Annie And Danny's Fastpass Podcast

Annie and Dan hit the ground running and talk about a bunch of stuff, including Fred Armisen, improvised singing, the new website "Reddit", Dan's promotion, and some serious spoilers of The Dark Tower movie, which isn't even Disney. They briefly talk about the closing of The Great Movie Ride and Universe of Energy. The round out the last half of the episode by playing a rousing game of "Disney Would You Rather", and while it's not nearly as dirty as it sounds, its definitely just as fun.

Annie and Dan return and discuss a whole lot of items this week. Before they even get into the Disney they discuss Rosie O'Donnell, Wizarding World of Harry Potter, movies they've seen, and Dan tells a story about a co-worker. The news is brief, but they do mention the passing of Marty Sklar, the completion of the Slinky Dog ride at Toy Story Land, and even a little bit of Mission Space. Then Dan does some One-Star Yelp Reviews for Animal Kingdom, where he does an offensive Boston accent, listens to complaints about Fastpasses, the cold weather, and possible racism. Lastly, they talk about a couple of YouTube videos where people act like varying levels of idiots in ways related to Disney.

Annie and Dan start the episode talking about Annie's trip to the dentist, people's assumptions about 'Disney People', Fair Food, and the weird story about Disney's failed relationship with Jake Paul and Bizaardvark. They also talk about the idea that they're merely the idea of a fictional character, who is the work of R. Kelly. They take a brief trip "Off Property" to talk about the new Planet of the Apes movie (they both liked it) Lastly they spend a while bickering about what tasks should comprise their Disney World Scavenger Hunt.  The episode was sponsored by Lane Cohen's Below Par, available on Amazon

Annie and Dan return and talk about Dan's Jury Duty and Annie's mice friends before they dive into the real deal Disney talk. First Annie goes on a little bit of a socialist rant against Sofia the First, a kids show about a princess.  Once that's completed, they talk about all of the announcements from the recent D23 convention. Some of which include the new Star Wars Land (Star Wars Galaxy's Edge), the new Tron attraction coming to Magic Kingdom, the Toy Story Land, the Star Wars Hotel, new DVC properties, Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway, and a whole lot more. Lastly they start the conversation toward coming up with a concrete plan for an official Podcast Challenge/Scavenger Hunt. The Podcast is sponsored by "Below Par" by Lane Cohen

Annie and Dan return and discuss the Disney news of the week, which includes the end of the Siemens sponsorship, some wild speculation on the future rides of Epcot, a really expensive Disneyland map being sold, and announced changes to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. Then they go "off Property" to talk a little about Harry Potter. Lastly, they spend the final few minutes of the show discussing the new Spider-Man movie. Spoilers abound in this section. Oh! And they have a sponsor in the book "Below Par" by Lane Cohen.

Annie and Dan return to actual Disney-related content, by going through the recent Disney news items. They discuss the possible property values at Walt Disney World, which leads into the revelation that Dan would like to be a despot. Among other things, they talk about the five new dining "concepts" coming at Disney Springs, which include something from Wolfgang Puck, something from Jose Andres, and something that Dan described as a 'hipster masturbation fantasy'. Annie brings back the "One Star Reviews" segment, which includes a review where a lady really hates this one particular rock.  Lastly, they both watched Pixar's Cars 3, and they go into a pretty detailed, spoiler-laden review of the flick.

Annie and Dan record without a plan for the 2nd week in a row, and it's unclear if it's laziness, or just more fun. We'll see if the pattern continues moving forward. For this ep, they talk about the movie going experience, and go very deep on Tom Cruise and The Mummy reboot, as well as the birth of "Dark Universe" or whatever the heck that's supposed to be. They talk a little about some upcoming Disney movies, and then briefly talk about the possible tours he can take on his October visit to Walt Disney World, and the under-discussed Disney World miniature golf courses.

Annie and Dan prepare even less than usual this week, and completely wing an episode with no pre-planning. They still manage to talk about Pirates of the Caribbean, Guardians of the Galaxy, and the new Pandora area at Animal Kingdom. Dan asks Annie for her most quotable Disney movie, the minutia of Annie's day, Captain Phillips memes, popular current trailers, they have a game of 20 Question about what movie Annie bought out of the discount bin at Walgreens...but mostly they talk about Annie's weird burp noises.

Before diving into the Disney news, Annie and Dan discuss a very bizarre incident Dan experienced during his lunch break. Then they discuss the Walt Disney World Hall of Presidents, and what should be done with it. They discuss Zootopia being the subject of a copyright lawsuit. They talk about how Lularoe is taking over the world, and how Disney will be live-streaming the dedication of Pandoraland on their blog. Once the news is done, Dan and Annie celebrate "Graduation Season" by handing out some Disney Hero Superlatives such as "Best Smile" and "Best Dressed". Or maybe entirely different ones. Check it out!

Annie and Dan return and discuss the additional Disney Cruise Line locations and routes, the utterly pointless observation deck at Tomorrowland for the 'occasional fireworks', and the length and quality of the Epcot Food and Wine Festival. Then Dan wastes everyone's time by going through a pointless list from MiceChat. After that nonsense, they talk about Beauty and the Beast, finally, Johnny Depp's mounting insanity, and the early word on Pandora. They finish up with some listener questions.

