Post-Trip Report: Jules’ All-Star Couple Trip (March/April 2025)

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VIRGINIA: Now it's time for Jules' post trip report.

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VIRGINIA: If you didn't get a chance to listen to her pre-trip report, Jules is one half of the Instagram account DisneyCouples0905 with her boyfriend, Justin.

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VIRGINIA: They live only two hours from the parks, so they get there frequently for day trips and try to make sure to get over to stay within the Disney bubble whenever they can.

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VIRGINIA: This trip was March 31st through April 3rd, and they were staying at All-Star Sports.

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VIRGINIA: That's all you need to know to jump right in.

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VIRGINIA: So please welcome Jules.

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VIRGINIA: Welcome back, Jules.

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JULES: Thank you.

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VIRGINIA: Thank you so much for coming back.

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VIRGINIA: How was the drive since it was only about two hours?

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JULES: It was good.

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JULES: We hit a little bit of traffic early in the morning, but we still got to Disney at a good time that we were expecting.

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JULES: So not too bad of a drive.

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VIRGINIA: I wrote down that you had expected to get there around 930 because you were planning on taking advantage of that free water park day.

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VIRGINIA: So I guess before we get into that, how was the weather?

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VIRGINIA: Were you able to do a water park on this day?

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JULES: We were.

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JULES: We did end up getting there around that time.

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JULES: And it was like the sun wasn't out yet.

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JULES: So it was a little, little chilly.

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JULES: But it was still fun.

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JULES: And then it warmed up as the day went on.

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VIRGINIA: And this was Blizzard Beach, which I've never been to before.

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VIRGINIA: And I cannot recall, had you been to Blizzard Beach before or just Typhoon Lagoon?

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JULES: I've been to both.

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JULES: Justin never went to Blizzard Beach.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Well, what were his impressions of Blizzard Beach for the first time?

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JULES: He enjoyed it, but he said he prefers Typhoon Lagoon because he likes the tropical theming more.

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VIRGINIA: It must be a little funny to be in hot weather and standing amongst fake snow.

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VIRGINIA: So I could understand that.

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JULES: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Have you ever, this is totally off-topic, well, not totally off-topic, it's semi-off-topic.

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VIRGINIA: Have you ever been over to Winter Summerland, the mini-golf that half of its themed winter and half of its themed summer?

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JULES: I think I went when I was really little with my family.

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JULES: But it's funny you say that because we saw it and Justin's like, we should do this.

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JULES: So we're going to try to do that at some point.

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VIRGINIA: It seems like such a fun little add-on thing to do.

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VIRGINIA: From what I've heard, it does not require a reservation or anything.

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VIRGINIA: I think you can just show up and it's first in.

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JULES: Yeah.

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JULES: I remember years ago, I tried to do Fantasia golf course and you do just show up.

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JULES: But they told me it was two hour wait.

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VIRGINIA: Oh gosh.

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JULES: So I was like, oh, I guess show up early if you want to do that.

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VIRGINIA: Sure.

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VIRGINIA: Depending on the time of the year, it wouldn't be bad to show up early anyway, just because I don't think I would want to be doing that in the high heat of the middle of the day.

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JULES: Yeah, that's true.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: But at night, I bet it gets pretty busy, depending on how late it's open.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Back to the waterpark day.

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VIRGINIA: So, Blizzard Beach, did you do everything?

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VIRGINIA: Did you make it to every single slide?

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JULES: We did do everything we wanted to.

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JULES: I just was not going to do some implement.

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VIRGINIA: Got it.

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JULES: I did the miniature version.

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JULES: What's it called?

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JULES: Slush or gush or something.

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JULES: It's like a little, it's less high up.

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JULES: We just did that one.

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VIRGINIA: How was that one?

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JULES: That was good.

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JULES: It wasn't too bad, but it didn't convince me to take it up higher.

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VIRGINIA: Take it to the next level.

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VIRGINIA: Literally.

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VIRGINIA: So, is the one that you did, is it the kind where you both can go at the same time and sort of race each other down slides that are next to each other?

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JULES: It was separate.

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VIRGINIA: Right.

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VIRGINIA: Separate, but is it...

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JULES: Oh, yeah.

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JULES: Two people go at a time.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: So, in theory, you could go at the same time as someone else and race them.

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JULES: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Got it.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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JULES: Yeah.

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JULES: A lot of the ones are like that there, which is fun.

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VIRGINIA: What was your favorite slide that you went on that day?

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JULES: I like to bog and racers.

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JULES: I think that's really fun.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, that's the one that's like bum ba da bum ba da bum.

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JULES: Yeah.

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JULES: And you lay down and you hold on like a sled.

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VIRGINIA: Got it.

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VIRGINIA: And I hope listeners knew what I was talking about when I said bum ba da bum ba da bum.

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VIRGINIA: It looks like to me the water slide version of Slinky Dog where it does that little like...

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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JULES: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: We're doing lots of hand motions over here.

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VIRGINIA: You can't see it out there.

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VIRGINIA: But cool.

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VIRGINIA: Did you end up getting into the wave pool at all?

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VIRGINIA: And I ask because having only been to Typhoon Lagoon, and I've said this on previous episodes, the wave pool at Typhoon Lagoon is out of control harsh, in my opinion.

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VIRGINIA: Like you can be with the water up to your knees and you will nearly get knocked over if the waves start going.

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VIRGINIA: Is it like that there?

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JULES: I didn't go in it, to be honest.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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JULES: Yeah.

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JULES: I just am not a fan of Typhoon Lagoon.

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JULES: And it was very crowded.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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JULES: And just like a swarm of people just in there.

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JULES: And I'm like, you know what?

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JULES: It's okay.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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JULES: I'll just relax in the lazy river.

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VIRGINIA: How was the lazy river?

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JULES: It was so nice.

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JULES: I appreciate it more now, not being really little and just trying to get on slides.

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JULES: Uh-huh.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Did they have plenty of floats or all that kind of stuff to be able to get into?

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VIRGINIA: Or was it kind of a fight to get what you needed?

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JULES: I think we got lucky and just happened to get two as soon as we were about to go in.

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JULES: Because each time we passed the steps to get in, there was like always a lot of people trying to like get a ton of floats.

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JULES: So I guess it depends when you decide to get into it.

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VIRGINIA: Makes sense.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Anything else that you want to make sure that you mention about Blizzard Beach?

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VIRGINIA: Or is that a complete summary of your time there?

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JULES: That's probably about it.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: So you had dinner plans this night at 7.05.

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VIRGINIA: How late did you end up staying at the water park?

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JULES: I believe we left around like 2 or 2.30.

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JULES: We went back to check into the hotel.

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JULES: And we actually hung out by the pool.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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JULES: At the hotel after.

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JULES: Which it was nice.

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VIRGINIA: How was your room location?

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JULES: It was really good.

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JULES: We were in the football section.

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JULES: And if you've been there, it's just veered off to the left.

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JULES: So as soon as you get off your bus, it's one of the first sections to get to.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: So pretty easy walk into the main part of the building with the quick service and everything.

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JULES: Right.

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JULES: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: So I've only ever stayed at All-Star Music, but my impression of what you're talking about is like if I were at Pop Century, it would be the 70s section?

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JULES: Yes.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Got it.

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JULES: Got it.

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VIRGINIA: Perfect.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: So let's get into this dinner that you were looking forward to because it was a first time at Steakhouse 71 for both of you.

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VIRGINIA: So what did you think?

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VIRGINIA: What did you order?

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VIRGINIA: Will you be going back?

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JULES: It was really enjoyable.

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JULES: You can check in 15 minutes early.

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JULES: So we ended up getting there early.

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JULES: As soon as we checked in, our table was ready.

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JULES: So we sat down right away.

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JULES: We got our drinks and then we ordered appetizers.

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JULES: To be honest, I forget what Justin had.

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JULES: But I had a cup of the French onion soup.

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JULES: It was so good.

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JULES: Would definitely recommend that.

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JULES: And it came out so fast.

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JULES: Two minutes later, it came out.

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JULES: I was like, wow.

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JULES: It was really nice.

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VIRGINIA: Did they give you free bread there?

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JULES: No.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: They have bread.

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VIRGINIA: That's the one where you, they have bread you can purchase for an appetizer.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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JULES: Yeah.

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JULES: We just, I think we did the soups instead.

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VIRGINIA: Right.

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JULES: For something different.

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JULES: And I had filet.

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JULES: They give you different sides and you could pick what you want.

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JULES: But I did the au gratin potatoes, just like potato with cheese.

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JULES: They were really good.

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VIRGINIA: That sounds excellent.

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VIRGINIA: And you said you were a steak person.

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VIRGINIA: And so in terms of steaks that you've had on Disney property before, how would you rank this one?

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JULES: I would definitely rank it as my top.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, wow.

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JULES: I've never been to the one at Epcot though, which I heard is really, really good.

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JULES: But I'd have to try that one at some point.

