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Magic Kingdom Part 2: Is The Winking Hippo Drunk · The Worst: Beyond the Magic

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SPEAKER_01: Last week we invented Adventureland, Frontierland, and Liberty Square.
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SPEAKER_01: This week we're coming for you, Fantasyland.
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SPEAKER_01: You mean the land that's basically everyone's childhood?
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SPEAKER_00: Exactly.
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SPEAKER_00: There's no pressure.
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SPEAKER_00: This is the worst beyond the magic.
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SPEAKER_01: Alright, welcome back, friends.
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SPEAKER_01: We're crossing into Fantasyland, working through Storybook Circus and Tomorrowland, and we're wrapping up our Magic Kingdom rankings.
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SPEAKER_00: We're welcome right into Fantasyland, Pete.
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SPEAKER_00: Fantasyland is the heart of Magic Kingdom, packed with Disney stories, family attractions, and some of the park's longest lines to date.
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SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I mean we've got to start off.
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SPEAKER_01: We gotta start off with the coup de gras.
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SPEAKER_01: We gotta go right in there and get right into it.
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SPEAKER_01: It's a small world.
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SPEAKER_01: This is this is a topic of much debate, much bit debate with families.
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SPEAKER_01: I know it's uh representation of cultures around the world.
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SPEAKER_01: Um it's Sherman Brothers music, and uh everybody knows the song once you've heard it.
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SPEAKER_01: You've you're humming it throughout the rest of the park.
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SPEAKER_01: There's more than 300 dolls featured in this attraction, and uh there's a famous winking hippopotamus, other fan favorites.
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SPEAKER_01: The ride lasts eight minutes, but the song it lasts three days.
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SPEAKER_00: Forever and ever.
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SPEAKER_00: I don't know if I'd call it the coup de gras.
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SPEAKER_00: Is this a must-do for you?
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SPEAKER_00: Is this a must-do for you and your family?
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SPEAKER_01: It's a must-do if the line is short.
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SPEAKER_01: I feel like you gotta force people onto it.
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SPEAKER_01: You you you really need to recognize this is uh the heart and soul of uh Magic Kingdom from back in the day.
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SPEAKER_01: So I make people ride it, even though I don't love it.
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SPEAKER_01: I do love the updates.
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SPEAKER_01: I mean, I think it's it's been improved.
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SPEAKER_00: How about you?
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SPEAKER_00: I think I think you have to ride it at least one time you just to say you've done it.
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SPEAKER_00: I I think you need to it's always fun to wave at the people up there in Pinocchio's uh restaurant as you're leaving the ride.
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SPEAKER_00: So if you if you actually when you get out of the ride and you look up, there's you you can see a window in front of you, and there's people waving at you up there as long along with a cast member.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh you can always see people up there.
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SPEAKER_00: I think uh the fan favorite, like you mentioned, is the is the winking hippopotamus.
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SPEAKER_00: Is she winking because she's drunk or because she's having a stroke?
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SPEAKER_00: Which is it?
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SPEAKER_00: I'll let you decide.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm gonna leave it up to the fans.
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SPEAKER_00: Like build the mystery.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh, I think she's probably a little bit drunk.
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SPEAKER_00: Well, I mean, if you listen to that all day long, you'd think you'd have to be, right?
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: I mean pharmaceuticals.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: Something there's over 300 dolls featuring 40 different countries and and representations around the world.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, that's that's something to see.
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SPEAKER_00: I know um a fun fact about this, Ride.
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SPEAKER_00: Did you know at least once a year all those dolls get their hair cut?
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SPEAKER_01: I didn't think I'd heard this one.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, that's a little creepy.
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SPEAKER_00: Is that hair growing?
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SPEAKER_00: Uh not like yours and I well, mine does because your hair doesn't grow.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh it's because of the Florida humidity.
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SPEAKER_00: So it stretches, and so they need to trim, they need to get haircuts at least once a year.
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SPEAKER_00: So it is it's a bit weird.
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SPEAKER_00: I don't know why I know that fact, but yeah, the dowels in that ride get a haircut at least once a year.
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SPEAKER_00: It's a bit strange.
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SPEAKER_00: It's creepy, it's a little creepy.
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SPEAKER_01: I think Disney's trying to convince us that they don't have something weird going on and it's that they're not real stretching.
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SPEAKER_01: Uh yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: All right, all right.
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SPEAKER_00: I think we've talked enough about it.
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SPEAKER_00: Let's go on to your favorite Pete.
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SPEAKER_00: What's next?
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SPEAKER_01: All right, ma'am, in line.
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SPEAKER_01: This is I'm taking this one away from you.
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SPEAKER_01: As the uh original Lost Boy um at heart and still trying to remain a Peter Pan to my core.
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SPEAKER_01: I I love this ride.
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SPEAKER_01: And uh, you know, there's a lot to it.
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SPEAKER_01: This is this queue is always 90 minutes long.
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SPEAKER_01: Um I don't it's just always long.
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SPEAKER_01: The ride is uh is great, but is it worth 90 minutes?
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SPEAKER_01: Is is how about you before I get too deep into it?
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SPEAKER_01: You think it's a 90-minute wait?
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SPEAKER_00: I think it's a lightning lane must.
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SPEAKER_00: I think if you're not gonna rope drop it, I think uh I think you need to have a lightning lane for it.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh it should be one of the very first rides you pick.
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SPEAKER_00: So you have a choice.
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SPEAKER_00: You either go for Ventureland and you go for Jungle Cruise uh or Tiana's, or you go for Peter Pan.
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SPEAKER_00: Those are your three tier one uh choices, I think, for sure.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh I I love this ride.
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SPEAKER_00: If you don't have a lightning lane for it, like Pete's mentioning, it it can get long rather quickly.
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SPEAKER_00: The earlier in a day uh lines get long, it does tend to shorten up around uh break times.
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SPEAKER_00: And then, of course, at the end of the day, if you're looking for one last thing before a park close, you can you're welcome to jump in the line and they will let you on it even after a park close, as long as you're in the line before the park closes.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, the queue is fantastic in this one.
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SPEAKER_00: It's super interactive, it's a lot of fun.
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SPEAKER_00: So if you do have to stand in line, you're not gonna be bored.
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SPEAKER_01: Let's jump uh the third star to the left and go straight on to the morning with this one.
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SPEAKER_01: I am I'm uh 100% in on this ride.
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SPEAKER_01: As a it opened in the original Disneyland in 1955 and was personally approved by Walt Disney.
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SPEAKER_01: Um so you're not just riding a ride, you are part of uh the attraction that helped define Disney.
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SPEAKER_01: This is one of those rides that has really escalated Disney and it's made it America's favorite steam park.
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SPEAKER_01: Um and you know, some might say international favorites.
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SPEAKER_01: Um the ride's still magical.
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SPEAKER_01: Um it's got modern standards, there's something special about it.
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SPEAKER_01: You're boarding a pirate ship, you're suddenly you're flying.
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SPEAKER_01: Um, you're you're flying over London, Big Ben, Neverland, Mermaid Lagoon, Captain Hook ship.
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SPEAKER_01: For for young kids, it genuinely feels like magic.
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SPEAKER_01: I mean, the lights down below and the the scale that they've done with the mathematically that I could never do.
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SPEAKER_01: Um the capacity on this ride is surprisingly low, and it is a slow ride, so you don't get those cars to come around as fast as you'd want them to.
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SPEAKER_01: Um they are small.
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SPEAKER_01: Uh you can fit three max in there.
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SPEAKER_01: But this is definitely a family must-do.
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SPEAKER_01: There's a familiar movie that goes with it, um, with Pan and the story.
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SPEAKER_01: Even Hook uh would be a stretch, but we all love Hook the movie.
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SPEAKER_01: Um, there's no height requirement, super family friendly, classic Disney, and uh it's a great location in fantasyland.
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SPEAKER_01: Um but you get the cult uh following just like you do with a lot of these rides.
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SPEAKER_01: Um this one is one of those like that where Peter Pan is the greatest dark ride ever built, and their fans will tell you they've waited 85 minutes for two minutes of ride and immediately question their life choices.
