Pirates & Princesses

A viral video by a former Disney Cast Member is telling guests what NOT to do in Animal Kingdom. Crocs officially get BANNED on EPCOT escalators after a series of accidents. Then we talk about other news including the Mufasa trailer landing with a thud, the opening date for Dreamworks Land in Universal and their new Mega Movie parade. About PNP: Everything Disney and Universal! Pirates & Princesses (TM) is an independent, opinionated podcast focused on Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Universal Orlando Resort, and other themed entertainment and travel destinations. Hosted by Thom and Kambrea Pratt. Opinions expressed by our contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of PNP, its editors, affiliates, sponsors, or advertisers. PNP is an unofficial news source and has no connection to The Walt Disney Company, NBCUniversal or any other company that we may cover. On the web: piratesandprincesses.net Pirates & Princesses (TM) is a registered trademark of Clownfish Studios LLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The 2024 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival is starting later than it has in recent years, returning to its pre-pandemic window of August through November. But why? Then we talk about more Disney and Universal theme park news and rumors, including new Smellephants, a Space Mountain movie, Disneyland cast members unionize, the possible end of the Rip Ride Rockit coaster in Universal Orlando and a tram crash in California. Plus, is this the END of Bluey forever?! About PNP: Everything Disney and Universal! Pirates & Princesses (TM) is an independent, opinionated podcast focused on Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Universal Orlando Resort, and other themed entertainment and travel destinations. Hosted by Thom and Kambrea Pratt. Opinions expressed by our contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of PNP, its editors, affiliates, sponsors, or advertisers. PNP is an unofficial news source and has no connection to The Walt Disney Company, NBCUniversal or any other company that we may cover. On the web: www.piratesandprincesses.net Pirates & Princesses (TM) is a registered trademark of Clownfish Studios LLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More Disney news and rumors coming at you this week! We talk about the rumored expansion coming to Magic Kingdom and the possibility of Radiator Springs Racers being what's "beyond Thunder Mountain." Then we talk about Disney giving away Disney+ for free to Verizon customers, Star Wars NOT being profitable and... unique Disney World smells?! About PNP: Everything Disney and Universal! Pirates & Princesses (TM) is an independent, opinionated podcast focused on Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Universal Orlando Resort, and other themed entertainment and travel destinations. Hosted by Thom and Kambrea Pratt. Opinions expressed by our contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of PNP, its editors, affiliates, sponsors, or advertisers. PNP is an unofficial news source and has no connection to The Walt Disney Company, NBCUniversal or any other company that we may cover. On the web: www.piratesandprincesses.net Pirates & Princesses (TM) is a registered trademark of Clownfish Studios LLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we have a TON of Disney news! We talk about the return of Free Dining, changes to the DAS passes in Walt Disney World, rumors of Robert Downey Jr. returning to the MCU, Halloween Horror Nights 2024 news, and the result of Disney's proxy battle with the Trian Group. Also, we got our first look at the animatronics for the rethemed Splash Mountain, and they look pretty dang good! About PNP: Everything Disney and Universal! Pirates & Princesses (TM) is an independent, opinionated podcast focused on Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Universal Orlando Resort, and other themed entertainment and travel destinations. Hosted by Thom and Kambrea Pratt. Opinions expressed by our contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of PNP, its editors, affiliates, sponsors, or advertisers. PNP is an unofficial news source and has no connection to The Walt Disney Company, NBCUniversal or any other company that we may cover. On the web: http://www.piratesandprincesses.net Pirates & Princesses (TM) is a registered trademark of Clownfish Studios LLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's episode, we talk about Disney World news and rumors including Disney settling its dispute with the state of Florida, some lackluster new attraction announcements, the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser being sold for parts (cocktail drinks) and the upcoming Disney proxy battle against Nelson Peltz and Trian. We also talk about the rumored dates for Halloween Horror Nights 2024, Disney movie news and more. About PNP: Everything Disney and Universal! Pirates & Princesses (TM) is an independent, opinionated podcast focused on Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Universal Orlando Resort, and other themed entertainment and travel destinations. Hosted by Thom and Kambrea Pratt. Opinions expressed by our contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of PNP, its editors, affiliates, sponsors, or advertisers. PNP is an unofficial news source and has no connection to The Walt Disney Company, NBCUniversal or any other company that we may cover. On the web: http://piratesandprincesses.net Pirates & Princesses (TM) is a registered trademark of Clownfish Studios LLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week talk about accusations of Disney gouging its customers. We talk about viral reports of family trips costing over $13,000, reports of the $200 lightsabers from Galaxy's Edge breaking down, and the usual grousing about Genie Plus and upcharges. In other news, we talk about the Disney Proxy Battle, Joe Rohde possibly returning to Imagineering, Frozen voice actor Josh Gad getting social media blowback and... the Easter Bunny coming to Magic Kingdom. About PNP: Everything Disney and Universal! Pirates & Princesses (TM) is an independent, opinionated