WEBVTT 00:18.000 --> 00:23.119 Welcome to Geeks Corner. I'm Mr. Daps. I'm Katie. And did you know that the button's not 00:23.119 --> 00:30.080 working? There we go. That John Cles was considered to voice Slinky in Toy Story 00:30.080 --> 00:36.719 during the development phase. You know, I did not know that. That completely changes the movie. Like 00:36.719 --> 00:44.800 you start thinking of the Well, think about it. Yeah, I'm thinking like John Cles is Q, John Cles is Monty 00:44.800 --> 00:50.559 Python, all of that stuff. Like that's a completely different like I can't imagine taking the same approach to 00:50.559 --> 00:55.840 Slinky that they took if it was John Cles, which is probably why he didn't end up doing it. That's probably true. 00:55.840 --> 01:01.920 It is interesting when you start thinking of the choices that they made on character 01:01.920 --> 01:09.119 voices in different movies. If they just made slightly different like let's say they even switched Woody and Buzz. 01:09.119 --> 01:15.280 That's true. Like it dramatically changes the personalities of the characters. You know who Slinky Dog should have 01:15.280 --> 01:21.840 been? Peter Faulk. No. Although I could see Mr. Potato 01:21.840 --> 01:27.920 Head. Mr. Potato Head absolutely could be Peter Faulk. One more thing. 01:27.920 --> 01:34.079 Um what should people do, Katie? Uh you should go to wherever you are. You should go into the chat. 01:34.079 --> 01:41.439 Um, we have a a thing at the end called comments comments. You should subscribe to us. Wherever you are, hopefully 01:41.439 --> 01:48.479 that's here, but who's to say? Uh, and also go to dabsmagic.com/dapshq. 01:48.479 --> 01:54.000 We have a post show to this show. Uh, there's also a secret option that you 01:54.000 --> 01:59.200 might not know about just quite yet on this show that our DAPs HQ members got 01:59.200 --> 02:05.840 to be a part of. So, Oh, yes. They got double votes if they chose to use them. All right. Well, 02:05.840 --> 02:11.840 tonight is the which way should we go episode of Geeks Corner, which means you get to choose what we are going to talk 02:11.840 --> 02:17.680 about. And as we go through the show leading up to comments, comments at the end, we are going to let you choose what 02:17.680 --> 02:24.480 you would like to hear us discuss. So, the first thing you get to choose from by putting either a plus or an and and 02:24.480 --> 02:29.680 sign in the comments is, would you like us to talk about my meeting with Thomas 02:29.680 --> 02:36.160 Masloom, who is the president of the Disneyland Resort, which I spent about four and a half hours, I think, on 02:36.160 --> 02:41.280 Thursday with him, or would you rather hear us talk about the Disney adventure 02:41.280 --> 02:49.200 arriving in Tokyo, which was basically last night or today if you were um in 02:49.200 --> 02:55.200 the United States? I Okay, so we have an and I already see hopping up. Oh, and I was gonna say plus 02:55.200 --> 03:00.879 you never I don't get to say I'm on the show. You can vote. I do. I get to vote. Everybody but me can vote cuz I put it 03:00.879 --> 03:08.640 together. So I feel like like it's it's and if you voted in uh DPS Magic HQ, 03:08.640 --> 03:15.280 then that actually you can vote twice, which is a perk. And we'll do this again if it works. Okay, we got two pluses 03:15.280 --> 03:21.440 plus the plus in uh Daps Magic HQ. We're getting we're getting some traction 03:21.440 --> 03:27.120 going here. It looks like Oh, this is this is like All right. So, this is the trick with this. 03:27.120 --> 03:33.120 What? If we're going to talk about this because you weren't there, you have to ask the questions. 03:33.120 --> 03:39.280 Oh, no. This is the weird moment where I have to like become the interviewee instead of 03:39.280 --> 03:44.319 the interviewer, which is usually my Okay, this this is a runaway. I'm seeing 03:44.319 --> 03:51.200 lots of pluses. Sorry, Chris. Um, I will talk to you about uh Disney Adventure the next time we hang out. I promise. 03:51.200 --> 03:58.239 Um, there's no losers here at Geeks Corner. There's just not first. So, what would you like to know? 03:58.239 --> 04:03.920 So, what was your general takeaway from your meeting with Thomas? First off, I will say this was all off 04:03.920 --> 04:08.959 the or not off the record, this was all uh on background, so I can't give any 04:08.959 --> 04:15.920 specifics about who said what during uh No. What was your general takeway? But my big takeaway is there's a vision for 04:15.920 --> 04:23.360 the Disneyland Resort that's much bigger than we've had in previous years. Like much much bigger. Like instead of 04:23.360 --> 04:30.639 one decade or two decades, we're looking at seven decades. Like there's a really big picture thing happening. Um two, I think 04:30.639 --> 04:36.800 there's a huge focus on hospitality that I think is very important. And for those 04:36.800 --> 04:42.160 that have been around for the last six years, I think we've seen ups and 04:42.160 --> 04:47.840 downs with that. And there's a definite focus that comes from the top of making 04:47.840 --> 04:53.280 sure they get hospitality right. And with that, my flip side is like I kind 04:53.280 --> 05:00.240 of hope that he doesn't get promoted to Disney Experiences chairman. Yeah. Because I want to keep that focus local 05:00.240 --> 05:06.720 because I do think it's very important for the future of the Disneyland Resort. And uh let's see three. 