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Chris (00:05):
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Mantengase Alejado De LasPuertas.
Hey, folks, welcome to thisweek's show. We are so glad you
joined us. I'm Chris.
Kelli (00:48):
I'm Kelli.
Chris (00:49):
And you are wearing more
new ears.
Kelli (00:51):
I am i said i racked up.
Fantasia I was calling Mickeysorcerer ears.
Chris (00:58):
Wanting sorcerer's
apprentice ears.
Kelli (01:00):
Yeah, okay. Yeah.
Chris (01:01):
I think that would that
actually work? There's some of
them my favorites that you got
Kelli (01:06):
love these. There's no
Bow. They're hardcore Mickey.
There's no Bow and the littlesorcerer hat is totes adorbs
Chris (01:12):
Yeah. And as we're
walking through the parks, I
enjoy taking pictures of youlike in front of me with your
perspective. Hey, stop. Let melet me get a picture of this.
Yeah, these are some of myfavorites. Yeah. Okay, so as we
do every week, I look through Isee where we're downloading and
we're just taking a virtual triparound the world honestly, so
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excited. Love it. So this weekwe saw downloads from Calabasas,
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right. Opposite. Rochester NewYork is right between it and the
like. Okay. Yeah, it's basicallyRochester. I bet they're super
excited about their BuffaloBills right now because they are
killing it and looking great.
Brussels Belgium, one of themost beautiful cities and
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underrated I think cities inEurope. I think that it's
awesome. So hopefully we'll getthere one day. So hey, thank you
all too for down everybody thatdownloads. I'm always blown away
that anybody wants to downloadthis and listen to it. So we are
super appreciative. Thank you somuch. And hey, at us on social
media. And we'll send you asticker. Absolutely. Yeah. Hey,
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Kelli (02:47):
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Definitely. So take part inthat. Okay, we're ready. Let's
hit the news, Main Street.
Politically, Walt Disney jointhe long list of companies there
has decided to suspend any kindof political contributions to
candidates that voted to rejectthe certification of electoral
college votes.
Kelli (03:43):
I think that's fantastic.
Yeah.
Chris (03:45):
I think that that's good.
Kelli (03:46):
Hopefully you need any
more civil unrest.
Chris (03:49):
That's what it takes hit
them where it hurts. That's
right. And, you know, they sitthere for 2021. There's just
spending all that losing reallyelections in 2021. So we'll see
how that if it really matters,people will really be
fundraising next year. But we'llsee the threat of it alone
should dislodge some things.
Disneyland sadly has canceledall annual pass on and suspended
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their program for annual passesindefinitely. They're coming up
with something new maybe butthey called
Kelli (04:21):
it new membership
options, right? They're
interesting the word
Chris (04:24):
Yeah. Agreed. And so that
will also start seeing some
refunds coming for people whoare on a premier annual pass
program which shoot both WaltDisney World and Disneyland I
didn't realize that. Yeah. Soyou know, it's a hopefully it
doesn't it's not a harbinger ofthings to come for Walt Disney
World is they're coming up withwhole new programs, but we'll
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see. See how it goes. So sincethe parks reopened back in the
middle of the summer in Florida,they know they've never really
reinstituted the extra Magichours, right? for, you know,
hotel on property resorts. Butwhat they are about to do is
they're gonna launch a programthat allows anyone staying at a
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Disney or Disney friendly resort30 minutes access into the parks
ahead of normal Park opening. Wewere talking about this. Not
sure that's enough time, right?
maybe an hour would have beenbetter
Kelli (05:23):
use your head start to
some of the rides with long
waits
Chris (05:27):
for anybody that's not
already staying on property.
Right. But unlike the extramagic hours, this is every Park
every day. So
Kelli (05:35):
it's a little that's so
interesting. It's such an
interesting decision. I mean, Iknow they're tracking everything
so they know what they're doing.
Chris (05:42):
That's an interesting
decision. Exactly. The Disney
Magic Express has being retiredat the end of 2021 amen? Yeah. I
mean, there's a lot of Felicia.
I know we moved away from it alittle while back. But I was
actually very surprised onsocial media, the conversations,
people are mad.
Kelli (06:03):
At transportation, yeah.
And the airport to the resort.
There were a
Chris (06:06):
lot of people really
upset about it.
