Dreaming of Disney Podcast · Episode 127

· 50 min 53 sec

The Original Trilogy Is Back! Disneyland Finally Unlocks Galaxy’s Edge

Big Star Wars news just dropped, and Disneyland fans have been waiting years for this. Galaxy’s Edge is officially unlocking its timeline, bringing the Original Trilogy back into the land in a big way. Darth Vader, classic stormtroopers, original-era music, and major atmosphere changes are on the way… and yes, this is a Disneyland-only update (sorry, Disney World).

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Big Star Wars news just dropped, and Disneyland fans have been waiting years for this. Galaxy’s Edge is officially unlocking its timeline, bringing the Original Trilogy back into the land in a big way. Darth Vader, classic stormtroopers, original-era music, and major atmosphere changes are on the way… and yes, this is a Disneyland-only update (sorry, Disney World).

In this episode of Dreaming of Disney, Tim and Audreyann break down what’s changing, why fans pushed so hard for this, and how Disney is dividing Galaxy’s Edge into different Star Wars eras. We talk characters, music, Smuggler’s Run updates, Star Wars Nite timing, and whether this finally fixes one of the land’s biggest complaints.

If you’ve ever felt like Galaxy’s Edge was missing something… this might be the update you’ve been waiting for.

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00:00:14Hey guys, it's Tim and welcome to episode 127 of the Dreaming of Disney podcast. I'm with my beautiful wife Adrianne. Did you forget my name? No, I just dramatic pause. Dramatic like they thought you got a new one or something like have a new a new Co host here. New cause? My new wife. No, never. No. So hello everybody. How's everybody doing? How's everyone's week been? I'm doing OK. You having the Disney Blues? No, I'm actually not. Right now, no, I'm not sure. Good. I'm good, I'm fine. I'm fine.

00:00:54But are you fine? Are you OK? Well, if you're not, well, we're glad you're here because. We're going to talk about some exciting things. Some There's been some news afoot. News afoot. There's been some news in the streets of Batu. Oh my gosh, you guys, he's going to get some major dad jokes going on here. A rebel rousing what? I don't know, I'm trying to. If you haven't heard, there's some new news about Galaxy's Edge only for Disneyland. I do have some. Did I not bring my Oh my phone's recording? Did you want to use my phone? No, it's OK.

00:01:37I Are you actually recording on the? Phone I am actually recording on there. I got to look it up real quick. Has to do with Lion King. Lion King. It's sad news what I see news Roger Allers The Lion King Co director died today at 76 today but today today is January 18th recording this so anyways for. That gosh, I know. Thank you for making The Lion King. Lion King Co director Co director of Lion King died the other day. Did he direct? Did he direct any other Disney movies? I don't know. Let's find out. Let's.

00:02:26Find out what did he do? He really received a Oscar nomination, worked on other Disney films including Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid. So like the. So like the. Best Renaissance? Sarah Yeah Allers died suddenly at his home in Santa Monica following a short illness, Disney Animation spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter. Well, that's sad. Thanks for that news. No, you're welcome. Man, that's like the that was really what well, I say the best era, but it's like Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, like they're obviously from before that. You were going to grab my chair or something, but that you know,

00:03:12I mean, it was just hit after hit. Yeah, Michael Eisner. Michael Eisner. If you guys haven't, if you haven't watched the Hang on waking, Sleeping Beauty, Waking up Sleeping Beauty, it's a documentary. Disney Plus, it's about that time period. It's really good. So if you you saw our post on TikTok, probably didn't cause for some reason TikTok decided not to push it out, but that you know, that's OK. You know what? I forgive you. TT Did you put it on anything else? I put it on yeah, IGIGI put it on IG got a little bit better traction over there which.

00:04:00Is unusual. Yeah, but Disney announced on Tuesday, I think it was Tuesday, I. Think so, yeah. Tuesday January 14th that they are on unlocking the timeline a Galaxy's Edge specifically at Disneyland. This does not apply to Disney World. Sorry Disney World, Magic Kingdom or no Hollywood studio goers, you will not be getting this. And everyone says what is Disneyland? Get all the cool stuff. Shall I name Tron? Shall I name? Cosmic Rewind, Do we even need to talk about early entry? I think we are all aware. Or Deluxe Hours.

