>> So, pick or pass.
23:45
>> Mhm.
23:46
>> Hand dipped Disneyland corn dogs
23:48
>> over any fancy quick service entry.
23:53
>> Fancy quick service entry.
23:55
>> Quick, whatever. Like
23:56
>> fancy.
23:58
>> Like there's a lot of quick service
23:59
options. Is this Would you pick it over
24:01
those?
24:02
>> Uh, pass.
24:04
>> Like if you're going to do just one?
24:06
>> Yeah. Pass.
24:07
>> Okay. Which one would you do? Uh, I
24:08
don't know what I would do, but I I
24:11
think that I can't ever commit myself to
24:13
just one food. I think that also
24:16
sometimes the corn dogs hurt my tummy.
24:18
>> There you go. They are greasy. They are
24:20
greasy, but they're they're one of those
24:21
things I'll eat once a year and I'm
24:22
like, "Oh, I love it. They're
24:23
>> delicious."
24:24
>> So, I'm actually going to say pick
24:25
because I do feel like everybody needs
24:26
to have a hand dipped Disneyland corn
24:28
dog at once or one from DCA. Um, but uh,
24:33
sure. Um
24:36
but um and I like the ones that are in
24:38
the parks better than the ones in
24:39
Downtown Disney. Like they're they're
24:41
creative and they're fun down there, but
24:42
there's something magical about having
24:43
them in the parks. And so I'm going to
24:45
go a pick with that one. All right, next
24:47
one. So Across America debuted at Disney
24:49
California Adventure in Epcot earlier
24:51
this year. So pick or pass. This one I
24:53
think is is discussion we've been having
24:56
also around.
24:58
>> Rotating temporary overlays on Saurin,
25:01
i.e. soaring over California, soaring
25:02
around the world, soaring across America
25:04
throughout the year.
25:06
>> So seasonal.
25:08
>> Um, so,
25:11
so pick because
25:15
because
25:16
>> Uhhuh.
25:17
>> my alternative otherwise is sworn around
25:19
the world all year round. And
25:21
>> you think that would be over so over
25:23
America?
25:23
>> I do.
25:24
>> Or so across America.
25:25
>> I do.
25:25
>> Okay. Um, I think this is, um, I don't
25:31
need to go on sworn all the time, mind
25:32
you. Um, I do think that it
25:34
unfortunately creates inflated weight
25:35
times for when, um, like the best
25:38
version, California, comes back. Um, and
25:41
if you disagree with me, please argue
25:43
with the wall because Sornover
25:44
California is the best. Um, but I think
25:47
it's a little something for everybody
25:48
because I know that some people think
25:50
over the world is the best. Um, so that
25:53
means that I get to have my SW over
25:55
California. If we could just remaster
25:56
the video, please.
25:58
>> Yeah.
25:58
>> Like, please, if we could just do that
26:00
really quick. Um, and then I think that
26:02
everybody wins.
26:03
>> I think they're all decent shows. One of
26:05
them is definitely superior, but um, I
26:08
think this is pick, by the way. I think
26:11
it's a great idea to have them a third
26:14
of the year basically and get to have
26:16
that variety and basically get three
26:19
attractions out of one without having to
26:20
do like back and forth and guessing
26:22
which one you're going to go on which I
26:23
don't necessarily think would work so
26:25
well for that. Um
26:27
but um yeah, I would like to have
26:30
because we're not going to get soaring
26:31
over California around year round. So I
26:34
would like to see it be a third a third
26:36
and third. That that would be my my best
26:38
choice. All right. Avengers Jeep has
26:41
returned to his former home in Avengers
26:43
Campus. Okay.
26:44
>> Pick or pass? Keep the Avengers Jeep and
26:46
integrate it into street level character
26:48
interactions in Avengers Campus.
26:51
>> Pick easy. I think that Avengers Campus,
26:54
especially as of late, has really been
26:56
missing on the entertainment aspect. Um,
26:59
I think that when Avengers Campus
27:00
opened, even though it was small and you
27:03
were kind of held hostage in the land
27:04
just a little bit, there was a lot of
27:06
entertainment. There was a lot of shows
27:07
to see. There was the stunt show, there
27:09
was Dor Malaj, there was Doctor Strange.
