Disney World Summer Deals, Main Street History, and a Personal Update

In this week’s episode of the Main Street Talk podcast, we start with a quick update on my move to Genie Travel Company. We then dive into the latest news from Walt Disney World, including summer promotions featuring free hotel nights, extra theme park days, and discounts for Florida residents and annual pass holders. We also take a historical look at Main Street, U.S.A., spotlighting the flag retreat ceremony, City Hall, and the Fire Station exhibits. We wrap up with a discussion on Disney’s Make Mine Music and some of the perks available to Disney+ subscribers.

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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, all the news and the tips and tricks, the ever-changing updates that seem to be going on every week. I am your host, Nick, and as always with me is Joni.

Joni 0:47

Hi everyone.

Nick 0:48

this show, we got a lot to get to to this show. I'm not gonna lie. There's there's a ton of stuff going on.

Joni 0:53

Lots of good stuff

Nick 0:54

Lots of good stuff, lots of good stuff, very

Joni 0:55

told me a little bit about what's going on. He'll dive into it here shortly, but there's some things that somebody out there is gonna wanna take advantage of.

Nick 1:01

Yeah. Might wanna get your notepad or uh, or something down.'cause there's a lot going on. I wanna start out by saying, I did post this on our Facebook page, uh, yesterday I believe, or the day before. I have switched travel. Agency host companies. I am no longer with Academy Travel. I want to thank Academy Travel for everything. They were great to work for. It was just,, it was just time for me to make a move. I am now with the Genie Travel Company, which is also an earmarked, Disney Vacations destination company. So, from a client's point of view, nothing has changed. Um, yes, I still, you know, book Disney Vacations. From my side of it, it's just a little more freedom. And in the near future, I'm going to expand into booking All cruise. All cruise lines? Yeah. All major cruise lines. Yeah.

Joni 1:47

branch it doesn't just exclusively hold you to Disney.

Nick 1:49

Right. And this will be in the near future. But as of right now, I am Disney certified, so nothing has changed with Disney. I'm still able to book and, and rock and roll with Disney. But

Joni 1:58

and it's still free to the,

Nick 2:00

everything. Yeah, everything is free. There's no charges.

Joni 2:04

A different name, a different

Nick 2:05

different email address. Yep. That's about it. So

Joni 2:08

email. Same guy.

Nick 2:10

Nothing has changed for you. Um, and when I do, and when I'm able to start booking more cruises, which I'm hoping was in the next 30 days, um, as a transition happens, I will let you guys know. I'm

Disney Promotions for Summer 2026

Joni 2:21

I'll tell you, Nick has worked really hard on getting this transition switched over. He got all of the training he needed to have done in a matter of a couple of

Nick 2:29

Yeah, it's, it took some work, but,

Joni 2:31

and it was like working

Nick 2:32

Here I am double. Yeah.

Joni 2:34

to do it. Yeah. So he's very dedicated and he's really, focused on

Nick 2:39

ready to

Joni 2:39

making this happen.

Nick 2:40

Call me. Let's book a vacation. I just wanna book one.

Joni 2:43

I'll call you after the show.

Nick 2:44

Okay. Like I said, we have a lot to get into. We're gonna start a little different because I'm gonna start with promotions. Disney dropped a ton of promotions this last

Joni 2:52

this is where you want your notebook.

Nick 2:54

This is where you're gonna want your notebook. So it all stems from. The Cool Kids Summer is returning in 2026 to Walt Disney World. Now, these promotions, a lot of them line up with this, so we'll just go down the list. Disney has released its summer 2026 vacation offer where guests can get two free hotel nights and two extra theme park days added when they book a qualifying fortnight for day or longer. Room and ticket package first stays most nights from May 26th to September 15th. The deal must be booked by February 15th of this year. So this gives families a couple extra days for the price

Joni 3:31

Yeah. Less. Yeah.

Nick 3:33

on how many days you book.

Joni 3:34

It's a great opportunity. Now

Nick 3:35

If you are one that stays offsite, they are offering this in just a ticket. So they're offering a summer 2026 ticket deal where you get two extra theme park days for free when you buy a four to eight day ticket. For example, a four day ticket becomes a six day ticket

Joni 3:50

Mm-hmm.

