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Taylor Swift Toy Story 5 - GEEKS CORNER - Episode #818
Jun 3, 2026
Welcome to Geeks Corner! This week, Mr. Daps and Caitie Bear are geeking out about Disney and positive stuff from Alaska! It is a fun week with some fun discussion! Check out the full lineup below!
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‘I Knew It, I Knew You’ Revealed as Taylor Swift Collaboration with Pixar https://dapsmagic.com/2026/06/taylor-swift-unveils-original-song-for-toy-story-5/
Disneyland Resort Magic Key Renewals to Include Disney Dining Card https://dapsmagic.com/2026/05/disneyland-magic-key-renewals-to-include-disney-dining-card/
Disney Shares Behind-the-Scenes Look at Making of Soarin’ Across America https://dapsmagic.com/2026/05/disney-gives-behind-the-scenes-look-at-soarin-across-america/
There’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow for Reimagined Carousel of Progress https://dapsmagic.com/2026/05/theres-a-great-big-beautiful-tomorrow-for-reimagined-carousel-of-progress/
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Welcome to Geeks Corner Alaska edition.
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We're in Alaska. Things are a little bit
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tricky. The sun never goes down and uh
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we're having a few technological
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difficulties. So, we're going to have a
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different opening tonight. It's me.
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Katie will be here in a minute with her
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voice. It's uh not quite perfect, but
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that's okay. We're going to have a fun
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show. Let's get back to Katie and Mr.
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apps in Alaska.
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>> I'm having a good time. Losing my voice
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was worth it. Um, the chat's always a
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super fun place to go hang out. Um, also
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go to dapshq.com.
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We do not have a post show for this show
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for uh tonight, but we have post shows
0:58
for other shows. Uh, we have a whole lot
1:00
of other things going up. We have like
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uh stuff from the trip that we're
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uploading there. All really good things.
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So, dabs hq.com.
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>> Perfect.
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>> Thank you.
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>> Yeah, there we go. Exciting. It has been
1:12
a big week. But before we get into all
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the exciting things going on this week,
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I would like to take a moment to invite
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you to join us at Disneyland on August
1:20
2nd, bright and early for this year's
1:22
Chalkwalk in the Park. You can join our
1:24
team at chalkwalk.org/dapsmagic.
1:26
Just look up Dapsmagic Chalkwalk on the
1:29
website. You'll find us. Um, join us,
1:31
walk with us, see all the characters,
1:33
see all the fun. It's a great day. You
1:34
won't want to miss it. And uh we hope
1:36
you'll be there.
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>> Yeah, join us. It's fun.
1:39
>> Speaking of fun things, Taylor Swift.
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>> I've heard of her.
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>> Yeah, you're a bit of a fan. Um Taylor
1:46
Swift has been teasing the fans, both
1:49
Pixar and Taylor Swift fans, for a
1:53
while, either brilliantly or
1:55
inadvertently, for about a month. And uh
1:58
this started about a month ago when
2:00
there was a brief countdown that went up
2:04
on her website. and then disappeared
2:05
really fast. And everybody's like, "Oh,
2:07
it's a mistake."
2:08
>> Which it probably was, but also there's
2:11
part of me that wonders, was this the
2:13
most brilliant way to tease?
2:16
>> She is the queen of Easter eggs.
2:17
>> I'm like, I could see it happening. So,
2:20
this happens a month ago. Fast forward
2:23
three and a halfish, three-ish weeks,
2:25
whatever. Sure. And these billboards
2:27
start showing up and they say TS, which
2:30
is, I believe, um, trademarked by
2:33
Taylor.
2:33
>> It is. And they were from Pixar. Like
2:36
they're they're the Toy Story font.
2:39
>> Toy Story font TS with the clouds in the
2:42
background. 13 clouds. Everybody knows
2:45
Taylor loves 13. All of that stuff. So
2:48
those start picking up. Then there comes
2:50
the video with Jesse dancing to Shake It
2:54
Off with the caption.
2:56
>> Uh well, she wasn't dancing to Shake It
2:59
Off, I believe. Or was she? But she was
3:01
dancing on the billboard and it says she
3:03
just makes the moves up as she goes.
3:04
>> There you go. And um to shake it off
3:07
>> there. That's what it is. And then
3:09
following that
3:11
this morning
3:13
>> yesterday morning, whenever it was,
3:15
we're in the middle of nowhere. Um
3:18
the
3:20
who posted first? I guess it was a
3:22
countdown first.
