In this week’s episode, Chris explains all of the plans for expansion at Disneyland in California (Disneyland Forward), and Kelli gives a definitive list of the top 10 lounges at Walt Disney World.
Listen to us on your favorite podcast platform or at these links:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/supercalifragilistic-awesome-disney-podcast/id1519529786
IHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-supercalifragilistic-aweso-68324055/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7aEKXzO7tTCqZfnvJnzAPC
SCFADP on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scfadp/
SCFADP on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SuperCaliFragilisticAwesomeDisneyPodcast
All music for this episode is available through a creative commons license. The background music for the News segment was created by Kevin Macleod: Fuzzball Parade by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5044-fuzzball-parade
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
For more things DISNEY (and Disney food reviews), check out our website: https://scfadp.com
Show Notes:
Chris and Kelli discuss various updates and plans related to Disney, including the ending of the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival, potential layoffs at shopDisney, and Disneyland Resort’s expansion plans. They also share their favorite lounges and hidden gems at Disney World, highlighting unique atmospheres, delicious drinks, and exceptional food. Kelli expresses mixed feelings about the second Avatar movie, while Chris shares news about producer John Landau visiting Walt Disney Imagineering.
Outline
Disney topics, including new movies, layoffs, and a farewell to a beloved show.
- Chris and Kelli discuss Disney-related topics and share listener locations.
- Chris and Kelli discuss Avatar news, including layoffs at Disney and John Landau’s visit with Walt Disney Imagineering.
Epcot festival, endangered animals, and D23 event.
- Chris and Kelli discuss Epcot’s Flower and Garden Festival ending early, with speculation about a potential new festival.
- Chris and Kelli discuss the recent birth of triplets to an endangered species at Animal Kingdom.
- Chris and Kelli consider attending a D23 exclusive event at Disney Springs.
Disneyland expansions and updates.
- Kelli and Chris discuss Disneyland’s Lunar New Year celebration and Malin Lee’s meet and greet.
- Disney plans major expansion of Disneyland and California Adventure parks.
- Disney aims to create immersive experiences, but zoning laws hinder expansion.
Disneyland expansion plans, including new lands and attractions.
- Kelli and Chris discuss plans for redeveloping Disneyland’s parking lots into resorts, hotels, dining, retail, and theme parks.
- The current zoning doesn’t allow for all the proposed uses to be developed simultaneously, despite public demand.
- Disney parks announce new immersive lands based on Frozen, Tangled, Peter Pan, and Zootopia.
- Chris and Kelli discuss potential new Disneyland attractions, including a Toy Story land and a Mary Poppins land.
Top Disney World lounges with rankings and descriptions.
- Kelli ranks the top 10 lounges at Walt Disney World, including the Bellevue Lounge at BoardWalk and the Enchanted Rose at Grand Floridian.
- Drink options at these lounges include Cosmo, cold brew martini, sparkling hibiscus, and smoked turkey, with prices ranging from $16 to $18.
- Kelli and Chris discuss their top 9 Disney World restaurants, with #9 being a lounge with expensive snacks and drinks.
- They also mention a hidden gem at Hollywood Studios, the Tune In Lounge, with a unique drink menu and no reservations needed.
Top Disney lounges with recommendations.
- Kelli discusses her experience at the Saturn 2.0 bar in the Mexican pavilion, including the unique drink-making show and limited seating.
- Kelli also recommends the Gousto wine cellar in the Italian pavilion, offering over 200 Italian wines and a cozy wine bar feel.
- Kelli and Chris discuss their favorite Disney drinks, including souvenir mugs and appetizers.
- Kelli and Chris discuss Disney lounges and conservation efforts.
Lounges at Disney World Reference (my top 10 is different): https://ziggyknowsdisney.com/disney-world-bars/#Best_Disney_World_Bars_Lounges_RANKED
- Disney General
- Epcot
- Animal Kingdom
- Disneyland
- https://blogmickey.com/2024/01/raya-returns-to-disney-california-adventure-for-a-limited-time/
- https://blogmickey.com/2024/01/concept-art-meilin-lee-ming-lee-turning-red-meet-and-greet-for-lunar-new-year-celebration/
- Turning red mom & daughter coming to Disneyland California Adventure
- https://blogmickey.com/2024/01/2024-is-a-big-year-for-disneylandforward-and-it-begins-next-week
- Disneyland Paris
- Shanghai Disneyland
- Tokyo Disneyland
- Hong Kong Disneyland
- Disneyland Forward
- https://www.disneylandforward.com/possibilities
Episode Transcript:
NOTE: This transcript was produced by AI and may have many inaccuracies. Please excuse any transcription issues.
