Post-Trip Report: Hailey’s Triple Split Stay/Double Family Trip (September 2024)

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ALEX: Anyways, and with that, it's time to get to the episode.

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ALEX: Today, my mom, Virginia, as you guys know her, welcomes back Hailey to the show.

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ALEX: And if you didn't listen to the pre-trip report, I will go looking for you.

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ALEX: I'm kidding.

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ALEX: If you have listened to the pre-trip report, Hailey was traveling to Walt Disney World with her family, which includes husband Kyle, son Knoxville, who is six, daughter Nolan, who is four, and their son Kane, who is two.

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ALEX: Their family was doing a triple split stay at Gran Destino Tower at the Coronado Springs Resort for one night, five nights at Pop Century, and wrapping up with one night at Port Orleans, French Quarter.

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ALEX: Joining them on this trip is Hailey's best friend, Jenna, and her family, including her husband Mark, daughters Lily and Emily, who are six and two, and Jenna's mother-in-law.

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ALEX: Their family will be staying at Port Orleans Riverside.

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ALEX: In addition to staying at different resorts, Hailey and Jenna knew going to this trip may have totally different Disney styles.

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ALEX: One is go, go, go, and the other is more laid back.

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ALEX: I prefer laid back, personally.

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ALEX: I'm kidding.

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ALEX: What?

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ALEX: Of course it's go, go, go.

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ALEX: It should be pretty clear who is who once you hear this trip report.

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ALEX: And with that, here is Virginia, my mom, and Hailey.

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VIRGINIA: Welcome back, Hailey.

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HAILEY: Hello.

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HAILEY: How are you?

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VIRGINIA: I am good.

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VIRGINIA: We have officially made it in default since the last time we spoke.

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HAILEY: Yes.

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HAILEY: My kids are very excited.

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VIRGINIA: Are they?

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VIRGINIA: Do they have plans for Halloween costumes?

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HAILEY: No, not yet.

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HAILEY: My daughter, she just kept saying, it's fall, so now the leaves are going to fall off the tree.

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HAILEY: I want to go jump in them.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Understandable.

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VIRGINIA: I don't want to jump in a pile of leaves.

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VIRGINIA: I don't know that I even wanted to do that when I was a kid either, but I cannot resist a crispy leaf on the sidewalk.

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VIRGINIA: I will go out of my way to step on it.

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VIRGINIA: So between that and all the pumpkin spice, it's a good season.

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VIRGINIA: It's a good season.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: So you are back from your recent trip to Disney World, and this was a huge group of people that you were with.

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VIRGINIA: So for listeners who did not go and listen to the pre-trip interview, which I encourage you all to do, but if you didn't, this was Hailey, her husband Kyle, their three children, Knoxville, who's six, Nolan, who's four, Cain, who's two, and then your best friend Jenna, with her husband Mark, daughter Lily, who is also six, Emily, who's two, and Jenna's mother-in-law.

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VIRGINIA: So it was a group of 10 people.

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VIRGINIA: So how did you fair, first of all, with a group that big?

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HAILEY: Honestly, we ended up doing mostly everything separate.

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HAILEY: There was only a select few things that we did together.

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HAILEY: I think it was mainly because of the fact that we were staying at two different resorts.

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HAILEY: And because, like I mentioned in the pre-trip, our Disney styles are kind of different.

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HAILEY: So it was hard to try and get that many people to do that many things at the same time.

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HAILEY: So most days we tried to at least do one thing together, but some days that didn't even happen.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, when we spoke before, you had mentioned that you are definitely a rope drop to fireworks, take naps in the strollers if you need to kind of person, but she's sort of more of a late start naps.

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VIRGINIA: Don't stay till the end.

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VIRGINIA: So I was wondering how all that would work.

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VIRGINIA: But as long as you did some things together and had a great time, then it doesn't really matter if you're together the entire time.

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VIRGINIA: In fact, most people who go in big groups end up splitting off, at least for different points during the trip.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: So let's start with the drive.

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VIRGINIA: So you drove down on Friday, September 20th, and it's a long drive from Pennsylvania to Orlando.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: You said Kyle really likes to get it all done in one shot, and you go through the night.

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VIRGINIA: So how did that go this time?

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HAILEY: It was pretty good.

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HAILEY: We left our house.

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HAILEY: We picked Knoxville up from school and left after we got everything packed in the car.

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HAILEY: So I would say we were on the road by maybe like 5 o'clock, 4.45, 5 o'clock, and we entered Florida at 7 a.m.

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HAILEY: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: How did you do in terms of trying to get a little bit of sleep in the car?

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HAILEY: Pretty good.

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HAILEY: I try and like nap a little bit, but I'm like the type of person, like as soon as I feel like the car go over that like sideline like I wake up from my sleep, I'm like, are you okay?

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HAILEY: But he does most of the drive.

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HAILEY: I think we switched once for like two hours in the middle of the night and he tried to nap.

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HAILEY: But that was also when our youngest decided that he wanted to be awake and cry so it wasn't even very much of a nap for him.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, but when the kids were awake otherwise and not, you know, trying to actually get their night of sleep, how did they fare in the car?

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HAILEY: They're pretty good.

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HAILEY: We try and bring their switches.

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HAILEY: I got them from like Target, like the little coloring packs and like the scratch off things.

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VIRGINIA: They did the lottery tickets.

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HAILEY: The big pack of them, yeah.

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HAILEY: We drove, we got out of, just about, out of PA.

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HAILEY: I think we're in like Gettysburg, which is like half an hour from the border, and we stopped for dinner, got out.

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HAILEY: I planned on doing like a quick fast food dinner to keep going, but he actually wanted to like go in and sit down.

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HAILEY: So that added like 45 minutes to our time too.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: So arriving at 7 a.m.

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VIRGINIA: and for your very first night, you were staying over at Coronado Springs in Gran Destino Tower, and you said this was going to be your first time ever setting foot at that resort.

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VIRGINIA: So overall, what were your thoughts?

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HAILEY: I liked it.

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HAILEY: I really liked it a lot.

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HAILEY: I would definitely say it would be better off.

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HAILEY: I even told Kyle, I said that I want to go and stay there again when it's just him and I.

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HAILEY: I wanted to do things like three bridges or like the Dahlia Lounge.

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HAILEY: And obviously, like with the kids, we didn't really get a chance to do that.

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VIRGINIA: Did you get any time at the pool on that first day because you were going to make it a resort day?

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HAILEY: Yeah, we did.

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HAILEY: So once we got there, we got into Florida at like seven.

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HAILEY: We got under the Disney World sign.

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HAILEY: I'm looking at exactly 1022.

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HAILEY: So got to Coronado, probably like 1030.

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HAILEY: And then I did online check-in.

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HAILEY: We went in and our room wasn't ready yet, but the cast member that we talked to said that, like, he put us on a higher priority list since we were there.

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HAILEY: So we just walked around for a little bit.

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HAILEY: We went, checked out the resort, and I think our room was ready.

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HAILEY: 1230, I have us going into our room.

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HAILEY: So not too late.

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VIRGINIA: Not too late at all.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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HAILEY: And then unpacked a little bit.

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HAILEY: Everybody kind of took a nap because even with them sleeping in the car, it's not like obviously the best sleep.

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HAILEY: So everybody kind of took a nap.

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HAILEY: And then I woke up and I took Nolan and Kane, so the two littler ones.

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HAILEY: Nolan really wanted to ride the Skyliner.

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HAILEY: That was like her first request that she wanted to do.

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HAILEY: So Kyle stayed napping and Knoxville wanted to watch football on TV.

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HAILEY: So he stayed back and I took Nolan and Kane and we went and we were going to take the bus to Hollywood Studios to hop on the Skyliner over to the Riviera to get coffee.

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HAILEY: And we walked out of the hotel and I saw the character van.

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HAILEY: So I was like, oh, hurry up.

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HAILEY: Come on, we got to go.

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HAILEY: I know what that means.

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HAILEY: And we saw Goofy, Donald and Pluto as they were walking out.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, that's a perfect little introduction to your trip.

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HAILEY: Yeah, it is.

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HAILEY: And we actually saw that van a handful of times over this trip.

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HAILEY: It was definitely like the most that I've ever seen it.

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HAILEY: And they loved it.

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VIRGINIA: And now they know what it means when they see that.

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HAILEY: Yeah, they literally said I saw it a few times and I was like, oh, that means it's characters.

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HAILEY: Let's go like run.

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HAILEY: You got to run.

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HAILEY: We're not in the parks.

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HAILEY: It's okay to run.

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HAILEY: So then from there, we just we took the bus over to Hollywood, got on the Skyliner, went to La Petite, got some coffee.

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HAILEY: And then by the time that we went back on the Skyliner and got back to Coronado, everybody was ready to go to the pool.

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HAILEY: It was like 5.30.

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HAILEY: So we all got ready and we went to the pool.

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VIRGINIA: How did you like the pool?

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HAILEY: I liked it.

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HAILEY: I honestly thought that the moderates all had more of like a splash pad area.

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HAILEY: And they had like a little area for like the kids, but it had just like a water shooting at it, kind of like pops.

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HAILEY: I thought I was expecting a little more.

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HAILEY: Like, it was nice that they had the full like water slide in the pool.

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HAILEY: Knoxville really enjoyed that.

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HAILEY: But we were at the pool for maybe like an hour, and they started roasting marshmallows at that time.

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HAILEY: And where they roast marshmallows at Coronado is like in the pool.

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HAILEY: So we did the marshmallows and then got some snacks over at the pool bar and then did the playground.

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VIRGINIA: Fun.

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VIRGINIA: So did you hit the hay?

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VIRGINIA: Did you get into bed early this night based on the drive?

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HAILEY: No.

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HAILEY: No, not at all.

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HAILEY: No, not at all.

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VIRGINIA: What did you do?

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HAILEY: After the pool, we went and they wanted Mickey bars.

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HAILEY: So we got Mickey bars for them.

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HAILEY: That was like eight o'clock.

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HAILEY: And then they were tired and Kyle was still tired.

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HAILEY: So we went back to the room, put them to bed and for some reason, I thought it was a Halloween party night.

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HAILEY: And then I looked at my phone and I saw that Magic Kingdom was open till 11 and I was like, I could go over there right now.

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HAILEY: It's nine o'clock.

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HAILEY: So that's what I did.

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HAILEY: I got on a bus and I went to Magic Kingdom for like an hour and 15 minutes by the time I got into the park.

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VIRGINIA: What did you do with your time over there?

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HAILEY: I rode the people mover, the tea cups and seven droves.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: You are dedicated.

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HAILEY: Yeah.

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HAILEY: I like to soak it up when I can.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Well, and especially having younger children, I remember those days, and you have to be on for them the entire day.

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VIRGINIA: You don't get time for yourself.

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VIRGINIA: So I can understand how even if you were tired, the thought of going and getting some me time in is energizing.

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VIRGINIA: So I totally get it.

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HAILEY: It was worth it.

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HAILEY: And then I got back to Coronado at midnight.

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HAILEY: So walked in at midnight and then went to bed.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Now, the next morning on Sunday, September 22nd, you had a breakfast reservation for Rick's because you wanted to specifically try the Mickey waffles that were stuffed with chicken.

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VIRGINIA: So what time was that breakfast reservation?

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HAILEY: It was supposed to be for 8.45, but we decided to cancel it so that we could, anybody could sleep in.

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HAILEY: So I knew the next four park days after that, we would have up at 6 a.m.

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HAILEY: wake up.

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HAILEY: So I was like, okay, on the days where it's not a park, let's just wake up whenever.

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VIRGINIA: So my impression is that Rick's, you don't really need a reservation because it doesn't seem busy there.

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HAILEY: Yeah, it didn't seem like it when we were walking around the hotel the day before.

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HAILEY: It looked pretty empty on the inside.

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HAILEY: I would not think that you would need a reservation, at least a 60-day one.

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HAILEY: You could probably pick it up the same week.

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VIRGINIA: So did you still go down there for breakfast in the morning, just without a reservation and do a walk up?

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HAILEY: No, we just ended up eating at the quick service because they wanted just Mickey waffles.

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VIRGINIA: Fair enough.

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VIRGINIA: Why spend more for your Mickey waffles when you could just get them at the quick service?

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Did you have time to check out the store there?

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HAILEY: Yeah, we walked through the little store.

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HAILEY: Most of the stuff I would say is the same as most gift shops.

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HAILEY: They did have, besides a Coronado section, they had a little extra cocoa section.

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HAILEY: Stuff is pretty cute.

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VIRGINIA: You had originally planned on getting some pool time in this day too.

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VIRGINIA: Did you end up doing that?

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HAILEY: We did, but it was over at Pop.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: What time did you end up checking out and getting over to Pop?

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HAILEY: I got coffee in the lobby.

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HAILEY: I can't remember what it's called.

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HAILEY: It's like the downstairs lobby.

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HAILEY: That's like a.

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VIRGINIA: Yes.

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VIRGINIA: It's funny because when we spoke during the pre-trip, I was like, you got to get coffee at the downstairs thing and I was like, I don't know what it's called.

00:15:47.965 --> 00:15:50.305
VIRGINIA: Now here you are not remembering what it's called either.

00:15:52.145 --> 00:15:54.625
VIRGINIA: We will figure this out and I'll put it in the show notes.

00:15:54.625 --> 00:15:57.905
HAILEY: The lower lobby, coffee slash bar.

00:15:58.545 --> 00:15:59.725
VIRGINIA: Yes, it's good though.

00:15:59.725 --> 00:16:00.725
VIRGINIA: It's good though.

00:16:00.725 --> 00:16:05.945
HAILEY: We did that and then that was right before we had our breakfast.

00:16:05.945 --> 00:16:12.005
HAILEY: Then I did the mobile check-in for pop while we were eating breakfast.

00:16:12.005 --> 00:16:17.465
HAILEY: We walked over to the pool area so that the kids could go on the playground a little bit.

00:16:18.205 --> 00:16:25.285
HAILEY: We had a drink from the pool bar because we forgot our IDs the night before when we were walking around so we never got a drink.

00:16:26.425 --> 00:16:29.885
HAILEY: We just wanted to do that to say we had a drink there.

00:16:29.885 --> 00:16:35.845
HAILEY: Then I got a message that our room was ready at 10:45 AM.

00:16:35.845 --> 00:16:36.625
VIRGINIA: Oh, wow.

00:16:36.805 --> 00:16:39.445
HAILEY: I was like, all right, let's go.

00:16:39.445 --> 00:16:44.605
VIRGINIA: Yeah, they've got to, I mean, they're checking you through your mind, Disney experience and everything like that.

00:16:45.305 --> 00:16:48.865
VIRGINIA: I think they're looking for people who are actually in the area.

00:16:51.245 --> 00:17:01.925
HAILEY: We went over there, went right to our room and then walked around and we were in the pool by two o'clock.

00:17:01.925 --> 00:17:03.905
HAILEY: Got all unpacked everything.

00:17:05.765 --> 00:17:13.965
HAILEY: Then after the pool, we had our dinner reservation at Storybook Dining.

00:17:13.965 --> 00:17:15.965
HAILEY: I think it was at 5.20.

00:17:15.965 --> 00:17:21.365
HAILEY: We were getting ready to leave the hotel at 4.40 to get on a bus over to Magic Kingdom.

00:17:22.025 --> 00:17:24.125
VIRGINIA: How was Storybook Dining this night?

00:17:24.125 --> 00:17:26.625
HAILEY: It was okay.

00:17:26.625 --> 00:17:32.125
HAILEY: When we went before, I think it was on our first trip, so two years ago.

00:17:32.125 --> 00:17:34.685
HAILEY: It was my husband's favorite.

00:17:34.685 --> 00:17:38.325
HAILEY: He talked about the salmon constantly.

00:17:40.205 --> 00:17:42.645
HAILEY: He was looking forward to it and he got it.

00:17:42.645 --> 00:17:45.465
HAILEY: He said it is not the same salmon.

00:17:45.465 --> 00:17:48.785
HAILEY: He was a little disappointed at that.

00:17:50.605 --> 00:17:51.745
HAILEY: What I had was good.

00:17:51.745 --> 00:17:53.245
HAILEY: I had the beef stroganoff.