3:23
>> Yes. And then Pixar started doing a live
3:26
thing and then ultimately it was
3:29
revealed that there's a new song coming
3:33
to Toy Story 5
3:35
>> called
3:36
>> I knew it.
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>> I knew you.
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>> I knew you. So I knew it. I knew you.
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Um, it looks like we don't know a whole
3:45
lot about it, but apparently from what
3:48
we have heard in interviews so far, uh,
3:51
Taylor went in early for a very early
3:54
screening of the film and everybody felt
3:57
like she just nailed the character of
4:00
Jesse, like she understood her very
4:03
well. And I believe Taylor said she went
4:06
home and immediately wrote the song
4:07
after that in that like really swift of
4:10
her. So, this coming Friday, just what,
4:12
three days?
4:13
>> Mhm.
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>> Uh, on my birthday.
4:15
>> On your birthday. She's doing it for
4:16
you.
4:16
>> She's doing it for me. This is really
4:18
just for me. I'm not the world's biggest
4:19
Taylor Swift fan, but um that just goes
4:23
to show that she cares about all levels
4:25
of fans.
4:27
Um,
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anyway, this is when the song is being
4:31
released. Uh, and and you'll be able to
4:34
hear it before the movie if you want
4:37
that spoiler cuz I actually
4:39
>> he won't.
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>> I haven't decided. Like
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>> I don't think you're going to listen to
4:42
it.
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>> I might like I have done like it's in
4:46
that gray zone.
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>> It's fair.
4:48
>> Like I could see it happening. I could
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also be like maybe not. I don't know.
4:52
>> I will put on my my AirPod boxes and I
4:56
will listen to it and I will tell you.
4:58
>> I mean it'll probably actually be
5:00
Thursday night. like it says Friday, but
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you know it's the 9:00 cuz
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>> Eastern, you know, Eastern versus
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Pacific versus Alaska. Um because it'll
5:09
actually be
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>> will be 8:00
5:14
>> cuz I think the Inside Passage is an
5:16
hour. I don't know what time it is. Like
5:18
it who knows when it'll be. Um hopefully
5:20
this goes up at the right time because
5:23
>> you just never know. Um
5:25
>> this is why universal time is a thing
5:26
that exists. like it's it's still light
5:29
out in the middle of the night here.
5:33
Um
5:34
>> it's it's a bit like messing with your
5:36
mind.
5:37
>> Yeah. Yeah. And the sunsets are
5:39
gorgeous, but that's something else. Uh
5:42
anyway, coming out on Friday, whatever
5:44
time it is. Uh, it'll be in the film it
5:47
sounds like and I will be very curious
5:50
to see if it's like there's lots of
5:54
things that are teased if you look at
5:55
the artwork and the
5:58
>> picture that that Taylor shared and like
6:03
it seems to be connected with a
6:05
throwback.
6:06
>> Yes.
6:06
>> That we've seen in a teaser.
6:08
>> Yes.
6:08
>> Or a trailer. One of those. It does feel
6:11
like this is going to be like a not a
6:13
twist the knife moment, but it is going
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to be like a um
6:17
>> heart moment.
6:18
>> Yeah, it's gonna really really pull at
6:20
your heartstrings type of thing. Um
6:22
>> I personally think Taylor Swift is
6:24
really good at stuff like this.
6:25
>> Um I think
6:27
>> and you can sit here and you can call me
6:29
delusional as much as you want, but I do
6:31
think that Taylor Swift understands the
6:33
emotional experience very well
6:35
>> and she articulates it very well. So,
6:38
I'm really excited to see this in um a
6:41
Pixar film because I think it's just
6:43
going to capture it very very well. Um
6:48
and I also think that Taylor Swift um
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for people that have like the Jesse
6:53
uh that grew up with Jesse, all those
6:55
things like Taylor Swift connects.
6:58
>> She did that.
6:59
>> Yeah.
6:59
>> Yeah, that makes sense.
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>> But it's like Yeah. Like she writes to
7:03
that experience. Um, I think there's
7:05
going to be a whole new generation that
7:07
connects. Um, and it's was it Sarah
7:10
McGlaughlin that did the first one?
7:12
>> The When She Loved Me.