05:06.720 --> 05:11.759 Um I think the hospitality thing is being applied in ways that you wouldn't 05:11.759 --> 05:18.000 traditionally ex expect. Okay. So yes, there's the hospitality of guest 05:18.000 --> 05:23.440 interactions of magical moments, but there's also the the the hospitality 05:23.440 --> 05:31.440 portion being taken into account of like how can we make the visit to the Disneyland Resort simpler? How can we 05:31.440 --> 05:37.440 make sure that guests can get on more attractions through maintaining um 05:37.440 --> 05:43.199 maintaining our attractions or being proactive with things that we know they're going to need or even something 05:43.199 --> 05:50.080 as as kind of out of the box as like supply chains for attractions, their 05:50.080 --> 05:56.560 individual, you know, wheels or what, you know, like making sure that they have the things 05:56.560 --> 06:04.160 that not only are needed for regular maintenance but also for the the surprise maintenance moments. And uh I 06:04.160 --> 06:11.440 think all of that is needed. And I think it's also interesting because we're seeing this across multiple companies. 06:11.440 --> 06:19.360 It's not just Disney that's like, "Hey, we need to get back to the basics." And Disney's basics are telling stories in a 06:19.360 --> 06:25.840 way that makes people feel like they're wanted to be there. Mhm. Like there's the hospitality component, 06:25.840 --> 06:32.160 but it's not just, hey, you're in this really fun, nice place. You're also experiencing and being a 06:32.160 --> 06:38.000 part of the story. And so, um, that's that's the Disney difference. And I 06:38.000 --> 06:44.639 don't think I heard the word Disney difference. Um, but that was the general 06:44.639 --> 06:50.960 thing that was coming out of this is like, oh, the Disney difference is important again. And I think that got lost along the way a little bit because 06:50.960 --> 06:57.360 of world events and pandemics and oh we actually need people to just show up and 06:57.360 --> 07:04.319 work, you know, like there was a lot of things that kind of took away from that. Any other questions with this? My follow-up question, what do we have 07:04.319 --> 07:11.520 in the coming space to look forward to at the Disneyland Resort? So you've got the uh Monsters Inc. Mike 07:11.520 --> 07:19.599 and Sullie to the rescue is staying around for another year. And really that comes down to a bigger picture focus on 07:19.599 --> 07:24.800 how can they make the Disneyland Resort more accessible for young families. Um 07:24.800 --> 07:30.880 not just families, but young families. And I think that had also been kind of lost along the way of like, oh, let's go 07:30.880 --> 07:37.840 with more adventurous rides. Let's go for higher thrill rides, you know, whatever it is. And I think 07:37.840 --> 07:44.240 maybe it wasn't one of those like it wasn't an intentional slight and I don't even know if it was an a slight 07:44.240 --> 07:50.720 completely but I do think that when you focus on trying to compete with other companies that in my opinion are 07:50.720 --> 07:56.080 inferior you kind of lose your focus on like at the end of the day Disney has 07:56.080 --> 08:01.120 always been about families and you know think about the origin of Disneyland. 08:01.120 --> 08:06.240 It's Walt wanting to be able to hang out with his daughters and having a an entertainment enterprise that that you 08:06.240 --> 08:12.960 could go and do these do these things. And um and so I think what we initially 08:12.960 --> 08:19.680 have to look forward to is we have you know Monsters Inc. we have the Blueies Best Day Ever coming to Fantasy Land 08:19.680 --> 08:25.199 Theater which is that going to be for me and you like we're gonna enjoy it but is it focused at us? No. 08:25.199 --> 08:30.960 I have a Bluey sweatshirt. What are you talking about? I know, but like it's it's not 08:30.960 --> 08:37.599 Bluey and Bingo are for me. The target for Bluey is not us. We're just a happy 08:37.599 --> 08:44.320 we are a happy second level that enjoys it also. Yes. And and so I think you have these things 08:44.320 --> 08:50.399 that changes the way that Disney has traditionally done entertainment. So 08:50.399 --> 08:57.120 maybe instead of a Mickey and the Magical Map, you now have Bluey's Best Day Ever. Maybe instead of, you know, 08:57.120 --> 09:05.440 Aladdin the musical, you have Viva Nabi Dodd. And they're really making an effort to make entertainment accessible, 09:05.440 --> 09:12.240 something that that kids can kind of be immersed into and you can really feel like you're a part of as opposed to 09:12.240 --> 09:17.920 being passive and watching. And uh that's kind of actually probably a 09:17.920 --> 09:23.519 bigger change than we've realized because it does fundamentally change the 09:23.519 --> 09:29.440 approach of Disneyland Resorts um entertainment strategy because it is 09:29.440 --> 09:34.720 more about being immersive. It is about connecting and having memorable magical 09:34.720 --> 09:40.959 moments as opposed to being oh this is the best stage show ever. Mhm. And and when you think about this from a 09:40.959 --> 09:46.800 bigger picture in a hospitality standpoint, most of the magical moments that you have when you go to Disneyland 09:46.800 --> 09:52.399 or Walt Disney World or whatever theme park of your choice or or I guess cruise ship, 09:52.399 --> 09:59.760 most of the moments that you bring back with you though that you you have as a core memory are often connected with a 09:59.760 --> 10:05.120 