Nick 3:51

and no extra cost. So that also must be purchased by February 15th and are valid for park admission from May 26th through September 15th. And if you just wanna do a Disney, hotel stay, you don't wanna do the part. We, you know, we, a lot of people do that. Yeah. Disney World is offering summer 2026 hotel discounts where guests are able to save up to 30% on rooms at many Disney resort hotels for stays most nights from May 1st through October 4th. So the dates are a little different on that. Stay five and work consecutive nights. You save up to 30% on select resorts. Stay one to four nights. You save up to 25% on select, Disney resorts. And the percentage, you know, as we all know, that it's based on tier

Joni 4:33

more you do, the more you

Nick 4:35

Value, moderate, deluxe, um, the higher savings is del.

Joni 4:39

Deluxe

Nick 4:40

And Disney is offering Florida residents up to 35% off select Disney World Resort Hotel rooms for the summer of 2026 from May 1st to July 29th with bigger discounts on longer stays at higher tier hotels. Savings vary by hotel and length. Stay with up to 35% or four nights and smaller discounts for shorter visits. Another good one for Florida residents can get discounted Disney World tickets in 2026, including three or four day tickets as low as$64 per day.

Joni 5:11

Hmm mm-hmm.

Nick 5:12

Mm-hmm. And a two. This is good too. A two day Epcot slash animal Kingdom ticket for about$95 per day. Both deals require advanced park reservations and proof of Florida residency.

Joni 5:23

Wow.

Nick 5:24

And annual pass holders can enjoy summer savings on select, Disney hotels as well. Valid for most stays. From May 1st to July 29th, the discount is up to 40% for stays of four or more, four or more nights, and 35% for stays of one to three nights. Now along with all these, you can combine these deals with a free kids' dining plan, children ages three to nine, eat free when you book a package that includes a Disney resort, hotel room, and dining plan for guests 10 and older. So basically everybody, you can't just pick and choose who's gonna have the dining package. If there's four people in your room, it's all or nothing. So, but the kids three to nine would get a free dining and the free water park days are back as well. Guests staying at, uh, Disney Resort between May 26th and September 8th can enjoy free admission to one of the Walt Disney World water parks on their check-in day. And both water parks will be open during these dates.

Joni 6:17

have to try the other one.

Nick 6:18

That's what I got for promos. Wow. That is,

Joni 6:21

is a lot. They, they, um, dumped. So, I have a question. Yeah. Is this, is this posted anywhere where is, is like a rundown as a visual to see

Nick 6:31

the time the show airs, uh, there will be a blog up. As you know, I've been sick the last few

Joni 6:35

I'm a visualizer. I have to see it.

Nick 6:37

Yep. I'm going to post a blog

Joni 6:39

a blog. Okay. And if they still have questions, if you guys still have questions, just reach out to Nick. He can clarify some

Nick 6:45

Uh, the blog is main Street talk pod.com. Just go to the blog. Yeah, I'll have a blog on all this. Oh, okay. So

Park News and Updates

Joni 6:50

Because you're rambling off and you did it very

Nick 6:53

easily. Yeah,

Joni 6:54

Cleanly, but I was still like, what the heck is he talking about?

Nick 6:58

took a while to go through and, um,

Joni 7:01

fine

Nick 7:01

apart the, the points. Yeah. Because I was getting the emails as they were coming through,

Joni 7:05

Well, that's a lot of good stuff going on.

Nick 7:07

that's, I, yeah, those some good

Joni 7:09

that's just summer deals.

Nick 7:11

just, yeah. Mostly summer. Okay, now we ready to get into regular park news. Okay. Did you get all that? Okay at Magic Kingdom, Minnie Goofy, Donald and Daisy are now meeting outside in Storybook Circus. As we know, we talked about pete's silly sideshow is being refurbished. Minnie and Goofy are at the entrance of Storybook Circus, and Donald and Daisy are meeting at the back near the train station. And this goes along with Cool Kids Summer Toy Store. Your characters like Woody and Jesse and more are coming to Magic Kingdom's, diamond Horseshoe Restaurant this summer during, the, Disney Cool Kid Summer. So they'll be like a character at a horseshoe, huh?

