CAROLINE, WHAT'S NEW? #33

Caroline and Conor discuss the latest and greatest in Disney news in this new mini-episode series.

Recorded: January 11, 2026

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Transcript

Caroline Aimetti 0:43

Hello, and welcome to Poor Unfortunate Podcast, where Disney is what we do... it's what we live for! We're the two besties you never knew you needed. I'm Caroline Aimetti.

Conor Perkins 0:54

And I'm Conor Perkins. This is a Disney podcast for grown ups because we believe magic gets better with age. Listener discretion is advised. Welcome to all of our returning listeners and viewers, and to anyone new who is joining us, make sure that you hit follow or subscribe wherever you're getting the podcast. And if you're on YouTube, opt in for notifications so you don't miss out on anything. This is a brand new episode of our bi-weekly mini episode series, "Caroline, What's New?", where we go through all the latest and greatest in Disney news. This episode is being recorded on Sunday, January 11th, 2026. So, Caroline, what's new?

Caroline Aimetti 1:30

Happy New Year, everybody. Happy New Year, New Year's 2026. Yes. New Year. Actually, yeah, but not we'll see. We'll talk about it.

Conor Perkins 1:38

Yeah.

Caroline Aimetti 1:38

Um, I I have my tree up one more time. I know the holidays are over. It's just like I gotta ease out of it. So one more.

Conor Perkins 1:44

My my dad says, because Catholic.

Caroline Aimetti 1:46

Same.

Conor Perkins 1:47

Baptism of the Lord. Christmas decorations can baptism of the Lord's like at the end of January.

Caroline Aimetti 1:51

Oh great.

Conor Perkins 1:53

Baptism of the Lord.

Caroline Aimetti 1:54

Right. Baptism of the Lord.

Conor Perkins 1:55

That's all one word. Baptism of the Lord.

Caroline Aimetti 1:57

Baptism of the Lord. Let's talk about some parks news.

Conor Perkins 2:01

Yeah.

Caroline Aimetti 2:02

So let's start with Disneyland. Pink milk has arrived at the milk stand in Galaxy's Edge in Disneyland.

Conor Perkins 2:09

What does this taste like?

Caroline Aimetti 2:10

Well, okay. Let's I've I've done some research. So I've heard it has a little bit of like an artificial bubblegum kind of flavor. It's listed as like sweet and fruity, and apparently people have heard like banana, strawberry, but that's not what it actually tastes like.

Conor Perkins 2:25

Does it taste like amoxicillin, like liquid amoxicillin, the bubblegum? Well, that's what I would say.

Caroline Aimetti 2:31

Because I would listen, I'm very much not against this. I'm a first of all, I'm a fan of both blue and green milk. And I really like. Do you ever eat bubblegum ice cream as a kid from Baskin Robbins? I was a huge fan of that. Love that. Um, but they they got the color all wrong.

Conor Perkins 2:46

It's not pink?

Caroline Aimetti 2:48

This, it's it's okay. It should be a la the green and blue milk. It should be this like milky pastel pink. And it looks like a guava slushy to me. I don't know how else to describe it. It's a guava.

Conor Perkins 3:00

Oh, so it kind of looks like the night blossom.

Caroline Aimetti 3:02

Yes, but like less vibrant, less vibrant than that. Um, so I I can't believe I'm talking about this with everything that's going on in the world right now. But all I'm saying is if you're gonna do pink, you gotta do pink. Okay. But anyway.

Conor Perkins 3:18

True that.

Caroline Aimetti 3:19

Anyway, maybe they'll adjust. Uh also, Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar at the Disneyland Hotel will be closing its interior for refurbishment on February 17th. No reopening date has been announced, but guests will still be able to dine in the outdoor scening area during the renovation. But that's not really the same experience. So if you're visiting, just keep that in mind. Also, if you're visiting, uh, two other things to note Rise of the Resistance and the Jungle Cruise will also temporarily close for refurbishments throughout this January and February. No return dates are currently listed. So again, if you'll be visiting, just keep an eye out online if you're interested in those.

Conor Perkins 3:54

Them big ones.

