The Friday 5 runs again and Matt shares his Super Bowl thoughts.

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No news, so we give a shout to the nod at the past that cemented Matt's love for Disney Parks.

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The news:

• Tiana Bayou Adventure running on limited hours.  
• Garden Rocks Dining Package resembles pre-covid offerings.
• Parade storage at MK
• Volcano Bay Night Event and HHH early start
• Plenty of Disneyland updates

And wrapping up with TF5 with a Disney Comeback Index Obituary: Once Upon a Time

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Matt covers the light news.  MDE map update!

And Matt gives you another Disgrievance.

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The old marquee was removed from the attraction.  Matt talks about Jack from DSNY Newcast theory of Inside Out presence at the Disney parks.

Universal opens a new hotel.

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News:

• Tropical Americas breaking ground...
• Lightning Lane Premier Pass available to all guests
• Hall of Presidents refurbisment underway
• Water Park stuff:
  • Recovery availability
  • Typhoon Lagoon rumors of an reopening

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Starting out the week with the official breaking ground of Tropical Americas held last Friday.

Happy MLK Day
Touring Plan Crowd Calendar..
CommuniCore Hall is finally a good looking space!
Good morning America updates to Starlight, Unfairly Ever After...

MIKE CHECK on his top 5 experiences at Animal Kingdom.

Matt finishes with his quick NFL recap.

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Festival of the Arts begins.  What's your favorite Festival?

We close the week down with a Friday 5.

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We bring Drew the Disney Dude to discuss the ongoing and imminent projects at WDW.  

And a Before and After with Drew!

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Animal Kingdom construction progresses and adds a new entertainment offering.

MDE adds a new feature for Mobile Ordering.  

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Shaun and Matt discuss a light news day...

Dinoland digital map update and the impact of gaining Encanto vs. the former attractions.  We also chat about Avenger Campus breaking construction out at DCA.

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It's a new week and I'm doing this all-over again?!?

Touring Plans Crowd Calendar looking ahead.  A little cruise talk. 

We talk about the winter impact at WDW and the refurbs.  And Scott Kumka who pulled off riding something 74x before it it went extinct.

Enjoy our first first "MIKE CHECK" segment with returning guest Mike Hanna, who fills us in with his rope drop strategies.

And Matt's closing thoughts on the NFL Playoffs Wild Card Weekend.

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Shaun and Matt discuss Pop Warner leaving the bubble, Fiscal Q1 2025 predictions and catching up some loose ends!  

And the Test Track v3 Before and After!

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Happy Friday!  We made it!

Matt covers a light news and introduces a new segment: The Friday 5.

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2025-01-09 Matt covers the light news day.

Festival of the Arts food offerings and Matt's 1st Dizgrievance!

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After Hours resumes at Disney World.  Matt and Shaun talk about the strange missing attraction from the first event and why it's Enchantment over something nostalgic.  

Ticket deals for Florida Residents?  More coming? Then we talk about Haunted Mansion in Disneyland and the strange.

Shaun shares his quick trip report at Disneyland.  Talk about YouTube TV/Fubo for a bit.

Before/After for Villains Unhappily Ever After?

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Matt touches on the Water Park Perk and BTMRR closing.  

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Happy New Year!

Matt introduces the new show format.  Come along for the ride.

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Mike returns to listen to Matt's trip report for Part 1 during a walk in their local neighborhood.  Tips on dining plan, lightning lane, restaurants reviews!

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Calling an emergency day-of pod to talk about the breaking news that finally confirms Monsters Inc. land is replacing MuppetVision 3D and Muppets taking over for Aerosmith at Rock-n-Roller Coaster.

Matt and Shaun share their takes...

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Why do Part I, when you can begin with Part II?

Matt recaps the back part of his trip to cover the relaxing part of his trip and the Jollywood Nights finale.

Learn about the last few days of his trip and hear he uses the dining plan, Lightning Lane Multipass and sprinkles in plenty of snack commentary.

In our Before/After section, we talk about It's Tough to Be a Bug.

Matt pitches Shaun to take WDW trip in December.

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Shaun recaps his trip to Disneyland where he was supposed to attend Oogie Boogie event, but something went off the rails?  How did his trip go?

Shaun covers the shift in plans, the food "chimichanga!", key attractions and more!

Matt breaks down why LLMP is an inferior value than Genie+.  

Tropical America additional info.

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In our latest episode, we hit on the recent breaking Disney park news including ticket increases, Paint the Night returns, Dinoland phased closure, thoughts on Lighting Lane Premier Pass, etc. 

Epic Universe going to grab some market share?

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PtN and Dinosaur

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Touring Plan Crowds...We get closing news on It's Tough to be a Bug.

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After being away for a few weeks, we are back!

We start our conversations about wrapping up the previous Fiscal Year and some of the small projects that's been completed.  We talk about new Fiscal Year improvements.  We talk about Cotino (likely for the last time).  

