EarzUp!

Most of us make no bones about disliking Toontown.  From it's lack-luster attractions to is less-than-stupendous food selections, the argument can be made for it's removal.  However, like all lands in "Lands", it has a past.  To that end, we delve into ...

The History of Toontown

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We start the show off with lots of Earthquake talk, since there have been a few news stories coming across the "news desk" on just such a topic.  Living in California, earthquakes are natural and scary at the same time.  Regardless of that scene in L.A. Story.

Then we get to some really cool feedback with a few pieces of  great advice to help make our Walt Disney World trip even better.  After, we welcome back Anthony to talk a bit about the Ant-Man film and what it's place is in the coming flood of Marvel films.

Terrence talked a bit about his experience of watching Pinocchio went for our animation rundown.

Then, Jason takes us through Toontown and it's very short history.  Which is probably all the same, since everyone but Jason seems to hate the place.

Disney News, Fact of the Show, and we are done, folks!

See you in the parks!

Just above the Library, you can find the Toontown windows dedicated to Walt.

 

 

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Disneyland has so many great rides, that it's hard to pick a favorite.  But if you twist our arms enough, chances are Pirates comes up at least once.  Therefore, we have decided to start running through the history of some of the classic Disneyland rides with ...

The History of Pirates of the Caribbean

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We start the show talking about a new segment we are going to start, which is a quick rundown of the dedicated windows on Main Street.  It would have been a fun segment had we gotten to it.  This is a long show, folks!

Jason sends a real-time compliment to Terrence, and you get to hear all the excitement LIVE! Lucky you.

We read some feedback from Clayton about last shows "Taren's Thinks" segment about how swimming in a carbonated pool just wouldn't work, and then Jason has a brief discussion on another podcast using a variation of our classic Disneyland marquee logo as their own.  It's a bit boring, but worth it for us to at least address, just so there is no confusion about our logo vs. theirs.

Then we start of the show talking with Howard from the Bay Lake Society to talk about drinking in Walt Disney World, who was amazing, and gave us some really great places to have a nice drink and soak up the WDW atmosphere.

Jason tries to work the audio, but the computers rose against him and failed, but he overcame and we got to hear the brand new intro to our new favorite segment ... "Taren's Thinks".  It's nothing short of amazing.

Terrence jumps us into the 1960's with his history of Pirates of the Caribbean, one of our favorite rides in the park, hands down.  It has such a rich history that we could not help but cover it.

Then we have the Fact of the Show, and that's it!

See you in the parks!

This poor man ...

 

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Walt had many dreams, that's for sure, but none manifested themselves quite like a small planned community out in Florida.  While the end result had little to do with Walt's actual vision, he's still considered the man behind ...

Disney's Celebration Florida

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Terrence fills us in on his alter ego, and we have our very first look into Taren's brain in our segment called "Taren's Thinks".   Where can it go from here?

We talk to our Canadian friend Blobber about our confusion in planning our Walt Disney World vacation, and all the strangeness about planning out each day 180 days in advance.   Blobber has been to WDW before, and Jason and Taren have not, so he does his best to set our minds at ease.

Then we jump into Disney's Celebration Florida,  and the strangeness that is a Disney-esque planned community.  Celebration Florida is still around, although not in the same capacity as it once was, or even was planned to be.  Confused?  Terrence explains it far better than I.

Finally, we run through our Fact of the Show and say goodbye ... :(

Until next time, we'll see you in the parks!

Not everything on Walt's drawing board made it to Disneyland.  Today, Jason takes us through one of these lands in ...

The History of Liberty Street

But first ...

We start the show with a lovely clip from Shaun and Ryan, two listeners who love the show so much that they recorded a little audio clip for us to play.  Awesome!

Bev joins us inside the studio and out of her call booth glass case of emotion, which was probably really great for her.  We start off with our first Disney Animation Movie Recap - Snow White!

We get into some feedback, letting us know that "Crescent City" is NOT a small boarder town, but a nickname for New Orleans.  Now we know.

Taren and Jason talk about their latest trip to the parks and how great all of the plussings look for the 60th anniversary.  We got to see some of the new ride stuff, including the new animated door for Indiana Jones, which is great, but the best thing we saw was the new Matterhorn Yeti.  The Imagineers have made this ride relevant again for me.  Just an amazing job, and we highly suggest waiting in this long line for a chance to ride the Matterhorn - 100% worth it!.

We also saw the Hat Box Ghost, and while we just plain forgot to talk about him.  The first time we saw him, he wasn't working.  Now, we found out a few things: that part of the action that makes the head vanish is that the entire thing drops into his chest cavity, leaving the second one free to appear within the actual hat box.  Savvy riders have figured this trick out and have actually been tossing water bottles and other trash into the cavity, blocking the head from popping back up.  This results in a broken and static Hat Box Ghost.  So we forgot to talk about him on the show, but there you go - all the HBG info you could ever want!

Jason then gets into the history of Liberty Street.  Many people aren't familiar with the concept of Liberty Street, and if they are, they are usually thinking of the one located in Walt Disney World.  In fact, Liberty Street was originally planned for Disneyland, and Jason has the history of the concept - it's short but pretty interesting!  We also found a cool clip of Walt talking about his concept for Liberty Street - check it out, it's really cool:

Then we get through some Disney News, a random Fact of the Show, and that's it!

Some Liberty Street Concept Art

 

Disneyland has a lot to love, but we love no other land the way we love New Orleans Square. Despite having a small amount of attractions, this section of the park continues to be amazing.  Taren does some research into the fascinating ...

History of New Orleans Square

But first ...

Another odd intro by Jason.  One day he'll figure out this whole "show intro" thing, but we won't hold our breath.  This show is pretty long one, despite not having Bev in studio with us.  Which also means we have no video for this show again, since Bev is our super-smart video person.

