Hey everyone, I’m Mike, she’s Sophie, that’s Brenda, and he’s Grogu, and we’re On the Road with Mickey! This is episode 246 and this week our feature topic is Getting ready for our Disney Christmas Get Together! This week, we’re talking about our upcoming trips to Walt Disney World! Here’s what we talked about:

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• Cheddar from the Big Cheese:
  
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  • Sophie: The 2025 Epcot Festival of the Arts Disney on Broadway Concert Series has been announced. There will be performances from January 17th – February 24th, with various Broadway performers singing classic Disney songs from the shows that they starred in on Broadway. The lineup and list of shows is pretty impressive, so go take a look at all the details at the Disney Parks Blog here: https://disneyparksblog.com/wdw/epcot-festival-of-the-arts-disney-on-broadway-concert-series-2025/
    
  • Mike: Remy’s Ratattouille Adventure in the France Pavilion in Epcot’s World Showcase seems to be moving forward with testing a single rider line option for the attraction. What do you think of that?
    
  • Brenda: The Disney Parks Blog has a great write-up of what to expect in the all-new Haunted Mansion Lounge on the Disney Treasure! Wow, does it look awesome! Here’s the post: https://disneyparksblog.com/dcl/disney-treasure-haunted-mansion-parlor/
    
  
  
  
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• Listener Feedback on “Educational Attractions”
  
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  • Chandler had some great attractions on his list: “Living with the Land. Spaceship Earth. It’s A Small World.”
    
  • Chrissy said “The Art of Animation drawing classes.”
    
  • Jennifer said “Living with the Land is always my favorite. As someone who grows crops now in an urban setting and who comes from a farming family, I appreciate seeing different methods of growing things.”
    
  • Sheila chimed in with her selection: “The seeds tour in living with the land.”
    
  • Robin closed us out with “Rafiki’s Planet Watch at Animal Kingdom!”
    
  
  
  
• Feature Topic: Getting ready for our Disney Christmas Get Together!
  
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  • Brenda, trip dates December 3-10, 2024, staying at Port Orleans Riverside
    
  • Sophie, et all, December 6-9, 2024, staying at the Contemporary Resort
    
  • Brenda: Candlelight Processional on December 5th with Chrissy Metz.
    
  • Brenda: Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party with our friends on December 8th!
    
  • Sophie, et all: Candlelight Processional on December 7th with Whoopie Goldberg.
    
  • Sophie, et all: Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party with our Texas Family on December 8th!
    
  • Everyone: All of the delicious food options!
    
  
  
  
• This Day in Disney History for 11/25/2024:
  
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  • 1971: Thanksgiving Day: America the Beautiful debuts at the Magic Kingdom, a Circlevision 360 Production.
    
  
  
  
• Stump the Soph!
  
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  • Alice in Wonderland – the Dormouse, Dinah, the March Hare
    
  
  
  
• A little bit of Walt
  
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  • “We have done a lot of thinking on a model community, and I would like to be a part of building one, a city of tomorrow, as you might say. I don’t believe in going out to this extreme blue sky stuff that some of the architects do. I believe people still want to live like human beings. But there are a lot of things that could be done. I’m not against the automobile, but I just feel that you can design so that the automobile is there but still put people back as pedestrians again. I’d love to work on a project like that.” – Walt Disney
    
  
  
  
• Coming Next Week: Celebrating Walt: The Lasting Legacy of a Life Well Lived.
  

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