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VIRGINIA: The steak at La Salle A, I have gotten the filet multiple times and it's really good.

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VIRGINIA: Really, really good.

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VIRGINIA: Also, they have a really good filet at Topolino's.

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JULES: Oh, yes.

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JULES: I enjoyed theirs too.

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VIRGINIA: Did you make it over to watch Fireworks?

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VIRGINIA: Because we had talked about the fact that you'd be in the Contemporary and your timing was such that you might be able to catch them from that balcony viewing area.

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JULES: We had a change of plans.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Love a change of plans.

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VIRGINIA: What happened?

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JULES: Since we got to the dinner earlier, we ended up finishing a lot earlier than I thought we would have.

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JULES: What we did was we went over to the Grand Floridian, to look at the Easter egg display, because I've never seen it before.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, I haven't either.

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JULES: It was really pretty.

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JULES: Then after that, we decided to take a bus to Disney Springs.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, wow.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: That's a huge change of plans.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: What did you end up doing over at Disney Springs?

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JULES: We went to Disney Springs because I really wanted the new character tote bags that came out.

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VIRGINIA: The big head ones?

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JULES: Yeah.

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JULES: So I couldn't find it, so we went to Disney Springs and I got the Donald one.

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VIRGINIA: Cute.

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JULES: Then we also just browsed around in other stores and we got Gideon's.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: What flavor of Gideon's did you get, I have to ask?

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JULES: We got two cookies.

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JULES: We got the triple chocolate one.

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JULES: That's my favorite.

00:11:35.900 --> 00:11:37.620
JULES: We got their cookie of the month.

00:11:37.620 --> 00:11:42.340
JULES: It was the, I believe it was the peanut butter cold brew, they called it.

00:11:42.340 --> 00:11:43.000
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:53.560
VIRGINIA: Someone I interviewed just recently also had it and I got confused for a second because I love the peanut butter cold brew, the drink they have there and I was like, oh my gosh, that's my favorite.

00:11:53.560 --> 00:12:03.520
VIRGINIA: But she was actually talking about the cookie, which I have not had that as a cookie because I think you're right, it is like a specialty thing that they only bring out every once in a while.

00:12:03.520 --> 00:12:07.540
VIRGINIA: Have you had their peanut butter cold brew drink before?

00:12:08.540 --> 00:12:11.900
VIRGINIA: If so, how did it compare to the flavor of the cookie?

00:12:11.900 --> 00:12:14.240
VIRGINIA: Was it dead on?

00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:16.720
JULES: I never had the cold brew.

00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:23.540
JULES: It did taste like a peanut butter cold brew to me, like it wasn't like overpowering peanut butter, like it was a good like mix.

00:12:24.920 --> 00:12:26.500
JULES: It was really good.

00:12:26.500 --> 00:12:29.000
VIRGINIA: I hope I get to try that at some point.

00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:29.620
JULES: Yes.

00:12:29.620 --> 00:12:31.500
VIRGINIA: How late were you in Disney Springs?

00:12:31.500 --> 00:12:35.180
JULES: I'm pretty sure we got back to the room like 1030, 11 o'clock.

00:12:35.180 --> 00:12:36.120
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:12:36.120 --> 00:12:42.220
VIRGINIA: And you seem to be a rope dropper, from what I remember of our first conversation.

00:12:42.220 --> 00:12:49.860
VIRGINIA: So I imagine right into bed and getting everything ready so that you could hop up and be out the door quickly in the morning.

00:12:50.740 --> 00:12:53.000
JULES: Yeah, we rope drop every day.

00:12:54.860 --> 00:12:55.420
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:12:55.420 --> 00:13:00.240
VIRGINIA: Well, let's talk about Tuesday, April 1st, then your Magic Kingdom rope drop.

00:13:00.240 --> 00:13:09.160
VIRGINIA: So rope drop has recently shifted and you now wait by the attraction that you want to rope drop.

00:13:09.160 --> 00:13:12.700
VIRGINIA: Was that in effect when you were here this day?

00:13:12.700 --> 00:13:13.440
JULES: It was.

00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:15.120
JULES: And I liked it a lot better.

00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:15.520
VIRGINIA: Did you?

00:13:15.520 --> 00:13:16.320
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:21.060
JULES: When we used to wait, it was just always a crowd of people on top of you.

00:13:21.060 --> 00:13:25.380
JULES: And as soon as they like open the rope, everybody's just sprinting.

00:13:25.380 --> 00:13:26.800
JULES: But I felt more relaxed.

00:13:26.800 --> 00:13:32.000
JULES: I like, you could just wait in your line and not have to worry about running.

00:13:32.000 --> 00:13:34.060
VIRGINIA: So what did you choose to rope drop?

00:13:34.060 --> 00:13:38.960
JULES: So I wanted to rope drop Tron, but I wasn't aware it doesn't open till nine.

00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:39.880
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:13:39.880 --> 00:13:45.040
JULES: So what happened was Justin went and waited in line for Tron.

00:13:45.040 --> 00:13:46.880
JULES: And then I did Space Mountain.

00:13:46.880 --> 00:13:47.820
VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

00:13:47.820 --> 00:13:48.280
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:13:48.820 --> 00:13:53.740
VIRGINIA: How long did it take you to do Space Mountain since you were there so early?

00:13:53.740 --> 00:13:55.980
JULES: They let us in a little earlier too.

00:13:55.980 --> 00:14:01.040
JULES: Like, they probably let us in 10 minutes before they're supposed to open it.

00:14:01.040 --> 00:14:03.100
JULES: I got off in like 10 minutes.

00:14:03.100 --> 00:14:06.540
JULES: There was only like 15 people ahead of me.

00:14:06.540 --> 00:14:08.380
JULES: So I got on really quick.

00:14:08.380 --> 00:14:12.400
JULES: And then right after just got in line for Tron with him.

00:14:12.400 --> 00:14:13.260
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:14:13.260 --> 00:14:17.220
VIRGINIA: And the park opened on this day at nine?

00:14:17.220 --> 00:14:17.540
JULES: Yes.

00:14:17.780 --> 00:14:18.100
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:14:18.100 --> 00:14:22.580
VIRGINIA: So rope drop was at 830 for the early entry folks?

00:14:22.580 --> 00:14:23.120
JULES: Yes.

00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:23.700
VIRGINIA: Got it.

00:14:23.700 --> 00:14:24.460
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:14:24.460 --> 00:14:24.840
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:25.720
VIRGINIA: Perfect.

00:14:25.720 --> 00:14:37.560
VIRGINIA: From the interview that I did recently with somebody who is, I think, in the park on the same day as you, we will say I have to go back and check my notes.

00:14:37.560 --> 00:14:41.600
VIRGINIA: She had mentioned that the crowds were not bad, in her opinion.

00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:48.440
VIRGINIA: How were you feeling about crowd levels overall for the several days that you were there?

00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:53.840
JULES: It was, to me, it's always crowded, but it wasn't terrible.

00:14:54.180 --> 00:14:56.880
JULES: There wasn't outrageous line weights.

00:14:57.300 --> 00:14:59.420
JULES: It was pretty decent, I would say.

00:14:59.420 --> 00:14:59.940
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:14:59.940 --> 00:15:08.100
VIRGINIA: I think maybe you are hitting it right between people's spring breaks.

00:15:08.100 --> 00:15:10.080
JULES: Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:15.080
VIRGINIA: For New York, Alex's spring break is not until the week of the 14th.

00:15:15.420 --> 00:15:20.160
VIRGINIA: So, we've got a little bit to go yet for most of the Northeast.

00:15:20.160 --> 00:15:24.160
JULES: Yeah, like my past is blocked out for the next two weeks.

00:15:24.160 --> 00:15:25.600
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:27.480
VIRGINIA: What did you end up doing after Tron?

00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:33.660
JULES: After we got off Tron, I looked at the wait times and on it was 13 minutes, which we know what that means.

00:15:33.660 --> 00:15:34.720
JULES: Oh, yeah.

00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:40.020
JULES: So, we went right over to that and we just walked right on.

00:15:40.020 --> 00:15:42.440
JULES: Like, it was so nice because that gets really long.

00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:43.900
VIRGINIA: It can.

00:15:43.900 --> 00:15:45.540
VIRGINIA: Yeah, it definitely can.

00:15:45.540 --> 00:15:48.460
VIRGINIA: Where did you head after Haunted Mansion?

00:15:48.460 --> 00:15:52.080
JULES: We went back to Tomorrowland and just did the rest of the rides there.

00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:54.260
JULES: People mover, Laugh Floor.

00:15:54.260 --> 00:15:58.860
VIRGINIA: Anything special at Laugh Floor considering it was April Fool's Day?

00:15:58.860 --> 00:16:02.420
JULES: I was like hoping for that, but there wasn't anything.

00:16:02.420 --> 00:16:07.100
JULES: I was thinking like, oh, they'll do something, but it was just their normal show.

