[00:00:00] Speaker A: Welcome to episode 329 of the TDR now podcast. We're the first English speaking podcast about Asian theme parks like Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo Disneysea and a bunch of other places throughout Asia. You can find us on our
[email protected] and basically anywhere under TDR explorer. On social media, I'm one of your hosts, Trish. I am weathering the New Year with a Negroni in my. And you can find me on social media under Dream Sweets Love on Instagram and inktastrophe. Under Blue Sky. With me as always, is the charismatic Chris. Hello.
[00:00:43] Speaker B: Hello. It's good to hear your voice again.
[00:00:47] Speaker A: You too. Happy New Year.
[00:00:49] Speaker B: Happy New Year. Akimashite Merotokozaima. Yes.
[00:00:55] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:00:57] Speaker B: Yeah, I guess like really quick because obviously people have noticed we haven't had episodes go out.
Man. The end of the end of 2024 was just not for me.
November, getting hit by a car.
Great. That was not fun. Thank you. Nothing broke, but yeah, I'm fully recovered from that. But then I just got really sick in mid December and like I, I was just, I just rested. I'm like I can't, I'm not able to do anything. So I just rested. So that's why we didn't have any episodes come out.
I. Well, we had a couple go out because we, you know, we kind of stockpiled some episodes but then you know, of course that obviously runs out at some point.
But I'm feeling better. I'm not a hundred percent yet, so I'm still taking kind of easy but I figured I can sit here and talk. I think that's pretty easy to do. So. Yeah, I'm just happy. I'm just happy to be back doing, doing this.
[00:01:58] Speaker A: Absolutely. Yeah.
[00:02:02] Speaker B: But. Well, how was your New Year's?
[00:02:05] Speaker A: It was actually, you know, I mean until, until like I became like super worried about my sister with the fires in it was going actually pretty calmly. You know, we had our Apocalypse Christmas, right? And we, you know, for New Year's we gathered the family together.
My mother in law had been in the hospital and she just got out. So we were all able to like gather just in time for the New Year. We had osechi, which is like the traditional New Year's food and we went shopping and you know, we played with Kai's little cousin at the park and it was actually really nice, a really nice time, really beautiful weather. And yeah, you know, I know 2025 is like this year, but yeah, you got to get through it with a. With a smile and just keep going.
Yeah. How was your new year?
[00:03:06] Speaker B: Pretty low key. I didn't really. I didn't go anywhere. I was at home.
[00:03:09] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:03:10] Speaker B: Watched Wicked for the fourth time, you know.
[00:03:13] Speaker A: I'm so jealous. Wait, how did you watch it?
[00:03:16] Speaker B: Well, I have a Canadian itunes account, Canadian Apple account. So I was able to buy it off of there, so.
[00:03:22] Speaker A: Nice.
[00:03:23] Speaker B: That's how I did that. Yeah. So I've watched it twice in theaters when I was back home in Canada and then twice here.
[00:03:29] Speaker A: I'm so excited. I've been, like, watching clips over and over again. We don't get it until March, so, like, just counting down.
[00:03:36] Speaker B: It's so good, though. Yeah. Yeah. I think you'll enjoy it. I think you will.
[00:03:39] Speaker A: I think so. I'm like, super psychedelic.
[00:03:43] Speaker B: Speaking of musicals, this is unrelated to what we're going to talk about today, but I just found this out a couple of days ago.
So we did an episode on Beauty and the Beast. The musical. Right. The one that fixed Fury, I guess. Now, I don't know when they implemented this. I just found out about it.
Some shows will have translator devices.
[00:04:04] Speaker A: Cool.
[00:04:05] Speaker B: I haven't looked much into it, so I need to look into that. But I just remembered about it now. Otherwise I would have prepared better. But someone, a friend of mine told me about that. I'm like, oh, that's interesting because, yeah, the whole thing's in Japanese. Right.
Not that that really should deter anyone. It's being the Beast.
[00:04:20] Speaker A: You're gonna kind of get the story, you guys.
[00:04:23] Speaker B: Yeah. But if you want to know, like, exactly what's being said, what the dialogue is.
[00:04:27] Speaker A: Yeah. Especially like during the quieter moment, you're like, what are they talking about?
[00:04:31] Speaker B: Yeah. So apparently, yeah, there's a translation device. So if you're looking for something else to do at Tokyo Disney Resort and maybe you're a little nervous about it not being in English and stuff. Well, maybe this is a good, good thing for you. So just type in Being the Beast xpre. Or just go to the TDR website. It's all there. Or you can go and you can also listen to our episode that we did on it. It was earlier last year, wasn't it? I think.
[00:04:59] Speaker A: I believe so. I believe. Yeah. I think it was right around this time. Maybe.
[00:05:02] Speaker B: Maybe. Yeah. I still haven't seen it. I need to make a point. It's one of those things where it's like, it's. I know it's right there and I can go anytime.
[00:05:11] Speaker A: And that's kind of like some of the, like, sometimes the reason why you put it off, right? You're like, oh, I can go anytime.
[00:05:16] Speaker B: You know, whenever I want, whenever I want, and go whenever I want. Oh, my goodness. Speaking of sad news, Guzman is closing today.
[00:05:27] Speaker A: No. What?
[00:05:28] Speaker B: At Expiari? Yeah, no, it's permanently.
Yeah, it's gone. They just, they announced on Instagram, like, oh, we're gone. We're closing. There's a swath of like closures happening.
[00:05:40] Speaker A: And it's the, it's the, the annual culling of XPR business usually happens around this year.
[00:05:47] Speaker B: Most of it's like clothing stores and stuff.
[00:05:49] Speaker A: Oh, man, I'm super sad.
[00:05:52] Speaker B: Yeah, I'm sad about Guzman because that, that, honestly, that was like my go to restaurant there. So now I'm like, what do I do?
[00:05:59] Speaker A: I'll tell you what. You know little by little on Cymbal Road in Shinurayasu.
[00:06:03] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:06:04] Speaker A: They have like a Taco Friday where it's actually literally across the street from Evillage. So I know a lot of like the Disney people go there, but it's like a little bread shop and it's called Little by Little super super Yummy. And yeah, they started doing these Taco Fridays.
[00:06:22] Speaker B: Oh, interesting.
[00:06:23] Speaker A: So maybe get to check out my.
[00:06:26] Speaker B: Go to for like Mexican food, quote unquote or Tex Mex is Frijoles.
[00:06:30] Speaker A: Oh, yeah.