For feedback,we heard from Angie, who is looking for some advice on what to do with her 13 year old niece, who hasn't been to Disneyland in about 11 years.  Despite nobody on the show having children 13 years old, we do our best to give Angie the best things to do.  (Hint: do it all!)

After feedback, we jump on a call with Dan over at MouseBrew,  because we wanted to get his experiences at the latest 24-hour day at Disneyland, since none of us were brave enough to wade through the expected crowds.

Taren gets into the nitty gritty of the history of New Orleans Square, which is pretty fascinating, despite it's small size and large population of shops.  She runs through which attractions were up and running when New Orleans Square was first open, and what has changed since that day.  Jason jumps in for a bit to talk about the return of the famous Hat Box Ghost - including revealing his real name!

Hat Box Ghost from the Haunted Mansion audio book

We had a pretty big Disney News segment for this show.  Even though we had run about an hour with just normal show content, there was some great news that we could just not leave alone.

Then it's time for the Fact of the Show and for us to leave and go home!

See you in the parks!

 

Notice the white flower on the tree in front of The Haunted Mansion? Normally these get trimmed at night, so the tree will look more "spooky"!

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With so many new movies coming out under the Disney umbrella of companies within the next couple of years, we needed some sort of guiding light.  Terrence jumps in to give us our very own ...

EarzUp Movie Rundown

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Taren inadvertently creates a new segment we are going to call "Tarens Thinks".  Mainly because she is very curious and likes to wonder things aloud.  To our benefit.

We then jump right in with Terrence and his EarzUp Movie Rundown!  We go over the plot lines for many of the films being released through 2016, like AntMan, Inside Out, and more.   Of course, we have no idea when it comes to the "second-tier" Marvel heroes, so Jason called his nephew Anthony (who, among other things, is into Cosplay) and he gives us a very brief intro class into the point of releasing AntMan as a full-length film.

We still don't get it.

Then it's Disney News time!

See you in the parks!

 

We all love Disney audio - from the parks, from the films, wherever we can find it.  So we decided to go one of the best online resources of music and sounds from the Disney Parks ...

Spectro Radio

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Jason breaks down and admits that he has an eating problem - he eats to simply pass the time. We are pretty sure that's not in the realm of anything serious, but still ... it's a problem for him.

More Jason news, as he realizes his cat is much more Woody Allen than Feline.

Taren explains what "rap status stuff" is to Terrence, because nobody in the studio had ever heard of anything remotely like this.

Then we get funky with Jeremy from Spectro Radio - why he decided to start an online Disney radio station, where he gets his audio from, and what exactly a "Spectro" is.  Sometimes, being a Disneyland fan can leave you in the dark about so much ...

We also get into the Disneyland 60th Anniversary and what that means for the park, and what we can expect as fans.

Before we let him go, we talk with Jeremy about his plans to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland, and how our listeners can join in!  Plus, every EarzUp! show that we record over the summer will be aired on Spectro as well, which is a huge honor for us.

It was a great time, and I'm sure we'll have Jeremy back on in the near future!

 

A big part of being a Disneyland fan is getting great info on the parks, tips on making your stay that much better, and opinions on which Churro stand is faster.  Sometimes it's nice to just sit back and listen to people review their trips as well, which is why we bring our  ...

Disneyland Trip Review & Disney News

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Taren runs through a massive amount of feedback we have gathered over the last few weeks, while Jason plays a sampling of his new passion - Greek Music!  Then we jump right in to the topic - our Disneyland trip review!

Bev, Taren, and Jason all went to the parks recently, and it was a pretty special trip for all of us.  We cover the cool Indiana Jones celebration that the Annual Passport program put on, as well as finally get our chance to experience Disneyland in the rain!

Then we play another game of Disney Trivia that Jason put together, and had three callers battle it out for a really cool prize - a pair of Covears!

Finally, we run through some Disney News and share some laughs.

Hope you enjoy the show, and we'll see you in the parks!

The turnout to hear Tony Baxter talk about Indiana Jones!

If you are anything like us, you have large therapy bills as well, but in addition to that, you are interested in taking your first trip to Walt Disney World.  To help us learn about the differences between the two parks, we talk with Kristi, who wrote a book called ...

A Tale of Two Resorts

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Jason professes his love of great cinema, recommending The Love Guru (again!) and the runaway hit of the year, WolfCop!  Yes, WolfCop.  It's on Netflix, check it out.

We talk about Beverly's pending blog, and her fantastic new way of writing out her thoughts.  Taren hits a little feedback, and then it's time for Kristi!

A Tale of Two Resorts is a great book for those of you looking to journey to Walt Disney World for the first time - or vice versa.  Kristi lays out the core information that you need in an easy-to-understand style.  Since we are more Disneyland-focused, we talked a lot about what to expect from going to WDW for our first time.

 

We all understand how large a place Disneyland is, but we've never heard just what it takes to keep a huge operation like this up and running.  Today, Taren dives into ..

Disneyland By The Numbers

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Taren, Jason, and Beverly get excited for their upcoming trip to Disneyland - 5 days in the Magic Kingdom!  Of course, Terrence was supposed to come along, but once again his real life got in the way of his magical one.

We received some great feedback from a listener over on iTunes asking for us to crank out a show a week!  While an amazing and heart-warming request, it's pretty much impossible for us to pull off .  Sorry!

Beverly explains her new workout routine, which just constitutes laughing a lot and calling it good, and then we get into the heart of the show - Disneyland By The Numbers - what it takes to keep Disneyland running.  Pay close attention, because Taren actually invents an entire unit of measure in this show, one that we pretty much beat to death moving on.

A little Disney News, and that's a show!

Our Disneyland By The Numbers show is better than a selfie of a selfie ...

 

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