personal experience. It's not I saw this really great show. It's a maybe during 10:05.120 --> 10:12.399 this show this one little thing happened where I connected with a performer or maybe it's I was at a a spot in the 10:12.399 --> 10:18.880 Disneyland Resort and this cast member turned this really terrible experience into this really amazing experience or 10:18.880 --> 10:25.200 maybe this one um princess decided to take a little bit more time with with my 10:25.200 --> 10:33.360 kid and make it a magical moment. And and so I think Disney has really leaned into the connection component and by 10:33.360 --> 10:41.200 Disney I mean Disneyland Resort because that's what this was covering. And so I think Thomas Masloom has really honed in 10:41.200 --> 10:46.959 on if we can make magical moments by interpersonal connections, 10:46.959 --> 10:53.360 we can make a more hospitalitable environment. We can up our guest satisfaction rate. And then at the end 10:53.360 --> 10:58.560 of the day, this is a business. we can improve the business of the Disneyland Resort and and that's important because 10:58.560 --> 11:04.079 as much as we like to think that Disneyland is a place that we just go and enjoy and 11:04.079 --> 11:11.279 and it's magic and you know fairies and pixie dust. Yeah. It's also a business and if the business 11:11.279 --> 11:16.480 doesn't go well the park does not stay there. And and that's something to keep 11:16.480 --> 11:22.800 in mind is as Disney fans because as much as we like things the way we like them, um we also need to always be 11:22.800 --> 11:28.880 looking to the future of like well our future generations going to like them, our current younger 11:28.880 --> 11:35.040 generation's going to like them. And and so one of the things that they talked about for a focus for the business was 11:35.040 --> 11:41.600 that they're really focused on keeping current guests happy, keeping future guests or like keeping future guests 11:41.600 --> 11:47.600 funneling in, and then also the glue that holds all of that together as cast members. And I think when you nail those 11:47.600 --> 11:53.200 three demographics, um the future of the Disneyland Resort looks really awesome. All right, we're already halfway through 11:53.200 --> 11:59.360 the show, so well, third of the way, but yes. Should we head on to the second? I I think we sure should. 11:59.360 --> 12:07.040 Okay. Um, just to answer Chris's question, keys did not directly come up because it was a bit of a 12:07.040 --> 12:13.839 a more magic keys or the five keys. Magic Keys did come up. 12:13.839 --> 12:19.760 I was like, we could go into maybe we'll do I mean, if there was enough interest, we could 12:19.760 --> 12:25.040 do a Adapt Magic HQ Q&A, I think. But, um, 12:25.040 --> 12:31.680 I'm I'm thinking the five keys is probably what Chris means. And I think it was the conversation was a little bit 12:31.680 --> 12:39.600 higher than that other than the Q&A portion of it. And so it was really more about concepts and connecting than 12:39.600 --> 12:44.720 specifics. And there were stories told, but it was it was a little bit more of a 12:44.720 --> 12:49.760 bigger picture conversation. Right. Beautiful. All right. Number two for you to vote 12:49.760 --> 12:55.360 on. Do you want us to talk about the Toy Story 5 trailer? Vote with a pound sign. 12:55.360 --> 13:00.880 Or Anaheim Ducks Day. vote with the at sign. Is that the at sign? At 13:00.880 --> 13:05.920 at Yeah. Um, we we have seen and experienced both of these. 13:05.920 --> 13:12.240 Yeah, we sure are. They were very definitely definitely different. Five keys and five magic key tiers. Uh, 13:12.240 --> 13:17.440 yeah. So, I'm going to say I'm going to say at Okay, we got 13:17.440 --> 13:22.480 Chris, I'm so sorry. I feel like I see I'm kind of I'm not voting against 13:22.480 --> 13:28.079 you. I'm not gonna say what I'm leaning toward. Your vote. Uh so magic keys we did talk 13:28.079 --> 13:35.360 about I I will save that actually if you go listen to my podcast on DAPS magic Disney and positive stuff. You can hear 13:35.360 --> 13:40.880 uh a little bit more of the specifics about this uh Toy Story. Toy Story. We 13:40.880 --> 13:46.000 have an already vote for Toy Story and one for Anaheim Duck Days. Another It looks like Toy Story is winning to me. 13:46.000 --> 13:52.160 What was the double vote in uh Toy Story? Okay. Yeah. Uh I'm pretty sure. Let me check. 13:52.160 --> 13:59.279 Uh uh. Yep. Toy Story was the vote. So, we're gonna like this is this clearly 13:59.279 --> 14:06.240 actually it's closer than I thought it would be. So, the Toy Story 5 trailer came out this week and of course it was 14:06.240 --> 14:13.360 while I was driving to an undisclosed location in Burbank that I'm not allowed to talk about because it was completely off the record. And um but if you were 14:13.360 --> 14:19.440 to go to Flower Street, you might figure out where I was at. Um I didn't say anything. I just gave 14:19.440 --> 14:24.800 hints. But Toy Story 5 trailer came out. We have watched it. Yeah. 14:24.800 --> 14:30.000 What did you think of it? Looks better than Toy Story 4. 