I Want That Too with Lauren Hersey Ep 12: Will custom character ears be the next big thing at the Disney Parks

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🗓️ 24 August 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Lauren Hersey & Jim Hill start this week’s show by looking back at some of the more memorable pieces of merch offered at this year’s D23 Expo. They then shine a spotlight on some of the books that Disney Press will be bringing to market in the coming months. In this episode, listeners will learn about: When will the first “Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party” for 2024 be presented at WDW’s Magic Kingdom Which two feature-length films did Stephen Anderson direct for Walt Disney Animation Studios What phrase did Len Testa coin to describe the exhaustion that people feel whenever they wrestle with the ever-growing technical aspect of a WDW vacation What was the must-have collectible for Star Wars fans who attended this year’s D23 Expo Which once-a-box-office-flop / now-a-pop-culture-favorite Disney films from the 1990s just got its oral history published Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to I want that to the podcast where Disney
0:04.1	merch meets Disney history. Here we dive deep into the stories behind your
0:08.6	favorite collectibles, products, and brands. I'm entertainment writer Jim Hill and I'm Lauren Hersy thrilled to be here as always
0:17.3	today's episode we are gonna be getting to the heart of Disney's D23 Expo and we've all heard the news and what's what
0:27.3	came out of the experience in parks panels you know mixed emissions there but
0:31.2	today we're talking specifically about the shopping
0:35.2	experience and you know some of the fantastic finds that we were able to inhabit this
0:40.4	year's event. That's right, Lauren.
0:43.0	We'll also dive into the latest trends of custom character ears and share some of the more interesting
0:50.0	book finds I stumbled upon at this year's D23.
0:53.4	Absolutely, but before we do that and get into all that shopping news,
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1:30.1	Now, back to D23. Now, as most of you know, Lauren and I, along with quite a few members of the Jim Pill
1:40.0	Media crew, just got back from Anaheim and as Lauren alluded to in our opening
1:46.3	there's still a lot of buzz going on you know about some of the announcements were
1:50.8	made at this year's show.
1:53.1	But I wanted to start Lauren with your thoughts about the shopping experience there at the
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