00:17:53.245 --> 00:17:54.425
HAILEY: It was pretty good.

00:17:54.425 --> 00:17:57.765
HAILEY: I personally like the appetizers more.

00:17:57.765 --> 00:18:00.805
HAILEY: They have a mushroom bisque soup.

00:18:00.805 --> 00:18:05.065
HAILEY: I think we got three rounds of that because I could just eat that as my meal.

00:18:05.065 --> 00:18:07.145
VIRGINIA: What about the character interactions?

00:18:07.145 --> 00:18:08.625
HAILEY: They were pretty good.

00:18:09.785 --> 00:18:14.365
HAILEY: You see Grumpy, Dopey, and Snow White come by your table.

00:18:14.365 --> 00:18:19.925
HAILEY: Then as you're leaving, you get a royal invite up to see the Evil Queen.

00:18:20.985 --> 00:18:25.985
HAILEY: We saw all of them that came around and it was super cute.

00:18:25.985 --> 00:18:32.285
HAILEY: No one had on a special Snow White outfit with a bow, so Snow White loved that.

00:18:33.585 --> 00:18:39.625
HAILEY: The last time that we were there, Kane, it was his first trip, so he was six months old.

00:18:39.625 --> 00:18:42.685
HAILEY: He was actually sleeping in the stroller the whole time.

00:18:42.685 --> 00:18:47.145
HAILEY: This was his first time seeing the dwarves and he loved it.

00:18:48.665 --> 00:18:51.605
VIRGINIA: Have they seen the movie Snow White?

00:18:51.885 --> 00:19:07.965
HAILEY: I put it on the week before we went so that they would know who everybody was, but Knoxville kind of knew who they were because he's been on the Seven Dwarves roller coaster before, so he loves that ride, so he knew who they were.

00:19:07.965 --> 00:19:08.445
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:19:08.465 --> 00:19:13.985
VIRGINIA: And what time did you end up getting back over to Pop?

00:19:13.985 --> 00:19:16.705
HAILEY: We got back at like eight o'clock.

00:19:17.565 --> 00:19:18.605
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:19:18.605 --> 00:19:25.345
VIRGINIA: So the next morning was going to be an early morning, so was this an early to bed night?

00:19:25.345 --> 00:19:27.145
HAILEY: No, we went to the pool.

00:19:28.245 --> 00:19:29.485
VIRGINIA: Hailey, you are crazy.

00:19:29.485 --> 00:19:30.545
VIRGINIA: Oh my goodness.

00:19:30.545 --> 00:19:32.005
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:19:32.005 --> 00:19:33.265
VIRGINIA: So you did some pool time.

00:19:33.265 --> 00:19:34.545
HAILEY: Yeah, we closed down the pool.

00:19:34.545 --> 00:19:36.185
HAILEY: They closed at 10.

00:19:36.185 --> 00:19:43.345
HAILEY: So we went when we got back from probably like nine to 10, like the last hour, and then got to bed.

00:19:43.345 --> 00:19:49.025
VIRGINIA: And Jenna was supposed to arrive this night, although she was staying at a different resort from you.

00:19:49.025 --> 00:19:51.745
VIRGINIA: She was staying over at Riverside.

00:19:51.745 --> 00:19:55.385
VIRGINIA: Did she arrive on time and everything go according to plan?

00:19:55.485 --> 00:20:06.225
HAILEY: So they actually, they left Pennsylvania Saturday morning, and then they stopped at a hotel in Georgia on Saturday night.

00:20:06.225 --> 00:20:09.365
HAILEY: So then they woke up Sunday morning and started driving.

00:20:09.365 --> 00:20:17.325
HAILEY: And I think they got to their hotel at like two, I think she said, and their room wasn't ready right away.

00:20:17.325 --> 00:20:18.905
HAILEY: So they had to wait a while.

00:20:18.905 --> 00:20:28.445
HAILEY: I know she said that they did like the quick service over there and just walked around the hotel while they were waiting for their room.

00:20:28.445 --> 00:20:29.545
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:20:29.545 --> 00:20:41.125
VIRGINIA: So on Monday, September 23rd, you were planning to go to Hollywood Studios and you were planning to rope drop Slinky Dog because you thought the two six-year-old Knoxville and Lully would ride that.

00:20:41.125 --> 00:20:45.785
VIRGINIA: So is this something you ended up doing together, meeting up at Hollywood Studios?

00:20:45.785 --> 00:20:46.185
HAILEY: Yes.

00:20:46.185 --> 00:20:47.005
HAILEY: Yep.

00:20:47.005 --> 00:20:47.625
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:20:47.625 --> 00:20:49.065
VIRGINIA: Let's walk through the stay then.

00:20:49.065 --> 00:20:55.145
HAILEY: So we were up and out the door at 7 to get in the Skyliner line.

00:20:55.145 --> 00:20:59.905
HAILEY: And that was probably one of the longest lines that we waited in this whole trip.

00:20:59.905 --> 00:21:03.765
HAILEY: Like, I honestly never seen the Skyliner line that long.

00:21:03.765 --> 00:21:08.185
HAILEY: And I'm normally up, like, in that line pretty early.

00:21:08.185 --> 00:21:14.785
HAILEY: So I was like, oh, it went, like, all the way back to, like, the 50s buildings, like, the bowling pins.

00:21:14.785 --> 00:21:19.385
HAILEY: And there were still people, like, getting in line behind us.

00:21:20.645 --> 00:21:28.285
HAILEY: But yeah, we got over there and got scanned in to the park and made a mad dash.

00:21:28.285 --> 00:21:33.045
HAILEY: And we were in the line for Slinky Dog at 8 36.

00:21:33.045 --> 00:21:40.285
HAILEY: So from getting in the park to Slinky Dog in six minutes, I thought it was pretty decent with all of those kids in tow.

00:21:41.685 --> 00:21:42.405
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:21:42.405 --> 00:21:44.445
VIRGINIA: I feel like that's a feat.

00:21:44.445 --> 00:21:47.945
VIRGINIA: How long did you end up waiting in the Slinky Dog line?

00:21:47.945 --> 00:21:51.245
HAILEY: I would say maybe half an hour tops.

00:21:51.745 --> 00:21:53.485
HAILEY: Okay.

00:21:53.485 --> 00:22:00.925
HAILEY: And then so that ride, it was me, Knoxville, and then her whole group did that ride.

00:22:00.925 --> 00:22:04.105
HAILEY: Her two-year-old was tall enough to ride it.

00:22:04.105 --> 00:22:04.345
HAILEY: Oh, okay.

00:22:04.345 --> 00:22:05.985
HAILEY: So all five of them.

00:22:05.985 --> 00:22:08.805
HAILEY: And then me and Knoxville did that Slinky Dog.

00:22:09.325 --> 00:22:12.525
VIRGINIA: Was Nolan tall enough and just didn't want to ride it?

00:22:12.525 --> 00:22:13.345
HAILEY: Yeah, she was.

00:22:13.345 --> 00:22:16.445
HAILEY: She kept saying the whole time that she wanted to ride it.

00:22:16.445 --> 00:22:18.665
HAILEY: And then she saw it.

00:22:18.665 --> 00:22:20.865
HAILEY: And she's like, I don't want to do it.

00:22:20.865 --> 00:22:22.665
HAILEY: I'm like, it's okay.

00:22:22.665 --> 00:22:30.525
HAILEY: So Kyle took her and Kane on Toy Story Mania and Alien Swirling Saucers while we were in line.

00:22:30.525 --> 00:22:30.845
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:22:30.845 --> 00:22:33.945
VIRGINIA: And those were walk-ons, I assume, at that time of the morning.

00:22:34.185 --> 00:22:36.885
VIRGINIA: Since everybody tries to ride Slinky.

00:22:36.885 --> 00:22:48.825
HAILEY: And it was while we were waiting in line, I was like super glad we got there when we did because I looked and Rise and Mickey and Minis, which were like the other two big ones that people would go for, were both down.

00:22:48.825 --> 00:22:53.485
HAILEY: So I was like, oh, well, I'm glad that I didn't have it planned to go to either of those.

00:22:53.485 --> 00:22:56.525
VIRGINIA: So what did you end up doing after Slinky?

00:22:56.525 --> 00:23:04.485
HAILEY: After Slinky, we went over a Mickey and Minis, opened back up, and it was only like a, it said like a half an hour wait.

00:23:04.485 --> 00:23:07.945
HAILEY: We maybe waited like 20 minutes if that.

00:23:09.545 --> 00:23:17.605
HAILEY: So we did Mickey and Minnie, and then we walked out and saw the line for Chippendale was about to open up.

00:23:17.605 --> 00:23:27.745
HAILEY: So we did Chippendale, walked back to get breakfast, so breakfast Ronto wraps, and I needed my black calf coffee.

00:23:27.745 --> 00:23:28.785
VIRGINIA: I know you love that.

00:23:28.945 --> 00:23:29.605
VIRGINIA: I do.

00:23:29.605 --> 00:23:32.125
VIRGINIA: I tried it, and I'm not a fan.

00:23:32.125 --> 00:23:32.905
HAILEY: Not a fan?

00:23:32.905 --> 00:23:33.405
HAILEY: I don't know.

00:23:33.405 --> 00:23:39.425
HAILEY: It's different because definitely me, when I drink coffee anywhere else, I like it sweeter.

00:23:39.425 --> 00:23:40.805
HAILEY: But that one, I don't know.

00:23:40.805 --> 00:23:42.305
HAILEY: I just love it.

00:23:42.325 --> 00:23:50.705
HAILEY: I noticed that it's better if you take the straw out, so that I'm getting the whole cream and everything with it.

00:23:50.705 --> 00:23:55.965
HAILEY: But I even looked up the recipe to make the cream cheese topping at home.

00:23:56.285 --> 00:24:00.465
HAILEY: So I make myself the Black Calf Coffee at home.

00:24:00.465 --> 00:24:04.745
HAILEY: But I add my oat milk in it when I'm at home to make it a little sweeter.

00:24:04.745 --> 00:24:11.465
VIRGINIA: It sounds like you have an Instagram reel in the making where you teach everyone how to make the Black Calf at home.

00:24:11.465 --> 00:24:12.865
HAILEY: I probably should.

00:24:12.865 --> 00:24:16.145
HAILEY: I definitely, I've told people that I make it and they're like, really?

00:24:16.145 --> 00:24:17.265
HAILEY: I'm like, yeah.

00:24:17.265 --> 00:24:19.385
HAILEY: So maybe that would be a good one to make.

00:24:19.385 --> 00:24:22.465
VIRGINIA: If you taught me how to make it in a way that I liked it.

00:24:23.545 --> 00:24:31.905
HAILEY: It's so funny because when I buy a box of the Cocoa Puffs at the store just for on top of the coffee, my kids will be like, can I eat those?

00:24:31.905 --> 00:24:36.045
HAILEY: I'm like, no, they're not for cereal use, they're for coffee.

00:24:38.585 --> 00:24:39.605
VIRGINIA: Oh my goodness.

00:24:39.605 --> 00:24:43.785
VIRGINIA: I know you had an OGA reservation at 1240 for your family at least.

00:24:43.785 --> 00:24:49.665
VIRGINIA: Where are you in the timeline at this point that you were getting your Ronto wraps and your Black Calf?

00:24:49.665 --> 00:24:51.325
HAILEY: That was about 10 o'clock.

00:24:52.005 --> 00:24:52.185
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:24:52.225 --> 00:24:54.285
VIRGINIA: So you had a little bit of time to kill.

00:24:54.285 --> 00:24:54.565
HAILEY: Yeah.

00:24:54.565 --> 00:25:03.705
HAILEY: So after that, we went and we did Muppets and then met Olaf, and then met the Disney Jr.

00:25:03.705 --> 00:25:04.265
HAILEY: characters.

00:25:04.265 --> 00:25:18.525
HAILEY: So like Vampirina, Pluto was out, and then we started walking over to OGA's, and there was no line for the lightsaber pictures, the photo pass right outside of OGA's.

00:25:18.525 --> 00:25:20.065
HAILEY: So the kids wanted to do that.

00:25:20.905 --> 00:25:26.365
HAILEY: So we got some lightsaber pictures outside before we went into OGA's.

00:25:26.365 --> 00:25:28.805
VIRGINIA: Does Knoxville own a lightsaber?

00:25:28.805 --> 00:25:30.525
HAILEY: Not yet, no.

00:25:30.525 --> 00:25:31.425
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:25:31.425 --> 00:25:31.825
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:25:31.825 --> 00:25:32.965
VIRGINIA: Something for the future.

00:25:34.925 --> 00:25:35.465
HAILEY: He did.

00:25:35.465 --> 00:25:42.225
HAILEY: So they all got one toy on this trip as like a little souvenir, and his toy that he picked though was Darth Vader.

00:25:42.225 --> 00:25:43.625
HAILEY: So.

00:25:43.625 --> 00:25:44.225
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:25:44.225 --> 00:25:46.845
VIRGINIA: A Darth Vader, like a plush or something?

00:25:47.445 --> 00:25:48.605
HAILEY: It's like an action figure.

00:25:48.685 --> 00:25:56.365
HAILEY: It's probably like this big, and it has a lightsaber with it, and he has a cape that like comes off and on.

00:25:56.365 --> 00:25:59.725
VIRGINIA: What did the other kids end up getting out of curiosity?

00:25:59.725 --> 00:26:07.185
HAILEY: Nolan got a Buzz Lightyear bubble wand, and Kane got a pack of three.

00:26:07.185 --> 00:26:17.005
HAILEY: They're like little like RC stunt cars that are, one's like looks like Buzz Lightyear, one looks like Woody, and one looks like the aliens.

00:26:17.825 --> 00:26:19.325
VIRGINIA: Okay, cool.

00:26:20.765 --> 00:26:21.345
HAILEY: All right.

00:26:21.345 --> 00:26:29.305
VIRGINIA: So after, after Ogas, well, first of all, for Ogas, based on the number of you, did you get to sit in a booth?

00:26:29.305 --> 00:26:30.045
HAILEY: We did.

00:26:30.045 --> 00:26:32.485
HAILEY: It was the first time that we ever sat.

00:26:32.485 --> 00:26:38.785
HAILEY: When we went last year, I think, I think it was last year that we took the kids, and we did all five of us again.

00:26:38.785 --> 00:26:45.865
HAILEY: We were standing at the bar, and they actually have like high chairs that are like super high to like reach the bar.

00:26:46.045 --> 00:26:46.865
HAILEY: Yeah.

00:26:46.865 --> 00:26:53.645
HAILEY: And we had to get two of them because Nolan even standing on like the rail, she couldn't reach.

00:26:53.645 --> 00:26:57.165
HAILEY: But I was very happy when they told us that we would be sitting down.

00:26:57.165 --> 00:26:59.885
VIRGINIA: I was like, just squat.

00:26:59.885 --> 00:27:01.245
VIRGINIA: Don't get used to it.

00:27:01.365 --> 00:27:04.285
VIRGINIA: Such a rare occurrence.

00:27:05.705 --> 00:27:07.745
VIRGINIA: Did you end up taking a break back at the hotel?

00:27:07.745 --> 00:27:09.645
VIRGINIA: Because I know you had thought you might.

00:27:09.645 --> 00:27:10.285
HAILEY: We did.

00:27:10.285 --> 00:27:10.685
HAILEY: Yeah.

00:27:10.685 --> 00:27:13.705
HAILEY: So after Ogas, we were on our way out.

00:27:14.205 --> 00:27:23.405
HAILEY: We had to stop and meet Buzz first, because we were in Toy Story Bounds, all of us.

00:27:23.405 --> 00:27:26.065
HAILEY: So we stopped to meet Buzz.

00:27:26.065 --> 00:27:34.105
HAILEY: When we did that, we were the second last family that he was meeting before he was going back to Star Command.

00:27:34.105 --> 00:27:42.185
HAILEY: He told us to wait right outside of the rope, because when he was going back, he wanted to have the kids walk with him.

00:27:43.205 --> 00:27:45.865
HAILEY: So they loved that.

00:27:45.865 --> 00:27:49.525
HAILEY: And then we went back for a little afternoon nap.

