Kate has returned and is sharing all the fun details of her Fort Wilderness Cabin resort only stay! Even without setting foot inside a park, they had so much to do, including multiple rounds of golf, a fishing excursion, a manicure at the Grand Floridian, plenty of good meals, swimming, and more. In the end, the trip was relaxing and they will be returning in August for a chance to get into the parks.

  • Trip Dates: March 7-15, 2025

  • Post Trip Interview: recorded 3/23/25

 

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VIRGINIA: Welcome to this post-trip episode of Where I Long To Be, a Magical Trip Report Podcast.

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VIRGINIA: My name is Virginia, and I am your host.

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VIRGINIA: On today's episode, I am welcoming back Kate to the show.

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VIRGINIA: As a reminder, Kate is a travel agent who specializes in Disney and other magical destinations, so reach out to her if you need help with your next magical adventure.

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VIRGINIA: Her information is in the show notes, and she is with Playcation Travel.

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VIRGINIA: Kate recently returned from a resort-only trip to Walt Disney World, where she and her husband Mark, along with kids Van, Will and Jovi, as well as Van's friend Cohen, all stayed in a DVC cabin at Fort Wilderness.

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VIRGINIA: While Kate gets down multiple times a year, and at least one of those trips is with her family, this was Cohen's very first time in Orlando, so the family was very much looking forward to sharing all of the Disney magic with him.

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VIRGINIA: This is a family of golfers, so there were multiple courses that were played, and plenty of fun things to do, even without setting foot in the parks.

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VIRGINIA: That should catch you up.

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VIRGINIA: So, with that, here's Kate.

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VIRGINIA: Welcome back, Kate.

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KATE: Thank you.

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VIRGINIA: How was this trip overall?

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VIRGINIA: You look like you had a great time.

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VIRGINIA: You're smiling, you're glowing.

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KATE: Yeah, yeah, I think it was really one of our best trips as a family, like, because everybody was having so much fun together, and then also the element of relaxing that was in there.

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KATE: So yeah, everything just worked out great, and there were so many high points, including the weather was fantastic.

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KATE: So yeah, really, really good trip.

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VIRGINIA: Let's get right into it.

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VIRGINIA: So you were traveling with your husband, Mark, your three kids, Van, Will, and Jovi, and Van's friend, Cohen, who had never been before.

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VIRGINIA: So is Cohen now a Disney diehard?

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KATE: Yes.

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KATE: So Cohen is 100% a huge Disney fan now.

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KATE: He was wearing ears a couple of days into the trip, and he also wants to come back with us in August because now he's dying to do the parks.

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VIRGINIA: Wow.

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VIRGINIA: Well, I can imagine being that close to the parks and just seeing them just over the hill, being like, that's the next step.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Let's talk about this drive, because you were driving down from Ontario, with six people total in this car and four golf bags.

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VIRGINIA: So how did that all work?

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VIRGINIA: Was your game of Tetris successful to get everything into the vehicle and how was the drive itself?

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KATE: Game of Tetris for sure.

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KATE: And I had bought a bag to go on top of the car for our clothing.

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KATE: So my husband was installing that day of, it got a huge hole in it, so it ended up on the driveway not coming with us.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, no.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: So I have to ask for personal reasons, only because we were planning a trip down to the beach in July.

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VIRGINIA: And I was thinking about getting one of those bags for the top of the car because we may let Alex bring a friend and it will be a lot of stuff to have in a car.

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VIRGINIA: So what style of bag was it?

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VIRGINIA: Was it supposed to be waterproof and all the things?

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KATE: Yes, exactly.

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KATE: Yeah, it was supposed to be waterproof.

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KATE: But I had bought it on Facebook Marketplace.

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KATE: So I'm assuming it was now just kind of worn out a bit.

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KATE: And that's why it ripped so easily.

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KATE: But yeah, it maybe get one that does some stretching.

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KATE: This one I don't think did any stretching.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, I was looking at the ones on Amazon and not really finding one that I like for a price that I wanted to pay.

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VIRGINIA: And the ones that are like a hard shell are really expensive.

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KATE: Yes.

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VIRGINIA: But it's also expensive to kind of to rent them.

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VIRGINIA: Like I mean, like $100 or something to rent one, which felt like a lot for a rental when for a couple hundred more, I could just buy one.

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VIRGINIA: But do I really need to buy one?

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VIRGINIA: That sort of thing.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, I'm gonna have to think on this.

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VIRGINIA: I'm definitely not gonna buy it off Facebook marketplace though.

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KATE: No, yeah, that's not a recommendation I would make.

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KATE: But it actually probably was good.

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KATE: We were able to fit everything and everybody was still pretty comfortable.

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KATE: Like we had stuff at our feet, but we did make it work.

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VIRGINIA: Well, where did the golf bags go?

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KATE: Yeah, they were all in the back.

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KATE: So in the back of the van, what I did was I put a golf bag in and then I kind of packed stuff around it, put another golf bag in.

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KATE: So our stuff was taken apart to get in, but it still worked.

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KATE: It all got in there.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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KATE: Yeah, and there was huge storms when we drove home, that were a lot of high winds.

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KATE: So actually it was probably the best situation.

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KATE: We didn't have that on top.

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VIRGINIA: Oh gosh, what would you have done if you were driving and suddenly, I'm just imagining clothes flying out down the highway.

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KATE: Exactly.

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KATE: I think that's what my husband was worried about anyways.

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KATE: So it kind of worked out that we just left that bag on the driveway and drove away.

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VIRGINIA: Well, how was the drive?

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VIRGINIA: Did you hit any traffic?

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VIRGINIA: How was the weather?

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VIRGINIA: And then, of course, I want to know about this visit to Buckees that you had planned.

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KATE: So the drive itself was actually no problem at all.

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KATE: We left around noon on the Friday and our whole drive was great.

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KATE: We hit Buckees in Kentucky.

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KATE: So we had made a couple of stops for bathroom breaks along the way, but really quick, like in and out to some gas stations.

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KATE: So Buckees was the first time we were all getting out of the car, going to get some food.

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KATE: And it was delicious, clean, like everybody says, 265 gas pumps.

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KATE: So it was a great stop.

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KATE: Yeah, it was a really good stop.

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KATE: And then we just kept motoring from there.

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KATE: So my husband drove straight noon until I think about 2 a.m.

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KATE: And that's when he needed a break and I took over.

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KATE: But yeah, no traffic.

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KATE: Like going through the night worked great for us.

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KATE: The kids were awesome sleeping and not complaining at all.

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KATE: So yeah, all in all, the drive was excellent.

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KATE: We made it to the gates at Fort Wilderness by 8:29 a.m.

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KATE: Wow, okay.

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VIRGINIA: That is a lot earlier than you anticipated, I think.

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KATE: You said before 2 p.m.

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KATE: Yeah, my husband was thinking like 24 hours, but it wasn't even close to that for us.

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VIRGINIA: I want to know, did you get any sleep while you were passenger princessing it up?

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KATE: Not really.

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KATE: I tried.

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KATE: I had definitely had my eyes closed for quite a while.

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KATE: I was, I think, too excited, too much on my mind, so I didn't really get too much sleep, a little bit.

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VIRGINIA: So pulling in that early in the morning, where did you go first?

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VIRGINIA: Because I kind of doubted your cabin was ready, but am I wrong?

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KATE: The cabin was not ready, no, when we pulled in, but we had a chance to go into the lobby there.

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KATE: We did Cohen's first visit button and picture, and then we also got our golf carts picked up.

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KATE: So we just had to sign some paperwork on that, so that was exciting.

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KATE: And then we decided to take the bus, so the internal bus that will take you over to Fort Wilderness Lodge, so we could just hang out in the lobby a little bit there.

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KATE: And we did a mobile order for breakfast.

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VIRGINIA: Wait, do you mean Wilderness Lodge?

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KATE: Wilderness Lodge, sorry, I always say that in Fort, but yes, Wilderness Lodge.

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VIRGINIA: I was like, wait a second, is check-in in a different place within Fort Wilderness?

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KATE: No, so we checked in at Fort Wilderness and then bus to Wilderness Lodge.

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KATE: Yes.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: So mobile order at Wilderness Lodge, did you end up, because you were here for a number of days, getting refillable mugs?

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KATE: We definitely did.

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KATE: Yeah.

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KATE: So that was one of the first things we did when we got to Wilderness Lodge.

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KATE: So the kids were really looking forward to that.

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VIRGINIA: I love Wilderness Lodge.

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VIRGINIA: It's my favorite.

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VIRGINIA: How was your breakfast there?

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KATE: It was so good.

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KATE: Yeah.

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KATE: Couldn't wait to have the Mickey Waffles.

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KATE: My husband got the tachos.

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KATE: And yeah, everybody really enjoyed it.

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KATE: And we sat outside, which it just felt so good.

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KATE: Weather was already so much warmer than what we had here at home.

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VIRGINIA: You had the ability to go over to a water park on your arrival day if you had wanted to.

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VIRGINIA: So I've been dying to know, did you make it over to a water park?

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KATE: We did not.

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KATE: And the weather was good.

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KATE: We could have for sure.

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KATE: Plus we were there in so much time.

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VIRGINIA: You were there so early.

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KATE: Yeah.

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KATE: But everybody just wanted to get in the cabin, including me.

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KATE: Yeah.

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KATE: So we just did that.

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VIRGINIA: What time did the cabin end up being ready?

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KATE: It was amazing.

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KATE: So I was thinking we can spend a while here.

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KATE: We could all just lounge in the lobby if needed.

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KATE: But we got a text before 11 AM.

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KATE: I think it was like 1030 something that our cabin was ready.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, wow.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: So my theory is the bigger the resort, the more likely it is that your room will be ready earlier.

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VIRGINIA: My theory is also that they know where you are with your magic band.

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VIRGINIA: And so if you're close by anyway, they try harder to get your room ready.

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VIRGINIA: That makes sense, yeah.

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VIRGINIA: I wonder just because the cabins becoming DVC rooms, and I'm using air quotes here, how well they're being utilized.

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VIRGINIA: Like, are people not taking advantage of them yet because they haven't been available all that long?

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VIRGINIA: Is it, are people waiting to hear how people like it?

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VIRGINIA: I don't know.

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KATE: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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KATE: That completely makes sense.

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KATE: And I think they're kind of far away from things-ish.

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KATE: Like, my perspective now would be that I would suggest definitely having a golf cart because that just made things so much easier.

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VIRGINIA: All right, so first impressions of the cabin.

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KATE: Oh, so nice.

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KATE: Everybody was completely thrilled when we got in there.

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KATE: Yeah, and the deck, like everything was great.

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VIRGINIA: Can you remind me in terms of, like, where there is to sleep within this cabin?

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VIRGINIA: There's a pullout couch, is that right?

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VIRGINIA: Or is it a Murphy bed?

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KATE: It is the Murphy bed.

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KATE: Yeah, but it's on top of the couch.

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KATE: No, that's right.

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KATE: Yeah, it's on top of the couch.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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KATE: Try to picture it again.

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VIRGINIA: It's sort of a pullout couch, but it's really a Murphy bed.

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VIRGINIA: Yes.

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VIRGINIA: Yes.

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KATE: Yes, exactly.

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KATE: Because it like squishes, must squish the couch down.

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VIRGINIA: Right.

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KATE: When you pull it down.

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KATE: Yeah, exactly.

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KATE: And then the bunk beds are so nice and they're adult size, because we kind of flipped around in our sleeping a couple of times, because my daughter had a little bit of a cold, so she wanted to snuggle with me.

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KATE: And then a queen bed in that room with the bunk beds.

