After an amazing birthday trip with her newly 11 year old son Sebastian, Molly is back to go through all the details with Virginia! There are so many fun things to talk about including seeing Cora, the new baby elephant on the Safari, a first time visit to Nomad for Sebastian, a birthday lunch at Steakhouse 71, sooo much park hopping and Tron riding, and more!
Trip Dates: March 7-11, 2024
Post Trip Interview: recorded 3/18/24
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VIRGINIA: Welcome back to Where I Long To Be, a Magical Trip Report Podcast.
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VIRGINIA: I'm your host, Virginia.
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VIRGINIA: Before we get started with today's interview, I'm happy to say that I have a new Apple Podcast review.
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VIRGINIA: This one comes from CM1122034 and is titled My Favorite Trip Report.
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VIRGINIA: This reviewer says, this is my favorite trip report podcast.
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VIRGINIA: Virginia does an exceptional job interviewing guests, keeping the conversation engaging while keeping specific relevant details intact.
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VIRGINIA: Some trip report podcasts move too quickly through the trip or the opposite, getting too far in the weeds with less important details.
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VIRGINIA: Virginia keeps a good pace with guests and encourages exceptional storytelling.
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VIRGINIA: She has a real talent for interviewing and bringing out the best in people.
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VIRGINIA: Do not pass up this podcast.
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VIRGINIA: Thank you so much, CM1122034.
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VIRGINIA: I really appreciate that you took the time to submit a review and I hope that you'll keep listening and maybe be a Trip Report guest yourself one day.
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VIRGINIA: If you are enjoying the show, please consider reading or reviewing it on whatever podcast platform you're listening on.
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VIRGINIA: It will help others to find the show.
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VIRGINIA: And now let's talk trips.
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VIRGINIA: In case you didn't have the opportunity to listen to the pre-trip interview, my guest Molly, who happens to be a travel planner who specializes in Disney, was planning this mother-son trip for her son Sebastian's 11th birthday, March 7th through 11th.
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VIRGINIA: They stayed at Disney's Beach Club Resort.
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VIRGINIA: And the two things I think you should know about this trip are that Molly let Sebastian choose one magical extra for his birthday, and his choice was the dolphins in depth experience over at the seas in Epcot.
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VIRGINIA: And second, that Sebastian's goal for this trip was to ride Tron every day.
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VIRGINIA: I think that should be enough to get you caught up.
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VIRGINIA: And now here's Molly.
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VIRGINIA: Welcome back, Molly.
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MOLLY: Hi, I can't believe it's already time to talk post-trip.
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VIRGINIA: I know, I know.
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VIRGINIA: I'm fast.
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VIRGINIA: I know, it went too fast, but probably faster for you since you were actually out there enjoying all the magic.
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VIRGINIA: Overall, how was it?
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MOLLY: It was awesome.
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MOLLY: We had a blast.
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MOLLY: We had so much fun.
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MOLLY: We didn't want to leave.
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VIRGINIA: I can't wait to hear all the details.
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VIRGINIA: I was kind of loosely watching on Instagram.
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VIRGINIA: I've been so busy that I would catch it popping up every once in a while, but I can't wait to hear about everything.
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VIRGINIA: Let's start at the very beginning.
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VIRGINIA: You were traveling on March the 7th, and this was a mother-son trip with your son, Sebastian, who was going to be turning 11 while on the trip.
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VIRGINIA: Yes.
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VIRGINIA: A 10-year-old boy did a plane with you.
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VIRGINIA: How did that go?
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MOLLY: It went well considering we got up about 2 a.m.
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MOLLY: to go to the airport.
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VIRGINIA: What time did you go to sleep though?
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VIRGINIA: Because we had talked about that you were going to try to sleep the night before.
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MOLLY: I went to bed at 8.
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MOLLY: My daughter, she's eight years old, and she didn't want me to go.
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MOLLY: She kept talking to me and I was like, I got to go to sleep now.
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MOLLY: She was having trouble falling asleep.
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MOLLY: I tried to go to bed at 8, but probably didn't fall asleep till 10.
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MOLLY: But it was enough because going to Disney, I wasn't going to sleep well anyway, so it was fine.
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MOLLY: I knew it was going to be a long day and we were too excited to care, honestly.
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MOLLY: But yes, our flight was at 5.
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MOLLY: We left here probably a little bit before 3, just to make sure we have plenty of time to get to the airport.
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MOLLY: The airport is not that far from my house, but I'm very nervous about being late or getting stuck in security or something.
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MOLLY: So I always leave way more time than I need to.
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MOLLY: We actually got to the airport before TSA opened.
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MOLLY: I didn't know that that was a thing that could happen, but in my small airport, apparently it can.
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VIRGINIA: I just assumed it was open 24 hours a day.
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MOLLY: So did I.
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VIRGINIA: I was like, I've never experienced this before.
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VIRGINIA: This is brand new.
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VIRGINIA: I've been there when PreCheck has not been open yet.
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VIRGINIA: But they've always had at least one lane open.
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VIRGINIA: It was crazy.
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MOLLY: So there was a line and I was like, this is weird.
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MOLLY: Luckily, we were still quite early, so we were probably about 10 people back in the line.
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MOLLY: It wasn't a big deal.
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MOLLY: Then there was an even bigger line waiting to check your bags, which I was glad we only had carry-ons because that line was double the size of the TSA line and it only got bigger.
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MOLLY: They didn't open till 3.45-ish, that they started letting us actually into the TSA line.
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MOLLY: Everybody was a little panicked, but we made it.
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MOLLY: Again, it's a very small airport.
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MOLLY: It's TF Green Airport in Providence.
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MOLLY: It's very small and it didn't take very long once they started letting us through, but my son was getting a little panicked.
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MOLLY: He's like, are we going to miss our flight?
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<v SPEAKER_3>I was like, I'm sure we won't.
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VIRGINIA: Does he take after you in that regard, where he's nervous and wants to get there?
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VIRGINIA: Yes.
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MOLLY: He's a very early riser, so I knew out of the two of my kids that this was going to be just fine.
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MOLLY: He was up and ready to go.
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<v SPEAKER_3>He was like, should I sleep in my clothes?
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<v SPEAKER_3>It's fine.
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MOLLY: We did great.
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MOLLY: We got our flight pretty much left on time.
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MOLLY: I think it left a little bit later than it was supposed to, but it was funny because they said it was a full sold-out flight, and there was a college baseball team on the flight with us.
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MOLLY: We were in a three-seater.
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MOLLY: He was at the window, I was in the middle, and I was like, who is going to sit next to me?
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MOLLY: The doors closed and they were like, we're done boarding and nobody was next to me.
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<v SPEAKER_3>I was like, the trip is getting off on the right foot.
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<v SPEAKER_3>I've got nobody next to me on a full flight.
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<v SPEAKER_3>I don't know how that happened, so somebody missed it.
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<v SPEAKER_3>I was like, this is a good sign, we're off to a good start.
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VIRGINIA: So are you somebody who can sleep on a plane?
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VIRGINIA: With that little sleep, okay.
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VIRGINIA: You're still even that tired, you're not going to fall asleep.
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MOLLY: No.
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MOLLY: And Sebastian said he was going to try to rest, and he put his head down a couple of times, but I don't think he slept either.
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MOLLY: I can't sleep on planes, I can't sleep in the car.
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MOLLY: Unless I'm in a bed, I'm just not sleeping.
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MOLLY: So I just had to get through.
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VIRGINIA: All right.
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VIRGINIA: All right.
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VIRGINIA: So did you land around 8 o'clock as expected?
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MOLLY: Yes.
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MOLLY: I think we landed a little bit later than that, maybe like 8.15, but it was pretty, it was a shorter flight than they expected.
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MOLLY: So even though we left a little later, it ended up being the same as we expected.
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MOLLY: Yeah.
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MOLLY: So it was good.
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VIRGINIA: All right.
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VIRGINIA: And then you were planning to Uber or Lyft over to Beach Club, which Sebastian had picked.
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VIRGINIA: So how did the ride over there go?
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VIRGINIA: And what time do you think you were able to drop your bags off?
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MOLLY: So the ride went fine.
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MOLLY: It's always a little bit longer than I think it's going to be in my head.
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MOLLY: I'm like, it's a half an hour, but it's always a little bit longer than that.
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MOLLY: And then depending on where you're staying, it could be one side of Disney or the other.
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VIRGINIA: But also that puts you there right around rush hour, which...
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MOLLY: Yeah, we hit a little bit of traffic.
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MOLLY: And there's always construction in a new place, I feel like, whenever I go that route.
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MOLLY: So it's like where they're working on it always kind of changes.
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MOLLY: But it wasn't too bad.
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MOLLY: But I could tell that it was like, oh, this is getting rush hour traffic.
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MOLLY: So we probably got there to the hotel a little bit before 9, maybe around there.
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MOLLY: We didn't have to wait for bags, so we had just done carry-on.
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MOLLY: So we just went right out to the lift spot there and we're in Terminal C.
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MOLLY: So I feel like that's always a little bit quicker to just kind of get right out there.
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MOLLY: But yeah, so probably like around 9 that we got to the resort.
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MOLLY: And as soon as we got out, the valet guy was right there to grab our stuff for bell services.
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MOLLY: So he just gave us a tag and he was like, let us know when you're ready for it.
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MOLLY: I was like, this is amazing.
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MOLLY: We were starving though, because we ate before we left, because I figured nothing was going to be open at the airport.
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MOLLY: And I was right.
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MOLLY: So we had like a bagel before we left.
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<v SPEAKER_3>But like at like 2.30 in the mornings at this point, it's like it's lunch.
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MOLLY: Second breakfast.
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MOLLY: Yeah.
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MOLLY: So we went to the like little quick service market and got like some breakfast sandwiches.
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MOLLY: And again, I don't know if it was that they were really good or that we were so starving or a combination of the two.
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<v SPEAKER_3>But they tasted so good at the time.
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<v SPEAKER_3>We were like, this is amazing.
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MOLLY: So we hung out there and ate breakfast.
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MOLLY: And then we got on the bus to Animal Kingdom and headed right out to the park.
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VIRGINIA: Now, we talked during the pre-trip that you were planning to purchase Genie Plus every day and do some individual Lightning Lane purchases.
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VIRGINIA: But based on the time that you were in the air, how did you navigate that for your arrival day in terms of making Genie Plus selections?
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MOLLY: So I purchased Genie Plus when I woke up in the morning, so at like 2 a.m.
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MOLLY: And then I was going to try to do it on the plane with like the Wi-Fi, and I just didn't bother.
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MOLLY: So once we landed, I bought Flight of Passage and Tron for late.
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MOLLY: And then booked Navi River for as like my first Lightning Lane.
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MOLLY: So that was like at like 8, 8.15.
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MOLLY: I just they were all still available.
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MOLLY: So luckily that wasn't an issue.
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MOLLY: So I just purchased the two that I knew and then booked the Genie Plus once we landed.
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MOLLY: So we were we and then I was kind of hoping to do.
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MOLLY: I booked Navi River, like whatever was available, but I was hoping to do both of those.
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MOLLY: I like to do Flight of Passage and that kind of back to back.
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MOLLY: So I was pushing that one out just to like match up because we wanted to kind of do that towards the end.
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MOLLY: We're we're going to try to stay till closing.
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MOLLY: But then I was like, it's not even going to be dark.
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MOLLY: Like I like to see Pandora like when it gets all lit up at night.
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MOLLY: But it was like closing at six and I was like, it's not even going to be dark.
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MOLLY: So we so we kept kind of pushing that one out just to try to like do that at the end of the day.
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MOLLY: But then I just kind of kept booking, you know, as we as we went.
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VIRGINIA: OK, all right.
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VIRGINIA: So what time were you arriving there at Animal Kingdom?
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MOLLY: So it took the we had like just missed a bus from Beach Club.
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MOLLY: So I feel like we had to that was like probably the longest we ever had to wait for transportation.
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MOLLY: We probably had to wait a good 15 minutes for another one.
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MOLLY: So I feel like we kind of got there probably closer to 10 just because of like breakfast and traveling.
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MOLLY: So it was probably closer to 10 before we got to Animal Kingdom.
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VIRGINIA: All right.
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VIRGINIA: Where'd you head first?
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MOLLY: So our first order of business is to get Sebastian a birthday button.
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MOLLY: So we went right to get services because I was like, we got to start this party right now.
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MOLLY: And then we went right to Expedition Everest.
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MOLLY: So I think I was able to book that Lightning Lane like right around 10.
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MOLLY: So like we booked it and we went straight there.
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MOLLY: So Sebastian was very excited to do that.
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MOLLY: That's one of his favorites.
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MOLLY: And then we came back and did our like, you know, one other thing Sebastian wanted to do was get a picture in front of like every like park icon during the trip.
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MOLLY: So we did Everston, then we came back and did pictures in front of the Tree of Life.
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MOLLY: And then we headed over to Dinosaur.
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MOLLY: It was our next ride.
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MOLLY: It wasn't very busy.
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MOLLY: Like, I feel like I mean, that ride doesn't always have a super long wait anyway, but we were able to get over there and get through the line pretty quickly.
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MOLLY: So we did that next.
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MOLLY: And then we were trying for the walk up waitlist for Nomad Lounge.
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VIRGINIA: Yes, Sebastian had never been before.
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MOLLY: He had never been there.
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MOLLY: And at first it was like nothing available, nothing available, but I kept kind of like refreshing and checking back.
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MOLLY: And then while we were in line for Dinosaur, I was able to get on the waitlist.
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MOLLY: So it was like, we expect you in like a half hour.
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MOLLY: And I was like, okay.
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MOLLY: They kind of call.
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MOLLY: They were like about to, it was like the, not the your tables ready, but the whatever the text is right before that.
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MOLLY: That's like, we'll be ready for you in 15 minutes happened like right as we were getting off the ride.
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MOLLY: So we kind of hustled over to make sure we didn't lose our spot.
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MOLLY: But so then that was our like lunch, third breakfast, first lunch break.
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VIRGINIA: And how did Sebastian like Nomad Lounge?
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MOLLY: So he loved the vibe.
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MOLLY: He like loved hanging out.
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MOLLY: We sat outside.
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MOLLY: So that was kind of, you know, kind of what I was hoping for.
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MOLLY: It's like, just like a fun place to kind of hang out.
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MOLLY: Loved the vibe, loved the churros.
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MOLLY: Yeah, did not care for anything else.
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<v SPEAKER_3>He did not like the drinks.
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MOLLY: We tried a couple of the drinks.
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MOLLY: We got the Hibiscus one that you had recommended, which I really liked.
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MOLLY: And he did end up drinking half of that one.
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MOLLY: He liked that one better than the other one I got, which was like the Balinese Breeze, I think was what it was called.
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MOLLY: We just got a couple of like fruity, you know, non-alcoholic drinks.
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MOLLY: And then I got the sliders, which are different than the last time I had them.
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MOLLY: They used to be like impossible sliders, like the impossible or whatever.
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MOLLY: And this is like, I think this might have been just like a new menu item, but it was like, I think it was like a more Cuban style.
00:14:02.074 --> 00:14:04.634
MOLLY: There was like a sauce and like a little like thing on it.
00:14:05.174 --> 00:14:07.514
VIRGINIA: I don't know that they were impossible.
00:14:07.554 --> 00:14:12.074
VIRGINIA: I think that they were like a meat of actual, some sort of actual meat.
00:14:12.434 --> 00:14:22.414
VIRGINIA: But before they used to taste more like a traditional burger, and now it's a different kind of texture to the meat.
00:14:23.054 --> 00:14:25.634
MOLLY: Yeah.
00:14:25.654 --> 00:14:31.214
MOLLY: There was like a sauce and I was like, because he loves burger, so I figured that was a safer choice.
00:14:31.234 --> 00:14:32.574
MOLLY: Then I was like, this is a little different.
00:14:33.254 --> 00:14:34.494
MOLLY: He didn't love those.
00:14:34.514 --> 00:14:42.854
MOLLY: He had a couple of bites, we didn't love those, and we got the bread service, and he liked one of them and didn't like the other one, so it was just kind of like that was a miss.
00:14:43.494 --> 00:14:46.114
MOLLY: One of them was like, it's spicy, and I was like, it's bread.
00:14:47.154 --> 00:14:54.914
VIRGINIA: No, but the bread service is a little bit more, I'm going to refer to it as exotic, so it's not your everyday flavors.
00:14:55.114 --> 00:14:59.014
VIRGINIA: So I can understand why a kid may not like that.
00:14:59.094 --> 00:15:03.194
VIRGINIA: Alex will eat a little bit of it, but he doesn't love every flavor that comes with it.
00:15:04.574 --> 00:15:07.254
VIRGINIA: Did you get the hibiscus flower with his drink?
00:15:07.314 --> 00:15:13.634
MOLLY: No, because we just got the non-alcoholic one, and I completely forgot about the flower until after we got it.
00:15:13.634 --> 00:15:18.394
MOLLY: But I mean, I think we still had fun, and it was still a great place to sit and relax.
00:15:18.414 --> 00:15:20.734
MOLLY: And then he absolutely loved the churros.
00:15:20.774 --> 00:15:23.854
MOLLY: So I feel like we ended on a good note.
00:15:24.334 --> 00:15:27.534
MOLLY: And they brought him out a little, I don't even know what it was.
00:15:27.554 --> 00:15:28.474
MOLLY: It wasn't really cake.
00:15:28.494 --> 00:15:29.774
MOLLY: It was soft inside.
00:15:29.794 --> 00:15:36.054
MOLLY: So I'm not even really sure what it was, but they brought him out a little birthday thing with the happy birthday and chocolate on the plate and stuff.
00:15:36.074 --> 00:15:38.214
MOLLY: So they took very good care of him.
00:15:39.314 --> 00:15:42.234
VIRGINIA: All right, so what was After Nomad Lounge?
00:15:42.734 --> 00:15:46.114
MOLLY: So After Nomad Lounge, we went over and did the Safari.
00:15:46.134 --> 00:15:50.374
MOLLY: And I feel like I typically don't do that in the afternoon.
00:15:50.394 --> 00:15:57.454
MOLLY: I try to do like the early or the late just because of the animals, but it was pretty good at like two in the afternoon.
00:15:57.454 --> 00:15:59.734
MOLLY: It was, there were plenty of animals out.
00:15:59.754 --> 00:16:04.094
MOLLY: We actually got to see baby Cora, the new elephant baby.
00:16:05.914 --> 00:16:07.074
MOLLY: She was so cute.
00:16:07.094 --> 00:16:14.374
MOLLY: She was kind of hiding behind one of the like baobab trees with the bigger elephants, but like she like kind of came like poking out.
00:16:14.394 --> 00:16:19.254
MOLLY: I didn't get a good picture in time, but I was like everybody was freaking out about that.
00:16:19.274 --> 00:16:22.594
MOLLY: So that was the highlight for sure was getting to see her.
00:16:24.254 --> 00:16:31.014
MOLLY: But yeah, like I felt like, you know, we saw all the major ones, the giraffes, the zebras, everybody was out.
00:16:31.034 --> 00:16:33.794
MOLLY: So I was pleasantly surprised.
00:16:35.314 --> 00:16:39.174
MOLLY: And then we had some time to kill before our Pandora lightning lane.
00:16:39.194 --> 00:16:44.134
MOLLY: So Sebastian humored me and let me do some of the wilderness explorer stops.
00:16:46.054 --> 00:16:47.694
<v SPEAKER_3>I was like, can I do that?
00:16:47.714 --> 00:16:49.854
VIRGINIA: And he was like, I don't want to do that.
00:16:50.134 --> 00:16:51.534
VIRGINIA: Had you done that before?
00:16:51.894 --> 00:16:52.374
<v SPEAKER_3>No.
