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Family Road Trip

11/16/2022

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We just got home from another road trip...and I uploaded the drive to Florida portion of the trip video to YouTube!
We started out in Fort Worth, drove to Mobile, Alabama for dinner, then headed the rest of the way to Orlando!

Watch the trip in the video above to see our my grand-daughter E-2 being super-freaking cute, dinner (we eat on the street not in a restaurant!) we see a few gators and we get plenty of Starbucks along the way! The video then concludes with a quick room walk thru of our Disney's Coronado Springs Resort room.

If you watch, please comment here or on YouTube and of course don't forget to LIKE & SUBSCRIBE over on YouTube!  :)
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Margot The Pirate Not Happening!

11/15/2022

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I’ll be honest, I never believed this one.

Margot Robbie is great. She is a great actress, she is great at selling movie tickets, and she is great at creating headlines.

Here is the latest.

Margot Robbie Will not be leading a Pirates of the Caribbean movie for DIsney.

How does someone make the headlines for not being in a movie.

Enter Hollywood publicists and Disney bloggers. (Yes, I DO see the irony)

In a cover article for Variety, Margot Robbie recently said, ““We had an idea and we were developing it for a while, ages ago, to have more of a female-led — not totally female-led, but just a different kind of story — which we thought would’ve been really cool, but I guess they don’t want to do it.”

There is now, and in my opinion always has been a better chance of a guy named Johnny Depp starring in the next installment of The Pirates of the Caribbean. Is it a good chance, probably not. But the chance of Margot Robbie leading the way is zero.

Author Jeff Bates J
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But he’d rather be eating Pulled Pork Nachos at Captain Cooks in The Disney Polynesian Resort

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Our Walt Disney World Trip

11/14/2022

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Home from another Family Disney World Trip

Animal Kingdom Lodge
BOMA

We just got home from another family road trip to Walt Disney World.

It was....interesting.

Did we have a great time? YES
Did we have some issues? YES
Did I meet Jodi Benson, the voice of Ariel from The Little Mermaid? YES
Did we get hit by Hurricane Nicole? YES
Did Jodi Benson post a picture of my wife & I on her Instagram? YES
Did 5 of the 7 people in our group get very sick? YES
Did we eat at a Michelin recognized restaurant? YES
Did we basically get rained out of Food & WIne Festival? YES
Was my daughter Reagan's favorite ride, Test Track, shut down for the 4th trip in a row? YES
Did I get to see my granddaughter hugging princesses & being amazed by castles? YES
Was our resort quick service dining line,  the only one open, wrapped around the entire building for breakfast the day of the storm? YES
Did we find a baby turtle in the resort pool? YES
Did all the park's close early and open late because of the storm? YES
Did we make a ton of memories? YES

Here is a mostly complete list of some of the videos and/or blog posts I plan to create. Let me know which one interests you most and I just may mention YOU!  :)

The Magic KIngdom
Peter Pan's Flight
It’s a Small World
Skipper Canteen Alone Time
Adventureland
The Jingle Cruise
Pirates of the Caribbean

Leaving The Magic Kingdom
Meet & Eat with Jodi Benson-Ariel
Scenes from Epcot
The Voices of Liberty
The Italy Pavillion Merch (a video for my mom)
Dinner in Biergarten
The Germany Pavillion
Frozen Ever After
Spaceship Earth
The DVC Lounge
Hurricane Nicole Arrives (video already posted)
The Polite Pig

Rope Dropping Animal Kingdom
Building a Necklace in Pandora
Tam Tam Drummers of Harambe in DAK Africa
Santa floats down Discovery River on his Flottilla in Animal KIngdom
Nomad Lounge
Merry Menagerie in DAK
Winged Encounters The Kingdom Takes Flight Show
Pin Trading Trash Can
Evening at The Polynesian Disney Resort
Fireworks over The Poly
Thoughts on Coronado Springs
Some Heroes of the Hurricane
New Disney Pins & Ornaments
Popcorn Buckets Added to our Collection
Photo Pass Highlights

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Mork & Mindy Thrift Store Find

8/5/2022

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 I run a non-profit and we have a Thrift Store, it is how we raise money to provide the programs for our youth and the families that we serve. So, I am in the store a lot. I usually try my best to walk through the store with blinders on, but recently it didn’t work.

On the shelf was a gem…a Mork & Mindy game from the 70’s! I remember this show! Heck, I remember Robin Williams as a guest star on Happy Days playing Mork! This is so in my wheel-house! Now the game I bought isn’t as nice as these pictures. It is beat up and incomplete but still…how cool is this thing?!

My favorite part of this has to be the cards…I collected baseball cards as a kid, heck, I still do! So the Robin Williams cards are freaking awesome! Now, what to do with the thing!

​I’ll keep ya posted.


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Disney Movies on my Mind

1/3/2022

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I have seen just two movies in theaters since the pandemic hit. Just two! I went to see Dune, which I loved, and more recently I went to see Spiderman No Way Home, which I also loved! Now, these are both great movies, and I HIGHLY recommend you go see them!

Now, I can’t control the pandemic, but I can say this…I am PLANNING on going to the movies a lot more in 2022!