Kelli (06:08):
Well, they didn't say
that they're not going to launch
something different. They justsaid they're getting rid of the
magical Express,
Chris (06:13):
right? There's a train
coming, right. They're building
a train, high speed train that'sgoing to go from the airport to
Disney Springs. Not necessarilyto one of the resorts but then
Kelli (06:25):
at Disney Springs that
you could hop a bus to anywhere.
Exactly. Yeah, exactly. So we'll
Chris (06:29):
see what they come up
with. If anything else
specifically to replace thebuses, Mears will still offer an
option. That's who ran the bus.
Unknown (06:36):
Okay. Sure.
Chris (06:37):
Sure. Yeah. So super
exciting. The Tomorrowland
Transit Authority People Moverhas started testing in earnest
people have you actuallywitnessed it moving?
Kelli (06:50):
No. Absolutely.
Chris (06:51):
Right now it's just an
air mover.
Kelli (06:52):
So excited about this. I
almost wore my peoplemover t
shirt tonight in honor of thisnews. I'm so excited about it.
The people mover is one of myfavorite writers.
Chris (07:00):
I was listening to
another podcast recently and
they had four guests on and allfour guests that the People
Mover into our Lane was theirfavorite ride. I love it.
There's so there's somethingabout it. It's classic classic.
And you know it's not the it'snot the excitement, it's just
the nostalgia. It's perfect
Kelli (07:17):
and you get to see into
ride I love it.
Chris (07:19):
Yeah offers views of the
castle that are really great.
It's a it's a wonderful breezeon a hot day.
Kelli (07:25):
There's nothing nothing
bad about the People Mover.
Chris (07:27):
Exactly. Gideons
Bakehouse opened its official
grand opening was yesterday inDisney Springs. Just watching
the socials talk about the wait.
Kelli (07:40):
I can't wait looking at
their Instagram stories. I'm not
gonna lie I gained weightwatching the Instagram Stories
yeah
Chris (07:48):
11 hours was the was the
longest wait time I saw
yesterday.
Unknown (07:53):
God bless somehow love
it.
Kelli (07:55):
I love it. It is pure
sorcery and they deserve
everyday.
Chris (07:58):
They deserve everything.
I just had to seeing that thatstartup store I just loved I
wanted to have all the I'm soexcited for all the success for
them
Kelli (08:06):
all the good things for
getting in.
Chris (08:08):
Second Harmonious barge
has now been moved out on to
world showcase lagoon there'sultimately going to be five of
these things. And so I rememberwhen we there was one on the
water when we were big. They'reenormous.
Kelli (08:21):
These things are not like
I've seen some of the artists
renderings. Yeah,
Chris (08:25):
and I think Yeah, no.
I've seen one barge to thinkthat there's gonna be four more
of these things. Massive. Yeah,it's massive. It's it's gonna be
the lagoon it is. Let's imaginethis show. It's the remember the
baby Rhino. The little boy thatwas born a little while back.
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He's got a name. No, his name isRanger.
Kelli (08:53):
Oh, that's a cute little.
Chris (08:56):
That's a cute name for
what is undoubtedly hundreds of
pounds worth of rhinoceros.
Kelli (09:03):
The cute little named
little Ranger. So pop
Chris (09:05):
quiz. What is a group of
rhinos called?
Kelli (09:10):
Rhino? a crash? Is it
really a crash? So
Chris (09:15):
Ranger will be joining
the crash of rhinos on the
Savannah Oh,
Kelli (09:18):
now that's precious. I
really like that too. I
Chris (09:21):
like that. Disney is they
say they're considering moving
some of their operations to fromCalifornia to Orlando. It could
just be posturing. I think thisis part of their fight with the
state of California overCoronavirus restrictions and all
that. But hey, Disney is goingto be a mass testing site. So
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that's
Unknown (09:45):
the parking lots.
Chris (09:47):
Yeah. new exhibit is
coming to Epcot in the American
adventure. It's going to becalled the soul of jazz an
American Adventure. Oh, yes.
Kelli (09:57):
I saw that. I'm
Chris (09:58):
excited about it. So Joe
Gardner Yes. From soul will walk
us through the colorful andsurprising history of jazz in
the united in America, which isa uniquely American musical
genre. Yeah, we visit NewOrleans, Chicago, New York, LA
and San Juan, Puerto Rico on ourjourney through jazz. That's
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fantastic.
