Walkabout The World - A Disney Podcast - A Full Magic Kingdom Walkabout In May

Starting point is 00:00:00 Hello travelers, welcome back to Walk About The World, a weekly audio stroll through the parks and resorts of Walt Disney World here in Orlando, Florida. Today we are back in Disney's Magic Kingdom. The parade approaches. It's about to get loud. Today we are going to do a full park walkabout. I'm not going to talk a lot. I will some.

Starting point is 00:00:37 But for now, we are standing right next to the flagpole, and we are about to have a parade Here ye, here ye, royal guests from near and far. Welcome to the world's most magical celebration. You are warmly invited to join Mickey Mouse and his fantasy-landing friends for an enchanting celebration in the streets. Dreams will come true, hearts will soar, and you will become a part of the streets. Dreams will come true. Hearts will soar. And you will become a part of the magic. For the time has come to take your places

Starting point is 00:01:52 and prepare to welcome the wondrous and wonderful Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade! Here we go! It's the Festival of Fantasy! Parade! I'm fine just as we feel you're fine So we play, we go It's a festival of fantasy It's a festival of fantasy Till there's no last time True as it can be Thank you. I'm a little lost in the east I'm so, so lost in the east Beauty and the beast

Starting point is 00:03:13 I'm a little lost in the east I'm a little lost in the east I'm a little lost in the east Don't lose your heart, but never let go Don't lose your heart, but never let go Don't lose your heart, but never let go Don't lose your heart, but never let go Don't lose your heart, but never let go Don't lose your heart, but never let go For the first time in forever For the first time in forever

Starting point is 00:03:38 For the first time in forever For the first time in forever For the first time in forever For the first time in forever I won't be alone I'm a I'm a I'm a I'm a I'm a

Starting point is 00:04:13 I'm a I'm a I'm a I'm a I'm a I'm a I'm a I'm a

Starting point is 00:04:23 I'm a I'm a I'm a I'm a I'm a I'm a I'm a And all of fantasy Here we go It's the festival of fantasy Beauty and majesty Shining magically Chains and walls bow Majesty shining magically Dreams and worlds go on I'm just dancing down your knee So away we go

Starting point is 00:04:55 It's the best in all of fantasy True as one else, darling True as it can be Maybe the plans that somebody built Not expected me Certain as the sun The plans that somebody made, not expected me Certain as the sun, certain as the bees It is all dead inside Beauty will be at peace I'll be your hero

Starting point is 00:05:51 When the dreams of the past shall pass You'll never pass the stage And you'll never pass the stage Where you are strong and pure When the birds of the wild are gone I will kill you When I first saw you I thought you were a man I never thought you were a woman I was blinded by your power I was blinded by your power I was blinded by your power

Starting point is 00:06:14 I was blinded by your power I was blinded by your power I was blinded by your power I was blinded by your power I was blinded by your power I was blinded by your power I was blinded by your power Thank you. The wondrous times we thrill and lead So away we go It's a festival of fantasy Away we go

Starting point is 00:07:01 It's a festival of fantasy The majesty shining magically I'm just asking brilliantly To see me all It's a first day of our fantasy La la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna do it

Starting point is 00:07:40 I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna do it Let's do it, let's do it Let's do it, let's do it Oh God! The The Terima kasih telah menonton! Kampung Kampung The oriental and oriental arts of poetry The oriental and oriental arts of poetry The oriental and oriental arts of poetry The You know you're all about the same thing to me A-Y-C-K-E-Y-M-O-U-S-E We're thinking about love Thinking about love Forever like it's on a better heart Don't love and see me so intimately

Starting point is 00:10:17 A-Y-C-K-E-Y-M-O-U-S-E What ever you can see The The The Terima kasih telah menonton The Let me speak into your right ear. Can I do that? That was an unexpected treat. Actually, I don't think we've ever caught the entire Festival of Fantasy parade. So there you go. You're welcome. I'm not going to sing that. Where are we now? We are in the castle hub, looking directly ahead at the beautiful castle. Water feature to the foreground left, you can hear at least I hope you can whatever I was gonna say brand whatever variety of roses that they have