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VIRGINIA: This cabin does not have a washer dryer though.

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VIRGINIA: Is that right?

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KATE: Hey, it does not, but get this, you have free washer dryer use at, I'm going to call it a comfort station, but we were really near to what's called the old swimming pool.

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KATE: And then in that area, you have to use your key card, your band ticket in, because it's just for cabin guests.

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KATE: And then you have your free washer dryer in there.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, yeah, with DVC, I was never very clear on whether this was because of being a DVC member or whether it was based on the type of room that you're staying in.

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VIRGINIA: So this is leading me to believe perhaps it's based on the type of room.

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VIRGINIA: Because whenever you stay in a DVC room, you have free access to the laundry in whatever property you're staying at.

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VIRGINIA: You just tap and the laundry is free.

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VIRGINIA: Of course, you have to provide your own soap or whatever.

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VIRGINIA: But so when we stay in a studio, if we need to do laundry, then we're able to run down to wherever it is.

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VIRGINIA: So this makes me think that because the DVC cabins are DVC, then that's why you had free access.

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KATE: Yeah, it was awesome.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, it's a nice perk in case you need it.

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VIRGINIA: And how far away was that from the cabin?

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KATE: Yeah, so I had put a request in for cabins to be near the pool.

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KATE: So being near this pool, we were like, we could walk, would take us less than two minutes to get to that pool where the laundry also was.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Did you take advantage of the pool a lot?

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VIRGINIA: How was the weather such that you could?

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KATE: Yeah, it was great.

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KATE: We had one morning of rain, which was Sunday, no, was Monday morning, sorry.

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KATE: And that was it.

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KATE: Otherwise, it was 24 and sunny.

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KATE: Some cooler nights, a little cool in the morning, but absolutely gorgeous every day.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Anything else to note this first arrival day, or was it just chilling in the cabin?

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VIRGINIA: Did you do anything special for dinner or anything?

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KATE: We ended up, so I did an Amazon fresh order, which was awesome.

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KATE: Everything came really quick with that order, like within a couple of hours.

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KATE: But everybody felt hungry for dinner around 4 p.m.

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KATE: So we ordered two pizzas and had them down by the marina.

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KATE: So it was great just sitting and watching the water.

00:13:52.146 --> 00:13:54.966
KATE: And everybody had the refillable mugs, of course, right?

00:13:54.966 --> 00:13:56.526
KATE: And we're kind of on that first day high.

00:13:56.546 --> 00:13:57.146
KATE: Yes.

00:13:57.146 --> 00:13:58.386
KATE: And then, yeah, yeah.

00:13:58.386 --> 00:14:02.466
VIRGINIA: We were all in bed though that night, I think by 8-ish p.m.

00:14:02.466 --> 00:14:05.726
VIRGINIA: To get over to the marina, you, I imagine, took both golf carts.

00:14:06.186 --> 00:14:06.966
KATE: Oh, yeah.

00:14:06.966 --> 00:14:07.286
KATE: Yeah.

00:14:07.286 --> 00:14:10.466
VIRGINIA: How, how were the teen golf cart drivers?

00:14:10.466 --> 00:14:16.746
KATE: Yeah, he, so it was just the, Cohen is the only one that could drive it, not Van, because he doesn't have his license yet.

00:14:16.746 --> 00:14:18.506
KATE: But they, they did really well.

00:14:18.506 --> 00:14:20.026
KATE: Yeah, there was no accidents.

00:14:20.026 --> 00:14:22.846
KATE: Nobody fell off, didn't lose anything.

00:14:22.846 --> 00:14:23.986
KATE: And they just had a blast.

00:14:23.986 --> 00:14:25.686
KATE: Like, all the kids wanted to go together.

00:14:25.686 --> 00:14:26.566
KATE: So it's kind of fun.

00:14:26.666 --> 00:14:27.306
VIRGINIA: Oh, of course.

00:14:27.306 --> 00:14:28.406
KATE: Basically had our own.

00:14:28.406 --> 00:14:29.346
VIRGINIA: Uh-huh.

00:14:29.406 --> 00:14:29.706
KATE: Yeah.

00:14:29.706 --> 00:14:33.206
VIRGINIA: Did you see, I've heard about people decorating the golf carts there.

00:14:33.206 --> 00:14:37.626
VIRGINIA: So did you see people with, with decor on their golf carts?

00:14:37.626 --> 00:14:38.226
KATE: Awesome.

00:14:38.226 --> 00:14:41.286
KATE: Yeah, that also is a ton of fun.

00:14:41.286 --> 00:14:44.186
KATE: So one that really stood out was Haunted Mansion one.

00:14:44.186 --> 00:14:52.866
KATE: And they actually had the sides decorated and like a cover of the Haunted Mansion wallpaper was the top.

00:14:52.866 --> 00:14:53.326
KATE: Yeah.

00:14:53.326 --> 00:14:54.086
KATE: And then lots of St.

00:14:54.086 --> 00:14:55.846
KATE: Patrick's Day decorations as well.

00:14:55.986 --> 00:14:57.466
KATE: So definitely.

00:14:57.466 --> 00:14:58.066
KATE: Of course.

00:14:58.066 --> 00:14:58.546
KATE: Yeah.

00:14:58.546 --> 00:15:01.426
KATE: Just, yeah, so much fun to be looking around at those.

00:15:01.426 --> 00:15:03.846
VIRGINIA: Did you do anything to yours or no?

00:15:03.846 --> 00:15:04.866
KATE: No, I didn't.

00:15:04.866 --> 00:15:07.486
KATE: And I wish I did because it is helpful.

00:15:07.486 --> 00:15:11.566
KATE: We got in the wrong cart a couple of times, so it's practical.

00:15:11.566 --> 00:15:13.226
KATE: But I, that was one thing I did.

00:15:13.226 --> 00:15:18.126
KATE: I had written down on my list and then I just never got to the dollar store or anything before we left.

00:15:18.126 --> 00:15:18.426
KATE: All right.

00:15:18.426 --> 00:15:21.626
VIRGINIA: Let's get into the rest of this trip.

00:15:21.626 --> 00:15:28.666
VIRGINIA: So Sunday, March the 9th, you had planned to go over to Ohana because you had a breakfast reservation.

00:15:28.666 --> 00:15:29.986
VIRGINIA: So let's start there.

00:15:29.986 --> 00:15:35.466
VIRGINIA: How was breakfast and how was everything else that you got to see while you were over at the Polynesian?

00:15:35.466 --> 00:15:40.406
VIRGINIA: Because I think you were going to try to walk around there, maybe check out the tower, that sort of stuff.

00:15:40.406 --> 00:15:41.446
KATE: Yeah, for sure.

00:15:41.446 --> 00:15:45.086
KATE: So really simple getting over there, of course.

00:15:45.086 --> 00:15:47.846
KATE: And then first monorail ride for Cohen.

00:15:47.846 --> 00:15:51.306
KATE: And he's like, what, we get to go on that in the sky?

00:15:51.306 --> 00:15:52.346
KATE: So that was a lot of fun.

00:15:52.846 --> 00:16:03.346
KATE: And our breakfast was really, really good, except Lilo, who my daughter, oh, sorry, Stitch, who my daughter just couldn't wait to see, wasn't coming to our table.

00:16:03.346 --> 00:16:07.146
KATE: And of course we were reassured, he's going to come over, he's going to come over.

00:16:07.146 --> 00:16:09.606
KATE: But I think he actually had missed us.

00:16:09.606 --> 00:16:14.866
KATE: But of course, awesome cast members got him to come over, but it was like the very end.

00:16:14.866 --> 00:16:19.146
KATE: So she was getting a little bit worried that she wasn't going to be able to see him.

00:16:20.486 --> 00:16:22.386
KATE: Yeah, but otherwise it was great.

00:16:22.386 --> 00:16:30.206
KATE: And then their meeting at the end was amazing, like hugs and laughs and signatures.

00:16:30.206 --> 00:16:32.326
KATE: So yeah.

00:16:32.326 --> 00:16:33.846
KATE: How was the food?

00:16:33.846 --> 00:16:35.966
KATE: Yeah, food was really good.

00:16:35.966 --> 00:16:41.726
KATE: I mean, I love everything, the waffles, the kind of pineapple sauce that's on the ham.

00:16:41.726 --> 00:16:46.126
KATE: And then I think they called it the stitch juice, but I think it's the Pog, right?

00:16:46.166 --> 00:16:47.426
VIRGINIA: It's Pog juice.

00:16:47.426 --> 00:16:48.306
KATE: Yeah, it's Pog juice.

00:16:48.306 --> 00:16:49.266
KATE: Yeah.

00:16:49.266 --> 00:16:50.486
KATE: And then the coffee, of course.

00:16:50.486 --> 00:16:54.786
KATE: I don't even know how many cups I had because I just love that Kona coffee.

00:16:54.786 --> 00:16:56.026
VIRGINIA: So good.

00:16:56.026 --> 00:16:56.166
KATE: Yeah.

00:16:56.166 --> 00:16:57.366
KATE: Oh my goodness.

00:16:57.366 --> 00:16:59.366
VIRGINIA: So what did you do after you were done eating?

00:16:59.366 --> 00:16:59.766
KATE: Yeah.

00:16:59.766 --> 00:17:04.946
KATE: So I was going to say that they still had room, the kids still had room for some Dole Whip after.

00:17:04.946 --> 00:17:06.526
VIRGINIA: So of course they did.

00:17:06.526 --> 00:17:07.066
KATE: Yeah.

00:17:07.066 --> 00:17:08.226
KATE: So we walked around a little bit.

00:17:08.226 --> 00:17:14.206
KATE: My daughter really wanted to buy the Angel stuffy, like the ones that look like little babies because she has the stitch one.

00:17:14.346 --> 00:17:20.746
KATE: So we did a little shopping and then got some Dole Whip and went and sat down on the beach.

00:17:22.126 --> 00:17:25.006
KATE: We got in early for our breakfast earlier than 10.45.

00:17:25.006 --> 00:17:27.286
KATE: I think we had gotten there early and checked in.

00:17:27.286 --> 00:17:34.266
KATE: So we started breakfast a bit early and then Cohen and Van were getting picked up at 1 p.m.

00:17:34.266 --> 00:17:38.006
KATE: from the Polynesian to go and watch a Bay Hill Golf Tournament.

00:17:38.006 --> 00:17:40.946
KATE: So we just had to kill some time around there, which was fine.

00:17:41.946 --> 00:17:45.886
VIRGINIA: Okay, tell me a little bit about this because we didn't talk about that in our pre-trip.

00:17:46.526 --> 00:17:48.426
VIRGINIA: What is a Bay Hill Golf Tournament?

00:17:48.426 --> 00:18:03.626
KATE: Well, we didn't talk about it because it was a complete last minute where they noticed that there's an honored, I can't say it right, honored Arnold Palmer Golf Tournament that happens that is part of a PGA.

00:18:03.626 --> 00:18:12.226
KATE: I'm going to sound so uneduKated about golf, but it's a huge tournament that was only 20 minutes away, the Bayhull Golf Course is just 20 minutes.

00:18:12.226 --> 00:18:14.546
KATE: So the timing of it worked out perfectly.

00:18:14.546 --> 00:18:16.646
KATE: They were able to get tickets.

00:18:16.646 --> 00:18:23.686
KATE: So then I just threw a transportation, like a transfer in there that we use.

00:18:23.686 --> 00:18:27.606
KATE: So yeah, it all worked out and they were going to spend one o'clock until 7 p.m.

00:18:27.606 --> 00:18:29.506
KATE: watching this last day of the tournament.