Welcome aboard Disney fam Hello out there Disney fam. My name is Chris and I’m Kelly. So excited to be back I know we’re a day late but that’s okay. That’s okay. We’re still
Kelli 0:41
whatever we’re killing it killing it in a row killing it
Chris 0:45
that’s some kind of street going you’re wearing your Polynesian ears are these the ones that surprised you with
Kelli 0:48
they are and that is in fact what makes them topic adjacent. But we’re not gonna go any further than that because I don’t want spoilers. They are topic adjacent. Hey, honey, did anybody listen to us this week?
Chris 1:03
Yeah, we got downloads man like crazy. Spring Hill, Tennessee joined the party. About 30 miles south of Nashville, Nashville. Belmar New Jersey. This is a very exciting place. I think we need to go here. This is classic Jersey Shore beach town not far from Asbury Park, you know where Bruce Springsteen. It had big and Bon Jovi played there. This is like they got like, two miles of classic Boardwalk. It’s a party scene. Okay. I mean, I know we grew up going to Myrtle Beach, but it’s basically this thing. Apache Junction Arizona.
Kelli 1:41
Ooh, that’s
Chris 1:42
fun. Yeah, yeah. So Arizona. Yeah, this is very like Old West looking places. Like it’s a lot of it has been preserved. They’ve got like an actual like Ghost Town thing you can visit Oh, how cool. It’s named for the junction of the Apache Trail and the Old West highway about 40 minutes east of Phoenix. Very cool, fun place. Very cool. Very educational to Ottawa, Canada, the the incredibly beautiful capital of Canada. Canadians have joined the party. We get Canadians all the time, but I think this was actually Justin Trudeau. I think, Oh, you
Kelli 2:18
think Justin Trudeau was actually listening? Okay. Welcome, Justin.
Chris 2:22
Pretty sure we’re wrapped up and Mr. Live? We don’t we don’t know him. Justin just yesterday. Just downloaded us he doesn’t we don’t we’re not on a first name basis. I want to be respectful the office.
Sad news up front looks like maybe some layoffs are coming to shopdisney. You see this? Little over 100. Wow. How many people? A lot of the positions are part time and work from home type, customer service type positions. But nevertheless, it still sucks for the bomber. Avatar producer John Landau visited with Walt Disney Imagineering last week to talk about the future of how they may do more avatar related things. Yeah, they’re making five movies.
Kelli 3:14
Are they really are they’re
Chris 3:16
at least five. They’ve just been in here. They released the second one last year. And they’re going to make at least three more
Kelli 3:23
and it was the most expensive movie ever to make. And it barely broke even I don’t know about that. The first one. The first one the second one it was like we never even saw it. It was like so long.
Chris 3:33
I saw it I didn’t see it in the theater but I did see and what do you think? I thought it was great. I thought it was good. Have did have that sort of really in the pit of your stomach horrible thing that happens in it just like the first movie, although not quite as bad. But it was a good movie. It was a very entertaining movie and okay incredible to make this that was the movie where Kate Winslet broke Tom Cruise’s record for holding her breath underwater right right. You remember we talked about Yeah,
Kelli 4:05
yeah, definitely talked about that. Okay. The Country
Chris 4:08
Jamboree has said farewell its show. I’ll never see that show again. You want honey? That shows God
Kelli 4:15
you saw it already 500 times and you can sing all the songs. It
Chris 4:20
was listen to another podcast. Caroline and Connor. Okay, and he mentioned also the clicking eyes. They felt I really really ought to fix that part of it. That’s easier that’s new whole new all new songs on the costumes you know okay, but I don’t think we’re gonna get blown the whole
Kelli 4:41
new you know, AV system as you talk last week, oh, that new company to come in and do the AV AV
Chris 4:52
system I just you know, I don’t know if we’re gonna get all the all everybody turns me on turns me down.
Kelli 4:59
That song I think probably not.