Kelli (10:19):
And I will say the soul
soundtrack is phenomenal.
Chris (10:22):
Yeah, it's Yeah, it's
great. It's great. One division.
Kelli (10:27):
I loved it.
Chris (10:28):
I loved it, too. It's
quirky. It's crazy. I don't know
what's gonna happen. They'relike, what
Kelli (10:33):
is gonna happen? What are
they gonna do? It feels like
almost, you know, one of thoselittle endings at the end of a
movie that you stay to watch.
Chris (10:40):
Yeah, that's the whole
thing feels like that. Like, and
you're like,
Kelli (10:46):
you see that? And then
you spend like days trying to
think it through. I loved it.
Chris (10:50):
Yeah, I thought it was
really cute. I can't wait to
watch the next episode. So mymain take if I can't wait to see
the next episodes, and I'm,
Kelli (10:58):
yeah, I'm into it.
Chris (11:00):
Ready for a mini mini
take? Let's hit it. I had I had
Mickey go ahead and pre selectone here, but I select question
yet. Okay, this or that? Okay,sci fi dining theater or 50s?
primetime cafe
Kelli (11:12):
sci fi?
Chris (11:13):
sci fi Me too.
Kelli (11:15):
No question about it.
Chris (11:15):
No question for me.
Kelli (11:16):
50s. primetime is fine.
It's fine. Yeah,
Chris (11:19):
it's fine. Sometimes I'm
not I don't want to be shamed
into eating my green beans.
Kelli (11:24):
Yeah, but it's the
atmosphere of sci fi. I know
where you get to sit in the car.
And it's all the big movies and,and frankly, after you did your
little, you know, world showcaseepisode on sci fi. I think I
fell even more in love with it.
Oh,
Chris (11:39):
that's nice of you to
say,
Kelli (11:40):
I love that stuff on the
menu. I didn't even realize you
explained the whole B moviething that I didn't even know
was a real thing.
Chris (11:49):
Right? Well, I love
anything. For some reason. I am
just drawn to these locations atDisney where they make the
inside like outside. I love thatenvironment that they can pull
off so well. And also just like,like, outdoor, like theater
food, like yeah, like burgersand fries and onion rings and
milkshakes. I like that kind of
Kelli (12:09):
they make an awesome
milkshake.
Chris (12:11):
They do.
Kelli (12:12):
You know? And it's like
old school where it's they give
you the whole thing that theyblend in and you essentially get
two shakes out.
Chris (12:20):
So true.
Kelli (12:21):
No, it's good. I find not
even not even a question.
Chris (12:24):
Nothing against
primetime. I'm just for fun. I'm
Kelli (12:26):
for Sci-Fi. 100% if we
can get a reservation at sci fi
almost always want to do it.
Yeah, I do that more than theHollywood Brown Derby. Me too.
Yeah.
Chris (12:34):
Yeah. Why be so you know,
I had to be so nice.
Kelli (12:40):
We were just looking for
good food. Yeah, Sci-Fi has Got
it. Absolutely.
Chris (12:43):
Are you are you ready for
TomorrowLand?
Kelli (12:45):
I am so excited. Well,
let's go. So you hinted at this
a little bit in the lastepisode, and I've decided just
to take a deep dive. Oh boy.
We're gonna go throughEverglades Donuts and Cold Brew
at Disney Springs. So this is onthe west side of Disney Springs.
Okay, they've recently openedEverglades donuts. Florida
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glazed and grown i think is whatthey call themselves. They are
hashtag blazing happily,happiness daily. Okay, so I'm
going to read you the write upon the Disney website. Okay.
Discover handcrafted confectionsfeaturing mouthwatering yeast
and cake donuts with anassortment of cold brew pick me
ups and a few sweet yet savorysandwiches. Immerse yourself in
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a complete donut experience asyou gaze through the windows
that ever glazed working showKitchen, where the humble donut
is fried, glazed and piled highwith a rainbow of toppings.
Unknown (13:42):
The humble donut
whoever wrote this gets a raise.
I love it so much.
Kelli (13:45):
So they refer to them as
made from scratch rings of
happiness. And you can't putthat down coffee centric drinks.
Okay, here's cool, they have avegan option and people on the
socials are already asking formore vegan options. It's the
purple ube. If I'mispronouncing that, I'm sorry.
t's U.B.
Chris (14:07):
I wouldn't know what else
is.
