DANK Pod Episode 1

Hello DANK's!!!

This week JP rants about the Facebook Group posts about whether Disney World will close during Tropical Storm Debby. 
Nathalie emotes over the loss of the loBBster roll at EPCOT. 
January tells us about a great Meal Deal called Magical Dining.
Ash shares news about the Wizarding World portal in Epic Universe. 

Here are some links to the things we chatted about. 

• Tropical Storm Debby brings torrential rains, flood warnings to southeast US | AP News
• Visit Orlando’s Magical Dining® Presented by Orlando Health
• The Wizarding World of Harry Potter™ - Ministry of Magic™ | Epic Universe (universalorlando.com) 

Send any questions/suggestions to us at thedankpod@gmail.com and follow us on the gram @thedankpod

Transcript

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 0:00

Who wants to run their segment first? can. I can be an asshole. All day long. I need a cue for that. It's organic.

Bernard: 0:10

Welcome to"The DANK Pod," the podcast where four Disney Adults No Kids) share their magical adventures! Join us as we explore the enchanting parks, savor Mickey-shaped treats, and ride Space Mountain without worrying about height restrictions. Meet your Hosts: Nat: The Dory of our group, deep as fuck and fiercely loyal. Fun and positive when the world is upside down and she forgets things! January: The Belle of the ball, she enjoys a good book to take her somewhere and tries to not judge a book by its cover. Ash: Our Jiminy Cricket, The annoying voice advising between good and evil so that you’ll all have a shot at becoming a real person one day. JP: The Carl of our group. A medium to crotchety, stay off my grass type mixed with a spoon full of sugar” Whether it's dissecting hidden Easter eggs in"It's a Small World" or debating the best churro flavor, we're here to sprinkle some pixie dust on your day. So grab your Mickey ears, listen up, and let's dive into the magical world of Disney-Adulting! Thanks for tuning in, let’s get DANK! This week JP sounds off about the weather rants in the Disney facebook groups, January shares info about a magical dining experience, Nat reminisces about the missing lobster roll, and Ash shares some news about Epic Universe. Disclaimer: This podcast is purely for entertainment purposes. We love kids, but sometimes we just want to ride the teacups without’em This is Jonathan Perez. touch that. That is epic. I'm going to make that my ringtone. I did a good job. I'm so proud of you. This week it's the Facebook groups going off about Tropical Storm Betty. Debbie. Little Debbie. I think she's a little deppy.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 1:55

Wow.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 1:55

It's a little tropical storm, and it turned into a hurricane in part of Florida. The panhandly part. And people are on Facebook going crazy about, I cancel my trip? Are the parks gonna be closed? They don't realize the is into capitalism. And closing shit for nothing. It's 20 times a up to it is will they close the parks for a hurricane? my experience, they only close rides They'll close transportation systems, like the little, what are the skyboxes called? Skyliner.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 2:35

Skyliners.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 2:36

And.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 2:37

oh the skyboxes, I don't know. Yeah, it's less, yeah, that's true.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 2:49

they shut those down. And what else do they close down? We found out first hand. Drone show. So

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 2:55

Oh, yeah. If there's very strong winds.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 2:59

it seem like it's going to happen, though. They definitely tool you along an asshole. But yeah, how's the weather on your it doing? Is it raining? you're not even in a state of emergency right now.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 3:09

So it's been gray all day. It rained. There's a little bit of strong wind. We went to the springs this weekend. So we had our blow up raft on the porch. And I heard it getting blown around. Now I had to bring it inside.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 3:26

Do you have a, big is the raft? Do a raft in the living room now?

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 3:30

I do have a raft to wrap in the living room.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 3:33

Do you just sit in the raft and watch TV?

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 3:36

Yeah, friend Like Joey and Chandler in the canoe.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 3:40

oh

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 3:40

a solid plan. I would just leave it there. Can we a A canoe, aren't I want a canoe? bad.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 3:47

I'll send you a picture of our floaty so you can see

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 3:49

They have fun Dinosaurs and flamingos.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 3:52

they have one like ours comes with os,

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 3:55

they have gray?