Joni 7:45

huh, cute.

Nick 7:47

and over at Hollywood Studios Live Action Aerial Meet and greet will return to its original location at Walt Disney presents on January 12th. She was moved in late October for the holidays and the new Toy Story snack stand is open and Toy Story Land, it opened on January 6th. And guess one, I didn't see the whole menu. I didn't really read it. But guess one thing that was highlighted that's on that menu, which, um, I gotta try

Joni 8:11

Oh, I thought you were gonna, oh, go ahead. Nevermind. I was gonna say Mickey bars. All I ever want is a Mickey Bar.

Nick 8:16

and I don't know if they have Mickey bars. I'm, I'm sure we'll be able to find you in Mickey Bar next time we're at Disney

Joni 8:21

I struggled on the cruise. I did not know that you could just order them to your room.

Nick 8:25

Yeah. So, but at the snack stand, there's pepperoni pizza, spring rolls. Oh. So that's on my, on my list.

Joni 8:32

that. Well, that's your favorite pizza.

Nick 8:34

Well, yeah, I, there's some pepperoni pizza in the fridge, left over, right behind you.

Joni 8:38

Nick likes to throw jalapenos on it too.

Nick 8:40

And at Animal Kingdom, the Dino Institute, improv musician will stay at animal kingdom after dyno land closes, but they'll be in a new location. The performer is now moving or will be moving to the Africa section of the park where they would probably get updated, uh, costumes and theming. In the miscellaneous Disney's live action Tangled has cast its leads. Oh, Tegan Croft will play Rapunzel and Milo Manheim will star as Flynn Rider. It'll be directed by the greatest showman's, Michael Gracie. It is still in development with no official release date, but production and more casting news are expected. Soon they did

Joni 9:18

Because they had, didn't they pick casting for that and people backed out, or, or

Nick 9:22

or it was, uh, the mom, there was rumors that Scarlet Joe Hansen was gonna put here. I never heard anything more of that.

Joni 9:29

As Miss Gothel or mother.

Nick 9:31

Yeah. Yep. But we'll, we'll let you know as they. Sounds like it's, starting to pick up wheels.

Joni 9:36

Yeah. Good.

Nick 9:37

And if you have been in Disney World in the last month, I've seen a few articles on this. I had mentioned it, you may have noticed there's been some filming going on there, we now know what they've been filming. Um, Lacey, she, I think that's how you say her name. She has been filming a Hallmark Christmas movie there. You know, the Hallmark channel? You know the, the great Christmas

Joni 9:56

oh, I just got goosebumps.

Nick 9:57

The film is called Holiday Ever after a Disney World Wish Come True. Aw. So they were

Joni 10:03

this, how has this affected traffic, like guest traffic? I

Nick 10:06

wonder it. I don't think it really has. I've seen pictures. I like this one. I just saw they were in Toy Story Land the other day filming and they, they filmed the Magic Kingdom and so yeah.

Joni 10:15

So here's another question I have just outta curiosity. I know it's, we're, we're supposed to like move forward with this, but you've sparked some interest here. So anyone who might be an extra and not know that they're an extra in this movie, do they have to get permission?

Nick 10:29

I don't know how that works. Okay. I I really don't.

Joni 10:31

if nobody approached you, watch it anyway. Maybe you're in there.

Nick 10:34

if you Yeah,

Joni 10:34

Yeah. That be famous

Nick 10:36

ever after a Disney World wish come true on your local Hallmark channel.

Joni 10:41

Nice. When's supposed, when's it supposed to be out? 1 26. Okay.

Nick 10:44

But, she posted a little YouTube video, like of her and Magic Kingdom by herself, and she's like, she was talking about it and she said it's leading up to like, they're doing something next, or this year, I should say, like leading up to Christmas. So maybe an early Christmas movie. I don't know, but want to watch it.

