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The New Haunted Mansion Movie

Disney News (5/31) – The new Haunted Mansion movie, and surviving Disney in the summer

June 1, 2023
Episode 9

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The New Haunted Mansion Movie

In this week’s episode, Kelli tells us what to expect from the new Haunted Mansion movie on July 28th, and Chris tells you how to survive the hot Florida summer if you’re traveling to Disney.

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Show Notes:

Chris and Kelli discuss various topics related to Disney, including their reactions to recent decisions, the polarizing nature of the brand, and news from Disney parks. They also share their thoughts on the upcoming Haunted Mansion movie, including their excitement and insights. Additionally, they provide expert advice on how to stay cool and make the most of a Disney vacation during the hot summer months, emphasizing the importance of staying hydrated, packing a water bottle, and embracing downtime. Overall, the conversation covers a range of topics related to Disney and provides valuable insights and advice for fans.

Outline

Disney podcast and news.

  • Chris and Kelli introduce themselves and welcome listeners to their podcast, discussing their enthusiasm for Disney and their lighthearted approach to the show.
  • The hosts share their favorite places where people listen to their podcast, including the Bronx, New York, Broomfield, Colorado, Scituate, Massachusetts, and Georgetown on Penang island in Malaysia.
  • Kelli and Chris discuss a former Disney cast member who left a review on their podcast and a new member of the Florida Supreme Court who resigned without explanation.
  • A judge in a lawsuit against Disney and Ron DeSantis has been asked to recuse himself due to his past actions in government overreach cases.

Disney’s decisions, including a new advisory board and polarizing brand status.

  • Kelli and Chris discuss Disney’s new advisory board, which they view as inadequate and disingenuous.
  • Chris and Kelli discuss Disney’s polarizing brand status and recent booking demand.
  • Imagineers are concerned about development opportunities near Disney property.
  • Kelli and Chris discuss Tiana’s Bayou adventure and Splash Mountain closure at Disneyland.

Disney’s new dining plan and a brief summary of the upcoming Haunted Mansion movie.

  • Chris and Kelli discuss the new Disney dining plan, with Kelli expressing disappointment at the increased cost and Chris suggesting it might be a good deal.
  • Kelli is excited about the new Haunted Mansion movie and the D23 Magazine, which she finds gorgeous and feels like a monthly publication.
  • Kelli and Chris discuss the upcoming movie adaptation of Haunted Mansion, with Kelli expressing excitement about the dark humor and production value.
  • The trailer for the movie features creepy ghost encounters, humor, and impressive set design, with cast members praising the magnificent set and wanting to spend more time on set.
  • Kelli and Chris discuss Justin Simien, a man of color who directed the movie and held a summer job at Disney Land’s Haunted Mansion.
  • Rosario Dawson stars as a single mom who purchases a haunted mansion in New Orleans to turn into a bed and breakfast.

Upcoming horror movie with diverse cast.

  • Kelli and Chris discuss the upcoming movie “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” including the cast and differences from previous versions.
  • Kelli and Chris discuss the diverse cast of “The Haunted Mansion,” including Jared Leto, Tiffany Haddish, and Hasan Minaj.

Tips for visiting Disney World in summer heat.

  • Kelli and Chris discuss the unofficial start of summer and their plans for Disney trips.
  • Kelli provides tips for visiting Disney in the summer, including packing for heat.
  • Chris recommends quick-dry clothing and cooling accessories like neck fans and chili pads for hot days at Disney World.
  • Kelli agrees and adds that frog towels can be used to stay cool on water rides, and bladeless fans can be worn around the neck for extra cooling.

Tips for visiting Walt Disney World in summer heat.

  • Chris and Kelli share tips for visiting Disney World, including staying hydrated and planning for downtime.
  • Chris advises against buying water or snacks at the parks, instead using water fountains or asking for free cups of water.
  • Chris recommends taking breaks from theme parks by boat rides or long walks to escape heat and crowds.
  • Kelli agrees and suggests people-watching on Main Street USA as a relaxing activity.
  • Chris and Kelli share tips for navigating Walt Disney World in the summer heat.
  • They recommend embracing the rain and riding rides in the downpour for a more exciting experience.

So today is memorial Day – which to many (myself included) is kind of the unofficial start of Summer. Kids are getting out of school. And the heat starts rising.
SO many folks plan their Disney Trips for the summer – which is what my family always did when I was growing up.
So in honor of today being the unofficial start of summer, I thought I would walk through my top 10 tips for making the most of your summertime trip to WDW.
Pack for the heat

  • The temps and humidity in Flroida during the summer easily combine to make it feel like 100+ even when the temps are in the 80s.
  • Frogg Toggs Chilly Pad and a Neck Fan
  • The combo of the Chilly Pad and the neck fan is super refreshing
  • Suncreen
  • SPF hat wear or an umbrella
  • Quick dry clothing
    • You are going to want those water rides. But no one wants to feel sticky weighed down as a result.

