Post-Trip Report: Molly’s Mother/Daughter Journey of Water Adventure (May 2024)

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VIRGINIA: Okay, now that we have that housekeeping out of the way, it's time to get into my post-trip interview with Molly.

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VIRGINIA: Molly was on the show recently to tell me about a trip she took with her son Sebastian.

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VIRGINIA: Now it's daughter Lyra's turn for a mom and me vacation.

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VIRGINIA: If you missed the pre-trip interview, Molly and Lyra were heading to Walt Disney World May 2nd through 6th and were going to be staying at Port Orleans Riverside in a royal room.

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VIRGINIA: Molly told me when we spoke before their trip that Lyra preferred the dark rides, which is the opposite of Sebastian.

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VIRGINIA: So this is a teaser just to say that Lyra was very brave on this trip.

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VIRGINIA: You'll have to stay tuned to find out how.

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VIRGINIA: And with that, here's Molly.

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VIRGINIA: Molly, you're back.

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MOLLY: I'm back.

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VIRGINIA: You haven't been back long.

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VIRGINIA: You just got back yesterday.

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MOLLY: I did.

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MOLLY: It feels like I just got back like five minutes ago, but it's been 24 hours.

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VIRGINIA: 24 hours is nothing.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Well, overall, how are you feeling on it?

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VIRGINIA: What would you rate it at scale of 1 to 10?

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MOLLY: Definitely a 10.

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MOLLY: It was great.

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MOLLY: We had a blast.

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VIRGINIA: Fantastic.

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VIRGINIA: Fantastic.

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VIRGINIA: Well, I can't wait to hear all the details.

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VIRGINIA: Let's start at the very beginning and hear how your travel went.

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VIRGINIA: Any issues with your flight this go round?

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MOLLY: No issues.

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MOLLY: We left again pretty early.

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MOLLY: We actually got up.

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MOLLY: We were both awake at like 2 30 in the morning, so we just got going.

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VIRGINIA: Good, because I know that you said Lyra is a bit of a sleeping beauty and does not like to get up super early.

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MOLLY: She is.

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MOLLY: She was like very excited going to sleep, and it took a while for both of us to probably fall asleep that night.

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MOLLY: And then it was like we were both like up and ready to go.

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MOLLY: We were just too excited.

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MOLLY: Yeah, we got to the airport.

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MOLLY: No issues at all.

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MOLLY: Flight was on time, so we kind of got on, got going right away.

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MOLLY: The only, I guess the only hiccup in the flight was that we were sitting, I was in the middle seat and Lyra was in the window seat, and the man on the aisle seat had like a full can of Pepsi that dropped and exploded.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, no.

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MOLLY: So I had a little bit of a Pepsi bath from my knees down real early in the morning, but he obviously felt terrible.

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<v SPEAKER_1>But like, yeah, we just was like, oh, my goodness.

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VIRGINIA: But were you wearing something that was then stained for the rest of the day?

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VIRGINIA: Or was it something where you couldn't really tell?

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MOLLY: Just my socks got it.

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MOLLY: Like I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt.

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MOLLY: So like it was really like from my knees down and I was wearing Crocs.

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MOLLY: Easy cleanup.

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MOLLY: My carry-on bag got a little bit of splatter.

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MOLLY: But again, it was it wasn't anything too terrible.

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MOLLY: But I was just like, oh, my goodness.

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MOLLY: That woke me up.

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MOLLY: So.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, my goodness.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: And she did fine on the flight, like keeping herself busy and everything.

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MOLLY: Yeah.

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MOLLY: I mean, we do JetBlue.

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MOLLY: So she usually just finds like a movie to watch.

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MOLLY: She had a coloring book, so she spent a little bit of time coloring and going kind of like back and forth to that to just like watching a movie.

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MOLLY: But yeah, so she was she was fine.

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MOLLY: She likes flying.

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MOLLY: She gets really excited.

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MOLLY: So she kept like opening and closing the shade and like looking out, see what she could see outside.

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MOLLY: So we did great on the flight.

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VIRGINIA: And were you able to get an Uber right away when you landed?

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VIRGINIA: Because this was sort of rush hour.

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MOLLY: It was rush hour.

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MOLLY: And I got like a little nervous as we were getting off the plane.

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MOLLY: I heard the guy in front of us be like, Yeah, it's going to be a lot longer to get to Disney this morning.

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MOLLY: It's probably going to be more like 40 minutes and blah, blah, blah.

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MOLLY: Like he was just chattering with the lady he was sitting with.

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MOLLY: And I was like, Oh, yeah, I didn't really think of that.

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MOLLY: Like, all right.

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MOLLY: So like, but we had to wait for our bags.

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MOLLY: I checked a bag this time.

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MOLLY: So I think that actually helped us because it was roughly about the same as it always is.

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MOLLY: I mean, there are a couple of pockets there that get a little backed up.

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MOLLY: But the lady we had, our Lyft driver, she usually doesn't do the Disney area, I guess.

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MOLLY: Like she usually does like the East Coast is what she said.

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MOLLY: But she had somebody that she brought to the airport.

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MOLLY: So she picked us up from the airport.

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MOLLY: And so she like, I think, didn't really know where she was going, which was like a little nerve wracking for me.

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MOLLY: But like she figured it out.

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MOLLY: It was fine.

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MOLLY: But it was like with the construction that's been going on there, things are a little different.

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MOLLY: And it seemed like the like map they give them wasn't very clear.

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MOLLY: I don't know.

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MOLLY: So it took us a little bit of time just to like figure out where she was going.

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MOLLY: But we made it.

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MOLLY: We made it in one piece.

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MOLLY: So that was good.

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VIRGINIA: The turn off to the Port Orleans resorts, it always feels a little hidden to me, right?

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VIRGINIA: Like when I've been driving over there, it's not like you see the sign from a great distance away.

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VIRGINIA: It's like you're driving and suddenly there it is and you have to turn.

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VIRGINIA: Right.

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<v SPEAKER_1>Like it's like, oh, wait, okay, now it's right there.

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VIRGINIA: It would be easy to miss if it were your first time.

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VIRGINIA: But this was not your first time staying at Port Orleans Riverside, but it was the first time for Lyra, but neither of you had ever stayed in a royal room before.

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VIRGINIA: So what were your thoughts on the royal room?

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MOLLY: I actually, I really liked it.

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MOLLY: I mean, I feel like if you've stayed in a moderate level resort room, they're kind of all the same.

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MOLLY: And in a way this was, you know, the layout was obviously kind of the same.

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MOLLY: I think we actually got an accessible room because there were a few things that I was like, this seems like the bathroom had an actual door and it had like, you know, the bars around the toilet, which kind of tipped me off that I'm like, oh, this is probably very accessible.

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MOLLY: And instead of having the kind of like fake closet area where it just kind of has like the bar across that you can hang clothes, it had like an armoire type thing.

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MOLLY: So that was a little different.

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VIRGINIA: Can I ask a technical question about the armoire?

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VIRGINIA: Did it have a lower bar or something?

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MOLLY: They were lower, yeah.

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MOLLY: So I wouldn't say that they were like at like wheelchair height, but I assume that like you could reach.

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MOLLY: So there was like ones, there were two sides and one was much lower.

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MOLLY: And the other one was like, I would say slightly lower than what I would consider a closet to have.

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MOLLY: But yeah, it was like you had to pull open the doors.

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MOLLY: So I feel like that was also a little strange.

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MOLLY: I don't know.

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MOLLY: It definitely seemed like not what the regular setup would be.

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MOLLY: But other than that, like, you know, it was two queen beds.

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MOLLY: The bed frames are very fancy.

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MOLLY: The curtains are, you know, fancier.

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VIRGINIA: You have the button you can push on the bed frame, correct?

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MOLLY: Yes.

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MOLLY: You get to pull out your own little personal fireworks show, which Lyra continuously pressed.

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MOLLY: And there's, you know, there's royal touches.

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MOLLY: Like the artwork is all like portraits of the princesses and things.

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MOLLY: The bathroom, the faucets are like the genie lamp is like where the water comes out.

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MOLLY: It looks like it's coming out of the genie lamp.

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MOLLY: But, you know, other than that, like a standard tub shower, like it's not.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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<v SPEAKER_1>It's pretty standard with like, you know, some overlay of fancy.

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<v SPEAKER_1>But we liked it.

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MOLLY: It was comfortable.

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VIRGINIA: Were you right along the river?

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<v SPEAKER_1>Yes.

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MOLLY: So we were actually in the last building before you would get to French Quarter.

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MOLLY: And our room faced the riverfront.

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MOLLY: Those buildings, I didn't realize that those buildings had elevators, because like most of those, you know, moderate resorts with the two levels, they just don't.

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MOLLY: So I, another reason why maybe we were in an accessible room is that those rooms are more accessible via an elevator, because the guy brought all our luggage over, he showed us all the stuff.

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MOLLY: And I was like, Oh, I didn't even know you could have an elevator over here.

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MOLLY: So that was helpful.

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MOLLY: But yeah, I like that.

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MOLLY: It's very pretty right along the river there.

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VIRGINIA: I find it to be a very peaceful resort.

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VIRGINIA: I just love the feel of it.

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VIRGINIA: I've only ever stayed in the section that you've stayed in, the ones that look more like mansions than the, I can't remember what they call the other, like the Bayou.

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MOLLY: Yeah, the Bayou, the Alligator Bayou or something.

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VIRGINIA: And I think those sleep five.

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MOLLY: It is very spread out.

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MOLLY: Yeah, a lot of those have a fifth sleepwear.

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MOLLY: I mean, it's a very spread out resort.

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MOLLY: So like I can totally see why some people wouldn't like it if you're not close to a bus stop or if you're far from the main building, because it's really only that main building that has like food and that kind of stuff.

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MOLLY: So like I totally get that.

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MOLLY: But where we were, we were very close to the main building.

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MOLLY: We were really close to like the walkway you could jet right over to French Quarter.

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MOLLY: So I think we were in a pretty good spot.

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VIRGINIA: I don't think it's more spread out than like Caribbean Beach.

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MOLLY: It feels it.

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MOLLY: It probably isn't.

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MOLLY: But again, I think the only time I've stayed at Caribbean Beach, I've been in like the Martinique section, which is very close to the main building.

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MOLLY: So it didn't feel that bad to me.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, yeah.

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VIRGINIA: I've stayed in what used to be the former pirate rooms.

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VIRGINIA: And those were really far away from the main building.

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VIRGINIA: You were hiking to get food.

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VIRGINIA: And I was like, never, never again.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Well, you had mentioned that you thought you might get breakfast once you got yourself settled at the resort.

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VIRGINIA: Did that end up happening?

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VIRGINIA: So did you go over to that main building?

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<v SPEAKER_1>Yes.

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MOLLY: We got there so early that our room wasn't ready yet.

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MOLLY: So we dropped our bags with luggage services and went right to get breakfast because we were really hungry.

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MOLLY: So we got some Mickey waffles right out of the gate.

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MOLLY: Start that trip off right in the quick service area.

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<v SPEAKER_1>It was delicious.

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VIRGINIA: And then it was off to Hollywood Studios.

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VIRGINIA: So what did you start with?

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MOLLY: So we started at Toy Story Mania.

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MOLLY: So I think we kind of discussed maybe she would do Slinky.

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MOLLY: Sebastian actually got us a Slinky Dog Lightning Lane because we were on the plane at 7 a.m.

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MOLLY: So he volunteered to help us out.

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MOLLY: I think he liked having a little task to do before he had to go school.

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VIRGINIA: That's very handy of him.

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MOLLY: I know.

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MOLLY: I was like, thank you, assistant.

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MOLLY: But we got there and Slinky Dog had been down for some reason.

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MOLLY: It was having trouble that day.

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MOLLY: So we got one of the like multi-experience pass.

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MOLLY: When you have a lightning lane, they can kind of give you just kind of, it's kind of like a free lightning lane to use on not everything but certain rides.

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VIRGINIA: But if it's an anytime experience pass because Slinky was down, then Slinky, which is normally I think excluded from anytime passes, is included because that's what you missed.

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MOLLY: Right.

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MOLLY: Yeah.

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MOLLY: So I think it can be used on whatever you couldn't get on or select other things.

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MOLLY: Right.

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MOLLY: But Lyra decided she didn't want to do Slinky.

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MOLLY: So I was like, are you sure?

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MOLLY: Because like we can use this.

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MOLLY: And she was like, no, like I think she kind of took it as a sign that it wasn't her day.

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MOLLY: So I was like, OK, so we used it for Toy Story Mania right when we got there.

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MOLLY: And I didn't really, I don't think I've ever used one of those before.

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MOLLY: Like I've, you know, I've heard of them and I've, you know, kind of knew what they were.

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MOLLY: But I didn't realize you could just like walk up and use it.

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MOLLY: So I was like, I guess you don't have to like reserve it or anything.

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MOLLY: So we went up and the lady was like, now, if you use it here, you can't use it for Slinky.

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MOLLY: And I was like, yeah, we know.

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<v SPEAKER_1>She's kind of like, what are you doing?

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<v SPEAKER_1>Use it for Slinky.

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<v SPEAKER_1>And I was like, no, yeah, we're bailing on that.

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<v SPEAKER_1>She's not ready.

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MOLLY: So we did Toy Story Mania first.

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MOLLY: We went over to Mickey and Minnie's after that.

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MOLLY: Then we got some pictures taken right in front there.

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MOLLY: And then she was getting kind of hungry for lunch.

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MOLLY: By that time, it had been a few hours.

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MOLLY: We kind of decided we'd go get pizza riso, which actually was pretty good.

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<v SPEAKER_1>I know everybody was like, oh, pizza riso.

00:13:23.611 --> 00:13:26.311
MOLLY: But I was like, it's not terrible.

00:13:26.331 --> 00:13:29.411
MOLLY: And there were plenty of seats and it was air conditioned.

00:13:29.471 --> 00:13:31.371
MOLLY: It was so hot.

00:13:31.391 --> 00:13:33.811
VIRGINIA: Yes, there were always plenty of seats.

00:13:34.751 --> 00:13:36.311
<v SPEAKER_1>There are always plenty of seats.

00:13:36.791 --> 00:13:43.051
<v SPEAKER_1>If you like basically frozen pizza reheated, you like wrap pizza.

00:13:43.351 --> 00:13:45.371
<v SPEAKER_1>Which Lyra does, right?

00:13:45.391 --> 00:13:48.071
VIRGINIA: Wrap pizza, which Lyra loved it.

00:13:48.631 --> 00:13:49.411
MOLLY: So it was good.

00:13:50.111 --> 00:13:52.611
MOLLY: And then we got gelato right there.

00:13:52.631 --> 00:13:54.451
MOLLY: They have the little gelato stand.

00:13:54.471 --> 00:13:57.831
MOLLY: So I got some Pog gelato, which was really good.

00:13:57.851 --> 00:13:59.631
VIRGINIA: I had that.

00:13:59.811 --> 00:14:00.451
MOLLY: It's so good.

00:14:00.471 --> 00:14:01.951
MOLLY: And they have like a flavor of the month.

00:14:02.091 --> 00:14:05.911
MOLLY: I think it was like prickly pear or something, which also kind of sounded good.

00:14:05.931 --> 00:14:09.351
MOLLY: But I was like, I have to go with the Pog gelato.

00:14:09.371 --> 00:14:10.351
MOLLY: I can't pass that up.

00:14:10.631 --> 00:14:18.771
MOLLY: But yeah, so then we had gotten a Millennium Falcon lightning lay, but it was later and she was really like starting to fade.

00:14:18.791 --> 00:14:20.051
MOLLY: And it was like, maybe we just leave.

00:14:20.071 --> 00:14:22.171
MOLLY: And I was like, well, let's, you know, let's see.

