Disney Springs Closes the Bus Loophole and Pixar Fans Pick Sides
Disney Springs Closes the Bus Loophole and Pixar Fans Pick Sides Transcript
Lauren: Welcome to Dis and Hers, the show about what’s happening in the Disney community from his, hers, and your perspective. I’m Lauren.
Eric Hersey: And I’m Eric, and on today’s show we talk about the newest restrictions put on transportation at Disney Springs and why the community is a bit divided. we also talk about Toy Story Five and your favorite Pixar films.
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Eric Hersey: Yeah, so this week, Lauren, I think everybody has been talking. At first I thought it was a no story. I didn’t really pay much attention to it. And then it just kept showing up, showing up, showing up. And we have like actual news stations picking this up, maybe even if it’s Orlando news. But the Disney World, the Walt Disney World Disney Springs buses and transportation systems is all of the conversation. And it looks like starting on June twenty-eighth, there’s a new policy that limits the use of resort buses and water taxis to Disney Resort Hotel guests and or guests with dining or experience reservations. So in a nutshell, explain to us to the w what does that mean? That was very news driven what I read from the show notes here. What what does that really mean?
Lauren: Yes, yes. So I mean, I just I I did wanna say here, if this is a show about covering the Disney community, this has been the community conversation since Friday and it’s like not dying down. Like it was still in my feed even this morning. But anyways, so what people are talking about is that guests there’s been this little loophole, I guess, that you could go and park over at Disney. Disney Springs, then you could take a bus or a boat to any resort and you could like say that we wanted to go to the poly and get some Captain Cooks and shop around the boutique or just smell the lobby. I don’t know. we could we could do that. and so I I believe years ago or maybe ever I don’t know. they do not have direct to the park transportation at Disney Springs.
Lauren: And I’m assuming that is because they don’t want people parking over at Springs for free and then going to a park where you would need to pay for parking. So now they’re closing that loop and they’re saying that. If you don’t have a resort reservation or a dining reservation and quick service does not count, that you will not be able to use the transportation. And even if you do have dining reservations, you can only go two hours before. So you couldn’t go like hang out there all day. but what are some of the like the reason rationale like what are we seeing in the community?
Eric Hersey: Well, firstly I just want to say that I didn’t even know this was a thing and I feel really rusty that like I used to know all these cheap hacks and tricks and ways to get out of paying for stuff and and getting your experience to be better. But like it is kind of ingenious though if you’re willing to take that time. I don’t know when the buses start to run or so forth like that, but there’s no doubt that getting to Magic Kingdom has always been the biggest pain in the butt. Have to do the TTC and so forth. So I guess if you were like, hey, let’s go to Springs, fairly easy to park, fairly consistent bus schedule, and then let’s go to the poly and then take the monorail, or let’s even go to the contemporary and just walk over the Magic Kingdom. It gets you out of that mess that is the TTC and that end of night traveling, all that stuff. So I could see that happening, not just from a a payment perspective of not wanting to pay money, but from a convenience perspective as well. So if that is the hack, I could see that being the main cause. But yeah, there’s a lot of people and I didn’t realize that. And I I think part of it is because there was once a podcast I loved. I absolutely love these guys. They were called The Backside of Magic. And they literally were giving you all of the hacks and these tricks and tips and stuff. And it was back in the day with magic bands and how you can, you know, use somebody else’s magic band to get extra trips or like extra rides and stuff. And I and they just they stopped making episodes. So I think I fell off of like all the hacks and stuff. But I believe a lot of influencers were probably talking about this.
Lauren: Yeah, like that was one of the big things in the comments is saying, you know, that the that the influencers are who ruined all of this. And I’m assuming we’re also going to talk about the pool situation because that one, they were calling out the influencers specifically.
