MouseStation 87 – Listener Feedback
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We’re trying to decide what to do on holidays when the main MousePlanet site
is not publishing new content for the day. The next instance will be Thanksgiving,
when MousePlanet will not publish on Thursday or Friday that week to allow
staff to enjoy the holidays. Should we publish the show on those days anyway,
or should we take the days off with the rest of the site? In that particular
instance, it will be a MousePlanetWatch show and a Listener Feedback show
that will be skipped, though we would miss Short Subjects on Christmas Eve
and New Year’s Eve in December. Obviously, it’s not a common thing. There
are a very limited number of days that MousePlanet does not publish. It’s
pretty much just Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Memorial Day and Labor
Day. We did do a show on Labor Day this year, but we don’t know whether that
mattered to anybody. What do you think? The show is for you, so we’ll follow
your lead. Do you want us to publish shows during the holidays, or is it OK
to miss shows? Let us know via email
or by calling 1-866-939-2278.
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possible inclusion in the Cast Place column here on MousePlanet), you can
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Listener Feedback Friday!
In this week’s Listener Feedback:
Chad from Lake Arrowhead, CA checked back in with us and thanked us for
our concern as to how he made out with the wildfires.
As it turned out, they were on their honeymoon at Walt Disney World at
the time of the fires. His parents kept them apprised of the situation while
they were away. When they got back, their house and cat were fine. Chad
thanked all of the firefighters who risked their lives to preserve their
homes and way of life, and all those who kept them in their thoughts and
prayers.
Chad also came up with a great Owner’s Locker tip, even though the contest
is over (even though Mark claims that he came up with it first, back in
the beginning). Chad suggested purchasing large bottles of your favorite
spirits while in Florida and keeping them in your locker. Then you’d have
a full bar available on every visit, saving a lot of money on your bar tabs.
Next up, we had a bunch of emails in response to our question as to whether
or not we should publish shows on days that the rest of MousePlanet goes
dark and doesn’t publish new content. The first one came from our #1 fan,
Maryann Fekete, who said that we deserve a break and we should take Thanksgiving
weekend off and enjoy the extra time with our loved ones.
Next, we heard from Audress Johnson from Littleton, CO, who said that we
should take the weekend off because we deserve it and probably need it.
She noted that she usually reads the site at lunchtime while at work, and
wouldn’t feel terribly deprived if we took a few days off.
She also suggested linking to interesting previous articles that newer
readers may have missed or perhaps some holiday-themed photo essays. At
this point, we generally leave the latest content up on the front page to
make sure that everybody has a chance to get caught up, but we thank you
for your suggestion.
Mike suggested that we just do a short show, maybe just a couple of minutes,
to wish people a happy holiday and give people at least something to listen
to. We’ll think about it.
Big Brian Martsolf said that taking a few days off when the rest of the
site does would be good because there’s something to be said for taking
a break every once in a while.
In an oddly-titled email called “The Hustle-tini shirt has landed
(and the elephant walks at midnight)”, Brianne was ecstatic that her
Hustle-tini shirt had arrived, and that she had worn it to class the next
day (to mixed reactions).
She is preparing a photo montage of the Hustle-tini shirt in action, but
provided a very blurry photo in the meantime. And yes, Brianne, it does
kind of look like you’re leading a Jazzercise class.
The lovely (as far as we can tell) Brianne models her new Hustle-tini logo
shirt in this blurry photo. We’re still waiting for that photo montage of
the shirt in action, Brianne!
Meanwhile, Brianne also said that of course she wants us to publish podcasts
over the holidays. She doesn’t want to get into MousePlanet withdrawal,
so she needs us even more on those days.
Sharla from Georgia wrote to say that, while she’d love to hear a new show
at Thanksgiving, she would rather than we spend the time off with our families.
Paul in New York City wrote in twice.
First, he wanted to present a counterpoint to our discussion of why Walt
Disney World does not get Halloween treatments/overlays like other Disney
Parks from from MouseStation Episode
79. Paul mentioned a story over at Jim
Hill Media that talked about about a possible Nightmare Before Christmas
dark ride at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and that the Nightmare Before Christmas
floats created for Hong Kong Disneyland’s Glow in the Dark Halloween Parade
may actually make it’s way to Disney’s Hollywood Studios in the future as
proof that Halloween-themed overlays might come to Walt Disney World.
He also argued that Disney would actually make more money by doing holiday
makeovers, pointing out that he once made a special trip to Disneyland just
to ride Haunted Mansion Holiday. He figures that first-time visitors that
are interested in seeing the park in it’s “regular” configuration could schedule
their visit accordingly.
He also suggested a topic for the future: “The downfall of Pleasure Island
– what happened?” He used to enjoy PI back in the days when it was adults-only,
but claims that it does not have the same magic anymore. He wants to bring
back the days (or nights) of Carpe PM and real nightly fireworks.
Paul in New York City also sent a second email to let us know that he had
spotted a parrot in the pirate display at World of Disney and thought that
it was the missing Pete the pirate parrot from Pirates of the Caribbean.
We went right to an email from Thomas, who pointed out that in Episode
109 of the Inside the Magic podcast, Ricky Brigante confirmed that the
parrot was Peter from the attraction, complete with video.
Thomas also complained that there is no Lion King-themed meet for Mike during
MouseFest.