00:14:22.191 --> 00:14:24.171
MOLLY: And we kind of walked around a little bit.

00:14:24.191 --> 00:14:28.451
MOLLY: And I was actually able to kind of refresh it to an earlier time.

00:14:28.451 --> 00:14:30.391
MOLLY: So we went back over.

00:14:30.411 --> 00:14:32.751
<v SPEAKER_1>We were like walking away from it.

00:14:33.131 --> 00:14:37.491
MOLLY: We got back over to Millennium Falcon and she piloted Millennium Falcon again.

00:14:37.871 --> 00:14:44.191
MOLLY: I find it so funny what she loves and what she won't go on because this thing rattles me around so much.

00:14:44.211 --> 00:14:47.451
MOLLY: But yeah, so we both piloted it with another family.

00:14:47.471 --> 00:14:53.351
MOLLY: And I even said like, hey, if one of the kids wants to be the other pilot, I'll sit back, I'll do something else.

00:14:53.371 --> 00:14:55.251
MOLLY: And they're like, no, no, you go ahead.

00:14:55.271 --> 00:14:57.111
MOLLY: They were like, we don't want to do that.

00:14:57.131 --> 00:14:58.151
<v SPEAKER_1>And I was like, okay.

00:14:58.591 --> 00:15:00.291
VIRGINIA: That's me every time I ride it.

00:15:00.971 --> 00:15:03.191
VIRGINIA: I do not care about being pilot.

00:15:03.251 --> 00:15:05.231
VIRGINIA: It is too much pressure for me.

00:15:06.131 --> 00:15:07.331
VIRGINIA: Just give me a button pushing.

00:15:07.391 --> 00:15:08.031
VIRGINIA: Yeah, right.

00:15:08.071 --> 00:15:08.431
VIRGINIA: I know.

00:15:08.451 --> 00:15:10.391
<v SPEAKER_1>I'm like, just let me push a button.

00:15:10.651 --> 00:15:12.571
<v SPEAKER_1>I just figured like there were two kids.

00:15:12.571 --> 00:15:15.071
<v SPEAKER_1>I was like, I figured one of them wanted it, but they wanted to be the gunners.

00:15:15.191 --> 00:15:17.771
<v SPEAKER_1>Like they really wanted to be the gunner position.

00:15:17.791 --> 00:15:18.951
<v SPEAKER_1>So I was like, okay, whatever.

00:15:19.171 --> 00:15:23.251
<v SPEAKER_1>I'm like, sorry about me crashing the ship because I'm definitely going to.

00:15:23.271 --> 00:15:25.251
<v SPEAKER_1>I don't think it's possible to not crash it.

00:15:25.271 --> 00:15:31.071
MOLLY: I want to meet the person who can pilot it really well because I feel like no matter what I do, I crash into something.

00:15:31.091 --> 00:15:37.951
MOLLY: But yeah, after that, we walked through back to Toy Story Land to do Alien Swirling Saucers with the Lightning Lane.

00:15:39.551 --> 00:15:41.951
MOLLY: And then after that, we kind of we called it.

00:15:41.971 --> 00:15:44.251
MOLLY: We walked through the stores on the way out.

00:15:44.431 --> 00:15:46.111
VIRGINIA: What time would you say that was?

00:15:46.131 --> 00:15:48.191
MOLLY: It was around three o'clock.

00:15:49.351 --> 00:15:55.711
MOLLY: So we got there probably around 10, 30, 11 o'clock and then left around three.

00:15:55.731 --> 00:15:58.131
MOLLY: We really weren't there for too long of a day.

00:15:58.171 --> 00:16:01.451
MOLLY: But, you know, I kind of promised her when she was ready to go, we would go.

00:16:01.531 --> 00:16:03.191
MOLLY: And she really wanted to go swimming.

00:16:03.211 --> 00:16:07.411
MOLLY: I think that was like more like she wanted to get to the room and then she wanted to go swimming.

00:16:07.431 --> 00:16:10.391
MOLLY: Like that was high on her list to do that day.

00:16:10.411 --> 00:16:12.031
MOLLY: So I wasn't going to push her.

00:16:12.951 --> 00:16:15.411
MOLLY: So, yeah, I think we got back to the room.

00:16:15.671 --> 00:16:20.271
MOLLY: We, you know, chatted with Mitch and Sebastian for a little bit and then went swimming.

00:16:20.531 --> 00:16:23.151
MOLLY: And then we kind of went back to the room.

00:16:23.771 --> 00:16:25.651
MOLLY: I think we got dinner at the quick service restaurant.

00:16:25.671 --> 00:16:28.311
MOLLY: Yeah, we got dinner from the quick service on our way back to the room.

00:16:29.251 --> 00:16:31.311
MOLLY: And then kind of we got to bed early.

00:16:31.331 --> 00:16:34.231
MOLLY: Like, I feel like we went to sleep about 8 o'clock that night.

00:16:34.251 --> 00:16:36.191
MOLLY: We had been up since like 2.30 in the morning.

00:16:36.191 --> 00:16:36.591
MOLLY: Wow.

00:16:36.871 --> 00:16:37.311
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:16:38.571 --> 00:16:42.131
VIRGINIA: I can't say I'm shocked that you were up so early.

00:16:42.591 --> 00:16:45.091
VIRGINIA: So did you end up hitting up the pool that night?

00:16:46.171 --> 00:16:46.771
MOLLY: Yeah, we did.

00:16:46.791 --> 00:16:50.531
MOLLY: We went swimming and then got dinner on the way back to the room.

00:16:50.771 --> 00:16:53.411
VIRGINIA: In which pool were you in the main pool?

00:16:53.591 --> 00:16:57.971
MOLLY: Yeah, we went to the Old Man Island pool or whatever it's called.

00:16:57.991 --> 00:16:59.471
MOLLY: Yeah, so it was nice.

00:17:01.091 --> 00:17:02.211
MOLLY: It wasn't even too busy.

00:17:02.231 --> 00:17:07.391
MOLLY: I think when we, the time we went, it seemed like people were starting to filter out of it.

00:17:07.411 --> 00:17:10.571
MOLLY: It was kind of busy right when we got there, but it wasn't too bad.

00:17:10.591 --> 00:17:12.191
MOLLY: There was plenty of space to swim around.

00:17:12.951 --> 00:17:17.691
MOLLY: But yeah, we called it an early night that night, knowing that we didn't want to burn ourselves out right away.

00:17:18.191 --> 00:17:18.971
VIRGINIA: Yeah, yeah.

00:17:19.491 --> 00:17:19.931
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:17:20.671 --> 00:17:29.231
VIRGINIA: Well, on your next day's activities, which was Friday, May 3rd, I had noted that you wanted to sleep in and maybe get some pool time.

00:17:29.251 --> 00:17:35.611
VIRGINIA: But because you went to bed early and got pool time the night before, did you end up doing that the next morning?

00:17:36.311 --> 00:17:39.371
MOLLY: So I would say we didn't really sleep in.

00:17:39.391 --> 00:17:42.491
MOLLY: We kind of got up and going around 8 o'clock.

00:17:42.691 --> 00:17:45.351
MOLLY: Like I was up early and got, you know, all the Genie.

00:17:45.391 --> 00:17:46.811
MOLLY: I am always up early.

00:17:46.831 --> 00:17:53.091
MOLLY: So I got all the Genie Plus stuff situated because we were going to be going to Epcot later that day.

00:17:54.251 --> 00:17:56.471
MOLLY: So got us our Remy Lightning Lane and all that.

00:17:56.951 --> 00:18:03.251
MOLLY: And then we walked over to French Quarter for beignets for breakfast as you do.

00:18:04.331 --> 00:18:05.111
VIRGINIA: As you must.

00:18:06.211 --> 00:18:06.891
MOLLY: As you must.

00:18:06.971 --> 00:18:07.851
MOLLY: It is required.

00:18:08.171 --> 00:18:10.731
VIRGINIA: If you're that close, why would you not do it?

00:18:10.951 --> 00:18:11.331
MOLLY: Yeah.

00:18:13.311 --> 00:18:14.111
MOLLY: You'd be a fool.

00:18:14.851 --> 00:18:16.871
MOLLY: Lyra did not like walking over there.

00:18:17.131 --> 00:18:18.451
VIRGINIA: She didn't like walking over there?

00:18:18.991 --> 00:18:19.871
MOLLY: She did not like.

00:18:19.891 --> 00:18:25.351
MOLLY: I think she was just kind of grouchy from it being hot because she was like, the sun's in my eyes.

00:18:26.331 --> 00:18:27.251
VIRGINIA: How hot was it?

00:18:27.891 --> 00:18:28.831
MOLLY: It was pretty hot.

00:18:28.851 --> 00:18:35.851
MOLLY: At that time in the morning, it probably wasn't in the 80s yet, but it was upper 80s to low 90s the whole time we were there.

00:18:35.871 --> 00:18:37.791
MOLLY: It was warm.

00:18:37.931 --> 00:18:43.931
MOLLY: But when you're walking from that side to French Quarter, it's like the sun is coming up right in your face.

00:18:45.191 --> 00:18:48.731
MOLLY: So she just is like, this isn't that fun to walk.

00:18:48.751 --> 00:18:51.071
MOLLY: But I'm like, it would take longer to get.

00:18:51.091 --> 00:18:53.411
MOLLY: And oh, the boats weren't running.

00:18:54.071 --> 00:18:57.611
MOLLY: So the water levels have been really low, I guess.

00:18:57.631 --> 00:19:00.131
MOLLY: And so they can't run the riverboat.

00:19:00.291 --> 00:19:03.091
MOLLY: I guess it's just too, the water levels are just too low to run them right now.

00:19:03.531 --> 00:19:13.071
MOLLY: So the whole time we were there, they weren't running to Disney Springs or between the resorts, which was kind of a bummer because I figured we could have taken the boat just because we weren't in a rush at all.

00:19:13.971 --> 00:19:19.051
MOLLY: But I was like, it would be so much quicker to just walk than to try to get a bus over there.

00:19:19.071 --> 00:19:22.151
MOLLY: I was just like, you have to walk to the bus and then take the bus.

00:19:22.451 --> 00:19:23.591
MOLLY: So I was like, let's just walk it.

00:19:23.831 --> 00:19:27.951
MOLLY: But once I got her beignets, it was all forgiven because she loved them.

00:19:28.031 --> 00:19:29.151
MOLLY: They were so good.

00:19:29.831 --> 00:19:35.751
VIRGINIA: Did you get the classic beignet or did they have anything special for this time of year?

00:19:36.251 --> 00:19:37.451
MOLLY: We just got the classic ones.

00:19:37.471 --> 00:19:40.831
MOLLY: I know they have the ones that are filled with alcohol and stuff.

00:19:41.051 --> 00:19:44.591
MOLLY: That early in the morning wasn't my cup of tea.

00:19:45.571 --> 00:19:48.371
MOLLY: So yeah, we went classic Mickey beignets.

00:19:48.851 --> 00:19:50.491
VIRGINIA: Sometimes they have flavored ones too.

00:19:51.251 --> 00:19:55.811
VIRGINIA: I know when we went in February, they had some that seemed like they were themed for Valentine's.

00:19:56.671 --> 00:19:58.331
MOLLY: Oh, I didn't notice.

00:19:58.351 --> 00:19:58.951
MOLLY: Maybe they did.

00:19:59.311 --> 00:20:00.771
MOLLY: I didn't even really look that closely.

00:20:00.791 --> 00:20:03.951
MOLLY: I was like, we will take the beignets, please.

00:20:04.111 --> 00:20:05.411
VIRGINIA: Well, the classic are so good.

00:20:05.791 --> 00:20:09.551
VIRGINIA: I mean, you cannot be wearing dark colors when you eat them, though.

00:20:09.691 --> 00:20:10.111
VIRGINIA: I know.

00:20:10.131 --> 00:20:13.651
MOLLY: I was like, how much powdered sugar can we get on ourselves?

00:20:13.731 --> 00:20:14.951
MOLLY: But worth it.

00:20:15.031 --> 00:20:15.771
MOLLY: Well, worth it.

00:20:15.911 --> 00:20:16.331
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:20:16.711 --> 00:20:19.531
VIRGINIA: So did you take the bus from there over to Epcot?

00:20:19.731 --> 00:20:24.111
MOLLY: No, we actually ended up going back to the room for a little bit, kind of packing up our park back.

00:20:24.351 --> 00:20:32.911
MOLLY: We were kind of going back and forth if we were going to do a quick swim, but Lyra decided she didn't want to change out of clothes, into bathing suit and then back into clothes.

00:20:33.971 --> 00:20:36.491
MOLLY: So I was like, all right, well, then we'll just go to Epcot.

00:20:36.651 --> 00:20:46.431
MOLLY: So we got there a lot earlier than I had really, I had figured we wouldn't get there till lunchtime, but we got there probably around like 1030 or so, maybe 11.

00:20:46.751 --> 00:20:48.171
MOLLY: But we had a pretty full day.

00:20:49.351 --> 00:20:51.471
MOLLY: We went straight to Journey of Water.

00:20:51.491 --> 00:20:57.031
MOLLY: That was like her first order of business and she loved it.

00:20:57.051 --> 00:21:01.211
MOLLY: And then we did, we went over to ride the Nemo ride and it had a 30 minute wait.

00:21:01.231 --> 00:21:04.971
MOLLY: And I was like, maybe we just come back later because like that's pretty long for Nemo.

00:21:05.391 --> 00:21:05.751
MOLLY: Yeah.

00:21:06.071 --> 00:21:07.571
MOLLY: I was like, this is pretty long for Nemo.

00:21:07.591 --> 00:21:09.511
MOLLY: Like we should probably just wait and use the lightening.

00:21:09.531 --> 00:21:10.951
MOLLY: And she's like, no, I want to just wait.

00:21:10.971 --> 00:21:12.411
MOLLY: I was like, okay.

00:21:12.991 --> 00:21:14.451
MOLLY: I just wanted to be inside.

00:21:14.511 --> 00:21:15.051
MOLLY: I don't know.

00:21:15.531 --> 00:21:17.631
MOLLY: I was like, we don't have to wait this long.

00:21:17.651 --> 00:21:27.811
VIRGINIA: This is when you try to convince her to enjoy living with the land because she likes slow boat rides, but not living with the land.

00:21:29.371 --> 00:21:31.351
MOLLY: I want you to convert her.

00:21:31.371 --> 00:21:32.331
MOLLY: Yeah, she wouldn't do it.

00:21:32.611 --> 00:21:35.351
MOLLY: So we'll try again next time.

00:21:35.791 --> 00:21:39.771
MOLLY: So she's very afraid of loud noises, and she knows there's thunder in it.

00:21:39.791 --> 00:21:41.111
MOLLY: And I was like, it's not even loud.

00:21:41.731 --> 00:21:44.311
MOLLY: And it's a tiny part of it.

00:21:44.331 --> 00:21:44.931
MOLLY: But she's like, no.

00:21:45.791 --> 00:21:47.731
VIRGINIA: And they're soothing guitar music.

00:21:48.231 --> 00:21:50.291
MOLLY: Yeah, I'm like, it's just like plants and stuff.

00:21:50.331 --> 00:21:51.671
MOLLY: And she's like, no.

00:21:52.891 --> 00:21:54.771
MOLLY: We'll try every year, I promise.

00:21:55.151 --> 00:21:56.151
MOLLY: One day she'll get on it.

00:21:58.931 --> 00:22:02.191
MOLLY: But yeah, so we waited 30 minutes for Finding Nemo.

00:22:03.571 --> 00:22:07.631
MOLLY: And then we enjoyed the aquarium part for a while.

00:22:07.651 --> 00:22:11.231
MOLLY: And she wants to play in the shark play area and all that.

00:22:11.391 --> 00:22:13.851
VIRGINIA: Did you go and visit your dolphin friends?

