Hey everyone, I’m Mike, she’s Sophie, and that’s Brenda, and We’re on the Road with Mickey! This is Season 2, Episode 11 for March 15, 2021, and our feature topic today is Our Top Rides at Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom! This week, we’re talking about our favorite rides to be found at the Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom Parks! We hope this triggers discussion in your family about your top rides, and that you let us know what they are! Grab a drink, relax, and join us as we talk about all the things that we came up with! Here’s our rundown of what we talked about:

• Cheddar from the Big Cheese
  
  • Mike: Statement from Bob Chapek, CEO of The Walt Disney Company regarding Disneyland reopening: “Here in California, we’re encouraged by the positive trends we’re seeing and we’re hopeful they’ll continue to improve and we’ll be able to reopen our Parks to guests with limited capacity by late April — we look forward to publicizing an opening date in the coming weeks. While last week’s announcement stated that theme parks may open starting on April 1, the fact is it will take some time to get them ready for our guests — this includes recalling more than 10,000 furloughed Cast and retraining them to be able to operate according to the State of California’s new requirements. I am pleased to say the response has been great thus far, our Cast Members are excited to get back to work. And this is also good news for the Anaheim community, which depends on Disneyland for jobs and business generated by visitors.”
    
  • Sophie: Raya and the Last Dragon premiered in theaters and on Disney+ on the 5th, and it took home the top spot in the earnings charts!
    
  • Brenda: Coming October 1st, in addition to the Walt Disney World 50th Anniversary: Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure at the France Pavilion in EPCOT! Also opening in France that day: La Crêperie de Paris, which is a new restaurant featuring both table and quick-service options!
    
  • Mike: Additional news out of the Disney Annual Shareholders Meeting — Bob Iger announces that he will be stepping down from the Walt Disney Company on December 31, 2021.
    
  • Sophie: In Covid news: Disney Cruise Lines is hoping and expecting to resume sailings in the fall! That’s huge news since the cruise industry has been shut down pretty much since March 2020.
    
  
  
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• Feature Topic: Our Top Rides at Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom!
  
  • Mike’s Top Five Rides – Magic Kingdom
    
    • 5) WDW Railroad
      
    • 4) Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover
      
    • 3) Peter Pan’s Flight
      
    • 2) Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
      
    • 1) Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
      
    
    
  • Mike’s Top Five Rides – Animal Kingdom
    
    • 5) Kali River Rapids
      
    • 4) Kilimanjaro Safaris
      
    • 3) Na’vi River Journey
      
    • 2) Avatar: Flight of Passage
      
    • 1) Expedition Everest
      
    
    
  • Brenda’s Top Five Rides – Magic Kingdom
    
    • 5) Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress
      
    • 4) Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover
      
    • 3) Splash Mountain
      
    • 2) Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
      
    • 1) Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
      
    
    
  • Brenda’s Top Five Rides – Animal Kingdom
    
    • 5) Na’vi River Journey
      
    • 4) Kali River Rapids
      
    • 3) Kilimanjaro Safaris
      
    • 2) Avatar: Flight of Passage
      
    • 1) Expedition Everest
      
    
    
  • Sophie’s Top Five Rides – Magic Kingdom
    
    • 5) It’s a Small World
      
    • 4) TTA People Mover
      
    • 3) Pirates of the Carribean
      
    • 2) Haunted Mansion
      
    • 1) Splash Mountain
      
    
    
  • Sophie’s Top Four “Rides” – Animal Kingdom
    
    • 4) Festival of the Lion King
      
    • 3) Kali River Rapids
      
    • 2) Expedition Everest
      
    • 1) Flight of Passage
      
    
    
  
  
• This Day in Disney History for March 15
  
  • Disneyland’s 450 Millionth Guest!
    
  
  
• Disney Who’s Who Character:
  
  • Moana
    
  
  
• Walt Disney Quote
  
• Coming Next Week: We continue our look at our top rides at Disney. Next week, we’re listing our top five rides at Epcot and our top five rides at Hollywood Studios!
  
• Sponsorship
  
  • On the Road with Mickey is sponsored by Pixie Vacations by Mike Ellis and Tech Solutions NC.
    
  
  

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