Chris 5:03
Oh, well. I’m sure the new show will be great. I
Kelli 5:05
hope Disney comes out with like some retro T shirts. I’ll have one that I mean one that says like, everybody turns me on turned down. Yeah. Great shirt to
Chris 5:16
water. Blood on the saddle saddle.
Kelli 5:19
Gosh,
Chris 5:20
what’d she say? The tears? Tears of the chaser for my why
Kelli 5:31
so many Oh,
Chris 5:34
man is so good luck. So the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival is actually ending a month earlier than it has historically, at least for the last few years. And so that’s the question. Nobody has really explained why that I’m aware of. The rumor is maybe they’re going to squeeze yet another really short festival in between the Garden Festival and the Food Wine Festival. But they do so well during the festivals, which is why we have like, you know, 10 or 12 days of the whole year where there’s not a festival, right? Yeah. You know, but yeah, this just sort of an open ended question.
Kelli 6:14
I don’t want to think about Epcot without booths.
Chris 6:17
I know. Exactly. It
Kelli 6:19
was very sad.
Chris 6:20
Well, you know, we went the marathon weekend that time and they didn’t have
Kelli 6:25
I know it’s going shut down and stuff is sad. So many sad things about that weekend. Yeah.
Chris 6:32
Was fun. We had a good time. It actually
did you see that the critically endangered cotton top Tamarin family at Animal Kingdom had triplets. Oh, yeah. So
Kelli 6:51
good for them with making triplets medically in danger.
Chris 6:55
I know. And last summer those other family that had twins. Wow. They they they are single handedly repopulating the earth with
Kelli 7:04
their endangered since they they reproduce like rabbits.
Chris 7:10
This is the I didn’t get any names. But these tiny babies have spent the last several days bonding with their parents and siblings. In fact, both mom and dad share infant care responsibilities, carrying their young on their backs until approximately 14 weeks of age. I saw they are totes adult, they’re so stinking cute. Did you see the picture of him carrying on their backs? I’m
Kelli 7:34
looking at him like just like in regular Google. Okay. But like yeah, they’ve got like, it looks like a white Mohawk. But it ends up being more like like 80s hair band.
Chris 7:43
Yeah, like a little bit like a Billy Idol. Maybe?
Kelli 7:46
Oh my gosh, I love these things. Why would they be so endangered? Because,
Chris 7:52
you know, stop hurting. Can’t keep their hands off of them. I saw a picture of the ones that just had two babies on their backs right
Kelli 8:03
now. Goodness, that is too much.
Chris 8:10
So that’s fun. Oh so cute. Discovery islands. So that I think that’s that’s the area right when you first enter Animal Kingdom is really Yeah, or D 23. With something I mean, I don’t know this is a really big deal. But it is to me because we’re going to be there on this day. There is a D 23 announced a 15th anniversary Goldmember exclusive events splitsville at Disney Springs. So they here’s the announcement says it’s been a it’s been 15 Fan tested years with the greatest fans on Earth. And now between three invites you to mark our anniversary milestone it splitsville luxury lanes at Disney Springs, as we look back on 15 years of magic memories and all made possible because of fans like you. So We’re redeemed 23 Gold members. Yeah. And this event is $50 plus a $7 processing fee. It goes from eight to 11 That night, the timing is kind of perfect for us. Delectable food and non alcoholic beverages will be provided at a at a cash bar will be provided. Oh well that just took it down.
Kelli 9:23
I mean, for $50 I should really get
Chris 9:25
the I feel like like I should get the open bar at least beer and wine. First access to a member exclusive D 23/15 anniversary pin collection. Let’s see and you get a cosmic blue variant of the Sorcerer’s Apprentice Mickey Mouse figurine from the D 23. Magic and Mystery collection. Okay,
Kelli 9:48
that’s fine.
Chris 9:49
It’s a fun thing. We had to think about whether or not we want to do that while we’re there because 11 o’clock is late for what we have planned for, you know, the next four days.
Kelli 9:57
This is what you do to me we go to this It’s not what I do to eat. You say, Honey, what we need to do today stay up until 2:30am. And then unfortunately got to be at the parks by six, because we’ve got reservations. That’s not what all it’s constant. It’s not what I do. Yeah.
Chris 10:14
My experience is that I try to take it chill and easy. Yeah,
Kelli 10:17
never literally never literally never
Chris 10:23
Raya. So the Disneyland parks are celebrating the lunar new year, this year so Raya is Returning to California Adventure Park for a limited time, which is always fun. I think Riaz fantastic love Raya, and Malin Lee and her mom are going to be a meet and greet at Disneyland, or the Lunar New Year.