14:30.000 --> 14:36.399 Yes. But what did you think of it for real, right? Well, yes. As a standalone movie. What? I'm excited to Well, you can't take it 14:36.399 --> 14:41.600 as a standalone. First of all, I'm excited to see The Gang Back Together. I'm excited to see Woody and Buzz and 14:41.600 --> 14:50.560 Jesse. Every time I hear The Gang Back Together, I think of Solo: A Star Wars. Meanwhile, all I think of is um Phineas 14:50.560 --> 14:58.320 and Ferb. Dude, we're getting the band back together. Yeah, that's that's fair. Also, do you Anyway, um I'm very excited. I 14:58.320 --> 15:03.440 think that this feels more true to the characters. It feels like we're seeing 15:03.440 --> 15:09.279 like to me there was almost that moving truck moment of Woody and Buzz totally 15:09.279 --> 15:14.720 getting off the wedding uh moving truck moment. Yeah. Um, which to me is like 15:14.720 --> 15:20.480 core childhood memory of um like Toy Story the original 15:20.480 --> 15:26.399 and that moving truck scene. Um, also Toy Story 2 and the there's a Toy Story 15:26.399 --> 15:35.199 one the the fast food boxes with the Oh, yeah. That's a cute moment. Yeah. Okay. That's what I grew up on. Um, 15:35.199 --> 15:41.839 leave me alone. Thank you, Ethan. No, I was laughing at a comment. But um I think that this feels more 15:41.839 --> 15:47.199 promising. I also think that there's a bit of a red herring with the um 15:47.199 --> 15:52.399 technology piece because I think that Do you think it's going to be like Toy 15:52.399 --> 15:57.839 Story 3 where the good guys the the bad guy or you know it's like well yeah or the bad guys is the good 15:57.839 --> 16:03.279 guy or whatever. Yeah. Whatever. because um I think that technology especially 16:03.279 --> 16:08.320 now has its uses and there's actually positive things that can happen out of 16:08.320 --> 16:15.040 technology. Um I mean I feel like with this movie at the end of the day they all have to come together and be like oh we're all friends and we can live harmoniously 16:15.040 --> 16:20.240 cuz there's people that use technology for like communication devices and things like that. Like I don't think 16:20.240 --> 16:25.360 that the end all beall is that technology is evil. Okay. I think it's going to balance creativity 16:25.360 --> 16:31.440 and technology. Um, but I did think I I quoted it in the article um that I wrote 16:31.440 --> 16:39.279 about the trailer. Um, Woody says something along the lines of like toys are for playtime or toys are play things 16:39.279 --> 16:45.199 and technology is everything. And I do think that that is a very interesting 16:45.199 --> 16:50.560 direction. So, I'm going to actually pull in a conversation that was had 16:50.560 --> 16:56.800 at the previous event. So, the Disneyland President event is we had a conversation that I actually 16:56.800 --> 17:03.360 thought was very interesting about how to balance screens, 17:03.360 --> 17:11.360 okay, with what's live in front of you. Okay. And there's a definite conversation happening right now of of experiencing 17:11.360 --> 17:17.038 Disneyland Resort in screens and being stuck to the app versus experiencing 17:17.039 --> 17:22.240 with your family and friends what's right in front of you. I kind of think this is Toy Story F or four. 17:22.240 --> 17:28.558 Yeah. And I think there's four. Five. Yes. Yes. Four is Woody breaks up with his 17:28.559 --> 17:34.799 correct. But um but I definitely see the correlations there of I think we're 17:34.799 --> 17:41.280 still figuring out what that healthy balance is. And one of the things that 17:41.280 --> 17:46.320 was brought up is as much as people love being able to access everything through 17:46.320 --> 17:52.000 their their phones and whatnot, families also come to Disneyland to be 17:52.000 --> 17:58.640 with each other, to experience things together, to look at things together, to to be in that burm, to be connected with 17:58.640 --> 18:06.160 each other. And even thinking of DAPS HQ last week, if you'll pass me that. Um, during DAPS 18:06.160 --> 18:11.360 HQ last week, I built this lovely shuttle and there's something to be said 18:11.360 --> 18:17.360 for the physicality and the experience of something that's real and not digital 18:17.360 --> 18:22.880 and that you can play with. And this might go on the wall if I can figure out how, like, you know, like we might put 18:22.880 --> 18:28.240 it up there. But, um, and that was my Valentine's Day gift, ladies and gentlemen. I think there's a 18:28.240 --> 18:34.720 a definite uh I don't know if discussion is the word 18:34.720 --> 18:42.160 or balancing act or whatever is what's the 18:42.160 --> 18:49.760 what is that correct level of screens versus practicality 18:49.760 --> 18:55.200 and and even if you look at like what they just did with uh Frozen Ever After in Florida. 18:55.200 --> 19:04.799 Yeah. They went from rear projected screen faces to oh no we're giving you physical audio animatronics. And it's an 19:04.799 --> 19:12.320 interesting thing to see is because I do think a couple years ago as Bailey's mentioning it was all about screens and 19:12.320 --> 19:19.200 digital and 3D and 3D virtual and augmented reality and all of 19:19.200 --> 19:25.840 this stuff. And now there's definitely a shift to oh no I want tactile. I want real. I want to see this movie in front 19:25.840 --> 19:30.880 of me like looking even the the Walt Disney and Magical Life. Yeah. Like I want the real 19:30.880 --> 19:36.240 and and so it'll be interesting to see how this movie 19:36.240 --> 19:41.280 because I think that's what this movie is going to be about is how does this movie approach it? How 19:41.280 --> 19:47.360 does this movie um deal with it? And then the other thing 19:47.360 --> 19:53.360 I'm questioning is how does this movie deal with aging toys? Mhm. 19:53.360 --> 19:58.640 Um because even even LEGO is moving forward and adding, you know, their 19:58.640 --> 20:07.120 smart whatever. I don't know what I think. I want to play with it first and see what I think. But um but like one of the 20:07.120 --> 20:12.880 things I noticed, and this is just a practical production standpoint. 