Kelli (14:09):
That's what I'm going
with. It's made with sweet
potatoes. And everybody says,tastes exactly like a glazed
doughnut. Yeah, sweet
Chris (14:17):
potato
Kelli (14:18):
is a bright purple
doughnut. There's no other way
to describe it. So I wouldtotally have that on the inside
too.
Unknown (14:26):
It's purple.
It's purple.
Kelli (14:29):
It's purple. It's not a
purple glaze. It is a purple.
The purple cube. They also havea really cool patio, which they
call the donut garden. So Ithink it's meant to look like a
beer garden. Oh, nice. donutgarden. Okay, so I mean, like,
you know, patio with stronglights and picnic tables and
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fake grass. I mean, it's reallyit's cute. Thank you, okay. So
they have the classics that youexpect, right? They've got the
glaze, the chocolate ice, thevanilla. cake with or without
sprinkles, blueberry cakestrawberry iced with sprinkles
and fruity pebbles. I do lovethat the
Unknown (15:07):
pebble.
Kelli (15:08):
I do love that the Fruity
Pebbles as part of their
classics line. I have never seena fruity pebble donut. But it's
a classic, classic. Okay. And sothen you get into what they call
their funky bunch.
Chris (15:24):
Now, the Fruity Pebbles
dinner isn't
Kelli (15:26):
I gotta say, I didn't
mention this. But if you go on
to their Insta, and you look atsome of the stories they've
posted, the window where youwatch them ice and glaze the
donuts. If you've ever foundyourself mesmerized by a Krispy
Kreme store,
Chris (15:45):
this and boy have
Kelli (15:47):
this takes that up 10,000
notches seriously, because it's
not just the original glazethat's going through. They're
putting a lot of stuff throughthat and it's not, I mean,
you've got the waterfall of ofmelted sugar. Okay, so we've got
that, but it's controlled byhuman so they're not just go on
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a conveyor belt. It doesn't looknearly as mechanical as the
Krispy Kreme does. Okay, soimagine you've got a tray of
Apple fritters in front of you.
And you take this thing by thehandles, and you push it back
and forth through
Unknown (16:27):
the
Kelli (16:28):
end and it glazes the
donut it creates. It's the it's
a waterfall glaze in your hands,the sugar glaze, and you push it
back and forth to ice this thinguntil you
Unknown (16:39):
feel like you've when
Kelli (16:40):
I was watching I said
This is why I will never be
skinny. This right here. This iswhy and you know what I don't
want to be if that means I can'teat stuff at Everglazed. I don't
want it because man I'm going tolive. That's right. That's
right. I'm going to live. So letme go over some of the funky
bunch. Okay, okay, so this isthe ones that you're seeing
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pictured on the socials. Okay,so the first one is called the
Nutella Bella. This is Nutellacream filled chocolate iced
donut with crushed hazelnuts.
Peanut Butter explosion is achocolate iced donut peanut
butter chips, crushed Reese'scup and chocolate peanut butter
frosting. Now here's something Iwant to make sure you hear
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chocolate peanut butterfrosting. They're not talking
about the icing that's on top ofthe doughnut. They're squirting
what looks like buttercreamfrosting into the hole in the
middle of the doughnut so thatyou can have toppings all across
the top. There's no hole wherethe toppings can't be
Chris (17:44):
good, but you've got
toppings. Sitting on frosting
Kelli (17:47):
you got you got an ice
donut with toppings on the ice
donut it is properly glazedproperly ice with frosting
squirted into the hole andtoppings all across
Chris (17:59):
i think i think i just
got diabeetus
Kelli (18:03):
Oreo surprise vanilla
iced donut crushed Oreos and
vanilla frosting. So this is asquishy vanilla frosting into
the hole and they put an entireOreo right on top of that
Unknown (18:13):
middle frosting.
Kelli (18:15):
God bless them. Cinnamon
Toast Crunch cinnamon ice donut
crushed Cinnamon Toast Crunchcream cheese frosting and dusted
with cinnamon sugar. Honey thisone. I'm telling you this has
your name all over it. The themaple double bacon. Now this is
a maple iced doughnut loadedwith crispy bacon. So when I say
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bacon, I'm talking about slicesI'm talking about full bacon
slices that are like two orthree inches long. And they
layer them around the top of thedoughnut
Chris (18:57):
was listening to this
right after watching the video
that I don't know that'sterrible.
