Virginia’s colleague and friend Keziah is back to chat through everything she did on her recent solo trip to Walt Disney World. As a first time solo traveler, will this style of Disney touring be for her? You’ll have to listen to find out! Keziah stayed at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort and visited all four parks in her four days. She also managed to have time for a massage at the Grand Floridian…peak relaxation!
Trip Dates: May 1-5, 2024
Post Trip Interview: recorded 5/9/24
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VIRGINIA: Welcome back to Where I Long To Be, a Magical Trip Report Podcast.
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VIRGINIA: I'm your host, Virginia.
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VIRGINIA: If you like what you hear, a rating or review would be awesome, and it would help others to find the show.
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VIRGINIA: In case you missed Keziah's pre-trip report, this was her very first solo trip ever to Walt Disney World, and she's been going to the parks for years.
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VIRGINIA: It just goes to show that there's always something new to do and ways to see Disney with a fresh lens.
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VIRGINIA: I hope you all enjoy this episode, and without further ado, here's Keziah.
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VIRGINIA: Welcome back, Keziah.
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KEZIAH: Thank you for having me.
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KEZIAH: It's nice to be back.
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VIRGINIA: Yes, I saw you briefly at work this week, and A, I was busy and did not have time to stop and have a big conversation, but also I have to admit in my head, I was like, save it for the podcast.
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VIRGINIA: I didn't want to be spoiled.
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KEZIAH: I was like, it's fine, we'll talk.
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KEZIAH: We'll talk.
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KEZIAH: We have two more days.
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VIRGINIA: I know.
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VIRGINIA: I know.
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VIRGINIA: All right.
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VIRGINIA: Well, let's get right into it.
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VIRGINIA: So for listeners who maybe did not get a chance to listen to the pre-trip report, this was Keziah's very first solo trip.
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VIRGINIA: She has been to Disney many, many, many, many times, but first ever solo trip.
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VIRGINIA: So this is very exciting.
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VIRGINIA: So start us out at the very beginning.
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VIRGINIA: Your first flight of the day on Delta, you were supposed to arrive around 10.
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VIRGINIA: Did that happen?
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VIRGINIA: It did.
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KEZIAH: Actually, I arrived about 9.45, so things were going well with flights.
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KEZIAH: No complaints.
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VIRGINIA: No complaints there.
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VIRGINIA: All right.
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VIRGINIA: And you had decided to rent a car for this trip.
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VIRGINIA: So do you care to share where you rented through if it's one that went well for you?
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KEZIAH: Oh yeah, I always, for the most part, I rent through Dollar.
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KEZIAH: And it's usually the better cost.
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KEZIAH: And if you have, for listeners out there, if you have AAA, you do it through there and you get a discount off gas if you prepay.
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KEZIAH: So yeah, I always rent through Dollar.
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KEZIAH: And that's why I rent it through.
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KEZIAH: It was fine, it was simple.
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VIRGINIA: Okay, all right.
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VIRGINIA: What kind of car did you end up driving?
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KEZIAH: So it was a Nissan Sentra that I got, which was perfect for me.
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KEZIAH: It was just, you know.
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VIRGINIA: Plenty big.
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KEZIAH: Just what I needed to get around.
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VIRGINIA: Yeah, all right.
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VIRGINIA: Inquiring minds want to know, you had debated doing an early lunch at Whispering Canyon or stopping at a place that you like, which is a chain there that I had not heard of before, but it's called Another Broken Egg.
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VIRGINIA: So what's the verdict?
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VIRGINIA: What did you do?
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KEZIAH: I did neither.
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VIRGINIA: Neither, okay.
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KEZIAH: Neither.
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KEZIAH: Neither, as a matter of fact, I changed my Skipper Canteen reservation from dinner to lunch.
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VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.
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VIRGINIA: All right, so.
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KEZIAH: I ended up doing, so I switched gears completely.
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VIRGINIA: So what time was your new reservation for?
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KEZIAH: 1.45.
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VIRGINIA: Okay, so you had plenty of time to potentially do your Publix run and drop off your luggage and everything you had originally planned on doing.
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VIRGINIA: So walk us through that.
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VIRGINIA: What happened?
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KEZIAH: So I got the rental car.
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KEZIAH: First, I went to Publix and I went to the one in Regency Village, I think it's called.
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KEZIAH: That's right by Disney, by the premium outlets.
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VIRGINIA: Right.
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KEZIAH: Got my supplies.
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KEZIAH: And then I went over to Saratoga Springs, which is where I stayed, which one of my favorite resorts.
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KEZIAH: Just checked in, super simple.
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KEZIAH: My room wasn't ready, but the cast member was super nice.
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KEZIAH: And she's like, where would you like to, what section would you like to be in?
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KEZIAH: And I think I've told you before, I like staying in the grandstand area.
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KEZIAH: And so I asked, I said, can I be in the grandstand?
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KEZIAH: She's like, I'm gonna put that down, but I think you should be able to get, you know, I don't need to be in Congress Park.
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KEZIAH: Grandstand is fine for me.
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KEZIAH: So I had enough time to, I changed my clothes just to put shorts on because it was a very hot few days.
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VIRGINIA: How hot, how hot was it?
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KEZIAH: It was at least 87 degrees each day.
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KEZIAH: And then on Friday, I think it was 91.
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KEZIAH: So it was hot, extra hot for coming from New York, going to Florida.
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VIRGINIA: Because it has been kind of a piddly little spring here.
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KEZIAH: Exactly.
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KEZIAH: So I changed, applied all the sunscreen I needed because of how hot it was.
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KEZIAH: And then I made my way over to Magic Kingdom because they got there about, I have to say maybe about 1245, maybe, almost one.
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VIRGINIA: Okay.
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KEZIAH: Yeah, so it gave me a little bit of enough time to get the monorail.
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KEZIAH: I took the monorail, I did not take the boat.
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VIRGINIA: Okay, is that your preferred way to get over?
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VIRGINIA: Okay, do you think it's faster?
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KEZIAH: Yeah, I do.
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KEZIAH: I think it's faster.
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KEZIAH: But if you want, and you know what?
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KEZIAH: I was about to say that it's more scenic to take the boat, but I love the views from the monorail.
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KEZIAH: It's nice as well.
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KEZIAH: So the boat takes a little bit longer.
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KEZIAH: You do get to enjoy those views a little bit longer, in my opinion, but I like to kind of get there and then have the views.
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VIRGINIA: So I like the monorail.
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KEZIAH: That's what we usually take.
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KEZIAH: So yes, I got there, no problem.
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KEZIAH: And I just leisurely made my way over to Ventureland, took some pictures, like as one does, the castle and the whole area.
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KEZIAH: And yeah, and I just made my way over and I waited maybe just three minutes maybe and that was it, I was seated.
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VIRGINIA: Did you at any point on this trip get a celebration button to celebrate your first solo trip?
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KEZIAH: I did not, that would have been such a good idea.
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KEZIAH: Oh my goodness.
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KEZIAH: And I'm big on the buttons.
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KEZIAH: So anytime it's a first time park, I'll do it.
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KEZIAH: If we're celebrating something, I always get it and have them write it down.
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KEZIAH: I didn't think of that, that would have been such a good idea.
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KEZIAH: I think somebody should do that.
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KEZIAH: Aw, next time.
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KEZIAH: Well, next time would be something else.
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VIRGINIA: Next time will be your second solo trip.
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VIRGINIA: But you know what, any reason to celebrate.
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VIRGINIA: I say get a celebration, I'm celebrating my second solo trip.
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KEZIAH: You're right, you're right, exactly.
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KEZIAH: And then people, it's a conversation starter for sure.
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VIRGINIA: Exactly, all right, well Skipper Canteen, what did you think and what did you order?
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KEZIAH: So the theming is great.
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KEZIAH: I mean, it's like walking into a story and that's nice, I like that.
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KEZIAH: I don't need to go back.
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VIRGINIA: Okay, all right, what did you have?
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KEZIAH: I ordered the taste like chicken because it is.
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KEZIAH: I ordered that.
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KEZIAH: I did get the cheese bread also.
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VIRGINIA: What did you think about the cheese bread?
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KEZIAH: It was okay.
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KEZIAH: It was just, I mean, it was hot.
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KEZIAH: It was nice.
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KEZIAH: It comes with like a chimichurri sauce.
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KEZIAH: I think she said that's what it was.
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KEZIAH: On top of, it looks like hummus, but I don't know if it's hummus.
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KEZIAH: It might be something else, but that was good.
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KEZIAH: So I ate like, it comes with like nine different cheese balls.
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VIRGINIA: Yeah, it's a big portion.
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KEZIAH: Yeah, it is, it is.
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KEZIAH: It was $15 for those listening who like to know the cost of different things, which I always find is helpful.
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KEZIAH: It was $15 for that.
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KEZIAH: And then I ordered, like I said, the Taste Like Chicken, because it is, that was $28, I believe.
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KEZIAH: And then I got a ginger ale.
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KEZIAH: And they do take discounts.
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KEZIAH: They don't, I can't remember if they take both, but I did it with the Disney Visa, which of course I have a Disney Visa, so I got 10% off the meal for that.
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KEZIAH: It was still about $50 for lunch.
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KEZIAH: And it was not worth the cost.
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KEZIAH: So I was a little disappointed because I had been looking forward to eating here for some time.
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KEZIAH: So unfortunately, I can't recommend it for the food and the costs.
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KEZIAH: It's not worth it.
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KEZIAH: And especially if you have a family of four, I can't even imagine.
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VIRGINIA: So had it been a lower cost, what would you have said then?
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VIRGINIA: Was the food enough that, say, if your entree was like $18, it would have been like, oh, yeah, that's good?
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VIRGINIA: Or was it just that you didn't care for the food at all?
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KEZIAH: I didn't care for the food.
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KEZIAH: It wasn't very good.
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KEZIAH: It looks a lot nicer than it was.
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KEZIAH: So for those who don't know, it's basically rice, it's white rice, and it's like a piece of chicken that looks like the shape of a pork chop.
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KEZIAH: And it's lightly fried, lightly breaded, and then it has a little bit of a tamarind sauce on the bottom, and then it comes with this slaw on top.
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KEZIAH: There was no flavor to the slaw on top.
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KEZIAH: It wasn't like vinegar-based or anything like that.
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KEZIAH: It wasn't creamy.
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KEZIAH: It just was chopped up cabbage and carrots just put on top.
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KEZIAH: And then the chicken did not have much flavor.
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KEZIAH: It was just like, it wasn't very good.
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KEZIAH: And so I don't know if it was cheaper.
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KEZIAH: I would have felt differently.
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KEZIAH: It's just in addition to it not being the best meal, it was also expensive.
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KEZIAH: So it's not someplace that I would necessarily go to again.
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KEZIAH: But I'm happy I got to try it because I've been wanting to for some time.
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KEZIAH: But again, I can't recommend it.
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KEZIAH: If you just want to go and have the experience, then by all means.
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KEZIAH: But it's a pass for me for next time, unfortunately.
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KEZIAH: So, but I did.
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KEZIAH: But I think, I don't know if it was you, Virginia, that suggested that I look at the books.
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KEZIAH: I went up to the books, the server that I had, she was okay.
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KEZIAH: It wasn't, I guess, what I expected.
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KEZIAH: I expected to have the skippers on the boat with the jokes and the knee slappers and all that.
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KEZIAH: And I overheard some of them saying different things.
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KEZIAH: She was too nice and had a little thing here and there, but it wasn't anything.
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KEZIAH: So when I got up, when I finished, I went over to the books and I started looking at all the different names of the books on the bookshelves.
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KEZIAH: And they were kind of fun titles, but that was it.
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KEZIAH: And then I just left.
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KEZIAH: I was a little disappointed.
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VIRGINIA: Yeah, you know, it's funny because I was just, maybe it was yesterday, on my way into work, I was listening to the Main Street Dish Podcast on my commute and Skipper Canteen came up and I was a little surprised that they said that they didn't love it because I always say, oh, I love Skipper Canteen, I love it.
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VIRGINIA: And as they were talking about it, they were like, yeah, the tastes like chicken because it is chicken.
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VIRGINIA: Like the chicken is so light colored, like it doesn't look like anything.
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VIRGINIA: It doesn't look appetizing because it's like, it doesn't even look cooked.
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VIRGINIA: And so they're talking through it.
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VIRGINIA: And then they came to the part where they said something to the effect of except the veggie curry stew.
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VIRGINIA: The veggie curry stew is very good.
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VIRGINIA: And I was like, well, that's what I get every time.
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VIRGINIA: That's why I love it is because I literally love that veggie curry stew.
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VIRGINIA: And so I always get that.
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VIRGINIA: I like to try new things.
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VIRGINIA: I don't want listeners to be mistaken.
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VIRGINIA: I go places all the time and try new things.
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VIRGINIA: But when I go to Skipper Gandine, the veggie curry stew is where it's at for me.
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VIRGINIA: And that's what I get.
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VIRGINIA: And so that's what I think of when I think of the restaurant.
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VIRGINIA: I have not tried all these other things that are apparently lackluster.
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VIRGINIA: So it's made me start to question whether I can wholeheartedly recommend it to other people, knowing that there's not a whole lot that people are talking about in terms of the other dishes besides the stew.
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KEZIAH: Yeah.
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KEZIAH: I don't know.
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KEZIAH: I mean, like I said, I wouldn't deter people, but if you want to try it for the experience, then yeah, by all means, do it.
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KEZIAH: But yeah, I was a little disappointed.
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KEZIAH: But maybe that dish sounds very flavorful.
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KEZIAH: But that's my thought about Skipper Canteen.
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KEZIAH: So I did that.
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KEZIAH: And then I was trying to figure out, okay, what do I do now?
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KEZIAH: And then I checked the app and I said, oh, you know what?
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KEZIAH: Let me go ride Liberty Bell.
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KEZIAH: And I said, let me go do that.
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KEZIAH: And it showed that it was, I had, I think 10 minutes or something before it was going to go.
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KEZIAH: And I said, let me walk over.
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KEZIAH: So I went over, got there right when they finished boarding.
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KEZIAH: So I missed it.
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VIRGINIA: Oh, no.
00:12:27.437 --> 00:12:29.657
KEZIAH: And so the next one was not for another 30 minutes.
00:12:30.997 --> 00:12:32.757
VIRGINIA: Have you done that ride before?
00:12:33.417 --> 00:12:35.077
KEZIAH: I haven't done that in years.
00:12:35.137 --> 00:12:37.257
KEZIAH: I think since I was like a kid, I haven't.
00:12:37.337 --> 00:12:38.237
KEZIAH: We never do it.
00:12:38.317 --> 00:12:41.737
KEZIAH: So I said, no, I'm going to do it this time, but it's fine.
00:12:42.137 --> 00:12:44.457
KEZIAH: I said, I'll just do it another time because there's no 30 minutes.
00:12:45.057 --> 00:12:47.937
KEZIAH: So what I did is I decided, you know what, let me just go back because my room was ready.
00:12:48.097 --> 00:12:53.777
KEZIAH: And so I just walked back, made my way towards Main Street because the parade was going to start, the three o'clock parade was going to start.
00:12:53.797 --> 00:12:56.057
KEZIAH: And I was like, should I wait for the parade to watch it?
00:12:56.077 --> 00:12:56.917
KEZIAH: And I was like, no, that's okay.
00:12:56.937 --> 00:12:57.417
KEZIAH: I'm going to go.
00:12:57.437 --> 00:13:00.957
KEZIAH: I'll be back later because it was extended hours at Magic Kingdom.
00:13:00.977 --> 00:13:01.917
KEZIAH: So I was coming back anyway.
00:13:02.097 --> 00:13:11.417
KEZIAH: So I left and I just walked over to Main Street, walked through Adventureland, and I decided to walk through the Emporium as one does when walking down Main Street.
00:13:12.557 --> 00:13:18.217
KEZIAH: And so they have this home collection from Disney, and I like it.
00:13:18.237 --> 00:13:20.337
KEZIAH: It's like a very...
00:13:20.357 --> 00:13:24.077
KEZIAH: It reminds me like it could be like in a Crate and Barrel kind of a situation.
00:13:24.937 --> 00:13:25.537
KEZIAH: And I love it.
00:13:25.557 --> 00:13:30.097
KEZIAH: I have the long pillow that says home and it has a castle for O kind of thing.
00:13:30.677 --> 00:13:33.577
KEZIAH: So there were these really cute mugs, kind of a tan color.
00:13:33.597 --> 00:13:35.637
KEZIAH: It's like a clay stone bottom.
00:13:36.077 --> 00:13:39.097
KEZIAH: So I got a pair for my friend of mine.
00:13:39.117 --> 00:13:42.437
KEZIAH: Her and hers moved so I went to get them a little gift and she loves coffee.
00:13:42.617 --> 00:13:44.177
KEZIAH: And she likes Disney.
00:13:44.997 --> 00:13:46.897
KEZIAH: And I thought it was this subtle Disney.
00:13:47.697 --> 00:13:49.277
KEZIAH: So, you know, it would work.
00:13:49.297 --> 00:13:50.337
KEZIAH: So I just got her too.
00:13:50.357 --> 00:13:52.817
KEZIAH: And then, you know, DVC discount.
00:13:54.317 --> 00:13:55.157
KEZIAH: So that worked out.