00:16:52.694 --> 00:16:54.694
MOLLY: And I was like, he's like, I've never done it.
00:16:55.234 --> 00:16:55.714
<v SPEAKER_3>Yeah.
00:16:55.734 --> 00:16:56.994
VIRGINIA: I was like, I want to do it.
00:16:57.014 --> 00:16:59.734
VIRGINIA: And he was like, he was like, fine, we can do it mom.
00:16:59.754 --> 00:17:00.794
<v SPEAKER_3>I was like, okay, thank you.
00:17:01.334 --> 00:17:03.234
<v SPEAKER_3>So it was a very good sport.
00:17:03.654 --> 00:17:10.954
MOLLY: And then we did, we didn't do all of them, obviously, but we did a couple of the stops and learned some pretty cool facts that I didn't know.
00:17:10.974 --> 00:17:13.114
MOLLY: So I always, I love that stuff.
00:17:13.734 --> 00:17:15.254
MOLLY: Nobody ever wants to do it with me.
00:17:15.274 --> 00:17:17.974
<v SPEAKER_3>So I was glad that we do it this time.
00:17:18.914 --> 00:17:21.454
MOLLY: But yeah, and then we decided to take a break.
00:17:21.474 --> 00:17:22.674
MOLLY: He wanted ice cream.
00:17:23.114 --> 00:17:27.674
MOLLY: So we took a break over in Asia in the like amphitheater area.
00:17:27.694 --> 00:17:31.854
MOLLY: And people kept like walking up and being like, what is this for?
00:17:31.874 --> 00:17:32.654
MOLLY: Do they do so good?
00:17:32.674 --> 00:17:37.634
MOLLY: And I was like, this is like where I overhear things in Disney and I have to try to keep my mouth shut.
00:17:37.734 --> 00:17:41.894
<v SPEAKER_3>And Sebastian's getting embarrassed because I kept being like, well, they used to have a show.
00:17:41.894 --> 00:17:43.814
<v SPEAKER_3>And I was like, and then it used to be Kite Tale.
00:17:44.874 --> 00:17:49.234
<v SPEAKER_3>Sebastian's just like shaking his head like, oh my God, you came up to the wrong lady.
00:17:49.294 --> 00:17:51.534
VIRGINIA: Information than they ever needed.
00:17:54.234 --> 00:17:55.894
MOLLY: But some flotillas came by.
00:17:55.914 --> 00:17:59.474
MOLLY: We got to wave to Goofy of Pluto and Timon and Rafiki.
00:17:59.494 --> 00:18:02.114
MOLLY: So we just kind of took a little break there and had a little snack.
00:18:02.834 --> 00:18:09.694
MOLLY: And then he decided he wanted to do triceratops spin, which was hilarious because it was like, you never want to do that.
00:18:10.794 --> 00:18:17.574
MOLLY: So we went over to Dinoland, did that, and then headed to Pandora for our two lightning lanes at the end of the day.
00:18:17.634 --> 00:18:18.814
MOLLY: We did those back to back.
00:18:19.614 --> 00:18:24.054
VIRGINIA: OK, and Animal Kingdom, you said, was closing at around 6 PM that day.
00:18:24.134 --> 00:18:27.954
VIRGINIA: So what time do you think this was when you were kind of wrapping up your Animal Kingdom time?
00:18:28.394 --> 00:18:38.294
MOLLY: So we headed over there a little bit before 5, and I think we ended up leaving the park pretty much after that, and it was about 530.
00:18:38.314 --> 00:18:42.234
MOLLY: So we headed out a little bit before closing time from there.
00:18:42.674 --> 00:18:51.974
VIRGINIA: I don't think we've mentioned it yet during this post-trip interview, but during the pre-trip we talked about how Sebastian's goal was to ride Tron every single day of the trip.
00:18:51.994 --> 00:18:56.614
VIRGINIA: So this is where you're going to start to hear a lot of park hopping listeners.
00:18:56.854 --> 00:19:02.614
VIRGINIA: So did you hop right over to Magic Kingdom after this or was there anything in between?
00:19:03.294 --> 00:19:04.694
MOLLY: Oh, we headed straight there.
00:19:05.754 --> 00:19:09.414
MOLLY: So we took a bus from Animal Kingdom over to Magic Kingdom.
00:19:09.654 --> 00:19:12.174
MOLLY: By that time we were both getting hungry again.
00:19:12.554 --> 00:19:20.174
MOLLY: And I don't know what it is about Cosmic Ray's Cafe, but I cannot avoid that place.
00:19:20.794 --> 00:19:22.354
VIRGINIA: I never want to eat there.
00:19:23.034 --> 00:19:25.834
MOLLY: And I always end up being there at least once per trip.
00:19:26.174 --> 00:19:34.354
MOLLY: It just ends up being like we are in this area, everyone's hungry, and we just need something that everybody likes.
00:19:34.594 --> 00:19:39.574
MOLLY: Like, you know, something easy, simple burger, like chicken.
00:19:39.834 --> 00:19:42.314
MOLLY: Somebody needs to eat or they're going to lose it.
00:19:43.414 --> 00:19:46.414
<v SPEAKER_3>It's like we're always in front of Cosmic Ray's Cafe.
00:19:46.594 --> 00:19:47.694
MOLLY: And this trip is no different.
00:19:47.934 --> 00:19:52.214
MOLLY: So we stopped there first and got some food that Sebastian needed to eat.
00:19:52.214 --> 00:19:56.574
MOLLY: So I just got like french fries because I was like, I'm not eating here again.
00:19:56.574 --> 00:19:58.554
MOLLY: Like, a french fries doesn't count.
00:19:58.854 --> 00:19:59.534
VIRGINIA: You were pregnant.
00:20:01.614 --> 00:20:03.334
<v SPEAKER_3>It has like a magnetic pull.
00:20:03.374 --> 00:20:04.914
VIRGINIA: I don't know what it is about that, please.
00:20:05.014 --> 00:20:06.774
MOLLY: So we got some food there.
00:20:06.874 --> 00:20:13.774
MOLLY: And then we had a Space Mountain Lightning Lane before our Tron paid Lightning Lane.
00:20:13.774 --> 00:20:16.074
MOLLY: So we went on Space Mountain after that.
00:20:16.694 --> 00:20:20.074
MOLLY: And apparently that might have been Sebastian's last time on Space Mountain.
00:20:20.154 --> 00:20:21.414
MOLLY: It rattled him pretty good.
00:20:21.434 --> 00:20:25.394
MOLLY: Yeah, he got off and he had a headache.
00:20:25.414 --> 00:20:27.794
MOLLY: He was like, I don't like that ride anymore.
00:20:28.454 --> 00:20:38.274
<v SPEAKER_3>So the true getting older, that Space Mountain is no longer fun and is more uncomfortable than fun because that's how I feel about it.
00:20:38.294 --> 00:20:40.334
MOLLY: Like it's like, I don't mind it.
00:20:40.354 --> 00:20:43.254
MOLLY: Like I'll go on it, but it's not my favorite.
00:20:43.254 --> 00:20:45.914
MOLLY: It's pretty, pretty much rattles me around too.
00:20:45.914 --> 00:20:48.234
MOLLY: But yeah, yeah, he didn't like it.
00:20:48.234 --> 00:20:51.954
MOLLY: And like, I don't know if it was like we were, he was getting tired.
00:20:51.994 --> 00:20:53.434
MOLLY: Like this was towards the end of the night.
00:20:53.674 --> 00:20:56.894
MOLLY: So I don't know if that had something to do with it too, where he was, had just kind of had enough.
00:20:56.894 --> 00:20:59.094
MOLLY: And like, this is what he was going to take it out on.
00:20:59.114 --> 00:21:02.654
MOLLY: But he claims that was his last ride on Space Mountain.
00:21:04.374 --> 00:21:11.374
VIRGINIA: I mean, I love Space Mountain for nostalgia purposes because I remember writing it for the first time.
00:21:11.814 --> 00:21:12.114
MOLLY: Yeah.
00:21:12.134 --> 00:21:19.594
VIRGINIA: But I will say that every time I write it, it feels like it gets shakier and shakier.
00:21:19.614 --> 00:21:22.634
VIRGINIA: Like there are points when it feels like it's going to jump the tracks.
00:21:22.874 --> 00:21:25.094
VIRGINIA: I know it's not, but it feels like it's going to.
00:21:25.534 --> 00:21:32.354
VIRGINIA: And every time I think, I feel like I'm getting closer to the time when I'm going to go, okay, I'm good on that.
00:21:33.954 --> 00:21:34.394
VIRGINIA: All right.
00:21:34.574 --> 00:21:38.274
VIRGINIA: So Space Mountain and then Tron.
00:21:38.474 --> 00:21:39.614
MOLLY: And then Tron.
00:21:39.614 --> 00:21:41.694
MOLLY: Number one ride on Tron.
00:21:42.514 --> 00:21:44.214
VIRGINIA: So did you keep count the entire trip?
00:21:45.194 --> 00:21:45.814
MOLLY: Pretty much.
00:21:45.814 --> 00:21:49.934
MOLLY: Like we were definitely like, this is going to happen.
00:21:49.954 --> 00:21:52.634
MOLLY: So we were committed to the Tron thing.
00:21:53.494 --> 00:22:00.334
MOLLY: So yeah, so we rode Tron kind of in the middle of the car, and it was as awesome as we remembered.
00:22:00.514 --> 00:22:06.474
MOLLY: So after that, it was almost fireworks time, and we were not interested in staying.
00:22:07.234 --> 00:22:16.454
MOLLY: I know I had said, like, I saw that crowd and I was like, no, nope, don't want to stand with these people.
00:22:16.494 --> 00:22:22.034
MOLLY: And then what I know will happen, the aftermath of trying to get out of there.
00:22:23.434 --> 00:22:29.514
MOLLY: That was more the reason for saying no, not that we didn't want to see the fireworks, but I was like, we are toast.
00:22:29.674 --> 00:22:30.594
MOLLY: We were toast.
00:22:30.874 --> 00:22:31.234
VIRGINIA: Yes.
00:22:31.354 --> 00:22:36.454
VIRGINIA: And I even wrote in my notes, maybe fireworks dot, dot, dot, will she prove me wrong?
00:22:37.954 --> 00:22:41.914
<v SPEAKER_3>I wanted to, but no, didn't happen.
00:22:43.474 --> 00:22:48.474
VIRGINIA: So you went back to Beach Club and got some well-deserved rest, I'm imagining.
00:22:48.494 --> 00:22:48.734
VIRGINIA: Yes.
00:22:49.154 --> 00:22:49.674
MOLLY: Yes.
00:22:49.694 --> 00:22:51.014
MOLLY: We finally got to see our room.
00:22:51.034 --> 00:22:52.394
MOLLY: We had been gone the whole day.
00:22:52.414 --> 00:22:53.914
MOLLY: We hadn't seen our room yet.
00:22:54.334 --> 00:22:58.114
MOLLY: So we walked in and we loved it.
00:22:58.694 --> 00:22:59.654
MOLLY: What was the room?
00:23:00.934 --> 00:23:03.954
MOLLY: It was facing the lake.
00:23:04.174 --> 00:23:05.174
MOLLY: It was a water view room.
00:23:05.394 --> 00:23:09.014
MOLLY: It was like, I don't know if you're familiar, but where there's the volleyball court in the front.
00:23:10.014 --> 00:23:11.954
MOLLY: It was up in that corner.
00:23:11.974 --> 00:23:17.654
MOLLY: If you're standing on the path, looking at the volleyball court, we were in the top right corner.
00:23:18.514 --> 00:23:21.874
VIRGINIA: That's a pretty convenient location for getting out and getting over to Epcot.
00:23:22.374 --> 00:23:24.574
MOLLY: It was awesome.
00:23:24.594 --> 00:23:25.554
MOLLY: We loved our view.
00:23:25.574 --> 00:23:26.414
MOLLY: We loved our room.
00:23:26.434 --> 00:23:33.474
MOLLY: We had one of the good size, you can sit on it balconies because some of those rooms, it's just like you step out and you're outside.
00:23:34.834 --> 00:23:35.674
VIRGINIA: It's a Juliet balcony.
00:23:35.934 --> 00:23:36.334
MOLLY: Right.
00:23:36.334 --> 00:23:37.954
VIRGINIA: It's like this kind of a balcony.
00:23:38.334 --> 00:23:45.554
MOLLY: I was so excited and they had happy birthday, Sebastian on the TV and he was so excited.
00:23:45.574 --> 00:23:47.834
MOLLY: He was like, oh my goodness, my name's on the TV.
00:23:47.894 --> 00:23:50.414
MOLLY: I was like, yeah, happy birthday.
00:23:50.434 --> 00:23:56.534
MOLLY: We got our bags and I tried to get us a little bit settled in before going to bed.
00:23:56.554 --> 00:24:06.054
MOLLY: But as soon as Sebastian's head hit that pillow, he was out cold, so we were tired for sure.
00:24:06.514 --> 00:24:10.194
VIRGINIA: With needing that kind of rest, what time were you up the next morning?
00:24:13.194 --> 00:24:18.294
MOLLY: Me, I was up at six and was like, well, I might as well get Genie Plus going.
00:24:19.774 --> 00:24:24.194
MOLLY: I stayed in bed, but I was awake at six on my phone.
00:24:24.294 --> 00:24:30.654
MOLLY: Sebastian woke up slightly after that to make sure I was ready to get all the Genie Plus stuff.
00:24:30.754 --> 00:24:32.314
VIRGINIA: Oh, ye of little faith.
00:24:33.314 --> 00:24:34.334
MOLLY: My little mini me.
00:24:34.354 --> 00:24:39.334
MOLLY: He was like, by the end of the trip, he had downloaded the app onto his iPad and he was ready to help me.
00:24:39.354 --> 00:24:41.814
MOLLY: He just wanted to be involved.
00:24:42.294 --> 00:24:46.194
MOLLY: This is his actual birthday, was day two.
00:24:46.814 --> 00:24:50.914
MOLLY: We ended up leaving for Magic Kingdom around 7.30.
00:24:50.934 --> 00:24:57.714
MOLLY: Not quite for early entry, but not too far after.
00:24:57.734 --> 00:25:00.314
VIRGINIA: What time was early entry that morning?
00:25:00.394 --> 00:25:02.554
MOLLY: I think it was 7.30.
00:25:02.654 --> 00:25:04.994
MOLLY: I think it was early for some reason.
00:25:05.014 --> 00:25:06.354
VIRGINIA: Was park opening at 8?
00:25:06.794 --> 00:25:12.794
MOLLY: I guess so because I had planned in advance, about eight o'clock would be early entry.
00:25:12.814 --> 00:25:16.534
MOLLY: Then when I looked in the days right before, I was like, this is early.
00:25:18.594 --> 00:25:20.674
MOLLY: But it's fine.
00:25:21.014 --> 00:25:26.074
MOLLY: I don't really like to do that park with a rope drop anyway.
00:25:26.994 --> 00:25:30.214
MOLLY: How they put you in the little holding pens and stuff.
00:25:30.594 --> 00:25:34.954
MOLLY: I did it once and I was like, this is too much work for not much reward, so I'm not doing this anymore.
00:25:36.154 --> 00:25:39.374
MOLLY: We rope dropped Nutella waffles at Sleepy Hollow.
00:25:41.274 --> 00:25:44.154
MOLLY: We went straight for breakfast.
00:25:44.734 --> 00:25:50.874
MOLLY: Both my kids love that place, so that's where we always pretty much end up for breakfast in the Nutella waffle.
00:25:51.114 --> 00:25:56.974
MOLLY: We get the fruit on the side, so we eat the Nutella waffle and then we have just the fruit we like because not everybody likes the same fruit.
00:25:59.334 --> 00:26:03.534
MOLLY: Just FYI, you don't have to get it on there, you can get it on the side.
00:26:03.554 --> 00:26:09.574
MOLLY: Then after that, I had purchased Seven Dwarfs and Tron, and we got the Tron Virtual Queue.
00:26:10.014 --> 00:26:11.994
MOLLY: Those were later in the morning.
00:26:13.374 --> 00:26:16.654
MOLLY: We ended up doing some low-weight rides back to back.
00:26:16.674 --> 00:26:19.334
MOLLY: We did Barnstormer, which neither one of us had ever done.
00:26:20.914 --> 00:26:21.534
VIRGINIA: What did you think?
00:26:22.034 --> 00:26:25.114
MOLLY: I mean, it was a kid coaster.
00:26:25.134 --> 00:26:26.054
MOLLY: It was very quick.
00:26:26.354 --> 00:26:26.654
VIRGINIA: Yeah.
00:26:26.754 --> 00:26:28.754
MOLLY: That's something I would wait in line for, for sure.
00:26:28.774 --> 00:26:34.314
VIRGINIA: I haven't looked at the times though, but I'm like, which one is shorter, Barnstormer or Tron?
00:26:36.794 --> 00:26:37.414
<v SPEAKER_3>Seriously.
00:26:38.414 --> 00:26:42.754
<v SPEAKER_3>It's a very short ride, but Tron is still our favorite for sure.
00:26:43.414 --> 00:26:44.474
MOLLY: But it was cute.
00:26:45.654 --> 00:26:49.274
MOLLY: And then we did Dumbo because it's right there.
00:26:49.594 --> 00:26:53.614
MOLLY: And then went over to the teacups and walked on those.
00:26:53.754 --> 00:26:56.994
MOLLY: We literally like, we walked over and they were like letting everybody into them.
00:26:57.034 --> 00:26:58.954
MOLLY: So I was like, this couldn't be easier.
00:26:59.294 --> 00:27:02.034
MOLLY: And then I like the Little Mermaid ride.
00:27:02.054 --> 00:27:03.794
MOLLY: So Sebastian let me go.
00:27:03.834 --> 00:27:05.414
MOLLY: He was like, yeah, we can do that.
00:27:05.434 --> 00:27:08.814
MOLLY: I was like, thank you.
00:27:08.854 --> 00:27:14.874
MOLLY: So we did that and then it was time for our Seven Dwarfs Lightning Lane, so kind of worked out pretty good.
00:27:14.894 --> 00:27:18.034
MOLLY: We got a couple of rides in and, you know, then went over there.
00:27:19.394 --> 00:27:23.254
MOLLY: After that, we had some time before our Tron Lightning Lane.
00:27:23.254 --> 00:27:28.094
MOLLY: So we did the People Mover, which is, I think, kind of a must do for a lot of people.
00:27:29.494 --> 00:27:32.174
MOLLY: It's always a good, good ride to sit down.
00:27:32.754 --> 00:27:38.634
MOLLY: The guy that loaded us on was like, I mean, Sebastian was already getting all the like, hey, happy birthday, happy birthday.
00:27:38.654 --> 00:27:41.814
MOLLY: They're like, you know, all the cast members and people saying happy birthday to him.
00:27:42.114 --> 00:27:47.194
MOLLY: But the guy on the People Mover was the best one, maybe, of the whole trip.
00:27:47.474 --> 00:27:50.974
MOLLY: But like he did like a, like a guitar solo.
00:27:50.994 --> 00:27:53.734
<v SPEAKER_3>It was like, have a birthday, and like did like a whole thing.
00:27:53.734 --> 00:27:57.374
<v SPEAKER_3>And I was like, wow, like, you really gave it your all.
00:27:57.394 --> 00:27:58.734
<v SPEAKER_3>Like, we appreciate that.
00:27:58.754 --> 00:28:00.834
<v SPEAKER_3>Like, that was perfect.
00:28:00.874 --> 00:28:02.034
<v SPEAKER_3>So he was amazing.
00:28:03.074 --> 00:28:10.694
MOLLY: I forget his name now, but we did give him a cast compliment at the time because he was good, good, good, totally made our morning.
00:28:10.734 --> 00:28:12.114
MOLLY: So yeah.