20:12.880 --> 20:20.240 Woody and Jesse sound old. Wow. But I'm not This is not a complaint. This is just a their voices have clearly 20:20.240 --> 20:26.480 aged since the last movie, especially Jesse, but also Woody. Like those were the two I noticed the most. And then 20:26.480 --> 20:32.240 there's also new voices. But I was going to say leave Admiral Null out of this, but that's Incredibles. That's not 20:32.240 --> 20:38.880 But like it's an interesting thing to think is like you can't keep going indefinitely with this. as much as 20:38.880 --> 20:44.159 people would love like you really do have to 20:44.159 --> 20:49.760 address mortality of toys or whatever it is and move it on to the next level. So, I'm curious with 20:49.760 --> 20:54.799 that. That was actually what I walked out of the trailer thinking is like, oh, they really need to address what the 20:54.799 --> 21:03.039 next level of toys is going to be, which is kind of what they started to do in Toy Story 2 with the sewing up Woody and so on. Again, hate to be the 21:03.039 --> 21:09.520 timekeeper. Time to move on. All right, next. Move on. Do you want to talk about Olaf teaching 21:09.520 --> 21:16.799 drawing with an O or Celebrate Gospel in case you can vote with a C? 21:16.799 --> 21:23.760 I'm going to say C for Katie. Oh, you're going to go with Celebrate Gospel, huh? Versus No. So, so sorry. O. 21:23.760 --> 21:30.559 I'm so sorry. I got so confused. I'm like I totally thought you were going to vote for O if I were putting 21:30.559 --> 21:39.200 money on. I meant O. I'm so sorry. I got confused. It's okay. It's okay. Um, oh Chris, 21:39.200 --> 21:47.679 um, you voted with the winning team last time. You know what? There's no winners and losers always here. We got two for C. 21:47.679 --> 21:52.720 Um, we are tied currently. We need another vote. Um, 21:52.720 --> 21:58.159 Katie's making What was the vote in P? Okay, so there it goes. So, we're back 21:58.159 --> 22:04.640 to uh Olaf. So, I think this is an interesting story mainly because the 22:04.640 --> 22:10.720 premise, okay, O is taking the lead, so we're going to stick with this. Olaf will be basically taking over the 22:10.720 --> 22:16.480 animation academy and it'll be a animatronic or audio animatronic 22:16.480 --> 22:21.520 in Disney's Yeah. Hollywood Studios. But you can only like 22:21.520 --> 22:27.919 if this is remotely successful, you know, it's coming out here. And the 22:27.919 --> 22:33.600 premise of this is is Olaf is leading this class, but he doesn't actually know 22:33.600 --> 22:38.880 how to draw. So, he brings his friends in from Disney Animation and they're on the screen and they're a video and they 22:38.880 --> 22:44.559 teach how to draw versus and he follows along or whatever. Um, 22:44.559 --> 22:50.960 I have some thoughts on this. Can I Can I lead off on this one? Sure. I love the premise. 22:50.960 --> 22:56.880 Okay. I think it's great to think of Olaf. Like, it's cute. It's an adorable story. 22:56.880 --> 23:03.919 Yeah. Animatronic Olaf. Love it. Part I don't like. 23:03.919 --> 23:10.480 There's not I would bring in a live artist with audio animatronic Olaf 23:10.480 --> 23:16.960 as opposed to Eric Goldberg as as opposed to awesome trailer. Like phenomenal artists, 23:16.960 --> 23:22.960 legends, but you need timing to work with the people 23:22.960 --> 23:28.080 in the room. Mhm. A live action or live action. A live artist can do that. 23:28.080 --> 23:33.600 Yeah. Um you need to have that human connection for repeatability. 23:33.600 --> 23:39.600 And then I also just think there's a 23:39.600 --> 23:45.120 organicness that comes with art that 23:45.120 --> 23:50.960 you know classes change how they do it each time. And I think when I've watched them on 23:50.960 --> 23:56.400 Disney Plus or or YouTube where they've done similar things, I'm like, "You go 23:56.400 --> 24:02.080 too fast." Or you go, "Okay." Because the artists here at Disney California Adventure are 24:02.080 --> 24:08.559 pretty good at looking at the room and being like, and being like, "Oh, you guys are still figuring out how big an orange is." And 24:08.559 --> 24:14.240 um it's true. We know, Daps. Um we know. 24:14.240 --> 24:21.200 So I'm I'm I have mixed feelings about this. And I really do think you need the live artists. And I also think if for no 24:21.200 --> 24:28.000 other reason to inspire young artists that want to become the guy on the stage or the girl on the stage, 24:28.000 --> 24:33.840 you need to have that that possibility. Go ahead. We'll keep this short since we're running out of time. 24:33.840 --> 24:39.840 Um I agree fully. Um I think that part of the fun of 24:39.840 --> 24:46.080 um Animation Academy is like So here's everything you said. 100% agree. The 24:46.080 --> 24:51.760 part that I love is at the end when the person who taught Yeah. You all 24:51.760 --> 24:57.760 when you hold it up and they Yeah. You all hold it up and the person that taught the class is like, "Oh, I see 24:57.760 --> 25:04.960 this and I see this." And like sure, it's kind of like a good night, Jimmy. Good night, Mr. Dabs. Good night, 25:04.960 --> 25:11.200 Katy Bear. Like, yeah, but it makes you feel special. And it's