Walkabout The World - A Disney Podcast - Epcot Soarin' Over Califorina And Moana: The Journey Of Water

Episode Date: October 8, 2023

Hello travelers! Today, join co-hosts Producer Josh and Pete the Neverland Local for a special episode as they spend a rainy day at Disney's Epcot celebrating its 41st birthday. You’ll start at the Land pavilion where you’ll experience the queue, preshow, and entire ridethrough of the now classic edition of Epcot attraction Soarin’ Over California. Then after a short but damp walk around World Showcase, you’ll take in the sounds of the brand new, sure to be classic attraction Moana: The Journey of Water.   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!    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.   If you like what we do, consider joining our crew on Patreon.   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.

I missed that outtake. That was good. I'm rolling again. Come on. Oh, sorry. Hello, travelers, and welcome back to Walk About the World, your weekly audio stroll through the parks and resorts of Walt Disney World and Disneyland in California. There you go. I'm Josh, here with... Pete.

Pete, the Neverland local. And we are here this morning at Epcot on October the 1st. We don't usually date our shows, but I figure it's okay for today. It's a good idea. What is significant, if you don't know, about October 1st, Pete? Well, today's a couple of birthdays, right? So, Epcot's birthday, 41. 41.

41st birthday. 41st birthday. 41st birthday. And Magic Kingdom's 52nd birthday. Happy birthday. Feels like we were just celebrating the 50th for the last two years. Two years ago. We're here this morning just to kind of take in the sights and sounds. We were hoping there would be some kind of anniversary map.

Button map. Even a hello, happy birthday. Anything. Some of the cast members didn't even know. They didn't. It's disappointing. We have since confirmed that they did. They were told backstage.

They were told. They were told just as a reminder. But we got some funny looks. So we're here. I think we'll walk around. I'm here personally to take in the Moana preview. I don't know if there's much to record there or if they'll even let me but we'll see how that goes. Sounds good. Then also I figure we head over to Soarin' and we have... they're celebrating the 100th with bringing back

Soarin' Over California, which is nice here at Epcot because I miss that orange citrus smell, that scent that reminds me of... California land. Yeah. Reminds me of Horizons back in the day. There you go. So, but... Should be a good day.

We'll dodge some raindrops and see what we can hear. Rain is supposed to be coming in here in a little bit but I'm not gonna talk a whole lot I'm just gonna walk around get some sounds and enjoy see you in a little bit I'm sorry. Hello and welcome to SOREN. My name is Patrick and I'll be your chief flight attendant today. We'll begin boarding in a few minutes, but first I'd like to acquaint you with some important safety information. When the doors to your flight open, please take a seat and store all carrying items in the under seat compartment. This includes cameras, purses, hats, and of course, these little beauties.

Next, fasten your seat belts, inserting them into the buckle on your right. If smaller aviators don't measure up to the height indicator on the seat, just put the belt through the loop in the center strap before buckling. Nice work, pal. Soon you will be airborne. So if you or your little aviators have a fear of flying or of heights, Nice work pal. Everyone has a seat before us. Soon you will be airborne. So if you or your little aviators have a fear of flying or of heights, you might want to wait for your party at the arrival gate.

Okay, let's review. That is seat, seatbelt, carry on, head safety, strut, fear of heights, keep your hands and arms inside at all times, and you're nice. One more thing. Yeah. Have a nice flight. Thank you, Patrick. All right.

Thank you. Please follow me. So we're in town. We are ready for takeoff. LSp4 2.70 ¶¶ oh ¶¶ Thank you. The Thank you. I'm sorry. To the next. Another wave. Thank you. On behalf of our entire flight crew, thanks for soaring with us. Oh, yeah. One fasten your seatbelt, just push down on the left front of your way. Be sure to gather all your carry-on items from the under-seat compartment and exit to your way. Have a great stay here in the parking lot, or wherever your final destination may take you. Well, it has been a wet day today, this morning. So far, we took shelter in the Land Pavilion. Hope you enjoyed soaring over California. And now I think we're just going to take a stroll around World Showcase.

While there's a break in the rain. Don't jinx it. Sorry, yeah, you're right. Shh. It could rain at any moment. Leporello Come on. I'm a little bit scared. Leporello All right, so it looks like we're going to try and get into this preview for Pete's favorite. The journey of Water. Lana, the long wait is over. Ironically, it's raining.

It has been raining all day, and there's kind of a small break. It's just very misty right now. It's teaching us the Journey of Water. And it definitely thinned out the line. Because before, when we got here this morning, it was long. At least a couple hours. Oh yeah, for sure. But now, it looks like we're going to walk right in.

So let's have a listen to Moana, the Journey of Water, shall we? Kampung Kampung There you go. Well, it is pouring, but... Also, it says, water in this experience is collected and recirculated. Please do not drink it. Don't drink the water. Touch the strings of water. Terima kasih telah menonton! Terima kasih telah menonton so so Oh my gosh! That's the dry paddler there! Oh! Dry pad! Oh, look at the dry paddler!

Oh my gosh! Oh, we're over right now. Terima kasih telah menonton so I'm going to try to get a little bit of a deep dance here. It's so cool! So when you do get a chance to come in here, make sure you're looking for the hidden characters in the rockwork. Because you can walk right past them. Someone just pointed them out to me. Oh, what did you do? Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

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I'm so scared. I'm annoyed about it. I'm looking for Cocoa Pie. I'm annoyed about it. I'm so annoyed. I'm annoyed about it. I got in slow-mo um Terima kasih telah menonton! Kampung Kampung I'm going to go to the next one. I gotta admit, that was a lot cooler than I thought it would be. Yeah? You think so? I was one of the skeptics. I was like,

uh, Moana, Jumping Water, EA. How great can it be? But I really enjoyed it. Even on a very rainy day, and I can definitely see how, you know, especially during the summertime it's going to be... I think it'll be packed during the summertime.

And if you notice, when they built those awning things, and they built actual holes in it, so when it rains like this, the water comes Yeah. And if you notice, when they built those, like, awning things, and they built actual holes in it, so when it rains like this, the water comes through. Kids were playing. Just to see the adults jumping around in there, laughing and having a good time,

I think they did a really good job. Yeah, it was great. So when's the official open? Is it end of October or early November? Something like that? I think it's in October. You don't quote me, though. So when you get a chance, check it out because it's a good time.

Other than that, I think we are done with this happy birthday Epcot rainy day. We are. It's been a great birthday, Epcot. Thank you. And we did make sure that the cast members knew that we weren't wishing them a happy birthday. It was... Every single time. It was for Epcot.

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