7:13
>> Yeah. And so it's like Sarah McGloaclin
7:16
in the 90s and Taylor Swift in the
7:18
2020s. It's like Yeah, of course.
7:21
>> Uh, I'm really excited. I think
7:23
>> I would argue Taylor is way bigger than
7:25
>> Well,
7:26
>> yes, but
7:29
um you know, biggest soldout tour of all
7:32
time, but I still think stuff like this
7:35
is really cool. Um I also firmly believe
7:38
that this isn't a marketing thing for
7:41
Pixar or for Taylor. I think this is
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just a
7:44
>> collaboration, a true like
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>> I think it's a Taylor gets excited about
7:47
things and she only does things that she
7:50
cares about. Well, I think we're seeing
7:52
more and more what a
7:54
>> Disney company fan she is and and the
7:57
whole family really like both both her
8:00
and the the Kelsey side of the family
8:02
too is that's coming and whether it's
8:05
going to Walt Disney World or you think
8:06
of how many things she's put on Disney
8:09
Plus
8:10
>> because it's kind of fits her brand also
8:13
and um and just like the post with Bob
8:17
Iger or the post like because she's had
8:19
enough of those through the years where
8:21
it's just kind of like, oh, clearly
8:23
there's a bit of a relationship there
8:25
and and they can make things like this
8:27
happen, which will be fun to see if
8:28
there's anything more. And
8:31
the the part that will be interesting to
8:33
see is I think they just had the
8:36
premiere for the film in um London.
8:40
>> Yes.
8:41
>> So, somehow they kept it a secret.
8:44
>> Well done. But it'll be interesting to
8:46
see if she shows up at like a Los
8:48
Angeles premiere or a you know like
8:51
>> could be
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>> it's possible. I don't know like that
8:53
that's you never know. Anyway, I think
8:55
it'll be great. It'll be fun. Uh I'm
8:57
looking forward to hearing it and uh
8:59
seeing the movie. I think this is I
9:01
think this is going to be
9:05
in the upper half of Toy Story movies
9:08
now that we're saying it. Like it could
9:11
be three, it could be two. Like I'm
9:13
betting it'll be better than Toy Story 2
9:16
and Toy Story 4, I guess, is what I'm
9:17
saying.
9:18
>> Well, yeah.
9:20
>> And it's gonna be very hard to beat the
9:21
original. It's very hard to beat three.
9:23
>> I was going to say,
9:24
>> so I'm predicting this ends up being the
9:27
third best.
9:28
>> I was going to say, is three your top or
9:30
is original your top?
9:31
>> It kind of goes back and forth because
9:33
they each have they each have really
9:36
strong things in them.
9:38
>> And um
9:39
>> I also don't think Toy Story 2 is bad.
9:41
>> Oh, it's fun. I just think that three
9:44
and the original knock it out of the
9:46
park so well that
9:48
>> and then I just wasn't a fan of four.
9:50
Like it just didn't connect for me. Um
9:52
>> some people like it.
9:53
>> Yeah,
9:54
>> that's great. Uh all right, moving right
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along. For you Magic Key holders, now
9:58
when you renew your Magic Key, you can
10:00
get up to $100
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on a Disney dining gift card.
10:05
>> Up to
10:06
>> Yes, because it's different levels.
10:07
>> Oh, got it. Got it. Got it. I was like
10:10
>> Mhm. I think it believes it starts at 25
10:12
at the bottom and then it goes all the
10:13
way up to to 100. And uh I think this is
10:17
an interesting thing. We haven't had
10:18
perks like this in a while. We used to
10:20
get um wasn't like a $100 off if you
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renewed
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>> I believe
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>> back in the day. I think it was like a
10:26
$100 off you got if you renewed and it
10:28
was you had to renew before your renewed
10:31
date.
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>> Wasn't there also the 13month thing
10:34
>> they had that for a while too? Yeah.
10:36
There's been a couple of of perks for
10:40
either annual passes or Magic Keys
10:41
through the years. Not as much for Magic
10:43
Keys.
10:43
>> No.