00:18:29.546 --> 00:18:38.346
KATE: So oh, and to add, the reason they really wanted to go is because there is a golfer from our area who was in this tournament.

00:18:38.346 --> 00:18:43.726
KATE: So it's a really big deal to see this Canadian golfer right from around where we live.

00:18:43.726 --> 00:18:44.646
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:18:44.646 --> 00:18:47.726
VIRGINIA: So they're not just casual golfers.

00:18:47.726 --> 00:18:49.326
KATE: No.

00:18:49.326 --> 00:18:51.526
VIRGINIA: So that was my impression when we talked before.

00:18:51.526 --> 00:18:55.726
VIRGINIA: It's just like, oh, they like golf, they have their own clubs, whatever.

00:18:55.726 --> 00:18:56.666
VIRGINIA: This is serious.

00:18:56.906 --> 00:19:00.546
VIRGINIA: If you want to stand around and watch other people play, you're a golfer.

00:19:00.546 --> 00:19:02.006
KATE: Oh, yeah.

00:19:02.006 --> 00:19:03.546
KATE: This is very serious.

00:19:03.546 --> 00:19:05.446
KATE: Yes, they're completely into it.

00:19:05.446 --> 00:19:06.406
KATE: They got signatures.

00:19:06.406 --> 00:19:08.646
KATE: They had a great day.

00:19:08.646 --> 00:19:09.166
VIRGINIA: Good.

00:19:09.166 --> 00:19:09.586
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:19:09.586 --> 00:19:15.346
VIRGINIA: So what did you and your husband and Will and Jovi do while they were off doing that?

00:19:15.346 --> 00:19:15.626
KATE: Yeah.

00:19:15.626 --> 00:19:18.466
KATE: So we still even took a couple more pictures of the Polynesian.

00:19:18.466 --> 00:19:21.046
KATE: We really took our time there.

00:19:21.046 --> 00:19:23.146
KATE: Then we went back and did a little bit of swimming.

00:19:24.446 --> 00:19:31.606
KATE: I still hadn't really unpacked as much as I wanted to, so did a little more settling in to the room.

00:19:31.606 --> 00:19:35.786
KATE: And then actually they had a craft going on as they do every day.

00:19:35.786 --> 00:19:37.686
KATE: But that day it was making slime.

00:19:37.686 --> 00:19:40.726
KATE: So yeah, Jovi was super excited for that.

00:19:40.726 --> 00:19:41.546
VIRGINIA: I'm sure.

00:19:42.266 --> 00:19:47.786
VIRGINIA: I was about to say fun, but then I was like, that doesn't really sound like fun to me because I don't know.

00:19:48.246 --> 00:19:51.746
VIRGINIA: I was not into the making slime thing when I was little.

00:19:51.746 --> 00:19:52.606
VIRGINIA: I was like, do that at school.

00:19:54.466 --> 00:19:54.846
KATE: Yeah.

00:19:54.846 --> 00:19:58.366
KATE: So she was thrilled.

00:19:58.366 --> 00:20:03.786
KATE: Then we went to Disney Springs for dinner and had the Polite Pig.

00:20:03.786 --> 00:20:11.786
KATE: Then Cohen and Van actually ended up getting dropped off there from their transportation from the golf tournament.

00:20:11.786 --> 00:20:14.546
KATE: We all met up and then just walked around a little bit.

00:20:14.546 --> 00:20:19.206
KATE: Jovi made a headband at the Ever After store.

00:20:19.206 --> 00:20:20.886
VIRGINIA: I remember she wanted to do that.

00:20:20.886 --> 00:20:21.646
KATE: She wanted to do that.

00:20:21.646 --> 00:20:21.786
KATE: Yeah.

00:20:21.826 --> 00:20:23.326
KATE: She asked, so she picked out the ones she wants.

00:20:24.526 --> 00:20:26.326
VIRGINIA: Which characters did she pick?

00:20:26.326 --> 00:20:27.346
KATE: Angel and Stitch.

00:20:27.346 --> 00:20:30.506
KATE: Those are her absolute number ones.

00:20:30.506 --> 00:20:31.686
VIRGINIA: Need I have asked.

00:20:31.686 --> 00:20:32.046
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:20:32.046 --> 00:20:32.786
KATE: I know, right?

00:20:32.906 --> 00:20:34.926
KATE: Stitch will be my answer to everything.

00:20:36.266 --> 00:20:40.106
VIRGINIA: Did you make it over to Gideon's because I know that you were thinking about that?

00:20:40.106 --> 00:20:40.606
KATE: Yeah.

00:20:40.946 --> 00:20:46.746
KATE: I did want to, so we checked the line, but it was like 40 plus minutes.

00:20:46.746 --> 00:20:48.706
KATE: I knew that we were going to get back there.

00:20:48.706 --> 00:20:53.006
KATE: Otherwise, I would have waited, but we were going to have another chance, so we didn't do it all night.

00:20:53.006 --> 00:20:54.186
KATE: Okay.

00:20:54.186 --> 00:20:55.846
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:20:55.846 --> 00:21:00.066
VIRGINIA: If there's nothing else that day, let's move into Monday, March the 10th.

00:21:00.066 --> 00:21:03.926
VIRGINIA: This was a golf day as many of these days are.

00:21:03.926 --> 00:21:07.946
VIRGINIA: Golfing 1 PM at the Palm Golf Course.

00:21:07.946 --> 00:21:08.706
KATE: Yeah.

00:21:08.706 --> 00:21:09.506
KATE: Yes.

00:21:10.086 --> 00:21:20.026
KATE: This day, we could have got, they could have taken my husband, and like Mark and Will were also golfing this day, as you said, all the boys were going for the first day.

00:21:20.026 --> 00:21:27.866
KATE: They could have gotten picked up from the golf course transportation, but my husband said, I'll just drive, and it was like three minutes away.

00:21:27.866 --> 00:21:36.826
KATE: They all drove together, and then my daughter and I got on the boat again, and headed to the Grand Floridian for her spa day.

00:21:36.826 --> 00:21:37.406
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:21:37.406 --> 00:21:39.366
VIRGINIA: Tell me about the spa day.

00:21:39.366 --> 00:21:40.186
KATE: My gosh.

00:21:40.186 --> 00:21:40.646
KATE: So much fun.

00:21:40.786 --> 00:21:48.646
KATE: So she got a mini magical manicure, and I didn't end up booking one for myself.

00:21:48.646 --> 00:21:55.766
KATE: I had looked at it, but then, because I loved your tip, but I think she's too young to use the facilities.

00:21:55.766 --> 00:21:56.766
VIRGINIA: The spa facilities.

00:21:56.846 --> 00:21:58.106
KATE: Yeah.

00:21:58.926 --> 00:22:06.146
KATE: So she got it, but she was pampered, and the cast members there were just lovely to her.

00:22:06.566 --> 00:22:12.246
KATE: They also were really accommodating for taking lots of pictures, because I wanted to take pictures and a little bit of videos.

00:22:12.246 --> 00:22:17.926
KATE: And so they were actually taking the pictures most of the time for us, so both her and I could get in them.

00:22:17.926 --> 00:22:25.346
KATE: And then she was old enough that we could still go together and wait just in their resting room.

00:22:25.346 --> 00:22:31.086
KATE: So after her manicure was done, they said, take 15 minutes at least, have a tea.

00:22:31.086 --> 00:22:35.286
KATE: So we sat together and had some snacks and enjoyed that relaxing room.

00:22:37.546 --> 00:22:41.006
VIRGINIA: Did they give her a little takeaway item?

00:22:41.006 --> 00:22:47.246
VIRGINIA: Because I know when I got my massage there, I walked away with like some bath salts or something like that.

00:22:47.246 --> 00:22:47.786
VIRGINIA: Oh, yes.

00:22:47.786 --> 00:22:49.566
KATE: I haven't even used them yet.

00:22:49.566 --> 00:22:54.446
KATE: But we got two bags of the bath salts and then the little nail file and stuff that they used on her.

00:22:54.446 --> 00:22:57.486
KATE: But man, those bath salts smell so good.

00:22:57.486 --> 00:22:58.706
VIRGINIA: Yes, they do.

00:22:58.706 --> 00:23:06.646
VIRGINIA: I think when I used mine finally, it was the next time I was staying at Disney with access to a giant bathtub.

00:23:06.646 --> 00:23:08.266
KATE: Oh, good idea.

00:23:08.266 --> 00:23:13.506
VIRGINIA: I just threw them into my suitcase and brought them with me back to where they came from.

00:23:13.986 --> 00:23:16.306
KATE: Yeah, that's the place to do it for sure.

00:23:16.306 --> 00:23:17.546
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:23:17.546 --> 00:23:20.806
VIRGINIA: Tell me about the guys' golfing adventure.

00:23:20.806 --> 00:23:22.626
VIRGINIA: Did they enjoy this course?

00:23:22.626 --> 00:23:28.866
VIRGINIA: Is this the course that is near Shades of Green and kind of across the street from the Polynesian?

00:23:30.846 --> 00:23:31.186
KATE: Okay.

00:23:31.186 --> 00:23:33.186
KATE: So, I don't know.

00:23:33.186 --> 00:23:36.326
KATE: I don't know if it would have been it because it was really close to Fort Wilderness.

00:23:36.326 --> 00:23:38.046
KATE: So, would it?

00:23:38.046 --> 00:23:38.466
KATE: Yeah.

00:23:38.466 --> 00:23:39.146
KATE: Sorry about that.

00:23:39.146 --> 00:23:40.446
KATE: I don't know exactly.

00:23:40.446 --> 00:23:41.306
VIRGINIA: No, that's okay.

00:23:41.306 --> 00:23:41.526
KATE: Yeah.

00:23:41.526 --> 00:23:44.806
KATE: All I know is really close, but they really enjoyed it.

00:23:44.806 --> 00:23:50.806
KATE: And I got a text from my husband, though, of an alligator right by where they were.

00:23:50.806 --> 00:23:51.086
KATE: Yeah.

00:23:51.086 --> 00:23:52.886
KATE: So, that was pretty exciting for them as well.

00:23:52.886 --> 00:23:53.726
KATE: There was a huge.

00:23:53.746 --> 00:23:55.286
VIRGINIA: Oh, I'm sure.

00:23:55.286 --> 00:23:56.566
VIRGINIA: Did they take pictures?

00:23:56.566 --> 00:23:57.066
KATE: Oh, yeah.

00:23:57.066 --> 00:23:57.706
KATE: He took pictures.

00:23:57.766 --> 00:24:00.506
KATE: Yeah, he drove his car, like, not stupidly.

00:24:00.506 --> 00:24:02.866
KATE: He'd stayed in the car and wasn't too close.

00:24:02.866 --> 00:24:03.966
VIRGINIA: Not stupidly.

00:24:03.966 --> 00:24:04.306
KATE: Yeah.

00:24:04.346 --> 00:24:04.626
KATE: Right?

00:24:04.626 --> 00:24:12.466
KATE: Like, he's not there trying to petted or something, but he did drive up as close as was safe, I'm assuming, to get some pictures of it.

00:24:12.466 --> 00:24:16.346
VIRGINIA: I am now having flashes on my head of the movie Happy Gilmore.

00:24:16.346 --> 00:24:18.566
KATE: Right?

00:24:18.566 --> 00:24:19.206
KATE: Oh, yeah.

00:24:19.206 --> 00:24:20.546
KATE: He said he did joke around.

00:24:20.546 --> 00:24:21.946
VIRGINIA: I haven't seen in years, but.

00:24:22.446 --> 00:24:22.646
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:24:22.646 --> 00:24:24.146
KATE: He said, oh, yeah, he ate my balls.