00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:08.560
VIRGINIA: That's too bad.

00:16:08.560 --> 00:16:13.740
VIRGINIA: That would be the perfect opportunity for them to prank everyone and be like, the show's canceled.

00:16:13.740 --> 00:16:15.360
VIRGINIA: Ha ha, just kidding.

00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:19.260
JULES: Yeah, they didn't do anything, but it was still funny.

00:16:19.260 --> 00:16:20.000
VIRGINIA: Oh, well.

00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:20.320
JULES: All right.

00:16:20.320 --> 00:16:23.600
VIRGINIA: So you knocked out all of Tomorrowland.

00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:26.540
VIRGINIA: I know that you like to do a midday break.

00:16:26.540 --> 00:16:30.500
VIRGINIA: So what time of the day do you think you were done with Tomorrowland?

00:16:30.500 --> 00:16:35.140
VIRGINIA: And so I can get a sense of where you are within your day.

00:16:35.140 --> 00:16:35.580
JULES: Yeah.

00:16:35.580 --> 00:16:43.780
JULES: After Tomorrowland, we did a couple more rides and then headed out, probably around 2 o'clock.

00:16:43.800 --> 00:16:44.700
VIRGINIA: Oh, OK.

00:16:44.700 --> 00:16:45.620
VIRGINIA: OK.

00:16:45.620 --> 00:16:45.820
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:16:45.820 --> 00:16:54.380
VIRGINIA: I wasn't sure what time midday break was in your mind, because that can be a big range for people.

00:16:54.380 --> 00:16:54.700
JULES: Yeah.

00:16:54.700 --> 00:16:58.100
JULES: And the heat just like, it gets so hot during the time.

00:16:58.100 --> 00:16:59.860
JULES: Like, OK, time for a break.

00:16:59.860 --> 00:17:00.560
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:17:00.560 --> 00:17:04.840
VIRGINIA: Were you carrying your new character head bag for this day?

00:17:04.900 --> 00:17:05.900
JULES: I didn't use it yet.

00:17:05.900 --> 00:17:06.560
JULES: I was OK.

00:17:06.860 --> 00:17:11.640
JULES: I bought like a Donald Duck t-shirt I have from when it was his 90th March.

00:17:12.120 --> 00:17:15.980
JULES: So I was like, I'm planning to wear that next time I wear the shirt.

00:17:15.980 --> 00:17:16.420
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:17:16.420 --> 00:17:16.560
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:17:16.560 --> 00:17:22.920
VIRGINIA: I was I was just wondering if you're so excited about your bag that you took it out to use it right away, because it's it's pretty big.

00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:23.180
JULES: Yeah.

00:17:23.180 --> 00:17:28.860
JULES: I saw a lot of people carrying them, and I was afraid they were going to sell out because everything just sells out.

00:17:28.860 --> 00:17:29.700
JULES: I feel like.

00:17:29.700 --> 00:17:30.500
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:17:30.500 --> 00:17:30.960
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:34.260
VIRGINIA: And yeah, we've all made that mistake where we see something we want.

00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:39.060
VIRGINIA: And take too much time to think about it, and then it's gone.

00:17:39.060 --> 00:17:40.260
JULES: So exactly.

00:17:40.260 --> 00:17:45.800
VIRGINIA: I'm feeling some feelings of regret right now, some things I missed out on on my most recent trips.

00:17:47.060 --> 00:17:48.260
VIRGINIA: Well, all right.

00:17:48.260 --> 00:17:53.000
VIRGINIA: So after your midday break, what time did you head back into the park?

00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:55.480
JULES: We got on the bus for like 4.30.

00:17:56.600 --> 00:18:01.100
JULES: By the time we got there, it was like 5.15 ish probably.

00:18:01.560 --> 00:18:03.920
JULES: And we ate dinner at the hotel before we left.

00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:04.380
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:18:04.380 --> 00:18:05.620
VIRGINIA: Just at the quick service?

00:18:05.760 --> 00:18:06.600
JULES: Yeah.

00:18:06.600 --> 00:18:09.260
VIRGINIA: How was the quick service there at All-Star Sports?

00:18:09.260 --> 00:18:09.900
JULES: I think it's good.

00:18:09.900 --> 00:18:12.340
JULES: It's pretty generic food.

00:18:12.340 --> 00:18:13.820
VIRGINIA: Standard.

00:18:13.820 --> 00:18:14.280
JULES: Yeah.

00:18:14.280 --> 00:18:17.460
JULES: I'm picky, so I'm fine with that.

00:18:18.580 --> 00:18:19.840
VIRGINIA: What did you end up having?

00:18:19.840 --> 00:18:24.020
JULES: I just had pasta with the chicken parm.

00:18:25.380 --> 00:18:26.140
VIRGINIA: Pretty simple.

00:18:26.140 --> 00:18:32.780
VIRGINIA: I had over at All-Star Music, a really, really good tomato basil soup when I was there.

00:18:32.780 --> 00:18:33.780
JULES: That sounds good.

00:18:33.780 --> 00:18:34.560
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:18:34.560 --> 00:18:36.560
VIRGINIA: It was so cold that trip.

00:18:36.560 --> 00:18:41.560
VIRGINIA: I will definitely be getting that again in future All-Star stays.

00:18:41.560 --> 00:18:42.120
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:18:42.120 --> 00:18:44.300
VIRGINIA: Walk me through the rest of your day.

00:18:44.300 --> 00:18:50.560
JULES: We got back to Magic and we did a couple other rides that we didn't get on.

00:18:50.560 --> 00:18:51.360
VIRGINIA: Which ones?

00:18:51.360 --> 00:18:54.260
JULES: We didn't get on Buzz because that was really long.

00:18:54.260 --> 00:18:56.940
JULES: We went back to Buzz and Justin got Galactic Hero.

00:18:58.260 --> 00:19:00.100
VIRGINIA: Well done, Justin.

00:19:00.100 --> 00:19:04.000
VIRGINIA: Does he often get Galactic Hero or was this a special thing?

00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:06.460
JULES: This is the second time.

00:19:06.460 --> 00:19:09.160
JULES: I've never gotten it.

00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:10.080
VIRGINIA: One day.

00:19:10.080 --> 00:19:11.060
VIRGINIA: You know what?

00:19:11.060 --> 00:19:18.220
VIRGINIA: When they renovate it, I'm hoping that will make it a little bit better because it's very hard to see where you're shooting.

00:19:18.220 --> 00:19:18.640
JULES: It is.

00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:20.940
JULES: I'm like, what am I even hitting?

00:19:20.940 --> 00:19:21.860
JULES: I don't know how they did it.

00:19:24.620 --> 00:19:24.880
VIRGINIA: I know.

00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:28.140
VIRGINIA: Alex, my son, gets it every single time.

00:19:28.140 --> 00:19:30.140
VIRGINIA: Some people are just better at it than others.

00:19:30.140 --> 00:19:30.620
JULES: Yeah.

00:19:30.620 --> 00:19:33.660
JULES: He got a little button that they made.

00:19:33.660 --> 00:19:35.460
VIRGINIA: Did he do an oath?

00:19:35.460 --> 00:19:36.180
JULES: No.

00:19:36.180 --> 00:19:37.820
JULES: They just gave him the button.

00:19:37.820 --> 00:19:39.640
VIRGINIA: Oh, really?

00:19:39.640 --> 00:19:41.940
VIRGINIA: Maybe it's just something they do for younger kids.

00:19:42.020 --> 00:19:45.600
VIRGINIA: Now that I know it exists, I'm always like, I'm ready to take my oath.

00:19:45.600 --> 00:19:47.340
VIRGINIA: Because I've gotten it a handful of times.

00:19:47.340 --> 00:19:58.100
VIRGINIA: But if you stand at the counter, the same place where they give you the button, they or sticker or whatever they're giving you, you can ask to take the Galactic Hero oath.

00:19:58.720 --> 00:20:05.440
VIRGINIA: They do this whole repeat after me thing, and you have to hold your hand up and swear to protect the galaxy.

00:20:06.360 --> 00:20:07.340
JULES: Oh, that's cute.

00:20:07.340 --> 00:20:08.500
JULES: I've never seen that.

00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:08.940
VIRGINIA: It's cute.

00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:11.840
VIRGINIA: Next time he gets it, you need to make him do it.

00:20:11.840 --> 00:20:12.340
JULES: Yeah.

00:20:12.340 --> 00:20:13.340
VIRGINIA: Don't tell him about it.

00:20:13.340 --> 00:20:16.180
VIRGINIA: Just walk up and be like, he would like to take his oath, please.

00:20:17.580 --> 00:20:19.620
JULES: Yeah, I will.

00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:21.760
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:20:21.760 --> 00:20:23.040
VIRGINIA: Where did you head next?

00:20:23.040 --> 00:20:26.500
JULES: We went to Pirates because it was closed all day.

