On this week’s show, Kelli tells you what to expect for Animal Kingdom’s 25th anniversary this April and how you can best celebrate Earth Day at Disney in 2023. Chris starts a heated debate about his feelings on the Travel + Leisure ranking of all Walt Disney World experiences.
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Show Notes:
Chris and Kelli discuss Disney’s consolidation of power in Florida, with Chris providing legal insights and potential consequences. They also share their plans for an upcoming trip to Disney World, including visits to the new Vacation Club Lounge and Earth Day celebrations at Animal Kingdom. Additionally, they discuss Disney’s ocean conservation efforts through the Avatar Creator platform, with Kelli explaining how users can create their own avatar person and donate to the Nature Conservancy. The pair also express their differing opinions on various Disney World attractions and merchandise, with Chris prioritizing Avatar Flight of Passage and Star Wars Rise of the Resistance, while Kelli prefers Slinky Dog and Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster.
Outline
Disney podcast, mentions Rio de Janeiro and Florida politics.
- Kelli and Chris discuss Disney-related topics, including downloads and cities where their podcast is popular.
- They mention specific locations such as Minneapolis, Minnesota; Huntersville, North Carolina; Smithfield, Utah; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Chris and Kelli discuss Disney’s power grab in Florida.
Disney theme park changes and updates.
- Kelli and Chris discuss Florida’s education system and Disney’s influence.
- Chris and Kelli discuss Disney news, including a new labor agreement and the end of the 50th anniversary celebration at Walt Disney World.
- Kelli and Chris discuss the removal of decorations and shows at Epcot, with Chris expressing confusion and concern about why these things are being taken down (0:08-0:10).
- Kelli and Chris speculate about the reasons behind the removals, with Kelli assuming that these things will be up forever and Chris expressing doubts about their permanence (0:10-0:13).
Disney’s Earth Day celebrations and ocean conservation efforts.
- Kelli and Chris discuss a new DVC lounge opening at Disneyland on April 19th, with amenities including a dedicated member services team, complimentary Wi-Fi, and soft drinks.
- Chris and Kelli discuss Earth Day and Animal Kingdom’s 25th anniversary.
- Kelli shares information about Disney’s conservation efforts and Earth Day mission.
- Kelli and Chris discuss Disney’s Earth Day campaign, which includes creating custom avatars for the ocean and donating $5 to the Nature Conservancy for every avatar created.
- Users can create their own avatar, name it, and track its virtual journey in the ocean, with the possibility of seeing it in real-life locations.
Disney’s Animal Kingdom’s 25th anniversary celebration with special events, food, and drinks.
- Kelli and Chris discuss Disney’s Animal Kingdom’s 25th anniversary celebration, including new experiences, entertainment, and merchandise.
- The park’s message focuses on oceans, with a new animation experience and limited-time wilderness explorers badge available.
- Kelli and Chris discuss various food and drink options at Disney World, including a strawberry cake cupcake and a gin and bitters cocktail inspired by beehives.
- Restaurants offer plant-based options, such as a roasted mushroom pizza and cauliflower bunny Chow, and special cakes and cocktails are available at select locations.
Disney World attractions rankings, disagreements on top 10.
- Chris and Kelli discuss Travel and Leisure’s ranking of Walt Disney World attractions, with Chris highlighting the top 10 and Kelli agreeing on Splash Mountain and Space Mountain.
- Chris and Kelli discuss the top 10 Disney World attractions, with Chris ranking them differently than Kelli.
- They disagree on the rankings, with Chris placing Avatar Flight of Passage and Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance in the top two spots.
- Kelli and Chris discuss their top 10 Disney World rides, with Kelli placing Slinky Dog at #16 and Chris disagreeing.
- Kelli criticizes Smugglers Run for being boring and having poor visibility, while Chris places it at #13.
Disney World attractions and rankings.
- Chris and Kelli discuss their ranking of Disney World rides, with Chris preferring Philharmagic and Kelli disagreeing.
- They also discuss the interactive 3D shows, with Kelli disliking them and Chris preferring philharmagic.
- Kelli and Chris discuss Disney attractions, with Kelli expressing disappointment over the exclusion of Country Bear Jamboree from a list.
