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The Disney Dish with Jim Hill

Disney Dish Episode 219: The end of the Chronological Disneyland series (for now)

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill

Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Leisure, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.8979 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Len Testa & Jim Hill talk about the significance of a number of surveys that The Walt Disney World Resort has sent out to Guests recently. Jim then discusses how Bob Chapek’s decision to focus in on the Company’s billion-dollar IPs is changing Disney Parks & Resorts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome back to another edition of the Disney dish podcast with Jim Hill.

0:03.4

It's me, Lantesta, and this is our show for the week of May 20th, 2019.

0:08.2

On today's show, all kinds of news and some really interesting surveys being sent out by both Disney and

0:14.4

Universal. Plus Jim finally concludes our chronological Disneyland series. But first

0:20.0

let's bring in the man who says that when he was a kid, he could go to the store with a dollar and come back home with a sandwich, a bag of chips, a candy bar, and a soda.

0:28.0

But these days they've got cameras everywhere. It's Mr. Jim Hill. Jim, how's it going?

0:32.0

Oh, that was back when I had my lucky trench coat.

0:35.0

I thought you were just a fan of Colombo.

0:39.0

Oh, well, that too, but incredibly deep pockets.

0:42.0

You could liberate an entire hoagie if the cashier were distracted.

0:47.0

Speaking of walking out without actually paying for things, Lynn,

0:51.0

the Amazon physical retail stores I went to one did you went to one in New York okay it is the creepiest thing ever jim

0:58.3

It's so strange

1:01.0

Good good tell listeners about it. I don't know how we got on this topic, but go ahead, tell listeners about it.

1:02.8

I don't know how we got on this topic, but go ahead, give them a refund.

1:05.2

What is the deal? They don't have cashiers?

1:07.8

And you're a store without employees, so you download the Amazon Go app on your phone and it gives you a barcode and when you get to the store

1:17.5

There are a series of like like turnstiles electronic turnstiles with barriers on them and you put your phone down on a

1:25.3

scanner it reads the barcode that associates the barcode with you and your phone

1:29.2

and the door opens and it lets you in and you're in the store and it looks like a 7-11.

1:36.0

But the interesting thing is there are cameras and sensors everywhere

1:39.0

that monitor everything you pick up and put in your bag. So if you make a gesture like

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