Caroline Aimetti 3:55

Yeah, big ones. Hopping over to Disney World, the Festival of the Arts in Epcot is about to begin, running from January 16th through February 23rd. Booth menus have been announced, and some favorites like the sushi donut and the enchanted rose are returning with lots of new options too. There's going to be a Figment popcorn bucket that has yet to be revealed, which is always always exciting.

Conor Perkins 4:16

The Figment design this year for Festival of the Arts is really, really good. Yeah. Really good. Erin has been tempted to buy quite a few pieces of merchandise with it.

Caroline Aimetti 4:26

Tell her to join the club. Um, I've only been to Festival of the Arts once, and I don't really count it, but it was happening when I was there in my bachelorette. So I didn't really partake in a lot of the booths or anything, but I would like to go one time and like really partake because I'll be able to do that.

Conor Perkins 4:39

Buy some Dylan Bonner art.

Caroline Aimetti 4:42

The Dylan Bonner art this year is so good. If I could line this wall with that, I would in a heartbeat. Yeah. Oh, it's beautiful. Yes. Oh my god.

Conor Perkins 4:54

You should. Yeah, he's doing it.

Caroline Aimetti 4:56

He always has like a booth at the at the festival. And this year, his art is like Disney Princess epilogues. It's like these beautiful versions of like what are they doing after the movies? Freaking stunning. Um, and also something that happens at the festival is the return of the Disney on Broadway concert series. Another reason why I would want to go. And this year's lineup is totally stacked. It includes Susan Egan, James Monroe Igelhart, Sierra Boggess, Jelani Remy, Mandy Gonzalez, Adam Jacobs, and more. Sounds amazing. Yeah. And this is just, it was just the 18-year anniversary of Little Mermaid opening on Broadway and Sierra Boggess making her Broadway debut, which is crazy. Um 18 is spooky because I remember it like it was yesterday because I was obsessed. But anyway, speaking of also food, I know there are a lot of Walt Disney World Spring roll fans out there. Like that's a whole thing. And a new spring roll has entered the chat. The brand new popcorn and snacks kiosk in Toy Story Land is offering Pizza Planet spring rolls filled with pepperoni pizza filling and served with a side of marinara.

Conor Perkins 5:59

I mean, that sounds like sounds so good.

Caroline Aimetti 6:01

And one of the gaping holes in Toy Story Land for me is a lack of pizza planet type offering. And so at least we have a little something now. Um, plus, we definitely needed a food option that isn't Woody's lunchbox because the wait for Woody's lunchbox can get really long and it's very stunny and it's hard. Um, so this is great. And the spring rolls are currently going for $9.49. And yeah. But like, are we surprised? No. No, there's two of them. There's two of them. I mean, but yeah, I would really like to taste that.

Conor Perkins 6:32

And get like six spring rolls from the Chinese restaurant for like two dollars.

Caroline Aimetti 6:36

But do they have pepperoni in them?

Conor Perkins 6:38

No.

Caroline Aimetti 6:40

Um, obviously, you can see where my head is at on another food-related note. Gideon's Bakehouse is featuring banana flavors this month, and they're coming for my ass, y'all. Oh my god. Because there's a okay, there's a banana moon pie cake slice we want. I'm so hungry right now. Oh my God. Uh, banana box pie is the cookie, and my one true love, the banana nitro cold brew. I'm not kidding you guys. I looked up flights to Orlando. I want it. Please.

Conor Perkins 7:11

We're not in a good place, folks.

Caroline Aimetti 7:15

Anyway, if you're going and you're from the tri-state area, let's talk about it. I'll meet you at LaGuardia. I don't know. We can work it out. Oh, it's a liquid. It can't go through security. Never mind.

Conor Perkins 7:26

Well, they could fill a little travel size soap bottle of it.

Caroline Aimetti 7:30

Just a little shot.

Conor Perkins 7:31

Just a shot.