27:11
I think there was a lot of street level
27:13
entertainment. And I think it goes to
27:15
the Galaxy's Edge thing as well. It
27:17
should feel like it is, not to be too on
27:20
the nose, the Avengers campus of, oh,
27:22
anyone could show up and they're going
27:24
to do their superhero thing.
27:28
I want more. Give me more.
27:29
>> Good. I agree. Uh, pick for me also. I
27:32
think it's a great vehicle. Why not use
27:34
it?
27:35
>> Yeah. Like I I think rather than just
27:36
having it sit there and be a photo op,
27:38
make it a part of the experience and and
27:41
move more stuff. All right, we have two
27:43
more because I counted wrong.
27:44
Storytellers of Plaza of the Familia
27:46
celebrated the musical world of Coco
27:47
return to Disney California Adventure.
27:50
That is the context. Okay,
27:52
>> so picker pass short walkup mini street
27:55
shows in Paradise Gardens or somewhere
27:57
like that over full stage productions in
28:00
the Hyperion Theater or something like
28:02
that. pass. I think Hyperion for sure
28:06
for multiple reasons. I'm going to do
28:09
with what we have. Okay. Um, Paradise
28:12
Gardens, hot, no shade. My phone
28:15
overheats every single time we stand
28:16
there. There is no reprieve at all
28:19
there.
28:20
>> But you could say Cara Circle. You could
28:21
say
28:22
>> I said I was going with
28:23
>> Okay. I'm like, there's lots of places
28:25
that's true.
28:25
>> But I do think there is something very,
28:28
very magical about the Hyperion, about
28:30
it being for younger families. a lot of
28:32
their first like theatrical experience.
28:35
Um, theater can sometimes be a little
28:37
bit more intimidating or it can come off
28:38
more hidy toy or what have you. And I
28:42
think being able to introduce
28:45
younger families to a shorter form
28:48
musical theater, getting to teach
28:50
theater etiquette, doing all those
28:52
things, I think that is a huge win. And
28:55
seats are comfortable and it's air
28:57
conditioned
28:58
>> and you can eat there.
28:59
>> And you can eat there. Yeah, I would
29:00
pick or I would pass also because I do
29:02
think there is something very special
29:04
about a Disney musical and and really
29:06
you look at the some of the greatest
29:08
stories come out that way and there's so
29:10
many options and I was definitely one of
29:12
the highlights on the Disney cruise and
29:14
so I just think um I think it opens up a
29:17
lot of possibilities. that also has been
29:20
incredibly hot this year. And I think
29:22
you need to have that reprieve and and I
29:25
think whether you know Aladdin or Frozen
29:28
or Blast if we go way back or Rogers the
29:30
musical um even if you'd head over to
29:33
you know where you've got Bluey now like
29:37
I think there's something to getting out
29:39
of the sun and getting to enjoy
29:41
something that only Disney can do
29:43
>> unless you're on Broadway which is
29:45
basically the same price as a day at
29:46
Disney anyway.
29:47
>> That's true. Um, all right. Final one.
29:49
Context. It rained last way last weekend
29:52
at the Disneyland Resort and we are
29:53
about to get a whole lot more rain if El
29:55
Nino the super El Nino actually arrives
29:57
like like they're predicting. So, pick
29:59
or pass. You head straight to Disneyland
30:02
Resort when a full rainy day is in the
30:04
forecast.
30:12
>> Pass.
30:12
>> I knew you were gonna say that.
30:14
>> Why did you know I was gonna say that? I
30:16
had a feeling.
30:17
>> I want
30:18
>> step in time. Good one.
30:20
>> On a rainy day, I want to stay on my
30:23
couch. I want to snuggle up in blankets
30:26
with my doggies. And I want to play my
30:29
Nintendo Switch and put something cozy
30:32
on the TV. I like to be, don't get me
30:35
wrong, I do love a day at Disneyland in
30:37
the rain. I think there's something very
30:38
magical. I also like being home and
30:41
opening the windows and listening to the
30:44
rain.
30:46
I love the rain. So, I'm gonna go with
30:48
pick and uh I will be on the Mark Twain
30:50
on the uh
30:52
>> Disneyland Railroad heading into uh
30:55
Opera House, all of those fun things
30:57
with my cup of coffee. I think there's
30:59
few things more magical than taking
31:01
pictures in the rain. And it's a whole
31:03
lot of fun. All right, we've reached the
31:05
time in the show where we've really been
31:07
doing a pretty good job of it, but it's
31:10
comments time.