[00:06:32] Speaker B: I didn't realize they actually opened a bunch of locations because I used to only. Well, like when I first moved here over 10 years ago now, it was. They only had it in like Roppongi and I think somewhere else. Like, there's weren't too many locations. I just never thought to like, check. Is there another location somewhere?
I guess they have three locations in like the Tokyo Station area.
[00:06:58] Speaker A: Nice. I did not know that. Yeah, there's one Tokyo Station. There's a lot more Mexican food now, which is really nice. Like, there's a place on the top of the Marui building on the roof and you have like a nice view. Like the palace. So good.
[00:07:09] Speaker B: It's actually pretty good. Yeah. So I go to Frijoles. There's one in underneath Tokyo Station. It's like, you know that, that maze.
[00:07:18] Speaker A: Of like the Yu side or.
[00:07:21] Speaker B: Yeah, it's on that side.
[00:07:23] Speaker A: Nice.
[00:07:25] Speaker B: And it's like, it's like comparable to Chipotle.
[00:07:29] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, roughly.
[00:07:30] Speaker B: Yeah, it's like a, it's like a, you know, build your own burrito, build your own bowl kind of thing.
[00:07:35] Speaker A: I know what you're talking about. Okay, so in the basement. Yeah, yeah, it's in Midtown.
[00:07:41] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:07:42] Speaker A: Where all the buses.
[00:07:44] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:07:44] Speaker A: Right.
[00:07:45] Speaker B: That's so weird. The buses are, like, three floors underground. It's so weird.
[00:07:50] Speaker A: Yeah. Okay, I know where you're talking about now. Wow, that's so great.
[00:07:55] Speaker B: So I'll go there when I want my, like, Mexican food fix because it's, you know, nice and fresh food. Like, I'm not saying that, like, there's. There's not other fresh food places, but just, like, you know, sometimes you just want Tex Mex, and, like, that's a. It's pretty comparable.
[00:08:10] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:08:11] Speaker B: So, yeah.
Yeah, that was. That was the bit of news that.
[00:08:17] Speaker A: I guess, like, I'm, like, shocked.
I know it's rip. Yeah.
[00:08:26] Speaker B: Well, speaking of news, I guess we'll talk about, like, our main thing today is Fantasy Springs. So this just kind of happened. Well, I shouldn't say just kind of happened. It kind of makes sense.
So I guess I just want to preface this with. The Tokyo Disney Resort website has always said it's always been there.
That. So, you know, the entry restrictions into Fancy Springs, you have to have a standby pass or DPA for one of the rides to be able to go into the area.
The Fancy Springs website has always said in English and in Japanese, I'm sure in the other languages, too. But that entry into the area may, like, the restrictions may be lifted depending on the crowd. Like the. The. The. The crowds of the day. Um, so it's always said that, but they never really did it. I think they did it a couple times back in, like, October or something like that for, like, a day or two. Like, it wasn't very long.
But after the first week of January is usually really slow at the parks. Like, we're in, like, the slow time. So it makes sense that they've started doing it.
[00:09:37] Speaker A: Yeah, true.
[00:09:38] Speaker B: Who knows how long they're gonna do this for, though?
[00:09:41] Speaker A: That's the thing. I'm like, yeah, like, to be definite, I'm like, I feel like I'm a step closer to actually going to Fantasy Springs then.
[00:09:51] Speaker B: Yeah, just like, we. Yeah, we just, like, we don't know. Right.
[00:09:56] Speaker A: Yeah. I want to be sure before I go.
[00:10:00] Speaker B: So.
So, yeah, as of right now, this could change. But you can check the TDR web or app and it'll say, like, if the restrictions are lift or not. Because, like, you'll see a little sign at the entrance to Fancy Springs on the app that'll say, like, entry is restricted. If it's not that little icons out there, then that means it's not.
And anyone can kind of go in and out as you please. But the thing is, you have to have a standby pass or DPA for the rides.
[00:10:29] Speaker A: Right.
[00:10:30] Speaker B: To get in line. I think for like a day, they let anybody get in the standby line, but it's since. Has changed since then, so, you know, you never know.
And then you still need mobile order for the restaurants, the Fancy Springs restaurants, and then they turn on the standby pass for the.
The gift shop.
So it's still kind of a little convoluted, but at least you can kind of walk around the area now.
[00:11:04] Speaker A: Yeah, that's really nice. Like, I think that's what, like, a lot of people, like, they would be happy if they could just, like, walk in, you know, at least.
[00:11:13] Speaker B: So who knows if, like, if they're gonna. If it's gonna turn on when it gets busy or not. Like, like I said, it's kind of the. The slow time right now. Even over the weekend. Like, this was a long weekend. Yeah, right. It was off the entire time.
So I. I don't know. I don't know what's gonna happen. But also the. The. They. They announced this, I don't know, a few months ago.
They're getting rid of the Fancy Springs magic ticket after March 31st. Yeah, that's the ticket that allows you to come and go from the area as much as you want and ride the rides whenever you want.
[00:11:53] Speaker A: Yeah, I think that's another massive good step towards opening it up to the public.
[00:11:59] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:11:59] Speaker A: So, yeah, this ticket was available to that.
[00:12:03] Speaker B: So this ticket was available for people at the Fancy Springs Hotel and also people with the vacation package. So that ticket is going away entirely. So that's a good sign that they may open it up to everything, to everybody. Like, everyone can stand in the standby line if they. If they choose.
Because currently, right now, that's not the case.
[00:12:25] Speaker A: Yeah, my son actually just went in December, I think, and they did Peter Pan. And I think they went to the gift shop or whatever. I'm not sure.
[00:12:39] Speaker B: And then for the vacation packages. So after March 31, the vacation packages are changing.
So, of course, like, the Fantasy Springs magic tickets aren't there anymore, but they are adding the three. Like the three attractions. Is it three or the four? No, three.
Peter Pan, Frozen and Tangled.
You can add them onto your package. Like, essentially, you're. You're buying a DPA ahead of time is what you're doing right with it.
And there's nothing for Tinkerbell, so. Because, you know, Tinkerbell doesn't Have dpa. Anyway, it just has the standby pass. So my. With that. If you look at that, it kind of looks like, oh, maybe they will open up the standby for everyone. Because how else are people going to ride?
Like, what else are they going to do? Like, just keep the standby pass on or not? Like, we don't know. But that's a good sign because also the other vacation packages, like, there's unlimited ride vacation package, but none of the Fantasy Springs attractions are included in that. Unlimited rides.
That's only like. Well, and when I say unlimited rides, that means like, you get to go through the priority access line as many times as you want. So basically unlimited, quote, unquote, fast pass.
[00:14:00] Speaker A: Right.
