Walkabout The World - A Disney Podcast - A Walkabout to Toy Story Land and more! [ep 029]

Episode Date: September 14, 2021

Hello Travelers! This week is a special episode, and not only because we haven't recorded in Toy Story Land at Disney's Hollywood Studios before, but mainly because you get the chance to tag along with a guest host - my daughter Chaney! Sit back and enjoy a walkabout in Hollywood Studios on a typical rainy Florida day. Hear the ambiance of Toy Story Land, take a ride on Alien Swirling Saucers, and then go for a quick stroll through Galaxy's Edge.    EDITOR'S NOTE: Swirling Saucers is another one of those attractions that is just LOUD. It pegged our mic, and we'll probably take another crack at it later on with different settings.    Look us up at @WalkaboutWDW on Instagram and drop us a note to say hi! Find our producer Josh also on Instagram at @TheSteele.

Well hello there traveler, welcome back to Walk About the World, your weekly audio expedition through the parks or resorts of Walt Disney World here in Orlando, Florida. Maybe you are wondering, where's Jeremy? Well today I am your host, Chani Hunt, Jeremy's daughter. And today we are going to be walking about Hollywood Studios maybe you can tell from the music in the background the only real thing I have planned today is to walk about Toy Story Land and possibly through Galaxy's Edge but we shall see and you never know where I might take you so I hope you

enjoy the ride and let's get going Even though it is not a crowded day here in Hollywood Studios, the line for Mickey's Runway Railway is huge. But I'm thinking it may just be because the park opened about an hour ago. I'm here about 12 p.m. But honestly, it's not too bad, especially for the park just opening. So who knows? Maybe Toy Story Land won't be that busy. We'll see. Det er veldig vondt utav. Storbritannia La ciudad de San Juan de la Paz As we're approaching Toy Story Land, you may hear Slinky Dog just screaming along as he

goes across the track. And that ride is so fun. But I don't think we're going to do that today. But we'll see. You never know. And here we are, in Toy Story Land. Welcome to the backyard! I'm Sheriff Woody, the high ridinest, rootin' tootinest cowboy hero of all time! At least according to Jesse. I don't want to make a big deal out of this, but I need some help, and I'm getting the

feeling everyone is stringing me along. Hang on, Rex. Jesse is here for you! The walkways of Toy Story Land are pretty small and honestly quite crowded right now. But lots of people are heading to that entrance of Galaxy's Edge through Toy Story Land. So once these people flow through, it shouldn't be that bad. I'm going to show you the main entrance to the city. The La Casa de la Mujer I made it to Alien Swirling Saucers and I think I'm going to ride it so let's go! Kampung Kampung La Bordure Looks like the rockets are powering up. The galaxy awaits. Nirvana awaits. The fall awaits! Nirvana awaits!

A-K-L-A awaits! And I forgot to say, Alien Swirling Saucers on outdoor rides.お客様は外に来てくださいようこそ And here we go. Kepala kota Kampung Kampung hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai When exiting your rocket, please make sure you have all your personal belongings. After our fun ride on Aliens Rowing Saucers, I am now exiting the land and heading to Galaxy's Edge to see what's new. Maybe hop in a new store. We'll see it is drizzling in their brain right now so I have my trusty umbrella with me so if you're at the parks and you're coming somewhere for spring always make sure you have some sort of rain gear with you or you will get wet so it's very very windy today. So. I'm walking by the famous blue wall. Remember that is?

It is right by one of the entrance to the droid depot, the shop where you could build a droid, get droid memorabilia, etc. I think I may pop in there in a little bit. Seems like a lot of these people didn't follow my suggestion and don't have rain gear. So a lot of people are huddled underneath awnings so I am trying my best to not being big crowds right now I am slowly walking closer to where the Millennium Falcon resides as I turn the corner next to August Cantina. I would love to go to August Cantina soon. I love that place so much, but sadly

right now it is nearly impossible to get a reservation there. So hopefully we can do soon so the crowds have thinned out quite substantially. I love the ponchos that the cast members have around here. They're so cool. They remind me of the ponchos that Leia and Luke had. Lorna and Dora and Return of the Jedi. I may hear the sound and the sound is the noise coming from Ronto's roaster. I assume the roaster is making that hissing sound. I'm about to put my umbrella away and head into Doc Ondar's so I'll be right back. This one shop, I would say the main shop of Galaxy's Edge here in Florida is so cool. It has a big dome ceiling, it has an animatronic of Doc Rondar. It's super cool, so I think it's good.

