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Oct 13, 2016
- Follow Up - Last running of the MSEP on 10/9
- Remembering WDW’s version vs. DL’s version
- No nighttime parade at WDW now
- Robin Hood - the Disney animated feature
- Glenn hasn’t watched it in a long time
- Glenn and family watched Alice in Wonderland last weekend - woof!
- Robin Hood has a big place in Chris’ heart
- He used to listen to the LP when he was a kid
- The music was classic
- Hurricane Matthew
- Very stressful for people in the track
- Disney closed the parks on Friday 10/7
- Food at Port Orleans French Quarter
- Orlando lucked out with the track of the hurricane
- Disney Operations preparations
- Promotion: [Red Cross](http://www.redcross.org/)
- Refresh of Tomorrowland
- New paint color on the rocks at the entrance
- New paint and design on Carousel of Progress
- New LED lighting on Space Mountain
- New sign at Carousel of Progress
- Glenn wants to go and photograph
- Tomorrowland background music
- Sponsor message
- Book review - [“Bloodline - Star Wars”](http://amzn.to/2e9Gw8K) by Claudia Gray
- Episodes 1-5 of Terrific Recordings of Nothing are now posted for download
Oct 10, 2016
- Recorded 10/2/16
- Disney Emoji Blitz
- Chris discovered it and is trying to catch up to Glenn
- What characters do we have?
- Happy 45th Birthday to Walt Disney World!
- Giveaways: guide map and button
- Guide map book is being released on 10/18
- Review the book after it comes out
- Our love of maps
- Castle show
- Merchandise for sale
- Celebrations for the 10th, 15th, 20th, and 25th were big; the rest have just been merchandise release
- Hoping the 50th is a huge blowout
- The Disney fan community seems to be celebrating it more than Disney is
- Remembering Epcot’s 25th celebration display in Innoventions
- One Man’s Dream has less and less
- Disney has disabled the MagicBand interactivity
- Stitch’s Great Escape to operate seasonally
- Chris’ life has become the final scene in “Carousel of Progress"
- Home automation
- Learning from TV/YouTube
- Final scene needs to be updated, since it’s current now
- It would be nice to have it completely redone by doing every 50 years (1900s, 1950s, 2000s, 2050s)
- Or replace it with the original from the ’64/’65 World’s Fair
- We can’t talk about the CoP, or they’ll just close it
- “That guy” that’s our hero at Disney and is keeping it open
- Other plans for the CoP
- Disney Emoji Blitz. Again. (Sorry about this.)
- With iOS 10, you can have them as stickers
- Buying character emojis
- The game has so many “gotchas"
- The reason we had no agenda for this podcast. Sorry again, everyone.
Oct 10, 2016
- Recorded 9/14/16
- What’s on Glenn’s desk
- Chris is feeling like a cold is coming on
- The “benefits” of Airborne
- Chris had pizza for dinner
- Disney’s “gumbo” recipe
- No kale in gumbo!!!
- #gumbostrong
- Thanks for nothing, Tiana
- The complicated story of “Princess and the Frog” that Chris can’t figure out
- Note for future episode: a reading of the “Little Golden Book” by Chris
- Epcot Food and Wine Festival started
- A few people attend
- Annual Passholder exclusive glass
- Merchandise
- Listening to the bands
- Early F&W Fest memories (ahh…the good ‘ole days)
- More band talk
- Christopher Cross
- Muskrat Love
- We’re old
- Way off track: talk about The Beatles
- But, we bring it back to talk about the Beatles tribute band in Epcot
- Halloween at WDW & Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party
- 2005 was the last time Glenn attended
- First ride for Glenn’s daughter. With Vanilla Ice.
- Comparison of MNSSHP and MVMCP
- Variable pricing
- Attendance
- Chris is thinking about going to MNSSHP
- “Nightmare Before Christmas” - the kids love it
- Glenn should come down for MNSSHP
- Mardi Gras
- Aftershow
- OS10 notifications
- iPhone vs Android
- Glenn’s going to send Chris his heartbeat
- Mario Run
- Stickers in iMessage!!!
- Chris is Debbie Downer
- Google +
- Glenn is looking forward to seeing Designated Survivor on ABC
- Hello Kitty Jewel Town!
- IT IS ADORABLE!
- Disney Emoji Blitz
Oct 10, 2016
- Recorded 9/7/16
- Chris’ visit to MK for his last Main Street Electrical Parade viewing with the family
- Shortcut to MK from Chris’ house
- Very crowded…according to Chris
- Discussion of planning a Disney vacation and all the trials and tribulations
- Found place to watch parade in Liberty Square
- Moved to Main Street for Wishes
- Frustration
- Crowd control after the parade
- Leaving park - choice of monorail or ferry
- More talk about the crowds
- How did Chris’ son like the parade?
- He enjoyed it during the parade
- How did Chris like the parade?
- He likes it, but hates the music (how is this possible???)
- The recording is different from the original
- Timeline of MSEP
- A row of lights at the Contemporary were out
- Glenn’s decision to work in the resorts during the WDWCP
- Birthday button!
- It’ll be a while before Chris heads back to the MK
- Plug for Passport to Dreams (http://passport2dreams.blogspot.com/) and the latest post about Columbia Harbour House (http://passport2dreams.blogspot.com/2016/08/a-day-at-columbia-harbour-house.html)