00:20:26.500 --> 00:20:27.120
VIRGINIA: Oh, it was?

00:20:27.120 --> 00:20:27.640
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:27.840
JULES: Yeah.

00:20:27.840 --> 00:20:34.540
JULES: And then whenever you opened, the line was like almost all the way down to the Jungle Cruise.

00:20:34.540 --> 00:20:37.500
JULES: And I'm like, no, this is not doing this.

00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:38.900
JULES: But we went back later.

00:20:38.900 --> 00:20:40.460
JULES: It was like 15 minutes.

00:20:40.460 --> 00:20:41.080
JULES: We got right on.

00:20:41.080 --> 00:20:41.660
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:20:41.660 --> 00:20:42.660
VIRGINIA: Perfect.

00:20:42.660 --> 00:20:43.060
VIRGINIA: Perfect.

00:20:44.320 --> 00:20:46.860
JULES: And then while we were in Adventureland, I had a Dole Whip.

00:20:46.860 --> 00:20:50.340
VIRGINIA: Just a straight up Dole Whip or one of the Sundays or anything?

00:20:50.340 --> 00:20:52.320
JULES: Just a pineapple.

00:20:52.320 --> 00:20:53.040
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:20:53.040 --> 00:21:03.780
JULES: And we went down to Main Street and we just took some PhotoPass pictures and we just waited to get a good spot for the fireworks and watched happily ever after.

00:21:03.780 --> 00:21:05.140
VIRGINIA: Where did you end up standing?

00:21:05.140 --> 00:21:09.620
JULES: We stand on Main Street towards the entrance of the park.

00:21:09.620 --> 00:21:10.300
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:21:10.300 --> 00:21:12.500
VIRGINIA: Sort of near the little roundabout.

00:21:12.800 --> 00:21:13.260
JULES: Yes.

00:21:13.260 --> 00:21:18.520
JULES: And we just put ourselves right in front of it and watched it from there.

00:21:18.520 --> 00:21:23.080
JULES: So when it's over, we can just get out and not get stuck.

00:21:23.080 --> 00:21:23.400
JULES: Yeah.

00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:26.640
JULES: And not just get stuck in a ton of people traffic.

00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:31.500
VIRGINIA: How are the projections that they do on Main Street?

00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:32.640
JULES: They're really nice.

00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:36.480
JULES: If you've seen the holiday ones, I would compare it to that.

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:36.820
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:21:36.820 --> 00:21:41.500
VIRGINIA: I nearly always forget that they do those and just stare at the castle.

00:21:42.600 --> 00:21:47.180
JULES: It's not the full effect, obviously, but it's still like cute to watch.

00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:47.860
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:21:47.860 --> 00:21:49.860
JULES: Like, I merely just watch the castle.

00:21:49.860 --> 00:21:50.320
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:21:50.320 --> 00:21:53.320
VIRGINIA: So did you take a bus back to the hotel that night?

00:21:53.320 --> 00:21:55.280
JULES: Yeah, we took the bus back.

00:21:55.280 --> 00:21:58.880
JULES: And it's so crazy how packed the buses get at night.

00:22:00.100 --> 00:22:00.740
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:03.080
VIRGINIA: With tired and cranky people.

00:22:03.080 --> 00:22:03.400
JULES: Yeah.

00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:08.300
JULES: They have to send the big, big bus for Magic Kingdom for the All-Stars, I noticed.

00:22:08.300 --> 00:22:10.540
JULES: And it's just packing and packing people.

00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:11.860
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:22:11.860 --> 00:22:12.280
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:22:12.280 --> 00:22:14.800
VIRGINIA: Let's move into Wednesday, April 2nd.

00:22:14.800 --> 00:22:26.140
VIRGINIA: So this was going to be a split day between Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios and another rope drop for our rope drop couple here.

00:22:26.140 --> 00:22:27.560
VIRGINIA: How did that rope drop go?

00:22:27.560 --> 00:22:28.280
JULES: It was good.

00:22:28.280 --> 00:22:32.100
JULES: We got to fly the passage and we got right on.

00:22:32.100 --> 00:22:32.540
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:22:32.540 --> 00:22:33.840
VIRGINIA: That's well done.

00:22:33.840 --> 00:22:36.680
VIRGINIA: Did you do Navi River Journey while you were in there?

00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:37.900
JULES: We didn't do that.

00:22:38.320 --> 00:22:39.860
JULES: I don't usually do that one.

00:22:39.860 --> 00:22:41.720
JULES: It's not my favorite.

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.860
JULES: It's okay.

00:22:42.860 --> 00:22:43.620
VIRGINIA: It's fine.

00:22:43.620 --> 00:22:51.840
VIRGINIA: It's not worth the wait time it gets, which is why if I have an option to do it at a time when nobody else is doing it, I'm like, okay, I'll do it.

00:22:51.840 --> 00:22:55.600
JULES: Yeah, because I wanted to rush over to see the baby tiger.

00:22:55.620 --> 00:22:57.300
VIRGINIA: Yes, baby back.

00:22:57.300 --> 00:23:00.240
VIRGINIA: We talked about this in our pre-trip interview.

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:02.840
VIRGINIA: Very new baby tiger.

00:23:02.840 --> 00:23:03.960
VIRGINIA: How was that?

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:07.540
VIRGINIA: Were there other people there rushing over to see the tiger as well?

00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:12.800
JULES: Yeah, there was like a ton of people gathered in front of the little window.

00:23:12.800 --> 00:23:15.580
JULES: And he was up and playing and it was really cute.

00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:17.020
VIRGINIA: Oh, I love that.

00:23:17.020 --> 00:23:21.660
JULES: He was like rolling around with his stick and his mom was there.

00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:23.440
JULES: He was like bringing the stick to his mom.

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:24.580
JULES: It was really cute.

00:23:24.580 --> 00:23:27.220
VIRGINIA: Oh, that's adorable.

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:31.360
JULES: And he already got so big from like the pictures I first saw of him.

00:23:31.360 --> 00:23:34.180
JULES: He's like, he's getting big really fast.

00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:35.340
VIRGINIA: I mean, that happens to every kid.

00:23:35.580 --> 00:23:40.620
VIRGINIA: They get much bigger than you think they should based on what you see them as.

00:23:40.620 --> 00:23:47.060
VIRGINIA: Like Alex, he's still my little baby, but he is, what is he now, 5'10?

00:23:47.060 --> 00:23:47.720
JULES: Yeah.

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:50.680
VIRGINIA: So he's a big 5'10, baby.

00:23:52.760 --> 00:23:53.460
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:58.240
VIRGINIA: After checking out Beck, so where did you head after that?

00:23:58.240 --> 00:24:01.060
JULES: We did Cali River Office, because it's right there.

00:24:01.100 --> 00:24:01.480
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:06.740
JULES: And it said five-minute wait, and I'm like, I've never seen this, like for that ride.

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:13.180
JULES: So we got on and we did make it down, because the last time we did it, we got evacuated off of it.

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:14.160
VIRGINIA: You did?

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:16.000
JULES: Yeah, in July.

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:17.060
VIRGINIA: Okay, hold on.

00:24:17.060 --> 00:24:20.760
VIRGINIA: How do you get evacuated off of a raft ride like that?

00:24:20.760 --> 00:24:24.480
VIRGINIA: Do they pull your raft over to the side and stop you?

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:28.840
VIRGINIA: Like how are you getting out of the water craft or whatever you want to call it?

00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:31.520
JULES: That was my thought exactly.

00:24:31.520 --> 00:24:39.000
JULES: So they had to drain all the water out and then we were just waiting for all the water to drain out.

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:41.700
JULES: And this is the middle of summer in July.

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.820
VIRGINIA: How long does that take?

00:24:42.820 --> 00:24:46.060
JULES: It took about like 45 minutes to completely get out of this.

00:24:46.100 --> 00:24:47.540
VIRGINIA: Oh my gosh.

00:24:47.540 --> 00:24:58.980
JULES: So we were just stuck there and they had to drain all the water out and then to get you out of the float, they had to bring like a mini ladder for you to climb down.

00:24:58.980 --> 00:25:00.860
JULES: It's much higher up than you would think.

00:25:00.860 --> 00:25:01.440
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:05.880
JULES: So we had to all climb out of the ladder, like one by one.

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:08.080
VIRGINIA: What an experience.

00:25:08.080 --> 00:25:10.620
JULES: Yeah, well, we got, they gave us water at least.

00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:16.060
VIRGINIA: Did they give you any fast passes or anything like that?

00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:17.140
JULES: Yeah, we got to.

00:25:17.140 --> 00:25:18.040
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:25:18.040 --> 00:25:19.920
JULES: Yeah, but not for Avatar.

00:25:20.120 --> 00:25:20.780
JULES: Anything else.

00:25:20.780 --> 00:25:22.300
JULES: Of course not.

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:28.100
JULES: So I was just hoping we made it down because last time we didn't get to.

