In this episode we check the contents of this year’s D23 membership gift, Dole Whip Day is coming, Haunted Mansion is reopening with a virtual queue, Inside Out is in the parks, Dreamlight Valley, Speedstorm, making history at the box office and Andrew gives us a quick review of the film, plus we talk a little more about some of the issues park guests are facing trying to get DAS accommodations when visiting the park.
In this episode we catch up on round one of March Mayhem then jump into the announcements for D23 The Ultimate Fan Experience. We talk about the week leading up to it and the events you can attend, we talk about the big changes coming to a few of the larger panels, and we go over each of the Disney Legend honorees!
This week we present our bracket predictions for March Mayhem, a quick review of the new Wonka film, Disney releases a new image of Jared Leto from Tron Ares, we talk about whether Disney Speedstorm is still worth playing, Bob Iger cancels several Marvel projects, plus he makes a noticeable change to his announcement about Avatar coming to the Disneyland Resort that may indicate bigger things are coming.
In this episode we talk about a new show coming to the Hollywood Bowl based on Marvel’s Infinity Saga, we ask if Percy Jackson can become Disney’s version of Harry Potter, a surprise teaser trailer drops for Moana 2, we follow up on the Dreamlight Valley duplication exploit (spoiler alert – it works), Disney Speedstorm is really expensive for a free game, and Disney announces a $1.5 billion deal for a stake in Epic games, the makers of Fortnite, to build an ‘entertainment universe.’
This week we talk about my recent experience trying to buy Lorcana cards, we have some updates on our Teamboat Willie fundraiser for the Children’s Hospital of Orange County, in an ironic twist Bob Iger wants more money, Taylor Swift keeps saving the economy, videos from the Oogie Boogie Bash cast preview event emerge and we may have been wrong last week, but we were also right, Tiana’s Palace opens this week, the Haunted Mansion is getting a new queue and a gift shop at the exit of the attraction, an item from Rolly’s Museum of the Weird concept makes it into the Mansion for the Holiday overlay, and we round out the episode with our history segment Great Moments with Mr. Andrew with some facts about 1993 and 1994.