A new merch I see is these things called the Wisdom Tokens. And they look like carved rocks. One has the Jedi symbol and they have quotes on the back this one says death yet the force i don't know what that means i think there's the like star wars language on top so it may be a complete sentence if you read it all together that's a yellow one And it says these are $3 when you buy four and $3.99 each. Fun. I love looking at the lightsabers here, even though I do not have one myself. They are so cool. My favorite are the Soca and Leyes.

Sadly, there isn't much ambient, so I'm going to go to the next store and I'm going to go to the next store and I'm going to go to the next store and I'm going to go to the next store and I'm going to go to the next store and I'm going to go to the next store and I'm going to go to the next store and I'm going to go to the next store and I'm going to go to the next store and I'm going to go to the next store

and I'm going to go to the next store and I'm going to go to the next store and I'm going to go to the next store and I'm going to go to the next store controlled you can build on all different sizes and colors in the ceiling up here there's like a conveyor belt going around in a circle that has tons of like droid parts like droid legs heads etc i want a cup like this but i don't want it like this, I want it like a little ball. Hi, I'm heading out of the shop. What's up? Chris and Holly are texting. What was the other button?

Oh, right. Right? Oh, boy. All right. So, we're just gonna head in here. It looks like there's a creature in the water tank. Where are you going? Water, free water bottle. Also, in the marketplace, they have a dedicated spot to get water foam refills, which is really cool. It's not just ambience here in the marketplace, so I am going to once again get my umbrella out and head out of the lands, maybe see what we can find. Maybe Muppets area.

We'll see. All part of adventure, right? As my dad says, this is the absolute least ambitious podcast of all time so i am not worried And here we are, out of Star Wars Galaxy's Edge. That was a fun little trip. Right now there's not a ton I want to right there, so I'm just going to keep trekking along. I could be wrong, and sometimes I am, most of the times I am.

But I think this area is called Grand Park? Grand Avenue? Dad, you can correct me if I'm wrong. But right now we're heading right beside the Muppet Show. But I did that I think two weeks ago so we're just going to skip by. And I am going to record a little bit by the Miss Piggy fountain. I love this. It's Miss Piggy, and on her sash, it says Miss Liberty.

You can probably guess. She's dressed like the Statue of Liberty here in New York. The water is so clear that you can see the sea. The sea is so clear that you can see the sea. The sea is so clear that you can see the sea. The sea is so clear that you can see the sea. The sea is so clear that you can see the sea. The sea is so clear that you can see the sea. I'm walking past Pizza Rizzo, the eatery here in the Muppets area and it is really packed. Literally every single table is filled but probably people are taking advantage of it

raining and saying, hey, come on and go get some food i'm so sad because it's a wonderful shop for holiday gifts it's a christmas shop here and i absolutely love it right now it's closed so i'm hoping that when it comes closer to christmas time it'll come back up because I would love to go in there. But that's all right. I have a second. Right outside the exit of Muppet Vision 3D, they have a big Muppet themed store. Right now it's also closed. Outside of it they have a huge Kermit the Frog statue. He has a little tux on.

Very cute. And tons of people are stopping to take a picture of it. I don't land them. I've done it myself. The I'm sorry. Well everyone, that concludes our episode for Walk About the World today. I hope you enjoyed wandering around with me. And I'm going to leave it here. Make sure to follow Walk About the World on Instagram, TikTok, which, fun fact, I actually am the creator of the TikToks, so that's really fun.

And I hope you just enjoyed just walking around Hollywood Studios with me, and I hope you have a great rest of your day. © transcript Emily Beynon