Episode 008 - President Lincoln and his bag of holding

• Recorded 11/1/16
• An election is coming up
  • Chris is voting early tomorrow
  • Chris is taking a field trip to the Crayola Experience in the Florida Mall on Election Day
• Hall of Presidents
  • History
    • ’64-’65 World’s Fair - Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln
    • Moved to Disneyland
    • When WDW was being designed, they didn’t want another New Orleans Square because of the proximity of NOLA to Orlando
    • Imagineers reviewed plans for Liberty Street from Disneyland and decided on Liberty Square
    • Created the Hall of Presidents for WDW
    • Starting with Bill Clinton, the sitting President gives a speech
    • With Barack Obama, the HoP was redone with the version that is there today
  • Opinions
    • Glenn has liked every version of the HoP
    • Chris hasn’t been in a while; he’s going to go before it changes
  • How much cooperation do they need from the President?
    • [Video from the White House](https://youtu.be/TdpAbHwoFq0)
• The Muppets Present… Great Moments in American History
  • The beauty of Liberty Square
  • It’s an underrated land
  • The Muppets are a good addition
  • We want to see it in person; we’ve watched a [video](http://www.themeparktrader.com/the-muppets-present-great-moments-in-american-history-review-and-video/) of it and it looks fun
  • Little gems of WDW
• Charity Pick
  • How to find a charity
  • [Guidestar](https://www.guidestar.org/)
  • [Better Business Bureau](http://give.org/)
• PizzeRizzo
  • Opens 11/18/16
  • Pizza Planet pizza was horrible
    • Not as good as [Lombardi’s](http://www.firstpizza.com/) in New York; America’s First Pizzeria!
  • Looking forward to this opening
  • Mama Melrose's Ristorante Italiano
    • Glenn has never eaten there
    • Chris ate there with his friend Sean
    • Chris didn’t have a great meal there, although Sean really enjoys it
  • A little background on Sean - a future guest on the podcast
• Construction at the Magic Kingdom for new security checkpoints
  • Report on [WDWMagic](http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/magic-kingdom/news/31oct2016-photos---construction-at-the-magic-kingdom-main-entrance-points-to-streamlined-security-checkpoints.htm)
  • Security for each separate type of transportation to try to speed up getting through security
  • There’s a need for security, but anything that can help will be welcome
  • Chris gets picked every time to go through the metal detector
  • The security checkpoints should be blended in better
• Rumors of Guardians of the Galaxy attraction
  • Rumors of GotG replacing Universe of Energy have been squashed
  • New rumor: [GotG overlay at Tower of Terror in DHS](http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/a-terror-rific-spirited-13th-tot-fans-have-lots-to-fear.921460/)
  • It doesn’t fit the theme of Hollywood and Sunset Blvd
  • Glenn thinks the GotG overlay is OK in DCA, but not DHS
  • However, if Glenn had to choose between it going in Epcot or DHS, Glenn picks DHS
• Pick of the week
  • Chris - [WaterField Designs](https://www.sfbags.com/) the [Bolt briefcase](https://www.sfbags.com/collections/briefcases/products/bolt-briefcase)
  • Glenn - [Peak Design](https://www.peakdesign.com/) the [Slide](https://www.peakdesign.com/product/straps/slide/) and the [Clutch](https://www.peakdesign.com/product/straps/clutch/) straps for cameras