00:25:28.100 --> 00:25:28.820
VIRGINIA: Oh, wow.

00:25:28.820 --> 00:25:29.260
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:25:29.260 --> 00:25:30.660
VIRGINIA: Well, you made it down.

00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:32.380
VIRGINIA: Did you get soaked?

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:32.900
JULES: We did.

00:25:32.900 --> 00:25:37.140
JULES: We were the ones who got picked, like when it turns and you go backwards down.

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:38.000
JULES: We got it.

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:39.620
JULES: Yeah, we got it.

00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:42.620
VIRGINIA: Oh, my gosh.

00:25:42.620 --> 00:25:46.660
VIRGINIA: It probably felt good if it was hot enough at that point in the day.

00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:48.060
VIRGINIA: I hope it was.

00:25:48.060 --> 00:25:49.440
JULES: It was.

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:50.600
JULES: It was still early in the morning.

00:25:50.600 --> 00:25:53.580
JULES: It was already so hot.

00:25:53.580 --> 00:25:54.960
JULES: So it felt nice.

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.460
VIRGINIA: Good.

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.580
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:25:56.580 --> 00:26:00.420
VIRGINIA: Did you make it over to Festival of the Lion King like you were hoping to?

00:26:00.420 --> 00:26:00.760
JULES: Yes.

00:26:00.760 --> 00:26:02.060
JULES: We saw that last.

00:26:02.060 --> 00:26:05.200
JULES: We actually met up with Cate and James.

00:26:05.260 --> 00:26:06.560
VIRGINIA: You did?

00:26:06.560 --> 00:26:07.420
JULES: Yeah.

00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:09.880
JULES: We met up with them and we watched it together.

00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:11.660
VIRGINIA: Oh, cool.

00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.940
VIRGINIA: That is so funny.

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:17.080
VIRGINIA: I was just watching their video the other day.

00:26:17.080 --> 00:26:18.440
VIRGINIA: Were you in the video?

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:19.000
JULES: Yeah.

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:20.680
JULES: When we sat down.

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:21.680
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:24.640
JULES: She let us say hi on their Instagram.

00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:25.100
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:28.360
VIRGINIA: So I missed that part, but I was watching.

00:26:28.360 --> 00:26:29.060
VIRGINIA: It was so funny.

00:26:29.060 --> 00:26:32.480
VIRGINIA: I was folding laundry and I was like, oh, I haven't watched this.

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:33.500
VIRGINIA: Let me just put this on.

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:41.720
VIRGINIA: I put it on and at some point, I walked laundry to the back and then before I knew it, it had moved on to the next video.

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:47.440
VIRGINIA: So I missed your part of it, but I swear I literally watched that like two days ago.

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:47.920
JULES: That's funny.

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:50.460
VIRGINIA: If you don't believe me, I commented on the video.

00:26:52.820 --> 00:26:54.380
VIRGINIA: So that's so cool.

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:56.360
VIRGINIA: I'll have to go back and see you in that.

00:26:56.360 --> 00:26:56.720
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:58.960
VIRGINIA: I will tag Kate and James below.

00:26:58.960 --> 00:27:05.160
VIRGINIA: They are so much fun and they are two of my Disney friends that I have also met in person.

00:27:05.160 --> 00:27:06.380
VIRGINIA: So love them.

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:07.200
JULES: Yeah, they're fun.

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:09.360
JULES: We also said hi to them at Magic Kingdom.

00:27:09.360 --> 00:27:11.700
JULES: We met in the gift shop and talked for a little bit.

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.080
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:27:12.080 --> 00:27:13.780
JULES: And then we saw them in Animal Kingdom.

00:27:13.780 --> 00:27:14.660
VIRGINIA: Cool.

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:16.060
VIRGINIA: Very cool.

00:27:16.060 --> 00:27:16.520
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:27:16.520 --> 00:27:20.880
VIRGINIA: What else did you do on the stay at Animal Kingdom before you headed out?

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:23.140
JULES: So we ended with the Festival of the Lion King.

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:28.300
JULES: But before that, we did the Safari, Everest, Dinosaur.

00:27:28.300 --> 00:27:28.820
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:27:29.060 --> 00:27:31.240
VIRGINIA: You hit all of the major things.

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:31.660
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:34.700
VIRGINIA: What time did you end up heading out for your midday break?

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:38.300
JULES: It was like around the same time as the other day, like 2 o'clock.

00:27:38.300 --> 00:27:42.820
JULES: Because by the time we got out of the Lion King show, we got to the bus around that time.

00:27:42.820 --> 00:27:43.460
VIRGINIA: Got it.

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:44.040
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:27:44.040 --> 00:27:49.280
VIRGINIA: And then Hollywood Studios this evening, what time was your arrival, would you say?

00:27:49.280 --> 00:27:57.660
JULES: So we really didn't rest because I realized that because I wanted a picture with Sworcerer Mickey because I had my Sworcerer stuff on.

00:27:57.660 --> 00:28:01.160
JULES: I was like, if we don't leave till later, we're going to have to go right to the dinner reservation.

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:06.120
JULES: So we probably got there like 3.30, 4 o'clock.

00:28:06.120 --> 00:28:07.100
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:28:07.100 --> 00:28:09.800
JULES: And I went right to take a picture with him.

00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:15.120
VIRGINIA: Well, they have that new Sworcerer Mickey line that is so cute.

00:28:15.120 --> 00:28:20.680
VIRGINIA: So yeah, you had to take advantage while you had access to Sworcerer Mickey himself.

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:21.340
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:28:21.340 --> 00:28:27.500
VIRGINIA: What else did you do before your dinner reservation, which I think I wrote it down, it was 6 o'clock.

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.220
JULES: Yeah.

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:33.400
JULES: After we saw him, we did Toy Story Mania just because it was right there.

00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:34.640
JULES: That was really quick.

00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:37.040
JULES: It was like 15 minutes.

00:28:37.040 --> 00:28:39.780
JULES: So then we did Runaway Railroad.

00:28:39.780 --> 00:28:41.240
VIRGINIA: And how long was that wait?

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:42.580
JULES: It was 20 minutes.

00:28:42.580 --> 00:28:43.800
VIRGINIA: Oh, that's not bad.

00:28:43.800 --> 00:28:44.580
JULES: It wasn't bad.

00:28:44.580 --> 00:28:46.100
JULES: So I'm like, let's do it.

00:28:46.100 --> 00:28:47.180
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:51.060
JULES: And then we got off that, it was time to have dinner.

00:28:51.060 --> 00:28:51.520
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:28:51.520 --> 00:28:56.680
VIRGINIA: And Roundup Rodeo, you said that you had been to before, so not a first timer.

00:28:57.560 --> 00:29:00.660
VIRGINIA: Anything special to note about this dinner for you?

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:03.620
JULES: It was really good as I remembered it.

00:29:03.620 --> 00:29:05.360
JULES: A lot of food.

00:29:05.360 --> 00:29:11.000
JULES: And they did it that you could pick, you pick what dessert you want, like they gave you a couple of choices.

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:15.300
JULES: But our waitress gave us almost all of them.

00:29:15.300 --> 00:29:19.120
JULES: She's like, you got to try them all.

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:21.340
VIRGINIA: Do you remember what the different choices were?

00:29:21.340 --> 00:29:22.740
VIRGINIA: Because I'm trying to think back.

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:24.880
VIRGINIA: There was one that I was like, oh, this was so good.

00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:29.860
JULES: They had like a chocolate pie, not like pie, but in a little cup.

00:29:29.860 --> 00:29:32.820
VIRGINIA: Right, in a little mason jar type thing.

00:29:32.820 --> 00:29:36.480
JULES: Yeah, they had that and like a blueberry cheesecake.

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:37.640
VIRGINIA: That's what it was.

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:40.120
VIRGINIA: The blueberry cheesecake I loved.

00:29:40.120 --> 00:29:40.860
JULES: That was good.

00:29:40.860 --> 00:29:44.280
JULES: And then I just remember, and then a cupcake with four keys.

00:29:44.280 --> 00:29:45.400
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:46.860
JULES: They were all good.

00:29:46.860 --> 00:29:49.560
VIRGINIA: So you had goals to get over to Phantasmic.

00:29:49.560 --> 00:29:54.460
VIRGINIA: Did you have any time to do anything else before you headed over there?

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:58.940
JULES: Yes, we had to do Muppet Vision because that would be my last time.

00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.740
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:29:59.780 --> 00:30:01.600
VIRGINIA: RIP Muppet Vision.

00:30:01.600 --> 00:30:02.040
JULES: I know.

00:30:02.040 --> 00:30:05.100
JULES: It was sad, but got one more in.

00:30:05.100 --> 00:30:05.900
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.640
VIRGINIA: One more.

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.380
VIRGINIA: One more for the road.

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:08.900
VIRGINIA: Did you take any photos over there?

00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:10.180
JULES: We did.