Joni 11:01

Well, you know how those movies usually happen. It usually happens. Things do lead up like an after a Thanksgiving type thing or whatnot.

Nick 11:07

no, I mean, like release wise, they may start releasing movies early, like the count up to Christmas is what I mean, you know, I don't, could come out in July. I have no idea.

Joni 11:14

Okay, well that's okay to have Christmas in July.

Nick 11:17

But Hallmark, you know, those Hallmark plots are pretty, pretty, extensive and deep. Yeah. You know,

Joni 11:24

Nick and I have been guilty of sitting and watching a Hallmark movie or

Nick 11:28

Yeah, I, I have, I have no problem watching a Lifetime movie every now and

Joni 11:32

then.

Nick 11:32

Okay. That's all I have for Park News

Joni 11:35

All right.

Nick 11:36

and Promo news. So if any of those promos sound like you wanna jump on one of those, email me, nick.Garcia@genietravelco.com.

Joni 11:45

Cool.

Nick 11:46

All right, let's go on to, spotlight.

Joni 11:48

Okay, well we are, we're gonna touch on a few things today. We're gonna start with the flag lowering that happens every day at Magic Kingdom at 5:00 PM.

Nick 11:59

It's a pretty cool thing. They

Joni 12:00

it is. It's a ceremony known as the flag retreat. It first occurred October 1st, 1971, and has continued daily as a tribute to veterans and service members. This tradition honors the American flag with patriotic music, which is a continuing tradition from Disneyland, so they

Nick 12:18

Hmm. Okay,

Joni 12:19

there. Okay, so customarily a flag retreat signals the end of official duty. The official duty day and the Armed Forces cast a cast of characters, gather around in town square to C harmoniously, lower the Magic Kingdom's American flag, and retire it for the night. But what they do is they choose a veteran

Nick 12:40

A guest, A park guest. Yeah. Yes.

Joni 12:42

And they're chosen at random, so there's nobody you can sign up. You can't. Pay somebody to do it, right. There's no cost to it. I have a few clues or hints on how you can possibly be selected for this. So to possibly get selected. You arrive early, we're talking rope drop early, so you wanna get there like, you know, early 30 minutes. Yeah, yeah. Um, chat with the cast members, be friendly with them. Share your experiences. Smile, just be kind, you know, interact with them. And we're supporting military attire because the cast members that are surrounding this. Like that are in this area, are the ones that will get together and they'll choose somebody. Correct., This is the only flag in town Square that gets taken down as all the other flags throughout the park are not considered true flags as they lack the full 50 stars or the full 13 stripes with Walt Disney World stating these having 45 stars. Additionally, the polls on the fake flags. Act as hidden lightning rods to protect guests. So they do have a purpose, the historical context. Some theories suggest the numbers of stars on the decorative flag represents the number of states at the time of Walt Disney's birth or the park opening.

Nick 13:58

Okay.

Joni 13:59

And, I just wanted to touch base too, that Liberty Square does have the tree that has the 13 lanterns also

Nick 14:04

Yep. Mm-hmm.

City Hall Services and Tips

Joni 14:05

So that's just kind of a little added tidbit in there. Um, but that happens at 5:00 PM daily. So be there like four 30

Nick 14:12

To to watch it you mean? Um,

Joni 14:13

Um, if you wanna be selected. Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah. If you're a vet, if you're a veteran and you wanna be

Nick 14:17

selected, they select at the time. They

Joni 14:19

Yeah. They select the day of.

