Why Disney World Bringing Again Should-Dos Has Us Optimistic!

There’s a brand new evening parade in Magic Kingdom. A freshly-reimagined Little Mermaid musical is enjoying within the Studios, and households will quickly be capable of benefit from the “Magic of Disney Animation” as soon as once more. Cinderella Citadel is being repainted in its traditional shade scheme of greys, lotions and blues. Tomorrowland is quietly getting TLC. Stacey is again in “Should-Do Disney.”

What yr is it once more?! — Nature is therapeutic! — We’re so again!

I’m not exaggerating after I write that Walt Disney World’s newest on-line commercial gave me goosebumps, put a giant smile on my face, and gave a glimmer of optimism about 2026. And I’m not speaking in regards to the one which was clearly meant to tug on the heartstrings. (Though that one is de facto good, too!)

I’m speaking in regards to the return of Stacey J. Aswad in a viral on-line spot that’s a nod to the “Should-Do Disney” (or the “Prime 7 Should-Sees”) of outdated. For the uninitiated, Stacey was the charismatic and charming host of the “Prime 7 Should-Sees,” which debuted in 2005 and later grew to become “Should-Do Disney.”

This system was as soon as the Walt Disney World resort TV loop, enjoying on repeat once you turned on the tv. Firing up the TV to see the present was one in every of many comforting moments to start your WDW trip. From the arrival of these yellow baggage tags within the mail to stepping aboard Disney’s Magical Categorical on the airport. Key parts of the acquainted, heat hug of the Disney Bubble round which many followers fashioned core reminiscences, all now gone.

The “Should-Sees/Dos” present existed to get company acquainted with Walt Disney World. It provided a high-level overview of the “4 theme parks, two water parks, and Downtown/Disney Springs to deliver you the must-do Disney points of interest and leisure at Walt Disney World that you just, nicely, should do.”

Though largely geared toward first-timers, the Should-Sees/Dos resonated with followers. There was a sure je ne sais quoi about it, with the present having the proper mixture of persona, sentimentality, heat, and–above all else–quotability. We watched it, rewatched it, and recited its many memorable strains:

Yummy, yummy, yummy…yummy. Water slides out the wazoo. Look In any respect the lazy individuals within the lazy river. Mickey’s my boy. Summit…plummet! Within the identify of all that rocks, let’s hit it dude! We now have some choices to make, you and me. This child cranks up a 6-footer each 90 seconds! Whoa, have a look at these chompers. Imma journey that pet. Triple Mountain Whammy…WHAM, WHAM, WHAM!

That’s going to learn like absolute gibberish to these of you who’re assembly Stacey for the primary time. Actual ones know, although. And people are only a fraction of the quotable strains from this excessive and tacky 30-minute resort tv program that performed in visitor rooms a couple of decade in the past. (If you happen to get it, you get it.)

Test it out for your self–right here’s our favourite model of the “Prime 7 Should-Sees” with Stacey:

I’m not exaggerating after I write that we’ve seen the circa 2007-2009 “Prime 7 Should-Sees” with Stacey 1000’s of instances. As quickly as we received to the resort, we’d flip the TV on to the Should-Sees…and go away it on, for your entire remainder of the journey. Whereas we slept, received prepared, and many others. But it surely wasn’t simply throughout our visits to Walt Disney World.

After our first journey again to Walt Disney World as adults, we downloaded outdated Journey Channel specials together with the “Prime 7 Should-Sees,” loaded them onto my Ps 3, and watched them repeatedly. The Prime 7 Should-Sees with Stacey and people older tv specials gave us our “repair” in between journeys. We fell asleep to it with regularity, even at house.

We have been obsessive about the “Prime 7 Should-Sees.” I’m not kidding or exaggerating. Within the lead-up to our subsequent journey (16 years in the past!), I created a Tom & Sarah’s Prime 30 Should-Sees on Flickr that even “borrowed” the emblem from the present!

To this present day, I nonetheless sometimes insert contextless Stacey quotes in posts when it feels related. And though I couldn’t recite your entire script purely from reminiscence, I can achieve this whereas the present is enjoying. (By some means, my mind has archived outdated episodes of Seinfeld, Frasier, and the Should-Sees…versus issues which might be really vital!)

The writing within the OG “Prime 7 Should-Sees” was sensible. The right alchemy of intelligent, charming, comforting, corny, campy, absurd and humorous. Definitely higher than that of Zootopia: Higher Zoogether, or many current points of interest. Its host, Stacey, was eminently likable. She felt like household; like one in every of us.

Through the years, the “Should-Do Disney” program began to lose its luster. Loads of modifications occurred round Walt Disney World, and reasonably than recording a completely new program, they shot new segments and shoehorned them into the present. It grew to become disjointed. The brand new scenes lacked the sensibility of the outdated; they have been extra simple, much less quirky and intelligent.