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:11.300
VIRGINIA: Good.

00:30:11.300 --> 00:30:12.480
VIRGINIA: Good.

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:15.040
VIRGINIA: Preserve the memories while you can.

00:30:15.060 --> 00:30:16.460
JULES: I know.

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:17.440
VIRGINIA: And Phantasmic.

00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:20.700
VIRGINIA: I'm sure it was Phantasmic as usual.

00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:21.420
JULES: Yes.

00:30:21.760 --> 00:30:23.900
JULES: They just had one show that night.

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:24.840
VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

00:30:24.840 --> 00:30:26.240
JULES: It was at 8.30.

00:30:27.260 --> 00:30:29.560
JULES: We got over there like 7.45-ish.

00:30:31.040 --> 00:30:35.500
JULES: And as I remembered it, they used to make you wait outside of it.

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:40.120
JULES: And didn't, but we just walked right in and they let us sit.

00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:42.260
VIRGINIA: What time was it that you were arriving?

00:30:42.260 --> 00:30:45.520
JULES: We got there 7.45 and the show was at 8.30.

00:30:45.520 --> 00:30:48.260
VIRGINIA: Oh, that is really early to just get to walk in.

00:30:48.260 --> 00:30:48.640
JULES: Yeah.

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:52.720
JULES: I was figuring we'd have to stand at least till 8.15.

00:30:53.600 --> 00:30:54.100
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:30:54.100 --> 00:30:58.340
VIRGINIA: Lately, when I've been doing it, I have been waiting until the very last second.

00:30:58.340 --> 00:31:09.440
VIRGINIA: Like it's going to start in five minutes and then I stroll up and go find my seat because I am somebody who, in my opinion, there's no bad seat.

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:10.340
JULES: There isn't.

00:31:10.340 --> 00:31:20.900
JULES: We sit all the way towards the back just so like, again, we can beat the traffic out and it's still like, I think it's better because you have a higher view of everything.

00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:21.720
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.260
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.760
VIRGINIA: There's no bad seat.

00:31:23.760 --> 00:31:31.700
VIRGINIA: I would say the only seats I don't care to sit in unless it was super hot would be the very front row because those people do get wet from all the water spraying.

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:31.900
JULES: Yeah.

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:34.780
JULES: We sat there before and got soaked.

00:31:35.120 --> 00:31:36.440
JULES: It's cold up there.

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:40.180
JULES: When you're on the water and everything, not fun.

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:40.560
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:31:40.560 --> 00:31:54.440
VIRGINIA: That brings us to Thursday, April 3rd and that was your departure day, but you had a full day to go yet at Epcot with plans to rope drop Guardians of the Galaxy, of course.

00:31:55.560 --> 00:32:00.560
VIRGINIA: This is only recently turned into something that you can ride standby.

00:32:00.560 --> 00:32:03.000
VIRGINIA: How was it rope dropping?

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:05.500
VIRGINIA: What was the wait like at that time of day?

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:11.780
JULES: It was typical huge crowd of people near the Creations Cafe.

00:32:11.820 --> 00:32:13.460
JULES: They like hold you in there.

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:14.100
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:32:14.100 --> 00:32:18.040
JULES: And then they had to keep saying, no running, don't go past us.

00:32:18.040 --> 00:32:21.440
JULES: Like, it was so crazy.

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:27.600
JULES: And then they like, when they move you, they walk you around like in front of mission space.

00:32:27.600 --> 00:32:30.080
JULES: And you circle around to the left.

00:32:30.080 --> 00:32:34.220
JULES: So that whole time, everybody's trying to like run in front of each other.

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:35.500
JULES: It was crazy.

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:39.700
JULES: We didn't wait that long because we were towards the front ish.

00:32:41.120 --> 00:32:45.280
JULES: So it probably took us like a half hour to get done with.

00:32:45.280 --> 00:32:53.340
VIRGINIA: Okay, that is not bad for a stand by experience for a ride of that caliber, in my opinion.

00:32:53.340 --> 00:32:54.920
VIRGINIA: What song did you get?

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:56.740
JULES: We got One Way or Another.

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:58.480
VIRGINIA: Okay, I like that one.

00:32:58.860 --> 00:33:01.400
VIRGINIA: I know your favorite is I Ran, but...

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:03.260
JULES: Yeah, I've only gone in once.

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.600
VIRGINIA: Oh, no.

00:33:06.260 --> 00:33:08.280
VIRGINIA: Yeah, that's the way it is, I think.

00:33:08.280 --> 00:33:11.900
VIRGINIA: The one that you want to hear the most, you hear the least.

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.920
JULES: Yeah.

00:33:13.100 --> 00:33:15.840
JULES: But it did get longer throughout the day.

00:33:15.840 --> 00:33:17.040
VIRGINIA: I'm sure.

00:33:17.040 --> 00:33:18.720
JULES: So that's definitely one.

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:20.980
JULES: I missed a virtual cue.

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.560
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:31.900
VIRGINIA: I think that people who don't know all the ins and outs in Disney now at least have some fair shot of just trying to go over there first.

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.740
JULES: That's true.

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:34.220
VIRGINIA: So, I don't know.

00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:37.340
VIRGINIA: There's pluses and minuses to both ways of doing it.

00:33:37.340 --> 00:33:38.020
JULES: Right.

00:33:38.020 --> 00:33:40.040
VIRGINIA: Where did you head after that was done?

00:33:40.040 --> 00:33:46.200
JULES: We started walking up towards the World Showcase to look at the Flower and Garden.

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:48.800
VIRGINIA: Lots of good photos to be had.

00:33:48.800 --> 00:33:49.660
JULES: Yes.

00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:52.040
JULES: Took a lot of photo paths.

00:33:52.040 --> 00:33:56.220
JULES: And I took a picture of Snow White because I was in a Snow White outfit.

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:57.020
JULES: Oh, you were?

00:33:57.020 --> 00:33:57.940
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:58.280
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:33:58.280 --> 00:33:59.120
VIRGINIA: Where did you find her?

00:33:59.120 --> 00:34:00.260
VIRGINIA: Oh, you mean, sorry.

00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:03.240
VIRGINIA: You mean the Snow White topiary.

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:03.660
JULES: Oh, no.

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:04.240
JULES: I'm sorry.

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:06.080
JULES: We went to see her in Germany.

00:34:06.080 --> 00:34:07.360
VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

00:34:07.360 --> 00:34:07.940
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.240
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:34:08.240 --> 00:34:13.520
VIRGINIA: I started to question whether we were talking about a plant version of her or a real version of her.

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:17.540
JULES: Yes, I saw her.

00:34:17.540 --> 00:34:23.600
JULES: And then we did Single Rider for Remy, which it's a time saver.

00:34:23.600 --> 00:34:24.000
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:26.260
VIRGINIA: How long did it take you to get through that line?

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:27.380
JULES: Five minutes.

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:28.100
VIRGINIA: Perfect.

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:31.080
JULES: And we still sat in the same thing.

00:34:31.080 --> 00:34:32.140
VIRGINIA: Oh, wow.

00:34:32.140 --> 00:34:33.820
VIRGINIA: Well, that does not always happen.

00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:39.360
VIRGINIA: So not something you can count on, but very lucky when it does happen.

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:40.420
JULES: Yeah.

00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:41.760
JULES: That was nice.

00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:46.820
JULES: And then we got crepes, little crepe place there.

00:34:46.820 --> 00:34:48.320
VIRGINIA: What flavor did you get?

00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:54.280
JULES: I usually get the Nutella one, is it called, but I tried the sugar one.

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:55.960
JULES: I like that one.

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:57.680
JULES: It was really good too.

00:34:57.680 --> 00:34:57.940
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:59.080
VIRGINIA: I've had that one before.

00:34:59.080 --> 00:35:06.260
VIRGINIA: It's very light and not overpowering in terms of sweetness and that sort of thing.

00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:06.580
JULES: Yeah.

00:35:06.580 --> 00:35:13.160
JULES: Like Guardian got me a little nauseous after, so I was okay after.

00:35:13.160 --> 00:35:17.360
JULES: I just did that one because it was lighter, like you said, and I felt better.

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:19.820
VIRGINIA: Good.

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:21.880
VIRGINIA: Do you remember what Justin had?

00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:22.560
JULES: He had the same one.

00:35:23.100 --> 00:35:24.360
VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:26.800
VIRGINIA: Have you ever been to the crepe restaurant there?

00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:27.880
JULES: I haven't.

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:29.520
VIRGINIA: I can't say I recommend it.

00:35:29.520 --> 00:35:30.200
VIRGINIA: I was just wondering.

00:35:30.200 --> 00:35:30.920
VIRGINIA: Oh, really?

00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:31.640
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:35:31.640 --> 00:35:32.740
VIRGINIA: It was not our favorite.

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:53.780
VIRGINIA: I think it was overpriced, and there was something about that restaurant that in terms of, I hesitate to even use the word vibe, but in terms of vibes, it felt like a place in the bottom of a chain hotel where you might receive a continental breakfast.

