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Here is your Disney News for Sunday, April 27th, 2025 - Tokyo DisneySea celebrates the grand opening of Fantasy Springs, featuring attractions inspired by "Frozen," "Tangled," and "Peter Pan." - Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando prepares to open "Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana" at Epcot for an interactive water adventure. - California Adventure Park hosts "Awesome Mix Live" with Guardians of the Galaxy, featuring music and treats. - Disney+ launches "Disney Villains," a new series delving into the stories of iconic Disney villains. Have a magical day and tune in again tomorrow for more updates.
Disneyland parkgoer escorted out of "California Adventure Park' for sneaking her kids in, Colorado wildfire was caused by some guy trying to cremate his dog, "Claude the Claw" is not your average chicken sandwich
This week we continue our discussion on Early Entry, this time over at Disney California Adventure. Is it worth waking up early for this Disney hotel perk at California Adventure Park? We talk about why we think you might be able to skip this one, plus we talk about if Early Entry affects off-site guests rope drop strategy or not. Remeber to grab your FREE Early Entry Strategies at https://castletalkradio.com/freebies Want Disneyland Discounts & More? Keep Reading: Using the links below helps support our channel as we may earn a small commission. You still get amazing deals! Our listeners get the best Disneyland ticket deals by using our partners at Get Away Today You can unlock our exclusive pricing by visiting https://getawaytoday.com/castletalk OR by calling 855-438-2929 and asking for the Castle Talk Radio EXCLUSIVE pricing. Join the Castle Talk Radio Patreon for early access, input on future episodes and more https://patreon.com/castletalkradio Plan out your Disneyland visit with help from Jessica's AMAZING (per Becca) Park Strategy Plans. You can get one or more of them here: Disneyland Plans To Rock Your Vacation: https://transactions.sendowl.com/stores/17044/214142 About Becca & Jessica Becca Robins has been helping families create memories via her website This Crazy Adventure Called Life for more than 12 years. Her focus is on helping families plan vacations within their budget and lifestyle. Becca is an expert on all things SoCal Theme Parks as well as West Coast Travel, and is currently working to expand her coverage to the rest of the United States. Jessica Sanders has been helping guests navigate their Disneyland vacations for more than 10 years at The Happiest Blog On Earth. Jessica is a SoCal Disneyland gal at heart, even though she currently lives out of state. Jessica specializes in helping guests learn how to utilize Disneyland's ever-changing amenities such as Disney Genie, Genie+, and Lightning Lanes at Disneyland. Jessica is also our resident foodie and is able to help you plan what Disneyland food you must try for your visit.
Kent French joins the alumni at Ducks Days at Disney day two! Frenchie is joined by Ryan Miller, Kevin Bieksa, Emerson Etem, Guy Hebert and Trent Sullivan. Here from each of them as they enjoy the day at Disney's California Adventure Park.
The Festival of the Holidays at Disney's California Adventure Park integrates all the seasonal diversity into one incredible festival. In this episode, Renee shares her experience at this year's festival. In particular, we walk around the park with her as she visits all the wonderful food booths. This is a festival you do not want... The post Festival of the Holidays Event and Food Recap appeared first on My Mickey Podcast.
On today's episode, we are live from California! We traveled to Disneyland Resort to check out Disneyland Park, Disney's California Adventure Park, and Downtown Disney! We had a fantastic time in the familiar yet not familiar surroundings!
We're headed to the west coast on this one at the original park—the one, the only, Disneyland. Squish on in as we discuss the differences and similarities between WDW Florida and what us east coasters think of Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure Park. Enjoy this final bonus episode of Season Two and hold on tight for the upcoming Season Three of The Victory Couch. Disneyland https://disneyland.disney.go.com/ California Adventure Park https://disneyland.disney.go.com/destinations/disney-california-adventure Astro Orbiter Big Thunder Mountain Railroad The Gadget Coaster “The Goofy rollercoaster” - Barnstormer Haunted Mansion Jungle Cruise Mickey's Philharmagic Smuggler's Run Peter Pan's Flight Pirates of the Caribbean Small World Soarin' Space Mountain Star Tours Rise of the Resistance Toy Story Mania Turtle Talk with Crush Pirates of the Caribbean Mr. Toad's Wild Ride Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage Matterhorn Bobsled Indiana Jones Adventure Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin Snow White's Enchanted Wish The Little Mermaid- Ariel's Undersea Adventure Radiator Springs Racers Luigi's Honkin' Haul-O-Ween Cozy Cone Motel Monsters Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue World of Color Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT! Incredicoaster Pixar Pier Big Hero Six San Fransokoyo Square Golden Zephyr The Silly Symphony Swings Kayla's Cakes https://thekaylascake.com/downtown-disney-anaheim-macarons/ Genie and Genie + Services https://disneyland.disney.go.com/genie/get-started/?int_cmp=INS-intDLRtoDLR-Get-Started Lightning Lane https://disneyland.disney.go.com/genie/lightning-lane/ Hidden Mickeys https://a.co/d/61DJMVT Where's Waldo https://a.co/d/7A64OYK Downtown Disney https://disneyland.disney.go.com/destinations/downtown-disney-district/?CMP=OKC-336978_BP_DLR_destination_downtowndisneydistrict_NA Ariel, The Little Mermaid https://princess.disney.com/ariel The Little Mermaid (2023) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5971474/ Mickey Mouse https://mickey.disney.com/ Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique https://disneyland.disney.go.com/shops/disneyland/bibbidi-bobbidi-boutique/ VIP tours https://disneyland.disney.go.com/events-tours/vip-tours/ Grandmaster Anthony Hockley https://crocodilemartialarts.com.au/instructors/anthony-hockley/ Disney Institute https://www.disneyinstitute.com/ Disney Cruise https://disneycruise.disney.go.com/ Enneagram Three https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/type-3/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thevictorycouch/message
On this week's episode you'll have the chance to listen to the newest show at Disney's California Adventure Park, Rogers': The Musical!. What started as a spoof on Disney+'s “Hawkeye”, the story has now been expanded to a larger-than-life one-act musical playing at the Hypericon Theatre from June 30th to Aug 31.
Gravity Group's President, Steve Gilman, and Vice President, Lindsey Laughlin, share stories from the world of brand and marketing, bringing you insights on successful and unsuccessful campaigns, brands, and marketing tactics. In this episode, they discuss lifestyle branding with YETI and the story of Disney California Adventure Park's brand withdrawal.This is Brand Story, a podcast celebrating the stories of real people who are making an impact on brands, business, and the world around them. Episodes feature guests from a variety of backgrounds who bring their own unique perspectives to the conversation.Brand Story is created and produced by Gravity Group, a full-service brand and marketing agency, and is hosted by Gravity Group President, Steve Gilman.Links and Information From the Episode Here: https://www.gravitygroup.com/podcast/xxxxxxxxContinue the conversation on social:For more of Brand Story, check out our LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/gravitygroupmarketing), where we'll post previews and highlights of shows, behind-the-scenes sneak peeks, plus other marketing news you can use.We're also on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/gravitygroupFacebook — https://www.facebook.com/gravitygroupmarketingChapters(0:00) Introduction of Episode(1:00) Steve's Introduction to Lifestyle Branding (1:25) YETI's Lifestyle Brand(2:00) Your Brand as a Sidekick(3:27) Creating a Community Around Your Brand(4:50) Knowing Your Audience's Needs(6:18) When Lifestyle Branding Doesn't Work(7:56) Lindsey's Brand Introduction - California Adventure Park(8:33) The Jobs to Be Done Theory(9:00) The History of California Adventure Park(10:16) The Missing Disney Experience(14:36) Outro
Disney Park foodies, Kristen Hoetzel, Cat Arcori, Aljon Go, and Big Bubba Alvarez break down all the limited-time food and drink offerings for the Flavors of Florida presented by CORKCICLE at Disney Springs - Walt Disney World Resort event. The team also chat about Rogers: the Musical coming to Disney's California Adventure Park, new food and drink offerings at the Walt Disney World Resort, PLUS the latest Walt Disney World Resort travel deal! BOOK YOUR VACATION TODAY! Book your next Disney Parks, Universal, or cruise vacation with Kristen, e-mail her at themeparksandcruises@gmail.com. - PODCAST SPONSORS: GATOR FRAMEWORKS - Stands and accessories for podcasters, content creators, music, lighting, and AV equipment. Visit https://gatorframeworks.com/ - AFFILIATE LINKS: KINGDOM STROLLERS ORLANDO - https://www.kingdomstrollers.com/?ref=kristenhoetzelgo - AMAZON - https://amzn.to/3HKYfQm - DISNEY STORE - https://bit.ly/3t3joRT - GARDEN GROCER - https://bit.ly/3JQC5yj - VISIT OUR SITE http://diningatdisney.com/ - FOLLOW THE TEAM! Kristen Hoetzel http://www.instagram.com/diningatdisney/ - Cat Arcori - http://www.instagram.com/cat_astrophe/ - Producer - Aljon Go http://www.instagram.com/aljongo/ - Big Bubba Alvarez http://www.instagram.com/big_bubba_b - MUSIC - Dining at Disney Theme - World Map by Jason Farnham. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/diningatdisney/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/diningatdisney/support
What do you do when you rope drop in Disneyland? Bay spills from her recent trip including intel on changes in Downtown Disney, and additions to Disneyland and California Adventure Park. Email Bay and Laura and tell them what YOU do!
In today's episode we cruise Sniffies at Disney's California Adventure Park, rank our top four places to cry in Los Angeles, launch our hard-to-reach service Task Grabbit, celebrate Estevan's national holiday, April's Fool & much more! Be a part of the show-- call the Gay Cousins Hotline 310-431-9788 and leave us a voicemail (chisme, questions, advice, good news!) Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and listen every Tuesday for a new episode! And be sure to follow us on Instagram & Twitter: tiktok.com/@yourgaycousins instagram.com/YourGayCousins twitter.com/YourGayCousins yourgaycousins.com/shop
Disney Park Foodies, Kristen Hoetzel, Bubba Alvarez, and Aljon Go celebrate Ashley Eckstein's ‘Star Wars Everyday' Book Release on Nov. 5 with event and book details along with Marvel Studios' new film, "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" and the celebration of food and drink at Avengers Campus at California Adventure Park. BOOK YOUR VACATION TODAY! Book your next Disney Parks, Universal, or cruise vacation with Kristen today! E-mail her at themeparksandcruises@gmail.com. PODCAST SPONSORS: SHURE - The Dining at Disney Podcast uses the Shure MV7 Podcast Microphone bundle! Thanks to Shure for sponsoring this episode. Learn more at: https://www.shure.com/en-US/products/microphones/mv7?variant=MV7-K-BNDLGATOR FRAMEWORKS - Stands and accessories for podcasters, content creators, music, lighting, and AV equipment. Visit https://gatorframeworks.com/ AFFILIATE LINKS: KINGDOM STROLLERS ORLANDO - https://www.kingdomstrollers.com/?ref=kristenhoetzelgoAMAZON - https://amzn.to/3HKYfQmDISNEY STORE - https://bit.ly/3t3joRTGARDEN GROCER - https://bit.ly/3JQC5yj VISIT OUR SITE http://diningatdisney.com/ FOLLOW THE TEAM! Kristen Hoetzel http://www.instagram.com/diningatdisney/ - Cat Arcori - http://www.instagram.com/cat_astrophe/ - Producer - Aljon Go http://www.instagram.com/aljongo/ - Vincent "Big Bubba" Alvarez - http://www.instagram.com/big_bubba_b/ MUSIC - Dining at Disney Theme - World Map by Jason Farnham. Additional music - Track: Mirage — gbry.svg [Audio Library Release] Music provided by Audio Library Plus Watch: https://youtu.be/ys2-73aQ6V8 Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/mirage --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diningatdisney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/diningatdisney/support
Disney Genie+ will now cost you more at Walt Disney World and Disneyland ResortTo manage demand for Disney Genie+, Disney is has switched to a variable pricing model, but in our opinion the price still is not high enough to curb demand.At Disneyland Resort, Disney Genie+ now costs $25 per day when purchased in advance as an add-on with a new ticket or vacation packages. Single-day purchases through the Disneyland app will start at $25 per day, and may vary by date, based on demand. WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure at Disney's California Adventure Park is now part of Disney Genie+.At Walt Disney World Resort, Disney Genie+ will also vary in price based on the date you're visiting. Prices may be lower on less busy days and higher during peak periods like Thanksgiving and Christmas. Prices are expected to range between $15 and $22 per day.--Some Great New Food is Now Available at Walt Disney World Resort HotelsDisney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa Enchanted Rose has some great new editions. These include a charcuterie board, artisanal cheese selection, and hummus with tapenade, smoked paprika, and grilled pita bread. The Smoked Trout and Crab Dip features salmon roe, chive oil, and sesame seed lavosh combined into an elegant tasty dish. If you like caviar, this includes Siberian caviar, an egg yolk spread, crème fraiche, caper berries and brioche. Lastly, the Seasonal Flatbread is topped with artichoke, fig, ricotta, roasted garlic and watercress. Disney's Port Orleans Resort – Riverside Boatwright's Dining Hall has expanded to include more authentic Cajun and Southern flavors to the menu. The Lowcountry Seafood Boil is a classic filled with shrimp, mussels, and Andouille sausage with corn on the cob and potatoes simmered in a spicy Cajun brother (it comes with a toasted baguette). The slow-roasted Blackened Prime Rib is topped with Cajun butter and served with classic mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables.The Taste of the Bayou is an all-you-care-to-enjoy platter with hickory-smoked pork ribs, crispy Cajun chicken, smoked sausage, barbecued beef brisket, mashed potatoes, mac & cheese, roasted corn with Cajun butter, and seasonal vegetables.For a plant-based offering, try the Harvest Red Beans and Rice. This features red beans simmered with plant-based sausage, peppers, onions, and celery served over rice along with cornbread.For dessert you can choose between the Southern Cheesecake (a classic vanilla cheesecake with a bourbon-caramel sauce garnished with pecan-praline brittle), the plant-based Peach-Blackberry Cobbler (a classic peach and blackberry cobbler topped with blackberry sorbet), or the Mississippi Mud Crème Brûlée (a milk chocolate crème brûlée with a sablé breton cookie and fresh fruit).For the little ones, try the Row Row Oar Your Boat Sundae and Cookies and Milk featuring two house-made chocolate chip cookies.Rounding out all of these new offerings is a new cocktail – the Big Easy Whisky Sour. This drink combines Maker's Mark Bourbon, lemon juice, and pure cane sugar with a float of Fess Parker Big Easy Red Blend. At the River Roost Lounge they have a new plant-based dish and a signature drink. The Spinach and Artichoke Dip is a creamy new dip served with Cajun-dusted cornbread crostini. The French 75 is a fizzy cocktail made with Argyle Sparkling Brut, Hendricks Gin, fresh lemon juice and pure cane sugar. Disney's Port Orleans Resort – French Quarter The Scat Cat's Club – Lounge has a plant-based Sassy Sassagoula Sliders dish. This trio features BBQ jack fruit with slaw and fried pickles, fried green tomatoes with giardiniera and pepper jelly, and a ‘fish' cake with spicy rémoulade and arugula.Disney's Riviera Resort Bar Riva has a new Burrata Salad with heirloom tomatoes, fresh pesto and focaccia bread. The Salmon with Orzo is a seared salmon with Pomodroccio tapenade and lemon orzo. The Mushroom Arancini features risotto, mushrooms, cheese, and truffles with a house-made marinara.For dessert, the Molten Chocolate Cake is a new edition. It's a warm chocolate cake with a molten center, topped with a raspberry sauce and fresh raspberries.The Riviera also has a new signature sweet. The Riviera Signature Cookie bakes together semi-sweet chocolate chips, ground oats, California walnuts, toasted pistachios, dried cherries and flake sea salt. You'll this one at Primo Piatto. Disney's BoardWalk Inn The Belle Vue Lounge has new signature cocktails and mocktails. The Orange Blossom Manhattan has made its debut at the resort. A holiday fan favorite, this beverage fits nicely within the year-round ambiance of Belle Vue Lounge. The Sparkling Hibiscus features Sorel Hibiscus Liqueur and sparkling grapefruit. The Agave Garden is a mocktail featuring Lyre's Agave Reserve and passion fruit green tea. --Fantasmic! is Coming Back to Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World on November 3, 2022Disney has announced the return of Fantasmic! to Disney's Hollywood Studios as of November 3, 2022. As an added bonus, the show will include a brand new sequence..--More Merry Magic Coming This Holiday Season to Disneyland ResortThe holiday season festivities at Disneyland Resort take place between November 11, 2022 and January 8, 2023. Here are some additional details of what's in store. At Disney Festival of Holidays at Disney California Adventure Park, holiday festivities include Christmas, Navidad, Hanukkah, Diwali, Kwanzaa and Three Kings Day. New for 2022, Tina and The Sounds of Celebration perform holiday tunes with an uplifting repertoire of salsa, merengue, cumbia and rock Latino. Returning acts include the Mariachi Divas, Mostly Kosher, Blue13 Dance Company, Phat Cat Swinger and The Mistletoes, and the Disney ¡Viva Navidad! Street Party returns. Be sure to catch the character celebration “Mickey's Happy Holidays” and the magically merry rhythms of the Holiday Toy Drummers performing throughout the day in Disney California Adventure Park. “World of Color – Season of Light” at Disney California Adventure Park and “A Christmas Fantasy” Parade and “Believe…in Holiday Magic” fireworks will be on select evenings at Disneyland Park.With MagicBand+ you'll be able to light up your Disneyland holiday experience in an all-new way this year. MagicBand+ will come alive with vibrations and colorful holiday lights during the nighttime spectaculars of “World of Color – Season of Light” and “Believe… in Holiday Magic” fireworks.Direct from the North Pole you can mingle with Santa Claus as he visits various locations throughout the Disneyland Resort including Critter Country in Disneyland Park, Redwood Creek Challenge Trail in Disney California Adventure Park and at the Hotels of the Disneyland Resort.Eat, drink and be merry at the Festive Foods Marketplace in Disney California Adventure Park, with a seasonal smorgasbord of multicultural cuisine across nine different kiosks. Visions of Sugar Plums is an all-new added marketplace where you will find sweet and savory bites. And don't forget, the Disney Festival of Holidays Sip and Savor Pass is a terrific way to sample your way through the day. The pass provides eight easy tabs that you can redeem for select food and non-alcoholic beverages at participating Festive Foods Marketplace kiosks and dining locations.Seasonal sweets and treats are always on the list throughout the Disneyland Resort.Disney California Adventure Park: Grizzly Peak Churro Peppermint Churro – Churro coated with crushed candy canes, drizzled with chocolate and vanilla sauce Lamplight Lounge Peppermint Donuts – Hot cocoa-dusted donuts with toasted marshmallow crème and peppermint-chocolate dipping sauce Festive Foods Marketplace Merry Mashups Esquites Carnitas Mac & Cheese – Esquites-style mac & cheese with carnitas, salsa macha, spiced puffed rice, freeze-dried corn and chopped cilantro Smokejumpers Grill Loaded Latkes -Traditional Latkes loaded with smoked brisket, topped with dairy-free horseradish cream and scallions Sonoma Terrace Mistletoe Mule – A holiday take on a classic mule cocktail with cranberry juice and agave, garnished with a sprig of rosemary and a Cape cranberry Disneyland Park:Red Rose Taverne Holiday Grey Stuff – Traditional Grey Stuff with a holiday twistDisney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa: GCH Holiday Cart – Poinsettia Cookie To commemorate Diwali at the Disneyland Hotel, The Coffee House is featuring an Indian chai Archisha Tea on the menu through January 9, 2023. Woody and Buzz Lightyear will be lending a hand with a holiday popcorn bucket, available for a limited time at select popcorn carts in Disney California Adventure Park, while supplies last. Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and their pals will don their holiday finest and newest fashions in Town Square at Disneyland Park. These festive new looks reflect this year's warm, vintage-inspired holiday celebration. In classic red and green, their holiday attire was designed in wintry textures and patterns such as velvet, chenille, herringbone and plaid, and accented with gold for a touch of sparkle. Returning this year is Holiday Time at the Disneyland Resort Tour, where this specially guided journey of Disneyland Park tells stories of Walt Disney and gives unique facts of how Disneyland celebrates the season, followed by setting sail on “it's a small world” Holiday. The 2.5 hour walking tour ends on Main Street, U.S.A., with a reserved viewing area of “A Christmas Fantasy” Parade where you will receive delicious holiday treats and a commemorative pin. For more information, pricing and reservations, visit Disneyland.com. --Thank You for Listening to the Disney Travel PodcastThank you very much for listening to this episode, Amelia and I hope that you enjoyed it. If you did, we would be very grateful if you could rate, review and subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes (or on whichever app you choose to listen). A brief review about what you liked most about an episode truly helps to keep the show going by exposing it to new listeners. 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Rhonda Malkin started ballet when she was 4, tap when she was 6 and then joined in the jazz class at 8. By ten she was in the performing troupes at her studio. While attending UCLA as a sociology major, Rhonda performed as a Los Angeles Laker Girl for three years and received a championship ring for the 2000 inaugural season at Staples Center with the Lakers. She was a Radio City Music Hall Rockette for 12 years and a Rockette Swing (memorizing all 36 Rockette dance tracks) for seven of those years.Some of Rhonda's other credits include: "The Producers: The Movie Musical", “The Academy Awards, The “MTV VMA's”, “MTV Movie Awards, the film "Beautiful" with Minnie Driver; national commercials for Sears, Macy's, CBS, “Radio City Christmas Spectacular” and Westfield Shopping Towns; multiple live stage shows for Disney's El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood and Hyperion Theatre at Disney's California Adventure Park and a special performance in the East Wing at the White House for President Obama and the First Lady.After 25 years of dancing professionally Rhonda made the move into personal training and dance coaching. Since then she has had 59 dancers become Rockettes (most of any dance coach in history), and many others who are currently working on Broadway, national tours, music videos, TV shows, cruise ships, NBA and NFL professional dance teams, regional theater/summer stock productions, Disney, theme parks, and Cirque du Soleil, to name a few.You can find out more about Rhonda's dance coaching at https://www.fusionexercise.com/Crystalized Costumes Adrenaline Dance Competition
Carrie and Fran have arrived at the Disneyland Hotel and are sharing their adventures at Disney's California Adventure Park. From lunch at the Lamplight Lounge, World of Color and the Oogie Boogie Bash in the middle of a heat wave, they're sharing their reviews! Find Francine and Carrie online: Website: https://PixieDustFan.com Instagram: @PixieDustFan Carrie on Instagram: @MuppetCrazy Facebook: Pixie Dust Fan Pixie Dust Fan Facebook group: PixieDustFanGroup Support Pixie Dust Fan by shopping our affiliates Find Pixie Dust Fan on YouTube: PixieDustFanSite
18+ year veteran of The Walt Disney Company, Sam Bird, joins Scott this week for an illuminating chat and peek behind the curtain at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim. Scott and Sam talk about a bunch of different topics including the different roles Sam had within the company, how he repelled down from the ceiling in "it's a small world", his work on the holiday overlay for Haunted Mansion, being a test rider on the Tower of Terror at California Adventure Park, and more! Twitter: @MouseMePodcast TikTok: @TheMouseAndMePodcast FB & Instagram: The Mouse and Me Email: TheMouseAndMePodcast@gmail.com Support: www.patreon.com/themouseandme Music by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.filmmusic.io --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/themouseandme/support
In this week's episode, Scott and Savannah continue their chat about all things Disney! Savannah gives a behind the scenes look at RunDisney, including the time when she drove a truck down Main Street in Radiator Springs in Disney's California Adventure Park. They also talk about her being a test rider on the Incredicoaster, their favorite snacks (and there are many), and what things she would change if she were in charge of the Disney Parks. They wrap up the interview by playing Huey, Dewey, and Louie and As the Nose Grows - Pinocchio True or False and Savannah shares her insightful answers to the Disney Fab 5 questions. Be sure to check out Savannah's creations at www.bowandharrow.com. Twitter: @MouseMePodcast TikTok: @TheMouseAndMePodcast FB & Instagram: The Mouse and Me Email: TheMouseAndMePodcast@gmail.com Support: www.patreon.com/themouseandme Song: Adventures In Adventureland Artist: Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.filmmusic.io --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/themouseandme/support
Following up on last week's episode, we look across the plaza to Disney's California Adventure Park and the highlights from our recent spring break trip. We enjoyed the new Avengers Campus and Pixar Pier, learned a few things about ride redemption passes, and even discovered a couple a trick that could help you choose the fastest line at the ticket gates.
In this episode we hop on I-5 and visit Disney's California Adventure Park. Stephen still thinks the scariest ride in the park is called "Pal-A-Round" and Paige can't enough of those Jack Jack Cookie Num Nums. Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/theparksacademy Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theparksacademypod
Disney Foodies Kristen Hoetzel, Bubba Alvarez, Cat Arcori, and Aljon Go chat about the soulful, flavorful dishes and recipes celebrating the diversity at the Walt Disney World Resort as well as details for this year's Food and Wine Festival at Disney's California Adventure Park. Link - Cooking with Soul at Walt Disney World Resort (go.com) Link - Get Ready for Culinary Fun at the 2022 Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival | Disney Parks Blog (go.com) Pick up Disney Princess Affirmation Cards: 52 Ways to Celebrate Inner Beauty, Courage, and Kindness using our Amazon Affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3stXB41. Book your next Disney Parks, Universal, or cruise vacation with Kristen today! E-mail her at themeparksandcruises@gmail.com. Dining at Disney Podcast uses Gator Frameworks - Stands and accessories for podcasters, content creators, music, lighting, and AV equipment. Visit https://gatorframeworks.com/ Shop using our affiliate links and support the show - Amazon https://amzn.to/3HKYfQm - Disney Store https://bit.ly/3t3joRT - Garden Grocer - https://bit.ly/3JQC5yj - VISIT OUR SITE http://diningatdisney.com/ Follow the team: Kristen Hoetzel http://www.instagram.com/diningatdisney/ - Vincent "Big Bubba" Alvarez - http://www.instagram.com/big_bubba_b/ - Cat Arcori - http://www.instagram.com/cat_astrophe/ - Producer - Aljon Go http://www.instagram.com/aljongo/ Segment music: Dining at Disney Theme - World Map by Jason Farnham. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diningatdisney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/diningatdisney/support
In this week's episode we talk about one of our favorite restaurants in Disneyland - Lamplight Lounge located in the Pixar Pier section of Disneyland's California Adventure Park. Lamplight Lounge also has a fun little secret and we'll tell you all about it!
Jeff and Mark board a Southwest Airlines airplane, custom painted to WDW's 50th Anniversary of course, and jetset off to Anaheim, California where we visit Disney's California Adventure Park! And for this special trip, we meet up our esteemed Disneyland enthusiast friend and famous YouTube personality OrangeGrove55! First, Jeff and Mark discuss the latest fan reactions to a set of Disney promotional videos about the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser Halcyon near Disney's Hollywood Studios. Make sure to visit OG55's YouTube channel to get his reactions! Then… Jeff, Mark, and OrangeGrove walk to that netherworld corner of California Adventure “Hollywood Land” where we examine the DisneySpace known today as “Monster's Inc. Mike and Sully to the Rescue”. OG55 expresses his idea to get rid of the outdated facades and spice up the joint with the Muppets! Surprise! Jeff has the same idea! Could there be a Muppets attraction here someday? Mark pitches “Malibu Point”, a new custom luxury home typically seen in Hollywood Hills, Beverly Hills, Bel Air, or Malibu. This new home of Pepper Potts and Tony Stark is a fresh new hotspot for an improved California Adventure. Please follow OrangeGrove55 on YouTube! https://youtube.com/c/OrangeGrove55 Follow Jeff on Twitter and Instagram @WDWscope Follow Mark on Twitter @6MilesTall Please check out California Adventure of Today Playlist on YouTube https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeCDRk6O2hhOePlH17jmev59zL1NeDhDm Follow us on Facebook at “DisneySpace” group, or on Twitter @DisneySpacePod Look for these addresses of custom luxury homes for inspirations of Pepper Pott's and Tony Stark's “Malibu Point”: 2738 Carina Way, Henderson, NV 8542 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA “The Brentwood Oasis” 1047 N. Bundy Drive Los Angeles “Blue Heron Vegas Modern 001” 685 Dragon Peak Court in Henderson, NV Check out Enes Yilmazer YouTube videos here: https://youtube.com/c/EnesYilmazer This home in particular: https://youtu.be/Us8mDKUaX2M
Jeff and Sandy share everything you need to know about the Festival of Holidays at Disney's California Adventure Park. 2021 marks the return of the Festival after a 1 year break due to Covid. Hear why this is Sandy's new favorite festival. The Festival has plenty of food booths with amazing offerings, opportunities for children to learn about 5 different holidays and make crafts, incredible musical performances and of course a visit from Santa.See our videos to enjoy Mostly KosherHoliday Toy Drummers Blue13 Dance GroupThe MistletoesSwing Cats and more!Ready to visit this Festival? Let our friends at Ezdisez.com help plan your trip!
Original broadcast date October 10, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/10/binary-system-podcast-194-wtnv-155-the-heist-part-3/ This week we recap the final episode of "The Heist" storyline, and the whole thing wrapped up neatly although NOT THE WAY WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO. Geez, Night Vale writers, give us a heart attack why don't you... Believe it or not, the recap only takes up the first ten minutes of this podcast. The rest is a We Can't Stop Digressing special as we talk about the new Picard trailer (practical makeup versus digital effects), the new season of Peaky Blinders (they haven't brought back Alexander Siddig's character and we're not happy about it), Carnival Row (the show should really consult with some furries about the best way to make digitigrade legs), and Elizabeth's trip to California Adventure Park (did YOU know George Lucas's Skywalker Ranch has a winery?) This week's outro music is a clip from Crescents by Ketsa. https://www.freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Raising_Frequecy/Crescents Correction: We spent so much time talking about how much we liked this week's Weather that we forgot to say what it was. It's “Good Luck with That” by Fathom All the Animals. https://youtu.be/1XMIAGkLIv4
Wondering what it is like to visit Disneyland now that California is reopened? Want to hear about a fun place to stay near Disneyland that makes a great family vacation? Tune in this week while Kim shares her family's experience in Disneyland and Irvine, California. About Our Sponsor: Room Steals Today's episode is sponsored by Room Steals. Listeners may remember Room Steals from our discussion on finding hotel deals in Episode 185, but Room Steals is a Chrome browser extension that works alongside existing booking sites to show you what the wholesale price is for that room. Just install the browser extension and search for a hotel as you usually would on Hotels.com, Booking.com, Expedia, or Google. Once you've done your initial search, Room Steals will show you in a pop-up if that same room is available for less. If it is, you can click on that pop-up and book it directly through Room Steals. Downloading and using Room Steals is free; however, if you want to book a discounted room you have to pay an annual membership fee. Listeners can save 20% off the annual membership fee with promo code vacationmavens. If you travel multiple times in a year, the subscription will quickly pay for itself. One listener already saved $400 using Room Steals on her first booking! To learn more, visit roomsteals.com. That's roomsteals.com and use promo code vacationmavens to save 20% off your membership to Room Steals, and we thank them for their support. Tips for Visiting Disneyland (Summer 2021) Disneyland reopened this spring and is now allowing out-of-state visitors, and has been steadily increasing capacity. The parks are crowded and they have not yet restarted Max Pass so you have no choice but to wait in long lines. The rides have also been breaking down frequently this summer, making it harder to ride all the rides that you want to get to. At the time, they were no longer offering annual passes, although there was a special for California residents. A new annual pass plan has recently been announced. When you purchase tickets, you need to make a reservation for a specific day to visit and which park you want to visit. Park reservations can be booked 120 days in advance of your visit. If you are visiting in less than 120 days, make sure you look at the availability calendar before booking your trip. If you purchase a Park Hopper ticket, you can hop to the other park after 1 pm. Two rides require boarding group reservations on top of your ticket reservation. You can try to claim a boarding group beginning at 7 am, and they are usually gone within seconds. Another opportunity will begin at noon, but only if you have already used your first boarding group or if you didn't have success in the morning. Those two rides are Rise of the Resistance in California Adventure Park and the new Avenger's Web Slingers. You need a Park Hopper ticket to be able to get two boarding groups/virtual queues within the same day. To get prepared for how to snag a spot in the virtual queue for Web Slingers, check out this post on Trips with Tykes. Mobile ordering for food is getting better but still a little spotty. It is best to plan on eating off hours and bringing snacks to tide you over. Kim stayed at the Hotel Lulu, which is nearby Disneyland and newly renovated. There are pharmacies on the corner, which are great for stocking up on snacks and drinks. There is also a Starbucks nearby. Hotel Lulu, which was recently taken over by Red Lion, is a good budget option. They are often allowing guests to go through security and the turnstiles before the opening time so for a 8 am opening, it pays to arrive around 7 or 7:10. It pays to stay in the Grand Californian hotel for easy access to the parks but the hotel pricing is $800+ right now so finding a nearby alternative helps the budget. If you stay at one of the Harbor hotels you can still take a break in the middle of the day. Just keep in mind that the hotels around Disneyland are suffering from major staff shortages this summer. Also keep in mind that car rental shortages and pricing continues to be an issue as well, especially with the smaller, non-airport locations. Auto Slash is a good option for finding deals on rental cars. Tips for a Family Vacation to Irvine, California Irvine is where the John Wayne / Orange County airport is located, which is the closest Disneyland Kim stayed at the Marriott Irvine Spectrum hotel, which was a nice way to decompress after a few days in Disneyland. The hotel has a nice pool and a rooftop bar on the 16th floor that is popular with locals and guests. There is also a Club floor that provides access to a lounge with snacks and drinks. Boomers is a cool family fun park with go karts, putt putt golf, laser tag, an arcade, and all kinds of games. Irvine has one of the lowest hotel occupancy taxes in California. Tanaka Farms in Irvine is family-owned and is a non-profit that donates food to people in the area. You can do a U-pick tour on a wagon tour and you can pick the produce that are in season. Irvine is also known for its outdoor hiking paths. Irvine Spectrum Center is a large outdoor mall with a ton of restaurants and the Great Wheel ferris wheel. There is a lawn with a stage and they have live music. Irvine is also home to the Orange County Soccer Club, which is fun to watch and is near the Great Park Balloon. Diamond Jamboree is a great spot to find authentic Asian cuisine. Full Episode Transcript [00:00:00.060] - Kim Tate It's summertime at Disneyland, listen to find out what it's like right now. [00:00:15.900] - Announcer Welcome to Vacation Mavens. A family travel podcast with ideas for your next vacation and tips to get you out the door. Here are your hosts, Kim from Stuffed Suitcase and Tamara from We3Travel. [00:00:30.690] - Kim Tate Today's episode is sponsored by Room Steals. Listeners may remember Room Steals from our discussion on finding hotel deals in Episode 185, but Room Steals is a Chrome browser extension that works alongside your existing booking sites. To show you what the wholesale price is for that room, just install the browser extension and search for a hotel, as you normally would on Hotels.com. Booking.com, Expedia or Google. Once you've done your initial search, Roo Steals will show you in a pop up if that same room is available for cheaper. [00:00:57.210] - Kim Tate If it is, you can click on that pop up and book directly through Room Steals instead. Downloading and using Room Steals is free. However, if you want to book a discounted room, you will have to pay an annual membership fee. Listeners can save 20 percent of the annual membership fee with promo code vacationmavens. If you travel multiple times a year, the subscription will quickly pay for itself. One listener has already saved four hundred dollars using Room Steals on her first booking to learn more visit RoomSteals.com, that's roomsteals.com and use promo code vacationmavens to save 20 percent off your membership to Room Steals, and we thank them for their support. [00:01:30.790] - Tamara Gruber So, Kim, last week we talked all about my trip to Greece and this week, we get to talk all about your return trip to California. You're really doing a lot of California these days, huh? [00:01:41.620] - Kim Tate Yeah, it's so funny because we had family and friends say, you're going to Disneyland again. And it's tough because I know that in some ways we'd like to do other vacations. But the girls had missed getting to Disneyland. And I feel like they really liked it and that's what they wanted to