[00:14:02] Speaker B: For both parks. So with. With that, you. You can add on, you know, the, The.
The Fancy Springs attractions if you want to. So, yeah, it's hard to say what they're going to do after the 31st. Like, are they, like we already said like three times. Are they going to just open it up, like standby pass or the standby pass stuff will go away and anyone can just line up for that and then of course, the DPA stuff will remain unchanged.
Or are they going to introduce some other kind of silly ticket?
[00:14:35] Speaker A: No.
[00:14:35] Speaker B: Who knows?
[00:14:37] Speaker A: They might. They might. Yeah.
[00:14:39] Speaker B: Yeah, they might.
[00:14:39] Speaker A: Right? Oh, man, I would be so sad if they did that.
[00:14:44] Speaker B: I hope not. I really hope they don't.
[00:14:46] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:14:47] Speaker B: Like, I think at this point, like, it's just. It's. It's too convoluted.
[00:14:52] Speaker A: It's too convoluted and it's kind of ridiculous. Like, my son just went and he's like Peter Pan. He, like, he liked it well enough, but like, you know, they paid for the tickets. And he's like, he's like, I don't need to write it again.
You know, I'm like, all right. So, like, I feel like just, just make it an. Like I feel like right now it's like a separate part of the park. It's like to the. The you pay to play side of the park. Right. And it would be nice if it was like a normal, functioning part of the Disney sea, you know what I mean? 100% that you could just go and enjoy as you please.
[00:15:30] Speaker B: Yeah. So I'm hoping we're going towards that.
I hope so. For guest satisfaction. I think we kind of have to.
[00:15:37] Speaker A: Yeah. Honestly, I refuse to even try until we're somewhere near that, you know, like.
[00:15:42] Speaker B: Yes, the wait times are going to get long, but it might even out stuff because, you know, like, Soren still has a ridiculous wait time. And same with Toy Story, you know, like, Toy Story has been there over a decade.
2012 is when it opened, right? Oh, my goodness, like 13 years ago. And it's still, it's like the second highest wait time in the park.
[00:16:05] Speaker A: I mean, it's one of the few attractions where like every age can ride.
[00:16:10] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:16:11] Speaker A: You know, like that. And the submarine. As a submarine, a lot of kids are scared of it because it's dark and confined.
[00:16:18] Speaker B: Yeah. 20,000 leagues is like a claustrophobic nightmare for some people.
But.
[00:16:26] Speaker A: And I guess the Finding Nemo attraction.
[00:16:29] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, I guess, like, it'll be interesting to see what happens to the wait times once Fantasy Springs just has its standby lines open normally.
[00:16:38] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:16:39] Speaker B: Like, is it going to, is it going to even stuff out? Because, like, getting from the front of Disney Sea to Fantasy Springs takes 20 minutes if you're just walking like, it's not close.
No, it's like it, it is a walk like that. The park is like oddly shaped now.
But I guess, you know, they're, they're, they're obviously confined. Right. There's always so much land that you can really work with there. But yeah, I'm just hoping that they do something like. I, I don't know. I really hope they don't introduce a ticket. Another silly ticket.
[00:17:16] Speaker A: It is possible, though.
[00:17:18] Speaker B: Like, if they're going to do anything, if they're going to do anything, I could maybe see them doing something like. Oh, you know, like, like, I guess like Disney World kind of does this where it's just like, well, no, you know what? I don't know what I'm talking about. I don't really understand the lightning. Lightning Lane stuff. I never really had to do it. But like, if they introduced like a, like a package kind of things, like, oh, for this amount of money, you get five DPAs, right. And like the, it includes these rides, you know, like, if they did that I can maybe see them doing or.
[00:17:56] Speaker A: Like during, like peak season, have like a special ticket or something. I don't know.
[00:18:01] Speaker B: Yeah, something. Yeah, I'm not sure. I'm sure we'll find out soon.
[00:18:06] Speaker A: Don't curse us, Chris, because no, the way the Disney World one works is that you have to. You have the app and there's like the free app, but then there's like the app that you pay to buy the fast passes. So you have to pay to use the app to actually purchase on top of that, the passes for the rides.
[00:18:24] Speaker B: I hope we don't get to that.
[00:18:25] Speaker A: I can see them doing that here. I would be done. I'd be like, forget it. I'm not. I'm not going anywhere. Because it's so ridiculous.
I can't.
[00:18:34] Speaker B: I think that's why I never do it when I go. Like, when I go into the US Parks, I'm like, I'm just whatever. I can ride, I'll ride. I'm not going to bother with the app stuff. Like, I just don't. I don't care enough.
[00:18:43] Speaker A: Because it's so much more fun that way to just, like, go about your day. You know what I mean?
[00:18:48] Speaker B: Yeah, it's.
I really hope not, but I guess we'll see. And I guess, like, to clarify, too, like, people might be thinking, like, why April 1st? Why are they doing April 1st? That's the fiscal year in Japan. The fiscal year starts in April. April 1st. So a lot of business stuff, if they're going to change it, like, almost always major things happen, like, April 1st.
So, like, that's why.
That's just why I shouldn't say that's why. That's just how it works in this country.
[00:19:21] Speaker A: Like, it makes sense. Right.
[00:19:22] Speaker B: I've had people try to argue with me before. Like, no, the physical users in January, I'm like, yeah, most places, sure, but not in Japan.
It doesn't work like that here.
Yeah.
Yeah. That's essentially what's happening with Fancy Springs. I haven't gone yet. I'm still not 100 to go in to go.
I'm hoping I'll go probably sooner than later, because also, you know, the whole Vanellope palopalooza things starting tomorrow.
[00:19:54] Speaker A: Oh, my God, the merch looks so cute.
[00:19:57] Speaker B: It does. It really does.
Pardon me. And then also, it's Small World with Groot as well.
[00:20:04] Speaker A: That's right. That looks adorable, too.
[00:20:07] Speaker B: Yeah. I'm looking forward to going doing all that once. I'm, like, 100% better.
[00:20:12] Speaker A: Gosh, I can't believe it's starting already.
[00:20:14] Speaker B: I know. Well, it's like, we're in mid January already.
[00:20:18] Speaker A: Yeah, that's true.
[00:20:20] Speaker B: That's wild.
[00:20:22] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:20:25] Speaker B: But, yeah, that's pretty much it for Fantasy Springs in terms of, like, what's going on there. Oh, I guess the other update.
This, I guess, is probably important to people.
Frozen is going down for refurbishment.