00:27:49.525 --> 00:27:53.965
HAILEY: It was probably like an hour and a half that we went back to the room.

00:27:53.965 --> 00:27:58.685
HAILEY: But being on the Skyliner, I didn't think that it was that bad.

00:27:58.685 --> 00:28:01.065
HAILEY: It gave them a little break in the air conditioner.

00:28:01.065 --> 00:28:02.805
HAILEY: Everybody changed because it was hot.

00:28:02.805 --> 00:28:04.925
HAILEY: I was like in a pants outfit.

00:28:04.925 --> 00:28:09.065
HAILEY: So changing into shorts was definitely a bonus.

00:28:11.065 --> 00:28:17.425
VIRGINIA: When you're on a Skyliner Resort, it's so easy to take a break from Hollywood Studios and Epcot.

00:28:19.185 --> 00:28:27.525
VIRGINIA: This evening, you had a fantastic dining package at Hollywood and Vine at 4.15.

00:28:27.525 --> 00:28:34.285
VIRGINIA: I don't know if I gathered this when we spoke before, but was Jenna's family involved in that too?

00:28:34.285 --> 00:28:34.565
HAILEY: Yeah.

00:28:34.565 --> 00:28:36.045
HAILEY: They had one at 4.

00:28:37.045 --> 00:28:39.545
HAILEY: The closest I could get was at 4 and 4.15.

00:28:41.705 --> 00:28:48.325
HAILEY: They didn't actually take a break, but they ended up leaving the park for the day after dinner.

00:28:48.325 --> 00:28:50.065
VIRGINIA: They didn't even stay for a phantasmag?

00:28:50.065 --> 00:28:50.925
HAILEY: Nope.

00:28:50.965 --> 00:28:53.825
HAILEY: Oh, that's too bad.

00:28:53.825 --> 00:28:56.485
HAILEY: She was still in the park and we were back at the hotel.

00:28:56.485 --> 00:29:03.465
HAILEY: I told her, I was like, hey, if you're over by Hollywood and Vine, go see if we can sit by each other.

00:29:04.005 --> 00:29:16.625
HAILEY: And she said that they told her that they would have to push our tables together and make us a group of 10, rather than just kind of putting us at two tables by each other.

00:29:16.625 --> 00:29:21.705
HAILEY: So it would automatically add the gratuity and everything on for being that big of a group.

00:29:21.705 --> 00:29:30.885
HAILEY: And I'm like, I've definitely heard of people just sitting at two tables by each other and not having to be forced into being a group of 10.

00:29:31.845 --> 00:29:34.425
HAILEY: Otherwise, I would have booked it like that from the start.

00:29:34.425 --> 00:29:34.845
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:29:34.845 --> 00:29:38.945
VIRGINIA: So we just have made you be one check instead of two.

00:29:38.945 --> 00:29:39.825
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:29:39.825 --> 00:29:40.345
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:29:40.345 --> 00:29:41.065
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:29:41.065 --> 00:29:44.225
HAILEY: So we ended up just sitting at two different tables.

00:29:44.645 --> 00:29:47.045
VIRGINIA: Had she seen Phantasmag before?

00:29:48.145 --> 00:29:49.985
VIRGINIA: Would this have been her first time if she had stayed?

00:29:50.765 --> 00:29:58.025
HAILEY: She has seen it, I think, once when we went on a girl's trip last summer with our other friend.

00:29:58.025 --> 00:30:01.865
HAILEY: But her kids or her husband haven't seen it.

00:30:01.865 --> 00:30:02.205
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:30:02.205 --> 00:30:07.845
VIRGINIA: So after dinner, did you have time to do anything before Phantasmag?

00:30:07.845 --> 00:30:09.425
VIRGINIA: I imagine you did.

00:30:09.425 --> 00:30:09.765
HAILEY: Yeah.

00:30:09.765 --> 00:30:15.265
HAILEY: So that's when Kyle and Knoxville decided to go try and do Rise.

00:30:16.725 --> 00:30:18.505
HAILEY: They ended up waiting in line for Rise.

00:30:18.505 --> 00:30:21.985
HAILEY: I think it was only like 40 minutes, so not too bad.

00:30:21.985 --> 00:30:25.065
HAILEY: And they did star tours as well.

00:30:25.065 --> 00:30:32.085
HAILEY: And in that time, I took Nolan and Kane, and we went to go meet Jessie and Woody.

00:30:32.085 --> 00:30:35.525
HAILEY: And then we went on Alien Swirling Saucers again.

00:30:37.385 --> 00:30:44.145
HAILEY: And then we all went to see the vacation shorts, which none of them have seen before.

00:30:44.505 --> 00:30:45.605
HAILEY: Love those.

00:30:45.605 --> 00:30:46.285
HAILEY: They love it.

00:30:46.285 --> 00:30:47.685
VIRGINIA: They're so cute.

00:30:49.405 --> 00:30:57.985
HAILEY: I was even looking over, because the new things that Kyle hasn't even done, especially some of the shows, I just like to look over and watch his face.

00:30:57.985 --> 00:31:02.245
HAILEY: And when I see him laughing through it, I'm like, great, bonus.

00:31:04.565 --> 00:31:08.445
HAILEY: And then after that, it was time to go to Fantasmic.

00:31:09.705 --> 00:31:11.085
HAILEY: Right.

00:31:11.105 --> 00:31:17.165
VIRGINIA: And I think all of your kids have seen Fantasmic, but maybe Kane doesn't remember.

00:31:17.165 --> 00:31:22.205
HAILEY: It was only Knoxville did, because we saw it on our Mother-Son trip.

00:31:22.205 --> 00:31:25.925
HAILEY: So the two younger ones didn't see it yet.

00:31:26.065 --> 00:31:27.505
VIRGINIA: How did they do?

00:31:27.505 --> 00:31:28.265
HAILEY: They liked it.

00:31:28.265 --> 00:31:36.385
HAILEY: There was definitely a part where like the villains and it was a little dark where they were like, and I'm like, it's okay.

00:31:36.385 --> 00:31:37.545
HAILEY: Like Mickey's going to save.

00:31:37.545 --> 00:31:38.825
HAILEY: It's okay.

00:31:38.825 --> 00:31:46.745
HAILEY: I honestly think Nolan's biggest grape with the whole show was we were sitting probably like five or six rows back, she got a little wet.

00:31:46.745 --> 00:31:51.105
HAILEY: She does not like getting wet out of the clear blue.

00:31:51.105 --> 00:31:53.905
HAILEY: And when it got her, she was like thrown off for a minute.

00:31:53.905 --> 00:31:55.025
HAILEY: I'm like, it's okay.

00:31:55.025 --> 00:31:57.405
VIRGINIA: It's just a little water.

00:31:57.405 --> 00:31:58.405
HAILEY: But they liked the show.

00:31:59.185 --> 00:32:00.285
VIRGINIA: Good.

00:32:00.285 --> 00:32:03.905
VIRGINIA: Did you do anything after the show or did you head out?

00:32:04.965 --> 00:32:06.725
HAILEY: We left.

00:32:06.725 --> 00:32:11.605
HAILEY: Yeah, we took the Skyliner back and we watched the, we were getting on the Skyliner at nine.

00:32:11.605 --> 00:32:16.005
HAILEY: So we actually got to watch the Epcot fireworks from the Skyliner.

00:32:16.005 --> 00:32:17.025
VIRGINIA: Oh, that's fun.

00:32:17.025 --> 00:32:17.805
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:32:17.805 --> 00:32:18.385
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:32:18.385 --> 00:32:20.925
VIRGINIA: The next day, or did you do anything back at the hotel?

00:32:21.005 --> 00:32:30.865
HAILEY: Oh, I was going to say, they just went to bed and then I just ate chicken fingers and fries while everybody else was sleeping in bed.

00:32:30.865 --> 00:32:33.045
VIRGINIA: And that was your me time.

00:32:33.045 --> 00:32:34.805
VIRGINIA: So important.

00:32:34.805 --> 00:32:35.925
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:32:35.925 --> 00:32:43.385
VIRGINIA: Tuesday, September 24th, that was a split day between Epcot and Wokingdom.

00:32:43.385 --> 00:32:48.365
VIRGINIA: And I think Jenna's family was only going to Epcot with you or planning to go to Epcot with you.

00:32:48.365 --> 00:32:49.685
VIRGINIA: Did she make it over to Epcot?

00:32:50.425 --> 00:32:55.665
HAILEY: They were at Epcot for I think like two hours and they left for the day.

00:32:55.665 --> 00:32:56.505
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:32:56.505 --> 00:32:58.305
VIRGINIA: What did they do with the rest of their day?

00:32:58.385 --> 00:33:03.365
HAILEY: I think they were at the pool all day and just in the room.

00:33:03.365 --> 00:33:08.605
HAILEY: Her younger daughter was not having it that day, she said.

00:33:08.605 --> 00:33:16.285
HAILEY: So she rode Frozen with her older daughter and then her husband and mother-in-law rode Guardians.

00:33:16.545 --> 00:33:22.245
HAILEY: And that was like, and they walked through the Moana Walkthrough and I think that was all they did.

00:33:22.245 --> 00:33:22.725
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:33:22.725 --> 00:33:24.685
VIRGINIA: That's too bad.

00:33:24.685 --> 00:33:27.245
VIRGINIA: But hopefully they had fun back at the pool.

00:33:27.245 --> 00:33:27.545
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:33:27.545 --> 00:33:32.085
VIRGINIA: So what did your family end up doing at Epcot?

00:33:32.085 --> 00:33:35.685
HAILEY: So we woke up, took the Skyliner.

00:33:35.685 --> 00:33:38.485
HAILEY: Kyle took the younger kids and went straight to Epcot.

00:33:38.485 --> 00:33:46.145
HAILEY: And then Knoxville and I got off at the Caribbean Beach Station to get some Joffries first.

00:33:46.145 --> 00:33:49.345
HAILEY: Because if I don't start my day with coffee.

00:33:51.745 --> 00:33:57.645
HAILEY: But then we went and we got right in line to do, we started at Remy.

00:33:57.645 --> 00:34:03.505
HAILEY: I would say we waited maybe 20 minutes in the Remy line once it started.

00:34:03.505 --> 00:34:05.685
VIRGINIA: And this was all of their first time, right?

00:34:05.685 --> 00:34:06.065
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:34:06.805 --> 00:34:07.065
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:34:07.065 --> 00:34:08.425
VIRGINIA: How'd they like it?

00:34:08.425 --> 00:34:09.905
HAILEY: They liked it.

00:34:09.905 --> 00:34:11.665
HAILEY: Again, Nolan got wet.

00:34:11.665 --> 00:34:16.405
HAILEY: So she was like, but once we're like, it's just water.

00:34:16.445 --> 00:34:17.925
HAILEY: It's okay.

00:34:17.925 --> 00:34:18.785
HAILEY: Then she was like, okay.

00:34:18.785 --> 00:34:23.885
HAILEY: Because she thought at first that it was like the dirty mop water that like they were showing.

00:34:23.885 --> 00:34:26.245
HAILEY: And I'm like, it's not like it's just regular water.

00:34:26.245 --> 00:34:28.525
HAILEY: It's not dirty.

00:34:28.525 --> 00:34:31.165
HAILEY: But then she was okay after that.

00:34:31.165 --> 00:34:34.465
HAILEY: And then we went, they were all dressed up in figment outfits.

00:34:34.945 --> 00:34:39.565
HAILEY: So we had to go meet figment and go on his ride.

00:34:40.485 --> 00:34:41.205
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:34:41.205 --> 00:34:44.165
HAILEY: And then we did Living with the Land.

00:34:44.165 --> 00:34:51.265
HAILEY: And then after Living with the Land, Knoxville and I had an individual lightning lane for guardians.

00:34:51.265 --> 00:34:51.545
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:34:51.545 --> 00:34:54.525
VIRGINIA: You know what question I'm going to ask next.

00:34:54.545 --> 00:34:57.465
HAILEY: We got Disco Inferno.

00:34:57.485 --> 00:34:58.285
VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

00:34:58.285 --> 00:34:59.905
VIRGINIA: Had you had that one before?

00:34:59.905 --> 00:35:01.525
HAILEY: Yeah, I've had all of them.

00:35:01.525 --> 00:35:02.325
VIRGINIA: Okay, good.

00:35:02.325 --> 00:35:02.645
HAILEY: All right.

00:35:02.705 --> 00:35:04.805
VIRGINIA: So where does that rank for you?

00:35:04.805 --> 00:35:08.765
HAILEY: Say maybe like number, like in the middle, like three.

00:35:08.765 --> 00:35:11.045
HAILEY: Okay.

00:35:11.045 --> 00:35:18.105
HAILEY: And then he wanted, Knoxville wanted to try some of the soda over at Club Cool.

00:35:18.105 --> 00:35:26.485
HAILEY: So we did that on our way to Norway because we had our breakfast at Akershus.

00:35:26.485 --> 00:35:28.005
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:35:28.005 --> 00:35:29.085
VIRGINIA: How was Akershus?

00:35:29.085 --> 00:35:41.565
VIRGINIA: This is one place that I have not eaten yet because I have two guys here in my household with me that are really not itching to go have a princess meal anytime soon.

00:35:41.565 --> 00:35:42.705
HAILEY: It was pretty good.

00:35:42.705 --> 00:35:43.945
HAILEY: Is the food good?

00:35:43.945 --> 00:35:47.825
HAILEY: Yeah, I was going to say Kyle even said that like he really liked the food.

00:35:48.985 --> 00:35:55.645
HAILEY: I mean, it's a lot of most like the main platter is a lot of regular breakfast every day items.

00:35:55.645 --> 00:36:02.885
HAILEY: So scrambled eggs, waffles, although they're not Mickey waffles, they're like Norwegian waffles.

00:36:02.885 --> 00:36:06.625
HAILEY: But they're kind of just like a regular waffle to me.

00:36:06.625 --> 00:36:11.545
HAILEY: Bacon, sausage, cheesy hash brown potatoes.

00:36:11.545 --> 00:36:25.205
HAILEY: But ahead of like the main course, you get like a cheese and meat and like pastry kind of platter and endless fruit, which my kids love fruit.

00:36:25.205 --> 00:36:29.065
HAILEY: So they went through like four bowls of fresh fruit.

00:36:29.065 --> 00:36:31.405
VIRGINIA: That's great that they love fruit.

00:36:31.405 --> 00:36:34.945
HAILEY: It's one of the only things that they would eat when we were there.

00:36:34.945 --> 00:36:36.125
HAILEY: They're very picky.

00:36:36.565 --> 00:36:37.565
VIRGINIA: They're fruitarians.

00:36:37.565 --> 00:36:39.745
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:36:39.745 --> 00:36:42.405
HAILEY: So we did that.

00:36:42.405 --> 00:36:43.485
HAILEY: No one loved it.

00:36:43.485 --> 00:36:48.465
HAILEY: She is in like her little princess era right now and she loves Belle.

00:36:48.465 --> 00:36:52.545
HAILEY: That was one of the reasons why I booked that breakfast.

00:36:52.545 --> 00:37:01.445
HAILEY: So we met Belle, Tiana, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and Ariel.

00:37:01.445 --> 00:37:04.545
VIRGINIA: Is Tiana in her ball gown at this meal?

00:37:04.545 --> 00:37:04.805
HAILEY: Yes.

00:37:05.485 --> 00:37:05.885
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:37:05.885 --> 00:37:11.685
VIRGINIA: Because I know over at 1900 Park Fair, she wears her, I want to call it her bayou exploring outfit.

00:37:11.685 --> 00:37:12.445
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:37:12.445 --> 00:37:14.705
HAILEY: That's what I call it too.

00:37:14.705 --> 00:37:14.905
HAILEY: Yeah.

00:37:14.905 --> 00:37:19.765
HAILEY: They were all in their princess dresses and they were all great.

00:37:19.765 --> 00:37:22.185
HAILEY: Good interactions with all of them.

00:37:22.185 --> 00:37:35.345
HAILEY: Then after breakfast, I had, this was the one day I decided to get Lightning Lane, like the multi-pass, so we got frozen right after breakfast.

00:37:35.345 --> 00:37:36.805
HAILEY: I had it planned.