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 3:56

Is that the, the color of the millennials Yeah, I'd like to have millennial from all the home renovations.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 4:03

I

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 4:04

The millennial, gray

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 4:06

discovered a color It's called Grge and it's

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 4:10

Grge, gray beige. Where? Where did you see that at?

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 4:17

What tips would you offer to somebody in these groups so that I don't have to be an asshole? Right now, I just laugh at their comments. Like

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 4:24

That's They're You have to understand

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 4:28

Yeah.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 4:29

we are used to This This the life that we choose. Say choose, because we're still here we know what, how it works. glad that we have the, people freak out. We went to Sam's the other day No, we went to see at the club, Sam's Club. And and then January was like, there's only Sulphur Hills. And I'm like, oh, there's a hurricane.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 4:55

you gotta get

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 4:56

And they always overreact they're concerned. Do you know what it is. a pass hole because of this you forget the people are about to drop some money, okay, and They're concerned like what if you know, I'm spending my vacation to do this with my kids. Are we gonna be rained out? You have the luxury of going whenever you want, you privileged bastard.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 5:17

I I was from the parks. I might for a day, don't tell my

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 5:21

Wait, you what?

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 5:22

You go work from the parks, I was researching like where the best wifi spots are and then just go work

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 5:27

where are they? He

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 5:30

Epcot is pretty solid. By the Dory ride. It's supposed to be pretty chill. I on somebody's on somebody's post where I a tropical storm. It publics isn't making about this. I going you're going to be okay. Going through and no, in no time flat. That's what said. you said. And close the horseshoes and hand wounds entirely different continent. She's con no, it's only the North American continent. I didn't say continent enunciate Leave my list alone. Yeah. I think you're not gonna, gonna shut the parks down. if Jim isn't here, Jim the weather guy. Like the weather guy. Man, so

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 6:13

evacuated?

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 6:14

I didn't get evacuated your go out at all

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 6:18

No, we're fine. Honestly, I feel like in, in central Florida, I always feel very fortunate at, at the worst we'll get some flooding, but like, I know on the coast, there's a lot of damage from branches and trees and like more severe flooding, but we're normally okay.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 6:41

I you disney ever shut like actively closed the park

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 6:46

Yes, and I've, if I'm not mistaken, it may, I think,

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 6:52

Was a hurricane

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 6:53

okay, and have to fact check this.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 6:57

It was,

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 6:57

Jonathan, you have to fact check this. not mistaken, Charlie, they closed down

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 7:05

that was

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 7:05

for Hurricane Charlie

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 7:07

Charlie was a big one.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 7:08

2004. 2004, I think. Okay.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 7:12

two years ago. For something,

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 7:14

I didn't say it was the last time, okay? you to simmer down.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 7:19

of the times

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 7:20

Not a Soup boiling

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 7:21

as, remember, as,

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 7:23

was Charlie? Ian.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 7:25

probably would have powered through, but slowly, they become more, more precautious and realize that, you know what maybe we shouldn't have people out there with strong winds and lightning.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 7:36

The last one they for. that's what remember when Jimmy came down?

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 7:41

The, was that that Disney closed weather in Orlando,

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 7:46

Ashley, hurricane Charlie was a category four

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 7:50

That tracks.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 7:52

in 2004.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 7:54

2004.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 7:55

across? Hit the west coast? Then skated across the center like west to east. Hurricane Floyd, September 7th, 1999.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 8:06

99!

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 8:07

What?

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 8:08

Wow.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 8:09

That's

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 8:10

okay.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 8:11

And

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 8:12

And the,

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 8:12

they closed during the attacks of 2001. September 11, 2001. then August 13th. They closed and not to open Animal Kingdom for a hurricane. 04, Hurricane Francis. Again, Hurricane Gene.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 8:33

For all the, for most of the hurricanes.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 8:35

2004

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 8:36

They care about our safety.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 8:37

Matthew, Irma, Dorian,

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 8:43

in Florida, let's be honest. What was it? September? October? I don't know. We got drenched. That was my first time in all the years going

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 8:56

How do you dry?

