Disney World News: Animal Kingdom Updates, Dinoland Closing & More”

In this episode of the Main Street Talk podcast, hosts Nick and Joni discuss the upcoming fall season, recent Disney World updates, and share some exciting promotions for Disney's resort in Hawaii. Key updates include enhancements at Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique and major updates concerning Animal Kingdom, including the closure of DinoLand and changes to Harambe Market. Listeners are advised to bring their own toilet paper for their Disney hotel stays for added comfort. Additionally, Nick and Joni review the classic Disney film 'Mulan' and its live-action remake, lauding the latter for its remarkable storytelling and emotional depth.

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00:00 Welcome to Main Street Talk Podcast

Nick 0:31

Hello everybody. Welcome to this week's episode of the Main Street Talk podcast, your go-to podcast for all things Walt Disney World related, the news and all the latest park updates as there are. Several lately. I'm your host Nick, and as always with me is Joni.

Joni 0:49

Hi.

Nick 0:49

Hi. So here in the Midwest we are feeling the fall weather is coming in fast. It's it's getting pretty chilly at night. It was like going from being in the sixties last week to this week and out in the forties,

Joni 1:02

Mm-hmm.

Nick 1:03

leaves are falling.

Joni 1:04

and I don't know if I'm gonna have some friends or foes on this, but I'm a, I'm a pumpkin spicer and I'm ready. I'm ready for

Disney Travel Deals and Promotions

Nick 1:11

you got one fo right here. Pumpkin. Spices is not my thing. Pumpkin anything is not my thing. Except, except Halloween. Jacko lanterns. I like,

Joni 1:19

I just bought a little, what, how big is that? Like a three inch diameter, little mini pumpkin pie. Yeah,

Nick 1:26

Oh yeah, yeah. From, yeah, from the

Joni 1:29

I'm ready for it. It's

Nick 1:30

It's like a bite-sized pumpkin pie.

Joni 1:32

It's my favorite season.

Nick 1:34

So, yeah. Fall's coming in fast. A lot happening at Disney this week. Before we get started, I just wanna say, if you like this podcast, please rate it and like, and subscribe in your podcast player. And as always, you can contact me for your next Disney travel vacation. I am a Disney travel agent. All my services are free and a new, uh, promotion just drop this week. Oh, it's, it's, it's for ani.

Joni 1:58

Ooh.

Nick 1:59

A lot of people may not know that Disney has a resort in Hawaii,

Joni 2:02

yeah. Maybe not.

Nick 2:03

yeah, they're doing, a special, they're doing on valid on those nights from January 4th to April 9th. Save 25% on stays of five plus consecutive nights, or 20% on stays of four consecutive nights. And you gotta book this by March 5th. So yeah, I got some winter deals going on at Alani.

Joni 2:24

So let me ask this, you being the travel agent potentially you booking that, does that lock that, I mean, what rate do they have to be paid in full by March 5th? Is it just, can you reserve it and then they have more time to pay?

Magic Kingdom Updates

Nick 2:37

So, with Alani, when you book Alani, the deposit is one night's room. So your deposit would be basically your first night, and then the rest of the payment is due at check-in. So yeah, that's a special going on. And, let's get into the news. I'm gonna preface the news here. This is a very animal Kingdom heavy news report. If you love animal Kingdom, you're gonna, you're gonna love this. Okay?

Joni 3:02

And Nick has not shared this with me.

Nick 3:03

if you love Kingdom, you're gonna hate this.

Joni 3:05

Nick did. The only thing Nick did share with me about this, the first thing I asked him when he said he, there was

Nick 3:10

lot. Oh. We'll get into, we'll get into that. We'll get into

Joni 3:11

that. Okay? Did you trick me?

Nick 3:14

me? No, I didn't trick you. Okay. But she did ask a question. I'll bring that up. That'll come in a few

Joni 3:18

Okay. But,

Nick 3:20

yeah, but we're gonna start Magic Kingdom.'cause we always start Magic Kingdom. Sure.

Joni 3:24

Uh,

Nick 3:24

Imagineering offices, trailers have arrived at Magic Kingdom for the car's expansion, construction. Mm-hmm. So they're there, they're ready to get some boots on the ground and start working.

