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In this episode Katie and I continue our deep dive into the Walt Disney Animation feature film Lilo and Stitch. We dig into how the film deals with grief head on and Katie shares a Cobra Bubbles conspiracy theory. We also discuss the major scene that had to be reanimated after the 9/11 attacks, the attention to detail in animating the hula sequence and how Walt Disney World tourists ended up in the film.   Visit us at mainandmagic.com Expanded show notes for this episode are available at: https://www.mainandmagic.com/podcast-episodes/46-lilo-and-stitch-a-deep-dive-film-analysis-part-2 Support the show at patreon.com/mainandmagic   VISIT OUR SHOPS Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MainAndMagic TeePublic: www.teepublic.com/user/mainandmagic   FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA We saved you a seat in our private Facebook Group! Join at www.facebook.com/groups/mainandmagic Come hang out with us on Instagram! instagram.com/mainandmagic Check us out on TikTok! tiktok.com/@mainandmagic Tweet us too! twitter.com/mainandmagic

In this episode Katie and I travel to quadrant 17, sector 005, area 51 to a planet called E-arth to do a deep dive into the Walt Disney Animation feature film Lilo and Stitch. We discuss the history of the film from initial idea to the exact location at Walt Disney World where it was given the green light over, of all things, sushi. We dig into the unique art style that was used and who the background painters called in for help, plus we analyze our favorite characters and the role the theme of ohana played in driving the story.   Visit us at mainandmagic.com Expanded show notes for this episode are available at: https://www.mainandmagic.com/podcast-episodes/45-lilo-and-stitch-a-deep-dive-film-analysis-part-1 Support the show at patreon.com/mainandmagic   VISIT OUR SHOPS Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MainAndMagic TeePublic: www.teepublic.com/user/mainandmagic   FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA We saved you a seat in our private Facebook Group! Join at www.facebook.com/groups/mainandmagic Come hang out with us on Instagram! instagram.com/mainandmagic Check us out on TikTok! tiktok.com/@mainandmagic Tweet us too! twitter.com/mainandmagic

In this episode Katie and our friend Ric from the Monorail Tales Podcast compete in a virtual scavenger hunt around Walt Disney World using clues from the Main Street 16 Challenge event weekend. It's a faceoff of epic proportions, and a few long silences, and at least one supposed hot take. Download game sheets at https://www.mainandmagic.com/podcast-episodes/44-walt-disney-world-virtual-scavenger-hunt and play along with us!   LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MAIN STREET 16 CHALLENGE Website: mainstreet16.com Twitter: @MainStMagic16 SPECIAL THANKS TO JEREMY AND THE MAIN STREET MAGIC PODCAST Website: mainstmagic.com Facebook Group Facebook Page: @mainstmagic Twitter: @mainstmagic Instagram: @MainStMagic ...AND GARY FERNANDO Twitter: @drgary32 CATCH UP WITH RIC AND ALL HIS CO-HOSTS AT Website: monorailtales.com Facebook Group   Start planning your next magical vacation with Katie! picturesandpostcardstravel.com Visit us at mainandmagic.com Expanded show notes for this episode are available at mainandmagic.com/podcast-episodes/44-walt-disney-world-virtual-scavenger-hunt Support the show at patreon.com/mainandmagic   VISIT OUR SHOPS Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MainAndMagic TeePublic: www.teepublic.com/user/mainandmagic   FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA We saved you a seat in our private Facebook Group! Join at www.facebook.com/groups/mainandmagic Come hang out with us on Instagram! instagram.com/mainandmagic Check us out on TikTok! tiktok.com/@mainandmagic Tweet us too! twitter.com/mainandmagic  