Hydrate

  • Pack a water bottle. Don’t buy water, or use snacks for bottles of water.
  • There are water fountains including those that are meant to refill water bottles scattered about.
  • Worst case, ask for a cup of water at counter service locations. They should be free.
  • You are going to sweat – falling out because you don’t drink water is an unforced error that can really put a dent in what should be super fun time.

Take it Easy

  • Plan for down time.
  • This is the time of year to plan for early starts, with resort time in the afternoon.
    • Resort time equals naps, pool time, maybe plan for dinner at a resort, before heading back to the park for nightime fun.
    • Admittedly this is easier if you are staying at a resort that is closest to the parks
    • If at MK, I highly recommend a nice boat ride:
      • Do the trip over to Grand Flo and Poly.
      • Or take a longer boat ride out to Fort Wilderness.
    • If at Epcot or HS, take a break by taking a round trip on the Skyliner.
      • Maybe a ride around Crescent lake
    • Either of these options will take you to resorts with amazing dining options that maybe you wouldn’t normally consider if you were going to stay all day in the parks.
  • Plan for dark rides, theater shows, etc. during the hottest part of the day.
  • Just sit. People watch. Enjoy the ambiance of wherever you decide to sit.
    • I love finding a spot on Main Street

Embrace the Rain

  • It’s Florida in the summer, you can practically set your clock by the afternoon rain storms.
  • Disney makes a fortune on those plastic ponchos.
  • You could always pack your own. All good.
  • Ponchos are fine.
  • I say, since you decided to wear those quick dry clothes, just embrace all the driving rain.
  • Remember how much fun it was to play in the rain when you were a kid? Find that again.
  • I mean… don’t be stupid when it comes to lightening. 
  • But you are going to find empty walkways in every park as people bolt for cover.
    • It’s kind of nice. 

Episode Transcript:

NOTE: This transcript was produced by AI and may have many inaccuracies. Please excuse any transcription issues.

elcome aboard, Disney fam. Hello out there Disney fam. My name is Chris.

Kelli 0:36
And I’m Kelly.

Chris 0:36
Welcome to the podcast coming into just like a bullet three days late.

Kelli 0:41
We’re killing it.

Chris 0:45
We are killing it. Just as we said before, which is white knuckling our way through life. We are so happy to have you listen to us. You’re wearing your glow in the dark 100 engineers for some reason.

Kelli 0:58
Some of my faves. I mean, a glow in the dark street singing busts. I mean, okay,

Chris 1:05
I took that a completely different way. But now I remember I know it’s talking about yes.

Kelli 1:11
I mean, how could these not be one of my favorites? They’re also very lightweight, easy to wear. Classic. Car

Chris 1:19
last a topical Jason.

Kelli 1:22
They are topic spot on? They are all

Chris 1:26
right. Speaking of a US being happy the people are listening to us. I’ve I’ve got like places where people are listening to it. Oh, wow.

Kelli 1:34
Okay, where where do people listen?

Chris 1:39
One of our favorite places the Bronx, New York. The home of the Yankees. Yeah, okay, Bronx, which is awesome. Broomfield, Colorado a suburb just north of Denver. Oh, right. I was very nice. And I would not have pronounced this this way. But you literally heard me do the pronunciation guide a second ago. Situate?

Kelli 2:00
I was wondering why you were having it pronounced situate situate. Like a word. He should no,

Chris 2:06
you would not pronounce it that way either. If you saw the spelling, Scituate, Massachusetts, this is a beautiful, typical New England seaside town halfway between Boston and Plymouth, Massachusetts situated halfway It is situated situate is situated halfway between Boston. I bet they say that all the time. We are situated halfway between Boston. Yes. And Georgetown on Penang island in Malaysia. Wow.

Kelli 2:35
I know. Georgetown Malaysia not see that.

Chris 2:39
And it’s two words George Town. Oh,

Kelli 2:42
no. That’s better. That is. That’s better. That’s better. Yeah, it makes more sense.

Chris 2:46
I also really, really excited that we got a review on Apple podcasts this week. I know who this reviewer is. And she is a Disney expert in her own right. She in fact, is a former cast member. I know. I know. A former cast member we’ve

Kelli 3:04
got a former Casper that listens. Yes. That’s pretty exciting. Did you give did you send her a sticker?

