Jennifer is back and hyped up (note: she’s the hype girl) to share all the ins and outs of her big family of five trip to Walt Disney World. This visit included taking her family on the Skyliner for the first time, a much anticipated droid building session for son Nathan, and taking advantage of Standby Skipper to assist with Genie+ reservations. And of course, rope dropping and more rope dropping!
Trip Dates: May 25 - June 1, 2024
Post Trip Interview: recorded 6/23/24
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VIRGINIA: Welcome back to another episode of Where I Long To Be, a Magical Trip Report Podcast.
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VIRGINIA: I am your host, Virginia.
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VIRGINIA: And now it's time to jump in to this week's trip report with Jennifer, who is celebrating a birthday today on the day this episode is going up.
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VIRGINIA: So this is your birthday song.
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VIRGINIA: It isn't very long.
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VIRGINIA: Hey, a very happy birthday to you, Jennifer.
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VIRGINIA: And I hope you were showered with love and got your fill of birthday cake.
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VIRGINIA: For anyone who didn't listen to Jennifer's pre-trip report, here's what you need to know to get caught up.
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VIRGINIA: Jennifer was traveling to Walt Disney World May 25th through June 1st with her family, which includes husband John, son Nathan, who was 13, daughter Lydia, who is 10, and daughter Bethany, who is eight.
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VIRGINIA: They were staying at Pop Century Resort in two connecting rooms.
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VIRGINIA: And while Jennifer was on a solo trip fairly recently, her family hadn't taken a big trip like this since 2018.
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VIRGINIA: They have six-day park tickets that are good for one park per day and plan to use Genie Plus each day with some assistance from Stand By Skipper.
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VIRGINIA: That's all you need to know going into this.
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VIRGINIA: Enjoy the episode, and now here's Jennifer.
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VIRGINIA: Welcome back, Jennifer.
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JENNIFER A.: Thank you.
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VIRGINIA: How are you doing?
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JENNIFER A.: Great.
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VIRGINIA: Great, except that you're not at Disney anymore.
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JENNIFER A.: Yes, and I actually said to my husband this morning, I'm feeling kind of sad because doing the closing podcast means the trip is really over, you know?
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JENNIFER A.: I was looking forward to re-caffing.
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JENNIFER A.: Oh, it's fun to relive it, but now I'm like, oh, now it is really, really officially over.
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VIRGINIA: Well, you can still listen to the episodes as many times as you want and relive it over and over again, which is one thing that I always love about doing this is not only is it a chance for me to talk Disney, but it's a chance for the person whose trip it was to preserve their memories.
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JENNIFER A.: That's what I was thinking as I was putting together all my notes.
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JENNIFER A.: I'm like, Oh, I have this all jotted down so perfectly.
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JENNIFER A.: Everything noted.
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JENNIFER A.: I'll be able to refer back to it for future trips.
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VIRGINIA: Exactly.
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VIRGINIA: So your travel dates for anybody who did not listen to the pre-trip report were Saturday, May 25th, and your return day was Saturday, June the 1st.
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VIRGINIA: So today, as we're talking, it is June the 23rd.
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VIRGINIA: So you've had several weeks at home to bask in the glow of a Disney vacation, perhaps having the Disney Blues take over a little bit.
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VIRGINIA: And now presumably you're thinking ahead to when will my next trip be?
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JENNIFER A.: Yes.
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VIRGINIA: We'll talk about all of that throughout the course of this, but let's just dive right in.
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VIRGINIA: So your travel day, Saturday, May 25th, you were traveling with a layover in Charlotte for about an hour and a half and expecting to arrive in Orlando at 1:06 p.m.
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VIRGINIA: Did your travel go according to your plans?
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JENNIFER A.: Everything went according to the plans on the way there.
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JENNIFER A.: No problems at all.
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JENNIFER A.: We actually landed one minute early at 1.05.
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VIRGINIA: What did you do with your extra minute?
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JENNIFER A.: Oh man, we just danced in the terminal.
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JENNIFER A.: We landed and it was this gorgeous sunny day.
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JENNIFER A.: We were so excited.
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JENNIFER A.: We went down and we got our luggage.
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JENNIFER A.: Took a little bit for that to come on.
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JENNIFER A.: And then as we were walking to the Mears Pickup, we walked past those windows and it was pouring buckets.
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JENNIFER A.: It was completely different weather than when we had just landed.
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JENNIFER A.: It was so funny.
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JENNIFER A.: I thought, well, there's Florida weather for you.
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JENNIFER A.: But we went straight to Mears.
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JENNIFER A.: We got there.
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JENNIFER A.: We went to the washroom and got our bags and everything.
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JENNIFER A.: So we got to Mears at about 2 o'clock.
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JENNIFER A.: And then we were on a bus by 2.15 and ready to go.
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JENNIFER A.: So I was a little nervous when we boarded the bus because it wasn't very full.
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JENNIFER A.: And I thought, oh, we're going to have to wait a while.
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JENNIFER A.: But more people came on quickly and they didn't wait for the bus to fill.
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JENNIFER A.: They just sent us on our way.
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JENNIFER A.: And by the time we got to pop, it was back to being beautiful and sunny.
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VIRGINIA: Were you the first drop off for the bus or did you have to go to any other resorts first?
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JENNIFER A.: We went to Art of Animation and then to Pop.
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VIRGINIA: Okay, not too bad because obviously they are right across the water from each other.
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JENNIFER A.: Right.
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JENNIFER A.: I think there were people on our bus who were going somewhere else after Pop, but I didn't track how many other resorts there were.
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VIRGINIA: Okay, and for this visit, you mentioned in passing in our pre-trip conversation that you were going to be ordering some grocery items to be delivered.
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VIRGINIA: What service did you use for that?
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VIRGINIA: Was it Amazon or what?
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JENNIFER A.: We used Dizzy Dolphin Delivery.
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JENNIFER A.: I had just read good reviews about them, had no problems whatsoever.
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JENNIFER A.: They had everything.
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JENNIFER A.: It was delivered, I think, that morning for us.
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JENNIFER A.: When we landed, I already had a text that everything was delivered in the fridge, and we went and picked it up shortly after we got on property.
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JENNIFER A.: Everything was great.
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JENNIFER A.: The only thing, I had gotten a bag of cuties, and in the middle, one of them was moldy.
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JENNIFER A.: So we ended up having to get rid of the whole bag, but that's not really their fault.
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JENNIFER A.: I have that problem.
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JENNIFER A.: When I go to the grocery store, you don't know what's in the middle of the bag.
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JENNIFER A.: So we just got some things for breakfast, grapes, and some muffins and pop tarts and things, kind of grab-and-go food and juice boxes.
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JENNIFER A.: So we will use them again for sure.
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VIRGINIA: Now, when you go and pick the items up yourself from Bell Services, you don't have to pay a fee, is that correct?
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JENNIFER A.: I did not have to pay a fee.
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VIRGINIA: Okay, yeah, because they do charge a fee these days when you have it delivered to your room.
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VIRGINIA: And I kind of understand why, because it's a lot of work.
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VIRGINIA: When I was recently at Pop, I had ordered literally like one case of water from Amazon Fresh to be delivered.
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VIRGINIA: Yes, I paid the Amazon fees for ordering so little in one delivery, but I was like, it's still cheaper than buying bottles of water when I'm there.
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VIRGINIA: And when I checked my luggage at Pop, I said, you know, we had some water delivered.
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VIRGINIA: Would it be possible?
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VIRGINIA: I understand if it's not, but would it be possible for me to just like grab a bottle, a couple bottles out of out of our package and then let you continue to hold on to it till our room is ready?
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VIRGINIA: And she was like, yes, no problem.
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VIRGINIA: And in fact, I'm going to mark this as like an extra bag in your bag count so that it won't be part of like a grocery delivery so you won't get charged for it, which I thought was very nice of her.
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VIRGINIA: I never would have thought that that would have been possible.
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VIRGINIA: So when you arrived there, was your room ready?
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JENNIFER A.: So we had two rooms.
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JENNIFER A.: We had gotten connecting rooms, and one room was ready, the other wasn't.
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JENNIFER A.: We still stopped at the front desk because I just wanted to confirm that the rooms were connected just to make sure.
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JENNIFER A.: And she said they were doing some painting in the other room.
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JENNIFER A.: So they were connected, just one was not ready yet.
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JENNIFER A.: They were letting that paint dry.
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JENNIFER A.: So that was okay.
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JENNIFER A.: We went to the one room.
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JENNIFER A.: When we did speak with the cast member, when I had called to make reservations and I was figuring out everybody's ages, I had mentioned that Nathan and Bethany had birthdays.
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JENNIFER A.: So she immediately had a pin for Nathan and for Bethany to wear for their birthdays.
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JENNIFER A.: Nathan's birthday was just two days before our trip.
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JENNIFER A.: Bethany's birthday was two weeks before.
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JENNIFER A.: So Bethany was blown.
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JENNIFER A.: Like her mind just could not wrap around how cool this was that she gets to wear this birthday button.
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JENNIFER A.: So she was pretty excited.
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JENNIFER A.: And I wasn't sure Nathan's 13.
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JENNIFER A.: I wasn't sure how he would feel about the birthday button, but he kind of rolled his eyes and put the pin on.
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JENNIFER A.: But the next day when we were getting ready to go to the parks and everybody's lined up at the door, Nathan's wearing his birthday button.
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JENNIFER A.: And then he said, Bethany, where's your birthday button?
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JENNIFER A.: You got to wear it.
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JENNIFER A.: So I thought that was really cute.
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JENNIFER A.: I was glad that they had them for them because I think, you know, with your son, those little tidbits of childhood, we were kind of in that in between.
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JENNIFER A.: So it was cute.
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JENNIFER A.: He did not wear it for the whole week.
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JENNIFER A.: He just wore it for like two days.
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JENNIFER A.: And then he was like, I'm over this.
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JENNIFER A.: He's not really a big attention kid.
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JENNIFER A.: But Bethany, she wore that button all week long.
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VIRGINIA: Good for her.
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VIRGINIA: Good for her.
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VIRGINIA: So this first day, your plan was just to kind of hang out and enjoy the resort, the pool, maybe go to Art of Animation.
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VIRGINIA: What did you get up to on the first day?
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JENNIFER A.: We dropped everything off at the room, and I had brought things for the girls to decorate the windows.
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JENNIFER A.: So since only one room was ready, they did decorate our one window.
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JENNIFER A.: I will tell you, that room feels really small with five people and five people's luggage.
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JENNIFER A.: So we left right away and went to the 90s pool.
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JENNIFER A.: The hippie dippy pool looked really busy when we walked past it.
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JENNIFER A.: So the computer pool at the 90s section was really nice.
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JENNIFER A.: So we went swimming there for a while.
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JENNIFER A.: And then at 4.50, I got a text that our second room was ready.
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JENNIFER A.: So I left John and the kids at the pool, and I went and opened up the other room.
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JENNIFER A.: I was a little nervous if I needed to air it out, if it would smell like paint or anything, but it was no problem.
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JENNIFER A.: So I got everybody's luggage unpacked.
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JENNIFER A.: I used the packing cubes, so I was able to stick the cubes in the drawers.
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JENNIFER A.: I had them packed by day, so I was able to get everything laid out.
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JENNIFER A.: And it just took a weight off my shoulders to know that the room was totally organized and ready.
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JENNIFER A.: So then John and the kids came back, and they got changed.
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JENNIFER A.: The girls decorated their window, and then we went to the Pop Food Court for dinner that night.
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VIRGINIA: I forgot to ask, where were your rooms located?
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JENNIFER A.: Yes, we were in the 70s building, and we were on the second floor.
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JENNIFER A.: We were in room 216 and 217.
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JENNIFER A.: It was great.
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JENNIFER A.: It was not facing.
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JENNIFER A.: There's the main corridor that's got the foosball court.
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JENNIFER A.: It wasn't facing that.
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JENNIFER A.: It was kind of facing some trees towards the parking lot, but we weren't overlooking the parking lot.
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JENNIFER A.: So it was nice and quiet.
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JENNIFER A.: We don't mind the second floor.
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JENNIFER A.: It wasn't super far away.
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JENNIFER A.: I've been pretty far away from my solo trip, but this was pretty close.
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JENNIFER A.: We were happy with the location.
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VIRGINIA: Was that a preferred room category?
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JENNIFER A.: It was not, no.
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VIRGINIA: OK, that was lucky then.
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JENNIFER A.: Yes.
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VIRGINIA: Because I know that some of them in that building are preferred category.
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JENNIFER A.: I think, because I was trying to figure that out, I think the ones that face maybe the foosball were more preferred, because we still had to kind of go around a little bit, but it was fine for us.
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VIRGINIA: So Pop Food Court for dinner, did everyone find something that they wanted?
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JENNIFER A.: Yes.
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JENNIFER A.: The girls, they have enormous pizza slices at the food court.
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JENNIFER A.: So they got a pizza slice, and I cut it into three slices, and they shared that, and it came with a little veggie pack with carrots and celery and dip, which they did not eat, but I'm a big veggie person, so I ate that.
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JENNIFER A.: John got the Footlong Chili Cheese Hot Dog, and Nathan got a burger, which I'm pretty sure is all he ate all week were burgers.
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JENNIFER A.: That's his favorite.
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JENNIFER A.: And I got a kid's meal.
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JENNIFER A.: It was just pasta with chicken breast and green beans.
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JENNIFER A.: I really like how they make their fresh green beans at the food court there.
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JENNIFER A.: They're nice and crisp and cooked to perfection.
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JENNIFER A.: So while we were eating, it was pouring buckets out.
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JENNIFER A.: But when we were done eating, it had stopped.
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JENNIFER A.: I should also say I am a sucker for the refillable mugs.
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JENNIFER A.: I think whenever I go, I think they're so cute, and we have so many mugs.
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JENNIFER A.: And this trip, I was like, you know what?
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JENNIFER A.: I don't think we're going to be in the room very much, so let's not get the mugs.
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JENNIFER A.: Because in the past, when I've gone, my kids have been smaller, and we've gone back for naps.
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JENNIFER A.: And so we get a lot of use out of the mugs, because we go back with morning and night and the middle of the day.
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JENNIFER A.: But I saw the mugs, and I said, I think me and John will just get mugs.
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JENNIFER A.: And we actually got a lot of use out of them, so I was happy that we did.
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JENNIFER A.: It wasn't worth it for the kids.
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JENNIFER A.: We had gotten juice boxes and stuff, but we got our refillable mugs, and they're adorable.
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JENNIFER A.: So I was happy.
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VIRGINIA: I know.
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VIRGINIA: My husband's like, you need to stop with the mugs.
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VIRGINIA: It's becoming a problem.
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VIRGINIA: But to be fair, they do kind of get worn and faded.
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VIRGINIA: So every once in a while, you have to do a sweep to get rid of the oldest ones and make space for your new ones.
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JENNIFER A.: Yes.
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VIRGINIA: It's fine.
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JENNIFER A.: It's fine.
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VIRGINIA: It makes us happy, right?
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VIRGINIA: Yep.
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JENNIFER A.: Absolutely.
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JENNIFER A.: When we were decorating the windows, I had packed these little princess string of lights that I had found months ago at the Target dollar spot.
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JENNIFER A.: And I got two, one for the girls to put in their window and one to use string up in their room for their nightlight just to give them something overnight.
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JENNIFER A.: When I pulled them out, because I didn't even take them out of the package, I just kept them in the package in the suitcase.
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JENNIFER A.: And when I pulled them out, they were not plug-in.
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JENNIFER A.: They were battery operated.
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JENNIFER A.: And I did not pack batteries.
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JENNIFER A.: So I thought, no problem.
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JENNIFER A.: I'm sure it'll be really expensive, but they'll have batteries at the gift shop.
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JENNIFER A.: So we went to the gift shop after dinner and the woman said, oh, we've been out for a while.
00:14:02.863 --> 00:14:04.863
JENNIFER A.: And she said, what size do you need?
00:14:05.343 --> 00:14:09.663
JENNIFER A.: And she went in the back and she came out just without a package, just loose batteries.
00:14:09.683 --> 00:14:12.903
JENNIFER A.: And she gave me batteries for our lights for free.
00:14:12.943 --> 00:14:14.063
JENNIFER A.: So that was really nice.
00:14:14.483 --> 00:14:17.063
JENNIFER A.: So I didn't ask for ones for the window.
00:14:17.083 --> 00:14:18.623
JENNIFER A.: I just got them for the nightlight.
00:14:18.643 --> 00:14:22.223
JENNIFER A.: So we got batteries for the girl's room.
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JENNIFER A.: And then everybody was just itching to try the Skyliner.
00:14:26.283 --> 00:14:30.443
JENNIFER A.: I have been on the Skyliner, but nobody else in my family has.
00:14:30.463 --> 00:14:36.583
JENNIFER A.: And so I thought we'd go to Art of Animation and walk around, but they wanted to get on the Skyliner and see what that was about.
00:14:36.603 --> 00:14:38.283
JENNIFER A.: So they thought that was really cool.
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JENNIFER A.: We took it to Caribbean Beach and just spent some time on a beach there in the sand and just walked around a little bit.
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JENNIFER A.: It was a gorgeous night.
00:14:48.723 --> 00:14:50.263
JENNIFER A.: The weather was perfect.
00:14:50.823 --> 00:14:54.543
JENNIFER A.: Looking back now, that was the best weather we had all week.
00:14:55.003 --> 00:14:57.943
JENNIFER A.: It was really, really hot.
00:14:58.363 --> 00:14:59.363
JENNIFER A.: The rest of the week.
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JENNIFER A.: So we did not know how good we had it that night.
00:15:01.863 --> 00:15:03.803
JENNIFER A.: But it was a perfect night.
00:15:04.263 --> 00:15:13.763
JENNIFER A.: And then John kept saying, you know, it's still pretty early, but I'm like, no, I want everybody to get to bed early because we were rope dropping all week.
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JENNIFER A.: So we went back to the room and got everybody tucked into bed at a pretty reasonable time to be ready for the next day.
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VIRGINIA: I bet the buckets of rain you experienced more than once that afternoon had something to do with how nice it felt outside.
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JENNIFER A.: Yes, I'm guessing that cooled it down for sure.
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VIRGINIA: While we're on the topic of rain, did you have a lot of rain the rest of the week?
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JENNIFER A.: No, we only had one day where we had some rain, and we liked it because the temperature dropped about 15 degrees right after that.
00:15:44.503 --> 00:15:47.923
JENNIFER A.: But everything else, no rain, but it was hot.
00:15:47.963 --> 00:15:51.663
JENNIFER A.: It was 98, and the heat index, it was like 102, 103.
00:15:52.743 --> 00:15:56.143
JENNIFER A.: Every day, and that heat takes a lot out of you.
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JENNIFER A.: So we knew to expect that, but I think we had discussed in the pre-trip about how we had gone to Arizona, the difference between dry heat and humidity.
00:16:07.463 --> 00:16:09.143
JENNIFER A.: We felt that difference.
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VIRGINIA: Yeah, I bet.
00:16:11.723 --> 00:16:17.723
VIRGINIA: Now, you had also mentioned that Nathan had gotten one of the wear around your neck style fans.
00:16:18.243 --> 00:16:19.203
VIRGINIA: How did that work for him?
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VIRGINIA: Did he like it, or did he not care for something being on his neck like that?
00:16:22.943 --> 00:16:23.703
JENNIFER A.: He loved it.
00:16:23.783 --> 00:16:26.403
JENNIFER A.: He wore it the whole week, even when it wasn't on.
00:16:26.863 --> 00:16:29.763
JENNIFER A.: It was comfortable enough for him that he wore it the whole time.
00:16:30.063 --> 00:16:31.543
JENNIFER A.: The girls took turns.
00:16:31.603 --> 00:16:38.383
JENNIFER A.: I got a couple for the family, and the girls took turns wearing them, and they liked it, but if it wasn't on, they didn't want to wear it.
00:16:38.403 --> 00:16:40.983
JENNIFER A.: So it kind of takes a lot of room in the backpack.
00:16:41.583 --> 00:16:42.803
JENNIFER A.: I thought it was too heavy.
00:16:42.823 --> 00:16:44.043
JENNIFER A.: John thought it was too heavy.
00:16:44.063 --> 00:16:47.383
JENNIFER A.: Neither one of us really cared for it, but Nathan loved his.
00:16:47.483 --> 00:16:51.583
JENNIFER A.: And the girls didn't mind as long as dad toted it around when they weren't wearing it.
00:16:51.603 --> 00:16:56.483
VIRGINIA: So I was just on Instagram earlier today.
00:16:56.683 --> 00:17:04.043
VIRGINIA: And you know how you get advertisements in your feed of things that the algorithm thinks you want to see.
00:17:04.803 --> 00:17:08.463
VIRGINIA: And it got me because it showed me a new kind of fan.
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VIRGINIA: And I was like, oh, it clips to the bottom of your shirt so that it's blowing up your shirt.
00:17:15.743 --> 00:17:18.943
VIRGINIA: I'm like, that looks really nice.
00:17:19.283 --> 00:17:21.023
JENNIFER A.: Yes, I think I would like that.
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VIRGINIA: I immediately shared it with the friends that I thought would appreciate that.
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VIRGINIA: And everybody was like, oh, my gosh, I've never seen that before.
00:17:28.263 --> 00:17:30.343
VIRGINIA: Because I have been walking around with a handheld one.
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VIRGINIA: And when nobody's looking, kind of pointed it up my shirt to be like, I need to cool off a little bit.
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VIRGINIA: But if you have one that could just clip there and could be doing that the whole time, it would be amazing.
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JENNIFER A.: What I used the whole week was just a handheld fan.
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JENNIFER A.: I found that I preferred that.
00:17:46.903 --> 00:17:50.243
JENNIFER A.: And I just kept it in my little fanny pack, and I pulled that out.
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JENNIFER A.: And that worked just perfect for me.
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VIRGINIA: Sunday, May 26, your first park day, and you were headed to Epcot.
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VIRGINIA: And this was the last day of flower and garden.
00:18:01.623 --> 00:18:06.363
VIRGINIA: So I'm expecting to hear a lot of flower and garden content coming from you.
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VIRGINIA: So walk me through the day.
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JENNIFER A.: Well, I purchased Jeannie Plus at midnight.
00:18:11.023 --> 00:18:13.163
JENNIFER A.: It was $21 per person.
00:18:13.703 --> 00:18:15.743
JENNIFER A.: But we were also using Stand By Skipper.
00:18:15.743 --> 00:18:25.323
JENNIFER A.: So I had set Stand By Skipper to get us Remy's first, and they booked us Remy's for $9.05.
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JENNIFER A.: So my big thing with this vacation in particular is I wanted to not put my expectations on the trip.
00:18:32.263 --> 00:18:35.123
JENNIFER A.: I wanted to plan a trip that my family would enjoy.
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JENNIFER A.: I didn't want to do what I wanted to do because I know I'm kind of a Disney freak, and I'm go, go, go, and I wanted to give them a chance to relax.
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JENNIFER A.: But the two things I was not going to give up on for the kids and my husband is that we need to rope drop.
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JENNIFER A.: I feel like to have a successful day, you've really got to maximize the first two hours.
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JENNIFER A.: So I said, we need to rope drop.
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JENNIFER A.: We need to get out of the room on time, and we need to utilize those first two hours and stick with the plan and just trust the process.
00:19:03.363 --> 00:19:07.923
JENNIFER A.: So even if you see a ride that looks really cool, just trust me that we're going to do this.
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JENNIFER A.: So we got out the door at 7 o'clock.
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JENNIFER A.: The Skyliner had already a pretty long line waiting for people to load.
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JENNIFER A.: This was different than when I went in February of 23.
00:19:20.703 --> 00:19:26.903
JENNIFER A.: When I went for my solo trip, I left my room at 7 o'clock, and the Skyliner was already running.
00:19:27.423 --> 00:19:33.803
JENNIFER A.: This trip, the Skyliner didn't start running until about 7.15, 7.20-ish, which was fine.
00:19:34.523 --> 00:19:41.323
JENNIFER A.: In my previous trip, we would be waiting outside of the turnstiles to get in, so here we were just waiting at POP.
00:19:41.343 --> 00:19:43.003
JENNIFER A.: So it's not like it made us later.
00:19:43.023 --> 00:19:50.043
JENNIFER A.: It was the same difference, but I thought that was interesting that they didn't start it running as early as they had previously.
00:19:50.083 --> 00:20:01.883
JENNIFER A.: I don't know if this is a new change or if it was just that they change it for the time of year, but February is a less busy time, so I thought that was interesting that they had it running earlier then.
00:20:01.903 --> 00:20:12.943
JENNIFER A.: But we got in line for the Skyliner, and once they get the Skyliner up and running, it's fast, and people, you would see them, they'd say, oh, that's such a long line, but it goes really, really fast.
00:20:12.963 --> 00:20:15.743
JENNIFER A.: So we were loaded in a car at 725.
00:20:16.163 --> 00:20:20.703
JENNIFER A.: We got out at Epcot at 732, and that includes the transfer.
00:20:20.763 --> 00:20:22.683
JENNIFER A.: So it's such a quick ride.
00:20:22.703 --> 00:20:24.023
JENNIFER A.: We love the Skyliner.
00:20:24.283 --> 00:20:26.163
JENNIFER A.: It's a great way to travel.
00:20:26.183 --> 00:20:27.223
JENNIFER A.: It's so relaxing.
00:20:27.243 --> 00:20:28.743
JENNIFER A.: It's so pretty to take in the views.
00:20:29.323 --> 00:20:34.463
JENNIFER A.: We had gotten through both checkpoints by 750, and we were at the rope at UK for rope drop.
00:20:34.463 --> 00:20:40.183
JENNIFER A.: The plan was we were going to rope drop Frozen and then go do our Lightning Lane for Remy's.
00:20:40.503 --> 00:20:45.283
JENNIFER A.: If we had time before Remy's, I wanted to hit test track, but I was just going to play that by ear.
00:20:45.563 --> 00:20:47.583
JENNIFER A.: The plan went a little off course.
00:20:48.583 --> 00:20:51.603
JENNIFER A.: Bethany was just a little grumpy.
00:20:52.123 --> 00:20:53.243
JENNIFER A.: She's eight.
00:20:53.443 --> 00:21:01.543
JENNIFER A.: She doesn't remember the last time we went to Disney, and she just could not understand the concept of rope drop, why we're standing here.
00:21:01.563 --> 00:21:03.043
JENNIFER A.: This was boring.
00:21:03.443 --> 00:21:04.703
JENNIFER A.: She wasn't really excited.
00:21:04.803 --> 00:21:14.543
JENNIFER A.: And I got concerned because I thought, okay, this is going to kill my strategy of maximize the first two hours in rope drop if she's going to be grumpy every morning.
00:21:14.563 --> 00:21:19.343
JENNIFER A.: And when they did drop the rope, she was slow and taking forever.
00:21:19.363 --> 00:21:20.563
JENNIFER A.: And I'm trying to be perky.
00:21:20.563 --> 00:21:22.023
JENNIFER A.: Like, come on, we can do it.
00:21:22.043 --> 00:21:24.003
VIRGINIA: Yeah, because you're the hype girl, right?
00:21:24.023 --> 00:21:25.103
JENNIFER A.: Yes, I'm the hype girl.
00:21:25.843 --> 00:21:29.703
JENNIFER A.: And I was trying to get her going, but she was not having it.
00:21:29.783 --> 00:21:31.523
JENNIFER A.: And, you know, she's eight.
00:21:31.763 --> 00:21:33.243
JENNIFER A.: We didn't bring a stroller.
00:21:33.263 --> 00:21:36.583
JENNIFER A.: And I'm starting to think, oh, man, was that a mistake?
00:21:37.023 --> 00:21:38.483
JENNIFER A.: Should we have gotten a stroller?
00:21:38.503 --> 00:21:40.343
JENNIFER A.: I was just, I was worried.
00:21:40.363 --> 00:21:43.563
JENNIFER A.: I thought this whole trip is going to be terrible, but I'm trying to like be upbeat.
00:21:43.583 --> 00:21:46.863
JENNIFER A.: I'm like, hey, do you see all these thousands of people?
00:21:47.123 --> 00:21:48.643
JENNIFER A.: They're walking in the same ride.
00:21:48.663 --> 00:21:50.063
JENNIFER A.: Let's try to get ahead of them.
00:21:50.083 --> 00:21:52.483
JENNIFER A.: And she just wasn't having it.
00:21:52.863 --> 00:21:59.163
JENNIFER A.: Part of the problem, too, is I had picked up a pair of Mickey Mouse shoes at Aldi.
00:21:59.283 --> 00:22:00.943
JENNIFER A.: I don't know if you have Aldi out there.
00:22:01.483 --> 00:22:06.683
VIRGINIA: We do, but it's not convenient for me to get to, so I don't, I think I might have been in it once.
00:22:06.703 --> 00:22:07.363
VIRGINIA: I don't know.
00:22:07.603 --> 00:22:09.763
VIRGINIA: I think it's a grocery store, though, and they sell shoes.
