In this bonus episode Jason and Phil discuss the episode 7 of Season 2 of the Mandalorian, The Believer, on Disney+ - and chat about where we think the season finale might take us from here ....

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Episode 036 ... Week in review of December 5th 2020 as we discuss the following ...

1) News:
- Warner Bros. announced Thursday that it's releasing all of its 2021 movies on HBO Max the same day as theaters (Source: USA Today)
- Disney testing putting digital masks on guests for on-ride photos (Source: Blog Mickey)
- Disney Legend Tony Baxter again says he wants to redo Journey into Imagination (Source: Attractions Magazine)
- “Caravanning ‘Round The World” RV comes to Disney World Resorts (Source: WDW News Today)
- Disney Investor Day this Thurs Dec 10th, and rumors abound on new Star Wars shows to be announced (Source: Comic Book Movies)
Topic Stars @1:45 ...

2) Topic: 12 Things you Never Knew about Disney’s Animal Kingdom
- Jason reads the list and Phil shares if he knew it already or if it was new - and shares some insights of his own!
Source: Disney Food Blog
Topic Starts @27:32 ...

3) Topic: Inviting others to WDW with you
- We discuss traveling with people outside of your family - challenges that provides and if we would be willing to bring a friend of one of our kids on a trip
Topic Starts @39:37 ...

4) Topic: What attractions would we want to see a movie made for?
- Prompted by the idea from Tony Baxter of a Figment movie, Phil and Jason discuss what attractions they think could inspire a movie ... and quickly find their best ideas would probably make movies not fit for Disney
Topic Starts @47:41 ...

DBC Recommends: Jason's News Sources
- Jason shares about a post he made on the DISboards where he lists out the different sources of Disney news he uses - find out which are the best use of your time!
Link: DISboards post
Topic Starts @53:41 ...

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In this bonus episode Jason and Phil discuss the episode 6 of Season 2 of the Mandalorian, The Tragedy, on Disney+ - quite the emotional episode and where do we go from here? ....

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Episode 035 ... Week in review of November 29th 2020 as we discuss the following ...

1) News:
- Disney provides update of EPCOT projects (Source: Blog Mickey)
- Imagineer Joe Rohde announces retirement (Source: Blog Mickey)
- Brightline inks deal with Disney to to build a train station at Walt Disney World (Source: Business Insider)
Topic Starts @1:34 ...

2) Topic: Would you take a train to Walt Disney World?
- Phil talks about when his family did take a train to Florida when he was a kid
- We discuss how we envision people leveraging the new Brightline train station coming to Disney Springs
Topic Starts @16:31 ...

3) Topic: Touring Plans Theme Park Turkeys of the year:
- Tour Plans lists out their top 6 craziest, most outrageous, or just downright weird stories of the year
Topic Starts @25:45 ...

DBC Recommends: Operation Santa
- The mission of USPS Operation Santa is to provide a channel where people can give back and help children and families — enabling them to have a magical holiday when they otherwise might not — one letter to Santa at a time.
- We will provide additional information how you can help support this cause as part of the DBC community!
Link: US Postal Service
Topic Starts @37:23 ...

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In this bonus episode Jason and Phil discuss  the episode 5 of Season 2 of the Mandalorian, The Jedi, on Disney+ - and boy, do we have a lot to say!  We chat about this episode, what we think may happen in the rest of this season and beyond and the future of the Star Wars franchise as a whole. Plus, perhaps a hot take or two! ....


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Episode 034 ... Week in review of November 23rd 2020 as we discuss the following ...

1) News:
- D23 Fantastic Worlds celebration, EPCOT: The Magic of Possibility Panel (source: Disney Parks Blog)
- Grand Floridian walkway to MK is open including new bridge and Bioreconstruct provided walking times from various starting points
- Woody's Lunch Box, Crystal Palace, and Tomorrowland Terrace are reopening (source: Blog Mickey)
- Park Hopping to return starting the 1st of January, 2021 (source: Thrill Geek)
Topic Starts @1:48 ...

2) Topic: What attractions would you add a Holiday overlay to?:
- Suggestion from former guest Zach
- Phil and Jason each share attractions they would like to see get a Holiday overlay and also which one they do not want to see!
Topic Starts @18:45 ...