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SPEAKER_01: Uh you know, it's great.
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SPEAKER_01: And I could I could literally go on and on about Pan um and and building the park around this particular ride and that kind of magic.
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SPEAKER_01: So we can either move on or you can talk about it.
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SPEAKER_00: No, I as a last as a lost boy, uh you I think you nailed it.
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SPEAKER_00: Like uh you you have to take that one on yourself.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh a couple of different things in the ride.
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SPEAKER_00: I always love uh at the very beginning when the cast member sprinkles pixie dust on your your pirate chip and your handbar comes down in front of you, your chest bar comes down.
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SPEAKER_00: That's always kind of fun.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh you could tell later on a day when the cast members are a bit they they're tired and want to go, and there's maybe it's not as much pixie dust.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh, but some some cast members are more animated than others.
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SPEAKER_00: It's it's it's fun.
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SPEAKER_00: Also, uh saying goodbye to Nana as your as your pirate chip takes off above Beg Ben, that's always fun too.
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SPEAKER_00: And then also uh when you're going through the mermaid scene, are you aware of the fan theory with the mermaid scene?
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SPEAKER_00: Oh no, do tell.
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SPEAKER_00: Oh, uh so Ariel's mother is there.
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SPEAKER_00: Oh, oh no crazy.
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SPEAKER_00: So look down and look for the red-headed uh mermaid.
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SPEAKER_00: It's her, it's Ariel's mom.
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SPEAKER_01: I've seen her and I've noticed that there's a similarity there, a familiarity.
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SPEAKER_01: So I believe it.
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SPEAKER_00: There's a whole you go we go down a giant rabble hole about the fan theory about this ride and why she's there and uh the story of Peter Pan.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh it's you can you can definitely spend a whole afternoon di dive diving deep in it.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh we don't have time for that today, but I think you did a great job talking about about Peter Pan's flight.
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SPEAKER_00: All right.
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SPEAKER_00: I think uh the next one to move out from there is uh is the most famous carousel in the world uh here at Walt Disney World, is of course Prince Charming's carousel and the sword and the stone.
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SPEAKER_00: Um you know, I never rode the carousel until I had kids of my own, and my wife insisted we take our children on it, and now it's a must-do every single time for our our kids.
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SPEAKER_00: What about for you?
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SPEAKER_00: I know your daughter's a bit older, but when she was little, was this something you always had to do?
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SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I mean it's definitely something we've always had to do.
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SPEAKER_01: More so, she and I, every year, and I would love to put the montage into the uh YouTube channel here, but she and I have collectively gone up to that stone since she was four years old, and every year we try to pull the stone.
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SPEAKER_01: We did a Disneyland, we tried to pull the story from Disney World every year.
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SPEAKER_01: And every year we've got a picture of us, and you can see me getting older and her getting prettier.
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SPEAKER_01: You're definitely not getting any prettier.
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SPEAKER_01: I'm not getting any prettier.
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SPEAKER_01: But it is a great memory that we have.
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SPEAKER_01: And one day she and I are gonna go up to that stone, and then we're gonna we're gonna be the king and princess of Disney World.
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SPEAKER_00: I've never seen it pulled.
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SPEAKER_00: I've never I've all I've seen pictures and videos online of it, I've seen um reels of it, but I've never seen actually in-person someone pull it.
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SPEAKER_01: I'm gonna pull up the crib a little bit on this one because uh you know if you if you don't if you want to lose some of the magic, tune out.
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SPEAKER_01: If you don't want to lose the magic, tune out now.
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SPEAKER_01: But up on um one of the buildings where there's a window and you can see down at the sword and you can see who's coming to the sword, there is a guy that un or a person, a cast member that unlocks the sword.
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SPEAKER_01: Um and it goes up maybe um two feet as you pull it up, but um maybe not two feet, maybe a foot.
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SPEAKER_01: And um, you have to follow some strict guidelines.
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SPEAKER_01: Your foot can't be up there, you can't be um pulling too hard.
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SPEAKER_01: Like you have to like fit all the parameters, um, and then the guy will unlock the sword every so often for people.
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SPEAKER_01: I think sometimes they just leave it unattended, but a lot of the times there's someone up there watching and waiting for the right family to come up and pull the sword.
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SPEAKER_01: Move right along.
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SPEAKER_01: What's our next one?
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SPEAKER_01: Uh we got Under the Sea, Journey of the Little Mermaid.
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SPEAKER_01: This one's uh it's an impressive cue.
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SPEAKER_01: Um I really like the animatronics.
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SPEAKER_01: Um family attraction.
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SPEAKER_01: Um I like it.
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SPEAKER_01: It's one that you typically don't have to wait very long for.
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SPEAKER_01: You can just kind of walk on to this one.
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SPEAKER_01: Um, I don't know what to say about it.
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SPEAKER_00: No, there's a there's a great meet and greet there as well.
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SPEAKER_00: When you get to meet Ariel herself.
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SPEAKER_00: Um yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: I think uh is who's your favorite Disneyland?
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SPEAKER_00: I think we've talked about this.
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SPEAKER_01: Mine is the Evil Queen.
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SPEAKER_00: The Evil Queen right now.
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SPEAKER_00: Yes, you can.
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SPEAKER_00: Mine is Ursula.
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SPEAKER_00: It's between Ursula and Hades.
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SPEAKER_00: So I I like to see Ursula in this one.
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SPEAKER_00: I think I think she's she's funny, she's witty.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh of course she's evil and has a dark side to her, but I think as a villain goes, she's one of the most likable villains out there.
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SPEAKER_00: And then Hades, of course, I think is also a close second.
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SPEAKER_00: So you get to see Ursula, yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: I think you get to see Ursula on this ride.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh, you get to ride around it in in a seashell.
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SPEAKER_00: Of course, it takes you through the story of the Little Mermaid all the way through the ending in a quick, I don't know what it is, uh, five or seven minutes or something like that.
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SPEAKER_00: It's it's rather quick.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh, but still, it's it's air conditioned, it's a slow moving ride, there's no height restriction at all.
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SPEAKER_00: It's great for little ones.
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SPEAKER_00: And then, of course, stepping next door to see uh Ariel herself in her grotto is is a great uh second to that.
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SPEAKER_00: Fantastic.
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SPEAKER_00: She was my first crush, by the way.
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SPEAKER_00: When I was like when I was like 10 years old.
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SPEAKER_00: I was like, okay, what's up, Ariel?
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SPEAKER_00: What's up, girl?
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SPEAKER_00: Uh you know, uh, and then it makes sense because my wife, her first crush was Eric.
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SPEAKER_00: So that makes sense.
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SPEAKER_00: I mean, it just it just worked out that we're together.
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SPEAKER_00: So yeah.
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SPEAKER_01: It's a match made under the sink.
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SPEAKER_01: I was uh I was a big fan of the kiss the girl song.
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SPEAKER_01: Kiss the girl.
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SPEAKER_01: Hey, I got I'm singing again.
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SPEAKER_01: You got it.
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SPEAKER_00: Oh, the legendary music styles of Mr.
11:34
SPEAKER_00: Pete Morrison, ladies and gentlemen.
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SPEAKER_00: Aren't you lucky you get to tune in every week and listen to that?
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SPEAKER_00: The goldfish are swimming faster right now.
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SPEAKER_00: Oh man.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh I hope they hope they have earmuffs.
11:46
SPEAKER_00: Moving on to the many adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
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SPEAKER_00: So I hate poor Pooh Bear.
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SPEAKER_01: I actually, this is a great ride.
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SPEAKER_01: Um, I don't know what it is about this one that I like.
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SPEAKER_01: I mean, everybody loves Winnie the Pooh.
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SPEAKER_01: I mean, you just can't hate on Winnie.
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SPEAKER_01: And somehow uh the Pooh Bears survived every expansion Disney has ever announced, and he's still sitting there.
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SPEAKER_01: I mean Toad's Wild Ride is gone, but Winnie the Pooh's like, oh bo bother.