00:04:52Or Epcot. Epcot. Pandora. I think I'm going to make a rant post about early entry and how how I'm feeling. Yeah, yeah. But anyways, this is Disneyland only. So what that means is so backing up a little bit. So when Galaxy's Edge opened up in 2019, was it 2019? I believe so, yes, 2019 is right before COVID and it it opened up between episodes 8:00 and 9:00 of Star Wars, so The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker. And so that was kind of like the timeline of when this land takes place. So you have Rey walking around, you got Chewie, you have Kylo Ren and his stormtroopers

00:05:50looking for Rey resistance allies and all that kind of stuff. That was kind of the the time period that it took place in. And so they were just trying to, you know, create stories around that time in the Star Wars universe and a lot of backlash from that sounds. Very dramatic. A lot of, A lot of. Backlash. Well, Galaxy Edge was promised to be something a lot more than what it actually ended up being. They, they, they talked about how it's going to be totally interactive. There was going to be characters and creatures walking around that you can interact with. You know you're there was the the pitched it as like how what

00:06:41happens in one area is going to affect you in another area. So like if you did really bad on Smugglers Run and you banged up the banged up the Falcon, that there would be a bounty put on your head. And so you go to Oga's Cantina and you may have an interaction with some of the locals who may like, hey, I heard, you know, Hondo's looking how? In the world would did they expect to keep track of all that? I don't know, but that's what they pitched it, that's what they said in the press releases, that's what they did in the interviews and everything, and it totally fell flat. And that stuff didn't. Did not happen. And so so there was a lot of of,

00:07:17you know, people who are giving, you know, Galaxy's edge a hard time be just because it wasn't what it was supposed to be. There was also supposed to be a third ride that was individual, you know, that was cancelled. So there was also a lot that had to be pulled back because of budget issues, but because like, rises to resistance didn't even open up until like over a year later, the ride after Galaxy's Edge, you know, because they closed down because of COVID. So that halted construction. So there were just a whole lot of issues that just like Galaxy's Edge just cannot be what it was promised to be. And so, so one of the biggest complaints was that it was locked in this weird time period of between episodes 8:00 and

00:08:079:00. And the Imagineers at the time were very strict. Like we don't, we want this to be a specific timeline. We don't actually, I shouldn't say the Imagineers. It was actually Lucasfilm that was very specific. Like we want to live in this specific timeline where the imagineers want to do a lot more. But Lucasfilm was very, you know, pert near, what's the word strict on, you know, it has to live in this time period so it doesn't break the timeline. Cause Lucasfilm's always been like, we want, you know, you know, Star Wars Canon to be like this. We don't want it to break the timeline and all that kind of

00:08:44stuff. And so we see what we've had these last, you know how long it's been 7 years now since it's been open. Hang on, you keep talking. I'm going to see. I I Feel 2019 Open 2019-2020 6. But I'm just trying to think of. May of 20, May of 2019 when it opened. But we went on Rise of the Resistance opened before COVID. No and Disneyland. It opened after. COVID no, because we got Boston those Toy Story shoes so he would be tall enough so that all of us could go on it. I don't know. I'm looking at pictures I could just Google, but just. Google it or. Look it up.

00:09:31Yeah, look it up. I want to look because that was the last trip and then it shut down and then we didn't go again till our daughter was a baby when it opened up. I want to look at pictures. I'm looking it up right now. You're looking it up, I'm looking at. Pictures December 5th, 2019. Where? Which one though? Ha ha, are you talking about Rise? Yeah, that opened up in Orlando 1st 2019. Disneyland opened January 17th 2020. OK, before COVID. OK. Yeah, because we went in early February of 2020. OK, so then Galaxy's edge.

00:10:13So I was wrong. I'll I'll I'll admit it, I was Galaxy's edge. Because I don't don't. Opened. Don't mess with my memory when it comes to our kids and when they were old enough to ride things. 2019 May 31st, 2019 So I was right about 2019. Yes, but, but I remember because that was the whole thing. He was like just 40 inches and so we were worried that he wouldn't stand up straight. We got him those Toy Story light up shoes so that he would like definitely get it so that we could all go on it together. That's right. That's right. And that was when there was just three kids, not 4 kids. Yeah, so, so yes, so the, you

00:10:55know, Disneyland, specifically Disneyland has been a little bit more relaxed when it comes to what characters show up inside the land. They, you know, they first introduced Mando from, you know, Mandalorian. He was a character which takes place, he his timeline is before the before the Last Jedi. And then Ahsoka came and then Boba Fett came. I know I'm making you, I'm making you sleepy over here, but I'm just, I have to give. I know they're really small. They're really small, but I was talking about how Disneyland was closed. Oh yeah, that was sad. This is during I'm showing it. I'm sorry podcast friends was when Disneyland was closed.

