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Episode 518 - Our Sunday News!

Episode 518 – Our Sunday News!

Hello, everyone!  Welcome to the Main Street Pub!  Step on in and grab a seat.  You don’t want to miss another chance to join John and Doug as they discuss all of the latest news from around Walt Disney World.

Did you hear the big news?  “Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge”has opened in Disneyland Park at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California!  Are you excited for its upcoming arrival at Disney’s…

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770 words written today -- well, at least now there are actual MCU characters in WDW, so *Dr. Strange voice* we’re in the endgame now.  Today was one of Those Days where I was just INCREDIBLY scattered and nothing got done (except for two things that had to get done, and those were (a) a meeting and (b) returning a library book).  also I just sent a school e-mail at 2 am so that’s where we’re at lolsob.  (it was to another grad student organizing a roundtable I’m presenting at next week, so I probably won’t get that worried professor “why are you awake” response I’ve gotten in the past.)

Snippet from Yonder Disney epistolary concept.

@DisneyFantasyBlog: (PICS) Is Steve Rogers on Main Street USA the Most Perfect Sight We’ve Ever Seen? We Definitely Think So.

Eagle-eyed park-goers enjoying the festivities spotted a few familiar faces in Magic Kingdom today, including Captain America himself, Steve Rogers, along with fellow Avengers Natasha Romanoff, James Rhodes, and Loki Odinson.  The four Avengers were accompanied by the Asgardian EPCOT delegation and several cast member escorts for a VIP experience.  Cap, Widow, War Machine, and Loki posed for Disney PhotoPass photographers in front of Cinderella Castle before the group moved on – Cap told a curious bystander that they were headed to Tomorrowland to ride Space Mountain and Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin before their dinner reservations at Skipper Canteen.  Guests trying to get reservations at the popular Jungle Cruise-themed restaurant were told that it was fully booked for EPCOT preview guests… [read more]

@HoldOntoYourEars: Jock Lindsey’s Hangar Bar Closes for Private Party – Wakandan EPCOT Delegation Joins Avengers in Disney Springs for Drinks and Dinner in Indiana Jones-Themed Lounge

@MickeyBytes: What Snacks Did the Avengers Eat in Disney World?  Mickey Bars for Cap and Widow, Cheshire Cat Tail for War Machine, Loki Spotted With DOLE Whip.

@EARresistible: Beach Club Resort Cast Members Confirm Avengers, Asgardians Getting In Pool Time At Stormalong Bay

@TheMouseandMe: every Disney blog/podcast/Instagram/YouTube channel is an Avengers fan blog right now and honestly I don’t care, this is the most fun we’ve had since March 2018.

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Best Coast: Adventureland

I recently became a fan of the Lost Bros Co’s Oh Boy! The Podcast. I’ve been learning a lot of great things about Walt Disney World (WDW) that I have never heard before, and I am loving the recommendations, tips, and bits of knowledge and nostalgia that they share. Since Disneyland (DL) is my “home park,” it’s always fascinating to learn more about how the other park lives. The Lost Bros also play some pretty entertaining “games” on their show that incorporate their opinions and creative ideas. In one of their first episodes, they play something like West Coast vs. East Coast, aka DL vs. WDW, where they compared the same attractions and rides from each park. To them, DL took the cake on the majority of rides, even though the Lost Bros themselves are WDW locals. After my 2 trips to WDW in 2018, I’ve been comparing the parks myself as well. So as a DL native, “let’s get down to business” and find out what the West Coast thinks as well.

I’m going to go land by land and space each post out, because if this were just one whole post, you’d be reading a full book at that point.

Adventureland (TL;DR Disneyland wins!)

Adventureland is my favorite (follow up post on “Lands That I Love” to follow). When you first walk into the park and go up Main Street USA, you first hit “the Hub” (with or without grass to sit on, depending on your park) where the road spikes off into different directions and your journey begins depending on which land you run to first. Well, I always veer to the left and begin my day at Adventureland, so I’m going to start here first. 

WDW: The biggest advantage WDW has is space. There’s TONS of it in Florida, unlike in tiny Anaheim, CA. So it’s great that they have more to work with over there. One of the things I do love about WDW’s version is that they have a whole Pirates of the Caribbean dedicated section (Caribbean Plaza) with this AMAZING scavenger hunt quest game that I will cover in a later post. And they have a whole restaurant devoted to the Jungle Cruise and its dad joke puns, which is one of my favorite things ever. That being said, I still think DL is the winner here.

