288 Back to Talking Disney

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls Podcast, show number 288  for 8th December 2019.  If you want to listen, whilst reading these notes, just click the player below or alternatively find us on iTunes, Libsyn, Stitcher Radio or via any good podcast catching app.
Welcome to this week's podcast! On the show we talk about a few Christmas gifts we quite fancy, Jayne informs Michelle who Baby Yoda is and we share our upcoming excitement about new attractions that are coming.


Christmas Lists
We spoke on this week's show a little bit about some of the items that caught our eye on Shop Disney. Here's just a few that caught our eye!

UP Pendant Necklace by Rebecca Hook - $125

Mickey Mouse Trinket Box by Arribas $29.00, which can be hand etched.

Here is an item Michelle will not be buying - mainly due to the $9,500 price tag!

Michelle was a little confused by all the recent Baby Yoda talk but thankfully Jayne having seen some of the new Star Wars 'The Mandalorian' was able to bring Michelle up to speed with all this cuteness!!

Remy's Ratatouille Adventure is coming to Epcot this coming Summer and pictures are just beginning to get released. Both Jayne & Michelle are big fans of the version over at Disneyland Paris called Ratatouille: L'Aventure Totalement Toquee de Remy and are excited to see this motion-based, trackless 3D dark ride arrive at Epcot.

Another new ride coming in March 2020 is the much anticipated Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway which will be housed in the Chinese Theatre at Disney's Hollywood Studio. The ride will combine trackless technology, an original music score, audio animatronics and something called 2.5D!

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Disney Dream Girls 168 - Trackless Attractions Throughout the World of Disney

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls podcast for show number 168 for Sunday 16th July 2017. 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 most places that host podcasts such as iTunes (click here to subscribe) and Stitcher Radio.
 
Coming up on this weeks show, we are joined by Kat and Lewis and together we look at the many trackess attractions there are in the many different Disney theme parks. 

Poohs Hunny Hunt
This is a trackless dark ride that is found in Fantasyland in Tokyo Disneyland. It opened on 4th September 2000 and was the first of the 'pure' trackless ride systems.

Aquatopia
This opened on the 4th September 2001 and can be found in the Port Discovery Area of Disney Sea, Tokyo. These 'hovercrafts' can seat up to three and appear to skim across the 2" of water. In summer, the attraction may get you incredibly wet!

Mystic Manor 
To may, this is the best example of this technology. It is a dark ride in the Mystic Point area of Hong Kong Disneyland that officially opened on 17th May 2013. It utilises the trackless system and is a take on the Haunted Mansion however, there is no mention of departed spirits or the afterlife (due to Chinese culture differing to American). It brings to life a new narrative rovolving round Lord Henry Mystic and his trusty monkey sidekick Albert.

Exteria - Photo Credit HKDL Website

Ride Vehicle - Photo Credit HKDL Main Street Gazette

Ratatouille: L'Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy
This attraction can be found in Toon Studios at The Walt Disney Studios in Paris. It opened on the 10th July 2014 and there is going to be a similar version placed into the France Pavillion in EPCOT.
 
We hope you have enjoyed this show and if you are looking to book a Disney or indeed any holiday, why not get in touch with our friends over at Holiday Hamster for a quotation  by clicking here.

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Disney Dream Girls 166 - Brian, Brut and Chef Mickey

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls podcast for show number 166 for Sunday 9th July 2017. 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 most places that host podcasts such as iTunes (click here to subscribe) and Stitcher Radio.
 
Coming up on this weeks show, Michelle and Jayne share a listeners experience of a family trip to Disneyland Paris, look forward to the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival menu and finally discuss the moving of Chef Mickeys to a conference room whilst its usual location is refurbished.

Firstly, we share some feedback from our listener Meaghan, who has recently returned from Disneyland Paris with her son. Whilst her trip to the Earl of Sandwich was not meant to be, she did love our other suggestions! Her son loved Mickey and the Magician as well as seeing all of the characters in the parade. Oh and she also got a picture of the fire-breathing dragon too!

This year, the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival will run for a staggering 75 days and starts on 31st August. As Michelle will be in Orlando at that time, the girls look ahead to what Michelle should try and what she wouldn't be!

Have you been to the festival? What top tips can you share? As this year will bring new booths too; it's all very exciting!