Caroline Aimetti 7:32

Sure. Oh, God. Okay, let's move on. I'm not sure if we've covered this yet. I think it's relatively new news, but a Bluey experience is coming to Animal Kingdom's conservation station. So we talked about the Disneyland one. Uh, but the synopsis of this experience from Disney reads: quote, beginning in summer 2026 at Walt Disney World Resort, you'll be able to take a fun excursion to Conservation Station in Disney's Animal Kingdom, where you can play and dance with Bluey and Bingo. Play some of your favorite games from Bluey episodes with a fun animal twist like butterfly keepy uppy. Grab the whole family and snap some pictures alongside your blue heeler pals to remember this one-of-a-kind adventure. Plus, as part of your wild excursion, step outside to discover an experience with animals native to Bluey's home country of Australia. Oh, yes. For those performers out there, a casting call just went out for the actor hosts and they have the monologue out. You should totally audition. It seems like it's gonna be a lot of fun.

Conor Perkins 8:29

They've also been hunting for um some voices of liberty, I've seen. Yeah.

Caroline Aimetti 8:34

Yes, they have.

Conor Perkins 8:35

So keep your eyes peeled.

Caroline Aimetti 8:36

Yes. Let's book, be booked and busy in '26. Please. Uh, Rock 'N' Roller Coaster in Hollywood Studios will close permanently on March 2nd. As we discussed last "Caroline, What's New?" The pre-show has already been cut as this version of the coaster winds down to make way for the Muppets. Would their version of the coaster expect it to open this coming summer? Which I find a little hard to believe.

Conor Perkins 8:58

And I just think they're probably not gonna change much. I think they're probably they probably closed down the pre-show early so that they could work on that. That's probably where most of the change is gonna be.

Caroline Aimetti 9:08

That's annoying. Okay, I think you're right. And while we're in Hollywood Studios, let's talk about the Indiana Jones stunt spectacular.

Conor Perkins 9:15

Oh no.

Caroline Aimetti 9:16

In a recent performance, the giant boulder flew off its track and started bouncing toward the audience. It was stopped by a very selfless cast member who like really took a hit. I think he's still recovering, so I hope he's okay. Um, so he took the hit to stop it in its tracks, and that sequence has been removed from the show. And folks are talking about like, ah, they shouldn't have removed it. Think about the number of performances where this hasn't happened in the show's 30-plus year history. But listen, first of all, guys, guest safety has to come first, and Disney is not going to risk that. And of course, they're going to cut the sequence while they figure out how to prevent this in the future. That should have probably already happened, but I digress. But this brought back a memory of what I think might be the only time I've seen the show when the actor playing Indy was smacked by the luckily foam propeller of the plane, and the performance ended early. Like he was not okay for a minute. And Conor and I know as much as anyone that anything can happen in a live performance. I mean, and we've both stage managed, and it's terrible, but it happens. Um but I'm sensing that the show needs some reassessing at the very least.

Conor Perkins 10:24

You did just say the 30-plus year run. Right. That's kind of insane for a show.

Caroline Aimetti 10:29

Yes, which brings me to my next thought. I think it's had its time. I don't want the space replaced by an attraction. I think it should remain live entertainment a thousand percent. But having Indiana Jones now spread across two parks when the popularity of the franchise doesn't warrant it, doesn't feel like it tells a cohesive story to me. And Disney has removed attractions way more beloved than this one. And it kind of feels lazy that it's still there, especially after all of the shifts in theming and story that Hollywood Studios has undergone specifically. I just the idea of stunts, I could see it staying there, but also feels like it remains in the MGM Studios version of this park. But I just don't I think it's time. And I understand we need something that's a show that we can load a ton of guests into to keep it that. But I just don't think it needs to be Indiana Jones anymore. I think it's time.

Conor Perkins 11:25

Yeah.

Caroline Aimetti 11:25

I think it's time.

Conor Perkins 11:26

Because that's gonna be right by Monstropolis now. Yeah. So I'm just I'm wondering if maybe there's anything we can do with that.

Caroline Aimetti 11:33

And the the the whole the like things being a little bit random when it was MGM made sense because it's like we're on a lot, kind of, so it could be random. And we're not doing that anymore.

Conor Perkins 11:42

The random randomness doesn't really work.