- Disney General
- Magic Kingdom
- Resorts:
- https://blogmickey.com/2023/03/permits-reveal-upcoming-entrance-relocation-for-disneys-polynesian-village-resort/
- Poly to get a new entrance
- DVC tower will have it’s own dedicated entrance
- Disneyland
- World Showcase ©
- Discussing T&Es ranking of all WDW attractions
- https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/disney-vacations/best-worst-disney-world-rides
Earth Day at Disney’s Animal Kingdom for the 25th Anniversary:
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/events-tours/animal-kingdom/earth-day-celebration/
Episode Transcript:
NOTE: This transcript was produced by AI and may have many inaccuracies. Please excuse any transcription issues.
welcome aboard Disney fam welcome aboard Disney fam. We are back it has been about a month but weirdly you guys don’t care we just keep getting downloads and we love you for it. My name is Chris I’m Kelly. Seriously is like our best month of downloads in the last four
Kelli 0:48
Do you think they’re telling us like say die
Chris 0:50
just stop if you’ll just stop we’ll keep downloading
Kelli 0:58
could be you’re
Chris 1:00
wearing some avatar ears today
Kelli 1:03
I am which are very, very on brand very on topic. very own brand. All of the above. I’m killing it and they light up. They do live. They light up. I actually have more than one pair of avatars
Chris 1:19
it’s the ears on them. The ears are what they are. I mean fantastic. That’s what I meant to say. A net fent asked
Kelli 1:26
Hey honey, did anybody listen to us?
Chris 1:28
I just told you we had so many downloads. Some of the cities that downloaded Minneapolis Minnesota one of them before No I was surprised we said places that are nearby Minneapolis okay sometimes the big cities get lost in the shuffle because it’s it’s the suburbs that download okay, but yes Minneapolis home of prints back when Prince Paisley palace or whatever it was he caught his place is out there 70 Apples Yeah, all right. Yeah, they very much on him there. They love him formerly known as he’s still known as that today. Huntersville North Carolina. Back in our old neck of the woods. Oh Huntersville we know good people in Huntersville good people in Huntersville Smithfield Utah not to be confused with Smithfield Rhode Island from back in early 2022. This is a different Smithfield. This is north of Salt Lake City right between the Great Salt Lake and Bear Lake.
Kelli 2:29
One word two words.
Chris 2:30
So one word, they have McDonald’s and they had something else I saw on the map
Kelli 2:34
is that they made like the bacon the meat Smithfield I
Chris 2:37
don’t know that it’s that Smithfield different I think it’s a difference. I don’t think the Rhode Island Smithfield is that one either I could be wrong, okay to be wrong. And Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I know one of the world’s great cities right there on the coast of Brazil. Now that’s cool. Yeah, they’re listening to us probably on the beach. When they’re they’re practically half naked. They’re on their beaches. Wow. Listening to us.
Kelli 3:02
I mean, it’s not a visual really that I wanted. And I do find it odd that like that’s where you went. That’s
Chris 3:10
all that’s the only thing you ever see about Rio de Janeiro. That and they have really dirty ocean water. There’s like you
Kelli 3:15
got the Olympics. That was very bad press coverage. You’re really ate them up over that.
Chris 3:22
Okay, you want it? Hey, do you have any announcements for today? I don’t Okay, all right. Well, let’s just get started on main
Kelli 3:27
street smart aleck. We don’t need any of that. We don’t need the tone. Oh, we
Chris 3:31
got tone tone for days over here. Main Street. Yes. I’m just so happy to be back here. So we wondered why Mickey Mouse and company weren’t fighting back against the the authoritarian rule. They’re in Florida fighting the patriarchy in Florida. But turns out they were obviously everybody’s probably heard about this by now. But Disney and the previous Reedy Creek Improvement District Board had a meeting vailable for all to attend and or watch online and decided that well let’s just give all of our power over to Disney before the new board comes in here and they will have almost no power. The new board comes in and realize what’s been done. Oh my gosh, they all make faces like Kevin in home alone. And we’ve been duped don’t we? And they called up Ronnie over there in Tallahassee and governor’s office they say you’re not gonna believe this Ron. They have those meddling kids over there Disney have done it to outsmart it. They did. Of course the Florida ag filed some paperwork to begin investigating the agreement between the former board and Disney to make sure everything is legal. I’m sure that he’ll assume that everything if the evidence points in that direction, he will probably just let it go. I’m sure I’m
Kelli 4:56
sure they’ll this won’t be a thing at all.