00:13:55.897 --> 00:13:57.657
VIRGINIA: Yeah, they really get you with that discount.
00:13:57.677 --> 00:13:58.037
KEZIAH: I know.
00:13:58.197 --> 00:14:02.477
VIRGINIA: It's good enough that you're like, oh, I can justify this because I'm getting 20% off.
00:14:02.817 --> 00:14:03.517
KEZIAH: Exactly.
00:14:03.537 --> 00:14:04.017
KEZIAH: Exactly.
00:14:04.037 --> 00:14:07.357
KEZIAH: I was just like, it's a steal for sure.
00:14:07.377 --> 00:14:09.337
KEZIAH: So that was this, I got that, which I was happy about.
00:14:09.477 --> 00:14:12.717
KEZIAH: And I, you know, made my way back, went back to my resort.
00:14:12.817 --> 00:14:14.837
KEZIAH: As I mentioned, I stayed at Saratoga Springs.
00:14:14.917 --> 00:14:16.977
KEZIAH: I had a deluxe villa in the grandstand.
00:14:17.637 --> 00:14:19.157
KEZIAH: Unfortunately, I wasn't by the pool.
00:14:19.177 --> 00:14:22.797
KEZIAH: I thought I'd be closer to, but that's okay because I wasn't planning on going swimming.
00:14:23.097 --> 00:14:25.277
KEZIAH: Love that resort, the aesthetic.
00:14:25.297 --> 00:14:27.077
KEZIAH: It's one of my favorite resorts.
00:14:27.537 --> 00:14:36.817
KEZIAH: So I just kind of, you know, got in, you know, got all my stuff from Bell Services, filled my fridge, and I just took a nap because I was so tired.
00:14:38.097 --> 00:14:44.817
KEZIAH: And then, but I did set an alarm so that I could enter the virtual queue for Tron at 6 p.m.
00:14:44.837 --> 00:14:46.617
KEZIAH: And you are right, Virginia, it's at 6.
00:14:47.237 --> 00:14:48.057
VIRGINIA: Yay!
00:14:49.477 --> 00:14:51.417
KEZIAH: Yes, yes, you were right.
00:14:52.297 --> 00:15:00.557
KEZIAH: So I entered as soon as I had an alarm for 5.56, and it went off, and I got up, and I just like sat there with my phone.
00:15:01.417 --> 00:15:04.377
KEZIAH: And as soon as 6 o'clock hit, I hit it.
00:15:04.937 --> 00:15:11.237
KEZIAH: And I think I got the boarding group I got was like 200 and something, 240, I think.
00:15:11.637 --> 00:15:11.977
VIRGINIA: Right.
00:15:12.537 --> 00:15:14.377
KEZIAH: So I was like, that's okay, whatever that means.
00:15:14.577 --> 00:15:15.777
KEZIAH: I got in, and that was it.
00:15:15.797 --> 00:15:17.297
VIRGINIA: Well, that's the boarding group for the day.
00:15:17.317 --> 00:15:19.257
VIRGINIA: Like, it's been counting boarding groups all day.
00:15:19.297 --> 00:15:22.777
VIRGINIA: So it's not like you were number 200 for the 6 o'clock drop.
00:15:22.797 --> 00:15:23.577
KEZIAH: I know, I know.
00:15:24.657 --> 00:15:25.177
KEZIAH: Exactly.
00:15:25.637 --> 00:15:29.857
KEZIAH: So yeah, and it didn't, they didn't start boarding just as a, just so you know.
00:15:29.877 --> 00:15:41.217
KEZIAH: For the extended hours people, it doesn't start, if you go on the app to look to see where you are, it's not even acknowledging you yet until 10 o'clock.
00:15:41.237 --> 00:15:42.377
VIRGINIA: The extra hours start?
00:15:42.397 --> 00:15:43.617
KEZIAH: Yeah, until 10 o'clock.
00:15:43.997 --> 00:15:46.617
KEZIAH: It started, that's when it started, you know, moving.
00:15:47.097 --> 00:15:47.517
VIRGINIA: Okay.
00:15:47.617 --> 00:15:51.577
KEZIAH: And I was like, oh, because you're in a completely different category than everybody else.
00:15:52.257 --> 00:15:57.117
KEZIAH: And the only reason that you got that group was because you can, you know, you're eligible to be there after 10 o'clock.
00:15:57.717 --> 00:15:58.117
VIRGINIA: Right.
00:15:58.257 --> 00:15:58.597
VIRGINIA: Okay.
00:15:58.797 --> 00:16:02.477
VIRGINIA: So the extended hours were 10 o'clock to midnight?
00:16:02.697 --> 00:16:05.517
KEZIAH: Yeah, it's from 10 to 12, the extended hours.
00:16:06.297 --> 00:16:12.177
KEZIAH: We used to call it extra magic hours, not anymore, but you know, there will always be extra magic.
00:16:12.437 --> 00:16:21.197
KEZIAH: I made my way back to the park because I wanted to ride the railroad, the Walt Disney World Railroad, and I hadn't ridden that railroad since before the pandemic.
00:16:21.457 --> 00:16:22.257
VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.
00:16:22.257 --> 00:16:22.637
KEZIAH: Yeah.
00:16:22.797 --> 00:16:24.817
KEZIAH: And it closes at 7.
00:16:25.137 --> 00:16:25.517
VIRGINIA: Right.
00:16:26.377 --> 00:16:32.277
KEZIAH: So, yeah, I got there just in time where I got to ride the last train.
00:16:32.297 --> 00:16:36.237
VIRGINIA: Do they do anything special for the last train ride of the day?
00:16:36.397 --> 00:16:37.037
KEZIAH: They didn't.
00:16:37.197 --> 00:16:40.397
KEZIAH: They just were like, last train, and then they closed, and they were like, that's it.
00:16:40.817 --> 00:16:44.037
KEZIAH: And then they said, this is closed, and that was all.
00:16:45.117 --> 00:16:49.677
KEZIAH: But I rode it all the way around back to Main Street, and it was nice.
00:16:50.737 --> 00:16:57.817
KEZIAH: I feel like they made a few changes, but I've always liked, because I've always liked to listen to the announcer and the different things.
00:16:57.917 --> 00:16:59.037
KEZIAH: So that's always fun.
00:16:59.497 --> 00:17:00.217
KEZIAH: So I rode that.
00:17:00.737 --> 00:17:01.537
KEZIAH: So that was nice.
00:17:01.737 --> 00:17:03.897
KEZIAH: And then I'm happy I got to do that because it's something I haven't done.
00:17:04.017 --> 00:17:05.397
KEZIAH: Then I had to figure out where I was going to eat.
00:17:05.517 --> 00:17:08.117
KEZIAH: So Casey's Corner, it was.
00:17:08.837 --> 00:17:09.417
VIRGINIA: All right.
00:17:09.957 --> 00:17:12.937
VIRGINIA: Are you a corn dog nugget stan?
00:17:13.297 --> 00:17:14.457
KEZIAH: I could have that.
00:17:14.457 --> 00:17:16.437
KEZIAH: I'm not that, I mean, I don't have to have it.
00:17:16.457 --> 00:17:21.277
KEZIAH: I've had them before, but no, I just got a regular hot dog.
00:17:21.457 --> 00:17:22.277
KEZIAH: I mobile ordered it.
00:17:22.697 --> 00:17:28.077
KEZIAH: And I think you had recommended that I did that like before I go, which I absolutely did because there was a lot of people.
00:17:28.857 --> 00:17:29.577
VIRGINIA: Yeah.
00:17:29.657 --> 00:17:30.077
KEZIAH: Yeah.
00:17:30.097 --> 00:17:31.017
VIRGINIA: So I did that night.
00:17:31.437 --> 00:17:32.037
VIRGINIA: Definitely.
00:17:32.317 --> 00:17:33.257
KEZIAH: Yeah, there were a lot of people.
00:17:33.777 --> 00:17:35.437
KEZIAH: And the park wasn't super crowded.
00:17:35.457 --> 00:17:39.457
KEZIAH: Just, you know, for those listeners who are trying to figure out when is a good time to go.
00:17:39.717 --> 00:17:40.857
KEZIAH: This week was a good time.
00:17:40.877 --> 00:17:42.637
KEZIAH: The crowd levels were not insane.
00:17:42.657 --> 00:17:44.197
KEZIAH: The wait times were not insane.
00:17:44.217 --> 00:17:45.917
KEZIAH: It was good, I believe, to go.
00:17:45.937 --> 00:17:50.177
KEZIAH: You could see the difference from spring break time to now, but that area is always congested.
00:17:50.777 --> 00:17:52.997
KEZIAH: So mobile order, for sure, if you can do it.
00:17:53.297 --> 00:17:53.637
VIRGINIA: Yeah.
00:17:53.917 --> 00:17:57.017
KEZIAH: And it was by the time I walked towards Casey's, it was ready.
00:17:57.397 --> 00:17:58.577
KEZIAH: So I chose it.
00:17:58.597 --> 00:17:59.537
KEZIAH: So it was good to go.
00:17:59.537 --> 00:18:00.477
KEZIAH: So that's it.
00:18:00.497 --> 00:18:07.117
KEZIAH: I just chose a top table with no seats, the high tables, and I just ate my hot dog and my chips.
00:18:07.117 --> 00:18:08.197
KEZIAH: Oh my goodness, I can't remember.
00:18:08.757 --> 00:18:10.597
KEZIAH: Does it come with French fries or are they the chips?
00:18:11.237 --> 00:18:12.717
VIRGINIA: I think it comes with the fries.
00:18:12.877 --> 00:18:13.777
KEZIAH: The fries, you're right.
00:18:13.817 --> 00:18:14.437
KEZIAH: It's fries.
00:18:14.477 --> 00:18:14.877
KEZIAH: You're right.
00:18:14.937 --> 00:18:15.277
KEZIAH: It does.
00:18:15.697 --> 00:18:19.157
VIRGINIA: Because if it comes with chips or fries, I'm going fries every time.
00:18:19.657 --> 00:18:19.957
VIRGINIA: Yeah.
00:18:22.317 --> 00:18:22.657
KEZIAH: Yeah.
00:18:22.677 --> 00:18:23.617
KEZIAH: No, it came with the fries.
00:18:23.637 --> 00:18:23.957
VIRGINIA: You're right.
00:18:24.257 --> 00:18:27.417
KEZIAH: So I ate that and then I was just trying to figure out, okay, what am I going to do next?
00:18:27.977 --> 00:18:31.057
KEZIAH: So I decided to do the Jungle Cruise.
00:18:31.357 --> 00:18:37.297
VIRGINIA: So you needed to get all of your jokes that you missed out in in your skipper canteen meal.
00:18:37.337 --> 00:18:38.537
KEZIAH: Absolutely.
00:18:38.957 --> 00:18:39.637
VIRGINIA: Got it.
00:18:40.057 --> 00:18:42.677
KEZIAH: So I said I had to make up for it.
00:18:42.957 --> 00:18:44.197
KEZIAH: So I just made my way over.
00:18:44.197 --> 00:18:46.797
KEZIAH: The wait was about 25 minutes, maybe.
00:18:46.817 --> 00:18:48.257
KEZIAH: So it wasn't bad at all.
00:18:48.817 --> 00:18:49.497
KEZIAH: I walked over.
00:18:49.517 --> 00:18:51.097
KEZIAH: Our skipper was fun.
00:18:51.877 --> 00:18:54.297
KEZIAH: Her name was, I think her name was Margaret?
00:18:54.537 --> 00:18:55.457
KEZIAH: No, Mackenzie.
00:18:55.477 --> 00:18:57.897
KEZIAH: Because she made a joke about it.
00:18:57.917 --> 00:19:04.177
KEZIAH: And she says it's spelled this way if she did a good job, and it's spelled that way if she did a bad job.
00:19:04.937 --> 00:19:05.657
KEZIAH: But it was fun.
00:19:05.677 --> 00:19:14.717
KEZIAH: She did a nice job, and I'm always the one laughing, even if people are like, okay, and I'm just choking on my chuckle for the jokes.
00:19:14.717 --> 00:19:15.277
KEZIAH: I love them.
00:19:15.517 --> 00:19:16.537
KEZIAH: They never get old.
00:19:16.697 --> 00:19:17.697
KEZIAH: It's a fun ride.
00:19:18.217 --> 00:19:20.997
KEZIAH: And it's also a little scary at night, because at that time it was dark.
00:19:22.137 --> 00:19:22.957
KEZIAH: So it's a little creepy.
00:19:23.577 --> 00:19:25.217
KEZIAH: But yeah, so I did that.
00:19:25.257 --> 00:19:30.797
KEZIAH: And then when that was done, I decided now I needed to go, you know, find a spot for Happily Ever After.
00:19:30.817 --> 00:19:32.797
KEZIAH: Because I needed to go do that.
00:19:32.817 --> 00:19:35.157
KEZIAH: Because I was going to do pirates.
00:19:35.417 --> 00:19:36.097
KEZIAH: That was the plan.
00:19:36.117 --> 00:19:40.757
KEZIAH: I was planning on doing pirates, but then I looked at the time and I said, you know what, I don't want to take a risk.
00:19:40.917 --> 00:19:42.497
KEZIAH: So I decided not to go do it.
00:19:43.457 --> 00:19:49.277
KEZIAH: Although, someone who is a Disney lover will appreciate this, the bathrooms at Parrots of the Caribbean are so nice.
00:19:51.037 --> 00:19:52.677
KEZIAH: They're so well themed.
00:19:53.157 --> 00:19:55.017
KEZIAH: And I don't think I've ever used them before.
00:19:55.037 --> 00:19:57.297
KEZIAH: And I was like, this is such a great bathroom.
00:19:57.617 --> 00:20:01.337
VIRGINIA: Are you talking about the one that's sort of down that little hall outside the store?
00:20:01.557 --> 00:20:02.577
KEZIAH: It's part of the queue.
00:20:02.597 --> 00:20:03.917
VIRGINIA: Part of the queue, oh.
00:20:04.237 --> 00:20:07.337
KEZIAH: So you walk like you're going into the, you're joining the queue.
00:20:07.357 --> 00:20:07.937
VIRGINIA: Uh-huh.
00:20:08.277 --> 00:20:10.077
KEZIAH: And there is like, you make a right.
00:20:10.097 --> 00:20:12.437
KEZIAH: So if you were to make a left, you're continuing the line.
00:20:12.457 --> 00:20:12.957
VIRGINIA: Uh-huh.
00:20:12.977 --> 00:20:16.297
KEZIAH: But if you make a right, it's a bathroom back there.
00:20:16.637 --> 00:20:19.457
KEZIAH: Because there's also one that's like by Tortuga Tavern.
00:20:19.877 --> 00:20:20.137
VIRGINIA: Right.
00:20:20.157 --> 00:20:22.617
KEZIAH: But I was going to go to that one, and then I saw that this one was closer.
00:20:23.137 --> 00:20:26.217
KEZIAH: And then I said, well, let me go, but you have to walk through like you're going to join the line.
00:20:27.097 --> 00:20:27.297
KEZIAH: Okay.
00:20:27.317 --> 00:20:32.077
KEZIAH: And then it's right in the corner, and it's so pirate-themed, like the doors.
00:20:32.097 --> 00:20:34.237
VIRGINIA: I think it's the same one I'm thinking of.
00:20:34.277 --> 00:20:40.017
VIRGINIA: I just think that maybe there's a way to get into it near the queue, but also by the store.
00:20:40.197 --> 00:20:40.737
KEZIAH: You're right.
00:20:40.757 --> 00:20:41.097
KEZIAH: You're right.
00:20:41.117 --> 00:20:46.317
KEZIAH: Because when I exited, you can go right or left, and right was to go to the line, and then left, yeah.
00:20:46.337 --> 00:20:46.737
KEZIAH: You're right.
00:20:46.837 --> 00:20:47.277
VIRGINIA: Yeah.
00:20:47.297 --> 00:20:55.277
VIRGINIA: So usually when I do use those restrooms, it's generally after I've already ridden Pirates, so I think of it as coming from one particular direction.
00:20:55.297 --> 00:20:56.457
KEZIAH: Which you can, for sure.
00:20:56.917 --> 00:20:59.617
KEZIAH: So that's just for those who appreciate nice bathrooms at Disney.
00:20:59.637 --> 00:21:00.017
VIRGINIA: Oh, yeah.
00:21:01.597 --> 00:21:04.377
KEZIAH: So I made my way over to Main Street.
00:21:04.397 --> 00:21:05.517
KEZIAH: I ended up standing.
00:21:06.157 --> 00:21:07.617
KEZIAH: I found a good spot for me.
00:21:07.637 --> 00:21:14.497
KEZIAH: The sweet spot for Happily Ever After is kind of in the middle of Main Street by Casey's and the Plaza.
00:21:15.337 --> 00:21:17.577
KEZIAH: Like the absolute like middle right there.
00:21:17.577 --> 00:21:23.437
KEZIAH: I feel like that's a sweet spot for viewing the projections and seeing all the fireworks.
00:21:23.777 --> 00:21:29.977
KEZIAH: The only thing is because they have the projections on Main Street and the buildings, it's not the best spot to stand in for that.
00:21:29.997 --> 00:21:31.217
KEZIAH: You'd have to kind of turn around.