Chris 3:10
It’s it’s on its way. Okay. Probably paid delivered. It’s fantastic. So but we really appreciate that it helps to bring other people to the podcast. Yes, absolutely.

Kelli 3:20
How about the news on okay,

Chris 3:23
I’m moving right along. Hey, you know that dude with a really terrible hair that’s on the new Disney Oversight Committee. He resigned Oh no. No reason given for his resignation

Kelli 3:41
I don’t think it was related to our podcast.

Chris 3:43
I don’t think it was related to our podcast. I think it might have something to do with the fact that just days prior my like Ron DeSantis named his wife to the Florida Supreme Court

Kelli 3:57
that’s not a conflict of interest at all. You

Chris 4:00
know? I don’t know it could it could end up there like we could end up there

Kelli 4:04
seriously in Florida. That type of things and

Chris 4:08
crazy crazy

Kelli 4:12
what is her hair look like?

Chris 4:13
You know

Unknown Speaker 4:15
he’s he is she must be blind. I

Chris 4:18
think she doesn’t care much for him. This is pure leanness knows so be okay. Because otherwise she wouldn’t let it go out like that.

Kelli 4:31
Okay, I mean we like we always say how to you can’t fight every battle. No, you

Chris 4:36
cannot that sometimes you gotta let go. Like you know what, I really got a huge aspirations man.

Kelli 4:42
And so I’m just gonna let him leave the house like that everyday. That’s better than me fighting that. But as far as chat is better Sure. You know what honey, you got? You got headshots today. Go

Chris 4:52
you go get a You look great. Go get them honey. There’s two jerks in Nebraska. They’re doing a podcast I can finally be and that’s about All you got to worry about. Now she has she’s asked price and she’s done the fraud of Florida Supreme Court now. So she’s got other things to worry about than his hair. Speaking which the judge in the case of the lawsuit Disney filed against Ron DeSantis and others, Mark Walker DeSantis and company have have filed a motion to have him recuse himself from the case and move it to another judge. Because in other cases of government overreach, and you know, reaching out to punish private businesses or whatever, this judge apparently has used DeSantis attack on Disney as a as an example of how that’s not okay.

Kelli 5:50
It’s so perfect. I love that so much. A I wish his name was Mark Wahlberg, because that’s what I thought you were gonna say. And be I also thought you were gonna say because he wants worked at Disney. You

Chris 6:03
know what, that’s probably a really good chance that a lot of people did. But yeah, and of course, Disney poses that and says, You guys are just judge shopping to get somebody that is friendly to you so

Kelli 6:16
well. And so if you oppose that, are you not also judge shopping? Aren’t we judge sopping? Well,

Chris 6:23
but they they’re fine with this guy being the judge that she was assigned to? They’re fine with that? Of course, yeah.

Kelli 6:28
They didn’t ask for it. That’s you got assigned to it.

Chris 6:31
The new oversight district administrator, this is the guy that was the $400,000 guy he has, we’ll call him the $400,000 man who was on drawn to synthesis, I’m using air quotes Ethics Committee. He has, he has he’s exploring an advisory board that Disney Springs. proprietors can join to have some input in the decisions that the board makes. I’m sure this is a this is an attempt to give back, you know, I’m gonna get me to give back something here because you guys are so upset with the decisions that we are likely to make that are going to impact your livelihoods and businesses and employees, etc. So we’ll create this advisory board that you guys can be members of and offer input into the decisions that we make. And then we won’t listen to you at all advisory likely, likely not. But I don’t remember an advisory board being needed previously. I mean, so, you know, it’s we’re gonna advise

Kelli 7:37
you the opposite of what you want to do. And you’re still going to do what you want to do.

Chris 7:41
Most likely, that’s what the cynic would say. Anyway.

Kelli 7:47
I am nothing if not that.

Chris 7:49
Disney Axios did their yearly poll where they polled the most polarizing brands in America. Disney was named as one of the top polarizing brands in America. I think they were like number four, maybe on the list. Wow. Yeah, it’s pretty surprising. Yes, I mean, but it was almost strictly by political party lines. So obviously, the hole really focuses on political parties. Well,

Kelli 8:20
and when you take the poll to matters, right, if you’re taking it right now, during all this whole blue, then it’s going to seem much more polarizing than it would say, during the Christmas season. Most likely, yes, that’s true when the parks are just overflowing and printing money. Well, to

Chris 8:36
that point, the very next article I read after Disney one of the most polarizing brands in America, Disney has just recently opened up their bookings for 2024. You can go on to Disney’s website and you can start booking your 2024 trips. They had to shut the thing down really quickly, because they were bombarded with high demand for bookings next year. Just so polarizing, hugely polarizing, so