Caroline Aimetti 11:44

Yeah, so those are just my two cents. I think all of those performers, I want them to see them employed. So let's do a different stunt show. I don't know. Yeah, but not Indiana Jones. It's time. Anyway. Also, we want to say congratulations to all run Disney participants who race this weekend, including Poor Unfortunate Fam member Alexandra. Kudos to you, Queen. I could never do it. I really don't think I could ever do it. If we get more listeners, okay. If we reach a certain milestone, Conor and I will do run Disney. It'll have to be a really big number though.

Conor Perkins 12:12

Okay.

Caroline Aimetti 12:13

Yeah. All right. And in a truly, I wanted to end on this. It's just a nice piece of news. The iconic Disney host Stacey, the star of Must Do Disney that played on Walt Disney World resort TVs from the 2000s into like 2015 or so, appears in a recently launched 15-second Walt Disney World ad. Her must-do Disney feature was um ended around 2015, coincidentally, around the time I feel like my innocence died as well. Um, and though this might not mean she's back, it is really nice to see Disney do things because in the spot she says like "must-dos" that are- feel targeted at like a niche group of Disney fans. Yeah. That's nice. Like I felt a little appreciated by that. Um, and I don't in a lot of ways when it comes to the parks. So that was nice, just a nice thing to end on. We love you, Stacey.

Conor Perkins 13:02

Oh, well, we like nice things.

Caroline Aimetti 13:04

We do.

Conor Perkins 13:05

I'm gonna take us the opposite direction, talk about something that is not nice as we dive into Disney Plus. So I don't want to give this much attention right now because it literally makes me so mad. But we got the update on the mysterious Disney and AI deal, and it's exactly as I expected, and it sucks. So Disney is partnering with OpenAI, you know, the company that they were actively suing back in the summer for copyright infringement, and their short form generative AI video platform, Sora, not the Sora that I observe.

Caroline Aimetti 13:40

I was gonna say, what a tragic yet.

Conor Perkins 13:41

I only observe Kingdom Hearts Sora. So Disney will be the first major content licensing partner on Sora. And here are some of the highlights from the agreement. As part of this three-year licensing agreement, Sora will be able to generate short, user-prompted social videos that can be viewed and shared by fans, drawing on more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars characters. The agreement will make a selection of these fan-inspired Sora short form videos available to stream on Disney Plus. Disney and OpenAI affirm a shared commitment to responsible use of AI that protects the safety of users and the rights of creators. Sure.

Caroline Aimetti 14:20

Hot take, there is no responsible use of AI, but you're not ready for that conversation.

Conor Perkins 14:25

Alongside the licensing agreement, Disney will become a major customer of OpenAI using its APIs to build new products, tools, and experiences, including for Disney Plus, and deploying Chat GPT for its employees. And as part of the agreement, Disney will make a $1 billion equity investment in OpenAI and receive warrants to purchase additional equity. It is absolutely wild to me that Disney would make this much of a switch up on the way they have handled their brand historically. Disney is extremely protective over their IP and the way that it can be used, coming down hard on small shops and even educational facilities with murals of Disney characters on their playgrounds.

Caroline Aimetti 15:07

Oh my God.

Conor Perkins 15:08

While I don't believe that AI is inherently a bad tool, the people who have been pushing it and their motivations for doing so are entirely selfish and irresponsible. Not only is AI used for artistic theft, but it currently has extreme environmental impacts that are not being addressed or taken seriously. Truth, authenticity, and artistic expression are essential to our world, and AI has been used to actively undermine that. Think of how many videos you are seeing right now of things that have quote unquote happened in the real world and are news, but are not actually news.

Caroline Aimetti 15:46

Yeah.

Conor Perkins 15:46

To say I'm disappointed in this is an understatement. Disney Plus also announced that they're going to be adding vertical video to the platform in an effort to up daily engagement with users. They started rolling out these verts with ESPN, but now they'll be expanding it to the rest of the platform. Disney has said there are a variety of ways that they could be implementing this. It could be original short form programming, repurposed social clips, refashion scenes from longer form episodic or feature titles or a combination. So yeah, there's that too. They're just it just feels like the stupidification of art.

Caroline Aimetti 16:28

100%. Yep.