00:21:32.137 --> 00:21:39.557
KEZIAH: But if you're loving the castle and the fireworks, I feel like that's like the best spot to stand in right there in between those two things, in my opinion.
00:21:39.837 --> 00:21:41.197
KEZIAH: I feel like you can kind of see everything.
00:21:41.217 --> 00:21:42.197
KEZIAH: You don't have an obstruction.
00:21:42.577 --> 00:21:47.977
KEZIAH: So I stood a little further back from that, though, because that's what was, you know, there was space and then it eventually got more crowded.
00:21:48.377 --> 00:21:49.597
KEZIAH: Did Happily Ever After.
00:21:49.657 --> 00:21:50.817
KEZIAH: That's always a good time.
00:21:52.037 --> 00:21:55.797
KEZIAH: Love that fireworks singing along, everything, goose bumps.
00:21:56.117 --> 00:21:57.537
VIRGINIA: Did you get misty-eyed?
00:21:58.497 --> 00:22:01.177
KEZIAH: I didn't, but I did get the chills.
00:22:01.237 --> 00:22:04.657
KEZIAH: Like I had, because I just, I love it.
00:22:04.677 --> 00:22:07.737
KEZIAH: What's your favorite part of the, I know you're asking questions, but...
00:22:08.097 --> 00:22:09.357
VIRGINIA: No, you're allowed to ask questions.
00:22:09.977 --> 00:22:12.737
KEZIAH: What's your favorite part of the Happily Ever After?
00:22:12.757 --> 00:22:15.737
KEZIAH: What's your favorite scene or section of it, I guess?
00:22:16.137 --> 00:22:23.657
VIRGINIA: I think I have to say, you know, the moment when it starts doing the, you can fly, you can fly, you can fly, and then Tink flies.
00:22:24.037 --> 00:22:26.577
KEZIAH: Yes, that's fun, for sure.
00:22:26.657 --> 00:22:29.537
KEZIAH: Seeing people's faces who don't know that that's happening.
00:22:30.037 --> 00:22:30.677
VIRGINIA: Oh, yeah.
00:22:30.717 --> 00:22:31.437
KEZIAH: I love seeing that.
00:22:31.457 --> 00:22:35.897
VIRGINIA: But within the show, I do love hearing, go the distance.
00:22:36.537 --> 00:22:36.957
KEZIAH: Oh, okay.
00:22:37.157 --> 00:22:37.597
VIRGINIA: I don't know.
00:22:37.617 --> 00:22:39.157
VIRGINIA: That's just always inspiring to me.
00:22:39.437 --> 00:22:48.277
KEZIAH: I like the part where it's like the villains part, I guess, where pirates, the theme, because it's like so much excitement.
00:22:48.297 --> 00:22:49.677
KEZIAH: I love the colors.
00:22:49.677 --> 00:22:51.857
KEZIAH: It's just so much happening at one time.
00:22:52.737 --> 00:22:53.237
KEZIAH: There's another part.
00:22:54.677 --> 00:23:00.957
VIRGINIA: There's like an acoustic cover of something from Tangled, I think.
00:23:01.137 --> 00:23:01.697
VIRGINIA: What is it?
00:23:01.977 --> 00:23:04.757
KEZIAH: And at last I've seen the light.
00:23:04.777 --> 00:23:06.577
KEZIAH: Yeah, I don't think it's that one.
00:23:07.697 --> 00:23:09.317
KEZIAH: That's the part that they play in the song.
00:23:09.877 --> 00:23:14.717
VIRGINIA: Right, but there's an acoustic version of maybe it's Frozen.
00:23:14.877 --> 00:23:17.477
VIRGINIA: Maybe I had the movie wrong.
00:23:17.497 --> 00:23:23.317
VIRGINIA: It's like a guitar and like a kind of folky singer.
00:23:23.337 --> 00:23:24.297
KEZIAH: I found it.
00:23:24.377 --> 00:23:25.917
VIRGINIA: Is it Love Is An Open Door?
00:23:25.937 --> 00:23:26.677
KEZIAH: Love Is An Open Door.
00:23:27.577 --> 00:23:28.137
KEZIAH: I don't know.
00:23:28.157 --> 00:23:29.177
VIRGINIA: I love that cover.
00:23:29.397 --> 00:23:30.757
KEZIAH: Yeah, that's the acoustic.
00:23:30.777 --> 00:23:31.577
KEZIAH: It's like that.
00:23:32.897 --> 00:23:37.197
VIRGINIA: Yeah, and I have no idea who's singing it, but it's so good.
00:23:37.477 --> 00:23:39.097
VIRGINIA: There's something about it that I just love.
00:23:39.197 --> 00:23:41.577
KEZIAH: It might be the same actors.
00:23:41.897 --> 00:23:44.857
VIRGINIA: I don't think it is because it does not sound like Kristen Bell.
00:23:45.257 --> 00:23:52.137
VIRGINIA: What I know about myself to be true about Disney and any other kind of music is I love a cover.
00:23:52.637 --> 00:23:54.537
VIRGINIA: I appreciate the original artist.
00:23:54.877 --> 00:24:00.477
VIRGINIA: If there's somebody else singing a song that I already like, I want to hear that version too, and I am into it.
00:24:00.697 --> 00:24:02.217
KEZIAH: Yeah, some of them are really good.
00:24:02.317 --> 00:24:07.217
VIRGINIA: Sometimes I go on Spotify and I specifically will do a search to look for covers.
00:24:07.797 --> 00:24:11.517
VIRGINIA: So what did you do after Happily Ever After?
00:24:11.837 --> 00:24:19.237
KEZIAH: So what I ended up doing is I decided to get a Joel Whip because I just needed to have my Joel Whip.
00:24:19.257 --> 00:24:22.397
KEZIAH: So I got the vanilla pineapple swirl.
00:24:22.457 --> 00:24:23.157
VIRGINIA: A classic?
00:24:23.357 --> 00:24:27.397
KEZIAH: Yes, and I walked leisurely over to Tomorrowland.
00:24:29.877 --> 00:24:36.097
KEZIAH: I made my way over to Tomorrowland and people were leaving because it's time for them to go.
00:24:36.897 --> 00:24:38.897
KEZIAH: And I said, you know what?
00:24:38.917 --> 00:24:50.757
KEZIAH: I'm going to ride Space Mountain because the wait was, it said it was 20 minutes, but I feel like it was more like 10 minutes because they had to scan people's magic bands or their tickets to make sure they could get on the ride because it was after 10.
00:24:51.357 --> 00:24:53.097
KEZIAH: So I did that.
00:24:53.817 --> 00:24:54.757
KEZIAH: That's always a good time.
00:24:54.777 --> 00:24:57.837
KEZIAH: I actually went on the other side, which I don't usually get to go.
00:24:57.897 --> 00:25:00.417
KEZIAH: Now they have the two ways that you can go.
00:25:00.437 --> 00:25:04.257
KEZIAH: We almost always get the right side, but this time...
00:25:04.277 --> 00:25:05.437
VIRGINIA: See, I'm the opposite.
00:25:05.457 --> 00:25:06.417
KEZIAH: I got the left side.
00:25:06.477 --> 00:25:07.637
KEZIAH: And so that experience is different.
00:25:07.657 --> 00:25:09.497
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I almost always get the left side.
00:25:09.677 --> 00:25:10.237
KEZIAH: Oh, really?
00:25:10.257 --> 00:25:11.797
KEZIAH: Yeah, that's so weird.
00:25:11.817 --> 00:25:13.097
KEZIAH: You know, I always get the right.
00:25:13.357 --> 00:25:18.837
KEZIAH: So I did it, and I don't know if they refreshed some of the stuff that you see, but it was a different experience.
00:25:19.017 --> 00:25:21.097
VIRGINIA: Somebody else said that to me recently.
00:25:21.117 --> 00:25:23.477
VIRGINIA: They were like, I could see things I had never seen before.
00:25:23.497 --> 00:25:27.837
KEZIAH: Yeah, when you're going through that tunnel first, it's something else at the end.
00:25:28.377 --> 00:25:31.817
KEZIAH: There used to be a different type of thing you see, and now it's like this colorful...
00:25:32.397 --> 00:25:32.977
KEZIAH: It's different.
00:25:32.997 --> 00:25:35.317
KEZIAH: I was like, did they take this ride and nobody knows?
00:25:35.757 --> 00:25:37.557
KEZIAH: Or is this what the other side looks like?
00:25:37.637 --> 00:25:39.097
KEZIAH: I wasn't sure, but it was new to me.
00:25:39.117 --> 00:25:40.137
KEZIAH: It was new to me.
00:25:41.097 --> 00:25:41.757
KEZIAH: So I did it.
00:25:42.017 --> 00:25:43.417
KEZIAH: Always love Space Mountain.
00:25:43.877 --> 00:25:48.917
KEZIAH: And there was a little delay getting off because somebody had a little accident.
00:25:49.037 --> 00:25:49.597
VIRGINIA: Oh, no.
00:25:49.837 --> 00:25:51.297
KEZIAH: The car in front of us.
00:25:51.357 --> 00:25:55.757
KEZIAH: So they were cleaning up that mess that was on the floor.
00:25:55.857 --> 00:25:56.637
KEZIAH: Not very magical.
00:25:58.697 --> 00:26:01.917
KEZIAH: So at that point in time, my boarding group was almost ready.
00:26:01.917 --> 00:26:04.177
VIRGINIA: So you were in the right area anyway.
00:26:04.537 --> 00:26:05.357
KEZIAH: Absolutely.
00:26:05.377 --> 00:26:06.897
KEZIAH: So I said, let me make my way.
00:26:06.917 --> 00:26:10.897
KEZIAH: Of course, I stopped in the store, the one that's right there between Space Mountain and Tron.
00:26:11.257 --> 00:26:14.117
KEZIAH: I just walked around a little bit, and then I made my way up the hill.
00:26:14.137 --> 00:26:17.617
KEZIAH: And by the time, you know, it was ready for my boarding group.
00:26:18.317 --> 00:26:19.197
KEZIAH: So I did that.
00:26:19.517 --> 00:26:21.097
KEZIAH: I had to sit in the back.
00:26:21.117 --> 00:26:22.357
KEZIAH: I think we talked about this before.
00:26:22.377 --> 00:26:23.477
KEZIAH: So I didn't even...
00:26:23.697 --> 00:26:24.777
KEZIAH: There was no way.
00:26:25.417 --> 00:26:26.837
KEZIAH: I was like, who am I kidding?
00:26:27.217 --> 00:26:27.937
KEZIAH: So I said no.
00:26:28.197 --> 00:26:37.757
VIRGINIA: I have heard of so many people who, sometimes they haven't been able to ride on the motorcycle version of the car, and sometimes they are.
00:26:37.777 --> 00:26:42.757
VIRGINIA: And it seems like it's totally dependent on the day and how they're doing that day.
00:26:42.997 --> 00:26:43.557
KEZIAH: Really?
00:26:43.897 --> 00:26:44.357
VIRGINIA: Yeah.
00:26:44.717 --> 00:26:48.797
VIRGINIA: I've heard of people going back and forth between being able to do it and not able to do it.
00:26:49.417 --> 00:26:50.397
KEZIAH: You know what?
00:26:50.417 --> 00:26:55.917
KEZIAH: I believe that because for me, Flight of Passage is like that.
00:26:55.977 --> 00:26:59.317
KEZIAH: I've done the line, and I try to sit and do it.
00:26:59.337 --> 00:27:01.117
KEZIAH: And I'm like, I'm sorry, I can't do this.
00:27:01.137 --> 00:27:05.637
KEZIAH: Because you're locked in place, and you are up against that thing.
00:27:05.657 --> 00:27:06.917
KEZIAH: And I can't.
00:27:06.937 --> 00:27:08.817
KEZIAH: But there's other times I've done it, and I'm like, okay, I'm good.
00:27:08.877 --> 00:27:09.497
KEZIAH: This is great.
00:27:09.857 --> 00:27:10.357
KEZIAH: You know?
00:27:10.377 --> 00:27:11.797
KEZIAH: So it's, yeah, I believe it.
00:27:11.837 --> 00:27:14.077
KEZIAH: But that night, I was like, it's not happening.
00:27:14.517 --> 00:27:15.537
KEZIAH: I'm going to do this ride.
00:27:15.637 --> 00:27:21.217
KEZIAH: And it was a great experience, and I was happy, and I did it, and I wish the ride was longer, like everybody else does.
00:27:23.457 --> 00:27:24.617
KEZIAH: But it was fun.
00:27:24.637 --> 00:27:26.137
KEZIAH: Yeah, and that's it.
00:27:26.157 --> 00:27:28.677
KEZIAH: And at that point, I was a little exhausted.
00:27:28.737 --> 00:27:32.357
KEZIAH: It was about 11.15, and I decided to make my way to leave.
00:27:32.997 --> 00:27:33.777
KEZIAH: And so that's what I did.
00:27:33.877 --> 00:27:34.637
KEZIAH: I just went back.
00:27:34.677 --> 00:27:35.817
KEZIAH: I took Monroe back.
00:27:36.617 --> 00:27:41.357
KEZIAH: And I got to say, the tram, the cast members, they always, you know, they have little jokes.
00:27:41.577 --> 00:27:42.957
KEZIAH: They're like the skippers.
00:27:43.037 --> 00:27:49.117
KEZIAH: So it's nice to listen to them, because people are always on their phones, but it's nice to listen to what they say in addition to just instructions.
00:27:49.677 --> 00:27:57.097
KEZIAH: And they said, you know, if anything less than magical happens, like your car won't start, or you're playing hide and seek, and your car is winning.
00:27:58.357 --> 00:28:04.057
KEZIAH: But it was hilarious, and she's like, and if you drop something out of the tram, you're like Elsa, and just let it go.
00:28:04.417 --> 00:28:10.337
KEZIAH: And it was just like, but you were only, you know, if you liked it, you know, you would appreciate that.
00:28:10.357 --> 00:28:11.377
KEZIAH: So I thought that was a lot of fun.
00:28:11.397 --> 00:28:13.677
KEZIAH: And I was like, I love these tram people.
00:28:13.717 --> 00:28:14.397
KEZIAH: But that was it.
00:28:14.477 --> 00:28:15.937
KEZIAH: That was my day one.
00:28:16.037 --> 00:28:19.117
KEZIAH: And I went back to the resort, you know, all exhausted and done.
00:28:19.217 --> 00:28:20.017
VIRGINIA: Good first day.
00:28:20.237 --> 00:28:20.737
KEZIAH: Exactly.
00:28:20.757 --> 00:28:21.277
KEZIAH: It was a lot.
00:28:21.677 --> 00:28:28.497
VIRGINIA: So Thursday, May the 2nd, you noted that you had made a reservation for Epcot, but were considering switching to Hollywood Studios.
00:28:28.517 --> 00:28:29.457
VIRGINIA: You weren't sure.
00:28:30.177 --> 00:28:31.157
VIRGINIA: So which was it?
00:28:31.317 --> 00:28:33.597
KEZIAH: I decided on Hollywood Studios.
00:28:34.017 --> 00:28:38.737
KEZIAH: And I also, I think we had talked about, I wasn't sure about certain breakfast reservations.
00:28:38.757 --> 00:28:39.537
KEZIAH: I was thinking about that.
00:28:39.637 --> 00:28:45.277
KEZIAH: I just decided I had gotten, you know, the stuff I needed at Publix, and I was just going to eat in the room for breakfast.
00:28:45.897 --> 00:28:47.477
KEZIAH: Because I didn't plan on rope dropping.
00:28:47.717 --> 00:28:49.037
KEZIAH: Like, I felt like I didn't need to.
00:28:49.077 --> 00:28:54.477
KEZIAH: So, oh, and also just a side thing, I was also on the fence of whether or not I would get Genie Plus.
00:28:54.677 --> 00:28:55.277
KEZIAH: I did not.
00:28:55.357 --> 00:28:56.257
VIRGINIA: At all, any day?
00:28:56.537 --> 00:28:58.697
KEZIAH: I did not at all for any day, any park.
00:28:59.057 --> 00:29:01.297
KEZIAH: I ended up not needing it.
00:29:01.837 --> 00:29:05.757
KEZIAH: And it's partly because of the things I chose to do, and that's part of it.
00:29:05.757 --> 00:29:10.857
KEZIAH: So that can also help your decision for those listening who are not sure.
00:29:10.997 --> 00:29:16.497
KEZIAH: So made it to DHS for those of us acronym people for Disney.
00:29:16.777 --> 00:29:21.477
KEZIAH: And I decided to do the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular.
00:29:21.877 --> 00:29:23.937
KEZIAH: I haven't done that since before the pandemic.
00:29:24.037 --> 00:29:25.737
VIRGINIA: It's a little shorter than it was before.
00:29:25.977 --> 00:29:26.377
VIRGINIA: Really?
00:29:26.397 --> 00:29:27.417
KEZIAH: You know, I can't even remember.
00:29:27.437 --> 00:29:30.437
VIRGINIA: Well, back in the day, you'll remember this part if I say it, I'm sure.
00:29:30.457 --> 00:29:34.137
VIRGINIA: They used to have audience members come up and be a part of it.
00:29:34.297 --> 00:29:35.397
KEZIAH: That's right.