Starting point is 00:13:15 here that are pink apricot orange they are highly scented and are incredible I've been enjoying that all morning and also the white crepe myrtles up front by the flag are in bloom and they smell like honey. It is a good day to be in the Magic Kingdom, except for the fact it's about 90 and this central Floridian host is not quite ready for that yet. But giddy up. You've got to get ready for it. Also, the clouds are boiling already. Supposed to have thunderstorms this afternoon, so you and I better get a move on. What we're going to do is I'm going to exit the hub, go around by the Plaza Restaurant,

Starting point is 00:14:04 and we're going to go towards Adventureland. And we're going to take in a grand circle tour of the entire park, maybe with a little bit of blabbery along the way, ending up in Tomorrowland. So right now, Tomorrowland is to your right, Adventureland is to your left. We're going to end up in Tomorrowland, wrap up there, and if time permits me, I may grab a very quick snack and listen to my favorite crooner, Sunny Eclipse, for a minute. Maybe I'll take you along, maybe I'll do that solo,

Starting point is 00:14:33 but regardless, I'm going to put you back, and let's take a walk. The The The I'm going to go ahead and get her. Poor little one. so all right I'm sorry you didn't hit the Sonic 3. Oh, look at those pretty ears. Wow. so oh careful somebody didn't watch out now no she was she just gonna dig. Oh yeah, nice one. That was good, Garth. The Kampung Kampung It's a very busy day. I'm going to take a walk around the park. I'm going to take a walk around the park. I'm going to take a walk around the park. I'm going to take a walk around the park.

Starting point is 00:18:50 I'm going to take a walk around the park. I'm going to take a walk around the park. I'm going to take a walk around the park. I'm going to take a walk around the park. I'm going to take a walk around the park. I'm going to take a walk around the park. I'm going to take a walk around the park. I'm going to take a walk around the park. I'm going to take a walk around the park. here The Agrabah

Starting point is 00:19:44 or Agrabah Bazaar to your right, Aladdin's Magic Carp is to the left, and Aloha Isle directly in front of you. Fourth series or first? That's it. Just wait till the drone comes back. This is the front of the station. The I'm going to try to get a picture of the The Just past the Enchanted Tiki Room and the world famous Jungle Cruise and right now we are entering the little courtyard with the Pirates of the Caribbean

Starting point is 00:22:04 to your left, Tortuga Tavern to your right, and almost to the entrance of Frontierland. Let's go. Oh my gosh, I can barely see. Guys. Wow, that was really deep. It's like Emperor Palpatine there for a second. Sorry. I was just going to say, guys, I just smelled the pirate water.

Starting point is 00:23:04 Sweet, sweet bromineine or is it bromine whatever it is brings back nostalgia okay we are just now entering frontier land sorry for the mic noise I'm using my headset today. The Oh It's great to see that Oh The The I think I'm going to go. I'm going to go. I'm going to go. I'm going to go. I'm going to go. I'm going to go.

Starting point is 00:25:36 I'm going to go. I'm going to go. Hi, guys. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi.

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Starting point is 00:25:44 Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Splash Mountain off to the right. I'm sure you heard the splashing. And Big Thunder behind us

Starting point is 00:26:14 as we're headed into the heart of Frontierland. And Big Thunder is 35 minutes. If I wasn't doing a walkabout, I do believe I would climb in that line. Going to skip on that for now though. See, I keep switching gears on you. I really should have brought my handheld mic today for the amount of blabbing that I'm doing. We see the backside of Parade ahead of us in the heart of Frontierland headed up towards Liberty Square. That's why I'm pausing.

Starting point is 00:27:10 We're pausing here right next to the dock for the launch. What am I trying to say? Where you can go across to Tom Sawyer's Island. You guys just heard the riverboat. See, it's like I planned these things. For the longest time, in the mornings as I leave the house, I thought that I was hearing the fairy, the Magic Kingdom fairies. Turns out, it's the riverboat that I'm hearing, that sound that you just heard.

