This week, we preview what to expect from Raya and the Last Dragon which launches in 2 weeks (March 5th) on Disney + and in theatres. It's going to be awesome! And then we review The Jungle Book Adventure board game by Ravensburger. Spoiler alert - we love it! If you like the ride, you'll love the game, and if you're a big fan of Disney board games this is a must-have.
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Chris (00:04):
You're listening to supercalifragilistic awesome
Disney podcast. Each week, we'regoing to talk about three
things. In Main Street USA,we'll talk about the latest
Disney news. In Tomorrowland, wetalk about things we're looking
(00:24):
forward to. And World Showcaseis dedicated to our favorite
Disney adventures. So let's getthis show on the road. Por Favor
Mantengase Alejado De LasPuertas. Hello out there
(00:44):
podcast family. Welcome to thisweek's show. My name is Chris
and I'm Kelly. I can't placewhere these ears came from.
Really? Yeah, I don't rememberthey've got feathers tiki tiki
tiki room.
Kelli (00:57):
These are my Tiki Room ears.
Chris (00:58):
Oh nice.
Kelli (00:59):
I can't remember if I've worn them or not.
Chris (01:02):
I can't either.
Kelli (01:03):
I'll say they're they're itchy. I think the the burlap.
Chris (01:08):
burlap? Oh, yes. I remember these. These have like
a like a hemp
Kelli (01:12):
hemp ban. It's a bit itchy. But I'm wearing them
intentionally this week. Sowe're gonna go with it.
Chris (01:20):
intentionally.
Kelli (01:20):
intentionally. I'm not talking about the Tiki Room. You
have no idea what I'm talkingabout.
Chris (01:23):
But it is a foreshadowing of sorts of foreshadowing of
sorts. Okay, wonderful. Hey,again, my favorite thing? Where
do we get downloads from lastweek, but we had our biggest
single download date ever. Thanky'all so much. super exciting. I
logged in that day. And I waslike, Whoa, what happened? Yeah,
so it was great. So yeah, we sawdownloads from either Hugh or
(01:47):
Huff, Ohio (Hough, OH). I knowhow people are about the
pronunciation of their hometownsbeing the one that gets
mispronounced all the time. So Iapologize. But whichever one
that is we thank you fordownloading. Madison, Florida,
Allegan (Again, apologize to youfolks) in Michigan. that live in
(02:07):
that town. We appreciate it. AndBlackheath England. That's
Kelli (02:11):
Awesome. I like that. It sounds very piratey.
Chris (02:13):
It does sound very piratey Are y'all piratey that
is fantastic. So thank you allfor downloading. We are super
grateful. We never take it forgranted, which is one of the
reasons I look at it every everyweek. I love it. It's fun. Okay,
so ready for the nice news. onMain Street this week. In
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entertainment is Disney stockreached an all time high thanks
in part to first quarterearnings. That included the fact
that Disney plus now has over 94million subscribers plus Yeah, I
know. Total direct subscribersto Disney owned properties,
though, is over 146 million thatincludes Hulu and ESPN streaming
(03:01):
service and Disney plus and allthe other things that they own.
Kelli (03:05):
So, they're printing money.
Chris (03:07):
They really are printing money at the end of the day. The
Muppet Show, the original MuppetShow started streaming on
Friday. It is exactly what sixyear old Chris that still lives
inside of me needed. And wewatched two episodes last night
and it's just so much fun.
Kelli (03:28):
It was. It's held up well really has held up pretty well.
Chris (03:31):
Yeah, they have put the label on it. Right. There are
some some depictions here thatmight not be socially
appropriate today. Right. Butthat's, you know, you're gonna
run into that when you'rerepairing something from the
late 70s. Right. So but it wasit was great. And I can't wait
to work my way through thatseries. Yeah, it was fun. And
(03:52):
it's also interesting to seelike to know what like,
characters like Peggy and Gonzoand then look like in our
consciousness today versus.
Kelli (04:00):
I know, Gonzo's nose was really creepy. It was super
pointy.
Chris (04:05):
Which is weird considering that that's his most
defining feature even now.
Kelli (04:09):
I know it was just super pointy and creepy.
Chris (04:14):
Um, so the new trailer for Cruella was really
Kelli (04:19):
Oh my goodness. I know Emma Stone.
Chris (04:22):
I know. Emma Thompson is gonna.
Kelli (04:26):
My two favorite Emma's.
Chris (04:29):
I can't believe you put Emma Watson on the curb.
Kelli (04:30):
No, I do like Emma Watson. But yeah, no Emma Stone
and Emma Thompson are my twofavorite Emma's. Emma Watson
would be like number three,which is great. still great.
Nothing wrong with bronze medal.
So you know, I'll just say Ididn't know exactly how I was
going to feel about that. UntilI saw the trailer. Yeah. And
then I was like, okay and boughtin.
Chris (04:50):
Oh man. Yeah, it's a very cool vibe. It's fantastic. I
love her tagline is brilliant,bad and a little bit mad. No.
Love it, which is Fantastic.
You're not wait to see them.
Yes. Okay, some parks news. SoWalt Disney World has sort of
released what we can all expectas they celebrate 50 years. So
(05:11):
it starts on October the firstthe last 18 months, and they're
going to kick off what they'recalling the world's most magical
celebration. This will includenew 50th anniversary costumes
for Mickey and Minnie andprobably some other characters
too. And I wrote this in mynotes, the four just because I
know how you'll feel about thefour iconic weenies at the parks
(05:34):
is what Walt would call them.
The castle, the tree, SpaceshipEarth, and in this case, it'll
be the Hollywood Tower ofTerror. They're all getting
extra pixie dust for the 50thcelebration. So they're actually
putting some daytime overlaysover the castle, some golden
ribbon, lots of gold and purpleand blue for the celebration for
(05:56):
those 18 months, so some newribbons and color and I don't
know some decor for the castle.
Kelli (06:06):
Like actual decor? Or projected decor?
Chris (06:09):
Both. Okay, yeah, but the castle of particular decor in
the daytime that you can see.
Okay, but then all of them aregetting new projection
projections lighting, the treewill have new fireflies that go
throughout the tree at night.
disconfirms the lightingdisplays on the spaceship or
(06:31):
later, yes. And new projectionson the Tower of Terror and new
lighting and projections for thecastle. So should be really,
really cool. I'm sure we'll getthere at some point during the
celebration. Oh, yes. DisneylandHong Kong opened on Friday. Ice.
So that's good for those folks.
And they've been shut down forCOVID Hello, Paris.
(06:55):
I know man. It's just any daynow. The castle is still
surrounded by scaffolding.
Kelli (07:03):
Come on Paris.
Chris (07:06):
A cast member, This is very exciting. Are you sitting
down?
Kelli (07:09):
I am in fact.
Chris (07:10):
Cast member training has begun for the reopening of the
people mover.
Kelli (07:19):
How much training do we need to do for that.
Chris (07:21):
Look man, if Disney doesn't mess around with stuff
like that they're doing itright.
Kelli (07:26):
I mean,
Chris (07:27):
and is there anybody still alive that was around the
last time that the people moverran?
Kelli (07:31):
I think I could run it. I mean, you got somebody standing
like at the bottom where youwoke up the moving sidewalk and
then you got somebody at the topthat sort of just waving their
hand to the door they open. Itis much more common and then
another person at the end sayingWatch your step please watch
your step before it's moving.
What's your step please watchyour step the floors moving
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please watch your step as youget out the floors moving please
watch your step Watch your step.
Watch your step ma'am. Pleasewatch the step before is moving.
I just don't know how long doesthis is this trading going to
last?
Chris (08:05):
It's really more of a symbol that we're about to be
able to enjoy the people moveragain.
Kelli (08:09):
Symbolic training.
Chris (08:10):
No. The act of training is symbolic to what's coming
next after training okay. Theyall work is honorable work.
Kelli (08:22):
Just saying, I don't think this requires training.
Chris (08:25):
It does.
Kelli (08:26):
There are peoplemover employees that were there prior.
