Episode 010 - Bananas for Cabanas

• Recorded on 11/22/16
• Thanksgiving week
• Emoji Blitz Corner
• • Psych! (Well, about a minute of discussion)
  • Waiting for the Christmas emojis to be released
  • Glenn is playing [Clash Royale](https://clashroyale.com/) again
  • Chris wants to get Glenn to play Tetris; Glenn will become obsessed with it if he starts playing it again
  • Future episodes: Retro video games and Walt Disney World Explorer
• Chris’ visit to DHS and his review of Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM! - AKA "Chris Visits Disney" Corner
• • Star Tours
  • • First ride on ST for Chris’ son
  • Great Movie Ride
  • Star Wars Launch Bay
  • Stormtrooper march
  • Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM!
  • • Chris enjoyed it
    • Gives it about an 8.5 out of 10
    • Prep and Landing is great
  • Other Christmas offerings that Chris is going to try to attend
  • • Drones at Disney Springs
    • Maybe other things, but probably not
  • Chris’ Disney Adventure is the best segment
• [Magic Bands 2](http://www.wdwmagic.com/other/mymagicplus/news/21nov2016-disney-unveils-the-magicband-2.htm)
• • Disney is trying to save expenses by not having to permanently have the RFID chip in every band
  • Will they pass the savings along to the guest?
  • Can put the pebble in other items
  • The data that comes from the Magic Bands must be incredible
  • Magic Band technology hasn’t made it to Disneyland yet
  • Why can’t Magic Bands for AP’ers be used for charging?
• Pandora - The World of AVATAR
• • Opening Summer 2017
  • [Showed a clip of one of the AAs](https://d23.com/first-look-at-the-navi-river-journey-shaman/?share_token=f0fe172676)
  • Opinions:
  • • Glenn couldn’t care less about Avatar; should have spent the money on original IP
    • Chris: theming is a waste of talent for the Imagineers; does not agree with using Avatar
  • Our opinions aside: the AA looks fantastic
  • It’s a shame that technology isn’t being used on something with Disney theming
• [Cabanas in the Magic Kingdom](http://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/201611/5344/)
• • Glenn thinks it’s a huge money grab by the Walt Disney Company
  • Chris plays Devil’s Advocate and makes a case for it…and makes good points
  • It’s mainly the presentation of the current test of the cabanas in Tomorrowland that’s bugging Glenn
  • If they were themed and out of the way, it wouldn’t be bad
• Charity Pick
• • [Goodwill](http://www.goodwill.org/)
• [Epcot is the next park to be overhauled](http://thedisneyblog.com/2016/11/21/whats-going-epcot/)
• • Finally!
  • It could be really cool or really awful
  • More show material! Yay!
• A new festival at Epcot
• • [Festival of the Arts](https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2016/11/all-new-epcot-international-festival-of-the-arts-coming-to-walt-disney-world-in-january-2017/)
  • Extending the number of festivals at Epcot
  • A scrappy little company trying to make their way in the world
• Picks of the week
• • Chris - [The Tetris Effect: The Game that Hypnotized the World by Dan Ackerman](http://amzn.to/2gL7VlD)
  • Glenn - [Walt Disney's Epcot Center: Creating the New World of Tomorrow by Richard R. Beard](http://amzn.to/2gycIDZ)