00:29:36.697 --> 00:29:37.857
KEZIAH: You're absolutely right.
00:29:37.917 --> 00:29:38.237
KEZIAH: Yeah.
00:29:38.297 --> 00:29:39.137
KEZIAH: No, I didn't do it.
00:29:39.157 --> 00:29:40.017
KEZIAH: But it was, you know what?
00:29:40.037 --> 00:29:40.777
KEZIAH: It wasn't lacking.
00:29:41.057 --> 00:29:41.457
VIRGINIA: Right.
00:29:41.477 --> 00:29:43.637
KEZIAH: So if you didn't know, like I didn't miss anything.
00:29:43.657 --> 00:29:46.517
KEZIAH: It was nice to have because it's something from once before.
00:29:47.277 --> 00:29:48.317
KEZIAH: And I enjoyed it.
00:29:48.577 --> 00:29:51.297
KEZIAH: And I'm an Indiana Jones fan, so, you know, I like it.
00:29:51.637 --> 00:29:52.297
KEZIAH: So I did that.
00:29:52.317 --> 00:29:52.857
KEZIAH: That was great.
00:29:53.537 --> 00:30:01.697
KEZIAH: And then I decided there is a great funnel cake stand called Epic Eats, which is right outside of that attraction.
00:30:02.017 --> 00:30:05.257
KEZIAH: And they do different, they do different types of funnel cakes.
00:30:05.277 --> 00:30:06.657
KEZIAH: It's like three different kinds.
00:30:06.897 --> 00:30:08.417
KEZIAH: I got the cookies and cream one.
00:30:08.597 --> 00:30:13.317
KEZIAH: And it's basically two Oreo cookies to make a Mickey shape head.
00:30:13.357 --> 00:30:15.877
KEZIAH: And then it's drizzled with like chocolate syrup.
00:30:16.037 --> 00:30:16.757
KEZIAH: So I had that.
00:30:17.197 --> 00:30:19.717
KEZIAH: Of course, I didn't eat the whole thing because it is to be shared.
00:30:20.197 --> 00:30:24.177
KEZIAH: You know, I ate about half of it.
00:30:24.317 --> 00:30:27.877
KEZIAH: And I just sat down on a bench and enjoyed my funnel cake.
00:30:28.257 --> 00:30:30.277
KEZIAH: And then I just decided, okay, what can I do now?
00:30:30.297 --> 00:30:34.557
KEZIAH: So I walked, I said, you know, I'm going to do Rise of the Resistance because the wait was about 45 minutes.
00:30:34.937 --> 00:30:36.237
KEZIAH: And I said, I'm just going to do it.
00:30:36.417 --> 00:30:38.397
KEZIAH: And I feel like that cue is great.
00:30:38.417 --> 00:30:41.117
KEZIAH: You don't feel like you're waiting forever, in my opinion.
00:30:41.177 --> 00:30:44.857
VIRGINIA: Was it actually 45 minutes or did it turn out to be less than that?
00:30:46.417 --> 00:30:47.617
KEZIAH: I felt like it was a little less.
00:30:47.957 --> 00:30:51.377
KEZIAH: There was absolutely no line outside, like at all.
00:30:51.597 --> 00:30:54.197
KEZIAH: The line started where there's covering.
00:30:54.997 --> 00:30:56.397
KEZIAH: And then we just kind of kept moving.
00:30:56.497 --> 00:30:59.097
KEZIAH: I felt like it was shorter than 45 minutes.
00:30:59.677 --> 00:31:05.237
KEZIAH: But the disappointing part was, we get to the part for Ray, the hologram.
00:31:06.377 --> 00:31:07.077
KEZIAH: She's done.
00:31:07.097 --> 00:31:07.577
KEZIAH: We're ready.
00:31:07.597 --> 00:31:10.957
KEZIAH: They open the doors and they say, we're sorry, the ride's down.
00:31:13.657 --> 00:31:16.217
KEZIAH: So they were like, we're going to give out lightning lanes to everybody.
00:31:17.277 --> 00:31:18.317
KEZIAH: You can come back later.
00:31:18.477 --> 00:31:19.997
KEZIAH: So we all got our lightning lanes.
00:31:20.017 --> 00:31:21.577
KEZIAH: And I said, I'll just come back.
00:31:21.577 --> 00:31:22.937
VIRGINIA: Did you have to use it that day?
00:31:22.957 --> 00:31:23.197
VIRGINIA: Yes.
00:31:24.317 --> 00:31:29.117
KEZIAH: So for those who are leaving right then, or the ride never goes back up, that's disappointing.
00:31:29.217 --> 00:31:32.997
KEZIAH: But I'm sure you can talk with a cast member in case you're still going to be there other days.
00:31:33.937 --> 00:31:35.597
KEZIAH: But no, you had to use it that day.
00:31:35.617 --> 00:31:36.617
KEZIAH: That's what they had explained.
00:31:36.777 --> 00:31:50.417
KEZIAH: So I decided, since I was in that area by Galaxy's Edge, I just made my way to Star Tours, because the wait was, I think it was maybe 15 minutes, and they have a new ending or a new destination.
00:31:50.437 --> 00:31:50.817
KEZIAH: Yes.
00:31:51.117 --> 00:31:53.117
KEZIAH: Yeah, I got it with Ahsoka.
00:31:53.197 --> 00:31:53.937
KEZIAH: That's how I heard it.
00:31:53.957 --> 00:31:55.217
KEZIAH: Like you can get it with two different people.
00:31:55.237 --> 00:31:56.057
KEZIAH: I got it with Ahsoka.
00:31:56.337 --> 00:31:56.917
KEZIAH: I liked it.
00:31:56.937 --> 00:31:57.377
KEZIAH: It was nice.
00:31:57.397 --> 00:32:01.237
KEZIAH: I feel like it kind of keeps up with the Star Wars world.
00:32:01.257 --> 00:32:03.857
KEZIAH: So if you follow that, it all makes sense.
00:32:04.017 --> 00:32:05.637
KEZIAH: And that's always an enjoyable ride.
00:32:05.957 --> 00:32:06.497
KEZIAH: I liked it.
00:32:06.677 --> 00:32:08.417
VIRGINIA: Have you ever been the rebel spy?
00:32:10.717 --> 00:32:11.597
KEZIAH: No, I have not.
00:32:11.937 --> 00:32:12.857
VIRGINIA: I haven't either.
00:32:12.877 --> 00:32:14.577
KEZIAH: I haven't, but people in my party have.
00:32:14.637 --> 00:32:19.217
VIRGINIA: Poor Alex is desperate to be the rebel spy and he never is picked.
00:32:19.457 --> 00:32:24.837
VIRGINIA: And I thought for sure when he was younger that at some point he'd get picked, you know, like cute little kid or whatever.
00:32:25.257 --> 00:32:26.217
VIRGINIA: It never happened.
00:32:26.237 --> 00:32:30.777
VIRGINIA: To this day, if we ride that ride, he goes on with the hope that he's going to be picked.
00:32:31.357 --> 00:32:31.777
VIRGINIA: Never is.
00:32:31.857 --> 00:32:33.717
KEZIAH: It's going to be when he least expects it.
00:32:33.937 --> 00:32:34.337
VIRGINIA: I know.
00:32:34.477 --> 00:32:35.777
KEZIAH: I wonder how they choose it.
00:32:35.777 --> 00:32:41.617
KEZIAH: But I find maybe if he wears something that kind of makes him stand out a little bit.
00:32:41.637 --> 00:32:43.117
VIRGINIA: I don't know if he's something crazy.
00:32:43.337 --> 00:32:43.897
KEZIAH: Yeah, maybe.
00:32:44.237 --> 00:32:48.337
KEZIAH: Or if he does, like, you know, I mean, I usually do my ears, but I don't have a way for it.
00:32:50.117 --> 00:32:53.037
KEZIAH: But no, unfortunately, but who knows next time.
00:32:53.577 --> 00:32:54.777
KEZIAH: But yeah, so that was good.
00:32:54.797 --> 00:33:02.097
KEZIAH: And then I decided I had told you that I wanted to try the pretzel, the Bavarian pretzel at Baseline Tap House.
00:33:02.117 --> 00:33:11.157
KEZIAH: So right after that, since that's like right across, I think from Star Tours, I went there and I'm sorry, Virginia.
00:33:11.897 --> 00:33:13.497
VIRGINIA: You didn't love it?
00:33:15.597 --> 00:33:15.937
KEZIAH: Okay.
00:33:15.957 --> 00:33:19.997
KEZIAH: I had high hopes, went in for those again who are interested in price.
00:33:20.017 --> 00:33:20.997
KEZIAH: It's about $10.
00:33:21.437 --> 00:33:21.757
VIRGINIA: Yeah.
00:33:21.777 --> 00:33:23.617
KEZIAH: And it comes with two dipping sauces.
00:33:23.637 --> 00:33:25.217
KEZIAH: So one was like a cheese one.
00:33:25.237 --> 00:33:25.837
KEZIAH: It's warm.
00:33:27.497 --> 00:33:27.837
KEZIAH: Yeah.
00:33:27.957 --> 00:33:31.877
KEZIAH: And then there's another one that's like a mustard, something.
00:33:32.297 --> 00:33:32.597
VIRGINIA: Yeah.
00:33:32.957 --> 00:33:35.717
KEZIAH: So, you know, I sat outside and it looked like it was going to rain.
00:33:35.737 --> 00:33:36.577
KEZIAH: Fortunately, it didn't.
00:33:36.797 --> 00:33:41.217
KEZIAH: And it was just, it was, I wouldn't, I don't need to get it again.
00:33:42.957 --> 00:33:45.777
VIRGINIA: You are entitled to your opinion, Keziah.
00:33:48.337 --> 00:33:50.497
KEZIAH: These are my thoughts, people, listeners.
00:33:50.517 --> 00:33:54.397
KEZIAH: This isn't just, you know, it's just, I had high hopes for it.
00:33:54.817 --> 00:33:55.597
KEZIAH: And you know what?
00:33:55.637 --> 00:34:01.577
KEZIAH: I find that the regular Mickey pretzels that you would get at the other parts of the park, I found like those were better.
00:34:02.617 --> 00:34:03.457
VIRGINIA: I disagree.
00:34:06.017 --> 00:34:18.097
VIRGINIA: But I also think that like I have heard that the pretzels at Baseline and in Germany and over in Pandora are the same pretzel company.
00:34:18.437 --> 00:34:18.797
KEZIAH: Really?
00:34:18.817 --> 00:34:22.557
VIRGINIA: But I swear I like the one in Pandora best.
00:34:24.137 --> 00:34:25.357
KEZIAH: I haven't had the one in Pandora.
00:34:25.377 --> 00:34:26.417
KEZIAH: I've had the one in Germany.
00:34:26.437 --> 00:34:29.917
KEZIAH: And I don't think it tastes the same as what I eat.
00:34:30.057 --> 00:34:33.037
KEZIAH: It had a taste to it that I just, I didn't like it.
00:34:33.137 --> 00:34:35.717
KEZIAH: I don't know if it tasted like a sourdough.
00:34:36.317 --> 00:34:37.677
KEZIAH: And I like sourdough bread.
00:34:37.837 --> 00:34:38.897
KEZIAH: It had that kind of a...
00:34:39.517 --> 00:34:40.437
VIRGINIA: Like a tang to it?
00:34:40.457 --> 00:34:41.997
KEZIAH: Yeah, that's what it is.
00:34:42.237 --> 00:34:42.557
KEZIAH: And I...
00:34:42.577 --> 00:34:48.937
VIRGINIA: Partly what I like about the Pandora version is I think that the beer cheese there is superior.
00:34:50.077 --> 00:34:50.797
VIRGINIA: It's just so good.
00:34:50.817 --> 00:34:56.457
VIRGINIA: And it's like the pretzel is a vehicle to get the beer cheese into your body.
00:34:56.457 --> 00:34:58.377
KEZIAH: Because you can't take a spoon and scoop it out.
00:34:58.597 --> 00:35:05.557
KEZIAH: No, that's frowned upon, apparently.
00:35:05.717 --> 00:35:07.877
KEZIAH: Your pretzel needs to be your spoon.
00:35:09.137 --> 00:35:09.797
KEZIAH: That's funny.
00:35:09.817 --> 00:35:11.677
KEZIAH: But I have to try that, the one in Pandora.
00:35:11.697 --> 00:35:12.577
KEZIAH: I've never done that one.
00:35:12.597 --> 00:35:14.457
KEZIAH: So that's for next time.
00:35:14.457 --> 00:35:15.937
KEZIAH: But yeah, I didn't.
00:35:15.957 --> 00:35:16.317
KEZIAH: I wasn't.
00:35:16.337 --> 00:35:16.977
KEZIAH: I'm sorry.
00:35:17.037 --> 00:35:19.277
KEZIAH: And I had to, you know, again, try different things.
00:35:19.297 --> 00:35:20.477
KEZIAH: But that's my thought.
00:35:20.497 --> 00:35:24.977
KEZIAH: But you know, those who want to try it, by all means, it's a definite thing to share because it's large.
00:35:24.997 --> 00:35:25.637
VIRGINIA: Oh, it's big.
00:35:25.877 --> 00:35:26.137
VIRGINIA: Yeah.
00:35:26.857 --> 00:35:27.957
KEZIAH: So I didn't eat clearly.
00:35:29.877 --> 00:35:32.597
KEZIAH: So then after that, I just was like, OK, that's done.
00:35:32.797 --> 00:35:36.337
KEZIAH: And Rise of Resistance was still down.
00:35:36.637 --> 00:35:38.957
KEZIAH: I remembered that I wanted to do the Brown Derby.
00:35:39.097 --> 00:35:39.577
VIRGINIA: Yes.
00:35:39.677 --> 00:35:43.737
VIRGINIA: And you had a reservation, I think, for a different day.
00:35:43.757 --> 00:35:44.837
KEZIAH: No, no, no.
00:35:44.837 --> 00:35:47.317
KEZIAH: For the Brown Derby, I couldn't get a reservation.
00:35:47.317 --> 00:35:49.077
VIRGINIA: Oh, you were going to try and walk up.
00:35:49.237 --> 00:35:49.597
KEZIAH: Yes.
00:35:49.737 --> 00:35:50.577
KEZIAH: And I was able to.
00:35:50.717 --> 00:35:51.357
KEZIAH: I was able to.
00:35:51.817 --> 00:35:53.077
KEZIAH: I joined the walk up list.
00:35:53.477 --> 00:35:55.577
KEZIAH: 30 minutes was the wait time.
00:35:55.777 --> 00:35:59.117
KEZIAH: So I walked over to, like, Sunset Boulevard and I just walked around the stores a little bit.
00:35:59.817 --> 00:36:02.437
KEZIAH: And it was time I got to sit inside.
00:36:02.457 --> 00:36:04.277
KEZIAH: I have never been in that restaurant before.
00:36:04.357 --> 00:36:04.937
VIRGINIA: What did you think?
00:36:05.037 --> 00:36:05.717
KEZIAH: It was nice.
00:36:05.737 --> 00:36:08.597
KEZIAH: It was like, you know, the theming of, like, old Hollywood.
00:36:08.617 --> 00:36:09.497
KEZIAH: So that was kind of cool.
00:36:09.517 --> 00:36:10.137
KEZIAH: And I sat.
00:36:10.237 --> 00:36:12.497
KEZIAH: They gave me a round booth by myself.
00:36:12.697 --> 00:36:14.917
KEZIAH: And they had pictures of, what's his name?
00:36:15.077 --> 00:36:16.797
KEZIAH: Rhett from Gone With the Wind.
00:36:17.437 --> 00:36:18.197
VIRGINIA: Oh, Clark Gable.
00:36:18.237 --> 00:36:18.657
KEZIAH: Yes.
00:36:18.957 --> 00:36:20.237
KEZIAH: They had Clark Gable right there.
00:36:20.617 --> 00:36:22.537
KEZIAH: One of his caricatures.
00:36:22.857 --> 00:36:24.137
VIRGINIA: Perfect.
00:36:24.777 --> 00:36:25.577
KEZIAH: So that was fun.
00:36:26.297 --> 00:36:28.817
KEZIAH: And I ordered the Cobb salad.
00:36:29.257 --> 00:36:31.017
KEZIAH: I did not do any alterations.
00:36:31.657 --> 00:36:33.237
KEZIAH: And it was delicious.
00:36:33.557 --> 00:36:34.157
VIRGINIA: Fantastic.
00:36:34.277 --> 00:36:35.737
KEZIAH: I was very happy with that.
00:36:35.797 --> 00:36:36.757
KEZIAH: I would eat there again.
00:36:36.777 --> 00:36:38.437
KEZIAH: I would encourage everybody to eat there again.
00:36:38.457 --> 00:36:40.277
KEZIAH: The price wasn't crazy.
00:36:40.297 --> 00:36:44.097
KEZIAH: I think it was like $25 or something like that.
00:36:44.117 --> 00:36:45.337
KEZIAH: It's a nice amount.
00:36:45.357 --> 00:36:46.397
KEZIAH: It's a good size of food.
00:36:46.397 --> 00:36:50.897
KEZIAH: I ordered the dressing on the side because I had heard different things about too much dressing.