do. And it's a pretty easy trip in a lot of ways. So we headed back to Disneyland for family vacation. [00:02:05.650] - Tamara Gruber And it's a really nice, I'm sure, a change of scenery to go to from pine trees to palm trees, right? [00:02:11.680] - Kim Tate Yes, exactly. It's so different. It's kind of funny how the atmosphere is so different there. And we experience that, especially because we did Disneyland for a few days and then we spent three days in Irvine, California, which is actually a city. It's kind of the neighboring city to Disneyland. A lot of people will know if you fly in and out of Disneyland. The closest airport is called in a also known as John Wayne or Orange County Airport. [00:02:36.040] - Kim Tate And that airport is located in Irvine. So it's kind of a neighboring city. And we thought it would be a good time to kind of get that Disneyland trip for the girls, but then also be in a hotel and kind of have a more relaxed end to our vacation so that Paul could be happy and have, you know, time to sleep in and kick up his feet a little. [00:02:54.360] - Tamara Gruber Yeah, that's good. I mean, plus like you've been to Disneyland, but it's probably been a couple of years or more since the girls have been. Right. [00:03:02.110] - Kim Tate Right. Yeah. So in February 2020 we actually went to a conference in Disney World and then I was in Disneyland for a conference in March of 2020. Well it was end of February when I flew home March 1st before everything shut down. But yeah, the girls have not been to Disneyland in a little while and so that's what they were really excited about. And it was our home park that we kind of know the best. And I think for the girls, they feel really confident in how to manage it and touring it. [00:03:30.440] - Kim Tate And so that was kind of a for them. It's a trip that they they feel, I think, empowered and excited about. [00:03:37.970] - Tamara Gruber And it all worked out because they just reopened for out-of-state visitors in June. [00:03:42.640] - Kim Tate That was one of the big reasons. When they got that news, they're like, that's what I want to do. I want to go back to Disneyland. And I figure, you know this, too. With the girls getting older and especially with Lizzy going into her senior year, it's getting tougher and tougher. Once they get into high school and even late middle school, it gets tough to pull them out of school. And so you kind of need to do those summer trips. [00:04:04.070] - Kim Tate And that's where they wanted to go. I thought, well, you know, I guess that's what we'll do. And I was hearing these reports that everyone was saying, oh, it's the perfect time to be in Disneyland. You know, there's no crowds and it's really easy and it's really nice. And then they had the new Avengers campus that was going to open. So we thought it was going to be a great trip and we had a lot of fun. [00:04:21.850] - Kim Tate But it's definitely not the it's not the low, low crowds that people were expecting, I think, for summer in Disneyland. You if you if you've been to summer to Disneyland in the summer and you know what those ride wait times were like, then, yes, it's going to be a real delight for you. But if you go normally in off-seasons or other times and you kind of are used to being able to really own the park and kind of fly through lines, especially with the fact that there's no Fastpass or Max pass, which we are very confident using, you are faced with just plain waiting in lines and that's something my girls were not very excited about. [00:05:02.020] - Tamara Gruber Yeah, I was going to say. And just the fact that it's been so long since people have been around a lot of people and had to do these kind of things were waiting in line. It must have like probably gets to maybe even a little bit more. [00:05:15.490] - Kim Tate Yeah, it is interesting, especially also because we some of the rides I felt like the rides were going down more often. Also it seemed like or they had limited capacity, not on, not for social distancing, but just you know, for example, Lizzy's favorite ride is the Guardians of the Galaxy, which used to be Tower of Terror. And on we were there for three days. And the first day she rode it twice, thinking she would write it the other days as well. [00:05:40.390] - Kim Tate And they had two of their elevators break down. So they were only using one one elevator of. So basically they had to have six loading zones and, you know, park opening would happen and you would see it go from like a zero 15 minute wait all sudden in one hundred and twenty five minute wait, 90 minute wait throughout the day. And so that was real disappointing. They finally got it fixed, but she wasn't able to go on it again the whole trip. [00:06:07.210] - Kim Tate So she was kind of bummed about that. So there are those little things where when you're used to doing that and then I don't know if it's just staffing or if the maintenance I mean, I don't know if Disneyland has been able to get all their workers back. But you can see that, you know, when something went awry that you love does go down, it can be tough. And then, you know, it's weird because Space Mountain is normally one of the top rides with long wait times. [00:06:30.510] - Kim Tate And, you know, you're used to seeing it with those kind of wait times, normally 70 to 90 minutes is what I see a lot of times, and it was regularly 40 to 60 minutes throughout the day. So that was a real win. But like the railroad was 30 to 40 minutes. It's just unacceptable to me. So it was really weird how the the numbers kind of flowed. So I don't know what to think. And they had opened up a Disneyland California resident ticket offer shortly before our trip. [00:06:59.340] - Kim Tate And I'm wondering how much of that special affected people, because, you know, they don't have annual passes anymore. And I think a lot of locals are craving their Disney fix, but buying tickets each time has gotten expensive. And I think this ticket coming out probably made a lot of locals who really understand the park flocked to the park. So I think it affected certain certain rides and things more maybe. [00:07:24.810] - Tamara Gruber Yeah, I mean, that all makes sense. It seems like it's just in that transition kind of phase. Now, what you said that there's no max pass. So that obviously is a big change. What are some of the other things like do you need a reservation for that day in advance and that kind of thing? [00:07:40.290] - Kim Tate Yeah. So you still need reservations so you can buy your tickets and then you have to reserve the day you want to visit and it's automatically linked to your ticket when you reserve the day through your, you know, like Disneyland, my Disney account. And so that's one nice thing, is that it's all linked. So as long as you have a reservation for that day, you have no issue booking, not Max, but the boarding groups for two other rides, which I'll explain in a minute. [00:08:07.770] - Kim Tate And so there is that it's it's very fluid, like going through the turnstiles. It's all linked. You just show your ticket. It's it's good to go, but you do have to do a little bit of advance planning and definitely make sure before you plan a trip that there's the availability. So they are opening up the park reservations for you to book one hundred and twenty days out. So if you're, you know, planning a trip that's more than that, it's no problem. [00:08:33.090] - Kim Tate Just decide what they want to do it and then you book it as those days open up on the calendar. And then if you are within the 120 days, you definitely want to make sure you check the availability calendar and make sure however, it's the calendar is pretty open. It seems like the capacity has definitely been increased. I know our week that we were there, they had it looked like the Disneyland park, because that's the other thing that I'll explain in a minute, because you book a specific park. [00:08:58.290] - Kim Tate It looked like Disneyland had locked up and was closed and there weren't any more reservations. But then all of a sudden, I know they opened up more reservations. So it's kind of an interesting I don't know if people are releasing reservations and that's why it looks open or if they're strictly just adjusting capacity limits as they want, I'm not sure. So something to know about the reservation system is it is so Disneyland has the two parks, they have Disneyland Park and then they have Disney, California Adventure. [00:09:24.990] - Kim Tate And the reservation works for one of the parks. And that's the park you start in. Now, if you buy a park hopper ticket, you can hop to the other park after 1:00 p.m., but you have to start in that starting park. And if you don't buy a park hopper ticket, then you're only in that park for the day, if that makes sense. So that's kind of an extra little level that you have to think about. And then it gets even further planning because there's two major rides have to have boarding group passes, which is a huge ordeal in itself. [00:10:01.080] - Kim Tate And you try and get into a boarding group, which is basically the chance to ride. You still go stand in the line, although the line is very short, but you have to win one of those boarding groups and these things are gone in seconds, like not even minutes. These are gone in seconds. And your chances at seven a.m. and then at noon. And so whichever park you're starting in is the one you can get the seven a.m. for and then at noon you can get it for the other part. [00:10:27.360] - Kim Tate So in Disneyland, it's rise of the resistance. That's that Star Wars in California adventure, the other is the new Avengers Web slingers ride. So that's another level that we had all four of us logging in trying to get these boarding passes. And it was it was stressful, but we were successful every time. So but that's part of it because I knew I, I knew this was a thing. [00:10:54.420] - Kim Tate And I've been reading articles like our friend Leslie from Trips with Tikes has an article about it. And then I actually watched like a video on YouTube to show Paul and the girls, like, here's what you need to do. And it's sad, though, because I think people who are wanting to experience those, the fact that you have to know all of that and be, you know, like 6:58 we're there on our phones, like, OK, stop everything we're doing and get ready to get these tickets and then setting alarms for eleven fifty eight so we can get the noon one and it's it can be stressful. [00:11:25.470] - Kim Tate So it's kind of an interesting and and if you don't have hoppers you only have the one. You do have it at 7:00 a.m. and noon, so so if you're booked at Disneyland and you miss out at the seven a.m. one, you can try again for the noon one. Either park, you can try again, but you can't go on the same ride twice. So if we were in Disney, California adventure, we couldn't go to Web slingers if we got a boarding group at seven a.m. and then try and get another boarding group for Web slingers at noon. [00:11:52.100] - Kim Tate But we can. And then this is another level of it. Sorry, you guys. This is getting a lot of information, but you have to have already used your first boarding pass before you can get the noon one. So if you have a late boarding group that hasn't been able to ride yet and you haven't used your boarding pass yet, by noon, you won't get to try for the noon pass for the ride. Right. [00:12:14.240] - Tamara Gruber But if you had like a one o'clock boarding, I'm sure by one o'clock they're all gone for the rest. [00:12:18.740] - Kim Tate Oh, definitely. Yeah, in seconds. I mean, literally it's seven to one. There's nothing available like for people who sit there and they don't know the system and they think, oh, it's seven, I'm going to open my app and try and get a boarding group. Nope. They're already gone like you. There's some tricks. You have to have the like, we were rebooting our phone. Everything was closed. We had the app already open and then there's like refresh, refresh, refresh, and then you have to know exactly where to hit. [00:12:42.230] - Kim Tate Like you hit here and then you hit start hitting here and you just get lucky you're not. And it's crazy. [00:12:47.930] - Tamara Gruber I heard Leslie talking about that on her Disney deciphered podcast. It was yes. It was very intense. I know. And when Hannah and I were in Los Angeles, we had a free day and Glenn was like, oh, you should go to Disneyland so you can finally ride. You know, the the you know, Rise of the resistance. And I was like, no, it's like, first of all, like, I'm just not it would have been like the day after they opened to out-of-state people. [00:13:10.370] - Tamara Gruber And I was like, I just can't deal with that stress. Like, I, I want to go when I know that I can ride that ride because that's why I would go, you know. Yeah. [00:13:20.330] - Kim Tate We were talking about that as a family. We're just saying how, you know, hard and it's nice that we knew what to do and that we were able to do it. But then the other thing is it's kind of bad, like, OK, well, we got to ride the rides multiple times. What about like, we felt kind of bad. What if there's people out there like this little kid who really wanted to go on Spider-Man loves Spider-Man and we wish there was a way we could be like, here, just use our pass, you know, for this kid to be able to go, you know, because it's it feels bad because you. [00:13:47.960] - Kim Tate Yeah, and I saw people on Twitter, you know, they're like, oh, I didn't get it, you know, and I just want to ride this ride. I'd wait three hours for it because and I think that's what they're trying to do, is prevent, you know, when Disney World opened Avatar, Pandora flight of passage. Right. And people were like parking out in the parking lot at three a.m. so that they could get out of their car and go wait at the gates and be the first people to the rope line and then be the first people in that line because the line would grow to like three hundred and twenty minutes. [00:14:16.070] - Kim Tate It was just insane. Like, I don't even know how you spend your entire day there. It's just crazy. [00:14:20.360] - Tamara Gruber So I could just say, like, I'm sure there's nothing in the world that I want to do that much. [00:14:25.070] - Kim Tate I do. It's kind of crazy. I mean, you want to wait six hours for a ride. It's just insane. But yeah. So I think they're trying to avoid that because that's it's not a positive park experience. But unfortunately, right now and then the other issue you have is just these rides have a lot of working mechanisms and go down a lot. I mean, we got we were on ride of the resistance, and it went down and we got had to leave the line and then come back later. [00:14:51.740] - Kim Tate And thankfully, they do have a fastpass working for that now. They didn't originally, I think, but they have that working again. So they were able to program that for our ticket. So we were able to come back when it was open and go back through. So it's interesting. It's it's definitely another level. So I would say if you're planning a visit and you're not wanting or willing to be obsessive about getting those passes, definitely maybe take those two rides off your agenda and just pretend you never heard of those rides and be happy with all the other things that are. [00:15:24.440] - Kim Tate Yeah, right. [00:15:25.820] - Tamara Gruber So this helps to be like Disney ignorant in a way. That just going to be like happy with what you get, I don't know. [00:15:32.810] - Kim Tate Well, and there is certainly some great I mean the wait times can certainly be great. So in a lot of ways certain rides, if you're not trying to go for these certain rides, the wait times can be great, like Toy Story mania. We almost ride that only once because normally the family is not used to it and it normally has a long wait and nobody's willing to wait with me because it's one of my favorite rides. And this time, I mean, we went on it twice because the wait time was kind of low. [00:15:56.390] - Kim Tate And but then you looked at Mickey's fun wheel, which you would normally. It's not too crazy, but it was easily fifty to sixty minutes. It seemed like there in the middle of the day every time we were there. So it's just weird. It was a really weird. That's why I think there was a lot of California people maybe who just kind of wanted to go for, I don't know how to read the visitors because it was just an odd, odd feel. [00:16:19.580] - Kim Tate Yeah, the numbers didn't line up everywhere we wanted and dining was a little tough. Still, they've definitely they've got the mobile ordering down a little bit better, I think, at Disneyland. Where. You can place your mail order. We didn't really have an issue getting our order, we found we have one place that we love called bingo barbecue, and we had no real issue with finding an open time slot that fit with what we wanted. And it was almost always available right away. [00:16:45.020] - Kim Tate And then it's like a half an hour time slot. So then you go and you're like, I'm here. And then once you say I'm here to pick up your food, it's normally a it can be, you know, a minute to ten minutes before they have your food ready. But it was pretty quick. Well, that's good. A little, yes. [00:17:00.110] - Tamara Gruber But with that, it sounds like you guys had a good time, though. I mean, luckily, it all worked out for you with the with those particular rides, because I'm sure the girls, you know, really wanted to. Yes. [00:17:10.970] - Kim Tate Yeah. Web slingers, we all kind of thought it was ho hum. In all honesty, we did it again. And once you do it a second time, you kind of understand it a little better. And so maybe it becomes a little more fun. But I think for people who are waiting and then we also we waited 60 minutes. Well, it was we got in line at like ten, I think it was ten or two or something. [00:17:30.410] - Kim Tate And we left at eleven o four after the ride. And that was the ride had gone down while we were in line and it was probably down for 15 minutes. So I mean, even when you get there, it's you might still have a long wait to get on the rise of the resistance. We didn't have quite that at any other times. We rode that. So but just, you know, Web slingers is a you kind of put on these 3D goggles and you it's a bit like Toy Story in a way, but you use your hands to shoot webs and you're trying to attack these, you know, little bots on the screen. [00:18:02.570] - Kim Tate And so your webs are shooting them and you earn points. And so at the end of the ride, you have accumulated a certain amount of points. [00:18:09.260] - Tamara Gruber So instead of like shooting a little laser gun thing. [00:18:13.280] - Kim Tate Yeah, exactly. [00:18:14.630] - Tamara Gruber The next generation more interactive, I guess. [00:18:17.060] - Kim Tate Yeah. Yeah. But you're just moving like it's I thought it would be more like I don't know how to explain it like spinning or like, you know, universal Orlando. That's the Harry Potter, the forbidden journey. I know how you go in front of the screens and you watch stuff happen, but going between the screens you're like, oh it's roller coaster. [00:18:37.760] - Kim Tate OK, yeah, but I kind of wanted that kind of experience. And this you're just on a car like Toy Story mania and you just kind of get like moved over to this next screen and then you move to this next screen and it opens. And so there's no real there's it's it's literally like, yeah, Lightyear, not Buzz Lightyear, but like Toy Story with the screen. And instead of using a little gun thing that's in front of you, you're using your hands and then, yeah, you earn points and people want to do it because they want to get better at their points. [00:19:07.700] - Kim Tate And that's it. [00:19:09.380] - Tamara Gruber Yeah. [00:19:10.070] - Kim Tate Rise, on the other hand, is amazing. We really liked it, although it it's funny because we were so excited for Paul to finally get to ride it because he was a he's a Star Wars guy like Star Wars. He's not a Star Wars freak, but he I don't mean to say freak if he runs into Star Wars fans. I know. No, I didn't mean like that. But he's he likes Star Wars, you know, like. [00:19:27.890] - Kim Tate Yes. Age. He grew up with it and like, I