Chris (08:29):
We don't know that. We don't know that. We may have all
new people. Those people hadn'tworked since March. Okay. All
right. work starts on the riverof light theatre at the animal
kingdom. I don't know whatthey're turning it into.
Kelli (08:42):
The River of light theatre. Oh, okay. Right where
they got rid of that show.
Chris (08:47):
You had already scrubbed that from your brain.
Kelli (08:48):
I didn't realize we called it a theater?
Oh, yes. The river of lighttheater. I thought it was like a
just a you know, maybe a stadiumseating. Rivers of light area.
Chris (08:59):
It's called the river of light theater. And they're
redoing it. We don't really knowwhat they're turning it into.
I'm sure there's word out theresomewhere. Okay. Yeah, so they
confirmed like the new lightingpackage for Spaceship Earth.
They're launching it as part ofthe 50th celebration, but it's
permanent. It's gonna be thesame.
Kelli (09:14):
I told you I knew they were gonna do that.
Chris (09:16):
You did. you told me told me Sure enough. The so Zack
Ridley all everybody's favoriteImagineer? Yes said that
Spaceship Earth is a uniquestructure recognized around the
world. To honor this idea. OurImagineers have created custom
lighting features that literallyemerged from her unique
architecture. These featureswill shine across Spaceship
(09:37):
Earth silver panels and in airquotes connect with one another
resembling shimmering stars inthe nighttime sky. Spaceship
Earth has maintained her classicmulticolor lighting design for
nearly 40 years a legacy theteam working on this project are
keen to preserve her classiclook will be maintained and
accentuated through new colorsand intensity in programmed
(09:59):
expressions. That extended intothe new main entrance fountain
and the entire world celebrationarea that continues to take
shape for us. So that middleneighborhood we call world
celebration, right? So that'sall very exciting.
Kelli (10:13):
Can I just say I love that they call it her?
Chris (10:15):
Yeah, I picked up on that. I love that is Spaceship
Earth.
Kelli (10:19):
Well done, Zack.
Chris (10:20):
It's a ship they always call ships hers. The Epcot
international Flower and GardenFestival launches on March the
third and goes through July thefifth so I anticipate a bonus
episode. A bonus episode.
Kelli (10:36):
That'll be exciting.
Chris (10:38):
So yeah, so that's it for Main Street. You want to do a
Minnie Take?
Kelli (10:41):
Let's do it. What is in Mickey psyche today for us?
Chris (10:45):
It's probably a bathroom.
Okay, the one thing this isgonna be hard. Okay, so one
thing you must eat or drink inthe animal kingdom
Kelli (10:57):
at Animal Kingdom The one thing I must
Chris (10:59):
eat or drink must eat or drink is hard. This has got to
be the hardest. Can
Kelli (11:03):
I say Nomad lounge?
Chris (11:07):
No, cuz that's drinking eating. That's five different
than we just proved that in thelast bonus.
Kelli (11:13):
or drink the restaurant.
Can I say that? Yeah,
Chris (11:16):
you narrow it down.
Please. narrow it down. That'swhat makes it hard. That was a
cop out.
Kelli (11:22):
Yeah, do eat and drink.
Sure Go for it. Okay, then I'mgonna say the churros at Nomad
lounge.
Chris (11:28):
Oh, good choice oh good choice which was so much easier.
Kelli (11:35):
With the, what was that last drink I got Jin's tattoo.
Chris (11:42):
Okay with the high discuss the candy so
Kelli (11:44):
the candy type discuss.
So I'm going to go with thearrows at Nomad lounge and Jen's
tattoo as a drink.
Chris (11:49):
Very strong choice. I really thought I was rock solid
on my choice for eating untilyou said the dog on churros.
Kelli (11:56):
Well, you can't say that cuz I said I know. Okay,
Chris (11:59):
I know. All right, but honestly, I know
Kelli (12:01):
what your choice is gonna be. Yeah, but probably. It's
gonna be the fries with thebarbecue and the mac and cheese
on top of it. Know what you lovethose fries? Oh, I
Chris (12:10):
don't. Yes, you do that?
I do. But that's not my choice.
Kelli (12:16):
Do you love them?
Chris (12:17):
I do. I do love this.
Okay, well, what is it? It's themac and cheese with the barbecue
on top.
Kelli (12:23):
Oh, come on. It's the same thing.
Chris (12:25):
No, it's not. Oh,
Kelli (12:28):
wait, are there two different ones. There's one with
fries that has mac and cheeseand BBQ and then there's one mac
and cheese barbecue. Yeah.
Chris (12:35):
Yeah, but the mac and cheese with the barbecue from
the little eight spoons. foodstand is over the top. Maybe the
best mac and cheese I've evereaten. It's baked mac and cheese
and they put this great barbecueon top of it. Okay, I almost
cried when I was eating it.
Kelli (12:55):
That's fine. I mean, I won. But that's fine.
Chris (12:57):
I mean, the churros are really dynamic
Kelli (13:00):
Churros plus Jenn's tattoo. Hashtag winning.
Chris (13:04):
All right. You are winning always. Okay, on to
Tomorrowland. So, in not thisFriday, but the Friday after
that. We are all going to gettreated to what I hope lives up
to the expectations. Raya andthe last dragon. So excited.
Kelli (13:22):
I didn't realize it was that close?
Chris (13:24):
Yes, it is.
Kelli (13:26):
It means our next contest is really close. Really close.
Chris (13:31):
is really really close.
Awesome. strong women. Yes.
contest coming up strong womenunite. Yeah. So I thought about
leaving this one till next week,but I wasn't doing tomorrow and
next week. So right there. Yeah,here we are with riot in the
last dragon opens up on Marchthe fifth 2021. So however many
days seven plus 5, 12 days fromnow. Okay. Um, and it'll be
(13:56):
Disney premiere access Disneyplus premiere access, similar to
I guess what they did withMulan, Mulan. And also they live
in theaters. Okay. Wheretheaters are open where theaters
are open. Yeah. And in fact,when I was looking that up, I
noticed our local theaters likehave already had movie times
listed for it. Really? Yeah.
Which is interesting. It's itactually made me really happy to
see that movie times.
Kelli (14:20):
Yeah, I didn't realize they had they had reopened.
Chris (14:22):
Yeah. Okay. I think so.
At least our local Carolina AMC,okay. Directed by Don Hall and
Carlos Lopez Estrada. Don Halldid the story and co director
for molana he did the story anddirected Winnie the Pooh. He did
the screenplay for me theRobinsons additional story
elements for Brother Bearadditional story elements for an
(14:45):
The Emperor's New Groove which Iknow is all fan favorite out
there. The story for Tarzan Wow.
Yeah. And he directed Big Herosix. So this guy a little bit of
experience. Been around theDisney block a little bit.
Carlos Lopez Estrada didn't havea lot of like Disney stuff to
his credit. But he's done a lotof like musical shorts, videos,
(15:09):
and he did the movie blindspotting, which started Debbie
Diggs, a couple years back,okay, which is interesting, as
is definitely a shift for him.
This was written by Keenan Wynn,who has written a number of TV
series, most recently, andprobably most famously
dispatches from elsewhere, whichis a quirky little TV series
(15:30):
that he wrote. But I thinkprobably the heavy lifting was
Adele Lim, who did thescreenplay for crazy rich
Asians, which I know
Kelli (15:41):
so one, one woman on the upper level staff. Okay, so it
was written, it was written anddirected by men, but the
screenplay was written by awoman.
Chris (15:55):
It was written by a man and a woman. Okay, but Asian. I
mean, yeah, okay. And it wasdirected by two men. Yes.
Kelli (16:06):
So for men and one woman, writing a story featuring a
woman, I hope she had womenreally, I hope she had, you
know, four votes. So thereeveryone
Chris (16:19):
is moving on, saying, starring Kelly Marie Tran as
Raya she most recently playedrose in the last two Star Wars
movies. And for some reason, gottotally trashed by the Star Wars
fanboys out there online.
Kelli (16:33):
I liked her.