00:11:45We went to Downtown Disney. It was so sad. We wanted to go in so bad. It was so sad to see it close like that. But you could go in Downtown Disney. But anyways, I'm letting my nerd show. I'm letting my nerd show. Do you hide it? No, I don't, but I'm just putting it all on display right now. OK. And so, you know, all those came first in Disneyland and then you start having the the Disneyland after dark events. So they had Star Wars Nights and then they started, you know, they started, what's the word debuting some of the the original trilogy characters,

00:12:31Luke. Oh, during the Star Wars night. Leah Han and so that got a lot of people loved it. And then just recently they started having Luke Rome like original trilogy Luke, so young Luke Rome Galaxy's Edge with R2R2D2. Really. I haven't heard about this. This was probably sometime last year. So it was just kind of like a like, hey, he's out there and the the poor cast member. He didn't look like Luke, but because they had like a full on like wig, you know, the 70s like a bowl cut. But they had him roaming around. And so I think it was a test to see, see what people, what their response was to this.

00:13:19And so with all that being said, last week on Tuesday, January 14th, Disney announced that they are officially unlocking the timeline. So they are getting rid of Kylo Ren. Kylo Ren's stormtroopers will no longer be roaming the park, and they're going to. Be do not like Tyler. He's being replaced by Darth Vader in a real original trilogy Stormtroopers. So like the Stormtroopers from the original movies. And, and then he's going to be he's going to be searching for Luke. He's going to be hunting down Luke to try to find him. And then Luke, Han, Leia and Chewie are all going to be hanging out around the Falcon.

00:14:07Luke is going to be looking for force out artifacts and kyber crystals to, you know, to help people, you know, build lightsabers at Sabi's workshop. And so that's kind of like the tie in there. And but so they will only be so how? Cause Ray is still going to be in the park. Ray's still going to be there in the land. They're keeping her, restricting her to the rise of the resistance area. So that so each part of the land is going to be separated into different like timelines. So the Falcon area is going to be original trilogy. So all the original care, real original trilogy characters are kind of like going to be in the

00:14:57the the Falcon area and then by the tie fighter where Kylo Ren used to come out. So all that's going to be original trilogy area, the marketplace where you have like the the the shops as you walk through like the tunnel, and then you have the, the, the, the food and all like the Ronto wraps where all that has that's going to be in the Mandalorian era. So you're going to have Mando, you're going to have Ahsoka, you're going to have Boba Fett. OK. And then rise. Like a hot mess a little bit. It's a. Little hot A hot mess. It's a little hot mess. Diane K Disney, welcome in. And and then the Rise of

00:15:39Resistance area is going to be new sequel trilogy with Ray. OK, so there, where is Chewie going to be, I ask you. You you ask me what I assume he's going to He can be in the. Shoe, He's going to be everywhere. Because he he's one of the few characters that he's been in like every he's been like in everyone. He he was not in episode 1. He was, he was not in episode 2. He was in episode 3. Yeah. But the the Galaxy that just don't have prequels which is too bad cuz prequels are cool. I like prequels. Yeah, I wouldn't mind a young OB one. Yeah, Ewan McGregor just kind of shows up.

00:16:26Don't even. Hello there. Don't even get me started on Ewan McGregor. We need to make a Ewan McGregor sticker. So yeah, so, so because of that, some, some of the shops and some of the buildings are going to be updated to to reflect the original trilogy. Ogus Cantina is going to get a original trilogy kind of makeover. So they're going to be, you know, like they're going to play the Cantina Band song. So that'll be fun. The music I'm excited about them having like the original music. That's another I'll get that in a little bit. And so the the time. So some of these, like some of

00:17:06the back stories are going to be changing, like Oga's Cantina is now like a new like bar in Cantina that just opened up because it's the original trilogy era. But they could make it like the they should have a show. They should have a show that's like in Jabba's. Jabba's Palace from Return to Jeddah. Jedi Rocks. That's the name of that song. Jedi Rocks. That one. Yeah, that's a good one. Yeah, yeah, they should have Yoda. Yeah, and and and So what I was saying, oh, the like the the 1st order store that's by the TIE Fighter that's being turned into a what's it called?

00:17:58I'm looking it up. Let's see Black Spire Surplus, a military salvage operation offering artifacts from across the history of the Galaxy, including Imperial and Rebel items from the Galactic Civil War. And so I'm just going to read from the The Parks blog as antique antiquities shops often do. Doc Ondards Din of Antiquities will display Doc Hondars Den of Antiquities will display a different array of one of kind items from its past. And then the earlier generation of the Mubow family will operate Droid Depot where they will be prototyping BB style of Droid. You'll sell the opportunity to purchase and create your own Droid companion at this shop.