know Star Wars, but yeah. So we are really excited for him to do rise. And then we took him to Millennium Falcon. He's like, oh, that was way better than it was so funny because we live opposite. We were like a Millennium Falcon is not that great. And then he just loved it and he thought it was so fun and he liked it. He liked Millennium Falcon and rides better than Web slingers so. [00:19:49.580] - Tamara Gruber Well, it's just something about like when you're so invested in a franchise, like to have like the that more immersive kind of experience is so exciting. I mean, that's why I know, like, the first time we went to Universal and all the Harry Potter stuff, it was just like a dream come true, I think like to be like walking through Hogwarts and all this kind of stuff. So I think that type of response, you know, it doesn't surprise me too much because it's not just about the ride, it's about everything else. [00:20:16.790] - Kim Tate Yeah. [00:20:17.000] - Kim Tate The characters and all that. Yeah. The big thing we dining just eating off hours is a big thing because seating seems to be a little limited again. And so just I recommend I always say like take a granola bar so that they can tide you over and just try and plan to eat off hours. We actually saw the first day the girls did the full day in the park and we got there. We did rope drop every morning, which they're back to rope drop. [00:20:42.410] - Kim Tate So I was kind of bummed because they had done with rope drop because they didn't want to have everybody congregating together. And so people were getting there early and they were opening the turnstiles early and people were able to go just on rides like an hour before the park officially opened. Wow. [00:20:56.570] - Tamara Gruber Because it used to be like even if you could get through the turnstiles, like the rides weren't operating, but you could least get in line. [00:21:02.210] - Kim Tate Yeah. And so that's what they're back to. So you can get through the turns, you can get through security, you can get through the turnstiles and then you go wait at this rope. Were these, you know, cast members are holding and a big group mob of people just line up there and it's kind of depending on where you're at, but the ropes are leading into the main main areas. So you kind of held back and you can get there early. [00:21:25.160] - Kim Tate So that's what we did. So we aimed. So we kind of aim to be on our way. Walking, we got we stayed at a new renovated hotel, it's newly branded through a best western is called Hotel Lulu and it's nearby. It's kind of in walking distance a little longer. But the cool thing about it is it is near a Walgreens and a CVS. So we stopped in there and we're able to get like Gatorade's and water for much cheaper. [00:21:49.440] - Kim Tate Kind of, you know, that was nice for stocking up on little snacks and drinks. And definitely, even though it's a pharmacy, you know, pricing it still way cheaper than in the park. And it was nice to have that. It was so convenient that it was next door and the walking distances, I would still call it walking distance. It was maybe a ten minute walk. And there was also a Starbucks next to it. They had mobile ordering most days, but they seem to close that down on our last day. [00:22:14.100] - Kim Tate We're not sure why. So I don't know if they're just over staffed with mobile ordering, but that's something to check. And it made it easier for us to get coffee in the morning on our way. And so we try and get coffees and then be on our way. And then we'd be slightly outside of the park and at the six fifty nine, when we'd try and get those boarding groups, we'd walk or, you know, pull over to the side of the sidewalk and get it and then go get in line. [00:22:34.080] - Kim Tate So we were showing up. It was an eight a.m. opening time. So we were getting to the security line up right around seven to seven tennish, you know, and it worked pretty well for us. We we got in there, so we went through the security line. Then we got through security fast and then we waited in the line for the turnstiles. They open the turnstiles a half an hour before the park opened. And then once you got through the turnstiles, you walked and waited again at the rope drop where you wait, you know, where you waited for the eight a.m. opening and then you quickly walked, don't run. [00:23:05.070] - Kim Tate Even though people ran down to the whatever ride you wanted to go for. So that was it. It was fun. It was it's a lot to manage. I think Disneyland is one of those things where if you just want to show up in the middle of the day and go on some rides, you should probably allow for more time, because there are people who I mean, we know the ins and outs. And if you're not willing to learn all those ins and outs of tricks, then you're going to just have to wait in lines, be OK with that. [00:23:31.080] - Tamara Gruber So I'm ready to go back after the fast passes are back and after the special like after hours events and all the kind of stuff. [00:23:42.570] - Tamara Gruber I was just going to say I just really I don't love rides except some of the special ones like Flight of Passage and I'm sure I will love the Star Wars ones. And so just being able to do it without the lines, you know, that would be the way I prefer to go. [00:23:58.260] - Kim Tate Yeah. Yeah. I think that's where our girls are at because they really liked the rides. And so it's funny because Paul he wants to just like oh I want to watch that show or I just want to sit on this bench and people watch and I and there was like, no, we're going to go get this right and we're going to get this right. And this was the trip, though. It's nice when you're a little older and the kids can be left alone. [00:24:17.280] - Kim Tate Like like I said, the first day, the girls stayed the full time the park. And then Paul and I left towards the afternoon evening. We took a little break in the room and then we went and got dinner again. This hotel where we stayed down the road, it's near, you know, like tourist restaurants. So it's like Cheesecake Factory and Bubba Gump Shrimp and I don't know what else there was, but opening. So we went out there and it was nice to have that little break. [00:24:42.270] - Kim Tate And then the next two days we left after we did the rope drop, the numbers were just going insane. And the girls, like I said, they're all about the ride. So when those rides, the wait times were more than they wanted to wait. We just left and went back and took a midday break in the hotel and then went back later in the day to do more stuff. And so I think those it's that's one of the benefits. [00:25:02.010] - Kim Tate Where does that is if you stay on property, it's great because you're in kind of the bubble of Disney. And if you stay at the Grand Californian, it's got the private access into Disney California Adventure Park. But those rooms are going for like eight hundred bucks a night right now. And you don't get the early entry with it, which normally one of the benefits of staying on site is that you get into the parks an hour early. So it's definitely a tradeoff. [00:25:26.580] - Kim Tate So if you stay off site on one of the harbor hotels, you can, you know, kind of take those midday breaks still and walk to and from the park. But you're faced with that extra, you know, a little bit extra going through more people and a few extra waits. But it is nice to have the midday breaks. [00:25:43.820] - Tamara Gruber I'm telling you, if I ever come to Disneyland, I'm going to go with you. Yeah. You and Leslie. Oh, yeah. I follow you guys because, I mean, I feel like, you know, I had gone to Disney World a long time ago and then recently I've gone a few times in recent years. And so now I feel like comfortable with Disney World, you know, but I've never been to Disneyland. So whole new thing. [00:26:03.870] - Tamara Gruber Yeah, well, I'm excited to take you and show you all the ins and outs, but I will say for anybody who's thinking of taking a trip, there's a couple of things I want to mention. First is hotels. So our hotel that we stayed at, Hotel Lulu, they, you know, mentioned that they're in a real staff shortage right now. And of course, there was no housekeeping. You can request your towels when you want them and if you need garbage taken out. [00:26:26.550] - Tamara Gruber So we definitely did that and they took care of it right away and. But it's something to keep in mind, and the Hotel Lulu, like I said, it's the best Western property recently got taken over by a Red Lion. And so it's definitely a budget friendly park property. So if people are looking to save money, that would be a good option, especially since, like I said, it's near the Walgreens and there's a CVS right across the street. [00:26:45.840] - Tamara Gruber They both have like Disney souvenir stuff at less price than what you're going to pay in the park. So if you want to surprise your kids with something, you could always go in there and grab it. They also have, you know, of course, sunscreens and anything. You might forget that it's just a little bit different than buying them in the park. So that's convenient from a budget standpoint. The rooms themselves, I, I think there they go for around, you know, depending on the season, around 150 a night. [00:27:10.440] - Tamara Gruber So comparing that to some of the other hotels that are a little closer, it's definitely a budget savings. And then again, even with going down the street, you have those you know, there was a California pizza kitchen, P.F. Chang's, and Cheesecake Factory. So you've got some major restaurants there. If you're trying to save a little money and take a midday break and get lunch there, get an early dinner before you go back in the parks or something, that might be an option, but definitely something with all of the hotels around Disneyland right now is that they are all dealing with a severe staff shortage. [00:27:42.240] - Tamara Gruber They went, you know, the hotels where I talked to the people at the hotel where we stayed and they went from having like 17 rooms booked to all of a sudden having over one hundred. And they just don't they haven't been able to hire the staff. They've increased their pay rate and they still can't get staff in. And so managers are going up to clean rooms. And it's just I mean, we've heard this everywhere. But in Disneyland, it's really obvious this summer is that hotels are hurting with staff. [00:28:08.460] - Tamara Gruber I know one of the hotels that's a popular kind of mom and pop called candy cane inn. They are not even open again yet because of staff. [00:28:16.720] - Tamara Gruber Wow. So, yeah, it's it continues to be a problem. I hope that by far maybe things will, you know, sort themselves out. I'm seeing even like restaurants around here like closing because they're not able to have the staff and service that they want. And it's yeah, I'm sure they'll be back, but it'll just take us some time. [00:28:35.730] - Kim Tate Yeah. And so I think you just have to be, you know, little things to just be aware of and be a little more. I mean, we've talked about this be patient, but just understanding that like maybe the cleanliness level in hotels and what you're expecting or what you're used to is not perhaps going to be what you are thinking you're going to get. So just be aware of that. And then the other thing would be the car rentals. We had our own little issue with car rentals, which everyone knows the car rental shortage issue. [00:29:01.860] - Kim Tate We rented a car from the airport to drive and go to Disneyland and do it. We visited USC and Cal Tech for Lizzy and we had no problem. The car was there. We rented it. I was like, phew, I think it is no issue. We are fine. We dropped it off after ours, dropped our keys and we dropped it off at this Alamo that was right near where we were staying at Disneyland. And we were supposed to pick up another car on Thursday, so we dropped it off on Sunday. [00:29:28.650] - Kim Tate We're supposed to pick up a different car on Thursday because we didn't need a car for those three days when we were at the parks because we were just going to go to the parks. And we got called Wednesday night like five minutes before they closed, telling us they wouldn't have a car for us. That was it. And then they never returned my phone call. So I reached out to them on Twitter, gotten a reply, and finally just used auto slash, which we've I think we've mentioned that before, and a rental car episode. [00:29:54.840] - Kim Tate But I've never used it before. But I used auto slash to just find a rate and they found me a great Hertz rate that was actually cheaper than what I walked through. Alamo maybe last minute, you know, they had some availability and I was able to go down there the next day and we got the car rental and had no issue. So thank goodness it all worked out. But just beware some of the smaller like I think this was part of it because it was a smaller location. [00:30:17.160] - Kim Tate They're not managing their inventory well. And so beware. [00:30:20.940] - Tamara Gruber Yeah. I mean, if there's problems at airports, I can certainly imagine that there's even more problems at these, like off, you know, airport kind of locations. Yes, it's it's sad. I mean, I definitely see as places are increasing, you know, we've talked about Hawaii before. I saw someone that just got back from Iceland posting that things were like five hundred to a thousand dollars a day. And then I saw someone in my Iceland planning group just saying, like, I can't find a rental, like, what am I going to do? [00:30:48.450] - Tamara Gruber And so I was just advising my aunt to try to book something like in advance, you know, as far as you can. But it's just hard because like you did that and then they canceled that. What do you do? You know exactly. [00:31:00.690] - Kim Tate And I know I have another blogging friend who had the exact same thing happen to her with the exact same Alamo's site there in Disneyland about a week or two before I did. I have that problem. [00:31:11.010] - Kim Tate So definitely something to be aware of. You can do the booking and know that you have your your reservation made. But whether they actually have a car for you when you show up for that reservation and they what I experienced, they did nothing to help us. So you just I think when you you have to be ready to backpedal and hope for the best and. So we were ready to just, you know, use Uber, find another one available, and thankfully it all worked out and we were able to get another kind of wonder if that's a case where, you know, maybe it helps if you, like, pay more like Hertz is always usually the most expensive. [00:31:45.940] - Tamara Gruber Right. But it's like if you pay more or if if you're part of a like a loyalty club versus. Yeah, you're going to save more if you use, like auto slash or Costco or something like that. But I wonder if booking direct helps at all, like if the first people they cancel are the third parties, like who knows. But it does. I have no idea. I even booked a premium car hoping that they like it would give us more as opposed to an economy. [00:32:09.500] - Kim Tate I booked the premium because it was only two dollars more. And so I thought that would help. But no. So it was nothing help. So I don't know now. [00:32:18.010] - Tamara Gruber I'm glad it worked out for you. Yeah. And then you guys had some time to chill out and. Yeah. [00:32:21.960] - Kim Tate So that was the other part of it. Yeah. So we you know, Paul's not a huge Disneyland person. Even I like Disneyland, but I'm not crazy crazy. And I can you know, I enjoy taking the breaks. And so we booked our final three nights in Irvine, which was nearby and near the John Wayne Airport that we were flying home from. And they we stayed at a brand new hotel called the Marriott Irvine Spectrum. And we loved it. [00:32:47.540] - Kim Tate We had such a good time is the perfect way to end our vacation, because we I worked with Irvine. They gave us a couple of ideas and helped us set up a couple of things. And then we got to our hotel, kind of had a lazy day that day and just had it. It was nice. We just had I don't know what the term and what I'm trying to think of, but we just didn't have a lot on our calendar, so it kind of worked out well. [00:33:09.030] - Kim Tate So the first day that we were checking in, we got in there and then we went to this kind of family park fun center called Boomers, and it was where they had a huge arcade with the arcade. But we did putt putt golf and then we did laser tag game, which surprisingly enough, we were all super competitive. I was completely out of breath after that. It was brutal. The girls beat both the parents. Paul actually was very sad to find out he was last, which is kind of sad. [00:33:36.890] - Kim Tate Doesn't surprise me at all that you would be competitive. [00:33:41.150] - Kim Tate Yeah. Evidently I rubbed it off on my kids too. So but yeah. So it was kind of fun and we we had a great time there and then playing it was a lot of fun and it was a great, you know, like, that's like a vacation. Right. I mean that was so nice. Like we did the Disneyland thing, but then we had this break in Irvine so close we didn't need to do that much traveling on the crazy interstate's of, you know, Sokal and. [00:34:05.420] - Kim Tate Yeah, so Boomers was fun. It was just kind of one of those family park fun centers. We didn't do any of the arcade. We just did the laser tag. And oh, they did have go karts, which Paul got. You talk about competitive. He got super competitive. I got taken out by like a twelve year old boy. It made me really mad because you're like you're not allowed to bump. [00:34:22.670] - Kim Tate But they evidently care about the rules. And so and he was just going and going and going and he'd figured out that I think he was with a friend and they figured out which cars are the fastest. So they just kept going and going. And they would always like he would specifically skip cars and go to a specific car where the rest of us just got in the car where that was next in line and it was brutal. So that was one one negative. [00:34:43.520] - Kim Tate Is the teenage boy or not? I guess tween boy, but we still had fun and it was nice. So that was, you know, kind of a relaxed day. And then, like, we just hung out at the pool and the hotel was really nice. They, you know, it was a new Marriott. It had trying to think of how many flaws there were. Now I think it was sixteen floors. And on the sixteenth floor, they have like a rooftop bar that's supposed to be really, really popular. [00:35:09.170] - Kim Tate They actually were able to get in on our last night and kind of go up there and look. And it's absolutely gorgeous. And I talked to the manager of the bar and he was saying that it's like seventy percent locals and visitors and only thirty percent for the hotel. So it's got its own, like, vibe and social standing. Not that's not even linked to the hotel, if that makes sense. [00:35:29.120] - Tamara Gruber Yeah, it's a place to go. [00:35:31.130] - Kim Tate So, yes, the hotel itself is a gorgeous Marriott property. Knew the rooms were nice and everything was good. It had a view our room had like a view of the freeway, but it had mountains in the background. So it was really kind of cool. And Irvine, I think, is unknown. I'm trying to think of I thought it was something I'm trying to think of what I know them for. But they had a whole bunch of office buildings, so they must have. [00:35:50.000] - Kim Tate I know they have really they're one of the lowest hotel occupancy taxes in California. So you know how you always get those, you know, 15 to 18 percent charges. There's just like ten percent. So if you're staying in a nice hotel for a while, that little bit of savings can be nice. So but they have a lot of businesses around there and we were staying right across from the Taco Bell headquarters. So we laughed. And I wonder if they have a drive through. [00:36:15.920] - Kim Tate So the hotel is nice. They had a club lounge which we were able to get into. And you know that with Glenn's, you know, status, it's always nice because lots of water. I mean, we went there for so much water, it was nice. And the girls would go there to get all the. Free chips and stuff, and then, of course, we had breakfast in the morning there, which was a nice little perk. [00:36:33.600] - Tamara Gruber Oh, that's surprising. Like the actual hotel perks, really, when we were seated that that nice Athens hotel, that's a Marriott and we were on the what did they call it like the the butler or concierge. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And we walk by like the little you know, usually the the lounge room and it was locked and I was like, oh well good thing we're only here one day and it included breakfast early. So it was actually a wonderful breakfast that included. [00:37:02.730] - Tamara Gruber That's nice. Yeah. But we were like oh can we get a little extra perk. [00:37:06.660] - Kim Tate Yeah. Yeah. This is nice because they had, you know, like the coffee machine there and then they had like three hot dishes so and a meat and potatoes and then they had like porridge and cinnamon rolls. But it was great. I mean it was really nice. And they have this little patio. I mean, the hotel itself, it's a really nice property is one of those. It's a it's like weird. It's kind of resource. We feel it's not huge, though, but it's a resource we feel in this, you know, city of California. [00:37:33.180] - Kim Tate So it was nice. But the pool lounge and then the restaurant and bar area is just beautiful. It's absolutely gorgeous. Like downstairs restaurant of our not even the rooftop bar is just really, really nice. And we we enjoyed dinner there and it was great. [00:37:47.760] - Tamara Gruber Nice properties. Sounds like you wanted to have that pool time and stuff. [00:37:53.190] - Kim Tate Exactly. And we actually were able to get so we went down two times to middle of the day, like to lounge and everything, get drinks at the pool and we were able to get loungers each time and there's not tons loungers. So I think we definitely noticed in the weekend because we we were there Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and we flew home Sunday. And we definitely noticed Saturday was much busier. Whereas when we were there Thursday and Friday, the pool was not as busy. [00:38:18.910] - Kim Tate So definitely kind of well. And a sports team came in for a competition. And so there was a lot of kids there in sports uniforms and stuff, which was kind of funny because it doesn't strike me as a I mean, it's definitely a business Marriott property. So it kind of struck me as funny that. But I don't know. There must I mean, there's a big sports complex that we went and saw a soccer game at. So it's possible that that's why they pick there, because it's close to that kind of one of the most popular hotels near that sports complex. [00:38:48.200] - Tamara Gruber Makes sense. Yeah. [00:38:49.680] - Kim Tate So one of the I'll just mention a couple of the other things we did was in Irvine, we went to a place called Tanaka Farms, which was really cool. It's like this family owned, you know, farm it actually they told us the story that I don't and I didn't I haven't checked this. But it's a Japanese family who they said that in when the war was going on and they were doing the internment camps in the U.S., that if you opened a farmer, were running a farm, you were able to not go to an internment camp. [00:39:19.800] - Kim Tate And so this family opened this farm. And that's sort of how it's how it stayed and it's family owned. And then it's also a nonprofit. They have volunteers who worked there and they donate part of their produce and everything to local people in need in the area. So it was pretty cool. And so we did this. It's called a you pick tour. So it's like a wagon tour and they give you these little, you know, cardboard basket things and you go around to different parts in the field. [00:39:47.940] - Kim Tate They're like, today we're going to be picking tomatoes and Sushmita peppers and melon. And so they drove us. I mean, OK, we're going to go here and you're going to pick from these plans on the tomatoes and you got your little cardboard basket and you could just fill it up with whatever you want to. And they drove you on the wagon to the next spot and they're like, OK, now we're picking Chido Peppers. And we picked those and then moved on. [00:40:06.450] - Kim Tate OK, here's our melon. So we've already picked some but pick which ones you want. So it's kind of cool is a really neat experience and then they hand you it or. Yeah, we kept it so we ate it on our trip. We actually brought the peppers home with us in our suitcase and they were fine because we TSA says fruit and vegetables are allowed. Paul actually carried on some of the melons, but they were getting super ripe. [00:40:25.350] - Kim Tate It was funny because we were on the plane and I was like, OK, those melons are starting to smell too, right? Like I can. I'm starting to smell them. So, like, they weren't soft. Yeah, but, you know, they just start putting off the strong scent. People are like smelling it. I'm like, don't put it at your feet. Definitely put it up. I was so embarrassed. I was like, no, I have such a sensitive nose. [00:40:44.390] - Tamara Gruber I would have been like, you have melon like like hand cream or whatever was that [00:40:50.220] - Kim Tate It was so embarrassing. I was like, oh my gosh. So anyways, but yeah. So we you got to keep the food and everything and it's just neat. And they had animals there. So we got to see some, you know, sheep and chickens and all that. But it was just a cool, you know, neat little thing to see this big farm and agriculture and then to get a pick food that you couldn't eat. [00:41:08.430] - Kim Tate So we thought that was a neat thing. And then we like I said, we did. We went to UC Irvine, which they told you that. But Lizzy's college shop in and UC Irvine was kind of on her list of interested campuses. And so we drove there and got out and she actually really liked it. It was kind of funny because she it seems like she's drawn to more of the city college campuses, but this one's more suburb, and she really liked it, she thought it was really nice. [00:41:34.710] - Kim Tate So who knows if she becomes an anteater that's still there, the anteaters. It's an interesting, interesting mascot. [00:41:41.430] - Tamara Gruber But I've been watching, like, never have I ever. Is that what it is? Yeah. Netflix, have you watched that. [00:41:48.030] - Kim Tate I haven't. But the girls I know, the girls were like, oh, there's a new season or there's new something. [00:41:51.680] - Tamara Gruber It's so cute. It's like, I don't know. It's a teen comedy. Yeah. Yeah, I, I know. I love it. I thought it was so cute. But their mascot is a cricket like so terrible. Exactly. [00:42:03.900] - Kim Tate I think anteater is slightly better than cricket. Yeah. How funny. So we did that and we, we drove by. So Irvine is known for their outdoor like they have so many bike paths, hiking trails and stuff. So it's really interesting. So if you're an outdoorsy person and looking to do something like that remains a great destination. So we they had a wild, wild wilderness access to this place called Bomber Canyon, and it's near the campus. [00:42:29.670] - Kim Tate So we drove over there and it was basically they give you this access to this deeper part of the woods, the deeper part of the park that normally isn't open. And we didn't pack for hiking. So we just kind of looked at it and got a feel for it. It's definitely of course, not Pacific Northwest hiking. It's definitely like Southern California, more arid hiking. So we but it was just it was neat. So it's kind of a thing. [00:42:52.200] - Kim Tate So if you're into outdoor stuff, Irvine is a destination for that. I don't remember all the facts, but I know they have a huge number of miles of bike and hiking trails. It's crazy. [00:43:02.470] - Tamara Gruber So definitely interesting because my perception as an east coaster, Irvine has just been. Yeah, like the John Wayne Airport. I used to work with a guy that lived in Irvine and he would talk about like some kind of giant shopping mall that's out there. Like, I have very different view of Irvine. I think of it as very like Orange County upscale. Like, I do not think about outdoor activities. [00:43:28.260] - Tamara Gruber So that's cool to know that it has that side, too. [00:43:30.870] - Kim Tate It's really cool. It actually is a neat little city. I think. I think people would be surprised if they gave it a chance. It feels very spread out. So it's not total. OASDI like Huntington Beach, Newport. It's not one of those tiny it's not one of those. It's more spread out open a little more open area. But there's got some really cute little houses, lots of businesses. And then, yeah, the shopping mall, which I'll talk about in a minute, is a big part of Irvine, which is a huge aspect, but it was actually a lot of fun. [00:43:57.960] - Kim Tate So but yeah. So that was kind of that aspect of it. But the big thing that you're talking about is the Irvine Spectrum Center, which is basically a large outdoor mall that has tons of restaurants. And then they have this thing called the Great Wheel, which is kind of a Ferris wheel. And so it's not really like it's not an enclosed wheel like some of the, you know, other cities have like. Yeah, like it a lot. [00:44:22.920] - Kim Tate And I and I not as big as that and not even like the Seattle one. That's kind of like gondola Sized seating. This is more like Ferris wheel chair lift or not chair lift. It's that's the weird thing. So it's almost like a ride where it's got kind of bench seating around. So our family of four, we sat like in a circle and there's a center thing that you hang on. But it was really cute and they had live music there when we went and we just sat on this. [00:44:47.670] - Kim Tate They have kind of Astroturf lawn in front of the stage that's right in front of the wheel. And I showed on my Instagram stories people might have seen it, but it was just so pretty and it was fun. And the girls, whenever they had a Hello Kitty cafe and then of course, they had Brandy Melville. And I don't know what other stores the girls went to, but they did a little shopping. I went early to a place called the Yard House, which we actually have in Seattle, but it's a big sports bar with lots of beers on tap. [00:45:11.610] - Kim Tate And so I said, oh, Paul's never been to Yard house and he would love that. So we went there and kind of watch TV while the girls finish shopping. And then we got some, you know, ordered dinner and they joined us and then we headed home. But it was fun. So it is a it is a big shopping mall, but it's it's got a neat vibe and a good feel. And it was busy on the weekend, that's for sure. [00:45:31.350] - Kim Tate Definitely the the Irvine teen hangout spot. [00:45:34.830] - Tamara Gruber Well, then teens should fit right in. [00:45:36.810] - Kim Tate Yeah, exactly. So I mean they, I mean they were happy, they loved it so and it's got a lot of name brand stores in Barnes and Noble. So Lizzie was excited about that. Yeah. It was good, good place. And one other cool little thing that we did was we went to a soccer match. So they have a it's called the Orange County Soccer Club. And so it's a, I think, level for soccer. So it's not MLS like level one. [00:46:01.260] - Kim Tate So it's level four. And so some young kids, but some people who just love playing the sport, some are paid, I think in some aren't. I think some are just walk on. But it was a really cool kind of outdoor venue. And it's in this area, I think it's called Great Park, but they have this famous, like balloon thing called the Great Park Balloon. It's this giant orange because destination Irvine, their logo's and orange. [00:46:25.110] - Kim Tate I never found out if they have a bunch of orange fields or Richard. Nearby or something, but it's this kind of I know that you've seen it from it's very similar to Walt Disney World, what they have that downtown Disney, the Disney Springs balloon that kind of goes up and people get in the basket. Yeah. So that's basically what it is. And it's supposedly free, but there can be long waits and of course, it's dependent on wind and all that. [00:46:47.390] - Kim Tate And so we didn't we didn't have time and go up it, but we saw it when we went to the soccer match and we were able to see that it, you know, looks like a fun little thing, gives you an overview of the whole area. But in that that complex was where it was staying so that we watched the soccer match and then there's that balloon. And then there's also like baseball fields and soccer fields and softball fields. So I think it's a big little sports center for probably local teams to play it cool. [00:47:13.760] - Tamara Gruber So does that wrap up your trip? [00:47:16.040] - Kim Tate Yeah, I think I want it. I'll mention one of the things we did, and that's just about food, because we didn't you know, we did eat at the hotel and then we ate at the Irvine Spectrum Center, like I mentioned. But one thing that's interesting about Irvine that I learned is that they have a over 40 percent demographic Asian demographic for their in their citizenship. And so international, like Asian cuisines, have been a big part of their make up of their dining industry. [00:47:41.210] - Kim Tate And they have this area called Diamond Jamboree, which is basically a strip mall, but it's filled full of, you know, like different Asian cuisine restaurants. And it was is they recommended that we go there. And so we went and it looked like a really popular place. And so it's funny because you think, oh, it's just a standard strip mall, but it's just neat. They have all these different places you can eat. And they'd given us a recommendation, like one of the places they had it was called Tim Huan, which is a Michelin star, like he's a Hong Kong based chef. [00:48:10.640] - Kim Tate And I guess there was something about like, oh, it's a best paper place at Michelin Star meal. You can get her the cheapest Michelin star meal you can get. So I don't know what he is, but it's supposed to be pretty cool. So we were thinking about going there, but we ended up going to another one. They said it was called Pepper Lunch, which is like a DIY tepid restaurant. But it's more like kind of we did teriyaki, but basically you're served your food on a really hot, hot cast iron dish. [00:48:37.220] - Kim Tate So you don't touch it. And they'll put like if you get a certain meat dish, they'll actually have the meat is raw and you kind of move it around and mix it with the rice to cook it because it's that boiling hot on that cast iron still. And it was it was a neat experience. And it was again, it was so fast. I mean, it's just order and it's there. So it's a popular lunch place for, I think, a lot of those businesses and working people in Irvine. [00:48:59.570] - Kim Tate But it was a really neat place. It's called the Diamond Jamboree. And if you you know, it's a great little stop and a very affordable too. So that was nice. Double bonus. That kind of wraps it up. [00:49:11.810] - Tamara Gruber Yeah, that sounds good. It's like I love being able to try different cuisines when you're traveling. I mean, here in Rhode Island, we don't have like I mean, I don't know, it's getting better, but there's not like as many different kind of ethnicities when it comes to cuisine. And so when I go other places, I'm like, oh yeah, I try that so well. [00:49:32.610] - Kim Tate And I think, yeah, I think the cool thing about this is that you get so I mean, being Americans like us, sometimes we get so pigeonholed like, oh it's Asian cuisine, OK, like that must be Chinese or Japanese or and it's neat to think no, there's all Cambodian. Ah. There's, you know, there's a lot of types like, you know, different, you know, Hong Kong and different cuisine styles. And so that was kind of an interesting concept to consider. [00:49:56.930] - Kim Tate And keep in mind, [00:49:57.830] - Tamara Gruber when we were in Berkeley the first night, we're exhausted. Hannah could barely stay awake. And I walked out to get something to eat. And, you know, it's like a lot of just like more casual pickup places right near the school. Yeah. So I found, you know, like a good Korean place. And that was I think it
Welcome back to the most magical podcast on the internet! This week, Kara and Kaycee talk with our Marketing Manager, Amanda, about her recent visit to Avengers Campus in Disney's California Adventure Park. Amanda shares all of the details of this new land, including the new ride, shows, and food you can find there. She also gives us her best tips on how to explore the campus. Take out those notepads, because this is an episode you won't want to miss. If you liked this episode, please subscribe and rate us 5 stars! The Why We Disney Team loves feedback so feel free to email us at whywedisney@gmail.com
Attention new recruits! Avengers Campus is finally open at Disney's California Adventure Park in Anaheim, CA and we've got everything you need to know. From how to get a higher score on W.E.B. Slingers to where the best merchandise can be found, tune in to suit up for your upcoming adventure. P.S. We can't wait to go back! This podcast is made possible by people like you. We so appreciate you taking the time to listen. Follow @SprinkledByMagic on Instagram for more pop culture fun. And if you enjoyed this episode, consider buying us a Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/highvoltagemag --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/high-voltage-radio-hour/support
On June 4, 2021 Avengers Campus opened at California Adventure Park at the Disneyland Resort. This much awaited "Marvel Land" brings super heroes from the MCU along with other nods to the popular franchise. But you can't just stroll into a top secret super hero training facility... That is why we are breaking down everything you should know about Avengers Campus if you plan to visit Disneyland this summer. From how to join the virtual queue, to mobile ordering, and beyond... we talk about it all. (Christian Thompson/Disneyland Resort) Visiting Avengers Campus - Tips You Need To Know In this episode of the Disneyland with Kids podcast, Julie, from Mom Rewritten, and Leslie, from Trips with Tykes, talk about previewing Avengers Campus and Julie's experience attending as a regular guests on opening day. This episode is chock-full of great tips and info, so you will want to be sure to download and listen to it a couple of times before visiting. Ready for a Super Hero Vacation? Before we get to the show notes, just a reminder that if you are ready for a visit to Disneyland you can book through our partners at Get Away Today for our super discount. In this episode of the Disneyland with Kids Podcast, we are giving you the most up to date information (as of June 9, 2021) on Avengers Campus. From how to get into the land, to how to eat some giant food, we are giving our best tips. We will talk about: How to get into Avengers Campus - Virtual Queues and Standby The new WEB SLINGERS attraction Why this is the time to ride Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout! Food in Avengers Campus Mobile Ordering and Walk-up ordering - why you may not get to eat at Pym Test Kitchen Merchandise in Avengers Campus Character interactions in Avengers Campus and why you can see all your favorites Can you ride both WEB SLINGERS and Rise of the Resistance in the same day In this episode, Leslie references Becca's flow chart to figure out the virtual queue systems. Here is a copy of that flow chart. Be sure to visit Becca's site as a thank you for taking the time to create this.
Big changes coming to “Bachelor in Paradise?”Everything we know about what's next for the show and what it could mean for Chris Harrison's future.Our exclusive Helen Mirren “F9” surprise. How she is taking over “The Sunset Strip.”Kelly McCreary and Anthony Hill are spilling details to get you ready for the “Grey's Anatomy” season finale.“Thelma & Louise” reunited. Only ET's with Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis celebrating the 30th anniversary of their iconic movie.Then, ET takes you inside “Disney's California Adventure Park” with a sneak peek at the epic “Avengers Campus.”
Part 2 of our two-episode series for Disney California Parks. Where we discuss tips as well tricks of how to enjoy your time at Disney's California Adventure Park.
