Walkabout The World - A Disney Podcast - Disney's Epcot July Walkabout With Host Jeremy For Heat And A Treat

Episode Date: August 4, 2024

Hello Travelers! Join host Jeremy and his wife Heather this week for a journey around Epcot in feels like 108 F. Start at Communicore West Plaza for some Encanto tunes and some nice AC, and then venture out to World Showcase where we walk through Mexico, Norway, China, and finally to Africa to snag a delicious cherry Dole soft serve. After our brain freeze, we may our way back through Creations, the shop at Xandar, and end up at the entrance plaza near the fountain.    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.

Hello travelers, welcome back to Walk About The World. Welcome back to Epcot Center and Communicore West and Celebracion Encanto. I think that was a little bit of French and Spanish. I'm not sure what I'm doing here. But we are over here right past Communicore Hall. We just walked through crispy ac also inside there there was one table and one couch free every other single seating device had people in it which tells you how much this is probably needed heather's here with me hi heather hi everybody ah the plan i don't know don't have much of a plan but we're going to wander over here we're in uh communi core what is it what was this called i even said it in an episode communi core plaza i think that's what it's called can you record west plaza and we're gonna head over here and take a little bit of the music in so come on let's go Storbritannia Stopping here at Festival Favorites to peek and check the menu.

Some alcohols and some non-alcohols. I'm missing the food offerings for whatever reason. It's cool to listeniCorp West. What are you think about this? This is Heather's first visit to Communicore West. What are you thinking? I like it over here. It's like a good place to hang out. There's actually more shade than I had thought there would be.

I like it. It is 94 today. And just the fact that we have some shade over here makes it feel so much more tolerable. Nice breeze flowing under here. Ooh, the show's about to start. Hello, everybody! We're ready! Go, go, hola, hola, everybody. Bienvenidos a la... Now, let's help them around a little, buddy.

We're having a party! Right here at M-Graphics, all in white. And, once again, we're celebrating something. That's right. And today we are celebrating the magic of the... Escanso! Sweet! And we are racing from Villavandiga with a big, fierce circus.

We are going to... Cantaremos! Wow, that was impressive. We are going to the... Ay, la rey! Oh! Sucarero! It's going to be fantastico! My name is Lames

And I am Melissa And I am so excited! Although I do think I can use the refresh on something else. I can never remember who this is. Speaking of which, does anybody else know what Gringo means? Shut it out! That's right! And it's a really good time too because our amigos are here today to get this party started!

I know that everybody is here, we are ready to play a song! What are we playing? Encantica! I know what that is. Encanto and trivia blended together. Some trivia. Alright.

Let's rock on. We'll come back. Again, this is packed over here. Not a single empty table over here under the shade. I think this area is a hit. Okay, let's go. All right, at the entrance of World Showcase now. Port of Entry to your right and Disney Traders to the left. It's

hot. And we're heading left, which is what we normally do. And Heather and I have a mission. What is the crazy mission, Heather? To go to the Africa outpost and get some berry soft serve. There's, yeah. They had, what was the flavor that they had before that we really loved? It was tangerine. Oh, my God. So good. That is no longer there, but there's some flavor of soft serve out there

cherry raspberry something so it's uh 90 degrees but we're going to wander out there and that will be our our treat for making it that far okay come with us. Mexico ahead. Bienvenidos a Mexico. I really want some of that crispy Mexico Pavilion AC, but we're going to march on. Maybe we'll walk in there on the way back Okay, that was Mexico. I'm afraid Norway is going to be flyover country today. We'll be in China in just a moment.

How are you feeling, Heather? A little roasty toasty. By a little, I think it feels like 108. All right, here's your stave church on the left. Cringla Bakery, smelling lovely. Yes, ma'am. Oh, you want to go unfrozen? You want to go unfrozen? I want to get your drink. Okay, coming up straight ahead is China. China.

It's real time today, folks. Brisk walking pace. Joy of Tea on your right, and to your left is the main entrance to the China Pavilion. Bustling over here. The line for Joy of Tea is huge. I mean, stretching almost all the way to the Africa Bridge. What on earth are they selling at the Joy of Tea today? Cold? Heather says, anything cold?

True that. Okay, we have reached the bridge over to I think it's called Expedition Outpost. Is that what it's called? I don't know. At night and lights up red. Okay, we've made it. We're going to see about our frozen treat and meet up with you after.

See you in a second. Okay, we are standing over here next to Amani Village Wood Carver. Refreshment Outpost was the place to get the items. And we just got Cherry Saw Serve. And Heather, are you pleased? Yes. It tastes like Cherry Starburst. Cold, frozen.