00:18:48That's the same, right? So it's the same. It might have like different, you know, decorations and things and but you mentioned the music. I did indeed mention the music. So another criticism of Galaxy's Edge is that as you walk through the land, it's one of the only places in the entire park that there's no music. It's just sound effects of like creatures and, you know, ships flying ahead and, and the only music that you hear is that when you walk through the, the tunnels that get into the land and it's, it's not even like a full song. It's kind of like ambient kind of Chinese type signing. And so the galaxy's edge theme song was actually composed by John Williams, the, the composer

00:19:41of all the Star Wars movies. But you actually don't hear that song. You only hear that song in one place. And that's on smugglers run when when you actually when the bride ends and when you're coming back in. That's the only time that you hear it. So but anyways, so they are bringing original Star Wars music composed from the movie by John Williams will be playing throughout the land. Which that will be cool. That will be. Cool. So as you walk through the tunnels, you're they're going to be playing the main theme, you're going to hear the Cantina band, you're going to be hearing

00:20:17the Force theme, the Binary sunset. All these, like classic Star Wars songs that are so recognizable will be heard throughout the park, which is pretty cool. Yeah, I think that's going to make a huge difference in the feel. Yeah, because music does. Because like, you go to Avengers campus and they play all the music from the Marvel movies, right? And it feels pretty cool. Oh yeah, that's like my favorite part of Avengers campus. Honestly. Like they definitely need to to upgrade upgrade but they are adding to Avengers campus and hopefully it'll be better. But the.

00:21:00Music and PIM's kitchen. It's like my favorite thing. Well, I OK Mission breakout, but yeah. That was there before Avengers Campus, but sure, as far you know, the shows are so gonna be the same. I saw new treats. Shadows of a Memory. Shadows of excuse me, Shadows of Memory, a Skywalker Saga, which is a projection show that happens before and after the fireworks and then Fire of the Rising Moons, which is the Disneyland fireworks from Galaxy's Edge. And that's some well, no, they of course they want to do it in Disney World because it's Hollywood Studios. Hollywood Studios. So they don't.

00:21:38Yeah. Which I was bummed when I was there on my solo trip in November. I went to. I was live streaming for that. But because it was the holiday fireworks, it was shorter. It was really short. So it was, it wasn't the one you and I had seen when we were there in October. And that one was really cool. And this one was just kind of like. Yeah. You know it. Was, but yeah, if you haven't watched Fireworks from Galaxy's Edge, highly recommend doing it because it's a different experience. It's the same fireworks, but it's with Star Wars music.

00:22:13So they, they, depending on which fireworks show it is, they they change the music to fit the fireworks show from Galaxy's edge. So if it's like Wondrous Journeys, it's one set of music. And then if it's the, it's the, you know, Halloween fireworks, it's a different set of music because it's a different fireworks show from on the Disneyland side. Same thing with the, the, the holidays fireworks show. It's a different set of music. So there's there's much more variation of, of that. So yeah, that's really cool to see. So you said this April 29th, is that what? That says so, yeah. So this all starts April 29th,

00:22:512026. So the first Star Wars After Dark event is on April 28th. So April 28th is the first Star Wars after. Interesting. And then the 29th they they start the they start the the new timeline at Galaxy's Edge. That's kind of weird because then I wonder what that's going to do to, well, I don't know, Is it already sold out? No, it's not. It hasn't even gone on sale yet. Oh, I wonder what that'll do to sales of the first Star Wars night, because people are like, well, I just want to go when the. Well, the Star Wars night, they kind of it's it's like all those characters come out anyways. Oh, that's true.

00:23:38OK. Yeah, so it really wouldn't be any different. And then Smugglers Run gets its new mission in May with featuring Mandalorian and Grogu for to help promote the new Mando and Grogo movie that's coming out in May. So there will be a new mission on Smoke Ghost Run, which is really good because that ride is really old. It's really I don't see it's really old. It's just. It's it was like Star Tours where before they updated the scenes in Star Tours, it was getting like kind of boring. It was getting kind of boring. And then they updated it and it was like. They need to do it.

00:24:20They need to do it like Star Tours, where like every time you go it's different. Yeah. Well, and like because they have, well in Star Tours, it's split, so it's like the first half and then second-half. So you can have different combinations, you know, and so that they should do something like. Yeah, what's different about Star Tours and Smugglers Run? Smugglers Run is like a video game so. That's true. It's all everything that you see is being rendered on the fly there, like you're playing on your Nintendo Switch or your PS-5 or whatever. So whatever you control is changing what's happening on the

00:24:54screen. Star Tours is a prerecorded, so as everything's been made as recorded, nothing changes. You can't, you can't change anything about that ride, whereas Smugglers run you can't. So that makes it a little bit more complicated, but that would be cool if they have like a handful of different missions to where, you know, the first part is one thing and second part is another, and you write it again and it changes up. Yeah, that would be nice if they did something like that. They do have chewy mode. Have you heard about Chewy mode? I. Have but I can't remember what it is. So instead of hearing Hondo talk to you, it's Chewy yelling at

00:25:28you the whole time. So there's a, there's a specific order buttons everybody has to press to turn on Chewy mode. Or you just have the cast member you can request. Hey, can you turn on Chewy Movie? Oh, I'm just going to request it next time. I mean, I know that's not quite as fun, but. But apparently it's really funny because you know Chewy is yelling at you because you're banging up his ship or Han ship. Yeah, Han's dead at that point, so. You know what? Spoiler alert if you haven't watched the new movie. Do you know when it ends? It ends. It ends with #9.