DL: While smaller, it has much more of a jungle adventure vibe with towering, lush tropical plants and trees than WDW, which is much more open and goes with the desert Bazaar feeling instead. I definitely get the feeling that I’m isolated in a mysterious jungle somewhere, and I’m just a sucker for that old-timey, vintage adventurer and tiki aesthetic. That feeling is just missing for me somehow at WDW. Plus we now have one of the best snack spots ever, The Tropical Hideaway! It’s no Jungle Navigation Co. Skipper Canteen, but I can’t complain. Dole Whip is my favorite Disney snack and I’ll admit that I stan that exclusive chile-mango whip real hard. We also have the major advantage of being home to The Indiana Jones Adventure, which I won’t compare with WDW since it doesn’t really have an equivalent ride. But in my opinion, just having Indy alone puts the DL Adventureland wayyyyy in the lead. Now in terms of comparing similar rides and attractions...

The Enchanted Tiki Room: While I have to agree with the Lost Bros Co and say that the inside show is pretty much the same, I have to say that the DL version still surpasses the WDW version because of its pre-show and its new Dole Whip snack service at Tropical Hideaway. At DL the preshow allows you to eat a Dole Whip and sit down while you watch each of the enchanted Polynesian god totems come to life. The totems each share their name and a little backstory about their part in the Polynesian mythology while giving a specific animatronic performance. The fun part, especially for kids, is the scavenger hunt feeling you get when you follow the totems around the preshow area and try to find out which totem is speaking and from where. Plus the detail inside Tropical Hideaway, from magic lamps and carpets to the infamous missing Rosita telling corny Jungle Cruise-worthy jokes, is top notch. In contrast, the WDW world version has you standing in a little amphitheater setting to watch two animatronic birds share their personal story of the Jungle Cruise with you, which is a little more meh for me. And there’s hardly any space for you to sit and enjoy your Dole Whip. 

The Jungle Cruise: This one is a little tough. This is one of my favorite rides ever, not only because it serves me tons of that vintage exploration aesthetic vibe I love, but also because I an unashamedly obsessed with the dad joke script. I’ve ridden this thing so many times, I can recite any version of the script and be your Skipper myself. In fact, if I worked at Disney, one of my dream roles is to be a Jungle Cruise Skipper. I love love love the DL version and its classic scenes, like the ambush from the natives and the piranhas. Plus I’m used to seeing our version of Trader Sam and was shocked to see a completely different guy at the WDW one. According to the Imagineering backstory, they actually ARE 2 different Sam’s! They happen to be cousins who each opened up their own trading business on opposite coasts. There’s also almost never a wait at the DL one, averaging at about 10-15 min whenever I walk by (30-40 min is maybe the most I’ve ever seen). The queue is a little cramped and small, but I love waiting in the 2-story building and looking at all the Jungle Cruise memorabilia on the walls and the cute rooms/scenes set up inside it (reminiscent of Swiss Family Robinson Tree House back when it used to be at DL). It also has a bomb Jungle Cruise logo sign on the front. In contrast, the WDW queue is a more open and airy, allowing those huge, life-saving fans on the ceiling to do their work. There is some interactive element in the line, but less so than many of the other, more entertaining queues at Magic Kingdom (MK). I remember something about a hissing tarantula in a cage near the end of the line, but it was broken when I visited. I also loved the witty menu and accident signs on the dock right before you board your boat. But the wait time always seems outrageously longer than it should be for this ride, and somehow FastPasses distribute quicker than I would have expected. On the ride, I also really liked the temple tunnel at WDW that we don’t have at DL. For those who have never been on it, there’s a decent stretch of river that goes inside the ruins of a temple through an enclosed tunnel. It allowed for some cool effects and scenes in the dark, but cuts off the flow of the Skipper’s script. The Skipper literally has to stop talking because the microphone would echo too much. In addition to the ride, they have claim to a very fun and punny restaurant overflowing with Imagineering secrets and Jungle Cruise memorabilia. Not only is the atmosphere and theming on point, but the menu is DELICIOUS at the Skipper Canteen. Finally, they regularly get a Christmas overhaul for the Jingle Cruise, which is fantastic. I’ve never been to the WDW Jingle Cruise, but they did it only once (maybe twice) at DL that I can remember, and I loved the Christmas decorations both inside and outside the ride. The Christmas puns were also a nice change. But overall, in terms of the ride, I have to give it to DL’s Jungle Cruise for the overall immersive experience and aesthetic, but I might just be biased because that’s the one I grew up with. I also think there’s a richer opportunity for jokes at the DL one.

Treehouse: Ok, when I was a kid, DL is the one who used to have the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse and it was one of my favorite things to explore. I was obsessed with playing house and going adventures as a kid, so I loved seeing how someone could build a home in a tropical tree. Then it became the Tarzan treehouse walkthrough. The theming is very cool and the storytelling is great, but as a child afraid of loud noises and jump scares, that stupid jaguar, Sabor, and his snarl scared the shit out of me and has traumatized me good. I still don’t like him and have to scoot quickly around him with my fingers stuffed in my ears. But otherwise, the treehouse is a good little cardio climb. So, again,  I am a little biased because of a nostalgia factor, and WDW wins since they now have the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse. But objectively, I can see how that’s really boring to many people without a history like mine, so I will give DL the point for taking advantage of the already existing treehouse structure and turning it into a self-paced story walkthrough based on one of their popular films (kind of like Sleeping Beauty’s Castle).