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 8:58

pro tip, bring a banjo.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 9:00

Pro tip, Bring a poncho.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 9:03

do you keep pocket

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 9:03

For sure.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 9:06

That would be ideal.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 9:09

We usually do. Normally, we keep pocket ponchos in my park bag but we didn't last time

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 9:13

Nah, I live life on the edge. Jonathan, no.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 9:17

the dice.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 9:17

just living my life, not the, I don't want to be held back with extra, nah! Out here.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 9:21

like you think about planning it then forget. However.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 9:26

different like if I'm wearing, like for example, I, you have your attire, like what you wear to the parks. And sometimes I'm feeling cute and I might want to wear like my brand new sneakers. I'll check the weather that day. I'll do

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 9:37

You do

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 9:38

differently. All

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 9:41

don't want stepping on your white Nike dunks, right?

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 9:44

That wouldn't be cool.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 9:45

you know gets me going at the parks Lunchtime it's hungry. I wish Somebody would talk

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 9:52

I see what he did there. You see what he did there?

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 9:54

awkward transition

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 9:56

yes. So food at the park.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 9:59

that was.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 9:59

Well, very exciting. A lot of people like to go to Epcot for what

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 10:04

Food

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 10:05

food and wine. Yes, so that's going to be starting at the end of the month, August 29th through November 23rd.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 10:15

I

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 10:19

Orlando anywhere through August up to September there is a program called Magical Dining. Have you guys heard of it?

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 10:30

tell me more about magical dining.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 10:33

So, what I really love about Magical Dining this year, it's running from August 16th through September 30th, and what's really cool is they get a bunch of restaurants to join in on this plan. They have, uh, over 150. So, these participating restaurants feature a three chorus, like, pre fixed dinner, and they're at really exceptional prices. So, you can go to a premium restaurant. And they'll either have a 40 offering or a 60 menu offering. They let you know like what options you can get as your appetizer, your entree, and a dessert. So you do get the three courses. And honestly, it's cheaper than like just going to sit down at a restaurant.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 11:22

That's a good hack. We plans for this. I'm

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 11:25

Haleo is on there, but you weren't a

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 11:28

Jaleo is on there.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 11:29

Yeah. That's the one.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 11:31

Yeah, that's just I'm too old for that

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 11:35

It's

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 11:36

It's really cool. They have a really good website so you can see the different restaurants. You could filter out, like, what kind of cuisines you want to see, like try out, you know, it is magical dining dot com.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 11:52

Nice you can menu prices it looks like as well

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 11:56

I highly recommend it for, the pricey. Restaurants, especially if like you get like a good steakhouse, you know, it can get pricey there.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 12:05

you like steak Who? You. Yeah. Sometimes, not all the time, I'm not like an everyday steak guy. My ears are crooked. I like chicken, seafood, but I would eat steak. Steak is just dense. Thick.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 12:22

steak

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 12:23

Do they serve seafood inside of SeaWorld? Do they grow

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 12:28

I would think not

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 12:31

you never know. Maybe.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 12:32

Offer fresh calamari. It's okay.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 12:35

Fresh. So fresh.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 12:36

at seaworlds

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 12:37

I'm just kidding, I have no

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 12:38

Oh my gosh

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 12:40

flemings is on there, Capitol

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 12:42

Yeah

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 12:43

there.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 12:43

is the best steak I've ever had, and I don't really steak. Oh.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 12:47

Flemings is delicious. Ruth Chris is on there. I've never had it, to be honest. Neither one which of you about.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 12:55

to be really too. Ruth's Chris bothers me, the bothers me. I don't the name. It's does she own going on?

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 13:02

I don't know.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 13:02

cool. Not for me. For some reason

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 13:05

What if they didn't just finish? What if they ran out of spacing? That's all, it would've been like I understand that it's upscale now, but what if it was like, Ruth's Crispy Chicken? That's how it started back in the day, and now we never know.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 13:16

out of

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 13:16

You drop the rest of the letters, and now you're just Ruth Chris, and now you're upscale, oh my gosh.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 13:23

That's not even how you spell Crispy. There's No. H in

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 13:26

It's okay, they can't spell, they're from the Beverly Hillbillies. Damn.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 13:33

Hillbillies from?