Annie and Dan return and discuss the Disney news of the day, including the relative merits of the Disney Dining Plan, whether 'free' really means 'free', the Splash Mountain refurb this fall, Epcot's refillable wine glass, the expansion of Club 33, and the possible added scene from The Last Jedi into Star Tours. Then they talk about the rumors surrounding the Great Movie Ride... maybe soon to become the Great Mickey Ride? Lastly they discuss Dan's exploits in Disneyland this past weekend.

Annie and Dan keep the small talk to the scatalogical, though also Disney-related. Once through the unpleasantness, they kick off the Great Disney March Madness bracket, going through every matchup. Many casualties. Some really big upsets, and we think a true, legitimate winner.  See some epic match-ups involving your favorites like Mary Poppins, Kermit the Frog, Pin Trading, and the Boardwalk Epcot Entrance. Listen to find out who won, and tweet at us to let us know how dumb we are.

Annie and Dan return to celebrate March Madness, Disney Style.  They spend the full episode compiling a bracket of 64 competitors. 16 each from movies, characters, park attractions, and miscellaneous Disney things. Now that the competitors have been chosen, Dan will put together a bracket for the official Disney March Madness Tournament Also, Dan thinks this is episode 99. it's not. 

Annie and Dan return this week to discuss vocal fry, dabbing, giraffe gestation periods, and even some Disney topics. They talk about the Disney news of the week, which includes the first trailer for Duck Tales, Disney's showing at the Academy Awards (winning 4 Oscars), the express bus service, Emma Watson as Belle and Josh Gad being gay in Beauty and the Beast, and the Copper Creek DVC properties. Then they discuss Dan's DVC dilemma, Annie asks a few "Disney Would You Rather"s, and Dan talks about John Stamos' Disney Bounding.

Annie and Dan are joined by Jake from the famous Mickey Mutineers Podcast to break down the insanity that is the 1944 Disney Animation Classic, The Three Caballeros. The movie features Donald Duck, who appears to be visited by a possessed film projector that takes him into an existential, and surreal, journey into the culture of South and Central America. There's also something called The Aracuan, which is either a witch or a demon.  The film is the inspiration of The Gran Fiesta Tour at the Mexico Pavilion in Epcot, so it has that going for it.  It also may be Jake's favorite movie, by the way he talks about it, which could explain some things.

Annie and Dan return this week and they talk about aquarium visits, and general daily life. Dan reads some new Disney-related One-Star Yelp Reviews. This time about The Tomorrowland Transit Authority, Peter Pan's Flight, Cinderella's Castle, and Space Mountain. The main topic for today surrounds the notion of how they'd live at Walt Disney World for a full year. First they talk about the practical logistics of how they'd do it, and then they each go through the 10 ways they'd keep it fresh going to Disney World day after day. Annie's list includes making out with people from different countries, and Dan's list includes pooping on Tom Sawyer Island.

Annie and Dan return this week to discuss, among other things, how to know if you're lucid dreaming, safe sex positions for people with bad knees, and also some Disney News of the week. The Disney news focuses on the announced opening dates for Animal Kingdom's Rivers of Light, and Animal Kingdom's Pandora. Dan is much more excited about it than Annie. In other news, Disney has announced some additional in-room dining options at the Contemporary Hotel and Yacht Club. They've started a new VIP Tour for Magic Kingdom. Lastly the two discuss the cool effects on the Shanghai Disneyland Pirates of the Caribbean. The main topic for the evening is not only fun, but also a Civics lesson. Annie and Dan separately came up with their Cabinet of Disney Characters, where they choose characters to fill the traditional US Cabinet positions. It's Edutainment!

Annie and Dan start the episode by talking about Guy Fieri and other TV food personalities, but eventually dive into the body of the episode where they do a movie review of the 1998 Disney animated movie, Mulan. They talk about Lea Salonga's unconvincing man voice, Shan Yu's overall level of menace, Eddie Murphy's probable ad-libbing, and how feudal China sure did seem like a man's world.  Also, you get Annie talking about Audrey Hepburn. Don't miss it!

Annie and Dan talk about their unyielding need for accuracy of language, the idiosyncrasies of Dan's neighbors, and Annie's grandparents imminent crumble into dust. Dan reads through several news items, touching on Cabanas, The Epcot Flower and Garden Festival, the return of the Main Street Electrical Parade, the advent of the Disneyland MaxPass, the new Moana app, and they even discuss, with some depth, Annie's somewhat insane theories surrounding the meaning of the new Star Wars movie title "The Last Jedi".  The main topic for the show surrounds the best and worst fictional lands of the Disney film universe. 

Annie and Dan start the episode talking about Bob Clarf and his idiosyncrasies, pest control methods, new sex position names, and just generally engage in more of their usual weird chit chat. Their main topic this week covers another of the legendary 'lands' in the Magic Kingdom; Fantasyland at Walt Disney World. They go deep, people. They go deep.