While Pirates of the Caribbean lives at Adventureland in WDW, I’m going to leave off comparing that one for when I discuss “America Lands” next time.

So that’s part 1 of many many comparisons to come. Again, take my opinions with a grain of salt since I grew up at DL, but you’ll see that there’s a lot at WDW that I love more than DL too. See ya, pal! 

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top 3 lindsay ellis video essays & top 3 mbmbam bits!!

JXJFJD THOSE DEFINITELY WERENT UNCONVENTIONAL I DONT KNOW WORDS

i’ll be real i don’t care about unconventional i just want my interests catered to so this is better anyway. take the mbmbam answer with a grain of salt because i’ve listened to a drop in the bucket of the mbmbam podcasts 

lindsay ellis videos

death of the hollywood movie musical. i literally cannot fathom a sexier topic. 

the revisionist world of disney. she’s literally annihilating disney while sitting on main street in wdw, thank you legend

it’s a tossup between pocahontas was a mistake and here’s why, hercules: disney’s beautiful hot mess and rent: look pretty and do as little as possible. if you’re sensing a theme here it’s because lindsay gets to talk about disney because she’s one of the rare few who can walk the line between sincere, unabashed nostalgia for & love of the brand and targeted, no-holds-barred analysis of its content without feeling the need to be mcedgy about it. i’ve watched her much older videos but they’re all orphaned now b/c of the #drama with nostalgiacritic and shes valid for that, but i don’t feel like hunting them down

mbmbam bits

griffin thinking you’re supposed to eat raw pasta out of the display vase at olive garden

benedict cumberbatch’s home for sharp faced boys

their response to the “shuttle ghost” who got locked in the campus shuttle at popeye’s, because i kin that kid

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Today in 1972 the Main Street Electrical Parade premiered at Disneyland! The parade features beautiful light-display floats accompanied by upbeat music that was originally suggested to be from Disney's 'Fantasia', but the team ultimately decided to go with something more electronic and landed on Baroque Hoedown by Jean Jacques Perrey and Gershon Kingsley. The original run lasted from 1972 - 1996. The parade has returned twice since then, once in 2017 and again in 2019. For more Disney history, info, and fun, check out our Podcast, Ear 2 Ear Chat! Available now on SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, and Stitcher! You can also find us on Twitter: @Ear2EarChat, Tumblr: ear-2-ear-chat, and on Facebook as well! If you enjoy the Podcast, please join our Facebook group "Ear 2 Ear Chatters"! We're constantly looking to expand our Disney family and would love to hear from you! Links below! https://www.facebook.com/Ear2EarChat/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/215425356194684/?ref=share https://twitter.com/Ear2EarChat https://www.tumblr.com/dashboard/blog/ear-2-ear-chat https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0GmCF00VMZMtQlt_T7gCRw LISTEN NOW AT: https://soundcloud.com/user-780494272 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ear-2-ear-chat/id1503084285 https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-ear-2-ear-chat-62777478/ https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjc2NTE5NDgxOC9zb3VuZHMucnNz http://tun.in/pjNC0 https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=514231&refid=asa #Disney #StarWars #Marvel #Disneyland #DisneyWorld #Podcast #WaltDisneyWorld #DisneyGram #WDW #InstaDisney #DisneyParks #DisneyLife #DisneyPrincess #WaltDisney #DisneyLove #DisneyFan #DisneyPhoto #DisneySide #Pixar #DisneyMagic #DisneyIG #DisneyAddict #DisneyPhotography #DisneyStore #DisneyStyle #DisneyPic #DisneyBound #DisneyLover #DisneylandResort #MainStreetElectricalParade (at Disneyland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBiWBEmDPxX/?igshid=hnvbauz7miud

