How Mickey’s Not-So-Scary got started at Disney World (Ep. 13)

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Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

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🗓️ 7 September 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Lauren Hersey & Jim Hill start this week’s show by talking up the Halloween merch that just hit store shelves at the Disneyland Resort. They then discuss how the success of USF’s Halloween Horror Nights led to Disney developing its own seasonal after-hours hard ticket. Throughout this episode, listeners will learn about: Which “Inside Out” character is doing a meet-n-greet exclusively at the Pixar Place Hotel What was the original name for Universal Studios Florida’s Halloween event Which colors predominate with the Oogie Bash merch offered at the Disneyland Resort this year When did Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party debut at WDW’s Magic Kingdom When is “Vision Quest” (i.e., Marvel Studios’ second limited series that serves as a sequel-of-sorts to 2021’s “WandaVision”) supposed to premiere on Disney+ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.1	Welcome back to I want that to the podcast where Disney merch meets Disney History.
0:28.2	I'm Jim Hill, and we are here to uncover stories behind your favorite collectibles products and brand.
0:33.2	And as always, I'm joined by my lovely co-host, Lauren Hersey.
0:34.3	Hi, Jim.
0:35.0	Hi.
0:43.2	And, you know, today we are getting into the full-blown spirit of Halloween.
0:50.1	And we are going to do a deep dive into the origins of Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween party.
0:57.0	And because apparently we are on the retail schedule, we are also going to be talking about some of this year's must have a Disney merch that you probably don't want to miss. And, you know,
1:02.9	it feels like Halloween is starting like earlier and earlier every year, but, you know,
1:08.3	honestly, I can't even say I'm mad about it. I'm like, I'm ready to
1:12.2	start decorating for fall and Halloween. How about you, Mr. Hill? Well, I, I'm one of those guys.
1:19.7	I'm a whiny baby man. Okay. So, for example, whenever suddenly it's pumpkin spice season,
1:26.2	and poor Nancy, it's like, oh, God, he's going to start ranting about pumpkin spice again.
1:31.0	But it's just, I mean, I guess in the retail space, this is known as October as an AUG.
1:39.3	Yes.
1:40.2	In fact, I think I was mentioning when we were pre-gaming the show that just this past Friday, when I was in Target doing some shopping, they were tearing down the back-to-school section in my local target so they could expand the footprint of the Halloween section, which had gone in just after the 4th of July. So I, but I was in Target today,
2:05.7	and I have to say that they were starting to dismantle back to school, but I only saw like one
2:12.8	pack of pumpkin Reese cups. Really? So Target here, it hasn't made it to Halloween just yet.
2:18.7	Now, the front, like, you know, like the dollar bin, multi-dollar bin area when you walk in that always, like, sucks you in.
2:26.0	That was all, that was all Halloween.
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