Kelli 8:59
polarizing, that they are overbooked, or they’re having to

Chris 9:03
shut the bookings down. We got too many people that weren’t. So we you know, we had the story about Disney deciding to not move the parks imaginaires to Florida to the Lake Nona property that they’ve purchased 60 acres of property. And they actually have until 2028 to decide what to do with that property. So there’s a couple of milestones. The first one is I think, 250,000 square feet of space, completed occupied by 2028 or something, or they had to sell it back to the Lake Nona property LLC. At the purchase price. Oh, well, but an adjacent article that I read talked about all of the developing that was going to take place on that property that wasn’t Disney related specific to Disney like all The other developers that were like, oh my goodness, yes, Disney is going to have a office building with 2000 people, what could we build around there and make gobs of money? And they are legit distraught at this point, of course. So the bomber the

Kelli 10:15
Imagineers right, so these are the people who are making the most money. And we’re gonna build an office building and put all the the highest paid employees and all the other creatives,

Chris 10:23
right. Yeah. And I think that their their plans originally had them using maybe like 11 acres of the 60 acres. So all the rest of it was going to be developed by other folks and those were going to be jobs and in revenue for the state. So on and so on, and so on. Awesome decisions all around. On a more festive note, Disney World has released their pride month Food Guide. Ooh, sounds like a bonus episode. You know if you’re gonna be around. By but that’s, that’s a fun one.

Kelli 10:57
It is fun.

Chris 11:00
Scaffolding has arrived at the Magic Kingdom for the construction of Tiana’s food, Tiana’s foods water tower that’s gonna go as food water tower Yeah, that’s going to be like the signature weenie thing for the new Bayou adventure. Right is her our tower. This is John us foods on it. So that that’s moving right along in Did you see that they closed Splash Mountain yesterday in Disneyland to prepare. Yeah, so Splash Mountain at Disneyland shut down yesterday to prepare for Tiana’s Bayou adventure out there. So they gave cast members had the final ride and I think his name is Ken Paxton. He’s an Imagineer. I think that’s his name. That that helped design Splash Mountain. And so he was one of the final riders yesterday he went he took a couple of little water bottle little jugs and got water out of the ride. Allowed can well can did it can it’s like being an imagineer that build this thing comes with privileges.

Kelli 11:56
So it’s her her her tower going to be like where the water comes from on the ride. I don’t remember seeing sketches that had a tower. Oh, yeah. Yeah,

Chris 12:05
you need to go back and look. Yeah, water tower like a wooden water tower. Okay. I don’t know if that’s where the water comes from.

Kelli 12:12
But like it’s that big. You said it’s a weenie?

Chris 12:15
I think it’s yeah, it’s I think it’s going to be the weenie Oh, conversations ridiculous. Oh, God. Disney released their new dining plan that will officially launches January 9. But I think as of now you can start 2024 of 2024. But as of now, if you booked for January 9 or later, you can actually book a dining plan, which is

Kelli 12:38
site crashed, because everybody loves the nearby does love the dining plan. And I gotta say, it’s coming back crashes, like, Yep,

Chris 12:45
it’s more it is more expensive than it was before. But I still think it’s probably a good deal. It’s 57. The quick service dining plan is 57 bucks for adults. 2383, which is very specific. It’s actually 5701 day, per day. Yep. And with the quick service here, two quick service meals, a snack and the refillable mug, the Disney dining plan, one quick service meal, one table service meal, a snack and the mug for 9428 per day for adults. And 2969 for children’s actually less for children than it was on the old plan.

Kelli 13:23
It’s the table service sounds like a better deal to me.

Chris 13:26
So 100 bucks a day. Yeah.

Kelli 13:29
Because you’re the table service restaurants can easily be $100. Just in that meal. Yes. Whereas for quick service. I don’t know. I think I could get out of two quick service meals a month. Because you can’t take the refillable mug in the park. do any good. Yeah. So a snack and two quick services for $57. I think I can do better than that. Okay,

Chris 13:52
well, I don’t want to try either.

Kelli 13:54
Okay.

Chris 13:56
Let’s try to beat it. By trying to beat the quick service. We got so much news that we didn’t get tickets you just kept on going on. You got Tomorrowland all lined up. You’re excited about all right.