Chris 4:58
Yeah, and and And so Ronnie says he says, what was his quote? You haven’t seen anything yet. There’s a little there’s a lot of there’s a lot of little back and forth going on now with the state taking control, but rest assured, you know, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Which is exactly how, you know a reasonable non fascist cystic democracy operates. Right.
Kelli 5:27
A general statement to I’ve never heard that one. You
Chris 5:29
ain’t seen nothing yet. Yeah. So clearly, we’re still going to go down the road of using government power to punish people and entities that disagree with you,
Kelli 5:40
I guess. NAACP told black people not to travel to or move to Florida. That they’ve issued a warning Wow, telling black people not to travel there and not to move to Florida, how they end up NAACP has issued a warning on an entire state a US state by the way, your state that is not, you know, some place like you and I would have guessed such as Alabama, or Mississippi or South Carolina.
Chris 6:10
I actually did see recently to the schools are really concerned about being able to get college students to come to their schools at this point
Kelli 6:21
they should be and in Florida has some of the most amazing colleges in the country. They’ve had a phenomenal college system for decades. And he is absolutely gutting it.
Chris 6:31
My favorite thing about what Disney in the old board did was their King Charles claws. I’m sure everyone has heard about this. But apparently this New Deal was in place until 21 years after the death of the last survivor of the descendants of King Charles the third King of England. I love it. I mean, that is serious trolling. love
Kelli 6:52
that so much. Yeah, it will so much. Let’s
Chris 6:56
see, it will terminate as of the date that none of Walt Disney parks and resorts owns any real property within 10 miles of the Reedy Creek improvement district properties. Wow. So I mean, what it all boils down to is at least 30 years, 30 years from now, maybe the board can get some control back and of course by the end it’s a whole new landscape. It’s gonna be a whole new landscape as soon as Ron decides he’s got to run for president because in Florida, you cannot hold state office while running for another office. He’s trying to change that too. But whatever. Gosh, cast members approved their new labor agreement with Disney right immediate increased to $17 an hour with a walk up within a few months to $18 an hour and a $5 per hour increase over the next few years. I like it. Yep. 97% approved of it while you know back in February, the previous vote was 96% did not approve so Okay, so this is a good switch. So good switch. Good solid switch. Yep. Um, the 50th celebration at Walt Disney World is officially over. Oh, yeah, it’s officially Yeah, it is sad. It is very sad. No more. It’s not 50th anymore. I didn’t know they kept
Kelli 8:11
the 25th anniversary cupcake castle for like years. It felt like it felt like
Chris 8:20
it felt like well this has been about 18 months I think they’ve been running this thing and but the castle decor started coming down this weekend in fact the the the statues will remain for a while I don’t know why they would ever take the statues while with the golden statues. Yeah, I don’t know why they wouldn’t while it would take them down but I just get the impression that that’s a decision that hasn’t been made. Okay. It seemed like a lot of effort like a lot of efforts things up and there’s not I can’t see any reason why you would take them down necessarily. I like them harmonious had its last show. Oh, gosh, I know. Very, very well, I don’t like to let you see me all the time. I’m having a moment and it’s a private moment I don’t want to have to tell you to it’s because the last showing of Harmonix has just ended rather be something serious.
Kelli 9:15
I mean, I mean
Chris 9:17
that’s pretty serious. But the the show by the way is still available on Disney plus you can see harmonious still on Disney plus. Okay. So you know, like, I
Kelli 9:29
know what we’re watching tonight. silver, silver lining and all that started last but not well, I
Chris 9:34
don’t I don’t know if that’s appropriate right now.
Kelli 9:36
Gosh.
