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WDW 50th Anniversary

Season 2, Episode 11 – Our Top Rides at Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom!

March 15, 2021 by Mike Ellis Leave a Comment

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Season 2, Episode 11 – Our Top Rides at Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom!

Our Top Rides at Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom!

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 11 for March 15, 2021, and our feature topic today is Our Top Rides at Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom! This week, we’re talking about our favorite rides to be found at the Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom 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 Cheese
    • Mike: Statement from Bob Chapek, CEO of The Walt Disney Company regarding Disneyland reopening: “Here in California, we’re encouraged by the positive trends we’re seeing and we’re hopeful they’ll continue to improve and we’ll be able to reopen our Parks to guests with limited capacity by late April — we look forward to publicizing an opening date in the coming weeks. While last week’s announcement stated that theme parks may open starting on April 1, the fact is it will take some time to get them ready for our guests — this includes recalling more than 10,000 furloughed Cast and retraining them to be able to operate according to the State of California’s new requirements. I am pleased to say the response has been great thus far, our Cast Members are excited to get back to work. And this is also good news for the Anaheim community, which depends on Disneyland for jobs and business generated by visitors.”
    • Sophie: Raya and the Last Dragon premiered in theaters and on Disney+ on the 5th, and it took home the top spot in the earnings charts!
    • Brenda: Coming October 1st, in addition to the Walt Disney World 50th Anniversary: Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure at the France Pavilion in EPCOT! Also opening in France that day: La Crêperie de Paris, which is a new restaurant featuring both table and quick-service options!
    • Mike: Additional news out of the Disney Annual Shareholders Meeting — Bob Iger announces that he will be stepping down from the Walt Disney Company on December 31, 2021.
    • Sophie: In Covid news: Disney Cruise Lines is hoping and expecting to resume sailings in the fall! That’s huge news since the cruise industry has been shut down pretty much since March 2020.
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  • Feature Topic: Our Top Rides at Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom!
    • Mike’s Top Five Rides – Magic Kingdom
      • 5) WDW Railroad
      • 4) Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover
      • 3) Peter Pan’s Flight
      • 2) Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
      • 1) Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
    • Mike’s Top Five Rides – Animal Kingdom
      • 5) Kali River Rapids
      • 4) Kilimanjaro Safaris
      • 3) Na’vi River Journey
      • 2) Avatar: Flight of Passage
      • 1) Expedition Everest
    • Brenda’s Top Five Rides – Magic Kingdom
      • 5) Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress
      • 4) Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover
      • 3) Splash Mountain
      • 2) Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
      • 1) Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
    • Brenda’s Top Five Rides – Animal Kingdom
      • 5) Na’vi River Journey
      • 4) Kali River Rapids
      • 3) Kilimanjaro Safaris
      • 2) Avatar: Flight of Passage
      • 1) Expedition Everest
    • Sophie’s Top Five Rides – Magic Kingdom
      • 5) It’s a Small World
      • 4) TTA People Mover
      • 3) Pirates of the Carribean
      • 2) Haunted Mansion
      • 1) Splash Mountain
    • Sophie’s Top Four “Rides” – Animal Kingdom
      • 4) Festival of the Lion King
      • 3) Kali River Rapids
      • 2) Expedition Everest
      • 1) Flight of Passage
  • This Day in Disney History for March 15
    • Disneyland’s 450 Millionth Guest!
  • Disney Who’s Who Character:
    • Moana
  • Walt Disney Quote
  • Coming Next Week: We continue our look at our top rides at Disney. Next week, we’re listing our top five rides at Epcot and our top five rides at Hollywood Studios!
  • Sponsorship
    • On the Road with Mickey is sponsored by Pixie Vacations by Mike Ellis and Tech Solutions NC.

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 — first, by email to info@ontheroadwithmickey.com. Second, you can leave us a voicemail at our voicemail box 919-799-8390. 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!

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Season 2, Episode 10 – WDW 50th Anniversary Changes!