00:28:12.814 --> 00:28:16.974
MOLLY: And then from there, we just went over to Tron for ride two.
00:28:18.694 --> 00:28:23.414
VIRGINIA: And I think this time we did your virtual queue or was it the individual lightning lane of Tron?
00:28:23.874 --> 00:28:26.174
MOLLY: This was the individual lightning lane that we bought.
00:28:27.674 --> 00:28:29.894
MOLLY: And I think we did front row that time.
00:28:30.294 --> 00:28:32.254
MOLLY: I was like, if there's not a long line, you can request it.
00:28:32.274 --> 00:28:37.974
MOLLY: Because I always get like, if there's a bunch of people waiting, we're just going to take what they give us.
00:28:38.314 --> 00:28:39.874
MOLLY: You get what you get and you don't get upset.
00:28:40.294 --> 00:28:43.314
MOLLY: But I was like, if there's not a lot of people, we can ask.
00:28:44.214 --> 00:28:48.794
MOLLY: And I mean, they have the big long line set up for people that are going to ask.
00:28:48.794 --> 00:28:53.314
MOLLY: But I still always feel like I don't want to make trouble.
00:28:54.534 --> 00:28:55.774
VIRGINIA: It's not making trouble, though.
00:28:55.794 --> 00:28:56.354
VIRGINIA: No, it's not.
00:28:56.954 --> 00:29:01.734
VIRGINIA: As long as you know you're going to have to wait for a minute or two.
00:29:01.754 --> 00:29:10.894
VIRGINIA: But it's really, I've never had to wait very long for a specific car that I've asked for on that or Cosmic Rewind or any of those things.
00:29:11.314 --> 00:29:20.734
MOLLY: Yeah, I feel like with Tron, like, they even when you have to wait in the virtual queue, I feel like it churns people out pretty quick, that ride.
00:29:21.094 --> 00:29:24.094
MOLLY: Guardians, I feel like you get a lot more downtime, maybe.
00:29:24.154 --> 00:29:24.614
MOLLY: I don't know.
00:29:24.914 --> 00:29:29.414
MOLLY: But yeah, we never had to wait very long when we decided to ask.
00:29:29.434 --> 00:29:30.414
MOLLY: So that was good.
00:29:31.514 --> 00:29:34.474
MOLLY: Yeah, so that was it for our morning.
00:29:34.734 --> 00:29:38.814
MOLLY: We ended up, I got some coffee because I was like, okay, I need more coffee now.
00:29:39.434 --> 00:29:45.434
MOLLY: That was kind of a running joke with us is that he wasn't letting me, like, I usually have like at least two cups of coffee in the morning.
00:29:45.854 --> 00:29:47.454
MOLLY: And I'd be like, have one with breakfast.
00:29:47.474 --> 00:29:48.554
MOLLY: And then I'd be like, I need another one.
00:29:48.574 --> 00:29:49.794
MOLLY: And he's like, there's no time.
00:29:49.874 --> 00:29:50.954
MOLLY: Like, you can't get coffee.
00:29:51.134 --> 00:29:52.834
MOLLY: So that would like end up being a running joke with us.
00:29:52.854 --> 00:29:54.974
MOLLY: And I was like, can I please get more coffee?
00:29:56.154 --> 00:29:58.574
MOLLY: If you want me to last the whole day, I must get more coffee.
00:29:58.834 --> 00:30:00.214
MOLLY: So he let me get some more coffee.
00:30:00.514 --> 00:30:04.214
VIRGINIA: Are you a Starbucks or a Joffre's person or an it doesn't matter?
00:30:04.234 --> 00:30:05.654
VIRGINIA: Just give me my coffee person.
00:30:05.694 --> 00:30:06.534
VIRGINIA: It doesn't matter.
00:30:06.534 --> 00:30:10.654
MOLLY: I do tend to drink more Joffre's at Disney.
00:30:10.674 --> 00:30:16.214
MOLLY: Like if anywhere else or, you know, if I'm in front of the Starbucks, I will do the Starbucks.
00:30:16.234 --> 00:30:22.874
MOLLY: But I just feel like Joffre's is more readily available or there's more spots to get it than there is the Starbucks.
00:30:22.894 --> 00:30:25.234
MOLLY: So, yeah, I love both.
00:30:25.454 --> 00:30:27.194
MOLLY: If it's caffeinated, I will drink it.
00:30:29.914 --> 00:30:34.914
VIRGINIA: I hate to say this, but you're going to need to get Sebastian into coffee to make this work out for you in the future.
00:30:34.934 --> 00:30:35.714
VIRGINIA: I know, right?
00:30:36.394 --> 00:30:38.354
VIRGINIA: Somehow Alex likes coffee.
00:30:38.634 --> 00:30:43.534
VIRGINIA: So whenever I request to stop for coffee, he's totally fine with it as long as he gets something to.
00:30:44.254 --> 00:30:52.834
VIRGINIA: I mean, he'll drink just like a normal iced coffee, like maybe a little bit of spunder or something like that to jazz it up a bit.
00:30:53.194 --> 00:30:59.554
VIRGINIA: But of course, normally what he gets are things like the Mission to S'mores that's right outside of Space Mountain and Tron.
00:30:59.574 --> 00:31:00.894
MOLLY: Dessert coffee.
00:31:00.894 --> 00:31:06.534
VIRGINIA: Dessert coffee all the way, like anything that comes with whipped cream and marshmallows on the top.
00:31:07.414 --> 00:31:08.054
MOLLY: Why not?
00:31:08.074 --> 00:31:09.854
VIRGINIA: Maybe I'm doing it wrong.
00:31:10.054 --> 00:31:11.114
<v SPEAKER_3>Maybe I'm doing it wrong.
00:31:11.134 --> 00:31:16.194
VIRGINIA: As long as it gets me in the line to get my own coffee, then I'm all good with it.
00:31:17.214 --> 00:31:21.254
MOLLY: We'll work on that for the next trip then because I definitely going to need more coffee.
00:31:23.834 --> 00:31:28.374
MOLLY: But then we had a lunch reservation, so we were working our way out of the park.
00:31:28.394 --> 00:31:30.794
MOLLY: We walked through the Emporium and stuff like that.
00:31:30.814 --> 00:31:35.914
MOLLY: Actually, as we walked into the Emporium, Sebastian's sunglasses broke.
00:31:36.754 --> 00:31:40.334
MOLLY: The screw fell out of the arm of his sunglasses.
00:31:40.634 --> 00:31:43.714
MOLLY: We were looking around, I was like, yeah, it's gone.
00:31:43.734 --> 00:31:47.514
<v SPEAKER_3>We're going to find that tiny little screw in Magic Kingdom.
00:31:48.954 --> 00:31:52.754
MOLLY: I could fix them when we get home, but those are toast for now.
00:31:53.114 --> 00:32:00.294
MOLLY: We ended up buying him new sunglasses in the Emporium, just because life happens.
00:32:00.354 --> 00:32:02.154
MOLLY: He got some new sunglasses out of the deal.
00:32:02.414 --> 00:32:03.334
VIRGINIA: What do they look like?
00:32:03.594 --> 00:32:04.434
VIRGINIA: Are they cool?
00:32:04.734 --> 00:32:07.174
MOLLY: Yeah, they're like aviator style.
00:32:07.194 --> 00:32:09.514
MOLLY: I was like, you look like Maverick.
00:32:09.534 --> 00:32:11.454
MOLLY: You're very Top Gun now.
00:32:11.914 --> 00:32:15.314
VIRGINIA: I have to ask because it was his 11th birthday, did they make him look older?
00:32:15.814 --> 00:32:19.294
MOLLY: Yes, but I felt like the moment he woke up, he looked older.
00:32:20.334 --> 00:32:21.734
MOLLY: It just confirmed it.
00:32:21.754 --> 00:32:25.294
MOLLY: I was like, oh, no, I mean, he's as tall as I am.
00:32:25.934 --> 00:32:28.314
MOLLY: I'm not that tall, but he's as tall as I am.
00:32:28.334 --> 00:32:29.774
VIRGINIA: Yeah, we talked about this in the pre-trip.
00:32:30.194 --> 00:32:33.734
MOLLY: Yeah, just a little adult.
00:32:34.434 --> 00:32:35.714
MOLLY: He acts like a little adult.
00:32:36.214 --> 00:32:36.714
VIRGINIA: I'm sure.
00:32:36.894 --> 00:32:37.334
VIRGINIA: I'm sure.
00:32:37.354 --> 00:32:38.434
MOLLY: He's my little old man.
00:32:38.454 --> 00:32:44.494
VIRGINIA: I have to ask about this lunch because this was a surprise lunch that you were taking him to.
00:32:45.114 --> 00:32:49.454
VIRGINIA: When did you choose to reveal where you were taking him for lunch?
00:32:49.474 --> 00:32:54.714
MOLLY: That morning when he woke up, he was like, okay, you can tell me now.
00:32:54.734 --> 00:32:57.374
MOLLY: Because I was going to tell him and he was like, no, I want it to be a surprise.
00:32:57.474 --> 00:32:59.254
MOLLY: He let me tell him that morning where we're going.
00:32:59.394 --> 00:33:02.454
MOLLY: I was like, we are going to Steakhouse 71.
00:33:02.474 --> 00:33:03.394
MOLLY: He had never heard of it.
00:33:05.054 --> 00:33:06.534
MOLLY: I had to explain it a little bit.
00:33:06.554 --> 00:33:10.914
MOLLY: I was like, they are known for their burger and I know you like burgers so we're going to check it out.
00:33:10.934 --> 00:33:13.794
MOLLY: Then he was excited because he was looking forward to the burger.
00:33:14.314 --> 00:33:16.054
MOLLY: We walked over there from Magic Kingdom.
00:33:16.074 --> 00:33:19.854
MOLLY: We used the walking path and we had some time to kill.
00:33:19.874 --> 00:33:22.594
MOLLY: We got there maybe 20 minutes early.
00:33:23.914 --> 00:33:26.694
MOLLY: We hung out in the lobby of the Contemporary for a bit.
00:33:26.714 --> 00:33:31.934
MOLLY: They had some of the Easter egg display out, so we checked those out.
00:33:32.754 --> 00:33:36.114
MOLLY: Sebastian rode the escalators up and down like 10 times.
00:33:36.134 --> 00:33:43.634
MOLLY: I was like, you could just sit on one of these lovely chairs and relax but he's 11, so he couldn't.
00:33:43.654 --> 00:33:44.794
VIRGINIA: It's a good day.
00:33:44.814 --> 00:33:46.034
VIRGINIA: He could do whatever he wanted.
00:33:46.034 --> 00:33:49.414
MOLLY: I was like, if you want to ride them up and down, you go right ahead.
00:33:51.374 --> 00:33:51.774
MOLLY: Yeah.
00:33:51.794 --> 00:33:57.514
MOLLY: Then we went in and we got the salted brioche rolls.
00:33:58.694 --> 00:34:03.614
VIRGINIA: I saw your picture of this and I had forgotten about the rolls.
00:34:03.914 --> 00:34:05.574
VIRGINIA: They looked so good.
00:34:05.594 --> 00:34:09.354
MOLLY: I would recommend going just for the rolls, honestly.
00:34:09.634 --> 00:34:12.634
MOLLY: They were that good that I would go back just for those.
00:34:13.294 --> 00:34:15.494
MOLLY: I mean, the burger was also very good.
00:34:15.934 --> 00:34:19.294
MOLLY: But those rolls, I could write home about those rolls.
00:34:19.414 --> 00:34:20.774
MOLLY: They were delicious.
00:34:21.474 --> 00:34:27.454
MOLLY: We got those and we each got the stack burger with some major modifications on Sebastian's part.
00:34:27.574 --> 00:34:31.554
MOLLY: He basically just got the burger with cheese and pickles, I think.
00:34:32.174 --> 00:34:33.934
MOLLY: He's like, hold everything.
00:34:34.794 --> 00:34:36.494
MOLLY: But he loved it.
00:34:37.254 --> 00:34:37.814
MOLLY: That's fine.
00:34:38.994 --> 00:34:41.654
MOLLY: I just didn't get onion on it because I am not an onion person.
00:34:42.414 --> 00:34:47.414
MOLLY: But the pork belly, I didn't love that part of the burger, but everything else was great.
00:34:48.954 --> 00:34:53.074
MOLLY: And the fries, they're like the parmesan, they're like waffle fries with their like.
00:34:53.814 --> 00:34:54.754
VIRGINIA: Oh, yeah.
00:34:55.094 --> 00:34:56.014
VIRGINIA: Those are good.
00:34:56.174 --> 00:35:03.514
VIRGINIA: Now, during the pre-trip, I was saying that I was like, I feel like they had really good onion rings, but I think it was the waffle fries that I was remembering.
00:35:03.534 --> 00:35:08.654
VIRGINIA: I was like, there was a side that was really good with the burger, and it must have been those parmesan fries.
00:35:09.154 --> 00:35:14.114
MOLLY: So yeah, you could get either fries, pasta salad, or a petite Caesar salad or something.
00:35:14.134 --> 00:35:18.674
MOLLY: I mean, I had to go with fries, but all the stuff on the menu sounded really good.
00:35:18.694 --> 00:35:23.754
MOLLY: I feel like I've convinced my husband that the next time we go back, we're going to go back there because he was like, that looks good.
00:35:23.854 --> 00:35:24.514
MOLLY: I want to try that.
00:35:24.534 --> 00:35:29.974
MOLLY: I was like, there was a turkey club, there was the steak frites dish.
00:35:29.994 --> 00:35:36.834
MOLLY: There was so many things on the menu that sounded really yummy, but we were committed to the burger for this trip.
00:35:37.634 --> 00:35:41.274
MOLLY: But again, I think we'll go back and try something else.
00:35:41.294 --> 00:35:42.814
VIRGINIA: Did you check out the photography?
00:35:43.494 --> 00:35:44.354
MOLLY: We did.
00:35:44.354 --> 00:35:46.994
MOLLY: We loved it.
00:35:47.174 --> 00:35:49.874
MOLLY: I minored in photography in college.
00:35:49.894 --> 00:35:51.074
MOLLY: You did?
00:35:51.094 --> 00:35:51.894
VIRGINIA: Okay.
00:35:53.054 --> 00:35:54.274
MOLLY: I didn't really do anything with it.
00:35:55.074 --> 00:35:56.554
MOLLY: It was always a hobby that I loved.
00:35:56.574 --> 00:36:01.334
MOLLY: My grandfather was a photographer, so it was always something that was in my life, I guess.
00:36:01.554 --> 00:36:02.594
MOLLY: I've always been a fan of it.
00:36:02.854 --> 00:36:05.114
MOLLY: That photography setup is so cool.
00:36:06.954 --> 00:36:11.434
MOLLY: You get to see, it's obviously a Steakhouse 71 because Magic Kingdom opened in 1971.
00:36:11.954 --> 00:36:18.174
MOLLY: So it's all the making of Magic Kingdom, and like Sebastian was like, Mickey Mouse looks weird.
00:36:18.194 --> 00:36:21.334
MOLLY: I was like, he has had some makeovers in his day.
00:36:21.354 --> 00:36:22.894
VIRGINIA: He's had a lot of work done.
00:36:22.914 --> 00:36:24.934
<v SPEAKER_3>He's had some work, haven't we all?
00:36:26.454 --> 00:36:28.734
MOLLY: So he was just like, this is weird.
00:36:28.754 --> 00:36:36.014
MOLLY: But I was trying to explain some of this stuff to him, and he just thought it was cool just to see kind of how it used to look.
00:36:37.594 --> 00:36:39.694
MOLLY: But yeah, that's a really cool display.
00:36:39.714 --> 00:36:42.374
MOLLY: If you're into that stuff, it's worth checking out.
00:36:42.394 --> 00:36:46.394
MOLLY: I feel like you could go check it out even if you didn't eat there, because it's just in the hallway.
00:36:47.334 --> 00:36:47.734
VIRGINIA: But yeah.
00:36:48.054 --> 00:36:53.974
MOLLY: And while we're at lunch, we got called for our virtual queue, and we were definitely not going to make it back in time.
00:36:54.394 --> 00:36:54.954
VIRGINIA: Oh, no.
00:36:55.814 --> 00:37:03.034
MOLLY: But we took the monorail back to Magic Kingdom through the like loop, and I just brought the receipt up.
00:37:03.054 --> 00:37:04.194
MOLLY: I was like, might as well ask.
00:37:04.214 --> 00:37:06.634
MOLLY: Like, the worst they could say is, no, you can't.
00:37:06.634 --> 00:37:11.014
MOLLY: So I brought the receipt, and I was like, we were at our dining reservation when our queue got called.
00:37:11.494 --> 00:37:12.274
MOLLY: You know, is there any way?
00:37:12.294 --> 00:37:14.154
MOLLY: And they just, like, they barely even looked at it.
00:37:14.174 --> 00:37:15.114
MOLLY: They were like, just go ahead.
00:37:15.374 --> 00:37:17.314
VIRGINIA: Like, they were like, just go.
00:37:17.334 --> 00:37:18.174
MOLLY: So I was like, whew.
00:37:19.314 --> 00:37:23.754
MOLLY: I mean, like, we had already ridden it that day, but we were trying for two that day, obviously.
00:37:24.194 --> 00:37:26.714
MOLLY: But they were very kind, and they were like, it's fine.
00:37:26.734 --> 00:37:32.674
MOLLY: So that's my advice if you have a dining reservation, always go to the dining reservation and bring your receipt.
00:37:32.794 --> 00:37:35.734
MOLLY: And maybe if they can, I feel like if they can, they will.
00:37:35.774 --> 00:37:39.254
MOLLY: Like, nobody wants to, you know, ruin your day on purpose.
00:37:39.294 --> 00:37:39.614
MOLLY: But...
00:37:40.454 --> 00:37:43.074
VIRGINIA: And especially if you ask nicely and, you know...
00:37:43.094 --> 00:37:44.354
MOLLY: Yes, be kind, for sure.
00:37:44.374 --> 00:37:46.874
VIRGINIA: So that was ride number three on Tron.
00:37:46.894 --> 00:37:48.074
MOLLY: That was ride number three.
00:37:48.094 --> 00:37:49.874
VIRGINIA: For anyone who's keeping count at home.
00:37:50.374 --> 00:37:50.774
MOLLY: Yes.
00:37:50.834 --> 00:37:53.134
MOLLY: Please, please mark that on your tally sheets.
00:37:53.234 --> 00:37:54.334
MOLLY: That was ride three.
00:37:55.514 --> 00:38:01.414
MOLLY: And I think because it was a virtual queue, I was like, we have to be careful if we, you know, if there's a line, we're not...
00:38:01.414 --> 00:38:04.234
MOLLY: That's when I started being like, if there's a line, we're not asking for row one.
00:38:04.474 --> 00:38:09.354
MOLLY: I actually think we rode the back row on this one because they were like, party, is there a party of two?
00:38:11.294 --> 00:38:12.914
MOLLY: And then they like put us in the back row.
00:38:12.934 --> 00:38:14.594
MOLLY: And I was like, oh, is this going to be the...
00:38:14.614 --> 00:38:18.614
MOLLY: Because they have the, like, standard seats on some of this.
00:38:18.774 --> 00:38:22.354
MOLLY: But I guess not all the trains have them, which I didn't realize.
00:38:22.374 --> 00:38:25.714
MOLLY: So we got regular bike-style seats.
00:38:25.954 --> 00:38:27.654
MOLLY: I feel like seats isn't the right word for that.
00:38:27.674 --> 00:38:31.394
MOLLY: But so I didn't realize that not all of them have that.
00:38:31.394 --> 00:38:40.674
MOLLY: So I think that's why we got pulled out of the line because it was one that people that were waiting for those standard, like, coaster seats were waiting for.