Joni 3:33

Get some tires on the ground.

Nick 3:36

What's, what'd you

Joni 3:36

Tires on

Nick 3:37

the ground. Tires on the ground. I'm sorry. I, uh, I mis,

Joni 3:41

where you at today? Where you at?

Nick 3:44

that was an easy one I missed. And, this is exciting. Disney has announced new enhancements coming to Bi Bobby Boutique at both Walt Disney World and Disneyland.

Joni 3:53

Mm.

Nick 3:53

The notices on both websites state new enhancements are coming to Bibb Bobby Boutique at Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resort, including a special visits from the ferry godmother.

Joni 4:04

That would be nice. We

Nick 4:05

will also be rolling out new simplified package options. These are, these will be updated in early October. Okay,

Joni 4:12

Okay, so,

Nick 4:12

so no word on what the, what the new packages are gonna be. There's no other information than that.

Joni 4:18

okay. Well we're gonna have to watch those closely'cause we have a little one

Nick 4:21

Yep. We're not to watch that.

Joni 4:24

So new prices, new packages means new prices.

Nick 4:27

Um, could mean new prices, could mean they said they're simplifying it. So, um, yeah, I would, there's a lot of packages right now. Hopefully they can

Joni 4:36

Is there really? I thought there was only like three.

Nick 4:38

but there's. No, there's, I think there's like five or six. Okay. They go, they range from I think$99 to like$500 or something like that. So yeah, they're gonna streamline those and hopefully there's less options, you know, to make it easier.'cause who needs all the extra complications of trying to decide when you're on your Disney vacation?

Joni 4:58

so what's the age cutoff to do? Bibo?

Nick 5:01

You have to be three year olds, three years old, or.

Joni 5:03

or that's minimum.

Nick 5:05

maximum. I don't know.

Joni 5:07

So like, could I do it? I'm teasing.

Nick 5:10

You wanna visit the very godmother. That bad?

Animal Kingdom Overhaul

Joni 5:13

They might think I was the fairy godmother.

Nick 5:17

No, you do have to be three years old. You have to have a park ticket. Um, so.

Joni 5:22

that's, but you can be any agent. Get pixie dust. Just FYI.

Nick 5:25

Going to Sir Mickey's.

Joni 5:27

That's right. I did it.

Nick 5:28

Yeah. Or you can go meet the princesses at, fairytale Hall.

Joni 5:32

That's right.

Nick 5:34

so that's it for Magic Kingdom. Okay. Nothing in Epcot,

Joni 5:38

nothing.

Nick 5:39

nothing in Hollywood Studios, but buckle up for Animal Kingdom. Okay, here we go. This is a lot. So Disney, first of all, has announced the closing date for what Remains of Dino Land. As we know it's closing and Tropicals America is coming. What's left of Dino Land will close forever on February 2nd, 2026. With the last day of operation being February 1st, this closure will include Dinosaur of the Ride, restaurant Asosa and the Dyno Institute Shop. Okay, so February 2nd, DNO land is gonna be closed. February 1st is the last day to experience DNO land. So construction walls have been going up and they have already put the concept art for Inc. Conno and Indiana Jones on the construction walls that are currently up at at um, DNO Land. Now as of September 5th, did this not say if this is temporary or permanent, but you know, Donald Dunk used to meet and Dino Inn or you know where his spot over by where? Triceratops,

Joni 6:41

been there, done that. Yeah. Had a great time with Donald.

Nick 6:44

Donald Duck is taking over the restaurant as sous meet and greet. So you can find Donald Duck under the hangar style overhang just outside the restaurant. The goofy meet and greet moves to Wildlife Express Station in Africa. So the train station is between Koma Jar Safaris and the Harambe market area. Okay. Now nowhere if that's temporary. I, I mean, Donald's gonna have to move, you know? Right. He's gonna be on Di Lane completely. But that's what's going on right now. Now with the closing of Dino Land, like I said, restaurant Asosa is, is closing the Harambe. This,

Joni 7:23

This,

Nick 7:24

this kind of got me, this one got me. The Harambe market and Animal Kingdom will shift its menu to a accommodate guests now, since restaurant stores is closing. Harambe market will shift to a menu offering like chicken nuggets, hamburgers, and that type of American snack, traditional American

Joni 7:44

snackies,

Nick 7:45

you can get at most quick service places. Now this one got me because I really like Harambe market. I really do.