March 8, 2021 by Mike Ellis Leave a Comment

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Season 2, Episode 10 – WDW 50th Anniversary Changes

WDW 50th Anniversary Changes

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 10 for March 8, 2021, and our feature topic today is the WDW 50th Anniversary Changes! This week, we’re talking about some of the changes that we can expect to see in time for the 50th Anniversary of Walt Disney World! We hope that this gets you excited about a possible trip to Walt Disney World for the 50th Anniversary! 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 Cheese
    • Mike: Over at Disneyland, on March 13th there is going to be a “Reopen Disneyland” rally. It will start at 8AM outside of the Disneyland Resort. Safety guidelines to be followed include masks on at all times, six feet social distancing, and sanitizing your hands frequently.
    • Sophie: As we reported back on December 28th in our podcast “Looking ahead to 2021”, Blizzard Beach reopened yesterday, March 7th! Looking at the website, one day tickets for Blizzard Beach run just $69 dollars, so if you are interested, the pricing isn’t terrible for a day of water park fun! Blizzard Beach was open yesterday from 11AM – 6PM.
    • Brenda: Over on Instagram, Zach Ridley shared a video and some images of the nighttime lighting for the Main Entrance Plaza for Epcot, including imagery of Spaceship Earth. It is so cool looking, check it out! https://www.instagram.com/p/CL-jVVKhajk/
    • Sophie: The Flower and Garden Festival started last week on March 3rd, and there is some really awesome merch to go with it! It looks like there are four five main themes to the merchandise:
      • Hello Sunshine featuring the Orange Bird
      • Grow Imagination featuring Figment
      • Grow Kindness featuring Minnie Mouse
      • Can You Dig It featuring Mickey
      • Cool as Can Bee featuring Spike the Bee.
    • Mike: As part of the Flower and Garden Festival, the Egg-stravaganza Scavenger Hunt is returning to Epcot starting on March 19th! Purchase a map for $7.99 plus tax, then hunt for hidden eggs featuring Disney characters. When you find them all, return the map for a “sp-egg-tacular surprise!”
    • Brenda: Lastly, over at the Imagination Pavilion you can find creatively placed fountains. They are known as the “Jumping Fountains” because they jump from one to another periodically. Well, since the closure in March 2020, they have not been working — until last week! This is a small detail, and easily overlooked, but if you are looking for a place to just relax for a bit, this little section might be just the spot for you!
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  • Feature Topic: WDW 50th Anniversary Changes
    • When is the Anniversary
      • October 1st, 2021 is the 50th anniversary of the opening of Walt Disney World with the first park, the Magic Kingdom.
      • Disney has announced that the celebration of the 50th Anniversary will start on October 1st, and continue for 18 months. This is big news because it means that the celebration will continue for a good while so that those that can’t get to Walt Disney World right now will still have an opportunity to celebrate in the future. If Disney sticks to the 18 month timeline, that would take the celebration until March 31, 2023.
    • Changes coming to EPCOT
      • Main Entrance changes
        • The music — it’s uplifting, it’s energizing, it reminds me in some ways of the incredible music you find in attractions like Soarin’, like it’s taking you into areas you never thought of. It makes the blood flow. You can listen to it over on YouTube: NEW EPCOT Entrance Area Loop (2021 – Present) – YouTube
        • The Light Ribbon — incredible! More information from Imagineering: “At more than four football fields long, this light ribbon has been present since opening day, but was originally lit by hundreds of fluorescent tubes in solid colors. Now we’ve updated it with highly energy-efficient, programmable LED lighting with nearly 3,000 individually controlled points of light that blend together to create color gradients and patterns.”
        • The new flagpoles — twelve flagpoles to reflect both the origins of Epcot and what is believed to be the future of Epcot as the new Neighborhoods come into play.
        • And don’t forget about the new fountain! We touched on that previously, but wow what a fountain!
      • The Four Neighborhoods
        • World Showcase
          • Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure
          • HarmoniUS Fireworks Show
        • World Discovery
          • The Epcot of Tomorrow at the Odyssey Events Pavilion
        • World Celebration
          • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
        • World Nature
          • Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana
    • Changes coming to the Magic Kingdom
      • Interestingly enough, the only brand new attraction coming to the Magic Kingdom is the TRON Roller Coaster, and that isn’t going to be open in time for the 50th Anniversary. It looks like that will be open sometime in 2022.
      • As far as attractions are concerned, there aren’t a lot of changes; what we are seeing is Disney’s attention to detail. Things like the new paint colors to reflect the 50th anniversary color scheme, refreshing of attractions with new paint and other touches, and things like that.
      • The Hall of Presidents is being updated for the new president.
      • The Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover is still being worked on — it shows unavailable through May 4, 2021.
      • The Walt Disney World Railroad is currently closed because of the work being done for the TRON Roller Coaster. We have no idea on when it might be able to open up, but at this point I’m guessing it will be when TRON opens.
    • Changes coming to the rest of Walt Disney World
      • Hollywood Studios
      • Animal Kingdom
      • Lastly, Brenda shares her vision for the celebration on October 1 and beyond if she was the planner, weird as it may be.
  • This Day in Disney History for March 8
    • Birthday for Bruce Broughton, born on this day in 1945
  • Disney Who’s Who Character:
    • Bagheera from The Jungle Book
  • Walt Disney Quote
    • “Our heritage and ideals, our code and standards – the things we live by and teach our children – are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.” -Walt Disney
  • Coming Next Week: Our Top Ten Rides at Disney!
  • Sponsorship
    • On the Road with Mickey is sponsored by Pixie Vacations by Mike Ellis and Tech Solutions NC.