00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:54.480
JULES: Oh, my gosh.

00:35:54.480 --> 00:36:09.340
VIRGINIA: Very generic feeling, clean, whatever, non-offensive, but just nothing special, and then paying all this money for crepes, it was not our favorite.

00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:16.860
VIRGINIA: I said after it was done to Alex, I was like, I've been to the window outside and I think that it's better at the window.

00:36:16.860 --> 00:36:17.580
JULES: Oh, wow.

00:36:17.580 --> 00:36:19.060
VIRGINIA: Yeah, and you save a lot of money.

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:19.880
JULES: Right.

00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:21.020
JULES: Well, good to know.

00:36:21.020 --> 00:36:22.600
JULES: Yeah.

00:36:22.600 --> 00:36:23.240
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:36:23.240 --> 00:36:26.620
VIRGINIA: What else did you get done on this day before you had to hit the road?

00:36:26.620 --> 00:36:37.460
JULES: Took some photo passes with the magic shots, and we took a walk around the boardwalk, because Yacht Club and the Beach Club, they had more Easter egg displays.

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:38.340
VIRGINIA: Oh, that's true.

00:36:38.340 --> 00:36:40.100
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I always forget about that.

00:36:40.100 --> 00:36:42.120
VIRGINIA: How were all of those displays?

00:36:42.120 --> 00:36:45.820
VIRGINIA: I know, you know, during the holidays, you walk in and everything smells like gingerbread.

00:36:46.740 --> 00:36:49.660
VIRGINIA: This is a smells-like-chocolate situation, right?

00:36:49.660 --> 00:36:50.240
JULES: Yeah.

00:36:50.240 --> 00:36:50.620
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:53.200
JULES: It was really cool to see them all.

00:36:53.780 --> 00:36:57.660
JULES: It was crazy how realistic they were and how good.

00:36:57.660 --> 00:37:00.080
JULES: I remember they had a Mike and Sully one.

00:37:00.700 --> 00:37:05.780
JULES: It was really cute and a nice, like, stitch one, and it had all beach stuff, like, it looked like Hawaii.

00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:07.620
JULES: Like, it was, they were really good.

00:37:07.620 --> 00:37:08.600
JULES: I was impressed.

00:37:08.600 --> 00:37:09.420
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:11.380
VIRGINIA: I need to look up some pictures of these.

00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:12.540
JULES: Yeah, they're pretty.

00:37:12.540 --> 00:37:14.880
JULES: And then we walked to the cake bake.

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:21.680
JULES: It was, like, one in the afternoon, so I didn't want to, like, buy cake, because I just was not in the mood for that.

00:37:21.680 --> 00:37:24.100
JULES: So I just bought one of the reusable bags.

00:37:24.100 --> 00:37:24.680
VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

00:37:24.680 --> 00:37:26.940
JULES: Because they're really pretty if you've seen them.

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:27.620
VIRGINIA: I have not.

00:37:27.620 --> 00:37:29.600
VIRGINIA: I'll have to check that out.

00:37:29.600 --> 00:37:34.000
VIRGINIA: But, I mean, the overall ambiance there seems to just be pretty.

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:35.200
VIRGINIA: That's the-

00:37:35.200 --> 00:37:35.680
VIRGINIA: I can't-

00:37:35.680 --> 00:37:36.960
JULES: It's so pretty when you walk in.

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:42.780
VIRGINIA: Pretty and glamorous, I guess, would say my impression of it is, but very expensive.

00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:47.960
JULES: Yeah, I was like, $25 for a cake.

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:53.800
JULES: No, the little bag was $2, so let me just take the bag.

00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:57.220
VIRGINIA: Oh, my goodness.

00:37:57.220 --> 00:37:57.640
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:37:57.640 --> 00:37:59.500
VIRGINIA: Did you head back into Epcot?

00:37:59.500 --> 00:38:00.860
JULES: Yes, we did that.

00:38:00.860 --> 00:38:03.820
JULES: We did the land figment, Nemo.

00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:05.700
JULES: Those were the Spaceship Earth.

00:38:06.300 --> 00:38:09.120
JULES: We had lunch in Japan at the quick serve.

00:38:09.120 --> 00:38:10.680
VIRGINIA: Oh, I like that quick service.

00:38:10.680 --> 00:38:12.040
VIRGINIA: It's very serene up there.

00:38:12.760 --> 00:38:13.220
JULES: It is.

00:38:13.220 --> 00:38:14.880
JULES: I never knew it was up there.

00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:16.060
VIRGINIA: Oh, you didn't?

00:38:16.060 --> 00:38:19.080
JULES: No, I just literally thought that was like decoration.

00:38:20.100 --> 00:38:20.780
VIRGINIA: You know what?

00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:23.900
VIRGINIA: They don't have good signage.

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:26.560
JULES: No, I didn't even realize that.

00:38:26.560 --> 00:38:29.280
JULES: I thought it was just like a seating area.

00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:30.300
JULES: But it was really good.

00:38:30.300 --> 00:38:32.260
VIRGINIA: There's also a bathroom up there.

00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:37.220
VIRGINIA: It's small, but it's kind of like a hidden bathroom that not many people know about.

00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:38.260
JULES: Yes, I've noticed that.

00:38:38.260 --> 00:38:40.460
JULES: I'm like, I didn't know any of this existed.

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:44.980
VIRGINIA: So what did you end up getting up there?

00:38:44.980 --> 00:38:47.000
JULES: I got a California roll.

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:57.660
JULES: And then Justin got, I don't remember, it was like one of the platters, like they had the rice and some kind of chicken.

00:38:57.660 --> 00:38:58.260
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:38:58.260 --> 00:39:00.360
VIRGINIA: Maybe like a teriyaki or something.

00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:01.320
JULES: Probably.

00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:02.460
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I really like it.

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:03.360
VIRGINIA: It's so pretty up there.

00:39:03.580 --> 00:39:05.380
VIRGINIA: I love the garden feel of it.

00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:14.640
VIRGINIA: And I love that it's kind of a little hidden nook that you don't really see the rest of the park or anything when you're up there.

00:39:14.640 --> 00:39:16.940
VIRGINIA: You're kind of just in your own little world.

00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:29.840
VIRGINIA: So if you are somebody who needs to step away from a crowd and just wants to get a little bit of downtime and kind of reset all your senses, that's a great place to do it.

00:39:29.840 --> 00:39:34.500
VIRGINIA: And they're not stopping anybody from sitting at those tables that I'm aware.

00:39:35.540 --> 00:39:39.240
VIRGINIA: It's not like you have to go up there and have lunch or something.

00:39:39.240 --> 00:39:42.820
VIRGINIA: You can just walk up and it's first come first serve.

00:39:42.820 --> 00:39:45.440
JULES: Yeah, that's why I thought people were just relaxing up there.

00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:47.260
JULES: I didn't realize there was food.

00:39:47.260 --> 00:39:49.000
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:51.100
VIRGINIA: Makes sense.

00:39:51.100 --> 00:39:51.500
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:53.020
VIRGINIA: What did you do after lunch?

00:39:53.020 --> 00:39:56.180
JULES: We met up with Taylor from Instagram.

00:39:56.180 --> 00:39:58.200
JULES: She was there for the day.

00:39:58.200 --> 00:39:59.780
JULES: So we said hi to her.

00:39:59.780 --> 00:40:01.080
VIRGINIA: Do you know her handle?

00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:03.760
JULES: I believe it's Citizen of Epcot.

00:40:03.760 --> 00:40:04.700
VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

00:40:04.700 --> 00:40:07.540
VIRGINIA: I will make sure to tag her in the show notes.

00:40:07.540 --> 00:40:09.220
JULES: So she was up in Japan too.

00:40:09.220 --> 00:40:11.120
JULES: So we said hi to her.

00:40:11.120 --> 00:40:15.440
JULES: And then after that, we just walked around and went to Moana.

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:20.360
JULES: And then we also said hi to more friends from Instagram.

00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:21.180
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:40:21.180 --> 00:40:22.200
VIRGINIA: Who did you see?

00:40:22.200 --> 00:40:23.720
JULES: We said hi to Sachi.

00:40:23.720 --> 00:40:26.500
VIRGINIA: Sachi is one of my good friends.

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:28.340
VIRGINIA: She lives here in New York City like me.

00:40:28.340 --> 00:40:30.280
VIRGINIA: So we're real life friends too.

00:40:30.860 --> 00:40:33.760
VIRGINIA: Not that Instagram is not real life friends, but you know what I mean.

00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:35.900
VIRGINIA: We get together outside of Disney.

00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:36.540
JULES: Yeah.

00:40:36.540 --> 00:40:39.160
JULES: And then we also met up with Daina.

00:40:39.160 --> 00:40:39.800
VIRGINIA: Uh-huh.