00:36:50.937 --> 00:36:57.077
KEZIAH: So if you're a person that you want to control the saturation of your dressing, by all means, get it on the side.
00:36:57.317 --> 00:37:00.457
KEZIAH: And then they have these warm rolls, which I think they have there.
00:37:00.757 --> 00:37:04.617
KEZIAH: They were so good with the butter, with the salt.
00:37:06.057 --> 00:37:09.257
KEZIAH: I would do that again in a heartbeat because it's so worth it.
00:37:09.277 --> 00:37:10.117
KEZIAH: So I really enjoyed that.
00:37:10.317 --> 00:37:13.417
KEZIAH: And a nice little Disney magic, I guess.
00:37:13.557 --> 00:37:18.017
KEZIAH: My server, he was an older gentleman and his ID was of a younger person.
00:37:18.457 --> 00:37:21.137
KEZIAH: I commented on it and I said, have you been working here for a long time?
00:37:21.197 --> 00:37:22.437
KEZIAH: He's like 37 years.
00:37:23.197 --> 00:37:26.097
KEZIAH: He's just waiting for his youngest daughter to finish college.
00:37:26.117 --> 00:37:27.237
KEZIAH: And then he's retired.
00:37:27.257 --> 00:37:30.077
KEZIAH: He started working for Disney in 1982 at Epcot.
00:37:30.137 --> 00:37:34.357
KEZIAH: And then for some reason, he said he thought the grass was greener somewhere else.
00:37:34.377 --> 00:37:36.537
KEZIAH: So he left after two years.
00:37:37.177 --> 00:37:40.097
KEZIAH: And then he quickly realized that it was a bad decision.
00:37:40.457 --> 00:37:44.117
KEZIAH: And he came back and he's worked for Disney ever since.
00:37:44.477 --> 00:37:44.997
VIRGINIA: Oh, wow.
00:37:45.197 --> 00:37:46.457
KEZIAH: And his name was Fonzie.
00:37:46.717 --> 00:37:49.257
KEZIAH: So if you get him as a server, you're going to have a nice time.
00:37:49.277 --> 00:37:50.297
KEZIAH: He was very, very sweet.
00:37:50.477 --> 00:37:56.137
KEZIAH: And it was just nice to have that little bit of conversations, a little bit of somebody who's been there for a long time and seen a lot of things.
00:37:56.817 --> 00:37:57.277
VIRGINIA: Oh, yeah.
00:37:57.277 --> 00:37:58.697
KEZIAH: I love having those conversations.
00:37:59.557 --> 00:38:00.937
KEZIAH: So that was a great experience.
00:38:01.217 --> 00:38:02.157
KEZIAH: Happy all around.
00:38:02.197 --> 00:38:06.777
KEZIAH: If you have a DVC discount or Disney Visa, they take both.
00:38:06.997 --> 00:38:09.437
VIRGINIA: So you get that clarification on that.
00:38:09.457 --> 00:38:10.917
VIRGINIA: They take them inside.
00:38:11.277 --> 00:38:18.897
VIRGINIA: I have eaten outside at the lounge area and was shocked to find out that they did not do the discount outside.
00:38:19.557 --> 00:38:22.437
VIRGINIA: So if you're trying to use a discount, make sure you go inside.
00:38:22.457 --> 00:38:30.017
KEZIAH: And ask them so that you're clear because that's like $3 that you could use.
00:38:30.677 --> 00:38:31.217
VIRGINIA: I know.
00:38:31.237 --> 00:38:33.677
VIRGINIA: That's $3 I could spend on something else.
00:38:33.937 --> 00:38:34.497
KEZIAH: Exactly.
00:38:35.097 --> 00:38:39.297
KEZIAH: But anyway, so then after that, I decided Rise of the Resistance was working again.
00:38:39.317 --> 00:38:41.257
KEZIAH: So I said, let me go do that on my way.
00:38:41.277 --> 00:38:47.137
KEZIAH: I stopped at One Man's Dream by the Chinese theater, like going towards Toy Story Land.
00:38:47.157 --> 00:38:49.237
KEZIAH: For those who don't know, I hadn't done that in a while.
00:38:49.417 --> 00:38:51.817
KEZIAH: So I decided to just take a leisure walk in it.
00:38:52.157 --> 00:38:52.957
KEZIAH: And it's nice.
00:38:52.977 --> 00:38:59.997
KEZIAH: And if you like Disney history and information about Walt Disney, it's a great thing to just do.
00:39:00.017 --> 00:39:02.377
KEZIAH: Talks a little bit about his life in Missouri.
00:39:02.457 --> 00:39:03.257
VIRGINIA: Marceline, Missouri.
00:39:03.277 --> 00:39:04.197
KEZIAH: Marceline, Missouri.
00:39:04.217 --> 00:39:04.557
KEZIAH: Exactly.
00:39:05.197 --> 00:39:10.477
KEZIAH: And then there's a really nice video, a little show at the end, in a very nice theater.
00:39:10.557 --> 00:39:11.917
KEZIAH: I don't know if you've sat in that.
00:39:11.937 --> 00:39:13.797
KEZIAH: Those seats are so pretty.
00:39:13.817 --> 00:39:14.957
KEZIAH: They're so nice.
00:39:15.737 --> 00:39:17.857
KEZIAH: And it's so worth it if that's you.
00:39:18.577 --> 00:39:23.257
KEZIAH: So I would encourage anybody who loves Disney history to just take a few minutes.
00:39:23.277 --> 00:39:24.937
KEZIAH: It's air conditioned, at least.
00:39:24.957 --> 00:39:26.037
KEZIAH: It's just a nice thing to do.
00:39:26.117 --> 00:39:27.377
VIRGINIA: It's a nice thing to do.
00:39:28.017 --> 00:39:40.157
VIRGINIA: And it's also something that if you're waiting for a lightning lane to start or things like that, that you can just go in, take a little bit of time in some air conditioning, see something interesting.
00:39:40.497 --> 00:39:44.237
VIRGINIA: You can kind of spend as much time in there as you would want to spend.
00:39:44.257 --> 00:39:48.057
VIRGINIA: There's so much to look at that you could take a long time in there, but you don't have to.
00:39:48.077 --> 00:39:51.877
VIRGINIA: You could easily just walk in, spend five to 10 minutes, and then go back out.
00:39:52.117 --> 00:39:52.597
KEZIAH: Exactly.
00:39:52.617 --> 00:39:55.897
KEZIAH: It's just a nice thing to do, and it's quiet, and it's nice.
00:39:56.797 --> 00:40:01.797
KEZIAH: So I walked through that, and then I made my way through Toy Story Land, which was super crowded.
00:40:02.697 --> 00:40:03.417
KEZIAH: So many people.
00:40:03.537 --> 00:40:07.157
VIRGINIA: Yeah, you originally said that you were going to try to avoid Toy Story Land.
00:40:07.157 --> 00:40:08.417
KEZIAH: I know, exactly.
00:40:08.417 --> 00:40:09.957
KEZIAH: And there I go, walk through.
00:40:09.977 --> 00:40:12.277
VIRGINIA: I know, look at you, walking through the fire.
00:40:12.297 --> 00:40:13.497
KEZIAH: I was navigating.
00:40:13.517 --> 00:40:20.057
KEZIAH: I was just trying to get through to get to Galaxy's Edge, because I figured it would be a shortcut than going all the way around.
00:40:21.257 --> 00:40:22.937
KEZIAH: So it was, but it's just a lot of people.
00:40:23.017 --> 00:40:25.517
KEZIAH: So I finally went, did Rise of Resistance.
00:40:25.517 --> 00:40:27.597
KEZIAH: The wait was nothing, basically.
00:40:28.217 --> 00:40:30.277
KEZIAH: That ride is always an adventure.
00:40:31.057 --> 00:40:31.657
KEZIAH: It was fun.
00:40:31.677 --> 00:40:35.237
KEZIAH: I had people on it who sit next to me who had never done it before.
00:40:35.937 --> 00:40:36.497
VIRGINIA: That's fun.
00:40:36.957 --> 00:40:38.217
KEZIAH: That was fun.
00:40:38.237 --> 00:40:39.657
KEZIAH: So that was nice.
00:40:39.677 --> 00:40:40.837
KEZIAH: And then I ended it there.
00:40:41.217 --> 00:40:42.477
KEZIAH: I decided I'm going to leave.
00:40:42.677 --> 00:40:43.737
KEZIAH: It was about five o'clock.
00:40:43.757 --> 00:40:44.877
KEZIAH: And I said, I'm going to leave.
00:40:45.237 --> 00:40:51.257
KEZIAH: And I planned on coming back because I wanted to see the animation projection show on the Chinese theater.
00:40:52.377 --> 00:40:53.557
KEZIAH: And I wanted to do that.
00:40:53.577 --> 00:40:55.057
KEZIAH: And I said, I'm going to come back for that.
00:40:55.077 --> 00:40:56.577
KEZIAH: I think that was at nine o'clock.
00:40:57.297 --> 00:40:58.597
KEZIAH: So I was like, I'm going to come back.
00:40:58.697 --> 00:40:59.377
KEZIAH: So I left.
00:40:59.837 --> 00:41:02.377
KEZIAH: And then I decided, I said, well, I need to get food.
00:41:03.237 --> 00:41:09.757
KEZIAH: And so again, doing stuff I don't normally do, I decided to get dinner at Trails End at the campgrounds.
00:41:10.537 --> 00:41:11.777
KEZIAH: So I drove over there.
00:41:11.797 --> 00:41:20.277
KEZIAH: And for those of you who are familiar with that resort, you park and then you have to take a bus, an internal shuttle to get to Pioneer Hall.
00:41:20.317 --> 00:41:21.197
KEZIAH: Also, we don't know.
00:41:21.237 --> 00:41:22.937
KEZIAH: It's right next to Hoop to Do review.
00:41:23.077 --> 00:41:24.797
KEZIAH: It's their quick service that they have there.
00:41:25.097 --> 00:41:30.657
KEZIAH: So I didn't do a mobile order because I want to, you can, but I wanted to kind of see the setup.
00:41:30.737 --> 00:41:31.437
KEZIAH: But it was quick.
00:41:31.457 --> 00:41:32.517
KEZIAH: I went to the register.
00:41:32.757 --> 00:41:40.877
KEZIAH: So if you have a family, they have things that are bagged and containers right there in like the heating section that they put out constantly.
00:41:41.337 --> 00:41:50.037
KEZIAH: So if you have a family and you want your big items, the ribs, fried chicken, things like that, you can easily go and grab all those things that you want.
00:41:50.057 --> 00:41:51.797
KEZIAH: You don't have to wait to order them.
00:41:52.437 --> 00:41:57.937
KEZIAH: I ordered my meal at the register, and I waited maybe like 10 minutes or so to get it.
00:41:57.957 --> 00:42:03.817
KEZIAH: I just did like the half rack of ribs, and it came with, you know, two sides.
00:42:03.837 --> 00:42:05.337
KEZIAH: So that was good.
00:42:05.357 --> 00:42:06.197
KEZIAH: And I took that back.
00:42:06.217 --> 00:42:06.837
KEZIAH: I didn't eat there.
00:42:06.857 --> 00:42:08.697
KEZIAH: I waited for my shuttle.
00:42:12.717 --> 00:42:13.717
KEZIAH: But it was, you know what?
00:42:13.737 --> 00:42:14.337
KEZIAH: It's nice.
00:42:14.377 --> 00:42:15.877
KEZIAH: And they are doing something over there.
00:42:15.897 --> 00:42:19.897
KEZIAH: I wanted to ask a cast member, and I couldn't find anybody when I went back.
00:42:20.257 --> 00:42:28.177
KEZIAH: Right by where you get the bus, by where you get the shuttle, right behind it, there's fencing up, like green, that covering.
00:42:28.737 --> 00:42:30.657
KEZIAH: So they're doing construction back there.
00:42:30.677 --> 00:42:35.457
KEZIAH: And I don't know if you do know of any, I don't know what they're built, because it couldn't have been the cabins.
00:42:35.757 --> 00:42:36.437
VIRGINIA: I don't know.
00:42:36.457 --> 00:42:47.037
VIRGINIA: I know that originally it was going to be sort of over in that area where they were doing the reflections resort that got scrapped, but that's not happening anymore.
00:42:47.577 --> 00:42:50.077
KEZIAH: So no, and it didn't look like a project like that.
00:42:50.077 --> 00:42:56.737
KEZIAH: It looked like an area for maybe a pool or something like that.
00:42:56.757 --> 00:42:57.397
KEZIAH: But you know what?
00:42:57.417 --> 00:43:03.437
KEZIAH: I guess we have to stay tuned, because at some point something's going to be there, because they were doing big deal construction in that area.
00:43:03.457 --> 00:43:04.497
KEZIAH: So stay tuned.
00:43:04.877 --> 00:43:12.177
KEZIAH: But anyway, so I went back to my resort, got in the car, we've had the time, I ate and sat.
00:43:12.337 --> 00:43:13.077
KEZIAH: I wasn't leaving.
00:43:14.037 --> 00:43:14.977
VIRGINIA: Of course you were not.
00:43:15.457 --> 00:43:23.237
KEZIAH: And I felt so bad because I wanted to go back to see that show and then the idea of no, so sorry.
00:43:23.737 --> 00:43:39.057
VIRGINIA: I feel like the only way you would have come back is if you had, instead of getting in your car and driving somewhere to eat, if you had maybe like either walked or taken the Skyliner over and eaten somewhere around the boardwalk area and just chilled for a bit, that might have happened.
00:43:39.077 --> 00:43:39.957
VIRGINIA: But you know what?
00:43:40.477 --> 00:43:44.197
VIRGINIA: That's the beauty of a solo trip is you do what you feel like doing.
00:43:44.697 --> 00:43:54.337
VIRGINIA: And if one of those things is I don't feel like getting up and out of this room one more time and you just want to chill and have kind of an early night, that is your prerogative.
00:43:54.517 --> 00:43:55.757
KEZIAH: Yeah, I thought just that too.
00:43:55.777 --> 00:44:03.277
KEZIAH: I was like, wow, I have nobody with me who's going to be disappointed that I have to figure out how to adjust something to because there was nobody who was disappointed.
00:44:04.417 --> 00:44:06.057
KEZIAH: I didn't have to change a plan.
00:44:06.077 --> 00:44:10.737
KEZIAH: There were no young people who were like, well, we were supposed to do this, but why can't we?
00:44:10.757 --> 00:44:13.057
KEZIAH: There was no conversation about that.
00:44:13.077 --> 00:44:14.117
KEZIAH: So that was a nice thing.
00:44:14.137 --> 00:44:20.677
KEZIAH: I just kind of was like, it's okay.
00:44:21.197 --> 00:44:30.157
VIRGINIA: So Friday, May the 3rd, because you did Hollywood Studios the previous day, did you go back a second day or did you make this your Epcot day?
00:44:30.257 --> 00:44:33.817
KEZIAH: This was my Epcot day.
00:44:34.077 --> 00:44:39.277
KEZIAH: This day, unfortunately, didn't turn out as planned for a few reasons.
00:44:39.297 --> 00:44:40.677
KEZIAH: I had breakfast in the room.
00:44:41.417 --> 00:44:42.437
KEZIAH: I was ready to go.
00:44:42.457 --> 00:44:44.657
KEZIAH: I left the room about like 1030.
00:44:44.677 --> 00:44:47.957
KEZIAH: And there were a few items that I had gotten from Publix that I didn't need.
00:44:47.977 --> 00:44:56.677
KEZIAH: And for those listening, if you're not sure if you'll have enough coffee or creamer or whatever, yes, you will.
00:44:56.757 --> 00:44:59.077
KEZIAH: I had originally bought some coffee at Publix.
00:44:59.657 --> 00:45:05.897
KEZIAH: And then if you like the Joffreys, you just have to ask them to give you more and they will bring as many bags of the coffee.
00:45:06.177 --> 00:45:21.117
KEZIAH: I know some of the rooms have Keurigs and the coffee, regular traditional coffee makers, but they'll supply it and you can go down to the quick service and you can get your little cups of creamer for free, sugar, all those things.
00:45:21.277 --> 00:45:22.877
KEZIAH: So you don't have to.
00:45:22.897 --> 00:45:28.817
KEZIAH: If you have a specific coffee that you like, bring it with you so that you don't have to purchase it, if you try to save money a little bit.
00:45:28.837 --> 00:45:31.877
KEZIAH: So just an FYI, those things are there.
00:45:31.897 --> 00:45:35.617
KEZIAH: With that said, I went back to Publix just to kind of return the things I didn't need.
00:45:36.717 --> 00:45:38.857
KEZIAH: And then I made my way over to Epcot.
00:45:39.057 --> 00:45:40.697
KEZIAH: It was a 91 degree day.
00:45:40.717 --> 00:45:42.597
KEZIAH: It was that time in the morning.
00:45:42.617 --> 00:45:45.477
KEZIAH: It was really about 85 degrees.
00:45:45.497 --> 00:45:47.197
KEZIAH: I was hot.
00:45:47.677 --> 00:45:51.717
KEZIAH: I'm usually really good with hydration when I go to Florida, especially Disney.
00:45:52.057 --> 00:45:56.217
KEZIAH: And Disney is really good with having places to refill your water bottles.
