Now displaying: November, 2016
Nov 27, 2016
- Recorded on 11/22/16
- Thanksgiving week
- Emoji Blitz Corner
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- Psych! (Well, about a minute of discussion)
- Waiting for the Christmas emojis to be released
- Glenn is playing [Clash Royale](https://clashroyale.com/) again
- Chris wants to get Glenn to play Tetris; Glenn will become obsessed with it if he starts playing it again
- Future episodes: Retro video games and Walt Disney World Explorer
- Chris’ visit to DHS and his review of Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM! - AKA "Chris Visits Disney" Corner
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- Star Tours
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- First ride on ST for Chris’ son
- Great Movie Ride
- Star Wars Launch Bay
- Stormtrooper march
- Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM!
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- Chris enjoyed it
- Gives it about an 8.5 out of 10
- Prep and Landing is great
- Other Christmas offerings that Chris is going to try to attend
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- Drones at Disney Springs
- Maybe other things, but probably not
- Chris’ Disney Adventure is the best segment
- [Magic Bands 2](http://www.wdwmagic.com/other/mymagicplus/news/21nov2016-disney-unveils-the-magicband-2.htm)
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- Disney is trying to save expenses by not having to permanently have the RFID chip in every band
- Will they pass the savings along to the guest?
- Can put the pebble in other items
- The data that comes from the Magic Bands must be incredible
- Magic Band technology hasn’t made it to Disneyland yet
- Why can’t Magic Bands for AP’ers be used for charging?
- Pandora - The World of AVATAR
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- Opening Summer 2017
- [Showed a clip of one of the AAs](https://d23.com/first-look-at-the-navi-river-journey-shaman/?share_token=f0fe172676)
- Opinions:
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- Glenn couldn’t care less about Avatar; should have spent the money on original IP
- Chris: theming is a waste of talent for the Imagineers; does not agree with using Avatar
- Our opinions aside: the AA looks fantastic
- It’s a shame that technology isn’t being used on something with Disney theming
- [Cabanas in the Magic Kingdom](http://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/201611/5344/)
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- Glenn thinks it’s a huge money grab by the Walt Disney Company
- Chris plays Devil’s Advocate and makes a case for it…and makes good points
- It’s mainly the presentation of the current test of the cabanas in Tomorrowland that’s bugging Glenn
- If they were themed and out of the way, it wouldn’t be bad
- Charity Pick
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- [Epcot is the next park to be overhauled](http://thedisneyblog.com/2016/11/21/whats-going-epcot/)
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- Finally!
- It could be really cool or really awful
- More show material! Yay!
- A new festival at Epcot
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- Picks of the week
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- Chris - [The Tetris Effect: The Game that Hypnotized the World by Dan Ackerman](http://amzn.to/2gL7VlD)
- Glenn - [Walt Disney's Epcot Center: Creating the New World of Tomorrow by Richard R. Beard](http://amzn.to/2gycIDZ)
Nov 3, 2016
- Recorded 11/1/16
- An election is coming up
- Chris is voting early tomorrow
- Chris is taking a field trip to the Crayola Experience in the Florida Mall on Election Day
- Hall of Presidents
- History
- ’64-’65 World’s Fair - Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln
- Moved to Disneyland
- When WDW was being designed, they didn’t want another New Orleans Square because of the proximity of NOLA to Orlando
- Imagineers reviewed plans for Liberty Street from Disneyland and decided on Liberty Square
- Created the Hall of Presidents for WDW
- Starting with Bill Clinton, the sitting President gives a speech
- With Barack Obama, the HoP was redone with the version that is there today
- Opinions
- Glenn has liked every version of the HoP
- Chris hasn’t been in a while; he’s going to go before it changes
- How much cooperation do they need from the President?
- The Muppets Present… Great Moments in American History
- Charity Pick
- PizzeRizzo
- Opens 11/18/16
- Pizza Planet pizza was horrible
- Looking forward to this opening
- Mama Melrose's Ristorante Italiano
- Glenn has never eaten there
- Chris ate there with his friend Sean
- Chris didn’t have a great meal there, although Sean really enjoys it
- A little background on Sean - a future guest on the podcast
- Construction at the Magic Kingdom for new security checkpoints
- Rumors of Guardians of the Galaxy attraction
- Pick of the week