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 13:34

Wait, Tennessee? No.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 13:38

Alabama

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 13:39

don't know either. Do you know? You don't know.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 13:42

find out.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 13:44

Is it a show or a movie?

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 13:46

show. It's a show that they then

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 13:49

They got a movie. Okay You

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 13:51

it's both.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 13:52

Originally it was a show

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 13:54

In the Ozark Mountains of Missouri.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 13:57

in Missouri.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 13:58

a

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 13:58

Missouri!

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 14:01

Okay.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 14:02

If you guys know your food stuff, if you've watched Gordon Ramsay's competition, do you guys, have you heard of it? Next Level Chef?

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 14:09

that the fella? angry

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 14:12

Yes. He's gotten older and I think he's chilled out a little,

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 14:16

What made him, did he get, he got a Xanax? and

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 14:19

probably.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 14:20

OEL? Yeah. Did he get a bicycle? He did get a bicycle. Didn't what's his name? This the English white T-shirt British fella who hates everybody. Singing show. Oh,

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 14:34

of British people right now. Oh,

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 14:38

Simon

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 14:39

Yes. Thank you. Natalie.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 14:40

Cowell, you're welcome.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 14:43

like destroyed himself on a bicycle.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 14:46

I did, I didn't know he had an accident.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 14:48

yeah, he was on TV last couple of months. And I know if he fell into something or if rammed into him. But like whole torso is black and blue. Gordon Were you right about Simon, does it say? Yeah, Simon got fucked up. got

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 15:07

Well, if you have seen Gordon's show, Next Level Chef. Richard Blaze is one of the chefs

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 15:16

Who's Richard

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 15:16

and he's one of the, and he's also a judge on the show. But what's really cool is he has a restaurant here in Orlando, Florida the Hyatt Regency.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 15:29

in the magical dining pass?

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 15:32

It is in the Magical Dining. So, it's really cool if you really enjoy that show, that competition, because Natalie loves it.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 15:42

What's his name?

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 15:44

It's called Four Flamingos, a Richard Blaze Florida kitchen.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 15:49

Oh, I think we should look into that now. Like four, the number four.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 15:53

Yes, four. Four Flamingos.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 15:55

Four Flaming Hoes.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 15:58

For dessert, they have a Passion Fruit Crème Brûlée.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 16:02

What's it what's a creme brulee

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 16:04

Crème Brûlée? Have you, have

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 16:07

You don't know what creme brulee or you just no, I don't know what creme

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 16:10

you tried it?

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 16:11

But I don't know what a brulee is a brulee has to be something

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 16:16

I think a brulee refers to when they cook the sugar. They harden it with a torch.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 16:22

you have a kitchen torch?

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 16:24

Yeah.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 16:26

I thought you would have one We can arrange it she had a zester Is that what it was

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 16:33

I've never heard

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 16:35

Yeah, that's a stirrer.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 16:37

kitchen tools until January rain. I was like, what's a sester? And

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 16:45

We also have a mandolin.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 16:47

yes.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 16:49

thingies. Yeah, You play a little ping a ling ding.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 16:54

We recently got a masher.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 16:57

Ooh. Did you get where it like squeezes and it all comes out?

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 17:03

No, we got the old school one.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 17:05

What is it? I don't know. Can

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 17:08

Huh? For the potatoes. We already had the hammer.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 17:13

You had a hammer.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 17:15

had the hammer.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 17:16

hammer. Like a tenderizer? that it is?

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 17:19

Yep.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 17:20

Oh, are your potatoes

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 17:22

The fork looking.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 17:23

recipe. in a bag. Comes in a

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 17:26

I don't,

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 17:26

No

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 17:27

Oh. Just add water.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 17:29

I can't.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 17:31

It's recipe. Secret. I

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 17:32

Oh, you're supposed to add milk, right?

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 17:35

I think it depends on which one. like milk and water. Just water for me. Yeah, he only likes the ones that just have water. my have

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 17:42

I mean, yeah.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 17:44

It's just a way to play.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 17:46

What's

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 17:47

Yeah.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 17:47

Orible? that?