Chris (16:34):
I loved her. absolutely loved her. I don't know, I'm
sure that it was, you know, Idecided not to get down into the
muck and figure out what it wastheir problem were just because
it was probably stupid andracist, frankly. I mean, at the
end of the day,
Kelli (16:51):
okay, so they're just wrong. She's great.
Chris (16:53):
She's wonderful. Yes. And Aquafina who you know who that
is? Okay, so you'll know when Iwhen I call out some of her
credits. She was also in crazyrich Asians. She was an Ocean's
eight. She's the Asian Okay, andshe will be scuttled in the live
action Little Mermaid theyrelease soon. And honestly, a
(17:17):
million other things her creditscall her an American actress,
comedian, internet personality,rapper, author and TV host.
Kelli (17:25):
Wow. Okay.
Chris (17:26):
I think she came to fame.
Like on YouTube. Okay,
Kelli (17:30):
so does she identify as Asian American or just American?
Chris (17:33):
I'm pretty sure yeah, okay. Although her I think her
given name was Nora Lum. Okay, Ithink she was raised in the
northeast maybe. Okay. Hope I'mright about that. Also stars
Sandra Oh. Oh, love Sandra.
Sandra. Obviously.
Kelli (17:51):
What is Sandra Oh,
Chris (17:52):
what which character she plays Veronica and I'm not sure
exactly which character that isin the in the movie. Okay.
Benedict Wong who is he's beenin a lot of different things but
one of my favorite things he wasin was Dr. Strange he played the
guy there like he starts outlike running the library and Dr.
Strange. Oh, okay. And then heends up fighting alongside with
(18:15):
Dr. Strange at the end of themonth
Kelli (18:17):
so it sounds like they're doing a great job with cast. Oh,
yeah.
Chris (18:19):
Yeah, it's okay. If you look at the cast it's it is they
did not whitewash and they'renot no Daniel Dae Kim, stars. I
think as Raya's father maybe inthis movie. He's done a million
things people will willrecognize him from the
television series last for sure.
Yeah, he played a major role inthat. So a little more detail on
(18:40):
the plot for Raya and the lastdragon long ago and the fantasy
world of command Dre, humans anddragons lived together in
harmony. But when sinistermonster is known as the droon
threaten the land, the dragonssacrificed themselves to save
humanity. Now 500 years later,the same monsters have returned
(19:01):
and it's up to a lone warriorRiah to track down the last
dragon in order to finally stopthe drone for good. However,
along her journey, she'll learnthat it'll take more than dragon
magic to save the world. It'sgonna take teamwork and trust as
well and I think along the way,she collects a a ragtag band. We
all love a ragtag story, don'twe? There's a misfit. a misfit
(19:25):
group that comes together andsaves the world is always but
now the land that the monstersare terrorizing is broken into
many factions or tribes. Can weunderstand that? Is that
relevant?
Kelli (19:41):
Sound relevant?
Chris (19:43):
Part of the plot centers around rise effort to unite
those tribes together in acommon okay. In one trailer clip
Riah says that the world isbroken. No one trusts anyone and
see sue the dragon bye byeAquafina responds by saving
money. It's broken because youdon't trust anyone. And I mean,
I gotta tell you, it's prettytimely.
Kelli (20:05):
It's great.
Chris (20:05):
It's a pretty timely message. A few little fun facts
about Raya and the last dragonis the first Southeast Asian
Disney Princess. These princessin quotes. I do think she had a
princess I think getting a deKim's character is king as a as
a leader. But this, this girl isdefinitely a buttkicker.
Kelli (20:28):
Well, like I remember in Moana everybody kept calling her
a princess and she was like, I'mnot a princess, right? My dad's
a chief. I'm not a princess.
Chris (20:35):
It was a whole thing and now he's like, Yeah, okay. But,
you know, Moana's character sortof learns that she's that she
can be like, next level fighteror whatever, right strong. I
don't think Raya's got thatproblem. Awesome. Raya walks
(20:57):
into a room I think no, and shecan own it.
Kelli (20:59):
Ready to take some names.
All right. I like it. Well doneRaya.
Chris (21:02):
I think so. Aquafina said that the animation I watched a
little featurette on on themaking of and Aquafina said that
the animation for this family'scompletely next level. Which is,
quote, really incredible whenyou consider that it was
animated all from home. Oh, wow.
Crazy. Yeah. So shows you how wecan do it working from home. We
(21:24):
can do it. We can actually doit. 400 person crew working from
home storyboarding, animation,plot, reconciliation, continuity
issues, all from home. And likethey showed clips of them all on
their little WebEx or zoommeetings or whatever. That's
fantastic. Now, so if if you'vebeen working from home for the
last year, a congratulations onhaving a job that allows you to
(21:46):
work from home right because theworld is hurting in that regard.
But go watch the making offrozen to Disney. Oh, all right.
Kelli (21:57):
Oh, so great. Wonderful.
Chris (21:59):
Now imagine doing all that
Kelli (22:01):
at home. Your home.
Chris (22:02):
Now you're right, included. It's literally mind
blowing. And it makes me soexcited to see this movie, too.
And then try to remember, as Iwatch it, enjoy what these folks
must have.
Kelli (22:14):
That probably means the voice work was done at home too.
Chris (22:18):
So I guess so I tried to dig into this a little bit. But
there's a there's a feature adout there that shows Kelly Tran
Kelly Marie Tran and Aquafinawatching the trailer for the
first time together. Oh, andlike the big trailer that came
out on the Super Bowl. And likethey acted like they had never
(22:38):
actually seen each other inperson. Oh, wow. It's very
possible like they actually saidOh, it's so good to finally see
you like that's what they saidto each other in this little
feature. Oh, wow. So pretty,pretty incredible. Lastly, the
fight sequences employedconsultation with experts in
Southeast Asian martial arts. Sofor example, see, our nice stick
(23:02):
fighting or a scream of sticks,also known as Cali are the
national martial art of thePhilippines. And muy Thai is
used in the movie which tracesits roots back to Siam and
Burmese kingdoms. But especiallyin modern day Thailand. Well
done. Yeah. So just really,hopefully really authentic deal
(23:23):
there. Um, for that, so. Okay,so that's tomorrow and moving on
to world showcase. Yes. Okay,
Kelli (23:29):
I'm ready. So today I want to talk about the Jungle
Cruise adventure board game.
Chris (23:35):
Really good. I'm looking at it. Yeah.
Kelli (23:38):
Yeah. So we have several Disney board games. I love
buying Disney board games in thepark. And this is our second one
by Ravensburger so they don'tsell these Ravensburger games in
the park. Right. So the onessold in the park are not made by
Ravensburger. I don't know whothey're they're made by but it's
not Ravensburger. So our otherone is Hocus Pocus. Right? So I
(24:00):
think I want to do a series ofbonus episodes on Disney board
game reviews. So I thought I'ddo this one for World showcase
just to sort of get a feel forit and see how the audience
likes it. Okay. Yes, well let usknow good feedback. So I picked
this up spur of the moment atBarnes and Noble a because we
had never seen into the park andbe because I love the Jungle
(24:20):
Cruise. I know they sell theseon Amazon too. So but I bought
at Barnes noble for I thinkabout $35 and it is called a
voyage of mystery and misfortuneis for two to four players ages
eight and up. And it takes about45 to 60 minutes to play. So
I'll give you guys the concept.
So the concept is you are racingdown the river to deliver
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passengers and cargo to thecompany headquarters. You get
paid for everything you deliver.
Some things are worth more thanothers like specifically certain
passengers. If they're part ofthe mystery family then they're
worth more than others. The onewith the most that gets the most
money at the end wins. That'snot necessarily the one to
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finish first, right? Right. Ifyour cargo is more valuable, or
you have more members of themystery family, then you're
gonna win even if you don'tfinish first, right. So each
player gets a boat, like acardboard boat that carries 12
passengers, and then a littlematching boat that goes on the
board game, show the gameplayarea to move around the board,
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you roll dice to move down theriver, and then naturally you
encounter issues in the jungle.
And it's really interesting. Soyou might think, well, I want to
roll a three or four, so I canmove down the river faster. But
for every number you roll,that's how many issues you
encounter. So you really onlywant to roll one, you're gonna
hit the same number of issues aseverybody else, everybody's
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going to hit the same number ofissues on the board. So there's
some strategy involved in howyou manage your people in your
cargo.