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Subscribe Log In Search Listen Now Sunday, March 10, 2019 38°F Today's Paper News Sports Business Living A&E Podcasts Opinion Multimedia Classified Jobs Shop Weekly Ads Home » News » Local CEO of Urbana tech firm Pixo stepping down after 20 years at helm Mon, 06/04/2018 - 7:00am | Ben Zigterman URBANA — For the first time in 20 years, technology consulting firm Pixo is about to have a new leader. CEO Lori Gold Patterson, a well-known figure in the business community, says she's planning to step aside to allow new directors to take over. "I've been leading Pixo for 20 years, which is a long time for an organization to have one primary leader," Patterson said. "I'm excited for Pixo and for myself." Patterson doesn't have a full-time gig lined up, but she does have a couple part-time projects she'll be working on. She's on the board of Delta Dental in Naperville and may join other corporate boards. "I really love it," she said. "They're wanting diversity on their boards and professionals with a long history of IT experience, so I'm really excited about that. I love that engagement." She also will run Pixo's spinoff company, pixoVIN, which lets customers use their phones to scan Vehicle Identification Number barcodes. "It's a hard barcode scanning proposition because of low light and glare," Patterson said. "That intellectual property is used by some of the largest automotive companies in the industry." Now pixoVIN is trying to market the technology to smaller companies, like detail shops, salvage yards and transportation companies. "They wanted this technology, but they wanted it to do other things for them, to manage their workflow, to get the VIN and be able to add lots of info and then send it to QuickBooks, for example," Patterson said. "As I'm backing away, I'll be stepping more into that company. I'll be taking that with me, but I don't think I'll be doing it full-time." Pixo has been around since 1998, when Patterson and her brother, Sigfried Gold, started what was then known as On the Job Consulting. That later became OJC Technologies and in 2011, Pixo. The company in downtown Urbana has grown to 27 employees, two of whom will take over the leadership roles in a gradual grooming process that won't end until Jan. 1, 2020, when Patterson will become chairwoman of the board and step aside from the operations. Replacing her will be Jason Berg, the company's director of business development and an employee since 2015, and Melinda Miller, Pixo's director of consulting since 2012. "About two-and-a-half years ago, I realized that there was wonderful talent in the company that would very likely be great future leaders," Patterson said. Erika Kramer, the director of operations, will also be an integral part of the new leadership team, Patterson said. "Her involvement in Pixo, along with them, is really what makes that whole team super ready," she said. 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Guess What?! Sensibility Returns to Main Street! Dennis is Back!

Guess What?! Sensibility Returns to Main Street! Dennis is Back!

Howdy, folks! Dennis is back!  Let the ranting begin!  Actually, ever the calm voice of reason, join Dennis as he partners up with Doug and Bob to return sensibility to the WDW Main Street Podcast.  Let’s face it … Doug and Bob were left unsupervised last week, and Dennis’s leadership was much needed.  John, you need to come back too!

Annual pass increases, money-grubbing Bob Iger, Darth Vader…

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Brawls, Rabies, and Gilligan's Island?! Huh?

Brawls, Rabies, and Gilligan’s Island?! Huh?

Step into the Main Street Pub, folks, and join Doug and myself as we … wrestle with Skype?  Hang in there, friends, we’re going to fight our way though in order to bring you all of the latest news from around Walt Disney World!

This week’s show is crazy!  There was a brawl in Disneyland?!?!  What?  Then, rabies around EPCOT?!  What’s going on in Walt’s Worlds, fans?  Want more silliness?  Doug tr…

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Episode 514 - Our Weekly News!

Episode 514 – Our Weekly News!

Hello, everyone!  Pull up a bar stool and join John and Doug as they cover all of the latest news from around Walt Disney World!

What are their opinions on the new Limited-Time Lion King Dining Experience Coming to Jiko – The Cooking Place at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge?

Some of the other news this week includes “Wonderful World of Animation”– the new nighttime projection show being presented at

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Episode 500(!!!) – Our Sunday News!

Episode 500(!!!) – Our Sunday News!

Yes, folks, it is a very big day in the WDW Main Street Pub!  It’s the show’s 500th anniversary!  That’s right … 500!

Before we jump into the episode, let’s all give a shout out to Doug Davis.  He’s been surrounded by a cast of characters over the years – myself included.  Having said that, he’s been on the mic week in and week out to deliver 500 exciting shows.  Great job, Doug!

So, what was on…

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So, How IS Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party? Welcome to the Main Street Pub, folks!  Pull up a bar stool and join John and Doug as they cover all of the latest news from around Walt Disney World!

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Episode 498 – Our Sunday News! Hey, folks!  Meet up with Doug and myself at the WDW Main Street Pub and join us as we discuss all of this week's Disney chatter.

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Is Slinky Dog Dash the Best Coaster in WDW?

Is Slinky Dog Dash the Best Coaster in WDW?

Hmm.  Great question, eh?  To get my full take, listen to my “glorious” and long-awaited return to the airwaves at …

WDW Main Street Podcast – Episode 461 – A Trip Report with Bob!

Yes, folks.  I’m finally back at the pub!  I dust off my bar stool and join John and Doug to provide a good, old-fashioned Walt Disney World trip report!

What will you hear?  Well, aside from Slinky,what breathtaking…

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SeaWorld Rules, Epcot Drools?! Huh? Our Weekly Disney News! Howdy, folks!  Stop by the WDW Main Street Pub for your weekly dose of all the latest news from around Walt Disney World. 

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The Ladies Invade the Pub … Again?! Join Judith and Carmen as they step into the Main Street Pub for some exciting bar banter!