00:22:10.663 --> 00:22:13.043
JENNIFER A.: They don't.
00:22:13.063 --> 00:22:20.243
JENNIFER A.: They just have, they have this aisle of stuff that just rotates stock regularly of different themes of stuff.
00:22:20.263 --> 00:22:28.823
JENNIFER A.: And they had a Disney line a couple weeks before our trip, and they had these really cute Mickey shoes, and I got pairs for me and the girls to all match.
00:22:29.123 --> 00:22:36.003
JENNIFER A.: But I didn't get them in terms of getting them for Disney because we had been breaking in our shoes for Disney, but Bethany insisted.
00:22:36.003 --> 00:22:40.243
JENNIFER A.: She loved these shoes, and she insisted on wearing them that morning.
00:22:40.263 --> 00:22:45.723
JENNIFER A.: So then she was kind of, the shoes were clopping, and I thought, this is a mess.
00:22:45.723 --> 00:22:46.903
JENNIFER A.: She's got bad shoes.
00:22:46.923 --> 00:22:48.243
JENNIFER A.: She doesn't like rope drop.
00:22:48.263 --> 00:22:48.983
JENNIFER A.: She's grumpy.
00:22:49.103 --> 00:22:53.183
JENNIFER A.: We are off to a bad start, and I even started formulating a plan in my mind.
00:22:53.203 --> 00:22:54.783
JENNIFER A.: I'm like, I don't care.
00:22:54.803 --> 00:22:59.463
JENNIFER A.: I will spend $65 and buy her Disney Crocs in the park just to get her through the day.
00:22:59.483 --> 00:23:04.643
JENNIFER A.: She ended up being fine, but at the end of the day, I said, we're not wearing these shoes the rest of the trip.
00:23:04.803 --> 00:23:06.663
JENNIFER A.: Save them for home, and she agreed.
00:23:07.023 --> 00:23:10.383
JENNIFER A.: We finally made it over to Frozen.
00:23:11.343 --> 00:23:16.443
JENNIFER A.: We got on Frozen pretty quickly, and we were off by 8.55.
00:23:17.363 --> 00:23:19.763
JENNIFER A.: So not enough time to go over to Test Track.
00:23:19.863 --> 00:23:27.543
JENNIFER A.: Then we had to walk back to Remy's, which that's a long walk if you've got a grumpy kid who doesn't like this.
00:23:27.563 --> 00:23:28.923
VIRGINIA: It's a haul without a grumpy kid.
00:23:30.423 --> 00:23:31.343
JENNIFER A.: It was good for me.
00:23:31.383 --> 00:23:32.163
JENNIFER A.: I'm a walker.
00:23:32.363 --> 00:23:33.603
JENNIFER A.: I walk everywhere.
00:23:33.623 --> 00:23:34.523
JENNIFER A.: I'm a fast walker.
00:23:35.743 --> 00:23:40.943
JENNIFER A.: So I'm like, okay, I need to reframe my expectations and rethink my plan.
00:23:40.963 --> 00:23:43.283
JENNIFER A.: So in retrospect, that wasn't a great plan.
00:23:43.583 --> 00:23:54.483
JENNIFER A.: But when we were walking to Remy's, the line, the standby line, was backed up all the way to Morocco because the park had opened at that point to everybody.
00:23:54.683 --> 00:23:59.463
JENNIFER A.: And John and the kids were shocked at how long that line was.
00:23:59.483 --> 00:24:01.463
JENNIFER A.: And they said, we're going to wait in that line.
00:24:01.483 --> 00:24:03.363
JENNIFER A.: And I said, no, we're not.
00:24:03.403 --> 00:24:04.863
JENNIFER A.: We have a lightning lane.
00:24:05.223 --> 00:24:08.443
JENNIFER A.: But when I'm saying we need to use quick feet, this is why.
00:24:08.483 --> 00:24:10.143
JENNIFER A.: I'm trying to avoid this.
00:24:10.403 --> 00:24:19.583
JENNIFER A.: And as we're walking past all these people, Bethany was like, okay, I kind of understand a little bit more about what we're doing here.
00:24:20.143 --> 00:24:21.223
JENNIFER A.: So we went to Remy's.
00:24:21.223 --> 00:24:25.403
JENNIFER A.: It was posted at 165-minute wait.
00:24:25.423 --> 00:24:26.443
JENNIFER A.: It was long.
00:24:26.883 --> 00:24:31.063
JENNIFER A.: But with our lightning lane, we were on and off in 20 minutes.
00:24:31.403 --> 00:24:37.043
JENNIFER A.: I knew, though, that I needed something to really hype Bethany up, something familiar.
00:24:37.363 --> 00:24:38.343
JENNIFER A.: She liked Remy's.
00:24:38.383 --> 00:24:39.243
JENNIFER A.: She liked Frozen.
00:24:39.763 --> 00:24:41.703
JENNIFER A.: But I knew she was looking forward to Figment.
00:24:41.723 --> 00:24:43.263
JENNIFER A.: So I said, let's go over to Figment.
00:24:43.283 --> 00:24:44.323
JENNIFER A.: That's going to cheer her up.
00:24:44.343 --> 00:24:46.123
JENNIFER A.: That's going to put her in air conditioning.
00:24:46.523 --> 00:24:52.643
JENNIFER A.: On our way, we passed Princess Aurora, who was there, and we stopped and saw her.
00:24:53.043 --> 00:24:54.383
JENNIFER A.: I didn't realize she was French.
00:24:55.043 --> 00:24:56.523
VIRGINIA: Yes.
00:24:56.783 --> 00:24:58.263
JENNIFER A.: That was something new that I learned.
00:24:58.283 --> 00:24:59.543
JENNIFER A.: I'm like, wait, you're in France.
00:24:59.563 --> 00:25:00.523
JENNIFER A.: I didn't realize you're French.
00:25:00.583 --> 00:25:02.403
JENNIFER A.: I don't know what I thought she was.
00:25:02.423 --> 00:25:04.803
JENNIFER A.: But we saw Aurora, and that was fun.
00:25:04.823 --> 00:25:08.043
JENNIFER A.: And then we went to Figment, and Bethany was thrilled for Figment.
00:25:08.063 --> 00:25:13.723
JENNIFER A.: We had a 10-minute wait, but it was in the air conditioning, so everybody was pretty happy about that.
00:25:13.823 --> 00:25:16.303
VIRGINIA: Now, was she familiar with Figment?
00:25:16.343 --> 00:25:25.463
VIRGINIA: Because she just turned eight, and the last time you all went was in, wasn't it 2019 or 2018?
00:25:25.483 --> 00:25:26.643
VIRGINIA: Something like that.
00:25:26.703 --> 00:25:28.763
VIRGINIA: So does she remember Figment?
00:25:28.783 --> 00:25:30.323
VIRGINIA: How does she know of Figment?
00:25:30.503 --> 00:25:34.203
JENNIFER A.: I listen to Disney music all the time, so she hears the song.
00:25:35.043 --> 00:25:38.263
JENNIFER A.: And we've got a Figment stuffed animal, and figurines.
00:25:38.283 --> 00:25:48.463
JENNIFER A.: So she loves dinosaurs and dragons, so he kind of fits what she's into, and she just knows that he's a funny guy, because she listens to the song.
00:25:48.483 --> 00:25:53.083
JENNIFER A.: So she was familiar enough with him to know that this would be something she would enjoy.
00:25:53.103 --> 00:25:56.463
JENNIFER A.: She didn't remember it, but she knew enough about him.
00:25:56.903 --> 00:26:03.043
JENNIFER A.: And my kids love all the stuff at Figment after the ride, that they have all the activities and games.
00:26:03.063 --> 00:26:04.063
JENNIFER A.: So we did that.
00:26:04.223 --> 00:26:06.463
JENNIFER A.: We went and saw Figment at the meet and greet.
00:26:06.923 --> 00:26:08.323
JENNIFER A.: I think he's a little creepy.
00:26:11.803 --> 00:26:12.363
JENNIFER A.: I don't know.
00:26:13.143 --> 00:26:14.323
JENNIFER A.: The plastic guy.
00:26:14.523 --> 00:26:15.023
JENNIFER A.: I don't know.
00:26:15.043 --> 00:26:18.803
JENNIFER A.: And Bethany, I didn't realize what was happening.
00:26:19.203 --> 00:26:25.583
JENNIFER A.: Bethany kept saying, somebody should give Figment bunny ears for our picture.
00:26:26.023 --> 00:26:27.103
JENNIFER A.: I'm like, funny.
00:26:27.623 --> 00:26:28.743
JENNIFER A.: I didn't think much of it.
00:26:28.983 --> 00:26:33.603
JENNIFER A.: But then when I got our photo past pictures, John actually did give Figment bunny ears.
00:26:35.443 --> 00:26:43.003
JENNIFER A.: When we were doing the pictures, Figment put his hands out like jazz hands, and I heard the handler go, hands down, please.
00:26:43.543 --> 00:26:44.843
JENNIFER A.: And she kind of said it firmly.
00:26:44.863 --> 00:26:48.343
JENNIFER A.: And I thought, oh, she's talking to Figment, but that was kind of firm.
00:26:48.363 --> 00:26:53.563
JENNIFER A.: But I thought, well, maybe Figment's blocking somebody's face in the picture because Lydia was right next to him.
00:26:53.903 --> 00:26:59.483
JENNIFER A.: But then looking at the pictures, the handler was telling John to stop giving Figment bunny ears.
00:27:00.123 --> 00:27:02.643
VIRGINIA: Oh, my God, send John to time out.
00:27:06.643 --> 00:27:11.403
JENNIFER A.: So that was his bad boy at Disney, what he did, and he got in trouble.
00:27:11.423 --> 00:27:13.923
JENNIFER A.: So he got it out of his system the first day.
00:27:15.663 --> 00:27:16.743
VIRGINIA: That's really funny.
00:27:17.123 --> 00:27:23.423
JENNIFER A.: From there, we went and we did the Pixar Film Fest, but the shorts, those are so cute.
00:27:23.423 --> 00:27:24.163
JENNIFER A.: We love those.
00:27:24.183 --> 00:27:25.183
JENNIFER A.: That was really sweet.
00:27:25.343 --> 00:27:27.083
JENNIFER A.: And then we went through the Butterfly House.
00:27:27.723 --> 00:27:34.463
JENNIFER A.: My family does, we do Butterfly Gardening, and I actually, I have a Butterfly House, not like they have it up cut.
00:27:34.483 --> 00:27:37.723
JENNIFER A.: I put the caterpillars in and then released the butterflies when they come out.
00:27:37.743 --> 00:27:40.143
JENNIFER A.: So my kids just love that.
00:27:40.163 --> 00:27:47.443
JENNIFER A.: And so they love anytime they get to go see anything with butterflies because they like to see the different varieties that we don't usually have in our yard.
00:27:47.463 --> 00:27:48.303
JENNIFER A.: So that was fun.
00:27:48.323 --> 00:27:51.183
JENNIFER A.: And Bethany was able to get a butterfly to land on her.
00:27:51.203 --> 00:27:53.703
JENNIFER A.: She just kept standing still the whole time.
00:27:53.723 --> 00:27:56.843
JENNIFER A.: She just knew one would come, and her patience paid off.
00:27:56.863 --> 00:27:58.903
JENNIFER A.: So she was very excited about that.
00:27:58.923 --> 00:28:04.043
JENNIFER A.: And then we had an 1135 reservation at Garden Grill.
00:28:04.063 --> 00:28:11.123
JENNIFER A.: So we just went over to the land then and used a washroom break and checked in for Garden Grill for lunch then.
00:28:11.263 --> 00:28:13.043
VIRGINIA: Had you eaten at Garden Grill before?
00:28:13.063 --> 00:28:14.043
VIRGINIA: I can't remember.
00:28:15.703 --> 00:28:18.543
JENNIFER A.: We have had quite a few of the character meals.
00:28:19.003 --> 00:28:19.723
JENNIFER A.: We liked it.
00:28:19.903 --> 00:28:21.583
JENNIFER A.: We thought the food was good.
00:28:21.603 --> 00:28:23.363
JENNIFER A.: I really loved the salad.
00:28:23.703 --> 00:28:25.243
JENNIFER A.: Nobody else in my family did.
00:28:25.263 --> 00:28:29.223
JENNIFER A.: And I finally just took the serving dish, and I'm just eating right out of the serving dish.
00:28:29.403 --> 00:28:30.903
JENNIFER A.: I really like their salad.
00:28:31.103 --> 00:28:34.643
JENNIFER A.: And I liked their roasted veggies, and their beef was so good.
00:28:34.823 --> 00:28:35.963
JENNIFER A.: Everybody liked that.
00:28:37.103 --> 00:28:39.043
JENNIFER A.: The characters, it was just so quick.
00:28:39.503 --> 00:28:49.583
JENNIFER A.: We just felt really rushed, which it's a tight space, so I wasn't expecting a lot of character interaction, but I barely got my phone up to get a picture, and they were gone.
00:28:50.083 --> 00:28:52.083
JENNIFER A.: It went fast, fast, fast.
00:28:52.283 --> 00:28:53.863
VIRGINIA: Did they come around multiple times?
00:28:53.883 --> 00:28:59.963
VIRGINIA: Because every time I go to Garden Grill, I get to see the characters at least twice, sometimes three times.
00:29:00.123 --> 00:29:08.583
VIRGINIA: And I always say, there comes a point where it becomes a little awkward because you've seen them enough times, and you're like, nothing has changed since I saw you last time you came around to my table.
00:29:10.123 --> 00:29:13.003
JENNIFER A.: I think we saw Chip and Dale twice.
00:29:13.063 --> 00:29:18.043
JENNIFER A.: They were our first ones, and so they came by a second time, but then we were leaving.
00:29:18.063 --> 00:29:18.983
JENNIFER A.: It was a quick meal.
00:29:19.103 --> 00:29:19.923
JENNIFER A.: I will say that.
00:29:19.943 --> 00:29:25.823
JENNIFER A.: Sometimes those character meals take a long time, and I get a little antsy, because I'm like, all right, I've seen you.
00:29:25.843 --> 00:29:26.223
JENNIFER A.: I've eaten.
00:29:26.243 --> 00:29:27.163
JENNIFER A.: I want to go.
00:29:27.363 --> 00:29:30.883
JENNIFER A.: So they did get all the characters through really fast.
00:29:31.363 --> 00:29:33.583
JENNIFER A.: I think we all said it was a good meal.
00:29:33.923 --> 00:29:36.043
JENNIFER A.: Probably is not something that we would do again.
00:29:36.063 --> 00:29:41.363
JENNIFER A.: I think we've kind of graduated on from that phase, and we would do something different.
00:29:41.683 --> 00:29:43.283
JENNIFER A.: I was disappointed in the dessert.
00:29:43.803 --> 00:29:45.943
JENNIFER A.: I thought it used to be a shortcake.
00:29:46.443 --> 00:29:47.863
VIRGINIA: Yeah, what was it?
00:29:48.243 --> 00:29:53.463
JENNIFER A.: It was like this apple pie dessert, but it wasn't an actual pie.
00:29:53.803 --> 00:29:56.863
JENNIFER A.: It was really heavy on the crust and the filling.
00:29:56.903 --> 00:29:59.123
JENNIFER A.: It tasted like something out of a can.
00:29:59.443 --> 00:30:04.023
JENNIFER A.: I took one bite and I said, well, I'll save my calories for something else.
00:30:04.423 --> 00:30:10.923
JENNIFER A.: But Nathan and Bethany, they brought out these little mousse, jars of like chocolate mousse for them.
00:30:11.203 --> 00:30:14.023
JENNIFER A.: And I took a bite and that was so good.
00:30:14.043 --> 00:30:15.263
JENNIFER A.: It was really rich.
00:30:15.443 --> 00:30:18.743
JENNIFER A.: Nathan finished his, but Bethany couldn't even finish it.
00:30:18.763 --> 00:30:19.423
JENNIFER A.: It was so rich.
00:30:19.923 --> 00:30:22.683
JENNIFER A.: I would take that over the apple pie any day.
00:30:23.623 --> 00:30:26.123
JENNIFER A.: I didn't really care for the dessert that they provided.
00:30:27.183 --> 00:30:30.243
VIRGINIA: I haven't been back for a lunch or dinner there in a long time.
00:30:30.263 --> 00:30:35.223
VIRGINIA: We most frequently go for the breakfast because we love the breakfast there.
00:30:35.703 --> 00:30:36.103
VIRGINIA: Yeah.
00:30:36.143 --> 00:30:39.803
VIRGINIA: I think the last time I was there was a strawberry shortcake kind of thing, and it was good.
00:30:40.023 --> 00:30:42.243
VIRGINIA: But yeah, that doesn't sound good.
00:30:42.623 --> 00:30:43.783
VIRGINIA: And it sounds familiar.
00:30:43.803 --> 00:30:51.763
VIRGINIA: The tasting like canned apples thing reminds me of my mother's son trip that I just recently took.
00:30:51.903 --> 00:31:01.383
VIRGINIA: And when we went to the creperie for dinner, I got the peach melba for my dessert crepe, and the peaches tasted a little canned.
00:31:03.643 --> 00:31:03.923
VIRGINIA: Yeah.
00:31:04.063 --> 00:31:04.823
JENNIFER A.: Yeah.
00:31:05.163 --> 00:31:06.223
JENNIFER A.: That's disappointing.
00:31:06.643 --> 00:31:07.003
VIRGINIA: Yeah.
00:31:07.043 --> 00:31:08.583
VIRGINIA: Especially when you're in the land pavilion.
00:31:08.623 --> 00:31:09.363
JENNIFER A.: I know.
00:31:09.383 --> 00:31:10.643
VIRGINIA: You have everything to taste fresh.
00:31:11.503 --> 00:31:14.743
JENNIFER A.: They're like, we grow everything here, even our canned apples.
00:31:14.763 --> 00:31:15.583
VIRGINIA: Mm-hmm.
00:31:17.443 --> 00:31:17.843
VIRGINIA: All right.
00:31:17.863 --> 00:31:19.163
VIRGINIA: Well, what was after lunch?
00:31:19.623 --> 00:31:22.343
JENNIFER A.: Well, we went to Living With The Land since we were right there.
00:31:22.363 --> 00:31:28.043
JENNIFER A.: It was posted at 15 minutes, but we waited at 10, or 10 minutes for it.
00:31:28.063 --> 00:31:32.543
JENNIFER A.: And then Stand By Skipper had booked us a Lightning Lane for Nemo.
00:31:33.063 --> 00:31:37.083
JENNIFER A.: So we did a couple pictures while we waited for that to open up.
00:31:37.083 --> 00:31:38.443
JENNIFER A.: There was a Toy Story display.
00:31:39.223 --> 00:31:42.163
JENNIFER A.: There was a Lion King display.
00:31:42.183 --> 00:31:47.183
JENNIFER A.: The lions were just beautiful, how they did the manes out of the floral stuff.
00:31:47.203 --> 00:31:48.723
JENNIFER A.: And then there was a Nemo display.
00:31:48.743 --> 00:31:52.963
JENNIFER A.: So we went and did pictures for all of those, and then we did Nemo.
00:31:53.483 --> 00:31:59.323
JENNIFER A.: I wrote down that it was six minutes for us by the time we scanned in to getting into our little shell.
00:31:59.343 --> 00:32:01.143
JENNIFER A.: But all of that is really just walking.
00:32:01.403 --> 00:32:03.863
JENNIFER A.: That is such a long queue.
00:32:04.623 --> 00:32:11.503
JENNIFER A.: You think they make it when it's not busy, how you can just do a shortcut and not have to weave in and out, in and out.
00:32:11.523 --> 00:32:12.923
JENNIFER A.: But I've never had that.
00:32:12.943 --> 00:32:16.683
JENNIFER A.: We've always had to go all around, and I've never been in when it's been full.
00:32:16.683 --> 00:32:22.863
JENNIFER A.: So we did Nemo, and Stand By Skipper booked us Turtle Talk with Crush.
00:32:23.263 --> 00:32:50.203
JENNIFER A.: So my strategy with Stand By Skipper is I put in the ones in the morning, like Remi's, or Must Do, that I knew sold out, and then I just put in one at a time after we got the next one that we wanted, just something that was close by, so that we weren't hopping all over the park, and I put first available, and usually I was able to get Stand By Skipper to get me something right away.
00:32:50.883 --> 00:32:52.883
JENNIFER A.: So that's how it worked with Turtle Talk with Crush.
00:32:52.903 --> 00:32:59.503
JENNIFER A.: We looked around at the aquarium while we waited for our Turtle Talk for Crush showtime, and then we went over there.
00:32:59.523 --> 00:33:00.483
JENNIFER A.: It was nice.
00:33:00.483 --> 00:33:04.123
JENNIFER A.: While we were waiting for the show, I spent some time talking with one of the cast members.
00:33:04.283 --> 00:33:05.343
JENNIFER A.: His name was Chris.
00:33:05.923 --> 00:33:08.683
JENNIFER A.: I was just asking him questions about working at Epcot.
00:33:08.903 --> 00:33:15.383
JENNIFER A.: I think sometimes when people think about working at Disney, they just think of like ticket takers or people saying row three, row two.
00:33:15.583 --> 00:33:24.703
JENNIFER A.: But he was just talking about how neat it was, the experiences that he's gotten working with animals, how it was really helping him for what he wants to do for his career.
00:33:24.723 --> 00:33:31.623
JENNIFER A.: And it was just neat to hear him talk about all the things that Disney was, the opportunities that were being provided for him.
00:33:31.643 --> 00:33:37.783
JENNIFER A.: And I wouldn't have expected that because he was working that day, letting people in the theater for Turtle Talk with Crush.
00:33:37.803 --> 00:33:39.663
JENNIFER A.: So I like to hear stories like that.
00:33:39.683 --> 00:33:41.943
JENNIFER A.: I like to hear about the Disney College program.
00:33:41.963 --> 00:33:43.783
JENNIFER A.: And I thought that was nice.
00:33:44.623 --> 00:33:46.823
JENNIFER A.: I love Turtle Talk with Crush.
00:33:46.863 --> 00:33:48.623
JENNIFER A.: I think it's such a cute show.
00:33:48.863 --> 00:33:51.563
JENNIFER A.: But I was so disappointed in our showing.
00:33:51.563 --> 00:33:53.783
JENNIFER A.: And it wasn't Disney's fault.
00:33:53.783 --> 00:33:59.763
JENNIFER A.: We had just some parents who were really loud, and the kids were running around the theater the whole time.
00:34:00.223 --> 00:34:06.783
JENNIFER A.: And I felt so badly for the cast members because they kept saying, you know, parents, you need to have your child sit down.
00:34:06.783 --> 00:34:08.423
JENNIFER A.: Parents, keep your children with you.
00:34:08.843 --> 00:34:10.983
JENNIFER A.: They kept doing the best they could.
00:34:11.003 --> 00:34:15.303
JENNIFER A.: And these parents just weren't listening, and the kids were so loud.
00:34:15.323 --> 00:34:26.323
JENNIFER A.: And you know how they say, you so totally rock, and everybody's supposed to say, dude, I think my family were the only ones who were even responding, because it was just, it was loud and distracting.
00:34:26.603 --> 00:34:29.763
JENNIFER A.: So I was disappointed because I loved that show so much.
00:34:29.783 --> 00:34:39.003
JENNIFER A.: But then I also, I just feel bad, especially with the interactive show like that for the cast members, because you need something to feed off of, and they didn't get much from us.
00:34:39.163 --> 00:34:40.683
JENNIFER A.: So it was fine.
00:34:41.203 --> 00:34:42.303
JENNIFER A.: It's a cute experience.
00:34:42.303 --> 00:34:49.023
JENNIFER A.: I wish we had gone back and done it again, just so that my kids could have had the full experience, but that was okay.
00:34:49.323 --> 00:34:53.903
JENNIFER A.: After that, Stand By Skipper got A Lightning Lane For Soaring.
00:34:53.923 --> 00:34:56.203
JENNIFER A.: I did not do this one.
00:34:56.223 --> 00:34:57.603
JENNIFER A.: I don't do rides like that.
00:34:57.623 --> 00:34:58.783
JENNIFER A.: It gives me a headache.
00:34:58.803 --> 00:35:02.443
JENNIFER A.: So John and the kids went, and I went on a hunt for a hat.
00:35:02.623 --> 00:35:06.343
JENNIFER A.: I had forgotten my hat in the hotel room, and it was hot.
00:35:06.443 --> 00:35:07.223
JENNIFER A.: I was surprised.
00:35:07.243 --> 00:35:09.783
JENNIFER A.: They didn't have a very big selection of hats.
00:35:10.123 --> 00:35:11.523
VIRGINIA: Where did you go to look for that?
00:35:11.603 --> 00:35:14.163
JENNIFER A.: The main one by Connections, the main gift shop.
00:35:14.183 --> 00:35:15.003
VIRGINIA: Creations.
00:35:15.183 --> 00:35:16.443
JENNIFER A.: Creations, yes.
00:35:16.483 --> 00:35:18.383
JENNIFER A.: I was thinking Connections isn't the right name.
00:35:18.383 --> 00:35:19.083
JENNIFER A.: Creations.
00:35:19.103 --> 00:35:21.403
JENNIFER A.: They had some, but they didn't have a ton.
00:35:21.423 --> 00:35:22.323
JENNIFER A.: But I did get one.
00:35:22.343 --> 00:35:23.003
JENNIFER A.: It's really cute.
00:35:23.003 --> 00:35:26.203
JENNIFER A.: It's a bucket hat, and it's got flower from Bambi on it.
00:35:26.323 --> 00:35:27.483
JENNIFER A.: And I saw the jammers.
00:35:27.623 --> 00:35:32.823
JENNIFER A.: And then while I was still waiting, they have their new section that just kind of opened recently.
00:35:32.843 --> 00:35:36.323
JENNIFER A.: And there is this statue of Walt where he is sitting down.
00:35:36.343 --> 00:35:39.243
JENNIFER A.: And there was a PhotoPass photographer there.
00:35:39.263 --> 00:35:40.683
JENNIFER A.: And so I got my picture there.
00:35:40.703 --> 00:35:43.603
JENNIFER A.: And it's maybe my favorite picture of the whole trip of me.
00:35:43.603 --> 00:35:48.403
JENNIFER A.: It's really cute because I just have such a respect for Walt and for what he's done.
00:35:48.423 --> 00:35:53.083
JENNIFER A.: And I love everything that has come out of his dreams.
00:35:53.103 --> 00:35:54.283
JENNIFER A.: So I thought that was neat.
00:35:54.303 --> 00:35:55.183
JENNIFER A.: I like that picture.
00:35:55.243 --> 00:35:56.063
JENNIFER A.: So that was fun.
00:35:56.303 --> 00:36:00.743
JENNIFER A.: And then John and the kids got off of soaring.
00:36:01.383 --> 00:36:05.743
JENNIFER A.: And John was really cute because he knew I was keeping track of how long we waited.
00:36:06.063 --> 00:36:11.963
JENNIFER A.: So he texted me, they got online at 2.47 and they were off the ride at 3.15.
00:36:11.983 --> 00:36:14.603
JENNIFER A.: So I could keep track of how long they waited.
00:36:14.603 --> 00:36:16.063
JENNIFER A.: So I thought that was cute.
00:36:16.083 --> 00:36:16.363
JENNIFER A.: Yes.
00:36:17.643 --> 00:36:19.523
JENNIFER A.: I'm like, all right, you're in this.
00:36:19.543 --> 00:36:20.263
JENNIFER A.: You know what I'm doing.
00:36:21.683 --> 00:36:24.903
JENNIFER A.: So we met up at Spaceship Earth and went and did that.
00:36:25.723 --> 00:36:30.883
JENNIFER A.: It was posted at a 25-minute wait, but we had a lightning lane, so we only waited five.
00:36:30.903 --> 00:36:37.803
JENNIFER A.: That first initial incline, when it starts and you're going up, it's kind of a steep incline.
00:36:37.823 --> 00:36:41.703
JENNIFER A.: The ride stopped and we were there for a few minutes.
00:36:41.723 --> 00:36:44.263
JENNIFER A.: And it was an awkward incline.
00:36:44.323 --> 00:36:49.063
JENNIFER A.: I was hoping that this wouldn't be a long wait because it wasn't very fun.
00:36:49.263 --> 00:36:52.923
JENNIFER A.: So it was maybe four or five minutes and then it got going again.
00:36:52.983 --> 00:36:58.663
JENNIFER A.: But I thought that's not the place I would necessarily want to be stuck at.
00:36:59.103 --> 00:37:04.823
JENNIFER A.: Although, I don't know, as I was paying attention to the rest of the ride, you kind of are going at an incline the whole rest of the ride too.
00:37:04.843 --> 00:37:09.263
JENNIFER A.: So I don't know if there's any good spot to get stuck on Spaceship Earth, but we were fine.
00:37:10.303 --> 00:37:14.903
JENNIFER A.: The kids really liked the interactive activities that they have afterwards.
00:37:14.903 --> 00:37:18.823
JENNIFER A.: So we were sitting in the air conditioning, just letting the kids do that.
