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This week brings us an Alice filled extravaganza featuring the Minnie Minxes! This show completes that whole Alice book club thingy with the big fat cherry on top that is the wonderful Kim and Michelle! As part of our Alice discussion we talk about:

• Alice and Math
• Alice comedies
• All Saints Church Daresbury
• Blackpool, England (not to be confused with Lynn Lynn, City of Sin)
• Blackpool Alice darkride
• Grand Floridian pool

You’ll also hear a good deal of Alice music floating around in the background, as well as this fabulous Tom Lehrer number. And, of course, a very silly Nikki Minaj parody that’s been floating around in my head for about a year – it’s a bit rough but it seemed the perfect place to just drop it down. Enjoy!

So where else do you find Aliconian ideals or influence or wonder or nonsense on a great and grand scale….. Where does this, if at all, infiltrate your life? Anyone? Anyone?

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Towel animals are magical for only a limited time. Even if you bring them home. They kinda fall apart eventually.

This show will be magical for only a limited time! Well that’s kind of a lie. It’ll probably be here on the internets forever, long after we’re all gone. Unlike the dragon that flew over Fantasyland for the press that night. Not that we’re bitter or anything.

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Jennifer wrote a column on Limited Time Magic for StudiosCental a while back. It’ll probably be around forever too. So you can read it anytime, really. No hurry.

Disneyland’s been getting a lot of press lately for temporary (but in most cases still ongoing) closure of several major attractions at both Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure, due to OSHA violations. It was unfortunate timing; between these closures and other downtime for refurbishment, many Guests were left frustrated by unavailability of their favorite rides, and/or long lines as the parks struggled to keep up with demand under limited capacity on a busy Saturday. Contrary to early reports, Disney was not forced by OSHA to close the attractions; Disney chose to do so, after OSHA served notice to them regarding lack of progress on previous violations which still remained unaddressed.

On this week’s show, we discuss the recent OSHA citings at DL, call BS on the numbers at WDW and recognize the Evil Genius that may be RCID*!

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*allegedly

coast to coast baby!

We’re not entirely happy with preparations for the 2014 Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend! Also, capitalism has some serious downsides.

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You could win these two lovely items by telling us all about you area of Disney Trivia Expertise on Facebook – more details in the show!  What we talk about is this:

So now you see where the questions came from – follow along!!

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Lisa got a survey from Disney recently, with tons of intriguing questions about possible Star Wars additions to Disney Parks. We discuss these questions, including our answers to some of them.

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did ya ever notice this little thank you on your hershey bar?

On this week’s show, Lisa shares her review of all things Hershey, PA -

• Hershey, PA
• Chocolate World
• The Hershey Lodge
• more then you ever wanted to know about the meal plan available at the Lodge
• Farm House Fresh lotion thatwillmakeyousmellsososososososogood

The Milton Hershey biography is available on iTunes.

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Here are a few more pics from our room at the Lodge -

This week, we discuss Walt Disney’s love of railroad trains, and other forms of track-based public transit.

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This episode was inspired by the book Walt and the Promise of Progress City, by Sam Gennawey. We’ve got an extra copy to give away! To enter the giveaway, go to our Facebook page and comment on the post announcing this episode; after one week, we’ll pick a name at random to win the book.

We also are joined in this podcast not only by Trace and Greg, but also by the loudest pug in the wilderness, Roxxy. She’s especially noticeable at about 21 minutes into the show. Let me tell you, people who are light sleepers should not have pugs in the house.

This week, Andy, from Eating (and Drinking) Around the World, joins Lisa to discuss Disney food myths and clear up whatever it is Lisa thought was going on with the California Grill refurb.

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Yehaa Bob Jackson was recently awarded the very prestigious Disney Legacy Award and that honor leads to our discussion about Disney Name Badges - and the discovery of the very cool Name Tag Museum.

You can find Bob’s t-shirts and CDs here!

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