Then got here 2020, which was a foul yr for a lot of causes, the lowlight of which was the sunsetting of the “Should-Do Disney” program. It was eliminated because the default on resort televisions, hidden away on a high-numbered channel the place company have been unlikely to search out it.

By the next yr, “Should-Do Disney” was utterly gone. Which sadly made sense in the event that they weren’t going to re-record it, as so too have been Additional Magic Hours, FastPass+, Disney’s Magical Categorical, and quite a few different issues mentioned on the present.

“Should-Do Disney” was then changed by a present that includes a bunch of influencers and household bloggers. It was an absolute abomination. The entire antithesis of every part that Stacey and the “Should-Sees/Dos” stood for. I’m unsure if that present nonetheless exists; I hope not. There’s additionally a welcome video with Parks Chairman Josh D’Amaro, which is likewise not superb.

The entire exhibits since Stacey have felt phony, missing within the coronary heart and heat and whimsy that makes Disney…Disney. That is no offense to the individuals featured in these newer applications. The “Should-Sees/Dos” was pure magic–a successful mixture of the charisma of the host, spectacular scripts, supply, and filming areas (and even the cinematography!) that made the present so particular.

Walt Disney World really captured lightning in a bottle with the “Should-Sees/Dos” program…after which simply launched it. Messing with a superb factor for no actual purpose in any respect. (Cease me if you happen to’ve heard that story earlier than about Walt Disney World!)

That is exactly why old-fashioned Walt Disney World followers are excited in regards to the return of Stacey and the Should-Dos, even when it’s only a fast on-line advert (for now?). As a result of it’s a throwback to a distinct period; an arguably higher period.

Not solely that, but it surely’s one other clear signal that there are nonetheless individuals working at Walt Disney World who’re followers similar to us, and wish to enhance issues. There are numerous little examples of this, a few of that are listed within the opening of this publish. Stacey J. Aswad being restored to her rightful throne on the Walt Disney World resort TV loop can be one other.

For now, check out the teaser advert:

Right here’s the complete 2025 @staceyjaswad Walt Disney World advert! https://t.co/Kf3GsdmY2Y pic.twitter.com/677AwiIcNa

— Gratuitous Theme Parks (@GratThemeParks) January 2, 2026

Within the teaser, Stacey walks in entrance of Cinderella Citadel because the narrator says, “right here you permit right this moment and enter a world of…” She cuts in with “should dos.” A number of clips from round Walt Disney World play by way of earlier than Stacy is reunited with Minnie and Daisy, saying “hey ladies, the way you been?”

It’s a transparent nod to the previous and, we hope, a tease of a Nice Large Lovely Tomorrow that includes extra Stacey at Walt Disney World. The plain hope is that they’re foreshadowing an all-new version of “Should-Do Disney” for the resort TVs, because it in any other case appears type of foolish to tease this and get followers excited with out follow-through.

It is sensible, and certain does look like Walt Disney World is having a “what’s outdated is new once more” second. What’s subsequent? Breakfast at Be Our Visitor? Disney’s Magical Categorical? Free FastPass?! (Okay, let’s not get too carried away.)

Once more, I understand all of that is going to sound totally absurd to these of you who’ve solely been visiting since post-reopening. Or even perhaps a few of you who began coming earlier, however stayed off-site or solely caught the diluted model of the “Should-Dos.” However for us diehard disciples, Stacey was a giant a part of the on-site expertise. You may say that she was the voice/host of a technology.

Seeing Stacey’s return offers optimism to a few of us old-fashioned Disney diehards. This occurring on prime of all the “singles and doubles” that Walt Disney World has been enterprise (journey reimaginings, enhancements, restoring misplaced choices). The totality of that is that it looks like perhaps there are individuals within the Florida management who lastly get it. 

There’s larger consideration to element. Extra concern for each the bread and butter demographic of households, and followers who revisit the parks with regularity. In little and significant methods, Walt Disney World is beginning to really feel extra like Disneyland than Disneyland. (Appears to be like over at Piston Peak building zone as Disneyland finds methods so as to add new points of interest with out eradicating something.) Okay, perhaps that’s an overstatement.

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YOUR THOUGHTS

What do you concentrate on the return of Stacey in a brand new advert teasing the must-dos? Would you prefer to see a return of “Should-See/Do Disney”? Are you an old-fashioned fan who remembers the unique exhibits? Agree or disagree with us that they captured lightning in a bottle? Any questions we may help you reply? Listening to your suggestions–even once you disagree with us–is each attention-grabbing to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas under within the feedback!