Yeah, it's really, really good. Worth the march in the heat? Eh. I'm not sure yet. Maybe. All right. Catch up with you guys here after we get a brain freeze. I love the fact that over here they have really cool signs as well.

Just like Harambe. Here's Amani Village Market Tours. All day, most days, great guides with close relations to local merchants. Sculptures, hand carvings, refreshments. Call now to complete the registration. Over here, what do we have? It's a beautiful poster with a hot air balloon.

I wonder if Kinga hot air balloons is somehow part of this. But it says, see the Mara, glorious river excursions by way of watercraft. Gorgeous, gorgeous photos. Poster, I mean. Touring the rivers of Africa via watercraft sounds like a way to encounter hippos, which are cute and insanely terrifying. All right, over here at the wood carver,

there's actually some carving going on. Gorgeous stuff. Love it. Giraffe, antelope, elephant, gorgeous carved turtle. Lots of really cool beadwork. All right, see you in a minute. Ah, frozen dessert consumed. Taking a quick pause here. The China Pavilion. Skies in the distance starting to boil.

It is summer in Florida, after all. All right, Norway is like five feet away. Let's go. Norske Norske All right. All right. I mentioned for Heather to go ahead. I thought she's going to go here in Norway, and she's headed to Mexico. You and I are going to go hear the waterfall for a second, though. Here's Kring shop on your left. Here's the waterfall which used to be the backside of Maelstrom. Deep breath in and out. store them back out get some AC Breathe deeply. Do you smell the gear in this? Nope. Okay.

Fine, folks. Let's go find our Heather. Ah. there's a fountain over here how did I miss this I don't know we ducked in and got some crispy AC in the Mexico Pavilion. I'm here. You guys catch that? I don't want to do shit outside. You guys catch that? Okay, passing Chosa to Margarita on the right. We're headed out of Showcase and back to... Connections.

Wait. Connections. Wait. Connections. No. What's this? Creations. That's right. Every time. Did you hear that one? I'm guessing because I don't have the best microphone, you didn't. But that's some quality guest audio right there. It says you.

Heather says it's too hot to eat outside in August, but there will be 15 bajillion people sweating into their cheddar cheese soup over there at Canada pretty soon. All right, see you in a minute. All right, we just got out of Creation Shop. Little misters over to the right here as we pass. Headed towards Zandaria. I have to. It's part of my contract. Welcome to Zandaria. Zandarian Starfighter looming large ahead of us.

Guardian store up ahead. It looks like it has a huge line. What the heck? It's not the Guardian store. It's the Treasures of Xandar. I need to get this right here. Guardians don't own this. Oops. Oops.

Let's see if we can manage to get in here for just a moment. Say hi to the broker. Is that the right choice? Yeah. And welcome to the Treasures of Zandar. We have thoughtfully marked our prices on your Terran denominations, so you don't have to worry about converting your credits. You are welcome. Thank you. one thing about the broker he makes sure the ac is crispy

what you may not know is i am a personal friend of Peter Quill. If you see him, don't mention it. Yeah, are you though? He doesn't like to make a big deal and I don't like to brag. But he has been a valued customer in my shop on Zandar. Mostly. I think you threw him out, dude. in my shop on Zandar mostly I think you threw him out dude okay

back at the entrance plaza Spaceship earth behind us the breeze generated by spaceship earth is why I'm stopping feels nice well I mean it's it's incredibly hot nicer than it would be Hey, as always, let's give us a shout out to our Walkabout patrons. The beautiful Tomorrow Level folks are John Hamilton, Meredith Izzo, Hannigan, David Krause, Jessica Davis, Lindsay O'Connell, Courtney Otter, Cara Louise Moody, Laura B., Randall Lynch, and Barbara Torino. At the Living Laboratory level, we have Debbie Gambala, Eric Steinhauer, Josh Nakano, and James Beacham. Thank you guys so much for supporting us, for always being there. We love you big hugs I don't know about you guys but

it's hot Heather what do you think I totally agree you ready to peace out yeah me too so that means thanks for hanging out thanks for being with us on this sweltering yet pretty darn nice day at Epcot that we just had together.

Marched around, got us a frozen treat. Went to Creation Shop. Went over to Zandar. Did all the things. Flags are waving, which means the breeze is picking up. Clouds are picking up. And before the thunderstorm is picking up clouds are picking up and before the thunderstorms pick up we're going to get out of here so that's it from me

that's it from Epcot that's it from Walk About the World this week look us up on Instagram as always at walkaboutwdw you can drop us a note at contact at walkabouttheworld and remember timed that perfectly didn't I there's a great big beautiful tomorrow out there we'll see you on one of them

on another episode of walkabouttheworld bye everybody you