EMERGENCY POD for the June 25th, 2024, and this is what is going on in our Disney World...

Genie+ is Gone, Pre-Planning is Back!
- Today Disney announced that a change is coming to the line access system at Walt Disney World. Starting July 24th Genie+ is gone, replaced with Lightning Lane Multiple Pass and Individual Lightning Lanes are now Lightning Lane Single Pass
- This comes with the ability to pre-book prior to your trip - so gone is doing everything at 7am each day of your trip.
- We discuss it all including some early thoughts on strategies!
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Episode 212 ... for the week June 24th, 2024, and this is what is going on in our Disney World...

Inside Out 2's Strong Box Office
- Inside Out 2 is a hit, taking in over $700m worldwide in 9 days - we discuss reasons for this
- Phil provides a high level review of the film and we discuss where we could see this IP being added to Walt Disney World
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Strategy for Tiana's Opening Day
- Phil's wife and oldest will be at Magic Kingdom this Friday, which is the full opening of Tiana's Bayou Adventure ... meaning at 7am there will be a VQ for that, one for Tron, an ILL for Tron, and your first G+LL to try for
- What is the proper priority for everything to increase chance for getting everything you want?
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Holiday Discounts at WDW
- As part of Halfway to the Holidays Disney announced event information but also some hotel discounts and free park hopper option!
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Game: Ranking the Disney/PIXAR Animated Releases Since 2020
- Inspired by Shaun Ranks the Mouse, we rank the recent animated releases from Disney, but using our more technical approach, scoring them across several categories
- Do the results surprise you?
Source: Shaun Ranks the Mouse
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Episode 211 ... for the week June 17th, 2024, and this is what is going on in our Disney World...

Phil's Trip Plans
- The 60 Day mark has come for Phil's August Trip - what ADRs did he secure?
- Phil walks through his current plans - we will monitor how much they change prior to the actual trip.
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EPCOT Construction is Complete ... For Now
- With the completion of Communicore Hall and Plaza the remake of EPCOT has been declared complete ...
- ... but then a week later walls were up at Test Track
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DBC Resort Ranking - Results
- We finally get to the conclusion of this exercise and review the results of our resort ranking analysis
- We also compare our results to that of the DBC community
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DBC Engagement: What Elements Do We Want in New Lands at WDW
- The community shared their thoughts on what they want to see in any new lands at WDW, taking inspiration from Fantasy Springs
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Episode 210 ... for the week June 10th, 2024, and this is what is going on in our Disney World...

Drew the Disney Dude Joins Us!
- He shares his background and journey to being the go to person covering the construction of Tiana's Bayou Adventure at the Magic Kingdom
- He also gives his impression of the ride along with a discussion of the internet reaction to the POC that Disney put out.
Starts @0:48 .... (and is the entire show lol)

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Episode 209 ... for the week June 3rd, 2024, and this is what is going on in our Disney World...

Tiana's Bayou Adventure POV Reaction
- Disney decided to release a full POV of Tiana's Bayou Adventure before any previews started - why did they do that? And how has the initial reaction been?
- Do some people have "Nostalgia glasses" for Splash Mountain?
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Ranking the Walt Disney World Resorts - Part 2
- We take a scientific approach to ranking each of the resorts at Walt Disney World ... and we finish the rankings!
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Episode 208 ... for the week May 20th, 2024, and this is what is going on in our Disney World...

What Level of Addition Would Get You To Book A Trip To WDW?
- With no trip for 2024 booked, Jason ponders what addition to the parks or resorts would get us to book an extra trip? What opening would make us say "I can't wait until next year to do this"?
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Dreams that Soar
- The new drone show premiered at Disney Springs and appears to be a hit. We discuss if we would ensure seeing this show on our new trips and how best to fit it into vacation schedules
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Updates to DAS and Denials
- Disney Tourist Blog has a very good and balanced article out about the updates to the DAS system and reports of denials from individuals.
Source: Disney Tourist Blog
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Ranking the Walt Disney World Resorts - Part 1
- We take a scientific approach to ranking each of the resorts at Walt Disney World ... and don't get very far, so this will just be part 1
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Episode 207 ... for the week May 20th, 2024, and this is what is going on in our Disney World...

Tiana's Bayou Adventure Will Be Genie+ NOT ILL
- Well, we need to eat some crow as we were wrong and the newest attraction at the Magic Kingdom will be part of Genie+ not ILL
- We discuss how this impacts planning in general and for Phil's family's upcoming trips
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DBC Engagement/Game: Top 5 Attraction Scenes at Walt Disney World
- The community provided their favorite individual scenes within attractions at Walt Disney World - and there wasn't much consensus!
- We take that input and add our own and try to develop an overall Top 5
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Episode 206 ... for the week May 13th, 2024, and this is what is going on in our Disney World...

Tiana's Bayou Adventure Opens at Magic Kingdom on June 28th!
- Disney announced an opening date of June 28th for Tiana's Bayou Adventure at the Magic Kingdom ... which happens to be the day Phil's wife and oldest will be there
- How does this ride being open change park planning strategies?
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Fantasy Springs Looks Amazing!
- Thanks to videos like this one from TDR Explorer, we have our our first look at Fantasy Springs at Tokyo Disney Sea and it looks amazing!
- What works so well? Can we expect (hope?) to see similar quality in the US parks?
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Game: Most Important Attractions For a Successful Trip
- Recently we discussed the top 10 attractions at Walt Disney World based on Touring Plans user ratings ... but this time we discuss which ones are most important to us for our next trip for it to be considered a success.
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DBC Engagement: Design a Deluxe, Moderate, and Value Resort
- Some great ideas from the community for interesting and well themed new resorts at Walt Disney World.
- Hardest part is figuring out where to put them!
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