September 01, 2020

Reflecting on Chadwick Boseman and we discuss if Park Reservations are here to stay and is Disney dismissing local annual passholders? .... All this and more!

58 minutes

Episode 022 ... Week in review of August 29th 2020 covering the following discussion topics ...

1) News of the week:
- The world losses a great one as Chadwick Bosemam passes away
- Fall decor and more coming to Magic Kingdom September 15th - October 31st (source: Blog Mickey)
- Tokyo Disneyland to resume Fireworks September 1st
- Polynesian Village Resort (non-DVC) to be closed until summer 2021. During closure Moana inspired refurbishments will be made and work done to monorail station (source: Blog Mickey)
- Cover to be renamed Swan Reserved and hold 149 family suites (source: Jen Lefforge)
- Is the Park Reservation System here to stay? Let's play this forward to what the impact could be (source: Dow Report)
Topic Starts @1:10 ...

2) My Child is Outgrowing Disney / Disney fatigue
- Article by Radhames Gonzalez discusses that he is finding his daughter's interest in Disney is waning as she grows and his reaction to this (source: WDW Info)
- We discuss dealing with "Disney burnout" and how to keep it fresh
Topic Starts @34:12 ...

3) Mulan to stream on Disney+ "free" starting December 4th?
- Over the weekend the Mulan preview screen on Disney+ indicating all subscribers would have access starting December 4th 2020, but this was later removed (source: CNET)
- Does this impact our decision to pay $30 for early access starting this Friday, September 4th?
Topic Starts @42:27 ...

4) Is Disney dismissing the value of local passholders?
- On the latest episode of the DIS Unplugged, Pete Werner expressed frustration with how WDW passholders are being treated which then became a topic on message boards (exe: DISboards thread) - this comes following comments from Bob Chapek that day guests are valued more (to Disney's bottom line) than passholders
- We share our thoughts: do we agree? Why Disney is taking this tact? What they could do to improve passholder relations while still maximizing profits?
Topic Starts @44:31 ...

DBC Recommends: Disneyland's Forgotten Sci-Fi Rock Band - Live From the Space Stage
- This week Phil shares a new documentary from Matthew Serrano and Defunctland's Kevin Perjurer about Halyx: a rock band assembled by Disney Records that played at the Space Mountain stage in Disneyland in 1981 and then disappeared.
- If you are into obscure Disney history and would be interested in a rock band that is a mash of up KISS and Star Wars then this is the documentary for you!
Source: Defunctland on YouTube
Topic Starts @54:50 ...

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