Starting point is 00:27:44 I can hear it when I leave for coffee in the morning it's faint but you can still hear it which is pretty cool okay looks like the parade is retreating and we are going to head on across the bridge and into frontier land and head up towards Liberty Square. The Yeah. The city is home to the largest city in the United States, with a population of 1,000,000. The city is home to the largest city in the United States, with a population of 1,000,000. The Thank you. Excuse me. In the heart of blazing frontier land, very appropriate seeming today temperatures, Grizzly Hall directly in front of us,

Starting point is 00:30:52 Frontier Mercantile. Oh, you know what? Let's go in here. I'm in search of something for Dad. Something at Christmas time, but didn't find it. Let's go take a look at the sheriff's badges. Do you know if you guys have the sheriff's badges?

Starting point is 00:31:27 We've been sold out of them for a while. Oh, well, thank you. Well, you just heard. Another victim of the, uh, supply chain. I've been trying to get my dad a cool sheriff's badge. Wanted to get it at Christmas and they didn't have any. They still don't. Diamond horseshoe

Starting point is 00:31:53 ahead of us. Riverboat to the left. Haunted mansion in the far left distance. How are you guys feeling? I'm hot. Also wrestling with my sunglasses. The They're awesome. I didn't want to bother them. No, baby. Baby. This is the one where they have those rides. They have a video for you. Liberty Tree Tavern to your right.

Starting point is 00:33:19 Have you been? Generally speaking, I'm not a fan of Magic Kingdom dining, but we met a crew of our Star Wars friends over there, and if any of you are listening, I miss you. We met a crew over there for a birthday, and I was very surprised. It was one of the best dining experiences I've had. The food was delicious. There was tons of it,

Starting point is 00:34:51 and yeah, I would highly recommend I'm going to go ahead and get my bag. Kampung Kampung Columbia Harbor House to your right, Haunted Mansion to your left. I think we should at least take a quick spin through Memento Mori. Remember death so that we live. Here we go. Stop in for a spell. Are you guys doing a refurb? Are you guys doing a... Yeah, we're doing that.

Starting point is 00:35:52 It's been two weeks already. Okay, thank you. In the store? Uh-huh. Thank you. Uh-huh. So yeah, Memento Mori is now about the size of a coat closet. Seriously. You go in what used to be the exit and there's hardly anything there. About two-thirds of the store is walled off and it looks like they're

Starting point is 00:36:29 doing some expansion. So says the cast member. And here we have the most beautiful bathrooms known to man. To your left. You know what I'm talking about.

Starting point is 00:36:48 Small world coming up. easy for me to say The Terima kasih telah menonton. um why does it mean that they've never lived in anything? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:38:09 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:38:21 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm sorry. Thank you. I'm going to go down to the bottom. Kampung Kampung Oh! Terima kasih telah menonton The Heading into Fantasyland. Enchanted Tales with Belle to your left.

Starting point is 00:41:01 You know what that is. Seven Dwarves Mine Train. To your right, be our guest. Entrance also to your left. And Ariel, straight ahead. Yeah, honey. Is that right? Let's pause to hear some screaming guests. Yes.

Starting point is 00:41:47 Travelers, it is hot. As I mentioned. Here we go. If you can hear me, Gaston's Tavern, to your left. Like that bag, sir. Hey, thank you. It's a good bag. In case that was weird. Well, I mean, we're weird anyway, but I carry a replica of Indiana Jones bag with me in the parks,

Starting point is 00:42:35 and I just noticed a fellow traveler had one. Respect and all that. Why are you wearing your pants? uh Pausing in front of Ariel's Grotto momentarily because it's pleasant. About to head into Storybook Circus. If the big store is open, we're totally going in because there's AC in there. I know I was looking at that and I thought it was made by a Mexican. Oh, it's definitely open. Let's go. Can you smell the cotton candy, guys? Ah. Okay, so this is different. So, fun fact.