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SPEAKER_01: He's gonna stay right there.
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SPEAKER_01: I love it.
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SPEAKER_01: And it's an interaction.
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SPEAKER_00: Couldn't agree more.
12:16
SPEAKER_00: Couldn't agree more.
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SPEAKER_00: There is a great interaction queue, and also to touch on another meet and greet.
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SPEAKER_00: Literally, right next door to that, to the left of the line queue is the meet and greet for several characters.
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SPEAKER_00: And uh during the Halloween party and the Christmas party, all of them are out there.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, Piglet, they're all there.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, I can't speak for that during uh regular park days, but I at least um I know there's at least one out there, whether it's uh Piglet or whether it's uh Pooh or or Eeyore, one of them is at least there all the time.
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SPEAKER_00: That's great.
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SPEAKER_00: That's really great.
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SPEAKER_00: And that cue is super good.
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SPEAKER_00: You mentioned uh Mr.
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SPEAKER_00: Toad's Wild Ride.
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SPEAKER_00: Do you know that Mr.
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SPEAKER_00: Toad is in Winnie the Pooh ride?
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SPEAKER_00: Have you seen him?
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SPEAKER_00: Uh that doesn't surprise me, but it remind me.
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SPEAKER_00: No, he's there.
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SPEAKER_00: It's a great Easter egg.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh he's there because he's handing over the D to the ride to Winnie the Pooh himself.
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SPEAKER_00: So I think he's in uh somewhere where you meet Tigger in the ride.
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SPEAKER_00: If you look up on the wall, uh you'll see a picture of Mr.
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SPEAKER_00: Toad and he's kind of handing it handing a roll-up piece of paper.
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SPEAKER_00: That's the deed.
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SPEAKER_00: It's just a hidden Easter egg in the ride because what like Pete mentioned, Mr.
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SPEAKER_00: Toad's Wild Ride used to be there before Winnie the Pooh took it over.
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SPEAKER_00: So they're paying homage to the original ride on what's there currently.
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SPEAKER_00: Classic Disney thing to do.
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SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_01: Uh one that I have skipped since I I think I've skipped it for the past 10 years.
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SPEAKER_01: Uh it is the Mad Party.
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SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_01: I can't spin.
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SPEAKER_01: I'm old now.
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SPEAKER_01: I can't spin.
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SPEAKER_01: It is a very popular ride.
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SPEAKER_01: It is uh I don't think that it um ever has too much of a line because I think a lot of older people don't want to spin around like the rest of us.
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SPEAKER_01: Um but it is motion sickness uh alert form.
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SPEAKER_01: Um but it's a family classic.
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SPEAKER_01: Um what I really do like is the fact that you can meet Alice and or um the Matt Hatter there.
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SPEAKER_00: They're absolutely out there.
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SPEAKER_00: And they're they're skipping along.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh you can catch them there.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh I I normally do the the the the teacups, and then that's surprising because the motion sicks this thing.
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SPEAKER_00: I know I mentioned just about every episode like mobile ordering and Morocco, like for you.
14:20
SPEAKER_00: Um, but I can I can get on that ride.
14:23
SPEAKER_00: I don't want to go like super fast spinning the teacup as quick as I can, because then I'm gonna be sick.
14:30
SPEAKER_00: But uh as far as the ride itself, it's not that bad.
14:34
SPEAKER_00: It's not that bad.
14:34
SPEAKER_00: It doesn't spin you that bad.
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SPEAKER_00: But if you want to add a little bit extra to it, you certainly get the opportunity to do it.
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SPEAKER_00: And I think it's more fun at nighttime, it's prettier at nighttime.
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SPEAKER_00: It's very cool.
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SPEAKER_01: It's a must-do.
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SPEAKER_01: I think it's a must-do every trip, uh, maybe.
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SPEAKER_01: But uh you gotta find the right time for it.
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SPEAKER_00: I think so too.
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SPEAKER_00: If you don't have a lightning individual lightning for it, uh I think I think like Pete's saying you have to have the right time for it again at the end of the night or during the fireworks, uh during parade times, if you don't want to hang out for those, those are all great times to get in that in that queue.
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SPEAKER_00: And then the queue itself is really cute.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh there's or it's very interactive, just like uh Winnie the Pooh and just like uh Peter to Pan.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh it's it's they keep you busy while you're standing in line doing uh switchbacks inside.
15:20
SPEAKER_00: And again, most of the queue is inside as well.
15:22
SPEAKER_00: So if it's super hot day outside, you're gonna get in and out of that heat also.
15:25
SPEAKER_00: Very nice bonus.
15:26
SPEAKER_00: I think I think they did a great job on it.
15:27
SPEAKER_00: I like it.
15:28
SPEAKER_00: I like I like a roller coaster a lot.
15:29
SPEAKER_00: It's not it's not super fast.
15:31
SPEAKER_00: It's just uh it's very smooth.
15:33
SPEAKER_00: It it's it's just a good time.
15:34
SPEAKER_00: I don't know how to explain it any more than that.
15:36
SPEAKER_00: Uh but it's I think it's a good beginner to moderate roller coaster for Disney itself.
15:40
SPEAKER_01: The only thing we got left in uh Fantasyland is be our guest.
15:43
SPEAKER_01: Um I know it's a restaurant, but still makes it for an attraction because it is a castle.
15:47
SPEAKER_01: Um there's some interactions in there.
15:49
SPEAKER_01: Uh we get to see beast, you get to see Belle.
15:51
SPEAKER_01: Um, you go to the back room, you can see the flower petals falling off of the beast's flower.
15:55
SPEAKER_01: Um, it's a great uh experience.
15:58
SPEAKER_01: Uh the food and atmosphere.
16:00
SPEAKER_01: I personally don't know that it's great.
16:04
SPEAKER_01: I think it's a little overrated.
16:05
SPEAKER_01: Uh what about you, Jamie?
16:06
SPEAKER_00: I think I agree with you.
16:07
SPEAKER_00: So the atmosphere is better than the food in this one, folks.
16:10
SPEAKER_00: Um, I think it's a one-and-done dining reservation, especially you have if you have littles that love the story of Beauty and the Beast.
16:17
SPEAKER_00: This is not a character dining.
16:18
SPEAKER_00: This is not, I think a lot of people confused by that.
16:21
SPEAKER_00: However, uh, to say that, the Beast himself does come walking through each room.
16:28
SPEAKER_00: So, like Pete mentioned, you have the West Wing, which is my favorite place to be, uh, to eat in.
16:33
SPEAKER_00: Uh, and then you have my favorite place, my favorite place to be is the West Wing.
16:37
SPEAKER_00: Like you said, the the the storm is happening.
16:40
SPEAKER_00: You can see the the rose itself with the pedals slowly falling off.
16:44
SPEAKER_00: Uh it's scary and spooky in there.
16:46
SPEAKER_00: And the and the food is the food is just okay.
16:48
SPEAKER_00: You're paying for the atmosphere in this one.
16:50
SPEAKER_00: You have the ballroom and you have the library.
16:52
SPEAKER_00: Those are the three sections of this restaurant.
16:54
SPEAKER_00: Uh, I think, again, for my money, it's the West Wing every single time.
16:58
SPEAKER_00: It's so cool, it's so immersive.
17:00
SPEAKER_00: Uh, and again, the beast himself does come through.
17:03
SPEAKER_00: He doesn't come around to each table, but he does pop in the room and wave and say hi to everybody, and then moves on to another section of the restaurant.
17:10
SPEAKER_00: So it's not technically a character dining, but he does show up there to say hi.
17:13
SPEAKER_00: It's his house after all.
17:14
SPEAKER_01: As a travel agent, I've definitely heard a lot of uh people complain that I paid for character dining and the beast didn't come to our table.
17:21
SPEAKER_01: And to Jamie's point, he doesn't come to every table.
17:24
SPEAKER_01: It's not character dining.
17:25
SPEAKER_01: He just comes and walks through his castle.
17:28
SPEAKER_00: That's right.