10:44
>> Um, but it is interesting because I do
10:46
think it's Disney acting on what Thomas
10:50
Masloom said of really trying to
10:53
continue to build trust to really engage
10:56
and connect with the customers and be
10:58
more hospitable and and hear them. And I
11:01
think that's something that has been
11:03
spoken by the community is there isn't
11:06
the same level of
11:08
um connection I guess that used to be
11:11
>> with annual p like with annual passes
11:15
how many people you could think of that
11:16
were super proud of being an annual
11:18
passholder to Disneyland and how they um
11:22
you know super they just love
11:24
>> the magnets the
11:25
>> Yeah. And I think they're getting that
11:27
back with magnets because those will
11:28
still be distributed as well. I think
11:30
they said within six to eight weeks of
11:32
renewing you get your magnet and and
11:34
then this and
11:36
>> you know the special character things or
11:38
theor I think they're just trying to
11:42
go the extra mile and and kind of build
11:45
on what worked in the past that maybe
11:47
got lost along the way during the
11:49
pandemic or you know whatever all that
11:51
stuff. But I think it's a great thing.
11:52
It should be acknowledged and applauded.
11:56
Thank you, Disney. And um anything is on
11:59
it.
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>> I think I've seen some people like why I
12:01
would prefer a discount. What I will
12:03
say, what I will say, I do not know a
12:06
single Magic Key holder that does not
12:08
spend money on food or beverage at
12:12
Disneyland Resort. Um, if you are a
12:15
magic keyh holder out there that you
12:16
bring your own like sandwiches and you
12:18
pack a lunch every single time you come
12:19
to the parks, that is incredible and I
12:22
love that for you. Um, but I think that
12:25
that is $100 that a a Magic Keyholder
12:28
would spend anyway. Um, we have already
12:31
>> or now you could
12:32
>> I think we have already talked about how
12:34
we would potentially use ours. Um,
12:38
>> caraser.
12:39
>> Um,
12:40
>> that's like we did.
12:41
>> We did. Yeah, we discussed it. It's
12:43
fine. Okay.
12:44
>> Um, but I I think that this is a good
12:46
benefit. I I don't want to sit here and
12:48
say, "Yay, corporation, but this is
12:52
something that they do not have to do.
12:54
People are renewing their magic keys
12:56
anyway." Um, and so it is really cool to
12:59
get a perk like this. Um, and I am very
13:03
excited about it. Yes, I was going to
13:05
renew either way. This does not
13:06
incentivize me to renew.
13:09
>> I'm sure it does incentivize some
13:10
people. Yeah, we've known a lot of
13:12
people that have
13:13
>> that tapped out finally. Uh yeah, it'll
13:16
be interesting to see what it does, the
13:17
reaction. I think
13:19
>> it'll be positive and I think it'll be
13:21
one of those things too that as more
13:22
people actually get it and word of mouth
13:25
spreads about it. Um I think that will
13:28
help too because I will admit with so
13:30
much news happening all the time with
13:32
Disney, things like this often get lost.
13:35
And because, you know, think of all of
13:37
the things going, you know, like most of
13:39
the stories that went out yesterday are
13:41
going to be all Taylor Swift.
13:42
>> Yeah.
13:43
>> Like, so that's just going to eat up
13:44
anything that came out, whether it's a
13:45
new, you know, the Trader Sam's 15year
13:49
cup thing or
13:51
>> That's cool.
13:52
>> It is. Or like there was lots of other
13:54
things happening, but those will get
13:57
swallowed by the bigger stories, and
13:59
that happens a lot. Um, and I feel like
14:01
Disneyland, it happens to even more
14:03
because, you know, Disneyland does this
14:06
and it's like, "Oh, well, Walt Disney
14:07
World's building an entire Tropical
14:09
Americas or, you know,
14:11
>> Walt Disney World got rid of their
14:13
Rivers of America for cars." And then
14:15
you go, "Huh?"
14:17
>> Yeah. Like there's there's there's other
14:19
stories that are happening all of the
14:21
time or or Star Wars or Pix, you know,
14:23
like there's just stuff happening all
14:25
the time. So, um, hat tip to to
14:27
Disneyland for doing this. I think this
14:29
is great and I'm looking forward to uh
14:31
spending that money. Like that'll
14:33
that'll be
14:34
why not, right? All right. We also have
14:38
kids rule summer going on at the
14:40
Disneyland Resort, which there's Bluey,
14:43
there's uh dance parties that are a
14:45
whole lot of fun in both
14:47
>> pin trading,
14:48
>> Disney Theater in Disney California
14:50
Adventure, and then over in Tomorrowland
14:52
at Tomorrowland Terrace, there are pin
14:54
trading stations that you can uh that
14:56
are made specifically for kids. It's
14:58
fantastic. Um it's adorable, too. And
15:02
and I think that is what Disney's all
15:04
about because you get to watch the
15:06
parents kind of like um encourage these
15:09
like the one I went by on was it Sunday?