Katie and I sit down with Jeremy Stein and Gary Fernando to talk about their experience organizing the Main Street 16 Challenge, a 16 attraction race through Walt Disney World that helped raise over $11,000 for Give Kids the World. We talk about how the event came to be and how the weekend unfolded AND we announce the dates for the next challenge happening in 2023! LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MAIN STREET 16 CHALLENGE Website: mainstreet16.com Twitter: @MainStMagic16 JEREMY AND THE MAIN STREET MAGIC PODCAST Website: mainstmagic.com Facebook Group Facebook Page: @mainstmagic Twitter: @mainstmagic Instagram: @MainStMagic GARY FERNANDO Twitter: @drgary32 MAIN STREET 16 CHALLENGE SPONSORS AND CONTRIBUTORS Touring Plans Mouse Dining Vacation Grocery Delivery Justified Prints WDW Magazine Start planning your next magical vacation with Katie! picturesandpostcardstravel.com Visit us at mainandmagic.com Expanded show notes for this episode are available at https://www.mainandmagic.com/podcast-episodes/43-main-street-16-challenge-recap Support the show at patreon.com/mainandmagic   VISIT OUR SHOPS Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MainAndMagic TeePublic: www.teepublic.com/user/mainandmagic   FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA We saved you a seat in our private Facebook Group! Join at www.facebook.com/groups/mainandmagic Come hang out with us on Instagram! instagram.com/mainandmagic Check us out on TikTok! tiktok.com/@mainandmagic Tweet us too! twitter.com/mainandmagic  

Mother's Day is here! And we wanted to share some ideas for ways to surprise, delight, pamper, excite, adventure and gift the mom figures in your life while vacationing at a Disney property. We share ideas that cover all kinds of personalities whether you mom figure is a foodie, gardening hobbyist, animal lover, queen of posh and pamper, adventure seeker, artist and beyond.   Start planning your next magical vacation with Katie! picturesandpostcardstravel.com Visit us at mainandmagic.com Expanded show notes for this episode are available at https://www.mainandmagic.com/podcast-episodes/42-ways-to-spoil-mom-on-a-disney-vacation Support the show at patreon.com/mainandmagic   VISIT OUR SHOPS Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MainAndMagic TeePublic: www.teepublic.com/user/mainandmagic   FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA We saved you a seat in our private Facebook Group! Join at www.facebook.com/groups/mainandmagic Come hang out with us on Instagram! instagram.com/mainandmagic Check us out on TikTok! tiktok.com/@mainandmagic Tweet us too! twitter.com/mainandmagic

Grab your Imagineering hardhats and join us as we re-imagine a neglected corner of Disney's Hollywood Studios, Animation Courtyard. We philosophize about the direction we each take to bring new life to this area before taking a deep dive on our plans for new attractions, restaurants and shops.   Expanded show notes for this episode are available at https://www.mainandmagic.com/podcast-episodes/41-re-imagining-animation-courtyard-at-disneys-hollywood-studios Support the show at patreon.com/mainandmagic   VISIT OUR SHOPS Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MainAndMagic TeePublic: www.teepublic.com/user/mainandmagic   FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA We saved you a seat in our private Facebook Group! Join at www.facebook.com/groups/mainandmagic Come hang out with us on Instagram! instagram.com/mainandmagic Check us out on TikTok! tiktok.com/@mainandmagic Tweet us too! twitter.com/mainandmagic

In this episode I continue my conversation with author and WDW Opinion podcaster Conor Brown. We discuss his book Yacht Club to Diamond Mine: My Journey to Working at one of Walt Disney World's Most Popular Attractions and the process he used to write it. We chat about a hard lesson he included, plus how he got started in podcasting. This is part 2 of a two part episode. FIND CONOR AT THESE LINKS Website and Podcast at WDW Opinion Buy Yacht Club to Diamond Mine: My Journey to Working at one of Walt Disney World's Most Popular Attractions Magical Park Tours Magical Park Vacations   Expanded show notes for this episode are available at mainandmagic.com/podcast-episodes/40-cast-member-stories-series-interview-with-wdw-college-program-alumni-and-yacht-club-to-diamond-mine-author-conor-brown-part-2 Support the show at patreon.com/mainandmagic   VISIT OUR SHOPS Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MainAndMagic TeePublic: www.teepublic.com/user/mainandmagic   FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA We saved you a seat in our private Facebook Group! Join at www.facebook.com/groups/mainandmagic Come hang out with us on Instagram! instagram.com/mainandmagic Check us out on TikTok! tiktok.com/@mainandmagic Tweet us too! twitter.com/mainandmagic