00:26:03Return of the Jedi Return of the Jedi. Here we go. Return of the Jedi is the end. Everyone's smiling, posing for a picture with some Ewoks. Yub Nub. You see for some reason old Obi Wan with young Anakin and old Yoda, why didn't when they made Anakin young? Did they not make Obi Wan young? I don't know, I always kind of wondered because it used to be old Anakin, then they updated it and it's young Anakin, but it's still old Obi one. Maybe because that's when he was not fully well, he was never fully on the dark side because he there was good in him and that's the whole thing, right. So like why did they have is Ewan McGregor like now I'm not

00:26:48coming back for that. I'm not coming back there to stand and just go. Yeah, I don't know why they did that, why they they made Anakin, but maybe because that was like, that was the last time that he was like good. And so they. They well see, I always thought what the original way it was with the old Anakin that that's when he was he became, he turned back to the good side lights. Well, I think also because you never, if you just watched the original trilogy, you never knew what Darth Vader looked like under his mask. Until the. Until the very end. Very end. But still he's like all beat up and he's like pale and.

00:27:26Yeah. And then you see him the way he looks and you're like, there he is. But then they spent so much time after, you know, But the prequels, George Lucas, like, people know Anakin now as Hayden Christensen. Yeah. So he made that change at the Return of the Jedi to make it. It just then felt kind of random because Obi Wan is still Alec Guinness 9. Yeah. Ewan McGregor. Yeah. So then it just felt, it feels kind of like. Speaking of Star Wars. That's all we've been talking about. I know the movie 2027.

00:28:00So next year is the 50th anniversary 50 of Star Wars a New Hope. Lucasfilm is bringing A New Hope, which was originally just called Star Wars. It didn't have the subtitle. It's just called Star Wars in 1977. They are bringing it back to theater as the original theatrical version has not been seen since I think before Empire Strikes Back came out. And this is not the original VHS. No, this is as has was seen in 1977. So you said, 'cause I said I was like, do you mean the original, like VHS release? Because we had that. That was also already changed because he, the George Lucas had

00:28:46already included the new subtitle Star Wars A New Hope Episode 4, and he also already added some things to it by then. So this is the original 1977 version Star Wars as everyone saw it back in 1977 with no changes. Apparently they found a original because George Lucas always said the original version doesn't exist anymore. Like it? It's not in our archives. Apparently they found one and so they've been spending the last few years really cleaning it up, making it look more modern with but still keeping the original like effects and everything. So that's coming out next year in May, which would be? That's pretty cool. That's pretty cool.

00:29:33So you know what, Rich Rod? I don't want to talk about it. He's he came in and just gave me sad faces. I know. He had a hard day yesterday, too. I know our son, our oldest, stayed in bed all day today. Yeah. Because. Because he's sick. He's sick. But you know what? If he wasn't, he probably would have stayed all He probably would have stayed in bed all day because of what happened last night at the Niners. He doesn't have school tomorrow, but if he did, he'd probably want to stay home. I'm so sick I can't. Seriously, you guys, he is like,

00:30:08I don't want to go to school. There's Seahawks fans there. They give me a hard time. So I told them I was like, you know what? Maybe don't wear. I know it's going to be hard for you to find something to wear to school if it doesn't have something's 49ers on it, but maybe just for one day don't wear it so that they won't take you off and say something rude anyways. But anyways, yeah, so that's what's happening to Galaxy's Edge starting April 29th of this year. Yeah, so that's exciting. There's way too much going on where we're like, oh, 'cause I want to go when Bluey gets there and we might just have to combine.

00:30:50When when is that that's happening? In March, OK, So we might just have to wait and go like early May or something or just go for all of it. Separate trips. Separate trips. Yeah. So you mentioned that there was there's new treats, you know, we. I just you just scrolled. Look at this, look at that. You can't see that, but we can see it. It's like a Mickey shaped. Croissant, ice cream, Macaron. What is that? Just like a Cinerol? I don't know. Let's let's find out. So new treats coming to Disneyland in 2026.

00:31:33Yeah, Sorry, Disney Worlders. This is all Disneyland happening. We get all the cool. Star Wars, this says the 70th, which is interesting because that's been going on for like a year. All right, so starting January 8th, Carnation Cafe is getting a rum punch. Rum Punch? That's weird that that's going to Carnation Cafe. That should go to Jolly Holiday. Yeah, Bacardi Superior Rum, Meyer's Rum Original dark pineapple, orange and lime juices. OK, I'll try the rum punch. Jolly Holiday is getting a lemon chiffon tea sweet tea topped with lemon chiffon foam. Oh, I love sweet.