00:38:41.234 --> 00:38:41.534
VIRGINIA: Yeah.
00:38:42.194 --> 00:38:42.914
MOLLY: So that was cool.
00:38:43.414 --> 00:38:56.514
MOLLY: After that, we pretty much ran to Jungle Cruise because I had stacked so nicely Jungle Cruise, Thunder Mountain, and Tomorrowland Speedway for the rest of the day.
00:38:57.454 --> 00:38:59.974
MOLLY: And there were like no more Jungle Cruise.
00:38:59.994 --> 00:39:01.294
MOLLY: Like, I couldn't push it out.
00:39:01.314 --> 00:39:02.194
MOLLY: There were no more.
00:39:02.214 --> 00:39:04.954
MOLLY: So it's like, we have to run.
00:39:04.974 --> 00:39:12.174
MOLLY: So it's like, I know your belly is probably full of cheeseburger, but we have to run to Jungle Cruise.
00:39:13.294 --> 00:39:15.614
MOLLY: We didn't actually run, but we hustled hard.
00:39:15.634 --> 00:39:19.834
VIRGINIA: No, you walked as quickly as you could without seeming like you're breaking into a run.
00:39:20.674 --> 00:39:24.834
MOLLY: And when we got to Main Street, the parade was about to start.
00:39:25.274 --> 00:39:25.674
VIRGINIA: Oh, no.
00:39:26.014 --> 00:39:28.274
MOLLY: So it was like the walkways were still open.
00:39:28.294 --> 00:39:34.554
MOLLY: I was like, we've got like, we have to like really hustle across the hub because they're going to cut us off if we don't.
00:39:34.674 --> 00:39:35.694
MOLLY: And we're not going to be able to go.
00:39:35.714 --> 00:39:36.894
MOLLY: We have to go all the way around.
00:39:37.294 --> 00:39:40.594
<v SPEAKER_3>So poor Sebastian, he was ready to kill me.
00:39:41.994 --> 00:39:45.434
<v SPEAKER_3>So we were a little sweaty when we got to the Jungle Cruise queue.
00:39:46.694 --> 00:39:48.834
MOLLY: But we made it in plenty of time.
00:39:49.394 --> 00:39:51.094
MOLLY: I think we had about 10 minutes to spare.
00:39:51.254 --> 00:39:55.374
MOLLY: But yeah, so we got there and we were a little sweaty.
00:39:55.774 --> 00:40:00.834
MOLLY: So then I had that, which our skipper was hilarious as always.
00:40:01.494 --> 00:40:05.154
MOLLY: I think that's another one I always ride for nostalgia.
00:40:05.754 --> 00:40:07.534
MOLLY: It's just a fun one.
00:40:08.794 --> 00:40:12.894
MOLLY: And then we did Thunder Mountain and we were towards the back of the train.
00:40:13.114 --> 00:40:18.914
MOLLY: And, oh boy, I think I nearly crushed my poor child because it throws you around those curves.
00:40:18.934 --> 00:40:21.694
MOLLY: And it was rough back there.
00:40:22.034 --> 00:40:24.854
MOLLY: And then we were getting really tired.
00:40:25.334 --> 00:40:28.794
MOLLY: He was adamant about doing Tomorrowland Speedway.
00:40:29.054 --> 00:40:32.294
MOLLY: I could never ride that again and it would be too soon.
00:40:32.394 --> 00:40:33.514
MOLLY: But he was like, I got to do it.
00:40:33.534 --> 00:40:34.794
MOLLY: And I was like, we don't have to.
00:40:34.914 --> 00:40:36.774
MOLLY: We can leave if you're ready to leave.
00:40:36.794 --> 00:40:38.674
MOLLY: And he's like, no, I want to ride it.
00:40:40.034 --> 00:40:40.654
MOLLY: All right.
00:40:42.014 --> 00:40:44.194
MOLLY: So we went over there and we rode in separate cars.
00:40:44.994 --> 00:40:45.454
VIRGINIA: OK.
00:40:45.574 --> 00:40:47.434
MOLLY: You know, big enough to ride on his own.
00:40:47.954 --> 00:40:49.074
MOLLY: Doesn't want mom in there.
00:40:49.534 --> 00:40:50.734
MOLLY: So we did that.
00:40:50.794 --> 00:40:55.654
MOLLY: And then we headed out of Magic Kingdom after that and went back to the resort.
00:40:56.574 --> 00:40:57.114
VIRGINIA: OK.
00:40:57.854 --> 00:40:59.434
VIRGINIA: What time was this approximately?
00:41:00.474 --> 00:41:03.214
<v SPEAKER_3>Ah, this was probably about four o'clock.
00:41:05.914 --> 00:41:11.074
MOLLY: So, yeah, we had we had a good chunk of time at Magic Kingdom that day.
00:41:11.094 --> 00:41:12.474
MOLLY: But he wanted to go swimming.
00:41:12.694 --> 00:41:17.334
MOLLY: So we wanted to make sure we left some time to go in the pool.
00:41:17.354 --> 00:41:20.314
MOLLY: I mean, I wish we had had a whole day for that.
00:41:20.334 --> 00:41:21.854
MOLLY: And that's on me.
00:41:21.914 --> 00:41:24.234
VIRGINIA: But what was the weather like for you?
00:41:24.974 --> 00:41:25.974
MOLLY: It was really nice.
00:41:26.034 --> 00:41:26.734
MOLLY: It was hot.
00:41:26.834 --> 00:41:27.974
MOLLY: It was sunny and hot.
00:41:28.834 --> 00:41:33.874
MOLLY: I mean, again, we're coming from Massachusetts where it's, you know, 40s and 50s.
00:41:33.894 --> 00:41:37.774
MOLLY: So anything over 70 was probably feel hot to us.
00:41:38.254 --> 00:41:40.494
MOLLY: But it was like probably low 80s.
00:41:41.254 --> 00:41:42.694
MOLLY: Most of the time we were there.
00:41:43.494 --> 00:41:44.474
MOLLY: Like it was good.
00:41:44.494 --> 00:41:47.934
MOLLY: It wasn't like too humid or too like unbearably hot.
00:41:47.954 --> 00:41:51.414
MOLLY: Like we've been in August before and that's surface of the sun hot.
00:41:51.754 --> 00:41:54.094
MOLLY: So it was hot, but not like too bad.
00:41:54.234 --> 00:41:56.034
MOLLY: OK, so we went back to the resort.
00:41:56.054 --> 00:42:02.374
MOLLY: We actually went over to Yacht Club and got refillable mugs because they have the Coke freestyle machine over there.
00:42:03.054 --> 00:42:04.494
VIRGINIA: And they don't have that at Beach Club.
00:42:04.814 --> 00:42:05.354
MOLLY: They don't.
00:42:05.374 --> 00:42:09.494
MOLLY: They just have the regular like soda machine.
00:42:10.114 --> 00:42:15.354
MOLLY: And Sebastian really likes Minute Maid lemonade, but they only have like zero sugar, like everywhere.
00:42:15.374 --> 00:42:17.234
MOLLY: He hates that kind.
00:42:17.254 --> 00:42:21.274
MOLLY: So I was like, well, if we go to the Coke freestyle, you can get regular lemonade.
00:42:21.294 --> 00:42:23.494
VIRGINIA: They need to put Coke freestyles everywhere.
00:42:24.014 --> 00:42:28.454
MOLLY: Like I don't see why they wouldn't, especially with the refill of the mugs.
00:42:28.474 --> 00:42:29.474
MOLLY: Like it just makes sense.
00:42:29.894 --> 00:42:31.854
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I want one in my house.
00:42:34.074 --> 00:42:36.454
MOLLY: He was like, they should have this everywhere.
00:42:36.474 --> 00:42:37.374
MOLLY: And I was like, they definitely should.
00:42:37.394 --> 00:42:39.994
VIRGINIA: He's like, we should get one.
00:42:40.014 --> 00:42:42.774
VIRGINIA: I don't know that that's realistic.
00:42:42.834 --> 00:42:46.874
VIRGINIA: If I win the lottery, I'm not telling anybody, but there will be signs.
00:42:46.994 --> 00:42:50.134
VIRGINIA: One of the first signs is a Coke freestyle machine on my counter.
00:42:51.094 --> 00:42:51.714
VIRGINIA: Understood.
00:42:51.734 --> 00:42:56.014
MOLLY: Yeah, like I love cherry vanilla Coke.
00:42:56.034 --> 00:43:01.514
MOLLY: And like you used to be able to buy it in cans like a million years ago, but you just can't find that.
00:43:01.594 --> 00:43:04.254
MOLLY: So that's always what I go for is the cherry vanilla Coke.
00:43:05.134 --> 00:43:10.594
MOLLY: Sebastian actually had had a sip of my Coke and was like, oh, like he doesn't drink soda.
00:43:10.614 --> 00:43:11.814
MOLLY: Like he just doesn't.
00:43:12.354 --> 00:43:13.594
MOLLY: That was never something he liked.
00:43:13.954 --> 00:43:16.714
MOLLY: And so this trip, he has changed his tune.
00:43:17.854 --> 00:43:21.234
MOLLY: The refillable mug has converted him to a soda drinker.
00:43:21.254 --> 00:43:23.514
MOLLY: So he started trying all the different things.
00:43:27.794 --> 00:43:31.094
MOLLY: So we got drinks and we went and got ready to go to the pool.
00:43:31.934 --> 00:43:38.474
MOLLY: So we hung out there for a while and then the sun started going down and we decided we were getting hungry.
00:43:38.734 --> 00:43:42.794
MOLLY: So we ended up going over to Epcot to get some dinner.
00:43:42.894 --> 00:43:48.614
MOLLY: We ended up going to the France Pavilion and we got some like ham and cheese on the croissant from La Hall.
00:43:49.394 --> 00:43:50.254
MOLLY: I love that spot.
00:43:50.274 --> 00:43:53.174
MOLLY: It's always a line, but everything's so good.
00:43:53.974 --> 00:43:55.594
VIRGINIA: Yeah, yeah, for sure.
00:43:55.974 --> 00:43:58.694
MOLLY: Yeah, and we got some, you know, little desserts there, too.
00:43:58.714 --> 00:44:04.794
MOLLY: Like, Sebastian got like chocolate croissant and I got the little macaron, the raspberry macaron.
00:44:04.974 --> 00:44:09.794
MOLLY: It has some kind of like lime filling or something in it, too, but it's delicious.
00:44:10.334 --> 00:44:17.654
MOLLY: Yeah, so after we got some food and then we only rode one ride that night, which was Soarin.
00:44:17.674 --> 00:44:25.934
MOLLY: We went all the way over to Soarin and then we ended up coming back just to find a spot for fireworks, to watch Luminous.
00:44:25.974 --> 00:44:31.154
MOLLY: Neither one of us had seen it before, so this is our first experience with the new show there.
00:44:31.674 --> 00:44:32.294
VIRGINIA: Did you like it?
00:44:32.894 --> 00:44:33.714
MOLLY: I loved it.
00:44:33.734 --> 00:44:34.754
MOLLY: I thought it was really good.
00:44:35.094 --> 00:44:47.494
MOLLY: I don't want to spoil it because I know it's really new, but the opening song while watching it with my firstborn on his birthday, I was like, instant tears.
00:44:48.254 --> 00:44:49.814
VIRGINIA: Oh, I haven't seen it yet.
00:44:49.834 --> 00:44:51.354
MOLLY: So I won't tell you what it is.
00:44:51.514 --> 00:44:55.554
MOLLY: But that first song, I was just like, Oh, this is what they're going to do to me, like right out the gates.
00:44:56.474 --> 00:45:05.034
MOLLY: And we actually were kind of like a row of people back by the railing over by France, like that bridge kind of from International Gateway over to France.
00:45:05.134 --> 00:45:08.514
MOLLY: We found a little spot that was like a row back from the railing.
00:45:08.954 --> 00:45:13.214
MOLLY: And the nice family in front of us, like, let him go up close to the railing.
00:45:13.214 --> 00:45:15.134
MOLLY: So like, I was like, standing behind him.
00:45:15.154 --> 00:45:19.274
MOLLY: So it's just like, you know, like the silhouette of my kid's head with fireworks.
00:45:19.294 --> 00:45:24.054
MOLLY: And I was just like, I'm not going to make it.
00:45:24.074 --> 00:45:24.894
MOLLY: It was really good.
00:45:24.914 --> 00:45:28.694
MOLLY: I mean, like, I feel like I'm not a big nighttime spectacular person.
00:45:28.714 --> 00:45:32.414
MOLLY: Like, I tend to go in the morning and just not make it to the end.
00:45:32.714 --> 00:45:37.134
MOLLY: Or if I do, I find some place where I can sit that's like not ideal viewing.
00:45:37.154 --> 00:45:40.834
MOLLY: Like, I've watched The Magic Kingdom fireworks from like behind the castle.
00:45:40.854 --> 00:45:46.034
MOLLY: Like, I just I don't like being elbow to elbow, all tight in for that kind of stuff.
00:45:46.054 --> 00:45:52.814
MOLLY: So usually I skip it, like, or I'll, you know, like I said, catch it from some place where I don't have to be tight in with everybody.
00:45:52.834 --> 00:45:54.614
MOLLY: But this this was really fun.
00:45:54.794 --> 00:45:55.414
MOLLY: It was great.
00:45:55.434 --> 00:45:58.014
MOLLY: And we were tired and we didn't want to stand anymore.
00:45:58.034 --> 00:45:59.754
MOLLY: But it was like, this is great.
00:45:59.754 --> 00:46:01.474
MOLLY: You know, it was just one of those things.
00:46:01.874 --> 00:46:04.494
MOLLY: On your birthday fireworks, like you can't beat it.
00:46:05.054 --> 00:46:19.654
VIRGINIA: And that's the benefit of staying at a place like Beach Club where you knew that even though it was late and you were tired and you didn't want to stand anymore, the minute it was over, it was going to take you, you know, two shakes of a land's tail to get over to your room.
00:46:20.094 --> 00:46:23.934
MOLLY: We timed it because I was like, we got to know how long this takes.
00:46:24.054 --> 00:46:31.854
MOLLY: If we're ever going to do this, like nighttime stuff again, this is the perfect place to stay.
00:46:31.874 --> 00:46:34.414
MOLLY: I don't have to get in this Skyliner line.
00:46:35.174 --> 00:46:39.474
MOLLY: I don't have to like hustle to the front of the park to find a bus or a monorail.
00:46:39.754 --> 00:46:41.074
MOLLY: So we timed it.
00:46:41.114 --> 00:46:43.754
MOLLY: It was six minutes and 40 seconds.
00:46:43.774 --> 00:46:52.954
MOLLY: And this was end of day, us not walking fast from security at exit to the front door of the Beach Club.
00:46:53.834 --> 00:46:56.314
MOLLY: And I was like, you can't like, you can't beat it.
00:46:56.514 --> 00:46:57.414
MOLLY: That's perfect.
00:46:57.614 --> 00:47:00.234
VIRGINIA: That is why you are paying what you're paying.
00:47:00.534 --> 00:47:01.434
MOLLY: Exactly.
00:47:01.854 --> 00:47:06.254
MOLLY: You are literally less than a 10 minute walk to Epcot.
00:47:06.474 --> 00:47:07.494
MOLLY: It was perfect.
00:47:07.714 --> 00:47:08.054
MOLLY: Yeah.
00:47:08.074 --> 00:47:10.794
MOLLY: So we went back and it was his birthday.
00:47:10.814 --> 00:47:16.194
MOLLY: So we decided we had to get some birthday ice cream at Beaches and Cream at the window.
00:47:16.714 --> 00:47:19.494
MOLLY: So he got an ice cream and I got a milkshake.
00:47:19.674 --> 00:47:23.254
MOLLY: And then I barely drank any of it.
00:47:23.594 --> 00:47:25.454
MOLLY: But we went to bed.
00:47:25.474 --> 00:47:27.454
VIRGINIA: I was like, this is too much.
00:47:29.174 --> 00:47:35.974
MOLLY: But my daughter, the last time we were there, we had eaten at Beaches and Cream and she had gotten one of the collectible cups.
00:47:36.734 --> 00:47:42.934
MOLLY: And I'm not going to point any fingers or name any names, but somebody put it through the dishwasher and it got destroyed.
00:47:44.194 --> 00:47:48.254
MOLLY: So I got the milkshake just so I could get her replacement cup mostly.
00:47:50.154 --> 00:47:50.694
VIRGINIA: Got it.
00:47:50.994 --> 00:47:54.114
MOLLY: It was a souvenir for sure.
00:47:54.594 --> 00:47:55.534
VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.
00:47:56.634 --> 00:48:04.114
VIRGINIA: Well, the next day, Saturday, March the 9th, you were heading back to Epcot and you anticipated rope dropping.
00:48:04.154 --> 00:48:06.374
VIRGINIA: And I think you were going to try to do Remy's.
00:48:07.374 --> 00:48:08.334
VIRGINIA: How did all that go?
00:48:08.354 --> 00:48:08.994
VIRGINIA: Did you rope drop?
00:48:09.494 --> 00:48:18.034
MOLLY: We did rope drop, but as we were walking up to rope drop, we realized how long the Remy's line already was.
00:48:18.054 --> 00:48:22.614
MOLLY: So we just ended up getting a lightning lane for that anyway.
00:48:24.254 --> 00:48:30.274
MOLLY: And decided because we did virtual queue for Guardians, we got group nine.
00:48:32.674 --> 00:48:36.094
MOLLY: Yeah, so I was like, maybe we just go straight there.
00:48:36.554 --> 00:48:43.094
MOLLY: So we ended up like, you know, we got in the early entry line, which they hold you like around Canada.
00:48:43.854 --> 00:48:49.214
MOLLY: So we got in the park around eight, but they held us there until about 830.
00:48:49.234 --> 00:48:55.234
MOLLY: And then we just walked to Guardians and we, I think we're the first train out of the station, honestly.
00:48:55.254 --> 00:48:58.174
MOLLY: Like we walked through the queue.
00:48:58.194 --> 00:48:59.994
MOLLY: There was no one in there.
00:49:00.014 --> 00:49:02.454
MOLLY: I have never seen it empty in there.
00:49:03.314 --> 00:49:09.214
MOLLY: We walked right to the like that first room that you go in for the pre-show.
00:49:09.634 --> 00:49:13.074
MOLLY: And they were just like letting people keep walking in there.
00:49:13.094 --> 00:49:16.354
MOLLY: They were waiting for enough people to even run the pre-show.
00:49:17.894 --> 00:49:21.594
MOLLY: So it was like 10, 15 people in that room when they started it.
00:49:21.714 --> 00:49:25.274
VIRGINIA: So did they call a bunch of groups all at the same time?
00:49:25.774 --> 00:49:30.234
MOLLY: So I think the first was like 1 to 18, I think.
00:49:30.254 --> 00:49:31.534
MOLLY: It was like something in the teens.
00:49:31.594 --> 00:49:35.434
MOLLY: I want to say it was like groups 1 to 18 were the first chunk.
00:49:35.714 --> 00:49:37.134
MOLLY: And we just we went straight there.
00:49:37.154 --> 00:49:42.234
MOLLY: So I think we were like some of the first people to even get there to be in it.
00:49:42.514 --> 00:49:46.174
VIRGINIA: I'm thinking, you know, they're always watching, right?
00:49:46.674 --> 00:49:56.534
VIRGINIA: But when they know who has gotten what boarding group, do you think, and this is just speculation, listeners, neither of us know anything about this.
00:49:56.534 --> 00:50:05.614
VIRGINIA: But do you think that they are monitoring for those people who have the location services turned on at all times for their My Disney Experience app?
00:50:05.634 --> 00:50:11.854
VIRGINIA: Do you think they're monitoring how far away from the ride you are so that they know how many groups to call in chunks?
