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September 29, 2025 32 mins

In this episode of the Main Street Talk podcast, Nick and Joni cover the latest updates from Walt Disney World, including sold-out Halloween and Christmas parties, the closure of the Star Wars Launch Bay, new developments at the former Galactic Star Cruiser Hotel, and the upcoming Encanto ride at Animal Kingdom. They also discuss the importance of wearing the right shoes at the park and provide a detailed spotlight on one of Disney World’s beloved attractions, Mickey’s PhilharMagic. In addition, they announce the winner of the Mickey Jack-o-Lantern Tumbler giveaway!

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Nick (00:24):
Hello everybody.
Welcome to this week's episodeof the Main Street Talk podcast,
your go-to podcast for all thelatest Walt Disney World News,
and on the updates, the permits,and all the construction.
My name is Nick and as always isJoanie.

Joni (00:40):
Hi everyone.

Nick (00:41):
So it's October, or, well, not yet, but we're getting
close.
We will be.
It's, we're getting close.
My, I

Joni (00:47):
still pretty warm out for

Nick (00:49):
I know it's like 90 degrees outside, but, my
favorite holiday of the wholeyear is coming up.
And also today's the favorite

Joni (00:55):
season is coming up, or it's here

Nick (00:57):
I like fall.

Joni (00:58):
But the nights feel like fall, the day

Nick (01:00):
are, yeah, it's hot.
It's like a 40 degree swingevery day where

Joni (01:04):
regular Midwest weather.

Nick (01:06):
I just wanna say off the bat, I am suffering from a bit
of a head cold.
So if my voice is raspy orscratchy, please forgive me, but
I'm fighting something off andJoni's gonna have to carry us
through this show.
No, I'm

Joni (01:16):
No, I'm fighting him off.

Nick (01:18):
today's a big day for our, Jacko Lantern, Mickey Tumblr
giveaway.

Joni (01:22):
Oh yeah.

Nick (01:23):
So that's

Joni (01:23):
Yep, it is.
And we have a, um, an addedsurprise to our winner to throw
in there.

Nick (01:27):
We do.
Yeah, we do.

Joni (01:29):
Just a little something extra to say Hey,

Nick (01:31):
say hey.
And, thank you for listening.
Yeah.
Before we get into the news, I'djust like to say, if you like
the podcast, please subscribeand, rate it on your podcast
app.
That helps to show out a lot.
And again, if you want to plan aDisney vacation, you can contact
me atnick.Garcia@academytravel.com.
As always, my services are freeand we'll work with you and get

(01:52):
you get that perfect vacationplan for you.

Joni (01:54):
That's.

Nick (01:55):
So let's get right into the news.

Joni (01:57):
Okay.

Nick (01:58):
This shouldn't be surprising at all, but all of
the Mickey's not so scary.
Halloween party is now sold out.

Joni (02:04):
Oh,

Nick (02:05):
No more dates available.
So if you were looking to go tothat, um, they are all sold out.
If you are looking to go to thatand you're gonna be there,
there's a rare chance.
I mean, you never know.
You could go to the ticket boothor call Disney.
'cause sometimes people

Joni (02:20):
they'll drop some extras.
Cancel.

Nick (02:21):
and they have some extras in there, whatever.
Don't count on it and don't bedisappointed if they say no
'cause they most likely will.
But things do happen

Joni (02:29):
worth a try.

Nick (02:31):
And going on to the very merry Christmas party at Magic
Kingdom.
November 10th is sold out alongwith November 7th, November 7th
is the opening night, so nosurprise there that that's sold
out, but now November 10th isnow unavailable as well.

Joni (02:46):
well.

Nick (02:46):
And also, I'm kind of confused about this'cause we'll
get to it in a minute, but thephoto studio where Bibo boutique
participants could get theirphoto pass that has permanently
closed.

Joni (02:57):
What?

Nick (02:58):
Well, hold on, get that on in a

Joni (02:59):
holding on, but,

Nick (03:00):
on.
But, so, but the, I could notfind anywhere.
Where they are doing the photosnow.
I don't know if they're goinginto Bibby Bobby and doing it.
I, I couldn't find out.
I have no idea.
I looked several places.
I found nowhere

Joni (03:13):
When did it close?
Closes?

Nick (03:15):
It closed this week.

Joni (03:16):
it's closed,

Nick (03:17):
It, it's permanently closed.
The reason it's closed isbecause Disney is announcing in
early October, the newenhancements that are coming to
Bimbo

Joni (03:25):
Oh yeah.

Nick (03:26):
So they're saying simplified packages will make
the process earlier and thefairy godmother will visit with
guests.

Joni (03:32):
Mm-hmm.
Not all the time though.
She'll make guest

Nick (03:35):
It's, I don't think it's a guaranteed thing.
But they're announcing that inearly October.
Various is confused on where thephoto pass are currently taking
pictures.
Now, if the old one closed,

Joni (03:45):
Well, I know who would know.

