Hopewell Valley Student Podcasting Network 

Show Name:  The Fan & The Foe 

Episode Title: Disney Adults!!!

You are listening to the fan and the foe with your host(s), Gabbi and Louisa.

In this episode of The Fan and the Foe, we discuss the most magical place on earth, Disney 

Segment 1: Talk about it 

Gabbi: This episode is a little different than normal because Louisa is actually a Disney fan, but I'm sure she will still have some input on the fans as she normally does. Typically, I'm the most avid follower in the studio, but today,my\y Louisa might have me beat, she is a pretty big Disney fan. 

Louisa: BUT I WILL NOT BE A DISNEY ADULT. LET ME MAKE THAT CLEAR

Gabbi: Okay,y, okay. But anyways…Disney World is widely acknowledged as the most magical place in the world. But there are many magical places because the Disney franchise has parks all over the world, there are 2 locations in the US, Tokyo, Paris, and China. Louisa has actually been to the Paris parks. Why don’t you tell us a bit about how it was different from a park in the US? 

Louisa: Ooooh, okay. I loved Disneyland Paris, because it was so easy to get to: all you had to do was take a train. The rides were also good because they were aimed towards an older audience, which I find some of theDisneyy parks lack. And of course, the food was also amazing. 

Gabbi: Wow, you definitely know a bit more than I do. What do you think about cryogenic freezing? 

Louisa: Whoa, what? Where did that come from, haah. That was quite the pivot. 

Gabbi: Well, yeah, I had to catch you off guard there. There's a rumor that Walt Disney is frozen to be reincarnated one day. 

Louisa: Oh, well, I have heard that. I think it's a bit odd, but I guess it's kinda cool. I wouldn’t personally do it, but who am I to judge? 

Gabbi: I think that's fair. And that's the least weird thing we're going to mention today.

Louisa: That's for sure. 

Gabbi Fromm, what I do know, the whole franchise is built upon a series of movies and shows in which iconic characters like Mickey Mouse, Olaf, and Snow White all come from, along with all the other Disney characters, princesses, and villains alike. 

Louisa: How dare you forget the ride?. The rides are why people go to Disney. I am still so pissed off that they got rid of the Rockin’ Rollercoaster. That was the best ride they have had, and now they're rebranding it. 

Gabbi: Sorry for your loss. But  Disney is also responsible for making New York the family-friendly tourist attraction it is today. Along with the governor of New York, Disney worked to make Broadway safer and a place people wanted to take their families. They opened their first show, Beauty and the Beas, and it was an automatic hit. It revolutionized the whole New York experience and made it somewhere everyone wanted to go. My first Broadway show was The Lion King, which is just SO good. 

Segment 2:  Banter over Disney adults 

Louisa: I think we can both agree that there is one type of fan who always goes way too far with their love of Disney, and that is the Disney adult. 

Gabbi: Disney adults freak me out. Like grown humans crying because they saw a guy in a mouse costume? 

Louisa: They just really love the magic, I  guess, but like go see a magician tf.

Gabbi: Magic? It’s a $200-a-day theme park and a forty-minute line for a mid-tasting churro. That’s not magic.

Louisa: It’s nostalgia! They’re reliving the best parts of childhood….right?

Gabbi: Yeah, except childhood ends for a reason. You can’t be forty with a Disney backpack and still call it “core memory building.”

Louisa: Honestly, if it makes people happy, who cares? At least they’re not, like, crime-obsessed podcast people.

Gabbi: I’d prefer a murder podcast obsession! At least that’s grounded in reality. You can’t argue with evidence. You can argue with a thirty-year-old sobbing over “It’s a Small World.”

Louisa: Okay, but admit it—the fireworks are amazing.

Gabbi: Sure, but I don’t ugly cry every time Tinker Bell flies by on a wire.

Louisa: Maybe that’s because you’ve lost your inner child.

Gabbi: Or maybe I just don’t need a mouse to validate my emotions.

Louisa: You’re missing out. There’s something kind of pure about it.

Gabbi: Pure? That’s what cult leaders say right before they sell you themed popcorn buckets.

Louisa: Fine, fine. Maybe it’s really weird.

Gabbi: Really weird? Louisa, they got married at Disney. With Mickey officiating.

Louisa: Okay, that part I can’t defend

Segment 3:  Disney adult stories 

Louisa: So this may have been the easiest one to find so far because there are so many Disney adults who do some wild things. There was someone who posted something asking for the craziest things they’ve ever seen Disney adults do, and the results were more than shocking.

Gabbi: I mean, I would assume they would be crazy, but HOW crazy could they actually get?

Louisa, you don’t want to know 

Gabbi: We'll see about that…

Louisa: Should we start with the craziest or the least craziest story

Gabbi: Let's start, mils, then get crazier

 Louisa: Sounds good! The least outrageous thing that was commented on was someone who said they witnessed a grown woman crying and screaming on the floor of Disney World because she couldn't cut the line to see Mickey first. 

Gabbi: So a full-grown adult throwing a tantrum is the LEAST crazy thing on that post???

Louisa: Yup! 

Gabbi: Wow. 

Louisa: Okay, second up, someone’s aunt legally changed their last name to Mouse to be one with Mickey and Minnie, I guess.

Gabbi: That's a bit odd, but you do you, I guess!

Louisa: I guess…. Last but not least, the craziest thing I read was that pregnant women were purposefully trying to give birth in the Disney parks. Like would go for a week in a row when they were due to try to have a Disney baby from birth. 

Gabbi: I have heard a theory that if you give birth in a Disney park, that baby gets free passes for life

Louisa: Well, maybe that's the way to go then, because thoseDisneyy passes are not cheap… 

Gabbi: I would still not go through all that trouble…

Louisa: Yeahh, I’d have to agree with you there. I think that wraps this episode up. We hope you enjoyed it! 

Gabbi: And don’t’t forget to stay nerdy 

Louisa- Or don’t…

Music Credits:   

Introduction 

Website where you got the song from: YouTube Audio Library 

Song Title: F16

Artist: The Grey Room/ Golden Palms

Licensing: YouTube Audio Library License 

Website where you got the song from: YouTube Audio Library

Song Title: Cooked

Artist: The Grey Room/ Golden Palms 

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