00:22:14.591 --> 00:22:15.251
MOLLY: I did.

00:22:15.271 --> 00:22:16.911
MOLLY: Yeah, I saw all three of them lined up.

00:22:17.551 --> 00:22:21.251
MOLLY: I think they must have been doing the dolphin encounter while we were there.

00:22:21.271 --> 00:22:23.151
MOLLY: Like it must have been going on.

00:22:23.251 --> 00:22:25.951
MOLLY: Because they were all together and they were all looking up.

00:22:25.971 --> 00:22:28.371
MOLLY: And I was like, that must be where the trainers are.

00:22:28.391 --> 00:22:30.511
MOLLY: Because it was the way they were acting.

00:22:30.531 --> 00:22:32.071
MOLLY: I was like, it must be happening right now.

00:22:32.091 --> 00:22:35.331
MOLLY: So they didn't see me, but I did say hello.

00:22:35.351 --> 00:22:36.711
MOLLY: They were busy working.

00:22:36.891 --> 00:22:38.491
VIRGINIA: I'm sure they sensed your presence.

00:22:38.511 --> 00:22:46.431
VIRGINIA: So for anybody who did not listen to Molly's previous trip report for her mother-son trip, they did the dolphin experience.

00:22:46.451 --> 00:22:50.751
VIRGINIA: So she has photos with the dolphins and they are good friends now.

00:22:51.091 --> 00:22:56.791
MOLLY: We are best friends and I told them I'd be back to see them, but it just didn't work out.

00:22:56.811 --> 00:22:58.091
MOLLY: We couldn't get lunch together.

00:22:58.151 --> 00:23:06.751
MOLLY: But speaking of lunch, I did place our mobile order at Connections while we were in there.

00:23:06.911 --> 00:23:10.771
MOLLY: So we went and got some food over there.

00:23:10.851 --> 00:23:18.171
MOLLY: After that, I got a veggie burger, which they have like a California style veggie burger, something with avocado on it.

00:23:18.571 --> 00:23:19.211
MOLLY: It was pretty good.

00:23:19.211 --> 00:23:19.831
MOLLY: It was all right.

00:23:19.991 --> 00:23:22.231
MOLLY: I don't love that place, but it was fine.

00:23:22.551 --> 00:23:23.271
MOLLY: Oh, you don't?

00:23:23.291 --> 00:23:24.431
MOLLY: Oh, I enjoy it.

00:23:24.451 --> 00:23:24.931
MOLLY: I don't know.

00:23:25.251 --> 00:23:26.991
MOLLY: Every time I get something there, I'm like, eh.

00:23:28.171 --> 00:23:31.311
MOLLY: But Lyra got pizza because that's one of the two things she'll eat.

00:23:31.331 --> 00:23:32.431
MOLLY: So she was happy.

00:23:32.891 --> 00:23:34.171
VIRGINIA: Well, the pizza there is pretty good.

00:23:34.191 --> 00:23:35.711
MOLLY: Pizza and French fries was pretty much it.

00:23:36.171 --> 00:23:37.211
MOLLY: Yeah, it is.

00:23:37.451 --> 00:23:38.891
MOLLY: It's like too much for me.

00:23:38.911 --> 00:23:40.911
MOLLY: The adult portion is like huge.

00:23:43.031 --> 00:23:46.131
VIRGINIA: But did she get the adult portion or did she get the kids portion?

00:23:46.551 --> 00:23:49.351
MOLLY: I think as a kid's one, it was like half.

00:23:49.971 --> 00:23:54.011
MOLLY: I think it was like one slice basically instead of the two giant slices.

00:23:55.091 --> 00:23:56.351
MOLLY: And she got French fries.

00:23:56.371 --> 00:23:59.611
MOLLY: So it was like pizza and French fries was all she ate the whole time we were there.

00:24:00.471 --> 00:24:04.351
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I consider it to be some of the better quick pizza in Disney.

00:24:04.911 --> 00:24:07.111
VIRGINIA: And I'm not somebody who normally eats pizza in Disney.

00:24:07.131 --> 00:24:15.931
MOLLY: Yeah, it is definitely like, you know, it's like that thin foldable slice of pizzas as opposed to like the puffy pizza, which is like...

00:24:15.951 --> 00:24:17.711
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I'm not a puffy pizza.

00:24:17.731 --> 00:24:18.471
MOLLY: No, no.

00:24:19.091 --> 00:24:21.711
MOLLY: I don't know that many people are over the age of 10.

00:24:22.991 --> 00:24:24.051
MOLLY: Maybe, maybe so.

00:24:25.771 --> 00:24:27.711
VIRGINIA: No offense to anyone who likes puffy pizza.

00:24:27.731 --> 00:24:29.051
VIRGINIA: Yes, no, no offense.

00:24:29.311 --> 00:24:30.091
MOLLY: Yeah, no.

00:24:30.451 --> 00:24:32.111
MOLLY: Everybody should have what they like.

00:24:32.491 --> 00:24:33.311
VIRGINIA: Right, right.

00:24:33.351 --> 00:24:34.951
VIRGINIA: We're not going to yuck somebody's yum.

00:24:35.211 --> 00:24:35.971
MOLLY: Right, right, right.

00:24:37.511 --> 00:24:37.771
MOLLY: Nope.

00:24:38.371 --> 00:24:44.391
MOLLY: After that, we headed over to meet Asha over on your way into World Showcase.

00:24:44.451 --> 00:24:46.671
MOLLY: I always forget, like, Port of Entry, is that what it's called?

00:24:46.691 --> 00:24:47.311
MOLLY: That little area?

00:24:48.671 --> 00:24:55.291
MOLLY: So we got there a little early, so we got in line to meet her, and we had some super fans right behind us.

00:24:55.731 --> 00:25:00.551
MOLLY: So we made friends with them, talking about all things Disney's wish.

00:25:00.831 --> 00:25:04.851
MOLLY: And I feel like if you haven't seen it yet, you got to see it, because it's one of our favorites.

00:25:05.391 --> 00:25:06.211
MOLLY: So we met her.

00:25:06.231 --> 00:25:07.931
MOLLY: She was absolutely lovely.

00:25:08.351 --> 00:25:09.391
MOLLY: We loved meeting her.

00:25:09.411 --> 00:25:11.011
MOLLY: We had a great chat with her.

00:25:11.751 --> 00:25:17.651
MOLLY: And then Lyra finally got her giant Joffrey's donut that she had been begging for since before we left.

00:25:18.551 --> 00:25:19.631
VIRGINIA: Oh, my goodness.

00:25:19.671 --> 00:25:20.171
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:25:20.191 --> 00:25:23.531
VIRGINIA: So beignets and a giant Joffrey's donut in one day.

00:25:23.591 --> 00:25:26.291
VIRGINIA: She is living her best life.

00:25:26.771 --> 00:25:27.091
MOLLY: Yep.

00:25:27.291 --> 00:25:28.531
MOLLY: I was like, you know what?

00:25:28.751 --> 00:25:29.731
MOLLY: It's vacation.

00:25:29.751 --> 00:25:30.271
MOLLY: You go for it.

00:25:30.531 --> 00:25:31.951
MOLLY: And I got to have coffee.

00:25:32.891 --> 00:25:33.311
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:25:33.571 --> 00:25:34.411
VIRGINIA: Even more importantly.

00:25:34.431 --> 00:25:37.131
MOLLY: I was like, yes, I will get a coffee.

00:25:37.191 --> 00:25:38.171
MOLLY: You can have a donut.

00:25:38.291 --> 00:25:39.551
<v SPEAKER_1>She didn't eat the whole thing.

00:25:39.571 --> 00:25:41.171
MOLLY: She ate a good chunk of it.

00:25:41.211 --> 00:25:45.251
MOLLY: But I think it was her eyes are bigger than her stomach on that one, too.

00:25:47.171 --> 00:25:50.711
MOLLY: Then we went and rode the three caballeros.

00:25:51.091 --> 00:25:59.211
MOLLY: I tried to play the DuckTales game, and I don't know what it is about my phone and the Play Disney app, but it would not load.

00:25:59.831 --> 00:26:00.931
MOLLY: It just wouldn't load.

00:26:01.391 --> 00:26:04.191
MOLLY: It got through the intro of the game.

00:26:04.271 --> 00:26:07.351
MOLLY: And then when I went to play, it was just like, continue?

00:26:07.391 --> 00:26:08.751
MOLLY: And I was like, yes, continue.

00:26:08.751 --> 00:26:12.151
MOLLY: And then it just would start over.

00:26:12.671 --> 00:26:17.311
MOLLY: So I don't know if they were having an issue with it or if it's my phone or connection or what.

00:26:17.351 --> 00:26:19.771
MOLLY: I tried a couple more times and I was like, you know what?

00:26:19.771 --> 00:26:20.991
MOLLY: It's not worth my time.

00:26:22.031 --> 00:26:23.411
MOLLY: So we'll try again next time.

00:26:23.711 --> 00:26:25.691
VIRGINIA: Did you do the Kid Cots stop?

00:26:26.091 --> 00:26:27.651
MOLLY: We did do the Kid Cots stop.

00:26:28.011 --> 00:26:30.151
MOLLY: We didn't do all of the countries we did.

00:26:30.171 --> 00:26:31.471
MOLLY: I think three.

00:26:32.351 --> 00:26:33.651
MOLLY: I think we did three of them.

00:26:33.871 --> 00:26:36.731
MOLLY: So we'll get to more next visit.

00:26:37.791 --> 00:26:39.411
MOLLY: But she did like doing that.

00:26:40.331 --> 00:26:45.471
MOLLY: And then we went to the playground, the little playground outside.

00:26:45.491 --> 00:26:51.391
MOLLY: We're kind of over by Guardians, which she wanted to be there for a while.

00:26:51.471 --> 00:26:54.291
MOLLY: And then she decided she wanted to do test track.

00:26:57.131 --> 00:26:59.191
MOLLY: So won't go on living with the land.

00:26:59.211 --> 00:27:03.011
VIRGINIA: I cannot understand her.

00:27:04.091 --> 00:27:06.311
MOLLY: And I was like, I'm all for it.

00:27:07.151 --> 00:27:09.751
VIRGINIA: Did she know how fast it goes?

00:27:10.131 --> 00:27:10.531
MOLLY: Yes.

00:27:10.591 --> 00:27:12.571
MOLLY: I was like, it's not scary.

00:27:12.591 --> 00:27:16.151
MOLLY: There's no drops, but it goes really fast outside at the end.

00:27:16.151 --> 00:27:18.151
MOLLY: And she was like, okay, let's do it.

00:27:18.171 --> 00:27:19.911
MOLLY: I was like, okay.

00:27:20.131 --> 00:27:21.031
MOLLY: And we got on.

00:27:21.031 --> 00:27:26.351
MOLLY: It was her, me in the middle, and then another girl that was probably like early teens.

00:27:26.931 --> 00:27:28.771
MOLLY: And she was the other little girl.

00:27:28.791 --> 00:27:30.211
MOLLY: Like her family was in another car.

00:27:30.231 --> 00:27:31.691
MOLLY: And she's like, have you ridden this before?

00:27:31.711 --> 00:27:32.331
MOLLY: And I was like, yeah.

00:27:32.571 --> 00:27:34.291
MOLLY: She's like, I'm really scared.

00:27:34.311 --> 00:27:35.811
MOLLY: And I was like, don't be scared.

00:27:35.871 --> 00:27:36.251
MOLLY: It's fine.

00:27:36.271 --> 00:27:36.651
MOLLY: You're fine.

00:27:36.651 --> 00:27:39.671
MOLLY: I was like, I know I'm a stranger, but hold my hand if you need to.

00:27:39.691 --> 00:27:40.371
MOLLY: We're good.

00:27:40.451 --> 00:27:41.731
MOLLY: She's like, you're so nice.

00:27:41.751 --> 00:27:43.171
<v SPEAKER_1>I was like, I'm a mom.

00:27:43.191 --> 00:27:44.151
<v SPEAKER_1>I'm a mom to all.

00:27:44.171 --> 00:27:45.391
<v SPEAKER_1>Just come on with us.

00:27:45.431 --> 00:27:46.031
<v SPEAKER_1>We'll be fine.

00:27:46.351 --> 00:27:47.691
<v SPEAKER_1>And so we went through it.

00:27:47.731 --> 00:27:52.711
<v SPEAKER_1>And after the ride was over, both that girl and Lyra were like, I want to do it again.

00:27:52.731 --> 00:27:54.831
VIRGINIA: That was awesome.

00:27:58.251 --> 00:27:59.451
<v SPEAKER_1>So Lyra loved it.

00:27:59.851 --> 00:28:06.691
VIRGINIA: Were the little screens along the way working to tell you where you placed within each test?

00:28:06.991 --> 00:28:09.391
MOLLY: Lyra's car, she designed it.

00:28:09.591 --> 00:28:13.871
MOLLY: You know, obviously I didn't do anything, but it would show up on certain ones.

00:28:14.191 --> 00:28:17.151
MOLLY: Like sometimes it showed up and sometimes it wasn't there.

00:28:17.171 --> 00:28:20.691
MOLLY: But you know, we had to ride it.

00:28:20.691 --> 00:28:27.751
MOLLY: I'm glad she rode it before they refurbished it because I'm like, now you'll know how it changes when you go to ride it again.

00:28:28.031 --> 00:28:32.831
MOLLY: Like at the end, all of that stuff, like you could check it against everything at the end was working.

00:28:32.831 --> 00:28:37.011
MOLLY: But yeah, some of the screens were like delayed, I think.

00:28:37.011 --> 00:28:39.151
MOLLY: Like it was like the cars before us or something.

00:28:39.171 --> 00:28:40.811
MOLLY: It just like wasn't matching up.

00:28:41.291 --> 00:28:44.711
VIRGINIA: The last two times I've ridden it, the screens didn't work at all.

00:28:44.931 --> 00:28:45.611
<v SPEAKER_1>Oh, goodness.

00:28:45.971 --> 00:28:46.331
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:28:46.431 --> 00:28:48.371
<v SPEAKER_1>It's like, yeah, that's like the whole point.

00:28:48.391 --> 00:28:52.371
MOLLY: Well, I remember like we went like right after COVID.

00:28:52.751 --> 00:29:00.271
MOLLY: You know, there was obviously still a lot of like the stuff in place to like keep people distanced and like, so they weren't even letting you design the car.

00:29:00.291 --> 00:29:04.771
MOLLY: So like Sebastian was like all bummed out because he didn't even get to do the design part.

00:29:05.811 --> 00:29:11.591
MOLLY: So this past time when we went, he was like, yeah, like our past couple of times, he's been really excited to like just design it.

00:29:11.611 --> 00:29:14.671
MOLLY: And I was like, I don't really care.

00:29:14.691 --> 00:29:22.111
VIRGINIA: I think Alex likes designing the car, but more so he likes the competition element to see how he does compared to other people.

00:29:22.131 --> 00:29:23.251
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:29:23.291 --> 00:29:30.631
VIRGINIA: And go through it two different times and not be able to see where he placed was really frustrating for him.

00:29:30.651 --> 00:29:32.671
MOLLY: So really devastating.

00:29:32.731 --> 00:29:33.571
MOLLY: Well, hopefully.

00:29:33.871 --> 00:29:37.231
MOLLY: I mean, I wonder if that will be an element to it in this new one.

00:29:37.231 --> 00:29:41.271
MOLLY: But I, you know, I hope they they make the experience more.

00:29:41.291 --> 00:29:43.551
MOLLY: Yeah, fun, I guess.

00:29:43.651 --> 00:29:45.171
MOLLY: But Lyra loved it.

00:29:45.191 --> 00:29:47.271
MOLLY: She'll be on it once it's refurbished.

