MouseStation 91 – Listener Feedback
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either use our email Magical Moment story
form or the toll-free feedback line. (We love it when you use the voice
mail system, because then we can play your call on the show!)
Listener Feedback Friday!
In this week’s Listener Feedback:
Kim Barron called in to say that the differences in her Epcot lists were
due to the fact that she misplaced her list between the two calls. Then
she decided that our discussion of the most calls received from a listener
in one day amounted to a challenge, and set about calling in eight different
voicemails. (Two were Tips of the Week and one was a Magical Moment, so
those are being held for future shows.) The previous record-holder, Dan
the Light Man from Golden, CO, had called in five, though three of them
were a single, very long story. Two of Kim’s were a single, very long discussion
of her Studios Top 3:
- Dining
- 3. Backlot Express
- 2. Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater
- 1. Hollywood Brown Derby
- Live Entertainment
- 3. Beauty and the Beast – Live on Stage
- 2. Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights
- 1. Fantasmic
- Attractions
- 3. Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster
- 2. MuppetVision 3-D
- 1. Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
We held two more of Kim’s emails for later in the show.
Mike Walter wrote in with his Studios Top 3 list:
- Dining
- 3. Starring Rolls
- 2. 50s Prime Time Cafe
- 1. Hollywood & Vine
- Attractions
- 3. Walt Disney: One Man’s Dream
- 2. The Great Movie Ride
- 1. Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster/Tower of Terro (tie)
Mike forgot to include a live entertainment list.
Pete Altemese was next with his Studios Top 3 list:
- Dining
- 3. Studios Catering Company
- 2. Hollywood & Vine
- 1. 50s Prime Time Cafe
- Live Entertainment
- 3. Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular
- 2. Fantasmic
- 1. Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show
- Attractions
- 3. MuppetVision 3-D
- 2. Tower of Terror
- 1. Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster
Gwen from New Hampshire called in to ask how she should handle her Advance
Dining Reservation for the first week in December, where she has a reservation
for 11 people at Boma, but three can’t make it.
Mike said that calling to reduce a reservation would never jeopardize the
ability to keep the reservation, but if there was any chance that they’d
need the reservation they should keep the seats.
Mark took a different approach. Since it’s the first week of December and
he doesn’t have dinner at Boma on his dining schedule yet, Gwen should let
us know when the reservation is for and maybe we’ll take the seats. (Mark
will even bring his Disney Dining Experience card along for the 20 percent
discount!) If you’re not afraid of having us join you, let us know when
it is!
Dana sent in a pair of emails to talk about the her opinion of the possibility
of tiered Fastpasses and the end
of spontaneity, both of which were discussed on previous shows.
Mike agreed that there should not be additional perks for people staying
at deluxe resorts, but the rumored Destination Disney benefits for frequent
guests would be welcome.
Next we started our way through the voting on whether we should do shows
for the days that MousePlanet is dark through the Thanksgiving holiday.
(We already know the results, but we read them anyway.)
First up, Kevin Peace said that he’d love to hear more shows, but we should
take some time off. He also teased Mike about his use of “pacifically”
while asking about whether or not Pop Century has in-room coffee makers.
Mike tested Mark to see if he knew, and Mark answered correctly. There are
no coffee pots in the rooms at the value resorts. Mark suggested that they
bring their own coffee maker.
Jay wrote in to say that we can skip the shows over the holidays. He probably
wouldn’t download them anyway. Mark and Mike talked a bit about the upcoming
holidays, and Mark sounded very disappointed that he would not be home for
nearly all of Hanukkah because of MouseFest. Mark pondered whether there was
the opportunity to have a dreidel meet during MouseFest.
Angela Delaney wants us to take the holidays off.
Jonathan Cooper wrote to tell us to take the time off.
Debra from Kansas City left some voicemail to let us know that she thinks
that we should take the days off, as well.
Debra also left a Magical Moment, which we’re holding for a future show.
Because we have such a huge backlog of Magical Moments, we may use a bunch
of them in the feature episode between Christmas and New Year’s.
Sondra wrote that she wants us to publish shows over the holidays so that
she doesn’t have to listen to music on her iPod. It was strange enough for
her while Mike was sick and Mark did a couple of shows without him.
Patrick Toohill said that we should take the time off, but throw out the
30-minute target for shows following the time off. Mark noted that the 30-minute
show is largely mythical for us at this point for regular shows, so don’t
worry about a short post-holiday show.
Next, we played our fourth Kim Barron voicemail of the day, and she said
that we should take the holiday off, unless we could maybe upload an additional
show on Wednesday. Mark and Mike talked a little bit about our current recording
and processing schedule and how we really don’t do all of our shows on one
day any more. This way, we can get more than one or two hours of sleep when
we record the show.
Our next email came from “m” (who apparently only has a letter,
not even a full name), who wrote “TAKE THE DAYS OFF”
Owen of Sacramento, CA, who has listened to us since the first show (we’re
glad that he stuck with us through the early days), wrote in to say that he
thinks that we should take the time off and spend it with our families.
Nancy wrote that we should take the time off because there’s still prep
time involved with the show even if we’re not recording over the holiday,
and she figures that we can use the time off.
Dave in San Francisco wrote that, while he may start getting twitchy
from withdrawal, we should take the time off.
Steve Russo checked in (good to hear from you again!) to say that we should
take the time off, and posed a Stump the Hosts question while he was at
it.
Mark let Mike answer, and he got it right.
In our fifth Kim Barron voicemail of the week (there were eight total),
she commented on the automatic 18 percent gratuity that everyone thought
would be added across the board. (Of course, we later learned that it would
only be for people using the Disney Dining Experience card.) She was adamantly
against it.
Liana wrote to say that she was thrilled that we played her voicemail on
the air, and to let us know that she had called in another one, about her
family getting to ride in the Lilly Belle private car on the Disneyland
Railroad.
She also wished Mike a happy birthday. Mike decided that he was glad that
somebody remembered his birthday.
Big Brian called into the voicemail to with Mike a happy birthday. Mike
wondered how everybody knew about his birthday.
Mike Hamilton of the Disney Podcast Network also wrote to wish Mike a happy
birthday (and mentioned the tag that Mark and the Kid recorded for the end
of Monday’s show).
Sharla Manglass wrote in to wish Mike a happy birthday.
That was all of the birthday greetings that had been received by Tuesday
night. Mark revealed to Mike about the special tag on the show, and all
other birthday greetings received will make it onto the pre-Thanksgiving
show.
Mike had a great birthday, seeing The Lion King stage show in Minneapolis
(which was better than trying to see it in New York City, since it was cancelled
due to the strike). He will be in New York City while this show is being
published and, with luck, he’ll see the Mary Poppins stage show while there.
Feedback and MouseFest
Please send us your comments 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.
For more information on the Hustle-tini or any other MousePlanet-sponsored
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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