00:24:24.146 --> 00:24:26.146
KATE: So he was joking around.

00:24:26.146 --> 00:24:26.506
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:24:26.506 --> 00:24:28.486
KATE: But they had a really good time.

00:24:28.486 --> 00:24:31.646
KATE: And Will really enjoyed being with the big guys, right?

00:24:31.646 --> 00:24:33.906
KATE: So everybody had a good day.

00:24:33.906 --> 00:24:34.206
KATE: Yeah.

00:24:34.206 --> 00:24:35.846
VIRGINIA: Oh, that's nice.

00:24:35.846 --> 00:24:39.066
VIRGINIA: So what time did you all end up coming back together?

00:24:39.066 --> 00:24:41.866
VIRGINIA: And what did you do with the rest of your day?

00:24:41.866 --> 00:24:42.406
KATE: Yeah.

00:24:42.406 --> 00:24:46.026
KATE: So we didn't get back together because Jovi and I got back.

00:24:46.286 --> 00:24:47.366
KATE: We again took our time.

00:24:47.366 --> 00:24:52.566
KATE: We had lunch and then enjoyed the Photo Pass area there.

00:24:52.566 --> 00:24:55.286
KATE: So they took tons of pictures with her and her stuff.

00:24:55.286 --> 00:24:57.526
KATE: Amazing cast members.

00:24:57.526 --> 00:25:00.506
KATE: So Jovi and I got back, I think, just after five.

00:25:00.506 --> 00:25:05.306
KATE: The guys still weren't going to be back, I think, for another at least hour.

00:25:05.306 --> 00:25:09.366
KATE: So her and I went to Disney Springs because we were going to do Gideon's for sure.

00:25:09.366 --> 00:25:10.886
VIRGINIA: How was Gideon's?

00:25:10.886 --> 00:25:12.246
KATE: Oh, it was so good.

00:25:12.246 --> 00:25:12.806
VIRGINIA: It was so much fun.

00:25:12.806 --> 00:25:14.246
KATE: Was there a line?

00:25:14.246 --> 00:25:15.686
KATE: There was a line, but it wasn't bad.

00:25:15.686 --> 00:25:21.586
KATE: It looked kind of intimidating and I think they said 30 minutes, but it was less than 20 and we were inside.

00:25:21.586 --> 00:25:22.426
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:25:22.426 --> 00:25:22.806
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:25:22.806 --> 00:25:24.726
VIRGINIA: What kinds did you get?

00:25:24.726 --> 00:25:25.766
KATE: Oh, okay.

00:25:25.766 --> 00:25:29.606
KATE: So they had a peanut butter cold brew special.

00:25:29.606 --> 00:25:30.766
VIRGINIA: That's my favorite.

00:25:30.766 --> 00:25:31.126
KATE: Right.

00:25:31.126 --> 00:25:32.006
VIRGINIA: Oh my gosh.

00:25:33.526 --> 00:25:36.626
VIRGINIA: Kate, Gideon's cookies are fine.

00:25:36.626 --> 00:25:41.606
VIRGINIA: I now very much prefer Summer House on the Lake for cookies.

00:25:41.606 --> 00:25:44.886
VIRGINIA: If I'm going to go for a cookie, that's what I think of as a cookie.

00:25:44.886 --> 00:25:48.926
VIRGINIA: The Gideon's cookies, I wouldn't turn it down if somebody gave me a cookie.

00:25:48.926 --> 00:25:51.586
VIRGINIA: I'd be like, okay, I'll nibble at this.

00:25:51.586 --> 00:25:52.386
VIRGINIA: It's good.

00:25:52.386 --> 00:25:53.886
VIRGINIA: There's nothing wrong with it.

00:25:53.886 --> 00:25:56.686
VIRGINIA: But where it's at for me is that cold brew.

00:25:56.686 --> 00:25:57.126
KATE: Yeah.

00:25:57.126 --> 00:25:57.646
KATE: Okay.

00:25:57.646 --> 00:26:00.266
KATE: But sorry, I meant they had a cold brew cookie.

00:26:00.266 --> 00:26:00.406
VIRGINIA: Oh.

00:26:00.406 --> 00:26:01.906
KATE: I love the cold brew too.

00:26:01.906 --> 00:26:02.686
VIRGINIA: Love the cold brew.

00:26:02.686 --> 00:26:03.226
KATE: It's my favorite.

00:26:03.226 --> 00:26:05.906
VIRGINIA: So did you get the cold brew with the cold brew cookie?

00:26:05.906 --> 00:26:06.366
KATE: Okay.

00:26:06.366 --> 00:26:11.926
KATE: I didn't because caffeine for me afternoon is just not working.

00:26:11.926 --> 00:26:14.466
KATE: So unfortunately, I couldn't do it even though I wanted to.

00:26:14.466 --> 00:26:15.926
KATE: I knew it would keep me up all night.

00:26:16.646 --> 00:26:24.506
KATE: But knowing, like when I saw the month's limited edition flavor cookie was in the cold brew, oh my gosh.

00:26:24.506 --> 00:26:27.046
KATE: And it was just as good as you think it is.

00:26:27.046 --> 00:26:29.826
VIRGINIA: Could you taste the coffee in it?

00:26:29.826 --> 00:26:30.446
KATE: Oh, yeah.

00:26:30.446 --> 00:26:31.386
KATE: You could taste the coffee.

00:26:31.386 --> 00:26:36.426
KATE: And then with the coffee taste, it made the peanuts, everything taste even better.

00:26:37.226 --> 00:26:37.946
KATE: Okay.

00:26:37.946 --> 00:26:38.306
KATE: So good.

00:26:38.426 --> 00:26:39.506
KATE: You gotta try that.

00:26:39.506 --> 00:26:40.806
KATE: I know.

00:26:40.806 --> 00:26:44.966
KATE: And then I had texted a picture of the order form to the boys.

00:26:44.966 --> 00:26:52.166
KATE: So we had an original chocolate chip on there, a peanut butter crunch, and then a cookies and cream as well.

00:26:53.026 --> 00:26:54.466
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:26:54.466 --> 00:26:59.966
KATE: So, but definitely everybody, even the kids, loved the peanut butter cold brew cookie the most.

00:26:59.966 --> 00:27:02.766
KATE: Much better than the peanut butter crunch one.

00:27:02.926 --> 00:27:04.866
KATE: So it's the way to go.

00:27:04.866 --> 00:27:05.346
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:27:05.346 --> 00:27:10.706
VIRGINIA: We're going to have to give that a try because Alex is just as obsessed with the cold brew as I am.

00:27:10.706 --> 00:27:12.646
KATE: Oh, it is so good.

00:27:12.646 --> 00:27:18.506
VIRGINIA: And I hope he doesn't listen to this episode because he'll be like, we forgot to go do that on our last trip.

00:27:19.666 --> 00:27:20.486
VIRGINIA: We didn't forget.

00:27:20.486 --> 00:27:22.266
VIRGINIA: I just didn't want to wait in line.

00:27:22.486 --> 00:27:25.546
KATE: Yeah.

00:27:25.546 --> 00:27:26.986
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:27:26.986 --> 00:27:28.986
VIRGINIA: What else that day?

00:27:28.986 --> 00:27:31.786
KATE: So that was pretty much it that day.

00:27:31.786 --> 00:27:33.926
KATE: We all just met back up at the room.

00:27:34.146 --> 00:27:37.846
KATE: And then pretty much every night, we were doing a swim.

00:27:37.846 --> 00:27:41.026
KATE: So, you know, about nine o'clock, we're all sitting around the pool.

00:27:41.026 --> 00:27:49.706
KATE: And having that smaller, quiet pool close to us meant that we were usually the only ones there, or maybe another family or two.

00:27:49.706 --> 00:27:55.466
KATE: So the kids would play in the pool a bit and then sit in the hot tub for a little bit before bed.

00:27:55.466 --> 00:27:56.886
VIRGINIA: That sounds delightful.

00:27:56.886 --> 00:27:58.366
KATE: Yes, it was.

00:27:58.366 --> 00:27:58.746
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:27:58.746 --> 00:28:01.626
VIRGINIA: Tuesday, March 11th, another golf day.

00:28:02.426 --> 00:28:03.306
KATE: Another golf day.

00:28:03.306 --> 00:28:05.746
KATE: Yes, this is just Ban and Cohen golfing today.

00:28:05.746 --> 00:28:09.306
KATE: So we left the cabin.

00:28:09.306 --> 00:28:16.966
KATE: So those two were still in the cabin, but the rest of us went and did our fishing excursion, catching that boat at 10 a.m.

00:28:16.966 --> 00:28:18.246
KATE: at the marina.

00:28:18.246 --> 00:28:21.386
VIRGINIA: And this boat was going out on to Bay Lake?

00:28:21.386 --> 00:28:23.246
KATE: Yes, out on to Bay Lake.

00:28:23.246 --> 00:28:28.606
KATE: So we, so the first swimming spot, or swimming, don't swim in that water.

00:28:28.606 --> 00:28:29.446
VIRGINIA: No, do not.

00:28:29.446 --> 00:28:32.006
VIRGINIA: Because you talk about alligators.

00:28:32.006 --> 00:28:33.146
KATE: Yes, exactly.

00:28:33.146 --> 00:28:38.566
KATE: The first fishing spot that he took us to, you could hear people screaming on Tron.

00:28:38.566 --> 00:28:40.746
KATE: So you're like right behind Tron.

00:28:40.746 --> 00:28:42.206
KATE: So it was so cool, right?

00:28:42.206 --> 00:28:45.166
KATE: To hear that while we're fishing.

00:28:45.166 --> 00:28:50.126
KATE: And yeah, again, another awesome cast member, and they completely take care of you.

00:28:50.126 --> 00:28:55.206
KATE: Like you could actually just sit and watch him catch fish if that was your jam.

00:28:55.206 --> 00:28:56.466
KATE: But the kids were getting into it.

00:28:56.466 --> 00:28:58.506
KATE: My husband, of course, is like ready to go.

00:28:58.766 --> 00:29:01.986
KATE: So he's putting on the lures and all kinds of stuff too.

00:29:01.986 --> 00:29:04.106
VIRGINIA: What did you do while you were on the boat?

00:29:04.106 --> 00:29:08.386
KATE: Yeah, I was taking lots of pictures, taking some videos, but I also was fishing.

00:29:08.386 --> 00:29:10.346
KATE: So I got into it.

00:29:10.346 --> 00:29:14.666
KATE: So there's the three of us plus him.

00:29:14.666 --> 00:29:16.966
KATE: But I think he had six rods going.

00:29:16.966 --> 00:29:23.846
KATE: So if you weren't holding a rod, you had one close to you and you're kind of watching them all to see when something would be biting.

00:29:23.846 --> 00:29:25.786
VIRGINIA: How long was the boat ride?

00:29:25.786 --> 00:29:28.026
KATE: Yeah, it was a two hour excursion.

00:29:28.726 --> 00:29:32.806
KATE: Which I think was just the perfect amount of time for the kids.

00:29:32.806 --> 00:29:37.786
KATE: But my husband could have stayed and he actually would have done another fishing excursion.

00:29:37.786 --> 00:29:39.166
KATE: He really, really enjoyed it.

00:29:39.166 --> 00:29:42.346
VIRGINIA: That sounds like something Alex and Charles would really like to do.

00:29:42.346 --> 00:29:43.826
VIRGINIA: So maybe I'll have to do it.

00:29:44.286 --> 00:29:50.406
VIRGINIA: I worry that I would be bored out of my mind, but it sounds like a beautiful view.