17:28
SPEAKER_00: He's just checking that out.
17:29
SPEAKER_00: All right, folks.
17:30
SPEAKER_00: So we're wrapping up Fantasyland Rankins here.
17:32
SPEAKER_00: Peter Pan's flight is a great ride, but it's absolutely not worth its average wait time.
17:38
SPEAKER_01: That's Disney nostalgia heresy.
17:40
SPEAKER_01: The flight over London alone earns the hype.
17:42
SPEAKER_01: Not 90 minutes of hype, Pete.
17:44
SPEAKER_01: For some guests, that's the entire Magic Kingdom.
17:47
SPEAKER_00: They get to go there, they may they took one ride, and it's gonna be Peter Pan's flight, and we're done for the day.
17:52
SPEAKER_00: Sometimes that's just how it is.
17:55
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, sometimes.
17:56
SPEAKER_00: Sometimes that's how it is, especially with little ones.
17:58
SPEAKER_00: You never know when they're gonna melt down, and it might just be then.
18:01
SPEAKER_00: Just go with it.
18:02
SPEAKER_00: Don't fight it.
18:03
SPEAKER_01: We've got uh castles, pirates, princesses, and flying ships, and we head to the edge of fantasy land where storybook changes over to bright circus tents and crit kid-sized thrills.
18:14
SPEAKER_01: Now I know you have a special place, I have a special place.
18:16
SPEAKER_01: Um why why do you like Storybook Circus?
18:18
SPEAKER_00: It's just uh it's a part of the the park because you when you have the little ones, when they're of that age, they just get the opportunity just to explore and have n go nuts and yeah, I think you're I think you're right.
18:30
SPEAKER_01: It's a great stop.
18:32
SPEAKER_01: Um you know, when when we first when they first built it and we went there, um we we found the water uh portion of it.
18:38
SPEAKER_01: So there's a um looks like a circus, they've got a circus uh cart out there with some animals and the water kind of sprays from the things.
18:47
SPEAKER_01: And Mia um, you know, quickly dressed down into her shorts and t-shirt, and she was able to like splash through.
18:52
SPEAKER_01: You know, this is like seven or eight years old, so she didn't mind running through getting wet.
18:56
SPEAKER_01: And I just sat there and watched.
18:58
SPEAKER_01: We had a great time relaxing, and she ran through that.
19:01
SPEAKER_01: Um it's a good middle of the day when it's hot, um, burn off some energy for the kids and and and cool off with like a splash pad kind of thing.
19:09
SPEAKER_01: So it's a really neat little uh addition to that.
19:11
SPEAKER_01: Um so that and Barnstormer, um, you know, it's a short roller coaster, but like you said, with um with uh seven dwarves, it's one of those uh entry-level roller coasters, I think, for that for that initial thrill ride for the kids.
19:24
SPEAKER_01: I think it's a really good one.
19:25
SPEAKER_00: I think so too.
19:26
SPEAKER_00: With Barnstormer, if it's not super busy, they will just let you sit on a thing for as long as you like.
19:31
SPEAKER_00: I think I wrote it one time uh at some point, like uh like six times in a row because there was really no line and there weren't enough people to fill carts.
19:38
SPEAKER_00: So the cast member was like, if you want to stay on and go another again, just stay stay in your seat.
19:43
SPEAKER_00: And then we we wrote it six times.
19:45
SPEAKER_00: That ride, I think, is a whole 30 seconds long.
19:49
SPEAKER_00: It's insanely fast.
19:50
SPEAKER_00: The ride ends before you've finished sitting down.
19:53
SPEAKER_00: It's that great.
19:55
SPEAKER_01: All right, let's uh let's move on from uh circus axe.
19:58
SPEAKER_01: Uh leave the big top behind, and uh let's go to a land that's been imagining tomorrow for decades.
20:04
SPEAKER_00: Tomorrow land is a fantasy, a mix of retro futurism and attractions, and somehow never stops inspiring arguments.
20:11
SPEAKER_00: Of course, the go-to ride in this one is no further look no further uh than the very popular brand new Tron light cycle run.
20:22
SPEAKER_00: Did you ever see any of the Tron movies?
20:24
SPEAKER_00: Did you see the original one?
20:25
SPEAKER_00: I did see the original.
20:26
SPEAKER_00: I haven't seen the new one yet.
20:28
SPEAKER_00: I haven't seen the new one either.
20:29
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I haven't seen the I don't I don't know the Tron story very well.
20:32
SPEAKER_00: As far as roller coaster goes, it's awesome.
20:35
SPEAKER_00: Uh it it goes from zero to sixty and I don't even know how many seconds.
20:40
SPEAKER_00: It is quick.
20:42
SPEAKER_00: Plus, you get to sit in the thing like you're riding a motorcycle.
20:45
SPEAKER_00: Uh so that's that's a cool aspect of it as well.
20:47
SPEAKER_00: Uh, I think Pete and I will both agree that this ride is way better at nighttime, way better because of the lighting effects, uh, the way the just the how the canopy lights up itself is so much better at nighttime than it is during the day.
21:01
SPEAKER_00: The ride doesn't change per se, but the atmosphere changes at nighttime.
21:05
SPEAKER_00: I think it's much better.
21:06
SPEAKER_00: If you could save uh that that lightning lane for later on in the day after the sun goes down, I think that's worth it for sure on this one.
21:12
SPEAKER_01: I think when you're in the dark, you're more like the um the movie premises you're in a video game, and it does feel more like you're in the video game at at night.
21:21
SPEAKER_01: Uh the only problem I have with this ride, uh the worst part of it is it's just too short.
21:25
SPEAKER_01: I think it should have been two laps.
21:27
SPEAKER_01: I I think it's a great ride.
21:28
SPEAKER_01: I think it's fantastic.
21:29
SPEAKER_01: I think you got to do it.
21:30
SPEAKER_01: I personally just spent the money for when we go next week so we can ride Tron.
21:34
SPEAKER_01: Um, but I wish it was two laps.
21:37
SPEAKER_00: Oh yeah, it's way too short.
21:38
SPEAKER_00: It's it lasts a whole like 62 seconds or something like that.
21:41
SPEAKER_00: But like Pete's saying, I wish they would make it go around a second time.
21:44
SPEAKER_00: It would, it would, you'd still run a million people through it for sure.
21:47
SPEAKER_00: But uh it it is it is quick.
21:49
SPEAKER_00: Uh so if you don't have a lightning link for this one, uh it's best to try and rope drop this one or get in it uh during those peak times of day, during parades, during fireworks, uh during peak dinner times or peak peak meal times.
22:00
SPEAKER_00: Well back when uh when most people are taking a break, it's best time to hit that one throughout throughout the day.
22:05
SPEAKER_00: And of course, the famous uh at the end of the night before the park closes, get in that queue.
22:10
SPEAKER_00: And of course they'll let you on before um if you're standing in the queue when the park closes, you're good to go.
22:15
SPEAKER_00: So you don't have to worry about it at all.
22:17
SPEAKER_00: That's my preferred time to ride it is that nighttime.
22:19
SPEAKER_01: The other roller coaster standing right beside it is Space Mountain.
22:23
SPEAKER_01: Space Mountain is another Disney World icon.
22:25
SPEAKER_01: Um, you know, I used to look at it from or when I've stated the contemporary, you can see it.
22:29
SPEAKER_01: You can see it from various locations, you know what it is.
22:32
SPEAKER_01: Um it is one of the original rides.
22:35
SPEAKER_01: Um it's uh it has a nighttime atmosphere all on its own, just being inside there.
22:40
SPEAKER_01: Sometimes when the lights go on, it's like, where are we?
22:42
SPEAKER_01: Like, what is this crazy place?
22:44
SPEAKER_01: Um Space Mountain for me is really great.
22:45
SPEAKER_01: Mia's been able to go on it since she's been really little.
22:48
SPEAKER_01: I remember actually just reaching over um because it was so dark and making sure I could touch her shoulders because I just had this un this fear that she was gonna fall out of the roller coaster.