As many of us have though, I have binged my fair share of Disney+ & Netflix and…well, you get the picture. My most recent has been The Beatles: Get Back. I’ll likely have more to say about that soon. (Hint: Watch It!)

So, with plans to go drop some popcorn on the floor and to binge plenty here at home, I wanted to dive in to what Disney has coming to theaters and my favorite streaming platform.
This morning on my Good Morning Disney show, my weekday YouTube livestream about Disney news, we talked about what Disney movies are coming in 2022! For me, Hocus Pocus, Doctor Strange 2, Avatar 2, Lightyear, Pinocchio & the less well-known Rise are at the top of my list of must sees! Click the video of this morning livestream to hear our conversation.
Also, feel free to join me LIVE tomorrow/Tuesday morning, January 4 at 10:15 am est/7:15 am pac as I take a deeper dive in to whats new on Disney+! (Or watch the replay if you are reading this afterwards!)
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Thanks for reading to the end, please subscribe to my YouTube Channel if you haven’t done so already and sharing this newsletter on social media or with a friend directly guarantees putting a big smile on my face!
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Thanks and Have Fun Storming the Castle!
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The Top 100 Disney Songs Ever

1/1/2022

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One of my biggest projects of 2021 was The Disney Countdown. It was 20 different radio shows, counting down from 100 and discussing and playing my version of the greatest Disney songs ever!

It spawned a project I am developing for 2022 (more on that another day)

So, I decided I should publish the completed list now that all 100 songs have been anounced, and here they are. Of course, feedback is encouraged. Did I miss your favorite? Do you hate my choice for #1? Which song would you put in the top spot. Email at dolewhipdad@gmail.com and I may just ask for your help with that project for 2022 I have been hinting at.

Disney Countdown 100
Ranked from #1 to #100
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Feed The Birds
Circle of Life
Beauty & The Beast
Let It Go
Part of Your World

Be Our Guest
A Whole New World
Can You Feel The Love Tonight
Kiss the Girl
You’ll Be in my Heart

When You Wish Upon a Star
What’s This?
Hakuna Matata
Under The Sea
Friend Like Me

How Far I’ll Go
Reflection
Its a Small World
One Jump Ahead
Bare Necessities

Chim Chim Cheree
Be Prepared
Yo Ho Ho A Pirates Life
Belle
Prince Ali

Son of Man
Remember Me?
You Can Fly
I’ll Make A Man Out of You
I Wanna Be Like You

I Just Can’t Wait to be King
Grim Grinning Ghosts
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
I See the Light
He Lives In You

A Spoonful of Sugar
Gaston
Into the Unknown
When WIll My Life Begin?
Arabian Nights

Colors of the Wind
I Am Moana
Lets Go Fly a Kite
Heigh-Ho
Friends on the Other Side

Poor Unfortunate Souls
The Headless Horsemen
Oo-De-Lally
Someday My Prince Will Come
Whistle While You Work

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
You’re Welcome
I’ve Got a Dream
For the First Time in Forever
Strangers Like Me

Tiki Tiki Tiki Room
Almost There
You’ve Got a Friend in Me
Baby Mine
Not in Nottingham

This is Halloween
Dig a Little Deeper
Go the Distance
Cruella de Ville
Shiny

Stay Awake
A Dream is a Wish
A Girl Worth Fighting For
Everybody Wants to be a Cat
Down in New Orleans

Two Worlds
Something There
Evermore
Show Yourself
We Know the Way

Honor To Us All
I Won’t Say I’m in Love
Oogie Boogie Song
Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow
Ma Belle Evangeline

The Mob Song
Do You Wanna Build a Snowman?
A Girl Worth Fighting For
Trashin The Camp
Speechless

In Summer
True To Your Heart
Mother Knows Best
Zero to Hero
Blood on the Saddle

Ring in the Season
When Were Human
Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride
Trust In Me
I Put A Spell on You

Reindeers Are Better Than People
Kidnap the Sandy Claws
Lava
That’s How You’ll Know
Baroque Hoedown


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Bring on 2022

1/1/2022

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2021 was rough.
So…see ya!
That said, I did have a blast with a new project during the second half of 2021. I was honored to host a radio show on Magic of the Mouse Radio. It was a countdown show…a countdown of the Top 100 Disney Songs of All Time!


And that project comes to a pretty neat conclusion on New Years Day! Click this link to check out Magic of the Mouse Radio! Magic of the Mouse Radio
The Countdown of the top 100 Disney Songs of all time starts at 10 am est with song number 100, and we won’t stop until we get all the way to number 1, sometime after 7 pm!
I really hope you give it a listen, and if you do email me at dolewhipdad@gmail.com and let me know what you thought of the show and what song YOU would have put in the number 1 slot!
Thats it for now, Happy New Year and I really look forward to creating a sharing with you a wonderful 2022!
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My Next Project. And I Need YOUR Help!

6/11/2021

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When You Wish Upon a Song Ranking The Top 100 Disney Songs of All-Time!