podcast focused on Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Universal Orlando Resort, and other themed entertainment and travel destinations. Hosted by Thom and Kambrea Pratt. Opinions expressed by our contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of PNP, its editors, affiliates, sponsors, or advertisers. PNP is an unofficial news source and has no connection to The Walt Disney Company, NBCUniversal or any other company that we may cover. On the web: http://piratesandprincesses.net Pirates & Princesses (TM) is a registered trademark of Clownfish Studios LLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fan favorite Disney Imagineering legend Joe Rohde is finally getting recognized by the Walt Disney Company as, well, a Disney Legend. In a shock move, Star Wars creator George Lucas issues a public statement siding with Bob Iger in the proxy battle against Nelson Peltz. More news and rumors for the week include a merging of two theme park giants and Disney's SMELLY new attraction in the Magic Kingdom. About PNP: Everything Disney and Universal! Pirates & Princesses (TM) is an independent, opinionated podcast focused on Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Universal Orlando Resort, and other themed entertainment and travel destinations. Hosted by Thom and Kambrea Pratt. Opinions expressed by our contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of PNP, its editors, affiliates, sponsors, or advertisers. PNP is an unofficial news source and has no connection to The Walt Disney Company, NBCUniversal or any other company that we may cover. On the web: http://piratesandprincesses.net Pirates & Princesses (TM) is a registered trademark of Clownfish Studios LLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Disney has released a new ad targeting Nelson Peltz, Ike Perlmutter and Jay Rasulo... and it's UGLY. It sounds very much like a political ad. Will Trian get its board seats and upset the Disney status quo? And another Disney Imagineering exec "gets gone" under mysterious circumstances. Then we talk about other Disney news and rumors for the second week of March 2024. About PNP: Everything Disney and Universal! Pirates & Princesses (TM) is an independent, opinionated podcast focused on Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Universal Orlando Resort, and other themed entertainment and travel destinations. Hosted by Thom and Kambrea Pratt. Opinions expressed by our contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of PNP, its editors, affiliates, sponsors, or advertisers. PNP is an unofficial news source and has no connection to The Walt Disney Company, NBCUniversal or any other company that we may cover. On the web: http://piratesandprincesses.net Pirates & Princesses (TM) is a registered trademark of Clownfish Studios LLC d/b/a WebReef Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival returns for 2024, and we've decided to rank our favorite EPCOT festivals. Then we talk about Disney and Universal news and rumors for this week, including a breakdown at the Carousel of Progress, Bluey being put on hiatus for a spicy adult cartoon and the Disney Proxy War heating up. About PNP: Everything Disney and Universal! Pirates & Princesses (TM) is an independent, opinionated podcast focused on Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Universal Orlando Resort, and other themed entertainment and travel destinations. Hosted by Thom and Kambrea Pratt. Opinions expressed by our contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of PNP, its editors, affiliates, sponsors, or advertisers. PNP is an unofficial news source and has no connection to The Walt Disney Company, NBCUniversal or any other company that we may cover. On the web: http://piratesandprincesses.net Pirates & Princesses (TM) is a registered trademark of Clownfish Studios LLC d/b/a WebReef Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Disney is not in a good place right now. It doesn't matter who you ask or what publications you read, The Mouse House has seen better days. Pirates & Princesses returns to discuss where the company is currently at, the proxy battle with Nelson Peltz, and the impending competition for Walt Disney World from Epic Universe and Super Nintendo World. This plus news and rumors for the week of 2/27/24. About PNP: Everything Disney and Universal! Pirates & Princesses (TM) is an independent, opinionated focused on Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Universal Orlando Resort and other themed entertainment and travel destinations. Hosted by Thom and Kambrea Pratt.Opinions expressed by our contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of PNP, its editors, affiliates, sponsors or advertisers. PNP is an unofficial news source and has no connection to The Walt Disney Company, NBCUniversal or any other company that we may cover. On the web: http://piratesandprincesses.net Pirates & Princesses (TM) is a registered trademark of Clownfish Studios LLC d/b/a WebReef Media" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Move over Mickey Mouse, here comes Mario! With Super Nintendo World now open in Universal Studios Hollywood and Epic Universe in Orlando right around the corner, it appears that Disney is in very real danger of being overtaken as the theme park industry leader for the first time in its history. We talk about this, Ant-Man 3's box office performance and other Disney and Universal theme park news and rumors on this episode of PNP. About PNP: Everything Disney and Universal! Pirates & Princesses (TM) is an independent, opinionated focused on Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Universal Orlando Resort and other themed entertainment and travel destinations. Hosted by Thom and Kambrea Pratt. On the web: http://piratesandprincesses.net Pirates & Princesses (TM) is a registered trademark of Clownfish Studios LLC d/b/a WebReef Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Disney is on the verge of losing control of the Reedy Creek Improvement District after former CEO Bob Chapek got into a political battle with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Disney's Q1 2023 earnings call is a wake-up call for the company. 