RDR 102: Animal Kingdom Celebrates It's 20th Anniversary
Rope Drop Radio: A Disney Travel Podcast
Rope Drop Media
5 • 707 Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2018
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Today we welcome Debbie and John Raises who met at Animal Kingdom 20 years ago when the park originally opened! They discuss what the park was like in 1998, how attractions have evolved, and their thoughts on Pandora. You won't want to miss their stories or how the Animal Kingdom's 20th Anniversary celebration went down.
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Transcript
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| 0:35.2 | Helping you navigate the Disney Parks. |
| 0:37.9 | With the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world. |
| 0:42.5 | You're listening to Rope Drop Radio. |
| 0:44.6 | Welcome to another Rope Drop Radio, Derek and Doug talking all things Disney. |
| 0:48.6 | And Doug, this is the week that we are celebrating Animal Kingdom. |
| 0:52.6 | It's 20th birthday on Earth Day. Very, very special |
| 0:57.5 | anniversary. I mean, we didn't have kids back then. It's a, and it's, it's changed a lot. And to celebrate |
| 1:04.0 | this, we have two former Animal Kingdom cast members. You may remember Debbie Raises. She's been on the |
| 1:09.7 | show before, but she also has brought |
| 1:11.7 | her husband, John, onto the show. And the coolest thing is they met at Animal Kingdom, and we'll |
| 1:18.5 | hear more about that. But first, welcome to the show, guys. Hello. Hey, good to be on. But Doug, |
| 1:26.6 | I know we're going to dive into this, but there's some breaking news right now that we have to cover before we get into Animal Kingdom. |
| 1:34.1 | What is that? |
| 1:35.6 | The breaking news, if you just heard the breaking news sounder, you're going to put that in editing, right, Derek? |
| 1:40.8 | Okay, the breaking news sounder, yeah. |
| 1:42.8 | Free dining, the biggest discount that people lose their mind about, which isn Okay, the breaking news sounder. Yeah. Free dining, the biggest discount that people |
| 1:45.5 | lose their mind about, which isn't always the best discount, but they lose their mind. Like, |
| 1:51.3 | they got to have it. Free dining was announced, went live, everything, go eat. It's August 20th through |
| 1:57.5 | September 29th, November 24th to November 27th. |
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