But it was based on the Po-Hotan tribe, Pocahontas' tribe.

And it was like a shared dining experience within Animal Kingdom.

That was my project.

They said it was the first time somebody submitted a project with rabbit fur on the back of the menu.

Yeah. Hey, DCL Duo Fan, just a couple of quick notes before this evening's bonus episode.

First, as you listen to the episode this evening, you may think, this sounds like it was recorded a few months ago, and you'd be right. It was recorded a few months ago. It was meant to be a companion bonus episode to a show we did with Michaela and her husband a few months back. And it just got lost in the shuffle of all of the news that was coming out and the other bonus shows that we put out. But we wanted to make sure we got this show out because we wanted you to be able to hear about Michaela's experiences, both an Imagineer and working with Universal Creative. So as you listen to the show, it may sound like it was recorded a few months ago, was just know that we still think the content is really fun and that Michaela was a great guest, and so wanted to put this bonus edition out. Second, as always, we want to thank our amazing sponsors over at Touring Plans Travel. We use Touring Plans Travel to plan some of our own vacations, and we love Touring Plans Travel for one reason, and that's because Lynn Testa, who started Touring Plans, really has a philosophy of putting the guest over the product and ensuring the guest experience over the product. And so we really, really love the experience that we have with our travel planner over at Turing Plans Travel and know you and your family will too. So if you want to support the show, head over to TuringPlanS.com slash travel to get a free quote on your next vacation. There's no cost to you to use Turing Plans Travel to Planet Disney Vacation. Disney pays the travel agency. And so it's a great way to avoid those multi-hour waits that some people are experienced on the phone right now.

And to get expertise and experience with planning a Disney vacation, learn some things you

may not have.

So we love touring plans travel.

Thank you for sponsoring the show touring plans.

And now on to our episode.

Welcome back, everybody, to this week's bonus episode of the DCL Duo podcast.

And this week, we were having such a blast talking to Mikhail about her varied experience with Disney and Disney Cruise Line that we wanted to keep the conversation going.

And so we've got a little bonus episode with Mikhail this week.

And we wanted to focus on something that we mentioned or she mentioned briefly in the main episode,

but that we were really excited to talk about, which was McKale's experience with Disney

imaginering and side note, it sounds like also Universal Imagineering.

Well, they don't call it Imagineering. That's a Disney term. But whatever, whatever Universal calls.

Imagineering TM Disney. I got you. So anyway, but we wanted to talk to Mikhail about her experience because it's always interesting to hear what's going on behind the scenes at Disney and Universal. So, Mikhail, how did you get started into Disney Imagineering? That's

where you started. How did you get started with it? Yeah. Well, I sure know how to make a girl feel

special. Thanks for having me on for the bonus episode. Yeah. So I've always been a Disney fan.

And I remember my senior year of University of Maryland, I lived in an apartment with two other girls.

...