Chris 9:39
The Epcot on spirit, the gods. The lights on Epcot Spaceship Earth are going to be around for a while too, although just something about the language they’re using makes me think that these things are not here forever. But I don’t know why you would take those away either. Those are permanent. They should they should be. It seems like a lot of effort for that to not be permanent dyes I mean I guess I know that comes with maintenance costs that weren’t there before on it a lot I really did worked on and they and they these these you know shows as another way to have a show
Kelli 10:13
yeah, that seems interesting I just assumed those would be up there forever
Chris 10:16
I would assume so to adjust and they haven’t said anything other than that I just you know something about it makes me think gosh, they’ve got you all got me all twisted up inside
Kelli 10:27
think they’re gonna take away everything you love. Gosh, it’s not
Chris 10:32
that’s not entirely wrong. No, it’s so they filed permits for Polynesian to get a new entrance because they’re doing all this work on seven seas drive or whatever that road is that you turn in off of to go into the poly. But apparently they fall permits that are going to create an entrance on one world drive or Disney World way or whatever the road is. The adjacent road is called. And so they filed those permits this week and that’s going to take them through to the end of next year to finish that construction. They’ve been doing a lot of road construction over in that area. Anyway, just general road maintenance and redirect. So probably part of all that the new Vacation Club Lounge. I mean, the new Vacation Club tower they are will have its own entrance anyway, like like the Grand Floridian and contemporary do.
Kelli 11:29
I think it needs to be similar to what they’ve got it all Lonnie, because that’s a really lovely little entrance area.
Chris 11:35
Yes, it is.
Kelli 11:36
It really is nice.
Chris 11:38
Lonnie, we should get back there.
Kelli 11:40
I was triggered at Eleni.
Chris 11:47
Speaking of DVC Disney Land on April the 19th. So just a couple of weeks now. We’ll be opening up its first DVC lounge. Nice. And Tomorrowland it is called the Star view station, a member lounge. Okay. Inside the lounge members will enjoy some quote out of this world amenities to refresh and recharge including a dedicated Disney Vacation Club member services team. comfortable seating complimentary Wi Fi device charging stations. That’s a big deal. And complimentary soft drinks.
Kelli 12:19
Are there any lounges like that in France?
Chris 12:22
I have not heard that there is?
Kelli 12:26
Do they know that we’re coming?
Chris 12:28
We’ll let somebody know. That’s a good point.
Kelli 12:30
Um, a DVC person may need to lounge while we’re there. As such,
Chris 12:37
they’re good solid point.
Kelli 12:38
I think so.
Chris 12:39
That’s good. We booked all that stuff.
Kelli 12:42
That’s good.
Chris 12:42
We haven’t got our park tickets yet though. If we
Kelli 12:45
do you are in charge of all of that. I don’t even know you anymore.
Chris 12:53
You know, I was gonna talk about Disneyland. 7000 people off but it was let’s not let’s not.
Kelli 12:58
Yeah, let’s just talk about what you haven’t done for our vacation.
Chris 13:02
I’ll look into that to see if we bought our tickets. I can’t remember. So much has happened since I looked at the ticket.
Kelli 13:08
I had to basically tackle you to make your flights. No.
Chris 13:13
I’m not used to doing that. You normally handle all that stuff.
Kelli 13:17
About
Chris 13:19
work. Why are you trying to mess me up? I’m just happy to
Kelli 13:22
be here trying to mess you up. I’m I am so prepared for Tomorrowland. And I don’t think I’ve ever done this
Chris 13:28
before. Well, that’s the point. You’re supposed to do new stuff. Well, no. I
Kelli 13:32
mean, like, I don’t think I’ve ever done this particular topic in Tomorrowland.
Chris 13:38
All right. Well, let’s, let’s hear all about it.
Kelli 13:42
So, Earth Day is in April. It is actually April the 22nd. Okay, this year is Earth Day. And so Disney celebrates Earth Day, every year. They do a good usually pretty heavily in Animal Kingdom. The cool part about this Earth Day is that it is also the 25th anniversary of when Animal Kingdom opened. Oh,
Chris 14:03
it’s such a time for anniversary.