00:32:12Tea a Mickey hat cookie Strawberry Shortcake Macaron 00. Don't eat the strawberries. If Peyton's here, don't let your husband eat the eat the Strawberry Shortcake. Oh oh, coming out with new strawberry things. But Market House, which is the Starbucks Mickey Hat, It's also getting Mickey Hat Cookie Plaza Inn available starting January 30th. Reservations recommended. Paint the Night Dining package. What? Enjoy a special lunch at Plaza Inn, then return the Main Street, USA later in the evening for reserved viewing of Paint the Night. I love Paint the Night, but it's really not that hard to get good viewing of Paint the Night.

00:33:02Adult package Herb roasted chicken with mashed potatoes and buttered haircut Verts Verts What Bart What know what verts are served with caramelized onion sauce, Hawaiian roll and Raspberry chocolate tart. That sounds good. Kids package, ages 3 to 9. Chicken tenders and Mac and cheese. Was served with vegetables, applesauce, Hawaiian roll. Three to nine. Yeah, that's ridiculous. That means that pretty soon only one of our kids would get be able to get the kid package and then the rest of them would need the adult like caramelized onion sauce. Like they're going to eat that these ten. Yeah, the chicken tenders,

00:33:41right. Yeah, but that. Meal just the kids meal to. See how much that is? Because that and that also depend depends on where the reserved seating is at. I wonder if it's at the end of Main Street in front of the train station, no? You know where I think it is. Remember last time we were there and we watched it in front of Small world? They had that reserved seating right there. That's. True. It's front, it's front of small world. So that I think were they already doing that? I don't know if that was reserved for another.

00:34:09VI PS the VIP tours. Maybe. OK, so that's that's Plaza Inn. We've actually never ate a Plaza Inn. I haven't eaten a Plaza Inn, and you know where else we haven't eaten at? Now I have eaten at Carnation Cafe, but it's been a long time. It's been a long time. Red Rose Tavern 70th stuff You saw this? When we were there, not new that really was released last year with the 70th. OK, shortbread cookie with a cookies and cream cake. Yep, fresh Raspberry and Raspberry jam. Surrounded with white Coco mousse. They had that when the 70th started.

00:34:47Oh, what's? That Tiana's Place Palace Sweet Heat beignet Sorry Sweet heat beignet Chicken sandwich, fried chicken, Buffalo sauce and creamy slaw on fresh beignets. Served with collard greens and house made Pickles. Sandwich looks good. I don't like Pickles. I'll eat the Pickles. Or collard greens. That I don't typically like Buffalo sauce, but that looks really good it. Does work? You get. You get the sweet and savory. There, Hang on, I got AI. Got to make a note. Oh, we should get some Star Wars churros, Rich Rod. OK, going to Harbor Galley. Harbor Galley.

00:35:32I haven't got their cookies lately. You guys Harbor if you go to Disneyland, Harbor Galley has amazing cookies. Put in put in a mobile order though. Put in a mobile order like first thing in the morning. Yuzu Lemonade Refreshing lemonade with a touch of floral user juice and rainbow Jelly topping. Jelly topping. Yeah, I don't know Cafe Daisy the. Cafe Daisy. Daisy, which is minute made 0 sugar lemonade and blue cotton candy syrup topped with blue Raspberry gummy rings. Their watermelon lemonade is really good. Oh my gosh, what is that?

00:36:07OK, so this is Fiddler Pfeiffer Practical Cafe, I don't know where that. Is what Practical Cafe Buena Vista St. I don't know where that is. What? Mickey. Yeah. Cookie. OK, we already saw that. Schmoozies. Strawberry, hazelnut, chocolate and pistachio. Mickey Shake. Oh my. Gosh, OK, hang on. I got to make notes of tea on his palace. Strawberry shake was pistachio whipped topping, fried kataifi, kataifi and chocolate sauce. I don't know. And chocolate sauce, What is?