Nick 14:21

don't select like no, like early in the morning. Nope. They select at the

Exploring the Fire Station on Main Street, USA

Joni 14:24

They select day of Okay. Day of. So you wanna be there that day, like the rope drop early. That's what I meant. Like rope drop early, just get there, you know, how you would. Secondly, let's go to, city hall. I know it's not as exciting as the flag lowering, but, just a short touch on that. Another October 1st, 1971, a themed building that serves as a landmark at the entrance to the park. It's located at the far end of town square, leading to Cinderella Castle. While it's a functional building for park operations, it's also a key part of the immersive early 20th century American town setting, offering assistance with ticket upgrades, managing will call making, and adjusting dining reservations, accessibility services like DA wheelchair, electric scooters, lost and found park maps, daily schedules, and just. Your run of the mill daily, general information. It is essential hub for resolving issues, providing park guidance and offering language assistance in currency exchange. Picking up birthday, anniversary, or first visit buttons. It's home to guest relations information lost and found. You can drop a postcard in any blue mailbox throughout the park or in the front desk of your Disney,, resort hotel. But this is the primary. Where you can get your postcards. If you'd like a little bit of an extra touch, you can go to city Hall and request a cast member to apply a special mailed from Main Street Stamp on your postcard.

Nick 15:52

Yes. You can get, you can get a, a postcard sent postmarked from that, from Main Street?

Joni 15:57

Yeah. And they'll, they'll literally stamp it. It says it's mailed from there. So I thought that was kind of cute. We've not done that yet. We should do that to the kids one time or there.

Nick 16:04

I think we, I think we will,

Joni 16:05

Sometimes we take vacations without them and sometimes they get, sad. We're

Nick 16:09

thinking of you.

Joni 16:10

Yeah. I went to Disney and all I got was this postcard, nextly. Lastly actually, we'll visit the fire station, another main street, USA location. This one, is.

Nick 16:20

is

Joni 16:21

It's an engine company, number 71 and got its name because it is an October 1st, 1971, so that makes sense. Vintage Fire Engine named in honor of Magic Kingdom's opening day. It is on display inside. It is a spot for guest to view fire department patches from around the world. And it also has a pressed penny machine of the 101 Dalmatian.

Nick 16:45

Really? I didn't know that.

Joni 16:46

you know,

Nick 16:47

Yeah. Well, yeah. Dalmatians Firehouse. Yeah.

Joni 16:50

correct. So, um, a little bit of this that I'm gonna read might be a little bit of a repeat, just saying that it offers or the patches and whatnot. But I have a history of when it first opened in 71 to what it is now because it's become home to different things. So I just have a brief touching on what it was throughout its lifetime from opening day until now. So from October 1 71 until sometime before 1993, the station housed an actual fire engine that transported guests down Main Street and served as a themed piece of Americana reflecting the turn of the century. Small town fire stations complete with horse stalls, even though they used a motorized truck. The exact closing for this isn't widely documented, but sources note that around 1993, the transport display function had ended all the while and a bit beyond. The station also served as a gift shop, uh, from opening day until July, 2011, February of 2012 to January, 2021. It was the sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom, and I wish I, I love scavenger hunt games. That's what this is. And I really wish I had participated in this. It was an interactive scavenger hunt style game, using cards to seek out villains,

Nick 18:08

I love me. Some villains.

Joni 18:09

So yeah, its found its home in the station as well as it being the primary recruitment and check-in center. Of So that ended in January, 2021. From February, 2021 to current, the station was refurbed as an exhibit space with a vintage fire engine on display and historic firefighter memorabilia. As of today, the building continues to function, not as a retail shop or game Hub, but as a thematic exhibit and interactive guest area to view the fire engine and pieces of firefighting history as well as, like I'd said previously, they have patches that have been donated from fire

Nick 18:51

Yeah. From all over, right? Yeah. Mm-hmm.

Joni 18:54

So just kind of a cute spot. They say it's a fantastic photo shoot place. You got a little one that loves fire trucks.

Nick 19:01

yeah.

Joni 19:01

Oh yeah.

Nick 19:02

It's pretty cool. Yeah.

Joni 19:03

That's what I have on the rest of Main Street.

Nick 19:07

So as I wrap up Magic

Discussing 'Make Mine Music'

Joni 19:09

Well, no, we're gonna, I do have one more little thing I'd like to talk about

Nick 19:12

Okay. And then that wraps up Magic

Joni 19:14

And then that will wrap it up because we're not gonna do meet and greets in this round. No, we'll come back to those.

Nick 19:20

we'll circle around. You

Joni 19:22

Let's just get the park, attractions and stuff and rides outta the way.

