Happy New Year everyone! In this episode we talk about Steamboat Willie entering the public domain, Gravity Falls fans were treated to a holiday surprise by Alex Hirsch, Pirates of the Caribbean joins the Genie+ line-up, and a Disney Dreamlight Valley glitch has the community split.
This week the universe giveth Lorcana and the universe taketh Lorcana away, Dreamlight Valley finally leaves public beta status and we give you our initial thoughts on the release and new features, several Pixar films finally get a theatrical release, a fan favorite returns with Fantasmic in spring 2024, Rolly Crump makes his way to Spotify, we dive into whether Disney used AI to recreate a recreation of their art, and we start winding-down Great Moments with Mr. Andrew covering facts about 2019 and 2020.
This week we find out that Mel lives in a Mansion, we talk about our favorite Disney mugs (which then made us want to give away a mug – so more details on that coming soon), a Hitchhiking Ghost-inspired DIY idea starts to unfold, a fan recreates a hi-res 1968 Disneyland map, Halloween decorations that may remind you of your childhood, a Disney Imagineer in Southern California brings the spirit Halloween Town to Santa Clarita, and, we round out the episode with our history segment Great Moments with Mr. Andrew covering some facts about 2003 and 2004.
This week we cover Disney+ beginning their crackdown on password sharing, Dick Van Dyke visits Disneyland, Tokyo Disney has a wonderful of enhancing guest experiences, changes coming to Genie+, more construction in Toon Town, the NFL teams up with Disney to bring us Toy Story Sunday Fun Day and, we cap off the episode with our history segment Great Moments with Mr. Andrew with some facts about 2001 and 2002.
This week Andrew goes down a Star Path, Rick Astley surprises us by not rolling us, Disneyland and other resorts name their new Ambassador teams, a new product tries to fill the hole left in the Lorcana community, Rogers the Musical finds a home on a Spotify, rumors circulate that Drew Barrymore may have moved strike talks forward because the writer’s strike is over, and of course, we cap off the episode with our history segment Great Moments with Mr. Andrew with some facts about 1999 and 2000.