Conor Perkins 16:30

But let's talk what's now available on Disney Plus. The latest film in the Tron franchise, Tron: Ares, is now streaming on Disney Plus. It hit the platform on January 7th and is available in IMAX Enhanced on Disney Plus. And so if you don't know, IMAX Enhanced features IMAX's exclusive expanded aspect ratio for all Disney Plus subscribers, ensuring that the filmmaker's creative intent is fully preserved for a more immersive viewing experience at home. So subscribers with certified TVs and AV receivers can also experience IMAX enhanced sound powered by DTS, featuring the full dynamic range of the original cinematic mix. So that's kind of cool that Disney Plus supports IMAX.

Caroline Aimetti 17:11

Yeah.

Conor Perkins 17:11

Cool. As of January 1st, all of the Indiana Jones films are available to stream on Disney Plus.

Caroline Aimetti 17:17

They're pushing it, they're pushing it hard. They're like, take this, Indiana Jones, now.

Conor Perkins 17:22

They are. So if you need some lessons on how to punch a Nazi, Disney Plus has you covered.

Caroline Aimetti 17:26

Is the sound of music still on Disney Plus? That's another great lesson. Yeah. Okay, great. Great.

Conor Perkins 17:32

How to rip up a Nazi flag.

Caroline Aimetti 17:34

Yeah.

Conor Perkins 17:35

Uh and then season two of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, it's currently underway with new episodes dropping every Wednesday throughout the month of January. So Percy Jackson fans, rise up. Things that are announced coming soon to Disney Plus. So the new documentary that I talked about before by Leslie Iwerks, Disneyland Handcrafted, had a premiere screening in Los Angeles this past week, and we got the announcement date for its premiere on Disney Plus, which is later this month on January 22nd. Built from rare archival footage and original audio recordings, Disneyland Handcrafted reveals the extraordinary artistry and grit it took hundreds of craftspeople to bring Walt Disney's Impossible Dream project of Disneyland to fruition from groundbreaking to opening day on July 17th, 1955. So this is the one where she had basically gone into archives and found stuff that had never been used, never been seen before. And that's going to be part of this documentary.

Caroline Aimetti 18:29

I'm so excited to watch that.

Conor Perkins 18:30

Yeah. January 27th at 9 p.m. Eastern and 6 p.m. Pacific is the premiere of the new Marvel TV series Wonder Man. In this new Disney Plus original series, we follow aspiring Hollywood actor Simon Williams, who is struggling to get his career off the ground. During a chance meeting with Trevor Slattery, an actor whose biggest roles may be well behind him. Simon learns legendary director Von Kovak is remaking the superhero film Wonder Man. These two actors at opposite ends of their careers doggedly pursue life-changing roles in this film as audiences get a peek behind the curtain of the entertainment industry. It looks really cool from the teasers and the trailers that we've gotten so far. So it's kind of like Marvel.

Caroline Aimetti 19:12

It's unique.

Conor Perkins 19:13

Yeah, it's a Marvel TV show about superhero movies.

Caroline Aimetti 19:16

Yeah, fun.

Conor Perkins 19:17

And for the news I am most excited about, the Muppet Show is returning on February 4th for a special event on ABC and Disney Plus. A first look teaser and synopsis for the event has been revealed. So it's the Muppet Show. Kermit, Miss Piggy, and the beloved Muppet gang are back with a brand new special event. Music, comedy, and a whole lot of chaos are bound to ensue when the Muppets once again take the stage of the original Muppet Theater with their very special guest, Sabrina Carpenter.

Caroline Aimetti 19:48

Which is very correct. Perfect.

Conor Perkins 19:51

Perfect. Perfect. So I'm I'm just so I'm so excited. I'm like, yes, give us more Muppets, always. And now let's talk Disney. Films. So things that are now available. Avatar: Fire, and Ash is now playing in theaters. It opened to an A cinema score. It currently holds a 66% tomato meter score, but also a 90% popcorn meter score on Rotten Tomatoes. So tomato meter, those are critics and popcorn meter is audience. Interesting. This has been happening for a lot of films in this latter half of the year. Wicked as well. It has officially crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office and is expected to complete its fourth consecutive weekend as the number one film in the United States.

Caroline Aimetti 20:32

Huh.