Kelli 10:47
That’s awesome. So they don’t get enough. They don’t get enough love. No,
Chris 10:51
it coincides with the relaunch I think of the turning read in movie theaters.
Kelli 10:57
February 9, also, so they’re just to a Disneyland not a Disney World.
Chris 11:00
I didn’t see anything at Disney.
Kelli 11:02
Should we do it in the Chinese Pavilion? They
Chris 11:04
might be. They might be but you know, like Milan is always in the Chinese Pavilion. Yeah. Well,
Kelli 11:09
where’s Malin? Lee? Yes.
Chris 11:10
I get that mom whelming riot. I don’t believe she’s Chinese. But you know,
Kelli 11:17
no, I mean, I’m just saying if she’s part of the celebration, and let’s bring her to both coasts,
Chris 11:21
okay. All right. I think actually, both of these meet and greets are at California Metropark that I mentioned
Kelli 11:26
is Malin Lee in she’s
Chris 11:31
paying for actually, actually she she’s mid transformation. So she’s like, she’s got a tail and yours. Yes. Yeah. Good.
Kelli 11:38
Okay, good.
Chris 11:38
Yep. Cute. Oh, this was a news item, but it actually is going to be in my segment so I can’t talk about that. Did you see the pictures at Disneyland Paris have snow.
Kelli 11:51
That’s the only park that gets I don’t know if
Chris 11:54
that’s that’s because I think I think Japan will get snow. Yeah.
Kelli 11:57
I don’t see a lot of, of snow pictures in Japan. Well,
Chris 12:01
I hadn’t. I don’t know. I think this might be the first time I’ve ever seen snow at a Disney park. Oh, no. I’ve seen pictures of snow in Paris. Oh man, the castle. And Phantom Manor. With snow all around it. Just gosh, it was so beautiful. Yeah. Another fun thing to hear with the last few seconds. For the first time, Hong Kong Disneyland is having a first ever cast member service celebration party. Here’s the announcement. Exciting news. We’ve been eagerly awaiting to share the first ever service celebrations coming to Hong Kong Disneyland March 20. As we approach our 19th anniversary, it’s time to honor the incredible cast members who have been with us every step of the way. If you’ve been part of the family for over 10 years, this special event is exclusively for you get ready to celebrate. You’ve earned it. Well. It’s fun. It’s really fun. I know they do something like that. And in Florida. Yeah, I think that’s awesome. For sure. So all right. So are we ready to transition over to Tomorrowland, I’m Tomorrowland. That’s what I did. So exciting things are happening out in California, the Disneyland parks out there.
Kelli 13:12
I’m super excited to
Chris 13:14
hear this. So this this thing is this is called Disneyland forward. Okay, this is a multi year, likely actually multi decade thing that they’re planning for, okay, they’re working in conjunction with Anaheim now. And so here’s the situation, they’re in short, they are about to expand the heck out of everything that’s at Disneyland and California Adventure and more
Kelli 13:42
like doublet did more than double. Probably
Chris 13:46
just with the space issues probably close to doubling it. Okay, which is huge, maybe a little bit more massive. Yeah. So I’m not saying they’re gonna double the size of Disneyland Park or California Adventure Park, but it’s gonna be close to doubling what you can experience there. And so here’s how they explained it. Disneyland forward is a multi year public planning effort to update Disneyland resorts, existing development approvals that will allow Disney to meaningfully invest in Anaheim for decades to come and meet the future demands of entertainment. So here’s the deal in the in the 90s, Anaheim and Disney work together to rezone the the parcel of land or the parcels of land that Disney already owned out there. And the problem is they didn’t look far enough ahead into what people were going to want in their experiences. But we’ve all seen Disney really lean into these fully immersive experiences. Galaxy’s edge is an immersive experiences you’re not you’re not They’re experiencing the park and cast members or their your their experience you’re in a Star Wars environment and the cast members I’m using air quotes are also characters right in the in where you are right and so they’ve they’ve they tried to do it with the star cruise or did due to expensive whatever but the some of the things they’ve also opened up in other or will be opening up soon in other parks are examples of what they want to do more of, but the current zoning laws don’t allow for it. Okay, so let’s talk about the physical dimensions of what is hard to do in a podcast setting but we’re gonna give it our best shot here right? The physical dimensions of Disneyland Resort proper out there, right? Imagine a square block. Okay of roads running north south east and west, right? That’s Disneyland’s area. It’s ball road to the north. Catella to the south, I think it’s harbor to the east and some other road to the west.