We talk about the promotions and Disney's angle to get us to come to their parks in 2025.

We preview Shaun hitting  Oogie Boogie Bash and Matt hitting Jollywood Nights.

Before and After topics include:
The Little Mermaid show and Guardians off VQ

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Matt and Shaun get back to normal a bit after the D23 buzz.  We discuss the new Villains show coming to Hollywood Studios.  We discuss the impact that the Drone show had at Disney Springs and it's potential future.

We get into the spooky chats and a quick D23 trip report from Shaun.

We hit the Before and After section hard.  Starlight start?  Tiana previews at DL and...

Where is Monsters going - when will we know?!?

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Scott Gustin is back!  

Scott and Shaun talk about being on the ground for D23.  We chat about the day of reveals and the aftermath which potentially includes some huge changes to Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios. 

Shaun and Scott give their rating of D23. 

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Can Disney World be fun in the summer?

Matt takes a summer trip to Disney World at Beach Club.  A much different vibe of chilling during the day and hitting the parks at nights.

Disney Springs Day!  New restaurant experiences ranked.  Learn a Tiana's VQ hack.  
Even running into obstacles still made this a very fun trip!

Closing thoughts on D23 and what are the bare minimums of success?  

And a Before/After about a party that Matt will be attending in November.

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Scott Gustin joins Matt and Shaun to discuss 50+ topics about D23, all in True and False format. 

It's a wallop of an episode covering DCA, DLP, Disneyland Forward, all theme parks at WDW and more!   

Scott weighs in about the usage of turbocharge. 

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We pick up with Shawn's two truths and a lie and then get into the new Lightning Lane process.

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Shaun recaps his D23 preview of Tiana's Bayou Adventure. 

Thoughts on:

• Polite Pig
• Disney Dreams that Soar
• Typhoon Lagoon
• Poly staying
• Trader's Sam
• 'Ohana
• D23 Event:
  • Tiana's Bayou Adventure
  • Happily Ever After
• Resort dining after hours
• Universal
  • Annual Pass?
  • Nighttime show!
• Future trips?
• Previews on next episods.

Before/After:  The announcement we are waiting for on Dinoland!

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Shaun gives a fresh spoiler-free review of Inside Out.   Matt gives Shaun two truths and a lie.

In the Diz Hot Bin, we cover Epcot final transformation, Country Bear opening date, Tiana's previews.  How many water rides does the parks have?

Overrated and underrated boat rides?

And will our Before/After topic will bring us some holiday cheer? 

Matt gets a story from Rian Johnson about Star Wars Episode IX.
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Matt opens with his story about his niece hitting Disneyland for the day!

In our Diz Hot Bin:

• The great IP debate
• The state of Virtual Queues 
• Nighttime shows returning and debuting

Nerd:

• Distinctions: pre-shows vs queues
• Best queues

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• Recap

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Cohosts Shaun @rankingthemouse and Matt @mattpeto are here for Dizhappenings!  We start with our fandom, say farewell to the past and embrace a new beginning.   

We debut our new signature segments:

• The Diz Hot Bin (Pulse of DisTwitter, Forums)
• Nerd Section (Favs, Rankings, Stats)
• Before/After Head to Head
• Previews

We talk Disneyland Forward, AK and MK expansions.   We nerd out on favorites with a little Fantasyland favs.  

For our first Before/After topic, we look towards the map.

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2025-02-03: Rise of the Resistance cannons fixed at Disneyland and Jellyrolls winding down.

Mike returns for a MIKE check for free things included in your Disney stay.

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Shaun and I discuss the news of Starcruiser turning into offices for Imagineering.

We debate about Hollywood Studios and get into Shaun's Florida trip report where he hits Legoland, Universal and Moonlight Magic at Hollywood Studios.

We wrap up the weekend with The Friday 5.

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Matt gets into some random topics!

What do you collect?  How is your New Year's Resolution going?

Matt's shares his wishlist for the Disney Parks 2025.

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Slow news day but we got the basics...

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Garden Rocks Concert Lineup is revealed...

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Matt reacts to the MuppetVision closure.

And the NFC and AFC Championship brief recap.

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Matt finishes the week with The Friday 5.

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Defending the Down and Back trip type.

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Matt breaks down bubble perks WDW vs DL and uses Chat GPT for more attraction names.  Matt finishes with a little preview of his trip upcoming next week.

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No news, but expect something good content this month.

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Matt talks about the upcoming Halloween news which should be near.  

Volcano Beach closing seasonally 2026.

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GEO-82 is opening soon and we have the details of the restaurant and the fireworks package.

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Matt opens the episode previewing the week and going through the brief news over the weekend.

Scott joins our episode to discuss the Bubble Perks in a lineup comparison.

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The Friday 5 starts with Dining Plan Tips

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V.I.Passholder Details and a Trip Annoucement

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RunDisney halt at Disneyland, Star Wars eats at DHS and DL.

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