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 17:51

It's horrible.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 17:52

French on

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 17:54

Orible.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 17:58

I like it. We,

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 17:59

Does this intrigue you, dragon fruit tiramisu?

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 18:03

I don't know. I don't

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 18:04

Should fruit Should fruit be with coffee, though?

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 18:08

Yeah, why not? You, we, don't we put like shots of espresso and orange juice hash occasion? We? Don't

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 18:16

You put orange juice with espresso shots?

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 18:20

It was a That's a thing. On the socials one. It's pretty good. Try it. Try it.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 18:24

Is it? Like, just espresso shot. Like, no sugar, no cream, right?

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 18:31

if you got orange juice, you don't need sugar. Yeah. If you orange juice, you're not supposed to

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 18:33

That's true.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 18:35

Yeah. Um, you know what really is on my mind at this point in time, wonder. Sometimes I wonder. But I don't know.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 18:45

I found it. Oh, and I renewed my pass, guys. I did it!

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 18:48

job. I'm so proud of you.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 18:49

Yes, the Sorcerer.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 18:51

Well

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 18:53

You know what? I wonder so much, and then, but you know what? There are things, okay okay, you guys, be honest, don't lie. You'll wonder something, but you don't look it up. But there's sometimes that you're like, oh no, I need to know. And you look it up immediately, right?

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 19:07

Yes.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 19:07

It's either now, or really, you don't give a fuck, you're not looking it up. But, not,

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 19:14

something, I shout to my wife, my caretaker. Hey, will you please pull the supercomputer that's in your pocket and just look it up for me. In that

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 19:25

So real.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 19:25

yeah, That's for how that works. But it doesn't.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 19:28

What, so she's, wait.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 19:29

me. I the to this place. And then I'll be like, out your super computer and up what I'm trying. Maybe it's because I can't super direct with her, I'm a car like, Oh, if you want me to get Google out of something. That's fine.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 19:46

So you're wondering this while you're driving?

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 19:49

of the time I'm wondering

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 19:50

Okay.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 19:51

when she wonders she's driving, I'm just like fucking look that shit up.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 19:56

See.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 19:56

reciprocal at all.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 19:57

There's tons of things.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 19:59

Yeah, I wonder.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 20:02

the process is when, for creating their menus. like sometimes they repeat things, and sometimes they don't. Sometimes you only see it you'll just dream about it for the rest of your life only pray that it comes back. There is a person, there is a team for sure, not I understand the fairies don't come out of of any,

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 20:27

a

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 20:27

and just,

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 20:28

somewhere.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 20:28

are like, bibbidi bobbidi, Food no, get it. But what's their criteria? Like why do they take away our lobster roll? That's my of all.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 20:41

That's what

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 20:42

I understand they have to bring out new things, but I just, if anybody ever listens to this that matters that team, if they could please bring back the lobster roll.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 20:52

don't pick on either one of our listeners.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 20:54

No, listen, I'm not picking I'm making a request, a humble request.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 20:59

Who there's, I don't know what the volume of is that they go I'm sure it's like, there's economical factors like, Hey, how much lobster can we get away with not putting in these things and still call it a lobster roll

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 21:13

I see.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 21:14

then charge what we have to for it. So if you,

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 21:18

what did you just say?

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 21:20

What part?

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 21:22

Repeat that. go back 20 seconds. I just want to make sure I heard you correctly.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 21:28

I said they have to decide on how much lobster they, cannot put in it and still refer to it as a lobster roll.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 21:38

So what you're, are you saying that

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 21:41

They're not giving out hunks of lobster for 15 bucks. They,

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 21:44

I obviously you don't, you don't get the lobster. Okay. Cause number one, it's 10 bucks and it's a quarter of a lobster. I have no doubt that it's real lobster. Number one, don't you try Disney like that? Who are you? Who is this guy?

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 21:58

see your face, number

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 21:59

Yeah, you will. Oh, you're so lucky you can't see my face.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 22:01

think you're eating lobster. I know you're eating crawdad.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 22:05

Nah, crawl that. Why?