I sit down with Disney College Program alumni, author and WDW Opinion podcast host Conor Brown to talk about his two distinctly different Disney College Program roles and what, or rather who, inspired him to work for the Walt Disney Company. We talk guest stories, how he ended up on a backstage tour of the Haunted Mansion, and his best advice to anyone preparing for their own college program. This is part 1 of a two part episode. FIND CONOR AT THESE LINKS Website and Podcast at WDW Opinion Buy Yacht Club to Diamond Mine: My Journey to Working at one of Walt Disney World's Most Popular Attractions Magical Park Tours Magical Park Vacations   Expanded show notes for this episode are available at mainandmagic.com/podcast-episodes/39-cast-member-stories-series-interview-with-walt-disney-world-college-program-alumni-and-wdw-opinion-host-conor-brown-part-1 Support the show at patreon.com/mainandmagic   VISIT OUR SHOPS Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MainAndMagic TeePublic: www.teepublic.com/user/mainandmagic   FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA We saved you a seat in our private Facebook Group! Join at www.facebook.com/groups/mainandmagic Come hang out with us on Instagram! instagram.com/mainandmagic Check us out on TikTok! tiktok.com/@mainandmagic Tweet us too! twitter.com/mainandmagic

In this episode we get an epic trip report from Katie's 11 night stay at Walt Disney World. She shares her experience of a triple split stay and navigating crowds with Genie+. We also talk about her first dining experience at Space 220, how she got to touch a rhino at Disney's Animal Kingdom and a unique way to watch the Magic Kingdom fireworks. It was a trip filled with many firsts and big surprise.   Start planning your next magical vacation with Katie! picturesandpostcardstravel.com Visit us at mainandmagic.com Expanded show notes for this episode are available at https://www.mainandmagic.com/podcast-episodes/38-katies-walt-disney-world-trip-report Support the show at patreon.com/mainandmagic   VISIT OUR SHOPS Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MainAndMagic TeePublic: www.teepublic.com/user/mainandmagic   FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA We saved you a seat in our private Facebook Group! Join at www.facebook.com/groups/mainandmagic Come hang out with us on Instagram! instagram.com/mainandmagic Check us out on TikTok! tiktok.com/@mainandmagic Tweet us too! twitter.com/mainandmagic

In this episode I share news, and insert commentary, about whats coming to Walt Disney World and Disneyland, the Walt Disney Company's latest investors call, and highlights from an international park.   Visit us at mainandmagic.com Expanded show notes for this episode are available at: https://www.mainandmagic.com/podcast-episodes/37-disney-news-rant   VISIT OUR SHOPS Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MainAndMagic TeePublic: www.teepublic.com/user/mainandmagic   FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA We saved you a seat in our private Facebook Group! Join at www.facebook.com/groups/mainandmagic Come hang out with us on Instagram! instagram.com/mainandmagic Check us out on TikTok! tiktok.com/@mainandmagic Tweet us too! twitter.com/mainandmagic

In this episode we venture out past the reef to do a deep dive into the Walt Disney Studios Production film Moana! We discuss how the creators conducted research for the film and how the history and mythologies of the South Pacific play into the storyline. We also analyze some of our favorite characters, songs and artistic details AND we dig into some compelling fan theories that suggest Moana might have died on her journey or been elevated to a demi-god! And as a bonus, Katie tells us about the meaning of a chicken.   Visit us at mainandmagic.com Expanded show notes for this episode are available at: https://www.mainandmagic.com/podcast-episodes/36-moana-a-deep-dive-film-analysis   VISIT OUR SHOPS Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MainAndMagic TeePublic: www.teepublic.com/user/mainandmagic   FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA We saved you a seat in our private Facebook Group! Join at www.facebook.com/groups/mainandmagic Come hang out with us on Instagram! instagram.com/mainandmagic Check us out on TikTok! tiktok.com/@mainandmagic Tweet us too! twitter.com/mainandmagic  

In this episode Katie and I discuss Disney Parks and Resort challenges. Many of the Disney theme parks and resorts have official scavenger hunts or games they offer to guests. But Disney fans are a creative bunch and over the years some fan created challenges have become a popular part of the theme park enthusiast lexicon. The fun thing is, a lot of these challenges apply to any Disney park worldwide! Tune in as we discuss official and unofficial challenges you might want to add to your next trip.   Start planning your next magical vacation with Katie! picturesandpostcardstravel.com Visit us at mainandmagic.com Expanded show notes for this episode are available at: https://www.mainandmagic.com/podcast-episodes/35-disney-parks-and-resorts-challenges   VISIT OUR SHOPS Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MainAndMagic TeePublic: www.teepublic.com/user/mainandmagic   FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA We saved you a seat in our private Facebook Group! Join at www.facebook.com/groups/mainandmagic Come hang out with us on Instagram! instagram.com/mainandmagic Tweet us too! twitter.com/mainandmagic