Nick (03:46):
the fairy godmother Well.
It's

Joni (03:48):
The rope drop people or any cast member that is in the
park

Nick (03:53):
Yeah.

Joni (03:53):
would know.

Nick (03:54):
I did not reach out to any cast

Joni (03:56):
to any cast member.
No,

Nick (03:57):
but I did scour the

Joni (03:58):
or at the customer desk.
Where you would reserve yourscooters or

Nick (04:02):
I, I, I can't imagine they're not you taking pictures.
Maybe they're going behind thecastle or something.
I, I don't know.
But yeah, I could not findanywhere where they were doing
it temporarily.

Joni (04:13):
Well, something that that will just have to be looked into
upon arrival.

Nick (04:16):
If, you know, reach out to us and let us know.
Yeah.
Tell us on the Facebook page incase anybody else is, you know,
wondering now if they have atrip coming up.
But, you would think they wouldhave something in the works
before they close the other one.
I don't know.
But that's it for Magic Kingdom.
Yeah.
Not

Joni (04:31):
not very much.

Nick (04:32):
No.
There's not a lot of news thisweek at all.

Joni (04:35):
Okay,

Nick (04:35):
So over at Hollywood Studios, a large portion of the
animation courtyard, includingStar Wars Launch Bay, is now
permanently closed.
September 24th was the last dayof operation for Star Wars
Launch Bay.
And we all, they did announcethey're putting in the, the new
Walt Disney Studios inspiredarea, including the return of
the, no, no, no.
This is for the, the animationcourtyard, including the return

(04:57):
of the magic of Disneyanimation.
So yeah, launch Bay is nowclosed.
Now there was some charactermeet and greets in there.
They have moved.

Joni (05:07):
Oh, who was in there?
Wasn't that back in the area?
That was kind of like desolate

Nick (05:11):
Yeah, it was

Joni (05:11):
a while.
Yeah,

Nick (05:12):
in the corner.

Joni (05:13):
Okay.
They would do a lot of DisneyJunior

Nick (05:15):
Yeah, Disney Junior was over there too.
So guests can now meet DarthVader at Star Tours and the
Times are available on the, myDisney Experience app and guests
can meet Chewbacca near theMillennium Falcon in Galaxy's
Edge.
So those two characters havemoved.
So

Joni (05:31):
so let me just let, let me just make a comment.
I don't know what social site Iwas on, but I saw, and I think
it was an old timey commercial.
When Star Tours first came out,it had Darth Vader and a couple
of Storm Troopers.
Going up to Star Tours, but ithad the gate and saying,
temporarily closed, or we'llreopen shortly, or whatnot.

(05:54):
So they go about their day andyou see Darth Vader and the
Storm Troopers riding on Dumbo.
And you see, you see'em enjoyingthemselves throughout the park.
And then they come back to StarTours and it's still got the
rope and then of.
Finally Dar, they just like lookat each other and then Dar Vader
takes out the some sort of lasergun or whatnot and shoots the
door open and then they go intoStar Tours.

(06:14):
I just thought it was so cute.
It's

Nick (06:16):
it was an old commercial.

Joni (06:17):
it was an old commercial and it was for Star Tours, but
it was kind of fun.
I'd never seen that

Nick (06:22):
that does sound funny.
They were like walking aroundthe park going on rides and
stuff.

Joni (06:25):
stuff.
Yeah, and they're on the ridesroller coasters.
They got their hands up.

Nick (06:30):
showed me when you found it.
I'd like

Joni (06:31):
so funny.

Nick (06:32):
So funny.

Joni (06:33):
Oh, it was funny and I don't know what side I saw that
on or who posted it or who mighthave have it, but if, if I find
it, I will put it on the, I'llhave Nick put it on the

Nick (06:41):
the Facebook.
Yeah, that's funny.
I would like to see

Joni (06:43):
Or somewhere.

Nick (06:44):
And the construction materials have arrived at the
former Star Wars Galactic StarCruiser Hotel.
That building, as we know wementioned a few weeks ago, is
going to be turned into a,Imagineering office.
Okay.

Joni (06:56):
That's the one I was talking

Nick (06:57):
Yeah.
Yep.
Okay.
So that is, uh, that's movingalong.
The materials are arrivingthere.
Okay.
Over an animal kingdom.
This is exciting.
This was not mentioned until,until this week.
Jared Bush, the co-director andwriter of Encanto, has revealed
that he is actively working onthe upcoming Encanto ride
that's, being built at Tropicalof Americas and Animal Kingdom.

(07:21):
In a post on social media, Bushshared flying home from Europe,
and my plain homework will bewriting the new dialogue for the
Encanto attraction at AnimalKingdom, which means new words
for the magical, fantasticfamiliar madrigal.
You'll not believe what theimagineers are cooking up.
So

Joni (07:38):
trying to, I'm trying to like in my head picture how
this, it's a roller coaster

Nick (07:42):
No, it, no, it's, no, it's, they haven't really
announced, but it's an

Joni (07:47):
Attraction.
An attraction, yeah.
Oh, okay.
You

Nick (07:48):
take place in the house.
Okay.