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 22:07

Okay, well,

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 22:09

I

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 22:09

I like the fake lobster, okay? Don't take away my dream. you.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 22:16

went to Beaumont and I was eating the the salmon the salmon deviled eggs, and you know what they are.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 22:22

Oh, I've never heard of that.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 22:24

they're good, but it's really just a hard boiled egg with bit salmon on top. fake salmon I don't know. It's salmon paste. Salmon paste? I'm okay with it, too. not even

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 22:36

like salmon in a can.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 22:38

it's a salmon paste, like a smoked salmon paste. But

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 22:41

Don't they call that pate? Okay. Okay.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 22:43

Yeah. Don't they put that in cat food? Probably, I don't care. I bucks for a lobster roll? It's you're probably getting half a little piece of it tastes I'm not even mad at it.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 22:57

No, the thing is that you need to

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 22:58

not get it. But just be like, that's what

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 23:00

The thing is that you have to realize you're not getting It's a very small little lobster roll. If you're thinking of a lobster roll, then you're sadly mistaken. Okay.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 23:13

No, it's like a, it's like a little bun.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 23:15

right. It's I will get, I will, you know what? Oh, I'm so mad at you. Why would you even,

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 23:21

to our

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 23:22

Oh,

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 23:23

If you have influence over Disney and their menu selection, you should let the, these taste buds get down on that to tell you if it's good, if smash or on this, this is they're slacking. There's need to raise the food game big time.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 23:42

Do you guys,

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 23:44

Oh, yeah, I think so. I love to be in their kitchen to what they're gonna do because You have to have this I have an iron stomach with that

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 23:54

do you guys,

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 23:55

buds

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 23:56

do you guys ever try So, how, how many times have you been to Food Wine?

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 24:02

Every there taken you guys 100 percent of the time

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 24:07

Okay. So, do you guys ever try like the Impossible Burger stuff?

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 24:13

Ooh, I have had Impossible I not mind Impossible Burgers.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 24:18

They have different flavors, right?

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 24:20

They do.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 24:21

Yeah. I always enjoy always sampling whatever Disney does with the Impossible Burger. Okay. Because it always tastes so good, and I, like, when I try to make the Impossible Burgers at home, I can never make it taste as delicious as Disney does.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 24:37

the pixie dust on there. To Natalie's question she wonders. got a process flow to it where they figure out we're going to we're going to make strawberry milkshakes historically we have sold X strawberry milkshakes per X number of visitors this festival will target a great pool of visitors. we have to anticipate, we have to extrapolate from that, how many strawberry milkshakes we're going to get, how does it

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 25:12

So,

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 25:13

milkshake? And then can we allocate that many strawberries? And how kind of up period does that take to get ourselves into that? Natalie, were you expecting so much? Rationale to the answer of your question.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 25:28

No, know absolutely not I didn't why would you

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 25:32

You didn't

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 25:32

First off I didn't expect you to disrespect Disney the way that you have today I'm gonna tell you what they would say they would be like they will call it like lobster With a double B or something like they do like the crabs right exactly,

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 25:47

a

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 25:47

that's my point

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 25:48

Crab with a K

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 25:50

that's what I'm saying.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 25:51

You get the

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 25:51

Okay.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 25:52

got me some Rab. It's really

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 25:53

Wrap.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 25:55

this. It's just so good.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 25:58

That's terrible. It's terrible. I'm not saying it's lobster with a double B. What I am saying is it's probably very easy for them to but locally, if you were sourcing like any from a local market, you could end up disrupting

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 26:11

fun fact. Disney handles their own food. They don't outsource. grow their own food. They get it.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 26:19

lobsters.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 26:20

their thing.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 26:20

grow their own

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 26:21

That's they, wherever it

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 26:23

probably do.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 26:25

I'm calling bullshit. I need where does Disney get from?

