322 Disney and Alice in Wonderland

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls Podcast, show number 322, for Sunday 5th July 2020. If you want to listen, whilst reading these notes, just click the player below or alternatively find us on iTunes, Libsyn, Stitcher Radio, or any good podcast catching apps. Welcome to this week's show notes and we have one main topic - Alice in Wonderland.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was written by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, under his pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It was originally published in 1865 and has been translated into 97 different languages. From the book, there have been many film versions over the years - including an X rated version! And to find the link to that one and Star Wars - you will have to listen to the podcast!

The Disney version of the film was released in 1951 and even today, the characters are known and loved by many. This shows that they may be identifiable to modern society as well as well-crafted. We start our discussion by looking at the characters and where to find them in the Disney theme parks. 

Photo Credit WDW Mickey Hunter

For many, character meals are the best places to guarantee meeting characters from this franchise and Disney has a few options from a children's party to breakfast or dinner. 

Michelle reminisced back to her first Disneyland Resort trip and shared about meeting the Mad Hatter and Alice at Goofy's Kitchen. 

Meanwhile, Jayne recalled meeting characters at 1900 Park Fair, where Alice took a shine to a then young Ethan. 

Then, we look at Alice in Wonderland in the parks, and there are the teacup rides, a dark ride, and mazes plus character meets.

Additionally, the Disneyland Hotel at Tokyo Disneyland has the most amazing themed hotel rooms to this franchise.

We then daydream a little about how else these characters could be more present in the parks.

What else would you like to see in the parks to enhance this franchise?
  
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Disney Dream Girls 157 - Kat and Lewis Review Their Tokyo Trip

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls podcast for show number 157 for Sunday 7th May 2017. As always, if you wish to listen to the podcast, whilst reading this blog, all you have to do is click on the audio player below. Alternatively, our podcast can be found in places that host podcasts such as iTunes (click here to subscribe) and Stitcher Radio.

 
On this weeks show, we are incredibly pleased to welcome back, for their fourth appearance, Kat and Lewis to talk about their trip to Tokyo Disneyland Resort. This trip saw them jubilantly complete the magical loop - meaning they've now visited all of the Disney theme parks in the world!

Photo Credit - Kat Maddever

Celebration T-shirts - Photo Credit Kat Maddever

On the podcast, they discuss their thoughts on staying at Club Level in the Disneyland hotel. They in fact had a turret room, which sounds amazing - right down to the turn down service where Mousekeeping laid out hotel pyjamas for them each day! Despite the amazing theme park view, they did agree that it was not as good value as the other Club Level stays they had in other parks.

Hotel View

We then spoke about the attractions at Tokyo. They then listed their top five but both agreed their favourite was Pooh's Hunny Hunt and they share their top tip on how to get on to the attraction first!

Photo Credit - Kat Maddever

Out of all Disney theme parks, Tokyo is the park that all visitors will agree has the cutest snacks. Kat and Lewis endeavoured to try as many as they physically could! From Kats eagerly anticipate gyoza hot dog to Lewis trying to track down all of the different popcorn flavours. 

On the Popcorn Hunt - Photo Credit Kat Maddever

Fine Dining Bliss - Photo Credit Kat Maddever

Star Wars Snack - Photo Credit Kat Maddever

Kat and her Gyoza Hot Dog - Photo Credit Kat Maddever

Relaxing Lounge Drink - Photo Credit Kat Maddever

For more refined in park dining, they ate at Magellan's and SS Columbia Dining Room as well as drinking in the lounge at Magellan's and the Teddy Roosevelt Lounge. The food was amazing and they thoroughly recommend finding time out from theme park fun to enjoy a delicious meal. 

Why not take a listen to find out about their theme park adventures! If you have a question you would like to ask Kat and Lewis about their travels, email us info@disneydreamgirls.com and we will put these to them on a future podcast.

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Disney Dream Girls 144 - Hong Kong Disneyland Trip Review

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls podcast for show number 144 for Sunday 5th February 2017. As always, if you wish to listen to the podcast, whilst reading this blog, you can click on the player below.

 
We welcome back to the podcast Kat and Lewis and they share their trip to Hong Kong Disneyland. If you missed their review of Shanghai Disneyland, please go back and listen to show 141 dated 15th January 2017.

Lewis and Kat in Disneyland - Photo Credit Kat Lewis

They started their adventure in Hong Kong by visiting Ocean Park. They both were impressed by the animal interactions offered and said it was a fun day out but urge that you do the tram attraction first as the lines later in the day get very long! A highlight for them both was having lunch with views of the penguins.

Photo Credit Ocean Park Website

After a few days doing other tourist things, they move on to checking in to the Disneyland Hotel. But first they made a journey on a very special train! The trains handrails are Mickey shaped and so are the windows!

Photo Credit - Kat Sutton

Photo Credit - Kat Sutton

Once at the Disneyland Hotel, they checked in for their club level reservation and from the view alone it was well worth the money. The hotel is a ten minute leisurely stroll to the park with the Hollywood Hotel being a further ten minutes. Transport is also available.

View From Level 7 (Club Level) Photo Credit Kat Sutton

On the podcast, Kat and Lewis go through their schedule day by day detailing which attractions they went on, as well as giving out some top tips.

Hyperspace Mountain - Photo Credit Kat Sutton

RC Racer - Photo Credit Hong Kong Disneyland Website

Something they were very impressed by was the food. Whilst they ate at counter service locations, they both praise the quality of the food. Below is a picture of the curries they had at the Explorers Club.

Counter Service Food - Photo Credit - Kat Sutton

They spent three days in total at Hong Kong Disneyland and advise that amount of time will give you sufficient time to cover the park at a leisurely pace. They plan to go back in April, when they visit the two Disney parks in Tokyo - the only Disney parks they have not been to!

Photo Credit - Kat Sutton

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