Kelli 14:07
I know. And so it’s pretty cool. So they will celebrate their 25th anniversary this earth day they opened in 1998. Wow, I know. And this is the description on the website. This one of a kind theme park has embraced the magic of nature by offering all inspiring animal encounters in thrilling attractions. Also, bonus since 1995, the Disney Conservation Fund has directed more than $120 million and the expertise of their dedicated teams to helping organizations with communities that save wildlife and inspire action and protect the planet. Oh, nice. So they actually started doing that before the park three years before the park opened, which I think is pretty cool. And so they have like a little mission for this Earth Day. They say for Earth Day 2023 We need to act boldly innovate broadly and implement equitably. Businesses. Gov Moments in citizens everyone accounted for in everyone accountable a partnership for the planet. I think they worked a little bit too hard. wordsmith that real hard on some of that. But I do like where their theme is going. Okay, so first of all, if you go to look up like some of the Earth Day things, you’re gonna be directed to this website, which is avatar.com/keep. Our Oceans amazing. So Oceans cover over 70% of the planet. Sure. And so this is Disney has really decided to lean into ocean conservation, and this particular year of whatever. So on that website, you’re gonna find some different ways you can celebrate Earth Day with Disney this particular April, the first one, they’ve got a little one minute 32nd feature at film on Avatar and about the oceans and things like that, it’s fine. The cool part about it about that website is you can create your own avatar person. Now, here’s what’s cool about that every from now through July 31. Every avatar creature that is created in the virtual Pandora and ocean, Disney is going to donate $5 to the Nature Conservancy us up to $1 million to help them achieve their goal of protecting 10% of the ocean by 2030. Wow. So you could go create more than one avatar and if you’ve got kids or whatever, this is a cool thing. It’s cool. So what’s what’s I did it in like a couple of minutes it’s cute, you get to decide like what part of the ocean you live in, I picked like really low in that dark side if you’re like carnivore herbivore, I went herbivore, you get to pick like your head and your tails and your arms and such. And then you get to pick your your lights, you know that light up on your they call that your little your light, whatever. Anyway, all of that the bioluminescent cat are so you have you get to pick that. So you pick that and then you see your little person in the ocean and you give it a name. Okay, you get to name your person. Okay?
Chris 17:04
Okay. And so then a proper name or the name of your kind of creature, no, whatever you want to name it, okay?
Kelli 17:09
Okay, so you’re like floating to the ocean or whatever. And then you can click Follow my creature, or follow your creature, whatever. And it puts you in this virtual ocean where you could seriously just watch yourself, like swimming around super cool. And I assume there’s going to be other people in there with us eventually. But in any case, you can get a link to your creature and keep track with that link and see like where your creature goes in the real ocean. Oh, come on. That’s fun. Right. That’s pretty fun. That’s cute. Okay, and so that’s completely free, completely free. And so for every little creature that’s made $5 up to a million dollars, which I think is great. That’s really cool. A few other things Disney plus and National Geographics is launching on Hulu and Disney plus a series called Secrets of the elephants. It’s a four part series premieres on April 21. And will stream on Disney plus and Hulu and the AI their ears. It’s James Cameron directs it and all that course. Right. And so the idea is to discover the complex emotions and the language of elephants.
Chris 18:22
So I love elephants. Yeah. And they’re so smart. And they’re so like, yeah, they create such family groups. Yes, I love elephants, I can’t wait to watch,
Kelli 18:34
I think it’s gonna be a great little series. They also have the magic new episodes of The Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, which is going to be on Disney plus, and that’s going to talk about how they work hand in hand with the Conservation Fund, how their animal care teams deliver the best in class programs and stuff like that. Yeah. So always love those behind the scenes, things. So that’s fun. And so here are some fun things you can do right at Animal Kingdom. So again, celebrating its 25th anniversary, they’re going to be offering four different things, really. The first one is the animation experience at conservation station. So you get to use a pencil and learn how the Disney animators actually bring some of your favorite characters to life. So you get to learn how to animate. That’s cool. Second, and I think we know somebody that would be very excited about this. You get a limited time wilderness explorers badge. You know, that man that we saw was a guy that was very serious about the wilderness explorers situation. So I think they’re gonna have some takers on that one thing
Chris 19:42
such as some very people very serious about it.