This week we're catching-up with a new listener, Sarah, about her recent experience visiting Disneyland for Reopening Day. Sarah gives us all of her tips and tricks for a successful visit to Disneyland as it reopens to California residents. Come here about all the happenings at Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure Park, and what you can expect during a visit right now. The DCLDuo Podcast is a weekly Disney Cruise Line and Disney travel focused podcast. If you like our podcast, please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Our podcast is also available on Pocket Casts, Spotify and most other major podcast providers. You can also like and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @DCLDuo. If you'd like to be a guest on the show, you can email us at dclduo@gmail.com. The views in this podcast are our own, and are not those of the Walt Disney family of companies, Disney Cruise Line or the Walt Disney theme parks or resorts. If you have questions about a Disney vacation or any of the Disney offerings discussed in this podcast please contact Disney directly or discuss with your Disney travel agent. Thanks for listening! You can connect with the DCLDuo Podcast and Vlog at: https://dclduo.com Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel at: https://tinyurl.com/u5bj9lv Please review and subscribe to our Podcast on the following platforms (or most major podcast providers): Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dclduo-podcast/id1501550336 Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/gn6f1034 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Fcl8SPuSJFlam2KsJBHx7 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=526093&refid=stpr Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xNDZlYjkzYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== TuneIn Radio: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Sports--Recreation-Podcasts/DCLDuo-Podcast-p1319273/ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/744bd586-7298-4804-96c5-be20a1fff61f/DCLDuo-Podcast You can also like and follow us on social media at: The DCLDuo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DclDuo The DCLDuo on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dcl_duo/ The DCLDuo on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DCLDuo The DCLDuo Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dclduo We're also listed alongside some other great Disney podcasts at: Top 100 Disney Podcasts
En este episodio Belén, Pablo y Maxi cumplen con lo prometido en el teaser de la tercera temporada y se embarcan en temas de actualidad del mundo Disney. Van a estar charlando del nuevo barco de la línea de cruceros de Disney, el Disney Wish. Además, van a celebrar la apertura de Disneyland y van a contar qué esperan del Avengers Campus que se va a abrir en el California Adventure Park. Poné play, relajate y disfrutá. DisneyCast está por empezar.
Disneyland and California Adventure Park reopened to guests on April 30, 2021, after more than 400 days closed due to the pandemic. The Disneyland with Kids co-founders were at the reopening, and two of them were able to go into the parks. What are our biggest tips for attending Disneyland right now? Find out in this episode which we have aptly titled... Magic Returns. Disneyland with Kids - the Magic Returns Disneyland park reopened on April 30, 2021, to California Residents. With reduced capacity, hiatus of services like MaxPass, mask mandates, and more... it is a different Disneyland than we remember. But the magic is still there. What was it like to walk down Main Street? Were the characters plentiful? How was wearing a mask all day? Find out in this episode. For those interested, we will add a transcript for this episode as soon as possible. In this episode, all four co-founders are talking about the reopening of Disneyland. We start with Leslie and Julie in Disneyland, where you can hear the sounds of Main Street USA. Later that night, all four of us gathered in a hotel room, recording onto a phone, as we dissect everything from that day. This episode is a little different than what you may be used to. It is more raw, and almost a behind-the-scenes of how the four of us discuss Disneyland topics when researching and writing articles. We think you will enjoy it. In This Episode - Disneyland Opens and Magic Returns In this episode we cover: What did it feel like to walk back into Disneyland (crying is totally allowed) What are our biggest tips for those planning a Disneyland vacation (hint, join the Disneyland with Kids group on Facebook) How were the crowds What were the lines like Dining and mobile ordering How much did they use their phones Masks - can you ever take them off Dining Reservations - should you make some The new rides at Disneyland Other tips for visiting Disneyland as it reopens to guests As a side note, in the episode we asked Julie and Leslie how many rides they were able to go on. They counted after the episode and belive it was 14. Keep in mind, the hours were shortened (9-7) and they also had to do research, etc for their sites and sites they freelance for. Had they been there as a regular guest, they both think they could have ridden 25+ rides. Note: All co-founders of the Disneyland with Kids Podcast are fully vaccinated. Ready To Get Back To Disneyland? If you are hoping to head to Disneyland in 2021, whether right now as a California Resident, or as someone hoping to go once those not living in California are allowed to attend, our partners at Get Away Today can help. Now is the perfect time to book your hotel, before they fill up and prices go up. Plus if you purchase your tickets now, you will be ready to make all your park reservations once they are available. Book through our partners and save even more with our exclusive discounts on tickets, and use code DisneyKids to save even more on hotel stays of 2 nights or more. Disneyland with Kids - Magic Returns (Guide to all the important info) Why You Need The Disneyland App (Podcast Episode) What is Open at Disneyland for Dining (Article) How to Get Disneyland Reservations (Article) Tips for Disneyland After the Reopening (Article) Ticket Expiration Date Info (Article)
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Season 2, Episode 18 - Top 5 Disney Restaurant Desserts! Top 5 Disney Restaurant Desserts! Hey everyone, I'm Mike, she's Sophie, and that's Brenda, and we're On the Road with Mickey! This is Season 2, Episode 18 for May 3, 2021, and our feature topic today is our Top 5 Disney Restaurant Desserts! We're taking a look at the top 5 restaurant desserts that we've ever found, so get ready! Note: You may want to enjoy this podcast after you eat lunch! Grab a drink, relax, and join us as we talk about all the things that we came up with! Here's our rundown of what we talked about: Cheddar from the Big CheeseSophie: Starting tonight on ABC, “The Wonderful World of Disney” returns! Each week Disney is going to share some of their incredible movies! Here's the lineup (all movies start at 8PM EDT):May 3, Incredibles 2May 10, Finding DoryMay 17, Monsters, Inc.May 24, TangledMay 31, The Princess and the FrogBrenda: Let's talk about the Disney Wish, the 5th ship in the Disney Cruise Line family!Mike: Last week, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment is offering free admission for US military veterans and their families to its SeaWorld Orlando, SeaWorld San Antonio, and SeaWorld San Diego parks. The free admission runs from April 26 - June 27, 2021.Mike: Celebration! Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure Park have reopened as of Friday, April 30! In honor of the Disneyland reopening, here is Walt's speech from July 17, 1955! Enjoy!Connect with us! Here's how: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OnTheRoadwithMickeyYouTube: On the Road with Mickey (Don't forget to subscribe, like the videos, and comment!)Instagram: On the Road with MickeyEmail: info@ontheroadwithmickey.comPhone Voicemail: 919-799-8390Feature Topic: Top 5 Disney Restaurant Desserts!Brenda's Favorite Desserts5) No Way Jose Sundae - Beaches & Cream4) Sticky Toffee Pudding - Rose & Crown3) Ooey Gooey Toffee Cake - Liberty Tree Tavern2) ‘Ohana's Bananas Foster Bread Pudding - ‘Ohana1) Ger's Bread & Butter Pudding - Raglan RoadMike's Favorite Desserts5) Apple Strudel w/ Vanilla Sauce - Biergarten4) Traditional Warm Apple Crisp A la Mode - 50's Prime Time Cafe3) Jaq & Gus Cheesecake - Cinderella's Royal Table2) Berry Short Cake w/ Whipped Cream - The Garden Grill Restaurant1) Banana Split - The Plaza RestaurantSophie's Favorite Desserts5) macha green tea ice cream - Teppan Edo/Tokyo Dining4) The Grey Stuff - Be Our Guest3) Hazelnut Caramel Profiteroles - La Petit Cafe2) Brownie Sundae, Sophie Style - The Plaza Restaurant1) Dad's Favorite Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake a la mode - 50's Prime Time CafeListener FavoritesCindy's favorite dessert is at Cinderella's Royal Table and is called “The Clock Strikes Twelve” -- Dark Chocolate Mousse with a Caramel and Crunchy Praline Center, served with Chocolate Sauce and Hazelnut GelatoCathy's favorite dessert is the Chocolate cake with peanut butter icing that she gets at 50's Prime Time Cafe.Lee says to dive into a Kitchen Sink over at Beaches & Cream, but make sure you bring a friend!This Day in Disney History for May 3Namesake for Walt Disney born, groundbreaking for CalArtsDisney Who's Who Character: Maid Marion from Robin HoodWalt Disney Quote“…And just like that, after a long wait, a day like any else,I decided to triumph, to look for the opportunities, not to wait.I decided to see every problem as the opportunity to find a solution.I decided to see every desert as the opportunity to find an oasis.I decided to see every night as a mystery to solve.I decided to see every day as a new opportunity to be happy.That day I found that my only enemies were my own weaknesses,That day I lost the fear of losing and I started to fear not winning,I discovered that I was not the best and maybe never have been.I stopped caring about who was the winner and who was the loser.Now I care only about knowing more than yesterday.I learned that the hard thing is to stop climbing to the top, instead of not reaching it.
This week, Chris takes us on a preview of the new Avengers Campus at Disneyland's California Adventure Park, opening on June 4, 2021, and Kelli explains why MouseGear is the best store on Disney property including 5 reasons EPCOT should keep it open (in addition to the new creations shop).Listen to us on your favorite podcast platform or at these links:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/supercalifragilistic-awesome-disney-podcast/id1519529786IHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-supercalifragilistic-aweso-68324055/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7aEKXzO7tTCqZfnvJnzAPC For show notes, transcript, and more details from this episode, please visit: SCFADP on Twitter: https://twitter.com/scfadpSCFADP on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scfadp/SCFADP on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5WCZC9YG7B7fCBOSZLWSZASupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/scfadp)All music for this episode is available through a creative commons license. The background music for the News segment was created by Kevin Macleod: Fuzzball Parade by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5044-fuzzball-paradeLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ For more things DISNEY (and Disney food reviews), check out our website: https://scfadp.com Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram at @SCFADP!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/scfadp)
Join us in this episode for a rebroadcast of our live Coffee at the Cove episode which was broadcast to our Facebook and YouTube channels. This episode featured Chris’s experience at a Touch of Disney, which took place at Disney’s California Adventure Park. Enjoy everyone. Connect with Steve, Christy, and Chris: steve@dclpodcast.com christy@packyourpixiedust.com brightbydisney@gmail.com Follow … Continue reading "198 Rebroadcast (Apr 18 live show): Chris’s experience at A Touch of Disney"
Season 2, Episode 13 - Our Top Rides at Disneyland and California Adventure Park! Our Top Rides at Disneyland and California Adventure Park! Hey everyone, I'm Mike, she's Sophie, and that's Brenda, and we're On the Road with Mickey! This is Season 2, Episode 13 for March 29, 2021, and our feature topic today is Our Top Rides at Disneyland and California Adventure Park! We're concluding our talk about our favorite rides with a look at the west coast and the OG Disneyland Park as well as Disney's California Adventure Park! We hope this triggers discussion in your family about your top rides, and that you let us know what they are! Grab a drink, relax, and join us as we talk about all the things that we came up with! Here's our rundown of what we talked about: Cheddar from the Big CheeseMike: Last week we talked about Soarin’ Over California vs. Soarin’ Around the World, and which one people liked more. The original poll was 52% - 48% for Soarin' Around the World, but then we did a poll last week and Soarin' Over California won 67% - 33%!Sophie: From the Disney Parks Blog: “We’re revealing the first-ever Walt Disney World Resort specialty license plate today in honor of “The World’s Most Magical Celebration,” beginning on Oct. 1, 2021. Supporting the local community, 100% of the proceeds will benefit Make-A-Wish Central and Northern Florida.Brenda: As part of the small refurbishment projects that Walt Disney World is doing in order to get ready for the 50th Anniversary, the Main Street Confectionary and The Chapeau will be closing on March 29. We’re not sure how long the refurbishment will last, but it is showing closed at least through May 24th. While they are closed, the offerings that you would normally buy at these locations will be available at other places on Main Street.Mike: Wow, Spring Break has arrived at Disney! The park availability calendar shows that nearly all of the parks are completely booked as far as Park Pass reservations go. It varies as to what days have what availability to if you are looking to make park reservations, make sure you check the availability before you purchase your tickets!Sophie: If you are going to be at Disney around the Easter holiday, there are several locations where you can view the Easter Displays. The dates vary, so check the show notes, but you can find them at the Boardwalk Resort, the Grand Floridian, Saratoga Springs Resort, and over at the Yacht and Beach Club resorts.Disney’s Boardwalk Resort – Lobby area (available for viewing Mar. 26-April 4)Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa – Lobby area, concierge level, and Grand Floridian Café lobby (available for viewing Mar. 15-April 4)Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort – Carriage House (available for viewing Apr. 1-11)Disney’s Yacht and Beach Club Resort – Beach Club lobby, Yacht Club lobby, Ale & Compass Restaurant, The Market at Ale & Compass (available for viewing Mar. 18-Apr. 4)Mike: We are sad to report that Disney Legend Jim Cora passed away on March 21st at the age of 83. Mr. Cora started his Disney career at Disneyland in 1957 as a part-time attractions host polishing 3D glasses at the Mickey Mouse Club Theater, and retired 43 years later as chairman of Disney International. He credited his rise through Disney to the boss, Walt Disney, who sent him over to Disney University founder Van Arsdale France with the admonition: “Tell him Walt sent you. I think he may have something for you.” Josh D’Amaro had this to say in a statement: “Very few people have a Disney legacy that reaches as far and wide as Jim Cora. His dedication to bringing Disney magic to people around the world was only matched by the passion he exuded throughout his career and for the many years that followed. I always loved hearing Jim’s thoughts about our business. He was one of our last connections to Walt Disney and he will be missed dearly.”Brenda: Yay! Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure Park are reopening on April 30! Currently,
Season 2, Episode 12 - Our Top Rides at Epcot and Hollywood Studios! Our Top Rides at Epcot and Hollywood Studios! Hey everyone, I'm Mike, she's Sophie, and that's Brenda, and We're on the Road with Mickey! This is Season 2, Episode 12 for March 22, 2021, and our feature topic today is Our Top Rides at Epcot and Hollywood Studios! This week, we're talking about our favorite rides to be found at Epcot and Hollywood Studios Parks! We hope this triggers discussion in your family about your top rides, and that you let us know what they are! Grab a drink, relax, and join us as we talk about all the things that we came up with! Here's our rundown of what we talked about: Cheddar from the Big CheeseMike: Interesting Annual Passholder news for Walt Disney World. I saw an article that indicated that Disney World Annual Passes are now on sale in the United Kingdom. Sophie: Harmonious is the new nighttime show that Disney is working on for Epcot. Last week, testing was done on the way it shoots out water as part of the show. Brenda: We reported a couple of weeks ago about how some of the rooms for the Polynesian Village Resort are going to be themed after Moana. Well, reservations can now be made for those rooms! The earliest arrival date is July 19, 2021. Hit us up if you want to look at staying at one of the rooms!Connect with us! Here’s how: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OnTheRoadwithMickeyYouTube: On the Road with Mickey (Don't forget to subscribe, like the videos, and comment!)Instagram: On the Road with MickeyEmail: info@ontheroadwithmickey.comPhone Voicemail: 919-799-8390Feature Topic: Our Top Rides at Epcot and Hollywood Studios!Brenda’s Top Five Rides - Epcot5) Living with the Land4) Frozen Ever After3) Spaceship Earth2) Soarin’1) Test TrackBrenda’s Top Five Rides - Hollywood Studios5) Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway4) Slinky Dog Dash3) Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith2) Rise of the Resistance1) Tower of TerrorSophie’s Top Five Rides - Epcot5) Journey into Imagination4) Mission Space3) Living with the Land2) Soarin’1) Spaceship EarthSophie’s Top Five Rides - Hollywood Studios5) Toy Story Mania4) Smuggler’s Run3) Tower of Terror2) Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway1) Rise of the ResistanceMike’s Top Five Rides - Epcot5) Test Track4) Frozen Ever After3) Gran Fiesta Tour Starring the Three Caballeros2) Soarin’1) Spaceship EarthMike’s Top Five Rides - Hollywood Studios5) Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway4) Toy Story Mania3) Slinky Dog Dash2) Rise of the Resistance1) Millenium Falcon: Smugglers RunThis Day in Disney History for March 22Disney Legend and one of Walt's Nine Old Men, Milt Kahl is born on this day in 1909!Disney Who’s Who Character: Gepetto from the Disney movie Pinocchio.Walt Disney Quote“Somehow I can’t believe there are any heights that can’t be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C’s. They are Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, and Constancy and the greatest of these is Confidence. When you believe a thing, believe it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably. We allow no geniuses around our studio.” ~ Walt DisneyComing Next Week: We wrap up our look at our top rides at Disney by heading west and taking a look at our favorite rides for Disneyland and California Adventure Park!SponsorshipOn the Road with Mickey is sponsored by Pixie Vacations by Mike Ellis and Tech Solutions NC.
In this episode of See You on Main Street, we discuss breaking news out of Orange County regarding theme parks. It was reported that on April 1st, the Disneyland Resort can reopen at 15% capacity. We also talk about the ticket sales of Disney's California Adventure Park's event, "A Touch of Disney" and the recent "reimagineering" of rides in Disneyland. Come join Andrew, Jen, and Julian as we take a dive into the rabbit hole that is the Disneyland Resort! The See you on main street podcast is not affiliated with the Walt Disney company. All thoughts and opinions are our own. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
As we are approaching the anniversary of the closure of the Disneyland Resort, we reflect on what we miss the most about Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure. In our very first episode Andrew, Jennifer and Julian discuss the things we look forward to doing, and most importantly, eating, when the gates to Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure Park are reopened to the world. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Joined by Guest Tangler Matthew Allen, Matt Co-Hosts the Vidjagame Apocalypse Podcast on the Lasertime network, and was a cast member at Disneyland: This week the Tanglers head back in time 20 years to Anaheim California on February 8th, 2001 for opening day of Disney's California Adventure Park. The Tanglers round out their 2001 research by examining Vanilla Sky, The Mexican, The XFL, the music of Creed, and Paper Mario.
