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Lost in Translation: Disney Quotes

Welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we talk everything and anything Disney. We have yet another fun one for you this week, but first, Disney news.

It’s been a long time coming. Finally, Disneyland will be reopening to California natives only on April 30th. Huzzah!

The 100 year archives exhibition is coming to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. As people who really want to visit the Disney Archives, you best believe we’ll be heading over there to check that out.

Disney announced they’re working on a Magic Kingdom TV Universe (MKTU maybe?). In it, they plan to focus on the Society of Explorers and Adventurers (SEA).

We haven’t done a game in a while, so this week we decided to start a new game that we hope to turn into a series called “Lost in Translation.” In it, we use Google translate to take some famous Disney quotes from known to poor clone. Turns out, when you take even the most familiar quotes through 2 languages and back to English, the results can be hilarious and downright unrecognizable. So play along with us as we enjoy trying to crack these crazy word puzzles.

As always, thank you for listening in. Don’t forget to tell a friend about us and to leave us a review. You rock!

Have a magical week!

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WandaVision & Raya and The Last Dragon

Welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, your place for Disney news, deep dives, and hot takes. This week we have a good one for you, but first, let’s get to that news! There’s a lot of it.

In tangental to Disney news, Universal Studios announced they will be resuming construction on the new theme park called Epic Universe.

Disneyland will be reopening late April to California residents.

Unfortunately, Remi won’t be opening until October 1st for the 50th anniversary.

Finally, Magic Mobile was announced, an app for your Apple Watch that’ll take the place of your Magic Band (if you so please).

This week is SPOILER HEAVY as we talk about our opinions of Wandavision and Raya and the Last Dragon.

We start with Wandavision. (Time stamp 10:44). We talk about some of the many theories that tied the series to the comic books, our thoughts, what worked, what didn’t work, and how we see it playing a role in the MCU as a whole.

Then we finish with Raya and the Last Dragon (Time stamp 32:28). We discuss how stunning it was in many aspects, but also what it lacked that made the movie fall short for us of recent classics like Moana and Zootopia.

Thank you so much as always for listening. Have a magical week!

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ReImagineering the Magic Kingdom

Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, your spot for anything and everything Disney!

There’s lots of news this week, so better get into it! With restrictions easing up in California, talk of Disneyland reopening has ignited.

Across the country, Disney Parks posted our first looks at the newly-renovated rooms at the Polynesian Resort, which pays great tribute to Moana without hitting you over the head with it.

In keeping with the theme of the pandemic, Disney announces it will close 60 Disney stores across the US.

Sunshine Tree Terrace revealed it’s beautiful new Orange Bird wall.

Finally, Harmonious barges have invaded World Showcase Lagoon. (Seriously, they look like alien spaceships.)

This week, we go through each section of the park, Main Street, Adventureland, Fantasyland, Frontierland, Liberty Square, and Tomorrowland, and retool what the park would look like after a massive update from Disney's newest Imagineers: us! (To be clear, we are not Imagineers. We just thought it'd be fun to play one for a day!) We take some MASSIVE liberties by picking up and completely moving rides, magically creating a lot more space, and treating money as absolutely no object. And, heck, why not just make new lands altogether? Why not create a Frozen-themed restaurant? And for goodness sake, Disney, give the people what they want: more pie! (Or is that just me?)

Let us know what you think on our Facebook page.

Have a magical day!

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Disney Hero Power Rankings

Welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, a Disney Podcast that covers everything from “Who is Orange Bird” to ranking the MCU movies in NCAA college basketball fashion. If it’s Disney-related, we’re going to talk about it.

This week in Disney News, legendary, newly-retired imagineer Joe Rohde is going to work for Virgin Galactic. We’re excited to see what he’s able to accomplish there!

A Touch of Disney ticketed event will be happening at DCA, where people can walk around the park and get food and photos.

Lastly, Disney+ announced their release dates for the Mighty Ducks Gamechangers, Big Shot, The Bad Batch, Monsters at Work, Turner and Hooch, and Chip n Dale Park Life.

For our main show, we’ll be talking about our Top 5 Disney Heroes. Disney has a whole bevy of chivalrous characters, especially since they acquired Pixar, Star Wars, and Marvel, but which ones make the top of our list? Which Avengers make the cut? Will I be able to convince Joe that Emperor Palpatine is not an actual hero? Learn the answer to this question and many more by tuning in.