15:13
>> Mhm.
15:13
>> A week ago, Sunday. Um which was like
15:17
the first weekend or something. It was
15:19
close. Um, it was cute because there was
15:22
a lot of like little littles, like four
15:25
year olds and they're kind of being like
15:28
urged up and they're not entirely sure
15:30
what's doing and then they start
15:32
figuring out like, oh, I get to trade.
15:35
Like it it's it's fun to watch the
15:37
discovery happen and the magic happen
15:39
that way. And um I'm looking forward to
15:42
it becoming I guess more stream like not
15:45
streamlined like
15:47
>> more little kids being used to it and
15:49
like getting it. And I think that's just
15:52
I think it's great. Like they said they
15:54
were going to focus on making Disneyland
15:55
Resort in particular more
15:58
>> accessible for families. And this is
16:00
just one more thing that is this a huge
16:02
thing for Disney to do? No. They're
16:04
adding a cast member or two and some
16:06
signs and booklets and stuff. But I
16:09
think those gestures and those little
16:11
gifts really go a long way.
16:14
>> I also think it is introducing a new
16:16
generation to the love and the magic of
16:18
the Disney Resort because pin trading is
16:21
a really cool thing that you can just
16:22
like do at Disneyland and you're not
16:25
waiting in lines and you get to talk to
16:28
cast members and
16:29
>> like ideally it's teaching good people
16:30
skills. Yeah, I was going to say it's
16:32
building social skills for a lot, but
16:34
>> I very vividly remember um my dad and I
16:37
pin trading together when I was a kid.
16:40
>> And so it's like those are memories that
16:41
it's like
16:42
>> that is such a unique experience because
16:45
everybody can, you know, queue up and go
16:48
on Indiana Jen's Adventure, but pin
16:50
trading is such a unique experience that
16:53
is unique to each guest. Um, and like we
16:57
saw getting to see littles build that
17:00
social skill or learning like know kids
17:05
don't always know the pleasantries of
17:07
please and thank you and so
17:08
>> it's figuring all that stuff out
17:11
like cutest thing in the world.
17:14
>> Anyway, want more of that.
17:15
>> Yes, very good. Keep it up. Love all of
17:18
that. Um, they also revealed because we
17:20
will have Soaring Across America
17:22
arriving at Disney California Adventure
17:24
on July 2nd. Can't wait. It's already
17:26
open in Florida. If you want to watch
17:29
videos, they're all over the place. Um,
17:32
but I think one of the coolest things
17:34
they did this time around is they showed
17:35
a behind-the-scenes video of the making
17:38
of Saurin. So, you're seeing the
17:40
production team. You're seeing the
17:43
helicopters both inside and out. and it
17:45
looked like it was mainly from the Grand
17:47
Canyon scene. And uh spoiler alert,
17:50
there's a Grand Canyon scene. Um but the
17:54
the video is also set to the music from
17:59
Saurin from the new Saurin and it's
18:01
gorgeous. Like they did a fantastic job.
18:04
And I love it because you can see like
18:07
one of the best parts is when you see
18:09
the people in the the rafts
18:11
>> that's my
18:11
>> in the river and they're like really
18:14
slow like don't move too fast like
18:17
helicopters coming like
18:19
>> it's a shot.
18:21
>> It's really funny. Um, but it's it's
18:24
cool to see them setting up the shots
18:26
and it's also cool getting to see this
18:29
after talking to Tom Fitzgerald a couple
18:31
weeks ago and hearing the backstory of
18:34
like how much work and how much travel
18:38
and and how many shots was it 900 shots
18:41
I think he said that they did to narrow
18:44
it down to a 4 and a half minute
18:46
>> which is insane
18:47
>> video or attraction. Yeah, it's
18:49
absolutely insane. And this just adds to
18:52
the level, I think, of
18:54
awesome for this attraction. Like, I
18:56
kind of wish we had it for all three
18:58
versions because like it really does
19:01
provide a context for what goes into
19:05
creating this and they did it in one
19:06
year, which I'm sure they had more time
19:08
for the other ones. And um I thought it
19:11
was great.