00:36:44I don't know, but I'm getting that. Let's look up my computer. Just oh, wait. OK wait, Tiana's palace had the chicken beignet sandwich, we want to try that. I will forget you guys cuz you get in the mode especially when you're there with the kids. Straws or something? Looks like onion straws. I don't think it's onions. I know, but that's what it looks like. You know, you get in the mode with the kids and then you forget like, oh, that's right. I really wanted to try that. And then schmoozies, I love me, you guys. A good milkshake I will never pass up. I will never pass up a good

00:37:19milkshake. OK, so the cappuccino cart in California Adventure, That's a Mickey shaped cinnamon roll macaron. It was a macaron. Cinnamon roll macaron shell filled with cream cheese, buttercream and cinnamon caramel. Oh, my gosh. I just went into a sugar coma. OK, hang on, hang on. I got to write down the What was the name of the strawberry? Strawberry, hazelnut chocolate and pistachio Mickey shake. Oh. My gosh, Hazelnut, that's a long. Strawberry, hazelnut chocolate and pistachio chocolate and pistachio Mickey shake. OK, that's on my list now at the

00:38:00coffee cart. No, that's schmoozies. Well, that's smoozies, but the coffee cart at. Is the Mickey shapes and roll macaron. Oh my gosh, Mickey. Yeah, I can already tell that's going to be way too rich for me. Oh, I'm going to love it. Holy moly, that with the milkshake. Oh, Rocky rolled ice cream with a chart. You know what I did, you guys. Which apparently is a thing at. Oh yeah, where did I see that? Over by Corral. Why can't I think of the name of it? The Golden Horseshoe? Stage Door, Stage door, Stage Door Cafe I want. To say Golden Corral, but that's

00:38:47not. That's not but OK, But so when we were there, I was like, I want ice cream, but I also want a churro. I want churro ice cream. So what I did, I had him get me a scoop of vanilla ice cream and I went and got a churro and then I just scooped it. And then I like broke some up in it. And then when we were leaving, because I I also heard someone and I realized it was subconscious because I had heard someone like when we were eating lunch at another table say something about like churros and ice cream. And now I got to look it up. What's that? Looks really. Good.

00:39:21Oh my gosh, that's a oh, that salad looks good. And you guys, I'm not a big salad eater. I'm not. I'm not a big Flo's Cafe. Mater Waffles, you guys, and we've eaten at Flo's V8 Cafe and I've never been blown away. It's all it's like diner diner food it like, you know, roast beef or like, you know, you know, Turkey and gravy. So yeah, Flo's V8 has a new menu. Nice. So the big dip dipper, cheeseburger, beef Patty, American cheese, B&B Pickles and caramelized onions on a toasted bun with peppercini cheese sauce. Served with choice of citrus cutie, Mandarin oranges or

00:40:02fries. So it's like a looks like a sourdough Patty melt type thing and then this looks good. Winner's circle chicken and waffle, crispy golden fried chicken and buttermilk waffle and whipped butter and Maple syrup. That looks really good OOO. Fillmore Groovy greens Romaine salad. Wait, I wanna see what it is. Though Romaine. Let me just see the picture of it, I'll know if I want it. That actually looks like AI mean it's a picture but. Where am I? Romaine and kale, bean and corn salad, cucumbers, tomato, crispy quinoa, toasted sunflower seeds and zesty dressing. And then they have the same

00:40:51thing but with chicken. Chicken fenders. Not chicken tenders. Chicken fenders. The cut cheeseburger. Cut cheeseburger. I love it. Beef Patty, American cheese, lettuce, tomato, B&B, Pickles and toasted buns. Served with a choice of Mandarin oranges or fries tuned up chicken fiend fenders say just as your as your chicken. Regular chicken tenders, fast track loaded fries, fries, tarp topped with Hardy chili peppercini cheese sauce, sliced peppercinis, diced onions, but a cup of chili. Mini wheat buckwheat waffles. Too many buckwheat waffles served with sugar free syrup. Mac and cheese Microburger.

00:41:39What are those cold foams down there? All right, so we got some. We got some cold brews. Disney adults love their cold brews. Start your engine cold brew. Joffrey's shaken Jamaican cold brew. I didn't. Know we had Joffrey's in Disneyland. Jamaican Shaken Jamaican cold brew with caramel premium syrup, A swirl of caramel topped with house made caramel flavored cream and caramel sauce drizzle. That sounds really good. Apparently I saw some of a post about this and said this is like their. Apparently this is a drink over in Disney World. Wait, which one?

00:42:20Did you just read the Cold Brew? Yeah, the Joffrey's shaken Jamaican cold brew apparently is, like, really good. And it's like their favorite coffee drink over in Disney World, and they're bringing it here to Flo's V8. OK, well we definitely need to try to eat at Flo's. Yeah, stop sign cream soda Sprite with house made strawberry and coconut cream topped with house made strawberry cream and strawberry flavored flakes. OK, I don't think we need to read every single thing though. You know what? I. Mean they got, yeah. Wait, I want to see the vanilla, chocolate or strawberry shake topped with Rd. gravel.

00:43:01What is? It is it like I'm? Assuming it's like, I would assume that it would be like a cookie, like a Oreos. Yeah, so they got some other drinks there. See more new return bites a little red wagon which is. Blueberry Lemonade. Jolly Holiday. Oh, the strawberry stuff. That's not new. Strawberry stuffed croissant. It's returning. So good it's returning. Oh, it's returning. Jolly holiday. Strawberry stuffed croissant That is the that looks like a German chocolate something. Beef burrito, Toasted cheese. Did you have that before? Yes, I have had that.

