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 151 of On the Road with Mickey and our feature topic this week is The Twelve Days of Disney! Grab your favorite beverage, sit back, and relax, and tell us in the comments below what you think! Here’s the rundown of what we talked about:

• Cheddar from the Big Cheese
  
  • Brenda: Starting February 28th, Cinderella’s Royal Table will be back to being a character dining experience!
    
  • Sophie: On December 16, 1952, Walt Disney formed a think tank of his moviemakers to design and develop Disneyland. That think tank became Walt Disney Imagineering. WDI just celebrated its 70th Anniversary. Congratulations!
    
  • Mike: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad will be closed for its annual refurbishment for maintenance from January 9-13, and is planning to be reopened on January 14th.
    
  
  
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• Feature Topic: Twelve Days of Disney!
  
  • Sophie:
    
    • 1) and one set of ears for every trip!
      
    • 2) two nighttime shows (enchanted & harmonious)
      
    • 3) three sweet treats (churros, dole whip, and the grey stuff)
      
    • 4) four different parks
      
    • 5) five lounge fly bags
      
    • 6) six special events (festival of the arts, flower and garden, food and wine, MNSSHP, festival of the holidays, MVMCP)
      
    • 7) seven dwarves mine trains
      
    • 8) eight trading pins
      
    • 9) triple-nine ghosties (haunted mansion)
      
    • 10) ten years per decade (Pop Century!)
      
    • 11) eleven skyline decals!
      
    • 12) twelve months of birthdays! (Disney rules!!!)
      
    
    
  • Brenda:
    
    • 1) a fancy pair of Minnie Ears.
      
    • 2) Two Creamy Mickey Bars
      
    • 3) Three Yummy Cupcakes!
      
    • 4) Four Disney Cruises!
      
    • 5) Five hugs from Mickey!
      
    • 6) Six Popcorn Buckets!
      
    • 7) Seven Disney Pins!
      
    • 8) Eight Slinky Dog Dashes!
      
    • 9) Nine Carrot Cake Cookies!
      
    • 10) Ten Disney Snowglobes!
      
    • 11) Eleven Cosmic Rewinds!
      
    • 12) Twelve Ger’s Bread and Butter Puddings!
      
    
    
  • Mike:
    
    • 1) a Hot Popcorn and a Diet Coke!
      
    • 2) Two times on the TTA
      
    • 3) Three times on Spaceship Earth!
      
    • 4) Four Park Challenge!
      
    • 5) Five rides on Rise!
      
    • 6) Six Lands in the Magic Kingdom!
      
    • 7) Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
      
    • 8) Eight Evening Extra Magic Hours!
      
    • 9) Nine PM Fireworks!
      
    • 10) Ten Giraffes for Cindy
      
    • 11) Eleven Countries in World Showcase!
      
    • 12) Twelve WDW Railroads!
      
    
    
  • Listener Feedback:
    
    • Here is Cindy’s list: 12 premium Mickey ice cream bars, 11 rides on Rise, 10 Rides on Everest, 9 Flights of Passage, 8 Mine Trains, 7 Soarin adventures, 6 fish and chips, 5 nights at Yacht Club, 4 Runaway Railways, 3 animation academies, 2 Haunted Mansions and a Daisy Duck dance party
      
    • Here is Chrissy’s list: 
      
      • 12 years of Free Incredible level Annual Pass
        
      • 11 Disney Vacation Club Deeds
        
      • 10 Halloween Events
        
      • 9 Christmas Party
        
      • 8 Nights at Star Wars Hotel
        
      • 7 Popcorn Buckets
        
      • 6 Sith Lightsabers
        
      • 5 MONTHS OF CRUISES (1 ship per month)
        
      • 4 Unlimited Dining Plans
        
      • 3 Roundtrips to Disneyland
        
      • 2 Fireworks Dessert Parties
        
      • AND A MOVIE STARRING GROGU AND BILLY THE PORG ADVENTURES!!!
        
      
      
    
    
  
  
• This Day in Disney History for December 26:
  
  • 1939: Disney Animation Studio moves from Hyperion Ave. to Burbank!
    
  
  
• Disney Who’s Who Character
  
  • Wendy Darling from Peter Pan
    
  
  
• A Little Bit of Walt:
  
  • “Americans are a responsive people and the ideas, the knowledge, and the emotions that come through the television screen in our living rooms will most certainly shape the course of the future for ourselves and our children.” — Walt Disney
    
  
  
• Coming Next Week: 23 Things we’re looking forward to in 2023!
  

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