00:29:47.291 --> 00:29:49.251
MOLLY: So good for her.

00:29:49.831 --> 00:29:53.231
VIRGINIA: I'm going to stop trying to guess what she's going to like and what she's not going to like.

00:29:54.911 --> 00:29:55.931
MOLLY: What's the thing?

00:29:55.931 --> 00:30:00.131
MOLLY: I'm like, maybe you should listen when I say certain things are fun.

00:30:00.131 --> 00:30:05.171
MOLLY: If like you liked this, you're missing out on other things, like living with the land.

00:30:07.311 --> 00:30:09.691
MOLLY: After that, it was just about dinner time.

00:30:09.691 --> 00:30:16.411
MOLLY: So we hung out around that area because we had Space 220 for dinner.

00:30:16.431 --> 00:30:20.931
MOLLY: So we did that, which was a lot of fun.

00:30:22.131 --> 00:30:29.671
MOLLY: I will say that it is, in my opinion, more on the overpriced end of things.

00:30:29.811 --> 00:30:31.391
MOLLY: It is a very cool experience.

00:30:31.411 --> 00:30:34.971
MOLLY: I really would recommend somebody does it at least once.

00:30:35.531 --> 00:30:48.211
MOLLY: I think if we were to go back, I would try to do the lounge side, just so you're not spending hundreds of dollars just to sit in space, because that's really all it is.

00:30:48.771 --> 00:31:01.951
MOLLY: Again, I like it, and we really liked it the last time we did it, and that's why Lyra wanted to do it again, but it just seems like character meals, I feel like you get a lot more out of it for the same, if not less, money.

00:31:01.971 --> 00:31:04.571
MOLLY: I mean, the food is good.

00:31:04.631 --> 00:31:07.211
MOLLY: I got, what did I get?

00:31:07.231 --> 00:31:08.411
MOLLY: The braised short rib.

00:31:09.191 --> 00:31:11.171
MOLLY: It was good, but it was way too much food.

00:31:11.191 --> 00:31:12.451
MOLLY: I couldn't even eat it all.

00:31:12.871 --> 00:31:19.051
MOLLY: Lyra had chicken tenders and french fries, and I think she had like, you know, three bites of the chicken.

00:31:19.071 --> 00:31:22.651
MOLLY: So it's like, what am I paying for here?

00:31:23.551 --> 00:31:25.971
VIRGINIA: Well, I agree on Space 220.

00:31:25.991 --> 00:31:27.351
VIRGINIA: I think that it is good.

00:31:27.371 --> 00:31:29.631
VIRGINIA: I do think it's overpriced.

00:31:29.651 --> 00:31:35.491
VIRGINIA: I think what you're paying for is the elevator ride up and the screens that are on the wall.

00:31:36.871 --> 00:31:38.971
VIRGINIA: Not to ruin the magic for anybody, but...

00:31:40.371 --> 00:31:42.231
MOLLY: I mean, you are actually in space.

00:31:44.691 --> 00:31:49.491
MOLLY: Yeah, Lyra was like, do people know that it's not actually space?

00:31:50.371 --> 00:31:51.491
MOLLY: And I was like, what do you mean?

00:31:53.251 --> 00:31:54.231
<v SPEAKER_1>Like, it is space.

00:31:54.251 --> 00:31:55.251
<v SPEAKER_1>I don't know what you're talking about.

00:31:55.411 --> 00:31:57.891
MOLLY: She's like, no, Mom, it's just an elevator.

00:32:00.771 --> 00:32:03.991
<v SPEAKER_1>So I think the magic is a little...

00:32:04.531 --> 00:32:07.451
VIRGINIA: She saw behind the curtain a little bit on this one.

00:32:07.951 --> 00:32:09.411
MOLLY: But we still had a blast.

00:32:09.831 --> 00:32:10.751
VIRGINIA: It's a good time.

00:32:10.971 --> 00:32:12.331
VIRGINIA: And the food, I think, is good.

00:32:12.351 --> 00:32:17.451
VIRGINIA: It's a little bit more adventurous on the adventurous side, I would say, for people.

00:32:17.551 --> 00:32:20.231
VIRGINIA: But I think the food is good.

00:32:20.251 --> 00:32:21.451
VIRGINIA: But it's not like...

00:32:21.971 --> 00:32:25.251
VIRGINIA: I cannot remember what anything tasted like that I ate there.

00:32:25.311 --> 00:32:29.571
VIRGINIA: So it wasn't so good that it was like, let me go back because the food was amazing.

00:32:29.591 --> 00:32:34.411
VIRGINIA: I don't think I'll be back until I'm with somebody who has never been and really wants to go.

00:32:34.431 --> 00:32:36.071
VIRGINIA: That's what would make me go back.

00:32:36.091 --> 00:32:37.231
MOLLY: Again, I think if you did...

00:32:37.271 --> 00:32:42.931
MOLLY: I know it's harder to get up there in the lounge, but if you're able to do that, you can do it all at cart.

00:32:42.951 --> 00:32:46.311
MOLLY: You could just get a drink and an appetizer and just check it out.

00:32:46.391 --> 00:32:53.371
MOLLY: I think that would be the right level of, oh, this is cool and we got a little thing and now we're going to go.

00:32:53.391 --> 00:32:56.891
MOLLY: Whereas it's an experience to do the whole sit down meal.

00:32:56.951 --> 00:32:58.811
MOLLY: It's like if you don't sit in a place...

00:32:59.051 --> 00:33:05.971
MOLLY: I had my back to half the screen, so Lyra kept being like, oh, there's it and I'd have to keep turning to see it.

00:33:08.271 --> 00:33:19.871
MOLLY: Again, it's really cool and I would recommend you try it once, but if you can either get the lounge or if it's a big family, you're going to pay hundreds of dollars for that.

00:33:19.891 --> 00:33:23.191
MOLLY: Really like space if you're going to stay.

00:33:23.211 --> 00:33:30.171
VIRGINIA: For the lounge, do you make a reservation for the lounge in the same way that you do for the prefix or is it more of a walk-up situation?

00:33:30.191 --> 00:33:31.531
VIRGINIA: Because I've never done the lounge.

00:33:32.051 --> 00:33:34.251
MOLLY: Yeah, you can make reservations for the lounge.

00:33:34.271 --> 00:33:38.331
MOLLY: I think they go a lot even faster than the seated area.

00:33:38.591 --> 00:33:40.751
MOLLY: You can also do a walk-up.

00:33:41.671 --> 00:33:47.511
MOLLY: I have been waiting to check in and have people come up and say, do you have space in the lounge?

00:33:47.891 --> 00:33:50.871
MOLLY: I would say if you have a big party, it's going to be really hard.

00:33:50.891 --> 00:33:54.611
MOLLY: If it's two or three of you, it's a lot easier to get space up there.

00:33:54.631 --> 00:33:57.971
MOLLY: It's easier to get space in space.

00:33:58.631 --> 00:33:59.411
MOLLY: Space in space.

00:34:00.191 --> 00:34:01.131
MOLLY: Bring your space suit.

00:34:03.211 --> 00:34:06.091
MOLLY: Whenever they open, I think it's like 11 or 1130.

00:34:06.111 --> 00:34:08.291
MOLLY: Go right then and ask to get on the wait list.

00:34:08.311 --> 00:34:12.971
MOLLY: I think you'd probably have good luck if you have a smaller party.

00:34:12.991 --> 00:34:17.471
MOLLY: I think they can't really seat more than four people in that space.

00:34:17.971 --> 00:34:20.231
MOLLY: You'd have to split up or whatever.

00:34:20.991 --> 00:34:22.591
MOLLY: You can make reservations for it.

00:34:22.651 --> 00:34:31.211
MOLLY: If you can do it, that would be what I'd recommend, just based off of being up there twice for the sit down part.

00:34:32.671 --> 00:34:34.491
MOLLY: Or go for lunch.

00:34:34.511 --> 00:34:35.591
MOLLY: It's cheaper for lunch.

00:34:36.251 --> 00:34:37.071
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:34:37.091 --> 00:34:40.291
VIRGINIA: Well, where did you head after this meal?

00:34:40.431 --> 00:34:50.171
MOLLY: After dinner, we actually went over to do the Moana Journey of Water, inspired by Moana TM, again, because Lyra absolutely loved it.

00:34:52.371 --> 00:34:55.811
MOLLY: She got soaked.

00:34:55.891 --> 00:34:56.591
MOLLY: Oh, really?

00:34:56.611 --> 00:34:58.951
MOLLY: Her shoes were squishing soaked.

00:34:59.151 --> 00:35:00.251
MOLLY: She did it on purpose.

00:35:01.111 --> 00:35:04.111
MOLLY: You don't just randomly get soaked.

00:35:04.131 --> 00:35:07.171
MOLLY: You have to want to be soaked to get soaked.

00:35:07.191 --> 00:35:09.691
MOLLY: You can avoid it if you don't want to get wet.

00:35:10.091 --> 00:35:11.991
MOLLY: She wanted to be soaked.

00:35:12.011 --> 00:35:15.511
MOLLY: And then instantly regretted it because she was like, my shoes are squishing.

00:35:15.531 --> 00:35:18.071
MOLLY: And I'm like, yeah, that's why I said not to do that.

00:35:19.351 --> 00:35:22.771
VIRGINIA: Were those the only shoes that she brought with her on the trip?

00:35:23.251 --> 00:35:24.151
MOLLY: Not on the trip.

00:35:24.931 --> 00:35:26.811
MOLLY: We had sneakers and Crocs.

00:35:27.451 --> 00:35:30.771
VIRGINIA: Okay, so she had an alternative for another day if they were so wet.

00:35:30.791 --> 00:35:32.831
MOLLY: Yeah, but they were actually pretty quick drying.

00:35:33.031 --> 00:35:34.471
MOLLY: Yeah, they're quick drying sneakers.

00:35:34.871 --> 00:35:35.671
MOLLY: And it was really hot.

00:35:35.691 --> 00:35:38.711
MOLLY: So we actually pulled over to the side in the sun after we were done.

00:35:38.731 --> 00:35:41.111
MOLLY: And I took her shoes and socks off and made her sit down.

00:35:41.131 --> 00:35:43.771
MOLLY: And I just like put them in the sun for like five minutes.

00:35:43.791 --> 00:35:46.851
<v SPEAKER_1>I was like, we're going to just, we're going to see what we can do here.

00:35:46.871 --> 00:35:47.731
<v SPEAKER_1>They're going to be down.

00:35:48.391 --> 00:35:50.151
<v SPEAKER_1>They're probably going to smell terrible later.

00:35:50.191 --> 00:35:51.431
<v SPEAKER_1>But it worked out.

00:35:51.451 --> 00:35:52.211
MOLLY: She was fine.

00:35:52.451 --> 00:35:55.911
MOLLY: And then it was about time for our Remy's Lightning Lane.

00:35:55.931 --> 00:36:00.191
MOLLY: So we headed over to France and did that.

00:36:00.971 --> 00:36:05.031
MOLLY: And then we went kind of the other way around the World Showcase.

00:36:05.051 --> 00:36:07.891
MOLLY: So we went and we stopped in Japan.

00:36:07.911 --> 00:36:10.611
MOLLY: We always have to stop in the Mitsukoshi store.

00:36:10.631 --> 00:36:20.171
MOLLY: That's a must for the kiddos, especially they got to check out all the anime and Pokemon and Lyra loves Hello Kitty and all that.

00:36:20.191 --> 00:36:22.511
MOLLY: So we always have to go check all that out.

00:36:23.011 --> 00:36:26.571
MOLLY: And another thing Lyra always has to do is the trains over in Germany.

00:36:26.591 --> 00:36:29.291
MOLLY: She loves that little area with the little trains.

00:36:29.771 --> 00:36:33.811
MOLLY: And then we kind of just slowly made our way over to Frozen.

00:36:33.831 --> 00:36:37.251
MOLLY: We had an 815 lightning lane for Frozen.

00:36:37.271 --> 00:36:38.751
MOLLY: So we kind of just we stopped.

00:36:38.771 --> 00:36:43.551
MOLLY: We got we actually got the Kokugori shaved ice in Japan.

00:36:43.991 --> 00:36:45.011
VIRGINIA: Yes, so good.

00:36:46.011 --> 00:36:48.091
MOLLY: So Lyra didn't like she was like, it's okay.

00:36:48.451 --> 00:36:51.311
MOLLY: She's like, I don't really like it, but I'm keep I mean, keep eating it.

00:36:51.351 --> 00:36:54.031
MOLLY: Like it was like one of those things you're like, it's okay.

00:36:54.251 --> 00:36:55.151
MOLLY: I'm still eating it.

00:36:55.171 --> 00:36:56.291
MOLLY: But it's like not my favorite.

00:36:57.191 --> 00:36:58.051
<v SPEAKER_1>It was just so hot.

00:36:58.051 --> 00:36:59.991
<v SPEAKER_1>I think she was like, I'll take the ice.

00:37:00.011 --> 00:37:01.451
MOLLY: You know, like whatever.

00:37:01.471 --> 00:37:02.011
MOLLY: It was fine.

00:37:02.031 --> 00:37:03.411
VIRGINIA: We always like to get it.

00:37:03.891 --> 00:37:04.311
MOLLY: Yeah.

00:37:04.471 --> 00:37:05.491
MOLLY: It's it's fun.

00:37:05.911 --> 00:37:08.391
<v SPEAKER_1>It was melting and making an absolute mess.

00:37:08.411 --> 00:37:09.271
<v SPEAKER_1>I felt so terrible.

00:37:09.291 --> 00:37:11.191
<v SPEAKER_1>The cast member came over and was like wiping our table.

00:37:11.211 --> 00:37:13.331
<v SPEAKER_1>I was like, I'm just going to keep making a mess.

00:37:14.211 --> 00:37:15.771
VIRGINIA: You might want to wait till we're done.

00:37:16.251 --> 00:37:16.791
<v SPEAKER_1>Just wait.

00:37:16.911 --> 00:37:17.371
<v SPEAKER_1>Yeah.

00:37:17.391 --> 00:37:18.391
<v SPEAKER_1>This is I'm sorry.

00:37:18.411 --> 00:37:19.731
<v SPEAKER_1>He's like, it's fine.

00:37:19.751 --> 00:37:20.211
<v SPEAKER_1>It's fine.

00:37:20.231 --> 00:37:20.951
<v SPEAKER_1>Everybody does it.

00:37:23.051 --> 00:37:27.811
VIRGINIA: After we did Frozen, how did she do on Frozen with the drop?

00:37:28.051 --> 00:37:29.411
VIRGINIA: She does not like the drop.

00:37:29.731 --> 00:37:34.271
MOLLY: She does not like the drop on Frozen, but absolutely like Elsa is her absolute favorite.

00:37:34.291 --> 00:37:46.651
MOLLY: So we have a very yeah, she has a very mixed feeling about the Frozen ride and was getting very nervous in the in the line, but was brave and she actually put her hands up for the drop and she did okay.

00:37:46.751 --> 00:37:51.491
MOLLY: I think test track gave her a little like confidence boost that she's like, I can do this.

00:37:51.511 --> 00:37:52.571
MOLLY: I was like, you did test track.

00:37:52.591 --> 00:37:53.231
MOLLY: You can do this.

00:37:53.251 --> 00:37:53.811
VIRGINIA: It's fine.

00:37:53.831 --> 00:37:54.131
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:37:55.151 --> 00:37:56.151
MOLLY: She did great on it.

00:37:56.531 --> 00:37:58.171
MOLLY: She was like, she was definitely nervous.

00:37:58.291 --> 00:37:59.751
MOLLY: I'm like, you've done it twice already.

00:37:59.771 --> 00:38:01.811
MOLLY: Like if nothing, nothing's going to be different.