00:37:18.923 --> 00:37:25.563
JENNIFER A.: And John checked his phone, and he said, how much did you tip for lunch?
00:37:26.543 --> 00:37:28.563
JENNIFER A.: And I thought that was such a strange question.
00:37:28.583 --> 00:37:31.663
JENNIFER A.: I said, well, they put the recommendations at the bottom.
00:37:31.683 --> 00:37:33.503
JENNIFER A.: I said, I did what they recommended.
00:37:33.523 --> 00:37:36.323
JENNIFER A.: And he said, oh, my goodness, I don't know.
00:37:36.343 --> 00:37:41.263
JENNIFER A.: I think he was looking at the credit card, some got an email from the credit card company.
00:37:41.283 --> 00:37:45.223
JENNIFER A.: It was $100 more than what it should have been of charges.
00:37:46.223 --> 00:37:50.503
JENNIFER A.: And so I started to panic, because I'm a Disney girl.
00:37:50.523 --> 00:37:51.563
JENNIFER A.: I'm not a math girl.
00:37:51.583 --> 00:37:54.983
JENNIFER A.: I let John do the math, but I had been the one to sign the sheet.
00:37:55.003 --> 00:38:00.843
JENNIFER A.: And I thought, did I write the wrong number for the total?
00:38:00.963 --> 00:38:02.503
JENNIFER A.: I started to get panicky.
00:38:02.543 --> 00:38:10.603
JENNIFER A.: And so, I mean, not that she wasn't a good server, but I don't think she needed, in addition to her tip, an extra $100 on top of that.
00:38:11.523 --> 00:38:14.043
JENNIFER A.: So I'm like, we need to maybe figure this out.
00:38:15.123 --> 00:38:20.903
JENNIFER A.: And we went to Guest Services and just asked if there's a way to see, you know, what the charge was.
00:38:21.443 --> 00:38:27.103
JENNIFER A.: When we got to the front of the line, I kind of started to remember that I had read about this, and I just wasn't thinking.
00:38:27.443 --> 00:38:36.263
JENNIFER A.: They put a hold on your room for $100 for charges, and then once you meet that, they add another $100.
00:38:36.363 --> 00:38:43.483
JENNIFER A.: So it looked like this was all grouped with lunch, but really that was just the hotel putting a $100 hold on.
00:38:44.083 --> 00:38:47.743
JENNIFER A.: So I felt better about that, because I thought, how do you handle that?
00:38:47.763 --> 00:38:49.783
JENNIFER A.: Do you ask them to give the tip back?
00:38:49.803 --> 00:38:50.943
JENNIFER A.: You can't do that, right?
00:38:50.963 --> 00:38:52.463
JENNIFER A.: I'm like, oh my goodness.
00:38:52.723 --> 00:38:59.343
JENNIFER A.: So I just looked on, I'm the hype girl, I'm the standby skipper girl, I'm the lightning lane girl.
00:38:59.663 --> 00:39:03.383
JENNIFER A.: You do the tips, you do the math, you sign the receipts and keep that.
00:39:03.743 --> 00:39:04.443
JENNIFER A.: I'm not doing that.
00:39:04.723 --> 00:39:08.343
JENNIFER A.: So we got our system, but it was fine.
00:39:08.583 --> 00:39:13.803
JENNIFER A.: So after that, we walked through the journey of water, which was all of our first time.
00:39:13.823 --> 00:39:15.863
JENNIFER A.: And that was so cool.
00:39:16.543 --> 00:39:20.383
JENNIFER A.: It's really refreshing and just beautiful.
00:39:20.483 --> 00:39:29.883
JENNIFER A.: I had seen pictures, but sometimes when you look at people's pictures, you think, oh, are those special effects that the photo pass people put in?
00:39:30.243 --> 00:39:32.923
JENNIFER A.: But no, all these beautiful things are real.
00:39:33.423 --> 00:39:34.303
JENNIFER A.: I couldn't believe it.
00:39:34.303 --> 00:39:35.343
JENNIFER A.: I thought that was neat.
00:39:35.383 --> 00:39:36.103
JENNIFER A.: I loved that.
00:39:36.643 --> 00:39:39.403
VIRGINIA: Was all of the water working?
00:39:39.443 --> 00:39:46.183
VIRGINIA: Because I've been in it recently where it seemed like they were doing some work on the water, which felt weird to me because it's so new.
00:39:46.723 --> 00:39:51.183
VIRGINIA: Like the curtain of water, the last time I was there, the curtain of water was not working at all.
00:39:51.863 --> 00:39:55.583
JENNIFER A.: Oh, no, everything was working as far as I knew when we were there.
00:39:57.343 --> 00:40:02.003
JENNIFER A.: Bethany loved the station where everybody works together to make the water go.
00:40:03.663 --> 00:40:05.983
JENNIFER A.: We kept losing her because she kept going back to that.
00:40:06.003 --> 00:40:09.663
JENNIFER A.: I'm like, okay, I'm glad you've made these friends, but come back to your family now.
00:40:11.743 --> 00:40:16.223
JENNIFER A.: But that's a cool feature, and it felt really refreshing and really good.
00:40:16.283 --> 00:40:18.123
JENNIFER A.: So we enjoyed that a lot.
00:40:18.763 --> 00:40:27.003
JENNIFER A.: I had put in a request with Stand By Skipper for a frozen lightning lane just because we rope dropped it, but we could do it again.
00:40:27.023 --> 00:40:33.703
JENNIFER A.: And so it kept saying that it was sold out all day, but sure enough, Stand By Skipper was able to find us one.
00:40:33.723 --> 00:40:36.163
JENNIFER A.: So that was a little bit later.
00:40:37.843 --> 00:40:44.803
JENNIFER A.: So we went over to Club Cool when everybody got to try some different cokes, which the kids thought that was pretty cool.
00:40:44.823 --> 00:40:47.183
JENNIFER A.: We ended up going there a few times throughout our trip.
00:40:47.663 --> 00:40:49.523
JENNIFER A.: And then we went to Connections for Dinner.
00:40:49.543 --> 00:40:59.103
JENNIFER A.: I know there's a lot of really cool places to eat in Epcot, but we wanted some quick service inside, and I knew the kids would find something that they'd like.
00:40:59.123 --> 00:41:01.723
JENNIFER A.: So Bethany got the kids' cheeseburger.
00:41:01.883 --> 00:41:05.103
JENNIFER A.: Nathan got a cheese pizza, so he didn't get a cheeseburger.
00:41:06.303 --> 00:41:13.763
JENNIFER A.: And John got the hot honey chicken sandwich, which I don't know if that was special for spring or for flower and garden.
00:41:14.043 --> 00:41:18.183
JENNIFER A.: I don't know if that's on the menu all the time, but he liked that a lot.
00:41:18.203 --> 00:41:25.603
JENNIFER A.: I wasn't super picky, so Bethany or Lydia wanted pepperoni pizza, and I knew it was big, so we split that.
00:41:26.143 --> 00:41:27.043
JENNIFER A.: It was a good dinner.
00:41:27.143 --> 00:41:28.103
JENNIFER A.: We got our drinks.
00:41:28.123 --> 00:41:31.723
JENNIFER A.: They've got, it's the fountain station where you can fill your own glasses.
00:41:31.743 --> 00:41:34.903
JENNIFER A.: So if you like those stations, you can get some refills.
00:41:34.903 --> 00:41:36.523
JENNIFER A.: So it was a good dinner.
00:41:36.843 --> 00:41:41.563
JENNIFER A.: At that point, my intention was for the trip that we would be doing the night shows.
00:41:41.623 --> 00:41:44.143
JENNIFER A.: So I said, hey, troops, what do you think?
00:41:44.143 --> 00:41:46.183
JENNIFER A.: Everybody excited for fireworks?
00:41:46.183 --> 00:41:49.103
JENNIFER A.: And they all said, we are really tired.
00:41:49.663 --> 00:41:52.543
JENNIFER A.: And so that kind of took a little bit of the air out of my sails.
00:41:52.603 --> 00:41:56.163
JENNIFER A.: I'm like, okay, but this is not the trip that I want.
00:41:56.183 --> 00:41:57.583
JENNIFER A.: It's the trip that the family wants.
00:41:57.603 --> 00:42:06.703
JENNIFER A.: So they all said that they'd really like to go back to the hotel and get an early night's sleep, which I get the heat takes so much out of you.
00:42:06.703 --> 00:42:07.683
JENNIFER A.: So I said, okay.
00:42:07.703 --> 00:42:08.823
JENNIFER A.: And it was unanimous.
00:42:09.403 --> 00:42:14.063
JENNIFER A.: Very rarely in my family is a decision unanimous where everybody agrees.
00:42:14.063 --> 00:42:16.423
JENNIFER A.: Usually it's like one person and two others.
00:42:16.623 --> 00:42:19.463
JENNIFER A.: So we said we would call it a night.
00:42:19.583 --> 00:42:20.423
VIRGINIA: What time was this?
00:42:20.683 --> 00:42:23.443
JENNIFER A.: This was probably about five o'clock.
00:42:23.463 --> 00:42:25.043
JENNIFER A.: So we weren't leaving right then.
00:42:25.063 --> 00:42:26.383
JENNIFER A.: We still had a few things.
00:42:26.603 --> 00:42:31.223
JENNIFER A.: So we had a lightning lane for test track at 536.
00:42:31.723 --> 00:42:33.943
JENNIFER A.: So we did the lightning lane for that.
00:42:33.963 --> 00:42:40.163
JENNIFER A.: It was posted at 85 minutes, but we were off by by 602.
00:42:40.183 --> 00:42:42.983
JENNIFER A.: So I think we only waited about 15 minutes for that one, too.
00:42:43.203 --> 00:42:45.123
JENNIFER A.: And we did the designing the cars.
00:42:45.263 --> 00:42:49.923
VIRGINIA: How do you handle the designing of the cars in a family with three kids?
00:42:50.303 --> 00:42:51.643
JENNIFER A.: I have zero interest.
00:42:57.723 --> 00:42:58.903
JENNIFER A.: My husband is an engineer.
00:42:59.603 --> 00:43:02.903
JENNIFER A.: Nathan is one day going to be an engineer.
00:43:02.923 --> 00:43:04.663
JENNIFER A.: So this is right up his alley.
00:43:05.123 --> 00:43:07.263
JENNIFER A.: Bethany doesn't care as much.
00:43:07.343 --> 00:43:16.923
JENNIFER A.: So Bethany, Nathan and John did one car so that the engineers could really soup it up and make it amazing.
00:43:17.503 --> 00:43:20.283
JENNIFER A.: And Lydia made the prettiest car for us.
00:43:20.483 --> 00:43:26.203
JENNIFER A.: That is so impractical and ridiculous, but it looks so pretty.
00:43:26.983 --> 00:43:29.183
JENNIFER A.: And that's how we manage that.
00:43:31.343 --> 00:43:34.083
JENNIFER A.: Bethany is more interested in pushing buttons.
00:43:34.103 --> 00:43:39.423
JENNIFER A.: So as long as she pushed the right buttons and pushed the right thing, she was happy and the boys were happy.
00:43:39.803 --> 00:43:47.123
JENNIFER A.: But yes, I can see how that could be very tricky in a family when you've got more than two people who want to do it.
00:43:47.123 --> 00:43:49.203
JENNIFER A.: So after that, we stopped.
00:43:49.223 --> 00:43:55.263
JENNIFER A.: They had a frozen Coke stand or something right outside of Test Track.
00:43:55.443 --> 00:43:58.363
JENNIFER A.: And so the kids got frozen piña coladas.
00:43:58.463 --> 00:43:59.643
JENNIFER A.: They were non-alcoholic.
00:43:59.663 --> 00:44:02.323
JENNIFER A.: Obviously, it was like Coke piña coladas or something.
00:44:02.343 --> 00:44:03.943
JENNIFER A.: So they got that.
00:44:04.043 --> 00:44:08.683
JENNIFER A.: And then we went to the three caballeros in Mexico.
00:44:09.263 --> 00:44:12.243
JENNIFER A.: They said it was 15 minutes, but we only waited five.
00:44:12.543 --> 00:44:16.923
JENNIFER A.: We were kind of killing time because we wanted to hit that frozen lightning lane.
00:44:17.003 --> 00:44:20.283
JENNIFER A.: So we walked on to that when that was done.
00:44:20.303 --> 00:44:26.823
JENNIFER A.: And then they had the concert series that night and the band Casting Crowns was playing.
00:44:27.243 --> 00:44:32.003
JENNIFER A.: We could kind of hear them across the water as we were going into Frozen.
00:44:32.283 --> 00:44:34.043
JENNIFER A.: That's one of Nathan's favorite bands.
00:44:34.103 --> 00:44:34.963
JENNIFER A.: He loves them.
00:44:35.003 --> 00:44:43.463
JENNIFER A.: So initially, I had thought that we would be staying in the evening and we would go and watch the concert, or at least one of us would take him over.
00:44:43.483 --> 00:44:46.683
JENNIFER A.: But then with everybody wanting to leave, I thought, well, okay.
00:44:47.563 --> 00:44:55.323
JENNIFER A.: But when we got out of Frozen, Nathan and I ran ahead because Bethany and Lydia have slower feet, or at least Bethany does.
00:44:55.623 --> 00:45:03.603
JENNIFER A.: So John walked with the girls slowly, and Nathan and I rushed ahead, and he was able to catch probably the last half of the concert.
00:45:03.623 --> 00:45:09.223
JENNIFER A.: So he was really excited about that, and John and the girls, when they got there, they caught the last couple songs.
00:45:09.323 --> 00:45:11.923
JENNIFER A.: So Nathan was very excited to see that.
00:45:12.383 --> 00:45:13.383
JENNIFER A.: It was nice.
00:45:13.883 --> 00:45:15.443
JENNIFER A.: I prefer doing it this way.
00:45:15.443 --> 00:45:20.703
JENNIFER A.: My friend, who is a cast member at Epcot, and he said, to get seats, you need to line up an hour early.
00:45:20.723 --> 00:45:24.183
JENNIFER A.: I wouldn't have wanted to have spent an hour for that.
00:45:24.203 --> 00:45:25.563
JENNIFER A.: It wasn't worth an hour.
00:45:25.583 --> 00:45:30.643
VIRGINIA: I like wandering past, and if you have to get a seat, you get a seat, and if not, yeah.
00:45:31.223 --> 00:45:32.883
JENNIFER A.: So this worked perfectly.
00:45:32.903 --> 00:45:36.643
JENNIFER A.: So we saw Casting Crowns, and then we headed out.
00:45:36.663 --> 00:45:38.503
JENNIFER A.: We left the park at 7.30.
00:45:38.523 --> 00:45:40.523
JENNIFER A.: So it was still a long day.
00:45:40.543 --> 00:45:43.403
JENNIFER A.: And we got through...
00:45:43.423 --> 00:45:48.563
JENNIFER A.: We didn't get through the World Showcase, really, but we got through a lot of the rides that we wanted, and we were pretty happy.
00:45:48.863 --> 00:45:51.863
JENNIFER A.: And there was no line at the Skyliner, and we made it home.
00:45:52.023 --> 00:45:55.843
VIRGINIA: Plenty of time to get showered, get yourselves ready for the next day.
00:45:57.203 --> 00:45:57.743
VIRGINIA: All right.
00:45:57.863 --> 00:46:01.383
VIRGINIA: So Monday, May 27th, was Memorial Day.
00:46:01.403 --> 00:46:09.783
VIRGINIA: And I noted that you told me that touring plans had predicted a Level 4 for that day in Magic Kingdom.
00:46:09.783 --> 00:46:11.263
VIRGINIA: So what is your assessment?
00:46:11.263 --> 00:46:12.423
VIRGINIA: Was it a Level 4 or not?
00:46:13.903 --> 00:46:16.643
JENNIFER A.: I would say it was probably a 3 or a 4.
00:46:16.663 --> 00:46:17.163
JENNIFER A.: Yes.
00:46:17.343 --> 00:46:18.943
JENNIFER A.: I could not believe it.
00:46:19.243 --> 00:46:22.563
JENNIFER A.: Now, I went on touring plans.
00:46:22.943 --> 00:46:24.023
JENNIFER A.: I had to dig through.
00:46:24.043 --> 00:46:30.023
JENNIFER A.: It used to be able to easily find what the crowd level actually ended up being previously.
00:46:30.043 --> 00:46:32.663
JENNIFER A.: But it's not as easy to find now.
00:46:32.683 --> 00:46:36.663
JENNIFER A.: But I was able to find a calendar, and they had put it that it ended up being a 1.
00:46:37.143 --> 00:46:38.283
JENNIFER A.: I do not agree with that.
00:46:38.403 --> 00:46:41.983
JENNIFER A.: I have been in February where the crowds have been empty.
00:46:42.923 --> 00:46:45.243
JENNIFER A.: At Magic Kingdom, this wasn't like that.
00:46:45.403 --> 00:46:47.263
JENNIFER A.: But I would say it was a 3 or a 4.
00:46:47.283 --> 00:46:50.183
JENNIFER A.: We could not believe how empty it was.
00:46:50.203 --> 00:46:52.263
JENNIFER A.: I wouldn't say empty, but it was not crowded.
00:46:52.483 --> 00:46:54.023
JENNIFER A.: There were still plenty of people.
00:46:54.043 --> 00:47:00.723
JENNIFER A.: There were still lines, but it was so manageable, especially with Lightning Lanes and Genie Plus and Stand By Skipper.
00:47:00.743 --> 00:47:02.803
JENNIFER A.: So yeah, it was a good day.
00:47:03.463 --> 00:47:05.563
JENNIFER A.: The whole week, crowds were very manageable.
00:47:05.563 --> 00:47:10.803
JENNIFER A.: I would come back this week again, unless a lot of people listen to this and want to come.
00:47:11.823 --> 00:47:13.123
JENNIFER A.: Crowds were terrible.
00:47:13.143 --> 00:47:13.823
JENNIFER A.: Don't do it.
00:47:14.163 --> 00:47:15.303
VIRGINIA: Don't listen.
00:47:17.243 --> 00:47:17.783
VIRGINIA: All right.
00:47:17.803 --> 00:47:28.143
VIRGINIA: So another rope drop day, and you had planned to kind of rope drop some of the smaller things like Peter Pan, Barnstorm, those sorts of things.
00:47:28.283 --> 00:47:31.423
VIRGINIA: So what time did you end up getting to the park, and where did you head first?
00:47:31.643 --> 00:47:34.183
JENNIFER A.: So we left our room at 7 a.m.
00:47:34.343 --> 00:47:39.943
JENNIFER A.: I should say Genie Plus that day was $29, which, ugh.
00:47:40.503 --> 00:47:46.383
JENNIFER A.: And when I saw that, when I purchased it at midnight, I thought, there's no way that this is going to be a three or four day.
00:47:46.443 --> 00:47:49.843
JENNIFER A.: I felt like they were expecting higher crowds too with that price.
00:47:49.843 --> 00:47:52.403
JENNIFER A.: But we left the room at 7 o'clock.
00:47:52.583 --> 00:47:53.643
JENNIFER A.: The bus came.
00:47:53.663 --> 00:47:55.783
JENNIFER A.: The buses were really fast and came quickly.
00:47:55.803 --> 00:48:03.503
JENNIFER A.: As the bus was pulling up, I remembered Nathan and I wear motion sickness patches behind our ears.
00:48:04.583 --> 00:48:07.583
JENNIFER A.: Nathan gets a little bit more motion sick than I do.
00:48:07.603 --> 00:48:09.803
JENNIFER A.: I usually just get a bad headache.
00:48:09.823 --> 00:48:13.063
JENNIFER A.: But he has had times where he'll actually get sick.
00:48:13.083 --> 00:48:14.863
JENNIFER A.: And he's kind of growing out of it.
00:48:14.883 --> 00:48:16.383
JENNIFER A.: And it's more towards a headache.
00:48:16.403 --> 00:48:18.543
JENNIFER A.: But we both still wear those patches.
00:48:18.563 --> 00:48:21.603
JENNIFER A.: And I meant to put new patches on each of us that morning.
00:48:22.163 --> 00:48:22.943
JENNIFER A.: And I forgot.
00:48:23.983 --> 00:48:29.623
JENNIFER A.: So I was debating as the bus was pulling up, do I go back to the room and catch up with everybody?
00:48:29.643 --> 00:48:32.343
JENNIFER A.: But I'm kind of the leader of the gang here.
00:48:32.343 --> 00:48:36.863
JENNIFER A.: So either we all go back to the room, or do we just try it without the motion sickness patches?
00:48:37.383 --> 00:48:40.063
JENNIFER A.: And we decided to try it without.
00:48:40.143 --> 00:48:41.443
JENNIFER A.: And it ended up being fine.
00:48:41.463 --> 00:48:44.563
JENNIFER A.: But I started out feeling a little stressed out that morning.
00:48:46.043 --> 00:48:50.443
JENNIFER A.: And lesson learned, I just keep the patches in my fanny pack from here on out.
00:48:50.863 --> 00:48:52.183
JENNIFER A.: Just don't keep them in the room.
00:48:52.563 --> 00:48:53.923
VIRGINIA: And you find that they work well?
00:48:54.523 --> 00:48:54.943
JENNIFER A.: Yes.
00:48:55.163 --> 00:48:55.543
JENNIFER A.: Yeah.
00:48:55.603 --> 00:48:59.643
JENNIFER A.: We have found that they work really well for us and don't have any issues.
00:48:59.683 --> 00:49:04.583
JENNIFER A.: So I still don't, I mean, Nathan and I still don't do a lot of the big roller coasters.
00:49:04.583 --> 00:49:07.003
JENNIFER A.: It doesn't enable us to do that.
00:49:07.043 --> 00:49:12.043
JENNIFER A.: But I mean, I would even get a headache just being on the buses without them.
00:49:14.023 --> 00:49:22.223
VIRGINIA: Well, if you want to send me the link to the one that you use, I could definitely put it in the show notes for other folks who might be interested in giving it a shot.
00:49:22.883 --> 00:49:25.583
JENNIFER A.: Yes, I will make a note of that for sure.
00:49:25.643 --> 00:49:26.383
JENNIFER A.: It's been nice.
00:49:26.943 --> 00:49:30.103
JENNIFER A.: I had asked the pediatrician about it a couple years ago for Nathan.
00:49:30.123 --> 00:49:31.923
JENNIFER A.: I'm like, oh, can I try them out with them?
00:49:31.943 --> 00:49:36.463
JENNIFER A.: And the pediatrician said, well, no, because they're really set for adults.
00:49:36.903 --> 00:49:42.563
JENNIFER A.: But now that Nathan is bigger than me, I thought, I think he's old enough that he can use these now.
00:49:42.583 --> 00:49:44.003
JENNIFER A.: So they worked really well for him.
00:49:44.023 --> 00:49:45.803
VIRGINIA: Also, he's a Disney adult, so.
00:49:46.003 --> 00:49:47.283
JENNIFER A.: That's right, yes.
00:49:48.643 --> 00:49:53.643
JENNIFER A.: But he's had issues previous trips on the airplane even, so this helped him with that.
00:49:53.663 --> 00:49:54.623
JENNIFER A.: So that was good.
00:49:55.103 --> 00:50:01.723
JENNIFER A.: So we took a gamble and went wild without our patches for Magic Kingdom, and we were fine.
00:50:02.103 --> 00:50:11.943
JENNIFER A.: We made it there at 730 and did some pictures in front of the castle, and then we went to the Fantasyland entrance to rope drop.
00:50:13.363 --> 00:50:17.643
JENNIFER A.: I did not prioritize seven dwarves for this day.
00:50:17.663 --> 00:50:29.563
JENNIFER A.: I knew we were coming back on Friday for another Magic Kingdom day, and I just kind of wanted to see how everybody did on some of the other roller coasters before we did that one.
00:50:29.583 --> 00:50:37.123
JENNIFER A.: I wasn't sure how the girls would do, and there isn't much to test that out necessarily at Epcot because we didn't do Guardians on Sunday.
00:50:37.123 --> 00:50:51.843
JENNIFER A.: So we went to do Winnie the Pooh first, but that was down, so we headed to Peter Pan, and we just walked right on, got to see the queue, which I think is so cute, and then we did Small World and walked right on.
00:50:53.123 --> 00:51:00.203
JENNIFER A.: Blew my family's mind at the end of Small World when they have the screens and they list your names and say goodbye.
00:51:00.843 --> 00:51:02.683
JENNIFER A.: They were like, how do they know?
00:51:02.703 --> 00:51:08.023
JENNIFER A.: And even John, we went on Small World another time, and John leaned over to me.
00:51:08.043 --> 00:51:13.603
JENNIFER A.: He's like, no, seriously, how do they know that we are on the ride?
00:51:13.623 --> 00:51:17.463
JENNIFER A.: He couldn't figure it out, and I said, oh, honey, Disney knows everywhere.
00:51:17.483 --> 00:51:19.083
JENNIFER A.: They know where we are at.
00:51:19.103 --> 00:51:20.843
VIRGINIA: Everything was out.
00:51:22.923 --> 00:51:26.063
JENNIFER A.: So they thought that was really cool.
00:51:26.463 --> 00:51:39.143
JENNIFER A.: When we got off, Winnie the Pooh was still down, so we just walked over to Jungle Cruise, which was our first Lightning Lane, right at 9 o'clock, and the line was 40 minutes, but we walked right on.
00:51:39.443 --> 00:51:48.123
JENNIFER A.: Our skipper was really great, and Nathan really appreciates cheesy jokes, so he was cracking up the whole time with that.
00:51:48.203 --> 00:51:56.063
JENNIFER A.: After that, John and the girls did the Magic Carpets, and that was just a five-minute wait, and they thought that was pretty fun.
00:51:56.223 --> 00:52:02.643
JENNIFER A.: And then we had a Lightning Lane for Haunted Mansion, and that was posted at 20 minutes, but we just walked right on.
00:52:02.663 --> 00:52:09.703
JENNIFER A.: And then we walked, this is probably the most back and forth we did, then we went back for Pirates for our Lightning Lane.
00:52:10.623 --> 00:52:12.423
JENNIFER A.: Everybody did that and enjoyed that.
00:52:12.983 --> 00:52:20.843
JENNIFER A.: I had mentioned that I wanted to check out the Adventure, the Treasures of the Seven Seas, that they had.
00:52:20.863 --> 00:52:22.043
VIRGINIA: Did you end up doing that?
00:52:22.243 --> 00:52:24.403
JENNIFER A.: Well, we went over after we did Pirates.
00:52:25.643 --> 00:52:26.703
JENNIFER A.: It's right next to us.
00:52:26.723 --> 00:52:28.523
JENNIFER A.: I'm like, let's go ahead and get started on that.
00:52:28.963 --> 00:52:31.103
JENNIFER A.: I didn't realize it doesn't open until noon.
00:52:31.963 --> 00:52:33.443
VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.
00:52:33.463 --> 00:52:37.303
JENNIFER A.: So this was before noon, and so we didn't get started then.
00:52:37.423 --> 00:52:38.183
JENNIFER A.: And you know what?
00:52:38.203 --> 00:52:40.223
JENNIFER A.: We just never made it back the whole rest of the trip.
00:52:40.463 --> 00:52:47.083
JENNIFER A.: So it just, there was plenty of other stuff to do, and it was just something that didn't happen, although I still wish that we would have.
00:52:47.103 --> 00:52:48.963
JENNIFER A.: So we'll just, we'll have to look at that next time.
00:52:51.363 --> 00:53:00.143
JENNIFER A.: We walked through the Swiss Family Tree House, and then we headed to Main Street, because I wanted to catch the dapper dance.
00:53:00.603 --> 00:53:02.643
JENNIFER A.: My son is really musical.
00:53:03.063 --> 00:53:12.443
JENNIFER A.: He plays the saxophone and piano, but he also sings, and he did kind of like a boys quartet this year at school.
00:53:13.123 --> 00:53:23.543
JENNIFER A.: So I had a dapper dance shirt that I got him that had, it's a t-shirt, and it had like a little bow tie on it, and it had a picture of them, and it said the original Fab Five.
00:53:23.963 --> 00:53:29.663
JENNIFER A.: So I wanted to show Nathan the dapper dance, and I wanted to see about trying to get a picture of him with them.
00:53:29.683 --> 00:53:37.243
JENNIFER A.: I knew he would enjoy hearing their music and just enjoy seeing them with his t-shirt.
00:53:37.323 --> 00:53:38.623
JENNIFER A.: I would enjoy getting a picture.
00:53:39.083 --> 00:53:49.043
JENNIFER A.: So when they had listed in the app when they would be performing, but I asked a cast member on Main Street where I would find them, and he said, well, they don't stop.
00:53:49.063 --> 00:53:57.023
JENNIFER A.: They just ride around on the trolley up and down Main Street, which is different than what I have experienced in the past, because I have seen them.
00:53:57.043 --> 00:53:59.203
VIRGINIA: I've seen them stop recently.