And I will go back because I'm already 25:11.200 --> 25:18.159 doing this. Sure. Let's go back to the original topic. It's all about human connection. You cannot have a communic human 25:18.159 --> 25:24.960 connection with a video and an audio animatronic. And as much as I love going and seeing Abraham Lincoln and Walt 25:24.960 --> 25:31.279 Disney in the audio animatronic form, there is not a human connection. And that at the end of the day is always 25:31.279 --> 25:38.960 going to be the fault of those thing. And and I think that's always the strength of what they're doing with the 25:38.960 --> 25:45.120 new uh entertainment strategy of immersion is there's human connection, 25:45.120 --> 25:50.240 there's human moments, and there's also the variable of because it's human, you 25:50.240 --> 25:56.880 don't entirely know what's going to happen. So I guarantee you with this Olaf approach, at some point 25:56.880 --> 26:04.400 you will have experienced every version of it, which in Florida maybe is okay. 26:04.400 --> 26:11.360 unless you're local. But like I I do think there's something to be said for 26:11.360 --> 26:18.400 like I'm going to say the the Masloom effect or the Masloom era is I think you need to focus on that human approach and 26:18.400 --> 26:23.440 that human touch and in I'm sure it's way too late to change things. But like 26:23.440 --> 26:28.559 well and I'm thinking if I were in control I'd be like hey we need to make this more personal. And I'm 26:28.559 --> 26:35.039 thinking of our friend Lindsay who goes in and she takes her iPad and she does Procreate for the animation, 26:35.039 --> 26:40.240 which I've thought of doing since I saw she did it. That's very valid. Like I I'm not very good at it, so I 26:40.240 --> 26:46.159 might as well be able to erase real quick. But that's something that you could also just as easily do at home if it's a 26:46.159 --> 26:54.240 pre-recorded video. And and it's it's way more fun to have the artist engaged and like tracking and 26:54.240 --> 26:59.360 it is a skill. And I I truly hope that at least at Disney California Adventure, 26:59.360 --> 27:05.039 we get to keep our live artists. I think we will just because I think there's more Magic Key holders than 27:05.039 --> 27:12.880 annual passholders going through that experience. How on earth would we do ducks day if we can't just draw random ducks? 27:12.880 --> 27:18.159 Have to record Austin or Eric again. Um, all right. Last topic to choose from. 27:18.159 --> 27:26.640 What would you prefer? Which way should we go? DCA Food and Wine. Vote with a D. Or Epcot Flower and Garden? vote with an 27:26.640 --> 27:31.679 E. I had to come up with different ways to like make this easy to see in the 27:31.679 --> 27:37.600 comments. So, um, let us know what you think. We do have a vote already. And I'm sure 27:37.600 --> 27:42.960 after tonight, if we do this again, there will be more votes in Daps HQ because people are like, "Oh, I can 27:42.960 --> 27:48.240 predetermine this." I really enjoy choose your adventure geeks corner. Oh, good. I'm glad. 27:48.240 --> 27:55.440 Chris, are you just a contrarian? I will say I'm not against this. Uh E. 27:55.440 --> 28:00.960 Another E. Okay. The thing is you're not against any of it. You made the order. You You determined the choices. 28:00.960 --> 28:06.799 Yeah. But I try to be pretty unbiased when I'm picking things. D E. Oh my gosh. There's a lot of votes 28:06.799 --> 28:13.279 for E. But there's two votes for D. There's three votes for E, which means D is currently tied, which means you get to 28:13.279 --> 28:19.360 pick. Oh, D wins because Cassie just added. Thanks, Mom. 28:19.360 --> 28:25.200 All right. Uh, we'll see if one more comes in as we're pulling. What were you gonna vote for? 28:25.200 --> 28:31.440 I already said D. Oh, okay. So, that that's a double win. Okay. That's why I said thanks, Mom. All right. Disney California Adventure 28:31.440 --> 28:36.559 Food and Wine Festival begins in about a week and a half. And 28:36.559 --> 28:43.200 there's some interesting things on the menu this year which I my big picture 28:43.200 --> 28:48.480 approach slashthought to this is they're trying to make things accessible 28:48.480 --> 28:55.600 but they're also trying to make them interesting which is a very tight needle to thread. Like that's 28:55.600 --> 29:02.399 that's a small needle to thread and I think they might have done it this year. Yeah. Um, what do you think of the menu 29:02.399 --> 29:09.679 that we saw today come out with the food guide? What are you most looking forward to? And, um, how do you think they're 29:09.679 --> 29:16.000 doing with food and wine? I'm personally most excited about uh, the entertainment. Two things. I love food and wine. So, 29:16.000 --> 29:22.240 that's automatically super exciting. Um, the thing I'm most excited for, the 29:22.240 --> 29:27.760 msubi fried rice. I'm so sorry. It's a repeat. Um, un I totally thought you were going to say 29:27.760 --> 29:33.440 the other one. Okay, go ahead. Unfortunately, I dream of that msubi fried rice. 29:33.440 --> 29:41.120 It was solid. It was so good. I love spam masubi. I love fried rice. I love spicy mayo. 29:41.120 --> 29:46.640 All of that as Katie approved. The other thing that I think is very important to 29:46.640 --> 29:52.080 touch on is I am a very picky eater. 29:52.080 --> 30:00.880 Like you can attest to it. I've gotten a lot better in the last like 10 years that you've known me, but I'm not great. 