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 152 of On the Road with Mickey and our feature topic this week is 23 things we’re looking forward to in 2023! 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: Over at Epcot, the American Adventure show has reopened after closing for refurbishment back in September. 
    
  • Sophie: There is a lot coming to Disney+ in January, but the thing that we’re most looking forward to is The Bad Batch, Season 2, which opens on Wednesday, January 4th, with 2 episodes!
    
  • Mike: It’s back! The Walt Disney World Railroad reopened for guests to enjoy just before Christmas at the Magic Kingdom. Yay!
    
  
  
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• Feature Topic: 23 Things we’re looking forward to in 2023!
  
  • 1) Go back to MNSSHP
    
  • 2) Solo trip to Disney
    
  • 3) Seeing the new Walt Statue at Epcot
    
  • 4) Stay at a new resort – Boardwalk Inn
    
  • 5) Disney with Luna!
    
  • 6) Go to Jellyrolls and Atlantic Dance Hall
    
  • 7) Ride the WDW Railroad 
    
  • 8) Experience Fantasmic!
    
  • 9) Taking Mom to Disney in December.
    
  • 10) Brenda: Attend Go Wild Planner Conference!
    
  • 11) Sophie specifically – GOING TO RIDE COSMIC REWIND
    
  • 12) Megacon Orlando!!
    
  • 13) Mike: Take the family to Universal Orlando
    
  • 14) Brenda: Training on Celebrity and Norwegian Cruise Line, perhaps others.
    
  • 15) Sophie/Mike: Make a lightsaber in Galaxy’s edge
    
  • 16) Mike: Expanding my business with Universal Orlando Resort
    
  • 17) Brenda: Booking her husbands’ retirement cruise for 2024.
    
  • 18) Sophie: Eat around the world (ongoing)
    
  • 19) Mike: Have Cindy eat a Mickey’s Premium Ice Cream Bar.
    
  • 20) Brenda: Ride Tron Lightcycle Run
    
  • 21) Mike: 100 Years of Magic 
    
  • 22) Mike: Continued Growth for Tech Solutions NC
    
  • 23) All of Us: To allow God to use us for His Glory.
    
  
  
• This Day in Disney History for January 2:
  
  • 1938: Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air!
    
  
  
• Disney Who’s Who Character
  
  • Sven from Frozen
    
  
  
• A Little Bit of Walt:
  
  • Interview with Tony Thomas in January 1959
    
  • TT: (about Walt being the voice of Mickey Mouse in the early days) I was going to ask you if you could and you still can?
    WD: (in Mickey’s voice) Well, it’s just a falsetto. (in his own voice) And we were fooling around and trying to get a voice for a mouse and we didn’t know what a mouse would sound like, so I said, “It’s kind of like this”. And the guy said, “Well, why don’t you do it?” And I knew I’d always be on the payroll, so (laughing) I did it. — Walt Disney
    
  
  
• Coming Next Week: 23 Things we’re looking forward to in 2023!
  

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