Kelli 16:09
But perfect square, perfect square and roads. Okay.
Chris 16:12
This isn’t exactly true. But let’s just imagine right to the middle running north south of that square is Disneyland drive. Okay. It’s a little bit off center to the west, but it’s fine. Everything to the east of that road is what we currently know today is Disneyland Park, Downtown Disney and California Adventure Park. To the west of that road to their other border is where Paradise Pier Disneyland Hotel is, and parking.
Kelli 16:41
Okay.
Chris 16:42
Okay. So much parking so much parking, right. So what they’re trying and everything was to Disneyland drive was zoned rezoned in the early 90s as resorts or hotels, maybe some retail but mostly resorts and hotels. What they want to do now is work with Anaheim to rezone all of that, for mixed use resort, hotel, retail, dining and theme park amusement. Yep, because we’re going to put all that jazz together. Okay. So if Disney Land is on the east side of Disneyland drive, the idea is, we’re just going to expand it across Disneyland drive, right across that that section of other land that we want, but we’ve got to get that rezoned in order to allow for theme parks and everything else we might want to do over there. Same thing for California Adventure Park, we’re just going to drag it west across Disneyland drive. Same thing. And we’re downtown Disney is let’s just sort of drag it across to now what you’ve got is basically twice the area of resort and Disneyland Hotel and Paradise Pier resort are now effectively inside the parks like grand California Adventure grand California resort is. So that is significant. Okay. What additionally what they’re thinking about doing there’s another plot of land that they own, that is sort of catty corner, if they if all their land is a square, then there’s an intersection in the in the southeastern corner, and catty corner to California venture Park, they own another sort of parcel there. And it’s also a square. And they’re looking to develop, that’s all parking today. And they’re looking to redevelop that using Disney Springs as a model. Except this would also include at least two hotels, one of them large enough for a convention center. Also lots of dining and retail and maybe even a theme park experience there for say locals who just want to go out to a Disney Springs type environment and have more to do than just eat drink and shop.
Kelli 19:01
Right because that’s done really well in Florida. Exactly.
Chris 19:04
So super exciting plans, but the current zoning just doesn’t allow for all of that stuff to be used together at the same time. But that’s what people want. So, for example, what could they do there? That’s like, so then what would they do? What other immersive lands are there other than Galaxy’s edge which already exists at Disneyland? Well, at Tokyo Disney see they’re about to open up frozen, where it’s again, fully immersive. You go into Arundale and you interact with the citizens of Arundale and, and all of these kinds of things right guests visit Arundale, the home of Elsa and Anna and explore this frozen filled land with a thrilling boat adventure as well as restaurants and some shopping. Okay, what about tangled? Disney? See, we’ll also have tangled. Right? This is a Rapunzel tower that overlooks a charming forest or gets bored gondolas too. With a lantern festival to live or puzzles, quote, best day ever oh wow Right? They’ll also have a restaurant where you can be friend the whole band of thieves that she met in the movie yeah it’s fun Disney see is also getting an immersive Peter Pan area.
Kelli 20:18
When are they getting all this stuff?
Chris 20:19
It’s in the works right now. Frozen McCain I don’t know if any of these are already open but these are all actually happening now right in other parks. The Neverland area at Disney Sea will feature two attractions one with the help of Tinkerbell takes guests on a boat ride. Following the Lost Boys down a river and the other taking guests on a journey to the middle of Pixie Hollow where Tinkerbell is from also restaurants and shopping.
Kelli 20:44
I don’t want to go to Disney see into all that’s ready.