00:50:12.274 --> 00:50:13.654
MOLLY: You might be on to something there.
00:50:13.674 --> 00:50:14.674
MOLLY: I didn't even think of that.
00:50:14.814 --> 00:50:16.094
MOLLY: But yeah, that might be why.
00:50:16.114 --> 00:50:17.154
MOLLY: I don't know.
00:50:17.174 --> 00:50:18.954
VIRGINIA: Because that seems like...
00:50:21.334 --> 00:50:24.194
VIRGINIA: Yeah, because that just seems like groups 1 through 18.
00:50:24.214 --> 00:50:33.254
VIRGINIA: That's a lot of groups to call at one time unless you are absolutely certain that a lot of those people are nowhere near getting close to where they're going to need to be to ride.
00:50:34.354 --> 00:50:41.254
MOLLY: Or they have that first group open for much longer than they would later in the day, maybe.
00:50:41.274 --> 00:50:42.254
MOLLY: I don't know.
00:50:42.274 --> 00:50:45.774
MOLLY: Maybe the first chunk is for a long time.
00:50:45.794 --> 00:50:50.214
MOLLY: I think they also just let you through now, at least for that one.
00:50:50.374 --> 00:50:56.894
VIRGINIA: You don't want to call so many groups that everybody shows up and then the line is so long that people get upset.
00:50:57.014 --> 00:51:01.574
VIRGINIA: You want to have a sense that it's continually moving, even with just the virtual queue.
00:51:06.054 --> 00:51:12.574
MOLLY: That's a long one to stand in because I know we've done that before and it's taken over an hour in the virtual queue line.
00:51:13.254 --> 00:51:19.794
MOLLY: Sometimes even with the Lightning Lane, with how many pre-shows they have in that ride, it can really eat up a chunk of time.
00:51:21.494 --> 00:51:29.694
MOLLY: We were a little nervous just because we had a tour scheduled for the morning and we had to be there at 10, 15.
00:51:29.734 --> 00:51:43.234
MOLLY: I was like, I don't want to run the risk of being in an hour-long line at 9 and not being able to get out of there in time or the ride going down or a million different things.
00:51:43.874 --> 00:51:47.574
MOLLY: We were so excited to get on right away.
00:51:50.214 --> 00:51:54.474
MOLLY: Whatever the time of the pre-shows is how long it took us in the line.
00:51:54.634 --> 00:51:59.794
MOLLY: We walked up to the first pre-show and then right onto a car pretty much.
00:51:59.914 --> 00:52:04.694
MOLLY: It was just walking with the group of people that had been in the pre-show with us.
00:52:06.414 --> 00:52:09.454
MOLLY: Yeah, so after that, we decided we had some time.
00:52:09.574 --> 00:52:13.974
MOLLY: We weren't sure if we would, so we jumped in line for test track without a lightning lane.
00:52:13.994 --> 00:52:17.274
MOLLY: It was like 20 minutes start to finish, which was great.
00:52:17.374 --> 00:52:19.734
MOLLY: And then we did Journey of Water.
00:52:19.754 --> 00:52:26.614
MOLLY: We walked through that, which is Sebastian's first time doing that before our tour was about to start.
00:52:26.634 --> 00:52:30.774
MOLLY: So we did that and then like kind of grabbed a drink and hung out.
00:52:30.794 --> 00:52:35.034
MOLLY: We were supposed to meet our tour group outside of the entrance.
00:52:35.114 --> 00:52:39.154
MOLLY: We're kind of on the side of guest services at 1015.
00:52:39.694 --> 00:52:40.734
MOLLY: We walked over there for that.
00:52:41.514 --> 00:52:50.634
VIRGINIA: And tell us how this all went because for anyone who didn't listen to the pre-trip, Molly and Sebastian were meeting dolphins.
00:52:51.114 --> 00:52:52.854
MOLLY: It was amazing.
00:52:53.334 --> 00:52:59.034
MOLLY: So it's the Dolphins in Depth is the name of the Enchanted Extra that we booked.
00:52:59.054 --> 00:53:02.534
MOLLY: I allowed Sebastian to pick any of them that he wanted to do.
00:53:02.634 --> 00:53:04.914
MOLLY: I kind of thought he would pick the lightsaber thing.
00:53:05.494 --> 00:53:06.814
MOLLY: He wanted to do the dolphin thing.
00:53:07.114 --> 00:53:08.274
MOLLY: So I was psyched.
00:53:09.074 --> 00:53:10.354
MOLLY: So it's eight people.
00:53:10.674 --> 00:53:13.474
MOLLY: That's the maximum people that can go on the on the tour.
00:53:14.074 --> 00:53:15.474
MOLLY: And they take you backstage.
00:53:15.814 --> 00:53:18.814
MOLLY: You can't take any pictures or footage.
00:53:19.134 --> 00:53:20.414
MOLLY: They let you tour.
00:53:20.434 --> 00:53:25.174
MOLLY: It's basically the Seas Pavilion, but from a backstage point of view.
00:53:26.194 --> 00:53:30.054
MOLLY: So where all the aquarium stuff is, you tour the facility.
00:53:30.734 --> 00:53:36.374
MOLLY: They took us to the kitchen to show us them like prepping all the food for all the different fish.
00:53:36.854 --> 00:53:41.694
MOLLY: Very strong smell, just as an FYI, if you're sensitive to that.
00:53:42.654 --> 00:53:43.834
MOLLY: It dissipated quickly.
00:53:43.854 --> 00:53:47.714
<v SPEAKER_3>I got used to it very quickly, but we walked in and I was like, Oh, hello.
00:53:48.474 --> 00:53:49.954
<v SPEAKER_3>Good morning to you fish.
00:53:50.554 --> 00:53:55.714
MOLLY: And then we were able to watch a enrichment session with one of the dolphins.
00:53:55.734 --> 00:53:57.534
MOLLY: So it's kind of like a training.
00:53:58.014 --> 00:54:00.514
MOLLY: They do a series of different things with them.
00:54:00.554 --> 00:54:03.414
MOLLY: The one we got to witness was matching shapes.
00:54:03.594 --> 00:54:08.374
MOLLY: So they would like put a shape into the water and then two shapes on either side.
00:54:08.434 --> 00:54:10.214
MOLLY: One is the same and one is different.
00:54:10.694 --> 00:54:14.254
MOLLY: And then to see if the dolphin would pick the shape that's the same.
00:54:14.754 --> 00:54:19.494
MOLLY: So I guess they run a series of these types of things with them, you know, all the time.
00:54:19.514 --> 00:54:27.194
MOLLY: And so it would be like one person doing the test and then another person kind of observing and like kind of saying whether or not they did it correctly.
00:54:27.474 --> 00:54:30.234
MOLLY: And then they get a fish if they do it correctly.
00:54:31.134 --> 00:54:38.174
MOLLY: So that was kind of fun to witness, just kind of see how they do all of that, how they like work together with the trainers there.
00:54:38.194 --> 00:54:45.274
MOLLY: And then they showed us some more stuff and let the dolphins kind of have like recess, basically.
00:54:45.734 --> 00:54:49.634
MOLLY: They were never forced to participate in any of the stuff that we did.
00:54:49.794 --> 00:54:55.394
MOLLY: There was always like a big gate open so they could go to the other side of the aquarium.
00:54:56.314 --> 00:54:59.474
MOLLY: But they were very curious about us for sure.
00:55:00.314 --> 00:55:04.554
MOLLY: So we got little shorty wetsuits to put on.
00:55:05.334 --> 00:55:09.034
MOLLY: And then they split our group of eight into two groups of four with two trainers.
00:55:09.314 --> 00:55:12.594
MOLLY: So it was Sebastian and I and another couple.
00:55:13.254 --> 00:55:15.754
MOLLY: And then there was a family of four that was with the other trainer.
00:55:15.914 --> 00:55:20.054
MOLLY: So they would call the dolphins one by one to see if they would come over.
00:55:20.054 --> 00:55:27.234
MOLLY: They would tell us kind of stuff about their markings, you know, how to kind of tell them apart, that kind of stuff.
00:55:27.554 --> 00:55:35.034
VIRGINIA: When they call the dolphins over, like by name, are they like, Skippy, get over here.
00:55:35.454 --> 00:55:38.674
MOLLY: Yeah, so there's three dolphins and they each have names.
00:55:38.934 --> 00:55:41.994
MOLLY: There's Calvin, Malabar and Rainier.
00:55:42.054 --> 00:55:44.194
MOLLY: Rainier is kind of the old man.
00:55:44.214 --> 00:55:47.094
MOLLY: He was born in the wild.
00:55:47.214 --> 00:55:47.774
VIRGINIA: The king?
00:55:47.794 --> 00:55:48.994
MOLLY: I don't know.
00:55:49.054 --> 00:55:49.734
VIRGINIA: In Monaco?
00:55:49.734 --> 00:55:50.594
MOLLY: Or the cherries?
00:55:50.914 --> 00:55:51.394
MOLLY: I don't know.
00:55:53.934 --> 00:55:55.714
MOLLY: And then the other two are younger.
00:55:55.734 --> 00:55:59.674
MOLLY: I think, I believe they were born in captivity.
00:55:59.714 --> 00:56:00.254
MOLLY: I'm not sure.
00:56:00.354 --> 00:56:06.834
MOLLY: But they were like, like you could tell that like Rainier, it was like he is kind of the more like older soul.
00:56:07.274 --> 00:56:09.214
MOLLY: And the other two are definitely more playful.
00:56:09.234 --> 00:56:11.574
MOLLY: But like, yeah, I mean, like they would call him.
00:56:11.974 --> 00:56:16.554
MOLLY: I was telling my husband, it was very similar to like when our dog knows you have a treat.
00:56:16.934 --> 00:56:18.894
MOLLY: Like he'll keep sitting for you.
00:56:19.134 --> 00:56:23.634
MOLLY: Like you've got something, you know, like it was like definitely that energy of like, I'll do it.
00:56:23.634 --> 00:56:24.794
MOLLY: Yeah, like let's play.
00:56:24.814 --> 00:56:27.714
MOLLY: You know, you throw it and I'll get it, you know, kind of that kind of.
00:56:29.214 --> 00:56:30.934
MOLLY: They were just so, so fun.
00:56:31.014 --> 00:56:35.114
MOLLY: And like you could tell that the Trainers had like such good relationships with them.
00:56:35.134 --> 00:56:37.754
MOLLY: Like they knew them inside and out, you know.
00:56:38.274 --> 00:56:38.574
MOLLY: Yeah.
00:56:38.654 --> 00:56:39.214
MOLLY: But they would.
00:56:39.234 --> 00:56:41.614
MOLLY: So they would kind of show us we got to pet them.
00:56:41.714 --> 00:56:46.874
MOLLY: You have to do like what they call windshield washer hands, like no scritches, no massaging.
00:56:47.394 --> 00:56:49.794
MOLLY: You just kind of gently move your hands over them.
00:56:50.054 --> 00:56:53.454
MOLLY: But then they would do tricks and they would splash everyone.
00:56:54.054 --> 00:56:55.814
MOLLY: You got absolutely soaked.
00:56:55.854 --> 00:57:00.034
MOLLY: Like I was laughing at one point when they splashed and I got saltwater right in my mouth.
00:57:00.054 --> 00:57:03.094
MOLLY: And I was like, I should have kept my mouth closed.
00:57:03.394 --> 00:57:04.114
MOLLY: You get wet.
00:57:04.134 --> 00:57:05.294
MOLLY: Like you're not swimming with them.
00:57:05.314 --> 00:57:08.574
MOLLY: You're standing in the water, but you get absolutely soaking wet.
00:57:08.934 --> 00:57:09.194
MOLLY: Yeah.
00:57:09.214 --> 00:57:12.314
MOLLY: So they did a bunch of, you know, different tricks with them.
00:57:12.394 --> 00:57:14.614
MOLLY: Or they at one point, it was so funny.
00:57:14.614 --> 00:57:17.354
MOLLY: At one point they were like, everybody go sit down.
00:57:17.374 --> 00:57:20.754
MOLLY: Because there was like a little bench in the water and like everybody go sit down.
00:57:20.774 --> 00:57:22.214
MOLLY: We've got a shark in the water.
00:57:22.234 --> 00:57:24.594
MOLLY: And there's a little boy in the family nexus.
00:57:24.614 --> 00:57:27.554
MOLLY: And they're like, why are you in the water if there's a shark in the water?
00:57:27.574 --> 00:57:30.174
MOLLY: And then they did some kind of hand signal.
00:57:30.194 --> 00:57:35.114
MOLLY: And it was one of the dolphins like zoomed by like a shark and splash everybody.
00:57:35.134 --> 00:57:40.034
MOLLY: So it was like they just like totally set us up like for getting completely splashed.
00:57:40.754 --> 00:57:43.734
MOLLY: So we did a lot of that stuff in the water.
00:57:43.754 --> 00:57:47.674
MOLLY: And then there was the opportunity to have your picture with the dolphin.
00:57:48.974 --> 00:57:51.354
MOLLY: So we got to pose with Calvin.
00:57:51.934 --> 00:57:56.454
MOLLY: So the trainer would basically like bring him up, put him like in position.
00:57:56.474 --> 00:58:00.094
MOLLY: And you would like have to put your arm around him and like hug him in close.
00:58:00.174 --> 00:58:05.534
MOLLY: And then my other hand was like on his little, I guess, peck fin underneath.
00:58:05.634 --> 00:58:07.794
MOLLY: And the trainer like set it all up for me.
00:58:08.074 --> 00:58:14.054
MOLLY: And he was literally like just outside of the line of the camera with like a fish ready to get to him.
00:58:14.454 --> 00:58:16.194
MOLLY: So you weren't like alone with it.
00:58:16.194 --> 00:58:17.974
MOLLY: Like I got a little, you know what I mean?
00:58:17.994 --> 00:58:19.034
MOLLY: Like you get a little nervous.
00:58:19.054 --> 00:58:20.774
MOLLY: Like I'm not like afraid of dolphins.
00:58:20.794 --> 00:58:22.774
MOLLY: But it's like I've never interacted with one before.
00:58:22.794 --> 00:58:24.154
MOLLY: And like, I don't know what they're going to do.
00:58:24.154 --> 00:58:26.814
VIRGINIA: I mean, I want an animal in captivity, but you know.
00:58:26.834 --> 00:58:28.254
MOLLY: Right, exactly.
00:58:28.394 --> 00:58:32.734
VIRGINIA: So did you individually do pictures or they did one with you together?
00:58:32.754 --> 00:58:34.494
MOLLY: We did individual.
00:58:34.514 --> 00:58:39.034
MOLLY: So basically the amount of people that are in your group is how many pictures you get.
00:58:39.054 --> 00:58:41.394
MOLLY: So since we had two people, we could get two pictures.
00:58:41.414 --> 00:58:47.134
MOLLY: So we could have done two of the two of us, or I could have done one with both of us and one of just Sebastian and the dolphin.
00:58:47.154 --> 00:58:50.194
MOLLY: But we decided to just do each one of us separately.
00:58:50.214 --> 00:58:52.134
MOLLY: But like the family of four got four.
00:58:52.154 --> 00:58:56.094
MOLLY: So like they could do one with each of the kids, one with the whole family, you know, whatever.
00:58:56.114 --> 00:58:58.934
MOLLY: So it's up to you, like kind of the configuration.
00:58:58.954 --> 00:59:02.594
MOLLY: We just had to tell them that in advance so that they knew what we were doing.
00:59:02.794 --> 00:59:09.014
MOLLY: But yeah, so they just, there was, like she said she was the photopass photographer for the day, but I think she like runs the tour.
00:59:09.874 --> 00:59:14.694
MOLLY: She did a very good job, but I don't know if that's always her role or not.
00:59:15.034 --> 00:59:20.594
MOLLY: But yeah, so we just each got a picture with the dolphin, and it was so fun and so cool, as Sebastian loved it.
00:59:20.634 --> 00:59:22.154
MOLLY: He did not love wearing the wetsuit.
00:59:22.254 --> 00:59:25.614
MOLLY: It was a little snug, and he didn't like that too much.
00:59:25.634 --> 00:59:29.554
MOLLY: But once we started interacting with the dolphins, he kind of forgot he was uncomfortable.
00:59:30.154 --> 00:59:30.434
VIRGINIA: Yeah.
00:59:31.154 --> 00:59:31.954
MOLLY: All right.
00:59:31.974 --> 00:59:32.954
VIRGINIA: Sounds well worth it.
00:59:33.834 --> 00:59:35.074
MOLLY: Definitely loved it.
00:59:35.094 --> 00:59:35.714
MOLLY: It was so fun.
00:59:36.154 --> 00:59:38.654
VIRGINIA: How long did the experience take from start to finish?
00:59:39.814 --> 00:59:41.994
MOLLY: A little over two hours.
00:59:42.454 --> 00:59:51.534
MOLLY: So we, after we did our interactions in the water, they took us back to kind of like a locker room, and you could get, you know, showered up and changed.
00:59:51.554 --> 00:59:57.074
MOLLY: So I think depending on like how long that took, because you have to leave as a group.
00:59:57.074 --> 01:00:00.414
MOLLY: So depending on how long your group took, it could maybe be a little bit longer than that.
01:00:00.434 --> 01:00:03.374
MOLLY: But it was about two hours, 15 minutes, maybe.
01:00:03.394 --> 01:00:03.454
VIRGINIA: All right.
01:00:04.394 --> 01:00:06.654
VIRGINIA: Where did you head to after your encounter?
01:00:06.694 --> 01:00:07.734
MOLLY: We were just really hungry.
01:00:08.254 --> 01:00:10.534
MOLLY: Because it was a little after lunchtime at that point.
01:00:10.534 --> 01:00:12.774
MOLLY: So we decided to head back.
01:00:13.134 --> 01:00:15.274
MOLLY: We wanted to get crepes in France.
01:00:15.294 --> 01:00:16.734
MOLLY: That was something Sebastian wanted to do.
01:00:17.254 --> 01:00:22.054
MOLLY: So we kind of had those as an appetizer for lunch.
01:00:22.254 --> 01:00:28.014
MOLLY: We ate those on the walk back to our resort, and we got ended up getting quick service at the resort.
01:00:28.814 --> 01:00:30.434
VIRGINIA: What flavor crepes did you choose?
01:00:31.074 --> 01:00:38.114
MOLLY: Sebastian got the Nutella, I'm sorry, the hazelnut, chocolate hazelnut spread, not TM.
01:00:38.334 --> 01:00:40.974
MOLLY: Nutella hazelnut crepe.
01:00:40.994 --> 01:00:44.834
MOLLY: And I got the butter sugar one, which was phenomenal.
01:00:46.074 --> 01:00:50.854
MOLLY: I was like, I've had enough Nutella in the past couple of days, so I just got a butter sugar one.
01:00:50.874 --> 01:00:51.514
MOLLY: It was really good.
01:00:52.194 --> 01:00:54.194
MOLLY: Just from the little stand right outside Remy's.
01:00:54.314 --> 01:00:55.134
MOLLY: It was great.
01:00:56.314 --> 01:00:58.694
VIRGINIA: So lunch was back at the resort, you said?
01:00:59.174 --> 01:01:02.174
MOLLY: Yes, we just went and did like the Beach Club Marketplace.
01:01:02.194 --> 01:01:07.994
MOLLY: We got some sandwiches because we were going to hop over to Magic Kingdom.
01:01:08.694 --> 01:01:10.474
VIRGINIA: Gee, why were you hopping to Magic Kingdom?
01:01:11.354 --> 01:01:15.154
MOLLY: For one thing only, and that was Tron, number four.
01:01:17.154 --> 01:01:19.214
VIRGINIA: All right.
01:01:19.414 --> 01:01:19.794
MOLLY: Yep.