Kelli 19:46
Next, you’ve got magic shots. Now these are really cool. I saw a picture of one where it looks like you’re on the beach with Wally and he’s handing you a little plant and a boot and Eve is like floating around you Ava’s not on my dream like Valley yet but I feel like she’s gonna get there soon and I’m going to be very excited about that. But also Wally is my my number number one favorite character in dreamlike Valley I love he is so pure. So much
Chris 20:14
so pure. I love it because the whole you know, you forget that the whole other whole Yes. broader message of Wally was about how we’re destroying the planet. Okay,
Kelli 20:26
so you got this magic shots with Wally and Eve and then you got exciting entertainment. Plus snacks and merch. Okay, so imagine Earth Day snacks or day snacks are Thursday March along with the 25th anniversary so this is gonna be a lot of fun. Okay, so I’m gonna go through some of the stuff they’re really leaning into the B thing in the parks will be like the message online is very big into oceans. And so I do feel like there’s a bit of a disconnect but we’ve got a lot of base. So it creates your conference you have the be high mousse dome, which is a honey mousse, you know I love mousse on top of a brownie base with a sugar b and a little white chocolate Honeycomb, really, really fresh. These bees are adorable. At the dollar bar, you’ve got a rum and pineapple cocktail. At flame tree barbecue, you’ve got a flamingo cupcake, which is a strawberry cake, strawberry compote feeling guava butter, cream, pink crispy pearls, sugar, Flamingo, and white chocolate wings.
Chris 21:35
I think that is a winner.
Kelli 21:36
It’s gorgeous
Chris 21:38
strawberry cake, especially in Cupcake form is hugely underrated.
Kelli 21:42
Yeah. So they also have a bubbling pink lagoon, which is a drink that can be made with or without vodka depending on what you what your okay brand is. Nomad Lounge has a gin and bitters cocktail, of course, and it uses honey simple syrup inspired by the use of strategically placed beehives to protect the crops of African farmers from the elephants. I know. Pizza farI has an elephant cupcake which is totes adorbs and Aviva G atonic. Which is a minute made zero sugar, lemonade, Sprite, and cotton candy flavor with mint leaves.
Chris 22:24
Wow is a lot going on restaurant
Kelli 22:27
disorders also has the elephant cupcake. And that is while we hadn’t mentioned it’s a graham cracker cake pineapple filling with matcha buttercream. I’m not a huge macho fan, but I’d give it a go. Crispy pearls and a stunning white chocolate elephant celebrating Earth stunning white check funding. Tambo Tambu has a gorilla falls exploration trail Sunday and they love Sunday and a roasted mushroom and leek pizza that’s plant based. A lot of what they’re offering is plant based as it should be. tusker house has a B mini cupcake included with the buffet. Like a be like a like a small mini small cupcake Okay. Also a variety of other plant based items including cauliflower bunny Chow Black Eyed Peas salad, impossible bow tie, feisty green beans, tandoori tomatoes, I mean just a whole line. There’s two specific ales, honey bee citrus ale and a tiger gold ale several bars throughout the park. And at Bellagio. They also have some special things they’ve got a special cake at the Mara. So a special dinner at sauna and then various cocktails at the bars all around Disney resort hotels.
Chris 23:53
I love that again. They just they don’t skimp man they they put
Kelli 23:58
so we’re leaning into Earth Day and I really liked our
Chris 24:01
and the time and effort spent planning and prepping and recipe building and I’ve been
Kelli 24:07
doing this since like I love it last fall. Yeah, no, it’s good. I’m pretty excited what they’ve done here and I kinda hope we get to see Animal Kingdom during its 25th I don’t know how long that’s gonna last but so how long they’re celebrating that but that’d be cool.
Chris 24:22
That’d be something else to worry about.
Kelli 24:24
Gosh, oh my gosh.
Chris 24:27
Okay, gotten very neurotic lately. So I was looking for a topic and I ran across an article from Travel and Leisure and kind of like their magazines and stuff. And they did. They did an article back in January that listed the rank all the attractions ranked 58 I’m assuming that’s all the attractions at Walt Disney World. From 58 down to first, and so I thought, well, let’s just talk about this. Let’s I’ll I’ll talk about what the top 10 are. We’ll decide if we agree on those. We probably don’t as the top 10 I guess we don’t. And then And then where I think they just got it completely wrong and likely invalidates the whole list.
Kelli 25:16
Okay. All right. You traveled?
Chris 25:20
Well, we love you. Hey, but if you would like to advertise us travel and leisure or would you like us to advertise for you for a paycheck? We will do that. All right, top 10 According to Travel and Leisure magazine, okay. Number 10 Splash Mountain or the future Tiana’s Bayou adventure because the structure of the ride is going to be similar. If if splashes in the top 10 Tiana says for sure. Gonna be in the top 10 Okay.