19:11
>> Yeah, I think it's really cool. I also
19:14
think it's really fun to see the
19:15
production team behind it and like
19:17
directing the shots and things like
19:18
that.
19:19
>> Um, I will say my biggest takeaway.
19:23
>> Okay, stay with me here.
19:25
>> My biggest takeaway is I wish that we
19:27
could reduce over California with this
19:29
technology
19:32
like the 4K.
19:33
>> Oh, so like upscale it or Okay, so not
19:36
refilm it
19:37
>> if it needs to be refilmed.
19:39
>> Oh, okay. Because I don't know if the
19:40
original footage
19:41
>> Do you think they can get Michael Eisner
19:42
to come in and
19:43
>> I Okay, that's the thing I was going to
19:44
say. If we have to refilm it, Michael
19:46
Eisner has to hit that golf ball
19:48
>> or would you have Josh Dearo do it?
19:50
>> No, I would have Michael Eisner do it
19:52
and in that crowd with him would be Josh
19:55
would be Bob.
19:56
>> Okay, there you go.
19:56
>> Like, you know, and it
19:59
that is what I want to see. Uh I just I
20:01
think
20:02
>> I think they could upscale it.
20:03
>> Do you think they could?
20:04
>> Absolutely. Because it's digital now.
20:06
Like if they can make it digital, you
20:08
can upscale it.
20:09
>> Oh, okay. So that's my person.
20:11
>> Technology is everything. I think I
20:13
think they could make it happen.
20:14
>> I also really love um to see what goes
20:18
behind it because like obviously in the
20:20
back of our minds, we know, oh, this
20:22
wasn't just like a random rowboat that
20:24
we filmed
20:26
>> in the Everglades or what have you. Um
20:29
like yes this was produced but it is
20:32
really fun to just see it and be like oh
20:36
what was your job for Saurin across
20:38
America? It's like well row
20:42
row and that's so fun.
20:44
>> Good for them for setting those cameras
20:45
up like that was that was impressive
20:48
too.
20:49
>> We're big fans of things being practical
20:50
whenever they can be. Um I'm always very
20:54
pro practical. Um, and so to see that it
20:57
was practical and to see that behind the
20:59
scenes shot. Um, obviously it's most
21:02
likely not going to be in the final
21:03
attraction, but I will be looking and be
21:05
like, do I see the camera that was
21:07
filming?
21:08
>> Maybe it is.
21:09
>> Maybe.
21:09
>> Why not? Like,
21:10
>> maybe.
21:10
>> I mean, cuz they do film videos like
21:13
that on Raft. So, why not?
21:15
>> Yeah.
21:15
>> Like that could be the normal thing. Uh,
21:17
who knows? It'll be fun to see though.
21:19
>> It will be fun to see.
21:19
>> So, July 2nd, we will have uh coverage
21:22
of that up as it comes and it'll be a
21:24
blast.
21:25
Uh, speaking of going back to what we
21:27
were talking about earlier, stories that
21:29
come out of Florida, it was a big story
21:31
this week and that was a great big
21:33
beautiful tomorrow for Carousel of
21:35
Progress, which is getting more than
21:37
just Walt Disney and audio animatronic
21:39
form. It is getting four new decades.
21:42
Well, actually, it's not because
21:44
technically one of the decades was kind
21:46
of I guess not
21:47
>> the future.
21:49
>> Well,
21:51
yeah, like you could make an argument
21:53
that there was kind of I was actually
21:55
thinking the 60s. Oh. Um,
21:57
>> okay.
21:57
>> I was like, hm, kind of, but also not.
22:00
So, Walt Disney will be introducing the
22:03
uh new Carousel of Progress 2, 3, 4,
22:06
5.0, 4.0, I don't know. One of us.
22:08
>> This is not Carousel of Progress's first
22:10
rodeo.
22:10
>> No, because you have the one in uh
22:13
World's Fair Disneyland
22:15
original uh
22:16
>> Magic Kingdom.
22:17
>> Magic Kingdom 94 Magic Kingdom, which
22:20
has been updated
22:22
>> 4.0, 5.0, 0 6.0 whatever. Um anyway,
22:26
Walt Disney will introduce it now and uh
22:29
this will be from a a a television
22:32
program I believe from 1964 that this
22:35
will be recreating kind of a thing. And
22:38
then it will go into the new first scene
22:40
which will be 1969 and the carousel
22:44
family will be all crowded around the TV
22:46
just like many millions of people were
22:48
in 1969 when humankind first landed on
22:52
the moon. Yeah.