Joni 7:53

I do too.

Nick 7:53

It's, you know, it's that, um, that African cuisine,

Joni 7:56

a little twist to it. Yeah. It's, it's out of the norm

Nick 7:59

and just the setting where it's at,

Joni 8:01

It's nice to have options. And if they just put another hamburger chicken shack in, then you have the same options that you do with the people next door. It's just named different.

Nick 8:12

Yeah, yeah. Um, that, that bum that bums

Joni 8:15

That bums me out too.

Nick 8:17

But

Joni 8:17

And I liked their food there. I mean, it was,

Nick 8:19

I like it too. We, it's, it's that African, you know, the different spices and stuff like that. And it did have a spicy, what I got, I think, and some chicken or something. It had, it was spicy and I like spicy.

Joni 8:30

Well, I don't understand why they can't just add

Nick 8:33

I don't, I don't

Joni 8:34

of replace, that's

Nick 8:35

what exactly what I thought or maybe do,'cause there's several stations in there. Maybe do like two stations

Joni 8:41

think there's four windows.

Nick 8:42

Yeah. And

Joni 8:43

yeah, you're right.

Nick 8:44

so I don't know. so the dining venue will close for refurbishment sometime this winter to prepare for that new menu. So now with all this going on, Cali River Rapids will adjust its usual winter refurbishment schedule due to the closure of Dino Wind to accommodate the closing of Dinosaur of the Ride Cali River Rapids will alter its annual winter refurbishment schedule. The attraction will be closed from October 6th and reopen in December. So it's gonna be closed from October to December. Usually it's closed, um, during the winter months, but this time it's gonna be closed during the fall months for refurbishment.

Joni 9:22

But are, are they usually, well, so are they gonna, they, they expect to open in December.

Nick 9:27

That's what it says.

Joni 9:28

Woo. That's gonna be chilly

Nick 9:29

open in December. Um, yeah. And I think that's

Joni 9:32

won't be Midwest chilly, but it'll be

Nick 9:34

yeah, but that's why they normally do it during the winter, you know?'cause it's chilly.

Joni 9:37

I would not ride on that in December.

Nick 9:39

they need. They need it to be open because dinosaur won't be open. Sure. So they need people, they need people eating up lines somewhere. You know what I mean?

Joni 9:50

mm.

Nick 9:50

So that was Animal Kingdom. It looked like a lot more than that when I was typing it. My list is long here, but, um, but that's a lot of news coming out at once.

Joni 10:01

Well, everybody, we all knew about the DNO land going Yeah. We all knew that

Nick 10:04

But it's here. It's, it's here. Holiday menu

Joni 10:07

menu change is a little upsetting about that

Nick 10:10

upset about that and

Joni 10:12

I just don't understand how much traffic the Cali River Rapids is gonna pull in. In December. Yeah, exactly. In January, in February. I just don't know. Ah, I

Nick 10:23

I get the theory of it. Something's gotta take the place to eat up some people,

Joni 10:28

A water

Nick 10:28

attractions, but a water. Right. Exactly.

Joni 10:31

Okay. Well

Nick 10:31

Well, I mean,

Joni 10:32

each their own, I suppose. Just take extra socks. Even.

Nick 10:35

there in November and it, it got warm during the day. Um, and you know, in

Joni 10:39

and you know, in January, but it got cooler at night. And we are Midwestern, so we're used to the cooler weather. I mean, there were people there in sweatshirts already that are local to the area, that I don't think a whole lot of locals are gonna be on there. And, uh, at that, no. For a water ride,

Nick 10:54

Um, I know it can hit in the eighties in December and January, but. I guess they, they just gotta do what they

Joni 10:59

Well, I mean, what's the difference other than it raining on, on an almost daily basis and getting wet with rain as opposed to being splashed with boat water.

Nick 11:08

Yeah. So like I said, if you like Animal Kingdom, you either love that news or you hated that

Joni 11:14

Whatever floats your boat, go do it.