00:38:02.271 --> 00:38:02.631
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:38:03.731 --> 00:38:05.271
MOLLY: So yeah, so she did great.

00:38:05.291 --> 00:38:05.911
MOLLY: She did great.

00:38:05.991 --> 00:38:14.111
MOLLY: And then after that, she decided she wanted to do the journey of water one more time in the dark because it wasn't quite dark when we did it before.

00:38:15.271 --> 00:38:20.311
MOLLY: So we hoofed it over there and then tried to make it back for fireworks.

00:38:20.331 --> 00:38:24.051
MOLLY: So like we like basically like sped walk over there.

00:38:24.351 --> 00:38:26.291
MOLLY: And this girl hates walking.

00:38:26.291 --> 00:38:29.111
MOLLY: And she was like, she's like trying to coach me.

00:38:29.131 --> 00:38:31.611
MOLLY: She's like, come on, we just got a jug.

00:38:31.831 --> 00:38:32.811
MOLLY: You can do it.

00:38:33.011 --> 00:38:33.671
MOLLY: Come on.

00:38:33.691 --> 00:38:35.571
<v SPEAKER_1>I was like, who are you?

00:38:36.351 --> 00:38:37.571
MOLLY: What happened to my child?

00:38:37.591 --> 00:38:44.991
MOLLY: So she loved it that much that she was willing to walk really fast over to do it one more time before the fireworks.

00:38:45.531 --> 00:38:46.111
MOLLY: And we did.

00:38:46.131 --> 00:38:49.951
MOLLY: We got there with like five minutes to spare to like the port of entry area.

00:38:49.971 --> 00:38:55.391
MOLLY: So we were a couple of rows of people back, but we got there in time.

00:38:55.791 --> 00:38:59.551
MOLLY: She absolutely like this was the only nighttime spectacular.

00:38:59.571 --> 00:39:02.131
MOLLY: We ended up doing the whole trip and she absolutely loved it.

00:39:02.151 --> 00:39:03.171
MOLLY: Like it was so fun.

00:39:03.191 --> 00:39:07.091
MOLLY: And she was like, oh wow, you know, like all the things, which is good.

00:39:07.111 --> 00:39:09.331
MOLLY: She doesn't, we don't, she doesn't like loud noises.

00:39:09.351 --> 00:39:15.411
MOLLY: So we typically don't do that stuff, but we had like the noise canceling earmuffs for her.

00:39:15.431 --> 00:39:17.331
MOLLY: So that really helped a lot.

00:39:17.451 --> 00:39:18.631
MOLLY: So we got to do that.

00:39:18.651 --> 00:39:26.531
MOLLY: And then I was like, let's just hang out after the fireworks because everyone's going to like mass exodus out of here and we don't even want to get caught in that.

00:39:26.551 --> 00:39:32.651
MOLLY: So we kind of waited for the crowd to dissipate a little bit, went to the bathroom, slow walk out of the park.

00:39:32.671 --> 00:39:44.911
MOLLY: And I actually, I had wanted to get my annual pass magnet that day, but every time we went by, where they were handing them out, the line was so long that I was like, I'm just not going to stand in like an hour long line for a magnet.

00:39:44.931 --> 00:39:46.031
MOLLY: Like I'm just not going to do it.

00:39:46.051 --> 00:39:50.831
MOLLY: But when we like went to go out, there was like two people in the line and I was like, all right, that's my chance.

00:39:51.371 --> 00:39:54.091
MOLLY: So she didn't want me to stop, but I was like, we got to do it.

00:39:54.111 --> 00:39:55.191
MOLLY: It's got to take a second.

00:39:55.371 --> 00:40:03.411
MOLLY: So I went and got my magnet, my stitch magnet, and then we headed out to the bus and it, we didn't really need to wait very long.

00:40:03.431 --> 00:40:05.251
MOLLY: There was only a couple people in the line.

00:40:05.551 --> 00:40:14.531
MOLLY: So I think that was a good strategy to kind of wait it out and just kind of got back and got ready for bed and ready for the next day.

00:40:14.551 --> 00:40:15.931
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:40:15.951 --> 00:40:31.411
VIRGINIA: The only thing I'm missing from your tale of your day here that we had talked about was that there was the possibility that Lyra was going to artistically direct you in some photos with the topiaries.

00:40:32.091 --> 00:40:35.151
VIRGINIA: So did that end up happening?

00:40:36.191 --> 00:40:37.171
MOLLY: Not with me.

00:40:37.211 --> 00:40:38.451
MOLLY: She took a few.

00:40:38.471 --> 00:40:40.031
MOLLY: We took a few of her.

00:40:40.051 --> 00:40:48.211
MOLLY: I wanted to at least get some because I have a couple of her in front of the ones in the UK Pavilion with the Winnie the Pooh characters.

00:40:48.771 --> 00:40:58.531
MOLLY: And I was like, okay, if you're not like, she was just like, she was not in the in the same frame of mind this year, but I was like, can I at least get a couple here to compare with last time?

00:40:59.011 --> 00:41:05.291
MOLLY: And she was like, fine, so she she did a couple of poses for me in front of them.

00:41:05.771 --> 00:41:17.891
MOLLY: Okay, but that actually we got we got some with Asha, the Asha topiary in the front and we got some with the Encanto characters too, but not they're not as fun as the ones we did the last time.

00:41:18.091 --> 00:41:19.391
MOLLY: She's so much more now.

00:41:20.091 --> 00:41:20.671
VIRGINIA: Oh, yeah.

00:41:21.011 --> 00:41:22.711
VIRGINIA: All of eight years old.

00:41:23.111 --> 00:41:23.671
<v SPEAKER_1>I know.

00:41:23.691 --> 00:41:24.111
<v SPEAKER_1>Right.

00:41:24.791 --> 00:41:26.111
MOLLY: She's written test track now.

00:41:26.131 --> 00:41:26.671
MOLLY: She can't.

00:41:27.111 --> 00:41:27.571
MOLLY: I know.

00:41:29.951 --> 00:41:30.411
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:41:30.631 --> 00:41:40.871
VIRGINIA: Well, so Saturday, May the Fourth Be With You, but you were going to be steering clear of the Hollywood Studios area, rightfully so.

00:41:42.111 --> 00:41:52.631
VIRGINIA: Animal Kingdom for May the Fourth Be With You, which I feel like maybe we should come up with like an animal name that fits into that and like, I don't know, like May the Sloth Be With You or I don't know.

00:41:52.711 --> 00:41:53.351
MOLLY: Yes.

00:41:53.731 --> 00:41:55.291
VIRGINIA: An animal kingdom alternative.

00:41:57.171 --> 00:42:02.771
MOLLY: We started that day with a breakfast reservation at Topolino's.

00:42:02.911 --> 00:42:06.611
MOLLY: So we actually took a lift over.

00:42:06.651 --> 00:42:10.811
MOLLY: I was going to get a minivan over there, but we did not time that right.

00:42:10.831 --> 00:42:14.971
MOLLY: And it wasn't going to be able to pick us up until later than I wanted it to.

00:42:14.991 --> 00:42:18.951
MOLLY: So we just got a standard lift over to Riviera.

00:42:19.011 --> 00:42:21.171
VIRGINIA: Were you able to move your reservation?

00:42:22.151 --> 00:42:27.291
VIRGINIA: Because when we spoke before, your reservation was at 1130, but you were going to try to make it earlier.

00:42:27.411 --> 00:42:28.391
MOLLY: Yes, I was.

00:42:28.411 --> 00:42:30.811
MOLLY: I actually moved it to 8 a.m.

00:42:30.891 --> 00:42:33.631
MOLLY: and then moved it back to 9 a.m.

00:42:33.711 --> 00:42:34.571
MOLLY: or 9 15.

00:42:34.631 --> 00:42:35.411
MOLLY: 9 15.

00:42:35.551 --> 00:42:36.811
MOLLY: Because I moved it to 8.

00:42:36.851 --> 00:42:38.951
MOLLY: Lyra was like, I prefer 9.

00:42:40.491 --> 00:42:44.851
MOLLY: Well, I don't know if I could do that, but I'll do my best.

00:42:47.491 --> 00:42:53.271
MOLLY: And I just kept checking, I would recommend that to anyone who, it just kept, a bunch of them kept popping up.

00:42:53.311 --> 00:42:56.431
MOLLY: And I sent alerts with two different places.

00:42:57.071 --> 00:43:02.151
MOLLY: I have the Stakeout app and Magical Alerts, I think is what it's called.

00:43:03.091 --> 00:43:06.031
MOLLY: So I set alerts with a couple of different places as well.

00:43:06.171 --> 00:43:09.111
MOLLY: And they would text you or whatever when something came up.

00:43:09.131 --> 00:43:14.971
MOLLY: And I was getting like noon 745, I kept getting like one end or the other.

00:43:15.211 --> 00:43:19.031
MOLLY: So I was like, I just need it like a little bit tighter in the eight to nine area.

00:43:19.051 --> 00:43:22.591
MOLLY: So I got the eight and then I saw the nine and we moved it to 915.

00:43:22.611 --> 00:43:35.851
MOLLY: So 915 was what we ended up with, which was perfect because it wasn't too, too early from my little sleeping princess, but was also not as late as 1130 because I was like, that's pretty late.

00:43:36.351 --> 00:43:36.671
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:43:36.751 --> 00:43:43.251
MOLLY: And I would have to have two breakfasts, so many coffees and many coffees before then.

00:43:44.591 --> 00:43:45.651
MOLLY: So we got there a little early.

00:43:45.671 --> 00:43:47.951
MOLLY: We kind of just hung around the grounds.

00:43:47.971 --> 00:43:53.711
MOLLY: I love looking at those mosaic murals that they have there, the Peter Pan and the Rapunzel ones.

00:43:53.951 --> 00:43:54.591
VIRGINIA: So pretty.

00:43:54.691 --> 00:43:55.371
MOLLY: Yeah.

00:43:55.371 --> 00:43:57.971
MOLLY: It's a really, really pretty resort.

00:43:57.971 --> 00:43:59.471
MOLLY: I've never actually stayed there.

00:43:59.491 --> 00:44:02.631
MOLLY: I would love to at some point, but we just kind of walked around.

00:44:02.691 --> 00:44:09.251
MOLLY: They had the giant chess in the game area out front and she just kicked my butt.

00:44:09.351 --> 00:44:10.271
MOLLY: She's very good at chess.

00:44:10.291 --> 00:44:11.131
MOLLY: I don't know how to play chess.

00:44:11.511 --> 00:44:12.651
MOLLY: She's like, you do this.

00:44:12.931 --> 00:44:15.171
MOLLY: I was like, are you setting me up to lose?

00:44:15.371 --> 00:44:16.211
MOLLY: I think she was.

00:44:16.251 --> 00:44:19.111
MOLLY: She's like, you can move that one here.

00:44:19.131 --> 00:44:21.411
MOLLY: I was like, I don't know about that.

00:44:21.431 --> 00:44:22.731
MOLLY: I feel like you're trying to trick me.

00:44:23.071 --> 00:44:25.131
MOLLY: She's like, why don't you move your queen?

00:44:27.311 --> 00:44:30.171
MOLLY: She beat me at chess and then we headed up.

00:44:30.191 --> 00:44:36.591
MOLLY: We actually, we had kind of Disney bounded as Daisy and Donald in their Topolino's outfits.

00:44:37.031 --> 00:44:38.911
MOLLY: So that was kind of a fun little thing.

00:44:38.991 --> 00:44:44.231
MOLLY: And we went up to the little store there.

00:44:44.251 --> 00:44:51.311
MOLLY: I wanted to get the bigger plushes of them, which they have in the little Topolino store, but they didn't have Daisy.

00:44:51.371 --> 00:44:55.291
MOLLY: They had Mickey, Minnie and Donald, but they didn't have the Daisy one.

00:44:55.571 --> 00:45:00.291
MOLLY: So we ended up getting like little plush keychains of both of them, which are also very cute.

00:45:00.291 --> 00:45:03.971
MOLLY: So we brought those up to breakfast and we were like playing with them on the table.

00:45:03.991 --> 00:45:12.051
MOLLY: And then when they came around, Daisy was like, you look like me, you know, like did like the whole thing to Lyra and she just like absolutely loved it.

00:45:12.111 --> 00:45:15.531
MOLLY: So that was really fun just to like, everybody was like, oh, look at you.

00:45:15.551 --> 00:45:16.471
MOLLY: You look like them.

00:45:16.491 --> 00:45:17.491
MOLLY: And we're like, yeah.

00:45:17.671 --> 00:45:19.191
<v SPEAKER_1>And I was like, sorry, Mickey.

00:45:19.211 --> 00:45:20.111
MOLLY: We still love you too.

00:45:20.351 --> 00:45:22.851
VIRGINIA: Like, you don't look like me.

00:45:23.031 --> 00:45:24.991
MOLLY: But yeah, it was, I love that place.

00:45:25.071 --> 00:45:27.731
MOLLY: It's just, it's so nice up there.

00:45:27.771 --> 00:45:29.691
MOLLY: Like you're up and you could see everything.

00:45:30.071 --> 00:45:31.491
MOLLY: The food is really good.

00:45:31.671 --> 00:45:35.931
MOLLY: It was, you know, cheaper than Space 220 for a meal.

00:45:36.831 --> 00:45:40.791
VIRGINIA: Which is saying a lot considering Topolino's is not cheap either.

00:45:40.811 --> 00:45:42.011
MOLLY: But yeah, we loved it.

00:45:42.011 --> 00:45:43.051
MOLLY: We had a blast.

00:45:43.391 --> 00:45:43.851
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:45:43.991 --> 00:45:46.171
VIRGINIA: Where did you head after Topolino's?

00:45:46.891 --> 00:45:47.211
MOLLY: Yes.

00:45:47.291 --> 00:45:53.491
MOLLY: After Topolino's, we actually, we changed into some Animal Kingdom garb and out of our little costumes.

00:45:54.031 --> 00:46:00.591
MOLLY: And we took the bus over to Animal Kingdom from Riviera and we went straight to the animation experience.

00:46:00.611 --> 00:46:02.131
MOLLY: We had got a lightning lane for that.

00:46:02.151 --> 00:46:06.871
MOLLY: So we went out to Rafiki's Planet Watch and did that.

00:46:07.031 --> 00:46:08.511
MOLLY: And Lyra loved it.

00:46:08.571 --> 00:46:18.691
MOLLY: We drew Pua from Moana and the guy, I forget his name off the top of my head, but he was just, he was so fun, the guy that was running it and teaching us.

00:46:18.851 --> 00:46:23.051
MOLLY: And so she at the end went up and to like show him and we got a picture with him and everything.

00:46:23.491 --> 00:46:32.711
MOLLY: After that, we went to the like the petting zoo, the affection section area there and pet a couple goats and a pig.

00:46:33.531 --> 00:46:34.391
MOLLY: It was pretty hot.

00:46:34.411 --> 00:46:38.051
MOLLY: So I think a lot of them were like where you can't pet them.

00:46:38.051 --> 00:46:39.911
MOLLY: So we didn't stay there very long.

00:46:39.951 --> 00:46:41.911
MOLLY: And then we took the train back.

00:46:41.931 --> 00:46:47.791
MOLLY: We got some popcorn because Lyra had wanted popcorn at Epcot and we were in World Showcase.

00:46:47.811 --> 00:46:55.891
MOLLY: And I was like, I don't think there's many places that sell popcorn because other than America, it's not really a food that people eat.

00:46:56.351 --> 00:46:58.351
MOLLY: So I got her some popcorn.

00:46:58.371 --> 00:47:01.531
MOLLY: We hung out for a bit until we went on the safari.

00:47:01.551 --> 00:47:04.391
MOLLY: And then after that, we went over.