00:37:36.805 --> 00:37:39.305
VIRGINIA: How did Nolan feel about the water?

00:37:41.685 --> 00:37:43.145
HAILEY: Same as before.

00:37:44.565 --> 00:37:49.665
HAILEY: She was like, I got wet and I'm like, yeah, it's okay, it's just a little bit of water.

00:37:51.385 --> 00:38:01.265
HAILEY: She said she liked the ride though, I think mainly because of the fact that it was frozen and she loves Anna, so set it off a little bit.

00:38:01.265 --> 00:38:06.105
HAILEY: Then after that, we went to Moana where they tried to get wet.

00:38:06.105 --> 00:38:14.185
VIRGINIA: I guess it makes a difference if you're actively trying to get wet as opposed to, this is a surprise.

00:38:14.185 --> 00:38:15.225
HAILEY: Yeah.

00:38:15.225 --> 00:38:20.405
HAILEY: The amount of times also through this trip that they cried that they wanted to go to the pool.

00:38:20.405 --> 00:38:25.465
HAILEY: You don't want to just get a little bit wet on the ride, but we want to go to the pool.

00:38:25.465 --> 00:38:26.705
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:38:26.705 --> 00:38:27.885
VIRGINIA: Make it make sense.

00:38:27.885 --> 00:38:31.445
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:38:31.445 --> 00:38:36.705
VIRGINIA: At what point did you end up hopping to Animal Kingdom or did you change plans?

00:38:36.705 --> 00:38:37.465
HAILEY: Nope.

00:38:37.465 --> 00:38:40.205
HAILEY: After Moana, we did Nemo.

00:38:40.205 --> 00:38:43.505
HAILEY: They wanted to do Nemo and it was like no wake.

00:38:43.505 --> 00:38:45.145
HAILEY: So I just booked it with the lightning links.

00:38:45.145 --> 00:38:46.345
HAILEY: They had one available right away.

00:38:49.565 --> 00:38:53.185
HAILEY: We got everybody changed because they were wet from Moana.

00:38:53.185 --> 00:39:03.945
HAILEY: We went over to Animal Kingdom at about 2, got there at like 2.30, and headed straight for a flight of passage.

00:39:03.945 --> 00:39:04.445
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:39:04.445 --> 00:39:09.565
VIRGINIA: You had said that Knoxville has been talking about it for a year because he wasn't tall enough to do it.

00:39:12.045 --> 00:39:12.565
VIRGINIA: Did he love it?

00:39:12.565 --> 00:39:13.405
HAILEY: He loved it.

00:39:13.405 --> 00:39:14.105
HAILEY: He did.

00:39:14.105 --> 00:39:16.725
HAILEY: He got to ride it twice.

00:39:16.725 --> 00:39:18.985
HAILEY: He went with Kyle first.

00:39:18.985 --> 00:39:21.945
HAILEY: I let him go because Kyle says that's his favorite ride, too.

00:39:21.945 --> 00:39:23.245
HAILEY: I was like, all right, go ahead.

00:39:23.245 --> 00:39:25.665
HAILEY: You guys can go first.

00:39:25.665 --> 00:39:35.565
HAILEY: I don't know if he did it when he was with Kyle, too, but when he was with me, when we had to sit in the chair at first, he got really anxious, kind of.

00:39:36.345 --> 00:39:49.365
HAILEY: He was lifting himself up off the chair, and I had to tell him, hey, we can't start the ride until, you know what I mean, you sit down, and he looked at me, and he almost had tears in his eyes, and I'm like, I don't know what's wrong right now.

00:39:49.365 --> 00:39:55.905
HAILEY: You just told me that you loved the ride, and then it started, and I looked over, and he was the happiest kid ever.

00:39:55.905 --> 00:40:03.125
HAILEY: So I don't know exactly what was wrong in that moment, but he loved it, did it twice.

00:40:03.125 --> 00:40:06.925
VIRGINIA: Okay, that's the benefit of the rider swap.

00:40:07.965 --> 00:40:08.965
HAILEY: Yep.

00:40:08.965 --> 00:40:15.765
VIRGINIA: All right, so what did Nolan and Kane end up doing during all this rider swap action?

00:40:15.765 --> 00:40:18.125
HAILEY: Kane was passed out in the stroller.

00:40:18.125 --> 00:40:36.105
HAILEY: He took his nap in the stroller, and Nolan, when I was waiting with her, we got some night blossoms, so we were just kind of sitting there, drinking those, waiting for them to come off, and then I think they were doing the same thing while him and I went on.

00:40:36.145 --> 00:40:41.325
HAILEY: And Kyle got them two more of them, so they had four in total.

00:40:41.325 --> 00:40:42.945
VIRGINIA: Oh, my goodness.

00:40:42.945 --> 00:40:45.665
VIRGINIA: So were they bouncing off the walls?

00:40:46.685 --> 00:40:49.365
HAILEY: I wouldn't say more than usual, but...

00:40:51.745 --> 00:41:04.205
HAILEY: And then after that, we went, and we did, she, Nolan right now, is also really into The Lion King, so we had to go see the Festival of the Lion King, the last show of the day, and they loved that.

00:41:05.345 --> 00:41:21.885
VIRGINIA: So I know a lot of people, when they do a park hop day, will start at Animal Kingdom, because it opens the earliest, and then go somewhere else, but you're doing the reverse, and I'm wondering what your experience was with the crowds.

00:41:21.885 --> 00:41:27.305
VIRGINIA: Like, did you feel lower crowds because a lot of people had hopped to another park?

00:41:28.565 --> 00:41:35.905
HAILEY: So, I mean, honestly, we only really did Flight of Passage and The Lion King Show.

00:41:35.905 --> 00:41:37.625
HAILEY: We didn't really do anything else.

00:41:37.645 --> 00:41:42.045
HAILEY: I had a few other, like, Lightning Lanes books.

00:41:42.045 --> 00:41:43.785
HAILEY: I had one for The Safari.

00:41:45.965 --> 00:41:49.145
HAILEY: I had one for Navi River.

00:41:49.145 --> 00:41:56.285
HAILEY: And then I was gonna do one for Everest, because Knoxville loves that ride, but then he said he didn't want to do it.

00:41:56.285 --> 00:42:07.125
HAILEY: And then The Safari, it was like 3.30, almost four o'clock by the time that we were done with The Lion King Show.

00:42:07.125 --> 00:42:11.025
HAILEY: So I was like, it's the middle of the day, and it was like 90 plus degrees.

00:42:11.025 --> 00:42:13.005
HAILEY: I was like, they're not even gonna be out.

00:42:13.005 --> 00:42:25.445
HAILEY: So I was like, as much fun as it would be to go, I was like, I would rather just go back and take a break, because we were planning on going back to Epcot later that night.

00:42:25.445 --> 00:42:26.745
VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

00:42:26.745 --> 00:42:27.605
HAILEY: All right.

00:42:27.605 --> 00:42:35.565
HAILEY: But when I was looking at the wait times, I mean, they all looked pretty, I would say, probably like half an hour or less.

00:42:35.565 --> 00:42:40.625
VIRGINIA: So break time back at the resort, more pool time?

00:42:40.685 --> 00:42:43.365
HAILEY: Um, I'm trying to remember.

00:42:43.365 --> 00:42:48.085
HAILEY: No, I think we just hung out in the room that day for the break.

00:42:48.085 --> 00:42:56.185
HAILEY: And then, so we got back to pop, I would say, probably like five, maybe.

00:42:56.185 --> 00:43:01.365
HAILEY: And then we were going back to Epcot at like seven.

00:43:02.085 --> 00:43:03.305
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:43:03.305 --> 00:43:05.405
VIRGINIA: What were your plans for Epcot?

00:43:05.405 --> 00:43:11.665
HAILEY: Just eating and drinking during the countries, because we did most of the rides we wanted to do in the morning.

00:43:11.665 --> 00:43:19.525
HAILEY: So it was mainly just hitting up the food boosts, because when we were there earlier, A, we had the breakfast and B, it was just hot.

00:43:20.345 --> 00:43:20.525
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:43:20.525 --> 00:43:28.905
HAILEY: And I, as much as I love to like snack around and drink around when it gets hot like that, I'm not a fan.

00:43:28.905 --> 00:43:32.825
HAILEY: So I was like, I'd rather wait until the sun goes down.

00:43:32.825 --> 00:43:35.825
VIRGINIA: So this was Food and Wine Festival.

00:43:35.825 --> 00:43:38.005
VIRGINIA: Did you end up eating at some of the booths?

00:43:38.005 --> 00:43:38.945
HAILEY: Yeah.

00:43:38.945 --> 00:43:41.245
VIRGINIA: Any standouts for you?

00:43:41.245 --> 00:43:46.565
HAILEY: So one of my personal favorites is I love the griddle cheese from Greece.

00:43:46.565 --> 00:43:47.545
HAILEY: I always get that.

00:43:49.565 --> 00:43:54.985
HAILEY: We always get my personal favorite drink is from the UK Pavilion.

00:43:54.985 --> 00:43:57.045
HAILEY: It's the Welsh Dragon.

00:43:57.045 --> 00:43:59.905
HAILEY: And I even got my husband on that too.

00:43:59.905 --> 00:44:02.745
HAILEY: So he's like, I want to go get that drink.

00:44:02.745 --> 00:44:05.265
HAILEY: So that was one of the first things we did.

00:44:05.265 --> 00:44:10.885
HAILEY: And then he tried one of the hot dogs from the America booth.

00:44:10.885 --> 00:44:15.385
HAILEY: And I got the chicken tiki masala.

00:44:15.385 --> 00:44:16.305
HAILEY: I never say that right.

00:44:16.665 --> 00:44:18.445
VIRGINIA: I think it's masala.

00:44:18.445 --> 00:44:18.985
HAILEY: Yeah.

00:44:18.985 --> 00:44:20.025
HAILEY: There we go.

00:44:20.025 --> 00:44:27.405
HAILEY: From, I always get confused because like I work in an Italian restaurant and we have chicken marsala like with the R.

00:44:27.405 --> 00:44:27.765
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:44:27.765 --> 00:44:30.805
HAILEY: And I'm like, I always get confused between the two.

00:44:32.725 --> 00:44:35.965
HAILEY: So, but yeah, I got that from the India booth.

00:44:35.965 --> 00:44:38.765
HAILEY: I had that a couple of weeks ago and I really liked it.

00:44:38.765 --> 00:44:40.305
HAILEY: So I got that again.

00:44:41.385 --> 00:44:45.085
HAILEY: And then I think the only other thing I got was the fry flight.

00:44:46.705 --> 00:44:48.505
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:44:48.505 --> 00:44:58.785
HAILEY: And then after that, we took some pictures at the new, like, lighted area out back of the ball and then headed back to the Skyliner.

00:44:58.785 --> 00:45:07.705
HAILEY: We left like right before fireworks to kind of try and beat some of the Skyliner crowds.

00:45:07.705 --> 00:45:08.625
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:45:08.625 --> 00:45:10.485
VIRGINIA: That line does build up at the end of the night.

00:45:11.005 --> 00:45:12.185
HAILEY: Yeah.

00:45:12.185 --> 00:45:12.965
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:45:12.965 --> 00:45:17.605
VIRGINIA: Wednesday, September 25th, you were heading over to Magic Kingdom.

00:45:17.605 --> 00:45:20.525
VIRGINIA: Was Jenna with you on this day at all?

00:45:20.525 --> 00:45:21.985
HAILEY: Yes.

00:45:21.985 --> 00:45:23.845
HAILEY: They got a little bit of a later start.

00:45:23.845 --> 00:45:26.765
HAILEY: They got there at about 9.

00:45:26.765 --> 00:45:30.865
HAILEY: We got there at like right at like 830.

00:45:32.225 --> 00:45:33.625
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:45:33.625 --> 00:45:34.805
HAILEY: So we got there.

00:45:34.805 --> 00:45:40.905
HAILEY: We went on our first ride with the teacups because my kids love the teacups.

00:45:40.905 --> 00:45:42.365
HAILEY: I don't know how.

00:45:44.125 --> 00:45:45.625
HAILEY: Well, wait a second.

00:45:45.625 --> 00:45:47.365
VIRGINIA: You did that on your solo time though.

00:45:47.365 --> 00:45:47.725
HAILEY: Yeah.

00:45:47.965 --> 00:45:51.225
HAILEY: I didn't spin the teacup on my solo time.

00:45:51.225 --> 00:45:51.605
HAILEY: Okay.

00:45:51.605 --> 00:45:52.045
VIRGINIA: Fair enough.

00:45:52.045 --> 00:45:59.185
HAILEY: I just sat in it to say, because I was trying to just get as many rides done as I could, and it was right there on my way.

00:45:59.185 --> 00:46:01.365
HAILEY: So I was like, all right, I'm just not going to spin it.

00:46:01.365 --> 00:46:03.845
HAILEY: But when I was with them, they wanted to spin it.

00:46:04.025 --> 00:46:04.705
VIRGINIA: Of course, they did.

00:46:04.705 --> 00:46:06.865
HAILEY: I'm getting too old for this.

00:46:10.185 --> 00:46:11.325
HAILEY: So we did that.

00:46:11.325 --> 00:46:16.885
HAILEY: Then my plan was to go to Peter Pan first, but they wanted to do teacups.

00:46:16.905 --> 00:46:17.645
HAILEY: We did that.

00:46:17.645 --> 00:46:21.945
HAILEY: So by the time we got on the teacups, we did that and got over to Peter Pan.

00:46:21.945 --> 00:46:25.725
HAILEY: It jumped up from 25 minutes to 40.

00:46:25.725 --> 00:46:27.965
HAILEY: I was like, I'm still not really waiting.

00:46:28.405 --> 00:46:31.105
HAILEY: I'm wanting to wait 40 minutes.

00:46:31.105 --> 00:46:33.945
HAILEY: So we did Small World.

00:46:35.085 --> 00:46:40.065
HAILEY: And then after Small World, we did the Carousel.

00:46:40.065 --> 00:46:43.445
HAILEY: Oh, and then when we were on Small World, I took a picture because it's very different.

00:46:43.445 --> 00:46:49.485
HAILEY: And I don't, they took the TVs out at the end that have like the names on them.

00:46:50.125 --> 00:46:51.265
VIRGINIA: What did they put there in its place?

00:46:51.485 --> 00:46:59.605
HAILEY: They're just like stationery signs that like, they just say like goodbye in like a different language.

00:46:59.605 --> 00:47:03.445
HAILEY: But they're not like the TVs with like your name on it anymore.

00:47:03.445 --> 00:47:10.405
VIRGINIA: Maybe they, maybe they're doing repairs or something and they put those in while they take the, I don't know.

00:47:10.405 --> 00:47:17.225
VIRGINIA: Cause I would, when I was there in June on my mother son trip with Alex, it was saying names.

00:47:17.225 --> 00:47:17.805
HAILEY: Yeah.

00:47:17.805 --> 00:47:19.005
HAILEY: It's not that long ago.

00:47:19.045 --> 00:47:22.185
HAILEY: I honestly can't remember when I did it the last time.

00:47:22.205 --> 00:47:26.845
HAILEY: I can't remember if I did it in June or not when Knoxville and I went.

00:47:26.845 --> 00:47:29.445
HAILEY: But yeah, I looked around because we're in the room.

00:47:29.445 --> 00:47:34.605
HAILEY: Cause I was even going to say to the kids like, oh, maybe like you'll see your name like on the TV.

00:47:34.605 --> 00:47:38.565
HAILEY: And I looked around and I looked at Kyle and I'm like, where's the TVs?

00:47:38.565 --> 00:47:40.105
HAILEY: There's no names.

00:47:40.105 --> 00:47:41.365
HAILEY: What's happening?

00:47:43.005 --> 00:47:46.205
HAILEY: So yeah, that threw me off for a second.

00:47:46.205 --> 00:47:47.625
HAILEY: But yeah, then we did the carousel.

00:47:48.685 --> 00:47:55.325
HAILEY: And then we had individual lightning lanes for seven drawers.

00:47:55.325 --> 00:47:58.525
HAILEY: So it was me, Knoxville, and Nolan.