Chris (25:59):
That's what it's all about.
Kelli (26:00):
Yes. So some encounters, so you encounter issues in the
jungle, right. And some of theseencounters will make some of
your passengers fall out of theboat, depending on which side of
the boat has the encounter,right. And so some encounters
allow you to actually pick upfallen passengers. And the goal
is to get to the end or into theriver with the most things. But
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there's also like combinationsof things like to have this type
of cargo plus one of this typeof cargo is worth X number of
points. So there is an elementof strategy to making sure that
your most valuable cargo andyour most valuable passengers
are kept safe as you'retraveling down the river. So you
might want to move them to theport side or to the back of the
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you know, back of the boat orthe center of the boat or
whatever it is you're goingdown. And there's also an
element of mystery, where youhave to figure out which family
is the mystery family first, andtry to collect more of them than
other players.
Chris (26:59):
That piece of the game feels a little like clue to me.
Kelli (27:01):
It feels very clue very clue esque, right? Where you
know that some passengers areworth more than others, but you
don't know which. And somepassengers are members of
multiple families. And so theycan be counted multiple times.
So there's a little bit ofstrategy and mystery involved
there. But I think it's fun. Sohere is why I think the game is
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great. So first of all, I wouldsay I give it four stars out of
five. What would you give it?
Chris (27:27):
Yeah, I'd say that's that's right. It's not the
hardest game in the world.
Certainly not the hardest gameto learn. The mystery is only a
mystery for so long. Right? But,but yeah, give it a four out of
five is it was absolutely funfamily time for an hour or two
on a Friday night.
Kelli (27:42):
Absolutely. So here's why I think it's great. Okay, so
first of all the jokes. Yes,every encounter has jokes. So
you have to read these jokes onevery turn. Sometimes you're
reading two or three jokes atevery turn. And for the same
reason, we all love the ride. Welove the game. Right? The dad
jokes abound,
Chris (28:02):
For sure and that they are straight out of the ride,
you will recognize so many ofthese.
Kelli (28:07):
Straight out of the ride.
And so I love that. It is a verylight game that moves quickly.
Right so we're talking aboutmystery and encounters in the
jungle and people falling out ofthe boats. But it's all funny
and lighthearted. Just like thegame. Kids are gonna ride. Yeah,
yeah, yeah, the ride. Sorry.
Kids are gonna love the cornyjokes. Yeah, but I think we
actually love them more.
Chris (28:27):
I loved it, it threw me back to being in the boat on
Jungle Cruise.
Kelli (28:33):
And you're not just moving your boat on the river.
You're also arranging andrearranging your passengers and
cargo throughout the game.
Right? So there's multiple touchpoints, right? You're not just
touching the game board androlling dice. There's multiple
touch points on it, which is Ithink it's fun. The encounters
are the same as the ride. Yes,so the backside of water. Yep.
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My personal fav pythons in atree. Bathing elephants and
airplanes crash landing. Right?
If you're a fan of the ride,you're going to love the game.
Yes, for sure.
Chris (29:06):
It feels like Trader Sam's a lot of Trader Sam's.
Kelli (29:09):
Trader Sam's. It feels like you're going down the
river. Right? So for those of usthat are pretty diehard Disney
fans that have written JungleCruise a whole bunch of times
and know all of the jokes, thenthat's that's.
Chris (29:27):
It's a total throwback to being on the ride.
Kelli (29:30):
It really is. Yes. I think it absolutely captures the
experience of the ride. Yep. Soif you're hankering for some
Disney adventure, for sure. Ittotally feels like you've
stepped into Magic Kingdom andyou've written the ride.
Chris (29:44):
Yep. You you envision yourself and you're reading
those cards, like you're theskipper.
Kelli (29:49):
You are the skipper.
That's the whole point. Likeyou're the skipper of your boat.
Yeah. And so that's why we'rereading the joke card.
Chris (29:55):
Yes, exactly. And so if you never had that job, Crow and
I know a guy who had that jobRight. And he loved it. Yeah.
Now you all get the opportunityto have that job as a Skipper on
the Jungle Cruise. Right? And,and I'll say when we played I
won, which made it also veryenjoyable for me. But I did no
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finish first.
Kelli (30:16):
Oh goodness me, you did not finish first and what is
with the whole I won thing likewhy do you need to go there? Why
can't you say it was a funlittle family adventure?
Chris (30:25):
It was a fun little family adventure. I'll say that
I won, despite not reallygetting the strategy until late
in the game. So it that thingthat just speaks to how light a
game it is.
Kelli (30:37):
It's a very light game.
You don't feel like you'rereally competing a lot. Yeah,
like it feels like we're all onthe river together. And it's
fun. Yeah, I would say it's easyto pick up. Very. So even for
younger players. It's not sostrategic that they're left out
of the fun. Right? That's right.
Chris (30:56):
Oh, yeah.
Kelli (30:56):
I mean, our youngest daughter is not really what I
would call a strategic thinkerwith board games. Yeah, for
sure. And but she got it. Oh,yeah. Right. She got it. Oh,
yeah. To move my people. I don'twant this person is more
valuable than this person. Idon't want them on the port side
or whatever. Exactly. And itstill was enough to stir those
competitive juices.
Chris (31:17):
Yes, right. So it was challenging enough. But
definitely not overdoing it.
Kelli (31:23):
Right. It's not a cooperative play game. Right.
And Hocus Pocus is Yeah. And Ithink we actually struggled a
little bit with Hocus Pocusbecause we felt like it needed
to be competitive.
Chris (31:35):
I wanted to win. How do I win this thing?
Kelli (31:38):
So we liked that this one was not a cooperative play here.
Sure. Yeah. I would also say itis well designed, like the board
game, and the pieces are socute. It's fun. It reminds you
of the Jungle Cruise. Theydidn't skimp on the design. And
it's fun to interact with. Likeit's fun to move your little
people around and
Chris (31:57):
look at their names. Oh, sure. And you know, we do have a
number of disney games, we gotPirates of the Caribbean
battleship
Kelli (32:04):
battleship.
Chris (32:06):
Haunted Mansion Game of L fe. But this is a truly o
iginal game. Yes. built around te Jungle Cruise as opposed to H
unted Mansion overlay on an eisting game we a
Kelli (32:18):
Yes. Right. That's a ood point. So that's what you
ee in the park. Are those ovelay games. This is life. ove
laid is haunted mansion.
his is jinga overlaid with Toweof Terror, right those typ
s of games, whereas these Ravnsburger games are truly cre
ted in for the for the ride or te movie right Hocus Pocus for
the movie. Exactly. Also a fugame, by the way, I'll do I
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ll do a whole other section othat good. But I really lo
ed the Jungle Cruise game, I wuld highly recommend it. Espec
ally if you have kids. It wouldlso be fun to do like, you know,
for adults or so like not havina very serious evening.
Chris (32:58):
Yep. You know, have a glass of wine.
Kelli (33:01):
One reason to just sit a ound a table and laugh together
It would be a fun one t
Chris (33:06):
Yeah, highly recommend it. It was a it's a nice light
night of gaming at home. It isit was good pandemic activity. Y
s. If you can't get out and goo the
Kelli (33:16):
It was fun, right? And so I ordered a vinyl Album of the
Jungle Cruise. Right? So it'sone of those Disney classic
vinyl albums. And so I orderedthat vinyl album, The Jungle
Cruise, has the Tiki Room on thebackside of it. I highly
recommend like playing thatalbum.
Chris (33:36):
Yeah, that's while you're doing the game together. Like
hat's what I want to d
Kelli (33:44):
I want to go back and play it again. Play that album,
out a glass of wine or two. Youjust have a lot of fun.
Chris (33:49):
It's a good
Kelli (33:50):
Yeah, now highly recommend. Y'all will love that
one. Yeah, and if you liked thissection, let me know. And I'll
think about doing some bonusepisodes or the board games.
Chris (33:59):
Yeah, I love that. Yes.
