Disney Collectibles, Park Reopenings, and Mulan Product Placement

Silverado Vineyards and Disney Wine

• 🍇 Silverado Vineyards, owned by Ron and Diane Miller, is a winery in Napa Valley with buildings styled after California missions.
• 🍷 The winery offers individual bottles ranging from $28 to $200, with mixed wine sets as a value option.
• 🎟️ A "Silverado Experience" tasting costs $55 per person and requires reservations, with groups limited to six.

Disney Park Reopening Challenges

• 🎢 The podcast discusses the staggered reopening of Disney parks and resorts in Florida and California amidst evolving COVID-19 guidelines.
• 🏙️ Universal Orlando reopened its parks and CityWalk earlier than Walt Disney World due to scale differences.
• ⚠️ California's state guidance on theme park openings was delayed, impacting Disneyland's planned reopening dates.

Postponed Disney Projects and Ride Reimagining

• 🏗️ Disney has paused $900 million worth of park projects, including the Mary Poppins attraction and a reimagining of Spaceship Earth.
• 🐸 The planned retooling of Splash Mountain to a "Princess and the Frog" theme is not happening soon, with the earliest closure speculated for 2022.
• 🌸 Rivers of Light at Animal Kingdom is ending, but its mechanical orchid fountains will be repurposed for nighttime illumination.

Disney Merchandise and Collectibles

• 🛍️ The "I Want That" episode highlights issues with limited edition merchandise selling out quickly due to resellers and bots.
• 🎟️ ShopDisney is introducing a "Merch Pass" early access drawing system to give fans a fairer chance at purchasing popular items.
• 💰 The hosts caution against overpaying for collectibles like Splash Mountain merchandise or Mulan Aquaresh figures on the secondary market.

Mulan's Product Placement History

• 🎬 The live-action Mulan film faced multiple release date delays due to the pandemic.
• 🦷 A product placement deal for Aquaresh toothpaste in the 1998 animated Mulan was rejected by directors to preserve the scene's comedic integrity, though Aquaresh still created a commercial and bundled Mulan toy figures with their products.
• 🧸 Collectible Mulan figures from the Aquaresh promotion are now available for a fraction of their secondary market resale price.