01:01:20.354 --> 01:01:23.294
VIRGINIA: Is that literally the only thing you did in Magic Kingdom that day?
01:01:23.314 --> 01:01:27.494
MOLLY: We went to Magic Kingdom, we rode Tron, and we came back to Epcot.
01:01:27.514 --> 01:01:28.614
<v SPEAKER_3>Okay.
01:01:28.694 --> 01:01:29.194
MOLLY: That was it.
01:01:29.834 --> 01:01:34.554
MOLLY: So, yeah, we came back to Epcot because we had Remy's Lightning Lane for that afternoon.
01:01:34.574 --> 01:01:36.394
MOLLY: I think maybe like three.
01:01:36.414 --> 01:01:38.034
MOLLY: I don't even remember what time.
01:01:39.114 --> 01:01:41.474
MOLLY: But yeah, so we made sure that we were back.
01:01:42.514 --> 01:01:46.494
MOLLY: Actually, I think it was like four o'clock that we were back for Remy's.
01:01:46.934 --> 01:01:50.054
MOLLY: And then we decided to kind of take a stroll through World Showcase.
01:01:50.354 --> 01:01:54.874
MOLLY: We went the UK, Canada direction, but we hadn't gone the other direction from France yet.
01:01:54.894 --> 01:01:56.694
MOLLY: So we took that route.
01:01:57.454 --> 01:01:59.734
MOLLY: And Sebastian really likes Pokemon.
01:01:59.754 --> 01:02:06.714
MOLLY: So we always like to stop in Japan to this Mitsukoshi store because it has so much cool stuff.
01:02:07.674 --> 01:02:10.054
MOLLY: So he spent some birthday money there.
01:02:10.074 --> 01:02:12.334
MOLLY: We got himself a hat with Pokemon on it.
01:02:12.354 --> 01:02:13.054
MOLLY: It's very cool.
01:02:14.634 --> 01:02:22.334
MOLLY: And we just kind of worked our way to the front of the park because we had a Guardians Lightning Lane for that night.
01:02:23.034 --> 01:02:26.814
MOLLY: And we rode Figment, which Sebastian had never done.
01:02:26.834 --> 01:02:28.934
MOLLY: He'd always said, no, thank you to riding Figment.
01:02:29.114 --> 01:02:31.334
MOLLY: And he actually liked it.
01:02:31.494 --> 01:02:42.154
MOLLY: So I converted, which to be fair, I have a very strong fondness for the original Figment in the 80s.
01:02:42.354 --> 01:02:43.594
MOLLY: Like I have a stuffed Figment.
01:02:43.614 --> 01:02:45.754
MOLLY: Like Figment was my personality for a while.
01:02:46.134 --> 01:02:50.894
MOLLY: So like that original ride with the Dream Fighter is like, that's Figment to me.
01:02:51.414 --> 01:02:57.614
MOLLY: So this one is not as much Figment to me, but it's still my guy.
01:02:57.634 --> 01:02:58.794
MOLLY: So I still got to support him.
01:02:58.794 --> 01:02:59.674
MOLLY: But I do love Figment.
01:02:59.994 --> 01:03:01.054
MOLLY: So we did that.
01:03:01.074 --> 01:03:02.994
MOLLY: Sebastian said, he's like, it's actually kind of fun.
01:03:03.014 --> 01:03:04.394
MOLLY: I was like, yes, it is.
01:03:04.414 --> 01:03:05.754
MOLLY: You should have seen the original ride.
01:03:05.934 --> 01:03:07.394
VIRGINIA: I wonder if it's on YouTube at all.
01:03:07.874 --> 01:03:11.934
MOLLY: It is, but the audio is not great, or at least the one I watched.
01:03:12.134 --> 01:03:14.574
MOLLY: Like it's like, it's from the 80s.
01:03:14.594 --> 01:03:21.614
MOLLY: Yeah, like we could only do so much with our Beta Max camcorders, you know, dating myself there.
01:03:23.094 --> 01:03:28.054
MOLLY: But yeah, so then we did Guardians, Lightning Lane, and we got your song.
01:03:28.214 --> 01:03:30.034
MOLLY: We got Everybody Wants To Rule The World.
01:03:30.394 --> 01:03:31.674
MOLLY: That's my thought of you.
01:03:31.694 --> 01:03:34.634
VIRGINIA: And I didn't ask you what you got on it the first time you wrote it.
01:03:34.654 --> 01:03:36.114
MOLLY: First time we got One Way Or Another.
01:03:36.134 --> 01:03:37.634
VIRGINIA: Okay, all right.
01:03:37.754 --> 01:03:38.474
VIRGINIA: I love that one, too.
01:03:38.494 --> 01:03:40.954
MOLLY: So I still have a couple songs I haven't gotten.
01:03:40.974 --> 01:03:41.354
VIRGINIA: Really?
01:03:42.734 --> 01:03:44.214
MOLLY: I haven't gotten Disco Inferno.
01:03:44.574 --> 01:03:46.194
MOLLY: I haven't gotten Iran.
01:03:46.214 --> 01:03:48.954
MOLLY: I feel like there's another one I haven't gotten.
01:03:49.354 --> 01:03:52.694
MOLLY: I've gotten Conga, September, and those two.
01:03:54.354 --> 01:03:57.194
MOLLY: So, yeah, I guess it's just Iran and Disco Inferno, right?
01:03:57.334 --> 01:03:57.634
MOLLY: Yeah.
01:03:58.194 --> 01:03:58.894
MOLLY: I'm like, how many?
01:03:59.414 --> 01:03:59.934
MOLLY: I can count.
01:03:59.954 --> 01:04:00.354
MOLLY: I promise.
01:04:02.354 --> 01:04:06.974
MOLLY: And Sebastian has only, he only has to get Disco Inferno.
01:04:06.994 --> 01:04:07.994
MOLLY: He's gotten all the other ones.
01:04:08.114 --> 01:04:10.954
MOLLY: So someday we'll get those.
01:04:10.974 --> 01:04:18.354
MOLLY: I'm like, I don't really even, that's probably at the bottom of my favorites, but we'll see.
01:04:18.374 --> 01:04:19.434
MOLLY: I loved it.
01:04:19.974 --> 01:04:27.274
MOLLY: I thought Everybody Wants To Rule is like, it's just like, I know it's not a different ride experience, but it does feel different.
01:04:27.294 --> 01:04:28.954
VIRGINIA: The music makes a difference.
01:04:29.174 --> 01:04:30.514
MOLLY: It really does make a difference.
01:04:31.174 --> 01:04:39.014
MOLLY: But we had a really good group, and it's like, I always like try to sing, and then the wind is like going through your mouth so fast.
01:04:39.034 --> 01:04:40.814
<v SPEAKER_3>I'm like, I can't actually sing on this ride.
01:04:41.854 --> 01:04:42.794
MOLLY: It's going too fast.
01:04:43.194 --> 01:04:44.034
MOLLY: But it was fun.
01:04:44.174 --> 01:04:44.954
MOLLY: We had a great time.
01:04:44.954 --> 01:04:50.694
MOLLY: And then we did Journey of Water again at night, because that is my favorite way to do that experience.
01:04:50.874 --> 01:04:55.394
MOLLY: It just feels very different, and I just love it at night.
01:04:55.574 --> 01:05:11.774
MOLLY: But there were a lot of kids in there at night, so I feel like that was the first time I'd have to kind of wait for some of the experiences in there, which I guess I've just been lucky the other times I've done it, whereas I didn't really ever have to wait to do anything.
01:05:11.774 --> 01:05:14.354
MOLLY: So there was a lot of people in there that night.
01:05:14.434 --> 01:05:19.874
MOLLY: And then we did The Seas with Nemo and Friends, just because we wanted to say hi to the dolphins one more time.
01:05:21.314 --> 01:05:22.594
VIRGINIA: Did they recognize you?
01:05:22.614 --> 01:05:24.294
MOLLY: I think they did.
01:05:24.314 --> 01:05:31.514
MOLLY: I don't know, but I feel like they kept coming over to the window, and I was like, they know us.
01:05:32.914 --> 01:05:38.134
MOLLY: I'm going to go with they totally knew it was us, and they were like, hey, guys, how's it going?
01:05:42.074 --> 01:05:42.974
MOLLY: I love it.
01:05:43.054 --> 01:05:44.554
MOLLY: That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
01:05:45.414 --> 01:05:48.674
MOLLY: They are our best friends, and they know us, and they will know us forever.
01:05:48.694 --> 01:05:54.454
MOLLY: And if they ever have to save our lives one day, they'll be like, we know you from that time that we splashed you.
01:05:55.054 --> 01:06:02.254
VIRGINIA: Can you, after doing this experience, is there anything different about each of them where you were able to be like, oh, that's Calvin?
01:06:03.314 --> 01:06:07.414
MOLLY: So they do have some differences in their dorsal fins.
01:06:07.434 --> 01:06:11.814
MOLLY: Some of them are curved, and some of them are more straight, shark-like.
01:06:12.234 --> 01:06:14.214
MOLLY: And they showed us some differences.
01:06:14.234 --> 01:06:22.634
MOLLY: I know Rainier has some white marks on his face that I would recognize that the other two don't have.
01:06:22.914 --> 01:06:25.094
MOLLY: The younger ones are a lot more similar.
01:06:25.814 --> 01:06:30.274
MOLLY: But we definitely were like, that's when we went and looked in the aquarium, we're like, that's Calvin.
01:06:30.274 --> 01:06:31.374
MOLLY: I know that that's Calvin.
01:06:31.594 --> 01:06:34.354
MOLLY: Like, would I in a couple of months remember everything?
01:06:34.374 --> 01:06:38.174
MOLLY: Maybe not, which I want them to recognize me, but I can't recognize them.
01:06:38.694 --> 01:06:39.054
VIRGINIA: Yeah.
01:06:39.094 --> 01:06:40.554
VIRGINIA: What kind of friend are you, Molly?
01:06:40.734 --> 01:06:41.254
MOLLY: I know.
01:06:41.274 --> 01:06:42.154
MOLLY: I'm so mean.
01:06:42.414 --> 01:06:44.154
MOLLY: I can remember your name, but not your face.
01:06:46.594 --> 01:06:52.854
MOLLY: I'll have to relook at my pictures and then I'll know Calvin when I see him because I have a picture with him.
01:06:55.734 --> 01:06:56.134
MOLLY: But yeah.
01:06:56.154 --> 01:06:58.214
MOLLY: So and then we were going to head out.
01:06:59.114 --> 01:07:04.114
MOLLY: I got super turned around because they had changed the construction walls.
01:07:04.454 --> 01:07:17.394
MOLLY: So you couldn't walk from like the Imagination Pavilion area to, you know, there's like a way to go to World Showcase through there, but that is now blocked off or at least was while we were there.
01:07:18.114 --> 01:07:19.114
MOLLY: Maybe it's different today.
01:07:19.514 --> 01:07:22.774
VIRGINIA: It was not when I was there in February.
01:07:22.854 --> 01:07:24.694
MOLLY: And it wasn't like that when I was there in December.
01:07:24.714 --> 01:07:32.874
MOLLY: So I was just like, and you know, as they've been doing this, there've been pretty clear signage as to which way you need to walk to get to which attraction.
01:07:32.894 --> 01:07:34.334
MOLLY: And there was just nothing.
01:07:34.514 --> 01:07:41.194
VIRGINIA: No, it's because they're pulling down some of the walls, it's becoming less clear where you go.
01:07:41.214 --> 01:07:49.234
VIRGINIA: It almost to me, it feels like the movie Labyrinth, where she suddenly realizes the Labyrinth is changing on her.
01:07:50.494 --> 01:07:51.814
<v SPEAKER_3>It definitely feels that way.
01:07:53.554 --> 01:08:01.594
MOLLY: I mean, I know they're getting near completion of that, so hopefully it won't be an issue for too much longer, but we walked all the way and we're like, oh, we have to turn around.
01:08:02.074 --> 01:08:06.754
MOLLY: So that was kind of a bummer at the end of the night when we were just ready to be done.
01:08:06.834 --> 01:08:14.954
MOLLY: But we mobile ordered some food from Ale and Compass over at Yacht Club so that we could kind of pick that up as we got back.
01:08:14.974 --> 01:08:24.414
MOLLY: And we were going to go for a swim that night, and Sebastian really wanted to, but once I sat down, I was like, I'm not standing back up.
01:08:24.434 --> 01:08:25.014
MOLLY: I'm sorry.
01:08:25.754 --> 01:08:29.774
MOLLY: My body is not going to do that anymore today.
01:08:30.114 --> 01:08:31.554
MOLLY: So we called it at that point.
01:08:33.114 --> 01:08:40.334
VIRGINIA: So Sunday, March the 10th, you were going to be heading over to Hollywood Studios, and you had mentioned that you thought you would boat over.
01:08:40.834 --> 01:08:41.654
VIRGINIA: Did you do that?
01:08:42.274 --> 01:08:42.774
MOLLY: We did.
01:08:42.794 --> 01:08:45.314
MOLLY: We got a bit of a later start.
01:08:45.334 --> 01:08:48.754
MOLLY: We slipped in a little bit, which I was kind of glad that we did.
01:08:48.974 --> 01:08:51.574
VIRGINIA: Did you decide that in advance, or it just happened?
01:08:51.894 --> 01:08:52.174
MOLLY: No.
01:08:52.794 --> 01:08:56.414
MOLLY: And every day, we kind of pretty much just said, like, when we get up, we'll go.
01:08:56.594 --> 01:09:00.494
MOLLY: We didn't really have any strict morning plans.
01:09:01.114 --> 01:09:05.054
MOLLY: Again, we're both very early risers, so I wasn't really concerned.
01:09:05.174 --> 01:09:09.334
MOLLY: But he slept till about 8 o'clock this day, and I just didn't want to wake him.
01:09:09.354 --> 01:09:12.014
MOLLY: We had been doing so much that I was like, just sleep.
01:09:12.354 --> 01:09:13.674
MOLLY: We don't have to rush.
01:09:13.694 --> 01:09:14.214
MOLLY: It's fine.
01:09:14.414 --> 01:09:17.274
MOLLY: So we got a little bit of a later start than I had planned.
01:09:18.014 --> 01:09:23.234
MOLLY: But I went down and got us breakfast at the quick service and brought it back up to the room.
01:09:23.254 --> 01:09:27.274
MOLLY: So we had some Mickey waffles and some eggs and just kind of hung out for a minute.
01:09:27.454 --> 01:09:32.894
MOLLY: But then we did take the boat over to Hollywood Studios, which I really like that option.
01:09:32.914 --> 01:09:35.074
MOLLY: I thought it was great, especially in the morning.
01:09:35.094 --> 01:09:36.234
MOLLY: It seemed very calm.
01:09:36.974 --> 01:09:41.574
MOLLY: We had a hilarious, I guess, he wasn't actually driving the boat.
01:09:42.054 --> 01:09:42.474
MOLLY: Skipper?
01:09:42.674 --> 01:09:43.094
MOLLY: I don't know.
01:09:43.594 --> 01:09:47.374
MOLLY: He must moonlight as a Jungle Cruise skipper because he was hilarious.
01:09:47.634 --> 01:09:51.534
MOLLY: He kept making all these jokes and like nobody was listening.
01:09:51.554 --> 01:09:52.594
MOLLY: Everybody was talking over him.
01:09:52.614 --> 01:10:02.034
MOLLY: So he was like, for anyone listening, you get a free glass of ice water at Hollywood Studios at any quick service location.
01:10:02.734 --> 01:10:04.894
MOLLY: He's like, actually, that's free everywhere.
01:10:04.914 --> 01:10:11.494
<v SPEAKER_3>Like he kept making these little remarks that like if you were listening were hilarious, but like most people were just talking over him.
01:10:12.414 --> 01:10:14.394
MOLLY: But yeah, it was a good ride.
01:10:14.794 --> 01:10:25.934
MOLLY: We ended up booking a Rise, buying a Rise Lightning Lane and booking Slinky for like 10, 1030, I think.
01:10:26.874 --> 01:10:36.034
MOLLY: So when we got there, we had some time to kill and we walked over to Tower of Terror because Sebastian wanted to get pictures with all the icons.
01:10:36.054 --> 01:10:37.874
MOLLY: He wanted a picture in front of Tower of Terror.
01:10:38.154 --> 01:10:43.934
MOLLY: So we took some pictures there and then we walked over and the standby line was at 40, 40 minutes.
01:10:44.814 --> 01:10:46.834
MOLLY: And he was like, should we just go ride it?
01:10:46.934 --> 01:10:49.874
VIRGINIA: And I was like, wait for the standby for Tower of Terror.
01:10:49.894 --> 01:10:51.354
VIRGINIA: Tower of Terror was 40 minutes.
01:10:51.874 --> 01:10:52.054
VIRGINIA: Okay.
01:10:52.614 --> 01:10:54.394
<v SPEAKER_3>And I was like, but you had two plus.
01:10:55.334 --> 01:10:55.774
MOLLY: We did.
01:10:56.174 --> 01:10:58.214
MOLLY: But we were like killing, we were killing time.
01:10:58.234 --> 01:11:02.354
MOLLY: So we had like an hour before we were going to have anything to do anyway.
01:11:03.234 --> 01:11:04.774
MOLLY: So he's like, should we just ride it?
01:11:04.794 --> 01:11:08.474
MOLLY: And I was like, I don't want to ride it.
01:11:10.614 --> 01:11:11.534
MOLLY: So I chickened out.
01:11:12.074 --> 01:11:12.794
MOLLY: Oh, no.
01:11:13.014 --> 01:11:14.094
MOLLY: I chickened out.
01:11:14.314 --> 01:11:15.834
VIRGINIA: So did he ride it without you?
01:11:16.194 --> 01:11:17.714
MOLLY: He rode it without me.
01:11:17.734 --> 01:11:23.614
MOLLY: And I like this is, so this is the first time he's like gone on a ride all by himself.
01:11:23.814 --> 01:11:28.894
MOLLY: Like I'm talking like went and got in that 40 minute standby queue alone.
01:11:29.214 --> 01:11:30.474
MOLLY: He doesn't have a phone.
01:11:30.494 --> 01:11:32.394
MOLLY: He doesn't have any way for me to get in touch with him.
01:11:33.034 --> 01:11:40.754
MOLLY: And I just sat at the exit waiting for him and frantically refreshing the photo pass to see if the ride.
01:11:41.494 --> 01:11:44.014
MOLLY: I was like, if I see the ride photo, I'll know that he's done.
01:11:44.974 --> 01:11:46.134
VIRGINIA: And I'm like timing it.
01:11:46.874 --> 01:11:49.834
VIRGINIA: Was he wanting to have that experience of going in by himself?
01:11:50.034 --> 01:11:56.354
VIRGINIA: Or did you just simply not want to wait in line, even though you knew you weren't going to ride at the end because they do have a chicken exit?
01:11:56.474 --> 01:11:58.494
MOLLY: In retrospect, I probably should have just done that.
01:11:58.734 --> 01:12:01.594
MOLLY: But we like went up and I was like, is there, you know, single rider or anything?
01:12:01.614 --> 01:12:02.674
MOLLY: She's like, no, there's not.
01:12:02.694 --> 01:12:03.474
MOLLY: I was like, all right.
01:12:03.494 --> 01:12:06.214
MOLLY: Well, and I was like, do you want to do that?
01:12:06.214 --> 01:12:07.934
MOLLY: Like, do you want to go without me?
01:12:08.334 --> 01:12:15.334
MOLLY: And he was so excited to go by himself and like feel like a big kid and like do all that stuff.
01:12:15.354 --> 01:12:16.514
MOLLY: So I was like, all right.
01:12:16.734 --> 01:12:19.214
MOLLY: And I'm like texting my husband, he's like, he's fine.