Eric Hersey: Yeah. So I guess what’s happening now is they’re previously they they previously tested this policy during like busy travel periods, like during spring break, and they were having people scan in their magic bands to verify their resort hotel. I assume that’s something that’s similar happening. I just don’t know how they’re verifying right now to say, Hey, yes, you can come on this water taxi. You can, you know, go on this. Because right now the restriction applies to Disney Springs bus loops, the Sassagula River Cruise, which basically goes to Port Orleans, Cold Key West, and Saratoga Springs as well. So like you are not just able to jump on those. And and I do think that there is some chatter going on, for instance
Lauren: Wait, before you get to all the chatter, I did want to give you some verification from a former Disney World bus operation manager’s perspective. Because to me, out of everything I read for the last, you know, four or five days, this was the most interesting. And it’s the why. And we like to talk about that kind of stuff on the show. But anyways, so what he was saying is that Disney buses are primarily funded through resort room rates, like you were saying. So resort
Eric Hersey: Okay.
Lauren: Resort guests are effectively paying for this service. For years, some day guests use Disney Springs buses as a workaround to avoid paying the parking fees or getting free transportation around Disney World. Social media made the hack much more widely known. But bus staffing, schedules, and budgets are based on the projected demand from the resort guest, not large numbers of day guests. So when extra people use the buses. Buses fill up faster, wait times increase, guest satisfaction drops, more staffing and operational costs are required. And so the most interesting thing that he used to summarize this was that it is increasing the time that the buses like are picking folks up, which then causes unhappy guests, which lowers their guest satisfaction. And that is like let those guests are less likely to return. And that is their whole benchmark. So when you are on property, they are trying to make it as magical as possible so that you want to come back and give them more of your money. So I thought that that was fascinating from an operations and logistics standpoint. It’s not just like we’re just closing the loop, like you’re not gonna get one over on us. It’s really because it just wasn’t made for that.
Eric Hersey: Well, I mean, I could see from a perspective, their goal is to charge a specific rate for specific level of service. And if you can’t give that service, if the buses are always packed and it’s a bad experience and you find out that people are kind of in there that aren’t necessarily paying into the system, then I guess that’s the main problem. But the the opposite side would be of, just Disney, you have tons of money, you have these people, they’re coming to your parks. It’s very rarely I imagine, hey, we’re gonna go over to the poly and not buy something or go to a bar or this or
Lauren: Yeah.
Eric Hersey: that. So the whole concept of like are you taking this away, but you’re still in your circle and we’re still in your bubble and we’re still giving you money. Just book more bus drivers, this and that. And I don’t know what the current situation from a you know standpoint of do they have issues getting bus drivers? Is there employment problems? Like I don’t understand all of that. I’m not in that circle and haven’t really paid much attention to how there that works. But I mean if you’re having issues And the people that are paying are being in you know, inconvenienced and it’s a bad experience. And I could see that. But that’s where it’s all coming in online.
Lauren: Yeah, but it’s such a weird time though. Like I think I just saw an article in Southern Hospitality this week that was talking about how like resort hopping is one of the best activities that you can do at Disney. Like and people are scheduling additional days onto their trip so that they could just do things in the bubble. But I’m assuming now it’s like we want to guarantee that you’re going to, you know, go to one of our sit-down establishments and then shop and, you know, whatever you’re you’re gonna do there. So I see both sides. And from a pass holder perspective, they did make note that like pass holders get free parking and they’re encouraged to use that free parking. So like if you are going to, you know, a park, let’s just say, and maybe you wanted to park at Hollywood Studios and help on the Skyliner. Or I mean it’s right next to the buses. Or if you’re at the TTC, get on the resort monorail. So there are certainly ways, but I think this is just cutting down on that large group.
Eric Hersey: Yeah, and I don’t know how many people have been use l utilizing that. I mean, there’s there’s siccos like us that go down there and like, hey, we want to go check out this resort. And then we will make our way to make sure that we check out the resort. I imagine during the holidays, the can the monorail loop is probably a little bit more congested with people that are not staying there that wanna see, you know, whether it’d be the gingerbread house, this, that, and so forth. And there’s really no way to get over there. if you’re staying at a different resort, you would have to go to the T T C and and kind of travel. So I I we’ll see how it goes. But the people out there talking, they do have some questions. So Nick on Twitter was just wondering you know, it’s it says, cool, but what if I wanted to go to a bar at a resort or someplace that doesn’t offer an ADR? and he gets it that from Disney Springs to a park, but Disney Springs to a resort, that’s a little much, isn’t it? And that kind of covers what you were talking about. But that is the kind of difficulty of will Disney start seeing some of these bars or some of these quick services not making as much revenue? I doubt it, but maybe, you know.