Joni (07:50):
Because I was like, okay.
So they're gonna have tiles thatare bouncing up and down like,
like the casita and

Nick (07:55):
like in, yeah, it's gonna be in the house.
So yeah, it's gonna be an

Joni (07:59):
it's gonna have the magic doors.

Nick (08:00):
sure.
Everything from the movie,anything in the

Joni (08:03):
Well, and then the little boy, I can't remember the little
boy's name, but his whole roomis jungle.

Nick (08:07):
the jungle.

Joni (08:07):
So it might be mostly based around that, since it's
animal kingdom.

Nick (08:11):
Could be.
I mean, it could be a virtualride, you know, like,

Joni (08:13):
huh?

Nick (08:14):
Like Remy or something like that, or,

Joni (08:16):
That would be fun.
I love Remy.

Nick (08:18):
I do too.

Joni (08:19):
Okay.

Nick (08:20):
Okay.
And also over at Animal Kingdom.
I know we had some sad news lastweek, but we have some,
uplifting news this week.
I don't know how to, I don'tknow if you say his name, Bao or
Bao, I think it's Bao.
The new baby Tiger that wasborn, turned one on September
26th.

Joni (08:35):
Well, is it with an A or an O-B-A-K-S-O.

Nick (08:39):
Bao?
I'm thinking.
Or it could be Bao.
So the

Joni (08:42):
Well, happy birthday little Tiger Guy.

Nick (08:44):
at Disney's Animal Kingdom made a birthday cake out of his
favorite snacks, goat milk,blood from meat and rice.

Joni (08:52):
Mm, yummy.

Nick (08:52):
Sounds delicious.
So happy birthday.

Joni (08:55):
Yeah.

Nick (08:56):
and I wish I

Joni (08:57):
play the birthday song, but it doesn't pick up.

Nick (09:01):
Nope.
Our background will, or ourbackground editor will.
Cut that out.

Joni (09:05):
Yep.

Nick (09:06):
And Disney has announced that they're bringing back after
hours events at Magic KingdomHollywood Studios and Epcot in
2026.
Okay.
So they're coming back.
Oh, wow.
So people that like that, that'sa separate ticketed event.
You get to basically stay thereafter hours.
You get in at, I don't rememberwhat time, four or six.

(09:27):
So, I mean, you get in early,you know, it's not like 10 to 12
or something.
You get in, you know.
You get in, you get to go inearly, not just for the closing
hours of the

Joni (09:37):
So remind, refresh me.
So if you want a day ticket, theday ticket is separate than the
after hours

Nick (09:42):
Yes.
This is a separate,

Joni (09:43):
an add-on.

Nick (09:44):
a separate ticketed

Joni (09:44):
It's a separate ticket.
Oh, a separate whole ticket.
It's not you.
So if you have a day ticket, youcan't just add on and stay the
whole

Nick (09:50):
day, you could buy both tickets.

Joni (09:51):
Well, I, I'm, I'm thinking money wise, like if the add-on
price would be a little bit lessexpensive than.
If it would be cheaper if youalready had a day ticket
purchased as opposed to justpurchasing the evening

Nick (10:02):
no, no, no.
They're okay.
Yep.
You'd have to buy both.

Joni (10:05):
Well the nice thing about that is that the parks are
pretty much cleared out and youhave,

Nick (10:10):
Low

Joni (10:11):
don't wanna say free rain, but Yeah.

Nick (10:12):
they only less times.
Yeah.
They only only sell a certainamount of those.

Joni (10:17):
So

Nick (10:17):
Mm-hmm.
So that's it.
That's all I have for news

Joni (10:19):
the parks are super nice to see at nighttime.

Nick (10:21):
Yes, they are.

Joni (10:22):
No matter which one you're in.
I

Nick (10:23):
especially, you know, animal Kingdom, I, I know I've
said it so many times, but, andthey built this Pandora,

Joni (10:30):
mm-hmm.

Nick (10:31):
which is absolutely beautiful at night.

Joni (10:32):
mm-hmm.

Nick (10:33):
And you don't get to see it much.
Yeah.
I mean, it's stunning at night.

Joni (10:37):
Yeah.
Well, I think they're all nice.
I mean, I even like walkingaround Hollywood Studios with
the, what do you say?
I mean, what's the proper wordthat it would be like, I don't
wanna say old timey and datepeople or you know, make it
sound like it, but

Nick (10:48):
the classic Hollywood feel.
Vibe.
Yeah.
And Slinky Dog is much better atnight.

Joni (10:54):
Oh yeah, for sure.

Nick (10:55):
Dog's great at night just 'cause Toy Story, you know all
those lights, those,

Joni (10:59):
All, everything.