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You're listening to supercalifragilistic awesome
Disney podcast. Each week, we'regoing to talk about three
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Disney adventures. So let's getthis show on the road. Por Favor
Mantengase Alejado De LasPuertas. Hello out there
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podcast family. Welcome to thisweek's show. My name is Chris
and I'm Kelly. I can't placewhere these ears came from.
Really? Yeah, I don't rememberthey've got feathers tiki tiki
tiki room.
Kelli (00:57):
These are my Tiki Room ears.
Chris (00:58):
Oh nice.
Kelli (00:59):
I can't remember if I've worn them or not.
Chris (01:02):
I can't either.
Kelli (01:03):
I'll say they're they're itchy. I think the the burlap.
Chris (01:08):
burlap? Oh, yes. I remember these. These have like
a like a hemp
Kelli (01:12):
hemp ban. It's a bit itchy. But I'm wearing them
intentionally this week. Sowe're gonna go with it.
Chris (01:20):
intentionally.
Kelli (01:20):
intentionally. I'm not talking about the Tiki Room. You
have no idea what I'm talkingabout.
Chris (01:23):
But it is a foreshadowing of sorts of foreshadowing of
sorts. Okay, wonderful. Hey,again, my favorite thing? Where
do we get downloads from lastweek, but we had our biggest
single download date ever. Thanky'all so much. super exciting. I
logged in that day. And I waslike, Whoa, what happened? Yeah,
so it was great. So yeah, we sawdownloads from either Hugh or
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Huff, Ohio (Hough, OH). I knowhow people are about the
pronunciation of their hometownsbeing the one that gets
mispronounced all the time. So Iapologize. But whichever one
that is we thank you fordownloading. Madison, Florida,
Allegan (Again, apologize to youfolks) in Michigan. that live in
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that town. We appreciate it. AndBlackheath England. That's
Kelli (02:11):
Awesome. I like that. It sounds very piratey.
Chris (02:13):
It does sound very piratey Are y'all piratey that
is fantastic. So thank you allfor downloading. We are super
grateful. We never take it forgranted, which is one of the
reasons I look at it every everyweek. I love it. It's fun. Okay,
so ready for the nice news. onMain Street this week. In
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entertainment is Disney stockreached an all time high thanks
in part to first quarterearnings. That included the fact
that Disney plus now has over 94million subscribers plus Yeah, I
know. Total direct subscribersto Disney owned properties,
though, is over 146 million thatincludes Hulu and ESPN streaming
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service and Disney plus and allthe other things that they own.
Kelli (03:05):
So, they're printing money.
Chris (03:07):
They really are printing money at the end of the day. The
Muppet Show, the original MuppetShow started streaming on
Friday. It is exactly what sixyear old Chris that still lives
inside of me needed. And wewatched two episodes last night
and it's just so much fun.
Kelli (03:28):
It was. It's held up well really has held up pretty well.
Chris (03:31):
Yeah, they have put the label on it. Right. There are
some some depictions here thatmight not be socially
appropriate today. Right. Butthat's, you know, you're gonna
run into that when you'rerepairing something from the
late 70s. Right. So but it wasit was great. And I can't wait
to work my way through thatseries. Yeah, it was fun. And
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it's also interesting to seelike to know what like,
characters like Peggy and Gonzoand then look like in our
consciousness today versus.
Kelli (04:00):
I know, Gonzo's nose was really creepy. It was super
pointy.
Chris (04:05):
Which is weird considering that that's his most
defining feature even now.
Kelli (04:09):
I know it was just super pointy and creepy.
Chris (04:14):
Um, so the new trailer for Cruella was really
Kelli (04:19):
Oh my goodness. I know Emma Stone.
Chris (04:22):
I know. Emma Thompson is gonna.
Kelli (04:26):
My two favorite Emma's.
Chris (04:29):
I can't believe you put Emma Watson on the curb.
Kelli (04:30):
No, I do like Emma Watson. But yeah, no Emma Stone
and Emma Thompson are my twofavorite Emma's. Emma Watson
would be like number three,which is great. still great.
Nothing wrong with bronze medal.
So you know, I'll just say Ididn't know exactly how I was
going to feel about that. UntilI saw the trailer. Yeah. And
then I was like, okay and boughtin.
Chris (04:50):
Oh man. Yeah, it's a very cool vibe. It's fantastic. I
love her tagline is brilliant,bad and a little bit mad. No.
Love it, which is Fantastic.
You're not wait to see them.
Yes. Okay, some parks news. SoWalt Disney World has sort of
released what we can all expectas they celebrate 50 years. So
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it starts on October the firstthe last 18 months, and they're
going to kick off what they'recalling the world's most magical
celebration. This will includenew 50th anniversary costumes
for Mickey and Minnie andprobably some other characters
too. And I wrote this in mynotes, the four just because I
know how you'll feel about thefour iconic weenies at the parks
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is what Walt would call them.
The castle, the tree, SpaceshipEarth, and in this case, it'll
be the Hollywood Tower ofTerror. They're all getting
extra pixie dust for the 50thcelebration. So they're actually
putting some daytime overlaysover the castle, some golden
ribbon, lots of gold and purpleand blue for the celebration for
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those 18 months, so some newribbons and color and I don't
know some decor for the castle.
Kelli (06:06):
Like actual decor? Or projected decor?
Chris (06:09):
Both. Okay, yeah, but the castle of particular decor in
the daytime that you can see.
Okay, but then all of them aregetting new projection
projections lighting, the treewill have new fireflies that go
throughout the tree at night.
disconfirms the lightingdisplays on the spaceship or
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later, yes. And new projectionson the Tower of Terror and new
lighting and projections for thecastle. So should be really,
really cool. I'm sure we'll getthere at some point during the
celebration. Oh, yes. DisneylandHong Kong opened on Friday. Ice.
So that's good for those folks.
And they've been shut down forCOVID Hello, Paris.
(06:55):
I know man. It's just any daynow. The castle is still
surrounded by scaffolding.
Kelli (07:03):
Come on Paris.
Chris (07:06):
A cast member, This is very exciting. Are you sitting
down?
Kelli (07:09):
I am in fact.
Chris (07:10):
Cast member training has begun for the reopening of the
people mover.
Kelli (07:19):
How much training do we need to do for that.
Chris (07:21):
Look man, if Disney doesn't mess around with stuff
like that they're doing itright.
Kelli (07:26):
I mean,
Chris (07:27):
and is there anybody still alive that was around the
last time that the people moverran?
Kelli (07:31):
I think I could run it. I mean, you got somebody standing
like at the bottom where youwoke up the moving sidewalk and
then you got somebody at the topthat sort of just waving their
hand to the door they open. Itis much more common and then
another person at the end sayingWatch your step please watch
your step before it's moving.
What's your step please watchyour step the floors moving
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please watch your step as youget out the floors moving please
watch your step Watch your step.
Watch your step ma'am. Pleasewatch the step before is moving.
I just don't know how long doesthis is this trading going to
last?
Chris (08:05):
It's really more of a symbol that we're about to be
able to enjoy the people moveragain.
Kelli (08:09):
Symbolic training.
Chris (08:10):
No. The act of training is symbolic to what's coming
next after training okay. Theyall work is honorable work.
Kelli (08:22):
Just saying, I don't think this requires training.
Chris (08:25):
It does.
Kelli (08:26):
There are peoplemover employees that were there prior.
Chris (08:29):
We don't know that. We don't know that. We may have all
new people. Those people hadn'tworked since March. Okay. All
right. work starts on the riverof light theatre at the animal
kingdom. I don't know whatthey're turning it into.
Kelli (08:42):
The River of light theatre. Oh, okay. Right where
they got rid of that show.
Chris (08:47):
You had already scrubbed that from your brain.
Kelli (08:48):
I didn't realize we called it a theater?
Oh, yes. The river of lighttheater. I thought it was like a
just a you know, maybe a stadiumseating. Rivers of light area.
Chris (08:59):
It's called the river of light theater. And they're
redoing it. We don't really knowwhat they're turning it into.