Lauren: Yeah, and I mean there’s always a way and I know that you’re not saying it here, but more guests at the resorts that are not paying guests, they do kind of take up some of the amenities and spaces that are reserved for people at that resort. So like if you were going to a holiday inn in, you know, Kentucky and you were gonna go to the bar, like how many people from the outside do you think are going to that like the hotel’s bar? Most likely it’s, you know, people that are staying there.
Eric Hersey: Yeah. No, no. So and we also see Disney Tourist blog, which he is came up on a couple of last episodes, so I started following and and looking at his content. It says new. Un our unpopular opinion is that this is a positive change for paying guests. Backlash seems largely due to confusion or frustration by those who are exploiting a hack that Walt Disney World is closing. If anything, more rules like this are needed. So yeah, I mean, if you’re used to staying on property, then I think you’re certainly happy that you’re gonna have a little bit more of it to yourself, right?
Lauren: Yeah. And I mean, like, this goes on. I saw this in several conversations about what is to stop people from parking at Disney Springs, walking over to the buses at Saratoga Springs. And I know that that has been a a big thing that’s already been happening. And people are taking the bus from the parks to, you know, Saratoga Springs and walking, which then causes, you know, congestion for those buses specifically. What do you think about that?
Eric Hersey: Yeah, I think that I think that if you can make it a little bit more restrictive, I don’t know how they’re gonna completely enforce that. Hey, you don’t get on a bus unless you’re staying here. Because there are scenarios where, for instance, we’ll stay on property and let’s say, Go go, you know, your mom is staying off property. Let’s say she’s staying at one of the the Springs hotels or or or so forth that’s not necessarily on property. she’ll go on a bus with us to different parks and different places and like you’re not gonna not let them on. So I do think this is just kind of slow. People down. It’s not going to completely avoid it. But if it can take away this hack must have been large enough that it got on the radar that they noticed there is some type of monetary benefit or or frustration for guests that they’re gonna make this move. But you you mentioned like the walking. There’s a lot that beyond just this transportation, you had a lot of examples of scenarios where.
Lauren: Yeah.
Eric Hersey: you’re seeing this happen at resorts and they’re also cracking down on people going to resorts for other activities beyond just buses, right?
Lauren: Yes, I mean, the number one that I kept seeing over and over was Port Orleans, it was French Quarter. So this was on Walt Disney World Tips and Tricks. It Shannonheim, and she says, Staying at Port Orleans French Quarter, what a nightmare. We had to pay for transportation to Disney Springs for buses, and we still could not get on. The lobby is pure chaos for beignets. The transportation changes cannot come soon enough. For those of us who are used to enjoying the French Quarter, be prepared if staying here before the changes to transportation. I mean everybody, you were either team beignet and you’re going and you are getting it, or you are team I like to stay there and I can’t get my beignet. So who knew this was gonna be battle of the beignets?
Eric Hersey: Mm. Well I did not know and I’m I’m sure I don’t know. It’s just one of those weird things is like if you’re only offering this one thing at this one place, like part of being in the bubble is that you should go experience it. But I mean, I guess if you start saying, Hey, you gotta pay to enter these resorts as almost they’re a ticketed fee, you know, it’s funny that we’re at the point now where Disney going to some of these resorts is like an attraction itself and
Lauren: Right. And we’re gonna talk about that on I Want That Too, but we just did a like a quick stay at the All Stars and I was talking about how you bought that like All Star shirt. And normally like unless you’re at the Polly or Grand Floridian or something, you’re probably not gonna get like the resort merch. But I do think that they’re now becoming a part of the appeal, a part of the attraction. so much so that even not paying guests want to enjoy some of those perks like the pools. I I just have to say this because I was dumbfounded. Like when you’re like I’m out of the hack game. I I I love a good hack, but I did not know that this was happening. So I saw folks sharing photos of signs going to next to the pools at the resorts. So this one is the Dublin Lagoon pool is exclusive.