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 — first, by email to info@ontheroadwithmickey.com. Second, you can leave us a voicemail at our voicemail box 919-799-8390. 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!

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On the Road with Mickey Season 2, Episode 1 – WDW 50th Anniversary

January 4, 2021 by Mike Ellis

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WDW 50th Anniversary
Season 2, Episode 1 – WDW 50th Anniversary

WDW 50th Anniversary

Hey everyone, I’m Mike, and she’s Sophie, and We’re on the Road with Mickey! This is Season 2, Episode 1 for January 4, 2021, and our feature topic today is the upcoming WDW 50th Anniversary! Today we are starting our look at what the WDW 50th Anniversary might look like to us. Today we will start by looking at the Magic Kingdom. 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 Cheese
    • Mike: Gearing up for the 50th Anniversary, Disney has filed permits for work to be done on both Swiss Family Treehouse and Cinderella Castle. They have already done some minor work on it’s a small world and Peter Pan’s Flight, so the focus appears to be in working on some of the attractions that were around when the Magic Kingdom first opened!.
    • Sophie: The 2021 Taste of Epcot International Festival of the Arts is coming from January 8 – February 22nd, and recently, Epcot announced the food booths that will be there. Here’s a partial list:  The Artist’s Table (The American Adventure), Citrus Blossom (Showcase Plaza), Cuisine Classique (Germany), and many more. In all, there are 16 food booths to choose from, as well as an additional 4 that are open year round!
    • Sophie: In Baby Yoda news, there is a brand new whimsical Baby Yoda Loungefly Backpack that is an exclusive product from Entertainment Earth. Retailing at $59.99, the new backpack arrives this month! Check it out here: https://www.entertainmentearth.com/product/star-wars-the-mandalorian-the-child-minibackpack-entertainment-earth-exclusive/lfstbk0222r
    • Mike: Lastly, over on Instagram, Giancarlo Esposito, the famed actor portraying Moff Gideon, talks to us about how he brings Moff Gideon to life. Check out the interview here: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CJT3vZFhMXl/
  • Connect with us! Here’s how: 
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    • Phone Voicemail: 919-799-8390
  • Feature Topic: WDW 50th Anniversary
    • The idea in Mike’s Mind:
    • Magic Kingdom must sees
      • Mike
        • All of the Opening day attractions. Remember we ranked our favorites on October 26th.
        • Soaking in the atmosphere.
        • Comparing 50th Anniversary to 40th Anniversary
        • Riding our favorite attractions at the Magic Kingdom
      • Sophie
        • Comparing the 50th to Disneyland’s 60th
        • This is WDW’s Golden anniversary so maybe some golden merch
        • Golden decor.
        • The Golden Horseshoe and the Diamond Horseshoe pun
        • Hoping that some more things will be open :’)
  • This Day in Disney History for January 4
  • Disney Who’s Who Character
  • Walt Disney Quote
  • Sponsorship
    • On the Road with Mickey is sponsored by Pixie Vacations by Mike Ellis and Tech Solutions NC.

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 — first, by email to info@ontheroadwithmickey.com. Second, you can leave us a voicemail at our voicemail box 919-799-8390. 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!

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: on the road with mickey, podcast, This Day in Disney History, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Quote, WDW 50th Anniversary

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