I'm sure there's word out theresomewhere. Okay. Yeah, so they
confirmed like the new lightingpackage for Spaceship Earth.
They're launching it as part ofthe 50th celebration, but it's
permanent. It's gonna be thesame.
Kelli (09:14):
I told you I knew they were gonna do that.
Chris (09:16):
You did. you told me told me Sure enough. The so Zack
Ridley all everybody's favoriteImagineer? Yes said that
Spaceship Earth is a uniquestructure recognized around the
world. To honor this idea. OurImagineers have created custom
lighting features that literallyemerged from her unique
architecture. These featureswill shine across Spaceship
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Earth silver panels and in airquotes connect with one another
resembling shimmering stars inthe nighttime sky. Spaceship
Earth has maintained her classicmulticolor lighting design for
nearly 40 years a legacy theteam working on this project are
keen to preserve her classiclook will be maintained and
accentuated through new colorsand intensity in programmed
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expressions. That extended intothe new main entrance fountain
and the entire world celebrationarea that continues to take
shape for us. So that middleneighborhood we call world
celebration, right? So that'sall very exciting.
Kelli (10:13):
Can I just say I love that they call it her?
Chris (10:15):
Yeah, I picked up on that. I love that is Spaceship
Earth.
Kelli (10:19):
Well done, Zack.
Chris (10:20):
It's a ship they always call ships hers. The Epcot
international Flower and GardenFestival launches on March the
third and goes through July thefifth so I anticipate a bonus
episode. A bonus episode.
Kelli (10:36):
That'll be exciting.
Chris (10:38):
So yeah, so that's it for Main Street. You want to do a
Minnie Take?
Kelli (10:41):
Let's do it. What is in Mickey psyche today for us?
Chris (10:45):
It's probably a bathroom.
Okay, the one thing this isgonna be hard. Okay, so one
thing you must eat or drink inthe animal kingdom
Kelli (10:57):
at Animal Kingdom The one thing I must
Chris (10:59):
eat or drink must eat or drink is hard. This has got to
be the hardest. Can
Kelli (11:03):
I say Nomad lounge?
Chris (11:07):
No, cuz that's drinking eating. That's five different
than we just proved that in thelast bonus.
Kelli (11:13):
or drink the restaurant.
Can I say that? Yeah,
Chris (11:16):
you narrow it down.
Please. narrow it down. That'swhat makes it hard. That was a
cop out.
Kelli (11:22):
Yeah, do eat and drink.
Sure Go for it. Okay, then I'mgonna say the churros at Nomad
lounge.
Chris (11:28):
Oh, good choice oh good choice which was so much easier.
Kelli (11:35):
With the, what was that last drink I got Jin's tattoo.
Chris (11:42):
Okay with the high discuss the candy so
Kelli (11:44):
the candy type discuss.
So I'm going to go with thearrows at Nomad lounge and Jen's
tattoo as a drink.
Chris (11:49):
Very strong choice. I really thought I was rock solid
on my choice for eating untilyou said the dog on churros.
Kelli (11:56):
Well, you can't say that cuz I said I know. Okay,
Chris (11:59):
I know. All right, but honestly, I know
Kelli (12:01):
what your choice is gonna be. Yeah, but probably. It's
gonna be the fries with thebarbecue and the mac and cheese
on top of it. Know what you lovethose fries? Oh, I
Chris (12:10):
don't. Yes, you do that?
I do. But that's not my choice.
Kelli (12:16):
Do you love them?
Chris (12:17):
I do. I do love this.
Okay, well, what is it? It's themac and cheese with the barbecue
on top.
Kelli (12:23):
Oh, come on. It's the same thing.
Chris (12:25):
No, it's not. Oh,
Kelli (12:28):
wait, are there two different ones. There's one with
fries that has mac and cheeseand BBQ and then there's one mac
and cheese barbecue. Yeah.
Chris (12:35):
Yeah, but the mac and cheese with the barbecue from
the little eight spoons. foodstand is over the top. Maybe the
best mac and cheese I've evereaten. It's baked mac and cheese
and they put this great barbecueon top of it. Okay, I almost
cried when I was eating it.
Kelli (12:55):
That's fine. I mean, I won. But that's fine.
Chris (12:57):
I mean, the churros are really dynamic
Kelli (13:00):
Churros plus Jenn's tattoo. Hashtag winning.
Chris (13:04):
All right. You are winning always. Okay, on to
Tomorrowland. So, in not thisFriday, but the Friday after
that. We are all going to gettreated to what I hope lives up
to the expectations. Raya andthe last dragon. So excited.
Kelli (13:22):
I didn't realize it was that close?
Chris (13:24):
Yes, it is.
Kelli (13:26):
It means our next contest is really close. Really close.
Chris (13:31):
is really really close.
Awesome. strong women. Yes.
contest coming up strong womenunite. Yeah. So I thought about
leaving this one till next week,but I wasn't doing tomorrow and
next week. So right there. Yeah,here we are with riot in the
last dragon opens up on Marchthe fifth 2021. So however many
days seven plus 5, 12 days fromnow. Okay. Um, and it'll be
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Disney premiere access Disneyplus premiere access, similar to
I guess what they did withMulan, Mulan. And also they live
in theaters. Okay. Wheretheaters are open where theaters
are open. Yeah. And in fact,when I was looking that up, I
noticed our local theaters likehave already had movie times
listed for it. Really? Yeah.
Which is interesting. It's itactually made me really happy to
see that movie times.
Kelli (14:20):
Yeah, I didn't realize they had they had reopened.
Chris (14:22):
Yeah. Okay. I think so.
At least our local Carolina AMC,okay. Directed by Don Hall and
Carlos Lopez Estrada. Don Halldid the story and co director
for molana he did the story anddirected Winnie the Pooh. He did
the screenplay for me theRobinsons additional story
elements for Brother Bearadditional story elements for an
(14:45):
The Emperor's New Groove which Iknow is all fan favorite out
there. The story for Tarzan Wow.
Yeah. And he directed Big Herosix. So this guy a little bit of
experience. Been around theDisney block a little bit.
Carlos Lopez Estrada didn't havea lot of like Disney stuff to
his credit. But he's done a lotof like musical shorts, videos,
(15:09):
and he did the movie blindspotting, which started Debbie
Diggs, a couple years back,okay, which is interesting, as
is definitely a shift for him.
This was written by Keenan Wynn,who has written a number of TV
series, most recently, andprobably most famously
dispatches from elsewhere, whichis a quirky little TV series
(15:30):
that he wrote. But I thinkprobably the heavy lifting was
Adele Lim, who did thescreenplay for crazy rich
Asians, which I know
Kelli (15:41):
so one, one woman on the upper level staff. Okay, so it
was written, it was written anddirected by men, but the
screenplay was written by awoman.
Chris (15:55):
It was written by a man and a woman. Okay, but Asian. I
mean, yeah, okay. And it wasdirected by two men. Yes.
Kelli (16:06):
So for men and one woman, writing a story featuring a
woman, I hope she had womenreally, I hope she had, you
know, four votes. So thereeveryone
Chris (16:19):
is moving on, saying, starring Kelly Marie Tran as
Raya she most recently playedrose in the last two Star Wars
movies. And for some reason, gottotally trashed by the Star Wars
fanboys out there online.
Kelli (16:33):
I liked her.
Chris (16:34):
I loved her. absolutely loved her. I don't know, I'm
sure that it was, you know, Idecided not to get down into the
muck and figure out what it wastheir problem were just because
it was probably stupid andracist, frankly. I mean, at the
end of the day,
Kelli (16:51):
okay, so they're just wrong. She's great.
Chris (16:53):
She's wonderful. Yes. And Aquafina who you know who that
is? Okay, so you'll know when Iwhen I call out some of her
credits. She was also in crazyrich Asians. She was an Ocean's
eight. She's the Asian Okay, andshe will be scuttled in the live
action Little Mermaid theyrelease soon. And honestly, a
(17:17):
million other things her creditscall her an American actress,
comedian, internet personality,rapper, author and TV host.
Kelli (17:25):
Wow. Okay.
Chris (17:26):
I think she came to fame.
