MouseStation 140 – Collected short subjects
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Tip of the Week
This week’s Tip comes from Mike, because the Tip Jar is empty. (Send
in your tip now!)
Mike recommends bringing a Tide-To-Go pen with you wherever you go in the
parks. They’re great for cleaning up kids’ spills or other messes. He recommends
them over Shout wipes because they work better. Mark carries one around with
him everywhere, too.
Featured attraction
This week we look at the Hall of Presidents
at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom.
Mark noted that there’s less than one year before a new president is added
and becomes the other speaker with Abraham Lincoln. (But they won’t get into
a political discussion of who it might be, as this isn’t that type of podcast.)
Mark misses the Maya Angelou narration of the movie. The previous versoin
was good, as well.
Mark is pretty sure that someone at Imagineering is already looking for possible
speech segments to be used in the Hall for the three front-runners in the
current campaign. He also noted that all presidents to date have been sculpted
by Blaine Gibson, but thought that he remembered that Blaine Gibson had passed
away recently. (He was wrong, and will probably get a lot of email on that
count.) So Blaine will likely sculpt the new president, despite what Mark
said on the show.
Review System Spotlight
This week we look at the Crystal Palace at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom.
Our MousePlanet readers really like the Crystal Palace, rating
it 4.1 out of five planets. Our featured review this week is by bartsfam
of Rutland, Massachusetts.
bartsfam had lunch reservations on a busy Sunday afternoon, but was seated
within 30 minutes. They rated the buffet very highly. The food was good, and
the enjoyed a variety of dishes, as well as the desserts. The characters all
stopped by twice in one hour. They highly recommend the location.
Mark really likes the Crystal Palace, though it leaves Mike cold.
You can also find the Crystal Palace in our Park
Guide.
Ask the Kid
Vance Cope asked “Since you talk about time travel alot, if you could
go back in time an ride an old ride or attraction, what would it be? (I wish
I could have rode Horizons or the Sky Ride)” (Send
in your question now!)
Mark’s son simmediately responded that he wanted to ride Horizons. Mark would
have to agree.