Nick (10:59):
Yep.

Joni (11:00):
Everything's better at night.
They all are.
'cause they all have differentvibes.

Nick (11:05):
Tower Tara's awesome at night.

Joni (11:06):
Yeah.

Nick (11:07):
Yeah,

Joni (11:08):
Yeah, you get up there and then the window's open and you
can see the whole park all litup.
Yeah.
Fabulous.
Okay,

Nick (11:13):
that's it for news.
Okay.
Let's get on to our,

Joni (11:15):
any miscellaneous news?

Nick (11:16):
was the miscellaneous did.

Joni (11:17):
the miscellaneous.
Oh, that was it.
Oh, okay.

Nick (11:20):
That was miscellaneous, you know,'cause it really wasn't
park specific.
It was kind of general, but,

Joni (11:24):
easy peasy on you this

Nick (11:26):
Yeah.
Pretty easy.

Joni (11:27):
Okay,

Nick (11:28):
so let's,

Joni (11:28):
well, good.
Thanks.

Nick (11:30):
of lantern, Mickey time.

Joni (11:32):
you wanna do the cup?
Sure.
Yeah.
Okay,

Nick (11:34):
do it.
Do the cup.
And, I, in our spotlight onattraction, and we're not
getting into that right now, butI'm just gonna preface it by
saying what we're doing thisweek is one of my favorite
attractions in all of DisneyWorld.

Joni (11:44):
Oh.

Nick (11:45):
So.
I thought you were getting setup over

Joni (11:47):
I am set.
I'm totally set up and I thoughtwhat you were gonna say had some
sort of correlation to this.
Nothing, but

Nick (11:52):
had nothing to do with anything.

Joni (11:54):
points.

Nick (11:55):
Zero points.
It's my head being foggy andwe're just gonna go with it.

Joni (11:58):
We're just talking about whatever.

Nick (12:00):
Okay.
I have the list

Joni (12:02):
Okay.
I got the wheel.
We're going.

Nick (12:04):
is for the Mickey Jacko Lantern Tumblr.
Okay.
And is really cool.
Tumblr

Joni (12:08):
Yeah.

Nick (12:09):
I'm gonna have to order one for myself.

Joni (12:11):
Did you post it anywhere?

Nick (12:13):
Yeah, it's on the blog.
Okay.
Yeah, it's a picture of it onthe blog.

Joni (12:16):
us.
All right, well, we're spinning.

Nick (12:18):
We're spinning.
Yeah.

Joni (12:18):
Yep.
Okay.
And number six.

Nick (12:23):
Number six.
We got a low number.
Yeah.
Number six is Katie.

Joni (12:28):
Katie, congratulations.
All right, Katie.
You

Nick (12:31):
You have a Mickey.
Enjoy it.
Jack-o-lantern mug.
Tumblr, I'm sorry.

Joni (12:37):
Hot or cold.
Hot

Nick (12:38):
Yeah, it's hot and cold.
Yes.
I should have, I should havementioned that.
Coffee or, you know, ice wateror, um, or whatever you wanna
put in there.
Cold

Joni (12:45):
tea or

Nick (12:46):
Katie, you have the numbers 1 9 9 3 in your email
address, so congratulations,Katie.
Yeah,

Joni (12:53):
super.
And we have a little, little,little extra that we're gonna
throw in there for you

Nick (12:57):
Yep.
You get, you get a participationprize.
Yeah.
Or no?
Yeah.
We're, we're gonna

Joni (13:02):
hope you like it.
Yeah.

Nick (13:04):
So we will be emailing you later this week to get your
address.

Joni (13:08):
Congratulations.
And, and if you, if you wouldlike to, post a picture of it
with your favorite drink inside.

Nick (13:14):
Absolutely.
On the Facebook, group.
Disney World Tips and Talk.

Joni (13:17):
be nice.

Nick (13:18):
That'd be nice.
So make sure you're checkingyour promotion and your, um, all
your inboxes, basically, theylike to go to the promotion
folder sometimes for whateverreason.

Joni (13:27):
Okay.
Okay.
Well thanks to everybody forbeing involved with it and stay
there because we're gonna havemore.

Nick (13:34):
and we're gonna have more.
And we're, you know, we just, wegive away these posters randomly
too,

Joni (13:37):
Yeah.
Yep.
We sure do.
Okay, wonderful.

Nick (13:41):
All right.
Spotlight on attraction.
Alright.
Like I said, this is one of myfavorite in all Disney World.
It's, and it's something thatyou wouldn't think,

Joni (13:48):
you like to introduce

Nick (13:49):
Should I?
I can.
Since I, since I enjoy it so

Joni (13:51):
Yeah.

Nick (13:53):
This, I don't

Joni (13:54):
your thunder away.

Nick (13:55):
week is going to be Phil Har Magic.