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Which Disney Character Would You Be for a Day?

Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. 

 

This week in Disney News, Disney announced Wandavision is getting a making of documentary set to air on March 12th, the week after the last episode of season 1 airs. This means they’ll roll straight from Wandavision to the documentary to Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Marvel fans are definitely doing a happy dance.

 

The 50th anniversary of Disney World is gearing up to be quite the spectacle with projection mapping shows set to happen on the icon in each park as well as a beautiful EARidescent color motif. Start saving your money now because We bet the merch is going to be fire!

 

The first Cruella trailer dropped, and man does it look crazy good. It sends some serious Joker vibes, so be sure to check it out if you haven’t already.

 

We have a blast this week discussing which Disney characters we’d choose to be for 1 day, 1 week, 1 year, and the rest of our lives. As always, our picks reflect a lot about us a people. Also, it’s interesting to see what neither of us want to deal with for the rest of our lives. Tune in to hear who we pick and discover who would like to be a raccoon, who would like to have magic, and who wants to be a chicken.  

Be sure to visit our Facebook page to let us know who you’d choose to be for a day, week, year, and the rest of your life.  

 

Finally, congratulations to our Expedition Roasters giveaway winner, Alexa B! Thanks everyone for entering and don’t forget that you can receive 15% off your next order with Expedition Roasters with the code “Enchanted”.

 

Thank you as always for tuning in. Have a magical week! 

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Alien Encounter ExtraTERRORestrial

This week in Disney news, despite the circumstances, Disney would still like Black Widow to be a theatrical release. Also, the Leave a Legacy monoliths are back, but in a different form. There is now a rainbow wall outside the park where you can take your picture and post it on your instagram because walls are a thing.

 

Love is in the air. Valentine’s Day is such a nice, happy holiday. So...let’s imagine we’re in a bizarro world where instead of happy, fun times, Disney is known as a place that can deliver truly chilling ride experiences. They develop a ride around the idea of a well-known sci-fi horror film in which an alien eviscerates human beings. In the ride, an alien escapes its containment pod and rampages throughout the auditorium, surprising and horrifying guests with what seems like blood spatter, neck breathing, and the alien itself jumping onto your shoulder harness. 

 

No need to imagine that, because from 1995-2003, such a ride existed: ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter. Although the ride never ended up including the Xenomorph from the Alien franchise because...wow that’s not a fit with the Disney brand...it did have a horrifying animatronic alien created by George Lucas himself to help audience members have nightmares for days. Why did Disney decide to take this path? Why not use the Xenomorph from Alien? Why Tomorrowland? What kind of crazy parent would take their child on this? We answer these questions and more in this week’s chilling episode. 

 

Looking to plan a trip to Disney?  Book with our official travel agent Becky Ginther from Castle Dreams Travel.  Contact her today at beckyg@castledreamstravel.com and let her know Enchanted Ears sent you!

 

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History of "I'm Going to Disney World"

Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, where we discuss anything and everything Disney. 

This week in Disney news, Black Panther director Ryan Coogler signs a 5-year deal with Disney. He and his company Proximity Media will be helping with new content for Disney+, including a Wakanda series! 

Also, in Park news, Tomorrowland Terrace, Lunching Pad, and Westward Ho are going to be closed Monday-Thursday through March 8th, but open for the weekends. 

Since the Super Bowl was yesterday, we thought it would be appropriate to talk about the fascinating origin of the Super Bowl MVP saying, “I’m going to Disney World” after winning the big game. 

You probably won’t be surprised to learn that the statement isn’t an organic thing that just gets said every year, but instead is a marketing technique. However, you may be surprised to learn the idea cropped up at a dinner with Mike Eisner, Jane Eisner, George Lucas, Dick Rutan, and Jeana Yeager. Rutan and Yeager had just completed the first astounding successful non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world. Rutan joked all that was left to do was go to Disneyland, and an idea was born. 

During this episode, we talk about how the idea got off the ground, when this all started, how much the MVP gets paid to say it, and much more! 

Don’t forget to leave a review on iTunes and snap a picture of it to share on our Facebook page. We’ll be drawing one lucky winner on Friday to receive our coffee prize package of a Disney tumbler and Expedition Roasters coffee. 

Plus, all this month receive 15% off your order from Expedition Roasters with the code "Enchanted"

Have a magical week! 

