Happy Thursday, everybody. Thank you so much for downloading or streaming the B hour guest podcast. So glad you're here for the replay of this past Sunday night's live call and show from Sunday night April 23rd 20 23 during this live show, we talked about

well, annual passes returning and how we're going to use those in the year moving forward and the experiences in getting those annual passes. How long did folks wait? How did being a run Disney veteran signing up for races really benefit some folks who got in that AP queue and it was a little bit crazy this time last Thursday and we talk about that. We also talk about the Murphy the dragon out at Disneyland during

that are traveling out to Disneyland here soon. We talk about trails in, you know, closing at this point and turning into a kind of hybrid counter service restaurant here very soon. We also talk about the cabins over at Fort Wilderness turning into DVC units. They're going to be replaced with some new more modern looking cabins. So we talk about whether you like that new aesthetic or you like the cabins the way they are now. We also talk about fireworks shows around Walt Disney World. A lot to talk during today's show. Great calls.

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Walt Disney World Trip Planning Podcast. This is where your memories come front and center on our podcast days. Hey, hey, hey, everybody. Welcome to the V.O.G.P. Open line for Sunday night, April 23rd, 2023. I almost said June. What am I thinking? My name is Mike Roman hosted the be our guest podcast. But you probably know that if you tune into this show. So happy Sunday night to everybody who is tuned in live on Facebook and or YouTube. You're probably just tuned in.

That would be the best practice. Thanks so much for spending the next hour with us here live on the internet. So we'll be taking your calls here shortly at 407 413 9395 to talk about all things Disney. We have lots to talk about. We can talk about the folks who got their first AP's like Brooke here on Facebook live who's tuned in. She is the proud owner of a pass to the Walt Disney World theme parks for the next 365 days.

And we have some folks who took that refund when Disney offered that during COVID you got that fat refund and but then you didn't know that you couldn't get your AP back and you know, we got that solve. So if you want to call in and tell us about your experiences, I would love to hear that. I know some people spent hours in the queue very much like a run Disney experience.

I was telling some guests who don't run because I obviously talked to a lot of guests working at the magic for less and some of these folks.

No experience ever with a run Disney race.

And so I told them runners have an advantage last Thursday when these when these AP's went on sale because this is no different than marathon weekend. We do this every year.

If you get in there, you get anxious about a week before you start having like worst case scenarios run through your head.

You get multiple devices set up, you know, you got your iPad, you got your desktop, you got your laptop, probably your phone, you know, you got everything going, you tell everybody at work, don't talk to me.

I can't talk to you right now. Now the good news is these went on sale around six in the morning, my time, where run Disney races going sale around nine or 10 in the morning.

Or by then you're typically at work. And so then you do have coworkers bothering or in my case before I became a full time travel agent, my coworkers were six graders.

I told them like, look, it's silent reading time now, like for the next little bit, Mr. Roman's got to run a marathon.

So if you can sign that read here, the only reason you come up here right now is just by bleeding if this room is on fire or if there is some imminent danger.

Otherwise, if we're all cool for like the next 30 minutes and I was wishful thinking that I would sign up in 30 minutes, that we're cool and I'll give you an extra recess this afternoon.

And it usually worked out. It wasn't so bad back then. But anyway, you can tell me about your experiences with AP registration. Yes, it is that crazy.

If you didn't go through it, it is. We could also talk about Murphy, the the dragon at Disneyland, the phantasmic dragon, which thank goodness.

I went to watch phantasmic just a couple of weeks ago and I was out there because I love phantasmic at Disneyland.

But he had a little heartburn last night and went up in smoke, which I'm just glad. Honestly, I'm just glad that nobody was hurt. That's the important thing because you know you can rebuild that thing.

It's going to take forever. Disney doesn't do things quickly, but they'll rebuild that dragon probably better. You know, I mean, it's it's going to be a new one.

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