00:45:56.217 --> 00:46:02.677
KEZIAH: So bring that reusable bottle, keep it filled, get a cup of ice, and just keep going.
00:46:03.517 --> 00:46:12.617
KEZIAH: One of the things I like about Disney World as opposed to Disneyland, I find that there's so many quick service spots that you can get water for free.
00:46:12.957 --> 00:46:15.017
KEZIAH: So by all means, take advantage of that.
00:46:15.077 --> 00:46:20.077
KEZIAH: But I had filled my bottle with a smart water, and then I also had half a smart water left.
00:46:20.657 --> 00:46:21.837
KEZIAH: And I was working with that.
00:46:22.757 --> 00:46:25.657
KEZIAH: But clearly it wasn't enough because I wasn't feeling the best.
00:46:27.077 --> 00:46:28.677
KEZIAH: So but, you know, I said, you know what?
00:46:28.697 --> 00:46:29.837
KEZIAH: Let me just get into air conditioning.
00:46:29.957 --> 00:46:36.517
KEZIAH: So I did Journey Into Imagination after I entered Epcot, took some pictures, you know, it's always a nice thing.
00:46:36.697 --> 00:46:37.557
KEZIAH: So I walked over.
00:46:37.577 --> 00:46:39.217
KEZIAH: I wanted to do Living With The Lamb, but that was down.
00:46:39.777 --> 00:46:42.717
KEZIAH: So I went over to do Journey Into the Imagination.
00:46:43.237 --> 00:46:46.377
KEZIAH: I haven't done that ride since probably it was the old version.
00:46:47.277 --> 00:46:48.437
KEZIAH: But I wanted to try it.
00:46:48.457 --> 00:46:49.757
KEZIAH: Yeah, it's been a long time.
00:46:49.777 --> 00:46:50.597
KEZIAH: I wanted to try it.
00:46:50.597 --> 00:46:53.897
KEZIAH: And the wait was, I think, 15 minutes, although it felt longer.
00:46:53.917 --> 00:46:55.877
KEZIAH: So that was one of those opposite situations.
00:46:56.737 --> 00:47:01.337
KEZIAH: And a lot of kids, you know, a lot of children.
00:47:01.357 --> 00:47:02.217
KEZIAH: But I did the ride.
00:47:02.377 --> 00:47:03.437
KEZIAH: I didn't like it.
00:47:03.637 --> 00:47:07.337
VIRGINIA: A lot of people who loved the old version don't care for the new version.
00:47:07.437 --> 00:47:08.337
KEZIAH: Yeah, I've heard that.
00:47:08.877 --> 00:47:12.317
VIRGINIA: I know I rode the old version when I was in high school.
00:47:12.777 --> 00:47:14.977
VIRGINIA: I do not remember it at all.
00:47:15.297 --> 00:47:19.257
VIRGINIA: And so I don't have anything to compare it to because it was so long ago.
00:47:19.317 --> 00:47:25.737
KEZIAH: I don't know if I was comparing it because, like I said, like you, I can't remember what the old version was.
00:47:25.757 --> 00:47:27.197
KEZIAH: I just know it was different.
00:47:28.957 --> 00:47:31.817
KEZIAH: I just felt like there's so much more that this ride can have.
00:47:32.517 --> 00:47:40.177
KEZIAH: Like, you know, it had the potential of being an educational thing that's fun for kids.
00:47:40.957 --> 00:47:43.457
KEZIAH: And I just kind of, it felt short, it felt short.
00:47:43.917 --> 00:47:49.897
KEZIAH: And I was like, for little, little kids, it's fine because it's colorful, things like that.
00:47:50.477 --> 00:47:55.377
KEZIAH: But it's like they had little bits of like smelly, like using your senses to do stuff, but it wasn't.
00:47:56.337 --> 00:47:59.297
KEZIAH: Like I've been on other things that are like better.
00:47:59.297 --> 00:48:02.077
KEZIAH: So I agree that they need to do something.
00:48:02.237 --> 00:48:02.677
VIRGINIA: I don't know.
00:48:02.777 --> 00:48:03.337
KEZIAH: That's my thoughts.
00:48:03.357 --> 00:48:07.237
KEZIAH: Anyways, after that, I decided to now start walking to the countries.
00:48:07.537 --> 00:48:09.317
VIRGINIA: Were you feeling better at this point?
00:48:09.837 --> 00:48:10.137
KEZIAH: No.
00:48:10.857 --> 00:48:11.237
VIRGINIA: Okay.
00:48:11.657 --> 00:48:16.237
VIRGINIA: I was waiting for you to say, I went and hung out in the DVC lounge till I felt better.
00:48:16.517 --> 00:48:19.057
KEZIAH: I totally forgot that that is there and that I do that.
00:48:19.117 --> 00:48:20.457
VIRGINIA: Because you were in that pavilion.
00:48:22.537 --> 00:48:24.757
KEZIAH: Next time, I have to take advantage of that.
00:48:25.097 --> 00:48:30.817
KEZIAH: This is my first time, really, full-fledged that I could do all this stuff, I think.
00:48:30.837 --> 00:48:35.797
KEZIAH: The last time, I don't think we could have done it last time, but this is the first time I could have really gone by myself.
00:48:36.257 --> 00:48:38.817
KEZIAH: Oh, next time.
00:48:38.837 --> 00:48:39.737
KEZIAH: I'll remember to do that.
00:48:40.137 --> 00:48:42.497
KEZIAH: But no, I still kind of felt not the best.
00:48:42.517 --> 00:48:44.857
KEZIAH: I knew it was the hydration.
00:48:44.877 --> 00:48:45.837
KEZIAH: I was drinking, whatever.
00:48:46.037 --> 00:48:47.237
KEZIAH: I walked to a World Showcase.
00:48:47.397 --> 00:48:49.937
KEZIAH: You start at Mexico because that is a written law.
00:48:50.017 --> 00:48:52.277
KEZIAH: You do not start in Canada.
00:48:52.297 --> 00:48:57.637
KEZIAH: Whoever tells you that you should is just wrong.
00:48:58.937 --> 00:49:07.857
KEZIAH: So I went over to Mexico and I decided I stopped at one of the festival kitchens, the outdoor kitchens, and I got, it wasn't a taco.
00:49:07.877 --> 00:49:11.897
KEZIAH: It was like a pulled pork, kind of something with beans and a shell.
00:49:11.917 --> 00:49:12.957
KEZIAH: And it was very good.
00:49:14.157 --> 00:49:14.877
KEZIAH: So I enjoyed that.
00:49:15.397 --> 00:49:19.297
KEZIAH: And then I walked over to, I decided to do the Grand Fiesta Tour.
00:49:19.517 --> 00:49:22.917
KEZIAH: I've done that before, but I hadn't done this before the pandemic, and it's a nice little ride.
00:49:23.617 --> 00:49:38.337
KEZIAH: And, you know, if you are familiar with those old Disney Saludos America, no, Saludos, yeah, Saludos America, Saludos, something like that, where they did those series on South America.
00:49:38.957 --> 00:49:40.817
KEZIAH: And they used Donald and the different.
00:49:40.837 --> 00:49:46.137
KEZIAH: So if you kind of like, you know, if you know that, it's kind of nice to ride through on the boat.
00:49:46.157 --> 00:49:46.897
KEZIAH: It's a boat ride.
00:49:47.357 --> 00:49:48.137
KEZIAH: So it's always nice.
00:49:48.157 --> 00:49:54.197
KEZIAH: That area was super crowded for just people like in Cava and all that stuff, you know, walking through.
00:49:54.217 --> 00:49:55.477
KEZIAH: So I did that.
00:49:55.797 --> 00:49:56.857
KEZIAH: Still didn't feel the best.
00:49:57.617 --> 00:49:58.797
KEZIAH: But I was like, I'm going to keep going.
00:50:00.177 --> 00:50:04.377
KEZIAH: And I made my way to China and I got those little crab wontons.
00:50:04.657 --> 00:50:05.457
KEZIAH: I like them.
00:50:05.837 --> 00:50:06.777
KEZIAH: And I sat and ate that.
00:50:07.417 --> 00:50:11.317
KEZIAH: And then I decided I'm going to do the reflections of China.
00:50:11.617 --> 00:50:13.437
VIRGINIA: OK, yeah, we talked about that.
00:50:14.197 --> 00:50:16.217
KEZIAH: And I haven't done that in years.
00:50:16.997 --> 00:50:17.897
KEZIAH: And you know what?
00:50:18.037 --> 00:50:24.117
KEZIAH: I know the music to it because I have like the Disney Parks album that I would listen to.
00:50:24.137 --> 00:50:27.117
KEZIAH: And it's always, you know, I can always remember it.
00:50:27.137 --> 00:50:27.757
VIRGINIA: So I did it.
00:50:28.117 --> 00:50:28.837
KEZIAH: It was nice.
00:50:28.857 --> 00:50:31.037
KEZIAH: It's an older film, but I liked it.
00:50:31.237 --> 00:50:32.877
KEZIAH: It was just kind of nice to do.
00:50:32.897 --> 00:50:38.897
KEZIAH: And the 360, for those of you who are familiar with like the Canada one, it's just like that.
00:50:38.917 --> 00:50:41.517
KEZIAH: It's like a 360 view, Reflections of China.
00:50:41.777 --> 00:50:50.097
KEZIAH: At that point, unfortunately, I had to make a decision because if I kept walking, it was going to be a far distance to the exit.
00:50:50.737 --> 00:50:54.297
KEZIAH: And so I decided to go back to the room.
00:50:55.037 --> 00:50:55.397
VIRGINIA: Okay.
00:50:55.817 --> 00:51:01.957
KEZIAH: And I'm very happy that I did because it was, I was not feeling good.
00:51:02.837 --> 00:51:05.697
KEZIAH: So unfortunately, so I made it right just to my car.
00:51:05.717 --> 00:51:11.217
KEZIAH: I had to walk all that way and I knew I was dehydrated and I didn't want them to wheel me out of the park.
00:51:11.257 --> 00:51:12.297
KEZIAH: So I said no.
00:51:12.457 --> 00:51:17.657
KEZIAH: So I just stopped and I made the best decision when I did because I didn't want to keep walking.
00:51:17.677 --> 00:51:18.377
KEZIAH: It would have been too far.
00:51:18.417 --> 00:51:19.857
KEZIAH: It would have just been so far.
00:51:20.117 --> 00:51:21.497
KEZIAH: I already had to walk from China.
00:51:22.557 --> 00:51:29.557
KEZIAH: For those who don't know, a good shortcut is to walk through the, what is that building called where they have like the festival stuff?
00:51:29.577 --> 00:51:33.297
KEZIAH: When you cut through it and it's like a bridge and it brings you by test track.
00:51:33.317 --> 00:51:33.997
KEZIAH: So it's kind of a shortcut.
00:51:34.917 --> 00:51:35.917
KEZIAH: So that's a way to do.
00:51:35.937 --> 00:51:38.597
KEZIAH: So I did that, walked out, went back to my car, went back to the room.
00:51:38.617 --> 00:51:43.797
KEZIAH: I said, you know, I'll come back because I wanted to do Luminous because I haven't done that show.
00:51:45.397 --> 00:51:48.677
KEZIAH: And unfortunately, I never went back because I wasn't feeling well.
00:51:48.957 --> 00:51:51.957
KEZIAH: So I'm sorry, listeners in Virginia.
00:51:52.297 --> 00:51:57.237
VIRGINIA: Because you weren't feeling so well, you know, you want to be drinking water in the moment.
00:51:57.257 --> 00:52:01.857
VIRGINIA: But a lot of times your hydration is built up prior to that.
00:52:02.837 --> 00:52:05.557
VIRGINIA: So it was the day before you weren't drinking enough water?
00:52:06.477 --> 00:52:09.577
KEZIAH: I thought I was drinking enough water normally.
00:52:09.757 --> 00:52:18.997
KEZIAH: But when I think back, it wasn't as much as I should have been for the type of temperature and the type of heat I was dealing with.
00:52:19.577 --> 00:52:22.397
KEZIAH: And like I mentioned, I'm usually very good with hydration.
00:52:22.477 --> 00:52:27.797
KEZIAH: And usually I travel with, you know, I travel with my two younger cousins and I'm always on top of them.
00:52:27.917 --> 00:52:31.377
KEZIAH: As soon as I start feeling thirsty, I'm like, hey, you guys are thirsty too.
00:52:31.397 --> 00:52:32.777
KEZIAH: We'll drink, we'll refill.
00:52:33.197 --> 00:52:34.597
KEZIAH: It's a constant thing.
00:52:35.257 --> 00:52:42.417
KEZIAH: But I think that I didn't do it as well as I usually do for this, again, for this type of temperature.
00:52:42.817 --> 00:52:44.857
KEZIAH: Pre-hydration is important also.
00:52:45.837 --> 00:52:49.457
KEZIAH: So in the morning, I definitely didn't drink enough before I left the room.
00:52:49.997 --> 00:52:53.097
KEZIAH: And so I guess it wasn't enough to compensate.
00:52:53.117 --> 00:52:55.957
KEZIAH: And so it was just not, it wasn't good.
00:52:55.977 --> 00:53:06.217
KEZIAH: And I think, you know, for any, you know, for those who feel like, oh, it's fine, I don't need to drink a lot in these situations, especially if you go during the heat, hot time, summer, you need to stay hydrated.
00:53:06.477 --> 00:53:08.237
KEZIAH: So, I mean, it doesn't matter.
00:53:08.257 --> 00:53:11.497
KEZIAH: Disney is really good about having bathrooms everywhere.
00:53:12.897 --> 00:53:15.897
KEZIAH: You know, just it can get dangerous quickly.
00:53:15.977 --> 00:53:18.217
KEZIAH: So don't wait.
00:53:18.237 --> 00:53:20.297
VIRGINIA: Yeah, it always escalates very quickly.
00:53:20.317 --> 00:53:22.917
VIRGINIA: Like you start not feeling great.
00:53:23.457 --> 00:53:28.017
VIRGINIA: And then it does not take long before you're like, wow, this is really going downhill.
00:53:28.157 --> 00:53:28.457
KEZIAH: Yeah.
00:53:28.657 --> 00:53:37.497
VIRGINIA: I always try to carry in my park bag, in addition to like the normal things, like a couple of band-aids and like blister type things.
00:53:37.857 --> 00:53:45.357
VIRGINIA: I always bring one or two little packets of like hydration booster things that you can add to your water.
00:53:45.577 --> 00:53:46.617
KEZIAH: I've heard of those.
00:53:47.137 --> 00:53:49.337
VIRGINIA: I really just have them for like an emergency.
00:53:49.357 --> 00:53:55.157
VIRGINIA: Like if I really start to not feel good, I add it to the water to just kind of speed it along to try to feel better.
00:53:55.177 --> 00:53:56.257
KEZIAH: No, that's a really good idea.
00:53:56.357 --> 00:53:56.617
KEZIAH: Yeah.
00:53:56.637 --> 00:53:57.337
KEZIAH: And they're packets.
00:53:57.357 --> 00:53:59.717
KEZIAH: I've seen other vloggers talk about that.
00:54:00.057 --> 00:54:07.177
KEZIAH: Because the heat, especially for those who are planning to go like in July and August, Florida heat is crazy.
00:54:07.237 --> 00:54:09.957
KEZIAH: And even if it's not super hot, it's super humid.
00:54:10.257 --> 00:54:13.517
VIRGINIA: The ones I use, they're called Liquid IV, I think.
00:54:14.577 --> 00:54:16.117
VIRGINIA: And they make them in all different flavors.
00:54:16.277 --> 00:54:18.797
VIRGINIA: And they're good.
00:54:19.557 --> 00:54:23.237
VIRGINIA: So what time was that that you got back to the resort, would you say?
00:54:23.237 --> 00:54:23.997
KEZIAH: It was so early.
00:54:24.357 --> 00:54:28.557
KEZIAH: I was only I only was at Epcot for about two and a half hours when I had to leave.
00:54:28.917 --> 00:54:31.217
KEZIAH: So I got back to the room.
00:54:31.237 --> 00:54:37.237
KEZIAH: I want to say about maybe three o'clock or so.
00:54:37.257 --> 00:54:38.757
KEZIAH: Yeah, it was about three o'clock.
00:54:38.777 --> 00:54:44.777
KEZIAH: I got back and I had to lie down because it also it's you know, I got a migraine.
00:54:44.797 --> 00:54:47.317
KEZIAH: It was just it was not a magical day.
00:54:48.137 --> 00:54:51.817
KEZIAH: The cast member of the tram had said it was not a good situation.
00:54:51.837 --> 00:54:54.577
KEZIAH: So I just you know, I just decided to stay in the room.
00:54:54.597 --> 00:54:57.237
KEZIAH: I had the leftovers from Trail's End.
00:54:57.257 --> 00:55:02.597
KEZIAH: So I ate that for dinner and I just kind of relaxed and just rested because I needed to.
00:55:03.097 --> 00:55:03.397
VIRGINIA: Yeah.
00:55:03.397 --> 00:55:08.377
KEZIAH: And so it was a disappointing day because I had hope I had, you know, I love Flower and Garden.
00:55:08.397 --> 00:55:10.097
KEZIAH: I love the festivals at Epcot.
