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On the Road w/Mickey 314 – What Season of Disney are you in?

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What Season of Disney are you in?
Episode 314 – What Season of Disney are you in?

What Season of Disney are you in?

Hey everyone, I’m Mike, she’s Sophie, that’s Brenda, and he’s Grogu, and We’re On the Road with Mickey! This is episode 314, and our feature topic is What Season of Disney are you in? This week, we are taking a look at the way our Disney Walk™ has progressed over the years! Here’s what we talked about:

  • Cheddar from the Big Cheese:
    • Sophie: Disney Legends Paige O’Hara and Mark Henn will be traveling to Chicago, Illinois, for a special 35th Anniversary screening of Beauty and the Beast on June 27th. They will have a Q&A panel for this D23 event before the movie.
    • Brenda: The entertainment showtimes for Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party have been released. During party nights, the first Boo-to-You Parade will be at 8:15PM. Following that will be the Not-So-Spooky Spectacular fireworks at 10:00PM, and a second run of the Boo-to-You Parade will likely be at 11:15PM. That second parade time isn’t official, but the times for the others are and they match last year’s times, so chances are that the second parade will also.
    • Mike: What a feel-good story out of Animal Kingdom! The medical team at Animal Kingdom was able to perform a very rare cataract surgery on Kendi, a 27-year old White Rhino, that restored her vision! This is an extremely complex procedure that involved years of planning and truly shows how much love and care the animal care Cast Members have for their charges!
  • Connect with us! Here’s how: 
  • Question of the Week Feedback:
    • What is an experience that you had that changed from what you planned, but still went well?
      • Sophie: For King & Country concert cancellation
      • Brenda: MVMCP when we came across the Dwarfs
      • Mike: COVID closing Disney – reopening 2 days before our trip
      • Chandler: Planned a big family reunion to WDW — 6 families, with the kids and grandkids. When it came time to commit, people dropped out like flies. Ended up changing to a week in Branson MO with just the three of us, and my Mom and her husband. It was just fine
      • Chrissy: Me trying to find food to fit my allergies diet finally got help from amazing CMs and chef at Liberty Tree Tavern.
  • Feature Topic: Our Favorite Epcot Experiences that make our trip special!
    • Sophie:
      • I used to go with the flow, do what Daddy planned, and now I plan some out as well. Starting to take the reins and also enjoy the process.
      • Working towards having a family to share Disney with and potentially an Annual Pass.
    • Brenda:
      • The current season is Chill Season. We are in a time where we’ve done the up at the crack of dawn, then we did a span where it was just the two of us, now we are just chill, just sleep late, just go to the park in the afternoon, close them down, see our favorite shows, ride our favorites, and so forth. Every season trip she purchases Memory Maker, and now she still does that, because you never know when your last trip is your last trip.
    • Mike:
      • What I like about this topic is that it gives us a trip down Memory Lane of our past trips. We explored how things were in the beginning, when I would easily take 200 photos a day of our trip, and journeyed back in time to some of our fond memories – like when we purchased DVC, how that opened up our opportunities to bring more family with us to Disney. Trips with Stephanie, how now for me it’s all about making memories with my family, and choosing rides that we can all enjoy together. We also have an opportunity in the future to be able to have Brenda, Sophie, and myself all enjoying the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror and recording an episode of On the Road with Mickey in the process! Stay tuned!
  • Sophie’s Question of the Week:
    • What season of Disney are you in?
  • This Day in Disney History for 6/15:
  • The Weekly Disney Windows
    • Joe Potter – Main Street Confectionary (Magic Kingdom) – “General Joe’s Building Permits \ Licensed in Florida Since ‘66 \ Gen. Joe Potter, Raconteur
  • A little bit of Walt
    • “Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.”  – Walt Disney

Coming next week: Check in and see what the surprise episode will be!

As always, thank you for listening. We are having a lot of fun talking Disney, and I’m glad you are enjoying it as well! Remember, you can reach us in many ways — by email to info@ontheroadwithmickey.com. You can also talk to us on our Facebook Page, On the Road with Mickey or in our On the Road with Mickey Group. Feel free to join us! Have a great week, and we’ll be back to talk with you again next week!

On the Road w/Mickey 313 – Our Favorite Epcot Experiences that make our trip special!

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Our Favorite Epcot Experiences that make our trip special!
Episode 313 – Our Favorite Epcot Experiences that make our trip special!