Kelli 14:07
So I don’t know if you’ve heard, but there’s a new haunted mansion movie coming out. I have heard from you. So we got the D two, three. D 23. Magazine in the mail. And I gotta say that is still one of my most favorite things that we’ve purchased. Isn’t he? Why? Yeah, it’s good. The magazine is gorgeous. And it’s

Chris 14:25
it’s like a table. Yeah, it’s

Kelli 14:27
like a coffee table Magazine this

Chris 14:29
month. They might be quarterly but it feels like it’s monthly. Well, we

Kelli 14:31
got one of the three random covers in our cover was the Haunted Mansion cover. And I was so excited to pull that out of the mouths. Like I’m so glad we got haunted mansion. I mean, Little Mermaid and it elemental would have been great to me. On image is my favorite, favorite ride. It’s my favorite ride. So in case anybody didn’t know that it’s my favorite ride. Okay, so let’s talk about the movie. Okay, so a couple of fun facts. The movie opens in theaters on July the 28th. We’ll both be back in the States, then it’s going to be a huge deal. I’m very excited about it. This is set for release 20 years after the first haunted mansion film adaptation. So this is not the first time this has been on film, right. And all of them have been fairly different. So this is set for release 20 years after the first, this is the third adaptation. In fact, after haunted mansion, 2003 and Muppets haunted mansion in 2020. Well, I

Chris 15:39
wonder if the Muppets were counted. I

Kelli 15:40
liked them up. I liked the Muppets one better than the 2000

Chris 15:45
I don’t think that’s a that’s a pretty low bar though for me. So

Kelli 15:48
Disney reportedly wanted to reboot the film because it sees it as potentially having Pirates of the Caribbean level X success partnership reviews my number two favorite ride. So those two rides like I’m here for that, let’s just do 10 sequels of each.

Chris 16:03
The first pirates was really a sensation, though. Well,

Kelli 16:07
that series, the pirate series to date has earned more than $4.5 billion at the global box office and further movies are on the way. Fun fact the same studio that produced pirates is going to be producing this one. Okay, that works. And so I would, I’ve looked at the movie, I’ve seen the trailer about 1000 times. And so I would say it’s got that same kind of a slightly dark, edgy vibe. You know, a haunted mansion. But I mean, you know, like even the big house for the governor’s daughter in the show

Chris 16:39
feels like the production value is a lot better for this one. Yeah.

Kelli 16:43
So I want to be clear like we’re talking demon possession. really creepy ghost mind games, but also some humor, but we’re talking about like haunted mansion esque dark humor. The trailer says that it takes you for a ride, which I think is fantastic. And at one point in the trailer, you see this person in like a big queen, a and chair that sort of harkens to a doom by going down the front stairs of the mansion. It’s it’s fantastic. The set was actually magnificent. All the cast talks about that Rosario Dawson was blown away and she’s worked on several Star Wars sets. Yes, she’s good point. She talks about how amazing the set was. Tiffany Haddish said I never wanted to leave the set. I always wanted to hang out on set because it felt like I was hanging out in the haunted mansion at Disney Rome and the dining room. Oh my goodness. I wish they would have let me eat lunch there but they wouldn’t. The director says there are so many easter eggs packed into the movie for fans. It is impossible to miss them. But saying anymore would ruin

Chris 17:48
Oh, that’s awesome.

Kelli 17:49
So this movie is directed by Justin Simien. He’s a man of color. And fun fact he once held a summer job working at the Haunted Mansion at Disney Land.

Chris 18:01
Oh, awesome, man. I love it. That is so cool. You know that’s got to be so cool for him.

Kelli 18:05
It’s gotta be so cool. He’s an American filmmaker and actor and an author. His first feature film was dear white people. And it won the US Dramatic Special Jury Award breakthrough for breakthrough talent at Sundance Film Festival and it was also later adapted into a Netflix series same name. He has also been named to varieties 10 directors to watch lists. Okay, fun fact about Justin. He is also the writer, executive producer and creator of Lando. The series Lando No kidding. Yes. In December 2020, Lando was announced as a Disney plus limited series focusing on land towers with a story written by Justin. That’s awesome. Isn’t that great? And back to the podcast. Yes, in May 2022, Kennedy stated that the series was still in development, and that they were having discussions with Donald Glover about reprising the role from solo A Star Wars Story in this series. So it’s still in the works yet, but it’s coming and Justin’s the guy Nice. Okay. So let me give you a summary and talk about specifically some of the stars. So first, Gabby is Rosario Dawson. She is a single mom, she purchases a stately old New Orleans mansion after a tragic, tragic event up north. She’s living up north with her son, and she and her son decide to move to New Orleans, where she’s from to make a new start. Okay, a completely fresh start. She wants to introduce your son to New Orleans and just totally start over. They purchased the mansion sight unseen, to turn it into a bed and breakfast, not knowing that it is filled to the brim with 999 Happy haunts. Fun fact, Rosario played a souca in the second season of the Mandalorian and the book of Boba Fett, among many other things, and