Miscellaneous Disney News

Nick 11:16

the only thing I'm upset about is Haram. They're messing with my food. I don't like my food. Messed with Nick loves food. I didn't got a kid's meal last time I was there.

Joni 11:25

Well, you know what, those kids meals, I'll tell you what, I, I ate on them quite frequently and they can definitely do the job.

Nick 11:31

good on a, on a, on a hot day when you don't want to, you know, be stuffed, walking around

Joni 11:34

don't wanna be too heavy.

Nick 11:36

two chicken strips and fries and a milk. Yep. Perfect.

Joni 11:38

Yep. And some apples or an orange or whatever you got. So

Nick 11:43

miscellaneous news,

Joni 11:44

Okay,

Nick 11:45

We're going over to Allstar movies. The

Joni 11:47

wait, you said wait. You had me hold. Hold.

Nick 11:50

We're still holding. We're still holding. You

Joni 11:53

You know where I'm going. I wanna know about the animals.

Nick 11:55

these animals and so at all. At Allstar movies, the Fantasia Kitty pool and water play area will be closing for a month long refurbishment. According to the website, the Fantasia Kitty pool and water play area will close for maintenance from September 8th, 2025 through October. This episode will air September 8th.

Joni 12:16

Okay,

Nick 12:17

Okay, now we're onto the animals.

Joni 12:18

Oh, okay.

Nick 12:19

you ready for the

Joni 12:20

I am.

Nick 12:20

You've been ready?'cause every, every week she always asks How are the animals doing?

Joni 12:26

And I wanna know if there's any babies.

Nick 12:27

and she wants to know if there's any babies. I have a good report. Now, we didn't trick me.

Joni 12:32

'cause I asked you,

Nick 12:34

You did ask me. The Rivers of America. Imagine kingdom is drained. We've been talking about that for weeks. The fish inhabitants were saved and relocated. Okay? Approximately 2000 fish were removed from the Rivers of America. 10% were miscellaneous species like catfish, Seminole fish and mosquito fish, which I didn't even know what a mosquito fish was. 20 20% were large mouth bass, also known as Florida bass, and 70% were types of sunfish. They were moved to the seven seas lagoon.

Joni 13:06

Oh, nice. Okay. All of them.

Nick 13:08

old of them? All of the fish. 2000 fish were transported from Magic Kingdom to seven Seas Lagoon.

Joni 13:15

wow.

Nick 13:16

They saved the fish.

Joni 13:17

They did good for you. Disney

Nick 13:20

the river, saved the fish.

Joni 13:21

Good for you. Disney. I have a question. Yeah. I didn't know that

Nick 13:25

no answers.

Joni 13:27

when they, when they put this riverboat in there, in the water, you know back when? Mm-hmm. I didn't know that they put fish in it. I did not know it had fish was not

Nick 13:38

not aware there was fish in there either because

Joni 13:40

Isn't there chemical in there to die it green. And I,

Nick 13:44

I don't know. I didn't know there was fish in there. I don't know if they

Joni 13:46

have different species. I

Nick 13:47

if they were man planted fish.

Joni 13:49

people bringing their goldfish from home and dropping it in there

Nick 13:52

Then they just, I don't

Joni 13:53

then they turn into catfish because of the chemicals.

Nick 13:56

There was 2000 fish in there.

Spotlight on Peter Pan's Flight

Joni 13:57

Oh my word. Boy. They just left them to keep multiplying and multiplying though. My gosh. They're gonna have to. They're gonna have to skim it and relocate'em elsewhere. And then they're just

Nick 14:10

well now, now all the fish at seven at seven Cs Lagoon are, they have a lot of new neighbors. They gotta accommodate. Yeah. Lot more, Competitive, um,

Joni 14:18

retail marketing. Yeah,

Nick 14:20

Yeah. That's what I got for news this week.

Joni 14:23

real estate.

Nick 14:25

In W Kingdom, things are moving.

Joni 14:27

All right. Well, good. Yeah.

Nick 14:29

Yeah.

Joni 14:30

I'm glad to hear that about the fishies

Nick 14:31

So we can go over to the spotlight on attraction this week. What do we got, Joanie?

Joni 14:36

well, this week we are going to talk about Peter Pan's flight. And we're, and we're just about close to finishing up Fantasy land. We've

Nick 14:44

Yes, we are.