00:47:58.525 --> 00:48:01.805
HAILEY: And then Jenna had one for her whole family.

00:48:01.805 --> 00:48:04.645
HAILEY: So the plan was we were going to all do it together.

00:48:06.785 --> 00:48:15.245
HAILEY: But then I ended up having to ride with both kids cause just the seating arrangement didn't work out.

00:48:16.205 --> 00:48:19.205
HAILEY: So I ended up taking Nolan first.

00:48:19.205 --> 00:48:23.285
HAILEY: And she was super excited to get on the ride.

00:48:23.285 --> 00:48:27.345
HAILEY: And then we sat down and I have a picture of her with her arms up.

00:48:27.345 --> 00:48:32.805
HAILEY: And then it went out and it dropped right away and she lost her mind.

00:48:32.845 --> 00:48:33.505
VIRGINIA: Oh, no.

00:48:33.505 --> 00:48:35.425
HAILEY: She was not a fan at all.

00:48:35.425 --> 00:48:36.985
HAILEY: She was crying.

00:48:36.985 --> 00:48:37.765
HAILEY: She was screaming.

00:48:37.765 --> 00:48:41.525
HAILEY: I have a picture of me holding her like the one that they take on the ride.

00:48:41.525 --> 00:48:44.845
HAILEY: And it is like, you can see like the pure terror.

00:48:45.325 --> 00:48:46.265
HAILEY: Her face.

00:48:46.305 --> 00:48:48.705
VIRGINIA: Oh, poor thing.

00:48:48.705 --> 00:48:50.625
HAILEY: Made for a good ride photo, though, I guess.

00:48:50.625 --> 00:48:57.725
VIRGINIA: But was this her first kind of big coaster and I mean, I think it was her first roller coaster ever.

00:48:57.925 --> 00:48:58.745
VIRGINIA: Oh, wow.

00:48:58.745 --> 00:49:00.465
VIRGINIA: She's never done Barnstormer.

00:49:00.465 --> 00:49:04.025
HAILEY: No, she did that after like later that night when we went back.

00:49:04.025 --> 00:49:07.285
HAILEY: Somehow, like Knoxville convinced her like, hey, like, it's Goofy's ride.

00:49:07.285 --> 00:49:09.945
HAILEY: And like, she saw it going.

00:49:09.945 --> 00:49:13.365
HAILEY: But I told her, I was like, it's not as bad as the seven drawers.

00:49:13.445 --> 00:49:18.945
HAILEY: So she decided to do it and no, no, she was not having it.

00:49:21.865 --> 00:49:27.285
HAILEY: And then after seven drawers, we had, so I had to do rider swap for that too.

00:49:27.285 --> 00:49:30.085
HAILEY: So like I rode with Nolan and then I rode with Knoxville.

00:49:30.085 --> 00:49:34.965
HAILEY: And it's funny because like you can see the differences in their faces between the ride photos.

00:49:34.965 --> 00:49:36.565
HAILEY: Like he's having the time of his life.

00:49:37.025 --> 00:49:38.145
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:49:38.145 --> 00:49:39.785
HAILEY: Yeah, she was not.

00:49:41.625 --> 00:49:45.865
HAILEY: And then we had breakfast at Crystal Palace.

00:49:45.865 --> 00:49:46.865
VIRGINIA: How was that?

00:49:46.865 --> 00:49:47.785
HAILEY: That was good.

00:49:47.785 --> 00:49:50.365
HAILEY: It was the kids' first time there.

00:49:50.365 --> 00:49:58.325
HAILEY: Only thing that I did take note of is the fact that we saw two out of the four characters right away.

00:49:58.325 --> 00:50:02.165
HAILEY: And then it took like a while for the other two to come over.

00:50:02.385 --> 00:50:09.585
HAILEY: Like, Eeyore came by three times before Poo or Tigger came over once.

00:50:09.605 --> 00:50:16.245
VIRGINIA: Oh, well, I mean, honestly, Poo and Tigger are probably the more in demand and probably take more time per table.

00:50:16.245 --> 00:50:18.305
HAILEY: Yeah, that's that's what I said to Kyle.

00:50:18.305 --> 00:50:24.505
HAILEY: But I like felt bad because of the fact that, you know, me, I work in a restaurant.

00:50:24.505 --> 00:50:30.365
HAILEY: I know that like you're trying to, hey, you know, get your next table out, get the next people in.

00:50:30.885 --> 00:50:40.825
HAILEY: And we were just sitting there, like we were done and we probably had to sit there and wait like a good like half an hour, 40 minutes to get the other two to come over.

00:50:40.825 --> 00:50:42.365
HAILEY: I'm like, I'm sorry, I feel bad.

00:50:42.365 --> 00:50:49.985
HAILEY: But like, you kind of, I mean, they have to kind of expect it a little bit because they know that you're paying to see the characters.

00:50:49.985 --> 00:50:50.905
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:50:51.845 --> 00:50:58.825
VIRGINIA: Yeah, no, that's not as bad though as I think I spoke with somebody recently.

00:50:58.905 --> 00:51:15.745
VIRGINIA: I think it was Krista from Canucks Who Disney, and they had gone to the Polynesian to do the character breakfast there, and ended up being done with their meal and having to wait 45 more minutes for the characters to come over at all.

00:51:15.745 --> 00:51:17.385
HAILEY: Yeah, that's crazy.

00:51:17.385 --> 00:51:21.225
HAILEY: You can definitely see the difference between all of the meals.

00:51:21.225 --> 00:51:24.165
HAILEY: I think it honestly depends very much on where you sit.

00:51:24.805 --> 00:51:30.225
HAILEY: Because when we were at Crystal Palace, they said we were at ground zero.

00:51:30.225 --> 00:51:38.085
HAILEY: So we're supposed to be the first table after they cross, because there's the two big sides of the restaurant.

00:51:38.085 --> 00:51:40.865
HAILEY: So we literally just missed them.

00:51:40.865 --> 00:51:46.465
HAILEY: They were doing two more tables on our side before they went over to the other side of the restaurant.

00:51:46.465 --> 00:51:52.705
HAILEY: So we had to wait for them to do every table over on the other side first, before they came over to us.

00:51:53.245 --> 00:52:01.365
HAILEY: As compared to in a couple of days, like when we go to 1900 Park Fair, they were all there before we even got drinks.

00:52:01.365 --> 00:52:04.645
HAILEY: Like every character was there before we got drinks.

00:52:04.645 --> 00:52:05.365
VIRGINIA: Wow.

00:52:05.365 --> 00:52:07.665
ALEX: Yeah.

00:52:07.665 --> 00:52:10.145
VIRGINIA: Was the food good at Crystal Palace though?

00:52:10.145 --> 00:52:10.565
HAILEY: It is.

00:52:10.565 --> 00:52:11.565
HAILEY: I like the food.

00:52:11.565 --> 00:52:15.485
HAILEY: They have like this blueberry coffee cake.

00:52:15.485 --> 00:52:16.765
HAILEY: I'm a big fan of that.

00:52:16.765 --> 00:52:18.385
HAILEY: And the churro waffles.

00:52:20.445 --> 00:52:27.385
HAILEY: And then any breakfast buffet, my kids, they love, though that's what they eat is breakfast food.

00:52:27.385 --> 00:52:28.825
VIRGINIA: Breakfast food and fruit.

00:52:29.605 --> 00:52:31.065
HAILEY: Waffles, fruit, eggs.

00:52:31.065 --> 00:52:34.165
VIRGINIA: They're breakfast-a-fruit-a-tarians.

00:52:34.165 --> 00:52:35.025
HAILEY: Yeah.

00:52:36.805 --> 00:52:37.345
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:52:37.345 --> 00:52:40.365
VIRGINIA: You had talked about maybe having a midday break on this day.

00:52:40.365 --> 00:52:42.345
VIRGINIA: Did you end up doing that?

00:52:42.345 --> 00:52:43.665
HAILEY: We did.

00:52:43.685 --> 00:53:02.745
HAILEY: After breakfast, we went over to do a buzz because Kane decided the two days before when they did Toy Story Mania, he called it the shooting game, that that was the best thing in the world that he's ever done.

00:53:02.745 --> 00:53:06.865
HAILEY: So all he kept asking for, like, the entire trip was shooting game.

00:53:06.865 --> 00:53:08.965
HAILEY: I go play shooting game.

00:53:08.965 --> 00:53:11.785
HAILEY: So we're like, all right, like, let's go do buzz.

00:53:11.785 --> 00:53:13.905
HAILEY: It had, like, a half an hour wait.

00:53:13.905 --> 00:53:19.245
HAILEY: So we went over and we did buzz before we left for a break.

00:53:19.865 --> 00:53:20.245
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:53:20.245 --> 00:53:22.525
VIRGINIA: Is he a galactic hero now?

00:53:22.525 --> 00:53:23.105
VIRGINIA: No.

00:53:23.105 --> 00:53:25.685
HAILEY: I mean, I took a picture of him with the wall because he loved it.

00:53:26.765 --> 00:53:40.345
HAILEY: But I will say he, like, in Toy Story Mania and in Buzz Lightyear, like, he was shooting it by himself and he still ended up beating, like, some of the other kids.

00:53:40.345 --> 00:53:41.265
HAILEY: I was like, all right.

00:53:44.065 --> 00:53:45.305
VIRGINIA: Let's get natural talent.

00:53:45.325 --> 00:53:47.485
HAILEY: Right.

00:53:47.485 --> 00:53:49.225
HAILEY: And then, yeah, so we took a break.

00:53:49.225 --> 00:53:54.045
HAILEY: We left the park at, like, 1, 1.15.

00:53:54.045 --> 00:53:58.225
VIRGINIA: Did Jenna also take a break at this point or did she stay on?

00:53:58.225 --> 00:53:58.565
HAILEY: No.

00:53:58.565 --> 00:54:06.465
HAILEY: So this was the one day that they actually stayed for a good chunk of the day.

00:54:06.465 --> 00:54:09.885
HAILEY: She said they had a multi-pass for this day.

00:54:10.885 --> 00:54:14.105
HAILEY: So I guess they just did a lot of those rides.

00:54:15.425 --> 00:54:20.605
HAILEY: And then they ended up leaving, like, right as we were coming back.

00:54:20.605 --> 00:54:22.865
HAILEY: So we just missed each other.

00:54:22.865 --> 00:54:23.505
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:54:23.505 --> 00:54:26.285
VIRGINIA: What time did you come back from your break?

00:54:26.285 --> 00:54:28.545
HAILEY: We got back at, like, 4.30.

00:54:28.545 --> 00:54:30.645
ALEX: Okay.

00:54:30.645 --> 00:54:38.365
HAILEY: And then at that point, we got some coffee, because I realized I didn't have any yet that day.

00:54:38.365 --> 00:54:39.225
VIRGINIA: How did that happen?

00:54:39.465 --> 00:54:40.945
VIRGINIA: It doesn't sound like you at all, Hailey.

00:54:40.945 --> 00:54:42.185
HAILEY: I know.

00:54:42.185 --> 00:54:44.825
HAILEY: I even looked at Kyle because I could tell.

00:54:44.825 --> 00:54:46.325
HAILEY: I was like, something's wrong.

00:54:46.325 --> 00:54:49.325
HAILEY: And I was like, oh, I haven't had any coffee yet.

00:54:49.325 --> 00:54:59.405
HAILEY: Because in the morning, I like to do Starbucks on Main Street, but sometimes the line is just way too long.

00:54:59.405 --> 00:55:00.225
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:55:00.725 --> 00:55:08.865
HAILEY: So we got back, we had coffee, and then we went, we had to do People Mover was the first thing.

00:55:09.825 --> 00:55:20.205
HAILEY: Because Kyle switched his, he was wearing like a yellow, like polo, to look like Christopher Robin, because we all had on Winnie the Pooh outfits in the morning.

00:55:20.205 --> 00:55:23.485
HAILEY: And then he switched into his People Mover tank top.

00:55:23.485 --> 00:55:26.485
HAILEY: So that was the first place that we had to go.

00:55:28.125 --> 00:55:30.185
HAILEY: We did People Mover.

00:55:30.185 --> 00:55:35.725
HAILEY: And then we did Carousel of Progress, because none of them have ever done it before.

00:55:37.025 --> 00:55:39.885
VIRGINIA: How did they handle Carousel of Progress?

00:55:39.885 --> 00:55:41.505
HAILEY: They did really good.

00:55:41.505 --> 00:55:44.785
HAILEY: They liked watching it.

00:55:44.785 --> 00:55:46.345
HAILEY: Kyle said he really enjoyed it.

00:55:46.345 --> 00:55:52.425
HAILEY: So I'm like, all right, it's a new air conditioning break place that we can go to.

00:55:52.425 --> 00:55:57.905
HAILEY: And then after that, we got some dinner at Cosmic Rays.

00:55:59.545 --> 00:56:01.645
HAILEY: And then did Dumbo.

00:56:03.365 --> 00:56:13.925
HAILEY: And then we did Little Mermaid, which this one was, I looked on the app and it was a 15 minute wait and we ended up waiting 45 in line.

00:56:13.925 --> 00:56:15.045
VIRGINIA: Oh no.

00:56:15.045 --> 00:56:15.705
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:56:15.705 --> 00:56:23.965
HAILEY: I mean, they did, they did okay with the line, but like me and Kyle kept looking at each other and we're like, this is not 15 minutes.

00:56:23.965 --> 00:56:24.345
VIRGINIA: No.

00:56:24.345 --> 00:56:28.225
VIRGINIA: And it's like, when do you cut your losses and get out of line?

00:56:28.225 --> 00:56:28.745
HAILEY: Right.

00:56:28.745 --> 00:56:30.705
VIRGINIA: Then you're like, but I've already been here for so long.

00:56:31.185 --> 00:56:32.225
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:56:32.225 --> 00:56:34.045
HAILEY: So we just stuck it out.

00:56:34.045 --> 00:56:39.085
HAILEY: And then after that, that's when we went over and we did Barnstormer.

00:56:39.085 --> 00:56:45.465
HAILEY: And Nolan went first and she actually went with Kyle, who also doesn't like roller coasters.

00:56:45.465 --> 00:56:55.585
HAILEY: I was like, oh yeah, she wants to go with you this time, just to see if like, you know, it was a different feeling, like if she went with him or whatnot, but no, she still hated it.

00:56:57.125 --> 00:56:58.865
HAILEY: And then Knoxville and I did it.

00:56:58.865 --> 00:57:05.625
HAILEY: And then we did Winnie the Pooh, and then we came out and it was fireworks are going on.

00:57:05.625 --> 00:57:08.725
HAILEY: And we were like right under the fireworks.

00:57:08.725 --> 00:57:15.045
HAILEY: So they were also not very huge fans of how loud it was because we were like right there.

00:57:15.045 --> 00:57:22.045
HAILEY: So we kind of scurried over to do buzz again, since the fireworks are going on.

00:57:22.045 --> 00:57:23.145
HAILEY: It was a pretty short wait.

00:57:23.385 --> 00:57:26.905
HAILEY: I think it was only maybe like five minutes at that point.

00:57:26.905 --> 00:57:30.125
HAILEY: And then we did People Mover again.

00:57:30.125 --> 00:57:34.865
HAILEY: And then Carl decided to take the younger two back to the room.

00:57:34.865 --> 00:57:37.405
HAILEY: At this point, it was like nine o'clock.

00:57:37.405 --> 00:57:40.045
HAILEY: And the park closed at 10.

00:57:40.045 --> 00:57:43.225
HAILEY: And there was like a few more things that Knoxville wanted to do.

00:57:43.225 --> 00:57:45.385
HAILEY: So I was like, all right, like you and I can stay.

00:57:45.385 --> 00:57:47.045
HAILEY: We'll close out the park.

00:57:47.045 --> 00:57:49.365
HAILEY: And then he took the other two back.

00:57:50.865 --> 00:57:55.605
HAILEY: So in that time, we did Tomorrowland Speedway.

00:57:55.605 --> 00:57:58.605
HAILEY: And then somehow I was on the teacups again.

00:57:58.645 --> 00:58:00.905
VIRGINIA: Oh my goodness.

00:58:00.905 --> 00:58:03.365
HAILEY: And then we did Seven Dwarfs again.