Chris 19:57
she’ll she’ll reprise that role. Yes. Okay, yes,

Kelli 20:01
Gabby and her son Travis, this is played by Chase Dylan. Realize the house is a lot more than they bargained for. And it was it was a really good deal. But they realized it’s more than they bargained for and so they enlist a ragtag gang of spiritual experts to help read the space of the supernatural. So this ragtag gang includes a paranormal tour guide, a psychic a priest and a historian. They come together as an ensemble cast to fight the ghosts of the match and you love a good ensemble can

Chris 20:38
I do love a good ensemble can

Kelli 20:39
I do to chase is up and coming. He has a 14 year old from Lafayette, Louisiana, and he’s currently live in Connecticut. He has two movies coming out, but he’s done mostly TV series. He’s going to be big. I’m telling you he looks like a young Gary Coleman from different strokes. When I saw the cover of the one of the move the D two, three, I was like, Oh my gosh, is that Gary Coleman like shrunk down. Like I thought it was today Gary Coleman shrunk down because that’s what it looks like on the cover. No, he I think he looks just like Gary Coleman. This is significantly different than the premise of the ride. The Haunted Mansion. Okay, and very different from the Eddie Murphy version. In the trailer, we don’t see any singing busts. Nor is there a prominent bride or a master Gracie, there is a bride, but she’s not prominent. And she’s clearly a bit unhinged as I like the bride to be.

Chris 21:38
I mean, the bride in the ride is unhinged. Right. And

Kelli 21:41
we maybe only get a glimpse of some hitchhiking ghosts. Right. So a lot of the that part that was so big and Eddie Murphy, not prominent in the trailer. So here’s some of the others that are in the cast a booze who, as they say, it is a fantastically diverse cast. You’ve got Jared Leto as the Hatbox Ghost Hatbox Ghost. Oh, and Wilson is the priest Okay. In the trailer, he says, God, give us a break. There’s so many bad people in the world haunt them. Tiffany Haddish goes, amen. It’s fantastic. Danny DeVito is the college history professor. Jamie Lee Curtis is Madame Liotta. She looks phenomenal. Love it. Hasan Minaj. A huge fan of Hasan. Absolutely. Is a sketch artist. And there’s a clip with him in the trailer. That is phenomenal and fun fact if you use Waze, you can actually change your voice for directions into Hasan Minaj right now I’ve done that. It’s fantastic. Tiffany Haddish is Harriet. She is the French Quarter psychic. Okay. All right. Look, Keith Stanfield plays Ben Mathias. And he is a widowed scientist turned paranormal tour guide. Yeah, he’s fantastic. He was a detective and knives out. Yes, that’s

Chris 23:08
right. Yes, yes. Yes. All right. Okay, Wynonna,

Kelli 23:11
Ryder is rumored to be the bride. We know she’s in the cast, her role has not been disclosed and interesting. So the rumor, of course, is that she’s the bribe. So here is the core. And this is a quote from the data through magazine. At its core, the movie is incredibly funny and heartfelt. Of course, the fun and scares are there, as is the lore of the mansion. But the real gateway into the story was this set of eccentric characters who desperately need a found family. I’m gonna love that bar. And I love it. And we worked hard to bring that aspect of the screenplay to life that loves that that’s why you love gardens. Why

Chris 23:53
I love guardians. I love that kind of stuff. I hope they all end up living in the house together

Kelli 24:05
it’s gonna be awesome.

Chris 24:06
I mean, anybody living in a house with Danny DeVito it’s gonna be a fun time.

Kelli 24:09
It’s gonna be a good time. I I’m so excited about it. I cannot and I don’t hate the Eddie Murphy version.

Chris 24:16
I’m not a fan.

Kelli 24:17
I don’t hate it.

Chris 24:19
I’m okay. I’m not a fan.

Kelli 24:21
I’m a fan I just said I don’t hate it. I don’t hate

Unknown Speaker 24:24
it. Oh, no, I didn’t like the bus

Kelli 24:27
and I liked that they carry liotta All right. Interval. In case this one is going to be very creep tastic stellar ensemble casts I am counting the days.

Chris 24:47
You know you got so much do between now and then but I do but

Kelli 24:50
when I get back to the States

Chris 24:56
that’s awesome. That’s awesome. I’m excited about it. You notice I’m excited about some time. So thanks to Disney tourists blog again for helping out with this one. They are amazing over there. We just passed Memorial Day in fact we were supposed to officially record the day before Memorial Day that was nor there was two days ago. Too many and including myself, that sort of the unofficial start to summer. The kids are getting out of school the heat starts rising neighborhood pools open up back in South Carolina.