Like on YouTube. Okay,
Kelli (17:30):
so does she identify as Asian American or just American?
Chris (17:33):
I'm pretty sure yeah, okay. Although her I think her
given name was Nora Lum. Okay, Ithink she was raised in the
northeast maybe. Okay. Hope I'mright about that. Also stars
Sandra Oh. Oh, love Sandra.
Sandra. Obviously.
Kelli (17:51):
What is Sandra Oh,
Chris (17:52):
what which character she plays Veronica and I'm not sure
exactly which character that isin the in the movie. Okay.
Benedict Wong who is he's beenin a lot of different things but
one of my favorite things he wasin was Dr. Strange he played the
guy there like he starts outlike running the library and Dr.
Strange. Oh, okay. And then heends up fighting alongside with
(18:15):
Dr. Strange at the end of themonth
Kelli (18:17):
so it sounds like they're doing a great job with cast. Oh,
yeah.
Chris (18:19):
Yeah, it's okay. If you look at the cast it's it is they
did not whitewash and they'renot no Daniel Dae Kim, stars. I
think as Raya's father maybe inthis movie. He's done a million
things people will willrecognize him from the
television series last for sure.
Yeah, he played a major role inthat. So a little more detail on
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the plot for Raya and the lastdragon long ago and the fantasy
world of command Dre, humans anddragons lived together in
harmony. But when sinistermonster is known as the droon
threaten the land, the dragonssacrificed themselves to save
humanity. Now 500 years later,the same monsters have returned
(19:01):
and it's up to a lone warriorRiah to track down the last
dragon in order to finally stopthe drone for good. However,
along her journey, she'll learnthat it'll take more than dragon
magic to save the world. It'sgonna take teamwork and trust as
well and I think along the way,she collects a a ragtag band. We
all love a ragtag story, don'twe? There's a misfit. a misfit
(19:25):
group that comes together andsaves the world is always but
now the land that the monstersare terrorizing is broken into
many factions or tribes. Can weunderstand that? Is that
relevant?
Kelli (19:41):
Sound relevant?
Chris (19:43):
Part of the plot centers around rise effort to unite
those tribes together in acommon okay. In one trailer clip
Riah says that the world isbroken. No one trusts anyone and
see sue the dragon bye byeAquafina responds by saving
money. It's broken because youdon't trust anyone. And I mean,
I gotta tell you, it's prettytimely.
Kelli (20:05):
It's great.
Chris (20:05):
It's a pretty timely message. A few little fun facts
about Raya and the last dragonis the first Southeast Asian
Disney Princess. These princessin quotes. I do think she had a
princess I think getting a deKim's character is king as a as
a leader. But this, this girl isdefinitely a buttkicker.
Kelli (20:28):
Well, like I remember in Moana everybody kept calling her
a princess and she was like, I'mnot a princess, right? My dad's
a chief. I'm not a princess.
Chris (20:35):
It was a whole thing and now he's like, Yeah, okay. But,
you know, Moana's character sortof learns that she's that she
can be like, next level fighteror whatever, right strong. I
don't think Raya's got thatproblem. Awesome. Raya walks
(20:57):
into a room I think no, and shecan own it.
Kelli (20:59):
Ready to take some names.
All right. I like it. Well doneRaya.
Chris (21:02):
I think so. Aquafina said that the animation I watched a
little featurette on on themaking of and Aquafina said that
the animation for this family'scompletely next level. Which is,
quote, really incredible whenyou consider that it was
animated all from home. Oh, wow.
Crazy. Yeah. So shows you how wecan do it working from home. We
(21:24):
can do it. We can actually doit. 400 person crew working from
home storyboarding, animation,plot, reconciliation, continuity
issues, all from home. And likethey showed clips of them all on
their little WebEx or zoommeetings or whatever. That's
fantastic. Now, so if if you'vebeen working from home for the
last year, a congratulations onhaving a job that allows you to
(21:46):
work from home right because theworld is hurting in that regard.
But go watch the making offrozen to Disney. Oh, all right.
Kelli (21:57):
Oh, so great. Wonderful.
Chris (21:59):
Now imagine doing all that
Kelli (22:01):
at home. Your home.
Chris (22:02):
Now you're right, included. It's literally mind
blowing. And it makes me soexcited to see this movie, too.
And then try to remember, as Iwatch it, enjoy what these folks
must have.
Kelli (22:14):
That probably means the voice work was done at home too.
Chris (22:18):
So I guess so I tried to dig into this a little bit. But
there's a there's a feature adout there that shows Kelly Tran
Kelly Marie Tran and Aquafinawatching the trailer for the
first time together. Oh, andlike the big trailer that came
out on the Super Bowl. And likethey acted like they had never
(22:38):
actually seen each other inperson. Oh, wow. It's very
possible like they actually saidOh, it's so good to finally see
you like that's what they saidto each other in this little
feature. Oh, wow. So pretty,pretty incredible. Lastly, the
fight sequences employedconsultation with experts in
Southeast Asian martial arts. Sofor example, see, our nice stick
(23:02):
fighting or a scream of sticks,also known as Cali are the
national martial art of thePhilippines. And muy Thai is
used in the movie which tracesits roots back to Siam and
Burmese kingdoms. But especiallyin modern day Thailand. Well
done. Yeah. So just really,hopefully really authentic deal
(23:23):
there. Um, for that, so. Okay,so that's tomorrow and moving on
to world showcase. Yes. Okay,
Kelli (23:29):
I'm ready. So today I want to talk about the Jungle
Cruise adventure board game.
Chris (23:35):
Really good. I'm looking at it. Yeah.
Kelli (23:38):
Yeah. So we have several Disney board games. I love
buying Disney board games in thepark. And this is our second one
by Ravensburger so they don'tsell these Ravensburger games in
the park. Right. So the onessold in the park are not made by
Ravensburger. I don't know whothey're they're made by but it's
not Ravensburger. So our otherone is Hocus Pocus. Right? So I
(24:00):
think I want to do a series ofbonus episodes on Disney board
game reviews. So I thought I'ddo this one for World showcase
just to sort of get a feel forit and see how the audience
likes it. Okay. Yes, well let usknow good feedback. So I picked
this up spur of the moment atBarnes and Noble a because we
had never seen into the park andbe because I love the Jungle
(24:20):
Cruise. I know they sell theseon Amazon too. So but I bought
at Barnes noble for I thinkabout $35 and it is called a
voyage of mystery and misfortuneis for two to four players ages
eight and up. And it takes about45 to 60 minutes to play. So
I'll give you guys the concept.
So the concept is you are racingdown the river to deliver
(24:44):
passengers and cargo to thecompany headquarters. You get
paid for everything you deliver.
Some things are worth more thanothers like specifically certain
passengers. If they're part ofthe mystery family then they're
worth more than others. The onewith the most that gets the most
money at the end wins. That'snot necessarily the one to
(25:05):
finish first, right? Right. Ifyour cargo is more valuable, or
you have more members of themystery family, then you're
gonna win even if you don'tfinish first, right. So each
player gets a boat, like acardboard boat that carries 12
passengers, and then a littlematching boat that goes on the
board game, show the gameplayarea to move around the board,
(25:27):
you roll dice to move down theriver, and then naturally you
encounter issues in the jungle.
And it's really interesting. Soyou might think, well, I want to
roll a three or four, so I canmove down the river faster. But
for every number you roll,that's how many issues you
encounter. So you really onlywant to roll one, you're gonna
hit the same number of issues aseverybody else, everybody's
(25:51):
going to hit the same number ofissues on the board. So there's
some strategy involved in howyou manage your people in your
cargo.
Chris (25:59):
That's what it's all about.
Kelli (26:00):
Yes. So some encounters, so you encounter issues in the
jungle, right. And some of theseencounters will make some of
your passengers fall out of theboat, depending on which side of
the boat has the encounter,right. And so some encounters
allow you to actually pick upfallen passengers. And the goal
is to get to the end or into theriver with the most things. But
(26:23):
there's also like combinationsof things like to have this type
of cargo plus one of this typeof cargo is worth X number of
points. So there is an elementof strategy to making sure that
your most valuable cargo andyour most valuable passengers
are kept safe as you'retraveling down the river. So you
might want to move them to theport side or to the back of the
(26:45):
you know, back of the boat orthe center of the boat or
whatever it is you're goingdown. And there's also an
element of mystery, where youhave to figure out which family
is the mystery family first, andtry to collect more of them than
other players.