00:29:50.406 --> 00:29:55.486
VIRGINIA: You're in Disney and you don't necessarily have to fish if you don't want to.

00:29:55.486 --> 00:29:56.406
KATE: Oh, exactly.

00:29:57.666 --> 00:30:07.166
KATE: It was fun to see my daughter because at first, she didn't want to hold the fish, so they had a special thing that clamps onto the fish that you can still hold it.

00:30:07.166 --> 00:30:14.206
KATE: By the end though, she was reaching her hand in for the live bait to grab that for our guide.

00:30:14.206 --> 00:30:16.526
KATE: Yeah, and then holding the fish right with her hand.

00:30:16.526 --> 00:30:21.066
KATE: So she had an absolute blast and she actually caught the most fish.

00:30:21.066 --> 00:30:24.346
VIRGINIA: Do you think that she's going to want to go fishing again at home?

00:30:24.346 --> 00:30:25.426
KATE: Oh, absolutely.

00:30:25.426 --> 00:30:25.586
KATE: Yeah.

00:30:26.386 --> 00:30:28.126
KATE: She thoroughly enjoyed it.

00:30:28.126 --> 00:30:28.726
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:30:28.726 --> 00:30:30.166
VIRGINIA: Awesome.

00:30:30.166 --> 00:30:34.406
VIRGINIA: What did you all get into after you're fishing and you're golfing?

00:30:34.406 --> 00:30:41.786
KATE: We got into going back to Disney Springs because everybody was hungry after the day and felt like burgers.

00:30:41.786 --> 00:30:44.906
KATE: So we did Deluxe Burger that night.

00:30:44.906 --> 00:30:47.466
VIRGINIA: I love Deluxe Burger.

00:30:47.466 --> 00:30:48.846
VIRGINIA: I have a hot take.

00:30:49.306 --> 00:30:56.126
VIRGINIA: To me, every burger I've had at Deluxe Burger has been better than any other burger I've had on property.

00:30:56.126 --> 00:30:57.026
KATE: Yeah.

00:30:57.026 --> 00:30:57.346
KATE: Yeah.

00:30:57.346 --> 00:30:59.846
VIRGINIA: It's just a good burger and it's not expensive.

00:30:59.846 --> 00:31:09.726
VIRGINIA: And yeah, everyone talks about the burger at Steakhouse 71 and that's a fine burger, but Deluxe Burger is where it's at for me at least.

00:31:09.726 --> 00:31:10.166
KATE: Yeah.

00:31:10.166 --> 00:31:10.366
KATE: Yeah.

00:31:10.366 --> 00:31:14.406
KATE: So I was wondering about what you said the best if you'd had the Steakhouse 71.

00:31:14.406 --> 00:31:14.946
KATE: I haven't.

00:31:15.126 --> 00:31:19.226
KATE: And so that's good to know that Deluxe is even better.

00:31:19.226 --> 00:31:19.706
VIRGINIA: To me.

00:31:19.706 --> 00:31:22.026
VIRGINIA: I mean, lots of people probably disagree.

00:31:22.026 --> 00:31:24.826
VIRGINIA: This is probably the hottest of hot takes.

00:31:25.446 --> 00:31:26.326
KATE: Yeah.

00:31:26.326 --> 00:31:26.826
VIRGINIA: I don't know.

00:31:26.826 --> 00:31:32.906
VIRGINIA: I guess maybe I just don't have like super high taste in burgers.

00:31:32.906 --> 00:31:33.646
VIRGINIA: I don't know.

00:31:33.646 --> 00:31:41.566
VIRGINIA: But I think that Deluxe Burger is great because the burgers are flavorful and I love all the choices that they have.

00:31:41.566 --> 00:31:44.306
VIRGINIA: And I love all the different sauces you can get with your fries.

00:31:44.406 --> 00:31:45.286
VIRGINIA: And the fries are good.

00:31:45.586 --> 00:31:46.766
VIRGINIA: That's important to me, too.

00:31:46.766 --> 00:31:51.146
VIRGINIA: If I'm having a burger, the fries need to be delicious and their fries are great.

00:31:51.146 --> 00:31:53.546
KATE: In the sauces, we have the truffle aioli.

00:31:53.566 --> 00:31:54.766
KATE: Oh, my God.

00:31:54.766 --> 00:31:55.086
KATE: Yeah.

00:31:55.086 --> 00:32:00.386
KATE: And again, sitting outside, I love the atmosphere in Disney Springs.

00:32:00.386 --> 00:32:01.526
KATE: I took some pictures.

00:32:01.526 --> 00:32:04.766
KATE: The tree had like hanging lights around it and the music.

00:32:04.766 --> 00:32:06.866
KATE: And it just does it for me.

00:32:06.866 --> 00:32:07.846
VIRGINIA: It's a vibe.

00:32:07.846 --> 00:32:08.846
KATE: It's a vibe.

00:32:08.846 --> 00:32:09.526
KATE: Yeah.

00:32:09.526 --> 00:32:13.186
KATE: So Cohen was really excited for the Lego store because he's always loved Lego.

00:32:14.206 --> 00:32:19.966
KATE: So we went in there and picked out a couple of little sets that they could build back in the cabin.

00:32:19.966 --> 00:32:23.486
KATE: And then did the hot tub again when we got back.

00:32:23.486 --> 00:32:26.426
VIRGINIA: This is turning out to be such a relaxing trip.

00:32:26.426 --> 00:32:32.986
KATE: Honestly, that's what I looked at my husband and said, like, I cannot believe how every stress just melted away.

00:32:32.986 --> 00:32:34.306
KATE: It was so good.

00:32:34.306 --> 00:32:35.686
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:32:35.686 --> 00:32:36.506
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:32:36.506 --> 00:32:42.326
VIRGINIA: So Wednesday, March the 12th, you were thinking about going over to City Walk.

00:32:42.426 --> 00:32:43.746
VIRGINIA: Did you make it over there?

00:32:43.746 --> 00:32:44.446
KATE: We did.

00:32:44.446 --> 00:32:45.786
KATE: Yeah.

00:32:45.786 --> 00:32:50.246
KATE: So we, the kids did a bit of Lego in the morning, just took a slow morning.

00:32:50.246 --> 00:32:57.306
KATE: And then we drove, no, sorry, we ubered to City Walk because we might want to have some drinks or something while we're there.

00:32:57.306 --> 00:32:59.786
KATE: You have to pay for parking at City Walk, too.

00:32:59.786 --> 00:33:00.286
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:33:00.286 --> 00:33:04.006
KATE: So with that, we were like, we might as well just uber.

00:33:04.006 --> 00:33:04.246
KATE: Yeah.

00:33:04.246 --> 00:33:05.546
KATE: So that was super fun.

00:33:05.606 --> 00:33:07.246
KATE: We, what did we hit first?

00:33:07.246 --> 00:33:12.006
KATE: We hit, oh, we just went up to that kind of food court area.

00:33:12.006 --> 00:33:26.106
KATE: And then everybody got different things, Panda Express, a little bit of Burger King, Whopper Bar, and then walked around after that, did some pictures in the epic showcase there.

00:33:26.106 --> 00:33:26.466
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:33:26.466 --> 00:33:29.166
KATE: And then got close to the gates, of course, right?

00:33:29.166 --> 00:33:31.406
KATE: Because when you're walking around, how the gates are right there.

00:33:32.226 --> 00:33:32.986
KATE: Oh, my gosh.

00:33:32.986 --> 00:33:37.406
KATE: And so then that was when the kids were like, can we just go in for a couple of rides?

00:33:39.566 --> 00:33:42.406
VIRGINIA: I laugh because that is so expensive.

00:33:42.406 --> 00:33:43.626
KATE: I know, right?

00:33:43.626 --> 00:33:44.466
KATE: Oh, my gosh.

00:33:44.466 --> 00:33:45.266
KATE: Yeah.

00:33:45.266 --> 00:33:48.586
KATE: So that was maybe a little too close seeing that, right?

00:33:48.586 --> 00:33:50.786
KATE: Because they really wanted to get in there.

00:33:50.786 --> 00:33:55.966
KATE: But then you made it back over to Voodoo and everybody loved their donuts.

00:33:55.966 --> 00:33:56.346
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:33:56.346 --> 00:33:58.346
VIRGINIA: What were the favorites?

00:33:59.446 --> 00:34:03.146
KATE: So I called it a Boston cream, but it is the Portland cream.

00:34:03.146 --> 00:34:07.966
KATE: So that was definitely the favorite for everybody.

00:34:07.966 --> 00:34:08.426
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:34:08.706 --> 00:34:11.006
VIRGINIA: How is it different from a Boston cream?

00:34:11.206 --> 00:34:12.386
VIRGINIA: It is a Boston cream.

00:34:12.386 --> 00:34:20.006
KATE: It is a Boston cream, but I think maybe the, I don't know if it's just the different chocolate or...

00:34:20.006 --> 00:34:20.506
KATE: Yeah.

00:34:20.626 --> 00:34:24.206
KATE: It tastes like an elevated Boston cream in my opinion.

00:34:24.206 --> 00:34:25.426
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:34:25.426 --> 00:34:27.086
VIRGINIA: They have such good donuts there.

00:34:28.186 --> 00:34:29.026
KATE: So good.

00:34:29.026 --> 00:34:29.706
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:34:29.706 --> 00:34:31.186
KATE: Hard to decide what to get, right?

00:34:31.566 --> 00:34:32.406
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:34:32.626 --> 00:34:37.646
VIRGINIA: I think my favorite was the one that had, I think it was called the Elvis or something.

00:34:37.646 --> 00:34:39.786
VIRGINIA: It had peanut butter and bacon.

00:34:39.966 --> 00:34:42.646
VIRGINIA: And that combination just always does it for me.

00:34:42.646 --> 00:34:44.026
KATE: Yeah.

00:34:44.026 --> 00:34:44.726
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:34:44.726 --> 00:34:47.086
VIRGINIA: I also had one that was like grape one time.

00:34:47.086 --> 00:34:52.746
VIRGINIA: It was like grape sugar, which sounds so bizarre, but it was actually pretty good.

00:34:52.746 --> 00:34:55.166
KATE: Oh, they seem to balance their flavors well, I think.

00:34:55.286 --> 00:34:58.346
KATE: Like all the ones I've tasted aren't just sickly sweet.

00:34:58.346 --> 00:35:01.486
KATE: They just have a really good combination.

00:35:02.946 --> 00:35:07.726
VIRGINIA: Did you do anything else over at CityWalk before heading back to your home base?

00:35:07.726 --> 00:35:14.206
KATE: No, we wanted to leave CityWalk by, I think, 3.30 at the latest just to miss the traffic, which was fine.

00:35:14.646 --> 00:35:17.206
KATE: We weren't going to do any shopping or anything really.

00:35:17.206 --> 00:35:22.346
KATE: So we headed out by 3.30 and then did miss the traffic pretty much.

00:35:22.346 --> 00:35:23.346
KATE: It was a little bit busier.

00:35:24.426 --> 00:35:31.226
KATE: But then we got back and the kids wanted to do the tennis.

00:35:31.226 --> 00:35:34.006
KATE: So we rented, or you can get the free rentals from the bike barn.

00:35:34.006 --> 00:35:36.826
KATE: So they'll give you the equipment there.

00:35:36.826 --> 00:35:38.926
KATE: And then they had tie-dye shirts going.

00:35:38.926 --> 00:35:41.286
KATE: So my daughter wanted to make that.

00:35:41.286 --> 00:35:50.726
KATE: And I don't know if you already knew this, but Chippendale will come out twice before the campfire starts, so that you can do pictures with them.

00:35:52.686 --> 00:35:53.346
VIRGINIA: That's cute.