The final segment explores how much does the environment of the eatery feed into the experience. This idea was brought about due to Chef Mickeys relocating for around two weeks to a conference suite. What do you think? Would you cancel your advanced dining reservation?

We hope you have enjoyed this show and if you are looking to book a Disney or indeed any holiday, why not get in touch with our friends over at Holiday Hamster for a quotation  by clicking here.

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Show 41 - A Disney Gem?

Disney Dreams night-time show

So do you want to make a trip to Disneyland Paris? Or are you just curious? Then our podcast, show 41, is a must listen for you. This show will be released Sunday 19th April 2015, so make sure you subscribe via iTunes to ensure you do not miss it!

On the show, land by land, we discuss some of the most loved items in the parks in Paris, as well as discussing whether it is possible to visit without staying in a Disney hotel! But read on and enjoy some of the stunning scenes but for more pictures and video, please remember to visit our Facebook page by simply searching for Disney Dream Girls.

Meet and greet adjacent to Casey's Corner, Main Street USA

My Method of Visiting

• Flying from the UK to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport 
• Used TGV train to travel from the airport to Disneyland (arrives by bag check for the park!)
• Stayed off site hotel in Bussy St Georges
• Travelled from Disneyland to hotel via RER train system
• Bought Fantasy Annual Pass (mid level) for approx £121 (including 10% discount from buying via an existing pass holder)
• Total cost including hotel, flight and annual pass £370

Disneyland Hotel

Disneyland Park

Entrance to the park is via the stunning Disneyland hotel, which has fountains and the traditional Mickey floral in front. Then it is through the turnstiles for park entry.

View towards the station

Then you enter a large plaza area, with the train station ahead of you, as you can see in the picture, the train is not as visible as it is in the USA parks. Once through this area, you will recognise buildings such as City Hall but the main focal point is the castle. 

 

By the way, a down point was that I never rode any of the Main Street vehicles - so I have to go back!

View from train station

The castle surely must be judged as the most fantasy based castle and it is truly stunning. Another plus about the castle, is that you can go inside the dungeon and visit the dragon or climb up to the first floor, where there's stained glass windows depicting the sleeping beauty story. However, the cherry on the cake is the ability to walk outside on the balcony! We have put a short video on our Facebook page, so make sure you take a look! 

Main Street Selfie

Due to the castles size, you have to be quite a long way down Main Street to grab a selfie with it in the background but I don't think I have done too bad here - what do you think? Even from this point, the night-time show, Dreams, can be viewed. However, I recommend being nearer.

To give you an idea of time required to tour the park, I spent one and a half days in this park but I did not get to do everything, so perhaps two days would be the ideal if you visit opening till closing or maybe creep into a third day.

Walt Disney Studios

Standing proudly, Walt and Mickey greets visitors to the park. I spent around two half days here and ideally I needed another half day to make sure I hit everything. What I really loved about this park, were the two unique attractions that were both based in Toon Studios. Queues for these got very long, so I would suggest visiting first.

The theming was amazing, as the photo shows. I felt very lucky to have ridden Ratatouille attraction five times and even better the attraction had a power failure so I got to take some fabulous behind the scenes pictures, which I will share at a later point!

Like all good things, my trip had to come to an end... to find out the lowlights and highlights, subscribe to our podcast by clicking here for our iTunes page.

All photos property of M Young.

Episode 18 - Star Wars & Ratatouille

Join the girls for episode 18 when they are joined by two lots of guests.

First they have Richard & Sarah from the Skywalking through Neverland podcast join them to chat Star Wars Weekends at Disney Hollywood Studios....but the big question is are the girls Star Wars fans?  Have they even seen the movies?  You'll have to listen to find out!

They are then joined by old friend of the show Mark Petar who was very lucky to attend the recent press event at Disneyland Paris as the new Ratatouille ride was revealed.  Here what Mark has to say about the new ride and the new area created especially for it over there in Paris - and we promise not too many spoilers!!

You can visit Richard & Sarah over on their blog at www.skywalkingthroughneverland.com/ where you'll find links to their podcast.  They can also be found on Twitter @SkywalkingPod as well as Facebook look for Skywalking through Neverland.

Mark Petar can be found on Twitter @FuseMP along with the Dedicated to Disneyland Paris Podcast Twitter @DedicatedtoDLP

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