• Follow Up - Last running of the MSEP on 10/9
  • Remembering WDW’s version vs. DL’s version
  • No nighttime parade at WDW now
• Robin Hood - the Disney animated feature
  • Glenn hasn’t watched it in a long time
  • Glenn and family watched Alice in Wonderland last weekend - woof!
  • Robin Hood has a big place in Chris’ heart
    • He used to listen to the LP when he was a kid
    • The music was classic
• Hurricane Matthew
  • Very stressful for people in the track
  • Disney closed the parks on Friday 10/7
  • Food at Port Orleans French Quarter
    • [Oni Hartstein’s](http://www.onezumiverse.com/2016/10/stranded-at-disney-world-hurricane-matthew-12-99-sad-box-lunches-3-hour-waits-for-food-complete-disorganization/) story and photos
    • $12.99 or a DDP credit for a box lunch with a sandwich, apple, cookie, and bag of pretzels
    • What should Disney do?
    • We are going to try to find out if this was a unique situation, or commonplace. We couldn’t find any other reports similar to this at time of recording.
  • Orlando lucked out with the track of the hurricane
  • Disney Operations preparations
• Promotion: [Red Cross](http://www.redcross.org/)
  • Please consider donating to the Red Cross
  • [Mobile phone apps](http://www.redcross.org/get-help/prepare-for-emergencies/mobile-apps)
  • [Donate](https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation)
• Refresh of Tomorrowland
  • New paint color on the rocks at the entrance
  • New paint and design on Carousel of Progress
  • New LED lighting on Space Mountain
  • New sign at Carousel of Progress
  • Glenn wants to go and photograph
  • Tomorrowland background music
• Sponsor message
• Book review - [“Bloodline - Star Wars”](http://amzn.to/2e9Gw8K) by Claudia Gray
  • Neither one of us love any other Star Wars novels, but this one is excellent
  • This is mostly from a female viewpoint
  • A lot of depth not found in other SW novels
  • Fills in the story between Ep 6 and Ep 7
  • Post on [starwars.com](http://www.starwars.com/news/8-reasons-star-wars-bloodline-will-be-essential-reading)
  • Discussion of reading vs. listening to books
  • Recommendation for other books
    • [Seveneves](http://amzn.to/2e9Hj9S) by Neal Stephenson
    • [Remade](http://amzn.to/2dLc3i9) also by Neal Stephenson
• Episodes 1-5 of Terrific Recordings of Nothing are now posted for download

• Recorded 10/2/16
• Disney Emoji Blitz
  • Chris discovered it and is trying to catch up to Glenn
  • What characters do we have?
• Happy 45th Birthday to Walt Disney World!
  • Giveaways: guide map and button
    • Guide map book is being released on 10/18
    • Review the book after it comes out
    • Our love of maps
  • Castle show
  • Merchandise for sale
  • Celebrations for the 10th, 15th, 20th, and 25th were big; the rest have just been merchandise release
  • Hoping the 50th is a huge blowout
  • The Disney fan community seems to be celebrating it more than Disney is
  • Remembering Epcot’s 25th celebration display in Innoventions
  • One Man’s Dream has less and less
• Disney has disabled the MagicBand interactivity
  • News article from [WDW News Today](http://wdwnt.com/blog/2016/09/walt-disney-world-quietly-disables-magicband-interactivity-rides/)
  • Some people complained or didn’t like it
  • One of the biggest selling points of the MagicBand technology
• Stitch’s Great Escape to operate seasonally
  • News article from [WDW News Today](http://wdwnt.com/blog/2016/09/breaking-stitchs-great-escape-operate-seasonally-permanant-closure-imminent/)
  • Great news!!!
  • Should be closing for good soon
  • “Wreck It Ralph” attraction will be going there
    • Not really Tomorrowland, but it doesn’t seem to matter
    • "Alien Encounter”
      • Glenn liked AE from a risk taking perspective
      • It was original and not tied to existing Disney IP
      • Chris didn’t like it because it was pessimistic
      • "Timekeeper"
        • Robin Williams’ fallout with Disney
        • [News article](https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/robin-williams-disney-feud-revisited-94616911256.html)
• Chris’ life has become the final scene in “Carousel of Progress"
  • Home automation
  • Learning from TV/YouTube
  • Final scene needs to be updated, since it’s current now
  • It would be nice to have it completely redone by doing every 50 years (1900s, 1950s, 2000s, 2050s)
  • Or replace it with the original from the ’64/’65 World’s Fair
  • We can’t talk about the CoP, or they’ll just close it
  • “That guy” that’s our hero at Disney and is keeping it open
  • Other plans for the CoP
• Disney Emoji Blitz. Again. (Sorry about this.)
  • With iOS 10, you can have them as stickers
  • Buying character emojis
  • The game has so many “gotchas"
  • The reason we had no agenda for this podcast. Sorry again, everyone.