Kelli 25:45
I agree. That should be in the top 10
Chris 25:47
You think so? Top 10? Absolutely. Okay, great. Space Mountain number nine.
Kelli 25:52
Yeah. This is Walt Disney World. The Walt Disney World.
Chris 25:55
Space Mountain number. I know if it had been the other one. Maybe Pirates of the Caribbean number eight. Absolutely. Twilight Zone Tower of Terror number seven. Okay. Listen, the top 10 though.
Kelli 26:07
In the top 10 I feel like it’s getting a little high. Big
Chris 26:10
Thunder Mountain Railroad.
Kelli 26:11
Wow. You’re
Chris 26:13
so wrong. On dimension?
Kelli 26:15
Yes. Yeah.
Chris 26:18
Think about it. Expedition Everest. Okay.
Kelli 26:22
What number are we on?
Chris 26:23
This was that’s number four. Okay,
Kelli 26:25
so these are the top
Chris 26:27
three these are the top three scoring families cosmetri Why guardians Galaxy cosmic rewind. Just you haven’t written it.
Kelli 26:36
I’ve written Oh, okay. No, I haven’t written that because it was making everybody puke. Okay, I’ll take your word for them.
Chris 26:42
Star Wars Rise of the resistance number two. Yes, of course. Avatar flight of passage number one. No.
Kelli 26:49
Really disagree with that? Well, then
Chris 26:50
how do you have because Rise of the resistance is either one or two as
Kelli 26:53
the resistance as one is number one. Alright, that’s number one. Number one flight of passage is great. I mean, it should definitely be in the top 10 Of course no question about that. But top two I mean, how did they get these rankings is
Chris 27:08
this based on I didn’t really defend it a lot honestly. Okay.
Kelli 27:11
I bet this is based on like, like, standard wait times. Because you don’t have seven dwarfs on there.
Chris 27:18
You might be right because you know what was number 11 Getting into the they got it completely wrong section. Yeah. Peter Pan’s Flight was number 11
Kelli 27:26
say that’s in that snow? That’s a hard No. So they’re obviously looking at like standard white times. But they don’t have seven dwarfs mine train on their seven dwarfs Mine Train is a fantastic right they
Chris 27:37
have it in the list. Where what number is it? It was number? I mean? Oh, it’s on here somewhere
Kelli 27:45
if it’s outside of the top 10 They’re wrong. It’s number 14 They’re wrong. So What a dumb list I
Chris 27:53
told you the ones where they got it completely wrong likely just invalidate the whole thing. I did think that their top four were were fair enough. I would just had had them in a slightly different order I think again, the top four and four was from first to fourth avatar flight of passage Star Wars Rise of the resistance I think switch those cosmic rewind and Expedition Everest I can get behind all four of those being the top four
Kelli 28:21
I get I’ll get that all that Sure. And haunted mansion Empire
Chris 28:26
automation and pirates as they should be. But you don’t think Big Thunder should be there? I
Kelli 28:30
don’t I think rolling your eyes and everything Thunder is classic. And I think it has a very strong cult following a fish especially row 15 People are very passionate about row 15 But is it in my top 10 No. Have we gone before and not written it lots of times so I’m going to say like a hard no on that. I’m surprised that Remi is not in the top 10 Remy was I was going to disagree with that as well. I
Chris 29:03
don’t think he’s in the top 20
Kelli 29:06
Okay. Also no frozen the frozen ever after I ended up doing it has some long wait lines. I’m just saying I feel like their methodology. Maybe needed some more. Little more.
Chris 29:20
So would you have them my next where they got it wrong is about Slinky Dog. Slinky Dog is a fantastic ride. It is a fantastic ride and once you’ve had it in the top 10 And considering the big thunders and
Kelli 29:32
you would have been in the top 15 For sure it would absolutely be better than Big Thunder as is seven dwarfs mine train. Both of those are better than big fun. Jerks you around what
Chris 29:43
about what about rock and roller coaster compared to Big Thunder?
Kelli 29:45
Um that’s tough for me because rock and roller coaster also hurts my head because they play the music in your ears. And the thing is like with the stuff that goes over your head, but like Make sure your head itself inside the like the puffy stuff whatever and just kind of bangs your head left and right when I get out like because of my piercings my left ear really hurts
Chris 30:15
Slinky dog I think should be much higher on the list it’s at number 16 should be hot it’s just ahead of rock and roller coaster at number 70 It
Kelli 30:22
is better than rockin roller coaster for sure.
