Missing the Mouse · Jeremy Petticrew and Brad Burleson

469: A Sam Eagle Cameo

April 1, 2026·30 min·2 clips

A free Disney app warns parents which rides their kids are too short for—something Disney's own app can't do.

Ride Radar gets a second look. The useful part is not a secret booking trick, but a minimum rider-height setting that would have helped more before the kids aged into nearly everything. They are careful about it, mostly. The other Lightning Lane tool sounds expensive and tempting, but they say plainly that they have seen it, not tested it or endorsed it. That caveat matters. A casual app mention can start to sound like an ad, so the conversation keeps backing up, correcting itself, and dodging the shiny version. Then that park area takes over. One host thinks character meets around there are becoming normal, because Bluey could get people to stop somewhere they might otherwise skip. The other more or less buys it. If Bluey is not appearing anywhere else at the resort outside cruise-ship territory, keeping that meet-and-greet there starts to make sense. Big Thunder is the sore spot. The reopening lands in early May, close enough to feel exciting and late enough to miss one host's trip. Canceling gets floated as a joke. Nobody is canceling, but the new trains, refreshed audio animatronics, fixed effects, and Disneyland-style rainbow make the timing sting. Then comes the lift-hill argument. Big Thunder still rules, apparently, except for the anti-rollback clicks, which might be mechanical charm or might just be too loud. They leave it hanging. That is the rhythm here: one bold read, one skeptical shove, one tiny technical detail, then a cheerful refusal to settle it. Soarin' gets the sharper eye-roll. The hosts still cannot believe Imagineers rode the attraction, saw the dangling-feet problem from the edge seats, and opened it anyway.

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A practical parks chat that is strongest when it stays close to the useful details.

Missing the Mouse keeps its focus on the practical side of a Disney day: app tools, minimum height rules, and the small planning choices that keep family logistics from crowding out the fun.

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Ride Radar gets a practical shout-out for families, with a handy height filter and a Big Thunder update.

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