Kelli 25:31
Many says this the unofficial start of summer. That’s what I say is the unofficial start to Mini and also to many

Chris 25:39
ma ny not many. Not me and Minnie Mouse.

Kelli 25:45
Minnie Mouse said you know what? I

Chris 25:47
bet if you asked her she’d say yes what many what is the official starting to sell out official starting to summer readmitting oil day so a lot of folks plan their Disney trips to be in the summertime. Right which is what my family always do. So don’t do it but many people are to do it it’s that’s what I always went growing up. So to honor my notes I to honor today being the unofficial start of summer we’re so bad. I thought I’d walk through some my top tips for going to Disney in the summertime. Right and we’ve done some of these types of things before but you know, sure. Here we are. Now it’s time for it. Okay, so number one thing here pack for the heat. Okay, temps and humidity in Florida during the summer combined to easily make it feel like it’s 100 plus degrees even when it’s like in the 80s or whatever right? It’s gonna feel way hotter than it is you’re gonna like feel your skin crispy. Yeah, and for some reason Animal Kingdom always feels hotter for some reason to me I don’t know why that is. But you know Disney is all concrete and asphalt and hard surfaces. So it

Kelli 27:09
feels more humid maybe maybe this is the jungle ask five maybe so sure.

Chris 27:14
So but carry a shoulder bag, a light shoulder bag with some with some stuff you’re going to need sunscreen screen up man just just because you’re in a parking lot laying on a beach you know tanning you can still get burned a lot of those lines stretch out into the sunshine. So pack some sunscreen SPF hat or an umbrella and or an umbrella or parasol as it were

Kelli 27:40
with SPF not just yes your basic umbrella umbrella with SPF barrier no

Chris 27:45
people like you can just burst into flame even starting just

Kelli 27:49
thinking about this segment

Chris 27:53
I’m gonna say also were quick dry clothing Oh yeah, we don’t a it’s lighter usually. It also makes it much more enjoyable to do something you’re really going to want to do on a hot day as ride those water rights. The falls ride at Animal Kingdom, the Splash Mountain that no longer runs but futures to by adventure. Yes, you’re gonna want to ride those you can get super wet but nobody wants to like slog around for the rest of the day. You don’t want to you don’t want chafing. No you do not. So we’re that quick dry clothing it’s gonna make it’s gonna make it a lot easier that decision to go get on those water rights. And I would say also frog tog chili pads in frog talk chili pads are awesome. Wet them down wring them out they’re nice and cool. Combine that with a neck fan. Genius neck fan right? Yes so they make these you can buy them on online will link these things

Kelli 28:54
are not sexy. All Yeah, you do not feel like beautiful beautiful when you’re wearing this but you feel better than the person standing next to you.

Chris 29:04
You know you don’t look like you feel beautiful anyway in the Florida heat you

Kelli 29:07
don’t sew that up

Chris 29:08
yeah get that get about looking beautiful and the Florida heat or Disney World. We’ll we’ll link to a bladeless fan that Disney tourists blog suggested but you literally wear that we have a couple you wear them around your neck you turn them on and they literally just blow cool air really onto your neck. Combine that with a chilli pad.

Kelli 29:28
I ordered those for our trip that time we went and you were like I don’t know and then we got there you realize oh this is fantastic. I was wrong. That’s right you were your batteries kept running out before mine did wore that thing out.

Chris 29:41
Alright, the next the next tip is to hydrate. Pack a water bottle don’t buy water or you snacks for bottles of water. You know when the dining plan expensive? Yeah expensive expensive. There are water fountains including those that are meant to refill water bottles scattered about the parks. Use those a worst case scenario go to a counter service location ask for a cup of water, it’s free, it’s free. So go do that but you are going to sweat so falling out because you don’t drink enough water is just an unforced error. You don’t want to put a serious dent in your Superfund time now

Kelli 30:18
you don’t want to fall out I’ve been to first day job and they’re nice I have fallen out at Disney and they are nice people but that’s not where you want to be when you got you got Lightning lines lined up

Chris 30:27
fax

Kelli 30:29
literally stumbled out of first aid at that point because

Chris 30:31
I’ve got a fast path man Don’t you think you need to lay down for a little bit faster I got Lightning lights. We don’t mess around. Okay, take it easy. The next tip oh is

Kelli 30:47
that a tip from you is to it is like to refer people back to the part where I just stumbled out a first date because we had a fast

Chris 30:57
you stumbled out. I was at Starbucks chillin

Kelli 31:00
because I’m the one that fell out.