Chris 20:46
I know. I know. Well, I think that’s okay, we okay, we don’t have it on the calendar. Shanghai is getting a fully immersive Zootopia. Right. They described this at guests can now experience the mammalian metropolis of Zootopia quote where everyone can be where anyone can be anything from an all new attraction, attraction to innovative entertainment, merchandise and more. They’re also considering a Toy Story land like it Hollywood Studios studios. That’s effectively immersive right where we’re supposed to be shrunk down to the size of a toy. Yeah, right. Tron is not in Disneyland. They want to put one out there. And so then they they’ve got this whole know what kind Oh, now I know they did not mention. But maybe they’re just saying that these are like what they’re going to do. And they do something completely different. If they listen to our podcast, I don’t know how they could go away from doing the Wakanda. I
Kelli 21:48
don’t know how they wouldn’t do a Wakanda. Right. Exactly. Tell them what to do.
Chris 21:52
You’ve basically developed the Imagineering planning for them half so or, you know, what, could they do an entire Encanto not just not just like a Sita but an entire
Kelli 22:05
Disneyland to be great place for that?
Chris 22:07
I think so.
Kelli 22:07
Yeah. So I want to I want to also, you know, just we’re just spitballing here, just spitballing I want to go ahead and throw out the Mary Poppins land, an entire Mary Poppins land IRA, but I just wanted to just spitballing we’re just spitballing I just think that’s valid. Okay,
Chris 22:26
yeah, why not?
Kelli 22:27
We’re spitballing. An
Chris 22:29
entire villains. Land. Yeah. The artists, they’ve got all this available on their website. And it’s really well laid out really well done in terms of helping people understand what they’re trying to do that effectively. It’s just not zoned the way it needs to be now for the kinds of things that they They’re being led to believe people want. Right? I mean, I like the idea of having frozen over there. And over here. Yeah. But I also like the idea of, that’s the frozen land. So
Kelli 22:58
we’ll come to here. Yes. So people want to go to all the parks, I think. Yeah, I think so. So, yeah, that’s
Chris 23:06
forward. I liked that. They’re doing that and more
Kelli 23:09
that 100%. Yeah, yeah, go for it. Okay. So I’ve got World Showcase this week, and I’m going to talk about lounges. I
Chris 23:18
have picked up on lounges way too late in life. Yes.
Kelli 23:22
Same, same. But so there’s a difference, right? So a lot of these lists, if you look for them online, they’ll do like bars and lounges like the top 10 bars and lounges. Okay, so I want to be very clear, these are lounges or lounges, these are lounges, food is involved and comfortable seating. Okay, otherwise not a lounge. Right? That’s the bar. It’s just a bar. So I’ve ranked them the top 10. Okay. According to you, according to me, I looked at several other places, and I’m going to link those, you know, in the on the website, but I rank things according to me, because I didn’t agree with anybody else that I saw
Chris 23:59
as per you. I mean, that’s, that’s on
Kelli 24:04
brand. So number 10 Is the Bellevue lounge at Boardwalk, the Bellevue lounge. This is on the second floor. Sorry. I had to move away from the mic there for a second. I had a dog unplugging the computer. It’s on the second floor of the of the boardwalk hotels. Okay, we took a master one we’ve accidentally sort of stumbled across it once. We’re waiting for our room to be ready. And then we’ve gone back again. Yes. So when you walk up the stairs to the second floor, it’s a very unassuming little corner. It is so quiet up there. And there’s sofas we’ve taken naps there. We’ve seen other people napping there. It is a fantastic nap zone. It is right. It’s a great nap zone. super quiet, very underrated and hardly anyone there. Now what I will say is they don’t offer food. Okay, so technically, that’s why I broke the rule. Okay, that’s why they’re 10 but lounges in their name. So I included them they’re going for lounge That bar. So that’s why we’re
Chris 25:01
sure they’re doing that. And now they recently redid that too, right as part of the refurb for
Kelli 25:06
they recently did that. So a couple of things they’ve got they’ve got a Cosmo a cold brew martini, a sparkling hibiscus, which is not exactly the same from Nomad lounge, but it’s very similar. And then they have a drink that I think you would like honey. It’s called smoked turkey. This is wild turkey. 101 Bourbon red stag black cherry bourbon grenadine lemonade with a hint of hickory smoke. Garnish with a gourmet a maraschino cherry, which I would I would take the hit for you there. Yeah,
Chris 25:35
thanks. That does sound like me and you’re waiting on your room. I
Kelli 25:39
think that’s Have a seat. Take a nap. Have a drink. Have a smoke turkey. Okay, so Bellevue lounge drinks are between 16 and $18, which is pretty much average for a lot of these places. That’s number 10. Number nine, the enchanted rose at the Grand flow. This is next to the Garden View tea room. It is themed to beauty in the beast. And so this was recently renamed and reopened in 2019. People were upset that it was going to be beauty themed, but they’ve gone now and everybody’s like it’s one of the best three lounges. For me. It’s number nine because we can’t afford to go. Snacks are expensive. They got a charcuterie board croquettes cheese’s housemade beef jerky housemade truffle fries, and caviar. So snacks range from $12 to 120 $120.