22:59
SPEAKER_01: Of course, she wasn't gonna, I just was uh being overprotective.
23:02
SPEAKER_01: And I knew when she was older because she started batting my hands off of her.
23:07
SPEAKER_00: Dad, stop.
23:08
SPEAKER_00: Dad, I'm fine, dad.
23:09
SPEAKER_00: I'm fine.
23:10
SPEAKER_01: Well, real quick, between Tron and Space Mountain, you've only got one pass.
23:14
SPEAKER_01: Which one are you gonna take?
23:16
SPEAKER_00: I think I think it's gonna be Space Mountain.
23:18
SPEAKER_00: I think it's a nostalgia factor for me.
23:20
SPEAKER_00: It's been there forever.
23:20
SPEAKER_00: It's been there since it's been there since uh the I've been going as a kid.
23:24
SPEAKER_00: I think the best time to ride this uh is in during the Halloween party because it is pitch black.
23:30
SPEAKER_00: There are zero lights whatsoever.
23:32
SPEAKER_00: There's a dim light when you actually uh when you get on the ride itself.
23:36
SPEAKER_00: Of course, when they want to seat you, they want to be safe.
23:38
SPEAKER_00: Make sure you can get in your little cart by your uh nice and safe before you take off on a road cluster.
23:44
SPEAKER_00: But after that, it you cannot see your hand in front of the face, in front of your face.
23:47
SPEAKER_00: I think that's the best time to ride this one.
23:50
SPEAKER_00: Uh during Christmas, I think uh they have uh they have red and green lights, they have Christmas music, rock and roll, Christmas music playing in there.
23:58
SPEAKER_00: Uh it's also a great one during during the holiday season.
24:01
SPEAKER_00: But for my money, it's during the Halloween party because it's it's so pitch black, it's so much more fun.
24:06
SPEAKER_00: Adds much more to it.
24:07
SPEAKER_00: Uh, I've never seen it with the lights on.
24:09
SPEAKER_00: Have you ever seen with the lights on?
24:11
SPEAKER_01: I have.
24:11
SPEAKER_01: I was stuck on the ride once I turned the lights on very briefly.
24:14
SPEAKER_01: And then, you know, if you're going through the people mover, which we'll talk about, sometimes you'll hit you'll hit it with the lights on if they're repairing something.
24:21
SPEAKER_00: I think it's a must-do for me.
24:23
SPEAKER_00: I have to hit it.
24:23
SPEAKER_00: I have to hit it.
24:24
SPEAKER_00: But like you said, those two rides, these two road coasters are right next to each other.
24:27
SPEAKER_00: You get the new, more modern style out of Tron, and you get you get you get the old classic out of Space Mountain.
24:32
SPEAKER_01: We're popping out of Space Mountain, and right there is Buzz Lightyear, Space Ranger, the Ranger Spin.
24:38
SPEAKER_01: Uh, let's talk about that.
24:39
SPEAKER_01: It's uh it's another one like uh, you know, we we really love Woody's uh Roundup there and and shooting the targets, and this is another one where we get to shoot targets and prove how awesome we are to our family.
24:49
SPEAKER_01: Um somebody drives and somebody shoots.
24:52
SPEAKER_01: Um, you know, there's been some updates to this one.
24:54
SPEAKER_01: I really love the family feel and the interactive gameplay.
24:57
SPEAKER_01: Um this is definitely a a must-do for me.
25:00
SPEAKER_01: And uh what do you think, Jake?
25:03
SPEAKER_00: I think uh I think it's not Woody's roundup.
25:06
SPEAKER_00: I think you're thinking about Toy Story Mania in Disney Salad Studios.
25:09
SPEAKER_00: That's what you think.
25:10
SPEAKER_00: And this is another one where you and I are gonna ride and you're gonna lose.
25:13
SPEAKER_00: It's just how it is.
25:14
SPEAKER_00: You just you just yeah, same movie exactly.
25:17
SPEAKER_00: Uh different ride completely.
25:19
SPEAKER_00: Uh you're just you're just gonna lose.
25:21
SPEAKER_00: So the the whole point of this is to hit your targets.
25:23
SPEAKER_00: Like Pete mentioned, it did go ahead and just went through a major upgrade.
25:27
SPEAKER_00: No longer is your laser blaster in front of you attached to your cart.
25:31
SPEAKER_00: You can actually pick it up and move it and hit different uh places in the cart, and there is a tiny joystick in the cart where you can spin your cart 360 degrees either way you want to.
25:39
SPEAKER_00: So the whole from what I've heard, and again, you're gonna find out for us here very soon next week, so you can come back and confirm.
25:45
SPEAKER_00: Uh, what I've heard is that you want to look for new targets that have a white ring around them and or are rainbow colored.
25:53
SPEAKER_00: If you hit, if anybody in your area hits a rainbow target target, all of the targets in the area will light up rainbow and you get two times or three times the points of whatever, however, so many made up points they can give you.
26:05
SPEAKER_00: But the whole point is to get a million points and become a galactic hero.
26:10
SPEAKER_00: I'm not sure if there's still handouts with stickers or those pins at the very end, but I I've never got one.
26:14
SPEAKER_00: I've I've been so close.
26:16
SPEAKER_00: I've never been a galactic hero.
26:18
SPEAKER_00: You gotta strive for something, Jamie.
26:20
SPEAKER_00: But there's there's competition, man.
26:22
SPEAKER_00: This is this is right up your our our alley, right here.
26:25
SPEAKER_00: We we want to win to compete against each other.
26:27
SPEAKER_00: So if you uh have a competitive spirit like both Pete and I, this ride is for you.
26:31
SPEAKER_01: And like I said, the 12-year-old is very sad on that ride.
26:35
SPEAKER_00: But you and I had a great time.
26:37
SPEAKER_00: You and I will have a great time for sure.
26:39
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah.
26:39
SPEAKER_00: I'm sorry that the 12-year-old is sad and they're crying because we beat him, but you know, that's just that's just life.
26:44
SPEAKER_01: Okay, this is a life lesson right now.
26:46
SPEAKER_00: Exactly.
26:48
SPEAKER_00: Plus, you get to see nice you get to see this is a great indoor cue for this one.
26:52
SPEAKER_00: You get to see Buzz right as you walk inside the door there.
26:55
SPEAKER_00: Uh I I think it's a must-do for my my family and I.
26:58
SPEAKER_00: I always go this way.
26:59
SPEAKER_01: And Zorg.
27:00
SPEAKER_01: Zorg's there too.
27:01
SPEAKER_01: Don't forget.
27:02
SPEAKER_00: Of course.
27:02
SPEAKER_00: The evil Emperor Zorg.
27:04
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, he's there.
27:05
SPEAKER_01: I'm gonna guess.
27:06
SPEAKER_01: Have you have you have you done Monsters Inc.
27:09
SPEAKER_01: laugh floor?
27:10
SPEAKER_01: I have.
27:10
SPEAKER_00: I think it's a must do.
27:11
SPEAKER_00: I think it's a I think I think people yeah, it is.
27:14
SPEAKER_00: I think people skip it.
27:15
SPEAKER_00: I think because they don't they don't know what either they've never been for and they don't know what it is, and they just don't they don't feel like it's a cool theater show or whatever.
27:23
SPEAKER_00: You got get in there and sit down, enjoy that AC, and just enjoy the show.
27:28
SPEAKER_00: It's a blast.
27:28
SPEAKER_00: They have a great time.
27:30
SPEAKER_00: And what makes it so fun?
27:31
SPEAKER_00: The interactive, uh, interactive desk.
27:33
SPEAKER_00: So Mike Wazowski's uh uh up ahead of you on the stage, uh on the screen rather, uh, and they they go through the audience, uh they pick on people in the audience.
27:42
SPEAKER_00: Sometimes you're that guy.
27:43
SPEAKER_00: Have you ever been that guy before?
27:45
SPEAKER_01: I have been that guy.
27:46
SPEAKER_01: They caught me dancing once.
27:49
SPEAKER_00: I believe it.