00:47:04.411 --> 00:47:12.031
MOLLY: They were having for the month of May, they're doing like a travel agent appreciation little spot in Animal Kingdom.

00:47:12.691 --> 00:47:14.671
MOLLY: So we stopped by that.

00:47:14.691 --> 00:47:18.291
MOLLY: We got free Mickey bars and waters.

00:47:18.311 --> 00:47:25.471
MOLLY: And we got to hang out there and they just, you know, kind of had a little spot for travel agents to come and hang out for a bit.

00:47:25.691 --> 00:47:28.251
MOLLY: Lyra liked reaping the benefits of the free ice cream.

00:47:28.311 --> 00:47:38.591
MOLLY: And then we went over to the Finding Nemo show, which Lyra wanted to see that one over Lion King, which Lion King is my absolute favorite.

00:47:38.591 --> 00:47:40.831
MOLLY: But I also really like the Nemo one.

00:47:40.851 --> 00:47:41.731
MOLLY: The Nemo one is very good.

00:47:41.751 --> 00:47:42.811
MOLLY: We got front row seats.

00:47:43.171 --> 00:47:48.691
MOLLY: I mean, it's again, like Broadway level performances there in the middle of a theme park.

00:47:49.091 --> 00:47:52.431
MOLLY: And then from there, we went to Dinoland USA.

00:47:52.451 --> 00:47:54.491
MOLLY: We did Triceratops spin.

00:47:55.011 --> 00:48:02.951
MOLLY: We got some lunch, like a late lunch at Restaurantasaurus, which again is like meh to me, but she wanted to check it out.

00:48:03.191 --> 00:48:05.131
MOLLY: I mean, it has chicken nuggets and french fries.

00:48:05.131 --> 00:48:08.531
MOLLY: Like that's, that's, that's the level of cuisine we were at.

00:48:08.671 --> 00:48:12.871
MOLLY: And then after that, we went over to the Boneyard to play for a bit.

00:48:12.891 --> 00:48:20.751
MOLLY: I feel like we were kind of like hanging out in Dino Land a little bit extra, just knowing that it's probably not going to be the same for very long.

00:48:20.771 --> 00:48:26.191
MOLLY: So we kind of tried to check off some things just to make sure we saw them one last time.

00:48:26.231 --> 00:48:29.991
VIRGINIA: Do you know when they're starting the renovations?

00:48:30.011 --> 00:48:32.231
VIRGINIA: Do you have any inside scoop on that?

00:48:32.471 --> 00:48:33.551
MOLLY: No inside scoop.

00:48:33.691 --> 00:48:40.591
MOLLY: I assume they're going to announce it, maybe not dates, but I assume they're going to at least announce some more details with D23.

00:48:40.851 --> 00:48:46.311
MOLLY: I feel like they're kind of hinting at that with what they've said so far.

00:48:46.331 --> 00:48:49.891
MOLLY: I don't believe anything, even rumors.

00:48:49.911 --> 00:48:59.111
MOLLY: Unless it's coming out of Disney's mouth, I know better than to believe anything anybody else says because I feel like they could change it up until that moment.

00:48:59.131 --> 00:49:05.191
MOLLY: So yeah, no inside scoop, but I just have a feeling just with the way things are going.

00:49:05.211 --> 00:49:07.291
MOLLY: And I mean, maybe it'll be wonderful.

00:49:07.471 --> 00:49:13.771
MOLLY: I really like the dino land area, so I'm a little bummed, but you know, got to keep moving forward as they say.

00:49:13.851 --> 00:49:16.591
MOLLY: So looking forward to new stuff too.

00:49:16.871 --> 00:49:19.251
VIRGINIA: So you have not mentioned Pandora yet.

00:49:19.271 --> 00:49:21.171
VIRGINIA: Did you make it over to Pandora?

00:49:21.451 --> 00:49:23.671
MOLLY: Yeah, so that was kind of how we ended our day.

00:49:23.691 --> 00:49:30.671
MOLLY: We did both Navi River Journey and Flight of Passage at the end of the day, which are two of our faves.

00:49:31.371 --> 00:49:34.131
MOLLY: And we after that, we headed out of the park.

00:49:35.071 --> 00:49:44.691
MOLLY: Our plan was to go back and go over to the French Quarter Pool to swim, but it actually was closed, I guess.

00:49:44.731 --> 00:49:50.291
MOLLY: They had just refurbished it and it was open, but I think something must have broken or something.

00:49:50.311 --> 00:49:53.451
MOLLY: They didn't really know what was going on, but it was closed for maintenance.

00:49:53.951 --> 00:49:59.431
MOLLY: But the splash pad was open, so we just kind of hung out and did, Lyra did the splash pad.

00:49:59.451 --> 00:50:01.311
MOLLY: And she absolutely loved it.

00:50:01.331 --> 00:50:09.031
MOLLY: She made a bunch of friends and I had to drag her out of there after an hour and a half, because I was like, we haven't had anything to eat.

00:50:10.831 --> 00:50:11.671
MOLLY: It's getting late.

00:50:12.111 --> 00:50:16.531
MOLLY: So she had a blast playing at the splash pad, so it was fine.

00:50:16.671 --> 00:50:23.891
MOLLY: And then as we were walking back to Riverside, we realized that French Quarter was showing Wish on the lawn.

00:50:24.451 --> 00:50:27.611
MOLLY: So then we went and she had to sit and watch that for a little while.

00:50:27.631 --> 00:50:33.091
MOLLY: So we watched a couple of scenes with a couple of our favorite songs before heading back.

00:50:33.511 --> 00:50:38.351
MOLLY: On the way back, we actually could see the Epcot fireworks over the trees a little bit.

00:50:38.651 --> 00:50:40.671
MOLLY: So we were heading back pretty late.

00:50:40.691 --> 00:50:42.371
MOLLY: It was after nine o'clock.

00:50:42.871 --> 00:50:44.951
MOLLY: I could set my watch by the fireworks, really.

00:50:45.331 --> 00:50:49.611
MOLLY: So we finally got back right after nine o'clock to the room.

00:50:50.031 --> 00:50:53.951
MOLLY: We watched some Disney movies on TV after getting ready for bed.

00:50:54.111 --> 00:50:55.171
MOLLY: And that was that day.

00:50:55.331 --> 00:50:56.211
VIRGINIA: That was a good day.

00:50:56.511 --> 00:50:57.491
VIRGINIA: You packed a lot in.

00:50:57.511 --> 00:50:58.631
MOLLY: It was a good day.

00:50:58.991 --> 00:51:03.811
VIRGINIA: So Sunday, May the 5th, you were heading over to Magic Kingdom.

00:51:04.011 --> 00:51:08.851
VIRGINIA: And you told me that your plan was to get there early, but not necessarily at rope drop.

00:51:08.931 --> 00:51:10.651
VIRGINIA: So what was the verdict?

00:51:10.671 --> 00:51:13.431
VIRGINIA: What time did you end up getting into the Magic Kingdom?

00:51:13.671 --> 00:51:16.451
MOLLY: So we got there about nine fifteen.

00:51:16.531 --> 00:51:25.151
MOLLY: So pretty accurate with not quite rope drop, but like right after park official, because I think at park official opening was nine o'clock that day.

00:51:25.531 --> 00:51:28.791
MOLLY: So we got there just after that, which was a good amount of time.

00:51:28.811 --> 00:51:31.131
MOLLY: We went to Sleepy Hollow.

00:51:31.691 --> 00:51:34.471
MOLLY: That's like both my kids love going there for breakfast.

00:51:34.491 --> 00:51:38.471
MOLLY: So we got the big Mickey waffles there, which are wonderful.

00:51:38.591 --> 00:51:41.351
MOLLY: And then after that, we did the carousel.

00:51:41.811 --> 00:51:45.431
MOLLY: We did Small World without a lightning lane.

00:51:45.451 --> 00:51:49.911
MOLLY: We just like tried to kind of hit a bunch of the fantasy land rides without lightning lanes.

00:51:50.811 --> 00:51:55.511
MOLLY: We did Enchanted Tales with Belle and Lyra was chosen to be...

00:51:55.531 --> 00:51:56.771
MOLLY: I know I love it too.

00:51:56.991 --> 00:51:58.371
MOLLY: Lyra got to be the beast.

00:51:59.051 --> 00:51:59.771
VIRGINIA: Oh, cool.

00:52:00.171 --> 00:52:05.571
MOLLY: She absolutely like was like, it was like full, you know, stage performance.

00:52:06.271 --> 00:52:07.851
MOLLY: Her Oscar probably in the mail.

00:52:08.911 --> 00:52:09.711
MOLLY: She did amazing.

00:52:09.731 --> 00:52:10.851
MOLLY: She had such a blast.

00:52:11.071 --> 00:52:12.171
MOLLY: So that was really fun.

00:52:12.891 --> 00:52:16.691
MOLLY: And then we walked over, did the Little Mermaid without a lightning lane.

00:52:16.791 --> 00:52:20.611
MOLLY: And then we stopped at Gaston's because I wanted to get some more coffee.

00:52:20.831 --> 00:52:22.731
MOLLY: I was like, you want to try the cinnamon roll?

00:52:22.751 --> 00:52:24.871
MOLLY: She's kind of like, I don't know if I like it.

00:52:25.531 --> 00:52:30.611
MOLLY: And the wonderful cast member behind the counter was like, it's on Mickey Mouse.

00:52:30.791 --> 00:52:32.891
MOLLY: I think she'll like it, but give it a try.

00:52:32.911 --> 00:52:36.391
MOLLY: So they pixie dusted us the cinnamon roll, which was so kind.

00:52:37.271 --> 00:52:37.891
MOLLY: And she did.

00:52:37.891 --> 00:52:38.591
MOLLY: She loved it.

00:52:39.671 --> 00:52:41.591
MOLLY: Definitely too much for two people.

00:52:41.611 --> 00:52:45.191
MOLLY: I would say a family of four could probably do the cinnamon roll.

00:52:45.211 --> 00:52:47.131
MOLLY: It's huge, but she loved it.

00:52:47.151 --> 00:52:48.611
MOLLY: So it was very nice.

00:52:48.911 --> 00:52:49.251
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:52:49.291 --> 00:52:57.051
VIRGINIA: So when you did your mother-son trip with Sebastian, he got pixie dusted a couple of times and was not really aware of what pixie dusting was.

00:52:57.171 --> 00:53:06.951
VIRGINIA: So having heard about his trip, was Lyra aware of what pixie dusting was, or was this her first kind of understanding of what that meant?

00:53:08.031 --> 00:53:12.131
MOLLY: So I think she had a little bit more knowledge of it, but she was like, so what happened?

00:53:12.151 --> 00:53:13.551
MOLLY: Did we get something for free?

00:53:14.791 --> 00:53:17.071
MOLLY: I'm like, they pixie dusted this cinnamon roll to us.

00:53:17.091 --> 00:53:21.471
MOLLY: And she's like, I was like, did you hear her say this is on, you know, this is from Mickey Mouse?

00:53:21.491 --> 00:53:25.471
MOLLY: And she's like, oh, I was like, maybe that made it taste better.

00:53:25.991 --> 00:53:28.871
VIRGINIA: But she's a cinnamon roll fan now.

00:53:28.891 --> 00:53:33.051
MOLLY: Yeah, she is definitely a cinnamon roll fan.

00:53:33.291 --> 00:53:33.691
VIRGINIA: Nice.

00:53:34.791 --> 00:53:37.631
MOLLY: And then from there, we had a lightning lane for Haunted Mansion.

00:53:37.951 --> 00:53:42.291
MOLLY: And we went on that and Lyra doesn't like it.

00:53:42.431 --> 00:53:44.431
MOLLY: She was scared and she didn't like it.

00:53:44.451 --> 00:53:50.791
MOLLY: We got stopped in the graveyard scene and she just like had her eyes closed for that whole time.

00:53:50.951 --> 00:53:52.051
VIRGINIA: This was her first time?

00:53:52.431 --> 00:53:54.191
MOLLY: No, she's been on it before.

00:53:54.211 --> 00:53:55.231
MOLLY: I don't know.

00:53:55.251 --> 00:53:59.751
MOLLY: She was really like she's in a big like puffy princess dress and she was really hot.

00:54:00.011 --> 00:54:05.131
MOLLY: So I think that like she was also a little like after that, she wanted to change out of the princess dress immediately.

00:54:05.151 --> 00:54:07.991
MOLLY: So like I think it was just she wasn't comfortable.

00:54:08.671 --> 00:54:09.851
MOLLY: So that was an oops.

00:54:09.871 --> 00:54:11.491
MOLLY: And she says she's never going on that again.

00:54:12.711 --> 00:54:16.531
MOLLY: So that might be her last time for a while on a mansion.

00:54:16.531 --> 00:54:18.251
MOLLY: I'm sure she'll change her mind.

00:54:19.311 --> 00:54:19.691
MOLLY: But yes.

00:54:19.711 --> 00:54:23.511
MOLLY: And then after that, she wanted out of her princess dress because it was too hot.

00:54:23.571 --> 00:54:31.011
MOLLY: So we actually we walked over to Tomorrowland because we had a Buzz Lightyear lightning lane, got her changed, went on that.

00:54:31.311 --> 00:54:36.871
MOLLY: And then we came back because we had a Peter Pan lightning lanes.

00:54:36.891 --> 00:54:43.991
MOLLY: We were kind of back and forth a little bit with lightning lanes there, but did Peter Pan and then got lunch at Pinocchio Village House.

00:54:44.431 --> 00:54:45.511
MOLLY: Pizza, of course.

00:54:46.391 --> 00:54:47.931
MOLLY: And it was actually pretty good.

00:54:48.051 --> 00:54:51.491
MOLLY: Like I don't know that I've ever eaten there.

00:54:51.751 --> 00:54:53.411
MOLLY: I feel like I've always kind of avoided it.

00:54:53.591 --> 00:54:58.031
VIRGINIA: When people do eat there, they talk about the flatbreads and that the flatbreads are good.

00:54:58.351 --> 00:55:00.171
MOLLY: So yeah, and that's what we got.

00:55:00.211 --> 00:55:01.671
MOLLY: So it was pretty good.

00:55:02.051 --> 00:55:03.131
MOLLY: And we sat upstairs.

00:55:03.411 --> 00:55:06.471
MOLLY: There's always that pretty good view of the castle if you step outside there.

00:55:06.471 --> 00:55:12.951
MOLLY: So that's kind of a little bonus or you can sit near the Small World Boats, which is kind of a fun place to sit too.

00:55:13.131 --> 00:55:17.511
VIRGINIA: You had a Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique appointment coming up at 2.30.

00:55:17.531 --> 00:55:21.631
VIRGINIA: So where were you in the timeline between this lunch and that appointment?

00:55:21.951 --> 00:55:22.951
MOLLY: Not far off.

00:55:22.971 --> 00:55:24.391
MOLLY: We did have some time to kill.

00:55:24.411 --> 00:55:27.351
MOLLY: So we actually ended up going over to Dumbo.

00:55:27.751 --> 00:55:30.391
MOLLY: She wanted to do the little play area there.

00:55:30.411 --> 00:55:31.991
MOLLY: This kid loves playgrounds.

00:55:32.491 --> 00:55:35.031
MOLLY: And so we did the play area and then rode Dumbo.

00:55:35.091 --> 00:55:37.571
MOLLY: And then I was like, all right, we have to head back.

00:55:38.091 --> 00:55:42.051
MOLLY: So we headed over to Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique after that.

00:55:42.451 --> 00:55:43.511
MOLLY: And wow.

00:55:44.051 --> 00:55:46.871
MOLLY: So we've never done the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique before.

00:55:47.591 --> 00:55:49.031
MOLLY: It wasn't around when I was a kid.

00:55:49.271 --> 00:55:50.311
MOLLY: Obviously, I'm very old.