Nick 19:26

So then we can park, hop over to Epcot next. I think that's where we're going. Okay.

Joni 19:30

see. It's, it's my choice.

Nick 19:31

All right. All right. Well, thanks Joanie.

Joni 19:34

you bet.

Nick 19:34

Yeah. You're got, let's talk about our movie.

Joni 19:36

well our movie is, um, we have a confession. We were not able to watch this movie. It's

Nick 19:43

not on Disney Plus. It's, it's not really anywhere. I saw something on YouTube. There was some shorts, but,

Joni 19:49

but I did dive in and do some research on it, but I'm kind of disappointed. I'm, I'm, you know, in my notes here, I'm not gonna highlight it as though it's done. I'm gonna say it's half done because I wanna keep checking on

Nick 20:01

It's a work in progress.

Joni 20:03

gonna talk about it, but I'm really committed to watching all of these movies, so I really wanna circle back

Nick 20:09

to it. Okay. Not out.

Joni 20:10

and not leave it out. But anyway, we're gonna talk about the 1946. Make mine music.

Nick 20:15

make mine. And it is MINE. Correct? Because when you were telling me the other day, I thought you were saying Make my music. Oh, but it's mine as in, as in like, um, seven Dwarfs.

Joni 20:25

yes.

Nick 20:25

Yes. Okay. That

Joni 20:26

is correct. So I did, like I said, we weren't able to watch it. Kind of disappointing, but I did dive in and do some research on it. Uh, came out, uh, first appearance April 20th, 1946 in New York and August 15th, 1946 to the rest of the us. It's 75 minutes long. The budget was 1 million, uh, I'm sorry, 1.35 million box office pulled 3.275 million in worldwide rental.

Nick 20:52

rent.

Joni 20:52

Directors are Jack Kenny, Clyde Germy,

Nick 20:57

Sure.

Joni 20:58

Excuse

Nick 20:58

Sure. Okay.

Joni 21:00

Hamilton Lusk, Joshua Meteor Meor,

Nick 21:03

Midor,

Joni 21:04

and Robert Cormack. So the, it's based on an animated anthology film, mainly on the traditional folk songs, popular music and light classical pieces rather than on one single book or story. So kind of like the last two that we've gone covered over, I mean, we're kind of in the same era, the World War II era. So we're along those

Nick 21:25

lines. So it's like a collection of, of shorts into a movie

Joni 21:29

Each segment is inspired by a different song or a musical style, so that is correct. The film celebrates music by pairing different musical styles with animated stories and visuals. There isn't a single main plot as each segment stands on its own inspired by jazz, classical folk and pop music of the time. And we're big, we're into musics different styles of musics and stuff like that. So that's, I really wanna come back and see this one. So it did win an award. It won the 1946 Cannes Film Festival Award for best animation design, and it was nominated for the grand prize of the festival at Cannes. So won nomination won win. So during the World War ii, much of Walt's staff was drafted into the army and those that remained were called upon the US to make training and propaganda films. As a result, the studio was littered with unfinished story ideas. So that's pretty much where they came up with this. They just took all this, this bit, this bit,

Nick 22:24

idea, this idea,

Joni 22:25

idea. Yep. And then they mushed them together, and that's how we got

Nick 22:28

it's a, it's an idea casserole correct.

Joni 22:31

In order to keep the feature film division alive during this difficult time, the studio released six package films, including this one, made up of various unrelated segments set to music. This is the third package film. So there it says there's six. So this is number three. Following Saluto Amigos and the three Ceros. This film was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. Waltz's compilation of 10 animated shorts. The names of these shorts. Number one, the Martins and the Coys, which is a humorous, fast-paced retelling of a feuding, hillbilly, family rivalry. Told entirely through song. Supposed to be a like the. Hatfields and the McCoys. Oh, kind of that stylish, yeah,

Nick 23:16

yeah. Great miniseries, by the way.