Kelli (19:05):
The mounds coconut dream
This is a coconut almond ice
doughnut. It's toasted coconutchopped mounds cream cheese
frosting and a vanilla icingdrizzle I could watch them make
that thing all day. So those areyour that's your funky bunch.
Okay, that's it is on thesocials. But they also have
sandwiches breakfast and lunchsandwiches. And these come on a
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sweet bun, which looks kindalike a Hawaiian like a Hawaiian
sweet roll. You can substitute aglazed doughnut for $1 more and
that's what you're seeing on thesocial well why wouldn't it so
let's talk about the donutburger. Two patties American
cheese, ketchup, Mayo lettuce,tomato, and bread and butter
pickles
Unknown (19:48):
on a donut.
You can get on it on it for $1extra Yes.
Chris (19:52):
I'm assuming that on a
donut.
Kelli (19:53):
What did you see on a
donut all over the socials is
grilled cheese. There's likeseven, Es
Chris (20:02):
I thought maybe you had a
stroke there but no you were
Kelli (20:04):
just reading the grilled
cheese oodles of cheeses served
on a griddled sweet bond buteverybody's getting that on the
donut. I haven't seen anybody onthe socials not get that on the
donut. But this one's getting alot of love online. The funky
chicken okay fried chicken ranchslaw barbecue and spicy Mayo
with bread and butter pickles.
It is getting a lot of love.
(20:24):
They're saying it is the bestfried chicken sandwich on Disney
property.
Unknown (20:27):
Wow.
Kelli (20:29):
They have a classic egg
and cheese and a breakfast
sandwich with bacon or sausageright so they're their breakfast
and lunch man. They got youhooked. They have waffle fries.
Spicy regular waffle fries. Theyalso have spicy fries with
buffalo seasoning, scallions andspicy Mayo or loaded fries with
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chili queso bacon, scallions,tomato cilantro and sour cream.
I love Everglazed
Unknown (20:57):
who's never been there
and they have
Kelli (21:00):
zero shame and I want to
hug them. That's right. I want
to be like You know what? Yes,we can all be keto next week. I
need to hug you for this menu.
So they have their theirEverglazed Donuts and Cold brew.
So naturally they have some coldbrews just a few peppermint
mocha, salted caramel andcinnamon right so you know your
average average. They have whatthey call cold brew pairs. So to
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have their cold brews come witha doughnut properly paired to
it. Oh my word. So one of themis called the five oh, this is
cold brew cream, vanilla coffeesyrup topped with strawberry
iced sprinkles donut. The otherone is a Reese's Nitro and Nitro
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cold brew peanut butter andvanilla syrups. Chocolate
drizzle, crushed Reese's PeanutButter Cups topped with a peanut
butter explosion.
Fantastic. So in addition tothat, they also have spiked
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coffees, cold beers, and
Chris (22:07):
seltzers.
Kelli (22:09):
So the strawberry mocha
for example is cold brew creme,
rum, cordial, chocolate cordialchocolate syrup, strawberry
puree and whipped cream,
Unknown (22:19):
Lord,
Kelli (22:20):
the Mocha Latte mudslide
with cold brew cream chocolate
syrup, coffee, rum and chocolatecordials Pina Colada mix in
whipped cream.
Chris (22:28):
They just don't care what
they do to people. I
Kelli (22:30):
love these people. Little
Italy, cold brew sweet cream,
amoretto cordial whipped creamand a wedding cookie crumble.
God bless EVerglazed Donuts bornand glazed in Florida. They are
just printing money. And theyshould be
Chris (22:48):
again six and a half
pounds. And
Kelli (22:50):
you're welcome.
Unknown (22:52):
You're welcome.
Chris (22:54):
That was awesome. That
was awesome. It was delicious.
too. Delicious.
Kelli (23:00):
I want that grilled
cheese.
Chris (23:03):
I don't even know how to
make a turn to something else.
But here we go to worldshowcase. There we go. World
showcase actually, specifically.
Hey, so maybe you've heard butthere's been a little bit of,
you know, historical eventslately. In in the United States.
Yeah, can get you down? Couldyou get too depressed, maybe a
little bit about the state ofour nation. But Wednesday, we
(23:23):
have an inauguration, we'regonna bring in new
administration. Andinaugurations are almost always
a day of hope and renewal andall that for the country. And so
I'm excited about that. It gotme sort of thinking, I'm gonna
do the American adventure inworld showcase. So the American
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adventure is the name of the USpavilion at the world showcase.