00:55:10.117 --> 00:55:13.777
KEZIAH: They're always a great time, but it just was not a good idea to keep going.
00:55:14.197 --> 00:55:14.517
VIRGINIA: Yeah.
00:55:14.537 --> 00:55:18.377
VIRGINIA: That was well, good call then because yeah, you have to take care of yourself.
00:55:18.377 --> 00:55:21.097
VIRGINIA: Otherwise you would have like knocked yourself out for the other days.
00:55:21.417 --> 00:55:21.857
KEZIAH: Exactly.
00:55:21.877 --> 00:55:27.097
KEZIAH: And I would have had to tell you a different story about like, oh yeah, I ended up in the hospital and then, you know, it's just not worth it.
00:55:27.157 --> 00:55:28.257
KEZIAH: So I agree 100%.
00:55:28.277 --> 00:55:29.517
KEZIAH: But then guess what I did?
00:55:29.517 --> 00:55:31.177
KEZIAH: So I made a bad decision.
00:55:31.197 --> 00:55:33.817
KEZIAH: Everyone listen to my bad decision.
00:55:33.837 --> 00:55:36.597
KEZIAH: And a friend of mine, she's like, mistakes were made.
00:55:37.377 --> 00:55:38.317
KEZIAH: Listen to my mistake.
00:55:38.937 --> 00:55:44.277
KEZIAH: So I think we had talked about how Saturday nights at Disney Springs is a no-no.
00:55:44.497 --> 00:55:48.017
KEZIAH: For some crazy reason, I said, oh, I want some ice cream.
00:55:48.237 --> 00:55:49.797
KEZIAH: I want to have some ice cream.
00:55:49.817 --> 00:55:50.597
KEZIAH: I haven't done.
00:55:50.617 --> 00:55:51.717
KEZIAH: I want ice cream.
00:55:52.477 --> 00:55:59.017
KEZIAH: So clearly, I forgot that it was Friday night and I decided I'm going to go.
00:55:59.317 --> 00:56:04.877
KEZIAH: So I left at like maybe I think it was almost 8 o'clock.
00:56:05.477 --> 00:56:08.217
VIRGINIA: Did you drive over there or did you take the bus?
00:56:08.237 --> 00:56:17.917
KEZIAH: So that's one mistake because although I was at Saratoga Springs, which is right there, the Lime Garage was full.
00:56:19.157 --> 00:56:24.177
KEZIAH: I had to go over to the Orange and the walk was for eternity.
00:56:24.537 --> 00:56:28.977
KEZIAH: It took me forever to walk through millions of people, it seemed.
00:56:29.897 --> 00:56:37.617
VIRGINIA: And it probably would have taken you just as long to just walk from your building over to Congress Park and then walk along the bridge.
00:56:37.657 --> 00:56:46.897
KEZIAH: And you know what, I thought about doing that and if it was earlier, if it was a little earlier, maybe like 630 or so, I would have done it because the walk would have been about 25 minutes, I think it said.
00:56:46.897 --> 00:56:48.517
KEZIAH: I just Google, I'd search.
00:56:49.137 --> 00:56:50.717
KEZIAH: And I wanted to, I was going to do that.
00:56:50.777 --> 00:56:56.737
KEZIAH: But then because of that and because I was still kind of, you know, feeling, you know, trying to get better, I didn't think it was a good idea.
00:56:56.757 --> 00:56:58.037
KEZIAH: And I was like, oh, this will be quick.
00:56:58.657 --> 00:56:59.997
KEZIAH: It would have been better if I walked.
00:57:00.977 --> 00:57:06.577
KEZIAH: Because it also leaves you, I think, closer to the marketplace, which is where I want it to be.
00:57:07.117 --> 00:57:07.437
VIRGINIA: Oh, yeah.
00:57:07.457 --> 00:57:10.177
KEZIAH: Instead, I was all the way by it let me out.
00:57:10.197 --> 00:57:13.177
KEZIAH: And the entrance that I got out by was the AMC theater.
00:57:13.877 --> 00:57:15.517
VIRGINIA: Yeah, lessons were learned.
00:57:15.817 --> 00:57:17.477
KEZIAH: People, don't do it.
00:57:17.797 --> 00:57:19.717
KEZIAH: Friday and Saturday, don't do it.
00:57:20.377 --> 00:57:27.297
KEZIAH: And in addition to that, in addition to that bad decision, mistakes made, I went over to Ghirardelli.
00:57:27.437 --> 00:57:33.657
KEZIAH: They used to, I don't know if anybody remembers, or Virginia, if you remember, Ghirardelli's list of flavors was vast.
00:57:34.337 --> 00:57:36.397
KEZIAH: They had so many different kinds of flavors.
00:57:36.417 --> 00:57:38.817
KEZIAH: It was, oh, my favorite was chocolate chip.
00:57:39.417 --> 00:57:40.237
KEZIAH: They cut it down.
00:57:41.057 --> 00:57:44.117
KEZIAH: And then when I went, you know, that night, it's even less.
00:57:44.137 --> 00:57:45.157
KEZIAH: There's like seven flavors.
00:57:46.377 --> 00:57:46.777
VIRGINIA: Okay.
00:57:46.797 --> 00:57:48.177
KEZIAH: So I was super disappointed.
00:57:48.197 --> 00:57:50.517
KEZIAH: I ended up just getting a fudge Sunday.
00:57:50.537 --> 00:57:53.497
KEZIAH: And there is a 10% discount.
00:57:55.137 --> 00:57:56.237
VIRGINIA: Well, that's something.
00:57:56.237 --> 00:57:58.077
KEZIAH: There you go.
00:57:58.357 --> 00:58:00.057
KEZIAH: But it just wasn't worth it.
00:58:00.097 --> 00:58:04.417
KEZIAH: It doesn't, it didn't, in my opinion, again, I was just a little disappointed.
00:58:04.437 --> 00:58:05.797
KEZIAH: And it was super crowded.
00:58:05.817 --> 00:58:08.017
KEZIAH: And it was, the wait was forever.
00:58:09.017 --> 00:58:10.997
KEZIAH: And I was like, why did I leave my room?
00:58:11.837 --> 00:58:13.477
KEZIAH: I should have just, I don't know.
00:58:13.737 --> 00:58:14.657
KEZIAH: I should have just waited.
00:58:15.437 --> 00:58:17.737
VIRGINIA: Saturday, May the 4th be with you.
00:58:18.237 --> 00:58:23.837
VIRGINIA: And you were kicking off your May the 4th day with a massage at the Grand Floridian.
00:58:23.997 --> 00:58:25.757
KEZIAH: Yes, so I did.
00:58:25.777 --> 00:58:27.117
KEZIAH: I went over to the Grand Floridian.
00:58:27.137 --> 00:58:31.037
KEZIAH: I had a warm stone massage, which was very nice.
00:58:31.817 --> 00:58:38.197
KEZIAH: In hindsight, I would have gotten the aromatherapy one because I felt it's more, it's a Swedish more, which would have been great.
00:58:38.617 --> 00:58:40.697
KEZIAH: But the warm stone was nice.
00:58:40.697 --> 00:58:42.037
KEZIAH: It was relaxing.
00:58:42.297 --> 00:58:48.797
KEZIAH: Just so you know, for those who are interested in doing the spas, of course, Saratoga Springs Spa is not open, which is so frustrating.
00:58:49.037 --> 00:58:50.877
KEZIAH: We're talking about that with the cast members there.
00:58:50.897 --> 00:58:54.457
KEZIAH: They're like, we're waiting because it's just, that's like the best spa.
00:58:54.917 --> 00:59:00.817
KEZIAH: But they're not doing any discounts still at the spa at the Grand Floridian.
00:59:01.737 --> 00:59:04.117
KEZIAH: So it is, there are none, cast member, nothing.
00:59:05.257 --> 00:59:10.877
KEZIAH: What they do do for DVC members is they have like enhancements and you can get that for free.
00:59:11.417 --> 00:59:20.477
KEZIAH: So the paraffin foot thing, wrap, you know, a facial, things like that, like certain wraps, those, you can pick one.
00:59:20.757 --> 00:59:22.597
KEZIAH: You just have to show your DVC card.
00:59:23.717 --> 00:59:28.497
KEZIAH: So just keep that in mind in case, you know, if you're thinking about once upon a time when there were discounts.
00:59:29.457 --> 00:59:30.037
KEZIAH: So I did that.
00:59:30.497 --> 00:59:34.277
KEZIAH: And I told you that I was either going to do homecoming.
00:59:36.017 --> 00:59:37.257
KEZIAH: Or the Grand Floridian Cafe.
00:59:37.257 --> 00:59:39.257
KEZIAH: So I decided the Grand Floridian Cafe.
00:59:39.917 --> 00:59:41.137
VIRGINIA: I was hoping you would say that.
00:59:41.177 --> 00:59:45.017
VIRGINIA: When we talked through your plans, I was like, this makes much more sense.
00:59:45.097 --> 00:59:46.317
VIRGINIA: I hope that's what she does.
00:59:47.077 --> 00:59:47.557
KEZIAH: Yes.
00:59:47.557 --> 00:59:48.517
KEZIAH: And that is what I did.
00:59:48.537 --> 00:59:49.837
KEZIAH: And I joined the walk up list.
00:59:50.957 --> 00:59:56.837
KEZIAH: The wait was maybe like about 25 minutes, maybe something like that.
00:59:57.657 --> 01:00:02.017
KEZIAH: And I was a little nervous because I don't know if you've looked at their menu.
01:00:02.457 --> 01:00:03.557
KEZIAH: Their menu is mixed.
01:00:03.577 --> 01:00:09.017
KEZIAH: It's not like even if you click on breakfast, or I think it says breakfast, it shows everything.
01:00:09.697 --> 01:00:11.037
KEZIAH: Yeah, it doesn't show.
01:00:11.057 --> 01:00:15.497
KEZIAH: It's not just, you know, so and I wasn't sure if breakfast was going to end at 11.
01:00:15.817 --> 01:00:21.337
KEZIAH: And it was already it was 1020, I think, when I joined the walk up list.
01:00:21.697 --> 01:00:24.237
KEZIAH: So I was getting close to that because I was waiting a little bit.
01:00:25.177 --> 01:00:32.217
KEZIAH: But then when I sat down, finally, the server I had, she's like, oh, we serve breakfast and lunch until two o'clock.
01:00:32.297 --> 01:00:34.757
KEZIAH: And I was like, oh, fantastic.
01:00:34.777 --> 01:00:40.257
KEZIAH: So you can order anything on the menu between the time they open to two o'clock every day.
01:00:40.257 --> 01:00:43.777
KEZIAH: OK, so that's why it's yeah, exactly.
01:00:43.977 --> 01:00:46.077
KEZIAH: So anyway, I ordered the traditional eggs benedict.
01:00:46.997 --> 01:00:48.457
KEZIAH: I told you I wanted to try that.
01:00:48.937 --> 01:00:49.917
KEZIAH: That was very good.
01:00:49.937 --> 01:00:51.617
KEZIAH: I was happy with that selection.
01:00:51.957 --> 01:00:53.777
KEZIAH: Of course, they have Pog juice.
01:00:54.537 --> 01:00:59.557
KEZIAH: For those of you who don't know, it's pineapple orange guava.
01:00:59.577 --> 01:01:00.257
VIRGINIA: That's right.
01:01:00.757 --> 01:01:02.077
KEZIAH: I had to order my Pog juice.
01:01:02.437 --> 01:01:03.437
KEZIAH: Delicious, of course.
01:01:03.477 --> 01:01:05.717
KEZIAH: And then I had a cappuccino and it was just nice.
01:01:06.357 --> 01:01:13.597
KEZIAH: So I did that and then I left and I decided to just, you know, walk around the resort a little bit.
01:01:13.857 --> 01:01:14.657
KEZIAH: And then I went back.
01:01:14.757 --> 01:01:20.897
KEZIAH: My goal was originally to go to Disney Springs, but I decided against it and I went back to the room and I just kind of hung out.
01:01:21.357 --> 01:01:22.537
KEZIAH: And then I had a reservation.
01:01:22.597 --> 01:01:24.477
KEZIAH: Well, I was meeting up with a friend of mine at 6.
01:01:24.497 --> 01:01:28.397
KEZIAH: We were going to do three bridges at Coronado Springs.
01:01:29.217 --> 01:01:37.297
KEZIAH: And just an FYI for those also going during this time, although spring break is over, cheerleading season has started.
01:01:37.817 --> 01:01:39.537
VIRGINIA: Oh, no.
01:01:39.557 --> 01:01:39.937
KEZIAH: Yes.
01:01:40.337 --> 01:01:46.057
KEZIAH: It took us 30 minutes to find parking at Coronado Springs because they were having events there.
01:01:46.557 --> 01:01:48.437
KEZIAH: There was, you know, things we didn't know.
01:01:48.457 --> 01:01:49.777
VIRGINIA: Oh, because of the convention center.
01:01:50.497 --> 01:01:52.977
KEZIAH: And it was just a little bit of a nightmare trying to find parking.
01:01:52.997 --> 01:01:53.437
KEZIAH: 30 minutes.
01:01:53.577 --> 01:01:54.297
KEZIAH: It was crazy.
01:01:55.037 --> 01:01:58.537
KEZIAH: But once we got to three bridges, which is a nice restaurant, it's on the water.
01:01:58.877 --> 01:02:00.337
KEZIAH: So it's really nice when it gets dark.
01:02:00.697 --> 01:02:01.857
KEZIAH: We waited like two minutes.
01:02:02.317 --> 01:02:02.957
KEZIAH: We proceeded.
01:02:03.797 --> 01:02:05.097
KEZIAH: It's completely open air.
01:02:05.117 --> 01:02:06.197
KEZIAH: So just keep that in mind.
01:02:06.217 --> 01:02:07.317
KEZIAH: It's not closed at all.
01:02:07.337 --> 01:02:07.857
KEZIAH: There's no walls.
01:02:08.237 --> 01:02:13.617
KEZIAH: We ordered this corn dip as an appetizer, which was delicious.
01:02:13.637 --> 01:02:15.097
KEZIAH: It's like street corn kind of a thing.
01:02:15.137 --> 01:02:16.077
KEZIAH: Yes, I love it.
01:02:16.097 --> 01:02:17.037
KEZIAH: It's nice with the chips.
01:02:17.057 --> 01:02:17.557
KEZIAH: So good.
01:02:18.037 --> 01:02:19.997
KEZIAH: And then we each ordered the burger.
01:02:20.017 --> 01:02:24.597
KEZIAH: We both just decided we were having a burger each because I wanted the burger and she decided it was just okay.
01:02:26.037 --> 01:02:27.297
KEZIAH: I was more excited for it.
01:02:27.317 --> 01:02:29.077
KEZIAH: I had higher expectations.
01:02:29.497 --> 01:02:31.057
KEZIAH: And we were just like, this is okay.
01:02:31.457 --> 01:02:32.717
KEZIAH: Like we've had better burgers.
01:02:32.937 --> 01:02:34.177
KEZIAH: It's a burger.
01:02:34.357 --> 01:02:34.837
KEZIAH: But that's it.
01:02:34.917 --> 01:02:38.157
KEZIAH: And the corn thing, for sure, I would get that again if I went there.
01:02:40.057 --> 01:02:49.117
KEZIAH: After that, we decided to go over to Scott Kat's Lounge at Port Orleans French Quarter to get some Mickey Beignets.
01:02:50.557 --> 01:02:51.237
VIRGINIA: As you do.
01:02:51.257 --> 01:02:52.177
KEZIAH: Yeah, as you do.
01:02:52.697 --> 01:02:55.217
KEZIAH: And I had got those once a long time ago.
01:02:55.357 --> 01:02:56.357
KEZIAH: And she and I went.
01:02:56.377 --> 01:02:59.077
KEZIAH: They were hot right there, made to order.
01:02:59.777 --> 01:03:00.477
KEZIAH: Fantastic.
01:03:01.017 --> 01:03:03.517
KEZIAH: So we had one together while we were there.
01:03:03.537 --> 01:03:05.437
KEZIAH: And then, you know, we went back to the room.
01:03:05.457 --> 01:03:06.477
KEZIAH: She went home because she lives there.
01:03:07.617 --> 01:03:08.637
KEZIAH: And, you know, that was it.
01:03:08.657 --> 01:03:10.497
KEZIAH: And it was just it was a great.
01:03:10.617 --> 01:03:13.737
KEZIAH: It was a nice ending to a mess from the table.
01:03:15.017 --> 01:03:15.337
KEZIAH: Yeah.
01:03:15.357 --> 01:03:15.917
KEZIAH: So that was good.
01:03:15.937 --> 01:03:17.257
KEZIAH: And I recommend the beignets.
01:03:17.417 --> 01:03:17.937
KEZIAH: Very good.
01:03:17.997 --> 01:03:18.917
KEZIAH: The line was long.
01:03:18.997 --> 01:03:20.077
KEZIAH: So just keep that in mind.
01:03:20.077 --> 01:03:22.857
KEZIAH: I don't know if they do move order for that.
01:03:22.917 --> 01:03:24.837
VIRGINIA: But I don't think they do.
01:03:24.857 --> 01:03:25.517
KEZIAH: I don't think so.
01:03:26.357 --> 01:03:26.897
KEZIAH: But it moved.