Joni 23:18

And then we have the Blue Bayou. This segment was originally intended for Fantasia, including Claude Debussy's, musical composition Claire de Loon. It features two egrets flying on a moonlit night. However, by the time the entire, making of make mind music was released. The music was replaced by the song Blew Bayou, but the original version of the segment still survives. So that makes me wanna go down the rabbit hole

Nick 23:46

The original too.

Joni 23:46

original too. So, this becomes quite a bit of work when doing these.'cause it opens up all my

Nick 23:51

up lots of doors. Yeah.

Joni 23:53

yeah. Number three, all the cats join in this segment is portrayed, by hipster teens of the 1940s being swept away by popular music. There was some mild female nudity that was edited out in both the US and the UK DVD releases. Although the film's, Japanese home video releases features it intact and uncensored. Number four, without you, an emotional segment that is a Ballard of Lost Love. Number five is Casey at bat. Casey at the bat, I apologize. It's about an arrogant ballplayer whose cockiness was his undoing. A sequel to this segment called Casey Bats, again, was released on June 18th, 1954 and a theatrical short. I

Nick 24:38

I have heard of both of those.

Joni 24:39

Oh, cool.

Nick 24:40

Yeah.

Joni 24:41

Number six, two silhouettes. This features two live action ballet dancers, moving in a silhouette with an animated, with animated backgrounds and characters. So that would be kind of neat. It reminds me of,

Nick 24:54

of

Joni 24:55

I don't know. All I keep, yeah, all I keep thinking of is the feather dusters. That's all I keep thinking of when I, when I think about that. Let's see. Then we have number seven, Peter and the Wolf, an animated dramatization of the 1936 musical composition by Sergi, last name P-R-O-K-O-F-I-E-V. I'm not gonna pronounce that it again, is Russian. A Russian boy sets off into the forest to hunt a wolf with his animal friends. Each character is represented with a specific musical accompaniment. Number eight is after you've gone. This is where six instruments parade through a musical background number nine is Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet.

Nick 25:42

Bonnet,

Joni 25:43

Which I think is kind of cute. It's a romantic story of two hats who fell in love in a department store window in New York City. They experience separation and devotion to finding each other. This segment, like others was later released theatrically. May 21st, 1954. And lastly, we have the final, the whale who wanted to sing. This one's actually a bittersweet story about a musically talented sperm whale who dreams of singing grand opera. As rumors spread, Willie the whale eventually gets to sing to a sold out audience. But it's not your

Disney Plus Perks and Tips

Nick 26:20

Doesn't go well, doesn't go

Joni 26:22

all that well. It's actually a very sad one, so I'm warning you. So, but that's what I have on those. So those 10 films smooshed together. Come up with a 75 minute, um, make

Nick 26:34

make mine music. Make mine music. Okay. I had never heard of it, but I have heard of Casey at the bat in the other, the second Casey.

Joni 26:40

Yeah. Casey Batts

Nick 26:41

Casey bats again. Casey Bats again. Yeah. Okay. Well, thanks Joanie.

Joni 26:44

Yeah, you bet.

Nick 26:45

bet. So onto this week's tipper trick. This has nothing to do with Walt Disney World, I should say, which is kind of what we usually do. But if you're listening to this show, I'm gonna go ahead and assume you're a Disney Plus subscriber. So I think that's a safe assumption. If you have never looked on the Disney Plus perks. Which I never really have looked. I've looked into it a few times, but I really dove into it. I have it pulled up in front of me right now because we all know, you know, and we tell you here when, Disney World will say Disney plus subscribers get a, a discount on a hotel room or, or tickets or whatever.

Joni 27:20

But

Nick 27:20

There are so many other perks on Disney Plus if you're a subscriber. I'm gonna go through just a few. So check these out. And I will note that it's, I could not find it on the actual website. I had to actual type in the Google Disney plus perks and then sign in that way. But here's just some things. Enjoy six months of, dash pass for free. Enjoy a complimentary D 23 Gold membership for a year, I believe. Save 15% SITEWIDE on lounge fly.com. Here's a chance to win tickets to an NBA game, and then they have a three month free trial of Spotify.

Joni 27:53

Hmm.