Joni (13:59):
Mm-hmm.
Okay.
So Mickey's Phil Har Magic inFantasyland is a 3D Fantasy
Adventure Theater show featuringDonald Duck, where Disney Magic
meets Disney music.

Nick (14:09):
So

Joni (14:10):
You have a seat in a concert hall that features 150
foot wide, 180 degree seamlesswraparound screen as the lights
dim, put on your 3D operaglasses and get immersed.
And as Donald tries his hand atconducting a concert, after
donning Mickey's sorcerer hatplunge into Donald's dream world

(14:30):
with some of Disney's classicalmusical sequences.
Such as be our guest and part ofyour world and much more.
There's obviously no age orheight requirement.
It seats this theaterapproximately 494 seats, and
then you have the aisle alwaysfor scooters or wheelchairs., As

(14:51):
I said, it's kind of a crescentshaped theater seating.

Nick (14:55):
Mm-hmm.

Joni (14:55):
It's a tier two multipass and, again, you get to stay in
your wheelchairs and or scooterAssisted listening devices are
available as well as handheldcaptioning devices.
The show is about 12 minutes andit opened in Walt Disney World,
September 30th, 2003.

Nick (15:16):
Some

Joni (15:16):
info is some very special facts.
The show features child friendlyin-house special effects
Throughout the presentation,these effects create, further
immersion.

Nick (15:26):
immersion,

Joni (15:27):
For yourself into the adventure.
And they include light splashesof water and other surprises.
And don't forget to look at thewall in the back of the theater
at the end of the show to spotour favorite trouble causing
animatronic duck.
Because if you don't look, Imean you can hear it, but if you

(15:49):
don't look back, you don't seeit, there is something visually
that, that is kind of cute

Nick (15:53):
And you're gonna see everybody looking back.
So you're gonna be like, oh, incase you forget, you know,
you're gonna see everybody turntheir head.

Joni (15:58):
Yeah.
So that's what I have on thatsuper cute show.

Nick (16:01):
Just like I said, one of one of my favorite attractions.
I mean, you know, if you'venever been in there,'cause
you're like, oh, I don't want togo see a movie.
It is, it is really, reallycool.
I you will enjoy it.
And

Joni (16:12):
They have, um, they have, um, little snippets from The
Little Mermaid,

Nick (16:16):
Oh yeah.
They're all, all your, all themusic.
Yeah.

Joni (16:19):
Um, and it, I can't, I can't remember.
Might be a little mermaid wherethe jewels come out and it looks
like they're coming at you.
Yeah.
It's so cute because you see allthese kids with their hands out
trying to grab the jewel.
It's so cute

Nick (16:34):
anything starts flying at you in 3D all the kids, you see
all the kids trying to grab

Joni (16:37):
Yeah.

Nick (16:38):
Yeah.
And basically Donald goesthrough several Disney movies,

Joni (16:42):
Yeah.
All in, in Aladdin.
All in attempts to try toreclaim the hat.
That's.
Has been, hijacked basically.
but yeah.
Super cute.
Yeah, we, we do it every timewe're there

Nick (16:54):
time.
I think last time we did it twotimes, we

Joni (16:57):
did.

Nick (16:58):
I think the time before that we did it two

Joni (17:00):
Yeah.
Yeah.
And I mean, and it for 12minutes.
I mean, if you really need anair

Nick (17:04):
Yeah.
Air conditioning.
Exactly.
That's what I was gonna say,

Joni (17:06):
with it being a theater, you can get a lot of people in
there.
So.

Nick (17:09):
Yep, yep.
And it's, you know, if it's only12 minutes,

Joni (17:12):
one point I will make though, and an an additional, I
suppose, is that when you go in,the cast members will ask you to
move all the way down to theend.
Yeah.

Nick (17:24):
To fill in all the

Joni (17:25):
Yeah.
So if you're one of the firstones through the door, you're
gonna be on the right side ofthe theater, the far right side
of the theater.
So a little hint, if you'rewanting to be more centrally
located, let some people go inahead of you.

Nick (17:38):
Just kind of hang back outside.
Yeah.
You know, don't go into thequeue and clog it up, but just
hang back outside.

Joni (17:42):
Yeah, we always, sit centrally.

Nick (17:45):
We try to, yeah.
Yeah.

Joni (17:46):
Yeah.
But they do try to fit in asmany people as they can with
each showtime.
So

Nick (17:50):
a big theater too.
It's

Joni (17:51):
Well, 490, like, what'd I say?

Nick (17:53):
4 94 I think you said.

Joni (17:55):
Plus, um, aisle space

Nick (17:57):
Mm-hmm.

Joni (17:58):
on the ends.
There's no aisles down themiddle.

Nick (18:00):
Yep.
Just one long continuous row ofseats.
Yeah.

Joni (18:05):
But it is cute.
And then they have the dropboxes for your glasses.
So that's it.
That's all I have for that.

Nick (18:11):
Okay.
Well, thanks, Jonie.
Yeah,

Joni (18:12):
Yeah, you bet.