[00:20:41] Speaker A: That's good. They need. They need to, you know, like, that's, you know, one of the nice things about these parks, the reputation that the attractions are always, like, clean and working well and they, you know, maintenance is important. So but that's really important. Wait, when is that?
[00:20:56] Speaker B: Yeah, I'm checking right now. It's not until May.
[00:20:58] Speaker A: Okay. So there's still time.
[00:21:01] Speaker B: May 8th to May 28th.
[00:21:03] Speaker A: And it's a short refurbishment.
[00:21:06] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:21:07] Speaker A: So not too bad.
[00:21:09] Speaker B: Yeah. And, like, they never make it public as to why they're closing. They just close it. So read into it however you want. Whatever. I just, like. I like things to run.
[00:21:22] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:21:22] Speaker B: So whatever you need to do, please do it. Like, I understand there's gonna be people that are gonna be disappointed, but what do you want? Like, what are you supposed to do?
[00:21:32] Speaker A: More disappointed if you go and it, like, keeps breaking down or it. Like one of the animatronics is doing something funky in the background. So it's. It's necessary.
[00:21:41] Speaker B: You know, of all the things that Tokyo Disney does that, you know, we question, it's like, what are you guys doing? Maintenance is not one of those things I question. They do a good job with it.
[00:21:52] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:21:54] Speaker B: Like, they. They know how to keep things, like, tip top, which.
[00:21:59] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:22:00] Speaker B: Always very grateful for, because not to throw any tea or shade, but, like, the times I've been to Disney World and Disneyland the last year, I'm just like, oh, man, Tokyo Disney spoils us.
[00:22:11] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:22:12] Speaker B: We are spoiled over here.
[00:22:15] Speaker A: The attractions always look good. Like, that's the one thing I will always say. It looked really nice. No matter when you go.
[00:22:22] Speaker B: Presentation is everything here.
And that's not just a Tokyo Disney thing. That's like a Japan thing. Presentation is quite important.
[00:22:32] Speaker A: Sure.
[00:22:33] Speaker B: However you want to see that.
Oh, also, be in. The Beast is closing for six days, February 4th to February 10th.
[00:22:44] Speaker A: And these are some. Some pretty short closures, so that's not bad at all, you know?
[00:22:50] Speaker B: Yeah. And Beauty and the Beast is a wonderful attraction. And, like, I can just imagine how complicated these systems are, all the moving parts and stuff and whatnot.
Because I remember, was it one of the last, like, I don't know when this was. Maybe October. I want to say I rode Beauty and the Beast, and Lumiere wasn't moving.
[00:23:17] Speaker A: Oh, no. He was tired.
[00:23:19] Speaker B: Just his mouth was moving. And I was, like, second guessing myself. I was like, wait a minute. Like, he was in B mode, I guess is what you call it. And I was just like, wait a minute. Oh, his arms are supposed to move, but his arms were kind of stationary. Like, his arms were, like, kind of. You know how he stands, like, with his elbows kind of out.
[00:23:36] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:23:36] Speaker B: Up. He was kind of like that the whole time. Like, and I was sitting. I was Questioning myself. I was gaslighting myself. Like, wait a minute, his arms did move at one point, didn't they?
I'm not nuts, am I? Like, I do remember this correctly.
And then, like, the next time I rode, like, I think I went back, like, a few days later and, like, he was back to. His arms are fully animated and stuff.
[00:23:58] Speaker A: Nice.
[00:23:59] Speaker B: So they got that working rather quickly.
[00:24:03] Speaker A: Mm.
[00:24:04] Speaker B: I'm always interested to know, like, what, like, at what point do they have to shut the ride down? Like, obviously state, like, safety stuff. Yeah. Like, that's kind of a given. But, like, for sure, when, like, an animatronic, like, at what point is like, that animatronic is not show ready. Like, shut it down, you know, like, at what point?
[00:24:22] Speaker A: Sometimes, like, things affect other things. Affect other things and it just, like, compounds, you know?
[00:24:27] Speaker B: So, like, like, obviously, I'm sure there's people listening. Like, Chris, you're completely wrong. And maybe I am. I don't know. I don't know how this stuff works. I'm just kind of speculating. But, like, I'm guessing, like, obviously there's the A mode for the animatronics, right. How they move. And there's probably a B mode right, where, like, something's not quite right, but it can still kind of. The show can still go on.
[00:24:49] Speaker A: Like, people will still be happy. Just keep going.
[00:24:51] Speaker B: Yeah. And then, then after that, just like, probably after that, it's like, okay, we're done. Like, no, the whole thing has to shut down because this is not. We can't show this kind of thing.
At one point, I think what happened, it was on an Elsa's frozen journey, I think. Oh, the cape thing didn't happen.
[00:25:10] Speaker A: Oh.
[00:25:12] Speaker B: But it was definitely in Beam World because they were all. They were still moving.
[00:25:15] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:25:16] Speaker B: But, like, she didn't freeze upwards.
She just froze, like, with the cape down. Like, she just froze that way. I think, if I remember correctly. So something obviously must have happened with, like, the mechanic that does the whole frozen, like, that bit of the attraction, which is very impressive.
But yeah, yeah. Maintenance, it's important. And Tokyo Disney does a very good job of that. Very good job. Oh, my goodness.
[00:25:46] Speaker A: What?
[00:25:47] Speaker B: What?
[00:25:47] Speaker A: What?
[00:25:48] Speaker B: Oh, my God. Have you been on the monorail lately?
[00:25:51] Speaker A: I have not. What's going on?
[00:25:53] Speaker B: Do you want to see the inside of a quote unquote dead body?
[00:25:57] Speaker A: Yes, always.
[00:25:58] Speaker B: By that, I mean you can look at, like, they finally started taking down Space Mountain. And you can see.
[00:26:04] Speaker A: Oh, no, I have seen that. Oh, wait. In the old Space Mountain.
I do want to see. Okay, I gotta go.
[00:26:13] Speaker B: The weirdest thing to see. Cause, well, like, I understand. Like, what else are they supposed to do, right? Like, you can't put up scaffolding that big and wide because the wind will just take it.
But, like, it's just weird to see. Like, you're. It's like they remove outside.
[00:26:29] Speaker A: That's so weird.
[00:26:31] Speaker B: It's like they removed the skin of Space Mountain. I'm like, oh. Because, like, I'd, like, I'd go every few days and I'd look, I'm like, okay, they took the paneling off the back. Okay. Now the sides are gone. Okay. Oh, my goodness. We can see the track, but, like, the front of it is still there. Okay. Now the front is gone. I'm like, oh, my goodness. This is wild.
[00:26:49] Speaker A: That's so cool. Okay. Okay, I'm gonna go this week.