00:58:03.365 --> 00:58:04.325
HAILEY: It was the same thing.

00:58:04.325 --> 00:58:07.505
HAILEY: Like he wanted to go on another ride and they're just right there.

00:58:07.505 --> 00:58:09.905
HAILEY: And I'm like, all right.

00:58:10.965 --> 00:58:15.285
HAILEY: And then did Seven Dwarfs to close down the ride.

00:58:15.285 --> 00:58:21.765
HAILEY: And then took some cute photo past pictures in front of the castle on the way out.

00:58:21.765 --> 00:58:22.105
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:58:22.105 --> 00:58:26.305
VIRGINIA: So the next day was Thursday, September 26th.

00:58:26.305 --> 00:58:34.965
VIRGINIA: And you were starting your day with breakfast at 1900 Park Fair where you said you got to see all the characters right away.

00:58:34.965 --> 00:58:38.905
VIRGINIA: So how were the character interactions and how was the food?

00:58:38.905 --> 00:58:40.345
HAILEY: They were pretty good.

00:58:42.085 --> 00:58:47.765
HAILEY: For some reason, when we like sat down, I don't know why, but Nolan started having like a fit.

00:58:48.365 --> 00:58:54.305
HAILEY: So even though she was in like a super cute Mirabelle outfit, Mirabelle was the first one to come by.

00:58:54.305 --> 00:58:59.145
HAILEY: She was just not in the mood to like stand up and get her picture taken at that time.

00:58:59.145 --> 00:59:01.345
HAILEY: So that was kind of a bummer.

00:59:01.345 --> 00:59:07.645
HAILEY: Oh, but then also before this, this was the day that the hurricane was coming in.

00:59:07.645 --> 00:59:07.945
HAILEY: Yeah.

00:59:07.945 --> 00:59:11.445
HAILEY: So we ended up moving our park day.

00:59:11.445 --> 00:59:14.845
HAILEY: So we were going over to 1900.

00:59:14.845 --> 00:59:16.425
HAILEY: It was not raining.

00:59:17.085 --> 00:59:18.965
HAILEY: We got off the bus at Magic Kingdom.

00:59:18.965 --> 00:59:24.285
HAILEY: And right as we got off the bus from Magic Kingdom, it started pouring.

00:59:24.285 --> 00:59:31.145
HAILEY: So the walk from the bus to the monorail was not fun.

00:59:31.145 --> 00:59:31.645
HAILEY: I mean, we-

00:59:31.645 --> 00:59:33.525
VIRGINIA: Well, she doesn't like getting wet, so.

00:59:33.525 --> 00:59:35.765
HAILEY: Yeah, that could have had a lot to do with it.

00:59:35.765 --> 00:59:37.885
HAILEY: But we all had ponchos.

00:59:37.885 --> 00:59:41.185
HAILEY: Well, the kids had ponchos, Kyle had an umbrella.

00:59:41.185 --> 00:59:46.525
HAILEY: And then I had like my raincoat from Disney, but it's pretty short.

00:59:46.525 --> 00:59:52.605
HAILEY: So like my whole butt was soaked because the raincoat like stopped like just as a shirt.

00:59:52.605 --> 00:59:55.765
HAILEY: And then I also was wearing Converse.

00:59:55.765 --> 00:59:57.485
HAILEY: So they were soaked.

00:59:57.485 --> 00:59:58.965
HAILEY: Yeah.

00:59:58.965 --> 01:00:02.045
HAILEY: So at least we were smart and like all the kids wore Crocs.

01:00:02.045 --> 01:00:04.065
HAILEY: So like their feet weren't wet.

01:00:04.065 --> 01:00:07.045
HAILEY: But Kyle and mine, our feet were soaked.

01:00:07.045 --> 01:00:10.125
HAILEY: So yeah, wasn't that fun.

01:00:10.125 --> 01:00:15.585
HAILEY: I was sitting there the whole time and I'm like, oh, my feet are just puddles right now.

01:00:15.585 --> 01:00:18.145
HAILEY: But the food was good.

01:00:18.145 --> 01:00:19.985
HAILEY: They loved meeting Aladdin.

01:00:19.985 --> 01:00:24.565
HAILEY: That was like their favorite character that they met at that breakfast.

01:00:24.565 --> 01:00:25.905
VIRGINIA: I have heard that before.

01:00:25.905 --> 01:00:29.405
VIRGINIA: Multiple people have said to me that he's the best at that breakfast.

01:00:30.565 --> 01:00:32.285
HAILEY: And then they had like this really good.

01:00:32.285 --> 01:00:37.645
HAILEY: It was like a hash brown kind of thing, but it had like beef in with it.

01:00:37.645 --> 01:00:40.925
HAILEY: And they had a homemade steak sauce that I put on it.

01:00:41.085 --> 01:00:42.885
HAILEY: So that was pretty good.

01:00:42.885 --> 01:00:46.745
HAILEY: And then obviously had to try the strawberry soup.

01:00:46.745 --> 01:00:47.585
VIRGINIA: Yes.

01:00:47.585 --> 01:00:52.325
VIRGINIA: Well, how did your breakfast fruitatarian kids like the strawberry soup?

01:00:52.325 --> 01:00:53.365
VIRGINIA: Did they try it?

01:00:53.365 --> 01:00:53.765
HAILEY: Yeah.

01:00:53.765 --> 01:01:00.585
HAILEY: The baby, he at first, when I brought it back, he like looked at me super weird when I said it was strawberry soup.

01:01:00.645 --> 01:01:03.125
HAILEY: They all kind of looked at me and they're like, what?

01:01:03.125 --> 01:01:05.005
HAILEY: And I'm like, yeah, like, just try it.

01:01:05.005 --> 01:01:07.385
HAILEY: And he was very iffy at first.

01:01:07.385 --> 01:01:08.685
HAILEY: And then like I gave him a bite.

01:01:09.245 --> 01:01:11.365
HAILEY: And then he decided he loved it.

01:01:11.385 --> 01:01:13.965
HAILEY: And I looked over at him who was wearing a white shirt.

01:01:13.965 --> 01:01:18.245
HAILEY: And I'm like, I'm going to tuck this napkin in the front of your shirt right now.

01:01:18.245 --> 01:01:24.905
HAILEY: And it was a good thing I did because like him trying to use the spoon, he was just like dumping it like, oh, no.

01:01:24.905 --> 01:01:27.465
HAILEY: So I'd say probably half of it went in his mouth.

01:01:27.465 --> 01:01:30.365
HAILEY: Half of it was on the napkin, but he loved it.

01:01:30.365 --> 01:01:32.105
HAILEY: So good.

01:01:34.005 --> 01:01:42.585
VIRGINIA: So I know that on this day, you originally had a Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique surprise ready for Nolan for a 930 appointment.

01:01:42.585 --> 01:01:48.485
VIRGINIA: If you changed your park day, were you able to move that appointment?

01:01:48.485 --> 01:01:49.685
HAILEY: No.

01:01:49.705 --> 01:02:04.665
HAILEY: I know a friend who works in the park, and she said that Friday we probably could just go and get a walk up because of the fact that it was a party day, that they would probably be slower.

01:02:07.445 --> 01:02:18.885
HAILEY: But on Friday, it just didn't work out with how we ended up moving things, and we already had a different breakfast planned on Friday morning, and we weren't actually over in that area.

01:02:19.645 --> 01:02:22.965
HAILEY: So sadly, no, we just had to cancel it.

01:02:22.965 --> 01:02:28.405
VIRGINIA: I mean, thankfully, it was a surprise, so it's not like she knew what she was missing.

01:02:28.405 --> 01:02:29.005
HAILEY: Yeah.

01:02:29.005 --> 01:02:29.345
VIRGINIA: Okay.

01:02:29.345 --> 01:02:31.105
HAILEY: That's what I said to a lot of people.

01:02:31.105 --> 01:02:36.725
VIRGINIA: She's young enough that can be a surprise another time, and it will still be just as magical, I'm sure.

01:02:36.725 --> 01:02:41.285
VIRGINIA: So what did you do with the rest of your Thursday then after your breakfast was done?

01:02:41.285 --> 01:02:45.905
HAILEY: So then we just decided to go back to the room.

01:02:45.905 --> 01:02:56.305
HAILEY: We were in the room for a little bit, and then Knoxville and Nolan really wanted to go to the pool, even though it was like super windy from the hurricane.

01:02:56.305 --> 01:02:59.325
HAILEY: And I was like, okay, well, I really don't want to go to the pool.

01:03:00.045 --> 01:03:09.485
HAILEY: So I took Kane and him and I went to Hollywood Studios together for a little bit.

01:03:09.485 --> 01:03:15.345
VIRGINIA: Oh, because he's young enough that he can come in with you on your annual pass, and it doesn't matter.

01:03:15.345 --> 01:03:16.465
VIRGINIA: Got it.

01:03:16.465 --> 01:03:17.405
HAILEY: So I was like, yes.

01:03:17.405 --> 01:03:18.065
VIRGINIA: Smart.

01:03:18.065 --> 01:03:18.565
HAILEY: He's free.

01:03:18.625 --> 01:03:20.965
VIRGINIA: So smart, Hailey.

01:03:20.965 --> 01:03:30.325
HAILEY: So well, first we went, we took the Skyliner again to Riviera for some coffee, and he got a cake pop.

01:03:30.325 --> 01:03:36.705
HAILEY: Then we went to Hollywood Studios, and he was just loving his life because we met Mrs.

01:03:36.705 --> 01:03:45.905
HAILEY: Incredible, we met Frozone, we did some PhotoPass pictures, and then of course had to play the shooting game.

01:03:47.205 --> 01:03:53.325
HAILEY: So we waited in line for that, and he loved it because he didn't have his brother or his sister to bother him in line.

01:03:53.325 --> 01:03:56.405
HAILEY: So he was just loving his life.

01:03:56.405 --> 01:04:06.625
HAILEY: And then we played Toy Story Mania, saw the Green Army Men on the way out, and then he wanted to go meet Donald and Daisy.

01:04:06.625 --> 01:04:08.385
HAILEY: So we waited in line for them.

01:04:08.385 --> 01:04:12.125
HAILEY: And then Mickey and Minnie at Red Carpet Dreams.

01:04:13.565 --> 01:04:17.125
HAILEY: And then I got suckered into buying another bucket of popcorn.

01:04:18.545 --> 01:04:22.505
HAILEY: So we got a bucket of popcorn and we left.

01:04:22.505 --> 01:04:24.245
VIRGINIA: What time was this approximately?

01:04:25.385 --> 01:04:28.625
HAILEY: We were leaving Hollywood at 5.30.

01:04:28.625 --> 01:04:30.405
VIRGINIA: Okay, so that was a full day.

01:04:31.945 --> 01:04:40.105
HAILEY: I would say, yeah, we got there at about like 3 o'clock, so a good two and a half hours.

01:04:40.105 --> 01:04:47.705
VIRGINIA: So once you got back to Pop with the family, did you all just stay at the resort for the rest of the night and eat dinner there?

01:04:47.705 --> 01:04:52.665
HAILEY: No, Kyle wanted to go to the Poly.

01:04:52.665 --> 01:04:58.005
HAILEY: We were planning at trying to eat at Tambou Lounge for the noodles and the pot stickers.

01:04:58.765 --> 01:05:05.245
HAILEY: But by the time that we made it over there, it was a super long line.

01:05:05.245 --> 01:05:12.085
HAILEY: We got distracted because that was when the hurricane, I guess, was starting to pick up more.

01:05:12.085 --> 01:05:13.565
HAILEY: It was definitely windy.

01:05:13.565 --> 01:05:22.625
HAILEY: The Skyliner ride from Hollywood Studios back to Pop was definitely very rickety.

01:05:22.625 --> 01:05:23.965
HAILEY: It was rocking.

01:05:23.965 --> 01:05:30.985
HAILEY: I was like, I wonder if this is what it feels like when you're on the rocking wheel over at Disneyland.

01:05:30.985 --> 01:05:32.645
VIRGINIA: It's so funny.

01:05:33.445 --> 01:05:47.465
VIRGINIA: I was doing a post-trip interview with Dana, who is 999 Happy Haunts here, and Christina, whose World Showcase Adventures, who just got back and they rode what I call the Wheel of Death.

01:05:47.465 --> 01:05:51.105
VIRGINIA: I think a lot of people call it the Wheel of Death, actually, for the first time.

01:05:51.445 --> 01:05:51.965
VIRGINIA: So funny.

01:05:51.965 --> 01:05:53.985
VIRGINIA: This is coming up for the second time for me today.

01:05:54.725 --> 01:06:07.725
VIRGINIA: That's exactly what it must feel like, Hailey, because it feels like you're going to fall off of the wheel, and that's gotta be what that feels like, like you're gonna fall off the Skyliner.

01:06:07.725 --> 01:06:21.885
HAILEY: Yeah, and they had it moving, like it wasn't moving at normal speed, like there must be like a slow setting that you can turn it to, because it took a while to get just from Hollywood back to Caribbean Beach even.

01:06:21.885 --> 01:06:22.085
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

01:06:24.165 --> 01:06:32.125
HAILEY: But then, yeah, so then we were going over to Pauly, on the way over there, I saw the character bus again.

01:06:32.125 --> 01:06:41.765
HAILEY: So we had to run inside, and that was at the point of the day where I guess they figured that a lot of people were probably like staying at their hotel due to the hurricane.

01:06:41.765 --> 01:06:57.825
HAILEY: So they had some like activities, like candy out in the lobby, and then they brought in, it was Donald, Mickey, Goofy, and Pluto for like a half an hour, for like a dance party.

01:06:58.965 --> 01:07:04.725
HAILEY: So we had to meet all of them, had to dance with them, obviously.

01:07:04.725 --> 01:07:11.585
HAILEY: Mickey showed Knoxville some new dance moves that he still does now, and he's like, Mickey taught this to me.

01:07:12.285 --> 01:07:18.945
HAILEY: And then we went over to Pauley, and we just ate at Captain Cook's.

01:07:18.945 --> 01:07:20.485
VIRGINIA: Still a good meal.

01:07:20.485 --> 01:07:24.205
HAILEY: Captain Cook's is probably my favorite cook's service.

01:07:24.205 --> 01:07:37.045
HAILEY: We were planning on after that we were going to go to Disney Springs, so we walked out the front of Pauley to go to the buses, and at that point, it started like really raining again, and the wind was crazy.

01:07:37.045 --> 01:07:39.225
HAILEY: So we're like, okay, like, let's just go back to the room.

01:07:39.805 --> 01:07:45.385
HAILEY: So we went back, and ended our night, and the kids jumped in lots of puddles.

01:07:45.385 --> 01:07:52.705
HAILEY: I'm looking at the videos where they found like every puddle that was imaginable on the way back, and just jumped in it.

01:07:52.705 --> 01:07:54.825
VIRGINIA: Isn't it ironic?

01:07:54.825 --> 01:07:56.445
VIRGINIA: What do you think?

01:07:56.445 --> 01:07:58.325
VIRGINIA: All right.

01:07:58.325 --> 01:08:00.565
VIRGINIA: Friday, September 27th.

01:08:00.565 --> 01:08:03.025
VIRGINIA: So this became a park day.

01:08:03.025 --> 01:08:07.465
VIRGINIA: What was the weather like considering the hurricane at this point?

01:08:07.465 --> 01:08:08.705
HAILEY: It was sunny and it was hot.

01:08:09.185 --> 01:08:09.885
VIRGINIA: Humid?

01:08:09.885 --> 01:08:10.545
HAILEY: Yes.

01:08:10.985 --> 01:08:14.765
HAILEY: It was probably one of the hottest.

01:08:14.765 --> 01:08:19.325
HAILEY: I would say probably out of the week is the hottest day, I would say.

01:08:19.325 --> 01:08:20.985
HAILEY: Very muggy.

01:08:20.985 --> 01:08:24.165
HAILEY: But it wasn't raining, so I'll take it.

01:08:24.165 --> 01:08:24.645
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

01:08:24.645 --> 01:08:25.305
VIRGINIA: That's a plus.

01:08:25.305 --> 01:08:25.985
VIRGINIA: All right.

