Walkabout The World - A Disney Podcast - Disneyland Mark Twain and Golden Horseshoe With Host Ric

Episode Date: June 27, 2023

Hello Travelers! Today join west coast correspondent Ric at Disneyland where you’ll enjoy a short Walkabout to New Orleans Square/Frontierland and hear clips from a nighttime cruise on the Mark Twain. Then head into the Golden Horseshoe Saloon to take in the sounds of some ragtime piano and some tunes you might recognize!   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!    Look us up at @WalkaboutWDW on Instagram and drop us a note to say hi! Find our producer Josh also on Instagram at @TheSteele. Say hi to our west coast correspondent Ric at @opticaljedi. Lastly give a shout to our Orlando correspondent Pete at @neverlandlocal.   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. 

Good evening, travelers. It's your old friend, Rick, here on the West Coast. And yes, I do say evening for a reason. We are here today, arriving just before sunset. Because there's something that's kind of uniquely available right now here in Disneyland. As you all know, unfortunately, Murphy, our Maleficent dragon, had a rather unfortunate fire recently. Sorry about the wonderful monorail going right over my head there. But unfortunately, Murphy caught on fire and that killed Fantasmic for a little bit. But that loss is your gain.

The Mark Twain is now running at night, which is an extremely rare thing here in Disneyland. And we're coming to the park just before sunset, so we can ride along the rivers of America after dark. I know so many of you enjoyed it last time, so I'm going to be throwing this in for you again. Yes, we still have turnstiles out here on the West Coast. I'm going to let you hear that. Hi, thank you. How are you?

Good. Hi. Thank you. Thank you very much. There's always something very special about any of the Disney parks after dark. and I hope you can hear it as well as we can see it. I'm sorry. The vast majority are marching their way out of the park while we march our way in. Let's just go. Thank you. Well, the sun is down. We can see the twain heading around the river bend. And we're going to head on over to get in line and enjoy a nighttime cruise. I'm just going to let you hear the sounds of the shore here in Frontierland as we walk over to the dock. I don't know, but for all of you, the sounds and the sights of a Disney park

just hit completely different once that sun sets. Going past the Golden Horseshoe Review here All the way to the Riverdoll so I'm just like, do you think I'm going to be able to get that? Right? We're going to cast it. Okay. I don't promise, but I just... I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

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Mark Twain! Mark Twain is not just the name of a riverboat or a great American author. It also means the water here is two fathoms deep. That means it's safe enough for us to proceed on our steam-powered journey along the rivers of America. On our trip, we'll visit the magnificent Columbia of the Great Northwest, the graceful Missouri of the Windswept Plains, and the rugged Rio Grande along the border of Texas and Mexico. I'll be sure to point out interesting sights along the way and even tell you about a legend or two. We begin our trip right here on the mighty Mississippi, heading south and ending up down in New Orleans. do

this is 1787. She rounded Cape Horn and became the first American ship to gather the stars and stripes around the world. The most famous landmark in this area is Splash Mountain, made for the fact that everyone seems to have a splashin' good time when they visit. Splash Mountain is part of greater country. Our remote wilderness is filled with tall vines, rustic buildings, backward bayous, and one of those tall tales we often hear along the river. The story is that the birds and animals that live here can talk, sing, and dance. Like I said, just another tall tale. While you're in Critter Country, you might want to grab a paddle and try your hand at the Explorer Canoes.

You can work up a real good sweat rowing one of those around the river. Me? I'll take the comfort of the Mark Twain Riverboat any day. He is going to be there. He's going to be there. He's going to be there. He's going to be there. He's going to be there. He's going to be there. He's going to be there. He's going to be there. He's going to be there. He's going to be there. He's going to be there. He's going to be there. He's going to be there.

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He's going to be there. He's going to be there. He's going to be there. He's going to be there. As we head into the remote areas of the rivers of America, you're in for a real treat. I've been navigating these parts for years now, but I never get tired of taking in the breathtaking beauty of the Columbia River. The majestic trees. The stunning rock formations. The cascading waterfalls. The moose, deer, and elk along the banks. It's all so magnificent.

So beautiful. so Over Friday, we will be in my hotel with my mother in Alabama. Long to decide a movie for his opinion, and I do believe he's giving us a sign of peace. That means we're all clear as we head up the Missouri River to the home of the plane. Yeah, but not the whole airplane and see what happens when it came. And then you got one of these animals and then not the whole thing but you see it very hard or you wouldn't want to pass around. You just take it. You get that in the air.

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is telling the tale of how Whitman, the top young driver, to take a hollow out pass and carry it into that most wondrous, unfeasible instruments, the flute. It's a legend, but the culture has passed down from generation to generation. And there, just beyond the Shaman, is a tribe of plains Indians setting up their camp along the banks of the river. They'll be here for a few months and then move on.

As we continue our journey, keep a close eye on the riverbanks. There's a good chance we might catch a glimpse of moose, mountain lions, and other wildlife. Thank you. Maybe because we lost half of the original. They should let us go around twice. Yeah, that's really cool. We're now heading back into civilization along the Rio Grande. Off in the distance are the towering buttes of big Thunder Mountains. Rumor has it that the railroad built to haul gold out of the mountains has been seized by supernatural forces, and they've turned the mining trains into the wildest pride in the world. Of course, that may be just another legend of the river.

Just ahead is the Frontierland, where our journey begins. On behalf of our entire crew, I'd like to thank you for booking passage on the Mark Twain River Road. At this time, we ask that you prepare to disembark. If you're on one of the upper decks, please make your way down to the first deck. The stairway to the right side and the back of the boat may offer the quickest and easiest route. We hope you enjoyed your voyage with us and that you will visit us again real soon. Engine room. Approach ready at one quarter steam. Demand for byline. All passengers, stand by to go ashore.

Alice? Alice? Alice? I'm going to continue on and play a little bit of ragtime, you know. I love playing ragtime, you know. Here's one by the King of Ragtime. Starts off and it goes like this. Thank you. What is that? Thank you. That's a little stop drop from my little playing head. Thank you very much. Thank you. I wonder what the piano would sound like when you walk in and go to the horseshoe.

It would have been a long, long time ago in the galaxy far, far away. I think it might sound something like this. in the galaxy far far away. I think it might sound something like this. That was fine. ¶¶ Well, right now I'm going to play a good old Disney melody, a little like this. I love you. I love you. Nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani, nen tani Thank you. Kampung Kampung Thank you. I've got one more thing, because we have to do one doctor. Did you hear about the arm that he was doctoring? Really bad. He had a carrot stuck in his nose, and he had a potato in his ear.

He said, doctor, I can't believe you. Please tell me what's wrong with you. The doctor said, well, obviously, you're not eating right now. But that very good doesn't know you. All right. Don't worry about it, Bill. Sit down. I'm happy to talk about it going? Come on down, girls. Get down. I'm going to have you talk about it.

We're going to take a stage, y'all. I'm going to give this last song to Disney 100. Right? This song is all dreams. It's not going to be true. It's not what this company's been all about. So come on,

you can clap your hands. All right, here we go. There's the break. And after this, don't be scared at all now. So come on, you can clap your hands. Let's clap. All right, here we go. There's a great big view of the far end. It's a great big view of the far end. The great big view of the far end. Come on, let's go. Come on.

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with myself as we took a little visit down to the Golden Horseshoe and brought it full circle to the very first thing I ever recorded for Walk About the World. I hope you enjoyed hearing those amazing, great Disney tunes played on that beautiful, upright piano. Until next time, of course, you can always find us at our one and only social media outlet. That would be walkabout WDW on Instagram.

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