Joni 14:44

more here going on and then, um, but today we're talking about Peter Pan's flight. And it is a dark indoor ride that suspends from and above track, giving a flying experience. So the Disney description is soar high above the rooftops of London, aboard a pirate galleon on an adventure to Neverland. It is a family friendly ride that is a nostalgic favorite for many. There is no height requirement. But kids under seven must be accompanied by someone who's 14 years or older. Each ship, will seat two average size adults. A cast member will direct riders how to seat their party. So there must be, because it sways, you know? Right. You know, so you're not too front heavy, too back heavy or, or whatnot. I have no idea what that means. We were just loaded. Didn't pay attention how, but, um, it's a tier one multipass accessibility features. Our wheelchair and electric ve uh, vehicle users must transfer to the standard ride vehicle. Ride vehicles do not stop or slow down. And there is, um, audio description and handheld captioning devices available at guest services for those folks who might need that.

Nick 15:56

Um,

Joni 15:57

There is no action photo. The duration of the ride is about two minutes. It's an opening ride of October 3rd, 1971, and it is based on the 1953 movie. It is a popular ride with the typically long wait time. And the queue is covered with the standby line taking you through the darling residence.

Nick 16:17

one of, I, I really like this cue.

Joni 16:19

Mm-hmm.

Nick 16:20

it's you, you

Joni 16:21

You go through the nursery and you get to see where they all bedroom. Mm-hmm. Yep.

Nick 16:24

Really, really cool, really cool cue.

Joni 16:27

You get to see Tinkerbell in there and inside her box and um, and then you either shadow play on the wall. Yep. You get to see some shadow plays. Yeah.

Nick 16:35

this is, very, very. Classic Disney theming, if you think about the cue. Yeah. Very classic.

Joni 16:41

And there's, you know, going through the house, there's photographs, um, hanging on the

Nick 16:45

like you're in the hallways

Joni 16:46

Yep. So it actually eats up and makes your, your wait time once you're in there seem very small. It's almost like you don't even have enough time to look at everything

Nick 16:55

at everything. Yeah. Uh, the

Joni 16:56

If you're observant enough and want to be that type of

Nick 16:59

no. Yeah. Look

Joni 17:00

at your surroundings, some people just wanna get right to

Nick 17:02

It, it is cool. I, I like the cue.

Joni 17:04

Mm-hmm. Um,

Nick 17:05

But I will say this, if you've never been to Disney, this is a very popular ride. Yeah. Like Joni said, the wait times get long and the um, the load capacity is very low. So, so this is a wait if, if this is a must for you, I would, if you're doing lightning lane. Definitely schedule this on your tier one for Magic Kingdom. If it is a must for you. If you're not doing lightning lanes, either go there right at early entry or rope drop, you know, depending on where you're

Joni 17:35

For the, for, because of the popularity of it,

Nick 17:38

it's, it is long, all day

Joni 17:39

Yeah. Yeah. All day. At least an hour.

Nick 17:40

at least an hour, at least 45 minutes usually, but mostly an hour or plus. Just'cause the load capacity, like I said, is so small.

Discussion on Mulan

Joni 17:47

a lot of families decide, you know, to do that their first ride of the day to get it outta the way their road dropped, what you just said. Yeah.

Nick 17:55

Okay. But a very cute ride. I

Joni 17:57

I like it. Yep.

Nick 17:57

Um, it feels like you're flying over London and over Neverland. Yeah.

Joni 18:01

And then you get to go and you get to see the mermaids and you get to go and see the, um, tribal family and then you see hook and the crocodile and, and it's just super cute.

Nick 18:10

Mm-hmm.

Joni 18:12

So,

Nick 18:12

Okay. It's Peter Pan. Thanks Joni.

Joni 18:14

Yep. You bet.

Nick 18:15

You bet. What do we have for movies this week?

Joni 18:17

We are actually gonna talk about Mulan today, and Nick and I actually watched the cartoon, the original, the, uh,

Nick 18:23

first time I ever seen it. First time I've ever watched

Joni 18:25

And yeah, Nick had to, you know, get familiar with that. And then after that, we turned around and watched the live action.