• Recorded 10/2/16
• Disney Emoji Blitz
  • Chris discovered it and is trying to catch up to Glenn
  • What characters do we have?
• Happy 45th Birthday to Walt Disney World!
  • Giveaways: guide map and button
    • Guide map book is being released on 10/18
    • Review the book after it comes out
    • Our love of maps
  • Castle show
  • Merchandise for sale
  • Celebrations for the 10th, 15th, 20th, and 25th were big; the rest have just been merchandise release
  • Hoping the 50th is a huge blowout
  • The Disney fan community seems to be celebrating it more than Disney is
  • Remembering Epcot’s 25th celebration display in Innoventions
  • One Man’s Dream has less and less
• Disney has disabled the MagicBand interactivity
  • News article from [WDW News Today](http://wdwnt.com/blog/2016/09/walt-disney-world-quietly-disables-magicband-interactivity-rides/)
  • Some people complained or didn’t like it
  • One of the biggest selling points of the MagicBand technology
• Stitch’s Great Escape to operate seasonally
  • News article from [WDW News Today](http://wdwnt.com/blog/2016/09/breaking-stitchs-great-escape-operate-seasonally-permanant-closure-imminent/)
  • Great news!!!
  • Should be closing for good soon
  • “Wreck It Ralph” attraction will be going there
    • Not really Tomorrowland, but it doesn’t seem to matter
    • "Alien Encounter”
      • Glenn liked AE from a risk taking perspective
      • It was original and not tied to existing Disney IP
      • Chris didn’t like it because it was pessimistic
      • "Timekeeper"
        • Robin Williams’ fallout with Disney
        • [News article](https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/robin-williams-disney-feud-revisited-94616911256.html)
• Chris’ life has become the final scene in “Carousel of Progress"
  • Home automation
  • Learning from TV/YouTube
  • Final scene needs to be updated, since it’s current now
  • It would be nice to have it completely redone by doing every 50 years (1900s, 1950s, 2000s, 2050s)
  • Or replace it with the original from the ’64/’65 World’s Fair
  • We can’t talk about the CoP, or they’ll just close it
  • “That guy” that’s our hero at Disney and is keeping it open
  • Other plans for the CoP
• Disney Emoji Blitz. Again. (Sorry about this.)
  • With iOS 10, you can have them as stickers
  • Buying character emojis
  • The game has so many “gotchas"
  • The reason we had no agenda for this podcast. Sorry again, everyone.

• Recorded 9/14/16
• What’s on Glenn’s desk
• Chris is feeling like a cold is coming on
  • The “benefits” of Airborne
• Chris had pizza for dinner
  • Found good pizza place close to his house - Stromboli’s http://strombolisnypizzeria.com/
  • He also likes NYPD Pizza, but it’s a bit further from his house: http://www.nypdpizzeria.com/
  • Glenn’s favorite pizza places in NOLA—just for the record: Theo’s (http://theospizza.com/), Pizza NOLA (https://www.pizzanola.com/home), and of course, R&O’s (no website, but if you’re from NOLA, you know R&O's)
  • Via Napoli in Epcot doesn’t deliver to Chris’ house. Amazing, right?
• Disney’s “gumbo” recipe
  • No kale in gumbo!!!
  • #gumbostrong
  • Thanks for nothing, Tiana
  • The complicated story of “Princess and the Frog” that Chris can’t figure out
  • Note for future episode: a reading of the “Little Golden Book” by Chris
• Epcot Food and Wine Festival started
  • A few people attend
  • Annual Passholder exclusive glass
  • Merchandise
  • Listening to the bands
  • Early F&W Fest memories (ahh…the good ‘ole days)
  • More band talk
    • Christopher Cross
    • Muskrat Love
  • We’re old
  • Way off track: talk about The Beatles
  • But, we bring it back to talk about the Beatles tribute band in Epcot
• Halloween at WDW & Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party
  • 2005 was the last time Glenn attended
  • First ride for Glenn’s daughter. With Vanilla Ice.
  • Comparison of MNSSHP and MVMCP
  • Variable pricing
  • Attendance
  • Chris is thinking about going to MNSSHP
  • “Nightmare Before Christmas” - the kids love it
  • Glenn should come down for MNSSHP
• Mardi Gras
  • Chris needs to visit
• Aftershow
  • OS10 notifications
  • iPhone vs Android
  • Glenn’s going to send Chris his heartbeat
  • Mario Run
  • Stickers in iMessage!!!
  • Chris is Debbie Downer
  • Google +
  • Glenn is looking forward to seeing Designated Survivor on ABC
  • Hello Kitty Jewel Town!
  • IT IS ADORABLE!
  • Disney Emoji Blitz