Conor Perkins 20:33

Yeah. Zootopia 2 is still holding very strong at the box office and also crossed the $1 billion gross mark at the global box office. Zootopia 2 has officially passed Frozen 2 as the highest grossing film from Disney Animation.

Caroline Aimetti 20:48

Wow.

Conor Perkins 20:48

Yeah. And a fun note of the top four films to reach $1 billion globally in 2025, three of them are films from Disney.

Caroline Aimetti 20:58

Wow.

Conor Perkins 21:00

Yeah.

Caroline Aimetti 21:00

Woo!

Conor Perkins 21:01

Disney cranked it out this year. It's Lilo and Stitch, Zootopia 2, and Avatar: Fire and Ash. And then Disney films that are announced coming soon. The biggest news in Disney films right now is that the casting for Rapunzel and Flynn Ryder in the live-action adaptation of Tangled has been announced. Rapunzel will be played by Teagan Croft of DC's Titans series, and Flynn Ryder will be played by Milo Manheim of School Spirits and the Zombies franchise. Milo was one of my students when I was teaching at Atlantic Acting School, and honestly, casting could not have gotten this more right. I'm so excited for him. He is a class act. He is a pro. I'm excited for the journey that he's about to go on. And maybe somehow I'll see if I can make something happen and maybe get him on the pod to talk about it. We'll see.

Caroline Aimetti 21:50

From your lips.

Conor Perkins 21:51

Yeah, exactly. We'll see. Uh but Disney has not yet hammered out the casting for Mother Gothel, but it is being reported from Deadline that Kathryn Hahn, who many fans have asked to play this role.

Caroline Aimetti 22:02

Yeah. It's so correct.

Conor Perkins 22:05

So that is a major yay.

Caroline Aimetti 22:07

Yes.

Conor Perkins 22:08

Yeah. There was a huge online surge of people behind Milo, too, when this happened.

Caroline Aimetti 22:13

So it seems like they're not think we were going to get it this soon. I thought it was going way slower than this. So it's just I'm surprised.

Conor Perkins 22:20

I did too.

Caroline Aimetti 22:21

Also, I'm so for Kathryn Hahn as Mother Gothel. But I want to say too, somebody like tagged Susan Egan in something because she had done this amazing cover of "Mother Knows Best," and she was like, oh, that'll never happen. And if Kathryn Hahn is unavailable, I would love to see Susan Egan play Mother Gothel.

Conor Perkins 22:37

I mean, people have been pushing Susan Egan. They've also been pushing Donna Murphy to reprise the role.

Caroline Aimetti 22:41

I mean, I'm never never gonna say no. Never.

Conor Perkins 22:46

Some other things, Disney film-wise, Golden Globes nominations. It's award season. Welcome, welcome, welcome. Here we are.

Caroline Aimetti 22:53

To the Big Blue House.

Conor Perkins 22:55

Thank you. Golden Globe nominations happen. The Golden Globe ceremony is actually tonight, and Disney has received 27 nominations across film and television studios, streaming services, and broadcast. Only Murders in the Building earned the highest number of nominations from Disney with four nominations, including Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy, Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Musical/ Comedy for Steve Martin and Martin Short, and then Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series for Selena Gomez. Zootopia 2 and Elio both received nominations for Best Animated Feature, while Zootopia 2 and Avatar: Fire and Ash received nominations for cinematic and box office achievement. Lots of other nominations. I'm not going to run through them all, but we'll see how the night shakes out and what awards the Walt Disney Company takes home.

Caroline Aimetti 23:40

Oh my God. I think I also forgot to tell you. I just remembered. I think I forgot to tell you I finally watched Elio.

Conor Perkins 23:45

Oh, you did?

Caroline Aimetti 23:47

What did you think? I really liked it.

Conor Perkins 23:49

It was good, right?

Caroline Aimetti 23:50

Yeah, it was good.

Conor Perkins 23:51

It made me cry.

Caroline Aimetti 23:52

Oh, yeah, it made me cry too for sure. I watched it on a plane too. So it was like double the, you know, that effect. But yeah.

Conor Perkins 23:59

The score gets me. Like, oh.

Caroline Aimetti 24:01

Yeah.