Chris 31:04
Take Take it easy. You have to plan for downtime we’ve

Unknown Speaker 31:07
talked about this before. And you do a horrible job at it.

Chris 31:11
I did great when I went there by myself you

Kelli 31:12
when I go you drag me to my death

Chris 31:15
you are the variable their plan plan for the downtime. This is the time of year to plan for early starts with resort time in the afternoon. Do that rope drop, go out there early before the temperatures get to their hottest part of the day and then plan for that resort time in the afternoon. But resort time equals naps pull time. Maybe plan for a dinner at a resort before heading back to the park at night time for some more fun. It’s a great opportunity, in fact to eat at places that you might not normally eat at because you you can the resorts offers so many wonderful dining options and they’re air conditioned y’all. They’re all air conditioned and the doors aren’t opening all the time like they are in the parks. It maybe it’s easier to do this if you’re staying at a resort that’s closest to the parks. at Magic Kingdom. I highly recommend taking a nice boat ride. Just leave the park even if you’re not going to go after the grandfather and staying at Poly or contemporary or whatever. take a boat ride over to Graham Flo Polly just to just to go and get out of the park for a little bit sit down and get the breeze from the water

Kelli 32:24
is nice for that too

Chris 32:25
outgrows that next option. If you’re at Epcot or Hollywood Studios take a break by taking a round trip on the skyline or just take it out to where it goes and ride it back. You can take a boat ride around Crescent Lake right just hop on the boat on Epcot, just go see the Yacht Club and boardwalk either of these options are going to take you to some amazing dining options at any of these resorts and take a long boat ride out in Fort wilderness and back from Magic Kingdom breezes and all that Yep, exactly plan for dark rides, theater shows etc during the hottest part of the day in the afternoons if you can. You can adventure it’s air conditioned in there it’s air conditioned progress usually just fine. You’re

Kelli 33:11
looking for cushion seats and air conditioning as you are no loud noises Yes, that’s going to be carousel progress. American adventure. Yep. are willing to break into halves the whole President Hall the

Chris 33:22
President’s right. So yeah, plan for those dark rides and theater shows. Leslie just sit find a spot to people watch. I love that people watch. Just finding a spot on Main Street USA sit down on the curb in my screen, eat some ice cream and watch people for a minute. Maybe you catch a parade or a cavalcade or something. Just take it easy there. Yes. Last thing. Embrace the rain. It’s Florida in the summer, you can practically set your clock by afternoon rainstorms manna from heaven, Disney. Disney makes a fortune on those little plastic punches. You can always pack your own all that good punches are fine. I say since she decided to wear those quick dry clothes anyway. Just embrace the driving rain. Think about how much fun you had as a kid when you played in the rain. Right? It felt like you were doing something wrong or whatever, but it felt great. Embrace that you’re on vacation, play in the rain. Don’t be stupid with lightning. Get out of get out of the lightning. Right but everybody in the park is going to run for cover when it starts to really write just you’re gonna you’re gonna have all those little walkways Mainstreet USA practically to yourself, if you just embrace the rain. Yep. So that’s my tips I pack for the heat. Yes, hydrate, take it easy and embrace the rain. Remember that time we put the kids on that Triceratops ride for like two hours? Oh my gosh. It just sat

Kelli 34:51
there crying a long time in diner land. You went and got teas for us at Jeffrey Jaffa? I did. We’re sitting there in ponchos wish didn’t have fun. Well, no, I we had to punch while we had the punches but we’re just I mean, it is pouring pouring rain around our land. And the girls were like, Can we ride rides? I mean, we were already so yeah, we’re like yeah, go

Chris 35:10
go for it. Go get on it go get on. We were at Animal Kingdom that day for 16 hours we were and

Kelli 35:15
we were all soaked to the core. And they had a blast ride that ride in the rain. is so much more exciting when it’s raining.

Chris 35:27
Yep, so that’s your that’s your tips for the summertime at Walt Disney World if you if you dare to take on the heat. God bless your shutters. Yep, that’s right. That’s our show for this week. Folks. We hope you liked it. If you did run out like our friend did this recently. And leave us a rating or a review on wherever you get your podcasts. It’s going to help us out a lot.

Kelli 35:53
It does and if you’re looking for more things Disney please visit SCF adp.com. That’s s for superseed for Callie and for Fragile stick a for awesome D for Disney P for podcast. For the next couple of months. We are actually going to be doing a best stuff summer. Yes. So we will have episodes launching every week as per usual, but these will be our most popular episodes we’ve ever had.

Chris 36:14
Yep, that’s right. And we might try to do one from Paris. We might have promises. So thank you for listening. And with that, folks, we will see you real soon.

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