00:54:00.983 --> 00:54:07.083
JENNIFER A.: So we kind of, we were in the shops, but we were listening for them, and we heard them coming, so we went out.
00:54:07.403 --> 00:54:11.183
JENNIFER A.: And yeah, they just zipped down and then zipped around and went back up Main Street.
00:54:11.543 --> 00:54:12.903
VIRGINIA: They do that sometimes.
00:54:12.923 --> 00:54:15.823
VIRGINIA: I mean, the cast member is correct that they do that sometimes.
00:54:16.163 --> 00:54:27.803
VIRGINIA: But I also see them frequently stop near the hub and do a little show there, and then they also frequently will stop in front of the confectionary, and there's stopping that happens.
00:54:27.963 --> 00:54:30.463
VIRGINIA: I mean, unless...
00:54:30.523 --> 00:54:38.983
VIRGINIA: What is it about that effect, the Mandela Effect, where you've convinced yourself that this is the way it was in the past, and then you're like, why?
00:54:39.563 --> 00:54:42.123
VIRGINIA: It's never been like that, but no, I swear.
00:54:42.623 --> 00:54:45.783
JENNIFER A.: Yes, I have video of it from my solo trip.
00:54:45.803 --> 00:54:51.243
JENNIFER A.: So we were kind of killing time because we had a reservation at the plaza.
00:54:51.663 --> 00:54:54.363
JENNIFER A.: So we went back in the shops, but then I heard them again.
00:54:54.383 --> 00:54:59.163
JENNIFER A.: So then we popped out of the shops, and they did stop in front of the firehouse.
00:54:59.203 --> 00:55:02.463
JENNIFER A.: So we went out and they hopped off their trolley.
00:55:03.043 --> 00:55:06.143
JENNIFER A.: They sang one song, and then they said, okay, that's it.
00:55:06.323 --> 00:55:13.483
JENNIFER A.: And we all kind of laughed because it just seemed like a joke because like, oh, yeah, we just did like one song and it was a really short song.
00:55:13.503 --> 00:55:17.343
JENNIFER A.: And then he was like, no, seriously, that is it.
00:55:17.363 --> 00:55:18.903
JENNIFER A.: So that was the show.
00:55:18.923 --> 00:55:22.383
JENNIFER A.: But I brought Nathan up and he got his picture with them.
00:55:22.383 --> 00:55:25.363
JENNIFER A.: And they got a kick out of his shirt, and it was cute.
00:55:25.843 --> 00:55:27.663
JENNIFER A.: But it was kind of quick.
00:55:28.403 --> 00:55:33.683
JENNIFER A.: I've seen them in the past where they've brought out different instruments and they've engaged with the crowd.
00:55:33.963 --> 00:55:37.963
JENNIFER A.: I don't know if it's because it was hot or just because of the time.
00:55:37.983 --> 00:55:39.763
JENNIFER A.: But they said, no, we're done.
00:55:39.783 --> 00:55:47.583
JENNIFER A.: And then they left, which was fine, because we had an 11 o'clock lunch at the plaza, and it was just about time for that.
00:55:47.583 --> 00:55:56.443
JENNIFER A.: So we checked in at the plaza, and I just, I'm such a Disney geek.
00:55:56.463 --> 00:55:57.763
JENNIFER A.: I just about died.
00:55:57.783 --> 00:55:59.663
JENNIFER A.: I said to the guy, thank you so much.
00:55:59.683 --> 00:56:02.083
JENNIFER A.: You gave us the best seat and the whole restaurant.
00:56:02.103 --> 00:56:05.243
JENNIFER A.: We had this beautiful castle view.
00:56:05.263 --> 00:56:09.583
JENNIFER A.: We were right in the window so we could see the stage show going on.
00:56:10.423 --> 00:56:12.683
JENNIFER A.: There were choked up tears.
00:56:12.703 --> 00:56:13.703
JENNIFER A.: I was so excited.
00:56:13.723 --> 00:56:16.903
JENNIFER A.: I'm like, I can't believe we get to watch the castle at lunch.
00:56:16.923 --> 00:56:18.803
JENNIFER A.: And so my family was really embarrassed.
00:56:19.203 --> 00:56:23.123
JENNIFER A.: But I just thought that was so great.
00:56:23.963 --> 00:56:27.043
JENNIFER A.: John got the turkey club sandwich.
00:56:27.903 --> 00:56:33.383
JENNIFER A.: I was high maintenance and I asked if I could get the turkey club, but without the turkey and just make it a BLT.
00:56:33.403 --> 00:56:35.023
JENNIFER A.: And they said that wasn't an issue.
00:56:35.403 --> 00:56:39.103
JENNIFER A.: Nathan got, oh man, the pot roast stack.
00:56:40.043 --> 00:56:42.123
JENNIFER A.: It looked so good.
00:56:42.883 --> 00:56:43.963
JENNIFER A.: And it was good.
00:56:44.023 --> 00:56:47.643
JENNIFER A.: He demolished it before I even had a chance to get a bite.
00:56:47.723 --> 00:56:49.103
JENNIFER A.: So it must have been really good.
00:56:49.123 --> 00:56:51.943
JENNIFER A.: He said that was one of his favorite things that he ate all week.
00:56:52.003 --> 00:56:53.123
JENNIFER A.: It looked really good.
00:56:54.283 --> 00:56:58.543
JENNIFER A.: Bethany got the peanut butter and jelly sandwich because that's what you do.
00:56:58.843 --> 00:57:01.263
JENNIFER A.: And Lydia got some chicken fingers.
00:57:01.643 --> 00:57:06.663
JENNIFER A.: It was maybe a crispy chicken sandwich, but she kind of ate the chicken plain.
00:57:07.083 --> 00:57:08.543
JENNIFER A.: But I like the plaza.
00:57:08.543 --> 00:57:09.823
JENNIFER A.: It's a fun place.
00:57:10.063 --> 00:57:16.543
JENNIFER A.: None of us had room for ice cream, although they brought out a sundae for Nathan and Bethany for their birthday.
00:57:16.703 --> 00:57:22.503
JENNIFER A.: So we all kind of took some bites of that, but we decided we would get dessert later in the parks.
00:57:22.523 --> 00:57:24.903
JENNIFER A.: We didn't have much space left for that.
00:57:25.903 --> 00:57:35.203
JENNIFER A.: So at this point, our lunch reservation was 11 o'clock, and I was just flying high because we had gotten seven rides done.
00:57:35.303 --> 00:57:37.023
JENNIFER A.: We saw the dapper dance.
00:57:37.043 --> 00:57:38.243
JENNIFER A.: We got shopping.
00:57:38.423 --> 00:57:40.203
JENNIFER A.: We had Castle View for lunch.
00:57:40.583 --> 00:57:44.843
JENNIFER A.: This was just everything my Disney dreams could ever dream of.
00:57:44.863 --> 00:57:46.543
JENNIFER A.: So I was the happiest girl.
00:57:47.403 --> 00:57:50.783
JENNIFER A.: We went to watch the parade, and it was really hot.
00:57:51.263 --> 00:57:53.123
JENNIFER A.: It was, oh, my goodness.
00:57:53.943 --> 00:57:56.543
JENNIFER A.: We were dying.
00:57:56.763 --> 00:57:58.023
JENNIFER A.: We watched it.
00:57:59.103 --> 00:58:06.163
JENNIFER A.: Where the parade turns before it gets to Haunted Mansion, we were at that curve there.
00:58:06.643 --> 00:58:07.103
VIRGINIA: Okay.
00:58:07.623 --> 00:58:08.743
JENNIFER A.: So there was no shade.
00:58:10.283 --> 00:58:18.243
JENNIFER A.: There was a teeny little bench that had a tree behind it, and John sat back there.
00:58:18.323 --> 00:58:22.343
JENNIFER A.: And at one point, as the parade was starting, it was hot, but I didn't care.
00:58:22.363 --> 00:58:24.343
JENNIFER A.: I was just so happy we were seeing the parade.
00:58:24.763 --> 00:58:26.483
JENNIFER A.: But I had said something to the kids.
00:58:26.503 --> 00:58:29.023
JENNIFER A.: Well, why don't you ask dad or something?
00:58:29.043 --> 00:58:33.543
JENNIFER A.: And I looked back and I said, never mind, don't ask dad.
00:58:33.923 --> 00:58:35.743
JENNIFER A.: He looks a little grumpy, maybe.
00:58:36.243 --> 00:58:40.423
JENNIFER A.: And the mom next to me, she's like, that's my husband sitting next to him.
00:58:40.443 --> 00:58:43.663
JENNIFER A.: And the woman next to her said, and that's my husband next to him.
00:58:43.683 --> 00:58:48.683
JENNIFER A.: And it was just this row of just hot dads with the backpacks.
00:58:49.843 --> 00:58:52.683
VIRGINIA: It gives hot dads a new definition.
00:58:52.943 --> 00:58:53.703
JENNIFER A.: That's right.
00:58:55.463 --> 00:58:57.883
VIRGINIA: It would be hotter than a Disney dad, am I right?
00:59:00.563 --> 00:59:04.883
JENNIFER A.: The one mom said, would it be Disney without a grumpy hot dad?
00:59:04.903 --> 00:59:05.723
JENNIFER A.: And we said, that's right.
00:59:05.923 --> 00:59:10.183
JENNIFER A.: So we just left the dads alone and we enjoyed the parade.
00:59:10.203 --> 00:59:11.743
JENNIFER A.: And John's like, I'm fine.
00:59:11.943 --> 00:59:12.663
JENNIFER A.: I'm fine.
00:59:12.683 --> 00:59:17.663
JENNIFER A.: But I could tell that this was a little tight for him.
00:59:17.863 --> 00:59:19.303
JENNIFER A.: It was really hot.
00:59:19.443 --> 00:59:21.103
VIRGINIA: Were you on water patrol?
00:59:21.123 --> 00:59:30.063
VIRGINIA: Because I was doing that when I was there like a week after you, just like making sure you drink the water because it was so hot.
00:59:30.483 --> 00:59:36.743
JENNIFER A.: Yes, I had not gotten in that vein until later in this afternoon.
00:59:37.603 --> 00:59:41.743
JENNIFER A.: When we were over at Tomorrowland, somebody, a cast member was coming around.
00:59:41.763 --> 00:59:43.883
JENNIFER A.: She just had a tray of ice waters.
00:59:43.903 --> 00:59:48.703
JENNIFER A.: And she's like, everybody take, when she was passing them out, and we each took one and we said, oh, this is good.
00:59:48.723 --> 00:59:52.063
JENNIFER A.: And I'm not, I don't drink fluids.
00:59:52.103 --> 00:59:53.943
JENNIFER A.: I'm not good about staying hydrated.
00:59:53.963 --> 00:59:55.383
JENNIFER A.: That's not something I do well.
00:59:55.403 --> 00:59:59.203
JENNIFER A.: And so I thought, oh yeah, I need to stay on top of that.
00:59:59.743 --> 01:00:03.743
JENNIFER A.: I had forgotten that you can get the free ice waters at every quick service.
01:00:03.743 --> 01:00:10.383
JENNIFER A.: And so from that point on, yeah, we used, we would regularly stop and we would get those waters.
01:00:10.383 --> 01:00:15.143
JENNIFER A.: I know a lot of people complain about the swamp water and it tastes bad.
01:00:15.163 --> 01:00:16.763
JENNIFER A.: I didn't even notice.
01:00:16.883 --> 01:00:19.323
JENNIFER A.: And I'm really picky about the flavor of my water.
01:00:19.343 --> 01:00:20.483
JENNIFER A.: We were just so hot.
01:00:20.503 --> 01:00:21.523
JENNIFER A.: It was so refreshing.
01:00:21.543 --> 01:00:26.243
JENNIFER A.: So I was not yet on water watch, but I got there soon.
01:00:26.423 --> 01:00:28.043
JENNIFER A.: And we never had any issues.
01:00:28.583 --> 01:00:31.223
JENNIFER A.: Everybody stayed hydrated and was doing really well.
01:00:31.243 --> 01:00:33.963
JENNIFER A.: But that's just not something I think about for myself.
01:00:33.963 --> 01:00:36.903
JENNIFER A.: And so I don't always do well thinking about that for the kids.
01:00:37.663 --> 01:00:38.983
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I have to force myself.
01:00:39.143 --> 01:00:42.263
VIRGINIA: But yes, when in Florida, yes.
01:00:43.223 --> 01:00:43.663
VIRGINIA: All right.
01:00:43.803 --> 01:00:45.263
VIRGINIA: So what was after the parade?
01:00:45.963 --> 01:00:50.443
JENNIFER A.: John and the girls went on Big Thunder Mountain for their lightning lane.
01:00:50.583 --> 01:00:52.483
JENNIFER A.: They waited five minutes and went for that.
01:00:52.743 --> 01:00:57.243
JENNIFER A.: We had noticed that Nathan was having some issues with his magic band.
01:00:57.803 --> 01:01:02.483
JENNIFER A.: So while John and the girls were doing that, we went over to a blue umbrella.
01:01:02.503 --> 01:01:06.903
JENNIFER A.: And his magic band had somehow come unlinked from my phone.
01:01:06.923 --> 01:01:08.603
JENNIFER A.: So they got us hooked up with that.
01:01:08.623 --> 01:01:10.363
JENNIFER A.: That happened a couple of times.
01:01:10.383 --> 01:01:14.343
JENNIFER A.: I think everybody's magic band at some point came unlinked.
01:01:14.623 --> 01:01:16.483
JENNIFER A.: With Bethany's, it happened a couple of times.
01:01:16.503 --> 01:01:18.423
JENNIFER A.: So we just kind of had to keep doing that.
01:01:18.443 --> 01:01:20.323
JENNIFER A.: They showed us how to do it and was fine.
01:01:20.343 --> 01:01:23.403
VIRGINIA: I've never heard of it coming unlinked like that before.
01:01:23.423 --> 01:01:24.803
VIRGINIA: That's very strange.
01:01:25.643 --> 01:01:36.803
JENNIFER A.: Yeah, I don't know if that was something with my phone or what, but it was cute because before we parted ways, I had said, all right, you guys go to Big Thunder.
01:01:36.823 --> 01:01:40.503
JENNIFER A.: I'm going to take Nathan and we're going to go talk to a blue umbrella.
01:01:40.663 --> 01:01:41.763
JENNIFER A.: That's Disney speak.
01:01:41.783 --> 01:01:42.823
JENNIFER A.: It makes sense to me.
01:01:44.163 --> 01:01:47.903
JENNIFER A.: And Bethany goes, why are you going to talk to a blue umbrella?
01:01:47.923 --> 01:01:50.663
JENNIFER A.: She could not understand this.
01:01:51.483 --> 01:01:56.763
JENNIFER A.: You could see the wheels turning like, I know this is Disney, but do the umbrellas, what is going on here?
01:01:58.563 --> 01:02:00.523
JENNIFER A.: So we got his magic band fixed up.
01:02:00.543 --> 01:02:03.823
JENNIFER A.: And then I did go and buy a couple of bottles of water.
01:02:04.163 --> 01:02:08.043
JENNIFER A.: So when we met up with John and the girls, I did give everybody water.
01:02:08.263 --> 01:02:09.943
JENNIFER A.: We do a lot of camping and hiking.
01:02:09.963 --> 01:02:15.123
JENNIFER A.: So we had these collapsible cups that we brought with.
01:02:15.123 --> 01:02:16.603
JENNIFER A.: Everybody's got a different color.
01:02:16.603 --> 01:02:24.423
JENNIFER A.: So for this water break, I bought two bottles of water, and then we pulled out their cups, and everybody used their cups, and they had lids on them.
01:02:24.443 --> 01:02:29.703
JENNIFER A.: So then we just packed them back up again, and we could keep track of everybody's glasses the whole day.
01:02:30.023 --> 01:02:38.823
JENNIFER A.: We did that a lot during the trip, like when the kids got a frozen drink, it's too much for one of them to have a whole one, so we would split them in our cups.
01:02:38.843 --> 01:02:40.343
JENNIFER A.: I was glad that we brought those.
01:02:41.803 --> 01:02:44.123
JENNIFER A.: They're lightweight, and they were really easy.
01:02:44.143 --> 01:02:53.783
JENNIFER A.: Plus, with everybody having a different color, we could keep everybody's separate and with the lids and just throw them in a Ziploc baggie, so we did a water break with that.
01:02:53.803 --> 01:02:59.523
JENNIFER A.: And then we had a lightning lane for the Little Mermaid line, and so we went and did that.
01:02:59.823 --> 01:03:03.563
JENNIFER A.: And then we had a lightning lane for Tomorrowland Speedway.
01:03:03.943 --> 01:03:05.243
JENNIFER A.: They had a pretty long line.
01:03:05.263 --> 01:03:08.503
JENNIFER A.: It was posted at 15 minutes, but it looked a lot longer than that.
01:03:08.523 --> 01:03:14.243
JENNIFER A.: But with our lightning lane, we only waited five, but that is such a hot line to wait in.
01:03:14.503 --> 01:03:18.943
JENNIFER A.: It doesn't matter if you're waiting five or 15.
01:03:21.503 --> 01:03:27.603
JENNIFER A.: So we were pretty hot and sweaty at that point, and so we had a lightning lane for Buzz.
01:03:28.563 --> 01:03:31.923
JENNIFER A.: Buzz had been down when we walked up.
01:03:32.423 --> 01:03:45.183
JENNIFER A.: It had just started up again, so I wasn't sure how much of a weight we would have, but they had a long standby line since it had been down, but they took us right on for the lightning lane, so we didn't have to wait at all.
01:03:45.323 --> 01:03:47.743
JENNIFER A.: And then we went to Monsters Inc.
01:03:47.763 --> 01:03:53.603
JENNIFER A.: Laugh Floor, which is one of my favorite shows that they have in the park.
01:03:53.903 --> 01:04:01.523
VIRGINIA: You told me that you had been collecting jokes and were going to text them in, so were you successful in getting a joke told?
01:04:01.763 --> 01:04:18.643
JENNIFER A.: No, we sent in our jokes and we did not, but again, my Disney dreams came true during the show as they were telling the story of Boo, Nathan was picked as Randall, and I just about died.
01:04:18.683 --> 01:04:25.063
JENNIFER A.: We had ended up getting separated when it came to be time to sit because people don't follow directions.
01:04:25.083 --> 01:04:27.683
JENNIFER A.: They say go all the way down to the end of the row.
01:04:27.703 --> 01:04:35.083
JENNIFER A.: Well, people would just stop in the center, and because people wouldn't move, we ended up getting separated, so I was with the girls.
01:04:35.603 --> 01:04:52.143
JENNIFER A.: John and Nathan were in a different section, so I just about died of happiness when Nathan's face flashed up on the screen, and he was Randall, and then they said, and then Randall disappeared, and Nathan just knew exactly what to do, and he just slid down the sleeve onto the ground.
01:04:52.143 --> 01:04:53.203
JENNIFER A.: I was so proud.
01:04:53.583 --> 01:04:58.343
JENNIFER A.: My son has done some pretty spectacular things, but being Randall at Monsters, Inc.
01:04:58.363 --> 01:05:00.983
JENNIFER A.: will top it all, so I was very happy.
01:05:01.283 --> 01:05:02.263
VIRGINIA: Well done, Nathan.
01:05:02.283 --> 01:05:02.783
VIRGINIA: Well done.
01:05:03.983 --> 01:05:05.423
JENNIFER A.: He's like, you are so weird.
01:05:05.443 --> 01:05:08.563
JENNIFER A.: I cannot believe this is so exciting to you, but I thought that was awesome.
01:05:09.303 --> 01:05:24.443
JENNIFER A.: So at that point, when we had gotten off, that was when we saw the cast member with the waters, and so we got waters to drink, and I especially appreciated that since I had previously purchased water, and I realized this was going to save us a lot of money to not have to buy bottled water.
01:05:24.463 --> 01:05:26.923
JENNIFER A.: So we did the carousel progress.
01:05:27.483 --> 01:05:28.863
JENNIFER A.: I have thoughts on that.
01:05:28.883 --> 01:05:34.643
JENNIFER A.: We could maybe update that just a little bit, I feel like.
01:05:34.663 --> 01:05:36.443
VIRGINIA: You don't want to end in the 90s?
01:05:36.823 --> 01:05:45.303
JENNIFER A.: I just, yeah, we could, there's more that we could do with that one, but it's a nice little air conditioning nap.
01:05:45.323 --> 01:05:46.603
JENNIFER A.: So we like that.
01:05:46.623 --> 01:05:46.823
VIRGINIA: It is.
01:05:47.283 --> 01:05:51.523
VIRGINIA: When I went a week after you did, I wrote it specifically to take a nap.
01:05:51.583 --> 01:05:55.683
VIRGINIA: And that's not to say that I don't love carousel progress, because I do.
01:05:55.683 --> 01:05:56.843
VIRGINIA: It's so nostalgic.
01:05:57.223 --> 01:05:57.643
JENNIFER A.: Yes.
01:05:57.923 --> 01:05:59.003
VIRGINIA: I really enjoy it.
01:05:59.083 --> 01:06:00.963
VIRGINIA: I love singing along to the song.
01:06:01.043 --> 01:06:05.643
VIRGINIA: I like watching all the silly things like Uncle Orville and all of that.
01:06:06.343 --> 01:06:11.263
VIRGINIA: But I went in this particular time knowing that I was about to take a nap.
01:06:11.643 --> 01:06:11.983
JENNIFER A.: Yes.
01:06:12.623 --> 01:06:13.423
VIRGINIA: Sometimes you need it.
01:06:13.883 --> 01:06:15.283
JENNIFER A.: Sometimes you need it.
01:06:15.383 --> 01:06:16.643
JENNIFER A.: So we liked that one.
01:06:16.943 --> 01:06:17.603
JENNIFER A.: It's cute.
01:06:18.003 --> 01:06:21.323
JENNIFER A.: John and the girls had a lightning lane for Space Mountain.
01:06:21.903 --> 01:06:25.023
JENNIFER A.: So they were on and off of that in 12 minutes.
01:06:25.563 --> 01:06:30.943
JENNIFER A.: While John and the girls did that, Nathan and I went to the gift shop outside of Space Mountain.
01:06:31.443 --> 01:06:33.623
JENNIFER A.: This was one of Nathan's favorite gift shops.
01:06:33.643 --> 01:06:38.043
JENNIFER A.: They had a nice collection of Star Wars things, in addition to Tron things.
01:06:38.063 --> 01:06:41.643
JENNIFER A.: And so he was pretty pleased with the things they had there.
01:06:42.103 --> 01:06:48.183
JENNIFER A.: All the kids had brought their own spending money, but mom and dad were also going to buy them a souvenir.
01:06:48.183 --> 01:06:55.103
JENNIFER A.: So there was a really cool water bottle that looks like the handle of a lightsaber.
01:06:55.403 --> 01:06:57.683
JENNIFER A.: And you flip the top open and it lights up.
01:06:57.703 --> 01:07:01.343
JENNIFER A.: And I think it maybe even plays a sound or something.
01:07:01.363 --> 01:07:05.783
JENNIFER A.: So he was kind of intrigued by that, but there were also ball caps that he liked.
01:07:05.803 --> 01:07:09.263
JENNIFER A.: So he kind of made a list of things he was interested in.
01:07:09.283 --> 01:07:14.943
JENNIFER A.: And I said, I'm guessing all of this will be available at Star Wars Land as well.
01:07:15.103 --> 01:07:19.943
JENNIFER A.: It's not something that you need to worry about that won't be here on Friday when we come back.
01:07:20.463 --> 01:07:22.803
JENNIFER A.: So he thought about that.
01:07:22.803 --> 01:07:26.063
JENNIFER A.: And we ended up going back there a couple of times just so that he could look.
01:07:26.223 --> 01:07:29.563
JENNIFER A.: He just liked to look and see and think about what he was going to get.
01:07:29.783 --> 01:07:37.003
JENNIFER A.: And then at that point, while Nathan was shopping, it was about 3 o'clock, and I was scrolling through the app.
01:07:38.343 --> 01:07:40.343
JENNIFER A.: Virginia, there weren't many crowds.
01:07:40.543 --> 01:07:43.463
JENNIFER A.: I noticed that the virtual queue for Tron was still open.
01:07:44.183 --> 01:07:49.563
JENNIFER A.: So yeah, I wasn't planning on doing Tron that day, but I'm like, you know what?
01:07:49.583 --> 01:07:53.043
JENNIFER A.: Let's just go ahead and join the queue and just see what happens.
01:07:53.063 --> 01:07:55.043
VIRGINIA: You use it if you don't.
01:07:55.063 --> 01:07:55.843
VIRGINIA: You throw it away.
01:07:55.883 --> 01:07:56.363
VIRGINIA: Who cares?
01:07:56.823 --> 01:07:57.083
JENNIFER A.: Right.
01:07:57.583 --> 01:08:00.603
JENNIFER A.: So we ended up with boarding group 141.
01:08:00.623 --> 01:08:04.543
JENNIFER A.: So I kind of was keeping an eye on that throughout the rest of the day.
01:08:04.863 --> 01:08:12.783
JENNIFER A.: Nathan and I went and rode Buzz Lightyear again while John and the girls did Dumbo and Barnstormer.
01:08:13.043 --> 01:08:18.203
JENNIFER A.: The first time when we rode Buzz, Nathan was really trash-talking me.
01:08:18.223 --> 01:08:21.863
JENNIFER A.: Like, oh, he was going to demolish me.
01:08:22.003 --> 01:08:22.843
JENNIFER A.: Oh, I don't.
01:08:23.243 --> 01:08:25.123
JENNIFER A.: He kept saying, you don't know what I know.
01:08:26.023 --> 01:08:28.223
JENNIFER A.: Like, he was ready to come at me.
01:08:28.243 --> 01:08:30.683
JENNIFER A.: And I'm like, okay.
01:08:30.803 --> 01:08:32.523
JENNIFER A.: But then I beat him.
01:08:32.583 --> 01:08:37.143
JENNIFER A.: And he was like, well, you have more experience.
01:08:37.163 --> 01:08:38.423
JENNIFER A.: You're older than me.
01:08:38.543 --> 01:08:51.383
JENNIFER A.: But then the second time when it was just the two of us, he led on to me that John's cousin had been sending him YouTube videos of secrets of how to rack up maximum points for Buzz.
01:08:51.403 --> 01:08:55.243
JENNIFER A.: So that's why he went in so confident that he was going to destroy me.
01:08:55.923 --> 01:09:05.043
JENNIFER A.: So this time we were riding together, and so he would point out to me, okay, this is a high point one, and we had a lot of fun doing that.
01:09:05.943 --> 01:09:06.963
JENNIFER A.: I still beat him.
01:09:07.143 --> 01:09:13.963
JENNIFER A.: Nathan had 454,000 points, and I had 536,000 points.
01:09:14.063 --> 01:09:19.223
JENNIFER A.: So I did still win, but it was fun to have him kind of coaching me through.
01:09:19.243 --> 01:09:21.303
JENNIFER A.: Got to get that one right there and that one.
01:09:21.343 --> 01:09:25.503
JENNIFER A.: So now I understood why he was trash-talking me so much.
01:09:26.363 --> 01:09:27.223
VIRGINIA: The nerve.
01:09:29.823 --> 01:09:32.043
JENNIFER A.: He really thought he was going to get me good.
01:09:32.063 --> 01:09:35.143
JENNIFER A.: He thought he was going to beat me so bad.
01:09:35.163 --> 01:09:36.183
JENNIFER A.: So that was cute.
01:09:36.243 --> 01:09:40.263
JENNIFER A.: It's fun to be able to play with him in those ways, with those different things.
01:09:40.283 --> 01:09:46.343
JENNIFER A.: So after that, we went to Mickey's, Phil Her Magic, which I love the show.
01:09:46.363 --> 01:09:50.623
JENNIFER A.: So that's just another really great one and a good air conditioning break.
01:09:50.643 --> 01:09:55.623
JENNIFER A.: And then we got a Lightning Lane for Pooh, since we didn't get that one for Rope Drop.
01:09:55.643 --> 01:09:57.023
JENNIFER A.: And so we went and did that.
01:09:57.963 --> 01:10:01.983
JENNIFER A.: We went and did Enchanted Tales with Belle on standby.
01:10:02.003 --> 01:10:06.703
JENNIFER A.: And they posted it at 15 minutes, and that's pretty much what we waited.
01:10:06.723 --> 01:10:07.883
JENNIFER A.: So that was good.
01:10:07.903 --> 01:10:09.863
VIRGINIA: Were all the kids in the show?
01:10:09.963 --> 01:10:12.103
JENNIFER A.: I do not have extroverted kids.
01:10:12.143 --> 01:10:13.743
JENNIFER A.: My kids...
01:10:13.763 --> 01:10:16.803
JENNIFER A.: So Bethany was, I think, a dish.
01:10:16.863 --> 01:10:18.963
JENNIFER A.: She was a plate that would spin around.
01:10:19.503 --> 01:10:22.023
JENNIFER A.: But my kids are really quiet.