01:08:25.985 --> 01:08:30.745
VIRGINIA: So you were starting this day with a breakfast reservation at Topolino's.

01:08:30.745 --> 01:08:32.605
VIRGINIA: I assume that that stayed the same.

01:08:32.605 --> 01:08:32.825
VIRGINIA: Yes.

01:08:33.585 --> 01:08:34.365
VIRGINIA: Okay.

01:08:34.365 --> 01:08:34.865
VIRGINIA: How was that?

01:08:34.865 --> 01:08:50.705
HAILEY: We packed everything up ahead of time because the plan was to still go to Topolino's even if we weren't going to do a park, we were just going to go right over there and then come back and switch resorts, which we kind of did.

01:08:50.705 --> 01:09:04.505
HAILEY: So we lost a little bit of park time because on a fourth park day, I had it planned to rope drop at Magic Kingdom and then switch over to Epcot.

01:09:04.505 --> 01:09:06.545
HAILEY: We just kind of like pushed everything back.

01:09:06.545 --> 01:09:13.405
HAILEY: We packed everything up in the car and then again, went to go get on the Skyliner and the line was insane.

01:09:13.405 --> 01:09:25.545
HAILEY: Yet again, I figured it wouldn't be that bad because at the point we got in the line was about 8.30, like 8.45, it was later.

01:09:25.545 --> 01:09:29.705
HAILEY: So I figured it wouldn't be crazy, but it was insane.

01:09:30.365 --> 01:09:36.385
HAILEY: And then we got off at Caribbean Beach and the Epcot half of the Skyliner was not working.

01:09:36.385 --> 01:09:41.125
HAILEY: So they were shuffling people on buses to go to Epcot.

01:09:41.125 --> 01:09:45.805
HAILEY: So I was like, hey, are we still supposed to get on this bus to go to Riviera?

01:09:45.805 --> 01:09:47.965
HAILEY: And they're like, no, you have to walk.

01:09:47.965 --> 01:09:50.965
VIRGINIA: Oh no, across the entire resort.

01:09:50.965 --> 01:09:52.065
HAILEY: Yeah.

01:09:52.065 --> 01:09:56.945
HAILEY: So we got coffee and frozen lemonades and walked over.

01:09:58.925 --> 01:10:02.085
VIRGINIA: Might as well stop at that Joffrey's card on your way past, right?

01:10:02.085 --> 01:10:02.745
HAILEY: Yep.

01:10:02.745 --> 01:10:03.105
HAILEY: Yep.

01:10:03.105 --> 01:10:05.305
HAILEY: Always have to.

01:10:05.305 --> 01:10:14.405
HAILEY: And then we had our tapalino's breakfast, which this is the third time Kyle and I have been there.

01:10:14.405 --> 01:10:16.985
HAILEY: And it was the kids' first time.

01:10:16.985 --> 01:10:21.025
HAILEY: They were so super excited for those characters.

01:10:22.645 --> 01:10:26.385
HAILEY: I think because it was like the first meal that Donald was at.

01:10:26.705 --> 01:10:29.005
HAILEY: And we're a big Donald family.

01:10:29.005 --> 01:10:29.345
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

01:10:29.345 --> 01:10:32.845
VIRGINIA: Donald and Daisy are such fun meet and greets.

01:10:32.845 --> 01:10:40.185
HAILEY: And then after tapalino's, I think, they just took some pictures out on the little terrace.

01:10:40.185 --> 01:10:44.385
HAILEY: And then we took the Skyliner back to our room.

01:10:44.385 --> 01:10:46.585
HAILEY: Well, not really to the room, but back to our car.

01:10:46.585 --> 01:10:48.405
HAILEY: We're still parked at Pop.

01:10:48.405 --> 01:10:52.305
HAILEY: So we got in our car and drove over to French Quarter.

01:10:52.465 --> 01:10:56.825
HAILEY: And again, our room was ready by like noon.

01:10:56.825 --> 01:10:58.305
HAILEY: So that was a bonus.

01:10:58.305 --> 01:11:01.405
HAILEY: Drove right over there, went right to our room.

01:11:01.405 --> 01:11:12.105
HAILEY: And then, because I did like a little like alone time with the other two kids, I decided to take Nolan to Magic Kingdom for a little bit by herself.

01:11:12.125 --> 01:11:17.845
HAILEY: And the boys all just stayed back in the room for a little bit to get some extra air conditioning.

01:11:20.245 --> 01:11:22.765
HAILEY: So her and I went to Magic Kingdom.

01:11:22.765 --> 01:11:29.025
HAILEY: And first thing she wanted to do was we rode the train, which she has never done before.

01:11:29.025 --> 01:11:32.025
HAILEY: So she was super excited for that.

01:11:32.025 --> 01:11:39.865
HAILEY: And then we met Goofy and Donald and went on Dumbo and the Carousel.

01:11:40.965 --> 01:11:43.465
HAILEY: And then we had to go get Pixie dusted.

01:11:44.745 --> 01:11:53.085
HAILEY: And then one of my friends who's part of the Disney girlies group, she was there that day.

01:11:53.105 --> 01:11:54.965
HAILEY: Amy.

01:11:54.965 --> 01:11:56.345
VIRGINIA: What is Amy's handle?

01:11:56.345 --> 01:11:57.825
HAILEY: I'll have to send it to you.

01:11:57.825 --> 01:12:00.825
HAILEY: But so we went over to go meet her.

01:12:00.825 --> 01:12:07.385
HAILEY: And then Nolan wanted a chocolate snack on the way out.

01:12:07.385 --> 01:12:09.885
HAILEY: So we had to stop at the confectionary.

01:12:09.885 --> 01:12:12.965
HAILEY: She got a chocolate Mickey cake pop.

01:12:13.585 --> 01:12:18.245
HAILEY: And I got the create your own Halloween popcorn.

01:12:18.245 --> 01:12:21.525
VIRGINIA: Oh, what was that combination of things?

01:12:21.525 --> 01:12:24.645
HAILEY: So it was one of the ones you could get out of the case up front.

01:12:24.645 --> 01:12:26.325
HAILEY: So it's like a pre one.

01:12:26.325 --> 01:12:27.905
HAILEY: It was popcorn.

01:12:27.905 --> 01:12:35.745
HAILEY: I had pretzels, like the spooky M&Ms, like crushed up Oreos.

01:12:35.745 --> 01:12:40.165
HAILEY: And then it was like orange chocolate melted all over it.

01:12:40.165 --> 01:12:40.805
HAILEY: It was pretty good.

01:12:41.405 --> 01:12:44.965
HAILEY: And then Kyle and the boys were meeting us at Epcot.

01:12:44.965 --> 01:12:51.245
HAILEY: So we hopped on the monorail and headed over to Epcot to meet up with them.

01:12:51.245 --> 01:12:57.085
HAILEY: And then from there we went, we ate some food in Germany.

01:12:57.085 --> 01:13:01.485
HAILEY: And then the kids wanted to eat some food in America.

01:13:01.485 --> 01:13:03.745
HAILEY: So at Regal Eagle.

01:13:03.745 --> 01:13:15.045
HAILEY: And then after Regal Eagle, we started walking over towards France, because that's where Tiffany, Tiffany in Tomorrowland was.

01:13:15.045 --> 01:13:18.005
HAILEY: And we had to go meet up with her.

01:13:18.005 --> 01:13:23.345
VIRGINIA: Tiffany in Tomorrowland, former guest on the podcast.

01:13:23.345 --> 01:13:28.465
VIRGINIA: So we had a big question coming into this episode.

01:13:28.465 --> 01:13:35.905
VIRGINIA: She was potentially going to, at long last, ride Cosmic Rewind.

01:13:35.905 --> 01:13:37.285
VIRGINIA: And you had a job, Hailey.

01:13:37.725 --> 01:13:40.205
VIRGINIA: You had one job.

01:13:40.205 --> 01:13:41.265
VIRGINIA: Did you succeed?

01:13:41.265 --> 01:13:42.125
HAILEY: No.

01:13:42.145 --> 01:13:43.985
VIRGINIA: Oh, no.

01:13:43.985 --> 01:13:47.785
HAILEY: We had the virtual queue for it.

01:13:47.785 --> 01:13:51.725
HAILEY: And then, like I said, that day, it was just so hot.

01:13:51.725 --> 01:13:53.605
HAILEY: She just wasn't feeling the best.

01:13:53.605 --> 01:13:55.825
HAILEY: I'm like, I'll give it to you this time.

01:13:55.825 --> 01:13:59.765
HAILEY: But we're all supposed to be there again together over Christmas.

01:13:59.765 --> 01:14:02.365
HAILEY: So I'm like, it's not going to be hot.

01:14:02.365 --> 01:14:03.225
HAILEY: We're riding it then.

01:14:03.725 --> 01:14:04.165
VIRGINIA: Right.

01:14:04.925 --> 01:14:08.605
VIRGINIA: There's no way it's going to be so hot that you don't feel like riding it then.

01:14:08.605 --> 01:14:15.725
VIRGINIA: So yeah, I'm trying to think what other excuse there could be at Christmas time.

01:14:15.725 --> 01:14:16.965
VIRGINIA: But it's Festival of the Holidays.

01:14:16.965 --> 01:14:18.985
VIRGINIA: I want to go hear the story telling.

01:14:18.985 --> 01:14:20.605
HAILEY: No, too bad.

01:14:20.605 --> 01:14:22.245
VIRGINIA: No, she has to get on the ride.

01:14:22.245 --> 01:14:25.705
VIRGINIA: And Tiffany, if you're listening to this, you need to ride it.

01:14:25.705 --> 01:14:27.005
VIRGINIA: You're going to love it.

01:14:27.005 --> 01:14:27.925
VIRGINIA: I promise you.

01:14:27.925 --> 01:14:28.845
HAILEY: She will.

01:14:28.845 --> 01:14:35.825
HAILEY: So after we met up with her, it was her, her husband, and then they were meeting up, they had met up with some friends.

01:14:35.825 --> 01:14:49.285
HAILEY: So there was a group of, I want to say it was in total 11 of us, we made our way over to go all ride Figment together because that's what everybody wanted to do.

01:14:49.285 --> 01:14:55.305
HAILEY: So we rode Figment, and then we took a group picture outside of Figment.

01:14:55.305 --> 01:15:07.545
HAILEY: And then at that point, their group, well, five out of the six of them minus Tiffany, was going to do Cosmic Rewind.

01:15:07.545 --> 01:15:19.985
HAILEY: Knoxville and I had a lightning lane for it a little bit later because guest services let me switch ours, that was supposed to be on Thursday to Friday.

01:15:19.985 --> 01:15:23.505
HAILEY: So we had one for a little bit later, so we didn't do the virtual queue with them.

01:15:23.945 --> 01:15:29.645
HAILEY: So my family and Tiffany, we went to go ride Gran Fiesta Tour together.

01:15:29.645 --> 01:15:36.085
HAILEY: Then after Gran Fiesta Tour is when Knoxville and I went over to Guardians again.

01:15:36.085 --> 01:15:38.365
VIRGINIA: What time did you get this go round?

01:15:38.385 --> 01:15:39.565
HAILEY: I ran.

01:15:40.945 --> 01:15:41.825
VIRGINIA: I don't like I ran.

01:15:41.825 --> 01:15:42.105
HAILEY: Yeah.

01:15:42.105 --> 01:15:43.685
VIRGINIA: But.

01:15:43.685 --> 01:15:46.485
HAILEY: It's not my least favorite.

01:15:46.485 --> 01:15:46.905
HAILEY: But.

01:15:46.905 --> 01:15:48.525
VIRGINIA: What's your least favorite then?

01:15:48.605 --> 01:15:50.705
HAILEY: I'm not a huge fan of Konga.

01:15:51.925 --> 01:15:53.425
VIRGINIA: Oh, OK.

01:15:54.025 --> 01:15:56.885
HAILEY: I got it once and I'm like, eh?

01:15:56.885 --> 01:15:57.345
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

01:15:57.345 --> 01:15:58.885
VIRGINIA: It's sort of lower on my list.

01:15:58.885 --> 01:16:00.085
HAILEY: Yeah.

01:16:00.085 --> 01:16:05.625
HAILEY: So but I would say probably the two of I ran in Konga are like my least favorite too.

01:16:05.625 --> 01:16:06.325
HAILEY: But.

01:16:06.325 --> 01:16:07.505
VIRGINIA: OK.

01:16:07.505 --> 01:16:09.905
HAILEY: Still happy to ride it.

01:16:09.905 --> 01:16:16.525
HAILEY: So we did that and then that was the last ride that we did of our trip.

01:16:16.525 --> 01:16:25.345
HAILEY: While we did that, Kyle took the younger two over and they did Finding Nemo again after we got Off Guardians.

01:16:26.465 --> 01:16:36.245
HAILEY: He wanted to go into Club Cool again because when we were there a couple of days ago, they were out of the, I want to say it's the one from Madagascar.

01:16:36.245 --> 01:16:38.705
HAILEY: I think it is the watermelon soda.

01:16:38.705 --> 01:16:39.785
HAILEY: They were out of it.

01:16:39.785 --> 01:16:40.965
HAILEY: Every machine was out of it.

01:16:40.965 --> 01:16:47.085
HAILEY: We were there a couple of days ago and that's like my personal favorite and he says that's his too.

01:16:47.085 --> 01:16:48.885
HAILEY: And he's like, let's just go see if they have it.

01:16:49.005 --> 01:16:50.905
HAILEY: And I was like, okay, like, but prepare yourself.

01:16:50.905 --> 01:16:53.785
HAILEY: Like two days ago, it wasn't there.

01:16:53.785 --> 01:16:58.245
HAILEY: And we walked in and his face lit up because they, all the machines had it again.

01:16:58.245 --> 01:17:01.285
HAILEY: And I was like, okay, I wasn't even expecting that.

01:17:01.285 --> 01:17:06.485
HAILEY: So we did our little shot of watermelon soda.

01:17:06.485 --> 01:17:19.445
HAILEY: And then we went over, I got a coffee from the Joffre's right outside of Guardians because I wanted to try, I don't even remember which one it was because there's so many exclusive ones right now.

01:17:19.445 --> 01:17:21.505
HAILEY: But it was like a coconut something.

01:17:21.505 --> 01:17:23.505
HAILEY: I wanted to try that one.

01:17:23.505 --> 01:17:29.825
HAILEY: He got at the Festival Favorites booth, like right by the new Mickey and Friends meet and greet.

01:17:29.825 --> 01:17:32.845
HAILEY: They had a little s'mores milkshake.

01:17:32.845 --> 01:17:33.785
HAILEY: So he got that.

01:17:33.785 --> 01:17:34.745
VIRGINIA: That sounds good.

01:17:34.745 --> 01:17:35.985
HAILEY: It was pretty good.

01:17:35.985 --> 01:17:50.585
HAILEY: And then we met up with the rest of the family and we went to go walk out of the park and had to get some pictures of the ball because it was doing like the light up shows.

01:17:50.585 --> 01:17:51.305
HAILEY: So we did that.

01:17:51.305 --> 01:17:59.005
HAILEY: And then we got family pictures in front of the ball on the way out and headed to French Quarter.

01:17:59.005 --> 01:18:01.245
HAILEY: Headed back to French Quarter, I guess.

01:18:01.245 --> 01:18:02.525
VIRGINIA: Okay.

01:18:02.525 --> 01:18:05.125
VIRGINIA: And that was that the last thing that you did?

01:18:05.125 --> 01:18:06.105
HAILEY: No, we went to the pool.

01:18:08.585 --> 01:18:10.625
VIRGINIA: That must be a theme with you.

01:18:10.625 --> 01:18:11.665
VIRGINIA: So you must have been tired.

01:18:11.665 --> 01:18:12.545
VIRGINIA: You should go to bed.

01:18:12.545 --> 01:18:13.465
VIRGINIA: No, no.

01:18:13.465 --> 01:18:17.945
VIRGINIA: We stayed out until all hours of the night, going to the pool and going to the parks.

01:18:17.945 --> 01:18:20.405
HAILEY: Close the pool down again.

01:18:20.405 --> 01:18:28.825
HAILEY: And then so this was what I was kind of expecting Coronado to have, was the splash park at French Quarter.

