Walkabout The World - A Disney Podcast - Toontown Reopens In Disneyland Resort With Ric
Episode Date: March 27, 2023Hello Travelers! Hot dog, hot dog, hot diggity dog - it's a brand new day what you waitin' for!? Journey out west to the Disneyland Resort and the reopening of Toontown with Ric (the Optical Jedi) and... family. The ambiance is great - Toontown just exudes happiness. 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 contact@walkabouttheworld.com. Say hi, tell us how you found us, and give us some suggestions on things you'd love to hear. 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.
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Hello Travelers, it's your old friend here, Rick, over on the West Coast at Disneyland
giving you a nice little view of Toontown today.
Today is the official reopening of Toontown, and so I'm on the walk back here through the
edge of Fanny Sand, as you can hear me
going past Matterhorn on my
right-hand side. And I'm
going to let you hear
the sounds
and the sights
of Toontown.
The new version
of Toontown. And I can't
wait to share this all with you. We're just going to walk back here,
let you hear it all. I might occasionally interject just to explain what I'm seeing,
but for now, I'm just going to let you enjoy this.
I'm walking back towards Small World here, about to take that bend towards Toontown,
right underneath the Toontown Disneyland Railway Station.
Hey, the Toontown Hysterical Society is in. It's a very toontastic day here in Disneyland.
Listen to that happy music.
Wow, look at the crowds.
It's definitely back.
Wow.
I'm almost turned around.
It looks so different.
We're bending around the new fountain here.
Right in front of El Capitun.
Walking on the grass.
In the new park.
What an energy. Listen to that.
Miska muska.
Hot dog.
It is, but it's not.
You might just want to go to the pool.
Taking the bend past the new playground here at Goofy's.
What a completely new space.
I feel little patches of grass everywhere to chill on.
Way more trees than there used to be.
The new cast member costumes are really fun and playful.
Just love the new look.
Everyone looks so happy and bright.
Walking past the line for Pluto here on my right.
Can I get a picture of the costume? Oh yeah, of course.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Mickey's car is parked out front of his house at the garage.
The line for the popcorn?
No, no, no.
The line for the picnic baskets, right no, no. It's over there. The line for the picnic baskets, right?
Yeah.
I see some familiar faces.
All right.
No.
Just walked past WDW Net News.
Look at this little picnic.
All the picnic blankets.
They're so adorable.
Okay, I might need the picnic blanket. I figured you were going to want that.
Look at this actual shade, a place to sit in the grass.
This is a much more kind of friendly and warm space now. I know you miss your Chip and Dale. The music you're hearing in the background is for Gadget's Go Coasters line.
Looks like that ride really hasn't been changed at all.
It's just so's go up in here
let's go say hi
y'all look good
right here baby I'm going to say bye to him. The playground in front of Donald's is really great.
I think we're going to get in line to try to nail the picnic blanket. If I can figure out where the end of it is. um
oh I'm going to try to get a photo. I don't know if you can see the actual music at all. No, it's really good. Oh, okay.
Oh, okay.
I think the music is really good.
The music is really good.
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I'll come.
Go.
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The line to score one of the picnic baskets and picnic blankets
actually ends outside of Toontown. Thank you. There's so many people in this wine house.
And I'm waiting. What are you doing?
What are you doing?
I don't want to wait.
I don't want to wait.
I don't want to wait. Yeah, but it's like...
Yeah. It's really kind of amazing and beautiful today.
All of the non-costume cast members, all the execs, they're all dressed up.
They're dressed in period clothing from the 50s.
They have their hair done up, you know, fancy coats.
It's just, it's really cool energy in here
right now.
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It's going to be a big, big train. oh
no but i went all the way around Hi! I think there is a post-train button. I think there is a post-train button. I think there is a post-train button.
I think there is a post-train button.
I think there is a post-train button.
I think there is a post-train button.
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I think there is a post-train button.
I think there is a post-train button.
I think there is a post-train button.
I think there is a post-train button.
I think there is a post-train button. I think there is a post-train button. It's a great day here in Southern California, and I have to say it actually works incredibly
well with the backdrop at the moment.
It all just kind of bleeds from one to the other really beautifully. Thank you.
Thank you.
Right behind me.
Gotta love the duck tails drop. I just want to make sure y'all don't miss the big rush to break. Thank you guys so much. Thank you.
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That's okay.
But I need to be. I need to pee.
I can't get my hand out.
Wow, if you wanted just to pass this, that's the one thing I would do. wow This is gadget.
For your safety, remember to stay seated with your hands, arms, feet, and legs inside.
If you're riding with kids, please keep an eye on them.
Now hang on and have fun.
Para su seguridad, permanezca sentado y mantenga sus manos y brazos.
Hello, this is Lisa and Eliza about to ride Gadget's GoCo coaster for the first time since we've started, since it's reopening.
Here we go.
Are you ready?
Yeah.
All right, everyone, here we go.
Hello, everyone.
Just for you, I've set the controls for ESF, Express and Car Park.
Here goes! Here you go!
Short but fun. so
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No pie?
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Look, chocolate.
Here you go.
Here you go.
What's that?
I got my cheese.
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um Oh, yeah. Thank you. Oh, thank you so much for joining us on another rather adventurous journey today.
The western version of Disney.
We got a bunch of great stuff in.
Of course, the journey through all of the new Toontown.
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So until next time,
this is your old friend here,
Obstacle Jedi Rick,
out here in not-so-sunny
Anaheim, California,
saying there's a great,
big, beautiful tomorrow out there,
and we hope you can join us on one of those
again, here on Walkabout
the World.