00:35:53.346 --> 00:35:55.926
VIRGINIA: Chippendale are the best.

00:35:55.926 --> 00:35:58.126
VIRGINIA: I bet you got some really cute photos.

00:35:58.606 --> 00:36:00.286
KATE: So cute photos, videos.

00:36:00.286 --> 00:36:02.246
KATE: Yeah, it was really fun.

00:36:02.246 --> 00:36:09.126
KATE: So yeah, we just took in all that we could around the resort that afternoon.

00:36:09.126 --> 00:36:12.706
VIRGINIA: And you had a reservation for Hoop to Do this night.

00:36:12.706 --> 00:36:14.286
VIRGINIA: Is that right?

00:36:14.286 --> 00:36:15.506
KATE: For the Hoop to Do?

00:36:16.526 --> 00:36:17.526
KATE: Yep, we did.

00:36:17.526 --> 00:36:20.926
KATE: We had a 6.15 reservation for that.

00:36:20.926 --> 00:36:23.526
KATE: So we all got dressed and ready.

00:36:23.526 --> 00:36:27.226
KATE: And then we got there about 15 minutes early.

00:36:27.226 --> 00:36:32.826
KATE: And everybody is getting ready before they opened the doors there.

00:36:32.826 --> 00:36:35.086
VIRGINIA: How did the kids like that?

00:36:35.086 --> 00:36:35.946
KATE: They loved it.

00:36:35.946 --> 00:36:36.286
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:36:36.286 --> 00:36:39.046
KATE: And my husband really enjoyed it too.

00:36:39.046 --> 00:36:44.466
KATE: But Will, he was the one that was loudest, dancing and standing up.

00:36:44.466 --> 00:36:48.306
KATE: And then they gave washboards to both Will and Jovi.

00:36:48.306 --> 00:36:51.326
KATE: So they were having a blast with them as well near the end.

00:36:51.326 --> 00:36:53.906
KATE: So it was a ton of fun.

00:36:53.906 --> 00:36:54.886
VIRGINIA: Where were your seats?

00:36:54.886 --> 00:36:58.606
VIRGINIA: Did you pay extra to sit in the closer seats?

00:36:58.606 --> 00:37:00.206
VIRGINIA: Or were you in the balcony?

00:37:00.206 --> 00:37:00.666
VIRGINIA: Oh, OK.

00:37:00.666 --> 00:37:01.186
VIRGINIA: No.

00:37:01.186 --> 00:37:01.706
KATE: Yeah, I paid.

00:37:01.706 --> 00:37:05.806
KATE: So we were we were pretty much like one table back from the front.

00:37:05.806 --> 00:37:06.826
VIRGINIA: Oh, perfect.

00:37:06.826 --> 00:37:07.186
KATE: Yeah.

00:37:07.186 --> 00:37:09.946
KATE: And it was funny because they were making jokes about it.

00:37:09.946 --> 00:37:15.286
KATE: Now, I'm going to forget how they said it, but about Canada being from overseas.

00:37:15.286 --> 00:37:16.606
VIRGINIA: We're overseas people.

00:37:16.606 --> 00:37:19.666
KATE: Oh, there's a people from Canada overseas, our overseas neighbors and stuff.

00:37:19.666 --> 00:37:22.826
KATE: So yeah, yeah, they were so good.

00:37:22.826 --> 00:37:23.986
VIRGINIA: Oh, that's funny.

00:37:23.986 --> 00:37:25.386
KATE: And food was amazing, right?

00:37:25.386 --> 00:37:27.686
KATE: We all really enjoyed everything.

00:37:27.746 --> 00:37:28.966
VIRGINIA: Whoop-de-doo is so much fun.

00:37:28.966 --> 00:37:36.566
VIRGINIA: I would encourage anybody who's never done it before to try to make time for that on at least one trip in the future because it is a good time.

00:37:36.566 --> 00:37:39.906
KATE: And the sangria, I had the red wine sangria.

00:37:41.026 --> 00:37:42.126
VIRGINIA: So good.

00:37:42.126 --> 00:37:43.786
VIRGINIA: So good.

00:37:43.786 --> 00:37:44.466
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:37:44.466 --> 00:37:52.026
VIRGINIA: Thursday, March the 13th, yet another golf day, this time at the Buena Vista Golf Course.

00:37:52.026 --> 00:37:54.266
VIRGINIA: So who all golfed on this day?

00:37:54.266 --> 00:37:59.366
KATE: So it was just Van and Cohen golfing on this day, but they were really excited for Lake Buena Vista.

00:37:59.366 --> 00:38:07.546
KATE: I had thought Magnolia was going to be the nicest one, but I guess Disney's turning Magnolia into their signature one.

00:38:07.546 --> 00:38:14.206
KATE: But Lake Buena Vista actually is right now until they're finished those renovations.

00:38:14.206 --> 00:38:17.286
KATE: So they were really excited for this one.

00:38:17.286 --> 00:38:22.466
VIRGINIA: Did that turn out to be the favorite golf course of all of the golf courses from this trip?

00:38:22.466 --> 00:38:24.106
KATE: Hands down, yes.

00:38:24.106 --> 00:38:24.606
KATE: Yes, it was.

00:38:25.006 --> 00:38:25.206
KATE: Yeah.

00:38:25.206 --> 00:38:26.286
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:38:26.286 --> 00:38:26.526
KATE: Yeah.

00:38:26.526 --> 00:38:35.106
KATE: So they and they, Van golfed a great, they both had a good day, I think, but Van was especially happy with his score that day.

00:38:35.106 --> 00:38:36.486
VIRGINIA: Good.

00:38:36.486 --> 00:38:41.446
VIRGINIA: What did you and Jovi and Will get up to while they were golfing?

00:38:41.446 --> 00:38:42.406
KATE: Yeah.

00:38:42.406 --> 00:38:45.866
KATE: So we, Mark and Will, so we all drove together.

00:38:45.866 --> 00:38:48.026
KATE: Mark and Will went to Top Golf.

00:38:48.026 --> 00:38:49.006
KATE: So I dropped them off there.

00:38:49.006 --> 00:38:52.686
KATE: It's the same place, kind of getting close to Universal again.

00:38:53.446 --> 00:38:58.266
KATE: So they've got Andretti go-karts and then the Top Golf building kind of together.

00:38:58.266 --> 00:39:01.346
KATE: So they did that and I dropped them off.

00:39:01.346 --> 00:39:05.546
KATE: Jovi and I went to the Character Warehouse at the Outlet Mall.

00:39:05.546 --> 00:39:07.686
VIRGINIA: Any good deals that you found?

00:39:07.686 --> 00:39:09.126
KATE: Well, for her.

00:39:10.726 --> 00:39:12.546
KATE: Unfortunately, nothing.

00:39:12.546 --> 00:39:17.926
KATE: There was a Spirit Jersey I could have got that was in Kanto, but I just, I didn't need it.

00:39:18.186 --> 00:39:19.446
KATE: It was nice.

00:39:19.446 --> 00:39:24.866
KATE: But she found an amazing sweatshirt that's the pink with the snacks on it.

00:39:24.866 --> 00:39:25.526
KATE: So cute.

00:39:25.526 --> 00:39:28.426
KATE: And then she got two t-shirts.

00:39:28.426 --> 00:39:30.746
KATE: And then I did end up with a couple of mugs.

00:39:30.746 --> 00:39:33.086
KATE: But yeah, clothes for her size.

00:39:33.086 --> 00:39:34.806
KATE: She had quite a selection.

00:39:34.806 --> 00:39:35.046
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:39:35.046 --> 00:39:39.586
VIRGINIA: That's the only thing with the clothes is that it's really hit and miss in terms of what sizes they have.

00:39:39.586 --> 00:39:44.746
VIRGINIA: But mugs, drinking vessels, things like that abound.

00:39:44.746 --> 00:39:45.206
KATE: Yeah.

00:39:45.206 --> 00:39:46.306
KATE: Cute bucket hats too.

00:39:46.306 --> 00:39:50.326
KATE: I could have bought a couple of those, but I just was like, I already have one.

00:39:50.326 --> 00:39:52.846
KATE: But they had some really cute hats.

00:39:52.846 --> 00:39:57.986
VIRGINIA: I don't love myself in a bucket hat, but I want to love myself in a bucket hat.

00:39:57.986 --> 00:40:00.446
VIRGINIA: I just don't think it looks right on me.

00:40:00.446 --> 00:40:01.166
KATE: Yeah.

00:40:01.606 --> 00:40:05.686
VIRGINIA: I'm sure it looks really cute on somebody like Drovi.

00:40:05.686 --> 00:40:07.426
KATE: Oh yeah, for sure.

00:40:07.426 --> 00:40:09.686
KATE: Everything looks cute.

00:40:09.686 --> 00:40:15.926
KATE: But yeah, she needed pins because we hadn't brought a lanyard or pins, and it was a good opportunity to trade.

00:40:15.986 --> 00:40:19.046
KATE: So we did invest in some of those for her.

00:40:19.046 --> 00:40:20.086
VIRGINIA: And the lanyard?

00:40:20.086 --> 00:40:21.526
KATE: We got one at Target.

00:40:21.846 --> 00:40:31.246
KATE: So we did a little bit of shopping that day, so it was a little cheaper to get her a stitch one at Target, and then bought the real Disney pins from Character Warehouse so she could start trading.

00:40:31.246 --> 00:40:31.886
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:40:31.886 --> 00:41:06.726
VIRGINIA: I have noticed recently that even with people who don't have a huge pin trading supply, that a lot of people are using those little pin trading books that are made to hold pins, as opposed to putting them on a lanyard, which I think is super smart because when we took my sister and her family down, and I had loaded up on pins for all my nephews so that they could pin trade, they were all on lanyards, which is cute for hanging up at home, but especially with little kids like that, it was too much to handle wearing a lanyard.

00:41:06.726 --> 00:41:08.946
VIRGINIA: But now I see everybody using those little books.

00:41:08.946 --> 00:41:21.326
VIRGINIA: You can get one even that's just like, I don't know, maybe six, seven inches square, that has little places for pins, so it's easy to throw in your bag and that sort of thing.

00:41:21.326 --> 00:41:28.946
VIRGINIA: And if I were going to do it all over again, I would grab those for my nephews instead of lanyards because they just get very heavy.

00:41:28.946 --> 00:41:33.406
VIRGINIA: And when you're talking about like a four-year-old, it's a lot.

00:41:33.406 --> 00:41:33.826
KATE: Yeah.

00:41:33.826 --> 00:41:34.706
KATE: Oh, that's a great tip.

00:41:34.706 --> 00:41:36.106
KATE: Plus they can fall off, right?

00:41:36.106 --> 00:41:37.826
KATE: And then they'll be upset if they lose a pin.

00:41:37.866 --> 00:41:38.746
KATE: Right.

00:41:38.746 --> 00:41:43.046
VIRGINIA: And with the books, it's zipped in, but yet you can still see them.

00:41:43.046 --> 00:41:49.166
VIRGINIA: So I'll try to find an example of what I'm talking about and put it in the show notes for anybody who's looking for something like that.

00:41:49.706 --> 00:41:56.406
VIRGINIA: I'm not a big pin trader, but I've seen these in videos and I'm just like, oh, that would have been so much easier.

00:41:56.406 --> 00:41:58.066
VIRGINIA: Oh my goodness.

00:41:58.066 --> 00:41:59.646
KATE: For sure.

00:41:59.646 --> 00:42:00.106
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:42:00.106 --> 00:42:04.466
VIRGINIA: You also had noted that you thought you'd go over to the boardwalk this day.