But it's also the name of theshow. You'd love this. I love
this show. I've got an maybe anunnatural love for this show. I
think a lot of people treat itlike Epcot version of the Hall
of Presidents where it's a goodplace to go nap because I know
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it's what,
Kelli (24:10):
like a solid power nap.
It's like a 15 minute show.
Chris (24:12):
Yeah. And for those who
want to take a nap, air
conditioned, it's a big theater.
Optimal seat. Yep. And it's ayou know, for those of us
though, who actually enjoy theshow, it is incredible. This is
a not just a great historicalrecount, but it's also a
technological marvel of a show.
(24:32):
So, so as I said, it's the nameof the actual show that's inside
the main building in theAmerican Pavilion. There at
Epcot world showcase. Itrecounts America's often
tumultuous history through astage show in a 1024 seat
theater, and it employs a rearprojected 72 foot movie screen,
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moving sets, patriotic songs and35 Audio animatronic figures
including Mark Twain and BenFranklin, who serve as the hosts
and narrators of America'shistorical timeline. One of the
Ben Franklin's walks during theshow and at the time it was it
was the most advancedtechnological animatronic ever
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created. nobody had ever madeone walk before. Randy Brice,
the producer of the show, saidthat the final show was the
result of over 600 failures.
Wow. Yeah. Yeah. He workedclosely with Dr. Alan Darnell,
who was a historical consultantand professor at UCLA at the
time on the project. And theysaid that there were two things
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they wanted to really kind ofmake sure they they honored. One
that the American adventure isabout overcoming adversity.
Hello, we're sort of in thattoday. And they didn't, and I
really appreciate this for thelate 70s, when they were
actually developing the show.
They didn't want to whitewashthe American adventure, while
(26:06):
also realizing that people areon vacation, they they're there
to be entertained. They didn'twant and they did so they want
to be too heavy handed. But theydidn't want to ignore the things
that weren't so attractive aboutAmerican history. Okay. So they,
they sort of tackle slavery andthose kinds of things head on.
Okay, right. You've seen itright. Literally, I know you've
(26:30):
been in there with me a fewtimes.
Kelli (26:32):
I think I've seen the
curtains open
Chris (26:33):
once or twice. Good.
That's good. So the showrecreates events, but not
limited to the like the landingof the Mayflower or the Boston
Tea Party, winter at ValleyForge during the Revolutionary
War, the writing of theDeclaration of Independence, the
Civil War, the Great Depressionand World War Two. You hear
actual comments from theluminaries in American history
(26:56):
like Susan B. Anthony, FrederickDouglass, Thomas Jefferson,
Native American Chief Joseph andTeddy Roosevelt and a whole
bunch of others. It took fiveyears for Imagineers to bring
this thing to life. Yeah, thethe moment in US history are all
part of a single computerizedmachine that lives below the
(27:21):
stage floor. There's actually nostage floor. It's all open. We
just can't tell from the seats.
And all of the sets are builtinto this machine. And they move
up and down and left and right.
Wow. However they're needed toto create the scenes on stage.
Okay,
Unknown (27:42):
wow, that is
impressive.
Chris (27:45):
Yeah, very much. So the
music was created by the
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra,okay. And then it was they
recorded it in Philadelphia. Andthen they mixed it at the
Imagineering headquarters inCalifornia. They were really,
really thoughtful about how theyproduce things. So like, on the
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on the movie screen, and thesets work in coordination with
each other. So like, forexample, at one of the world's
fairs, there's a scene wherethey have people like Carnegie
and, and Susan B, Anthony, andMark Twain, all in booths at the
World Fair. Oh, and you don'tsee anything on the stage. But
on the movie screen, you see theceiling of the World's Fair
(28:31):
headquarters. And as the moviescreen pans down, the sets rise
up out of the stage. So by thetime that the camera gets all
the way down to level, the setshave risen, and it actually
looks like you're painting downlike you're panning down to
them. I should totally
Kelli (28:51):
watch this, you shouldn't
Chris (28:52):
have you should totally
see this. Eventually, everyone
should see this eventually. Andso but also like, if those if
what they sowed on the moviescreen wasn't around at that
point in history that they'reretelling, then they don't use
it. So for example, photography,they won't use photography, like
photographic style images at atime in US history when
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photograph. Photography wasn't athing yet.