7,000 jobs will be cut, Disney+ subscribers are down 2.4 million and the company needs to save over $5 billion. A lot of that money will come from a cut in content spend... which means a lot of CHEAP shows? We talk about Disney parading out several sequels to established franchises, announcing Frozen 3, Toy Story 5 and Zootopia 2. Then we have an update on Jeremy Renner. About PNP: Everything Disney and Universal! Pirates & Princesses (TM) is an independent, opinionated focused on Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Universal Orlando Resort and other themed entertainment and travel destinations. Hosted by Thom and Kambrea Pratt. On the web: http://piratesandprincesses.net Pirates & Princesses (TM) is a registered trademark of Clownfish Studios LLC d/b/a WebReef Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Disney's Galactic Starcruiser is in BIG trouble, as Disney is now cancelling some voyages. Then we talk about the possibility of a Journey Into Imagination refurb being right around the corner, Disney boardroom drama, Tron 3 being greenlight, Jeremy Renner recovering and more. All this and more and more in this week's Disney news roundup! About PNP: Everything Disney and Universal! Pirates & Princesses (TM) is an independent, opinionated focused on Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Universal Orlando Resort and other themed entertainment and travel destinations. Hosted by Thom and Kambrea Pratt. On the web: http://piratesandprincesses.net Pirates & Princesses (TM) is a registered trademark of Clownfish Studios LLC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

MCU star Jeremy Renner was seriously injured in a snow plow accident, the Figment popcorn bucket returns, Disney is cracking down on booting merchandise, and Epcot Festival of the Arts menu is revealed. All this and more and more in this week's Disney news roundup! About PNP: Everything Disney and Universal! Pirates & Princesses (TM) is an independent, opinionated focused on Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Universal Orlando Resort and other themed entertainment and travel destinations. Hosted by Thom and Kambrea Pratt. On the web: http://piratesandprincesses.net Pirates & Princesses (TM) is a registered trademark of Clownfish Studios LLC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What's the REAL story behind why Bob Chapek was ousted from Disney and Bob Iger returned? Then we have more objective Disney Parks and Universal news for 12.18.22! We talk about Super Nintendo World preview dates, Epcot Festival of the Arts 2023 menu items, Lucasfilm rumors and drama and more! About PNP: Everything Disney and Universal! Pirates & Princesses (TM) is an independent, opinionated focused on Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Universal Orlando Resort and other themed entertainment and travel destinations. Hosted by Thom and Kambrea Pratt. On the web: http://piratesandprincesses.net Pirates & Princesses (TM) is a registered trademark of Clownfish Studios LLC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More objective Disney Parks news for 12.09.22! We talk about Disney's stock decline, a Genie+ lawsuit, Universal adding a Minions attraction to Orlando, and an unfortunate death in Disneyland. About PNP: Everything Disney and Universal! Pirates & Princesses (TM) is an independent, opinionated focused on Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Universal Orlando Resort and other themed entertainment and travel destinations. Hosted by Thom and Kambrea Pratt. On the web: http://piratesandprincesses.net Pirates & Princesses (TM) is a registered trademark of Clownfish Studios LLC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a YEARS long hiatus, the Pirates & Princesses podcast returns with a vengeance! We talk about version 2.0 of the show, changes to the Disney Parks since our last episode, and discuss the replacement of Bob Chapek with Bob Iger. Then we discus the recently dropped trailers for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. We also talk about the latest Disney and Universal news and rumors, and what listeners can expect in the future. Yo ho, yo ho, it's a pirates' life for us! About PNP: Everything Disney and Universal! Pirates & Princesses (TM) is an independent, opinionated focused on Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Universal Orlando Resort and other themed entertainment and travel destinations. Hosted by Thom and Kambrea Pratt. On the web: http://piratesandprincesses.net Pirates & Princesses (TM) is a registered trademark of Clownfish Studios LLC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is Rise of the Resistance... overrated?! We talk about our recent trip to Walt Disney World and give our honest opinions on Galaxy's Edge and the Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance attraction. Then we talk about Disneyland raising their ticket prices to over $200 a day, massive upheaval in Epcot and more Disney News and Rumors. On the web: http://www.piratesandprincesses.net Contact e-mail: piratespodcast [at] gmail.com ► Subscribe on iTunes: http://bit.ly/PNPiTunes ► Subscribe on...

Super Nintendo Land is officially coming to Universal Orlando's Epic Universe in 2023. Is this the biggest threat Walt Disney World has ever faced? Then we talk about the ongoing issues with Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge and other Walt Disney World News and Rumors. On the web: http://www.piratesandprincesses.net Contact e-mail: piratespodcast [at] gmail.com ► Subscribe on iTunes: http://bit.ly/PNPiTunes ► Subscribe on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/PNPSticher ►Twitter:...

We talk about the big changes happening at Epcot in Walt Disney World, including some rumors about the upcoming Spaceship Earth refurbishment. Then we discuss the 2020 Epcot International Festival of the Arts, the rumored 2020 dates for Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party (hint: it's waaaaay warly) and more Disney news and rumors! On the web: http://www.piratesandprincesses.net Contact e-mail: piratespodcast [at] gmail.com ► Subscribe on iTunes: http://bit.ly/PNPiTunes ► Subscribe on...