00:55:50.891 --> 00:55:53.191
MOLLY: And we've just never done it with Lyra until now.

00:55:53.211 --> 00:55:56.791
MOLLY: And this is kind of our our last chance, I feel like.

00:55:56.811 --> 00:56:02.291
MOLLY: So both based on her age and size and love of princesses, I just I don't know.

00:56:02.411 --> 00:56:04.451
MOLLY: I don't know how much longer we had to do it.

00:56:04.471 --> 00:56:07.211
MOLLY: So it was a fantastic experience.

00:56:07.271 --> 00:56:10.551
MOLLY: And I feel worth every single penny that is spent on it.

00:56:12.491 --> 00:56:19.291
VIRGINIA: So technical question, because not that long ago she was uncomfortable and wanted to get out of her princess dress.

00:56:19.831 --> 00:56:24.431
VIRGINIA: So did you proceed forward with getting a dress there?

00:56:24.831 --> 00:56:26.871
VIRGINIA: Did she put the princess dress back on?

00:56:26.951 --> 00:56:30.211
VIRGINIA: Or did you change your package over to hair and makeup only?

00:56:30.551 --> 00:56:32.271
MOLLY: Oh, no, we went full princess dress.

00:56:33.351 --> 00:56:37.551
MOLLY: So she ended up with a Belle princess dress.

00:56:37.871 --> 00:56:40.111
MOLLY: It's not the $450 one.

00:56:40.751 --> 00:56:42.091
MOLLY: It's the next one down.

00:56:43.451 --> 00:56:45.811
<v SPEAKER_1>Because I was like, you can't do this one.

00:56:45.831 --> 00:56:48.031
MOLLY: I was like, you can do anything under.

00:56:48.331 --> 00:56:49.031
MOLLY: You can pick.

00:56:49.611 --> 00:56:52.231
MOLLY: And I even said, like, if you want to just do the t-shirt, that's fine.

00:56:52.251 --> 00:56:53.731
MOLLY: But she was like, no, I want the dress.

00:56:53.851 --> 00:56:55.191
MOLLY: So I let her decide that.

00:56:55.371 --> 00:56:57.391
MOLLY: And she wanted the Belle dress.

00:56:57.411 --> 00:57:00.971
MOLLY: And that is there's like the castle, the carriage.

00:57:00.991 --> 00:57:01.291
MOLLY: I don't know.

00:57:01.311 --> 00:57:02.251
MOLLY: They're all called different things.

00:57:02.271 --> 00:57:03.471
MOLLY: And now I can't remember which one it was.

00:57:03.711 --> 00:57:06.551
MOLLY: It was like a $200 one, if anyone's looking at prices.

00:57:06.931 --> 00:57:09.051
MOLLY: So she went with that one because you could get the Belle dress.

00:57:09.071 --> 00:57:12.491
MOLLY: And I think doing the Enchanted Tales with Belle, she had Belle on the brain.

00:57:12.511 --> 00:57:14.471
MOLLY: So that's what she wanted to do.

00:57:14.611 --> 00:57:19.791
MOLLY: So you get in, you check in, and then they give you like a fairy godmother apprentice.

00:57:20.611 --> 00:57:24.051
MOLLY: So that person will come out and like kind of walk you through the process.

00:57:24.071 --> 00:57:26.431
MOLLY: So we had Jorge, who was amazing.

00:57:26.451 --> 00:57:27.831
MOLLY: He was our fairy godfather.

00:57:28.851 --> 00:57:36.651
MOLLY: And he helped her, you know, get her dress and like pick out what she wanted to do with her hair and like got us all set up in the dressing room.

00:57:37.031 --> 00:57:38.351
MOLLY: So you put the dress on.

00:57:38.371 --> 00:57:41.391
MOLLY: Her package that she got also came with like jewelry accessories.

00:57:41.411 --> 00:57:44.391
MOLLY: So she had like a necklace and earrings and a ring and all that.

00:57:44.831 --> 00:57:49.011
MOLLY: And there's, you know, some magical things that I don't want to spoil for anyone that happen.

00:57:49.391 --> 00:57:55.871
MOLLY: And then they take you across to the castle from the dress shop for like the salon portion of it.

00:57:56.111 --> 00:58:01.451
MOLLY: So hair, makeup, nails, all that happens in Cinderella's castle.

00:58:01.451 --> 00:58:06.611
MOLLY: So we had Octavia and there was another fairy godmother that helped with the nails and makeup.

00:58:06.971 --> 00:58:08.291
MOLLY: Jada was her name.

00:58:08.631 --> 00:58:10.111
MOLLY: They were all fantastic.

00:58:10.231 --> 00:58:14.331
MOLLY: They made Lyra feel, you know, the center of attention that she wanted.

00:58:14.351 --> 00:58:15.411
MOLLY: She was Queen Lyra.

00:58:15.431 --> 00:58:18.971
MOLLY: Oh, you also get to choose if you want to be princess or queen.

00:58:19.411 --> 00:58:21.631
MOLLY: And Lyra decided she was going to be Queen Lyra.

00:58:22.011 --> 00:58:24.491
MOLLY: That shows you what I'm dealing with here.

00:58:24.511 --> 00:58:25.491
MOLLY: She runs the show.

00:58:25.531 --> 00:58:26.551
MOLLY: I just follow along.

00:58:26.551 --> 00:58:28.311
MOLLY: But yeah, she loved every minute of it.

00:58:28.391 --> 00:58:30.591
MOLLY: Like it was amazing.

00:58:30.611 --> 00:58:32.091
MOLLY: And they have photo pass there.

00:58:32.111 --> 00:58:37.751
MOLLY: So like they were taking pictures and it was, you know, showing up in our memory maker like instantly.

00:58:37.771 --> 00:58:42.571
MOLLY: And then, you know, after they're all done, they'll like announce you to the room.

00:58:42.591 --> 00:58:46.651
MOLLY: And then you can, you know, then you're off on your way.

00:58:47.011 --> 00:58:55.831
VIRGINIA: For families that might want to do this experience in the future, is this something that you should plan on bringing money for tipping?

00:58:56.151 --> 00:58:57.151
MOLLY: That's a good question.

00:58:57.171 --> 00:58:57.871
MOLLY: I didn't.

00:58:58.211 --> 00:58:59.311
MOLLY: So now I feel bad.

00:58:59.991 --> 00:59:01.271
VIRGINIA: No, I'm not trying to make you feel bad.

00:59:01.291 --> 00:59:01.971
VIRGINIA: I just don't know.

00:59:01.991 --> 00:59:03.071
VIRGINIA: I've never.

00:59:03.091 --> 00:59:04.251
VIRGINIA: I don't know.

00:59:04.711 --> 00:59:05.391
MOLLY: I don't know.

00:59:05.571 --> 00:59:06.951
VIRGINIA: Like you tip at your hair salon.

00:59:06.971 --> 00:59:08.631
VIRGINIA: Like, is that something?

00:59:08.651 --> 00:59:09.831
VIRGINIA: I mean, I guess, you know what?

00:59:10.191 --> 00:59:15.531
VIRGINIA: I will find out the information and we'll put it in the show notes for anybody who is curious.

00:59:15.731 --> 00:59:17.191
MOLLY: Yeah, that's a good question.

00:59:17.391 --> 00:59:17.951
VIRGINIA: Yeah, who knows?

00:59:17.971 --> 00:59:19.551
VIRGINIA: There's so many people who helped you too.

00:59:19.651 --> 00:59:21.851
VIRGINIA: It's like, who do you tip and not tip?

00:59:21.951 --> 00:59:22.171
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:59:22.191 --> 00:59:23.291
VIRGINIA: You know, I don't know.

00:59:23.471 --> 00:59:26.231
MOLLY: Well, if they're listening, I will forward you a check.

00:59:30.271 --> 00:59:30.791
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:59:30.911 --> 00:59:41.551
VIRGINIA: So you did thousands of photos, it sounds like, with princesses, with props, just every iteration of a photo you could do.

00:59:41.851 --> 00:59:43.671
VIRGINIA: And then where did you have to next?

00:59:44.011 --> 00:59:46.271
MOLLY: So we were going to go to Winnie the Pooh.

00:59:46.911 --> 00:59:54.371
MOLLY: We had a lightning lane for later, but we're going out of the park for dinner, so we weren't sure if it was going to work out.

00:59:54.391 --> 00:59:58.331
MOLLY: So we decided we were just going to kind of wait in the standby line because it was only about 30 minutes.

00:59:58.831 --> 01:00:01.991
MOLLY: And then Lyra decided she didn't want to wait in the line, so we bailed.

01:00:02.031 --> 01:00:06.291
MOLLY: And then we went over to, we did Tomorrowland Speedway with a lightning lane.

01:00:06.411 --> 01:00:12.591
MOLLY: We promised Sebastian we would go wave to Tron, so we took a picture in front of Tron waving just for him.

01:00:13.231 --> 01:00:16.451
MOLLY: And then didn't ride it, just wave to it.

01:00:16.571 --> 01:00:18.391
MOLLY: And then we did Monsters Inc.

01:00:18.411 --> 01:00:20.911
MOLLY: Laugh Floor with a lightning lane.

01:00:21.031 --> 01:00:22.351
MOLLY: Lyra loves Monsters Inc.

01:00:22.371 --> 01:00:28.291
MOLLY: She actually loves that new show, The Monsters At Work, that's on Disney Plus, so she's like a big Monsters Inc.

01:00:28.291 --> 01:00:28.591
MOLLY: fan.

01:00:29.131 --> 01:00:30.531
MOLLY: Yeah, she loves it.

01:00:30.571 --> 01:00:31.491
MOLLY: It's actually really funny.

01:00:31.671 --> 01:00:33.211
VIRGINIA: I've never seen it.

01:00:33.291 --> 01:00:33.931
MOLLY: Oh, you've never seen it?

01:00:33.951 --> 01:00:34.491
VIRGINIA: You should see it.

01:00:34.731 --> 01:00:36.011
MOLLY: They just came out with a new season.

01:00:36.271 --> 01:00:36.891
MOLLY: You might like it.

01:00:37.551 --> 01:00:41.871
MOLLY: So they like pick a kid in the crowd at the end to like tell a joke or something.

01:00:42.391 --> 01:00:44.171
MOLLY: And she was the one that got picked.

01:00:44.191 --> 01:00:49.671
MOLLY: And she was like, so like jumping out of her seat, excited to like have the chance to be picked.

01:00:49.791 --> 01:00:54.131
MOLLY: So they, you know, asked her about herself and then let her tell a joke.

01:00:54.191 --> 01:00:57.391
MOLLY: And she didn't stop talking about it after that happened.

01:00:57.411 --> 01:01:04.131
MOLLY: So it's like she had such a day, like so many experiences.

01:01:04.151 --> 01:01:04.791
VIRGINIA: That's amazing.

01:01:04.931 --> 01:01:07.131
MOLLY: So yeah, so she was really excited for that.

01:01:07.191 --> 01:01:11.891
MOLLY: And then from there, we actually left the park to go to our dinner.

01:01:12.131 --> 01:01:14.371
VIRGINIA: At 1900 Park Fair.

01:01:15.231 --> 01:01:18.551
MOLLY: So we took the monorail over to the Grand Floridian.

01:01:18.911 --> 01:01:22.271
MOLLY: It was a little chaotic waiting to get in.

01:01:22.291 --> 01:01:31.011
MOLLY: They have, you know, I don't know if I'm sure you're familiar, but I don't know if everybody else is, but that area is like there's 1900 Park Fair and the Grand Floridian Cafe.

01:01:31.031 --> 01:01:36.011
MOLLY: And then there's like a DVC desk and it's just like a circle in the middle.

01:01:36.351 --> 01:01:42.511
MOLLY: And there were just so many people waiting for both places and milling about.

01:01:42.531 --> 01:01:45.011
MOLLY: And there was no real place to stand.

01:01:45.111 --> 01:01:49.391
MOLLY: And there is like a waiting area for 1900 Park Fair, but the doors were closed.

01:01:49.451 --> 01:01:53.771
MOLLY: And I think it's because there is like a ceremony with the characters that happens during the dinner.

01:01:53.791 --> 01:01:56.891
MOLLY: And I think they closed the doors during that.

01:01:57.151 --> 01:02:01.791
MOLLY: So like we just happened to arrive at this time where like you couldn't get into that waiting area.

01:02:01.811 --> 01:02:08.031
MOLLY: So we were just kind of all like also Lyra had decided that the Belle dress was too itchy.

01:02:08.551 --> 01:02:16.011
MOLLY: So where I wanted to have this nice fancy dinner because she was going to be all dressed up, she went back to shorts and t-shirts.

01:02:16.031 --> 01:02:20.771
MOLLY: So I didn't change into the dress I had brought because I was like, well, we're not doing dresses.

01:02:20.931 --> 01:02:22.791
MOLLY: So we're just like in shorts and a t-shirt.

01:02:22.811 --> 01:02:25.871
MOLLY: And I felt a little underdressed, but it was fine.

01:02:26.111 --> 01:02:29.751
MOLLY: There were plenty of other people wearing just, you know, park attire.

01:02:30.531 --> 01:02:35.031
MOLLY: But yeah, so it was like a little like weird start to it because we didn't really know where to go.

01:02:35.091 --> 01:02:37.971
MOLLY: But once we got in, the restaurant is absolutely stunning.

01:02:38.191 --> 01:02:39.411
MOLLY: Really pretty in there.

01:02:39.511 --> 01:02:41.071
MOLLY: The food was really good.

01:02:41.951 --> 01:02:43.331
MOLLY: It's buffet style.

01:02:43.431 --> 01:02:44.571
MOLLY: We did dinner.

01:02:44.591 --> 01:02:48.311
MOLLY: They also have breakfast, but the dinner, there was like a carving station.

01:02:48.331 --> 01:02:50.091
MOLLY: There's plenty of kids options.

01:02:51.091 --> 01:02:52.891
MOLLY: There's like Tiana's gumbo.

01:02:53.791 --> 01:02:54.491
MOLLY: What else was there?

01:02:54.511 --> 01:02:56.351
MOLLY: There's like couscous salad.

01:02:56.771 --> 01:02:57.651
MOLLY: There's all sorts of stuff.

01:02:57.671 --> 01:03:01.751
MOLLY: And then like a ton of desserts, just like a huge spread of desserts as well.

01:03:01.971 --> 01:03:04.411
MOLLY: I turned around and I was like, Lyra, what do you have on your plate?

01:03:04.431 --> 01:03:06.391
MOLLY: And she just had gummy bears on her plate.

01:03:06.411 --> 01:03:08.311
MOLLY: That was all I saw.

01:03:08.331 --> 01:03:11.631
MOLLY: She ended up getting other food, but I was like, oh, great.

01:03:11.651 --> 01:03:14.391
MOLLY: And some dad just heard me say, oh, great, gummy bears.

01:03:14.411 --> 01:03:15.811
MOLLY: He started laughing.

01:03:15.811 --> 01:03:17.251
MOLLY: It's like, hey, it's a buffet.

01:03:17.271 --> 01:03:18.131
MOLLY: What are you going to do?

01:03:18.731 --> 01:03:22.331
MOLLY: But she ended up getting pizza and some other stuff.

01:03:22.591 --> 01:03:31.411
MOLLY: And the characters were Mirabelle, Aladdin dressed as Prince Ali, Tiana in her new Bayou outfit and Cinderella.

01:03:31.431 --> 01:03:33.531
MOLLY: So we got to meet all of them.

01:03:33.691 --> 01:03:38.211
VIRGINIA: Did you try the strawberry soup that you had been wanting to try?

01:03:38.231 --> 01:03:39.011
MOLLY: Yes, I did.

01:03:39.071 --> 01:03:39.451
VIRGINIA: Okay.