Starting point is 00:44:58 Those of you that are frequent travelers and have been many times inside Big Top. What is this called? Big Top something or other. Anyway, the big tent with all of the merch in it. Well, the merch is gone. Like all of the merch shelving around the perimeter of the tent has drapery over it and there is not one bit of anything for sale. You can still get cold drinks and you can get pastry treats.

Starting point is 00:45:30 Ooh, this stuff looks good. It's hot. They have the pineapple cookie that I got at Animal Kingdom prior that I was talking with Mark about. They have that here. And they have cold sody waters. Just looking around.

Starting point is 00:45:52 Taking a tour. An excuse to be in the air conditioning. And they have tables in here now where you can sit and eat your treat and drink your drink. And actually, I think that's kind of great Terima kasih telah menonton Oh, okay. That was well worth it. I'm sure you can hear the little water park to the left. All the little animules are spurting various substances at the guests.

Starting point is 00:47:38 Goofy's Barnstormer in the foreground. And Dumbo. Alright. You can actually see the enormous Tron building in the distance too, which is cool. Let's keep going. It looked like a little tent to get through. I'm going to take a picture of the The Let's hear some more guests scream, shall we? The The I'm going to stop this food in a line. Yeah, you know where you are now. Speedway to your left and to the right.

Starting point is 00:50:42 Cosmic Ray Starlight Cafe. I'm not sure I was on key, but you get it. Headed into Tomorrowland. There is a little speaker here at the very beginning of Tomorrowland next to Cosmic Rays that has some of the best ambience, and I'm going to stand here a minute. Kampung Kampung I'm going to go to my favorite place. Thank you. Isn't that great? Classic Tomorrowland ambience. And also, it is beautiful over here.

Starting point is 00:52:28 Roasting, but beautiful. They have blooming over here a bunch of jasmine. Smells heavenly. The I think the name Katie would be... I'm pretty sure we'll find a second line. The Voy a poner ahí para que después me deje poner. Terima kasih telah menonton! La Casa de la Paz The Kampung Kampung The Kampung Kampung Okay, so where are we? You are right next to the Carousel of Progress. It's right in front of you. We are seated next to a little grove of crepe myrtle over here directly across from the entrance of the carousel. It's always shaded and nice.

Starting point is 00:57:25 There's almost always no one here. See the Astro Orbiter to our left. The Tomorrowland Transit Authority is running all around this area to your left and your right. And one of our ever-present carts is coming by us right now. It has been a good day to be in the Magic Kingdom, and I appreciate you tagging along. The goal

Starting point is 00:57:53 always, as you know, is just for us to put you in the park. Wherever you are, we hope you are well. Please drop us a line over on Instagram at walkaboutwdw. You can also reach out to us via email at contact at walkabouttheworld.com. You can send us a show open.

Starting point is 00:58:13 That's the little part at the beginning where I do hello traveler. You can just say, hey, this is Bob and Sally Anybody from Anywhere USA, and welcome to Walk About the World, and take it away. Whatever you want, in your own words. I'm taking a breath because it's not blazing over here. Look up our producer and co-host Josh at TheSteel with an E on Instagram and our West Coast correspondent Rick at Kilted Jedi Rick with a C also on Instagram. And some cool news to break here.

Starting point is 00:58:51 Breaking news is we have a new correspondent joining us. His name is Pete. He is local here to Orlando. And as a matter of fact, you can find him at Neverland Local on Instagram you should definitely follow him, great guy he's going to be doing some recording for us and you'll be hearing his voice and his recording soon

Starting point is 00:59:12 and as is fitting, since we are sitting right next to the Carousel of Progress I want to remind you that there is a great, big, beautiful tomorrow out there and we will see you in one of those tomorrows on another episode of Walk About the World. Be well, and see you soon.

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Walkabout The World - A Disney Podcast - A Full Magic Kingdom Walkabout In May

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