Eric Hersey: Yeah.
Lauren: For use of Disney Port Orleans Resort Guest Only. And this was on Dr. Disney. And he says signs and cast members have now arrived at the pools at Port Orleans Resorts to make sure only guests of those resorts are using them. Signs like this are not new, but you’re typically seeing them on like monorail resorts or like the Yacht and Beach Club, ones that you could easily walk to. So with this one, I saw many places that were giving examples of these. YouTubers that were saying that they were parking at I you’re not gonna believe it. That they’re parking at Springs. They’re taking a bus to Animal Kingdom Lodge and they take their whole family and they just go swim and have an amazing day at the resorts and you should do it too.
Eric Hersey: Mm-hmm. God. Yeah, I could see that becoming a problem because I mean at the end of the day, if this becomes and some of these pools are I mean, granted, they’re one pool, the Beach Club has a wristband situation. Anything else you could just jump in. I know when we were so when we bought into D V C ten years ago, one of the b major benefits was pool hopping. We didn’t realize that you should only pull hop at the D V C and they had a list of those. But I remember we went to was it Port Orleans French Quarter to pull hop. And they let us in. They didn’t say anything of it, right?
Lauren: Well we ask, we went to the front desk and said, We’re new to D V C I mean this is a decade ago, we didn’t know and they were like, Okay, like but maybe that was like a new amenity which is long gone with covet and they did have some restrictions at the time, we just did not know.
Eric Hersey: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But I mean, like I could see that being a huge benefit of like, hey, let’s go try out different pools. And you could literally stay at these pools almost all day. It’s like if you were going to your local community pool. I could see that. But yeah, that that could be problematic, especially if everyone is doing that and they’re booking, you know, several day stays. I mean, there’s nothing stopping you from just saying, Hey, I’m an Orlando resident. I’m gonna park and go do that. So that could be really problematic.
Lauren: Yes. Mm. Right. And then we have over here Tiki Man. This is Tiki Man unofficial Polynesian. I can’t say the rest of the name here. But he’s talking about how year for years and years and years he and his family have been staying at the poly for fourth of July and that they love to go to the beach front and watch the fourth of July fireworks. And so they were saying, you know, just a couple years ago that now the beach is absolutely packed. And what people were doing was actually taking the chairs off of people’s balconies on the first floor and go it and putting them on the beach. Like and so now now he’s saying that, you know, they’re not going to stay there anymore. And, you know, they they are doing things to help with this, but still, like, what about the beach? Is that just open for
Eric Hersey: No geese.
Lauren: everybody to use, you just take a boat over. Get some pool pork nachos and you know, call it a day.
Eric Hersey: Right. Yeah, I think you’re just gonna try to make Well, I think you’re just gonna try to make it as difficult as possible. I mean, here’s a one that came from WDW news today that’s basically showing a guest obstacle sign added to the fireworks observation deck at the contemporary. So, like they’re making it’s not gonna be impossible to do some of these things. They’re just gonna make it a little bit more difficult. So I think it’s very interesting. And the conversation will continue to stir in a couple days, it’s actually gonna go into effect. We’ll see what it does. I’m hoping our friends at like touring plans do some type of analysis to see how this stuff kind of goes. I know they don’t typically look at resorts. And stuff like that, but they’re data nerds. So maybe they’ll look at stuff and see, like, all right, does it how you know are you able to get on buses quicker? Do you have to wait as long? I don’t know. I’ve the the the people that are gonna exploit it are still gonna find out new hacks. It’s been going on for centuries of finding the different hacks. The YouTubers and the influencers are gonna tell people about it because that’s how they make their money to get the views. People are gonna do it, and it’s just a never-ending circle. And which Disney will just try to continue continue to course correct. So but I think it’s interesting. We want to hear from you guys. What are you what are your thoughts? If you stay at a resort, should you have it all to yourselves? Or hey, is Disney part of, you know, part of buying into the bubble, buying the tickets? You get all these amenities. You’re not just buying the the theme park, you’re buying the whole Disney World. I think it’s interesting topic of conversation and let’s hear what you guys have to say.
