Walkabout The World - A Disney Podcast - Disney Springs West Side with Host Jay

Episode Date: May 9, 2025

Hello Travelers! This week join host Jay for a quick evening stroll through the Disney Springs West Side to enjoy some live music, candy apples, and even a little bowling at Splitsville. Since we normally mention them at the end of the episode, thanks so much to our wonderful patrons who support us at the Beautiful Tomorrow and Living Labratory levels on Patreon. You help make what we do possible! Beck Cassell Bill And Erin Ziese Bryony Grant Derek @ Satisfactual Sign Company Jon Hamilton Meredith Izzo Hanna Ginn David Kraus Jessica Davis Courtney Auter Kara-Luisa Moodie Laure B Randall Lynch Barbara Turino Barry Campell Norm Disney RJ Lucia Fabian Gumpinger Debbie Gembala Eric Steinhauer Josh Nakano Lindsay O'Connell James Beauchamp Eric Attuso   As always, use good listening devices as we always record in 4 channel surround sound. We hope you enjoy the episode and thanks so much for following along!   If you like what we do, consider joining our crew on Patreon. These wonderful people help us keep the microphones crisp and the servers warm at night.   Visit us a walkabouttheworld.com - find links to all the things - attraction episodes, Insta accounts of all the hosts, and even how to buy your own Walkabout shirt!   Look us up at @WalkaboutWDW on Instagram and drop us a note to say hi.   You can now also drop us at line at [e-mail]. Say hi, tell us how you found us, and give us some suggestions on things you'd love to hear. Please consider giving us a rating and review wherever you listen - it really helps.   Walkabout The World is a weekly Disney podcast, always recorded on property at Walt Disney World or Disneyland Resort with the simple goal of making you feel like you are in the middle of the magic.

Well hello travelers, it's Jay and I must say it's a beautiful evening here in Orlando. Just the ever lightest breeze. So I thought it would be awesome to take a walk around Disney Springs. So come with me and see what's happening over here at Disney Springs. Do a little bit of people watching. Enjoy yourselves. I'm gonna be blessed, I'm gonna be blessed I'm gonna be blessed, I'm gonna be blessed And she rose, and now she's gone More people, more people I forget that we were used to be

I don't wanna leave you, I don't wanna cry I started to cry but then remember I I'm almost a dollar I'm an innocent Talk to myself for hours Yeah, yeah, I'm saying I'm a dollar I'm a dollar, I'm a dollar I'm a dollar, I'm a dollar I'm a dollar, I'm a dollar You head away from AMC theaters and head towards the big balloon and the Starbucks

coffee, they have so many creme myrtles over there. They are very beautiful during the summer though. They know how to keep them looking great. I'm going to go to the next one. It's always a good time to come over by the food trucks and see what they're offering up. It's the same food trucks almost all the time, but they do get new ones every now and then. Right now the Cantina Barbacoa is like one of my favorites and almost almost always a DJ or live band over here. Oh Here we go! Here we go! Here we go! Here we go! Here we go!

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I am in love with the candy cauldron. Let's see if they got anything fresh going on over there. I really love this candy store. It's my favorite. And for a long little while there, they were those original caramel apples with peanuts and just the regular crumb apples were out of stock for almost five months. And so I recently discovered during that time that I actually had never had a cherry candy apple and the cherry candy apples are divine. So I realized that I had a new obsession. Lucky for me though the caramel apples are back. I definitely love those. They're definitely a fave. And the

ambiance in here is just awesome. So if you're ever at Disney Springs, come by, get yourself a stupid thing. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.

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When they were still doing the drone show over the lake they have an outdoor patio and it overlooks the lake so they would have a special dining special where you would be able to sit at your table and watch the drone show and have some of their delicious food So if you're ever in town, give Summer House a try, even if you just walk into their little bakery and get yourself some of their cookies and cakes. It's good stuff. And you can buy yourself some cookies and cakes and walk directly across the way to Salt and Straw, which has some of the most unique ice cream flavors you've ever had. Absolutely awesome. So and you never know, they change constantly. I'm a little bit of a There is a lot of money in our arms It must not be a war we should

If happiness will grow and grow We'll be safe with you They travel on the evening and I'll definitely bring you guys inside and we'll hang out in Splitsville for a little while. But I'm just walking around Disney Springs as we're waiting for our dinner and bowling evening that is planned. I love the interior of Splitsville. Mid-Century Modern stuff is awesome. If you're looking for some of those nostalgic when you were a kid, let's go bowling.

It's a wonderful place to go. But we're going to walk by Splitsville for a little while here and we're going to walk over here towards the Cirque du Soleil and by the House of Blues. Let's see what's going on down here. Let's walk. Growing up in Chicago, I absolutely loved the Blues Brothers. Obviously, most of you probably know that that's where that movie took place. However, they have this really cool statue just inside of the Blues Brother, the Blues House of Blues gift shop and

um so I always like stopping by it's saying hi Belushi and Akroyd definitely grew up thinking that they were legends for sure The Listen to me Mother, this way Let me see that you're alive Just know you're not Gonna make this place right The The concerts at House of Blues are always great, however, you can't afford a concert or you just happen to be visiting on a whim. They almost always have wonderful live entertainment, as you guys can hear.

So it's always good to come back here. It actually gets kind of quiet back here because it is a little bit of a dead end, So it's always good to come back here. It actually gets kind of quiet back here because it is a little bit of a dead end, but it's definitely worth a little walk. You never know what you're gonna get. There's always good musicians, there's always good music. The only time that it gets really busy is when Cirque du Soleil is letting out. If you haven't seen the new Drawn to Life, also worth your time. It's got a lot of cool stuff. It's a little bit different than most of the Cirque des Soleils that are out there.

Usually Cirque des Soleils is very, very transparent as far as the stories, because there really isn't a line. It's really just a collection of shows. However, this one is definitely about telling stories and how those stories are told by Disney. And so it's a specifically Disney version of Cirque du Soleil. They spent almost a decade developing it and it's pretty awesome. And the theater in the semi-round that they have here at Disney Springs is definitely a good visit.

So if you can grab tickets to that, you can definitely recommend that. ["We're Still There"] We're still living and everything will all be clear Don't pay no mind to the demons that fill you with fear Alright, let's head over to Spitsville. Reservations at 645. I'm going to go to the Spitsville is a restaurant and it has some bowling alleys. It's a lot of fun. Spend some time with the family. Well, we've definitely had a lot of fun here at Disney Springs. I'm glad we could walk around and visit Splitsville and see some of the live music that's going

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