[00:26:52] Speaker B: Go, go, go, go, go. Like, this is like something we're never gonna see again.
[00:26:56] Speaker A: No, no. Yeah. It's like last, last goodbye to the inner.
[00:27:00] Speaker B: It's very. It's very fascinating.
And for those that don't know. So our Space Mountain that originally opened with the park closed, it's gone. Like, obviously they're tearing it down and they're building a new one, which is. They're already. It's like the structure.
[00:27:16] Speaker A: What? Okay, I have not been in a while. I gotta go check it out.
[00:27:19] Speaker B: The whole skeleton of the new one's already there.
[00:27:22] Speaker A: Oh, my God.
[00:27:23] Speaker B: Up and ready.
So effectively, yeah. They're building Space Mountain 2.0. We don't know what it is yet, other than it's a new Space Mountain. Like, at first, you know, when they said, like, oh, the old Space Mountain's closing and there's a new one, we thought. I thought it was just going to be like, oh, they're just going to gut the old one and, like, retrack it or something. No, no, we're. It's. It's going away completely. Like, we're tearing this down.
[00:27:47] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:27:48] Speaker B: Building a new one. And it makes sense because they need to expand the park, and the only way to do that is, like, to move backwards. Right. So they're not going to move an old structure if they're going to go through that trouble, just tear down and build a new one.
[00:28:01] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:28:02] Speaker B: That's just kind of how this country works too, right?
[00:28:04] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. You kind of have to. Right.
[00:28:06] Speaker B: Sometimes tear it down, build a new one. Yeah, yeah. So, yeah, it's very fascinating to see.
[00:28:12] Speaker A: It is. Oh, my gosh. Okay. Thank you for the heads Up.
[00:28:16] Speaker B: Go and watch it. Yeah, go and look. Go on the monorail. Go and look.
Do it before the sun goes down. Because I've tried doing it sunset. Because they tinted the windows on all the new monorails.
[00:28:28] Speaker A: Oh.
[00:28:28] Speaker B: And it makes it hard to see when it's starting.
[00:28:32] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah. Okay.
[00:28:34] Speaker B: It makes it hard because you just see the reflection from the inside, so you can't see outside, which is. I don't like, but I guess maybe they did that on purpose. Like. Oh, so you can't see the backstage.
[00:28:45] Speaker A: Yeah. And probably, like, the glare.
[00:28:48] Speaker B: Yeah. Who knows? Either way, go and look at that. The new Space Mountain is opening in 2027 sometime.
[00:28:55] Speaker A: Wow.
[00:28:57] Speaker B: So, yeah, very interesting. I. I saw a lot of chatter online. Like, people were confused as to what was going on. Like, yeah, that's what's happening.
We're not afraid to, like, tear down opening day attractions. Well, I guess we, like, We've lost a lot of opening day attractions.
[00:29:12] Speaker A: We've lost a lot of opening day. We lost.
[00:29:15] Speaker B: I had someone.
Yeah, I had someone tried to argue with me. They were just like.
Well, at least in Japan, like, you know, they.
Or no, no, not in Japan. They're like, something along the lines of, like, Japan knows not to, like, get rid of, like, iconic attractions or. I can't remember what their word. Like, they're. They're trying to say, like, we don't get rid of attractions here.
[00:29:41] Speaker A: What?
[00:29:41] Speaker B: And I was just like, we've gotten rid of a lot of iconic attractions that I am sad are gone. Like, yes, there's some that went away. I'm just like, whatever. I really don't care.
[00:29:51] Speaker A: Storm Rider. Thank you very much.
[00:29:52] Speaker B: Storm Rider. R.I.P. that was. Yeah, that was a good one. I never got to do Meet the World, and I wish I did meet the World.
[00:29:59] Speaker A: Yes. I did it, like, like once or twice, and I wish I had done it.
[00:30:04] Speaker B: When. When did that go away? Like, a long time ago. It was a while ago because Monsters, Inc. Replaced. Right. Monsters, Inc.
[00:30:12] Speaker A: But even before then, it was, like, closed for a while. Yeah.
[00:30:16] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:30:17] Speaker A: And then he's Philharm Magic. We rode that. Like, we were like the last people on the last show of the. And everybody was crying and. And the teenager now was like a. Like a baby back then. And we got to take his last pictures in front of the attraction and everything. Yeah.
[00:30:38] Speaker B: The one I never, ever got to do was the Cinderella crap. What is it called? The Mystery.
[00:30:48] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh. The Mystery Tour, which was so freaking cool. It had zombie skeletons. I mean, come on. And what we've seen is like, I hate it.
[00:31:03] Speaker B: It's just a walkthrough of Cinderella Castle now. Like, okay, it's cute.
[00:31:07] Speaker A: It's like a little exhibit in a photo spot. It's like, really? We couldn't do better with the inside of the castle. You guys like.
[00:31:15] Speaker B: Yeah, I saw videos of the mystery Cinderella Castle. Castle Mystery Tour.
Man, I wish, like, it closed in, like, what, 2006 or something? Like, it was a long. It was a while.
[00:31:24] Speaker A: Yeah, it's long. The line was always super long, though.
[00:31:28] Speaker B: Yeah, it's like, so Tokyo Disney does close iconic attractions.
[00:31:32] Speaker A: It does, yeah.
[00:31:33] Speaker B: If anyone says otherwise, like, they're lying to you.
Like, granted, yes, we do get some really good replacements. Sometimes we do, sometimes we don't.
Castle Mystery Tour is one of those. We didn't.
[00:31:46] Speaker A: That's so freaking cool. I would never forgive that.
[00:31:49] Speaker B: Monsters, Inc. Is a. Monsters, Inc. Is debatable. Like, it's.
[00:31:52] Speaker A: Yeah, I like it.
[00:31:53] Speaker B: It's different. Yeah, it's a good ride.
[00:31:54] Speaker A: It's, like, unique. It's not a. I like that it's an original story. It's not like, oh, here's a retelling of the movie. You know, it's. I think it was really creative and fun.
Would I, like, meet the world more or, like, an updated Meet the world? Yeah, but it's good. It's a good attraction. So it's fine.
[00:32:13] Speaker B: Yeah, 100%.
Although I will say, if they ever close Sinbad, I will just quit.
[00:32:20] Speaker A: Be riot.
[00:32:21] Speaker B: I quit 100%. Quit. Like, I'm done. No more. I am done.
[00:32:26] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh.
[00:32:28] Speaker B: To me, that, like, that ride is, like, sacred ground. Like, you do not. You do not mess with Chandu.