6/11/2021

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I have a friend in radio…
You know what, let's save that part of the story for another time.
I have a project that I am very excited about. So excited that I want to share it. Do I need help??? Yeah, I probably do. So, that is where you come in. More on that, too, in a bit.
Disney Music! 
From “Zip-a-dee-doo-dah” & “When you wish upon a star…” to “Let It Go” & “A Whole New World” Disney music is everywhere. It is not too much to say, at least for me and my family, it is the soundtrack of our lives.
So, this project, this opportunity fell in my lap. What I need to do is create my all-time greatest list of Disney songs! The 100 greatest Disney songs! 
Easy right? I mean “Mary Poppins” alone will give me 4 or 5! Add in “A Little Mermaid” here, some “Lion King”  there and the thing writes itself!
Or does it????
First, the ranking is going to be a Beast! (See what I did there?) But, how to define Disney songs? Does the music of Star Wars count? What about Marvel? And the great tunes from The Disney Parks??? Can I just ignore “Yo-Ho Yo-Ho A Pirates Life For me!?”
And now...I mean...do the songs of Hamilton count?
I have been thinking about this quite a bit lately. Too much actually. And what I have come up with….finally...what I have settled on is….
I have no idea! 
I mean, it is my list. MY LIST! So...I suppose it is whatever I decide.
Is it fair to compare the Mary Poppins classic “Feed the Birds” with the ultra modern, dare I say hip (pretty sure that is the first time I have ever typed the word hip!) Hamilton hit “Helpless” or “My Shot” Parental Advisory for Explicit Lyrics sticker and all?!?!?
So, I am asking you...  What are your 5 favorite Disney Songs of All-Time?
My list is coming soon...your list just may help me create mine. Are you willing to join in? If so, let me know….
WHAT ARE YOUR 5 FAVORITE DISNEY SONGS OF ALL-TIME?

Fill out this form to be a part of this project!

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What does the Clubhouse App Have in Common with Breaking Bad's Blue Sky?

3/1/2021

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Are you in?
That is the question being asked all across social media RIGHT NOW!
The new (ok, not THAT NEW, its initial release date was in April of 2020) app is on fire. And it is addicting!
Elon Musk pops in! Mr Beast…yeah, he is in Clubhouse a lot. Heck, just today former Olympic US Diver Greg Louganis was leading a room. Want to talk Bitcoin? Former MLB pitcher CJ Wilson is on Clubhouse pretty much daily doing exactly that! Mark Cuban pops in now and then. And the list goes on…and on…and on.
And these are intimate chats….informative…funny…really anything and everything.
Now, I mentioned addicting…and I mean it. Walter & Jesse’s Blue Stuff level addicting. If the room is scheduled to go for 30 minutes…figure between 60 & 90 minimum!
Currently it is INVITE-ONLY, which undoubtedly is part of the appeal. Exclusivity, or a resonable facismile of some such thing is all the rage….I mean FOMO is real. And, sorry Android-peeps, at least for now it is iPhone only.
Paul Davison, Rohan Seth & the rest of the Clubhouse leadership are in the app a lot, and they hold weekly Town Halls that are insanely popular! In them they have mentioned often that they are hoping to open it to all you Samsungian Android users soon…How Soon is Now? Ask Morrissey!
So, is it all hype or do you want err need an invite?
Well, thats for you to decide but…
Today…my experience…one room…30 minutes.
A group of 4 influencers were leading a room. Emily Leahy (@emilyleahy on CH), Judi Fox (@judifoxrocks on CH), Dana, pronounced Donna, Bowling (@thisisdanabowling on CH) & Matthew Byrd (@matthewbyrd on CH) were leading a discussion on which social media platforms are best for you and your specific niche. I found it an excellent conversation. I’ve been a fan/consumer of Judi Fox content for sometime now, she is using LinkedIn in ways that are brilliant!
Anyway, after taking some notes and getting some ideas for me, they asked if anyone wanted to ask any questions. So, I hit the “Raise Your Hand” button and poof, one of the moderators brought me up “on stage.”
I asked my questions, got great feedback ideas, sent messages on Instagram to 3 of the 4 leading the discussion, and connected with all 3 of them.
I got actionable info and ideas, made 3 new high level connections, and even set the stage for booking one of them on to one of my weekly livestreams on my YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/dolewhipdad, subscribers rock!)
(What does setting the stage mean? She said yes, we just have to set the date!)
Everyone’s experience will differ of course but I’ll tell you this, this app is not going anywhere!
I love it….and those on it can’t seem to log off the app!
So, if you are on the app, hit me up, I am @jeffbates on the app. If you aren’t on the app yet, download it and get in line…and ask your friends for an invite! Then let me know what you think.
But remember, I warned you, Blue Sky level addiction in 3…2…1…
For more from me head over to www.dolewhipdad.com, or on YouTube subscribe at www.youtube.com/dolewhipdad. And if you want to support my habit of annoying others with my opinions head over to www.buymeadolewhip.com
Last but not least, if you made it all the way to the end, and you did, because this IS the end, and if you need an invite and are on iPhone, message me at dolewhipdad@gmail.com and put CLUBHOUSE INVITE in the subject line. I have 3 invites for the first 3 people who ask. And if you are reading this in the future, and you ARE, just ask, they may give me more when these are gone! 

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