Nick (18:12):
Yeah.
Great show.
All right, well let's get ontothis week's movie, Jonie.
What do we have this week?

Joni (18:20):
we're gonna talk about Brave this week.
Yep.
First appearance for Brave wasJune 22nd, 2012.
The budget was 185 million.
Box office pulled 539 millionworldwide.
An intense amount of money theyjust keep getting, I know I say
that every week because theyjust keep growing every week.
The creator of the initialconcept and original story was

(18:42):
Brenda Chapman, who was inspiredby her relationship with her own
daughter.
Really?
Yes.
Okay.
As well as fairytales from HanChristian Anderson and the
Brothers Grim Again, however,Brenda was replaced by Director
Mark Andrews during theproduction due to creativity
differences with Disney Pixar,though she remains accredited

(19:06):
co-writer and director, so she,I'm told or I read, that she did
applaud the final.
She was okay with the wholefinal concepts, even though they
didn't use her verbatim.
Mm-hmm.
Steve Purcell is also noted as adirector and writer who, joined
in with Mark Andrews.
So brave is noted as beingPixar's first fairytale with the

(19:28):
original story rather thanadapting a preexisting one.

Nick (19:33):
So, uh,

Joni (19:34):
is interesting.
Very interesting because all theother have

Nick (19:38):
had some sort of baseline to

Joni (19:41):
a book written off of it or something?
Correct.
But well, it does say thefairytales of Hans Christian
Anderson and Brothers Grim.
So I'm like, but it was mostly,primarily based on her
relationship with her daughter.
Okay.
So it was original, the storyinfluenced by traditional
fairytales and uses reallocation landscapes,, that were
influenced by actual Scottishsites, including the rugged

(20:04):
coastlines, rolling hills, andhistoric structures.
The film draws on Scottishculture and history
incorporating elements like themagical will of the wis from
folklore and the fierce clanrivalries central to the story.
Meredith's age is 16.
Her traits aresingle-mindedness, stubbornness,
and strong desire for freedom.

(20:26):
As stated, it's a Scottish,heritage and her occupation is
an accomplished archer and swordfighter.
she wants to go out and doarchery.
She does much better than allthe men, but because of her
position and being the king'sdaughter, she's

Nick (20:41):
not appropriate.
She needs

Joni (20:42):
involved in things like that.
Yeah, and it's a, it's a boyjob,

Nick (20:45):
Mm-hmm.

Joni (20:45):
know, back, but she does much better than them.
She has falling outs with hermother as far as where, what her
role is, and she's, very adamantabout not wanting to fulfill her
mother's perception of her role.
So a Disney Pixar film set inmedieval Scotland that follows
Merida, A Skilled Archer and arebellious daughter of King

(21:06):
Fergus.
And Queen Eleanor meredithdefies her mother's wishes to
follow tradition and marry asuitor instead, seeking to
change her fate.
After a magical encounter withthe witch, Meredith accidentally
turns her mother into a bear.
Yeah, bizarre.
And I'll mention this before

Nick (21:24):
I'll mention

Joni (21:24):
I go on that in the film, the father, the king, and all
the huntsmen.
Are after this bear.
Yeah.
So mom has to run around thekingdom hiding.
But mom and daughter must worktogether to break the curse and
restore their bond.
The film explores themes ofindependence, family, and
understanding betweengenerations.

(21:47):
She has a sidekick, Angus, whois her Clydesdale horse.
She has no spouse.
This is the first one wellknown, I take that back.
Pocahontas didn't have a spouse.

Nick (21:59):
Nope.

Joni (22:00):
So there's no follow up movies because

Nick (22:03):
Just

Joni (22:03):
there's nothing to stand.
Yeah, just a standalone.
There was a, there was anapproved novel released in 2018
titled Bravely.
But there's no follow up movies.
She was a guest character in theDisney Junior Series, Sophia,
the first in 2015, and she alsoappeared with other Disney
princesses in 2018.

(22:26):
Ralph breaks the internet.
Okay?
So she does make an appearancein that show, which a lot do.
And if, and if you watch, Imean, I've

Nick (22:34):
Ralph breaks the internet.
Really?
Nope.

Joni (22:35):
You, well, in any Disney movie you find little, little
tidbits.
Yeah.
Little hidden things like, Ithink it's even Tiana's, you see
the ball from Toy Story?

Nick (22:45):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Joni (22:47):
or you'll see like a little Mickey, the movie.
Yep.
Yep, yep.
So as far as awards isconcerned, it received multiple
award nominations and wins, mostnotably for the Academy Award
and the award for best animatedfeature film won a Golden Globe
for best animated feature filmas well.
Marita has received good reportsfrom critics, some saying she's

(23:08):
a breath of fresh air among theprincesses, and from a culture
Disney has not yet explored.
She's a good role model forgirls who want to get out there
and do it.
Marita is certainly no damsel indistress and isn't haughty.
She's torn between doing what'sexpected of her and following
her heart.
The people of Scotland have toaccept Marita, but in 2013.