01:10:22.043 --> 01:10:28.363
JENNIFER A.: And so, actually, when we were talking today about what would we do next time, we're just kind of recapping the trip.
01:10:28.383 --> 01:10:32.303
JENNIFER A.: Something Nathan said is, I don't think we needed as much character interaction.
01:10:32.323 --> 01:10:36.063
JENNIFER A.: And that's just because my kids, they don't interact in the same way.
01:10:36.083 --> 01:10:37.723
JENNIFER A.: They get kind of shy and quiet.
01:10:38.143 --> 01:10:44.023
JENNIFER A.: So they would not be stars of the show for Belle, but it was cute.
01:10:44.223 --> 01:10:47.183
JENNIFER A.: And Bethany did a nice job as a dancing plate.
01:10:47.363 --> 01:10:52.723
JENNIFER A.: So we had a lightning lane then to see Mickey on Town Square.
01:10:52.743 --> 01:10:57.923
JENNIFER A.: And I gotta say, I don't like those photo boxes that they have.
01:10:57.943 --> 01:10:59.343
VIRGINIA: I do not like them either.
01:10:59.543 --> 01:11:06.443
JENNIFER A.: The pictures, the quality is so terrible when you go through compared to when you actually have a PhotoPass photographer.
01:11:06.483 --> 01:11:14.683
JENNIFER A.: So I was disappointed because I didn't pass my phone off to a cast member and have them take any pictures with my phone, which I wasn't thinking.
01:11:15.443 --> 01:11:26.703
JENNIFER A.: So I just, especially for Mickey Mouse on Town Square, you would expect that they would have someone, like an actual person there doing it, but such as it is.
01:11:26.963 --> 01:11:28.663
JENNIFER A.: We had other pictures with Mickey.
01:11:28.843 --> 01:11:32.303
JENNIFER A.: So at this point, we are at Town Square.
01:11:32.323 --> 01:11:34.083
JENNIFER A.: So we are right by the entrance.
01:11:34.103 --> 01:11:38.723
JENNIFER A.: And I just remembered how they surprised me and didn't want to stay for the night show the night before.
01:11:38.723 --> 01:11:41.063
JENNIFER A.: So I said, guys, we got a couple of choices.
01:11:41.083 --> 01:11:42.903
JENNIFER A.: We're right here at the exit.
01:11:42.923 --> 01:11:46.803
JENNIFER A.: We can go back to Pop Suntory and get dinner there and hang out at the hotel.
01:11:47.463 --> 01:11:51.603
JENNIFER A.: Or we can go back in the park, grab dinner and have a full night and do the fireworks.
01:11:51.663 --> 01:11:54.703
JENNIFER A.: Or I said we can eat in the park, but then head out.
01:11:55.083 --> 01:11:58.243
JENNIFER A.: And everybody said, oh, they wanted to eat in the park and then head out.
01:11:58.963 --> 01:12:00.603
JENNIFER A.: So we don't need to see the fireworks.
01:12:00.623 --> 01:12:01.643
JENNIFER A.: So I said, okay.
01:12:01.823 --> 01:12:08.303
JENNIFER A.: We went and had dinner with Sunny Eclipse, which was a highlight for Bethany.
01:12:08.303 --> 01:12:11.463
JENNIFER A.: She really, she kept laughing.
01:12:11.583 --> 01:12:14.043
JENNIFER A.: Oh, she thought he was so fantastic.
01:12:14.383 --> 01:12:17.183
JENNIFER A.: The AAC was cranked up super high in there.
01:12:17.203 --> 01:12:18.963
JENNIFER A.: So we all were pretty happy.
01:12:19.543 --> 01:12:21.483
JENNIFER A.: We got a second wind at that point.
01:12:21.503 --> 01:12:23.763
JENNIFER A.: It felt good to just sit and relax.
01:12:23.783 --> 01:12:28.203
JENNIFER A.: So John, Nathan and I got burgers and the girls got chicken fingers.
01:12:28.483 --> 01:12:30.483
JENNIFER A.: I thought the burgers were actually pretty good here.
01:12:31.323 --> 01:12:35.643
JENNIFER A.: I'm not a big burger person, so I was pretty pleased with that.
01:12:35.923 --> 01:12:40.903
JENNIFER A.: I was keeping an eye on our Tron Virtual Queue, and it was creeping up and getting closer.
01:12:41.543 --> 01:12:46.703
JENNIFER A.: So we had a lightning lane for after dinner to see Tiana and Rapunzel.
01:12:46.803 --> 01:12:52.243
JENNIFER A.: But before we left dinner, I said, okay, guys, I know what you guys have said about wanting to go.
01:12:52.263 --> 01:12:56.383
JENNIFER A.: I think our boarding group is going to be called soon for Tron.
01:12:56.543 --> 01:12:59.263
JENNIFER A.: And I kind of told them a little bit about what Tron was like.
01:12:59.483 --> 01:13:07.263
JENNIFER A.: Since we were so close to it, I said, let's just go over and walk and see what it's like, and you guys can decide if you want to stay in the park and wait for our boarding group or not.
01:13:07.703 --> 01:13:10.763
JENNIFER A.: So we walked over and everybody said it looked super cool.
01:13:11.103 --> 01:13:12.703
JENNIFER A.: Nathan said, that looks so cool.
01:13:12.723 --> 01:13:14.083
JENNIFER A.: I'm definitely not riding that.
01:13:15.703 --> 01:13:18.683
JENNIFER A.: Thanks, but no, I appreciate watching it from the ground.
01:13:18.923 --> 01:13:20.603
JENNIFER A.: But the girls said, yeah, that looks good.
01:13:21.163 --> 01:13:24.463
JENNIFER A.: But they said, we don't necessarily need to do it tonight.
01:13:24.483 --> 01:13:25.643
JENNIFER A.: We can try it for Friday.
01:13:25.663 --> 01:13:29.543
JENNIFER A.: So it wasn't anything that anybody was like, I want to stay and absolutely hit this.
01:13:29.563 --> 01:13:33.743
JENNIFER A.: So we went and did Tiana and Rapunzel.
01:13:33.763 --> 01:13:35.623
JENNIFER A.: We walked right on to them.
01:13:35.923 --> 01:13:38.023
JENNIFER A.: Again, we had those photo boxes.
01:13:38.083 --> 01:13:42.323
JENNIFER A.: But while we were visiting them, our boarding group for Tron was called.
01:13:42.343 --> 01:13:49.523
JENNIFER A.: So at 6.35, but we just ignored it and headed out back to Pop.
01:13:49.543 --> 01:13:53.783
JENNIFER A.: We were at the bus by 7.18, and everybody hopped into bed.
01:13:54.403 --> 01:13:55.843
JENNIFER A.: Everybody fell right to sleep.
01:13:56.243 --> 01:13:57.443
VIRGINIA: Another full day.
01:13:57.663 --> 01:14:03.563
VIRGINIA: Good way to get a good night's sleep is to run around in the heat, having a lot of fun, and then collapse.
01:14:04.763 --> 01:14:13.223
JENNIFER A.: On our family trips, nobody likes to be in a hotel room with Bethany because we love her, but she does not stop talking.
01:14:13.383 --> 01:14:14.623
JENNIFER A.: She will talk all night.
01:14:14.843 --> 01:14:17.403
JENNIFER A.: She just cannot wind herself down and go to sleep.
01:14:17.423 --> 01:14:19.983
JENNIFER A.: If there are people, Bethany must talk.
01:14:20.503 --> 01:14:22.163
JENNIFER A.: But she was Disney tired.
01:14:22.183 --> 01:14:24.043
JENNIFER A.: We never had that problem the whole trip.
01:14:24.043 --> 01:14:26.023
JENNIFER A.: She hit the pillow and went out.
01:14:28.423 --> 01:14:34.903
VIRGINIA: Tuesday, May 28th, was the Hollywood Studios Day and Nathan is a huge Star Wars fan.
01:14:34.923 --> 01:14:36.283
VIRGINIA: So this was a big day for him.
01:14:36.523 --> 01:14:38.383
JENNIFER A.: This was a big day for him.
01:14:38.383 --> 01:14:40.463
JENNIFER A.: We left the room at 7 a.m.
01:14:40.843 --> 01:14:45.783
JENNIFER A.: He had his backpack ready to because today he was building his droid.
01:14:45.803 --> 01:14:49.683
JENNIFER A.: So we had gotten him the droid backpack off of eBay.
01:14:49.683 --> 01:14:51.663
JENNIFER A.: So he was pretty excited.
01:14:51.683 --> 01:14:53.603
JENNIFER A.: We were at the Skyliner.
01:14:53.623 --> 01:14:54.943
JENNIFER A.: It was another long line.
01:14:54.963 --> 01:14:57.263
JENNIFER A.: So while we were waiting, it was cute.
01:14:57.323 --> 01:15:00.503
JENNIFER A.: I heard a family, they were like two families behind us.
01:15:00.683 --> 01:15:02.923
JENNIFER A.: And this girl was maybe nine years old.
01:15:03.023 --> 01:15:12.403
JENNIFER A.: And she looked over at her mom and she said, You seriously let him wear that outfit after I spent hours packing him?
01:15:12.923 --> 01:15:17.783
JENNIFER A.: And I looked over at her brother and he was just wearing like a plain t-shirt and athletic shorts.
01:15:18.263 --> 01:15:26.303
JENNIFER A.: And she was just going on about how she had packed him all these cute Disney outfits and his mom wasn't making him wear any of them.
01:15:26.823 --> 01:15:33.683
JENNIFER A.: And I felt that to my core because I spend so much time coordinating everybody's Disney outfits.
01:15:33.703 --> 01:15:41.203
JENNIFER A.: So she was so cute, even at nine or eight, however old she was, she was already in this Disney bounding world.
01:15:41.543 --> 01:15:45.743
JENNIFER A.: Her family was not going along with it, so I thought that was cute.
01:15:45.763 --> 01:15:50.663
JENNIFER A.: And John was just rolling his eyes because he's like, Yep, that's a future Jennifer right there.
01:15:51.883 --> 01:15:54.283
JENNIFER A.: The Skyliner started up at 725.
01:15:54.723 --> 01:15:59.523
JENNIFER A.: And when we transferred at Caribbean Beach, the line for Epcot was super long.
01:15:59.543 --> 01:16:03.543
JENNIFER A.: It was even out of the regular queue and overflowing into the center.
01:16:03.543 --> 01:16:06.203
JENNIFER A.: But there was nobody going to Hollywood Studios.
01:16:06.223 --> 01:16:09.263
JENNIFER A.: So we felt like we picked the right park for that day.
01:16:11.083 --> 01:16:12.803
JENNIFER A.: John got flagged by security.
01:16:12.823 --> 01:16:18.923
JENNIFER A.: So he was held up for a long time, actually, while they went through his bag and scanned him.
01:16:18.943 --> 01:16:21.663
JENNIFER A.: So the kids and I were waiting at the turnstiles.
01:16:22.143 --> 01:16:26.083
JENNIFER A.: And it didn't hold us up too much because they were holding everybody at the turnstiles.
01:16:26.103 --> 01:16:28.203
JENNIFER A.: But it was a long time for him there.
01:16:28.223 --> 01:16:32.343
JENNIFER A.: But we got in and we hustled over to Rise of the Resistance.
01:16:32.363 --> 01:16:36.003
JENNIFER A.: And we were in line at 810 for that.
01:16:36.123 --> 01:16:38.563
JENNIFER A.: And we were done by 846.
01:16:38.943 --> 01:16:41.643
JENNIFER A.: It was the first time for all of us doing Rise.
01:16:41.843 --> 01:16:45.383
JENNIFER A.: And even the non-Star Wars people in my family liked it.
01:16:45.463 --> 01:16:47.463
JENNIFER A.: We thought that was really impressive.
01:16:47.463 --> 01:16:48.923
JENNIFER A.: It's a cool ride.
01:16:48.943 --> 01:16:52.043
JENNIFER A.: It was kind of fun playing along and just going along with it.
01:16:52.063 --> 01:16:56.203
JENNIFER A.: I kept telling Bethany, don't tell anybody anything, okay?
01:16:56.303 --> 01:16:58.463
JENNIFER A.: And so she was going along with that.
01:16:58.483 --> 01:16:59.663
JENNIFER A.: So that was really cute.
01:16:59.743 --> 01:17:02.523
JENNIFER A.: And so it was still the early entry hour.
01:17:02.543 --> 01:17:07.643
JENNIFER A.: So we went over and rode Toy Story Mania before that got too busy.
01:17:07.963 --> 01:17:16.343
JENNIFER A.: As we were in line, we noticed that the guy in front of us was wearing a baseball cap for a college in town close to us.
01:17:16.943 --> 01:17:19.623
JENNIFER A.: It's a smaller college, not very well known.
01:17:19.643 --> 01:17:22.043
JENNIFER A.: I just kind of talked to everybody.
01:17:22.403 --> 01:17:26.403
JENNIFER A.: So I asked him about his hat and said, Oh, are you from there?
01:17:26.423 --> 01:17:33.683
JENNIFER A.: And he had gone to college there and was no longer living in our town, but he comes back regularly for the board of directors that he's on.
01:17:33.703 --> 01:17:39.443
JENNIFER A.: And we got to talking with this family and they were there picking up their daughter from the college program.
01:17:39.463 --> 01:17:42.163
JENNIFER A.: They live in Kansas City and she had just finished.
01:17:42.183 --> 01:17:44.463
JENNIFER A.: And so they were spending a few days with her in the park.
01:17:44.483 --> 01:17:47.023
JENNIFER A.: And so we enjoyed visiting with them.
01:17:47.043 --> 01:17:51.243
JENNIFER A.: And then they said, Well, you know, there's three of us and there's five of you.
01:17:51.723 --> 01:17:55.743
JENNIFER A.: Why don't we combine so that we have even numbers and then somebody can ride together?
01:17:55.763 --> 01:17:58.783
JENNIFER A.: So they asked who was going to be the one riding solo.
01:17:59.303 --> 01:18:02.843
JENNIFER A.: And that's something that Lydia had really enjoyed.
01:18:02.903 --> 01:18:10.903
JENNIFER A.: She ended up just kind of, it made her feel important and like a Disney adult to be the solo rider in our family and ride with somebody else.
01:18:10.923 --> 01:18:12.623
JENNIFER A.: So she said she was.
01:18:13.983 --> 01:18:16.803
JENNIFER A.: And the mom, Julie, said, Well, do you want to ride with me?
01:18:16.823 --> 01:18:19.303
JENNIFER A.: And Lydia's a little shy, but she said, Sure.
01:18:19.323 --> 01:18:21.283
JENNIFER A.: And oh, it was so sweet.
01:18:21.723 --> 01:18:26.283
JENNIFER A.: And only in Disney would I just like send my child off with a stranger.
01:18:26.303 --> 01:18:34.743
JENNIFER A.: But Julie took Lydia and showed her all these tricks and did the ride and was giving her some background on some different things.
01:18:34.763 --> 01:18:42.823
JENNIFER A.: And so the whole rest of the day, Lydia would say, So Julie says, and Julie says, it was really cute how she made a friend.
01:18:42.843 --> 01:18:45.843
JENNIFER A.: And we kind of got separated from them a little bit.
01:18:45.863 --> 01:18:49.003
JENNIFER A.: So they finished up quite a bit earlier than us.
01:18:49.023 --> 01:18:51.443
JENNIFER A.: They were like four cars ahead of us somehow.
01:18:52.083 --> 01:18:55.403
JENNIFER A.: And Julie waited with Lydia and it was just really sweet.
01:18:55.523 --> 01:19:03.823
JENNIFER A.: I like making Disney friends, and I appreciated how they would incorporate us into their Disney experience and make that special for Lydia.
01:19:03.843 --> 01:19:04.563
JENNIFER A.: So that was neat.
01:19:04.583 --> 01:19:06.223
VIRGINIA: Yeah, that's really sweet.
01:19:06.863 --> 01:19:14.283
JENNIFER A.: So we then had a lightning lane for Slinky, and I just got it for all of us, even though I knew Nathan wouldn't ride.
01:19:14.303 --> 01:19:16.603
JENNIFER A.: I knew I could ride this one, but I knew he wouldn't.
01:19:16.623 --> 01:19:18.823
JENNIFER A.: So I told him that there was the chicken exit.
01:19:19.423 --> 01:19:22.103
JENNIFER A.: So Bethany said, what's the chicken exit?
01:19:22.123 --> 01:19:29.503
JENNIFER A.: And I said, well, if you're too chicken to ride, all the cast members point it to you and say, chicken, chicken, bawk, bawk, bawk, and they all laugh at you.
01:19:35.203 --> 01:19:36.763
JENNIFER A.: So she knew I was joking.
01:19:36.783 --> 01:19:41.103
JENNIFER A.: So that was our joke like the whole week of like, who is going to be the chicken in our family?
01:19:41.123 --> 01:19:43.523
JENNIFER A.: So we sent Nathan through the chicken exit.
01:19:43.563 --> 01:19:47.183
JENNIFER A.: Nobody pointed a laughed at him, but we did slinky.
01:19:47.623 --> 01:19:48.663
JENNIFER A.: And that was really fun.
01:19:48.683 --> 01:19:50.243
JENNIFER A.: We had a good time with that one.
01:19:50.523 --> 01:19:53.803
JENNIFER A.: Nathan was dying to head back to Star Wars land.
01:19:54.403 --> 01:19:57.743
JENNIFER A.: So we went back to walk through and we came across Ray.
01:19:58.603 --> 01:19:59.803
JENNIFER A.: So that was neat.
01:19:59.823 --> 01:20:02.503
JENNIFER A.: We got the kids got their pictures with Ray.
01:20:03.083 --> 01:20:06.863
JENNIFER A.: Lydia was wearing a shirt that had Chewbacca on it.
01:20:08.003 --> 01:20:10.383
JENNIFER A.: And Ray said, Oh, do you want to meet Chewbacca?
01:20:10.383 --> 01:20:12.023
JENNIFER A.: And Lydia's like, Yes, yes, I do.
01:20:12.363 --> 01:20:14.303
JENNIFER A.: And so she said, Great, follow me.
01:20:14.843 --> 01:20:19.223
JENNIFER A.: So we all follow Ray thinking, Okay, this is going to be something magical, right?
01:20:19.863 --> 01:20:21.683
JENNIFER A.: And she's like, stand right here.
01:20:21.703 --> 01:20:23.863
JENNIFER A.: And she put us in front of the Millennium Falcon.
01:20:23.883 --> 01:20:25.003
JENNIFER A.: And then she walked away.
01:20:25.463 --> 01:20:26.683
JENNIFER A.: I never came back.
01:20:28.163 --> 01:20:32.783
JENNIFER A.: And so we're just like, we're standing there and I'm like, something's going to happen.
01:20:32.803 --> 01:20:37.083
JENNIFER A.: I feel like if Ray tells you, don't move, stay here, you should listen.
01:20:38.023 --> 01:20:40.123
JENNIFER A.: Nothing was happening at all.
01:20:40.183 --> 01:20:41.743
JENNIFER A.: It was so hot.
01:20:41.763 --> 01:20:42.903
JENNIFER A.: We're in the sun.
01:20:42.923 --> 01:20:48.743
JENNIFER A.: So at that point, finally I said, Well, John, why don't you take Nathan to walk around?
01:20:48.763 --> 01:20:54.823
JENNIFER A.: Because the girls were like, we're not moving until we figure out what this special thing that Ray was talking about.
01:20:55.683 --> 01:21:00.023
JENNIFER A.: So John took Nathan and they were exploring and just nothing happened.
01:21:00.323 --> 01:21:07.503
JENNIFER A.: Finally, we did see Ray walking around again with some other kid and she just kind of walked past us like she didn't know us.
01:21:07.523 --> 01:21:10.203
JENNIFER A.: So I said, I think our adventure is done.
01:21:10.223 --> 01:21:12.763
JENNIFER A.: I think we can go now.
01:21:12.783 --> 01:21:14.143
JENNIFER A.: We're very hot.
01:21:14.163 --> 01:21:16.343
JENNIFER A.: So we left.
01:21:16.363 --> 01:21:19.923
JENNIFER A.: We met up with the boys and we went to Muppets because I needed some air conditioning.
01:21:20.063 --> 01:21:30.003
VIRGINIA: It would have been funny if she had just been leading every family she spoke to, to right to that same spot until she had like a whole crowd of people that were just standing there for nothing.
01:21:30.023 --> 01:21:31.763
VIRGINIA: Oh my goodness.
01:21:32.363 --> 01:21:34.683
JENNIFER A.: I don't know what was supposed to happen or something.
01:21:35.083 --> 01:21:37.463
JENNIFER A.: Somebody was supposed to come out and they did it.
01:21:37.963 --> 01:21:41.823
VIRGINIA: It was probably that Chewbacca frequently will come out in that area.
01:21:42.123 --> 01:21:52.523
VIRGINIA: So I'm guessing that she assumed that if I put them here in a short amount of time, they're going to see him anyway, so it will feel magical even though it was planned all along.
01:21:52.863 --> 01:21:54.263
VIRGINIA: Right.
01:21:54.603 --> 01:21:57.683
JENNIFER A.: I assumed as much, but he was not coming.
01:21:57.783 --> 01:22:01.583
JENNIFER A.: So we gave it up after quite a long wait.
01:22:02.443 --> 01:22:03.543
JENNIFER A.: We went to the Muppets.
01:22:03.863 --> 01:22:05.263
JENNIFER A.: Kids really loved that one.
01:22:05.303 --> 01:22:08.823
JENNIFER A.: And then we went to lunch at the ABC Commissary.
01:22:10.183 --> 01:22:12.003
JENNIFER A.: Inside, air conditioned.
01:22:12.163 --> 01:22:18.143
JENNIFER A.: It wasn't very busy because it was just the start of lunch, and they had the self-serve drink station, which we like as well.
01:22:18.163 --> 01:22:19.423
JENNIFER A.: You can get some refills.
01:22:19.863 --> 01:22:21.563
JENNIFER A.: We really enjoyed this for lunch.
01:22:21.963 --> 01:22:27.703
JENNIFER A.: I got, the girls and I both got, or all three of us, got the pork carnitas tacos.
01:22:28.243 --> 01:22:35.623
JENNIFER A.: And the adult one comes with this avocado salsa sauce on top and pickled onions, and it was so good.
01:22:35.743 --> 01:22:37.583
JENNIFER A.: I really, really liked those.
01:22:38.283 --> 01:22:41.903
JENNIFER A.: The boys got the chicken club sandwich, and it was nice.
01:22:41.923 --> 01:22:48.463
JENNIFER A.: It was food that's not burger and fries or chicken fingers, so we enjoyed that one.
01:22:48.983 --> 01:22:53.583
VIRGINIA: I think ABC Commissary is underrated as a quick service.
01:22:53.603 --> 01:23:01.423
VIRGINIA: I go there pretty frequently when I'm in Hollywood Studios and have really enjoyed pretty much everything I've gotten.
01:23:01.883 --> 01:23:04.623
VIRGINIA: Every single thing I've ever had there has been great.
01:23:04.643 --> 01:23:09.183
VIRGINIA: And you're right, it's not like the same old burger and fries, necessarily, some variety.
01:23:09.683 --> 01:23:14.303
JENNIFER A.: I think, in my opinion, Hollywood Studios is maybe my favorite park for food.
01:23:14.363 --> 01:23:17.483
JENNIFER A.: I think they have some of my favorite restaurants.
01:23:17.503 --> 01:23:19.883
JENNIFER A.: I really enjoy some of the selection.
01:23:19.883 --> 01:23:22.203
JENNIFER A.: And whenever we go, I always have a hard time.
01:23:22.223 --> 01:23:24.823
JENNIFER A.: Do I want to go to 50's Prime Time Cafe?
01:23:24.843 --> 01:23:25.703
JENNIFER A.: Do I want to go here?
01:23:25.823 --> 01:23:27.103
JENNIFER A.: I always have a hard time.
01:23:27.123 --> 01:23:29.383
JENNIFER A.: So I really like the food selection there.
01:23:29.403 --> 01:23:33.483
JENNIFER A.: I think Magic Kingdom could take little notes from Hollywood Studios.
01:23:33.503 --> 01:23:34.383
VIRGINIA: It needs a little bit of help.
01:23:34.783 --> 01:23:35.103
VIRGINIA: Yes.
01:23:36.983 --> 01:23:42.363
JENNIFER A.: So then after that, we had a Lightning Lane for Toy Story Mania, and we did that again.
01:23:42.383 --> 01:23:47.003
JENNIFER A.: And then we took a bathroom break, and it was noon at this point.
01:23:47.563 --> 01:23:51.363
JENNIFER A.: Nathan's reservation to build his droid was at 12.35.
01:23:51.623 --> 01:23:53.423
JENNIFER A.: So it's kind of that odd time.
01:23:53.443 --> 01:23:55.463
JENNIFER A.: We didn't really have time to do anything else.
01:23:56.503 --> 01:24:03.443
JENNIFER A.: So we split, and the boys went to Star Wars, and the girls and I, we decided we would do the Frozen sing-along.
01:24:04.423 --> 01:24:10.283
JENNIFER A.: We had a little bit of time before that, so we went and did some shopping, and then went back and did the Frozen sing-along.
01:24:10.643 --> 01:24:15.863
JENNIFER A.: The boys ended up going over to the Droid Depot and checked in at noon, and they took them.
01:24:15.883 --> 01:24:18.503
JENNIFER A.: They said, yeah, no problem, and took them right through.
01:24:18.543 --> 01:24:21.163
JENNIFER A.: So they loved that.
01:24:21.663 --> 01:24:25.263
JENNIFER A.: Nathan said that was his favorite thing of the whole trip.
01:24:25.543 --> 01:24:35.123
JENNIFER A.: I was glad that he got it a little bit earlier in the day because he enjoyed hearing his droid interact with the park and with the other droids as we walked through.
01:24:35.143 --> 01:24:39.363
JENNIFER A.: And he'd be carrying it on his backpack, and he'd say, oh, he's talking, he's doing something.
01:24:39.383 --> 01:24:41.743
JENNIFER A.: So he thought that was really cool.
01:24:41.763 --> 01:24:43.343
JENNIFER A.: I was happy that he did that.
01:24:43.443 --> 01:24:44.223
JENNIFER A.: That was fun.
01:24:44.703 --> 01:24:47.443
JENNIFER A.: While we were in Frozen Ever After, it rained.
01:24:48.083 --> 01:24:49.703
JENNIFER A.: We didn't know because we missed it.
01:24:49.723 --> 01:24:53.143
JENNIFER A.: John had just sent me a text and said, oh, I should have sent you with the ponchos.
01:24:53.163 --> 01:24:54.523
JENNIFER A.: For the girls, you're going to get wet.
01:24:54.583 --> 01:25:02.663
JENNIFER A.: But by the time we got out, the rain was over, so the temperature had dropped 15 degrees, and it felt amazing.
01:25:03.363 --> 01:25:18.723
JENNIFER A.: Our plan was to go do the Indiana Jones stunt show, but they were announcing it as you were going in that due to the weather, even though the rain had stopped, they would probably have to modify the show and wouldn't be able to do all of it.
01:25:18.743 --> 01:25:22.123
JENNIFER A.: So they just gave a fair warning for that.
01:25:22.263 --> 01:25:28.743
JENNIFER A.: So we went in and we sat down, and John went and grabbed us some drinks and we used our little cups to share drinks.
01:25:28.983 --> 01:25:36.063
JENNIFER A.: There was a little girl who sat next to Lydia who was maybe four years old, and she spoke Spanish.
01:25:36.723 --> 01:25:41.623
JENNIFER A.: My kids have taken Spanish since kindergarten, but don't know very much.
01:25:41.703 --> 01:25:51.923
JENNIFER A.: But the little girl had turned to Lydia and said something, and Lydia knew enough that she answered her, and this girl's face just lit up that somebody knew Spanish.
01:25:52.223 --> 01:25:56.843
JENNIFER A.: So then she just started talking a mile a minute to Lydia, and Lydia's going, okay, I don't know.
01:25:56.863 --> 01:25:58.303
JENNIFER A.: I don't know any of this.
01:25:59.263 --> 01:26:10.243
JENNIFER A.: She was able to pick up bits and pieces, but it was so cute just how excited this girl was to talk to someone and have someone kind of understand her a little bit in Spanish.
01:26:10.263 --> 01:26:12.183
JENNIFER A.: So that was cute.
01:26:12.643 --> 01:26:18.443
JENNIFER A.: When the show started, they did the opening scene, and that was it.
01:26:19.003 --> 01:26:20.583
VIRGINIA: Must have been lightning still in the area.
01:26:20.583 --> 01:26:21.503
JENNIFER A.: I think so.
01:26:21.523 --> 01:26:23.163
JENNIFER A.: It was something with the lightning.
01:26:23.903 --> 01:26:28.483
JENNIFER A.: So Nathan was a little disappointed in that, but he got to see part of it.
01:26:28.503 --> 01:26:31.203
JENNIFER A.: And I said, well, we'll come back another day.