Nick 18:32

First time I ever seen that, I've ever

Joni 18:34

the live action. However, I've seen Mulan, uh, you know, quite a few times. Um, anyway, it premiered. July 5th, 1998 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. It was released to the rest of the United States on June 19th, and it is 87 minutes. The budget is was 90 million and a box office return was 300, 4.3 million.

Nick 19:00

So

Joni 19:00

They just keep doing it. It didn't do quite as well as some of the others. You know, Pocahontas, like I said, last week was 55 million, pulled in 3 46, so it wasn't as much, it cost more and it didn't have as much of a return. But still it made in the, in the Renaissance and it did do a fabulous job regardless. Anytime you make a million off of, you know, anything, you're doing pretty good,

Nick 19:23

pretty good.

Joni 19:24

So the writers, uh, Raymond Singer and Eugene Boswick singer and the director's Barry Cook and Tony Bancroft. The film was, inspired by a Chinese legend of, Mulan documented in the ancient Ballard of Mulan from the Northern Dynasties period, which is the fourth to fifth century ad. Now, Mulan wasn't an actual person. But it is, some of the story material was said to be depicted of actual events that Okay,

Nick 19:56

Okay. Like, um, okay.

Joni 19:58

So, but the story itself is not. Nonfiction. So her traits are that she's a risk taker. She's determined, faithful, she's courageous, passionate. She's 16 years of age. In the time of the story, obviously her, nationality is that she's Chinese. Her occupation is a poet, soldier. And, it is set in ancient China. The film follows the story of a young woman who disguises herself as a man to take her father's place in the Imperial Army when he is drafted to fight against the Huns. With the help of her dragging companion Mohu, Mulan trains proves herself in battle and earns the respect of her fellow soldiers. She ultimately saves China from the Huns defeating her leader, Sean Yu. And reveals her true identity earning the admiration of the emperor and her country. The film explores themes of bravery, honor, and self-discovery. So as I just said in that little briefing, dragon Mohu is one of her sidekicks in that dragon in the cartoon is actually voiced by Eddie Murphy.

Nick 21:04

Yes. Yeah. Which we were both

Joni 21:06

Yeah. Yeah. And then, she also, her horse is con. That's her horse's name. Her spouse is Lee Shang and there's a follow-up movie, Mulan two that came out in 2004, and as Nick and I just were talking, the live action remake of September 4th, 2020. She has a daughter in what movie?

Nick 21:30

Milan too.

Joni 21:31

She has a daughter and she

Nick 21:32

me with this every week. The descendants.

Joni 21:35

Very good. Her daughter's

Nick 21:37

note on my computer somewhere. The answer is descendants,

Joni 21:39

You say that every week.

Nick 21:41

I do.

Joni 21:42

I'm gonna keep testing you until it just comes out natural. Her daughter's name is Lonnie. A little bit of bonus information. Mulan was the first of three features. Produced primarily at the Disney Animation Studio, which is now Hollywood Studios in Bay Lake, Florida. Development for the film began in 1994 when a number of artistic supervisors were sent to China to receive artistic and cultural inspiration. I think I read they spent like three weeks there. Just going to different parts of China, like four or five different areas.

Nick 22:13

and stuff like that.

Mulan: Animated vs Live Action

Joni 22:14

Yeah. And um, the film was well received by critics and the public who praised the animation, the plot, the characters, and the musical score. And it earned a Golden Globe. I was talking about awards. I'm gonna jump over to the Renaissance., Academy Award. It was nominated for one. It did not win. Annie Awards nominated for 12 and won 10. Wow. That is incredible. I think that

Nick 22:40

that's gotta be, I think that's the highest percentage of,

Joni 22:42

Um, nomination.

Nick 22:43

and wins.

Joni 22:44

Beauty and the Beast won all of their Annies. Oh,

Nick 22:48

Oh, they won all of'em.

Joni 22:49

Yeah, but it's the highest, well, no, I guess it's not a hunchback, um, was nominated for 13, but to be nominated for 12 and win 10, that's, that's amazing. Yeah. So that's what I have on, um, on Mulan. But I have to ask you, and you may have said this, I know you've said it to me, but just tell, tell everyone else which one did you like best.