00:40:39.820 --> 00:40:42.180
VIRGINIA: 999 happy haunts here.

00:40:42.180 --> 00:40:43.800
JULES: And her daughter, Ariel.

00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:44.700
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:40:44.700 --> 00:40:45.640
VIRGINIA: I love them.

00:40:45.640 --> 00:40:46.360
VIRGINIA: They are so great.

00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:51.380
VIRGINIA: I got to say hi to them for the first time during the Princess 5K in February.

00:40:51.380 --> 00:40:52.000
JULES: Oh, nice.

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:59.280
JULES: We met up with them at Starbucks, at Creations, and just talked a little, talked about Disney, so that was nice.

00:40:59.280 --> 00:41:00.100
VIRGINIA: Cool.

00:41:00.100 --> 00:41:00.880
VIRGINIA: Very cool.

00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:06.600
JULES: And after that, it was getting later in the day, we were leaving soon.

00:41:06.600 --> 00:41:10.240
JULES: We grabbed dinner in Italy at the pizza window.

00:41:10.240 --> 00:41:10.860
VIRGINIA: Oh, yes.

00:41:10.860 --> 00:41:11.400
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:41:11.400 --> 00:41:13.360
JULES: I've never had that either before.

00:41:13.520 --> 00:41:14.800
VIRGINIA: Me neither.

00:41:14.800 --> 00:41:16.060
JULES: It was pretty good.

00:41:16.060 --> 00:41:19.780
JULES: It's like a big slice of square pizza.

00:41:19.780 --> 00:41:25.560
VIRGINIA: Do you know if it is the same pizza like they're serving or making in Viannapoli?

00:41:25.560 --> 00:41:28.740
VIRGINIA: Is it just individual slices of that same pizza?

00:41:28.740 --> 00:41:30.120
JULES: I think it's a little different.

00:41:30.120 --> 00:41:34.640
JULES: I don't remember Viannapoli being like big and like squared.

00:41:34.640 --> 00:41:35.500
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:41:35.500 --> 00:41:36.160
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:41:36.160 --> 00:41:50.020
VIRGINIA: I had Viannapoli for the first time in a long time in January, and we got a single, I'm going to use quotes, single serve pizza, and it was round, and it was enough to split between two people.

00:41:50.020 --> 00:41:53.320
VIRGINIA: I mean, we split a salad too, but yeah, it was good.

00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:54.320
VIRGINIA: It was definitely round.

00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:56.520
JULES: We just got a slice and it was plenty.

00:41:56.520 --> 00:41:56.840
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:41:56.840 --> 00:42:00.680
VIRGINIA: What time of the day are we at in your timeline here?

00:42:00.680 --> 00:42:02.520
JULES: This was around 5.30.

00:42:02.520 --> 00:42:02.840
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:42:02.840 --> 00:42:07.300
VIRGINIA: So getting time to where you were planning to hit the road soon.

00:42:07.300 --> 00:42:10.160
VIRGINIA: Did you do anything else or you just headed right out?

00:42:10.160 --> 00:42:16.420
JULES: We headed right out since we got all the rides in that we wanted to get on, and we just got on the road.

00:42:17.400 --> 00:42:22.000
VIRGINIA: You parked at Epcot or you had to go back to All-Star Sports first?

00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:23.060
JULES: We parked at Epcot.

00:42:23.060 --> 00:42:23.880
JULES: We drove there.

00:42:23.880 --> 00:42:24.640
VIRGINIA: Very convenient.

00:42:24.640 --> 00:42:25.140
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:42:25.140 --> 00:42:29.580
VIRGINIA: How was the drive home besides being sad because you were leaving?

00:42:29.580 --> 00:42:30.520
JULES: I know it's so sad.

00:42:30.600 --> 00:42:36.080
JULES: Then when you drive, there's a Mickey like power line, and I'm like, oh, it's so sad.

00:42:37.380 --> 00:42:41.920
JULES: A little bit of traffic on I-4, but again, not terrible.

00:42:42.020 --> 00:42:43.320
JULES: It's been worse.

00:42:43.380 --> 00:42:45.020
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:42:45.020 --> 00:42:45.660
VIRGINIA: Wow.

00:42:45.660 --> 00:42:58.300
VIRGINIA: Well, you packed a lot into three days, and did plenty of new to you things, which I think is always nice to have a balance of things that you love and trying something for the first time.

00:42:58.300 --> 00:42:59.740
VIRGINIA: When is your next trip?

00:42:59.740 --> 00:43:01.380
VIRGINIA: Have you already got something planned?

00:43:01.380 --> 00:43:04.720
JULES: Well, we have a trip to Universal planned in June.

00:43:04.720 --> 00:43:05.580
VIRGINIA: Oh, fun.

00:43:05.580 --> 00:43:06.000
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:08.280
JULES: Because we're going to go to Epic.

00:43:08.280 --> 00:43:13.400
JULES: So I think on our checkout day, we're going to go to Disney Park for the day.

00:43:13.620 --> 00:43:15.260
VIRGINIA: Okay, perfect.

00:43:15.260 --> 00:43:21.760
VIRGINIA: And when we spoke before, you said that you were considering upgrading your Disney Annual Passes.

00:43:21.760 --> 00:43:28.100
VIRGINIA: Did this trip solidify anything for you or that's still just kind of simmering?

00:43:28.100 --> 00:43:30.780
JULES: I'm still thinking about it because now it came up on my phone.

00:43:30.780 --> 00:43:32.620
JULES: It's time to renew your pass.

00:43:32.620 --> 00:43:39.400
JULES: So I think we both kind of agreed we want to do it or just still like this.

00:43:39.400 --> 00:43:41.600
JULES: I still have a month to renew it.

00:43:41.600 --> 00:43:45.360
JULES: So we're just making sure it'll make sense for us too.

00:43:46.420 --> 00:43:50.880
JULES: I would like the option of being able to go on a day, like a weekend.

00:43:50.880 --> 00:43:55.480
VIRGINIA: Would that bump you up to the Sorcerer Pass or is it a different pass?

00:43:55.480 --> 00:43:57.760
JULES: I have the pixie one now.

00:43:57.760 --> 00:43:59.860
JULES: Is that the next one above it?

00:43:59.860 --> 00:44:03.600
VIRGINIA: The Sorcerer Pass is the one that's like second from the top.

00:44:03.600 --> 00:44:05.460
JULES: I think I'll be getting the pirate one then.

00:44:05.580 --> 00:44:06.220
VIRGINIA: Oh, pirate.

00:44:06.220 --> 00:44:07.280
VIRGINIA: I forgot about pirate.

00:44:07.620 --> 00:44:11.560
JULES: Because it still has like block out dates, but you can still go on the weekend.

00:44:11.560 --> 00:44:12.160
VIRGINIA: Got it.

00:44:12.160 --> 00:44:12.680
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:44:12.680 --> 00:44:23.840
VIRGINIA: You have a big decision to make, but the good news is if you don't do that now, you can upgrade at any time really.

00:44:23.840 --> 00:44:24.280
JULES: Right.

00:44:24.280 --> 00:44:28.760
VIRGINIA: So, you know, you got plenty of time to think about it.

00:44:28.760 --> 00:44:31.440
VIRGINIA: Well, it has been a lot of fun talking with you, Jules.

00:44:31.440 --> 00:44:32.820
JULES: Thank you so much for having me.

00:44:32.820 --> 00:44:34.360
VIRGINIA: Sounds like we have a lot of friends in common.

00:44:35.100 --> 00:44:36.960
JULES: Yes.

00:44:36.960 --> 00:44:37.460
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:44:37.460 --> 00:44:39.980
VIRGINIA: Well, have a great rest of your evening.

00:44:39.980 --> 00:44:41.320
VIRGINIA: Thank you so much.

00:44:41.320 --> 00:44:42.820
JULES: Thank you, you too.

00:44:44.060 --> 00:44:48.660
VIRGINIA: Thank you, Jules, for taking the time to sit down with me and share everything about your trip.

00:44:48.660 --> 00:44:56.900
VIRGINIA: If you have a trip coming up in 2025 and would like to be a trip report guest, I am currently looking for people traveling in July, August and September.

00:44:56.900 --> 00:45:01.200
VIRGINIA: It can be to any Disney or Universal property worldwide.

00:45:01.200 --> 00:45:09.500
VIRGINIA: If you would like to do it and are nervous or unsure about being on a podcast, set that aside because it's so easy and we have a lot of fun.

00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:13.120
VIRGINIA: You don't need previous experience or any professional equipment.

00:45:13.120 --> 00:45:18.080
VIRGINIA: I would love to chat with you about it if you have questions, so please reach out if you are on the fence.

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VIRGINIA: If you or someone you know is ready to apply, you can do that on my website, which again is whereilongtobepodcast.com.

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VIRGINIA: That is all for today.

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VIRGINIA: Have a wonderful and magical week and keep daydreaming about where you long to be.