[00:32:33] Speaker A: You don't. Although I do. I feel like I wish there was a world in which both versions could exist.
I love terrifying Sinbad, and I love Shandou Sinbad. Both, I guess.
[00:32:48] Speaker B: I guess. Yeah, they. They got rid of the old Sinbad, right? Like, they.
[00:32:52] Speaker A: It was terrifying. I can't understand why. And, like, for someone like me, it's like, yes, I love. I love horror. I love scary things. But, yeah, I understand.
[00:33:03] Speaker B: Yeah. Like, I watched. Like, I never got to ride the original because it was before my time, but I did watch it. Like, videos of him. Like, man, this is.
Wow. This is terrifying.
[00:33:16] Speaker A: Everyone's out to kill you. The mermaids are out to kill you. Like, I guess the sirens, every. It's like. It's like. It's so. It's so wild because it was, like, a totally different story, you know?
[00:33:30] Speaker B: Oh, 100%, which I can appreciate. The only thing they really didn't change much was the banana scene with the monkeys. Like obviously they added like the key chandu and stuff in it. But like the monkeys are kind of.
[00:33:41] Speaker A: They still look scary. They still look scary. You can tell like those bananas used to be boulders, you know, this is. Their mouths still have the sharp teeth, you know, they still look terrifying.
[00:33:52] Speaker B: They are terrifying.
If anyone, if anyone's curious, please go and watch it on YouTube. It is on YouTube.
I will say you will find better videos if you search it in Japanese.
[00:34:06] Speaker A: Yeah, look in Japanese for sure, look.
[00:34:08] Speaker B: In Japanese because usually there's better video of it because like even back in the day like people were like adamant on taking like really good video of things. So pro tip, like just you know, plug it into DeepL or something like that and you can find the name in Japanese or go on the TDR website.
[00:34:28] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:34:29] Speaker B: And scroll through the attractions list and like you can just tell by the pictures like what attraction it is. And look at, look that up because there's the video. The Japanese videos are almost always better. Like that's no tea, no shade to other people that do it. Like the videos are nice but like Japanese park guests just make them better.
[00:34:48] Speaker A: Well also there's like a lot more to source from because like back then there wasn't so many overseas guests. So like you just have so many videos to choose from, right?
[00:35:00] Speaker B: Oh yeah. Like the other day we're totally derailed. But I don't care. I, I started watching.
I always go back to this event that I bloody wish. I got to do the club or Club Disney Dance Mania Club Mickey or whatever it was where they did the whole pasa para Eurobeat stuff with the catwalk and the nightclub in front of Cinderella Castle.
[00:35:27] Speaker A: I wish, I wish I could have gone to that.
[00:35:29] Speaker B: Me too. That was like. I think the last time they did it was 2007.
[00:35:34] Speaker A: Uh huh.
[00:35:36] Speaker B: Uh man.
For people that don't know, I. We've talked about this on the podcast before but for those that don't know, Para Para is like a dance that was made in Japan in like the late 90s or like it. It became popular in the late 90s into the early 2000s and it was like this synchronized dancing to a specific type of music called Eurobeat which is like this high bpm, overly like synthesized music with like nonsensical lyrics. Like it was super popular, like to the point where there's. There were clubs that just had that in like in Tokyo, Osaka like, places like that.
And of course, like, it was a huge trend. So of course, Disney hopped on it. Right. Disney had their Disney Eurobeat album series, and Tokyo Disney took some of those songs and made their own club as an event in the winter.
And the characters danced to these songs to, like, the actual dances that these songs had.
[00:36:43] Speaker A: And they would change it out. They would do different, like, genres of music.
[00:36:48] Speaker B: Yeah, they would do, like, even, like, weird. Like, I shouldn't say weird, but, like, older music. Like disco music.
[00:36:54] Speaker A: They had disco.
[00:36:55] Speaker B: It was. It was very disco coded. Right? Yeah, but, like, made for the 90s. It was like, as a teenager, I was obsessed. I freaking loved it.
But yeah, like, there's like, the Mickey Mouse March, which was done as a Eurobeat song and a couple, like, other songs. And like, Toky Disney did those songs and the characters are dancing and everything. And then, like, I guess, like, the most popular one was called Night of Fire.
[00:37:21] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:37:22] Speaker B: And like, I see, like, if you play that song for any Japanese person that is, you know, a little. Little. Maybe a little bit older, like our age and maybe older, they would, like, they would know this song in some capacity. Like, that song was just massive.
And, yeah, Tokyo Disney capitalized on that. And it was one of those events that I wish I got to do. I just never got to do it.
[00:37:47] Speaker A: Same. Absolutely.
[00:37:48] Speaker B: It would have been so cool.
[00:37:50] Speaker A: Like, totally iconic event.
[00:37:53] Speaker B: And that was back when, you know, every event was different.
[00:37:57] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah. Every season, every year. It's. It was wild times.
[00:38:04] Speaker B: But I guess I think we talked about this in our last episode, like, when to visit. But it looks like we're. We've finally gone back to. They're announcing the entire year of events now again.
[00:38:19] Speaker A: Finally.
[00:38:19] Speaker B: Yeah, because before, you know, like, before 2020, that's what. That's what the case was. But then, you know, during, like, Covid and all that, everything was kind of up in the air.
Like, even 2024, they didn't really tell us ahead of time. Like, when. When's Halloween exactly?
Like, they were being, like, kind of like waiting halfway through the year to tell us. Like, okay, here's the events for the rest of the year. Like, okay, well, makes it hard to plan because you changed Halloween, you know, like, because, you know, Halloween would typically start in September, but, like, this year start in October, and it's like, oh, crap. Okay.
[00:38:59] Speaker A: It's a much shorter window, you know.
[00:39:01] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
But, you know, that's why we're here. Here to talk about the changes and all that kind of stuff. It's it's never a dull moment, is it?
[00:39:11] Speaker A: No. Yeah, it's always. Always something going on and always something which is, you know, it's good, it's bad, it's. It's. It's life.
[00:39:19] Speaker B: Life changes.
[00:39:21] Speaker A: Yeah. It's always. Like you said, it's always interesting. So.
[00:39:25] Speaker B: And like, the biggest thing about like going back to Fantasy Springs to kind of wrap it all up, Biggest thing with Fantasy Springs, just continue to check the official website because they will update it. Like, they will update when something like, if they're any major changes, they're going to update it. Like, they're going to update the website.
It's debatable if it's going to be easy to understand because sometimes the English comes out. I'm just like, this doesn't make any sense.