00:43:42It is very good. It's very similar to the one they have at Woody's lunch box. Oh, Rancho del Zacalo restaurante, they they have a wet burrito now. I guess they brought that back. That's good Burrito Sonora with carne asada, rice and beans wrapped in the flour tortilla top you. Think this is boring? You know what? We wanted to go see what I'm just. I know, but it's like I don't need to read the menu at Rancho I. That's what I call it because I can never. Oh, what's that? It's a waffle. Oh, this is Galaxy's Edge Cat Sackets Kettle black Spire

00:44:23waffle with dipping sauce, waffle with sugar clusters and whipped cream. Served with cream filled chocolate cookie crumble dip. You might have to try that. Yeah, I love any kind of waffle. In the black calf slushy, which we have not tried. No, that, that food looks better. But of course, this is pictures, you know? Yeah, they can make anything look good. All right, so there you. Go well, I have some notes. Tiana's palace not place? Is it pill, ace or palace? It's palace. Place I mean, not that I won't know where I'm going, but schmoozies the coffee cart in DCA and we want to try flows.

00:45:01And then Galaxy's Edge had a new waffle thingy. We did not get a black calf last time we went and I'm kind of sad about that. Yeah, because we we were only there for a few hours and we got lunch and then we were driving home. And so we knew that we were going to want coffee on the drive home and didn't want too much coffee. So there's that. But hang on, I got to check the calendar. For what? Or. Will we record next week? We will record. OK. We'll record the next two weeks, probably, yeah. And then we'll have a break,

00:45:40because we will be. We'll be, we'll be there. Happiest place on Earth? Yeah, so. Please. Put out good vibes that our children stay healthy because it is a rule if you have multiple children that one of them will get sick about a week before your trip. Maybe because with Jack being sick now, hopefully it will just pass through all of us and have. You learned nothing from the 15 1/2 years of being a parent. No, it'll just start the the the the the. Yeah, So no. And we'll be like, oh, we're good. We're good. No one else got it. And then a couple days before we

00:46:17leave Boston will be like, I've got a headache. And we'll be like, of course you do. Yeah, of course you do. Yep. You know, when you have 4, it's just one at a time, one at a time. Then this one finally gets it. And this one hasn't been sick in like a month. By the time you get all the way through, oh, it's time for them to be sick again. And then you just go through. One a week. One week, it's no fun, but anyways, so that was was the updates, you know, Galaxy's Edge. Exciting. Some food stuff. I think it's exciting.

00:46:50I think it's exciting. Yeah, it'll be good. It'll be good. I want to do a Star Wars after Dark. Yeah, I was talking about at work until my boss and like, yeah, I really want to go. I want to take my boys kind of want to do the May 4th 1. And he was like, I'd rather you not because we're planning a Star Wars Celebration here or kind of like, OK, but we'll see. And I graciously said I will stay here with the youngest so you can take the boys. She's a wonderful. Wife, I graciously said, because I would love to go and I'd love to see their reaction, but our daughter couldn't do it. No, she wouldn't handle it. She couldn't handle it.

00:47:36So. But they they do have one because. I'm going to Disney World in April, so. That's true. You are, baby. They are. They do have one on May 6th. So I think it's like on Wednesday. So maybe we'll do that one. But anyways. Well, OK then. I hope you enjoyed this episode, I hope you enjoy a game soon, I hope you enjoyed my nerdiness, and yeah, I hope you enjoy. It we do, we all do we need to do a game soon. Yeah, I'm just not good at games 'cause we need you need like a third person. Yeah, or, you know, we've met

00:48:25some friends on the TikTok that we we could bring on. Yeah, just have to figure out what the the set up here since it's different now that we do your live. But but yeah, follow us on if you aren't watching us live on TikTok right now, follow and you're listening to us as a podcast or watching us as a podcast. Follow us on TikTok. Just search dreaming of Disney will pop up there. We're also on IG. You can find us there as well. And if you're watching us on TikTok right now here live or after the fact, you can also listen to this as a podcast. We're on all streaming services. So just search streaming of Disney, wherever you listen to

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00:49:54I would like to do it again. I would love for you to be able to take all the boys. They would so expensive, but it would be so, so expensive. I know so expensive but. I think the prices have gone up too. Oh. My gosh. But they would love it. They would love it. Dark Saber nice, that's cool. But anyways, so thanks thank you all for listening. We appreciate you and I, I just realized something and then but it doesn't matter right now, so I'm gonna just cut this part out. OK. Thank you, guys. We appreciate you. We'll talk to you guys.

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