00:42:04.466 --> 00:42:05.946
VIRGINIA: Did you make it over to the boardwalk?

00:42:06.866 --> 00:42:11.266
KATE: So we did not make it to the boardwalk that day.

00:42:11.266 --> 00:42:20.526
KATE: We ended up seeing a Raising Canes, which I don't think we have anywhere in Canada, so we've only gotten it when we've been in Florida.

00:42:21.286 --> 00:42:23.086
VIRGINIA: They're all the rage here now.

00:42:23.086 --> 00:42:25.046
KATE: Oh, well, I can see why.

00:42:25.046 --> 00:42:34.506
VIRGINIA: Maybe I'm just behind on the times, but within the past year, suddenly they're everywhere and people are so excited about getting a Raising Canes in the neighborhood.

00:42:34.506 --> 00:42:39.646
VIRGINIA: There's one near my work now and people got so excited when it opened.

00:42:39.646 --> 00:42:40.526
KATE: Yeah.

00:42:40.526 --> 00:42:42.546
KATE: So we were excited to see that.

00:42:42.546 --> 00:42:45.206
KATE: So we ordered a huge tray of chicken fingers.

00:42:45.206 --> 00:42:46.006
KATE: I'm trying to remember.

00:42:46.006 --> 00:42:48.586
KATE: I think it was like a 44 pack maybe.

00:42:48.586 --> 00:42:48.886
KATE: I don't know.

00:42:48.886 --> 00:42:50.646
KATE: It was massive.

00:42:50.646 --> 00:42:54.726
KATE: Then a whole bunch, I think we got like 20 little packages of sauce as well.

00:42:55.706 --> 00:43:04.646
KATE: So we ate that for lunch and then that was going to be what was for dinner as well as some of the things I had ordered from Amazon.

00:43:04.646 --> 00:43:04.906
KATE: Yeah.

00:43:04.906 --> 00:43:06.026
KATE: So we stayed.

00:43:06.026 --> 00:43:11.406
KATE: We did the campfire that night and again, pool time and some drinks around the pool.

00:43:11.406 --> 00:43:14.146
KATE: So just a quiet evening.

00:43:14.146 --> 00:43:19.446
VIRGINIA: Did you find yourself going over into the Fort Wilderness building?

00:43:19.446 --> 00:43:24.666
VIRGINIA: I don't even know what it's called but basically their place where their quick services and like the little store.

00:43:24.666 --> 00:43:32.326
VIRGINIA: Did you head over there a lot for supplies or drinks or things like that during the course of this week?

00:43:32.326 --> 00:43:32.926
KATE: Yeah.

00:43:32.926 --> 00:43:39.986
KATE: So I guess most of the time we were at the Meadow Swimming Pool for the drinks because that was closer.

00:43:39.986 --> 00:43:49.166
KATE: But yes, we were probably there at least once a day, just grabbing something and then I was also getting some peanut butter and things for the room there.

00:43:49.166 --> 00:43:51.246
KATE: So yeah, and it's just nice to walk around.

00:43:51.326 --> 00:43:54.846
KATE: I love seeing the little beachy water area there.

00:43:54.846 --> 00:43:58.766
VIRGINIA: Was there a place to use your refillable mug at the quiet pool?

00:44:01.046 --> 00:44:03.066
KATE: No, there definitely wasn't.

00:44:03.066 --> 00:44:05.906
KATE: It was just the two spots.

00:44:05.906 --> 00:44:14.026
KATE: So like you said, I think it's called the Meadow Swimming Pool that has the tennis court near there and where Chippendale are.

00:44:14.026 --> 00:44:15.026
KATE: That was the closest.

00:44:15.026 --> 00:44:15.466
KATE: Yeah.

00:44:15.466 --> 00:44:17.186
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:44:17.186 --> 00:44:17.746
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:44:17.746 --> 00:44:23.986
VIRGINIA: So that brings us to Friday, March 14th, which was your last full day.

00:44:23.986 --> 00:44:30.886
VIRGINIA: So I know that you had a dinner reservation at Sebastian's and you were planning on trying to start getting packed.

00:44:30.886 --> 00:44:33.266
VIRGINIA: But how did this day end up panning out?

00:44:33.266 --> 00:44:33.786
KATE: Yeah.

00:44:33.786 --> 00:44:38.806
KATE: So we did another mobile order of breakfast because we're like, oh, this is our last time.

00:44:38.806 --> 00:44:41.966
KATE: So let's get some more Mickey waffles in us.

00:44:41.966 --> 00:44:42.146
KATE: Yeah.

00:44:42.146 --> 00:44:44.366
KATE: So again, kind of a lazy start to the day.

00:44:44.366 --> 00:44:54.146
KATE: And then earlier in the week, I had asked the kids what restaurant showed them Sebastian's, but then we were also thinking Cape May Cafe.

00:44:54.146 --> 00:44:57.446
KATE: So we ended up switching our reservation to Cape May Cafe.

00:44:57.446 --> 00:44:58.686
VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

00:44:58.686 --> 00:44:59.786
KATE: Yeah.

00:44:59.786 --> 00:45:03.846
VIRGINIA: And Cape May, is that a character dinner as well?

00:45:03.846 --> 00:45:05.086
KATE: No, no, it's not a character dinner.

00:45:05.086 --> 00:45:06.486
VIRGINIA: It's only a character breakfast.

00:45:06.486 --> 00:45:07.286
KATE: Okay.

00:45:07.286 --> 00:45:08.686
KATE: Yeah.

00:45:08.686 --> 00:45:10.566
KATE: So we had to do a little bit of running around.

00:45:10.566 --> 00:45:17.806
KATE: So we had to go back to Lake Buena Vista Golf because Cohen had bought a sweatshirt, but it was too small.

00:45:17.806 --> 00:45:22.386
KATE: And then we were going to stop there and then go and do mini golf.

00:45:22.386 --> 00:45:27.246
KATE: And one of the mini golf courses, I didn't even know this, is like a mini golf course.

00:45:27.246 --> 00:45:34.066
KATE: Like they have like little water bunkers and it all looks like a real golf course, but just a miniature scale.

00:45:34.066 --> 00:45:37.666
KATE: That one is the Fantastical Fairways, I think.

00:45:37.666 --> 00:45:41.446
KATE: It's the same check-in point that you do for Fantasia Golf.

00:45:43.106 --> 00:45:45.646
KATE: So right near the Swann Reserve.

00:45:45.646 --> 00:45:46.346
VIRGINIA: Got it.

00:45:46.386 --> 00:45:51.586
KATE: Yeah, so one side is that and then the other side is this like little mini fairways.

00:45:51.586 --> 00:45:58.646
KATE: But unfortunately, you can't make reservations and it was going to be a 45-minute wait when we checked in.

00:45:58.646 --> 00:46:03.786
KATE: So I just ended up getting some pictures and because you can see Tower of Terror from right there, right?

00:46:04.066 --> 00:46:09.066
KATE: So I got some really good pictures, but we just headed back for a pool afternoon.

00:46:09.866 --> 00:46:10.666
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:46:10.666 --> 00:46:11.046
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:46:11.046 --> 00:46:13.506
VIRGINIA: And how was Cape May Cafe?

00:46:13.506 --> 00:46:14.486
KATE: It was really nice.

00:46:14.486 --> 00:46:18.586
KATE: I had ordered some Hawaiian shirts on Amazon.

00:46:18.586 --> 00:46:25.826
KATE: So everybody had their matching Hawaiian shirts on, which I just think matching clothes makes things that much more fun.

00:46:26.686 --> 00:46:27.746
VIRGINIA: That's always fun.

00:46:27.746 --> 00:46:32.186
VIRGINIA: I'm just I'm wondering, like, how did Cohen feel about this?

00:46:32.466 --> 00:46:36.446
VIRGINIA: Like, being forced to wear a matching shirt, was he all in?

00:46:36.446 --> 00:46:39.426
KATE: I think he I got the impression he was, yeah.

00:46:39.426 --> 00:46:40.506
KATE: And he had picked it out, right?

00:46:40.506 --> 00:46:41.986
KATE: So I had sent them, like, which one?

00:46:42.006 --> 00:46:43.286
VIRGINIA: Oh, they got to choose.

00:46:43.286 --> 00:46:43.886
VIRGINIA: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:46:43.886 --> 00:46:46.506
KATE: So I think they were all in.

00:46:46.506 --> 00:46:48.966
KATE: And then this was his first time on the Skyliner.

00:46:48.966 --> 00:46:53.606
KATE: So we did take the bus to Hollywood Studios and then got on the Skyliner.

00:46:54.626 --> 00:47:00.326
KATE: And they were all looking forward to seeing the Beach Club as well, because that was where we stayed first.

00:47:00.486 --> 00:47:03.886
KATE: So Van had really remembered it being the oldest.

00:47:03.886 --> 00:47:09.866
KATE: So just took our time again, walked around a bit and checked in and waited for our dinner reservation.

00:47:09.866 --> 00:47:11.666
VIRGINIA: It's a seafood buffet, am I right?

00:47:11.666 --> 00:47:12.186
KATE: It is.

00:47:12.186 --> 00:47:12.546
KATE: Yeah.

00:47:12.546 --> 00:47:13.006
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:47:13.006 --> 00:47:14.406
VIRGINIA: I've never eaten at Cape May Cafe.

00:47:14.406 --> 00:47:16.866
VIRGINIA: I've only ever just walked past it a million times.

00:47:16.866 --> 00:47:22.206
VIRGINIA: But is it worth visiting for the food alone?

00:47:22.226 --> 00:47:24.106
VIRGINIA: Forget vibes, is the food good?

00:47:24.106 --> 00:47:24.486
KATE: Yeah.

00:47:24.486 --> 00:47:28.866
KATE: We have no picky eaters in our family and we love seafood.

00:47:28.866 --> 00:47:33.986
KATE: So for sure, I think if that is how your family eats, then absolutely.

00:47:33.986 --> 00:47:41.546
KATE: Then I also love whenever Disney's buffets have the shorter counters that have the kids stuff on it, like Chef Mickey's does, right?

00:47:41.546 --> 00:47:41.906
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:47:41.906 --> 00:47:44.606
KATE: So this has that as well.

00:47:44.606 --> 00:47:45.906
KATE: So yeah, it was great.

00:47:45.906 --> 00:47:47.186
KATE: Desserts were great.

00:47:47.226 --> 00:47:53.326
KATE: They have this bonbon treat that's like chocolatey kind of Oreo that they've been making since 2000.

00:47:54.606 --> 00:48:00.146
KATE: And then like a pudding, bread pudding kind of thing with some sauce on it for dessert.

00:48:00.146 --> 00:48:03.106
KATE: So their dessert bar actually is really good as well.

00:48:03.106 --> 00:48:03.546
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:48:03.546 --> 00:48:05.926
VIRGINIA: Why is Disney so good at bread pudding?

00:48:05.926 --> 00:48:06.666
KATE: I know.

00:48:06.726 --> 00:48:07.206
VIRGINIA: I know.

00:48:07.206 --> 00:48:09.446
VIRGINIA: No matter where you get it, it's amazing.

00:48:09.446 --> 00:48:14.586
KATE: So like I just wish my stomach was bigger because I love to eat more.

00:48:14.586 --> 00:48:15.886
KATE: Like it was really, really good.

00:48:16.546 --> 00:48:17.346
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:48:17.346 --> 00:48:18.466
KATE: Yeah.

00:48:18.466 --> 00:48:18.626
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:48:18.626 --> 00:48:26.426
KATE: And then we walked around the boardwalk after that, had a drink and then watched the fireworks luminous.