01:12:19.234 --> 01:12:19.834
MOLLY: He'll be fine.
01:12:20.174 --> 01:12:21.034
MOLLY: So I was like, all right.
01:12:21.054 --> 01:12:24.434
VIRGINIA: There's only one way out, Molly, like if you're waiting by the end.
01:12:25.954 --> 01:12:29.534
MOLLY: So I'm like, he's going to come out with like a whole new family of best friends.
01:12:29.554 --> 01:12:33.074
MOLLY: Like, I just know my kid, he's not going to like, you know, it was fine.
01:12:33.634 --> 01:12:37.214
<v SPEAKER_3>So but I'm just like frantically refreshing the photo pass.
01:12:37.234 --> 01:12:39.514
MOLLY: We're like, if his photo shows up, then I'll know he's OK.
01:12:40.694 --> 01:12:42.434
MOLLY: But yeah, he had a blast.
01:12:42.454 --> 01:12:43.254
<v SPEAKER_3>He loved it.
01:12:43.294 --> 01:12:46.394
MOLLY: And like it took it took more than 40 minutes.
01:12:46.414 --> 01:12:51.274
MOLLY: It took probably about an almost an hour for him to come out the exit.
01:12:51.534 --> 01:12:56.154
MOLLY: But I just hung out in that courtyard, like watching every person, you know, walk through.
01:12:56.334 --> 01:12:59.274
MOLLY: But yeah, I told him I was like, I have to leave something to do next time.
01:12:59.294 --> 01:13:01.114
MOLLY: Like, I can't do everything this trip.
01:13:03.254 --> 01:13:05.394
MOLLY: So that was my I chickened out.
01:13:05.474 --> 01:13:06.434
MOLLY: I chickened out.
01:13:07.954 --> 01:13:12.934
VIRGINIA: For future reference, though, they do have the chicken exit, which ironically is an elevator.
01:13:13.234 --> 01:13:14.534
VIRGINIA: So just prepare yourself.
01:13:15.274 --> 01:13:22.214
VIRGINIA: If you if you do choose to wait in line, they will take you into like an actual elevator.
01:13:22.254 --> 01:13:23.674
VIRGINIA: And you'll be like, what?
01:13:23.694 --> 01:13:24.374
VIRGINIA: What are you doing?
01:13:25.534 --> 01:13:26.074
MOLLY: Wait a minute.
01:13:26.094 --> 01:13:26.834
<v SPEAKER_3>Are you tricking me?
01:13:27.214 --> 01:13:27.914
VIRGINIA: It does not drop.
01:13:29.474 --> 01:13:33.334
MOLLY: I saw I saw a number of small children come out of that ride in tears.
01:13:33.334 --> 01:13:34.614
<v SPEAKER_3>And I was like, oh, no.
01:13:34.894 --> 01:13:36.254
MOLLY: Good luck the rest of the day.
01:13:36.274 --> 01:13:46.654
MOLLY: And and I would like to start a petition to re-nickname that courtyard, the chicken courtyard, because it was like all people that didn't want to go on the ride.
01:13:46.674 --> 01:13:48.654
MOLLY: Me and all the other chickens were just hanging out.
01:13:48.674 --> 01:13:50.394
VIRGINIA: Well, that and the Joffre's lovers.
01:13:50.574 --> 01:13:51.534
MOLLY: And the Joffre's lovers.
01:13:51.554 --> 01:13:53.714
MOLLY: That's a good Joffre spot for sure.
01:13:53.754 --> 01:13:56.434
MOLLY: Got my coffee without anybody harassing me.
01:13:56.674 --> 01:13:58.734
VIRGINIA: The Joffre's chicken courtyard.
01:13:58.974 --> 01:13:59.394
<v SPEAKER_3>Yes.
01:13:59.774 --> 01:14:00.914
MOLLY: Brought to you by Joffre's.
01:14:01.054 --> 01:14:04.394
<v SPEAKER_3>Yeah.
01:14:04.694 --> 01:14:13.394
VIRGINIA: Oh, I wanted to ask, since you did go to Joffre's at least once or twice, did they have any special, like, themed coffees?
01:14:13.414 --> 01:14:20.414
VIRGINIA: Because I know when I was there in February, it was like strawberry mocha things because of Valentine's and Heart Month or whatever it is.
01:14:20.974 --> 01:14:22.374
VIRGINIA: Was it shamrock-y things?
01:14:24.154 --> 01:14:29.834
MOLLY: No, they had a lot of, like, flower garden stuff, so they had one that was, like, a tea, like, iced tea.
01:14:29.894 --> 01:14:32.854
MOLLY: It looked like a citrus iced tea one at one of the places I went.
01:14:33.294 --> 01:14:36.774
MOLLY: And there was another one, which I can't remember what was in it.
01:14:37.034 --> 01:14:47.394
MOLLY: And I know that a lot of the locations had, at least in Epcot, had, like, flower garden-themed drinks, but I just, I always get the same thing.
01:14:47.474 --> 01:14:49.834
MOLLY: I always just get a vanilla iced latte.
01:14:51.434 --> 01:14:55.554
MOLLY: So I just stuck with my usual, but they did have things you could get.
01:14:55.854 --> 01:14:58.394
MOLLY: I just did not partake this.
01:14:58.414 --> 01:14:58.794
VIRGINIA: Yeah.
01:14:58.834 --> 01:15:03.894
VIRGINIA: I normally get pretty boring coffee orders, like ice cold brews, you know, stuff like that.
01:15:03.914 --> 01:15:04.414
MOLLY: Yeah.
01:15:04.434 --> 01:15:11.114
VIRGINIA: But when in Disney, when in Disney, I'm like, oh, okay, a strawberry-dipped mocha.
01:15:11.414 --> 01:15:15.274
VIRGINIA: I will take that, thank you, because calories don't count in Disney.
01:15:16.254 --> 01:15:17.234
MOLLY: That's fact.
01:15:17.594 --> 01:15:18.354
MOLLY: That is a fact.
01:15:20.934 --> 01:15:24.914
VIRGINIA: All right, so after Tower of Terror, what was next?
01:15:25.414 --> 01:15:27.894
MOLLY: So then we moved on to Toy Story Land.
01:15:27.914 --> 01:15:34.094
MOLLY: We I, you know, did my best to book things back to back so we didn't have to hop all over the place.
01:15:34.434 --> 01:15:38.834
MOLLY: I really don't like going from like one side of the park to the other for a lightning lane.
01:15:38.854 --> 01:15:45.614
MOLLY: So we did Slinky Dog and then we had a little bit of time to kill before Toy Story Mania.
01:15:46.614 --> 01:16:00.634
MOLLY: So we found literally like the smallest square of shade near Woody's lunchbox and Sebastian sat on the ground playing Pokemon Go while I just hung out and waited for Toy Story Mania.
01:16:01.314 --> 01:16:08.574
MOLLY: And then we, you know, we're counting down the seconds till we could scan our magic bands for our lightning lane and we did that.
01:16:09.214 --> 01:16:12.574
MOLLY: And then we had lunch at Roundup Rodeo Barbecue.
01:16:12.594 --> 01:16:17.454
MOLLY: So we just had to kind of cut across from the exit over to our lunch.
01:16:18.114 --> 01:16:18.594
VIRGINIA: All right.
01:16:18.614 --> 01:16:19.194
VIRGINIA: How was that?
01:16:19.454 --> 01:16:20.394
MOLLY: It was really good.
01:16:20.414 --> 01:16:22.934
MOLLY: I loved the atmosphere.
01:16:23.074 --> 01:16:24.194
MOLLY: It was so fun.
01:16:25.974 --> 01:16:29.094
MOLLY: So they, everything's like you're a toy.
01:16:29.114 --> 01:16:34.594
MOLLY: So instead of like table for two, they're like toy set of two.
01:16:35.514 --> 01:16:38.394
MOLLY: So like it's just like, it's just like cute stuff like that.
01:16:38.434 --> 01:16:47.014
MOLLY: And then they knew it was Sebastian's birthday, so they did, like when they brought our desserts, they were like, hey, we have an unboxing day.
01:16:47.034 --> 01:16:52.434
MOLLY: So it's like you're getting your toy, you're a toy, you're getting unboxed instead of your birthday.
01:16:52.654 --> 01:16:54.194
MOLLY: And she brought the check.
01:16:54.214 --> 01:16:55.874
MOLLY: It was the extended warranty.
01:16:55.894 --> 01:16:57.594
MOLLY: So it's just like cute.
01:16:57.614 --> 01:16:59.094
MOLLY: Like it was just so cute.
01:16:59.134 --> 01:17:06.914
MOLLY: And like, I mean, I think, I think everybody knows now we're like, they'll have like when Andy's coming and you have to freeze and there's like fun stuff that happens.
01:17:07.454 --> 01:17:11.674
MOLLY: It was way too much food for the two of us.
01:17:11.734 --> 01:17:18.014
MOLLY: I feel like a bigger family, it would be probably they bring more food, but like you could ask for as much as you want.
01:17:18.034 --> 01:17:21.494
MOLLY: And we could barely get through the first round of what they brought.
01:17:22.914 --> 01:17:31.794
MOLLY: It was not cheap either, but as any like character or, you know, special dining is at Disney, it was comparable to that.
01:17:31.814 --> 01:17:35.714
MOLLY: It wasn't like more than like a character meal would be.
01:17:36.714 --> 01:17:37.874
MOLLY: But it was, it was good.
01:17:37.974 --> 01:17:38.654
MOLLY: We liked it.
01:17:38.874 --> 01:17:39.954
MOLLY: I was pleasantly surprised.
01:17:39.974 --> 01:17:42.314
MOLLY: I feel like I'd heard a lot of mixed stuff about it.
01:17:42.854 --> 01:17:44.014
MOLLY: But I really liked it.
01:17:44.034 --> 01:17:45.614
MOLLY: I thought it was a fun thing.
01:17:45.634 --> 01:17:51.454
MOLLY: I don't, I don't know that Pick Your Eaters would really enjoy it.
01:17:51.474 --> 01:17:57.034
MOLLY: Like I know my daughter eats like three things and she would maybe have eaten the mac and cheese there.
01:17:57.114 --> 01:18:05.614
MOLLY: Like I don't like, and which is kind of why we hadn't tried it till now is like, I don't know what she would have eaten on that menu.
01:18:06.014 --> 01:18:08.634
MOLLY: So that's something to consider if you're thinking about it.
01:18:08.654 --> 01:18:11.094
MOLLY: But if you, you know, I thought the barbecue was good.
01:18:11.114 --> 01:18:17.054
MOLLY: They had a couple of different sauces to choose from, you know, spicy or classic or sweet.
01:18:17.074 --> 01:18:23.854
MOLLY: So if you know, you have a certain flavor barbecue you're into, but the meat was all cooked well and we liked it.
01:18:24.254 --> 01:18:25.134
MOLLY: Okay, it's good.
01:18:25.754 --> 01:18:27.434
VIRGINIA: I'll have to get over there eventually.
01:18:27.454 --> 01:18:28.814
VIRGINIA: I still have not made it there yet.
01:18:29.394 --> 01:18:35.974
MOLLY: I got, for a drink, I got the, I had to get the Molly's frozen iced tea because I was like, it's mine.
01:18:36.094 --> 01:18:37.134
MOLLY: So it has my name on it.
01:18:37.154 --> 01:18:37.574
MOLLY: I have to get it.
01:18:37.574 --> 01:18:38.554
MOLLY: Yeah, that was really good.
01:18:38.574 --> 01:18:43.694
MOLLY: It was like an Arnold Palmer, but like a slushy.
01:18:45.694 --> 01:18:46.694
VIRGINIA: It was really good.
01:18:47.034 --> 01:18:47.774
MOLLY: It was really good.
01:18:48.294 --> 01:18:52.714
MOLLY: Like I could have had three of those and you could probably put some alcohol in it if you wanted to, but I didn't.
01:18:52.734 --> 01:18:55.174
VIRGINIA: I was going to say add a little bit of that.
01:18:57.574 --> 01:18:59.194
MOLLY: Ready for Rise of the Resistance.
01:19:02.914 --> 01:19:03.414
VIRGINIA: All right.
01:19:04.214 --> 01:19:05.914
VIRGINIA: Was that where you headed right after that?
01:19:06.494 --> 01:19:07.194
MOLLY: So yeah.
01:19:07.214 --> 01:19:11.174
MOLLY: So Rise was actually down a good chunk of the day that day.
01:19:11.194 --> 01:19:13.494
MOLLY: So we were keeping our eye on it.
01:19:13.514 --> 01:19:20.414
MOLLY: We ended up going through the, there was like a Percy Jackson exhibit over at the like Walt Disney Experience.
01:19:20.434 --> 01:19:21.054
MOLLY: Is that what it's called?
01:19:21.774 --> 01:19:22.954
MOLLY: The like inside like-
01:19:22.974 --> 01:19:23.894
VIRGINIA: Walt Disney Presents.
01:19:24.054 --> 01:19:26.794
MOLLY: Presents or yeah, something, whatever that thing is over there.
01:19:27.414 --> 01:19:35.094
MOLLY: We walked through that and there was like a little Percy Jackson exhibit, which I just watched that show on Disney Plus and I like absolutely loved it.
01:19:35.114 --> 01:19:35.814
MOLLY: I thought it was really good.
01:19:35.834 --> 01:19:37.414
MOLLY: So I just wanted to pop in and see.
01:19:37.694 --> 01:19:38.454
MOLLY: I loved it.
01:19:39.914 --> 01:19:40.734
VIRGINIA: I didn't see it.
01:19:40.854 --> 01:19:46.634
VIRGINIA: I kind of thought that Alex and I would watch it together and then we were talking and he had already started watching it.
01:19:47.514 --> 01:19:49.614
VIRGINIA: So I was like, well, I guess we're not watching that together.
01:19:52.074 --> 01:19:54.514
VIRGINIA: He said it was okay, but he didn't love it.
01:19:54.594 --> 01:19:58.654
VIRGINIA: So it didn't compel me to think that I would want to watch it by myself.
01:19:58.814 --> 01:20:00.334
MOLLY: To be fair, I never read the books.
01:20:01.694 --> 01:20:06.534
MOLLY: I think I was like outside of the age range for those when they came out.
01:20:06.554 --> 01:20:14.314
MOLLY: So it's possible that if you are a lover of the book series that maybe it doesn't hold up as well, but I thought it was really good.
01:20:14.734 --> 01:20:15.614
VIRGINIA: I never read the books.
01:20:15.614 --> 01:20:16.094
VIRGINIA: He did.
01:20:16.114 --> 01:20:17.474
VIRGINIA: So maybe that made the difference.
01:20:17.494 --> 01:20:21.354
VIRGINIA: But I know that we had also enjoyed watching the movie versions together.
01:20:22.314 --> 01:20:26.034
VIRGINIA: And so probably comparing it also to the movie version.
01:20:26.054 --> 01:20:27.214
MOLLY: Yeah, it's hard not to.
01:20:27.234 --> 01:20:32.214
MOLLY: Whatever you experience first, I feel like is always going to be your favorite part.
01:20:32.834 --> 01:20:34.054
MOLLY: So that's fair.
01:20:34.814 --> 01:20:38.954
MOLLY: So we killed a little time there and then we headed over to Batuu.
01:20:39.294 --> 01:20:43.454
MOLLY: We had a Lightning Lane for Millennium Falcon, but it was like later.
01:20:43.474 --> 01:20:45.934
MOLLY: And I kept trying to modify.
01:20:45.954 --> 01:20:48.474
MOLLY: It was so busy at Hollywood Studios this day.
01:20:48.554 --> 01:20:56.234
MOLLY: I don't I don't know, I think maybe because Rise was down and like all those people that would be in that line were like trying to find something else to do.
01:20:56.254 --> 01:20:58.414
MOLLY: But it just felt like wall to wall people.
01:20:58.794 --> 01:21:00.974
MOLLY: It's not a big park to begin with.
01:21:00.994 --> 01:21:06.174
MOLLY: So it was just it seemed like I couldn't get Lightning Lanes earlier.
01:21:06.194 --> 01:21:08.874
MOLLY: Like things weren't modifying like they would normally.
01:21:08.874 --> 01:21:10.054
MOLLY: It just seemed very busy.
01:21:10.454 --> 01:21:20.694
MOLLY: So instead of waiting for our Lightning Lane, we actually ended up just doing Single Rider for Millennium Falcon and we ended up on the same ride anyway.
01:21:21.054 --> 01:21:25.594
MOLLY: So it worked out, but I was just like, not worth it.
01:21:25.854 --> 01:21:37.734
VIRGINIA: I'm thinking about it and I'm thinking, if it's people's spring break and RISE is down and Rock and Roller Coaster is down for refurbishment, it doesn't leave that many rides.
01:21:38.134 --> 01:21:42.354
VIRGINIA: So it really makes the ones that are available kind of back up a bit.
01:21:43.694 --> 01:21:44.514
MOLLY: Yeah, it was crazy.
01:21:44.534 --> 01:21:49.294
MOLLY: And in Batuu, especially, I think people were milling around hoping it would come back.
01:21:49.334 --> 01:21:52.594
MOLLY: So it was just people soup.
01:21:58.774 --> 01:22:00.214
MOLLY: No, it was gross.
01:22:00.714 --> 01:22:01.514
MOLLY: And it was hot.
01:22:01.594 --> 01:22:04.674
MOLLY: So not very, very nice soup.
01:22:04.734 --> 01:22:14.054
MOLLY: So yes, we did that single rider and then we walked over to RISE and we're kind of deciding if we wanted to just get our money back on because we had purchased the individual lightning lane.
01:22:14.074 --> 01:22:16.134
MOLLY: So I was like, kind of hoping to ride it.
01:22:16.154 --> 01:22:20.974
MOLLY: But we wanted to kind of move on in our day to like that was where we were kind of going to leave it.
01:22:21.434 --> 01:22:28.074
MOLLY: So I was literally talking to the guest services person next to RISE when she heard like them go, woo.
01:22:28.394 --> 01:22:30.314
MOLLY: And she's like, that usually means it's back.
01:22:30.954 --> 01:22:32.874
MOLLY: She's like, do you want to wait a second and see?
01:22:32.894 --> 01:22:34.854
MOLLY: And I was like, sure.
01:22:34.874 --> 01:22:38.014
MOLLY: And then she like got like a text or a page or something.
01:22:38.034 --> 01:22:39.494
MOLLY: And she's like, Yep, it just came back.
01:22:39.794 --> 01:22:44.074
MOLLY: So we were literally like going to get a refund and it came back on.
01:22:44.094 --> 01:22:48.734
MOLLY: So we just like did a U-turn, went right back and got right on to RISE.
01:22:48.994 --> 01:22:49.694
MOLLY: So that was good.
01:22:50.614 --> 01:22:56.934
MOLLY: Because I was like, I feel like there's always in any trip, there's always like the one thing that just doesn't work out.
01:22:57.094 --> 01:22:59.274
MOLLY: Like there's always something that like goes wrong.
01:22:59.294 --> 01:23:00.474
MOLLY: And I was like, this is going to be it.
01:23:00.514 --> 01:23:02.134
MOLLY: Like we're just not gonna be able to ride this ride.
01:23:03.714 --> 01:23:04.394
MOLLY: But then we did.
01:23:04.414 --> 01:23:09.414
MOLLY: And I was like, okay, well, hopefully it's not something else then.
01:23:09.794 --> 01:23:10.914
MOLLY: So we rode that.
01:23:10.914 --> 01:23:13.454
MOLLY: And then I wanted to ride Mickey and Minnie's.
01:23:13.474 --> 01:23:17.314
MOLLY: But this was another situation where like, it wasn't available till like eight o'clock at night.