Drinks are also expensive there between 18 and $28. Yeah, now let’s just and they should have an extensive wine menu. Let’s
Chris 26:37
also just say I mean the other one you said was like 16 $18 for drinks. That’s expensive for drinks anywhere Yes, but now the leisure craft cocktails to these are not like it’s fine.
Kelli 26:48
We’re not gonna go here. So I’m putting it number nine. Because everybody’s like it’s it’s amazing. You’ll love it. It’s not overdone with the Beauty and the Beast theme, but still gotta Florida really expensive. Yeah. Number eight, the tune in lounge at Hollywood Studios. This is attached to 50s primetime. And they is described as grandma’s living room lounge. Yes, and
Chris 27:10
that it’s perfectly described.
Kelli 27:12
So there’s 50 TV shows playing you can actually order anything off the full menu. Wanted to go in there. That’s
Chris 27:18
key. That’s a big deal. Don’t
Kelli 27:20
have to have a reservation. So it’s mostly used for people waiting on their table it 50s But everybody says it’s truly a hidden gem. Yeah. And so there’s a drink that I want. So most of their drinks are 16 to $17. They’ve got one called the tune in PBJ cocktail. screwball peanut butter whiskey. blackberry brandy Bailey’s Irish Cream Liqueur tops with Mara Tino chat
Chris 27:44
would be rockin we got that screwball upstairs in the freezer now great, and that would be amazing.
Kelli 27:50
We also Okay, number seven. I’m going with Jacqueline Z’s hanger bar at Disney Springs sold. I didn’t rank it higher because the food isn’t always really great. Like sometimes their menu changes and sometimes you go in there and you’re like, yeah, it’s a flatbread won’t want not super special. But then around Christmas time they just have like the most amazing things. So it’s sort of I think hit and miss it doesn’t always Wow, this is an Indiana Jones inspired hangar if you’ve never been it is amazing details on the walls. Phenomenal atmosphere on the inside, which I recommend you sit on the inside we’ve sat on the patio before and again it doesn’t you don’t get the same vibe.
Chris 28:32
It was probably okay in the daytime when you can see the water and all that stuff. But you don’t get the vibe. Yeah, we did a whole segment I think on the hanger bar. Yeah, we
Kelli 28:38
did. They have flatbreads, light bites and tacos. One of their most most ordered many items is chicken on the egg. This is fried chicken deviled eggs and hot honey sauce is $15 It’s a winner. They also have a drink called the bitter Barkeep, which is essentially a pisco sour. I’m not ready for another person.
Chris 29:00
It’s only been seven years.
Kelli 29:01
Not ready. Never six space to 20. at Epcot. This lounge just opened in 2021. Okay, so you do get to take the elevator up. They offer reservations. It’s basically appetizers and drinks. Drinks are between 16 to $18. And they have one called the Saturn 2.0 which is a passion fruit Muy Thai. They say the seating is very, very limited. It’s a situation where you really need a reservation or you’ve got to make a beeline straight there when you get to the park. So I’m really fighting for those reservations online right now. So space to tab number five Lacava Delta Keela this is in the Mexican pavilion. And you can get reservations there now Oh big deal. It’s huge. Okay, so here are my one, two and three reasons as to why this is on the list. Casio so chip Okay, okay, so So love it. Now here’s the cool part. You get to watch them make the drinks Yes, which is a show in and of itself, but they do have some really really cool drinks there. It’s like you’re in this little cave. Very, very little seating. And if you go without a reservation the lions going to be out to the front of the Mexican pavilion. Drinks are between 16 to $18. Highly recommended, super popular place. Yes. Number four is on our list for this time. The to toe Gousto wine cellar. This is the Epcot Italian pavilion. They have over 200 Different Italian wines has a very cozy wine bar feel that’s what I mentioned. And yes, it looks again like a like you’re in a wine cellar, couches, you know, brick walls, things like that. They have a small plate menu that will take guests on and around the country tour of Italy. I’m feeling you know, Stanley Tucci vibes, no reservations, so you’ve got a dash there. And they also offer dessert. I could not find an official pricing or menu online and honestly, that just makes me want to go more. I know. I know. I’m down for that. Okay, last three. Number three Ogas cantina haven’t been it’s on our list for this time we have reservations. You truly feel like you’re at Moe’s eyes, Lee’s Cantina in the 1977 Star Wars Did I pronounce that? Well, it’s
Unknown Speaker 31:24
nicely practiced.