Conor Perkins 24:02

So as far as Golden Globes go, I'll make sure to report back the winners in our next news update. But we also got the actor awards nominations. Uh, these are previously known as the SAG Awards. They've changed it this year because SAG and AFTRA merged. SAG- AFTRA, so it's kind of leaving out part of the union to just keep calling them the SAG Awards. So the Actor Awards. Uh, and Disney received 10 actor award nominations, all in the television streaming categories. So we'll see how those go down as well. And I'll report back.

Caroline Aimetti 24:29

Yeah, baby.

Conor Perkins 24:30

And that's all of the Disney Plus and Disney film news that I have, which I'm going to do.

Caroline Aimetti 24:36

There's a lot going on. There's a lot going on. New year, baby. Let's rock. Um, speaking of the new year, I mean, when has the news cycle never not been a thing in the life of Poor Unfortunate Podcast? I mean, that's also just being a human being on this planet, of course. Um, but we just want to take this moment to say, fuck ICE.

Conor Perkins 24:55

Fuck ICE.

Caroline Aimetti 24:56

Fuck ICE. Disney as a corporation, of course, has so many problems, as we've talked about in this episode alone. Um, but one thing that Disney films have taught us is to stand up for each other. And if you think that anything that has been happening with ice is okay, you're not a real Disney fan. And you're certainly not welcome in our Poor Unfortunate Fam unless you take a good hard look at what you believe in and how you feel about your fellow human beings. So we just wanted to say that. Obviously, like we, you know, as we we always find the balancing act of this. We're gonna obviously keep talking about Disney whenever we feel good about it and keep trying to find things that make us happy and we enjoy. Um, but we're, you know, obviously always going to talk about what's happening in the real world and you cannot ignore this. So just wanted to take a moment to talk about that. Um, and then to wrap it up, what we wanted to say is some Poor Unfortunate Podcast news. Um, as we approach our 100th episode and the end of season four at last, we have been obviously looking to and talking about the future of Poor Unfortunate Podcast. I feel like if I was listening, I'd be like, oh my God, it's over. It's not over. It's not over. Um, so part of what we're doing is we are finally launching our own Patreon account, the Poor Unfortunate Patreon. And so this will be a way for us to kind of reorganize the podcast to help keep it going strong while giving you, our listeners, more of what you love. Um, so when you subscribe to the podcast on Patreon, you can choose between two different tiers, each with a variety of different perks, and they are both under $10 a month. So we just wanted to say that we're trying to keep this as affordable as possible while like after fees, obviously, still getting what we need to keep the podcast going. So some of those perks will include ad-free episodes, exclusive Disney D=Brief bonus episodes, so those will only be for people on the Patreon, and access to "Caroline, What's New?" So that's right. This will be the last non-subscriber episode of "Caroline, What's New?" So if you want to keep Poor Unfortunate Podcast weekly, which is what we why we kind of started doing this in the first place, head to our Patreon now, pick your plan and subscribe. It's active now. And you can follow the link in the episode description or go to patreon.com/poorunfortunatepodcast. Patreon is P-A-T-R-E-O-N.com / Poor Unfortunate Podcast. So thank you in advance for considering that um and for being with us. And we are so grateful that you are going to continue on the journey with us however you choose to. Um, just because, you know, we're we've been doing this for a while now. Yeah, yeah. And it takes a little bit, as we always say, it takes a little bit to keep it going. And it's become a little bit of more of a challenge as of late. Um, so obviously, we want to give you a lot of great perks in exchange for helping us to keep the podcast coming to you. And we're really excited about that. So thank you.

Conor Perkins 27:41

Yeah, thank you so much for considering that. And our next episode is gonna be our hundredth episode. It's happening. Um it's happening finally. And then we will be moving on to season five. So lots of great, exciting things in season five.

Caroline Aimetti 27:55

Yeah, baby.

Conor Perkins 27:56

Okay, I think that's gonna do it for us for this episode. Thanks so much for listening. Make sure you hit follow or subscribe wherever you're listening or watching. Follow us on social media. We are @ Poor Unfortunate Podcast everywhere. And we will be back very soon with the final episode of season four, our one hundredth episode. So until then... Beluga Sevruga!