00:48:26.426 --> 00:48:28.266
VIRGINIA: Where did you get your drink from?

00:48:29.446 --> 00:48:31.766
KATE: Oh, we had just gotten it.

00:48:31.766 --> 00:48:32.706
KATE: Let me see here.

00:48:32.706 --> 00:48:34.386
KATE: Now I'm going to forget.

00:48:34.386 --> 00:48:36.306
KATE: Where do they have it?

00:48:36.306 --> 00:48:37.846
KATE: The to go.

00:48:37.866 --> 00:48:39.106
KATE: Is it margarita?

00:48:39.466 --> 00:48:41.966
VIRGINIA: Oh, is it like sunshine margarita?

00:48:41.966 --> 00:48:44.226
VIRGINIA: I don't know what it's called, but it's a stand.

00:48:44.786 --> 00:48:45.466
VIRGINIA: Joe's.

00:48:45.466 --> 00:48:46.886
VIRGINIA: Yes, that sounds right.

00:48:46.886 --> 00:48:47.466
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:48:47.466 --> 00:48:50.026
KATE: Then they had some performers out.

00:48:50.026 --> 00:48:51.986
KATE: We watched that.

00:48:51.986 --> 00:48:52.666
KATE: Then the fireworks.

00:48:52.666 --> 00:48:54.546
KATE: Yeah, it was great.

00:48:55.666 --> 00:48:56.566
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:48:56.566 --> 00:49:00.206
VIRGINIA: Unfortunately, that brings us to the Ides of March.

00:49:00.206 --> 00:49:05.086
VIRGINIA: Beware the Ides of March as Shakespeare wrote.

00:49:05.086 --> 00:49:08.326
VIRGINIA: You were planning to start your drive at 11 AM.

00:49:08.326 --> 00:49:10.106
VIRGINIA: What did you do leading up to the drive?

00:49:10.106 --> 00:49:11.946
VIRGINIA: Any last-minute fun?

00:49:12.746 --> 00:49:14.206
VIRGINIA: Then how was your drive home?

00:49:14.206 --> 00:49:15.366
KATE: Yeah.

00:49:15.366 --> 00:49:17.566
KATE: No last-minute fun.

00:49:17.566 --> 00:49:23.006
KATE: We hadn't done any packing the day before, so we did all our fun on Friday.

00:49:23.006 --> 00:49:28.086
KATE: It was just the sad packing that was happening Saturday morning.

00:49:29.546 --> 00:49:36.746
KATE: We left by 10, I think, just after 10 o'clock, so drove the golf carts back and hit the road.

00:49:37.766 --> 00:49:40.026
VIRGINIA: Any issues on that drive home?

00:49:40.066 --> 00:49:57.506
KATE: Yeah, so that was, okay, there was some serious weather going on in, I want to say, New Orleans, but then these winds and rains were coming into, like, Kentucky, or maybe before Kentucky, Tennessee.

00:49:57.506 --> 00:49:58.026
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:49:58.026 --> 00:50:02.246
KATE: Was kind of where we had the worst of it, so it was really, really, really heavy rain.

00:50:02.246 --> 00:50:09.126
KATE: My husband, he's comfortable with driving, so he plowed through, but it slowed us down.

00:50:09.886 --> 00:50:10.246
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:50:10.246 --> 00:50:12.706
KATE: From how quick we were able to get there.

00:50:12.706 --> 00:50:14.926
VIRGINIA: And did you do it all in one shot again?

00:50:14.926 --> 00:50:15.366
KATE: We did.

00:50:15.366 --> 00:50:22.126
KATE: We did it all in one shot, and we kind of switched back and forth this time, so I drove first, then he drove.

00:50:22.126 --> 00:50:32.426
KATE: So we were kind of doing like four-ish, five hours each, and then he ended up doing most of the driving once it was kind of later through the night.

00:50:32.426 --> 00:50:34.046
KATE: It probably added about two hours.

00:50:34.046 --> 00:50:42.966
KATE: We were home, I think, just after 9 a.m., having left at 10, so that was a little more close to the 24-hour timeline there.

00:50:42.966 --> 00:50:44.486
KATE: Yeah.

00:50:44.486 --> 00:50:47.006
VIRGINIA: So you said you're going back in August?

00:50:47.006 --> 00:50:49.186
KATE: Yes, we're going back in August.

00:50:49.186 --> 00:50:50.926
KATE: So I actually just had to change the date.

00:50:50.926 --> 00:51:04.726
KATE: We were going the last week of August, but now that Cohen wants to come and Van will come back if Cohen's coming, because now Cohen just has to do the parks and every movie is like, Guardians is my favorite movie, Toy Story is my favorite movie.

00:51:04.726 --> 00:51:06.646
KATE: So I'm like, okay, well, we definitely have to do this.

00:51:07.666 --> 00:51:13.866
KATE: So we changed the dates in August to the third week, instead of the last week so that they can come.

00:51:13.866 --> 00:51:17.106
VIRGINIA: How long will you be staying for that trip and where are you staying?

00:51:17.106 --> 00:51:17.386
KATE: Yeah.

00:51:17.386 --> 00:51:20.766
KATE: So we're going to do eight nights at Old Key West.

00:51:20.766 --> 00:51:21.746
KATE: All right.

00:51:21.746 --> 00:51:23.026
VIRGINIA: Have you stayed there before?

00:51:23.026 --> 00:51:34.026
KATE: No, I haven't stayed there, but when we had to go to the Lake Univista Golf Store there at Saratoga, we drove past Old Key West.

00:51:34.026 --> 00:51:41.326
KATE: So we saw where we'll be staying and they're all really excited, especially since you're having golf course views potentially.

00:51:41.326 --> 00:51:44.386
VIRGINIA: I imagine with that many people, you're getting a one or two bedroom?

00:51:44.386 --> 00:51:45.506
KATE: Two bedroom, yeah.

00:51:45.506 --> 00:51:46.066
VIRGINIA: Two bedroom.

00:51:46.066 --> 00:51:46.586
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:51:46.586 --> 00:51:47.286
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:51:47.686 --> 00:51:52.566
VIRGINIA: We stayed in a studio for the first two nights of our trip in February.

00:51:52.566 --> 00:51:59.026
VIRGINIA: I didn't personally love it, but the studio has like no outlet.

00:51:59.026 --> 00:52:04.446
VIRGINIA: So I don't know if the same is going to be true in the larger villas.

00:52:04.446 --> 00:52:04.766
KATE: Okay.

00:52:04.766 --> 00:52:05.886
VIRGINIA: So just be prepared.

00:52:05.886 --> 00:52:11.426
VIRGINIA: You may want to throw like a power strip or something in your bag.

00:52:12.046 --> 00:52:12.426
KATE: Awesome.

00:52:12.426 --> 00:52:13.386
KATE: Good tip, yeah.

00:52:13.386 --> 00:52:14.946
KATE: Because it's for nine people, right?

00:52:14.946 --> 00:52:18.366
KATE: Like my mom and my sister are coming with her kids.

00:52:18.366 --> 00:52:19.566
KATE: So there's a lot of us.

00:52:19.646 --> 00:52:20.366
KATE: I mean, there's nine.

00:52:20.366 --> 00:52:20.986
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:52:20.986 --> 00:52:22.726
KATE: So we will need that for sure.

00:52:22.726 --> 00:52:23.046
KATE: Thank you.

00:52:23.186 --> 00:52:25.306
VIRGINIA: Yeah, we struggled with where to plug things in.

00:52:26.066 --> 00:52:27.546
VIRGINIA: And there are only three of us.

00:52:27.786 --> 00:52:28.286
KATE: Okay.

00:52:28.286 --> 00:52:28.906
KATE: Yeah, right?

00:52:28.906 --> 00:52:31.486
KATE: Because everyone has at least two things to plug in.

00:52:31.486 --> 00:52:32.286
VIRGINIA: Exactly.

00:52:32.286 --> 00:52:32.986
VIRGINIA: Exactly.

00:52:32.986 --> 00:52:34.366
VIRGINIA: So just prepare ye.

00:52:34.366 --> 00:52:36.406
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:52:36.846 --> 00:52:37.346
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:52:37.346 --> 00:52:39.926
VIRGINIA: Well, this sounds like it was such an amazing trip.

00:52:39.926 --> 00:52:44.226
VIRGINIA: I have personally never done a resort-only trip.

00:52:44.286 --> 00:52:45.506
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:52:45.506 --> 00:52:57.526
VIRGINIA: It sounds like you just walk away from it feeling, you know, rested and rejuvenated, which is not always the thing when you're going into the parks.

00:52:57.526 --> 00:52:57.866
KATE: So true.

00:52:57.866 --> 00:53:01.966
VIRGINIA: So I would definitely be up for trying that at some point.

00:53:01.966 --> 00:53:02.406
KATE: Yeah.

00:53:02.406 --> 00:53:07.166
VIRGINIA: Just enjoying the vibes, enjoying everything that the resorts have to offer.

00:53:07.166 --> 00:53:08.186
KATE: Absolutely.

00:53:08.186 --> 00:53:13.186
KATE: And still hearing, you know, we still listen to Happily Ever After from the collection.

00:53:13.426 --> 00:53:13.886
KATE: Yeah.

00:53:13.886 --> 00:53:14.146
KATE: Yeah.

00:53:14.146 --> 00:53:15.906
KATE: You definitely still get the magic.

00:53:15.906 --> 00:53:18.386
KATE: So it was great.

00:53:18.386 --> 00:53:19.546
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:53:19.546 --> 00:53:22.626
VIRGINIA: Kate, it has been a pleasure to talk to you.

00:53:22.626 --> 00:53:25.586
VIRGINIA: I'm going to make sure that all of your information is in the show notes.

00:53:25.586 --> 00:53:34.306
VIRGINIA: So if anybody's looking for a travel agent who specializes in these sorts of trips, they can seek you out easily.

00:53:34.306 --> 00:53:37.246
VIRGINIA: Any final words before we say goodbye?

00:53:37.246 --> 00:53:39.946
KATE: Oh, well, just to say thank you to you.

00:53:39.946 --> 00:53:41.066
KATE: It's been so much fun.

00:53:41.066 --> 00:53:42.866
KATE: My first experience doing something like this.

00:53:43.006 --> 00:53:50.506
KATE: So I appreciate everything that you do in listening to your podcast and getting to be a part of it was really exciting.

00:53:50.546 --> 00:53:51.386
VIRGINIA: Oh, thank you.

00:53:51.386 --> 00:53:53.086
VIRGINIA: I hope you'll come back again someday.

00:53:53.086 --> 00:53:54.386
KATE: Oh, absolutely.

00:53:55.406 --> 00:54:02.886
VIRGINIA: Thank you again so much to Kate for making an appearance on the show and a shout out to my friend Kate Gennaro for recommending Kate.

00:54:02.886 --> 00:54:05.606
VIRGINIA: They are both travel agents with Playcation Travel.

00:54:05.606 --> 00:54:11.406
VIRGINIA: So remember, it's always free to use a travel agent as they are paid by Disney after your travel dates.

00:54:12.166 --> 00:54:14.906
VIRGINIA: Thank you all so much for listening today.

00:54:14.906 --> 00:54:20.686
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00:54:20.686 --> 00:54:25.006
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00:54:26.246 --> 00:54:36.226
VIRGINIA: And don't forget to keep an eye out on Wednesday this week for a giveaway that I will be doing in honor of the two year podcast anniversary.

00:54:36.226 --> 00:54:37.186
VIRGINIA: That's all for now.

00:54:37.186 --> 00:54:41.666
VIRGINIA: Have a magical week wherever you are and keep daydreaming about where you long to be.

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