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 26:28

Look it up.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 26:29

Investigative.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 26:31

They grow their own chickens.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 26:34

Investigative reporting. He's on it. He's got his next assignment.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 26:40

You what this is? You know what? let's look here. Where does, cause where does Disney get their turkey legs? Uncle John's Pride. turkey legs are from a special variety of turkey called Tom, called a Tom Turkey, which can to be as much as 50 pounds. They purchased them from, so right off the bat, busted. They buy them. But, if they were growing it, that would only further support, maybe a lobster growth period. Maybe they didn't enough. And they

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 27:07

Oh, man.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 27:10

I'm just saying you have to, if McDonald's do a mango milkshake and they didn't plan for it five years in advance, they would collapse the mango industry and the prices of mangoes would grow sky high because McDonald's bought them all right. The same has to be true scalable, How many of these are we going to sell? What's our aggregate profit margin on this one product? How long is it sustainable if we bring it back next year? Do we have to bring it back at fifteen dollars instead of ten dollars? Is that enough of a value? What do our what does

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 27:41

Maybe,

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 27:42

say?

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 27:43

maybe you're in the wrong industry, Jonathan. Hehehe.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 27:46

just gonna let natalie know where she fucked up. Oh, yeah, don't bring retail You bring business and retail i'm gonna give you an answer

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 27:53

You know, it makes total sense. I think I just, you know, sometimes you don't think about everyone else. You're just thinking about yourself

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 28:01

Where's my

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 28:02

and right. Yeah. Like, why did they take the lobster roll away from me? But you're not you're right. Ballot argument.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 28:11

They probably have the

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 28:12

Probably the truth.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 28:15

My guess, if you said, Jonathan, I need you to put five dollars on a bet, I'm gonna say they probably have their 2027 menu. Maybe even food menu planned out and they're already working to grow and allocate those things for it. probably, good product manager is working two to

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 28:31

Yeah,

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 28:33

How long ago did you guys have the lobster roll?

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 28:37

About

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 28:37

this will be the 3rd year. Yeah, this will be the 3rd year. Yeah they definitely did.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 28:43

I'd be keen to see what's on it, though.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 28:45

I did not care for their ramen. If you tried the ramen, what was going on with the broth?

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 28:51

Was it bland?

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 28:53

It was,

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 28:54

Unimpressive. It

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 28:55

some, it had some type of citrus note, but it just came through so overpoweringly strong. It just was not good.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 29:06

Okay. Okay. Few are worse than disappointing food that you paid for. had.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 29:11

Yeah.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 29:12

the best theme, Ramen that I had. Close your ears, Okay. at the comic book cafe. I have no idea what they're even doing serving there it's not like you went you went in a cafe. kind of food do they have in It's not vegan ramen But it was good

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 29:32

do I mean? Some comics are from Japan, right?

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 29:36

Not

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 29:36

I was thinking.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 29:37

These are like,

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 29:38

Yeah, like,

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 29:39

sunday 40. Yeah, sunday morning

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 29:41

oh.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 29:42

like blondie and

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 29:44

Okay. Yeah, that's not on

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 29:47

Yeah, Hagar.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 29:48

Betty Boop.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 29:50

Boop. Betty Boop, boop,

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 29:53

What was the cat's name?

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 29:56

Garfield?

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 29:56

The one with the

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 29:58

Felix.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 29:59

The one with the clocks.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 30:01

I think was

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 30:02

Do you guys ever see those clocks?

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 30:04

Clock Cat is Felix. Oh, yeah. With the big eyes. And that to

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 30:09

Mm hmm.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 30:11

Dang. Alright. Is that the extent of your wondering today, Natalie? Ash, I got a question for you. Hit me. What's going on outside the berm? Ugh. Exciting news this week, guys. Maybe you two don't know, go to another park. On occasion. Comparison shopping. We go to another park. And is a new park. And that park has been slowly announcing all of the different lands and, the what to expects. Sounds epic. It sounds epic. so punny tonight, dear. So yeah, the, we'll probably talk about the, other lands in future episodes, but the announcement that in the last week was some details into the Wizarding of Harry Potter. The other parks within Universal, the Universal the Islands of have Potter section. And they are extending that into Epic and they released a lot of those details this week. And it's actually pretty cool because different than the other two parks, they're actually doing Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 31:28

I love Fantastic

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 31:29

as traditional Harry Potter stuff. So I thought that was really neat I was a fan of the Fantastic Beasts movie, although I don't think they all performed very well amongst the other animals. It's hard to work with animals, when you're acting. Animals and kids.