(23:32):
Disney released a traditionalanimation style redesign of
Marita in preparation for hercoronation as Disney's 11th
princess.

Nick (23:41):
Mm-hmm.

Joni (23:42):
It was not taken so well,

Nick (23:44):
It did.

Joni (23:44):
so the redesign of the character featured a slimmer
waist, more revealing neckline,larger eyes, and a sparkly
dress.
The problem with that is theredesign.
They wanted it to be more alongthe lines of natural and not
promote.
That style of appearance mm-hmm.
For kids, right?
And Brenda was not having it.

(24:06):
Brenda Chapman was not havingit, the original, and there were
lots of other groups thatweren't having it.
It says that Brenda fiercelycriticized the change, calling
it atrocious and added thatMarita was created to break that
mold.
A petition was, they actuallywent as far as a petition.
Was created to protest theredesign, claiming it was
sending a message to girls thatthe original version of Marita

(24:28):
is inferior and claim theredesign suggests girls conform
to a narrow definition of beautyafter seven days and 20,000
signatures.
Disney.
The original reverted to the,yeah, the original.
The original one.
So, and Disney actually gave aquote after receiving this

(24:49):
petition, and it says, quote,Marita exemplifies what it means
to be a Disney princess throughbeing brave, passionate, and
confident.
And she remains the same, strongand determined Marita from the
movie whose inner qualities haveinspired moms and daughters
around the world.
End quote.

Nick (25:05):
Nice.
So,

Joni (25:07):
it kind of almost makes me feel like they would've done it
had they not received this

Nick (25:11):
yeah.
I mean they, they were gonna doit.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I mean, they were, they werefull forward, let's go, let's do
it.
And then

Joni (25:19):
And Brenda said, oh, no, no, no, no, no way to go Brenda.
Exactly.
So that's what I have for that.

Nick (25:27):
All right.
That's a good movie.
I, I like

Joni (25:29):
Mm-hmm.

Nick (25:30):
I've only watched it once all the way through, but I did
like it.

Joni (25:32):
Yeah.

Nick (25:33):
All right.
Well thanks Jonie.

Joni (25:34):
you bet.

Nick (25:36):
On through this week's tipper trick.
One's a, a big one for me.
You always hear people askingthis questions about, especially
first timers going, what kindashoes should I wear in the park?
Well, the answer to that iswhatever is right for you, what
is good for Joanie will not begood for me.
What is good for me will not begood for you.
Everybody's feet are different.
Everybody's gait is different.

(25:57):
I know a lot about this'cause Ihave plantar fasciitis in my
foot, so.
Both feet.
Yeah.
Worse than the right foot.

Joni (26:03):
And I have a bad knee.
Yeah.

Nick (26:06):
So my tip is to go to your local running shoe store.
A lot of these places now havedigital mats.
They have you walk on, they takea digital image of your foot.
And as you're walking on thedigital mat, the mat is, gauging
where your weight is coming downon your

Joni (26:24):
Mm-hmm.

Nick (26:24):
Now judged from all this data, they will put you in a
shoe that is right for you.

Joni (26:30):
Okay.

Nick (26:31):
I did this before our first Disney trip because Yeah,
because I can't mess around withmy feet.

Joni (26:37):
You're, you're So Nick's incident actually happened.
We were vacationing, in Mexicoand it was just simply walking
barefoot on the sand.
Yep.
That is what triggered andamplified you may have had, but
it really

Nick (26:50):
Yeah.
That was in 2010, I think, andI've had it ever since.
But yeah, so I did this.
I went to the running shoestore.
They did all that.
Took an image of my foot,watched me walk, they put me in
a shoe.
We wa well you know how inDisney Road you're walking 25 to
35,000 steps a day.
We did that for five days in theparks, plus our off day.

(27:12):
I had zero problems with myfeet.
Mm-hmm.
Absolutely Zero problems.
'cause they put me into a shoethat was right for me.
Now

Joni (27:19):
shoe.
Now I the same walked the.

Nick (27:23):
match.
Yep.

Joni (27:24):
I walk the line with Johnny Cash, but, um, and, and I
got placed in a shoe as well.
However, I did have someproblems.
She did, but it was my faultbecause,

Nick (27:34):
Get get to this because this is important too.
I wasn't gonna bring this up,but go ahead.
This is important.

Joni (27:39):
Nick got his new shoes and broke them in

Nick (27:42):
about three weeks.

Joni (27:44):
I did not.

Nick (27:46):
She just put'em on and got on a plane.

Joni (27:48):
and at the time, to be fair too, your job at the time
required a lot of walking, soyou were able to break those in.
Right.
My job is a desk job.
Yeah.
So my job did not require somuch.
You got a lot more steps inmileage on your shoes prior to
the trips, so your feet wereable to acclimate.