Lauren: But when we come back, we’re gonna talk about something else that’s causing a lot of conversation this week. Toy Story Toy Story Five hit theaters and we found some interesting Pixar post that got a lot of attention. so after this.
Lauren: we’re back. So Eric, I know that you were on social and something that you kept seeing, and you didn’t know if this was AI or where it originated, but it’s been kind of floating around. and it’s the Pixar ranking pre-Toy Story 5, right?
Eric Hersey: Yeah. Right. So I saw this on several social media posts and I clicked on it immediately because I was intrigued because the it’s it’s a social media post that has all of the Pixar movies in a DVD case or Blu-ray case and they’re all stacked, right? And they basically said my Pixar ranking pre-store Tory five from top to bottom. And they basically ranked all their Pixar movies. i in with the dvd case. So I thought it was a cool visual and I looked at it and I’m like, I don’t even know if they made some of these. cause you know, some of these were direct releases on Disney Plus. And I started thinking, yeah, they’re probably all on some type of Blu-ray or DVD at this point in time. But what what and I just kind of scrolled past, didn’t look much at it, keep going. then it showed up again on a du a different social media in a different social media. And I don’t know if it’s the same gentleman and you guys be the judge here. The one that I found most recently that had the most comments and and most engagement was a Javo, lack of surprises, at on on X. It’s Javier Zero Seven Eight. So if you want to look this up. But it essentially has my Pixar ranking. And there were some hot takes. So first let’s understand that there are probably thirty, how many Pixar movies? A lot. Yeah.
Lauren: I think there’s thirty one, right?
Eric Hersey: So and and he had him ranked and I think some of the controversies here is number one, he I think he had Soul as number one as which is which is an interesting choice for most people to say, hey, this is all of the Pixar movies. I’m not saying it’s wrong or anything. Then it had Ratatouli, Incredibles, Toy Story, up, Toy Story Three, and then kind of go down the list, right? Now this is their personal opinion. one of the things that I thought was very interesting is Monsters Inc. was really low and it had everybody in a tizzy. So what we do here is we go to the comments and we see what people are saying because this is one person’s subjective opinion. But I did have a really good time reading these comments. Lauren, did you get to check out any of the comments?
Lauren: well Carson was very opinionated. Congrats on the worst ranking of all time, dude. Did you just say randomize or what?
Eric Hersey: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it says I guess the only positive thing in here is that the Pixar Facebook can agree together that Cars Two is considered the worst Pixar movie. and that’s where the positive ends about this ranking. And and the funny thing is, I will tell you, Lauren, this gentleman, Javo or Javo, commented back to almost nearly everyone on this post. It literally slapped came back with some type of comment. And and some of these some of them were really, really mean and some of them were, you know, just creative in in a sense. So I d typically didn’t take all the mean ones, but Let’s be real, it is tough for us to really know if he’s if this was engagement bait.
Lauren: Right, somebody said they were like, Meah, and too bad this post wasn’t monetized. You could have paid for a couple of movies because that’s how big it was. But that’s what we like to do in the Disney community. We like to debate these kinds of things that everybody else would probably not even care of or even consider. but I also took to the internet to get some rankings. So I looked at the overall internet. and this was largely sourced Rotten Tomato, IMDB, letterboxed scores, critic list, fan discussion. So this is bringing all of that together. And I think that this might surprise you as well. I mean, I don’t know, but they’re saying that Wally is WALLE in Toy Story 2 are consistently coming up. as the top favorites, Wally Toy Story, Toy Story Two. Would you say that Wally is the best Pixar movie?