01:03:26.917 --> 01:03:27.297
KEZIAH: It moved.
01:03:27.577 --> 01:03:28.457
KEZIAH: Again, it's made to order.
01:03:28.477 --> 01:03:29.597
KEZIAH: So the line is long, especially.
01:03:30.457 --> 01:03:30.797
VIRGINIA: Right.
01:03:30.937 --> 01:03:37.037
KEZIAH: And then lastly, Sunday, my check out day, May 5th, I actually changed my flight.
01:03:37.057 --> 01:03:46.037
KEZIAH: My flight was originally supposed to be in the evening and I changed to an earlier flight because I felt like at that point, I felt like I was good to go.
01:03:46.057 --> 01:03:52.637
KEZIAH: I'm going to do my Animal Kingdom and I didn't feel like I needed the whole entire day since I was starting so earlier.
01:03:53.077 --> 01:03:57.937
KEZIAH: So I did breakfast in my room, finished that out, checked out, made my way over to Animal Kingdom.
01:03:58.077 --> 01:04:00.797
KEZIAH: This was the coolest of all the days I had been there.
01:04:01.277 --> 01:04:06.977
KEZIAH: It was 75 degrees, which was nice and there was a breeze.
01:04:07.077 --> 01:04:10.497
KEZIAH: It was fantastic, the weather for Animal Kingdom.
01:04:11.017 --> 01:04:19.477
KEZIAH: And I got there, I decided to do a test to be a bug because they're changing that ride and if you've heard the attraction.
01:04:19.857 --> 01:04:24.597
KEZIAH: So I wanted to be the last, I wanted to at least ride it, experience it for the last time.
01:04:24.617 --> 01:04:26.197
KEZIAH: So I did that.
01:04:26.217 --> 01:04:26.937
KEZIAH: That was fun.
01:04:26.957 --> 01:04:29.497
KEZIAH: And then I went over to Asia.
01:04:30.317 --> 01:04:32.377
KEZIAH: I did the single rider line in Everest.
01:04:33.517 --> 01:04:37.737
KEZIAH: And for those who don't know, they have one single rider line at each park.
01:04:38.397 --> 01:04:41.877
KEZIAH: And Everest is the one there in Animal Kingdom.
01:04:41.937 --> 01:04:42.677
KEZIAH: So that was fun.
01:04:43.117 --> 01:04:43.817
KEZIAH: Love that ride.
01:04:45.837 --> 01:04:48.217
KEZIAH: I walked over to Dino Land because I wanted to do Dinosaur.
01:04:48.237 --> 01:04:50.717
KEZIAH: It was like a 30 minute line.
01:04:50.957 --> 01:04:51.557
KEZIAH: I was like, nope.
01:04:52.117 --> 01:04:57.157
KEZIAH: So I didn't do that, got some water in the dinosaur restaurant over there.
01:04:57.677 --> 01:05:04.037
KEZIAH: And then I walked over to Pandora and I had lunch at Satuli Canteen.
01:05:04.697 --> 01:05:05.197
VIRGINIA: Yum.
01:05:05.857 --> 01:05:06.937
VIRGINIA: Cheeseburger Pops.
01:05:08.277 --> 01:05:09.017
KEZIAH: Always good idea.
01:05:09.037 --> 01:05:10.077
KEZIAH: Ate that.
01:05:10.697 --> 01:05:15.037
KEZIAH: Then I, you know, I wanted to do Navi River Journey, but it was a 75 minute wait.
01:05:15.457 --> 01:05:15.777
VIRGINIA: Yep.
01:05:15.997 --> 01:05:16.837
KEZIAH: Didn't happen.
01:05:17.357 --> 01:05:19.417
KEZIAH: Just walked and I said, you know what, I'm kind of done.
01:05:19.877 --> 01:05:24.237
KEZIAH: And I walked my way to the front, walked through those two stores that they have at the front.
01:05:24.257 --> 01:05:25.557
VIRGINIA: I love those two stores.
01:05:25.557 --> 01:05:29.257
KEZIAH: Love those two stores because the merch they have there, some of it you can't find somewhere else.
01:05:29.337 --> 01:05:29.717
KEZIAH: Love it.
01:05:29.737 --> 01:05:29.997
VIRGINIA: I know.
01:05:30.017 --> 01:05:30.477
KEZIAH: I love it.
01:05:30.977 --> 01:05:34.357
KEZIAH: Got my Mickey bar to close off my, you know, end my trip.
01:05:34.717 --> 01:05:40.497
KEZIAH: And I made my way back to the parking lot and made my way back to the airport.
01:05:41.217 --> 01:05:44.777
VIRGINIA: So your original flight was supposed to be 7:55 PM.
01:05:44.797 --> 01:05:46.277
VIRGINIA: What time did you move it to?
01:05:46.477 --> 01:05:46.797
VIRGINIA: Four.
01:05:48.217 --> 01:05:48.497
KEZIAH: Yeah.
01:05:49.237 --> 01:05:54.017
VIRGINIA: Did you ever think that you would be moving a flight earlier on a Disney trip?
01:05:54.337 --> 01:05:56.217
VIRGINIA: That does not sound like you, Keziah.
01:05:56.237 --> 01:05:56.817
KEZIAH: It's not me.
01:05:56.837 --> 01:05:57.557
VIRGINIA: I'm shocked.
01:05:57.577 --> 01:05:58.037
VIRGINIA: I know.
01:05:58.057 --> 01:05:58.837
KEZIAH: I know.
01:05:59.357 --> 01:06:02.017
KEZIAH: I learned a few things about this experience.
01:06:02.057 --> 01:06:11.857
KEZIAH: So I have learned, I think solo trips are fun, but like my husband had told me, he said, you know, when you said you wanted to do this, he's like, I was a little surprised because this is not you.
01:06:11.877 --> 01:06:13.477
KEZIAH: You don't like to be alone, do things.
01:06:14.157 --> 01:06:19.297
KEZIAH: And he was like, you know, if this was like a two day thing or if I was going for an event, he was like, oh yeah, for sure.
01:06:19.437 --> 01:06:21.437
KEZIAH: But he's like, four nights, I don't know.
01:06:22.197 --> 01:06:22.897
KEZIAH: And he was right.
01:06:24.957 --> 01:06:27.457
KEZIAH: It was a little too long for by myself.
01:06:28.877 --> 01:06:32.117
VIRGINIA: Everybody has their different level of comfort with that.
01:06:32.197 --> 01:06:32.937
KEZIAH: Absolutely.
01:06:33.037 --> 01:06:38.957
KEZIAH: For me, it was just kind of like, I like turning over and saying, you know, blah, blah, blah.
01:06:38.977 --> 01:06:43.977
KEZIAH: I like going back to the room with somebody else and us talking about something or preparing for the next day.
01:06:45.017 --> 01:06:45.977
KEZIAH: So I agree.
01:06:45.997 --> 01:06:51.337
KEZIAH: It would have been nice for just like for me personally, but I think it's great when you do the solo as we talked.
01:06:51.497 --> 01:06:53.197
KEZIAH: It allows for a lot of flexibility.
01:06:53.757 --> 01:06:56.397
KEZIAH: You can change decisions on a whim.
01:06:56.817 --> 01:06:57.817
KEZIAH: That was great.
01:06:57.977 --> 01:06:59.637
KEZIAH: That was wonderful to have that.
01:07:00.097 --> 01:07:02.757
KEZIAH: And I guess I was just kind of, you know, I was kind of done.
01:07:02.937 --> 01:07:06.817
KEZIAH: I was grateful to have the experience at the resort that I stayed in.
01:07:06.837 --> 01:07:08.437
KEZIAH: I was happy to be able to do what I did.
01:07:08.457 --> 01:07:09.717
KEZIAH: It was good.
01:07:10.137 --> 01:07:13.577
KEZIAH: And you know, I learned stuff, I got to do things I've never done or I haven't done in years.
01:07:13.597 --> 01:07:14.317
KEZIAH: So that was fun.
01:07:14.777 --> 01:07:17.417
KEZIAH: So that was my trip.
01:07:17.477 --> 01:07:20.397
KEZIAH: But no, I'm usually like, can we get a later flight?
01:07:20.457 --> 01:07:24.517
KEZIAH: How far can we push this?
01:07:24.537 --> 01:07:26.657
KEZIAH: Can we get an early flight in the morning so we can go straight to...
01:07:26.677 --> 01:07:28.977
KEZIAH: I mean, that's how it usually works.
01:07:29.017 --> 01:07:31.077
KEZIAH: But for this, I think I was ready.
01:07:31.097 --> 01:07:36.717
KEZIAH: And I was, you know, I didn't need to be at Animal Kingdom any longer because it was starting to get a little warmer.
01:07:36.737 --> 01:07:38.797
KEZIAH: More people started coming to the park.
01:07:38.817 --> 01:07:42.157
KEZIAH: So it was a good time to go, to exit.
01:07:42.737 --> 01:07:43.017
VIRGINIA: Yeah.
01:07:43.377 --> 01:07:59.857
VIRGINIA: Well, it's good that you were able to really, realistically assess where you were at and what you wanted to do so that you didn't push yourself and then come back to New York City and just like have nothing, you know?
01:08:00.157 --> 01:08:01.577
KEZIAH: Yeah, absolutely.
01:08:01.597 --> 01:08:04.057
KEZIAH: You have to kind of work with yourself.
01:08:04.077 --> 01:08:14.877
KEZIAH: Like you have to know who you are, how much you can do, and just be honest because you don't want to make bad decisions or you want to have a nice time, you want to enjoy yourself too.
01:08:15.237 --> 01:08:17.517
VIRGINIA: And a nice time can mean a lot of things.
01:08:17.577 --> 01:08:21.797
VIRGINIA: It doesn't necessarily mean doing every single ride in the park.
01:08:21.877 --> 01:08:22.437
KEZIAH: Exactly.
01:08:22.757 --> 01:08:26.837
VIRGINIA: Or doing every single thing even that was on your list of things you wanted to do.
01:08:27.017 --> 01:08:28.857
KEZIAH: And I'm not disappointed, you know?
01:08:29.217 --> 01:08:29.517
VIRGINIA: Right.
01:08:29.617 --> 01:08:38.297
KEZIAH: I plan to do certain things and you make adjustments because of also timing, because of weather, because of crowds of people, you know?
01:08:38.317 --> 01:08:39.477
KEZIAH: You move around and you make...
01:08:39.857 --> 01:08:42.477
KEZIAH: And I'm not disappointed at the things that I chose to do.
01:08:42.577 --> 01:08:47.857
KEZIAH: My goal was never to do every ride at each of the parks at all.
01:08:47.877 --> 01:08:48.297
KEZIAH: Not at all.
01:08:48.737 --> 01:08:53.557
KEZIAH: Because as a solo traveler, you have more time to just kind of, like, slow down.
01:08:53.577 --> 01:08:56.237
KEZIAH: And if you want to do all the rides, that's fine.
01:08:56.677 --> 01:08:58.217
KEZIAH: Mm-hmm.
01:08:58.237 --> 01:08:58.997
KEZIAH: You don't have to.
01:08:59.497 --> 01:09:03.297
KEZIAH: And you can always leave and come back if you want to or decide, you know what?
01:09:03.297 --> 01:09:06.537
KEZIAH: You're going to sit out on the little balcony if you want.
01:09:06.557 --> 01:09:09.077
KEZIAH: And I did that for a few minutes, too, and it was just nice.
01:09:09.417 --> 01:09:11.037
KEZIAH: So that's my experience.
01:09:11.097 --> 01:09:12.257
KEZIAH: That's my adventure.
01:09:12.897 --> 01:09:16.977
VIRGINIA: Well, thank you so much for sharing all that, for taking good notes.
01:09:16.997 --> 01:09:17.837
VIRGINIA: I really appreciate it.
01:09:19.537 --> 01:09:21.377
VIRGINIA: I can't wait to see the photos.
01:09:21.397 --> 01:09:24.237
KEZIAH: Yes, I'll be sure to put that together and share it.
01:09:24.817 --> 01:09:28.897
VIRGINIA: My last question for you is, when is your next trip?
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KEZIAH: Why, what do you mean, Virginia?
01:09:32.757 --> 01:09:37.197
KEZIAH: It's going to be in September.
01:09:38.597 --> 01:09:40.197
KEZIAH: And it's going to be not by myself.
01:09:40.217 --> 01:09:47.637
KEZIAH: It'll be, I will have my two cousins that I usually travel with, we're going together and we will have another friend with us.
01:09:47.817 --> 01:09:51.137
KEZIAH: It's a friend of, it's about, she's in her early 20s.
01:09:51.157 --> 01:09:53.257
KEZIAH: She's never been, she's always wanted to do it with us.
01:09:53.277 --> 01:09:56.197
KEZIAH: So I said, okay, plan is to stay at Boardwalk.
01:09:56.937 --> 01:09:57.377
KEZIAH: We'll see.
01:09:59.497 --> 01:10:01.937
KEZIAH: Or Saratoga Springs, so we'll see how that works out.
01:10:01.977 --> 01:10:04.657
KEZIAH: But I'm sure I'll let you know, but September.
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KEZIAH: When's yours?
01:10:06.677 --> 01:10:07.557
KEZIAH: When's yours?
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VIRGINIA: Well, Alex and I are doing our mother son trip at the beginning of June.
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KEZIAH: Oh, that's great.
01:10:13.817 --> 01:10:17.657
VIRGINIA: And then after that, you know, we always do Presidents Week.
01:10:18.097 --> 01:10:20.857
VIRGINIA: So I know for a fact, we'll be going Presidents Week.
01:10:20.877 --> 01:10:25.377
VIRGINIA: Whether I get down at any other time before then, I don't know.
01:10:25.477 --> 01:10:29.717
VIRGINIA: It's usually dependent on, do I see a good price on flights?
01:10:29.737 --> 01:10:36.217
VIRGINIA: Or is there a discount on a room if I'm not going to be using my DVC points, that sort of thing.
01:10:36.657 --> 01:10:47.437
VIRGINIA: But, you know, when you have an annual pass, you tend to try to find ways to get there to make it worth it as an out of state pass holders.
01:10:48.477 --> 01:10:49.137
VIRGINIA: So we'll see.
01:10:49.157 --> 01:10:50.117
VIRGINIA: We'll see what happens.
01:10:50.317 --> 01:10:59.617
KEZIAH: As a matter of fact, one of the reasons why the plan is for early September is because they're having a deal right now for four parks, that deal.
01:11:00.017 --> 01:11:01.957
KEZIAH: The last day is the 22nd of September.
01:11:02.757 --> 01:11:07.737
KEZIAH: So we're doing that and then we can do food and wine, which is always a wonderful thing.
01:11:07.777 --> 01:11:08.157
VIRGINIA: Yeah.
01:11:08.237 --> 01:11:11.677
VIRGINIA: Well, I look forward to chatting about that around the office.
01:11:11.697 --> 01:11:15.017
VIRGINIA: I hope that you'll continue to see me at work.
01:11:15.317 --> 01:11:17.817
VIRGINIA: We don't cross paths like all that frequently.
01:11:17.837 --> 01:11:20.237
VIRGINIA: So when I do, I get so excited to see you.
01:11:20.357 --> 01:11:25.417
KEZIAH: Oh, and it's like we haven't seen each other in years and in this track of time.
01:11:25.437 --> 01:11:27.297
KEZIAH: But that's what Disney people do.
01:11:27.777 --> 01:11:28.157
VIRGINIA: I know.
01:11:28.337 --> 01:11:28.697
VIRGINIA: I know.
01:11:29.257 --> 01:11:34.417
VIRGINIA: I question whether people wonder about our sanity when we sit there and talk about Disney.
01:11:35.437 --> 01:11:36.457
VIRGINIA: What are they doing?
01:11:36.477 --> 01:11:38.957
VIRGINIA: How can they possibly have so much to talk about?
01:11:38.977 --> 01:11:39.557
KEZIAH: I know.
01:11:39.777 --> 01:11:40.177
KEZIAH: I know.
01:11:40.197 --> 01:11:42.277
KEZIAH: And it's like you forget other people are in the room.
01:11:42.577 --> 01:11:42.977
VIRGINIA: Right.
01:11:43.117 --> 01:11:43.397
VIRGINIA: Right.
01:11:46.417 --> 01:11:48.537
VIRGINIA: Well, have a magical evening.
01:11:49.117 --> 01:11:50.297
VIRGINIA: We'll talk to you again soon.
01:11:53.897 --> 01:12:00.497
VIRGINIA: Thank you again to Keziah for agreeing to be on the show and to capture a little of our shared love of Disney on tape.
01:12:01.057 --> 01:12:06.117
VIRGINIA: I hope you will consider coming back again in the future and maybe even having your cousins join us if we're lucky.
01:12:07.117 --> 01:12:13.617
VIRGINIA: If you have a trip coming up to any Disney or Universal property and you'd like to be a guest, please use the link in the show notes.
01:12:13.957 --> 01:12:19.957
VIRGINIA: I need at least a month's notice if you're interested and I'm currently looking for people traveling in August and beyond.
01:12:20.157 --> 01:12:21.077
VIRGINIA: That's all for today.
01:12:21.837 --> 01:12:25.577
VIRGINIA: Have a magical week, and keep daydreaming about where you long to be.