Our Favorite Epcot Experiences that make our trip special!

Hey everyone, I’m Mike, she’s Sophie, that’s Brenda, and he’s Grogu, and We’re On the Road with Mickey! This is episode 313, and our feature topic is Our Favorite Epcot Experiences that make our trip special! This week, we are taking a look at all of the incredible things specifically at Epcot that really add value to our day! Here’s what we talked about:

  • Cheddar from the Big Cheese:
    • Mike: In the “Don’t Blink” category for Cheddar, news from Disney that the Virtual Queue required for access to Bluey’s Wild World, which was required when the area opened on May 26th, is no longer needed as of June 2nd.
    • Sophie: Do you like a Pineapple Upside Down cake? If you do, the Disney Parks Blog has the recipe for the pineapple upside down cake that you can get at the Plaza Inn at Disneyland on their website! Here’s the link: https://disneyparksblog.com/dlr/disney-eats-pineapple-upside-down-bundt-cake-recipe-from-plaza-inn/ 
    • Brenda: The huge news out of Disney is that the Carousel of Progress will be closing on July 6th in order to update the scenes and incorporate Walt into the attraction. It will be a totally different experience when it reopens, which should be sometime in 2027.
  • Connect with us! Here’s how: 
  • Question of the Week Feedback:
    • What is something on the list that we missed from last week?
      • Cindy: Andor
      • Robin: Animal Kingdom
      • Chrissy: A Dole Whip
      • Heidi: Ariel
      • Stephanie: All-Star Resorts
      • Cindy, for Sophie: Anita from 101 Dalamations
  • Feature Topic: Our Favorite Epcot Experiences that make our trip special!
    • Mike:
      • Festival of the Holidays
      • Walt the Dreamer Statue
      • Flower & Garden Festival
      • Viking Stave Church in Norway
      • Voices of Liberty
      • I miss Illuminations: Reflections of Earth
    • Sophie:
      • Candlelight Processional 
      • Food & Wine Festival
      • Living with the Land Glimmering Greenhouses during the holidays!
      • Food & Wine – Hosted by Remy and finding little tiny Remy’s hidden throughout the park.
      • The American Adventure Experience
    • Brenda:
      • Eat to the Beat concerts
      • Canada Pavilion – specifically Victoria Gardens
      • Caramel Kouche and the trains at Germany
      • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind!
      • Via Napoli Quattro Fremage Pizza
  • Sophie’s Question of the Week:
    • What is an experience that you had that changed from what you planned, but still went well?
      • Sophie: For King & Country concert cancellation
      • Brenda: MVMCP when we came across the Dwarfs
      • Mike: COVID closing Disney – reopening 2 days before our trip
  • This Day in Disney History for 6/8:
  • The Weekly Disney Windows
    • Roy O. Disney – Two Brothers Inc. – Dreamers & Doers – “If we can Dream it we can Do it!” – Roy O. Disney, Walt E. Disney, Founders and Partners – Above Delicious Sweets – Disneyland Paris
    • Additional Coolness Factor:
      • New Century Notions – Flora’s Unique Boutique – opposite the Emporium in Disneyland Paris on Main Street, U.S.A. – indicates that the business was opened in 1888, which just happens to be the year that Flora Call married Elias Disney
    • https://fans.disneylandparis.com/en/family-history-at-disneyland-paris/
  • A little bit of Walt
    • “Well, ‘a beautiful tomorrow, just a dream away.’ That says we’re going places. There’s progress ahead, and that’s just the mood we want for the whole pavilion. Here, for example, is a scale model of the General Electric Carousel Theatre—a theatre in which the audience itself moves in their seats around the stages. The actors? Well, they’re not real people, but they are a talented and interesting cast. We call them audio-animatronic figures, and they talk and act like human beings. The Carousel Theatre will present a warm and entertaining portrayal of how life has changed through electrical energy. The same kind of exciting and unique entertainment is what we’re planning for every area of the General Electric Pavilion.” (about Carousel of Progress)  – Walt Disney

Coming next week: What Season of Disney are you in?

As always, thank you for listening. We are having a lot of fun talking Disney, and I’m glad you are enjoying it as well! Remember, you can reach us in many ways — by email to info@ontheroadwithmickey.com. You can also talk to us on our Facebook Page, On the Road with Mickey or in our On the Road with Mickey Group. Feel free to join us! Have a great week, and we’ll be back to talk with you again next week!