Nick 23:09

So when, when Jonie and I watch these, or even myself if I'm by myself, when I watch a live action Disney movie, I always prefer the cartoons more. And when I watch the live action ones, I go into'em with low expectations because, I don't like them, the originals messed with, but the live action Milan was amazing. It was really good. I like, I think I like it better than the cartoon, to be honest with you, and I've never said that about a Disney film

Joni 23:36

Me, me Too. And I am such a, a big softie over here that I cry. During Disney movies. Yeah, I did not know

Nick 23:44

did not know that.

Joni 23:45

I cried.

Nick 23:46

I looked at Joni when the live action Milan got over and I looked at her and I said, that was really good. And she said, I cried. And I, I didn't know that. it was good.

Joni 23:55

So I, um, I wear my heart on my sleeve and I just, I'm very sentimental to things like that, even though they are fictional. Just the whole concept of, you know, family and, you know, the importance of, um, being brave and courageous and accepting responsibility and, you know, family and values and I'm just, ugh, I'm a mess when it comes to some Disney movies. Do

Nick 24:17

liked the live action more than the

Joni 24:18

I loved. Live action. I honestly, to date, I think the best, that is the best live action one I've seen.

Nick 24:26

that is the best one I've seen. Um, beauty and the Beast was really good too,

Joni 24:29

the Beast was good,

Nick 24:30

good, but Milan was for sure, and we haven't watched all of'em yet. We're still watching them.

Joni 24:35

But

Nick 24:36

But yeah, very good. If you have not seen it, if you're one of these people that are like, I'm, you know, I don't wanna watch live action movies'cause I like the originals. Give this one a

Joni 24:44

try. Oh my gosh. You're gonna love it. And you know, I mean, it's been out for. Five years

Nick 24:49

Five years, yeah. Mm-hmm. Came out

Joni 24:50

out 2020.

Nick 24:51

Yeah. Um, like Joni said, we, we watched the cartoon first, and then we watched the live action.

Joni 24:57

Yeah. Because, well, we re we report on the cartoons, the

Nick 25:00

right. We report on the cartoons, but this was just an act added, uh, added thing we did, and I'm glad we

Disney Property Tip: Bring Your Own Toilet Paper

Joni 25:05

we have to throw, we have to throw that in there as far as the, the live action just being absolutely amazing.

Nick 25:12

Yep. Very good.

Joni 25:14

So, okay. That's what I have.

Nick 25:16

Yeah. Does this have anything to do with Milan Rouge?

Joni 25:20

Oh, my word. I'm gonna breathe everybody. Just pretend he didn't say that.

Nick 25:24

Okay. Well, thanks Jonie.

Joni 25:25

You're welcome.

Nick 25:26

Onto the tip or trick. People might laugh at this one, but if you follow this tip or trick, you won't be laughing at us. You'll be thanking us later. This week's tip or trick has to go with, if you're staying on Disney property at any of the hotels, I don't care if it's value, moderate or deluxe. Something we do every time, and we will continue to do is bring your own toilet paper.

Joni 25:51

Oh yes. Oh yes. This

Nick 25:53

is huge. Um, you may be laughing, but this isn't, this is no joke. You'll be thanking us. Disney spends a lot of money on a lot of things. We just watched something last night. They

Joni 26:03

Toilet paper is

Nick 26:04

yeah, they spend like s. Minimum, they figured$16 million a year on fireworks or something like that.

Joni 26:10

think it was like 50.

Nick 26:11

it? Oh, yeah, yeah, that was,

Joni 26:12

50 million. It was like 14,000

Nick 26:15

Yeah. It, they're the largest, largest purchaser of fireworks in, in the world. One thing, like Joni said they do not spend money on is toilet paper. Yeah. I mean, you could, you could. Put it up to a wall and see right through it. So our tip is take your own roll or two or three of toilet paper.

Joni 26:34

Yes, I agree.

Nick 26:35

It's a necessity.

Joni 26:36

absolutely agree because

Nick 26:38

it's the same, I think it's the same toilet paper

Joni 26:40

You know what

Nick 26:40

as it is at the resorts. It doesn't matter if you're deluxe or,

Joni 26:43

or, but I, I kind of have, I kind of have maybe a little bit of a, um, a guess on why that is.