[00:39:53] Speaker A: Like, kind of like vague or like the language is just like, what are they trying to say?
[00:39:59] Speaker B: Or like, it's not. It's not trans. Like, it sounds fine in Japanese. Like in Jap. Like, if I read in Japanese, like, hey, this makes sense. Sense. Because like, you know, there's like, things are kind of like, I guess like with Japanese language, a lot of things are assumed sometimes. So like, if you speak Japanese and obviously understand Japanese and like, you kind of understand the assumption or the context, but that doesn't really translate into English.
[00:40:22] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:40:23] Speaker B: So then when it's like just kind of straight up translated, you read and like, this makes no sense. Like, like, even for me, sometimes I'm like, I understand how these parks work. I could read the Japanese. But you know, I. My. My natural thing to do is to read the English when it comes out. And I'm like, even I'm confused. Like, what is going on?
[00:40:41] Speaker A: Well, like, even sometimes, like the Japanese can be like, vague and like, and there'll be like, discussion on, like, what do you think they meant by this? You know, that happens too.
[00:40:52] Speaker B: Yeah. Sometimes the Japanese is also just vague. Yeah, everything is just vague. And I, like, we have nothing definitive. Like, there's not much we can do.
[00:41:00] Speaker A: So you have to like, wait until like, more details come out, you know, and it's like, okay, this is what they meant.
[00:41:07] Speaker B: I know because I know people stress and they want the answers right away and just like, sometimes we just don't have them.
[00:41:14] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:41:14] Speaker B: Like, we honestly don't know.
[00:41:16] Speaker A: Yeah. And you just have to, you know, just like work around it. It'll be fine in the end. Like, we always go back to saying no matter what, if the attraction you love is down, if something changes, you will still have a good time. You're on vacation, you're having. It's a theme park.
Trust me, you will leave with a smile.
[00:41:35] Speaker B: You know, as someone who is trying to work on his stress levels, just take a deep breath. It'll be fine.
[00:41:43] Speaker A: It will.
[00:41:44] Speaker B: Just take a deep breath. It'll be fine. Some stuff is just out of your control.
[00:41:47] Speaker A: Exactly.
[00:41:48] Speaker B: There's nothing you can do about it. You just have to roll with the punches and just kind of deal with it as best you can.
[00:41:56] Speaker A: And trust me, I. I don't mean to sound flippant. I am a hyper planner. When I'm going somewhere, I'm checking, like, down to the bus times in a town that I don't live in. I'm checking, like, what day this store is open, what are the opening and closing hours, and what are their holiday dates. I'm going to their website to double check. So I get it. I get it. I get the need for information and I know it's like a one time thing for a lot of people, but at the end of the day, you can't control everything. And this is coming from somebody who wants all the control.
But you will still have fun, I promise you.
[00:42:37] Speaker B: Yeah. These parks are near and dear to our hearts. We wouldn't be doing this podcast for over 10 years if we didn't.
[00:42:44] Speaker A: Exactly.
[00:42:45] Speaker B: Right. Like, I love the parks. I do. Like, I truly do. Like, I know sometimes, you know, we criticize them, but also we complain we love it. You know, like, that's part of it too. Like, there's always gonna be something we don't like. Like, that's just human nature. Like, if, if we liked everything, that would be boring. Yeah.
[00:43:05] Speaker A: Sometimes if there's something we don't like, you might love it, you know?
[00:43:09] Speaker B: Yeah. Um, like, and like, this is not to. This is not to call the person at all. Like, like, this is not calling them out at all. Like, I. I respect their opinion. Like, I put out a video on, like, the best food that I tried last year just because I haven't been able to record anything. But I wanted to put something out, so I came up with the idea. I'm like, oh, I rated like a ton of food last year. Why don't I do a compilation video of, like, everything? I rated five stars or five Chris's as I call it, and just do a compilation video. So we did that. And like, you know, someone. Someone was like, surprised at something. I gave, like, you know, I gave it high praise. I gave it a five. And like, we went To. It was at Volcania. It's like it was one of their new. I think they had a new mabodofu dish and, like, a mango almond.
Is it called almond jell in English?
[00:44:01] Speaker A: The anindofu. I don't know what it's called in English.
[00:44:05] Speaker B: Is it almond jelly? I thought it's almond jelly.
[00:44:07] Speaker A: I feel like it might be, I.
[00:44:09] Speaker B: Think, yeah, almond jelly. Any dofu? Sometimes, like, I. I know the Japanese, but not the English.
Anyway, I gave it five, and this other person, like, just said, like, it was the worst thing they ever had at the park. I'm like, that's. That's perfectly. That's perfectly fine. Like, just because I like it doesn't mean you will. And, like, that's totally cool. Like, that's fine.
[00:44:33] Speaker A: Food especially is so. So subjective. We have the flavors we like, we have the textures we like. We have something that maybe we grew up with that we have a special fondness for that maybe other people wouldn't like, you know, it's so subjective. I love churros. You. You dislike the churros at the park. It doesn't mean that either of us is right or wrong. It's just how we feel. And that's the most you can do with something like this. You know, you can just say what you liked about it, what you didn't like, what your feelings are, and that's what, you know, that's the only thing you can do. It's not like you can say, oh, this is 100% like. Like, perfect, you know, like, for it. It could be for you, but for somebody else, they might not like it, and that's fine, you know, that's. That's. That's. You're giving a critique, you know, that's your feelings.
[00:45:22] Speaker B: Yeah, exactly. And, like, just because I give it a five doesn't mean, like.
Yeah, obviously it's kind of hard to convey sometimes. Like, I haven't found the right way to, like, convey this. But just like.
Like, obviously I'm showing you these food, like, this food to, like, help you decide what to eat because, you know, it's overwhelming. There's a lot of stuff. Right. You only have so much time, and.
[00:45:45] Speaker A: You don't always get, like, a good sense of it from the website. Right. Like, seeing it on video, you can see how it, like, see, like, the kind of, like, overall 360 view. You can, you know, you. You can get a better idea of what it looks like inside, you know?
[00:45:58] Speaker B: Yeah, exactly. But, like, I guess what I was trying to say is like, obviously, like, you know, try the stuff that I show you. Like if, you know, if I give it a high rating, you know, that means I like it. So, you know, it's probably something good to try. But also try and have stuff that maybe I didn't try or I missed or something because, you know, I'm not always right or quote unquote right or like, you know, I implore people to kind of explore on their own and try some other things that I'm not putting this together. Well. I thought I was, that I was going somewhere with this. I'm really not.