3) Topic: "Down Days" at resorts
- Jason brings up the idea of a non-park day during your Disney vacation and what a day spent just at the resort could look like
Topic Starts @30:53 ...

4) Topic: Extended family trips, rude staying at different resorts?
- Thread on the DIS boards where poster SusieQ93 asks if it would be rude to tell her sister she wants to stay at a different resort on their joint Disneyland trip
- Builds into a larger discussion of how advice when traveling with a large group
Source: DIS Boards Thread
Topic Starts @43:52 ...

DBC Recommends: Ear for Each Other Facebook group
- Facebook group for impacted CMs/TMs - place for people to list their “side hustles” and for
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Topic Starts @50:06 ...

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In this bonus episode Jason and Phil discuss  the episode 4 of Season 2 of the Mandalorian, The Siege, on Disney+ ....

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Episode 033 ... Week in review of November 14th 2020 as Ryan Teetz joins us to discuss the following discussion topics ...

1) IAAPA Expo announcements from Disney:
- We share our thoughts to the news that Ratatouille in EPCOT will not open until 2021
- Which of the previews are we most excited about? Including the Cosmic Rewind track photo and ride vehicle test, Space 2020 image, Galactic Starcruiser room photo, Spiderman Webslinger ride vehicles video, etc.
- Disney Genie - yeah or nay?
- VR and augmented reality coming to the parks and your home
Source: Disney Parks Blog
Topic Starts @1:21 ...

2) Disney Full Year and Q4 2020 Financial Results:
- Overall results not as bad as expected
- Disney+ has more than 73m paid subscribers
- Bob Chapek says they have moved max capacity at the WDW parks up to 35%
Source: CNBC
Topic Starts @16:15 ...

3) Ryan Teetz' Trip Report
- Ryan recently visited Walt Disney World for the first time since the reopening and shares his thoughts on safety, wait times, the holiday decorations, and overall feel
- He also visited Universal Orlando for the first time - what where his impressions and will it become a regular part of his trips to Orlando?
Topic Starts @28:59 for Walt Disney World portion and @50:55 for the Universal portion ...

DBC Recommends: Themed Alternative
- YouTube Channel where they re-watch old Disney television specials and comment over them Mystery Science Theater 3000 style
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 In this bonus episode Jason and Phil discuss  the episode 3 of Season 2 of the Mandalorian, The Heiress, on Disney+ ....

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Episode 032 ... Week in review of November 7th 2020 covering the following discussion topics ...

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1) News of the week:
- The Holidays come to Walt Disney World - what do we think of the changes?
- The Muppets return, and Santa to appear at Disney Springs by boat! (Source: Disney Food Blog)
- Cosmic Rewind ride vehicle shown (source: Zach Ridley on Instagram)
- System glitch leads to mishap with dining reservations (source: WDW Info)
Topic Starts @1:03 ...

2) Topic: Welcome to Tomorrowland!
- Disney appears to be working on an event entitled "Welcome to Tomorrowland" - but that is all that is known. We discuss what this could mean and if we are excited for it (source: Blog Mickey)
- Additionally, Jason and Phil discuss a new photo revealing how the People Mover track appears to impact sight lines of the Tron Canopy (source: Bioreconstruct on Twitter)
Topic Starts @15.38 ...

3) Topic: Should Disney buy AMC?
- The Motley Fool has a story out regarding this topic and Phil and Jason discuss what it could mean for Disney and the experience of the movie goer
Source: The Motley Fool
Topic Starts @23:32 ...

4) Topic: Drones in nighttime shows?
- At Joe Biden's speech on Saturday, November 7th, there were drones used in the post speech celebration
- We discuss how this could be used in night time shows at Disney
Source: Carlye Wisel on Twitter who reported the names of the Drone companies Disney has used, and what was used by Joe Biden's team
Topic Starts @32:06 ...

5) Topic: Dining discussion
- Is the Dining Plan coming back?
- ADRs: better at 180 or 60 days?
- If you only have one Table Service meal per day, would you do breakfast, lunch or dinner?
Topic Starts @37:02 ...

DBC Recommends: D Park Radio
- Jason's source for post dinner family music - and works with Alexa, etc.
Source: D Park Radio
Topic Starts @48:58 ...


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