Nick 26:51

For the plumbing. Plumbing. It's the plumbing.

Joni 26:53

they want the, so if you're one that requires the use of lots of toilet, lots of squares, either try to cut back or put it in the waist can instead. Yeah. Because I mean, imagine you got all these floors of, you know, different levels and it's all gotta come down and it's all, it all meets in one spot. And that's probably why they use such.

Nick 27:18

It it is and it

Joni 27:19

would degradable toilet

Nick 27:21

Logistically, it's probably the right thing to do, but

Joni 27:24

well, I mean, as long as you're. Careful and smart and respectful about it and not,

Nick 27:28

But for the consumer and the guest, it's not great. No. So just, um,

Joni 27:35

but you know what else is not great for the consumers or the guests? If you have a bunch of rooms closed down or you have a plumbing issue and it backs up into everyone's rooms, so hundred

Nick 27:43

hundred percent.

Joni 27:44

Think about yourselves when you're flushing the toilet and think about your neighbors in your next visit because

Nick 27:50

just be smart about it. Do, don't do at a hotel what you wouldn't do at home or, you know what I mean?

Joni 27:55

And those flushable wipes, they're not

Nick 27:56

flush. No, don't flush'em.

Joni 27:57

ev. Ask a plumber.

Nick 27:58

Yeah. Don't flush those things

Joni 28:00

though they say it. So

Show Wrap-Up and Announcements

Nick 28:02

So yeah, bring your own toilet paper. You will thank us later. Especially if you're, you know, a lot of people from the, I don't know if there's anybody in the UK listening, but are Europe. A lot of people come for two weeks at a time. So definitely if you're gonna be doing that.

Joni 28:15

Well, and you go, you can always do a, you can always do a, um, big box store. Yeah. You know, there's a Walmart not that far away. Yep. Or have it delivered to you. Yep, absolutely. And then whatever you don't use, just leave it there. I mean, you don't gotta carry it tote at home unless you want to.

Nick 28:30

Okay. Well that's gonna do it for this week's show. A lot of, um, animal Kingdom news.

Joni 28:36

Mm-hmm.

Nick 28:37

And again, Milan live action. If you haven't seen that, highly recommend that. So you can go to our website, main street talk pod.com. That's the home base. Oh, I forgot to mention, I forgot to mention this I spent a lot of time last week making some new, travel request forms. They're on the website. I'm extremely proud of these forms. They, they took a long time to

Joni 28:58

they're very much structured and they follow alignment with each

Nick 29:02

individual. Yep. There's a Disney World, Disney cruise, and a Disneyland one. Mm-hmm. And you know, the old form I had was just kind of a hodgepodge of everything. These are specific for those, destinations.

Joni 29:14

trial by error kind of stuff. Yeah. You're, you're finding out what's, um, helpful and what's not, what's confusing and what's got some clarity

Nick 29:21

That's on Main Street Talk pod. The those forms are under the vacation quote tab or the book of vacation tab. Our Facebook page is Main Street Talk. Facebook group is Disney Road Tips and Talk. Our Instagram is Main Street Talk podcast and you can contact me for travel nick.Garcia@academytravel.com. And we are affiliates of the Magic Candle Company. So use the link on the website and the code Main Street talk at checkout for 15% off. And we are going to announce our coffee mug winner on September 29th.

Joni 29:55

forget to share with your friends and family how to get in on

Nick 29:57

Hit the subscribe button on the website, main street talk pod.com. So, uh, yeah, get all your friends and families entered to win that. And we will be back next week

Joni 30:06

then tell'em you want it and maybe they'll gift it to you.

Nick 30:09

Yeah, you owe me. I told you about it. You owe me.

Joni 30:12

That's kinda

Nick 30:13

like you buy a lot like a scratch off ticket for your families at, at, at Christmas. Do you really want'em to win?

Joni 30:19

course you do. Of course

Nick 30:20

course you do. Oh,

Joni 30:21

you do.

Nick 30:22

I won$5 million in that ticket You bought me. Oh, that, that's, that's great.

Joni 30:26

okay. Good for you.

Nick 30:29

So anyways, we will be back. Yeah, we will be back next week. Until then, we will talk to you real soon.

Joni 30:37

for spending time with us. Bye.