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 34 for August 23, 2021, and our feature topic today is Planning for Vacation. For today’s podcast, we know that school is starting back up, and there are things you need to do to plan for school. So, we thought, we’ll also tie that together and start planning for vacation at the same time! Here’s the rundown of what we talked about:

• Updates from last week:
  
  • The Carousel at Pixar Pier is no longer called King Triton’s Carousel, it is now called “Jessie’s Critter Carousel”. Here are some pictures from my friend Stephanie for you to see.
    
  • A couple of weeks back I asked for your favorite Disney shows in the Facebook Group. By far the consensus is that Festival of the Lion King is the favorite show, but other votes are for Happily Ever After and Fantasmic!
    
  
  
• Cheddar from the Big Cheese
  
  • Mike: Twinkling lights, festive décor, and magical celebrations will fill Magic Kingdom Park during “Disney Very Merriest After Hours.” The event will take place on 24 select nights Nov. 8 through Dec. 21 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The party will include the Minnie’s Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks as well as the Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade! That’s right, a full parade is coming back to Walt Disney World!
    
  • Brenda: Boma – Flavors of Africa reopened this past Friday, August 20th!
    
  • Sophie: Coming to Epcot in mid-September: The long-awaited opening of the Space 220 Restaurant over by Mission:SPACE!
    
  • Brenda: This is just a rumor, but there is some talk that the Candlelight Processional may be back this year! It would be part of the Epcot International Festival of the Holidays, which begins on November 26 and runs through December 30!
    
  • Sophie: Lastly, Beauty and the Beast – Live on Stage has now reopened at Hollywood Studios!
    
  
  
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• Feature Topic: Planning for school, planning for vacation
  
  • We all have things that we absolutely need when we are getting ready for our vacation. Here are some of the things that we recommend everyone have on their trip:
    
  • Extra space in the luggage for souvenirs!
    
  • Tech requirements:
    
    • Phone for pictures
      
    • Camera if you use that instead
      
    • Gimbal for video recording
      
    • Battery for charging
      
    • Laptop
      
    • Apple Watch for both steps as well as MagicMobile
      
    • MagicBands
      
    
    
  • Weather Related items:
    
    • Ponchos
      
    • Sunscreen
      
    • Hats
      
    • Sunglasses
      
    • Bug spray
      
    
    
  • Clothing tips:
    
    • Packing cubes
      
    • Dollar tree pop up hampers
      
    • Headphones, earbuds for sensitive ears.
      
    
    
  
  
• This Day in Disney History for August 23
  
  • Walt Disney Recognition Day
    
  
  
• Disney Who’s Who Character
  
  • Captain Hook from Peter Pan
    
  
  
• A little bit of Walt
  
  • “Whatever we have accomplished is due to the combined effort. The organization must be with you, or you can’t get it done…” – Walt Disney
    
  
  
• Coming next week: Never Have I Ever: Disney Edition
  
• Sponsorship
  
  • On the Road with Mickey is sponsored by Pixie Vacations by Mike Ellis, Tech Solutions NC, and Brenda Plans.
    
  
  

As always, thank you for listening. We are having a lot of fun talking Disney, and I’m glad you are enjoying it as well! Remember, you can reach us in many ways — by email to info@ontheroadwithmickey.com. You can also talk to us on our Facebook Page, On the Road with Mickey or in our On the Road with Mickey Group. Feel free to join us! Have a great week, and we’ll be back to talk with you again next week!