(28:09):
Mine did not.
I, I did not.
I took two pairs of shoes.
Did,

Nick (28:14):
You did.

Joni (28:14):
I mean, there was a time that you woke up in the morning
and was like, it's time to getup.
And I literally was like, I'mnot going today.

Nick (28:20):
And she had her feet elevated.

Joni (28:21):
'cause my feet hurt so bad.
But I managed through, you know,did the massaging and things
like that and, and managedthrough.
But, it hurt worse for mestanding still.
I was okay moving.

Nick (28:32):
That's a, yeah.
Yeah, that's, that's true of.
I can't stand still.
I can walk, but I can't standstill.

Joni (28:39):
But please just break your shoes in.

Nick (28:41):
break your shoes in, get fitted

Joni (28:42):
for, I mean, that's

Nick (28:43):
are gonna be right for

Joni (28:43):
sense thing.
I don't know what I was notthinking.
I mean,

Nick (28:46):
and you know, and Joanie had a desk job at the time, so
if you have a desk job.
And you do this process, you goto the running shoe store and
you get new shoes, just go outand walk a mile here and there,
you know, after work or if it's,you know, if it's cold out where
you're at, I dunno.
Go to your gym and do thetreadmill or you know, just make
sure you get your shoes brokenand make sure they're the right
shoe for you.

(29:07):
Or

Joni (29:07):
Or if they're clean.
I mean, and you don't wanna, youknow if they're clean bottom
soles, just wear'em around yourhouse.
Yeah.
I mean, if you haven't worn themoutside yet, just break'em in
going up and down your stairs orfrom one end of the house to the
other.

Nick (29:20):
Some people swear by Crocs when they're in Disney

Joni (29:22):
I don't know how people wear Crocs and I don't

Nick (29:24):
I would make it through two hours of my day and be on
the bus to go back to soak myfeet.

Joni (29:31):
Or slides.
I mean, we've even seen peoplewear heels.
Now that right there, no, I dohave an opinion.
Please don't wear heels.
It's not, it's not a fashionshow.
It's not a Miss America pageant.

Nick (29:45):
Yourself some comfortable tennis shoes.
all right, well that's gonna doit for this week's show.

Joni (29:50):
Okay, perfect.
Well, congratulations again toKatie.
Yes.
We hope you enjoy your prize.

Nick (29:56):
Look out for your, in your email inbox, promotion folder,
um, this week, probablyWednesday.
We'll, we will contact you andget your address.
We can send that out to you.

Joni (30:04):
Yeah.
And stay tuned for, for futuregiveaways.
Oh, you know, what did you wannamention?
How we're we, we, we, uh, oh.
We already did talk about howwe're going on our cruise.

Nick (30:14):
Yes,

Joni (30:15):
anyone would like to join or,

Nick (30:17):
Thank you for reminding me.
If, if anybody's gonna be on theDisney Dream October 25th
through the 30th, let us know.
We can meet trivia partners orsomething.
We can meet up and do something.
Yeah, we can definitely playsome bingo or,

Joni (30:29):
yeah.
Well, and we have a, we have a,um, where's our excursion
planned?
Is that

Nick (30:34):
uh, Castaway key?
We only have one excursionplanned.
Um, Cosell, we're just gonnakinda take it easy.
Yeah,

Joni (30:39):
I was kind of bummed that we, you know, it didn't have a
beach right off of the port, butwe'd never been to the Disney
part of the Cozumel, so we'vebeen to Mexico numerous times.

Nick (30:48):
But yeah, just the

Joni (30:48):
port is, yeah,

Nick (30:49):
port is just, yeah, port is all shopping

Joni (30:50):
just all shopping and all shopping

Nick (30:51):
shopping basically.
I think

Joni (30:52):
I mean, we're gonna go in and get a, you know, maybe a
souvenir or two, but.
Then we're just gonna go back onthe boat and hang out.
Hang

Nick (30:58):
Hang out and relax on the boat.
Yeah.
But yeah, if you're gonna be onthe dream October 25th, let us
know.
We'll definitely meet up and, dotrivia or something.

Joni (31:05):
Yeah, for sure.

Nick (31:07):
All right, well, our Facebook page is Main Street
Talk.
The Facebook group is DisneyWorld Tips and Talk.
Our Instagram is Main StreetTalk podcast.
You can get on our website atmain street talk pod.com.
We have links for everything inthere.
And if you wanna play in thatDisney vacation, contact me at
Nick dot Garcia at AcademyTravel dot.

(31:28):
And we are affiliates of theMagic Candle Company.
The link is on the website anduse the code Main Street talk at
checkout for 15% off your entireorder.
So, uh, we will be back nextweek with new news.
And who knows, maybe a postergiveaway.

Joni (31:42):
Who

Nick (31:42):
Maybe not, maybe we'll see.
All right.
Until then, we will talk to youreal

Joni (31:47):
Bye everyone.
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