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 31:43

Yeah, it is.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 31:44

right? It's really difficult. So the announcement this week talks how to get to this new world. And so within Epic, it's be that you walk into Celestial Park, and then you'll reach a magical portal, we will be able to as Wizarding. You'll open, opens up into is 1920s Paris and their little section of their Wizarding population. We're gonna see new shops, new cafes, A lot of throwbacks to the movies, which again is very exciting for me. I think magical creatures brought to life is long overdue. One of the of the Land is going to be a magical circus. Have you guys seen the Fantastic Beasts movie at all?

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 32:29

Yes, love it. love a good love story.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 32:33

the movie, there was a circus. Hold on who's in love in that one?

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 32:40

You're going to question me now? What's her name? Is it Queenie? Queenie. And,

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 32:45

love.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 32:45

What's the guy's name at the bakery? The bakery.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 32:49

Kovac? What's his name? Kowalski.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 32:53

Kowalski. I love them.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 32:57

There are quite a few love connections.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 32:58

They're, they're my favorite?

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 33:00

your It's adorable.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 33:01

Yeah.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 33:02

Ash, do you have a love story? My favorite part of that movie was Jude Law. Jude Law? Do you like, have the relationship between Dumblydore and What's his name? want to know how Dumbledore went from very sophisticated three piece suit bath robes You my dad, right? In his old age the progression of gay some shit went sideways obviously put in less effort. So anyway, so we go to 1920s Paris and we go to a magical circus. Tell me

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 33:38

Yes.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 33:39

I'm done with you already. So the, within the circus, which to be an attraction in of itself, we're going to see performances, special effects, and of course the magical creatures. It didn't speculate on. whether or not we would see Nagini. Hold on. Wait a second. Are you telling me they just gave me shit for bringing up Nagini and we don't even know if it's going to be there? Yeah.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 34:05

Do how do we feel about Johnny Depp getting pulled

nat_1_08-05-2024_190102: 34:09

I think it's

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 34:10

from Fantastic Beasts? He did great.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 34:19

Oh yeah. I I don't know. they're the movies though, to bring him back.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 34:25

No, they'll probably move on. Are they just gonna cut it like they're not finishing at all?

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 34:31

the last I heard is that it was, just aside. There's a lot of issues the background. The Johnny Depp part I think wasn't, I think it was initially a but I think the concerns with the author and some of the backlash. she's been immersed in the last couple of years has also left a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths. She had a hand on the in the making for Fantastic Beasts because it's not a written the way that you know the Harry Potter series was.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 35:05

Okay.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 35:06

involved in the films and where you know the direction was supposed to go. I don't, know I should talk about which side of the fence we're on as far as she goes as an author, but I think for those reasons, it's been tabled pretty intensely.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 35:24

So sad. I just I loved the storyline.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 35:27

Redmayne in this movie. I was super impressed. Yeah. Like

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 35:33

yeah. Right.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 35:36

there was definitely some rough patches along the way, but I was in, I was enjoying the process.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 35:43

Positive news, did you hear about or optimistic? Did you hear about Tom Riddle on HBO?

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 35:50

Wait, Tom Voldemort?

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 35:54

He's getting his own show.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 35:57

I did not. Didn't you know about that, Ash? Are you talking about the Harry Potter series itself? Or,

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 36:04

They're, they're coming out with a show.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 36:06

Yeah, I HBO's doing something that was, like, re Not rebooting, but Harry Potter into a series.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 36:15

Oh. Let's

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 36:16

read anything super concrete about to be in it, the showrunners are. there's been a lot of speculation. we'd to come in as Lucius. I think that would be a full circle. Interesting.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 36:33

see.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 36:34

keep eye on it, for sure. I hear so a good for that, because they did so well with the first few seasons of Game of Thrones.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 36:47

Mm hmm.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 36:48

The, book enjoy the series, because then they can take their time. But, then the is, that the kids, they grow. So you'd probably have to start with somebody really young. But I guess they did it on Game of Thrones. So it can be done.

january-raine--she-_1_08-05-2024_190103: 37:05

Right.

jp_1_08-05-2024_190104: 37:06

taught. Alright. other news? Or are we safe to it up? No, I think we're good.

Bernard: 37:17

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