Eric Hersey: I think I think it’s a beautiful movie. Now, granted, I’ve seen Wally multiple times, but it’s been a while since I’ve watched it recently, and I remember really enjoying it. I think from a theatrical perspective, I think the critics easily could be scaling that because it is a beautifully done film. It’s I I believe they go like 40 some minutes at the very beginning without like actual words or something like that. It’s just a very nicely done. I can see Toy Story One and Toy Story Two being critically acclaimed. They were very ahead of their time. and yeah, I mean, for the most part, now what it will you know, of course what I did is I pr Well I don’t, I don’t, but I I do think people really enjoy it. Now, granted, I have a cool poster that’s a hundred movies like watch list from IMDB that you scratch it out and stuff like that. And I do believe, I think Toy Story One and maybe Toy Story Five, and I do believe Wally’s on that list, Coco’s on that list. so there are a decent amount of Pixar films that are considered the top one hundred.
Lauren: Ratatouli though? Would you put that in your five? Like ratatouli? I mean I love ratatouli, but
Eric Hersey: so of course I printed them out and I gave it to my family and I said, Hey, you guys should give us. Now we’re not gonna go through an entire tier list and go through, but I am interested. I am interested in your hot takes of what you like. And I got my son Hunters here. I don’t think Laney ever filled it out. and we didn’t bother to ask our nine year old. Lord knows that would have been too much. so Lauren, did you you go went through, did did you have any particular favorites or ones that you absolutely hated?
Lauren: No. mm-hmm. yeah, I’ll just give you a couple. So the top ones, I didn’t even realize how much I liked up until I started looking at this list. And what I did, ’cause there’s thirty one, I I wrote out the top. like middle ones and then ones I absolutely just do not like like or resonate with me, to kind of get started working out the list. But I just kept thinking, I’m like, what are ones that I’d watch over and over and over again? I love up, Coco, Monsters Inc. apparently I just wanna cry. Obviously I like Inside Out and Toy Story. Those are amongst the top. I could not even get through Elio which is unfortunate. I didn’t like light year either. And nobody in our family seemed to really like Brave. How about you?
Eric Hersey: Well, that was the thing. There was a small period of time where things were coming out on Disney Plus, or that’s when we were watching them pr post COVID. And half of these movies I watched the beginning and then fell asleep. And that’s not saying the movie was bad. It’s just saying that I am getting older and the third child has really taken a lot out of me. So so I had to highlight a couple. I’ve watched almost all of these movies, and I think there were three of them that I like literally fell asleep during. Luca.
Lauren: Yeah.
Eric Hersey: Which I believe I liked until I fell asleep.
Lauren: Yeah.
Eric Hersey: Elemental, which I believe I liked until I fell asleep. And I have yet to watch Elio. So that’s the one. We did just finish Hoppers and we did see Toy Story Five, which I thought was quite amazing. but yeah, there were there you know, when I was going through, I put down my absolute worst we saw Lightyear in the theaters and I thought it was trash. I and it’s not any controversi I I know
Lauren: if Jim Hill’s listening, it’s gonna crush his soul. He loves us in my ear.
Eric Hersey: I l I know. Well, I just didn’t like it. I mean, it was fine enough. I mean, it had a story. I just maybe I went into it thinking that I wanted more Toy Story love. Cause I kind of I kind of love all the Toy Stories. Really enjoyed five. I’m a huge fan of four, and I know thats the one that most people dont like, but come on. Duke kaboom, guys. Come on. Like that was just it, like I love that. and Toy Story Three, I think, is my favorite out of the bunch. I really enjoy Toy Story Three. But I the what it came to conclusion when I was going through my entire list.
Lauren: Yeah.