Kelli 31:25
They have true mixologist and bartenders, and they also have also mocktails for kids or adults who prefer mocktails snacks are minimal. And they are okay. They’re not amazing. You go for the drinks 17 to $49 Still pricey for the drink heard the fuzzy Taunton is funny. Fuzzy Taunton is Ketel One botanical peach and orange vodka. Peach stops the core orange juice with tangerine pure cane sugar and a buzz button tingling foam. Everybody wants to foam that’s right. That’s the the one that’s $49 is the Yep, nub and it but it comes with a souvenir indoor mug.
Chris 32:05
Okay, well, so here we go. Here’s the $50 for my D 2340.
Kelli 32:13
It’s Malibu pineapple rum, Sailor Jerry spiced rum, citrus juices and passionate fruit. I mean, I’ll have it Yes. It’s got a souvenir. I’m
Chris 32:21
gonna play the song for you tonight that the name of that drink comes from Okay. Number
Kelli 32:25
two, Trader Sam’s grog grotto at Polynesian village where the IRS that’s where the IRS are from. We’ve always we’ve done entire episode on this so go listen to it. We’ve sat inside and outside highly recommend either drinks are 15 to $26 the mugs are awesome get the souvenir most get all the souvenir mugs, any souvenir mug you can get. Don’t
Chris 32:47
go there unless you want to spend some money on the mugs. got to you got to
Kelli 32:51
appetizers change regularly. They’re 10 to $18 I recommend that hippopotami tag comes with a great souvenir mug. The only reason this isn’t number one is because the food is better at the number one place. Okay, Nomad lounge.
Chris 33:07
Oh, okay. All right.
Kelli 33:08
Nomad Lounge is number one. I’m gonna say it’s the best Lounge on Disney property. It’s become a staple for us. You can get the Tiffins bread service. I don’t need to say anything else. That’s $16 you can get churros which are the best choice you’ve ever need to continue listing. Any of the food is amazing. The
Chris 33:26
ribs Oh my gosh. Ribs. They
Kelli 33:28
had lobster mac and cheese.
Chris 33:30
That was over the top. Yes.
Kelli 33:32
cocktails are all fantastic. I recommend the Djinns tattoo. That’s $15 and that is with your hibiscus flower so that’s Ketel One vodka, watermelon hibiscus and lime juice. And I know I’m over I’m gonna say when we go ahead, the snow leopard salvations but I was hoping you mentioned this also amazing vodka, pear liqueur, mint, lime juice and ginger beer. So I wanted it it saves the snow Lau was
Chris 33:59
gonna say I want to say that that also helps donates to Snow Leopard.
Kelli 34:03
Yes, the vodka that’s used in that supports snow leopards to save their conservation. Yeah, so I mean, I had to run through that really quick y’all I knew it was going to be tight. Nomad lounge trader Sam’s
Chris 34:17
Yeah, go go get those two lounges are worth going out of your way yes
Kelli 34:23
to get to the lounges sit relax. Yeah, I mean the Nomad lounge with this hustle bustle schedule. The Nomad lounge also
Chris 34:33
the you know, the online you know queue but just go up to the desk and ask if they’ve got a seat for you. Go go go go get in there. Yes, folks. That’s the show chock a block full of good info I had to say I mean the lounge segments alone, I can’t wait to experience so if you enjoyed the show, go leave us a five star rating. Leave us a review. If your service allows for it. It really helps bring other people to the show. It
Kelli 35:00
does and if you’re looking for more things Disney visit SCF adp.com. That’s s for Super C for Cali F A fridge ballistic a for awesome D for Disney P for podcast. We’re about to record the bonus episodes what’s happening this week people awesome.
Chris 35:13
Join us online at on Instagram at SCF ADP. We love having you in the conversation out there. And with that we will see you real soon