27:50
SPEAKER_00: I believe that some that doesn't surprise me at all.
27:52
SPEAKER_00: Uh it's uh and they they they keep the recurring joke going throughout the entire show.
27:57
SPEAKER_00: I'm not sure how long it is exactly, but it's I think it's worth it.
28:00
SPEAKER_00: It's so cute, it's so much fun.
28:02
SPEAKER_00: Uh there's there's you don't really need to lightning lean forward at all.
28:05
SPEAKER_00: It's it's more or less a walk up into the auditorium and they fill seats as they as they as they open.
28:11
SPEAKER_00: Uh when once one show is done, the door is open on the right, and more people come in and they just go out the the door in front of them when they're done, and it just constantly is ever changing.
28:20
SPEAKER_00: And I think it depends on your cast member.
28:21
SPEAKER_00: And I don't want to give away the secret too much, uh, but they know who's in the crowd.
28:25
SPEAKER_00: They're looking at you.
28:26
SPEAKER_00: They want to see how interactive you're gonna be.
28:28
SPEAKER_00: And the more fun you're having, then if you're dancing in your seat like Pete Morrison is, uh they're gonna have a good time with you.
28:34
SPEAKER_00: And I think it's uh I think it's a must do for sure.
28:37
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, the success with this traction depends entirely on whether your audience is funny or not.
28:42
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah, you gotta you gotta have people having a good time in there.
28:44
SPEAKER_00: Otherwise, people aren't gonna get the jokes or not gonna have fun.
28:47
SPEAKER_00: And it's gonna you're thinking it's gonna be lame.
28:49
SPEAKER_00: But if you are a jovial kind of guy and and enjoy having a great time with people around you, and you're not afraid of bear embarrassing yourself, you gotta do it.
28:58
SPEAKER_01: All right, we're moving on.
28:59
SPEAKER_01: Let's uh let's hit the uh another cult favorite is the uh transit authority people mover, the carousel of progress.
29:06
SPEAKER_01: Is this uh is this one of yours?
29:08
SPEAKER_00: Oh my god, yes.
29:10
SPEAKER_00: Why did people why do people our age especially love this ride?
29:13
SPEAKER_00: Because you can't people even rope drop this.
29:16
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, because it's the right because you can you can rest exactly.
29:20
SPEAKER_00: Exactly.
29:20
SPEAKER_00: You maybe you don't want to go on Tron, maybe you don't want to go on uh you don't want to go on a Space Mountain or any other rides there in Tomorrowland, and you just want to sit down and relax in a nice, easy ride.
29:32
SPEAKER_00: This is a ride for you, my friends.
29:34
SPEAKER_00: What do you think, Pete?
29:35
SPEAKER_00: Is it is it a must-do for you?
29:36
SPEAKER_01: It is, I mean, it's a must-do because you can always walk on to this one.
29:40
SPEAKER_01: So I mean sometimes it's a little bit of a line, but you can always walk on to this one.
29:43
SPEAKER_01: Um, this is one of those ones where if Disney decided to take it away, half the Disney adults would conspire for war.
29:50
SPEAKER_01: Like I I it's a great one.
29:53
SPEAKER_01: Uh but personally, it just for me, like I'm gonna go when my feet are just spent, it's dark out, my hands are sticky, my my family's irritated.
30:03
SPEAKER_01: But once we sit down and we relax and we get on that people mover and go through the Carol's Real Progress, like we get a new fresh take on life, we're ready to tackle the rest of the park.
30:11
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and you go through Space Mountain as well.
30:14
SPEAKER_00: You can see Space Mountain inside uh inside the people mover also.
30:18
SPEAKER_01: I think I have seen Space Mountain with the lights on during this people mover a couple times too.
30:22
SPEAKER_01: So you know, you can always get a little bit of uh excitement.
30:26
SPEAKER_00: Another hint tip for this one, if you're not if it's if Magic Kingdom is way too people-ly for you at the end of the night, get on the people mover and ride it during the fireworks.
30:34
SPEAKER_00: It's gonna be a walk-on and you can see the fireworks throughout most of the people mover.
30:39
SPEAKER_00: Except for that little tiny spot where you go inside and you're inside uh Space Mountain itself.
30:44
SPEAKER_00: But once you come out of it, you can see the fireworks again.
30:46
SPEAKER_00: You can see you have a great view of the castle.
30:48
SPEAKER_00: It's beautiful at nighttime.
30:50
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, speaking of nighttime, Jamie, let's talk about Main Street at night since we've made our way all around this park and we're back to Main Street.
30:56
SPEAKER_00: So going back down Main Street USA, right where we started off the park last episode.
31:02
SPEAKER_00: Uh, they have happily ever after, they have the castle projections, they have um the just the mainstream atmosphere itself in the end of the evening.
31:12
SPEAKER_00: It's so beautiful, it's so picturesque, it makes for a great family picture.
31:15
SPEAKER_00: Uh and the hub is always busy.
31:18
SPEAKER_00: Something I always suggest, and I know you as a travel advisor as well suggest.
31:22
SPEAKER_00: I I always, for people that don't want to be in the massive crowds at the end of the night, go to the dessert party.
31:29
SPEAKER_00: Do the dessert party because they set you off in a little uh private section of the hub itself there in front of Cinderella's castle.
31:35
SPEAKER_00: You get to enjoy some drinks, you get to enjoy some some wonderful desserts, and you get your own private viewing of the castle, and you're not shoulder to shoulder with a million people out there in the hub.
31:44
SPEAKER_00: You're you're tucked back a little way, you're still in the hub, but you're not out there with the masses.
31:48
SPEAKER_00: I think that's worth it, worth its weight in gold as far as price goes, uh, to get that VIP experience and viewing of those beautiful fireworks in front of Cinderella's castle at the end of the night.
31:59
SPEAKER_01: Completely agree with that.
32:00
SPEAKER_01: Um, and I think that's uh right on point.
32:03
SPEAKER_01: Also, from another aspect, like you can't you can't go wrong.
32:05
SPEAKER_01: It's like a choose your own adventure.
32:07
SPEAKER_01: For me, we don't really love the fireworks.
32:10
SPEAKER_01: I mean, uh we might call that blasphemy.
32:12
SPEAKER_01: But we're gonna go and we're gonna hit the um the ice cream shop right there.
32:16
SPEAKER_01: We're gonna go to uh Plaza Ice Cream Parlor and we're gonna get um the kitchen sink.
32:22
SPEAKER_01: It's a smaller version of the big beaches and cream kitchen sink, and it even comes with a little plastic.
32:26
SPEAKER_01: Oh, I didn't know that.
32:26
SPEAKER_00: I didn't know they had that there.
32:28
SPEAKER_01: Oh yeah, it's like a single service, so you could eat that with yourself.
32:30
SPEAKER_01: They put a few scoops of ice cream in there for you, and you got the whipped cream and everything.
32:34
SPEAKER_01: And we'll just get one of those tables right there while everybody else is doing the fireworks or doing their your dessert party.
32:40
SPEAKER_01: Um we we finish up our uh get towards the end of our day at Magic Kingdom with that ice cream, and then we'll do a little shopping on the way out.
32:47
SPEAKER_01: And and that's uh that makes it a big day for us.
32:50
SPEAKER_00: So again, with the crowds, if you're not a uh crowd or people person, you can actually walk into the emporium or you're walking into the confectionary.
32:58
SPEAKER_00: Either you start back where the flagpole is and you're walking towards Cinderella's castle, or you're coming from Cinderella's Castle and enter one of those two places there on that side, coming back down towards the flagpole from the top of uh Main Street USA.
33:10
SPEAKER_00: You can walk the entire length and the entire cityscape of Main Street USA inside.
33:16
SPEAKER_00: So you don't have to try and fight the crowds down Main Street USA.
33:19
SPEAKER_00: You can walk through uh what Pete Pete's talking about.
33:22
SPEAKER_00: You can walk through the confectionery, you can walk through the ice cream shop, you can walk through the emporium, uh, which is on the left or right side of the park, depending on which direction you're coming through, uh, right side if you're leaving, left side if you're entering, and you can walk all the way through right down my mainstream USA, right through uh every single storefront.