Listen Now On the Sunday, February 14th Valentine’s Day edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, after meetings at the White House, officials on both sides say there is little interest in restricting domestic air travel. Disneyland is reopening its California Adventure Park in southern California. But wait, no rides? Entertainment, shops and restaurants only? “A limited-time ticketed experience,” Disney is calling it. Starts March 12th. We share the history of Valentine’s Day,...
This week, we celebrate two decades of fun in the sun as we look back at the design and development of Disney California Adventure in the week of its 20th anniversary with former Imagineer Tim Delaney, who was creative director and show producer for Paradise Pier and the main entrance of the park. Tim shares many stories from his career with WED Enterprises and Imagineering, including his time working on EPCOT Center, working for the company when Michael Eisner became CEO of the Walt Disney Company, and his work on Disney's California Adventure Park. We look at an overview of the park and discuss the budgeting challenges Imagineering faced, the theming of the park, the design of the entrance plaza and California Screamin', and the changes that have happened at the Disneyland Resort over the years.
Season 2, Episode 2 - 21 Things to Experience in 2021 21 Things to Experience in 2021 Hey everyone, I'm Mike, and she's Sophie, and We're on the Road with Mickey! This is Season 2, Episode 2 for January 11, 2021, and our feature topic today is 21 Things to Experience in 2021! The year 2021 is upon us, and it's time to take a look at 21 things we want to try and experience -- maybe we'll see what we accomplished at the end of the year? Grab a drink, relax, and join us as we talk about all the things that we came up with! Here's our rundown of what we talked about: Cheddar from the Big CheeseMike: Good news! The Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover may reopen on January 31!Mike: and Bad news. The TRON roller coaster will not be completed in time for the 50th anniversary celebration on October 1, 2021.Sophie: Over at Disney’s California Adventure Park, Disney has confirmed that Marvel’s Avengers Campus will open in 2021.Sophie: Park Hopping is back! If you wish to park hop, you can do so starting at 2PM if you have a Park Hopper ticket. Call 407-560-5000 to make sure that parks are available to hop to.Connect with us! Here’s how: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OnTheRoadwithMickeyYouTube: On the Road with MickeyInstagram: On the Road with MickeyEmail: info@ontheroadwithmickey.comPhone Voicemail: 919-799-8390Feature Topic: 21 Things to Experience in 20211) Riding the Monorail to Epcot2) Riding the WDW Railroad3) Experiencing Rise of the Resistance again4) Riding Slinky Dog Dash5) Epcot Flower & Garden Festival6) Epcot Food & Wine Festival7) Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party8) Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party9) Park Hopping!10) Re-opening of Tom Sawyer Island and Liberty Belle11) Return of Cast Members back to Disney12) Reopening of Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure Park13) Return to Cruising with Disney Cruise Lines14) Riding the Millenium Falcon - Smuggler’s Run again15) Hoping for a return of Fast Passes16) Riding Avatar: Flight of Passage and Na’vi River Journey17) Drawing characters at The Animation Experience at Conservation Station, part of Rafiki’s Planet Watch18) Riding my favorite roller coasters -- including Expedition Everest, 7 Dwarfs Mine Train, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, and Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster19) Experiencing Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure when it opens, and riding Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway again20) Experiencing the Original Attractions at the Magic Kingdom for the 50th Anniversary of Walt Disney World21) Celebrating LIFE with our friends and family.This Day in Disney History for January 11Disney Who’s Who CharacterWalt Disney QuoteSponsorshipOn the Road with Mickey is sponsored by Pixie Vacations by Mike Ellis and Tech Solutions NC.
Episode 47 - Our Favorite Five WDW Recap: Our Favorite Five Hey everyone, I'm Mike, and she's Sophie, and We're on the Road with Mickey! This is episode #47 for December 7, 2020, and our feature topic today is Our Favorite Five things we liked on our recent WDW trip! Grab a drink, relax, and join us as we talk about all the great things that we enjoyed on our trip! Here's our rundown of what we talked about: Cheddar from the Big CheeseMike: If you have tickets for Disneyland for this year, do not worry. Normally those single day tickets would expire at the end of the month; however, with the park closed, the expiration date for the tickets has been pushed to December 16, 2021, so you have next year to use your tickets.Sophie: Coming soon to select Disney resorts: Characters! From Disney: While you’re visiting one of these magical places, you may just spot a favorite Disney pal taking in the sights, as well. We don’t know which characters or resorts they may be at, but it would be neat to see them!Sophie: Over at Epcot, work continues on the Guardian of the Galaxy ride that will open next year! Recently, ride vehicles for the attraction were spotted on their way to Epcot for installation!Mike: Also over at Disneyland, another store has joined the list of stores that have opened on Buena Vista Street at Disney’s California Adventure Park. Off the Page has reopened, and will be open from Noon until 8PM.Sophie: One last bit of information, not cheddar necessarily but interesting. Did you know that Walt Disney World is one of the 1st bus fleets in the US to run on R50 fuel, a 50% renewable diesel made from non-consumable food waste? All WDW buses are powered by renewable diesel, helping conserve natural resources.Connect with us! Here’s how: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OnTheRoadwithMickeyYouTube: On the Road with MickeyInstagram: On the Road with MickeyEmail: info@ontheroadwithmickey.comPhone Voicemail: 919-799-8390Feature Topic: WDW Recap: Our Favorite FiveSophie’s Favorite Five5) Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom Game4) Seeing the Castle lit up for Christmas3) Being there for the last day of the Food and Wine Festival (Plus Apple Fritters that’ll knock your socks off)2) The Riviera Resort’s tasty treats (The Hazelnut-Caramel Profiteroles)1) Seeing Jagan againMike’s Favorite Five5) The Christmas Decorations throughout the resort4) Topollino’s Terrace and celebrating Jagan’s Birthday!3) The Fireworks and Castle Light Display2) Rise of the Resistance!1) Drumroll, please…….This Day in Disney History for December 7Disney Who’s Who CharacterWalt Disney QuoteCharity Spotlight - Neuse River Golden Retriever RescueFrom now until the end of the year, we are going to focus on a special charity to talk about. The charity we have selected is the Neuse River Golden Retriever Rescue (https://goldenrescuenc.org/) - This charity works to help abandoned Golden Retrievers find their forever home. We have used them twice now, once with our boy Regan and the second time with our boy River, and they are wonderful to work with. If you are interested in donating to their organization, the place to do so is at https://goldenrescuenc.org/support-nrgrr SponsorshipOn the Road with Mickey is sponsored by Pixie Vacations by Mike Ellis and Tech Solutions NC. If you have any computing or travel needs, reach out to them! Tech Solutions is found at techsolutionsnc.com or on Facebook, and you can reach Mike for travel needs at mike@pixievacations.com or on Facebook at Pixie Vacations by Mike Ellis
Special guest month continues with Zachary Ruane from Aunty Donna dropping in to tell us about one of Disney's stranger theme parks, California Adventure Park!Check out Aunty Donna's new Netflix show: https://www.netflix.com/title/81009617Mish and Zach's Leguizamarama podcast: https://play.acast.com/s/mishandzachsleguizamaramaTwitter: @zacharyruaneInstagram: @zacharyruaneBuy tickets to our live streamed shows:https://sospresents.com/catalogSupport the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: patreon.com/DoGoOnPodBuy tickets to our streamed shows (there are 8 available to watch now! All with exclusive extra sections): https://sospresents.com/authors/dogoonCheck out our web series: https://youtu.be/6xo-33ISjkI Submit a topic idea directly to the hat: dogoonpod.com/Submit-a-TopicTwitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.comCheck out our other podcasts:Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheatPrime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader Thomas See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Episode 45 - At Least Ten Things at WDW we can't wait to reopen At Least Ten Things at WDW We can’t wait to reopen Hey everyone, I'm Mike, and she's Sophie, and We're on the Road with Mickey! This is episode #45 for November 9, 2020, and our feature topic today is At Least Ten Things at WDW We can’t wait to reopen. Grab a drink, relax, and join us as we talk about all the great things that we just can't wait to reopen! Here's our rundown of what we talked about: Cheddar from the Big CheeseMike: Practically overnight, the Walt Disney World resort went from halloween/fall decorations to Christmas decorations! All parks have decorations up; officially, they will all be in place as of last Friday, November 6th.Sophie: The Disney Parks Blog has introduced a special section called “Everything Holidays” to celebrate the Disney Magic of the season. It’s basically a collection of posts all having to do with the holidays this year. We’ll post the link to it in the show notes: https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/topics/holidays-at-disney/Sophie: Over at Disneyland, Buena Vista Street at California Adventure Park is slated to open on November 19th; that will provide an extension of the Downtown Disney district. Several eateries will be open, including the Carthay Circle Lounge - Alfresco Dining, which is brand new and is part of the Carthay Circle Restaurant. Additionally, there will be shopping, with such stores as Elias & Co., Julius Katz & Sons, Kingswell Camera Shop and Trolley Treats. Lastly, starting on the 19th, there will be a $10 fee per car for parking at the Simba Lot for the Downtown Disney District. Also, keep in mind that the number of guests allowed to visit will be limited to promote physical distancing. The mobile waitlist system will be in force for Buena Vista Street like it is for the District already.Mike: Lastly, over at Universal we had a couple of announcements regarding hotels. First, Loews Portofino Bay Hotel will reopen on December 1st. They were closed due to the Pandemic and hadn’t reopened in June like other Universal hotels had. Secondly, the Endless Summer -- Dockside Inn and Suites hotel, which was supposed to open in March, I think, but didn’t because of the Pandemic, has been slated to have their grand opening on December 15th. The Endless Summer hotels are Value hotels that have a lot of suites for larger families and incredible prices. Let me know if you want to look at staying there for your next Universal vacation.Connect with us! Here’s how: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OnTheRoadwithMickeyYouTube: On the Road with MickeyInstagram: On the Road with MickeyEmail: info@ontheroadwithmickey.comPhone Voicemail: 919-799-8390Feature Topic: At Least Ten Things at WDW We can’t wait to reopenPeoplemoverWDW RailroadCrystal PalaceFireworks ShowsParadesGingerbread HouseColumbia Harbour HouseFestival of the Lion KingCharacter Meet and GreetsResort HoppingEpcot Candlelight ProcessionalMickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party and Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween PartyVisiting without requiring a maskThis Day in Disney History for November 9Disney Who’s Who CharacterWalt Disney QuoteCharity Spotlight - Neuse River Golden Retriever RescueFrom now until the end of the year, we are going to focus on a special charity to talk about. The charity we have selected is the Neuse River Golden Retriever Rescue (https://goldenrescuenc.org/) - This charity works to help abandoned Golden Retrievers find their forever home. We have used them twice now, once with our boy Regan and the second time with our boy River, and they are wonderful to work with. If you are interested in donating to their organization, the place to do so is at https://goldenrescuenc.org/support-nrgrr SponsorshipOn the Road with Mickey is sponsored by Pixie Vacations by Mike Ellis and Tech Solutions NC. If you have any computing or travel needs, reach out to them! Tech Solutions is found at techsolutionsnc.com or on Facebook,
Hyperion Adventures Podcast: Everything Disney for Every Fan
Believe it our not, Disney+'s first birthday is this week! So, this week, we're celebrating with our Disney+ At One Year show. We look back at some of our favorite shows, movies and moments from its first year. Then, we take a peek into the future and discuss what we're most excited about in year 2 of Disney's streaming service. Once we wrap up our Disney+ At One Year birthday celebration, it's time for the Disney Stories of the Week. This episode, those include more details about your chance to do a little holiday shopping and dining at Disney's California Adventure Park. As always, we wrap it all up with tips that might help you on your next vacation. Thanks for listening! Cheers!
Episode 44 - Nighttime Experiences at Disney Nighttime Experiences at Disney Hey everyone, I'm Mike, and she's Sophie, and We're on the Road with Mickey! This is episode #44 for November 2, 2020, and our feature topic today is the Nighttime Experiences at Disney. Grab a drink, relax, and join us as we talk about all the great things you can do at Disney after the sun goes down! Here's our rundown of what we talked about: Cheddar from the Big Cheese Mike: Sadly, the layoffs at Disney continue. We heard that practically all of the Cast Members, if not all of them, that work on the stage shows and things like that -- for example, Festival of the Lion King and Finding Nemo: The Musical -- have been laid off. The list is long and sad, and our thoughts and prayers go out to all of the Cast Members affected and their families. If you wish to help them out, the Cast Member Pantry is accepting donations. To leave a donation, send some money via VENMO to @castmemberpantry.Mike: In other COVID news, the government in France has implemented a mandatory lockdown due to a spike in cases in Europe. As a result, Disneyland Paris is having to close. They closed effective October 30, 2020.Sophie: Over at Disney Springs, the Lego Store has put up a model of The Child made entirely of Legos. You can see it over on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CG0bJOTHoxW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_linkSophie: Lastly, there is at least some short-term good news. Disney has called back about 200 Cast Members to work in the shopping and dining facilities over on Buena Vista Street at California Adventure Park.Connect with us! Here’s how: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OnTheRoadwithMickeyYouTube: On the Road with MickeyInstagram: On the Road with MickeyEmail: info@ontheroadwithmickey.comPhone Voicemail: 919-799-8390 Feature Topic: Nighttime Experiences at DisneyDuring normal years, Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party in the fall.Evening Extra Magic Hours, especially at Magic Kingdom and EpcotBack in the day, Animal Kingdom Block Party at DinoLand, U.S.A.Dueling Piano Bar at Jellyrolls at Disney’s BoardwalkTomorrowland at Night! Especially Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover at Night!People Watching while sitting on a bench eating popcorn.Fireworks at Magic Kingdom and Epcot.Fantasmic!Riding Seven Dwarfs Mine Train during the fireworks!Back in the day, Main Street Electrical Parade at the Magic KingdomWorld of ColorThis Day in Disney History for November 2Disney Who’s Who CharacterWalt Disney QuoteCharity Spotlight - Neuse River Golden Retriever RescueFrom now until the end of the year, we are going to focus on a special charity to talk about. The charity we have selected is the Neuse River Golden Retriever Rescue (https://goldenrescuenc.org/) - This charity works to help abandoned Golden Retrievers find their forever home. We have used them twice now, once with our boy Regan and the second time with our boy River, and they are wonderful to work with. If you are interested in donating to their organization, the place to do so is at https://goldenrescuenc.org/support-nrgrr SponsorshipOn the Road with Mickey is sponsored by Pixie Vacations by Mike Ellis and Tech Solutions NC. If you have any computing or travel needs, reach out to them! Tech Solutions is found at techsolutionsnc.com or on Facebook, and you can reach Mike for travel needs at mike@pixievacations.com or on Facebook at Pixie Vacations by Mike Ellis
Hyperion Adventures Podcast: Everything Disney for Every Fan
This week, we're wrapping up the Halloween Season with another frightfully fun topic. While we may not be able to enjoy the party at the parks, this year, that doesn't mean we can't have a "Not So Scary" good time. We count down Our 5 Favorite "Not So Scary" Disney Moments. Whether they come from the Films, Television Shows or trips to The Parks, we have a lot of great spooky moments to choose from. See if our lists match yours!Once we wrap up discussing Our 5 Favorite "Not So Scary" Disney Moments, it's time for the Disney Stories of the Week. This episode, those include the announcement of the dates for a Walt Disney World Festival that we feel is very underrated. Better yet, there's a Disney Resort stay deal that goes along with it. We share how you can get a little taste of Disney's California Adventure Park. And we meet a brand new, fierce, Disney heroine.As always, we wrap it all up with tips that might help you on your next vacation.Thanks for listening! Cheers!
