Hi, I'm Katie.

And I'm Erin.

And welcome to rope drop and park hop.

Hello.

Welcome back, friends.

We're excited to be here today.

Are we?

Yes.

We are. Totally. I am. I'm excited to be here, even though I'm in the throes of packing up a house right now. But this is a good escape for me. Good break. I know you've got a lot happening this week. I do. It's all good things. All good things. All good things. Yes. So you can't complain even though you're super busy. Nope. Busy is good. If it's good busy. Busy is good. Yeah. Yeah. Let's talk about news.

Yes. There's not a lot. Not a ton. No. First of all, happy 50th birthday to Walt Disney World.

Yes. So when you guys listen to this today, the Friday, Friday October 1st is the 50th anniversary Disney World. Yes. So when you guys listen to this today, the Friday, Friday, October 1st is the 50th

anniversary. Disney World opened in 1971. And today is the day. And there's big events happening

at Walt Disney World Resort. And we were just chatting earlier about how beautiful some of the

merchandise is that they've released for it. Lots of gold. Lots of iridescent. Mm-hmm. Spark, not sparkly, but just shimmery. Yes. The castle is even shimmery. Yes. And there's little gold statues everywhere all over the park. Okay, so funny story, Dustin, my husband, he's weird. Anyway, he wants to know what they're made of. So we have... Chocolate. Okay, well, we're curious. So we have a friend who's been there this week, and he's like, ooh, ask her if she'll, like, find one and bang on it and see what it's made of. Oh, my gosh. And so she messaged me, and she's like, they're kind of a ways back from the fences.

She's like, I can't. So people don't bang on them.

Right.

So we don't know what they're made of.

Hmm.

Well, they're pretty. They are really pretty. Lots of character statues. And the celebration lasts 18 months. So they have to be made of something sturdy. Yes. You would think. and water resistant because it rains, cats and dogs in Florida, pretty much all the time.

So if you're going to Walt Disney World anytime soon, listener, will you and water resistant because it rains cats and dogs in Florida pretty much all the time.

So if you're going to Walt Disney World anytime soon, listener, will you please let me know what they're being? Will you break the rules and hop a fence just for Aaron? Please. Please. Be a good friend.

Yes, and my husband's losing his mind over it. So anyway, happy birthday, Walt Disney World. It's exciting stuff. It is really exciting. I am planning a trip in January to Disney World, so I'll get to check some of that out, and that'll be fun. Knock on one of those things and let me know what they are. Also, on October 1st at Walt Disney World, the Ratatooie Ride opens, which I've seen a couple little previews. It looks really cute. It does look cute. It's one of those trackless rides, which seems to be all the rage nowadays. Yeah, I think that's the way of the future. Seems that way. Oh, they're cute, though. Mickey and Minnie's runaway railway runs on a trackless system, rises of the resistance, runs on that. So yeah, it looks very cute. And they've had that at

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