33:39
SPEAKER_00: Most people don't know that.
33:40
SPEAKER_00: Most people get caught up in in the crowds trying to walk down Main Street USA, exit the park.
33:45
SPEAKER_00: Nope.
33:46
SPEAKER_00: Exit stage left, exit stage right, get in one of the get in those one of those restaurants or one of those shops and walk the length of the street in in the storefronts themselves.
33:54
SPEAKER_00: Plus, you might get some great merch in between.
33:57
SPEAKER_00: Find something that you can't have to have.
33:59
SPEAKER_01: It's all about the merch.
34:00
SPEAKER_01: Alright, my friend, here we go.
34:01
SPEAKER_01: Well, we're gonna wrap it up.
34:03
SPEAKER_01: Uh we're gonna we're gonna talk about the best in all the park.
34:06
SPEAKER_01: Um, Magic Kingdom is just great.
34:08
SPEAKER_01: Like you can't beat it.
34:10
SPEAKER_01: Um, it does go right back to Walt's original dream, and it's got some of the best rides on the entire property.
34:16
SPEAKER_01: Um, so what do we think?
34:17
SPEAKER_01: Uh let's each pick some.
34:19
SPEAKER_01: Best attraction in Magic Kingdom.
34:21
SPEAKER_00: Best attraction in Magic Kingdom.
34:22
SPEAKER_00: I think I'm gonna steal it from you.
34:23
SPEAKER_00: It's gonna be Peter Pan's flight.
34:26
SPEAKER_00: It is.
34:27
SPEAKER_00: It is it's not the the crazy it's not the craziest ride, it's not the most exciting ride, but this the the nostalgia factor for me, I know for you being a lost boy, uh, you got the tattoos to prove it.
34:38
SPEAKER_00: Uh it's it's something it's something that you have to do every single time.
34:42
SPEAKER_00: It's still magical every single time.
34:44
SPEAKER_01: Can't beat the magic.
34:45
SPEAKER_01: I'm gonna I'm gonna obviously pick that one, but I saved this one for the end too.
34:49
SPEAKER_01: Um, one of my favorite uh things in the park we didn't really talk about, Mickey's Fill Heart Magic, which is actually right near uh Panzeride, is a great indoor auditorium show.
35:00
SPEAKER_01: Um there's piped in smells, piped in lots of good sound, visuals.
35:04
SPEAKER_01: Uh it is a great mid-day.
35:06
SPEAKER_01: I tell everybody who's going, uh particularly if you're new to uh Magic Kingdom.
35:11
SPEAKER_01: Mickey's Fill Heart Magic, uh, near the carousel.
35:14
SPEAKER_01: Make sure you see that.
35:15
SPEAKER_01: So that would be my favorite.
35:16
SPEAKER_01: All right, let's talk about unoverrated.
35:19
SPEAKER_01: What's the most overrated one here?
35:21
SPEAKER_01: I mean, you could almost say pans for this one as well, but what do you think?
35:24
SPEAKER_00: No, no, pants definitely not overrated.
35:26
SPEAKER_00: It hits it hits all the key markers for sure.
35:28
SPEAKER_00: I think the most overrided one is gonna be the Seven Dwarf Mine Train.
35:32
SPEAKER_00: I think there's a lot of hype between it or for it.
35:35
SPEAKER_00: Uh it's a it's a short ride roller coaster, like we mentioned when we were talking about it.
35:39
SPEAKER_00: It's a it's a beginner, it's a somewhat moderate roller coaster.
35:42
SPEAKER_00: If you're not if you're a thrill seeker, you're gonna be a little disappointed about this one.
35:46
SPEAKER_00: I think you want to go, if you're a thrill seeker, you want to go on Tron.
35:49
SPEAKER_00: I think that's more more towards what what you're looking for there.
35:52
SPEAKER_00: As far as Magic Kingdom goes, I think um I think it's a bit it's a bit overrated for sure.
35:58
SPEAKER_01: Completely agree.
35:59
SPEAKER_01: I'm gonna go with uh be our guest, uh the food.
36:02
SPEAKER_01: The vibe's great, the atmosphere is great, but I still I think the whole thing is a bit uh overrated.
36:07
SPEAKER_01: I hope at some point in time they find something that that pulls that magic back in there and brings you back.
36:11
SPEAKER_01: But that's a pass for me.
36:14
SPEAKER_00: You do have if you've never been before, you have to go.
36:16
SPEAKER_00: You gotta try the gray stuff, of course, in Beauty and the Beast.
36:20
SPEAKER_00: The great they serve the gray stuff there.
36:22
SPEAKER_00: Uh it's it's it's just a one and done.
36:24
SPEAKER_00: The food is just not fantastic, but the atmosphere is is is what you're paying for there.
36:28
SPEAKER_01: So in the movie they say try the gray stuff, it's delicious.
36:31
SPEAKER_01: Uh, I'm here to tell you it's not delicious.
36:35
SPEAKER_00: Stop offending our viewers, Pete.
36:38
SPEAKER_00: Stop defending the goldfish are gonna be real upset with you after you said that.
36:42
SPEAKER_01: They are underrated attraction.
36:44
SPEAKER_00: Underrated attraction?
36:46
SPEAKER_00: Underrated.
36:47
SPEAKER_00: Why don't you go first?
36:48
SPEAKER_00: Give me give me a second to think.
36:50
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I would agree.
36:51
SPEAKER_01: I would like to do the bears again.
36:53
SPEAKER_01: I can't, so underrated for me is Winnie the Pooh.
36:55
SPEAKER_01: I mean, I think it's uh, you know, it's always busy because it's you know it just is.
36:59
SPEAKER_01: Um but the the colors, the the the drawing, the story, Winnie himself.
37:04
SPEAKER_01: I think I think it's a great one.
37:05
SPEAKER_01: Uh I think it's very underrated.
37:07
SPEAKER_01: People don't talk enough about it.
37:08
SPEAKER_00: I think the best part of that ride is the ticker portion.
37:11
SPEAKER_00: When they when you bounce, you bounce like Tigger.
37:13
SPEAKER_00: I think I think that's worth it.
37:15
SPEAKER_00: I think that's the most fun part of that ride.
37:17
SPEAKER_00: And of course, look for Mr.
37:19
SPEAKER_00: Toad, he's there.
37:21
SPEAKER_00: Best land.
37:23
SPEAKER_00: We've talked about it all now.
37:25
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, for for all of them, uh I'm going with for I gotta go with Ventureland and the Pirates, um Swiss Family Treehouse.
37:33
SPEAKER_01: Uh it just I love that section, and I'm you know, I'm a fan of the Pirates and the Lost Boys.
37:38
SPEAKER_01: Uh you know, I'd be I'd I give it a very close second to Tomorrowland.
37:43
SPEAKER_01: I like the idea, the inspiration, the roots back to the original Walt Disney um ideas, um, and what he saw for the park.
37:51
SPEAKER_01: Um so close second there.
37:54
SPEAKER_01: How about yourself?
37:54
SPEAKER_00: I think the best land is is Tomorrowland.
37:58
SPEAKER_00: And I know we didn't we didn't really talk about Carousel Progress.
38:00
SPEAKER_00: It's a skip.
38:01
SPEAKER_00: It's a skip for me.
38:02
SPEAKER_00: I don't know if I'm gonna offend a bunch of people when I say that, but that's in that part of the park where you really didn't talk about it much.
38:07
SPEAKER_00: I always skip it.
38:08
SPEAKER_00: I know it's coming for an update.
38:10
SPEAKER_00: Uh it's gonna be it's gonna have Walt Disney himself as an animatronic in that part.
38:15
SPEAKER_00: I'm looking forward to that changing and them updating that ride.
38:18
SPEAKER_00: When that happens, I'll give it a second chance.
38:21
SPEAKER_00: But as far as as a park or as a land itself goes, I think tomorrow land is your best place.
38:26
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, you can't beat it.