01:26:31.723 --> 01:26:37.023
JENNIFER A.: I looked on the app when the show finished, and Tower of Terror had a 25-minute wait.
01:26:37.043 --> 01:26:38.583
JENNIFER A.: So I said, well, let's head over there.
01:26:38.603 --> 01:26:40.163
JENNIFER A.: That's pretty good wait time for that.
01:26:40.483 --> 01:26:41.983
JENNIFER A.: We can send John and the girls.
01:26:42.483 --> 01:26:46.003
JENNIFER A.: But as I started walking over, well, then it went up to 45 minutes.
01:26:46.583 --> 01:26:49.283
JENNIFER A.: And then by the time we got there, it was up to 65 minutes.
01:26:49.303 --> 01:26:50.723
JENNIFER A.: So we said, never mind.
01:26:50.743 --> 01:26:54.023
JENNIFER A.: And we did Beauty and the Beast, which was right next door.
01:26:54.183 --> 01:26:56.243
JENNIFER A.: So that was a good show.
01:26:56.443 --> 01:27:01.943
JENNIFER A.: Bethany was really contemplating the actors and actresses after the show.
01:27:01.963 --> 01:27:06.003
JENNIFER A.: And she said, they must be married to each other.
01:27:06.723 --> 01:27:13.003
JENNIFER A.: Because she said, Mom, wouldn't you be insulted if your husband were to hug and kiss somebody else?
01:27:13.543 --> 01:27:15.723
JENNIFER A.: So they have to be like Belle and the Beast.
01:27:15.743 --> 01:27:16.923
JENNIFER A.: They have to be married.
01:27:17.003 --> 01:27:24.323
JENNIFER A.: She's sure that they're married in real life because it would just be so insulting for them to fall in love with someone else.
01:27:24.343 --> 01:27:28.143
JENNIFER A.: And it was just such a cute little pure moment as she's putting it together.
01:27:28.163 --> 01:27:29.823
JENNIFER A.: And I said, yeah, they're married.
01:27:29.843 --> 01:27:30.583
JENNIFER A.: I'm sure they are.
01:27:30.603 --> 01:27:31.043
JENNIFER A.: You're right.
01:27:32.463 --> 01:27:33.363
JENNIFER A.: Just let her think that.
01:27:35.343 --> 01:27:37.563
VIRGINIA: Oh, sweet innocent child.
01:27:37.883 --> 01:27:38.383
JENNIFER A.: Yes.
01:27:40.123 --> 01:27:43.963
JENNIFER A.: So we did some shopping then on Sunset Boulevard.
01:27:43.963 --> 01:27:48.483
JENNIFER A.: Those are, I like that stretch of shops there.
01:27:48.503 --> 01:27:54.183
JENNIFER A.: I, John and the kids started a Pandora collection for me a couple years ago, and it's all Disney stuff.
01:27:54.203 --> 01:28:00.003
JENNIFER A.: And so I love to look at the charms and the girls just could not believe how many there were.
01:28:00.043 --> 01:28:02.983
JENNIFER A.: So we thought that was, that was really fun.
01:28:03.283 --> 01:28:06.963
JENNIFER A.: And then afterwards, it was our Lightning Lane for Smugglers run.
01:28:07.423 --> 01:28:13.063
JENNIFER A.: So that was posted at an 85 minute wait, but we waited five minutes.
01:28:13.143 --> 01:28:18.603
JENNIFER A.: And so Nathan said at one point, we are so lucky.
01:28:18.623 --> 01:28:23.843
JENNIFER A.: We're, we're hardly having to wait in any lines and the plans are just working out.
01:28:23.863 --> 01:28:24.903
JENNIFER A.: We're really lucky.
01:28:24.963 --> 01:28:26.263
JENNIFER A.: And so John was cute.
01:28:26.283 --> 01:28:28.323
JENNIFER A.: He said, we're not lucky.
01:28:28.423 --> 01:28:33.543
JENNIFER A.: Your mother has planned this trip for a long time and it's just all of her planning.
01:28:33.563 --> 01:28:35.883
JENNIFER A.: So that was cute.
01:28:35.903 --> 01:28:39.363
JENNIFER A.: Nathan gave me a little props there and said that I've done a nice job with that.
01:28:39.503 --> 01:28:41.063
JENNIFER A.: We enjoyed Smugglers run.
01:28:41.923 --> 01:28:43.283
JENNIFER A.: Nathan and I were gunners.
01:28:43.303 --> 01:28:47.083
JENNIFER A.: I think Nathan didn't really understand.
01:28:47.723 --> 01:28:52.703
JENNIFER A.: In retrospect, I think he would have preferred to have been a pilot, but he was convinced that he wanted to be a gunner.
01:28:52.783 --> 01:28:53.663
JENNIFER A.: So that was fine.
01:28:53.683 --> 01:28:55.383
JENNIFER A.: So he and I were gunners.
01:28:55.523 --> 01:28:59.163
JENNIFER A.: Lydia and John were pilots and Bethany was an engineer.
01:28:59.183 --> 01:29:08.103
JENNIFER A.: I am glad that it was just our family in the car because we can just scream and yell at each other and you can't do that to strangers.
01:29:10.723 --> 01:29:13.883
JENNIFER A.: John kept yelling, shoot it, shoot it, shoot it.
01:29:13.903 --> 01:29:16.763
JENNIFER A.: And we're like, we are, but you need to get us in position.
01:29:16.783 --> 01:29:25.443
JENNIFER A.: And we're just all just, it's a good family activity to bring you together.
01:29:25.763 --> 01:29:27.923
JENNIFER A.: But we all thought that was pretty cool.
01:29:28.523 --> 01:29:30.083
JENNIFER A.: When we came out, it was raining.
01:29:30.703 --> 01:29:33.943
JENNIFER A.: And at first, it was just kind of drizzly, but then it really did pick up.
01:29:33.963 --> 01:29:38.643
JENNIFER A.: So we put on the ponchos because I just didn't want to be wet the whole rest of the day.
01:29:39.463 --> 01:29:45.063
JENNIFER A.: The kids had already said that no matter what, they wanted to stay for Fantasmic.
01:29:46.983 --> 01:29:49.343
JENNIFER A.: We listened to the soundtrack all the time.
01:29:49.823 --> 01:29:52.543
JENNIFER A.: So that was one that they were looking forward to.
01:29:52.603 --> 01:29:55.763
JENNIFER A.: And they said, yes, no matter what, we're not going to be too tired.
01:29:55.783 --> 01:29:56.863
JENNIFER A.: We want Fantasmic.
01:29:56.883 --> 01:30:02.543
JENNIFER A.: So I didn't want us to get soaking wet and be miserable for the whole stretch there.
01:30:02.563 --> 01:30:06.423
JENNIFER A.: So we pulled out the ponchos, but that was the only time we needed them all week.
01:30:06.603 --> 01:30:07.983
JENNIFER A.: So no complaints there.
01:30:08.723 --> 01:30:10.963
JENNIFER A.: And we went and had a lightning lane to meet Olaf.
01:30:10.983 --> 01:30:15.843
JENNIFER A.: And when we got out, the rain was stopped, and we were able to pack the ponchos up and didn't need them again.
01:30:16.523 --> 01:30:20.783
VIRGINIA: Did you ever make it over to meet Darth Vader as you planned?
01:30:21.143 --> 01:30:23.203
JENNIFER A.: We did not.
01:30:23.823 --> 01:30:24.843
JENNIFER A.: That was a disappointment.
01:30:24.863 --> 01:30:31.063
JENNIFER A.: We didn't really meet any other than Rey, any of the Star Wars characters, but that was okay.
01:30:31.243 --> 01:30:33.223
JENNIFER A.: So we got a lot of other stuff in.
01:30:34.943 --> 01:30:38.043
VIRGINIA: What time of day was this approximately at this point?
01:30:38.143 --> 01:30:45.223
JENNIFER A.: So this was exactly 410 because we had a Mama Melrose reservation at 410.
01:30:45.243 --> 01:30:48.403
JENNIFER A.: So it was an early dinner, and we went there.
01:30:48.423 --> 01:30:52.963
JENNIFER A.: I had eaten there for my solo trip, and it was a really nice meal.
01:30:53.823 --> 01:31:06.923
JENNIFER A.: It was a good meal for us as a family, but I think in retrospect, I think it's good for a solo trip, but with the family, I wish we had done something a little bit different, like 50s primetime cafe or something.
01:31:06.943 --> 01:31:12.783
JENNIFER A.: So it was good, but it wasn't anything special, and I don't think we'd go back again, but we liked it.
01:31:13.123 --> 01:31:14.263
JENNIFER A.: I would go by myself.
01:31:14.623 --> 01:31:16.443
JENNIFER A.: But that was fine.
01:31:17.103 --> 01:31:23.463
JENNIFER A.: At that point, Nathan wanted to go back to Star Wars land, and he just wanted to see some more of the droid accessories.
01:31:23.483 --> 01:31:37.723
JENNIFER A.: So he and John went and did that, and the girls and I went and saw Mickey and Minnie, and then we met up, and John took all the kids on star tours, and I sat in the shade and talked with a family from the UK, and they're really cute kids.
01:31:39.123 --> 01:31:44.843
JENNIFER A.: And then they were showing an extended preview of Inside Out 2, so we went over to see that.
01:31:45.203 --> 01:31:46.403
VIRGINIA: I saw that as well.
01:31:46.783 --> 01:31:49.283
VIRGINIA: It made me so excited to see it.
01:31:49.563 --> 01:31:52.463
JENNIFER A.: Yes, we are so excited.
01:31:52.463 --> 01:31:59.203
JENNIFER A.: Actually, we said, Oh, I think we'll do a birthday party for Bethany to go and take her friends to go see that.
01:31:59.223 --> 01:32:02.943
JENNIFER A.: So we're doing that this Saturday, but yeah, it totally sold me.
01:32:02.963 --> 01:32:04.383
JENNIFER A.: It looks so cute.
01:32:04.703 --> 01:32:05.663
VIRGINIA: Yeah, it was good.
01:32:05.723 --> 01:32:06.963
VIRGINIA: It was really good.
01:32:06.963 --> 01:32:13.163
JENNIFER A.: And then we went through a few of the gift shops, and Bethany found from Lilo and Stitch an Angel plush.
01:32:13.643 --> 01:32:22.543
JENNIFER A.: They had a snack series for Stitch and Angel, so the one for May is Angel drinking a milkshake, a Mickey milkshake.
01:32:22.563 --> 01:32:27.563
JENNIFER A.: So that was her souvenir from us, and she's very pleased with that choice.
01:32:28.223 --> 01:32:37.003
JENNIFER A.: And then we did some really cute photo pass pictures right in front of Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway and some of the other ones further down the street.
01:32:37.023 --> 01:32:44.623
JENNIFER A.: So that was some really sweet pictures there, and then we had a lightning lane for Runaway Railway, and we all loved that one.
01:32:45.083 --> 01:32:48.983
JENNIFER A.: John is a little bit more quiet.
01:32:49.003 --> 01:32:59.343
JENNIFER A.: He's not always, you know, the wild, crazy one, but even for him in the part where Daisy had the dance studio, he's putting his hands up and dancing, which is so unlike him.
01:32:59.363 --> 01:33:02.223
JENNIFER A.: It was cute to see him getting into that.
01:33:03.723 --> 01:33:06.643
JENNIFER A.: I had an embarrassing moment at the tornado scene.
01:33:06.663 --> 01:33:16.443
JENNIFER A.: I had Bethany's hat in my lap, and it was kind of under the lap bar, so I thought it was fine, but tornadoes are tough, Virginia.
01:33:16.463 --> 01:33:23.823
JENNIFER A.: As soon as that tornado came through, it blew the hat out and it flew up, and I had to, I don't know, be Mrs.
01:33:24.023 --> 01:33:37.183
JENNIFER A.: Incredible and be bendy and stretch my leg out, and I was able to stomp it down to the ground, but I had my feet stretched over Bethany and Lydia, and I just stayed away for the rest of the time because the hat almost went out of the car.
01:33:37.383 --> 01:33:38.403
VIRGINIA: Oh my goodness.
01:33:38.563 --> 01:33:42.043
JENNIFER A.: That would have been embarrassing to shut down the ride because we lost our hat.
01:33:42.063 --> 01:33:47.403
VIRGINIA: You don't need that person, but how uncomfortable to sit in that position for the rest of the time.
01:33:48.403 --> 01:33:52.863
JENNIFER A.: I really thought I had it secured well, but evidently not.
01:33:54.003 --> 01:33:54.963
JENNIFER A.: But we loved that.
01:33:55.443 --> 01:33:56.383
JENNIFER A.: It was really cute.
01:33:56.583 --> 01:33:59.723
JENNIFER A.: So then it was time to head over for Fantasmic.
01:33:59.903 --> 01:34:04.983
JENNIFER A.: John took the girls to go on the Tower of Terror and then meet up with us.
01:34:05.003 --> 01:34:07.023
JENNIFER A.: Nathan and I went and saved seats.
01:34:07.683 --> 01:34:11.023
JENNIFER A.: It was a little tense as we were saving seats.
01:34:11.323 --> 01:34:13.023
JENNIFER A.: And I guess you're not supposed to save seats.
01:34:13.103 --> 01:34:15.463
JENNIFER A.: So they say like, have your whole party with you.
01:34:15.483 --> 01:34:17.403
JENNIFER A.: But we just sat and saved them seats.
01:34:17.843 --> 01:34:19.323
JENNIFER A.: But there was a little girl.
01:34:19.343 --> 01:34:20.163
JENNIFER A.: I don't know.
01:34:20.183 --> 01:34:22.183
JENNIFER A.: She was maybe seven years old.
01:34:22.203 --> 01:34:23.823
JENNIFER A.: A couple rose behind us.
01:34:24.223 --> 01:34:28.043
JENNIFER A.: And a cast member kept going over and asking her where her family was.
01:34:28.063 --> 01:34:29.803
JENNIFER A.: She was saving like half the row.
01:34:29.823 --> 01:34:31.323
JENNIFER A.: And she was alone.
01:34:31.343 --> 01:34:39.023
JENNIFER A.: And I think the cast member was concerned because she was so young and alone for such a long period of time.
01:34:39.303 --> 01:34:45.443
JENNIFER A.: But the guy directly behind us thought that the cast member was mad that she was saving seats.
01:34:45.463 --> 01:34:52.323
JENNIFER A.: And so anytime the cast member would go over there, he would just get really defensive and be like, you're not messing with the kid.
01:34:52.743 --> 01:34:55.523
JENNIFER A.: Well, she wasn't yelling at the kid for saving seats.
01:34:55.543 --> 01:34:59.283
JENNIFER A.: I really think that she was just concerned that this child is alone.
01:34:59.563 --> 01:35:07.763
JENNIFER A.: But every time the cast member would come over, this guy would just kind of get into an argument with the cast member that she needs to leave this little girl alone.
01:35:07.783 --> 01:35:11.523
JENNIFER A.: And it was just weird because I think they both wanted the same thing.
01:35:11.543 --> 01:35:13.783
JENNIFER A.: They both wanted the best thing for this girl.
01:35:13.803 --> 01:35:21.263
JENNIFER A.: And the cast member wasn't making a fuss about the girl saving seats, like she wasn't going to throw her out of the park, but whatever.
01:35:21.603 --> 01:35:24.163
JENNIFER A.: Her family finally came and it was fine.
01:35:24.163 --> 01:35:29.743
JENNIFER A.: But when John came with the girls, I'm like, all right, let's just sit down and relax.
01:35:29.763 --> 01:35:32.363
JENNIFER A.: This guy behind us is going to simmer down a little bit.
01:35:32.383 --> 01:35:33.063
JENNIFER A.: And it was fine.
01:35:33.083 --> 01:35:34.183
JENNIFER A.: It was a cute show.
01:35:34.243 --> 01:35:35.903
JENNIFER A.: That one is such a fun one.
01:35:35.923 --> 01:35:43.063
JENNIFER A.: And I love watching just all the kids and their excitement waving to the characters when they come out at the end.
01:35:43.203 --> 01:35:43.963
JENNIFER A.: It's so fun.
01:35:44.803 --> 01:35:45.343
VIRGINIA: I love it.
01:35:45.503 --> 01:35:50.723
JENNIFER A.: When we left, leaving the park that night was probably the funniest story of our whole week.
01:35:50.863 --> 01:35:54.403
JENNIFER A.: They took us out a different exit, not the main.
01:35:54.683 --> 01:35:55.163
JENNIFER A.: Yes.
01:35:56.023 --> 01:35:58.923
JENNIFER A.: And my girls had these scrunchies that light up.
01:35:59.543 --> 01:36:01.703
JENNIFER A.: And so you have a button.
01:36:01.723 --> 01:36:02.883
JENNIFER A.: You can turn it on and off.
01:36:02.903 --> 01:36:05.703
JENNIFER A.: So I turned it on and I put it in my ponytail.
01:36:06.103 --> 01:36:11.003
JENNIFER A.: And I just said, okay, everybody follow me because I knew we would get kind of separated a little bit.
01:36:11.023 --> 01:36:14.503
JENNIFER A.: But as long as they could see the light up scrunchie, just follow the scrunchie.
01:36:15.063 --> 01:36:17.683
JENNIFER A.: So we're leaving that back way.
01:36:17.703 --> 01:36:21.443
JENNIFER A.: And there was a point where, I don't know, we had to turn.
01:36:21.463 --> 01:36:26.203
JENNIFER A.: And there was just a little corner that we could cut that would bypass like 100 people.
01:36:26.223 --> 01:36:28.923
JENNIFER A.: So I just took this corner and my family followed me.
01:36:29.343 --> 01:36:33.383
JENNIFER A.: And this random guy was like, oh, I just see what you did there.
01:36:33.403 --> 01:36:34.603
JENNIFER A.: I saw you.
01:36:34.803 --> 01:36:35.763
JENNIFER A.: Tricky, tricky.
01:36:35.783 --> 01:36:36.883
JENNIFER A.: But then he followed me.
01:36:37.203 --> 01:36:42.503
JENNIFER A.: But then he kept like calling stuff out to me about how, oh, you moms, you're so tricky.
01:36:42.523 --> 01:36:51.983
JENNIFER A.: And then he looked at me like dead in the eyes and he goes, if you are able to stay with me all the way to the exit of the park, I will give you 10 bucks.
01:36:53.003 --> 01:36:56.303
JENNIFER A.: I was like, it was the weirdest thing.
01:36:56.323 --> 01:36:59.143
VIRGINIA: And I said, but he was behind you, right?
01:36:59.343 --> 01:37:04.083
JENNIFER A.: Well, he had kind of come up next to me at this point and was caught up to me.
01:37:06.423 --> 01:37:10.843
JENNIFER A.: So I'm like, well, he was with a son who was like a teenager.
01:37:10.863 --> 01:37:13.183
JENNIFER A.: He was like maybe 13 or 14 years old.
01:37:13.203 --> 01:37:14.283
JENNIFER A.: And it was just the two of them.
01:37:14.303 --> 01:37:18.723
JENNIFER A.: And I said, well, yeah, that's funny, but my family's back here.
01:37:18.743 --> 01:37:20.503
JENNIFER A.: I got to not lose my family.
01:37:20.523 --> 01:37:25.603
JENNIFER A.: And he just kept repeating it, like taunting me like, I bet you can't keep up with me.
01:37:25.703 --> 01:37:27.983
JENNIFER A.: If you can keep up with me, I'm going to give you 10 bucks.
01:37:28.523 --> 01:37:32.103
JENNIFER A.: So I'm not interested in taking somebody's 10 bucks.
01:37:32.143 --> 01:37:36.223
JENNIFER A.: But if you're going to give me a dare at Disney, can I keep up?
01:37:36.963 --> 01:37:38.223
JENNIFER A.: I can keep up at Disney.
01:37:38.243 --> 01:37:40.783
VIRGINIA: The answer is yes, I can keep up.
01:37:40.883 --> 01:37:42.583
VIRGINIA: Like, do I want to hang with you?
01:37:44.163 --> 01:37:52.683
JENNIFER A.: So John and the kids caught up to me and I said to them, this guy says he's going to give me 10 bucks if I can stay with him all the way to the exit.
01:37:52.963 --> 01:37:54.823
JENNIFER A.: And John just looked at me and goes, do it.
01:37:56.983 --> 01:37:58.683
JENNIFER A.: So I'm like, game on.
01:37:58.743 --> 01:38:00.163
JENNIFER A.: So Bethany misunderstood.
01:38:01.263 --> 01:38:05.983
JENNIFER A.: Bethany thought that everybody was going to get 10 bucks.
01:38:06.003 --> 01:38:08.483
JENNIFER A.: So she has never walked so fast.
01:38:09.063 --> 01:38:14.463
JENNIFER A.: Like these little slow feet, she's like moving and she kept saying, I'm going to get 10 bucks.
01:38:14.463 --> 01:38:16.263
JENNIFER A.: I can't believe I'm getting 10 bucks.
01:38:16.283 --> 01:38:22.143
JENNIFER A.: And John's like, you need to stop saying that you're not going to get any money, but just keep up.
01:38:22.783 --> 01:38:25.483
JENNIFER A.: And at one point we got to a split.
01:38:25.823 --> 01:38:28.723
JENNIFER A.: And if you turn right, you go back into the parks.
01:38:28.743 --> 01:38:30.903
JENNIFER A.: You turn left, it takes you to the exit.
01:38:31.343 --> 01:38:33.203
JENNIFER A.: And this guy turned right.
01:38:33.743 --> 01:38:37.303
JENNIFER A.: And I just yelled out to him, I said, Hey, 10 bucks, you're going the wrong way.
01:38:37.403 --> 01:38:38.543
JENNIFER A.: You want to go left?
01:38:38.543 --> 01:38:40.123
JENNIFER A.: And he goes, Oh yeah, you're right.
01:38:40.143 --> 01:38:44.403
JENNIFER A.: And I said, you're going to need to give me an extra 10 bucks because I'm going to lead you out of the park.
01:38:44.923 --> 01:38:45.983
JENNIFER A.: So I did.
01:38:46.003 --> 01:38:51.103
JENNIFER A.: I led him out of the park and then we got out and he was going so slow.
01:38:51.143 --> 01:38:54.003
JENNIFER A.: I said, look, I'm not going to stay for you.
01:38:54.023 --> 01:38:54.783
JENNIFER A.: You're going too slow.
01:38:54.803 --> 01:38:55.723
JENNIFER A.: So see you later.
01:38:56.583 --> 01:38:59.923
VIRGINIA: I clearly won, but can we all acknowledge that I'm the winner here?
01:38:59.943 --> 01:39:04.263
JENNIFER A.: And my kids are like, you didn't get your 10 bucks.
01:39:04.283 --> 01:39:06.283
JENNIFER A.: And I'm like, it wasn't about the 10 bucks.
01:39:06.303 --> 01:39:08.883
JENNIFER A.: I just wanted to show this guy that I could do this.
01:39:08.903 --> 01:39:11.543
JENNIFER A.: And the guy did say, he was like, that's really impressive.
01:39:11.563 --> 01:39:14.183
JENNIFER A.: Okay, so you do know your way around Disney.
01:39:14.443 --> 01:39:19.683
JENNIFER A.: We got a line for the Skyliner and he and his son passed us like five minutes later.
01:39:19.703 --> 01:39:21.503
JENNIFER A.: And my kids are like, there he is.
01:39:21.523 --> 01:39:22.443
JENNIFER A.: Go get your 10 bucks.
01:39:23.023 --> 01:39:26.383
JENNIFER A.: I'm like, I'm not taking $10 from a strange man at Disney.
01:39:28.103 --> 01:39:33.203
VIRGINIA: That is so weird because it sounds like he was making it about how much you knew about Disney at the end.
01:39:33.223 --> 01:39:37.863
VIRGINIA: But at the beginning, it sounded like it was about, oh, your legs can't keep up with me.
01:39:38.523 --> 01:39:39.023
VIRGINIA: Yes.
01:39:39.043 --> 01:39:39.543
VIRGINIA: I don't know.
01:39:40.103 --> 01:39:43.623
VIRGINIA: That's very strange, but it sounds like you handled it well.
01:39:44.363 --> 01:39:48.283
JENNIFER A.: But the good thing is it put a hustle in my kids.
01:39:48.363 --> 01:39:49.743
JENNIFER A.: They would not have been that fast.
01:39:49.863 --> 01:39:52.343
JENNIFER A.: So it got us out of the park really early.
01:39:52.583 --> 01:39:59.983
JENNIFER A.: The Skyliner line was crazy long, but we had a line at 950 and we were on the Skyliner at 10.
01:40:00.003 --> 01:40:04.343
JENNIFER A.: So again, that's such a fast, efficient way to get people around.
01:40:06.143 --> 01:40:06.563
VIRGINIA: All right.
01:40:06.583 --> 01:40:14.963
VIRGINIA: So Wednesday, May 29, I noted that you were going to be deciding whether you wanted to sleep in or rope drop.
01:40:15.183 --> 01:40:20.623
VIRGINIA: And I'm guessing based on the hour that you got back, you probably voted to sleep in.
01:40:20.923 --> 01:40:21.503
VIRGINIA: Am I right?
01:40:22.543 --> 01:40:27.403
JENNIFER A.: Well, we, me, said we're going to rope drop.
01:40:28.163 --> 01:40:30.383
VIRGINIA: Wait, wait, wait.
01:40:30.403 --> 01:40:35.203
VIRGINIA: You had this late at night and then you decided to rope drop Animal Kingdom, which has the earliest rope drop of all?
01:40:35.903 --> 01:40:39.883
JENNIFER A.: But I forgot that it's the early, early rope drop.
01:40:39.903 --> 01:40:45.363
JENNIFER A.: So I didn't remember until everybody had gone to bed and everybody had their alarm set.
01:40:45.383 --> 01:40:50.123
JENNIFER A.: And I went, shoot, it's 730 early entry.
01:40:50.663 --> 01:40:53.363
VIRGINIA: So to get over there, you're at the bus by like 630.
01:40:53.383 --> 01:40:54.823
JENNIFER A.: I'm like, there's no way.
01:40:54.843 --> 01:40:59.423
JENNIFER A.: So I just resigned myself at that point that we're going to miss early entry and it'll be fine.
01:40:59.443 --> 01:41:05.863
JENNIFER A.: But I said, you know, I'm going to try to move people along to get Elise out of the room a little bit quicker.
01:41:06.263 --> 01:41:09.443
JENNIFER A.: So everybody got up and I explained to them what was happening.
01:41:09.463 --> 01:41:13.063
JENNIFER A.: I said, instead of eating in the room, just grab something to go and we'll eat on the way.
01:41:13.263 --> 01:41:18.443
JENNIFER A.: We left the room at 7 o'clock and we made it for 730 early entry.
01:41:18.723 --> 01:41:20.823
JENNIFER A.: So we still made it for rope drop.
01:41:22.443 --> 01:41:23.583
JENNIFER A.: That did us no good, though.
01:41:24.243 --> 01:41:29.523
JENNIFER A.: So the wheels kind of came off the train a little bit in the morning at Animal Kingdom.
01:41:29.983 --> 01:41:33.263
JENNIFER A.: The ride that Bethany wanted was dinosaur.
01:41:33.363 --> 01:41:36.183
JENNIFER A.: That's all she had been talking about and looking forward to.
01:41:36.243 --> 01:41:40.863
JENNIFER A.: So we were going to rope drop dinosaur, which is kind of a silly use of rope drop.
01:41:40.883 --> 01:41:46.603
JENNIFER A.: But whatever, we get there and it was closed, which kind of annoyed me that they didn't have somebody.
01:41:46.623 --> 01:41:52.823
JENNIFER A.: They could have had somebody stationed at Dino land instead of making you walk all the way back there and said, like, hey, it's closed.
01:41:53.103 --> 01:41:54.603
JENNIFER A.: But you had to walk all the way back there.
01:41:54.623 --> 01:41:58.203
JENNIFER A.: And it was at the entrance when they were like, oh, yeah, we're here to tell you it's closed.
01:41:58.683 --> 01:42:00.823
JENNIFER A.: OK, so pivot.
01:42:00.843 --> 01:42:02.843
JENNIFER A.: We're going to go to Expedition Everest.
01:42:03.583 --> 01:42:05.483
JENNIFER A.: And we went over there and that was closed.
01:42:05.643 --> 01:42:08.023
JENNIFER A.: And the guy said, it's just for a brief closure.
01:42:08.043 --> 01:42:08.923
JENNIFER A.: It's not a big deal.
01:42:09.143 --> 01:42:12.103
JENNIFER A.: So we just pull off to the side and did sunscreen.
01:42:12.403 --> 01:42:18.083
JENNIFER A.: And then as soon as we got the sunscreen done, the guy was like, well, it's going to be much longer.
01:42:18.103 --> 01:42:19.803
JENNIFER A.: There were maybe 20 of us waiting.
01:42:19.823 --> 01:42:21.943
JENNIFER A.: And he said, everybody go somewhere else.
01:42:23.043 --> 01:42:23.823
JENNIFER A.: The ride's closed.
