MNE Ep. 74 “Westfest Shannon Shenanigans”
Hello and welcome to Episode 74 of The Magic Never Ends Podcast with Will and Shannon. Follow us on our journey through the Disney parks as we explore the Imagination and Dreams of Disney.
On this episode, we gear up for the excitement of DPN Westfest 2010 by returning to DPN Westfest 2009!
For all those that Embrace the Shannon, this is the episode for you! It’s a Shannon-centric Magic Never Ends in-park audio episode. Full of Shannon shenanigans!!
Will and Shannon begin this episode, though, in the studio to reminisce about DPN Westfest 2009.
Don’t forget about DPN Westfest 2010, 4/29/2010 – 5/2/2010 at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California!
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Episode Length: 55 minutes 06 seconds
Disney Announces ‘Pirates 4′ Shooting Date at Comic Con!
So much for Johnny Depp having some down time. Reuters had reported that, while having his name attached to high-profile films, none of Depp’s upcoming movies were green lit yet.
Thankfully that’s all about to change!
ComingSoon.net sat down with Disney’s Head of Production Oren Aviv at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con. And Aviv gave all us Pirates of the Caribbean fans reasons to SHOUT!!
“We’re going to shoot ‘Pirates 4′ in April or May of next year. We are going to release it hopefully in 2011 is the plan.” He said that this time they would only be doing one movie this time that would “hopefully be the first of another trilogy.”
This is what I’ve been waiting to hear!
No word on whether previous Pirates director Gore Verbinski will be on board to direct the Pirates 4. Though there’s rumors that uber-producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Disney will hire a young up and coming director familiar with action movies.
Aviv did stress the main goal is to “get the story right.” He mentioned that the new movie needs to be smaller in scale as the subsequent movies got bigger and more complicated. He goes on to say “I want to kind of reboot the whole thing and bring it down to its core, its essence, just characters.”
The interview hinted that Captain Jack Sparrow‘s back story could be the focus of the fourth movie. Which would make sense if they wanted to “reboot” the franchise.
Disney, please don’t FULLY restart the Pirates series. I do agree they should scale back a bit. As much as I’ll miss the very lovely Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann, I think her’s and Will Turner’s story was successfully resolved. Let’s focus more on the characters. And especially the rivalry between Captains Sparrow and Barbossa! Those were some memorable scenes from the trilogy.
Are you excited now that Pirates 4 has a shooting date? What do you want to see in Pirates 4? Let us know!
MNE Ep. 55 “Westfest Pirates, Goats, and 99 Happy Haunts”
More from our first trip Disneyland escapades – which also was our first time to DPN Westfest!!
On this episode, we hang with our new DPN friends as we ride Haunted Mansion, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and Pirates of the Caribbean!
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Magic Never Ends is the podcast where you follow the weekly shenanigans of two Disney fans as they Embrace the Magic, Imagination, and Dreams of Disney.
Don’t forget to join us at the Disneyland Resort for DPN Westfest 2009 – April 30 to May 3!!! Check out www. DPNWestfest.com for more information.
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Episode Length: 1 hour 27 minutes 47 seconds
MNE Video Blog Ep. 31 “Disney Magic Pirate Night”
We recount our Cozumel Excursion day again and talk about Pirate Night about the Disney Magic.
Shannon can still do the limbo even though she’s 24 weeks pregnant! And she can’t go on vacation without finding a karaoke night.
Really you’ve tuned in to see return of Pirate Crazy Facial Hair Will!!
We finish the episode with a preview of our next day of our 7-night Disney Magic cruise vacation.
This video blog is part of a series from Will and Shannon’s 7-night vacation cruise about the Disney Magic. For the complete audio shenanigans, listen to MNE Ep. 49 “Disney Cruise Trip Report” available at http://www.MagicNeverEnds.com and the iTunes Music Store in the Podcast section.
Pirates of the Caribbean Beach Resort
According to Scott Powers at the Orlando Sentinel:
Walt Disney World has unveiled a rendering and a few details of some retheming and renovations in the works for Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort — theming it after the hugely-popular Pirates of the Caribbean ride/movies/games franchise.
Beds that look like ships. Dressers that look like old crates. Curtains that look like tattered sails. The attached artist’s rendering shows a few of the details.
Disney is planning the look for 384 rooms in the Trinidad South Village Area, set to be ready sometime next year. The resort has a total of 2,112 rooms.
Disney also announced a revised Magic Your Way plan. For fixed price per day, guests can add a Quick Service Dining starting Jan. 11, 2009. The package offers two quick service meals and two snacks for each night of stay, as well as a refillable drink mug for unlimited refills of non-alcoholic beverages at Disney resort hotels.
Clients who book through Walt Disney Travel Co. also will receive a new benefit — 30 minute play-cards for Disney’s resort hotel video arcades.
Some interesting changes coming! Shannon and I aren’t huge fans of the WDW quick service (QS) establishments. There are some fine QS places. But we chose the Dining Plan to “afford” better food at the table service (TS) restaurants. And the Dining Plan gives us QS credits. So not sure if we’d only want to eat at QS while at WDW.
But I do see a benefit to this plan. It takes people away from the sit-down establishments and shuttles them towards the quicker moving counter service. It’s a big boom in potential revenue for Disney. Disney gets the guaranteed money from the QS Dining Plan without negatively affecting any potential walk-up customers as the previous Dining Plan did to the sit-down restaurants. QS places might experience a higher volume though but so much that people can still eat at their favorite QS spot.
Additionally those that wanted to participate in the savings from a Dining Plan can now do so. Or tempt those that were on the fence before about purchasing a Disney Dining Plan. While no price is quoted, it is QS after all and probably be around $30/person for each night of their stay.
The re-theming of Caribbean Beach Resort will probably generate some groans from the general public. More, pirates?! I like pirates! I am unsure why Disney didn’t think of this sooner. I’m more interested in staying at CBR with the pirate theme.
Plus, again, we look at the money angle. Most boys love pirates. They want to be pirates. Now the little Disney boys will want to stay at CBR, an under-performing and often criticized resort. This also might tempt families to upgrade from a value to a moderate resort.
Disney has tempted me again. Although not a fan of QS places so much, I want to test out this new dining plan. And I love pirates so I want to stay at CBR. Guess that means more “research” trips!
MNE Ep. 76 “Disneyland 2010 Live Trip Report Part 1″
On this episode of the Magic Never Ends Podcast, Will, Shannon and Princess Peanut are LIVE from the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, CA!!! Join them first briefly on their plane flight to the Happiest Place on Earth. They finish their pre-trip thoughts as they walk through Downtown Disney to the Disneyland main gate.
Much fun and excitement on episode 76 as we ride Pirates of the Caribbean (with good friend JohnDUB), catch the end of Rope Drop on Day 2, take on the world famous Jungle Cruise, and hear all the magical sounds of the Disneyland Park.
Come along for our in-the-moment vacation thoughts, which split between having fun and being parents.
View our Disneyland 2010 photos on Flickr at www.flickr.com/photos/magicneverends/sets/72157624072065191/
For your next Disney vacation, contact our official travel agency Destinations in Florida at www.destinationsinflorida.com/tmne/ and be sure to mention Magic Never Ends.
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Episode Length: 1 hour 22 minutes 15 seconds
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