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Tony Bancroft: Former Disney Animator and Director

Hello and welcome to Enchanted Ears Podcast where we talk about anything and everything Disney. This week we're delighted to share our interview with Tony Bancroft with you, but first, Disney News.

This week in Disney News, The Jungle Cruise is going to be undergoing an update similar to, but not nearly as extensive as, Splash Mountain to make it more PC. This needed change will not have anything to do with the Jungle Cruise movie set to come out this summer.

In rides-on-the-fritz news, The Three Caballeros continues to delight guests (a phrase that hasn’t been used about this ride maybe ever). After The Donald Duck animatronic broke, he was replaced by a plant. Now, all three animatronics are gone and replacing them? Cardboard cutouts. I’m glad to see that even a company as seemingly perfect as Disney has to phone it in every now and again. 🤣

Our guest this week is the ultra-impressive Tony Bancroft, lead animator of Pumbaa and Kronk, one of the directors of Mulan, author of Directing for Animation: Things You Didn't Learn in Art School, and co-host of The Bancroft Brothers Podcast. Dang...the accomplishments...what am I doing with my life?

Tony gives us some incredible insight into what it's like to be both an animator (you may or may not get taxidermied warthog heads in your office and be in danger of getting mauled by a lion) and director of a Disney animated film when you're at the ripe old age of 26.

We also learn about his mentor and how he got into designing comedy characters. He gives us interesting insight into what it's like watching a movie you helped create, and it's not all rainbows and butterflies. And have you ever been the boss of your twin brother? Tony has! Find out what it was like to manage Tom during what was certainly a pressure-cooker of an experience. Lastly, he gives some tattoo-on-the-forearm-worthy advice about how to stand out in a creative endeavor. 

Once again, we want to thank Tony for letting us steal some time and talking to us. We learned a lot and had a blast (and also received some amazing free entertainment during a brief audio issue at the beginning of our call).

 

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Disney Decade: The 2000s

Hello and welcome to the Enchanted Ears Podcast, your one-stop-shop for anything and everything Disney. 

This week in Disney news, Disney’s officially getting rid of Extra Magic Hours. Instead, they’ll be opening the parks up 30 minutes early if you’re staying on property.

Also, The Festival of the Lion King is coming back to the Animal Kingdom, which bodes well for live entertainment coming back to the parks. Despite the announcement, we’re yet to receive a start date for the return of the king.

Lastly, all five seasons of The Muppet Show have arrived on Disney+.

This week, we’re resuming the Disney Decade series with the 2000s. Like many of the decades we’ve covered so far, this one is filled with its share of struggle, growth, strife, and success. However, this decade also comes with a hefty spoonful of acquisitions.

Disney struggles after the Renaissance of animation ends and the slowdown in tourism caused by 9/11. Fighting in the boardroom ends in the CEO resigning and the rise of a new CEO. Disney acquires Fox Family, Pixar, and Marvel in what turns out to be fantastic deals for them. They fail, however, to acquire Universal Studios, which we think is ultimately a good thing. Amid the many forgettable movies that were produced, Stitch rises to the top and has proven to be a king for them. Also, live action movies like Pirates of the Caribbean and National Treasure flourish. Listen in to hear more about this very important decade. 

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Over/Under Rated Attractions: Hollywood Studios Edition

Disney News is jam-packed this week. Disney announced that they’ll be discontinuing annual passes for Disneyland. On the East Coast, they announced starting 2022, they’ll no longer be offering the Magical Express service. Both of these announcements shook the Disney community. We speculate why and talk about how this will impact guests, cast members, and drivers. 

In much better news, Pixar's Soul will be entering the parks far faster than pretty much any other Disney property. They’ll be having a history of jazz exhibit inside The American Adventure, with Joe Gardner making appearances.

Our episode this week is the final one (for now) in the Overrated/Underrated Disney Attractions series we have using touringplans.com. If you’ve never heard one of these before because listening to more Disney podcasts was your New Year’s resolution, we look at the ratings on touringplans and then pick a 2-4 attractions we believe their users overrated and 2-4 we believe they underrated. We’ve done all of the Disney Tokyo parks and with this episode focusing on Hollywood Studios, we finish our Disney World rankings. (Disneyland, we’re coming for you next!) 

So, what rides in Hollywood Studios do we think are overrated? I think you’re going to be surprised by some of our picks. And what rides are underrated?  

Be sure to let us know on our Facebook Enchanted Ears or our group Enchanted Ears Family. 

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