01:42:23.843 --> 01:42:25.363
JENNIFER A.: It's going to be closed for a long time.
01:42:25.603 --> 01:42:29.623
JENNIFER A.: So John said, OK, so can you tell us what is open?
01:42:30.023 --> 01:42:32.643
JENNIFER A.: And the guy said, well, all you have to do is look on the app.
01:42:33.143 --> 01:42:37.303
JENNIFER A.: And John's like, OK, well, according to the app, Dinosaur and Everest are both open.
01:42:37.583 --> 01:42:38.723
JENNIFER A.: And clearly, they're not.
01:42:38.943 --> 01:42:41.383
JENNIFER A.: So the guy said, everybody just go to Pandora.
01:42:41.683 --> 01:42:46.603
JENNIFER A.: Except at that point, Pandora had like 90 minute plus wait.
01:42:47.123 --> 01:42:52.143
JENNIFER A.: By the time we made it all the way over there, the park was going to be open to everybody, and they all were going to go there.
01:42:52.143 --> 01:42:55.143
JENNIFER A.: So I wasn't really, we're not big Pandora people anyway.
01:42:55.163 --> 01:42:58.143
JENNIFER A.: So it wasn't a huge priority for us.
01:42:58.223 --> 01:43:01.743
JENNIFER A.: So we did the Tree of Life, or did the Tough to Be a Bug Show.
01:43:03.223 --> 01:43:10.823
JENNIFER A.: And then we headed on over to the Safari, because we had right away at 8 o'clock a Safari Lightning Lane.
01:43:11.223 --> 01:43:12.943
JENNIFER A.: So we went ahead and did that.
01:43:13.163 --> 01:43:29.483
JENNIFER A.: When the guy drove up for our Safari line, I knew immediately that he was earning his ears, because his hands were at 10 and 2, and he was stiff as a board, and he had somebody in the passenger seat, and he was driving so carefully.
01:43:29.503 --> 01:43:31.463
JENNIFER A.: And that's not to make fun of him.
01:43:31.623 --> 01:43:45.043
JENNIFER A.: I really got driving with him a greater appreciation for how hard that job is, because he has to keep an eye on everybody in his truck, making sure they're sitting and behaving and whatever.
01:43:45.303 --> 01:43:52.683
JENNIFER A.: He's got to drive the truck, and he has to narrate and give us interesting tidbits and facts on the animals, and that's a hard job.
01:43:52.763 --> 01:44:05.723
JENNIFER A.: And he would even, there would be giraffes right in front of us, but in his script, he had another animal that he was going to talk about, so he's talking about a completely different animal, not the one that's in front of us.
01:44:06.123 --> 01:44:10.743
JENNIFER A.: And then we drove past the lions, and the lions are out, and he's like, well, it looks like there are no lions today.
01:44:10.763 --> 01:44:12.823
JENNIFER A.: And we're all like, well, yes, there are.
01:44:12.843 --> 01:44:18.903
JENNIFER A.: And at one point, the rhinos were just like right next to us, probably five feet away.
01:44:19.203 --> 01:44:23.483
JENNIFER A.: And he's talking about something else, and we're like, tell us about the rhinos.
01:44:23.503 --> 01:44:24.803
JENNIFER A.: But it was fine.
01:44:25.103 --> 01:44:29.923
JENNIFER A.: But it just made me have a greater appreciation for how hard that job has to be.
01:44:31.163 --> 01:44:35.743
JENNIFER A.: Just to know all of that and to be able to do all of that.
01:44:36.163 --> 01:44:36.983
JENNIFER A.: I was impressed.
01:44:37.043 --> 01:44:41.543
JENNIFER A.: So he was earning his ears, and I think he will do a great job one day.
01:44:41.823 --> 01:44:43.383
JENNIFER A.: But he was a little stressed that morning.
01:44:44.223 --> 01:44:49.523
JENNIFER A.: We got off and Everest and Dinosaur were still down.
01:44:49.543 --> 01:44:51.863
JENNIFER A.: So we decided to go meet Mickey and Minnie.
01:44:52.443 --> 01:44:55.823
JENNIFER A.: My girls had made friendship bracelets.
01:44:55.903 --> 01:44:59.703
JENNIFER A.: They had made, I don't know, 40 or 50 of them to pass out.
01:45:00.083 --> 01:45:03.883
JENNIFER A.: And they had passed a couple out to some cast members.
01:45:04.063 --> 01:45:07.943
JENNIFER A.: And I don't know, they were like, oh, thanks, but they didn't really seem to care too much.
01:45:07.963 --> 01:45:14.683
JENNIFER A.: And so I think they were disappointed because they'd put like little Mickey beads and they'd done the colors to match different characters.
01:45:14.703 --> 01:45:22.843
JENNIFER A.: And so we were in line to meet Mickey and Minnie, and there was this little boy who kept watching my kids because they were playing this game.
01:45:22.863 --> 01:45:25.003
JENNIFER A.: They did the whole trip where it was like, guess the character.
01:45:25.023 --> 01:45:26.323
JENNIFER A.: They did like 20 questions.
01:45:26.783 --> 01:45:33.883
JENNIFER A.: And so I think the boy kind of wanted to join in their game, but anytime my kids would kind of turn to him, he'd be like, what are you looking at?
01:45:33.903 --> 01:45:35.643
JENNIFER A.: And just be like, this tough guy.
01:45:35.663 --> 01:45:39.903
JENNIFER A.: So finally, I just kind of whispered to Lydia, maybe he wants a bracelet.
01:45:40.203 --> 01:45:44.003
JENNIFER A.: So she gave him a bracelet and he got so happy.
01:45:44.023 --> 01:45:50.043
JENNIFER A.: And it just made her day because that was the first time somebody was like really excited to get one of her bracelets.
01:45:50.063 --> 01:45:52.443
JENNIFER A.: And then all of his siblings were like, I want one.
01:45:52.463 --> 01:45:55.003
JENNIFER A.: And so she was giving out bracelets to all of them.
01:45:55.023 --> 01:45:55.743
JENNIFER A.: So that was fun.
01:45:56.043 --> 01:45:59.163
JENNIFER A.: I was happy that she found somebody who appreciated that.
01:45:59.623 --> 01:46:01.943
JENNIFER A.: So we went to the Lion King show.
01:46:02.123 --> 01:46:07.943
JENNIFER A.: And while we were in Lion King, Everest and Dinosaur both came up again.
01:46:08.443 --> 01:46:16.263
JENNIFER A.: So we got a lightning lane for Everest and we had a lightning lane for Nemo, which I converted then to Dinosaur.
01:46:16.283 --> 01:46:18.903
JENNIFER A.: So we were able to do both of those back to back.
01:46:19.483 --> 01:46:22.243
JENNIFER A.: Bethany lived her dream out of seeing Dinosaur.
01:46:22.263 --> 01:46:24.763
JENNIFER A.: She said she only closed her eyes during the dark part.
01:46:25.543 --> 01:46:28.723
JENNIFER A.: I don't know what that means because the whole ride is dark.
01:46:31.403 --> 01:46:36.063
JENNIFER A.: But she was very excited for that and proud of herself of doing that.
01:46:36.463 --> 01:46:43.163
JENNIFER A.: We ate lunch at Restaurantasaurus, which is not my favorite, but my family loves that place.
01:46:43.183 --> 01:46:48.503
JENNIFER A.: They love being able to be in the car that looks like it's a RV or something.
01:46:48.503 --> 01:46:53.883
JENNIFER A.: So we ate there and the girls did the Triceratops spin and they were able to ride that alone.
01:46:53.903 --> 01:46:55.623
JENNIFER A.: And the cast members let them do that.
01:46:56.263 --> 01:46:57.243
JENNIFER A.: And then we saw Nemo.
01:46:57.983 --> 01:47:03.623
JENNIFER A.: And then we did go over to the Avatar land and get some night blossoms to split.
01:47:03.623 --> 01:47:05.163
JENNIFER A.: It was so hot.
01:47:06.023 --> 01:47:12.123
JENNIFER A.: And then we went and stopped at a blue umbrella because Bethany was having issues with her magic band.
01:47:12.543 --> 01:47:17.703
JENNIFER A.: And we found out that she just kept tapping hers the whole time, the whole day.
01:47:17.723 --> 01:47:23.063
JENNIFER A.: And she was wearing out the battery because she just nonstop tapped hers because she just thought it was so cool that it lit up.
01:47:23.083 --> 01:47:27.603
JENNIFER A.: So I'm like, you've got to stop if you want it to interact with the attraction.
01:47:27.603 --> 01:47:30.583
JENNIFER A.: So we got, we figured out the issue with hers.
01:47:30.943 --> 01:47:36.223
JENNIFER A.: And this little boy, while we were talking, he reminded me of Russell from Up.
01:47:37.023 --> 01:47:38.523
JENNIFER A.: He just came up, he had no parents.
01:47:38.543 --> 01:47:45.103
JENNIFER A.: He just came up and Lydia offered him a bracelet and he took it and he was so happy.
01:47:45.123 --> 01:47:48.903
JENNIFER A.: And then he just disappeared, like without any parents, walking away.
01:47:48.923 --> 01:47:49.703
JENNIFER A.: I'm like, who are you?
01:47:49.723 --> 01:47:53.383
JENNIFER A.: He was like the ghost of Russell in Animal Kingdom.
01:47:53.403 --> 01:47:56.683
JENNIFER A.: But he was so happy with this bracelet.
01:47:56.703 --> 01:47:57.903
JENNIFER A.: It was very cute.
01:47:57.923 --> 01:48:01.683
VIRGINIA: Yeah, that seems to be the theme of your trip is children without parents.
01:48:02.283 --> 01:48:03.703
JENNIFER A.: Yes, that's true.
01:48:05.963 --> 01:48:09.643
JENNIFER A.: We did the feathered friends in flight, which was fine.
01:48:09.763 --> 01:48:10.403
JENNIFER A.: That's cute.
01:48:10.423 --> 01:48:11.423
JENNIFER A.: My kids liked it.
01:48:13.443 --> 01:48:15.103
JENNIFER A.: I saw it once, I'm good with that one.
01:48:15.123 --> 01:48:18.423
JENNIFER A.: At that point, it was hot.
01:48:18.523 --> 01:48:20.823
JENNIFER A.: So we had a lightning lane for Navi.
01:48:21.163 --> 01:48:23.063
JENNIFER A.: We did that, and then we headed out.
01:48:23.343 --> 01:48:26.943
JENNIFER A.: That is a long walk all the way back to those buses.
01:48:27.103 --> 01:48:31.283
JENNIFER A.: And we had to wait about 20 minutes for a bus, but we did it, we got on it.
01:48:31.943 --> 01:48:35.943
JENNIFER A.: And as we're on the bus, I'm looking at everybody, and I'm saying, you guys are tired.
01:48:35.963 --> 01:48:40.143
JENNIFER A.: Do you guys just want to skip beaches and cream and just stay at the hotel and swim?
01:48:40.163 --> 01:48:41.303
JENNIFER A.: And everybody said yes.
01:48:41.763 --> 01:48:46.623
JENNIFER A.: So John stayed in the hotel room in the cold, dark air conditioning, in the quiet.
01:48:47.043 --> 01:48:51.563
JENNIFER A.: And the kids and I went swimming, and that was the perfect way to wind up our day.
01:48:51.863 --> 01:49:02.943
JENNIFER A.: We just spent the night swimming, and then we went to Art of Animation for dinner and got ice cream there and just saw all the stuff for the cars section, and that was our Wednesday.
01:49:03.163 --> 01:49:03.743
VIRGINIA: Perfect.
01:49:04.303 --> 01:49:06.283
VIRGINIA: All right, Thursday was a wild card.
01:49:06.383 --> 01:49:13.583
VIRGINIA: Thursday, you were deciding between Hollywood Studios and Epcot depending on what everybody voted to go back to.
01:49:13.623 --> 01:49:15.923
VIRGINIA: So what was the result of the vote?
01:49:16.263 --> 01:49:17.243
JENNIFER A.: It was a split vote.
01:49:17.763 --> 01:49:18.183
JENNIFER A.: Oh, no.
01:49:18.203 --> 01:49:23.703
JENNIFER A.: Half wanted to go to Hollywood Studios, half wanted to go to Epcot, and it was just a lot of drama.
01:49:23.723 --> 01:49:39.583
JENNIFER A.: But in the end, I just pulled the planner trump card and I said, we're gonna go to Epcot because we hadn't done Guardians, we hadn't done anything with The World Showcase, plus we were meeting up with friends, and I just feel like they wouldn't have Genie Plus, Epcot's just easier to do that.
01:49:39.683 --> 01:49:44.923
JENNIFER A.: So we went to Epcot, we rope dropped, and we headed to Remy's.
01:49:45.323 --> 01:49:50.103
JENNIFER A.: While we were waiting in line for Remy's, Bethany got run over by a scooter.
01:49:53.903 --> 01:49:59.483
JENNIFER A.: There was a woman and she just wasn't steering the way her family thought they should.
01:49:59.703 --> 01:50:09.003
JENNIFER A.: So they put their hands on the handlebar to help her, not realizing that the speed is, you squeeze the handlebars and that controls the speed.
01:50:09.023 --> 01:50:09.863
JENNIFER A.: It's not a pedal.
01:50:10.143 --> 01:50:15.163
JENNIFER A.: So they held on tight, and this woman just started going through the crowd.
01:50:15.343 --> 01:50:35.543
JENNIFER A.: I was in the front and I heard people screaming, and I turn around and there's Bethany screaming, and Nathan and Lydia were able to jump out of the way, but Bethany had a bench next to her, so she couldn't, and this lady just ran her over, and John was able to reach over with one arm and like haul her over and like swing her up.
01:50:36.183 --> 01:50:52.003
JENNIFER A.: And I tell my kids that I use the force, because the woman, she was still coming, and she came to me and I put my hand out and I pushed against her, and then she like released the handlebars, because her family members had let go at that point, but she was like so panicked, she was squeezing, and it was crazy.
01:50:52.023 --> 01:50:57.403
JENNIFER A.: And then the family, they just started screaming and fighting amongst themselves about whose fault it was.
01:50:57.423 --> 01:51:05.663
JENNIFER A.: And I couldn't, Bethany was on the other side of the scooter, so I couldn't reach Bethany to see if she was okay, but I could just see that she was completely freaked out.
01:51:05.983 --> 01:51:09.323
JENNIFER A.: So the crowd kinda said like, what about the kid?
01:51:09.343 --> 01:51:10.903
JENNIFER A.: Is the kid okay?
01:51:10.923 --> 01:51:16.143
JENNIFER A.: And they moved us up, like the people in the crowd, they're like, why don't you come stand up here?
01:51:16.163 --> 01:51:25.003
JENNIFER A.: And we were able to check Bethany out, and she had just stuff all even down in her sock and her shoe, but nothing broke the skin or anything, and she was fine.
01:51:25.403 --> 01:51:31.283
JENNIFER A.: So that was our joke, is that Bethany got run over by a grandma at Epcot, and we now have a family song and everything.
01:51:37.203 --> 01:51:43.823
JENNIFER A.: It's a good reminder that not everybody who has a scooter at Disney knows how to use it, so you need to give them space.
01:51:44.463 --> 01:51:45.803
VIRGINIA: Right, no, exactly.
01:51:45.823 --> 01:51:49.743
VIRGINIA: I would say a majority of the people don't use a scooter in their regular life.
01:51:49.843 --> 01:51:51.263
VIRGINIA: Disney is a lot of steps.
01:51:52.283 --> 01:51:57.183
VIRGINIA: And sometimes people need to rent scooters that they normally wouldn't be using every day.
01:51:57.683 --> 01:52:02.743
VIRGINIA: So it's a lot of people, for all intents and purposes, their learners permit.
01:52:03.103 --> 01:52:03.483
JENNIFER A.: Yes.
01:52:03.843 --> 01:52:06.863
JENNIFER A.: So give them room, don't cut them off, and yes.
01:52:06.883 --> 01:52:07.143
VIRGINIA: Yeah.
01:52:07.983 --> 01:52:10.783
JENNIFER A.: So we did Remy's, and that was really great.
01:52:11.783 --> 01:52:13.623
JENNIFER A.: We had already done that, so we loved it.
01:52:14.323 --> 01:52:17.703
JENNIFER A.: And then we went over and we did Frozen.
01:52:17.883 --> 01:52:19.603
JENNIFER A.: We had a lightning lane for Frozen.
01:52:20.843 --> 01:52:28.403
JENNIFER A.: When we were in line for Remy's, our Guardians boarding group was called, but I knew that they would take us late.
01:52:28.423 --> 01:52:30.303
JENNIFER A.: So I just stuck with our rope drop plan.
01:52:30.323 --> 01:52:32.903
JENNIFER A.: So we did Frozen, and then we went over to Guardians.
01:52:33.343 --> 01:52:34.763
JENNIFER A.: John and the girls did that.
01:52:34.903 --> 01:52:39.043
JENNIFER A.: They did everybody wants to rule the world, and they loved it.
01:52:39.143 --> 01:52:42.323
JENNIFER A.: Although Bethany is like, I didn't even know music was playing.
01:52:42.743 --> 01:52:44.443
JENNIFER A.: She was shrieking too much.
01:52:45.643 --> 01:52:51.603
JENNIFER A.: Nathan loved the gift shop at Guardians, and they had some really cute PhotoPass pictures outside of it.
01:52:51.623 --> 01:52:52.423
JENNIFER A.: So we did that.
01:52:52.463 --> 01:52:57.863
JENNIFER A.: And then as we were walking around, Pluto was kind of walking freely.
01:52:57.883 --> 01:53:02.263
JENNIFER A.: I haven't seen as many free roaming characters in the last few years.
01:53:02.283 --> 01:53:03.323
JENNIFER A.: So that was kind of fun.
01:53:03.343 --> 01:53:07.083
JENNIFER A.: He was able to get a really cute picture with him and Pluto.
01:53:07.283 --> 01:53:09.063
JENNIFER A.: And then we met up with John and the girls.
01:53:09.343 --> 01:53:13.363
JENNIFER A.: We had an 11.35, that Aker Shoes.
01:53:13.823 --> 01:53:14.563
JENNIFER A.: That was good.
01:53:14.783 --> 01:53:16.063
JENNIFER A.: My kids are quiet.
01:53:16.083 --> 01:53:19.563
JENNIFER A.: So there wasn't much with the princess interactions, which was fine.
01:53:19.583 --> 01:53:20.243
JENNIFER A.: We liked that.
01:53:20.283 --> 01:53:21.823
JENNIFER A.: I liked those Norwegian waffles.
01:53:21.903 --> 01:53:22.683
JENNIFER A.: So that was nice.
01:53:23.983 --> 01:53:27.183
JENNIFER A.: And then afterwards we went to see Anna and Elsa.
01:53:27.883 --> 01:53:31.083
JENNIFER A.: And at this point, John and I kind of compared notes.
01:53:31.503 --> 01:53:41.683
JENNIFER A.: We noticed that this time, this trip, the princesses don't always look like the princess characters that we're used to seeing.
01:53:41.683 --> 01:53:46.123
JENNIFER A.: So, and maybe their personalities didn't always match.
01:53:46.123 --> 01:53:55.603
JENNIFER A.: So like Elsa was really warm and friendly, and Anna was just kind of cold and standoffish, which we thought that was interesting because we thought it would be reversed.
01:53:55.623 --> 01:54:01.683
JENNIFER A.: So we just thought that the characters didn't look as magical as we've experienced in the past.
01:54:01.703 --> 01:54:04.083
JENNIFER A.: They were still very nice, but it was just different.
01:54:04.563 --> 01:54:08.783
JENNIFER A.: We walked around the World Showcase, and then John and the kids did Mission Space.
01:54:09.443 --> 01:54:13.703
JENNIFER A.: I did not, but they really liked that play place that they had at the end there.
01:54:13.723 --> 01:54:15.243
JENNIFER A.: I met up with them.
01:54:15.683 --> 01:54:20.883
JENNIFER A.: Like Bethany was young enough to do the tunnels, and the other kids did like these computer games and stuff.
01:54:20.903 --> 01:54:23.763
JENNIFER A.: And that's a nice break in the air conditioning.
01:54:23.963 --> 01:54:27.283
VIRGINIA: Did you say John and Nathan did Mission Space?
01:54:28.283 --> 01:54:29.523
JENNIFER A.: All four of them did.
01:54:29.543 --> 01:54:31.283
JENNIFER A.: So even Nathan, he had no issues.
01:54:32.163 --> 01:54:33.203
VIRGINIA: Yeah, no issues.
01:54:33.223 --> 01:54:35.743
VIRGINIA: Okay, interesting, all right.
01:54:36.463 --> 01:54:39.343
JENNIFER A.: I was wondering that too, but not for me.
01:54:39.343 --> 01:54:40.823
JENNIFER A.: But Nathan said, yeah, it was fine.
01:54:40.863 --> 01:54:41.163
JENNIFER A.: So.
01:54:41.723 --> 01:54:43.163
VIRGINIA: Okay, good for him.
01:54:43.323 --> 01:54:43.943
JENNIFER A.: That's right.
01:54:45.003 --> 01:54:47.983
JENNIFER A.: We did a little bit more in the World Showcase.
01:54:48.003 --> 01:54:54.603
JENNIFER A.: And then we went and saw the Pixar shorts again, because my kids still love that one.
01:54:54.623 --> 01:54:59.223
JENNIFER A.: And then John and the kids had a lightning lane for test track in Soarin.
01:54:59.703 --> 01:55:04.303
JENNIFER A.: And then I went and met up with some friends in Sunshine Seasons while they did that.
01:55:04.323 --> 01:55:07.643
JENNIFER A.: And then we all connected up again together for dinner.
01:55:07.663 --> 01:55:13.543
JENNIFER A.: Our friend drives the boats at Epcot and in between Hollywood Studios and Epcot.
01:55:13.563 --> 01:55:21.523
JENNIFER A.: So he is so passionate about his job and just has so many jokes and cute anecdotes that my kids thought he was the best.
01:55:21.543 --> 01:55:23.063
JENNIFER A.: He's just a really fun guy.
01:55:23.323 --> 01:55:25.283
JENNIFER A.: So we rode the friendship boat with him.
01:55:25.303 --> 01:55:26.363
JENNIFER A.: And so that was cute.
01:55:26.383 --> 01:55:30.603
JENNIFER A.: But they thought they were getting such an inside scoop driving with him.
01:55:30.903 --> 01:55:35.583
JENNIFER A.: While we were on the friendship boats, Stand By Skipper was able to book us another Remy's.
01:55:35.823 --> 01:55:40.643
JENNIFER A.: So we went and did Remy's, and then we all went and got pastries in France.
01:55:41.343 --> 01:55:47.543
JENNIFER A.: Bethany was especially excited about this because she had done a project on France last year for school.
01:55:47.563 --> 01:55:52.043
JENNIFER A.: And so she had all sorts of plans of all the pastries she was gonna get.
01:55:52.063 --> 01:56:00.583
JENNIFER A.: So she got the variety pack of macarons and ate that all week long for the rest of the week because I wouldn't let her eat it all in one sitting.
01:56:00.643 --> 01:56:02.803
JENNIFER A.: So I didn't get any of those, but she liked them.
01:56:04.403 --> 01:56:07.223
JENNIFER A.: And then we got, I wanted to get a group picture.
01:56:07.243 --> 01:56:12.423
JENNIFER A.: So we did some PhotoPass pictures with our friends and then they headed out and we headed out.
01:56:12.543 --> 01:56:14.363
JENNIFER A.: The kids didn't want to stay for the night show.
01:56:14.823 --> 01:56:19.743
JENNIFER A.: So back to pop and for another good night's sleep.
01:56:20.283 --> 01:56:33.823
VIRGINIA: All right, nothing wrong with getting a little bit of extra sleep so that you can presumably rope drop, again, the next day for your last park day, Friday, May 31st, Magic Kingdom, of course, for the last day.
01:56:34.103 --> 01:56:36.523
VIRGINIA: So how did this day go?
01:56:36.743 --> 01:56:37.783
JENNIFER A.: It was a great day.
01:56:37.803 --> 01:56:41.723
JENNIFER A.: We left at seven and we were at the gate at 745.
01:56:42.103 --> 01:56:45.163
JENNIFER A.: I had gotten boarding group 19 for Tron.
01:56:45.623 --> 01:56:57.863
JENNIFER A.: I was a little nervous because we were gonna rope drop seven dwarves and we had some other things we wanted to do that morning and we kind of had an earlier breakfast slash lunch.
01:56:58.643 --> 01:57:05.383
JENNIFER A.: So I asked everybody what their priority was and they had other rides that were more important to them than Tron.
01:57:05.403 --> 01:57:12.123
JENNIFER A.: So I ended up dropping out of that boarding group and I figured I'll try it one and see how that goes.
01:57:12.143 --> 01:57:16.203
JENNIFER A.: Cause it wasn't top priority and I wanted to give everybody the experience they wanted.
01:57:16.243 --> 01:57:18.323
JENNIFER A.: So we rope dropped seven dwarves.
01:57:18.743 --> 01:57:20.163
JENNIFER A.: Nathan wasn't going to ride that.
01:57:20.183 --> 01:57:24.843
JENNIFER A.: So he and John went and did Tomorrowland Speedway and Buzz.
01:57:25.343 --> 01:57:28.643
JENNIFER A.: And the girls and I did seven dwarves.
01:57:29.183 --> 01:57:36.503
JENNIFER A.: And I had read about in the queue at seven dwarves that if you get everybody spinning the barrels, that Snow White will appear.
01:57:36.943 --> 01:57:42.863
JENNIFER A.: So when we got there, I said to the people around us, like, I think we can do this.
01:57:42.883 --> 01:57:44.623
JENNIFER A.: And so this one mom like took control.
01:57:44.643 --> 01:57:49.643
JENNIFER A.: She's like, everybody spin and she was like commanding and we did it.
01:57:49.643 --> 01:57:52.523
JENNIFER A.: And everybody was just cheering and so excited.
01:57:52.543 --> 01:58:03.443
JENNIFER A.: I just, I think that's what makes Disney so different than any other amusement park is that they create these moments of community where everybody just comes together and everybody was just cheering and high fiving.
01:58:03.463 --> 01:58:04.063
JENNIFER A.: We did it.
01:58:04.463 --> 01:58:07.703
JENNIFER A.: Not that it's hard, but we just felt good about ourselves.
01:58:07.723 --> 01:58:08.683
JENNIFER A.: So that was cute.
01:58:11.243 --> 01:58:17.963
JENNIFER A.: We got off of Seven Dwarfs at 845 and the girls and I rode the carousel and John and Nathan met up with us.
01:58:18.603 --> 01:58:22.883
JENNIFER A.: And then Bethany really wanted to do Peter Pan, but it was closed.
01:58:22.983 --> 01:58:27.663
JENNIFER A.: So we did Small World and then we had a Lightning Lane for Jungle Cruise.
01:58:27.903 --> 01:58:28.723
JENNIFER A.: It was cute.
01:58:28.723 --> 01:58:35.443
JENNIFER A.: Our skipper kind of, her deal was she was scorned by her ex-boyfriend.
01:58:35.603 --> 01:58:43.683
JENNIFER A.: So she did the normal skipper jokes, but then she did all these jokes about her dirty rotten ex-boyfriend and how she knows how to scare boys off.
01:58:43.703 --> 01:58:46.063
JENNIFER A.: It was really, really funny.
01:58:46.083 --> 01:58:52.963
JENNIFER A.: John and I were cracking up at her jokes, things that went over my kids' heads, but the adults thought were just hilarious.
01:58:52.983 --> 01:58:53.903
JENNIFER A.: She did a nice job.
01:58:53.923 --> 01:58:58.463
JENNIFER A.: And then we did the Tiki Room and then we had a Lightning Lane for Pirates.
01:58:58.863 --> 01:59:02.383
JENNIFER A.: And then we had our 1030 Breakfast for Crystal Palace.
01:59:02.943 --> 01:59:09.163
JENNIFER A.: It's breakfast is served until 1130, but at 1045, they put the lunch stuff out as well.
01:59:09.183 --> 01:59:12.723
JENNIFER A.: So instead of two breakfast buffets, they have one lunch and one breakfast.
01:59:12.743 --> 01:59:16.583
JENNIFER A.: And so I loved that because I wanted the lunch.
01:59:17.163 --> 01:59:21.543
JENNIFER A.: My family wanted breakfast and I still got my Mickey churro waffles.
01:59:21.683 --> 01:59:23.903
JENNIFER A.: So that was a great meal.
01:59:24.123 --> 01:59:26.463
JENNIFER A.: We said that was probably one of our favorites.
01:59:27.143 --> 01:59:28.283
JENNIFER A.: We liked the characters.
01:59:28.303 --> 01:59:30.763
JENNIFER A.: We liked the food and everybody was pretty happy.
01:59:31.183 --> 01:59:33.983
JENNIFER A.: We then had a lightning lane for Haunted Mansion.
01:59:34.823 --> 01:59:38.763
JENNIFER A.: I thought that would have been easy to skip over there from Crystal Palace.