30:00.880 --> 30:06.080 This is accurate. Yeah, it baby steps. Yeah, thank you. 30:06.080 --> 30:11.360 It's true. Like, it's it's baby steps. It's a process. I would have guessed 10 years ago that Brussels sprouts would be one of my 30:11.360 --> 30:18.480 favorite food. Go ahead. What are you looking forward to? But no, like the that you haven't tried before. Oh, that I haven't tried before. Like I 30:18.480 --> 30:25.440 am strangely intrigued by this this chicken and waffle mole taco. Like I 30:25.440 --> 30:31.520 don't know what like to me this is the weirdest chicken mole is hit or miss for me. 30:31.520 --> 30:38.320 That's where I'm intrigued by it. Like I'm like this could be the hit of the festival or maybe the worst thing we've 30:38.320 --> 30:44.240 ever eaten. And then I think there was some like nachos or something too. Like the chicharó nachos. 30:44.240 --> 30:49.600 Those also. And then also the ramen mac and cheese. Those are the three 30:49.600 --> 30:55.760 say I'm with Johnny on the ramen mac and cheese. I love a mac. I love the mac moments at the booths. They're usually 30:55.760 --> 31:04.480 fairly I'm just very confused by the thought of ramen mac and cheese. Noodle noodle cuz ramen mac noodle 31:04.480 --> 31:10.240 noodle. So are they putting macaroni with ramen noodles and cheese? Like I I'm curious 31:10.240 --> 31:16.960 how it makes it ramen. I just realized I never had the duck boki in lunar. It's fine. Um me 31:16.960 --> 31:24.960 realizing I'm having like a mental breakdown. Too late now. I know. But um I I I don't I don't 31:24.960 --> 31:32.000 actually know what's going on with the ramen mac and cheese. I But but that's why I want to try it. Those are two things I love. 31:32.000 --> 31:37.360 Yeah, I love ramen. I love mac and cheese. That might end up being the hit of the 31:37.360 --> 31:44.399 festival this year. I think it's also it's one of those things like the uh quesabidia egg rolls is it's like that 31:44.399 --> 31:50.399 is the crossover where it takes something people are very comfortable with and it introduces a new flavor or 31:50.399 --> 31:55.679 idea or what have you. I mean it's mac and cheese. How can go wrong? Your girl. 31:55.679 --> 32:01.760 And there's some returning favorites that look really good, too. I just felt like they're returning so we can't hit them 32:01.760 --> 32:09.600 too far. And we will be covering the opening day of this. So, uh, if you want it, we will do a sip and saver pass or 32:09.600 --> 32:16.159 whatever we end up getting. If you guys insist, I'll eat stuff at food and wine. We will we will make a video and you can see firsthand reactions to what we're 32:16.159 --> 32:21.600 doing. So brave for you guys. Um, but I'm looking forward to this. I'm looking forward to I kind of want to do 32:21.600 --> 32:26.799 a one of the um demonstrations again this year 32:26.799 --> 32:32.960 because they there's some fun ones at Soma Terrace. There's also the free ones over in Hollywood backlots that are a 32:32.960 --> 32:38.880 lot of fun. Doing one. I don't know. I haven't looked yet. I love like that. That would be very fun. But I 32:38.880 --> 32:44.640 think we should make some efforts to do some of the activities are coming along with there might be a certain band that 32:44.640 --> 32:50.720 we really like returning a couple of times and we'll have news up on that when it becomes official and public, 32:50.720 --> 32:56.720 you know. So, uh, be sure to subscribe to Dap's Magic for that so you don't miss any of that fun stuff as well. 32:56.720 --> 33:04.799 I was just thinking everybody wants to be a cat. That is so weird. It's where it's at. All right, we 33:04.799 --> 33:10.840 have reached that point in the show where it is time for 33:13.760 --> 33:19.120 comments. Comments. That is right. It is time for comments. 33:19.120 --> 33:24.559 If you have anything that you'd like us to respond to or you just like to say that you'd like us to read aloud, as 33:24.559 --> 33:30.399 long as it's appropriate, now is your I was like, whoa, dabs. You know what? I was walking into that 33:30.399 --> 33:35.840 and I'm like, hm, this could Boris. Yeah, Boris. 33:35.840 --> 33:42.080 Did you just say Boris? I said Morris. Oh, okay. Um, was quoting Beauty and the Beast. Oh, I thought you were I was thinking 33:42.080 --> 33:47.600 Radar Springs Racers. Slow down. You ain't racing yet. Yeah, that's where I was like, where did 33:47.600 --> 33:53.600 this go? He came in here raving mad. Slow down. Yeah. Anyway, 33:53.600 --> 33:59.600 not Morris. Um, anyway, now is your time for comments. We will 33:59.600 --> 34:04.720 reply to them and it will be hopefully wonderful. Uh, thank you. Let us know 34:04.720 --> 34:10.158 what you thought of this version, this format of Geeks Corner. If 34:10.159 --> 34:16.158 you like it, let us know in the comments. We'll do it again. If you hate it, we will never bring it up and we'll pretend it never happened. 34:16.159 --> 34:22.240 Um, you know, these things don't have to live on forever other than on the internet and on the playlist and on the 34:22.240 --> 34:29.839 website and it's all on the internet. So that's fine. Nightmares. Sure, that too. But uh I do not see any 34:29.839 --> 34:35.040 comments coming in. So we'll see if Indiana's currently knocked out. 34:35.040 --> 34:40.878 There we go. Um buddy, he does not want to say hi to his 34:40.879 --> 34:46.638 adoring fans. I'm so sorry. um as Indiana's agent. 