38:27
SPEAKER_00: It's got it's got the best throw rides, it's got uh the best uh non-throw rides, like uh space uh buzzlet year, space ranger, and of course it has Monsters Incorporated, Laughlor.
38:38
SPEAKER_00: What's not to love about that one?
38:39
SPEAKER_01: Best cue.
38:40
SPEAKER_01: What line are you gonna stand in and enjoy yourself?
38:42
SPEAKER_00: I think uh again again to go back to Peter Pan.
38:46
SPEAKER_00: There's there's so many interactive portions of that.
38:49
SPEAKER_00: I think in each different room, each part of that queue, uh it you're not gonna be bored.
38:54
SPEAKER_00: It it's it's different every time.
38:56
SPEAKER_00: Um every land or I'm sorry, every room you go into in that queue is is is something different.
39:02
SPEAKER_00: It's something to see.
39:03
SPEAKER_01: You know, it's funny is I fast passed or lightning lane that for like the first 10 years I went.
39:09
SPEAKER_01: I had no idea how good that queue was.
39:11
SPEAKER_01: I went in um once and I was like, what is this?
39:15
SPEAKER_01: Did they just build this?
39:16
SPEAKER_01: And they're like, no, Captain Bougie, you've never waited in line before.
39:22
SPEAKER_00: That's called Captain Bougie for now on.
39:26
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, if you don't have a lightning lane for this one, the queue is is is fantastic.
39:31
SPEAKER_00: All right, let's go with best snack.
39:33
SPEAKER_00: The best snack in Magic Kingdom, I think, is I'm going back to the beginning.
39:37
SPEAKER_00: It's a corn doll nuggets, man.
39:39
SPEAKER_00: You can't you can't skip it.
39:40
SPEAKER_00: It's something you gotta have.
39:41
SPEAKER_00: It's a great snack either to start your park day and or to end your park day, or both.
39:45
SPEAKER_00: You could do both.
39:46
SPEAKER_00: There's no rules.
39:47
SPEAKER_00: Uh you could do you could start your day or end your day with them.
39:53
SPEAKER_00: Um, I think they're I think they're great.
39:55
SPEAKER_00: I'm I'm getting them every time.
39:57
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, you know, it would have been uh Crown Supreme and Fast, I would have said it, is at um Friar Tuck's Nook behind the castle.
40:05
SPEAKER_01: They used to have a chicken and waffle that was so good.
40:09
SPEAKER_01: And for some reason it got too popular and they changed it.
40:12
SPEAKER_01: They made the chicken smaller.
40:13
SPEAKER_01: I don't know what they did to it.
40:14
SPEAKER_01: Um, you're talking about sleepy hollows?
40:17
SPEAKER_01: Or sleepy hollows, yeah.
40:18
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, sleepy hollows, yeah.
40:20
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, right behind the castle.
40:21
SPEAKER_01: And it used to be amazing, but um now it's for me it's it's the bacon.
40:25
SPEAKER_01: I'm gonna go with the bacon.
40:26
SPEAKER_00: And you can't you can't sleep on the popcorn anywhere on Walt Disney property.
40:29
SPEAKER_00: I think I'm glad you brought up Sleepy Hollows because I I think they still have it.
40:32
SPEAKER_00: I think the chicken and waffle they did take away, but I think they still have the large uh uh freshly made waffle with Nutella.
40:41
SPEAKER_00: I mean, come on.
40:42
SPEAKER_00: And fruit too, exactly.
40:43
SPEAKER_00: And fruit and fruit, uh yeah, fruit on top of the waffle was spread uh with uh drizzled with Nutella.
40:49
SPEAKER_00: I mean, come on.
40:50
SPEAKER_00: You you can't you can't go wrong with that at all.
40:52
SPEAKER_00: That's a good one too.
40:53
SPEAKER_00: I for completely forgot about that one.
40:54
SPEAKER_00: That's more of a more of a sweet than it is a savory snack.
40:58
SPEAKER_01: The um the last one is, and I think we've answered this a couple times because I think we're both gonna have the same answer.
41:05
SPEAKER_01: But uh bet outside of the fireworks, what's the best nighttime experience?
41:09
SPEAKER_00: Oh, it's a nighttime parade.
41:11
SPEAKER_00: They just brought it back.
41:13
SPEAKER_00: Look at you.
41:14
SPEAKER_01: That's not what I thought you were gonna say.
41:15
SPEAKER_01: I'm going with Tron.
41:16
SPEAKER_00: Okay.
41:17
SPEAKER_01: Okay, oh, okay.
41:18
SPEAKER_01: No, I no.
41:21
SPEAKER_01: That's great.
41:21
SPEAKER_01: Is that is that one of the fire breathing dragons?
41:24
SPEAKER_00: Uh yes.
41:25
SPEAKER_00: Uh she she had a bit of an accident.
41:28
SPEAKER_00: Uh, I think it was oh maybe two years ago now, where she caught fire.
41:33
SPEAKER_00: And uh since she yeah, since she's been in that, uh, I think they've either fixed it or they've taken her away completely.
41:41
SPEAKER_00: Um little children and the parades, it just just doesn't mix together.
41:50
SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
41:51
SPEAKER_00: Um but yeah, I think they I I think it's it's completely the nighttime parade has completely changed.
41:57
SPEAKER_00: There's a new name for it.
41:58
SPEAKER_00: Forgive me, I forget the name of it right now.
42:00
SPEAKER_00: Uh, but I think it's something you should see at the end of the night.
42:03
SPEAKER_00: Uh, they do run two parades.
42:05
SPEAKER_00: Uh, if you can stay for the later one, I think I think it's worth it to do the later one.
42:10
SPEAKER_00: Uh the park clears out.
42:11
SPEAKER_00: Uh and same goes for the Halloween party, same goes for the Christmas party.
42:15
SPEAKER_00: There's different times for those parades.
42:17
SPEAKER_00: If you can stay for the later of the two, it's a better bet for you.
42:20
SPEAKER_00: It's uh you're gonna get a better spot along the the parade route.
42:25
SPEAKER_00: Um, my favorite spot is to be right at the beginning of the main street, like right past the flagpole there, uh right past the initial circle.
42:33
SPEAKER_00: And then you can view the castle and you can view the projections down Main Street, but it's also a nice, easy, quick exit uh from that point to if you're leaving the park directly after the parade is is is finished.
42:43
SPEAKER_00: So I think that's a good spot to queue up there.
42:45
SPEAKER_01: All right, my friends.
42:46
SPEAKER_01: I think we've uh wrapped up Magic Kingdom.
42:48
SPEAKER_01: I, you know, this is uh an important one for us because this is where the heart and soul of it, this is where it all begins and ends uh for me anyway, is Magic Kingdom.
42:57
SPEAKER_01: While it's not always my favorite park, it always uh is what represents Walt Disney World to me.
43:03
SPEAKER_00: It's they it's the one it's the park that people think about the most when they think of Walt Disney World.
43:08
SPEAKER_00: There's at least always one person who wants to know where Harry Potter land is inside their park.
43:12
SPEAKER_00: It's not there, folks.
43:13
SPEAKER_00: It's down I-4 at the competitor.
43:15
SPEAKER_00: Um but there's always at least one person who's walking around asking where they can find Harry Potter and Hagertz.
43:21
SPEAKER_00: It's not you're not gonna find it there.
43:23
SPEAKER_00: You're gonna find the boss, you're gonna find the main man himself, the mouse, where it all began with a mouse, is Mickey's there and to greet everybody.
43:31
SPEAKER_00: Uh all are welcome to this happy place.
43:33
SPEAKER_00: Uh and I get goosebumps when I say that, uh, because that's truly what it that's truly what it is.
43:38
SPEAKER_01: All right.
43:39
SPEAKER_01: I tell you what we're gonna talk about next week, but because we're the worst, we don't even know.
43:43
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43:45
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43:46
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43:52
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43:58
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43:59
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44:01
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44:06
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44:07
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44:24
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44:32
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44:38
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44:40
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44:43
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44:45
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44:49
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