Chris (26:59):
That piece of the game feels a little like clue to me.
Kelli (27:01):
It feels very clue very clue esque, right? Where you
know that some passengers areworth more than others, but you
don't know which. And somepassengers are members of
multiple families. And so theycan be counted multiple times.
So there's a little bit ofstrategy and mystery involved
there. But I think it's fun. Sohere is why I think the game is
(27:23):
great. So first of all, I wouldsay I give it four stars out of
five. What would you give it?
Chris (27:27):
Yeah, I'd say that's that's right. It's not the
hardest game in the world.
Certainly not the hardest gameto learn. The mystery is only a
mystery for so long. Right? But,but yeah, give it a four out of
five is it was absolutely funfamily time for an hour or two
on a Friday night.
Kelli (27:42):
Absolutely. So here's why I think it's great. Okay, so
first of all the jokes. Yes,every encounter has jokes. So
you have to read these jokes onevery turn. Sometimes you're
reading two or three jokes atevery turn. And for the same
reason, we all love the ride. Welove the game. Right? The dad
jokes abound,
Chris (28:02):
For sure and that they are straight out of the ride,
you will recognize so many ofthese.
Kelli (28:07):
Straight out of the ride.
And so I love that. It is a verylight game that moves quickly.
Right so we're talking aboutmystery and encounters in the
jungle and people falling out ofthe boats. But it's all funny
and lighthearted. Just like thegame. Kids are gonna ride. Yeah,
yeah, yeah, the ride. Sorry.
Kids are gonna love the cornyjokes. Yeah, but I think we
actually love them more.
Chris (28:27):
I loved it, it threw me back to being in the boat on
Jungle Cruise.
Kelli (28:33):
And you're not just moving your boat on the river.
You're also arranging andrearranging your passengers and
cargo throughout the game.
Right? So there's multiple touchpoints, right? You're not just
touching the game board androlling dice. There's multiple
touch points on it, which is Ithink it's fun. The encounters
are the same as the ride. Yes,so the backside of water. Yep.
(28:53):
My personal fav pythons in atree. Bathing elephants and
airplanes crash landing. Right?
If you're a fan of the ride,you're going to love the game.
Yes, for sure.
Chris (29:06):
It feels like Trader Sam's a lot of Trader Sam's.
Kelli (29:09):
Trader Sam's. It feels like you're going down the
river. Right? So for those of usthat are pretty diehard Disney
fans that have written JungleCruise a whole bunch of times
and know all of the jokes, thenthat's that's.
Chris (29:27):
It's a total throwback to being on the ride.
Kelli (29:30):
It really is. Yes. I think it absolutely captures the
experience of the ride. Yep. Soif you're hankering for some
Disney adventure, for sure. Ittotally feels like you've
stepped into Magic Kingdom andyou've written the ride.
Chris (29:44):
Yep. You you envision yourself and you're reading
those cards, like you're theskipper.
Kelli (29:49):
You are the skipper.
That's the whole point. Likeyou're the skipper of your boat.
Yeah. And so that's why we'rereading the joke card.
Chris (29:55):
Yes, exactly. And so if you never had that job, Crow and
I know a guy who had that jobRight. And he loved it. Yeah.
Now you all get the opportunityto have that job as a Skipper on
the Jungle Cruise. Right? And,and I'll say when we played I
won, which made it also veryenjoyable for me. But I did no
(30:15):
finish first.
Kelli (30:16):
Oh goodness me, you did not finish first and what is
with the whole I won thing likewhy do you need to go there? Why
can't you say it was a funlittle family adventure?
Chris (30:25):
It was a fun little family adventure. I'll say that
I won, despite not reallygetting the strategy until late
in the game. So it that thingthat just speaks to how light a
game it is.
Kelli (30:37):
It's a very light game.
You don't feel like you'rereally competing a lot. Yeah,
like it feels like we're all onthe river together. And it's
fun. Yeah, I would say it's easyto pick up. Very. So even for
younger players. It's not sostrategic that they're left out
of the fun. Right? That's right.
Chris (30:56):
Oh, yeah.
Kelli (30:56):
I mean, our youngest daughter is not really what I
would call a strategic thinkerwith board games. Yeah, for
sure. And but she got it. Oh,yeah. Right. She got it. Oh,
yeah. To move my people. I don'twant this person is more
valuable than this person. Idon't want them on the port side
or whatever. Exactly. And itstill was enough to stir those
competitive juices.
Chris (31:17):
Yes, right. So it was challenging enough. But
definitely not overdoing it.
Kelli (31:23):
Right. It's not a cooperative play game. Right.
And Hocus Pocus is Yeah. And Ithink we actually struggled a
little bit with Hocus Pocusbecause we felt like it needed
to be competitive.
Chris (31:35):
I wanted to win. How do I win this thing?
Kelli (31:38):
So we liked that this one was not a cooperative play here.
Sure. Yeah. I would also say itis well designed, like the board
game, and the pieces are socute. It's fun. It reminds you
of the Jungle Cruise. Theydidn't skimp on the design. And
it's fun to interact with. Likeit's fun to move your little
people around and
Chris (31:57):
look at their names. Oh, sure. And you know, we do have a
number of disney games, we gotPirates of the Caribbean
battleship
Kelli (32:04):
battleship.
Chris (32:06):
Haunted Mansion Game of L fe. But this is a truly o
iginal game. Yes. built around te Jungle Cruise as opposed to H
unted Mansion overlay on an eisting game we a
Kelli (32:18):
Yes. Right. That's a ood point. So that's what you
ee in the park. Are those ovelay games. This is life. ove
laid is haunted mansion.
his is jinga overlaid with Toweof Terror, right those typ
s of games, whereas these Ravnsburger games are truly cre
ted in for the for the ride or te movie right Hocus Pocus for
the movie. Exactly. Also a fugame, by the way, I'll do I
(32:41):
ll do a whole other section othat good. But I really lo
ed the Jungle Cruise game, I wuld highly recommend it. Espec
ally if you have kids. It wouldlso be fun to do like, you know,
for adults or so like not havina very serious evening.
Chris (32:58):
Yep. You know, have a glass of wine.
Kelli (33:01):
One reason to just sit a ound a table and laugh together
It would be a fun one t
Chris (33:06):
Yeah, highly recommend it. It was a it's a nice light
night of gaming at home. It isit was good pandemic activity. Y
s. If you can't get out and goo the
Kelli (33:16):
It was fun, right? And so I ordered a vinyl Album of the
Jungle Cruise. Right? So it'sone of those Disney classic
vinyl albums. And so I orderedthat vinyl album, The Jungle
Cruise, has the Tiki Room on thebackside of it. I highly
recommend like playing thatalbum.
Chris (33:36):
Yeah, that's while you're doing the game together. Like
hat's what I want to d
Kelli (33:44):
I want to go back and play it again. Play that album,
out a glass of wine or two. Youjust have a lot of fun.
Chris (33:49):
It's a good
Kelli (33:50):
Yeah, now highly recommend. Y'all will love that
one. Yeah, and if you liked thissection, let me know. And I'll
think about doing some bonusepisodes or the board games.
Chris (33:59):
Yeah, I love that. Yes.
Well, folks, that is this week'sshow. We hope you enjoyed it. If
you did, you know did go outthere to iTunes. Leave us a
rating leave us a review. Itreally helps us bring new
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and more people to enjoy thiswith us.
Kelli (34:19):
Absolutely. And if you're looking for more things Disney
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ve got some cool bonus episodesut there. And in this next week
or so we'll be deciding our nxt bonus episode. Maybe a hot
Chris (34:40):
or hotel tour. Yeah of our last day at poly or animal
kingdom. Yeah, that'd beexciting. So yeah, keep an eye
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