31:16
Comments. Comments.
31:19
That's right. It is time for comments.
31:21
If you have anything you'd like us to
31:22
respond to, let us know in said comments
31:25
and we will keep our eyes open for a few
31:26
more minutes before heading on over to
31:28
Daps HQ for Daps After Dark. But, uh,
31:33
I'm I'm seeing lots of Well, it's back
31:35
and forth on the rain. We've got a
31:37
couple against, we got a couple for.
31:39
That's kind of fun. I literally always
31:42
have to work when it's raining. I just
31:44
want to stay at home and be cozy, light
31:46
a candle.
31:48
>> There you go. Um,
31:50
we did see the Muppet of the Week
31:52
requests at the the beginning of the
31:54
show and we will take that into
31:56
advisement for how it can be rebirthed.
31:58
>> I'll bring it to the right.
31:59
>> Um, however, you know, this thing's not
32:01
working. So, who knows, you know, like
32:03
pushing buttons, nothing happening. Um,
32:06
>> it's plugged in, right?
32:08
>> Yeah.
32:08
>> Okay. I literally did a test.
32:10
>> Sorry.
32:11
>> Two minutes before the show.
32:12
>> Sorry that my IT brain just asked a
32:14
question.
32:15
>> I Yeah, I don't know. It was bizarre.
32:18
Have you tried the new tees that they
32:20
have in the park? The Winnie the Pooh
32:21
ones replacing the Alice ones. No, we
32:23
have not.
32:23
>> That sounds fun.
32:25
>> That does sound fun. Carnation Cafe in
32:29
the rain. Also very good. I agree with
32:30
that.
32:31
>> Um
32:31
>> as long as you're in a good spot. I will
32:34
say with Winnie the Pooh though
32:36
>> is that to me immediately lends itself
32:39
to you're gonna put a lot of honey in
32:40
the tea and I don't put honey in my tea.
32:46
>> It's fine.
32:49
>> Do you don't put honey in your tea?
32:51
>> No, I drink it straight.
32:52
>> Yeah. Earl Gray hot
32:54
>> or whatever I have. Yeah.
32:56
>> Um
32:58
thanks Mr. Dabs. Thanks Davs. Thanks Mr.
33:00
Dabs. Thanks Davs. That's one of my
33:02
favorite geeks corner moments of all
33:03
time. Um, no, that that is tempting
33:07
though. That makes me want to go and
33:08
smell them. It also makes me wish, and
33:11
this is just me lamenting about tea. I
33:14
really do love to go into um the UK
33:17
pavilion at Epcot and just see all the
33:19
teas.
33:20
>> That's a good place for teas. I like the
33:22
tea pots and stuff, too.
33:23
>> There's no unbirth tea, so none have
33:26
chocolate anymore. The unbirth tea had
33:28
chocolate.
33:28
>> I wonder if that will change in like a
33:30
year, though. when uh the 100th
33:32
anniversary of Winnie the Pooh is moved
33:33
on. Like to me that could be it'll
33:35
probably be longer than that, but I
33:37
wonder if they bring that back just
33:39
because of Epcot.
33:42
>> Yes. Uh should we bring back Patty Cake?
33:45
>> Should we absolutely bring back Patty
33:48
Cake? That's classic. That's Kids are
33:52
missing out with no Patty Cake on their
33:54
birthdays at the Plaza like that. and
33:58
and the rest of us are missing out on
34:00
walking by while they're singing the
34:02
song. Like, yeah,
34:04
>> you're not wrong.
34:05
>> That That's
34:06
If you haven't you don't know what we're
34:08
talking about, look it up. Um I agree.
34:10
Patty Cake should come back. That was
34:12
>> Bring it back, cowards.
34:14
>> What a great way to celebrate a birthday
34:16
like that. That's I completely agree.
34:20
All right. Well, we are running out of
34:22
time for tonight. So, Katie, what should
34:24
people do? You should go to
34:27
dapsmagic.com
34:28
where maybe you can find something about
34:30
Patty Cake. Is that a
34:32
>> I don't know actually.
34:33
>> Is that YouTube?
34:35
>> I'm sure
34:36
>> somewhere there is Patty Cake. I don't
34:38
know.
34:39
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surprising me that pop up. But that is
35:12
all the time we have for you this week.
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We will see you around the corner. Bye.
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