01:03:39.471 --> 01:03:39.911
VIRGINIA: What did you think?

01:03:40.231 --> 01:03:40.851
MOLLY: I liked it.

01:03:40.871 --> 01:03:41.751
MOLLY: I thought it was really good.

01:03:42.311 --> 01:03:43.251
MOLLY: Lyra wouldn't try it.

01:03:43.271 --> 01:03:46.071
MOLLY: She had strawberries on the side, but I thought it was really good.

01:03:46.091 --> 01:03:48.151
MOLLY: It was thicker than I expected it to be.

01:03:48.171 --> 01:03:50.251
MOLLY: I kind of thought it was going to be like a thinner soup.

01:03:51.311 --> 01:03:56.931
MOLLY: It was like you were eating a smoothie, but in a bowl kind of texture.

01:03:57.231 --> 01:03:59.191
MOLLY: But it was very yummy.

01:03:59.431 --> 01:04:00.311
MOLLY: I liked it.

01:04:00.331 --> 01:04:04.191
MOLLY: I had some fresh strawberries on top, a little dollop of whipped cream.

01:04:04.211 --> 01:04:05.351
MOLLY: It was great.

01:04:05.871 --> 01:04:08.751
MOLLY: I tried all the desserts just so everybody knows.

01:04:09.211 --> 01:04:11.811
MOLLY: If you have a question about the desserts, I got one of each.

01:04:12.391 --> 01:04:14.931
MOLLY: I didn't eat all of them, but I tried all of them.

01:04:15.351 --> 01:04:15.631
VIRGINIA: Okay.

01:04:15.651 --> 01:04:16.111
VIRGINIA: What was the best?

01:04:16.131 --> 01:04:16.791
MOLLY: I have my favorites.

01:04:18.171 --> 01:04:21.691
MOLLY: The lemon blueberry cheesecake was my absolute favorite.

01:04:22.711 --> 01:04:23.411
VIRGINIA: That sounds good.

01:04:23.591 --> 01:04:25.191
MOLLY: That one was really good.

01:04:25.331 --> 01:04:28.031
MOLLY: The cookie was pretty good, but it's like a chocolate cookie.

01:04:28.051 --> 01:04:28.931
MOLLY: You could get that anywhere.

01:04:29.031 --> 01:04:31.491
MOLLY: The cupcake was a cupcake.

01:04:31.511 --> 01:04:32.511
MOLLY: You could get that anywhere.

01:04:32.531 --> 01:04:33.711
MOLLY: It wasn't bad.

01:04:33.731 --> 01:04:36.251
MOLLY: It was just kind of like, yeah, it's a cupcake.

01:04:36.271 --> 01:04:37.091
MOLLY: What else was there?

01:04:37.111 --> 01:04:41.651
MOLLY: There was a molten, like a mini molten cake, which was okay.

01:04:42.451 --> 01:04:47.311
MOLLY: I feel like if you got that when they like first put it out, it might have been better.

01:04:47.331 --> 01:04:48.851
MOLLY: I feel like mine was a little dry.

01:04:48.871 --> 01:04:51.651
MOLLY: Probably had been out on the little heating pad for a while.

01:04:51.731 --> 01:04:53.271
MOLLY: But yeah, everything was really good.

01:04:53.431 --> 01:04:56.371
MOLLY: I got some roasted turkey from the carving station.

01:04:56.391 --> 01:04:57.551
MOLLY: They also had prime rib.

01:04:58.711 --> 01:05:00.731
MOLLY: They had lots of stuff, lots of yummy stuff.

01:05:00.751 --> 01:05:08.091
MOLLY: I probably could have gone up three more times had I had the stomach for it, but I'll have to go back and try other stuff next time.

01:05:08.411 --> 01:05:09.471
VIRGINIA: How was the gumbo?

01:05:09.991 --> 01:05:11.311
MOLLY: The gumbo looked really good.

01:05:11.331 --> 01:05:15.251
MOLLY: I didn't have space for it, but it looked really good.

01:05:15.251 --> 01:05:22.131
MOLLY: I got too much on my first plate, and then I tried all the desserts and I was like, well, that's enough there.

01:05:22.471 --> 01:05:24.151
MOLLY: But that's one of the things.

01:05:24.351 --> 01:05:30.331
MOLLY: There was that and there was a mac and cheese that looked really yummy.

01:05:30.351 --> 01:05:32.331
MOLLY: There was a lot to choose from.

01:05:33.731 --> 01:05:36.191
MOLLY: You need to go three times and have three full meals.

01:05:38.131 --> 01:05:41.291
MOLLY: I also got one of the non-alcoholic specialty drinks.

01:05:41.311 --> 01:05:44.171
MOLLY: It was like the So Many Wishes, I think is what it was called.

01:05:44.191 --> 01:05:46.851
MOLLY: It's like a pomegranate tea thing.

01:05:47.351 --> 01:05:48.311
MOLLY: That was really good too.

01:05:48.571 --> 01:05:49.511
MOLLY: It was really sweet.

01:05:49.531 --> 01:05:50.691
MOLLY: I feel like kids would like it.

01:05:50.711 --> 01:05:53.091
MOLLY: It was almost like a fruit punchy kind of thing.

01:05:54.111 --> 01:05:57.411
MOLLY: Lyra didn't like it, but she doesn't like anything, so I don't really trust her judgment.

01:05:59.431 --> 01:06:00.351
MOLLY: She just had water.

01:06:00.531 --> 01:06:01.451
MOLLY: She likes water.

01:06:01.471 --> 01:06:01.971
MOLLY: That's it.

01:06:01.991 --> 01:06:02.571
VIRGINIA: That's good.

01:06:02.591 --> 01:06:03.151
VIRGINIA: That's good.

01:06:03.171 --> 01:06:03.691
VIRGINIA: Good for her.

01:06:04.071 --> 01:06:04.591
VIRGINIA: Very healthy.

01:06:05.351 --> 01:06:06.211
VIRGINIA: With your gummy bears.

01:06:06.371 --> 01:06:09.371
MOLLY: Good for her growing body with her gummy bears.

01:06:09.391 --> 01:06:09.711
MOLLY: Yes.

01:06:10.591 --> 01:06:14.151
MOLLY: And then they do a wish ceremony during the dinner.

01:06:14.491 --> 01:06:18.651
MOLLY: You write down your wish, and then they do a whole thing with it.

01:06:18.771 --> 01:06:21.391
MOLLY: That was a really fun touch, too.

01:06:21.411 --> 01:06:25.591
MOLLY: That's the theming of the dinner is wishes.

01:06:25.631 --> 01:06:36.651
VIRGINIA: I know that when we spoke before, you had said that your plan was to head back over into Magic Kingdom after this dinner and to potentially watch the fireworks from somewhere not in the hub area.

01:06:37.171 --> 01:06:42.471
VIRGINIA: So did you have the energy to get back over to the park after this dinner?

01:06:42.491 --> 01:06:50.671
MOLLY: I think we would have had the energy, but we decided or mostly Lyra decided she would rather go back to the hotel to swim.

01:06:50.691 --> 01:06:54.231
MOLLY: So we decided not to go back to the park.

01:06:55.051 --> 01:06:55.711
MOLLY: Okay.

01:06:55.731 --> 01:07:02.191
MOLLY: And we honestly like we would have to have gone back through security to get back over there to take the bus.

01:07:02.731 --> 01:07:08.591
MOLLY: So I was like, why don't we just do the minivan that we had intended to take the other day?

01:07:09.011 --> 01:07:16.371
MOLLY: So I actually ended up doing the minivan back to the resort from Grand Floridian just to kind of save us some hassle getting back over there.

01:07:16.391 --> 01:07:27.311
MOLLY: And so, yeah, so we went back to Riverside and we did some shopping in the lobby store first for some gifts for our family.

01:07:27.511 --> 01:07:36.031
MOLLY: And then we went back to the room and got ready and we went to swim in the main pool area again.

01:07:37.431 --> 01:07:40.231
VIRGINIA: Well, we've made it to the end of the trip.

01:07:40.391 --> 01:07:48.391
VIRGINIA: Is there anything else to report or are we just on to your departure flight the next day, which was at 11 a.m.?

01:07:48.411 --> 01:07:50.991
VIRGINIA: So it left you very little time for anything.

01:07:51.151 --> 01:07:58.891
MOLLY: Yeah, we pretty much I you know, I did most of the packing that night once we got back from swimming and then, yeah, we pretty much were up.

01:07:58.891 --> 01:08:00.991
MOLLY: I let Lyra sleep as late as I possibly could.

01:08:01.011 --> 01:08:03.191
MOLLY: She probably could have slept for another hour.

01:08:03.211 --> 01:08:04.451
MOLLY: I was like, we have to go.

01:08:05.131 --> 01:08:08.951
MOLLY: We got a lift back to the airport at about 830.

01:08:08.971 --> 01:08:17.791
MOLLY: I will just say that the lift we got, it was this this guy, Frantz, and he has a Instagram account, Fun Frantz.

01:08:17.811 --> 01:08:23.011
MOLLY: He did like movie trivia with us.

01:08:23.031 --> 01:08:24.611
MOLLY: He would play like a soundtrack.

01:08:24.871 --> 01:08:28.911
MOLLY: He would play like a song from a movie, and we had to guess what the movie was.

01:08:29.991 --> 01:08:34.231
MOLLY: I will say that there were only a couple that Lyra would have, it was mostly stuff from my generation.

01:08:34.251 --> 01:08:39.411
MOLLY: It was like Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, that kind of stuff.

01:08:39.431 --> 01:08:41.871
MOLLY: I was getting a lot more of them than she was.

01:08:42.331 --> 01:08:44.991
MOLLY: Some were Disney, and so that was really fun.

01:08:45.011 --> 01:08:56.651
MOLLY: I would say the only bad thing was that Lyra gets carsick a lot, and she didn't really eat before we left, so she started feeling really nauseous, so that kind of took the wind out of our sails on the ride over there.

01:08:56.671 --> 01:08:57.431
MOLLY: She was okay.

01:08:57.711 --> 01:09:03.491
VIRGINIA: So she made it to the airport unscathed and did not end up actually getting sick, right?

01:09:03.571 --> 01:09:05.131
MOLLY: We didn't end up getting actually sick.

01:09:05.771 --> 01:09:09.011
MOLLY: I had some goldfish in my bag, so I gave her those right when we got there.

01:09:09.271 --> 01:09:11.451
MOLLY: She needs to eat before she gets in a car.

01:09:11.471 --> 01:09:15.431
MOLLY: That's something we know, and she just didn't have enough before we left.

01:09:15.531 --> 01:09:20.471
MOLLY: I keep a Ziploc bag in my purse, and that is my key to anyone who ever gets car sick.

01:09:20.491 --> 01:09:30.811
MOLLY: I tell all my friends that have been pregnant, that have morning sickness, I was like, you need Ziploc bags in the car, and you need them in your purse, because you just got to be ready.

01:09:31.671 --> 01:09:33.071
MOLLY: I was ready, but she didn't need it.

01:09:33.191 --> 01:09:37.431
MOLLY: We got some food at the airport, and then we were on our way.

01:09:37.451 --> 01:09:42.211
MOLLY: Again, no flight was uneventful, no delays, and we're home.

01:09:42.391 --> 01:09:43.391
VIRGINIA: Back to the real world.

01:09:44.131 --> 01:09:51.791
VIRGINIA: I know because we were talking before we started recording the answer to this, but I'm going to ask you as if I've never asked you before.

01:09:52.651 --> 01:09:54.091
VIRGINIA: When do you think you're going back next?

01:09:54.411 --> 01:09:56.751
MOLLY: We don't know when we're going back next.

01:09:56.771 --> 01:10:02.371
MOLLY: We don't have anything scheduled, so to be determined, to be scheduled.

01:10:02.491 --> 01:10:05.151
MOLLY: I'm sure I'll get something on there at some point.

01:10:05.711 --> 01:10:07.131
VIRGINIA: Yes, I am sure.

01:10:07.371 --> 01:10:10.631
VIRGINIA: You all do like an annual family trip, right?

01:10:10.651 --> 01:10:11.331
VIRGINIA: All four of you?

01:10:11.611 --> 01:10:12.191
MOLLY: Yeah.

01:10:12.511 --> 01:10:14.331
VIRGINIA: What time of year do you normally do that?

01:10:14.531 --> 01:10:15.591
MOLLY: It really varies.

01:10:15.611 --> 01:10:22.491
MOLLY: I think we're getting to the point where we don't want to take them out of school as much, so it might be summer, it might be a vacation week.

01:10:22.571 --> 01:10:34.571
MOLLY: Sometimes we try to make it like a part of one week that they might have time off, but I think we're definitely going to try to do Universal in 2025 when they open their new park.

01:10:35.071 --> 01:10:40.991
MOLLY: So we'll see if it's just that or for our annual trip or if we do some Disney too.

01:10:41.071 --> 01:10:43.811
MOLLY: But I mean, I'm sure I'll be back down.

01:10:43.831 --> 01:10:47.571
MOLLY: It's dependent on, I think now I've got my husband Mitch.

01:10:47.591 --> 01:10:53.111
MOLLY: I think now he's like, wait, maybe we need to go without the kids and do a Halloween thing.

01:10:53.311 --> 01:10:55.271
MOLLY: So it's like, I mean, I'm up for it anytime.

01:10:55.291 --> 01:10:56.331
MOLLY: So we'll see.

01:10:56.671 --> 01:10:57.151
MOLLY: We'll see.

01:10:57.331 --> 01:10:59.451
MOLLY: He gets his own solo trip now, maybe.

01:11:01.011 --> 01:11:01.431
VIRGINIA: All right.

01:11:02.491 --> 01:11:03.771
MOLLY: The kids got to have fun.

01:11:03.791 --> 01:11:05.031
MOLLY: Now he gets to have fun.

01:11:05.251 --> 01:11:08.671
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I think he's due for a trip.

01:11:09.991 --> 01:11:15.091
VIRGINIA: Well, thank you so much, Molly, for coming back a second time and joining me here.

01:11:15.151 --> 01:11:20.851
VIRGINIA: It's been a lot of fun talking to you both times and also comparing between the two trips.

01:11:21.051 --> 01:11:22.371
VIRGINIA: So very different trips.

01:11:22.411 --> 01:11:23.071
VIRGINIA: Very different.

01:11:23.211 --> 01:11:24.071
MOLLY: Very different.

01:11:24.111 --> 01:11:24.471
MOLLY: Yes.

01:11:26.111 --> 01:11:27.151
MOLLY: Well, thank you, Virginia.

01:11:27.171 --> 01:11:28.191
MOLLY: It was so fun talking to you.

01:11:28.211 --> 01:11:29.071
MOLLY: I'll come back anytime.

01:11:29.611 --> 01:11:30.271
VIRGINIA: Oh, I hope so.

01:11:30.371 --> 01:11:30.971
VIRGINIA: I hope so.

01:11:31.191 --> 01:11:31.611
VIRGINIA: All right.

01:11:31.711 --> 01:11:32.911
VIRGINIA: Have a great rest of your night.

01:11:35.411 --> 01:11:36.731
VIRGINIA: Thank you so much, Molly.

01:11:36.831 --> 01:11:40.371
VIRGINIA: And I am serious when I say that you are welcome back anytime.

01:11:40.751 --> 01:11:42.611
VIRGINIA: It's so much fun to talk Disney with you.

01:11:42.651 --> 01:11:44.451
VIRGINIA: And I really do hope we can do it again.

01:11:44.471 --> 01:11:48.231
VIRGINIA: And with that, thank you all so much for listening.

01:11:48.611 --> 01:11:50.211
VIRGINIA: I hope you have a wonderful week.

01:11:50.531 --> 01:11:54.951
VIRGINIA: And as always, I hope you'll keep daydreaming about where you long to be.