01:18:28.825 --> 01:18:34.405
HAILEY: Because the splash park at French Quarter, amazing, like 10 out of 10.

01:18:34.425 --> 01:18:36.565
HAILEY: I could not recommend it enough.

01:18:38.045 --> 01:18:39.365
HAILEY: Our kids loved it.

01:18:39.365 --> 01:18:41.445
HAILEY: They did not want to leave.

01:18:41.445 --> 01:18:44.025
HAILEY: We actually are supposed to be going over Christmas.

01:18:44.025 --> 01:18:45.465
HAILEY: And I have Riverside booked.

01:18:45.465 --> 01:18:54.065
HAILEY: And I looked at him and I'm like, I think I'm going to change it to over here because they loved the splash pad area so much.

01:18:54.065 --> 01:18:54.545
VIRGINIA: Good.

01:18:54.545 --> 01:18:56.205
VIRGINIA: Okay.

01:18:56.205 --> 01:19:00.285
HAILEY: So we did that, got a drink at the pool bar, closed down the pool.

01:19:00.485 --> 01:19:04.785
HAILEY: Like they literally had to turn the water off on my kids.

01:19:04.785 --> 01:19:13.185
HAILEY: And then Kyle took the kids back to the room and I got some quick service food and some beignets.

01:19:14.745 --> 01:19:15.665
VIRGINIA: Okay.

01:19:15.665 --> 01:19:21.585
VIRGINIA: Did you get the regular beignets or did you get the boozy beignets or any other flavors?

01:19:21.585 --> 01:19:25.145
HAILEY: Right now, I don't think they're doing the boozy ones.

01:19:25.145 --> 01:19:32.885
HAILEY: So Scat Cat Lounge is actually being remodeled, which I didn't even realize going into it.

01:19:32.885 --> 01:19:40.525
HAILEY: They're just, they have the regular ones and the ghoulish ones at Sasa Goula.

01:19:40.525 --> 01:19:42.225
HAILEY: I think it's called the fast food.

01:19:42.225 --> 01:19:45.705
HAILEY: They only have those two options available over there.

01:19:45.705 --> 01:19:50.185
HAILEY: So on the first night, we were still on the dining plan.

01:19:50.185 --> 01:19:55.025
HAILEY: So you could get a order of three regular ones as a snack credit.

01:19:55.665 --> 01:19:57.185
HAILEY: So that's what I did.

01:19:57.185 --> 01:19:58.965
ALEX: Okay.

01:19:58.965 --> 01:20:03.085
VIRGINIA: I think you can't go wrong with the classic beignet flavor anyway.

01:20:03.085 --> 01:20:04.545
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

01:20:04.545 --> 01:20:13.305
HAILEY: And then Saturday morning woke up, and the first thing I did was go back and get the ghoulish ones.

01:20:13.305 --> 01:20:18.565
VIRGINIA: So Saturday, just to be clear, Saturday, September 28th was literally yesterday.

01:20:18.565 --> 01:20:19.705
HAILEY: Yeah.

01:20:19.705 --> 01:20:19.945
VIRGINIA: Okay.

01:20:22.745 --> 01:20:24.165
VIRGINIA: So this is fresh in your mind.

01:20:24.165 --> 01:20:25.805
VIRGINIA: How did you like the ghoulish beignets?

01:20:25.805 --> 01:20:26.725
HAILEY: They were great.

01:20:26.725 --> 01:20:27.865
HAILEY: I love them.

01:20:27.865 --> 01:20:30.625
HAILEY: Ask for extra marshmallow sauce if you can.

01:20:30.625 --> 01:20:31.505
VIRGINIA: Ooh, hot tip.

01:20:31.505 --> 01:20:32.365
VIRGINIA: Okay.

01:20:32.365 --> 01:20:40.605
HAILEY: I think it was definitely nice because while you can't go wrong with the regular ones, it was nice to have something a little extra.

01:20:40.825 --> 01:20:46.965
HAILEY: So they have the sauce and then they're covered in the crushed up Oreos.

01:20:47.345 --> 01:20:48.145
VIRGINIA: Delicious.

01:20:48.145 --> 01:20:49.425
HAILEY: They're so good.

01:20:49.425 --> 01:20:59.245
HAILEY: Then after the beignets, we went to the pool again and then we got a late checkout.

01:20:59.245 --> 01:21:02.645
HAILEY: So checkout we had was at 12.30.

01:21:02.645 --> 01:21:07.445
HAILEY: So we did the pool for an hour, hour and a half.

01:21:07.445 --> 01:21:12.125
HAILEY: Then we took the ferry over to Disney Springs.

01:21:13.745 --> 01:21:16.925
VIRGINIA: Did you cancel that House of Blues reservation you had?

01:21:18.765 --> 01:21:26.385
HAILEY: Just because they wanted to go to the pool and we're like, all right, something you really want to do, it's fine.

01:21:26.385 --> 01:21:32.965
HAILEY: So on the ferry ride on the way over there, the skies opened up and it started pouring rain.

01:21:32.985 --> 01:21:34.725
VIRGINIA: Oh, no.

01:21:34.725 --> 01:21:39.045
HAILEY: So almost everybody on our boat got soaked.

01:21:39.045 --> 01:21:40.945
VIRGINIA: How was Nolan handling it?

01:21:40.945 --> 01:21:43.765
HAILEY: At least nobody in my family had on sneakers.

01:21:43.765 --> 01:21:45.865
HAILEY: We all had on waterproof shoes.

01:21:46.045 --> 01:21:47.705
HAILEY: So bonus there.

01:21:47.705 --> 01:21:49.485
HAILEY: Okay.

01:21:49.485 --> 01:21:51.985
HAILEY: And then we went into World of Disney.

01:21:51.985 --> 01:21:58.785
HAILEY: And then I had to go to, I think it's the Ever After Store with like the characters for your headband.

01:21:58.785 --> 01:21:59.325
VIRGINIA: Yep.

01:21:59.325 --> 01:22:01.825
HAILEY: Got some characters for my headband.

01:22:01.825 --> 01:22:03.345
VIRGINIA: Which characters did you get?

01:22:03.345 --> 01:22:04.865
HAILEY: So I have the headband.

01:22:04.865 --> 01:22:09.785
HAILEY: I won it in a giveaway like a month ago, and it came with Mickey and Minnie.

01:22:09.785 --> 01:22:15.485
HAILEY: So obviously I had to get Donald and Daisy, and then I had to get anxiety.

01:22:15.545 --> 01:22:17.125
VIRGINIA: Anxiety.

01:22:17.125 --> 01:22:18.325
HAILEY: Love it.

01:22:18.325 --> 01:22:20.485
HAILEY: I'm just going to wear this around from now on.

01:22:20.485 --> 01:22:23.585
VIRGINIA: Just with anxiety on the top, very tip top of your head.

01:22:23.585 --> 01:22:24.285
VIRGINIA: Oh my God.

01:22:24.285 --> 01:22:25.325
HAILEY: Perfect.

01:22:25.325 --> 01:22:26.365
VIRGINIA: That's so funny.

01:22:26.365 --> 01:22:36.465
VIRGINIA: So question, because I have not made it over there to see these in person, yet of course I've seen everybody posting about the headbands and which ones they would want to get.

01:22:36.465 --> 01:22:43.505
VIRGINIA: Do they go on and off of the headband very easily, so you could just depending on your mood, constantly change the characters?

01:22:44.265 --> 01:22:45.605
HAILEY: I think you can just slide them.

01:22:45.605 --> 01:22:51.525
HAILEY: You can slide them on and off, but they also have just a velcro that you could just stick them on.

01:22:51.525 --> 01:22:52.985
HAILEY: And I've seen people have like...

01:22:52.985 --> 01:22:53.885
VIRGINIA: So cute.

01:22:53.885 --> 01:22:54.885
HAILEY: I know.

01:22:54.885 --> 01:22:56.085
HAILEY: It was perfect.

01:22:56.105 --> 01:23:07.145
HAILEY: I've seen people have just one and at the store, I think depending on the characters that you have, you could have up to five of them I've seen fit on one headband.

01:23:07.145 --> 01:23:08.565
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

01:23:08.565 --> 01:23:09.205
VIRGINIA: Very cute.

01:23:10.285 --> 01:23:10.565
HAILEY: Yeah.

01:23:10.565 --> 01:23:13.985
HAILEY: And honestly, like they're not super expensive either.

01:23:13.985 --> 01:23:17.565
HAILEY: Like the headband itself was only like $9.99.

01:23:17.565 --> 01:23:21.765
HAILEY: And then like the people were like $11.99 before any discount.

01:23:21.765 --> 01:23:22.545
HAILEY: So...

01:23:22.545 --> 01:23:22.925
HAILEY: Okay.

01:23:22.925 --> 01:23:28.565
VIRGINIA: So if you got two characters and a headband, that's about the same price as a set of normal ears.

01:23:28.565 --> 01:23:29.245
HAILEY: Yeah.

01:23:29.245 --> 01:23:31.205
VIRGINIA: So that makes sense.

01:23:31.205 --> 01:23:31.705
VIRGINIA: All right.

01:23:31.705 --> 01:23:34.025
VIRGINIA: Did you make it over to Gideon's?

01:23:34.025 --> 01:23:35.125
HAILEY: No.

01:23:35.125 --> 01:23:36.765
HAILEY: The line was crazy.

01:23:37.225 --> 01:23:38.105
HAILEY: Like, I don't...

01:23:38.105 --> 01:23:38.865
HAILEY: They weren't...

01:23:38.865 --> 01:23:42.745
HAILEY: It was long enough that I wasn't going to wait in it, especially with...

01:23:42.745 --> 01:23:46.125
HAILEY: It was off and on raining at that point.

01:23:46.125 --> 01:23:51.365
HAILEY: But it wasn't super long enough that they had a virtual queue for it.

01:23:51.365 --> 01:23:52.885
VIRGINIA: That's always the case for you.

01:23:52.905 --> 01:23:54.105
VIRGINIA: You said that during your pre-dream.

01:23:54.105 --> 01:23:54.345
HAILEY: Yep.

01:23:54.345 --> 01:23:55.385
VIRGINIA: Okay.

01:23:55.385 --> 01:23:58.065
HAILEY: So I had my fingers crossed for one day.

01:23:58.065 --> 01:23:58.465
HAILEY: Yeah.

01:23:58.465 --> 01:23:59.025
VIRGINIA: One day.

01:23:59.605 --> 01:24:01.665
VIRGINIA: Did you get to any other places instead?

01:24:03.125 --> 01:24:12.085
HAILEY: I just got more draw phrase and then went to the bus to head back to our car at French Quarter.

01:24:12.085 --> 01:24:13.365
VIRGINIA: All right.

01:24:13.365 --> 01:24:17.545
VIRGINIA: And then you drove all night.

01:24:17.545 --> 01:24:21.245
VIRGINIA: And I'm resisting the urge to sing the Celine Dion song.

01:24:21.245 --> 01:24:23.005
VIRGINIA: You drove all night.

01:24:24.285 --> 01:24:25.905
VIRGINIA: What time did you get back?

01:24:27.165 --> 01:24:28.445
HAILEY: Seven this morning.

01:24:29.165 --> 01:24:30.705
VIRGINIA: Oh, my goodness.

01:24:30.705 --> 01:24:34.565
VIRGINIA: Did you get a nap in today before we spoke?

01:24:34.565 --> 01:24:36.985
VIRGINIA: Because we started our interview at 9 p.m.

01:24:36.985 --> 01:24:38.585
VIRGINIA: just for anybody who's listening.

01:24:38.585 --> 01:24:42.585
HAILEY: Hailey and I sat down at 9 p.m.

01:24:42.585 --> 01:24:46.685
HAILEY: Kyle drove the whole way except for the last hour.

01:24:46.685 --> 01:24:48.825
HAILEY: So I was pretty thankful for that.

01:24:48.825 --> 01:24:51.905
HAILEY: I was just on and off kind of napping in the car.

01:24:51.905 --> 01:24:57.005
HAILEY: And then on the couch, we both napped for maybe an hour or two.

01:24:58.025 --> 01:25:04.325
HAILEY: And then I got up and I was like, you know, it would be a great day to do, get out all of the fall decorations and the kids' fall clothes.

01:25:04.345 --> 01:25:08.085
HAILEY: And I put everything from the trip away already.

01:25:08.085 --> 01:25:10.125
HAILEY: And I'm already on the third load of laundry.

01:25:10.125 --> 01:25:13.125
HAILEY: So it's a pretty productive day.

01:25:13.125 --> 01:25:25.985
VIRGINIA: I mean, honestly, you deserve to pull out your fall decorations if you got all that done, because I will tell you, we have been back from London for a month now, and I still haven't taken our luggage down to our basement storage unit.

01:25:28.845 --> 01:25:30.505
VIRGINIA: So good on you.

01:25:30.505 --> 01:25:31.265
VIRGINIA: Very proud of you.

01:25:31.565 --> 01:25:33.485
VIRGINIA: I wish that was me.

01:25:35.825 --> 01:25:37.245
VIRGINIA: Oh my goodness.

01:25:37.245 --> 01:25:39.645
VIRGINIA: Well, that sounds like an amazing trip.

01:25:39.645 --> 01:25:57.305
VIRGINIA: I mean, I know that you probably wish that you and Jenna's family had been able to do a little bit more together than you ended up doing, but it sounds like you sort of catered to each of the kids and what they needed in the moment and made it a good trip for all of them, and then also had a little bit of you time as well.

01:25:57.305 --> 01:25:59.165
VIRGINIA: So that's a win.

01:25:59.165 --> 01:26:00.545
HAILEY: Always a bonus.

01:26:00.545 --> 01:26:01.465
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

01:26:01.465 --> 01:26:03.485
VIRGINIA: You said that you're going back in December.

01:26:03.925 --> 01:26:07.025
VIRGINIA: Is that the next trip you have on the books is December?

01:26:07.025 --> 01:26:14.545
HAILEY: So I go back in November for a work conference, and then we'll all be back in December over Christmas.

01:26:15.005 --> 01:26:17.745
VIRGINIA: So you've got a lot to look forward to.

01:26:17.745 --> 01:26:18.985
HAILEY: Oh, yeah.

01:26:19.005 --> 01:26:19.965
VIRGINIA: All right.

01:26:19.965 --> 01:26:25.245
VIRGINIA: And I will make sure to have all of your information in the show notes because you are a travel planner.

01:26:25.245 --> 01:26:30.645
VIRGINIA: And I know there will be people out there who may want to reach out to you if they are trying to plan their own trip.

01:26:30.645 --> 01:26:33.805
VIRGINIA: So listeners, you can find all of that in the show notes.

01:26:33.805 --> 01:26:37.045
VIRGINIA: And Hailey, I thank you so much for coming on a second time.

01:26:37.045 --> 01:26:39.165
HAILEY: Thank you so much for having me.

01:26:40.425 --> 01:26:47.845
VIRGINIA: Thank you so much to Hailey for being such a great guest once again, and thank you to Alex for your help with the intro.

01:26:47.845 --> 01:26:52.125
VIRGINIA: Don't forget that Hailey is a travel agent for Disney and Universal Trips.

01:26:52.125 --> 01:26:57.185
VIRGINIA: So if you're looking for help with your next magical vacation, Hailey is your girl.

01:26:57.185 --> 01:27:07.185
VIRGINIA: She also has her own Etsy shop where she makes super cute custom leotards and has t-shirts, all to make your next Disney or Universal Trip all the more special.

01:27:07.185 --> 01:27:11.725
VIRGINIA: All of those links along with Hailey's previous episodes are linked in the show notes.

01:27:12.565 --> 01:27:16.625
VIRGINIA: With that, I hope everyone has a magical and safe week.

01:27:16.625 --> 01:27:25.525
VIRGINIA: I'm sending out thoughts especially to those who are traveling in the Orlando area this week with the next hurricane potentially set to come through sometime in the middle of the week.

01:27:25.525 --> 01:27:30.065
VIRGINIA: Please be careful and keep an eye on the weather.

01:27:30.065 --> 01:27:34.565
VIRGINIA: For everyone else, as always, keep daydreaming about where you long to be.