Kelli (29:16):
Oh, wow.
Chris (29:17):
Right. So just very
detail oriented. So I'm just
going to kind of recount asegment of the show, just try to
this is sort of what it's likeso and once particularly
powerful segment. We actuallysee winter in Valley Forge
during the AmericanRevolutionary War. And we're
there with George Washington onhorseback and he's looking very
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George Washington, Washingtonesque, larger than life on his
horse, right. While a couple offrostbitten and hungry and
exhausted soldiers are standingacross the way on the other side
of the stage, and you literallycan feel their, their suffering.
I mean, they just they look sorealistic, and they're sort of
complaining about suffering forwatching. Washington's war.
(30:01):
Well, Ben Franklin comes alonghe narrates, you know, that we
want eventually won that war.
And then the sets justtransition, they moved down
below the stage, the backgroundchanges to sort of a swampy
scene on the Mississippi River.
And we see Frederick Douglas ona raft sort of float out onto
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the stage because he's ridingdown the Mississippi River. And
he then recounts so now we'retalking about Mark Twain takes
over the narration. And we hearDouglas comment on Harriet
Beecher Stowe, her novel UncleTom's Cabin, how it has inspired
an anti slavery movement thatwill not be stopped. And so it
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just transitions from one sceneto another where you actually
feel like you're seeingFrederick Douglass on a raft.
And this machinery thetechnology literally makes the
raft list like it's on water.
Yeah, it's
Kelli (30:55):
and these are animatronic
Chris (30:57):
keys. They're purely
animatronic. There's no live
people in this thing. This forme is just one of those shows
where I find myself saying overand over again. Oh, I love this
part. I love this part. And somany of the moments made me feel
like you know, pretty emotional.
Sometimes there's that, youknow, you can get a little misty
sometimes a little verklempt.
Get the vapors. Yeah. There's astory about that they play.
(31:20):
There's a family whose two sonsbeen on opposite sides of the
Civil War. That's how theychoose to depict the Civil War,
like the impact it had on theAmerican family on the American
society. The brother Can youspare a dime segment of the
Great Depression is reallypowerful to me. There's a world
war two segment that they chooseto depict at Christmas time. And
(31:44):
but also of all the ways theycould have depicted World War
Two they depict it from theRosie the Riveter, right? The
women who were working on theships that got attacked during
World War Two and they you know,one of the character says to the
other Don't worry, maybe ourboys will be home by next
Christmas. I love that I loveit. And then of course, there is
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the ultimate ending the goldengolden dream
Kelli (32:07):
you walk out singing
Chris (32:08):
that I do and I sing it
for the rest of the day. No
Kelli (32:10):
you tearing up right a
little bit maybe I love this.
Chris (32:15):
So Randy Brice the guy
that produced this show actually
wrote the lyrics to goldendream.
Kelli (32:22):
Oh, man, these are some
talented they
Chris (32:24):
are super talented
people. And and basically golden
dream is a is a video montage.
Npbody does a montage likeDisney? And it? It catches it
picks up at World War Two, andshows us all these great
American luminaries and momentssince World War Two Muhammad Ali
Marilyn Monroe. Steve Jobs JimHenson, Fred Astaire, the crew
(32:45):
pf the Space Shuttle Challenger911. Evenrts.
Kelli (32:50):
Wow.
Chris (32:51):
All right. Randy Brice
stated that ultimately the story
conveys that the Americanadventure is one of struggle
Hello, and probably always willbe. He says, in fact, he said in
1983 when they film this thing,that they were going through
hell right now, right is what hesaid. But that with the American
spirit, we will always overcomestruggle and that's what this
(33:14):
story is supposed to recount forus. I love it. I love it and
Kelli (33:21):
you do love it honey, and
I'll say I mean I'm for American
history, obviously nonwhitewashed version. But it
really is a comfy seat in there
Chris (33:33):
and it gets dark and puts
you in a comfy seat in the air
conditioned on a hot day. Andthen they start
Kelli (33:40):
after I've had a
margarita Mexico. Right?
Chris (33:42):
I can understand our
stand hard.
Unknown (33:45):
I'm a good napper.
Chris (33:46):
You are a good napper hon
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