Eric Hersey: And this is what would make this Jabbo really mad. I really do think my favorite Pixar film is Monsters Inc. And I can’t really gauge why. I think it might be it was the first Pixar movie I saw in a theater. I definitely saw Monsters Inc. in the theater, I think, in 2001. and I don’t know, but I just think those characters live on, they’re good. I I think that movie holds up. I believe Jim Henson went on the record, or somebody from the Henson family was like, this should have been a Muppets movie, and Jim tells you a whole story why. so I don’t know why, but I I think Monsters Inc., and this is where that gentleman had it super low, and people are giving him crap. Now I think people equally give me crap because it’s my top, but I went Monsters Inc., Coco, Toy Story 3, Inside Out, and Toy Story Four, which is my hot take because I love Toy Story Four. and then the ones that I need to see again, the ones that I need to see again, because I’ve only seen it once, is like I liked Onward, I really like Soul.
Eric Hersey: And I really like Wally, but I haven’t seen Wally enough to go back and be like, because I could see Wally really jumping to my top five because I really enjoyed it. I just don’t remember enough about it.
Lauren: Yeah, I mean the craziest hot take of all these was Hunter, that’s our nineteen year old, and he picked O Onward as his favorite at all of all time. And I mean I think Drew would probably agree with that. Didn’t Drew like write a book about it?
Eric Hersey: Yeah, yeah, but he’s number one.
Lauren: Okay.
Eric Hersey: Yeah, it I think he did the art of Onward, probably. That Onward was a beautiful movie. Now, granted, I reflect on it really well because I lost my dad when I was 16. So this is a movie about reflecting when hanging out with your dad. So there is elements there, but it is also very fantasy and DD, and Hunter likes that. So I would I could see myself really liking it. And this was one that was almost crushed by COVID. I think it was out in the theaters for two weeks and then COVID happened and went right to Disney Plus. So it’s just an hidden. But I don’t know how many people relate with that kind of fantasy genre. I think in average most people relate with others and and hunter had things like the Incredibles. He had Wally as three and Ratatuli and Toy Story. I see Coco consistently. Was Coco in your top five?
Lauren: Coco was in my top five. like always. but I did want to quickly go to the people’s internet and tell you what their kind of top five was. And again, Ratatoule was number one, Wally, Coco, the Incredibles and Toy Story Two. but they do note here that Luca has a surprisingly large online fan community. Go you, like Luca fans. It did make the top 10, which blew my mind. but that’s what our friends over at Reddit are talking about. And then I needed to see by franchise, and I’ll just give you the top three. and this is cultural impact, so Toy Story Cars finding Nemo. but I I wanted to see like the money, and had them ranked out by the money and inside out too in 2024. Grossed $1.69 billion at one. Incredibles 2 was $1.2 billion. Toy Story 4, one $1 billion 73,000, whatever that is. Toy Story 3, then Finding Dory. So, and this obviously is not taking into account Toy Story Five, which had a you know, went gangbusters in their opening weekend. So I I definitely, definitely Some hot takes. I just still with Wally. I know you said you thought maybe it was largely driven by critics, but I mean on IMDB it had 1.3 million ratings. So I mean the people the people like it. I need to I don’t think I have ever seen it. I think it’s the only movie on this list that I’ve not seen. And maybe they lost me at like 40 minutes with no words. I
Eric Hersey: Killer, yeah, yeah. Wow. No, no, I don’t I don’t think you would have liked it. You I mean it it’s it’s it’s art. It is really good. So I l well it sounds like we got something to watch here over the weekend and I get to scratch off on my top one hundred movie watch list ’cause the whole goal here is I gotta watch it since I got the poster. So I think that’s what we do. But we want to hear from everyone out there. We’d love to hear your rankings. where are we wrong? Where is Javo wrong? where are you right? What did you like? what’s your favorite Pixar movie? What’s the worst? Cause right now the worst, most people are going Cars Two, the good dinosaur. you see Lightyear kind of down in that bottom. That’s where most people are going. But what’s your thoughts? Are are they wrong? Is Cars Two the best? I I like Cars Two actually. So that’s one of my hot takes.
Lauren: Ha ha. Ha ha
Eric Hersey: I think it was a great spy thriller, but we want to hear from you. Did you guys see Toy Story Five? all all types of stuff. that we wanna hear from you guys. So let us know in the comments.
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