Nick 27:53

Um, and then there's sweepstakes, like when a trip to Alani when a trip to Disneyland, I believe. I think those are both expired, but, so yeah, there is a ton of stuff on here. If you just start clicking around, like, I'm gonna do this D 23. I'm telling you that right now.

Joni 28:07

Are you telling me that right now?

Nick 28:08

I'm telling everybody this. You're

Joni 28:09

We're going to D 23. No, it's oh,

Nick 28:11

you're D 23. You can be a D 23 member. Every month give a mystery capsule containing a digital pin. Buy or gift, a hundred dollars Nordstrom gift card and get$20 back. All kinds of stuff on Disney plus perks that you can sign up for. Again, I could not find how to get to it on the regular Disney Plus site, but if you Google Disney Plus Perks, it'll take you there and you sign in. I did not know that there was this much on here, but there you go.

Joni 28:36

Yeah. You could have used that. Nick actually bought me a, um, a Donald Duck Lounge fly for one of my Christmas gifts. And you probably could have used some of this. I

Nick 28:46

I probably could have. Yeah. Um,

Joni 28:48

was torn between Donald Duck or Snow White,

Nick 28:51

I, I really wanted the Snow White one because I know how much you

Joni 28:54

I love them both. I

Nick 28:55

know, but I really wanted Snow White. The one that I wanted to get you. They discontinued it and you can't, you can find it, but they're used and I don't trust buying a used one. I don't care what the pictures look like.

Joni 29:07

Well, funny story. Grandpa says, oh, go and, um, show the granddaughter. Oh, show, show, show. Show her your new backpack that,

Nick 29:17

she's four.

Joni 29:17

Yeah. She just turned four and she, her lit her face, little face lit up and she said, oh, thank you, grandma. She thought it was hers. And poor little girl broke her heart. So now grandpa has to buy her a bag. You

Nick 29:31

not buy her bag. We're taking her to her first Disney trip next year. So I got, I gotta buy her a backpack before we go.

Joni 29:37

She wants a Minnie Mouse one. She

Nick 29:38

a mini mouse one. She wants a mini mouse. She um.

Joni 29:39

but she, oh, it's so sweet and so heartbreaking at the

Nick 29:42

and telling me exactly what she wanted.

Joni 29:44

No.

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Nick 29:45

Yeah, I, that was kind of sad. I heard her say, oh, thank you, grandma. And then I heard you say, well, grandpa bought it from me, and then I just heard tears.

Joni 29:53

yeah, it was, it was very sad. So then it took 2.2 seconds for grandpa to say, I'll get you a bag. You baked softy.

Nick 30:01

Disney perks. Disney plus perks. Check'em out. Yeah, I'm, I see two right now. I'm gonna sign up for Cool. As we're talking., Okay. Do you have anything else?

Joni 30:10

I do not.

Nick 30:11

Okay. Well that's, um, that's it for our, our news this week and our show. I know that was a lot. I'm gonna post a blog about all of the, the promos.'cause that was a lot.

Joni 30:22

Yeah. don't forget Nick's moved.

Nick 30:24

I have moved the Genie Travel Company. Um, but our website is.

Joni 30:29

is

Nick 30:30

Main Street talk pod.com. You can subscribe there to get on our email list for our, um, random giveaways of posters and other things. Our Facebook page is Main Street Talk. Our Facebook group is Disney World Tips and Tricks. Instagram is Main Street Talk podcast. Uh, you can contact me at nick.Garcia@genietravelco.com.

Joni 30:50

com.

Nick 30:51

And we are on YouTube as well. And if you want to bring the theme park smells home with you, go to the Magic Candle company as we are affiliates of them.

Joni 30:59

Mm-hmm. We

Nick 31:00

You can get the link on our website and use the code Main Street talk at checkout for 15% off.

Joni 31:06

Yeah.

Nick 31:06

So yeah. Well thanks for listening to us this week, not to dive into, but we got through it.

Joni 31:10

Yes, we did.

Nick 31:11

Thank you. And we'll be back next week and we will talk to you real

Joni 31:14

Bye everyone.