22:53
>> And so that will be the first scene.
22:55
Second scene will be uh Halloween and
22:59
that will be in 1985, which is kind of
23:02
crazy. And not in a bad way, just in a I
23:05
remember that era.
23:07
>> You remember Halloween of 1985?
23:09
>> Um I don't remember what I was, but like
23:12
that's an
23:14
>> That'd be a great Instagram.
23:15
>> Who knows?
23:16
>> We should find that picture. I don't
23:17
know that it exists, but um
23:20
>> they weren't they weren't digital then.
23:22
Um then we'll fast forward to and and
23:25
during the 85 segment, Sarah is going to
23:29
show off some of the different
23:32
technologies that they have in the house
23:33
of the day. And John will be passing out
23:36
candy and Uncle Orville will be
23:38
complaining about privacy um from his
23:40
bathroom.
23:41
>> No privacy around here. And um so that
23:45
will all be happening in here, which
23:46
tells us there will be nods to the past
23:48
as they move into the future. Great. Uh
23:50
then we move to 1999. It's New Year's
23:52
Eve and it's the internet. The
23:55
internet's arrived as we're we're
23:57
heading into YT Y2K and
24:00
>> the millennium.
24:01
>> New Year's Eve 99 is a great pick.
24:03
>> That's it's a good choice and I
24:05
distinctly remember that one too. Um,
24:08
and then the last scene will be the
24:11
distant future of the family living in
24:15
space and space travel and all of this.
24:18
I think they're living in space. That's
24:19
how I read it.
24:20
>> Very mission space. They're not
24:22
spaceship Earth or Horizon.
24:24
>> Yeah. I was like to me it jumped out
24:25
like Horizon's I was like oo are we
24:28
going to get some nods to Horizons in
24:30
this row? Like I would be okay with that
24:32
would make me happy. But
24:34
>> uh four new scenes.
24:35
>> Yeah. um you know they're basically if
24:39
you look at what they're doing the
24:40
original version in the '60s was going
24:42
back about 60ish years um to the turn of
24:46
the century and then moved forward
24:48
through time at these interviews
24:51
intervals. Now it's 60 years later since
24:55
the original and they're going back 60
24:57
years again. And I think there's
24:58
something smart about that. For as much
25:01
as the original was,
25:05
I mean, it was a fun historic look at at
25:08
a period of or periods of time for us,
25:12
>> but with every year that went by, fewer
25:15
and fewer people could be like, "Oh,
25:17
yeah. I remember that.
25:19
>> I experienced that." And and I think it
25:22
goes from something here to here. And
25:26
yes, there's the connection with the
25:28
Sherman brothers and there's the fans
25:31
like the core fans love this attraction.
25:34
We're one of we're among them. Like we
25:36
do not miss Carousel Progress when we go
25:37
to Florida.
25:38
>> Never.
25:39
>> But we have to remember there's a bigger
25:42
picture. And as Thomas Maslin told us a
25:44
couple months ago, and now he's in
25:46
charge of everything, he doesn't want to
25:49
only cater to the super fans. He also
25:51
wants to be able to cater to everybody.
25:53
Like Disney
25:56
Walt Disney didn't say to all Disney
25:58
fans who come here, welcome. You said to
26:00
all who come here, welcome. And all who
26:02
come to this happy place, welcome.
26:04
Before I get the quote wrong, waffles.
26:06
>> Um, but
26:08
>> that means you have to kind of take into
26:11
into account when you're coming up with
26:12
these updates. What is the
26:16
average
26:17
Magic Kingdom guest? I almost said
26:19
Disneyland. Um, but what's the average
26:21
Magic Kingdom guest? What are they going
26:23
to connect with? Yeah. And so by
26:25
changing these times, you're going to
26:27
have grandparents being like, "Oh yeah,
26:29
I remember watching the moon landing and
26:33
you're going to have other people that
26:34
are going to be like, "Oh yeah, I
26:36
remember New Year's Eve 99. I remember
26:38
Halloween 85." And probably parents or
26:42
whatever. And what that's going to do is
26:45
it's going to create connection points
26:47
between the fans that are watching the
26:50
show where there's there's that
26:52
nostalgia and that connection of like
26:55
this was my shared experience. like
26:57
there'll be that shared experience
26:58
moment
26:59
>> and that ability to connect with younger
27:02
that didn't necessarily experience this
27:05
or maybe it was in movies or you know
27:07
cuz all of these eras now are shown way
27:10
more in movies than perhaps the ones
27:12
that came before and um and I think it
27:15
it just creates a broader audience
27:20
that's going to connect with the show
27:22
hopefully um for Disney and I think they
27:24
have a good track record like I think
27:26
they can make this happen and it'll be
27:28
fun.
