Episode 053 ... Week in review of April 10, 2021: This week - it’s all about the big announcements that aren’t big announcements ...

First, we are debuting a new intro song - let us know your thoughts! ....

1) News:
- VelociCoaster Opening date announced - June 10th (Source: Collider)
- Mask Update: Disney now allowing for photos without masks, and OC Mayor provides indication of when mandate could be removed
- Disneyland “Know before you go” - more details by Disney for Disneyland's reopening (Source: Disney)
- Trader Sam figure removed from WDW Jungle Cruise and confirmation that the name of the Trader Sam's bars will not be changed (source: Blog Mickey)
- Avengers Campus to open June 4th (source: Blog Mickey)
- I want to see the lightsaber
- Continued construction work at Walt Disney World and announcements for EPCOT
- Mears Connect coming January 2022 (Source: Mears)
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2) Topic: When the Hype for an Announcement is Not Met
- Leading up to the “A Special Look Inside the Disney Parks“ virtual media event held on April 8th rumors were running rampant about what would be announced
- While there was some legit news at the event, most of what was rumored did not happen, leading many Disney fans to feel let down.
- This was all based on the park fans themselves hyping themselves up - why does this happen?
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3) Topic: The Disney Fan Community is Hungry for News
- Leading in from the previous topic we discuss what news Disney fans - particularly parks fans - are most looking forward to and how some of these rumors fed into this
- We discuss which of these announcements we would be most excited about
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Topic Starts @44:33 ...

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