Chris 30:25
Which I think would be much higher on the list if it didn’t break down so much. It’s always it’s
Kelli 30:30
mostly always broken down Yeah.
Chris 30:34
And they had seven doors mine train at 14 Here’s a problem with all all three of those is that they’ve got Smugglers Run at 13 that’s the that’s the
Kelli 30:46
epic that sale and that has to be based on wait time because Smugglers Run sucks it doesn’t does it absolutely sucks or you’re not in the if you’re not the pilot. It’s not fun at all. You can’t even see the screen and you’re just pushing but
Chris 31:04
are you are you just don’t you do your job.
Kelli 31:06
I mean, I like the one where see Threepio is standing in front of us in the in the world like the box or whatever
Chris 31:14
glad you brought that up. We’re gonna like the box. Star Wars The adventure continues is it 27
Kelli 31:20
It’s better than Smugglers Run it is better than smugglers runs better than Smugglers Run and you get a slightly different experience every time Yeah. Different different that guy every time.
Chris 31:31
Oh yeah, there isn’t that guy. That guy? Yes,
Kelli 31:36
yes yes. 27
No, that’s wrong.
Chris 31:39
That’s wrong. Definitely should be higher than that. I mean, that is behind dinosaur at 25th dinosaur is hot garbage. The only thing worse than dinosaur is that matter horn crap out in Disneyland’s truth that’s true. And there’s there’s people there are people that we love that do podcasts that love dinosaurs, and I’m so sorry to tell them how wrong they are about that ride.
Kelli 32:07
That’s wrong. That is not a disaster. Not a good ride. That whole area needs to be revamped. I think it make a lovely marijuana area. With the beach and such. Yeah, I think they do a lot with marijuana over
Chris 32:19
there. Generally speaking, this list hates the interactive 3d shows. So it’s got Muppet vision at 48 It’s got it’s got tough to be a bug at 49 It’s got philharmagic
Kelli 32:36
Art oh, these people are stupid. They hey are legit. I
Chris 32:41
hate 3d Interactive. Love philharmagic. Every one of these was behind. carousel not Carousel of Progress. Just the carousel? Yes. philharmagic was behind the Aladdin and Triceratops spin which didn’t even there anymore.
Kelli 32:57
They written the carousel lightly. Do you see me strollers are pushing on that? They’ve got some bursts they’re screaming they got
Chris 33:03
Tomorrowland Speedway at number 43. And that is absolutely number 58. All day. Absolutely.
Kelli 33:08
The worst ride and all the parks. Yes, yes. So I would put that even ahead of Hall of Presidents, which I haven’t been in at least eight years,
Chris 33:17
all the presidents was.
Kelli 33:22
And that’s a great place
Chris 33:24
to now like 56 or 55 or something. Carosello progresses at 54 Hello, do we like nostalgia or do we not because that is it. Man.
Kelli 33:33
I like your solo progress before the seats a little softer, for sure. But it’s nice and cool. You’re never like crowded up on other people. And they’ve got the really cute dog. Yes, yes. I mean,
Chris 33:47
but all of this pales in comparison to the most egregious snubbing and oversight on this whole list. pales in comparison. Speaking of fuzzy and adorable
Kelli 33:57
what is it?
Chris 34:00
country bear jamboree.
Kelli 34:01
Gosh.
Chris 34:05
Is it 57 The only out of 58 What’s the only thing worse the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse. Stop. They got it behind. They’ve got it right behind the Hall of precedence. For God’s sake people.
Kelli 34:24
I think they might have gotten those three. They
Chris 34:25
did not get the gem country bear Jamboree, right. If you believe I think that some of these others were wrong than this one is for sure wrong.
Kelli 34:35
Might have gotten those three correct honey.
Chris 34:39
Sorry for blood on the saddle alone. puts this at much higher than 5057.
Kelli 34:52
I’m right. Blood on the saddle alone. Take out know that you’re you’re a pro are brilliant you can appropriately decide
Chris 35:01
just I’m going to write them a letter gonna get a harshly worded letter.
Kelli 35:05
They shouldn’t get a harshly worded letter honey but not for those last three
Chris 35:12
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