• Recorded 9/14/16
• What’s on Glenn’s desk
• Chris is feeling like a cold is coming on
  • The “benefits” of Airborne
• Chris had pizza for dinner
  • Found good pizza place close to his house - Stromboli’s http://strombolisnypizzeria.com/
  • He also likes NYPD Pizza, but it’s a bit further from his house: http://www.nypdpizzeria.com/
  • Glenn’s favorite pizza places in NOLA—just for the record: Theo’s (http://theospizza.com/), Pizza NOLA (https://www.pizzanola.com/home), and of course, R&O’s (no website, but if you’re from NOLA, you know R&O's)
  • Via Napoli in Epcot doesn’t deliver to Chris’ house. Amazing, right?
• Disney’s “gumbo” recipe
  • No kale in gumbo!!!
  • #gumbostrong
  • Thanks for nothing, Tiana
  • The complicated story of “Princess and the Frog” that Chris can’t figure out
  • Note for future episode: a reading of the “Little Golden Book” by Chris
• Epcot Food and Wine Festival started
  • A few people attend
  • Annual Passholder exclusive glass
  • Merchandise
  • Listening to the bands
  • Early F&W Fest memories (ahh…the good ‘ole days)
  • More band talk
    • Christopher Cross
    • Muskrat Love
  • We’re old
  • Way off track: talk about The Beatles
  • But, we bring it back to talk about the Beatles tribute band in Epcot
• Halloween at WDW & Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party
  • 2005 was the last time Glenn attended
  • First ride for Glenn’s daughter. With Vanilla Ice.
  • Comparison of MNSSHP and MVMCP
  • Variable pricing
  • Attendance
  • Chris is thinking about going to MNSSHP
  • “Nightmare Before Christmas” - the kids love it
  • Glenn should come down for MNSSHP
• Mardi Gras
  • Chris needs to visit
• Aftershow
  • OS10 notifications
  • iPhone vs Android
  • Glenn’s going to send Chris his heartbeat
  • Mario Run
  • Stickers in iMessage!!!
  • Chris is Debbie Downer
  • Google +
  • Glenn is looking forward to seeing Designated Survivor on ABC
  • Hello Kitty Jewel Town!
  • IT IS ADORABLE!
  • Disney Emoji Blitz

• Recorded 9/7/16
• Chris’ visit to MK for his last Main Street Electrical Parade viewing with the family
  • Shortcut to MK from Chris’ house
  • Very crowded…according to Chris
    • Discussion of planning a Disney vacation and all the trials and tribulations
  • Found place to watch parade in Liberty Square
  • Moved to Main Street for Wishes
  • Frustration
    • Crowd control after the parade
  • Leaving park - choice of monorail or ferry
  • More talk about the crowds
  • How did Chris’ son like the parade?
    • He enjoyed it during the parade
  • How did Chris like the parade?
    • He likes it, but hates the music (how is this possible???)
    • The recording is different from the original
  • Timeline of MSEP
  • A row of lights at the Contemporary were out
    • More talk about lights
• Glenn’s decision to work in the resorts during the WDWCP
• Birthday button!
• It’ll be a while before Chris heads back to the MK
• Plug for Passport to Dreams (http://passport2dreams.blogspot.com/) and the latest post about Columbia Harbour House (http://passport2dreams.blogspot.com/2016/08/a-day-at-columbia-harbour-house.html)

• Recorded 9/7/16
• Chris’ visit to MK for his last Main Street Electrical Parade viewing with the family
  • Shortcut to MK from Chris’ house
  • Very crowded…according to Chris
    • Discussion of planning a Disney vacation and all the trials and tribulations
  • Found place to watch parade in Liberty Square
  • Moved to Main Street for Wishes
  • Frustration
    • Crowd control after the parade
  • Leaving park - choice of monorail or ferry
  • More talk about the crowds
  • How did Chris’ son like the parade?
    • He enjoyed it during the parade
  • How did Chris like the parade?
    • He likes it, but hates the music (how is this possible???)
    • The recording is different from the original
  • Timeline of MSEP
  • A row of lights at the Contemporary were out
    • More talk about lights
• Glenn’s decision to work in the resorts during the WDWCP
• Birthday button!
• It’ll be a while before Chris heads back to the MK
• Plug for Passport to Dreams (http://passport2dreams.blogspot.com/) and the latest post about Columbia Harbour House (http://passport2dreams.blogspot.com/2016/08/a-day-at-columbia-harbour-house.html)

Discussion of Disney Hollywood Studios changes at Walt Disney World, Disney Vacation Club rumors, Main Street Electrical Parade leaving, and some Apple event stuff

Discussion of Disney Hollywood Studios changes at Walt Disney World, Disney Vacation Club rumors, Main Street Electrical Parade leaving, and some Apple event stuff