MouseStation 71 – Listener Feedback
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Listener Feedback Friday!
Mike’s back from being sick, and it’s good to have him back. In this week’s
Listener Feedback:
Melissa wrote in with another response to our “The End of Spontaneity”
show. She is concerned that eventually Disney will keep raising prices until
only the uber-rich can attend. While Mike and Mark can see her point, neither
of us think that it’s going to get that far.
Rosalyn she’s new to podcasts, but wanted to write in that there were a few
things that she misses at Walt Disney World, such as Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride
and the afternoon tea at the Rose & Crown.
Mike and Mark agree that they’re probably going to have to do a YesterWorld
Top 3 at some point. (And Mike agrees about the tea.)
Kirsten wrote in to share her DCA Top 3
- Entertainment:
- 3) Turtle Talk With Crush
- 2) Disney’s Aladdin – A Musical Spectacular
- 1) Disney’s Electrical Parade
- Dining:
- 1) Bur-r-r Bank Ice Cream
- 2) Churro cart
- Attractions:
- 3) Soarin’ Over California
- 2) A tie between Grizzly River Run and California Screamin’
- 1) Tower of Terror
Patrick Toohill wrote to ask about the countertops at Disney, since his job
is making countertops. He wanted to know how Disney does the work on their
counters.
Mike mentioned that his uncle Rocky was actually the salesman that sold all
of the tile surfaces for the original surfaces when Walt Disney World was
built.
The best advice that Mark or Mike could give are either to check the Orange
County Controller’s web site to see which contractors are doing work for Disney
and then contacting them, contacting Disney themselves, or just taking the
Backstage Magic tour and trying to talk to folks while in the Materials and
Production Operation building.
Richard Mercer wrote in with his Epcot Top 3
- Entertainment:
- 3. British Invasion
- 2. Voices of Liberty
- 1. Illuminations
- Dining:
- 3. Akershus
- 2. Le Cellier
- 1. Garden Grill
- Attractions:
- 3. Turtle Talk with Crush
- 2. Mission Space
- 1. Spaceship Earth
Susan wrote to tell us not to forget about Off-Kilter. Well, we didn’t forget
about them, they just didn’t make our Top 3 lists.
Dan the Light Man from Golden, CO called in an lengthy voicemail with a review
of the previews of The Little Mermaid stage show. Dan and his wife loved the
show. They enjoyed the casting, the music, the staging, pretty much everything.
His favorite character, though was Scuttle. He also related a story about
the lengths to which Disney went to ensure that there were no cameras or recording
devices at the show.
Dan also related a couple of magical moments that he and his wife had while
eating dinner before the show. They gave the show itself five and a half out
of five planets.
Mike and Mark then got into a little debate about the extent of the no cameras
policy.
Audress Johnson wrote in because she was glad to finally able to send us
her Epcot Top 3.
- Entertainment:
- 3. Miyuki
- 2. Matsuriza
- 1. Voices of Liberty
- Dining:
- 3. Rose & Crown
- 2. Tangierine Cafe
- 1. Restaurant Marrakesh
- Attractions (this is where it gets hard to choose, I really love nearly all the attractions):
- 3. Mission Space (Orange Team).
- 2. American Adventure.
- 1. Reflections of Earth
Jay Thompson also sent in an Epcot Top 3
- Live Entertainment:
- 3. Illuminations
- 2. Candlelight Processional
- 1. World Showcase Players
- Honorable Mention: Off Kilter
- Dining:
- 3. Chefs De? France
- 2. Sunshine Seasons
- 1. Le Cellier
- Honorable Mention- Akershus
- Attractions:
- 3. Spaceship Earth
- 2. Test Track
- 1. Soaring
- Honorable Mention: Maelstrom
So, there you are. You were soliciting ideas for a Top Threes after you were done with the parks, so here is my suggestion. As a frequent resort guest, but not yet a DVC member, I think that ranking the resort hotels would be interesting. You would likely have to limit that to just DisneyWorld, given that the other parks all only have a couple of resorts, and I don’t know if it would be appropriate to include the DVC resorts, but in any case, that is my suggestion. Whether you use it or not I will still be listening. Thanks guys.
Thomas wrote to let us know that he was having problems downloading last
Friday’s show. Mark noted that here were publishing problems last Friday
while he was in Florida, but all problems seem to have been resolved.
With that, we ran out of time and had to hold the rest of the emails and
voicemails for next week.
Feedback and MouseFest
Please weigh in on the idea of returning to a single feed via email
or by calling our toll-free feedback line at 1-866-939-2278. Don’t forget
that we love voicemails because then we can put your voice on the show!
Don’t forget to send in your entry for our Owner’s
Locker contest by Halloween!
We also wanted to remind you that we have now scheduled our MouseFest meet
for the podcasts. The MouseStation Hustle-tini Meet will begin at 5:30 p.m.
at Classic Concoctions in the Everything Pop food court at Disney’s Pop Century
Resort for Bluetinis to get our nerve up to get up and boogie. We’ll make
sure that we’re in the lobby before 6 p.m. so that we can do The Hustle, then
return to Classic Concoctions or elsewhere to record some more for the podcast.
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meet at MouseFest, check out our MouseFest
information page. If you’ve got any ideas on what might make a cool MouseStation
T-shirt for MouseFest, let Mark know!
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