I. I was watching a video on like social media and like how everything, everyone just follows like what TikTok tells you to do kind of thing. I guess what I'm trying to say is, yes, follow my, like my lead as to what I do. But don't feel like you have to stick to exactly what I do.
Like go and try something else. Like if you, if you feel like it, you know, like, because I can't show everything right. And there's sometimes I miss stuff I do. Or they change something, right? It happens all the time.
But if they ever get rid of apple tea soda again, I'm done. Those are like the two things. Sinbad and apple tea soda. If those are gone, I'm done. Absolutely done.
Oh, I love apple tea soda. I miss.
I love it. Apple tea soda.
[00:47:26] Speaker A: Oh my gosh.
[00:47:30] Speaker B: Yeah. End of 2024 was not great for me. It was just a write off, I guess for me at this point.
But I'm looking forward to the New Year, to 2025, see what everything has in store. It's kind of interesting because we're kind of in this, like, I don't want to say a low period. Like that's not the word I want to use. We're kind of in like a.
How do I put this? I like, I. I don't even want to say a plateau, I guess a quiet, quote unquote quiet part of the theme park rotation right now in Japan because like Fantasy Springs was like the big opening last year.
[00:48:14] Speaker A: I mean, we just had like so many massive things happen, you know, and.
[00:48:18] Speaker B: Like Universal Japan, like last month opened up Donkey Kong country, right?
Ghibli Park. Finished the park, I guess, or. Well, I shouldn't say finish. I don't know if they're finished with it, but like they added like the other expansion right to it and stuff. Like so all these big theme park things happened and we have really nothing major happening until like at least next year.
So, like, kind of right now, everything's stabilizing. That's probably a word, a way to describe it. Things are kind of stabilizing right now. Like, there's not much new coming. Like, big things, like, big new things coming. So, like, I think with Fantasy Springs, once we know what the changes are, I think that's like, that's it. It's going to be like that probably for the foreseeable future, whatever.
[00:49:04] Speaker A: And it was kind of like a really special moment in time. It's like, not the usual that you would have these many big things happening, like back to back, you know, I.
[00:49:16] Speaker B: Think, like, obviously the COVID years did not help anything. It delayed everything.
[00:49:20] Speaker A: Right, sure.
[00:49:21] Speaker B: Because remember, Beauty and the Beast was supposed to open, like, spring 2020.
[00:49:27] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:49:27] Speaker B: I remember then that it didn't happen. And it, like, it opened in, like, fall of 2020. But it was just like.
It was a. It was a weird thing because I was like, we've been waiting for this ride, but it's like we're kind of in a weird spot right now in history with all this. It's very strange. So I feel like the thing is.
[00:49:48] Speaker A: Like, the way that it used to be. Used to be that it didn't matter because there would always be seasonal things happening. And even if it. Even if it did by some chance repeat, it would be, like, renewed. Totally different music, totally different costumes. And so there was always, like, so much happening at the theme parks, you know, So I don't know, maybe we'll get some new seasonal events. We'll see.
[00:50:13] Speaker B: I would. I would like them to put more. More back into the seasonal events.
[00:50:16] Speaker A: Oh, I would love that. You know, please.
[00:50:18] Speaker B: Like this. I'm interested to see what this Vanellope thing is going to be like.
[00:50:23] Speaker A: The merch looks ridiculously cute.
[00:50:27] Speaker B: Yeah, I'm looking forward to doing this. I wanted to go tomorrow for the opening, But I'm not 100% there, and I don't want to push myself.
My health. My health comes first.
[00:50:36] Speaker A: It comes first 100%.
[00:50:38] Speaker B: If I don't have my health, I can't go ever. So I don't need to be first. That's perfectly fine with me.
So I'll probably stay off social media because I know I'll see it and I'll start feeling bad.
[00:50:53] Speaker A: No, don't feel bad.
And also, sometimes it's not good to be first because, you know, when it's like the first day of something, like, things go wrong and it's sometimes. No, I'm serious. Sometimes it's better to go later once all the kinks are worked out. And also, if it's like a performance, I love it when the performers get comfortable in their performance and they start playing around and doing, like, really fun and interesting things. And sometimes that's like the sweet spot to hit it, like, once those performers really are comfortable and what they're doing, you know.
[00:51:26] Speaker B: Ah, that's also. I've never thought about that. That's. That's actually really true because, yeah, they're like, obviously practicing up until that point. Right. There's rehearsals and all that kind of stuff. And then. Then the big day comes. Right. And you're, you know, I don't want to speak for any of the performers because I. I don't know what it's like, but, you know, I can imagine you're nervous, excited, you know, and you want to make sure everything goes well. And then once you're comfortable. Yeah, that's when you start to, like, I guess, experiment a little bit or like, you know, be like, playful, like you mentioned. Yeah, more playful.
[00:51:57] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:51:58] Speaker B: Well, thank you for making me feel better.
[00:52:00] Speaker A: Yeah. No.
[00:52:04] Speaker B: That'S good.
Well, I think. I think we can wrap it up here. I think this is pretty good.
I. I was a little worried I wasn't gonna be able to make it through the podcast, but, hey, we did. We did it. We're good.
[00:52:15] Speaker A: We're good.
[00:52:16] Speaker B: Yay.
Feeling better. We're all for that.
Before we go, I want to thank some. Well, we want to thank someone to. Folks for over on Patreon. So if you want to support the show, head on over to patreon.com TDR now where we have, you know, you can get our episodes early.
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[00:53:08] Speaker A: And Jamie, Jose, Kathy, Lee, Marie, Michelle, Murray, Sophie, Spoopy, Thomas, Kay, Alexandra, Lizzie, Amy and Andy, Dana, Cassandra, Annie, Sonia, W.W. paige and Tara Breath.
[00:53:19] Speaker B: And if you haven't already, make sure you hit that follow or subscribe button, depending on where you are. Listening to this on your podcast app of choice. That way you don't miss any of our newest episodes. You can stay up to date with everything at Tokyo Disney Resort, University of Japan, theme parks, you know, all that fun stuff here in Japan and also other parts of Asia. All right, explorers, I'm one of your hosts, Chris. I am the one that is feeling a lot better and very optimistic for 2025, as much as one can be.
And joining as always is the wonderful Patricia.
[00:53:51] Speaker A: Oh, I want to be optimistic, but I don't know. I hope, I hope I'm going to. I'm going to. I'm going to. Yeah, I'm going to keep an open mind. Maybe things will be okay.
You guys, I hope you are having a lovely start to the new year and we will talk to you next time. Keep exploring.
[00:54:11] Speaker B: All right, explorers, see you in the next one.
[00:54:13] Speaker A: Bye.