What Keeps Bringing you back to Disney? Episode #24 - What Keeps Bringing you back to Disney? Hey everyone! I'm Mike, and she's Sophie, and together we're On the Road with Mickey. This is episode #24 for June 15, 2020, and today, our feature topic is "What Keeps Bringing you back to Disney?" We had fun with this episode, and think you will too! Hop in the car, buckle up your seatbelts, and join us for this week's podcast! Coming up next is the show rundown. Enjoy! Cheddar from the Big CheeseDisney Parks Blog released more information on how they will keep things safe at their resorts from a cleanliness and social distancing standpoint. (Here's the link: https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2020/06/an-update-on-disney-resort-hotels-from-katie-kelly-vice-president-of-worldwide-safety-services/)Major League Soccer is going to resume it’s 25th season at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at WDW. The tournament is called MLS is Back and will run from July 8 - August 11. Word is that they’ll be staying at the Disney Swan & Dolphin Resort.Huge news! Disneyland has submitted re-opening plans for Disneyland, Disney’s California Adventure Park, Downtown Disney, and their hotels! Downtown Disney is looking to reopen on July 9. The Parks are looking to re-open on July 17, which is the 65th anniversary of Disneyland. Paradise Pier and Grand Californian Hotels are set to re-open on July 23! No word yet on when Disneyland Hotel will re-open.If you are interested in getting some On the Road with Mickey gear for yourselves, check out our new online store! You can find the site on the website: https://ontheroadwithmickey.com/shop-the-on-the-road-with-mickey-store/#!/Feature Topic: What keeps bringing you back to Disney?Sophie’s ThoughtsComplete and utter submersionFamily getawayFantastical placesInspirational sightsSo many hotelsComparison to the state fairConsistencyDowntown DisneyMy futureMike’s ThoughtsMemoriesSmellsAttractionsHistoryWholesome valuesPatriotismExperiencesFunThemingSharing with my clientsThe ParksThis Day in Disney History for June 15Disney Who’s Who CharacterWalt Disney QuoteNext Week: Vacationing on a tight budgetSponsorshipOn the Road with Mickey is sponsored by Pixie Vacations by Mike Ellis and Tech Solutions NC. If you have any computing or travel needs, reach out to them! Tech Solutions is found at techsolutionsnc.com or on Facebook, and you can reach Mike for travel needs at mike@pixievacations.com or on Facebook at Pixie Vacations by Mike Ellis
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The Perfect Disney Meal Hey everyone, I'm Mike, and she's Sophie, and together, we are On the Road with Mickey! This is Episode #13 for March 30, 2020, and for today, we are going to talk about our perfect Disney meals. When we posed the question in our Facebook group, On the Road with Mickey Group, we had a lot of great comments. So here's the question. If you could pick an appetizer, entree, dessert, and drink from any restaurant (each one could be from a different location), what would you choose? Come along for the ride and see what we came up with! Here's the rundown of what we talked about. Cheddar from the Big CheeseOn the Road with Mickey giveaway!Darth Vader Scentsy Warmer with wax$25 Disney Gift CardContest runs from May 1-31, winner announced June 1st.Saturday, March 21st Animal Kingdom welcomed a new baby -- a Hartmann’s Zebra was born to first time mother Heidi, a baby girl.Also, on February 25th, Animal Kingdom welcomed a new baby porcupine, also known as a porcupette. The baby girl was born to Peri, her mother, who was featured on the Disney+ documentary One Day at DisneyOver on the Disney fan site Chip & Co, they have a whole collection of posts up. It’s their Virtual Day at Disney series, and they have one for each of the Walt Disney World parks, and have now posted a virtual day at Disneyland. I expect they will also post a virtual day at California Adventure Park as well.Feature Topic: The Perfect Disney MealSophie’s favorite Disney MealWhat did Sophie choose?Mike’s favorite Disney MealWhat did Mike choose?This Day in Disney History for March 30Disney Who’s Who CharacterWalt Disney QuoteSponsored by Pixie Vacations by Mike Ellis and Tech Solutions NCOn the Road with Mickey is sponsored by Pixie Vacations by Mike Ellis and Tech Solutions NC. If you have any computing or travel needs, reach out to them! Tech Solutions is found at techsolutionsnc.com or on Facebook, and you can reach Mike for travel needs at mike@pixievacations.com or on Facebook at Pixie Vacations by Mike Ellis
For only the 4th time in it’s history, and for the first time ever, Disneyland will close after today for at least 2 weeks. What does this mean for guest, cast members and you? Alan has more in this episode. In The Parks – Your Guide to the Disneyland Resort and Disney’s California Adventure Park! Listen […]
In today's episode, Jordan and Erin discuss the breaking news surround Avengers Campus. Plus, learn more about their top 10 things to know before you go to Disneyland.
A new Disney CEO, a new Magic Happens parade, the 2020 Food and Wine Festival starts today, Chewie mood, strollers, Disney After Dark & so much more! In The Parks – Your Guide to the Disneyland Resort and Disney’s California Adventure Park! Listen to In The Parks on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Podcasts, iHeartRadio and the TuneIn app! More […]
In today's episode, Jordan and Erin discuss the recent Disneyland Resort ticket price increase for 2020 travel, what they love about After Dark Events and more.
Fire inside of Disneyland left guests in the dark and most of main street in the dark as well. Alan has all the details of this late breaking story and everything else happening in the parks this week! In The Parks – Your Guide to the Disneyland Resort and Disney’s California Adventure Park! Listen to In […]
In today's episode, Jordan and Erin answer random questions about Disneyland and discuss what their answers would be.
We’re back with our first episode of 2020! We break down the new Rise of the Resistance ride in Disneyland and give you the latest headlines and info you need for your next trip to Disneyland! In The Parks – Your Guide to the Disneyland Resort and Disney’s California Adventure Park! Listen to In The Parks […]
In today's episode, Jordan and Erin give an overview of Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance - the brand-new attraction in both Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios. Listen to learn more about the ride, their thoughts and more!
In this bonus clip, Jordan and Erin wish their listeners a very Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season.
In today's episode, Jordan and Erin discuss what they are looking forward to in 2020. Tune in to hear about Rise of the Resistance coming to Disneyland Park, Avengers Campus, Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway and more!
In today's episode, Jordan and Erin discuss their favorite moments and experiences of 2019. Tune in to learn more about Lunar New Year, Volcano Bay, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge and more!
In today's episode, Jordan and Erin discuss everything that they're grateful for at Disneyland. Tune in to hear what they love most about "The Happiest Place on Earth!"
We’re back! A bunch of construction news this week, Disney+ launches, Tomorrowland opens up and more! In The Parks – Your Guide to the Disneyland Resort and Disney’s California Adventure Park! Listen to In The Parks on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Podcasts, iHeartRadio and the TuneIn app! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram at InTheParksPins. More Disneyland News: […]
In today's episode, Jordan (mostly Jordan) and Erin discuss their favorite Hidden Mickeys throughout the Disneyland Resort. Tune in to learn where you can find them!
In this episode, I had the honor of interviewing my younger sister Jaclyn Taylor. This live interview was recorded in-person during our vacation in Orange County, California. She flew in from Texas, I flew in from Hawaii, and we met in LA and drove into the OC to vacation for a couple days. We recorded this on our last day of vacation after spending two days at Disneyland and California Adventure Park and exploring the OC. My sister is an INFP in the Myers-Briggs Personality System. In this episode, she shares her personal story about dropping out of college, tapping into her creativity through drawing, and she she shares more on what she's currently working on in her personal life. We talk about the INFP personality type, how perfectionism and idealistic tendencies can be difficult, and we talk about the shift in family dynamics as a person transitions from childhood to adulthood. We also touch on mental health, emotional limits, safety/awareness, taking things in stride, self-limiting beliefs, and comparison and curated experiences on social media. She shares her personal story with coping, processing, and moving on from losing both of her parents. In this interview, she states, "Grief is not a straight line" in her perspective on grief. We talk about how powerful it can be to take difficult experiences and shape them into something that empowers you (and eventually others). On a fun and random sister note, we also talk on the struggles of having a resting bitch face (RBF), how amazing the song Japanese Denim is by Daniel Caesar, and feeling gratitude for being able to come out to California for a much needed vacation and sister trip. Tune in to join us on our conversation! *Disclaimer: More profanities/curse words were used during this episode (our apologies!) , but you know how it is when sisters get together and do some serious sister/girl talk! Lol. Research Resources: Personality Hacker by Joel Mark Witt and Antonia Dodge and The 16 Personality Types by Dr. AJ Drenth You can find Jaclyn on Instagram at: @hilyn_x **We are also so excited to announce that we at That's Deep are now Affiliates with Truity.com! *To find out what your personality type via the Truity TypeFinder Personality Type Test: https://www.truity.com/?an=thatsdeepco_655881
In today's episode, Jordan and Erin discuss all of the secrets, tips and tricks to Toy Story Midway Mania in Disneyland and Walt Disney World. Learn how you get 500,000 points or more on your next visit!
Halloween time is here! Alan breaks down all the changes and latest news at the Disneyland Resort with the latest contractions news, all the new Disney Pins coming out, and more! In The Parks – Your Guide to the Disneyland Resort and Disney’s California Adventure Park! Listen to In The Parks on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Podcasts, […]
In today's episode, Jordan and Erin discuss everything that's happening during Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort in 2019. Learn more about delectable treats, spooky ride-overlays, festive decor and frightful fun for everyone!
In today's episode, Jordan and Erin continue discussing some of their favorite Disneyland Resort secrets. Learn more about Doritos, Disneyland feral cats and more!
In today's episode, Jordan and Erin discuss what they think are the best and worst rides for toddlers at both Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park. Tune in to learn more about Snow White's Scary Adventure, Jessie's Critter Carousel and more!
Today’s the day! Tonight, the Main Street Electrical Parade returns for a limited time to Disneyland, the Disneyland Monorail has switched to a new summer operating schedule, Kyber crystals are back (kinda) and a TON more news from the resort! In The Parks – Your Guide to the Disneyland Resort and Disney’s California Adventure Park! Listen to In The Parks […]
Today, Disneyland celebrates the Matterhorn Bobsleds, Disneyland Monorail and Submarine Voyage which opened on this date in 1959! We look at these rides and latest news from the parks! In The Parks – Your Guide to the Disneyland Resort and Disney’s California Adventure Park! Listen to In The Parks on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Podcasts, and the TuneIn app! […]
In today's episode, Jordan and Erin talk about their experience at Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge on opening weekend. Listen to learn more about Oga's Cantina, Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run, Savi's Workshop, Droid Depot and everything that Star Wars Land at Disneyland has to offer. Until next week, May the Force be with you!
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is now open! We have your complete guild for the next month with your Star Wars checklist, news from DCA & more! In The Parks – Your Guide to the Disneyland Resort and Disney’s California Adventure Park! Listen to In The Parks on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Podcasts, and the TuneIn app! Follow us on […]
In today's episode, Jordan and Erin discuss their favorite snacks to get when they visit the Disneyland Resort. Plus, they talk about the brand-new Toy Story 4 preview coming to Tomorrowland and new updates about the Play Disney Parks App. Most importantly, THEY ARE GOING TO STAR WARS: GALAXY'S EDGE NEXT WEEK!
In today's episode, Jordan and Erin discuss some of their favorite things to do in the city of Anaheim, other than Disneyland. Plus, learn more about Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Boarding Passes, the Disney Flex Annual Pass and more!
In this episode, Jordan and Erin go over everything Star Wars that you can experience at the Disneyland Resort right now. Plus, tune in to learn more about Extra, Extra Magic Hour, the brand-new Toy Story Land restaurant and more!
In this episode, Jordan and Erin discuss their top tips for Downtown Disney. Plus, learn more about Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge reservations, Sleeping Beauty's Castle re-opening and more!
In today's episode, Jordan and Erin discuss their favorite attractions at both Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort. Plus, tune in to hear more about new Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge information, Star Wars Celebration weekend and more!
In today's bonus episode, Jordan and Erin discuss the new information released about Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge reservations. Plus, learn more about Get Away Today's newest ticket offering which includes Disney MaxPass!
Disneyland is decked out for the holidays. But before you grab your tickets, there are some things you should know about visiting Disneyland during the holidays. This week Leslie Harvey and Kim share their recent experience with Disneyland's holiday celebrations. ON THE PODCAST 00:30 - Talking with Tamara about her trip to Arkansas 09:15 - Presenting Sponsor Rosetta Stone 10:05 - Talking with Leslie Harvey 11:35 - What to expect to see in Disneyland at the holidays 15:11 - When the holiday season starts at Disneyland 16:31 - Crowds 17:27 - When is the best time to go 19:40 - Extra cost events 23:09 - Shows and fireworks 25:10 - Tips and things to know 28:25 - Seasonal food in the park 30:36 - Disneyland app 32:13 - Hotels for the holiday 35:03 - What not to miss in Disneyland 37:11 - What not to miss in California Adventure Park 40:25 - Leslie’s favorite travel gear 41:46 - Where Leslie is heading next SPONSOR: ROSETTA STONE Are you planning an international trip next year? Now is the time to start learning a new language with Rosetta Stone. The Rosetta Stone language learning system prepares you to use your new language skills in the real world. Rosetta Stone uses visual cues and its Dynamic Immersion system to develop practical conversational skills. With an emphasis on speaking, you will feel confident using your new language skills when traveling abroad. This holiday season, why not gift your family (or yourself) a three, six, 12, or even a 24-month subscription for as little as under $11 per month! You can learn on the go with the Rosetta Stone mobile app with features like downloadable lessons for learning offline and an audio companion for environments where you can listen but not speak aloud. Visit RosettaStone.comto sign up today. ABOUT LESLIE HARVEY Leslie Harvey writes the family travel blog Trips With Tykesand also co-hosts the Disney planning podcast Disney Deciphered. Follow Leslie on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, and Twitter. DISNEYLAND HOLIDAYS TIPS If you are planning on visiting Disneyland for the holidays, the best time seems to be in early December and during the week if you can. There seems to be a good lull in visitors at this time after the decorations are first put up and when holiday school breaks start. The Sip and Savor Pass is a great idea for families that plan to try several different food items. You recieve 8 tickets for different food items and you don’t have to use them all in one day. But try to plan what you use your tickets for to get the most value out of your tickets. Due to the weather, shows and fireworks can be cancelled so try not to plan your entire visit on these events since there is a possibility that they could get cancelled. Be sure to check crowd calendars when you plan your trip. If you do decide to go during peak season be sure to get there as soon as the park opens (or earlier) because they will close entry to the park if they reach a certain capacity. This can happen as early as mid-day in some seasons. The Disneyland app is a great help and you should make sure at least one of your party has it downloaded. The app will tell you when rides are closed, even if only temporarily. This can save you a long walk to a ride you would like to experience when the ride was closed down. FAVORITE TRAVEL GEAR Leslie loves her Skechers GO walks and a pair of North Face Aphrodite pants. MENTIONED ON THE PODCAST The Preacher's Son Oven and Tap 21c - The Hive Complete Guide to Holidays at Disneyland Episode 17 - Disneyland Travel Tips FOLLOW US AND SPREAD THE WORD! If you liked this show, please be sure to subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Playand leave us a review! Have a question or comment? Send us an email or leave us a voicemail at +1.641.715.3900, ext. 926035# You can also follow our travels on Stuffed Suitcaseand We3Travel, or follow the Vacation Mavens on Instagram, Facebookor Twitter. Thanks for listening!
This week we will be discussing the food and drink options over at the Festival of Holidays in Disney’s California Adventure Park. Disney also announced the first details for the upcoming Festival of the Arts in Epcot which starts in January. We have some smaller new items to talk about as well and this week I bring back the segment, “This Week is Disney Parks History.” Check us out at xspresspodcast.com/ Follow us on social media: Instagram: www.instagram.com/xspresspodcast/ Twitter: twitter.com/xspresspodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/xspresspodcast Send us an email: xspresspodcast@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Happy Wednesday, July 25th Everyone! Weather in the parks today is partly cloudy, with a High of 93 degrees. Disney announced yesterday that Holidays at the Disneyland resort returns November 9th. With that comes, Festival of Holidays, A Christmas Fantasy parade and of course, Sleeping Beauty's Winter Castle. As mentioned in yesterday's minute, #DisneyParksLive returns Tonight, to Disney's California Adventure Park with a live stream of Paint the Night parade. Make sure you tune in at 8:50 pm on the Disney Parks Blog & join the conversation on Twitter @Disneyparks As many of you already know, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is currently closed for refurbishment...But don't worry, according to the DIsneyland app, The Wildest ride in the Wilderness will be back in operation starting this Friday, July 27th. For More Minnie Mice Minute Updates, Subscribe on Itunes, SoundCloud or Google Play! Again, I'm Mama Mouse Cynthia, co-host of The Minnie Mice Show, Make sure you check us out at @TheMinniemice Thanks for listening…. This is the Minnie Mice sounding off! Until Next time, Be Kind & Spread Some Magic!
Happy Tuesday, July 24th, Everyone! Weather in the parks today is sunny with a High of 94 degrees. On this day in 1966, The New Orleans Square area opens in Disneyland, with a ceremony presided over by Walt Disney and the real mayor of New Orleans. On July 25th, In 1999 the10th Disney Channel Original movie, Johnny Tsunami debuts. Also on this day in 2001, The Soundtrack for Disney's The Princess Diaries was released. In the year 2005, the premiere of Disney's live-action feature, Sky High debuts in the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood Ca. #DisneyParksLive returns Tomorrow, July 25th, to Disney's California Adventure Park with a live stream of Paint the Night parade. Make sure you tune in at 8:50 pm on the Disney Parks Blog & join the conversation on Twitter @Disneyparks For More Minnie Mice Minute Updates, Subscribe on Itunes, SoundCloud or Google Play! Again, I'm Mama Mouse Cynthia, co-host of The Minnie Mice Show, Make sure you check us out at @TheMinniemice Thanks for listening…. This is the Minnie Mice sounding off! Until Next time, Be Kind & Spread Some Magic!
Avast there! Come join the backlotboys in our Disney podcast as we recall the good, the bad, and the absolutely ATROCIOUS aspects of your favorite seaside area, Paradise Pier at Disney's California Adventure Park. Over at Disney Imagineering in Glendale, they've been busy conceptualizing and are now physically prepping the pier for its re-skinned, Pixar-washed debut as Pixar Pier. But before the walls come down and The Incredibles eat those Adorable Snowman edibles, let's remember... Let's remember a simpler time, when the likes of the Maliboomer, California Screamin', and yes, your favorite Disney nighttime show, LuminAria occupied the cement seaside of Paradise Pier. So whether you are excited to see King Triton get the boot, or are shedding crocodile tears at the departure of the Cove Bar, sit back, relax, and enjoy the podcast!
Paradise Pier is now Pixar Pier at Disney's California Adventure Park, and blood is in the water as the Backlotboys suggest their alternative attractions to those of the Walt Disney Imagineers.
Pixar Pier: Fun in the Sun, as long as you're a Pixar Character. We report on, and discuss the latest Pixar Pier project updates at Disney's California Adventure Park in Anaheim, California.