34:46.639 --> 34:51.919 I should have made a a um another graphic that was like, "If you want this 34:51.919 --> 34:58.560 type of show again, press this and that." Um after the recent changes to Snow White no longer being less scary, 34:58.560 --> 35:04.000 which is the most frightening Disneyland attraction. Fantasy Land doesn't say Disneyland. 35:04.000 --> 35:10.880 Fantasy Land. Fantasy Land. What do you think it is, Mr. Toes? I I agree with you. You go to jail. 35:10.880 --> 35:17.760 You go to hell. And you get you go to hell. You also get attached by train. Yeah. 35:17.760 --> 35:23.839 Like Yeah, there's there's a lot going on with that. Um Andy says, "Hi, Grandma. He misses you." 35:23.839 --> 35:30.160 He said, "Be his Valentine." Yeah, that's I feel like that's kind of a no-brainer. Unless you're scared of 35:30.160 --> 35:37.040 heights. And then Peter Pan. I was going to say so I actually was going to say Mr. Toads easy 35:37.040 --> 35:44.480 followup. Yes, I am Indy's mamaager. I'm his pageant mom. The followup. Um, 35:44.480 --> 35:49.920 Pinocchio. Oh, Pinocchio is a little bit scary. I think Thank you, Johnny. 35:49.920 --> 35:54.960 That one is Pinocchio's uky spooky, especially now that it's like dark. It's like kind of scary. 35:54.960 --> 36:01.359 Well, the funny thing is is it's not dark. Like, it's the same darkness it's been forever. They've just lightened up. 36:01.359 --> 36:07.680 Everything else is so light. Yes. And I'm I am really curious like when does Pinocchio get the love 36:07.680 --> 36:12.720 that that Snow White guy polishes it up. And honestly, when does Mr. Toad get the love? 36:12.720 --> 36:19.200 Yeah. When did the Willows is such a fantastic story. Um yeah, the monster 36:19.200 --> 36:24.880 monster. You know what? You can tell Annie that when Mr. Daps was a little boy that scared him, too. Um, 36:24.880 --> 36:29.920 you can also tell Annie we'll protect her from Monstro, from Maleficent, from 36:29.920 --> 36:34.960 anything bad that'll ever a whale of a tale and it's all true. 36:34.960 --> 36:42.160 For a tattoo um, yes. Uh, I think those are the scariest. 36:42.160 --> 36:47.520 I mean, Pinocchio. No, Toad is scary. No, Toad does scare. Like I 36:47.520 --> 36:54.400 Toad's ukie spooky and it's hot. When you go to hell, it's hot. I think they're pretty close, though. 36:54.400 --> 37:00.640 Pinocchio is super scary because it's like, oh, children went to jail 37:00.640 --> 37:06.640 and turned into donkeys. Like, that's a little bit scary, too. Smoking. I mean, they don't smoke in the 37:06.640 --> 37:11.760 attraction, but do we think Pinocchio will continue on like 37:11.760 --> 37:19.040 indefinitely? Or is it one of those ones that will eventually be like, "Hey, let's throw in a Disneyland incontto 37:19.040 --> 37:24.160 ride or Disneyland for like because I could see them throwing in another 37:24.160 --> 37:31.040 dark ride for a fantasy attraction. Not Tobacco Row, baby. 37:31.040 --> 37:39.440 Okay. Um, hi Pumpkin. He just talked to me. Hi, kiddo. Um, 37:39.440 --> 37:45.359 so I think if you didn't find Mr. Toad scary when you were a child, I actually 37:45.359 --> 37:52.720 think that you're broken inside. Okay, that's crazy. You got hit by a train, sir. 37:52.720 --> 37:58.560 And Mr. Daps loves trains. You know who else loved trains? Who else loved trains? 37:58.560 --> 38:03.920 Walt. Walt. Walt loved trains. And in this attraction, I was hoping that was the right answer. 38:03.920 --> 38:08.960 And in this attraction, no. See, I can see I could I could actually 38:08.960 --> 38:16.480 see Tangled replacing Pinocchio. I went on a Tangled attraction. Here's the problem is 38:16.480 --> 38:22.079 I think Pinocchio has a better chance today than it did like five or six years ago when they're like, "Oh, we're not 38:22.079 --> 38:28.880 even going to show smoking on any of our movies anymore." Like, um, 38:28.880 --> 38:34.160 I do think you could see a world where they just replace it because I do think 38:34.160 --> 38:39.440 it has enough that is kind of in the non-D Disney 38:39.440 --> 38:45.839 whatever. Did you notice I noticed the other day and I walked through twice just to make sure I wasn't 38:45.839 --> 38:50.880 imagining this. They don't have and I need to do this again maybe on Sunday. 38:50.880 --> 38:57.359 When You Wish Upon a Star is no longer playing underneath the castle as you walk through into Fantasy Land. 38:57.359 --> 39:03.359 I haven't seen that in a while. You remember how like you'd hear Jiminy Cricket sing it there? Not singing it 39:03.359 --> 39:09.280 there anymore. I haven't heard that in a while. Yeah, it's kind of sad. All right, we 39:09.280 --> 39:15.040 are running out of time. We will continue conversations on Daps HQ. Katie, what should people do? 39:15.040 --> 39:21.520 You should go to dapsmagic.com. You should check out all the Disney and geek news as it happens. Um, you should subscribe to our mailing list so you 39:21.520 --> 39:26.359 don't miss any of it. You should also go to dapsmagic.com/dapshq. 39:27.520 --> 39:32.560 Um, we are literally doing a post show to this in like 10 minutes, five, 39:32.560 --> 39:38.560 maybe even five, who knows? Five minutes. Who's to say? Go to dabsmagic.com/dapshq. 39:38.560 --> 39:44.800 Go have fun and make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel so you don't miss videos like this or any others in the parks and 39:44.800 --> 39:50.640 beyond. You don't want to miss any of them. They're a lot of fun. 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