27:28
>> Do you have anything you want to add?
27:29
>> I do have many things I want to add. Um,
27:31
I think that Carousel of Progress is an
27:33
excellent edutainment attraction. Um, I
27:37
think that it is not meant to be a
27:40
history of the world. I think it is
27:42
meant to be in this lifetime. Look at
27:44
how far we've come for technology. Um,
27:46
I've seen some people argue not that
27:49
much has happened in recent history. And
27:51
I'm like,
27:52
>> more has happened recently than all
27:54
>> I'm almost like you're you're saying
27:56
this online from what a computer in your
27:59
pocket. That's crazy. So, I do think
28:02
this is going to be a really cool look
28:03
at the digital age because you think the
28:06
things that we have in our pocket, the
28:08
thing that we're recording this on now
28:09
is more sophisticated than what they
28:10
went to the moon with. So, we start with
28:13
that and it's it's looking into the
28:15
technology, it's looking into the
28:16
digital age and like how we grow from
28:18
that. Um,
28:20
and I really hope there's a nod to Y2K
28:23
because that was kind of
28:24
>> I'm sure there has to be
28:25
>> New Year's Eve 99 has to be intentional,
28:28
but it's like that was the scary un It's
28:31
kind of scary unknown of like what's
28:33
going to happen?
28:34
>> Are all the computers going to crash?
28:36
>> Are all the computer like are they built
28:37
to handle a new year or a new millennia?
28:41
And so I think that's really fun. Um,
28:44
and then going into the distant future
28:45
and like you said, being very Horizon's,
28:48
very spaceship Earth future scene. Um, I
28:52
think it's going to be really cool and
28:55
like you said, I'm really excited for
28:56
families to be able to have that
28:58
connection point. Um, I also want to
29:01
remind everyone that the Disney parks
29:03
were never supposed to be a museum.
29:05
They're never supposed to memorialize
29:07
points in history.
29:09
um they are always changing, growing as
29:12
long as there's imagination left in the
29:14
world. Disneyland asterisk all Disney
29:16
parks will never be complete. Um and so
29:19
I think this is just a really fun way to
29:20
tell a new story and um I still hope
29:23
that there's a now is the best time
29:26
reference. Um I hope that obviously
29:29
there's a great Beautiful Tomorrow has
29:30
to stay in my opinion.
29:32
>> I think they said that happened, but
29:33
that's already been announced.
29:34
>> Thank goodness. Um but yeah, I'm
29:36
excited. I think this is going to be
29:37
really fun and videos exist of the
29:40
attraction in its current state for a
29:42
reason. You can always go back and
29:44
revisit that. So,
29:45
>> well, and the thing this will also do
29:47
just to continue to connect it with the
29:49
past while moving into the future is
29:51
originally the concept was technology
29:55
changes, we remain like people are still
29:57
the same. And this will continue that
30:00
story and that vision that Walt Disney
30:03
had 60 some odd years ago. And I think
30:06
that's a fantastic thing. Like it it
30:09
keeps true to that that legacy that Walt
30:12
really set back in 19, you know, 64 on
30:18
that show. Um anyway,
30:20
>> I can't wait for it. It'll be fun. It's
30:22
going to open sometime next year. So,
30:24
uh, hopefully we will get to go out and
30:25
see that cuz I think that one will be
30:27
one, uh, that I think it's going to be
30:30
one of those things that are way more
30:32
popular than maybe people would
30:34
initially think and and I expect that to
30:37
be a lot of fun. But we are running out
30:39
of time. So, Katie, what should people
30:41
do? You should go to dapsmagic.com. You
30:44
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30:45
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30:54
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30:55
tonight. There is no DAPS after dark.
30:58
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31:00
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31:01
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31:03
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31:07
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31:09
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31:17
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31:19
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31:21
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31:22
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31:25
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31:27
the time we have for you this week. So
31:28
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31:32
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