Episode 010 - Bananas for Cabanas
- Author
- Glenn Welch
- Published
- Sun 27 Nov 2016
- Episode Link
- https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tronfm/TRoN-010.mp3
- Recorded on 11/22/16
- Thanksgiving week
- Emoji Blitz Corner
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- Psych! (Well, about a minute of discussion)
- Waiting for the Christmas emojis to be released
- Glenn is playing [Clash Royale](https://clashroyale.com/) again
- Chris wants to get Glenn to play Tetris; Glenn will become obsessed with it if he starts playing it again
- Future episodes: Retro video games and Walt Disney World Explorer
- Chris’ visit to DHS and his review of Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM! - AKA "Chris Visits Disney" Corner
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- Star Tours
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- First ride on ST for Chris’ son
- Great Movie Ride
- Star Wars Launch Bay
- Stormtrooper march
- Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM!
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- Chris enjoyed it
- Gives it about an 8.5 out of 10
- Prep and Landing is great
- Other Christmas offerings that Chris is going to try to attend
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- Drones at Disney Springs
- Maybe other things, but probably not
- Chris’ Disney Adventure is the best segment
- [Magic Bands 2](http://www.wdwmagic.com/other/mymagicplus/news/21nov2016-disney-unveils-the-magicband-2.htm)
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- Disney is trying to save expenses by not having to permanently have the RFID chip in every band
- Will they pass the savings along to the guest?
- Can put the pebble in other items
- The data that comes from the Magic Bands must be incredible
- Magic Band technology hasn’t made it to Disneyland yet
- Why can’t Magic Bands for AP’ers be used for charging?
- Pandora - The World of AVATAR
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- Opening Summer 2017
- [Showed a clip of one of the AAs](https://d23.com/first-look-at-the-navi-river-journey-shaman/?share_token=f0fe172676)
- Opinions:
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- Glenn couldn’t care less about Avatar; should have spent the money on original IP
- Chris: theming is a waste of talent for the Imagineers; does not agree with using Avatar
- Our opinions aside: the AA looks fantastic
- It’s a shame that technology isn’t being used on something with Disney theming
- [Cabanas in the Magic Kingdom](http://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/201611/5344/)
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- Glenn thinks it’s a huge money grab by the Walt Disney Company
- Chris plays Devil’s Advocate and makes a case for it…and makes good points
- It’s mainly the presentation of the current test of the cabanas in Tomorrowland that’s bugging Glenn
- If they were themed and out of the way, it wouldn’t be bad
- Charity Pick
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- [Goodwill](http://www.goodwill.org/)
- [Epcot is the next park to be overhauled](http://thedisneyblog.com/2016/11/21/whats-going-epcot/)
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- Finally!
- It could be really cool or really awful
- More show material! Yay!
- A new festival at Epcot
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- [Festival of the Arts](https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2016/11/all-new-epcot-international-festival-of-the-arts-coming-to-walt-disney-world-in-january-2017/)
- Extending the number of festivals at Epcot
- A scrappy little company trying to make their way in the world
- Picks of the week
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- Chris - [The Tetris Effect: The Game that Hypnotized the World by Dan Ackerman](http://amzn.to/2gL7VlD)
- Glenn - [Walt Disney's Epcot Center: Creating the New World of Tomorrow by Richard R. Beard](http://amzn.to/2gycIDZ)