01:59:39.203 --> 01:59:41.043
JENNIFER A.: I did not factor in the parade.
01:59:41.223 --> 01:59:44.363
JENNIFER A.: So that was a little tricky.
01:59:44.383 --> 01:59:47.683
JENNIFER A.: We had to kind of go a long way all the way around, but we made it.
01:59:48.203 --> 01:59:50.843
JENNIFER A.: But then I didn't even notice.
01:59:50.863 --> 01:59:52.383
JENNIFER A.: I don't even remember.
01:59:52.403 --> 01:59:56.883
JENNIFER A.: Bethany had handed me her hat in Haunted Mansion and I put it on my lap.
01:59:57.483 --> 02:00:01.723
JENNIFER A.: And when it was time to get out, I stood up and just, I didn't remember that I had it.
02:00:01.743 --> 02:00:04.123
JENNIFER A.: So it fell to the ground and we left it on the ride.
02:00:04.663 --> 02:00:08.023
JENNIFER A.: It was a really cute, like Minnie Mouse bucket hat.
02:00:08.423 --> 02:00:11.023
JENNIFER A.: And it was a special one that they don't sell anymore.
02:00:11.563 --> 02:00:12.143
JENNIFER A.: So I want to.
02:00:36.823 --> 02:00:41.143
JENNIFER A.: Thank you for watching, and I hope you enjoyed it.
02:00:47.443 --> 02:00:49.143
JENNIFER A.: And she said, check back at the Lightning Lane entrance in 10 minutes.
02:00:49.163 --> 02:00:53.043
JENNIFER A.: So we went back 10 minutes later, and so I told them what we were looking for, and they went in the back and they got it, and brought it out for us.
02:00:53.903 --> 02:00:54.643
JENNIFER A.: Yes, I was not expecting that.
02:00:55.623 --> 02:00:58.323
JENNIFER A.: So we got her hat, and then we went over to the Little Mermaid ride and did that again.
02:01:02.443 --> 02:01:06.123
JENNIFER A.: And then we went and did Mickey's fill her magic, which still doesn't matter how many times you see it.
02:01:06.283 --> 02:01:08.123
JENNIFER A.: It's air conditioned and it's funny.
02:01:08.163 --> 02:01:09.363
JENNIFER A.: So we liked that one.
02:01:10.243 --> 02:01:14.183
JENNIFER A.: And then we were going over to do Tomorrowland Speedway.
02:01:14.203 --> 02:01:19.843
JENNIFER A.: And I saw that there was a PhotoPass photographer there right at the teacups.
02:01:20.583 --> 02:01:21.943
JENNIFER A.: And I said, well, let's get a picture.
02:01:21.963 --> 02:01:25.003
JENNIFER A.: Cause my friend was there and I really liked our outfits that day.
02:01:25.543 --> 02:01:29.363
JENNIFER A.: And that was maybe the best experience of our whole week.
02:01:29.723 --> 02:01:32.263
JENNIFER A.: The man's name is, I'm not going to pronounce it right.
02:01:32.263 --> 02:01:34.343
JENNIFER A.: It's Visitasian, I think.
02:01:34.683 --> 02:01:36.103
JENNIFER A.: And he's from Puerto Rico.
02:01:36.543 --> 02:01:37.963
JENNIFER A.: I'm in some Disney groups.
02:01:37.983 --> 02:01:42.923
JENNIFER A.: And as soon as I saw his name tag, I recognized his name that other people had talked about.
02:01:43.283 --> 02:01:44.803
JENNIFER A.: How fantastic he was.
02:01:45.403 --> 02:01:48.243
JENNIFER A.: He got some of our best pictures from the week.
02:01:48.303 --> 02:01:49.683
JENNIFER A.: He didn't pose us.
02:01:49.943 --> 02:01:56.583
JENNIFER A.: He's just talking with us and making jokes and then just snapping pictures of each of us individually as we're laughing.
02:01:56.923 --> 02:01:58.983
JENNIFER A.: He's doing magic tricks with us.
02:01:59.363 --> 02:02:01.343
JENNIFER A.: He just really spent a lot of time with us.
02:02:01.363 --> 02:02:05.263
JENNIFER A.: He told us about his process and a little bit about himself.
02:02:05.283 --> 02:02:08.683
JENNIFER A.: And he spent, I don't know, we probably spent 20 minutes with him.
02:02:08.823 --> 02:02:11.723
JENNIFER A.: I definitely filled out a cast member compliment.
02:02:12.343 --> 02:02:17.283
JENNIFER A.: He took great pictures and he just brought so much joy to our day.
02:02:17.343 --> 02:02:19.383
JENNIFER A.: We enjoyed him a lot.
02:02:19.563 --> 02:02:21.743
JENNIFER A.: Really a special, special man.
02:02:21.763 --> 02:02:24.003
JENNIFER A.: And I can see why he's famous on Facebook.
02:02:24.023 --> 02:02:31.563
JENNIFER A.: So I told him that I had heard about him and that people talk about him and speak highly of him on Facebook.
02:02:31.583 --> 02:02:35.363
JENNIFER A.: And he just said, well, I don't do it to get praise.
02:02:35.383 --> 02:02:36.383
JENNIFER A.: I just do it because I love it.
02:02:36.423 --> 02:02:38.003
JENNIFER A.: I just love bringing joy to people.
02:02:38.023 --> 02:02:39.463
JENNIFER A.: And you could tell that in his work.
02:02:39.463 --> 02:02:40.443
JENNIFER A.: So that was fun.
02:02:40.463 --> 02:02:41.883
VIRGINIA: That's awesome.
02:02:41.903 --> 02:02:42.783
VIRGINIA: I'm going to look for him.
02:02:43.263 --> 02:02:46.163
VIRGINIA: It's almost like you got your own capture your moment.
02:02:46.283 --> 02:02:46.883
JENNIFER A.: Yes.
02:02:46.983 --> 02:02:48.523
VIRGINIA: Session for free.
02:02:48.703 --> 02:02:50.123
JENNIFER A.: Yes, absolutely.
02:02:50.623 --> 02:02:53.263
JENNIFER A.: And just being able to talk with him was special.
02:02:53.283 --> 02:02:56.963
JENNIFER A.: So we did Tomorrowland Speedway after that.
02:02:57.023 --> 02:02:58.343
JENNIFER A.: And then we did The Last Floor.
02:02:58.403 --> 02:03:02.363
JENNIFER A.: Nobody got picked and our jokes didn't get picked, but that was okay.
02:03:03.563 --> 02:03:10.943
JENNIFER A.: Nathan wanted to go back to that Space Mountain gift shop and he did end up getting that Star Wars ball cap that he had been eyeing.
02:03:10.963 --> 02:03:11.843
JENNIFER A.: He picked that up.
02:03:12.383 --> 02:03:15.323
JENNIFER A.: Then we had a lightning lane to see Cinderella and Aurora.
02:03:15.343 --> 02:03:20.003
JENNIFER A.: So our friend went and took Nathan on buzz because he had no interest in princesses.
02:03:20.023 --> 02:03:22.803
JENNIFER A.: And John and I took the girls to see the princesses.
02:03:23.143 --> 02:03:30.463
JENNIFER A.: But on our way, we stopped at a PhotoPass photographer that was behind the castle in front of Sir Mickey's.
02:03:30.943 --> 02:03:35.323
JENNIFER A.: We got amazing castle pictures, hardly anybody in it.
02:03:35.383 --> 02:03:37.983
JENNIFER A.: And it was just a different view of the castle.
02:03:38.263 --> 02:03:40.543
JENNIFER A.: That might be my new favorite spot for pictures.
02:03:40.563 --> 02:03:42.263
JENNIFER A.: I really liked how those turned out.
02:03:42.283 --> 02:03:43.803
JENNIFER A.: But then of course, Nathan wasn't in them.
02:03:43.823 --> 02:03:47.943
JENNIFER A.: So they're not, they would have been perfect family pictures except we're missing someone.
02:03:47.963 --> 02:03:49.843
JENNIFER A.: So, but they're still really cute.
02:03:50.083 --> 02:03:55.123
JENNIFER A.: So then John and the girls did barnstormer while I went and met up with Nathan and our friend.
02:03:55.143 --> 02:03:56.323
JENNIFER A.: And then she had to go.
02:03:56.343 --> 02:04:00.943
JENNIFER A.: And we decided to go meet Ariel because Lydia had wanted to meet her.
02:04:00.963 --> 02:04:07.603
JENNIFER A.: She had the Ariel magic band and Ariel outfits, but there is no ventilation in that queue at all.
02:04:07.623 --> 02:04:10.523
VIRGINIA: Also, there's also usually a long wait.
02:04:10.683 --> 02:04:11.703
JENNIFER A.: So long wait.
02:04:11.763 --> 02:04:12.243
JENNIFER A.: Yeah.
02:04:12.263 --> 02:04:13.983
VIRGINIA: Having a lightning lane is the way to do it.
02:04:14.203 --> 02:04:16.223
JENNIFER A.: We did not have a lightning lane though.
02:04:16.503 --> 02:04:19.383
JENNIFER A.: And everybody was getting hot cranky.
02:04:19.403 --> 02:04:22.463
JENNIFER A.: So I said, you know what, let's just skip it.
02:04:22.463 --> 02:04:23.803
JENNIFER A.: We don't really need to see Aurora.
02:04:23.823 --> 02:04:28.243
JENNIFER A.: We saw her at the princess lunch and we got out of line.
02:04:28.303 --> 02:04:31.423
JENNIFER A.: Bethany wanted to check Peter Pan, but the line was still too long.
02:04:31.423 --> 02:04:34.523
JENNIFER A.: So we did Small World because she just couldn't get enough of that.
02:04:35.163 --> 02:04:41.103
JENNIFER A.: And then we saw the stepsisters, which is always the best character interaction of all.
02:04:41.123 --> 02:04:48.643
JENNIFER A.: The handler there was a really big guy, and Lydia had made a really big bracelet.
02:04:49.163 --> 02:04:54.483
JENNIFER A.: And so she went and gave it to him because we hadn't met very many people.
02:04:54.503 --> 02:04:57.403
JENNIFER A.: It wouldn't fit a kid or some like a petite woman.
02:04:57.803 --> 02:05:00.923
JENNIFER A.: And he was so excited about it.
02:05:01.603 --> 02:05:02.863
JENNIFER A.: He kept like holding it up.
02:05:02.883 --> 02:05:09.203
JENNIFER A.: And at first I thought he was signaling that he was closing the line because he was like holding his hand up to another handler.
02:05:09.843 --> 02:05:12.143
JENNIFER A.: But I realized, no, he's showing off his bracelet.
02:05:12.443 --> 02:05:16.463
JENNIFER A.: So I was happy that she got to see somebody be so excited about it.
02:05:16.703 --> 02:05:18.763
JENNIFER A.: And the stepsisters were hilarious.
02:05:18.783 --> 02:05:21.443
JENNIFER A.: They had asked Bethany what she had gotten for her birthday.
02:05:21.463 --> 02:05:23.663
JENNIFER A.: And she said, well, she got like a journal.
02:05:24.043 --> 02:05:27.463
JENNIFER A.: And the one stepsister said, well, don't keep it under your pillow.
02:05:27.643 --> 02:05:29.903
JENNIFER A.: And the other one said, well, that's where I keep mine.
02:05:29.923 --> 02:05:32.763
JENNIFER A.: And they got into this big bickering fight about that.
02:05:33.943 --> 02:05:38.643
JENNIFER A.: And when we were taking pictures, the one kept making like a scrunched up ugly face.
02:05:38.663 --> 02:05:42.683
JENNIFER A.: So I took a couple of pictures and then I said, okay, everybody make an ugly face now.
02:05:42.683 --> 02:05:45.543
JENNIFER A.: Cause I wanted them to make a face like she was making.
02:05:45.863 --> 02:05:48.043
JENNIFER A.: She's like, well, why would she say that?
02:05:48.063 --> 02:05:49.903
JENNIFER A.: That is the weirdest thing.
02:05:49.923 --> 02:05:53.603
JENNIFER A.: And she just kept going to the kids, is your mom always like that?
02:05:53.623 --> 02:05:54.303
JENNIFER A.: And they were so funny.
02:05:54.323 --> 02:05:54.763
JENNIFER A.: They're the best.
02:05:57.323 --> 02:05:57.983
VIRGINIA: They are.
02:05:58.263 --> 02:06:00.683
JENNIFER A.: They don't get paid enough, I'm guessing.
02:06:00.703 --> 02:06:01.723
JENNIFER A.: They're just amazing.
02:06:01.743 --> 02:06:07.083
VIRGINIA: I really miss that they are no longer at 1900 Park Fair.
02:06:07.283 --> 02:06:10.343
JENNIFER A.: Yes, that was a big draw.
02:06:10.363 --> 02:06:12.683
JENNIFER A.: So I don't understand why they did that.
02:06:12.703 --> 02:06:15.983
JENNIFER A.: But we did a lightning lane for Buzz.
02:06:16.003 --> 02:06:20.303
JENNIFER A.: And then we went back to Cosmic Race for dinner again, cause that's where everybody wanted to go.
02:06:20.403 --> 02:06:24.403
JENNIFER A.: So at that point, everybody said they didn't care.
02:06:24.423 --> 02:06:26.443
JENNIFER A.: They would stay or they would leave.
02:06:26.463 --> 02:06:28.163
JENNIFER A.: It didn't matter about the fireworks.
02:06:28.163 --> 02:06:30.263
JENNIFER A.: And I said, I want to see the fireworks.
02:06:30.323 --> 02:06:31.083
JENNIFER A.: So we're staying.
02:06:31.243 --> 02:06:33.263
JENNIFER A.: So I made the executive decision.
02:06:33.783 --> 02:06:41.603
JENNIFER A.: So we went and we took some castle pictures, and then John and the girls did Big Thunder, and Nathan and I did Pirates.
02:06:41.623 --> 02:06:44.683
JENNIFER A.: And then we got to see, they were filming some stuff for Tiana's.
02:06:44.703 --> 02:06:48.323
JENNIFER A.: It wasn't open yet, but they were doing some promotional filming.
02:06:48.583 --> 02:06:51.763
JENNIFER A.: So we got to see that and we did the shooting range.
02:06:52.583 --> 02:07:02.843
JENNIFER A.: And then Nathan and John and Bethany did the people mover, while Lydia and I went and did some shopping and picked up some other souvenirs.
02:07:03.643 --> 02:07:06.003
JENNIFER A.: And then we grabbed our spot for the fireworks.
02:07:06.383 --> 02:07:11.363
JENNIFER A.: And the girls still had about 15 bracelets left over.
02:07:11.463 --> 02:07:15.803
JENNIFER A.: And so they just went, passing them out to kids waiting for the fireworks.
02:07:16.283 --> 02:07:19.383
JENNIFER A.: And it was just fun to see how excited the kids got.
02:07:19.403 --> 02:07:23.863
JENNIFER A.: They picked kids who looked kind of bored or didn't have a sibling with them to entertain them.
02:07:23.923 --> 02:07:25.803
JENNIFER A.: And their whole face just lit up.
02:07:25.803 --> 02:07:31.863
JENNIFER A.: And so Bethany said, the next time we go, we're gonna make bracelets and we'll just pass them all out of the fireworks.
02:07:31.883 --> 02:07:35.343
JENNIFER A.: She said that was just fun to make kids smile like that.
02:07:36.023 --> 02:07:38.683
JENNIFER A.: We loved, loved, loved the fireworks.
02:07:39.103 --> 02:07:43.023
JENNIFER A.: I don't think my family realized how spectacular they are.
02:07:43.043 --> 02:07:47.303
JENNIFER A.: So when they're like, yeah, we can skip the night shows, they were happy that we stayed.
02:07:47.523 --> 02:07:54.383
JENNIFER A.: Right before the fireworks started, our Tron boarding group got called because I joined the queue at one.
02:07:54.403 --> 02:08:07.843
JENNIFER A.: So we decided instead of going in line and following all the people out of the park, we would go and try to ride Tron instead of waiting at the bus and being back to back with people.
02:08:08.203 --> 02:08:11.023
JENNIFER A.: That was a fantastic strategy.
02:08:11.403 --> 02:08:13.703
JENNIFER A.: Nathan stayed with our bags.
02:08:14.303 --> 02:08:18.923
JENNIFER A.: So the four of us went, I went and did this one too.
02:08:19.383 --> 02:08:22.263
JENNIFER A.: I was a little nervous that we would have a long wait.
02:08:23.463 --> 02:08:25.843
JENNIFER A.: So I asked the guy before we tapped in, how long of a wait?
02:08:25.863 --> 02:08:31.483
JENNIFER A.: Because if it was gonna be too long, I was just gonna go and wait with Nathan and let John and the girls ride.
02:08:31.503 --> 02:08:33.903
JENNIFER A.: But he said, he thought it would be maybe only 30 minutes.
02:08:34.263 --> 02:08:36.203
JENNIFER A.: We tapped in, I should look at this.
02:08:36.223 --> 02:08:38.263
JENNIFER A.: We tapped in at 9.51.
02:08:38.603 --> 02:08:40.883
JENNIFER A.: We were off the ride at 10.05.
02:08:41.623 --> 02:08:45.943
JENNIFER A.: It was crazy fast, but we were able to bypass the lockers.
02:08:46.343 --> 02:08:47.563
VIRGINIA: Oh, because he was holding your bags.
02:08:47.583 --> 02:08:48.763
VIRGINIA: Right, yep, okay.
02:08:48.903 --> 02:08:53.423
JENNIFER A.: That got us in front of all the people who were coming from the fireworks, who were cramming stuff in lockers.
02:08:53.443 --> 02:09:00.363
JENNIFER A.: We just walked past all of them, and we walked past 100 people probably, and then there was just like no weight.
02:09:01.023 --> 02:09:07.203
JENNIFER A.: So that was really cool, really cool pictures with that one, and seeing Bethany with her face scrunched up.
02:09:07.223 --> 02:09:08.243
JENNIFER A.: We all enjoyed that.
02:09:08.543 --> 02:09:11.123
JENNIFER A.: I had knee surgery a couple years ago.
02:09:11.143 --> 02:09:13.163
JENNIFER A.: So that one was a little hard on my knee.
02:09:13.183 --> 02:09:19.703
JENNIFER A.: I don't know if I would do that again, because it put a little too much pressure on my knee, but I was happy that we did it.
02:09:20.063 --> 02:09:22.423
JENNIFER A.: And then we got on the bus and headed back.
02:09:23.023 --> 02:09:25.203
JENNIFER A.: They had props to Disney.
02:09:25.223 --> 02:09:28.683
JENNIFER A.: There were four buses to pop back to back to back.
02:09:28.703 --> 02:09:30.263
JENNIFER A.: We did not have to wait at all.
02:09:30.283 --> 02:09:33.523
JENNIFER A.: They were just loading and going, loading and going.
02:09:33.543 --> 02:09:35.883
JENNIFER A.: So we wrapped it up.
02:09:35.903 --> 02:09:37.423
JENNIFER A.: It was a nice way to end.
02:09:37.523 --> 02:09:45.003
JENNIFER A.: As we were walking down Main Street, John made the mistake of saying, say goodbye to Disney World, everybody.
02:09:45.023 --> 02:09:46.223
VIRGINIA: Why would he say that?
02:09:47.983 --> 02:09:51.183
JENNIFER A.: So Bethany is crying and then she kind of started panicking.
02:09:51.203 --> 02:09:53.823
JENNIFER A.: She's like, well, wait, can we go ride Peter Pan?
02:09:53.843 --> 02:09:55.183
JENNIFER A.: Can we go do this?
02:09:55.203 --> 02:09:55.643
JENNIFER A.: Can we go do...
02:09:55.643 --> 02:09:59.903
JENNIFER A.: And I said, there's always going to be things we want to do and that's why we're going to come back again.
02:09:59.923 --> 02:10:02.383
JENNIFER A.: So she cried all the way to the buses.
02:10:02.403 --> 02:10:03.523
JENNIFER A.: She had been fine.
02:10:03.823 --> 02:10:05.803
JENNIFER A.: John, don't say that, dad.
02:10:05.823 --> 02:10:09.223
JENNIFER A.: That was not a good thing to say, but that was fine.
02:10:09.383 --> 02:10:10.563
JENNIFER A.: We ended our day.
02:10:10.623 --> 02:10:11.523
JENNIFER A.: Everybody was happy.
02:10:11.543 --> 02:10:13.363
JENNIFER A.: It was a late night.
02:10:14.163 --> 02:10:16.663
JENNIFER A.: And then our next morning was our departure day.
02:10:17.443 --> 02:10:21.063
VIRGINIA: Right, and Mears was picking you up at 8:35 a.m.
02:10:21.263 --> 02:10:23.923
VIRGINIA: So did everything go okay with that?
02:10:24.203 --> 02:10:27.043
JENNIFER A.: I had been packing us as we went throughout the whole week.
02:10:27.063 --> 02:10:28.843
JENNIFER A.: So that wasn't as chaotic.
02:10:29.083 --> 02:10:34.863
JENNIFER A.: And we actually got to the bus stop at 8.10 because I had heard that sometimes they come early and I wanted to be ready.
02:10:35.143 --> 02:10:36.483
JENNIFER A.: And a bus came right away.
02:10:36.503 --> 02:10:40.763
JENNIFER A.: And when we checked in, he said, well, actually you're on the next shuttle, but I can take you anyways.
02:10:41.143 --> 02:10:42.183
JENNIFER A.: So we were really early.
02:10:42.183 --> 02:10:44.103
JENNIFER A.: So we just went because I wasn't sure.
02:10:44.123 --> 02:10:48.823
JENNIFER A.: I don't know how MCO, sometimes it's a lot to get through security.
02:10:49.163 --> 02:10:51.123
JENNIFER A.: It was nothing to get through security.
02:10:51.143 --> 02:10:52.563
JENNIFER A.: It was crazy easy.
02:10:52.923 --> 02:10:55.563
JENNIFER A.: So much so like the guards were making jokes.
02:10:55.583 --> 02:10:58.823
JENNIFER A.: The TSA agents were like pleasant and happy and talking.
02:10:59.083 --> 02:11:00.283
JENNIFER A.: They weren't stressed or anything.
02:11:00.303 --> 02:11:01.343
JENNIFER A.: There was nobody there.
02:11:01.643 --> 02:11:05.443
JENNIFER A.: We get through security though, and our flight had been delayed two hours.
02:11:05.903 --> 02:11:06.483
VIRGINIA: Oh gosh.
02:11:06.583 --> 02:11:09.783
JENNIFER A.: So we were early already, and then our flight was delayed.
02:11:09.803 --> 02:11:17.403
JENNIFER A.: And with the delay, we were landing five minutes before our connecting flight departed.
02:11:17.723 --> 02:11:20.563
JENNIFER A.: So we knew that there was no way that we were gonna make that.
02:11:20.583 --> 02:11:28.223
JENNIFER A.: So we went to the counter and she put us on standby, but the only flight was at like 9.30 that night.
02:11:29.183 --> 02:11:31.763
JENNIFER A.: So we were supposed to get home at like 3.30.
02:11:31.783 --> 02:11:34.243
JENNIFER A.: So we got pushed back to this 9.30 flight.
02:11:34.263 --> 02:11:40.203
JENNIFER A.: But then as we're waiting for our flight out of Orlando, we're watching and our connecting flight kept getting delayed.
02:11:40.223 --> 02:11:42.663
JENNIFER A.: So we thought there's a chance that we could make it.
02:11:42.683 --> 02:11:46.963
JENNIFER A.: So when we landed, our flight was still on the ground.
02:11:47.003 --> 02:11:51.123
JENNIFER A.: So we decided as soon as they opened the doors, we're gonna run and try to get on this flight.
02:11:51.443 --> 02:11:57.403
JENNIFER A.: And the flight attendant even made an announcement and said, there's a lot of people trying to hit a tight connection.
02:11:57.543 --> 02:11:59.523
JENNIFER A.: Raise your hand if you're one of those people.
02:11:59.543 --> 02:12:02.103
JENNIFER A.: And maybe a third of the plane raised their hand.
02:12:02.123 --> 02:12:03.323
JENNIFER A.: And she said, look around.
02:12:03.343 --> 02:12:09.143
JENNIFER A.: If you can stay in your seats, if you don't need to, and let these people off first, we'd appreciate it.
02:12:09.823 --> 02:12:13.003
JENNIFER A.: Well, they opened the doors and everybody got up and nobody waited.
02:12:13.383 --> 02:12:19.503
JENNIFER A.: So we ran and we got there just as they closed the doors and missed our connecting flight.
02:12:21.123 --> 02:12:24.443
JENNIFER A.: So I was able to get meal vouchers for lunch and for dinner.
02:12:24.563 --> 02:12:38.383
JENNIFER A.: So we spent a long day in the Charlotte airport and then our flight was supposed to leave at 9.30 and that one kept getting delayed and we did not put our wheels up until 10.55 that night.
02:12:38.963 --> 02:12:39.603
VIRGINIA: Oh wow.
02:12:40.963 --> 02:12:41.803
JENNIFER A.: We got home.
02:12:41.803 --> 02:12:43.543
JENNIFER A.: It was after midnight.
02:12:43.703 --> 02:12:48.723
JENNIFER A.: And of course that's like one o'clock time, Orlando time that my kids are on.
02:12:49.103 --> 02:12:53.223
JENNIFER A.: And I just think it was Lydia was overtired.
02:12:53.243 --> 02:12:55.163
JENNIFER A.: She got motion sick on the plane.
02:12:55.183 --> 02:12:57.083
JENNIFER A.: So she was crying on the way home.
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JENNIFER A.: And I'm like, oh, what a stinky way to end.
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JENNIFER A.: But it is what it is.
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JENNIFER A.: That was the only problem we had the whole week.
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JENNIFER A.: So that's okay.
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VIRGINIA: Well, I want to revisit the question from the pre-trip conversation we had.
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VIRGINIA: Did you get to take advantage, because you were in Charlotte so long, of the rocking chairs?
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JENNIFER A.: Yes, I did get to sit.
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JENNIFER A.: I had plenty of time to rock.
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JENNIFER A.: We could rock.
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JENNIFER A.: We had like eight and a half hours of rocking.
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JENNIFER A.: So yes.
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VIRGINIA: Wow, that's a lot.
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VIRGINIA: It was a lot.
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VIRGINIA: All right.
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VIRGINIA: And at the very beginning of our conversation tonight, we talked about potentially thinking about a future trip.
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VIRGINIA: So after all of this is said and done, when do you think the next time you will go back as a family of five?
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JENNIFER A.: I don't know for a family of five.
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JENNIFER A.: We're not an every year Disney family.
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JENNIFER A.: We have an RV.
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JENNIFER A.: We've got other things that other vacations we like.
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JENNIFER A.: I know Nathan will do band in high school and the band goes to Disney.
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JENNIFER A.: So he'll be going in the next couple of years.
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JENNIFER A.: One of the things I had said to John was my mom had taken me on a girls trip when I was in college and that was really special.
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JENNIFER A.: And I'd love to be able to take individual trips with the kids or a couple of kids.
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JENNIFER A.: And he said, you know, I was thinking the exact same thing.
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JENNIFER A.: So I don't know when our next family of five trip will be, but I think in the next couple of years, we'll probably do some solo trips with mom or two kids with me.
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JENNIFER A.: Nathan does Boy Scouts.
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JENNIFER A.: So he and John do a lot of trips, like they're going to Canada in a couple of weeks with Boy Scouts.
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JENNIFER A.: So I envision maybe something with the girls in the next couple of years of just the three of us.
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JENNIFER A.: So I don't know when the whole family of five will go again, but I think maybe some smaller trips like that are on the horizon.
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VIRGINIA: And I would say based on the girls' age, if you do something like that, it will be the perfect opportunity to let them help with the planning because they'll have opinions on things and perhaps be able to give their input to crafting the trip that they'd like to see.
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JENNIFER A.: Lydia totally took on the Disney girl.
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JENNIFER A.: She noticed all the details that she, I mean, she picked up on everything and she kept saying, did you see this?
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JENNIFER A.: Even the small things she picked up on all the magic.
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JENNIFER A.: So yes, she would very much enjoy helping plan a Disney trip for sure.
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VIRGINIA: Well, Jennifer, it has been such fun chatting with you and I hope that we will continue to stay in touch.
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VIRGINIA: And thank you so much for taking the time and for taking such detailed notes.
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VIRGINIA: Like you might have been the most detailed note taker I have ever interviewed.
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VIRGINIA: I love it.
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VIRGINIA: I love it.
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VIRGINIA: So thank you for doing that.
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JENNIFER A.: Yes, thanks for having me.
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JENNIFER A.: It's fun.
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VIRGINIA: It's fun.
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VIRGINIA: Thank you again to Jennifer for being a guest and for all the juicy details of your trip.
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VIRGINIA: Exquisite note taking, so you get an A plus.
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VIRGINIA: That's all for now.
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VIRGINIA: Have a magical week and keep daydreaming about where you long to be.