This week Andrew and I are joined by Chris, better known across the socials as Trumpet Squid, the Maryland-based Disney creator who keeps showing up at the top of my TikTok feed. We get to learn where his handle comes from (spoiler alert - keep an eye on the underwater scene in Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway), shares his Disney origin story, and makes the case for “vibes over rides.”

From there the questions fly:

• Buying into DVC on a first Disney cruise, and a first DVC stay at BoardWalk over Thanksgiving week
• Favorite resorts: Wilderness Lodge, Animal Kingdom Lodge, and Tater’s one true Disney complaint about the Polynesian lobby
• Watching the Wilderness Lodge Christmas tree go up at 2 a.m.
• Bucket list trips: Aulani, Tokyo, Disneyland, and Adventures by Disney
• Victoria & Albert’s vs. Takumi-Tei, and whether Club 33 is just forbidden fruit
• Why Chris started creating content, impostor syndrome, and finding your niche when you don’t live in Orlando
• Tater’s honest take on Bob Chapek’s book
• Price increases, ticket costs, and what staying on property should get you
• Why Lightning Lane is so hard to explain to first-timers
• The joy of a park day with no rides at all
• Chris ranks the four Walt Disney World parks, plus why Jollywood Nights is worth a look

Also in this episode: a PSA about a bank text-and-call scam making the rounds (and a DVC version of it), and the date for the next group call, Sunday, October 25 at 5:30 p.m.

Find Chris at @trumpet_squid on Instagram, TikTok, and Threads, and at trumpetsquid on Facebook.

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Grab a snack and pull up a chair — Andrew and Tater are going to chat about all things Disney, and this one's extra special: Disney historian and author Jim Fanning will be hopping on the show to talk shop with us and tell us all about his amazing Disney journey!

Jim's the author of The Disney Book and Drawing: 100 Years of Disney Wonder, a longtime contributor to D23 and Disney twenty-three magazine, and one of the most knowledgeable Disney history buffs around amd it's going to be facinating to listen to him speak!

As always, it's a mostly-Disney (but occasionally we wander) conversation, but also a chat with a new friend and all of our fellow Disney nerds.

Skipper up! On this episode of But MOSTLY Disney, hosts Tater and Andrew welcome Disney author and Celebrations Disney Magazine editor Tim Foster (author of 50 Years of Walt Disney World Magic) to talk all things Jungle Cruise. Tim joins the show to dig into his new coffee table book celebrating the history, humor, and legacy of one of Disneyland and Walt Disney World's most beloved Adventureland attractions. We trade favorite skipper puns, trace how the ride has evolved across the parks over the decades, and look back on 78 episodes of Disney conversation as they creep toward the big 100.

Whether you're a die-hard Jungle Cruise fan, a Walt Disney World and Disneyland history buff, or just here for the wisecracks, this one's for you.

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