01:23:17.354 --> 01:23:19.334
MOLLY: And we just, we had other plans.
01:23:19.454 --> 01:23:20.314
MOLLY: We had other plans.
01:23:20.494 --> 01:23:22.014
MOLLY: So we were like, I guess we're leaving that.
01:23:22.354 --> 01:23:23.294
MOLLY: And Sebastian didn't care.
01:23:23.294 --> 01:23:25.614
MOLLY: So it was just me that was like, one more chance.
01:23:25.634 --> 01:23:29.994
MOLLY: Like, I'm like at the exit, like maybe it'll come, maybe it'll pop up for right now.
01:23:30.914 --> 01:23:31.734
MOLLY: So we left.
01:23:32.094 --> 01:23:36.134
MOLLY: And we, we actually, we got an ice cream at Gertie's on the way out.
01:23:36.974 --> 01:23:41.034
MOLLY: And the cast member pixie dusted it to Sebastian.
01:23:41.294 --> 01:23:43.134
MOLLY: So she was like, Happy birthday.
01:23:43.194 --> 01:23:44.534
MOLLY: This is on Mickey Mouse.
01:23:44.834 --> 01:23:47.674
MOLLY: And he like, he didn't understand what that meant.
01:23:48.214 --> 01:23:50.954
MOLLY: So I like, I was like, Oh, well, like, thank you so much.
01:23:50.974 --> 01:23:53.234
MOLLY: And like, you know, I'm like, we walked away.
01:23:53.254 --> 01:23:57.054
MOLLY: And I'm like, I got to do a cast, you know, cast appreciation, cast compliment.
01:23:57.734 --> 01:23:59.774
MOLLY: And he's like, What, what does that mean?
01:23:59.794 --> 01:24:01.794
MOLLY: And I was like, we didn't have to pay for that.
01:24:01.814 --> 01:24:04.354
MOLLY: He's like, Oh, I was like, she said it was on Mickey Mouse.
01:24:04.374 --> 01:24:10.714
<v SPEAKER_3>And he's like, Oh, like, you could see the realization like come over his face.
01:24:10.734 --> 01:24:13.234
MOLLY: I was like, I'm like, it's called getting pixie dusted.
01:24:13.254 --> 01:24:14.274
MOLLY: Like, I have not heard of that.
01:24:14.294 --> 01:24:15.234
MOLLY: And he's like, No.
01:24:15.254 --> 01:24:20.714
MOLLY: I was like, Yeah, like, I'm like, they can make magic happen when they want to, you know, like, you just you got lucky.
01:24:20.734 --> 01:24:22.714
MOLLY: He's like, Oh, wow.
01:24:22.734 --> 01:24:28.154
MOLLY: Like, so then it was like that ice cream tasted real good after that, you know, like, it was like, okay, like, this is pretty cool.
01:24:28.394 --> 01:24:32.914
MOLLY: So we went from there, we took the boat again over to Epcot.
01:24:32.934 --> 01:24:40.554
MOLLY: So we went kind of like the full boat loop, which, you know, not the speediest of travel options.
01:24:41.214 --> 01:24:44.054
MOLLY: But we were happy to have a little break to sit down.
01:24:44.114 --> 01:24:45.614
MOLLY: So yeah, it was wonderful.
01:24:45.994 --> 01:24:55.194
MOLLY: So we went over to Epcot, we had one particular task, Sebastian really wanted to get his sister a Remy plush.
01:24:55.514 --> 01:24:56.754
MOLLY: She loves Ratatouille.
01:24:56.794 --> 01:24:57.794
MOLLY: It's her comfort movie.
01:24:57.854 --> 01:25:02.254
MOLLY: So he saw this plush of Remy and was like, I've got to get that for Lyra.
01:25:02.294 --> 01:25:03.674
MOLLY: So that's what he wanted to do.
01:25:03.694 --> 01:25:05.614
MOLLY: So we went right over there, got that.
01:25:06.074 --> 01:25:16.434
MOLLY: And as we were buying that for her, the cast member that was checking us out, grabbed a Remy shoulder plush and pixie dusted Sebastian with a Remy shoulder plush.
01:25:16.754 --> 01:25:19.714
<v SPEAKER_3>And I was like, oh my goodness, thank you so much.
01:25:19.734 --> 01:25:24.214
VIRGINIA: And I was like, Sebastian, people don't get pixie dusted at all.
01:25:24.594 --> 01:25:27.574
<v SPEAKER_3>And like within like 20 minutes of each other.
01:25:27.594 --> 01:25:32.034
<v SPEAKER_3>I was like, you just got pixie dusted twice in like a matter of moments.
01:25:32.054 --> 01:25:33.594
VIRGINIA: Like this is crazy.
01:25:33.894 --> 01:25:35.614
VIRGINIA: So he was walking on air.
01:25:36.514 --> 01:25:39.154
MOLLY: Like he was just like, oh my goodness, best day ever.
01:25:39.274 --> 01:25:43.874
MOLLY: So yeah, so wonderful, wonderful experiences with cast members that day for sure.
01:25:44.314 --> 01:25:47.054
MOLLY: And then we decided to go back to the resort.
01:25:47.154 --> 01:25:54.654
MOLLY: We walked back to the resort, did some more swimming because we have not done nearly enough swimming at this resort with an amazing pool.
01:25:54.674 --> 01:25:56.754
MOLLY: So we took some time to swim.
01:25:56.774 --> 01:26:01.874
VIRGINIA: I didn't ask before, but was he doing the water slide?
01:26:02.134 --> 01:26:03.034
VIRGINIA: Did he like the water slide?
01:26:03.054 --> 01:26:03.294
MOLLY: Yes.
01:26:03.894 --> 01:26:04.174
VIRGINIA: Yes.
01:26:04.194 --> 01:26:04.774
MOLLY: He liked it.
01:26:04.854 --> 01:26:08.834
MOLLY: He said that the like where it like connects like hurts his back.
01:26:08.934 --> 01:26:13.414
MOLLY: Like there's like where the it's like ridges where the water slide connects.
01:26:13.694 --> 01:26:16.314
MOLLY: So that wasn't super comfortable, but he kept doing it.
01:26:16.334 --> 01:26:18.354
MOLLY: So it obviously wasn't that bad.
01:26:19.214 --> 01:26:21.634
MOLLY: And we did the lazy river for a little while.
01:26:21.674 --> 01:26:23.074
VIRGINIA: Did you try to touch the bottom?
01:26:23.374 --> 01:26:24.674
<v SPEAKER_3>I did not try to touch the bottom.
01:26:24.694 --> 01:26:26.694
<v SPEAKER_3>I was glad that I was warned that it was very deep.
01:26:26.714 --> 01:26:29.794
<v SPEAKER_3>Some other people definitely jumped in thinking something else.
01:26:29.814 --> 01:26:32.234
MOLLY: I was like, oh, yeah, it's really deep in here.
01:26:32.254 --> 01:26:47.454
MOLLY: The only I would say the only downside to that pool area is that each area is so separate that I felt like you had to kind of like keep like if you wanted to be able to see your stuff, you kind of had to stay in one place or keep moving it.
01:26:47.894 --> 01:26:56.274
MOLLY: And I can imagine if like you had like a big kid that wanted to do one thing and a little kid who wanted to do another thing that would make it really difficult to be in two places at once.
01:26:56.294 --> 01:27:02.494
VIRGINIA: So yeah, I have a little like a locker thing that I bring with me.
01:27:02.694 --> 01:27:03.574
VIRGINIA: Have you seen these?
01:27:03.874 --> 01:27:04.234
MOLLY: No.
01:27:04.474 --> 01:27:16.234
VIRGINIA: So I got this thing on Amazon and it's like a plastic container that has a combination lock on it and like a cord, like one of those cord things that you can't cut.
01:27:16.854 --> 01:27:27.174
VIRGINIA: And it's just big enough really for like two people's cell phones and maybe like a set of keys or something little like that.
01:27:27.574 --> 01:27:32.714
VIRGINIA: They may make them bigger than this, but this is I want to say it's like the size of like a little lunchbox almost.
01:27:33.394 --> 01:27:37.194
VIRGINIA: And you strap it to a chair or something.
01:27:37.214 --> 01:27:41.254
VIRGINIA: So like in order to take the locker, they would have to tow it off the whole beach chair.
01:27:41.934 --> 01:27:44.594
VIRGINIA: So you would notice that, yeah, exactly.
01:27:44.914 --> 01:27:50.954
VIRGINIA: So a lot of times if I'm going to be at a pool like that where it is very separated, I will bring that with me.
01:27:50.994 --> 01:28:03.374
VIRGINIA: Now, if I'm going to be like let's say at Wilderness Lodge or something where you can pretty much see the whole pool from one spot, I know I'm not going to be sitting on the opposite side for any reason, then I won't use it.
01:28:03.454 --> 01:28:07.914
VIRGINIA: But it's kind of just a little peace of mind for if you're in that situation.
01:28:08.034 --> 01:28:09.814
MOLLY: So yeah, that would definitely come in handy here.
01:28:09.834 --> 01:28:15.674
MOLLY: And I did I did see that near the exit, they did have some lockers that I think you could rent.
01:28:15.694 --> 01:28:18.574
MOLLY: I didn't really like look if it was free or not.
01:28:18.574 --> 01:28:24.434
MOLLY: But I was just like, I the one time that I brought stuff, I just tried to stay near the chair.
01:28:24.454 --> 01:28:27.814
MOLLY: And then the other time we went down, I was like, I'm just leaving it all in the room.
01:28:27.834 --> 01:28:30.854
MOLLY: Like I don't like other than my magic band, I don't need anything.
01:28:31.254 --> 01:28:36.934
VIRGINIA: Yeah, so it was just kind of like, eh, yeah, I'll link it in the show notes for anybody.
01:28:36.954 --> 01:28:40.394
VIRGINIA: Yeah, it is nice to know that you have your phone there.
01:28:40.414 --> 01:28:41.474
VIRGINIA: Nobody's going to run away.
01:28:41.494 --> 01:28:42.794
VIRGINIA: That's really all it is.
01:28:42.794 --> 01:28:43.674
VIRGINIA: It's your phone.
01:28:43.894 --> 01:28:44.774
VIRGINIA: Like everything else.
01:28:44.794 --> 01:28:47.414
VIRGINIA: Like you said, a magic band you can make a purchase with.
01:28:47.774 --> 01:28:51.894
VIRGINIA: Even if you can go swimming with an Apple Watch these days and you can use that to pay for things.
01:28:52.014 --> 01:28:55.054
VIRGINIA: So it's really just that that phone.
01:28:55.074 --> 01:28:55.274
MOLLY: Yeah.
01:28:56.614 --> 01:28:58.654
MOLLY: Yeah, would definitely come in handy here for sure.
01:28:58.674 --> 01:29:00.494
VIRGINIA: All right.
01:29:00.774 --> 01:29:01.774
VIRGINIA: What was after the pool?
01:29:02.634 --> 01:29:10.314
MOLLY: So after the pool, we decided to go over to Animal Kingdom.
01:29:10.334 --> 01:29:14.274
MOLLY: We did all four parks in one day this day.
01:29:14.994 --> 01:29:16.534
MOLLY: So we went to Animal Kingdom.
01:29:16.974 --> 01:29:25.594
MOLLY: Sebastian had his eye on a Yeti plush and he actually had wanted it the last time we were there, our last trip.
01:29:26.134 --> 01:29:28.574
MOLLY: And then this trip, he was like, oh, I wanted that.
01:29:28.594 --> 01:29:30.534
MOLLY: But it's, you know, this amount of money or whatever.
01:29:30.554 --> 01:29:32.254
MOLLY: And I was like, you have birthday money.
01:29:32.274 --> 01:29:39.014
MOLLY: Like you like people gave him so much to like go on this trip that I was like, if that's what you want, like we can go get it.
01:29:39.034 --> 01:29:41.314
MOLLY: And he's like, I do really want it.
01:29:41.334 --> 01:29:42.854
MOLLY: So I was like, okay, I'm like, let's go.
01:29:42.874 --> 01:29:45.514
MOLLY: We'll go ride Everest one more time and then we'll get back.
01:29:46.514 --> 01:29:47.274
MOLLY: So that's what we did.
01:29:47.294 --> 01:29:48.294
MOLLY: We went to Animal Kingdom.
01:29:48.314 --> 01:29:49.314
MOLLY: We rode Everest.
01:29:49.574 --> 01:29:51.234
MOLLY: We got his Yeti plush.
01:29:51.634 --> 01:29:53.314
MOLLY: And then the sun was going down.
01:29:53.334 --> 01:29:59.194
MOLLY: So we kind of got to do our walk through Animal Kingdom with the sun going down, which we kind of had hoped to do the first day.
01:29:59.214 --> 01:30:03.974
MOLLY: So I just love that park because it was actually open.
01:30:03.994 --> 01:30:05.754
MOLLY: It was open till 8 this night.
01:30:05.774 --> 01:30:10.934
MOLLY: So it ended up being open later this night than the night that we had gone before.
01:30:11.454 --> 01:30:18.314
MOLLY: So we walked through the park and then we went to Pandora and like got to see that all lit up, which is just fun.
01:30:19.054 --> 01:30:30.474
MOLLY: And then we got some popcorn on the way out and we were going to head to Magic Kingdom for our last ride on Tron.
01:30:30.874 --> 01:30:34.334
MOLLY: We had to wait quite a bit of time for the bus.
01:30:34.674 --> 01:30:39.654
MOLLY: So we were actually we were waiting with a young gentleman that was trying to get to Magic Kingdom for the fireworks.
01:30:39.674 --> 01:30:48.594
MOLLY: They were also a little bit, I think the fireworks were at 830 this night, whereas they had been, I feel like all the time started changing while we were there to go later.
01:30:49.014 --> 01:30:54.534
MOLLY: So they had been at 8 o'clock the night that we were there the first night, but now they were at 830.
01:30:54.794 --> 01:30:57.594
MOLLY: So this guy was trying to get there in time for the fireworks.
01:30:57.614 --> 01:30:58.814
MOLLY: It was his birthday.
01:30:58.834 --> 01:31:00.694
MOLLY: And we were just like, come on, bus.
01:31:00.714 --> 01:31:02.694
MOLLY: Like we were like kept like every bus that came.
01:31:07.734 --> 01:31:08.854
VIRGINIA: Around the corner like, is it?
01:31:10.614 --> 01:31:23.334
MOLLY: So we finally got on a bus, but we ended up getting to Magic Kingdom as the fireworks were letting out, which was completely not ideal because now you're like swimming upstream with all these people leaving.
01:31:23.994 --> 01:31:27.294
MOLLY: But we made our way to tomorrow land.
01:31:27.714 --> 01:31:28.374
MOLLY: We ended up.
01:31:28.514 --> 01:31:33.134
MOLLY: We were going to try to do Haunted Mansion first and then do Tron last.
01:31:33.214 --> 01:31:40.754
MOLLY: But because we were so late getting over there, I had to kind of flip flopper lightning lane so that we did Haunted Mansion after Tron.
01:31:40.774 --> 01:31:42.714
MOLLY: So we did our final Tron.
01:31:44.114 --> 01:31:47.694
MOLLY: I'm going to be honest, I started getting emotional at that point because I was like, we did it.
01:31:48.014 --> 01:31:53.154
MOLLY: We did the Tron every day and I got an I love you too out of my son.
01:31:53.174 --> 01:31:54.654
MOLLY: I want that for the record.
01:31:55.434 --> 01:31:58.194
MOLLY: He did say I said I love you and he said I love you too.
01:31:58.214 --> 01:32:03.214
MOLLY: He usually says thanks or yeah or awesome, but he said I love you too back.
01:32:04.414 --> 01:32:09.434
<v SPEAKER_3>So if all it took was a trip to Disney World to get it to happen, then I'm willing to do that again.
01:32:09.614 --> 01:32:21.534
MOLLY: But yeah, so then we went and did Haunted Mansion for the Lightning Lane and then we kind of started our slow walk out of the park because this is our last park day.
01:32:21.554 --> 01:32:25.974
MOLLY: So nobody wanted to quite leave the exit.
01:32:25.994 --> 01:32:30.654
MOLLY: Like we kept stopping and looking and then stopping in front of the castle and looking.
01:32:30.674 --> 01:32:32.854
MOLLY: And but it was late.
01:32:33.034 --> 01:32:35.994
<v SPEAKER_3>So we were also like we got to go to bed.
01:32:36.254 --> 01:32:39.214
MOLLY: But yeah, it was probably almost 11 o'clock before we left.
01:32:39.314 --> 01:32:41.734
MOLLY: So we made a full day out of it for sure.
01:32:42.354 --> 01:32:42.714
VIRGINIA: Yeah.
01:32:44.254 --> 01:32:44.774
VIRGINIA: All right.
01:32:44.914 --> 01:32:54.934
VIRGINIA: So Monday, March the 11th, you had a breakfast scheduled for Cape May and then resort time before you had to actually take off back for the airport.
01:32:54.954 --> 01:32:58.534
VIRGINIA: So tell us about your breakfast and what you what you did at the resort.
01:32:58.854 --> 01:33:00.654
MOLLY: So yeah, so our breakfast was early.
01:33:00.674 --> 01:33:01.794
MOLLY: It was at 730.
01:33:01.814 --> 01:33:04.654
MOLLY: So I can't even believe we woke up in time.
01:33:04.674 --> 01:33:05.214
MOLLY: But we did.
01:33:05.354 --> 01:33:09.174
MOLLY: And luckily, it was just downstairs in our resort, so we didn't have to go far.
01:33:09.654 --> 01:33:10.514
MOLLY: But it was great.
01:33:10.534 --> 01:33:17.254
MOLLY: I mean, it was, you know, basic buffet breakfast food, so nothing too special there.
01:33:17.514 --> 01:33:19.694
MOLLY: But the interactions with the characters were great.
01:33:19.714 --> 01:33:24.814
MOLLY: And I realized, like, we didn't really do any character meats or anything through the trip.
01:33:24.834 --> 01:33:28.634
MOLLY: So this is really like our one, like one on one with characters.
01:33:28.774 --> 01:33:30.534
MOLLY: And they were so fun.
01:33:30.554 --> 01:33:33.154
MOLLY: Like Goofy was like joking around.
01:33:33.434 --> 01:33:37.414
MOLLY: He like made up a little handshake with Sebastian, you know, Donald came by.
01:33:37.434 --> 01:33:40.954
MOLLY: He was like surfing with Sebastian, like doing like a little dance.
01:33:40.974 --> 01:33:44.734
MOLLY: And it was it was just a lot of like, it's definitely a party atmosphere.
01:33:44.754 --> 01:33:46.134
MOLLY: It was like a lot of fun.
01:33:46.374 --> 01:33:47.234
MOLLY: We had a blast.
01:33:47.254 --> 01:33:49.594
MOLLY: We were really sad when we woke up.
01:33:49.614 --> 01:33:53.094
MOLLY: So it was like good that we had something to look forward to.
01:33:53.114 --> 01:33:57.274
MOLLY: But like that last day is always kind of like shrouded in like, we got to go.
01:33:57.334 --> 01:34:01.454
MOLLY: And so there's always that like little sad cloud following you around.
01:34:02.494 --> 01:34:12.054
MOLLY: So, yeah, so we after breakfast, we kind of got packed up and we left our stuff with Bell Services because our flight wasn't until the afternoon.
01:34:12.474 --> 01:34:15.954
MOLLY: So we did the arcade and we were going to go swimming, but we didn't.
01:34:16.174 --> 01:34:20.974
MOLLY: We decided we didn't want to have to like change out of wet bathing suits and like the public bathroom.
01:34:20.994 --> 01:34:23.054
MOLLY: So we decided to just skip it.
01:34:23.174 --> 01:34:27.654
MOLLY: So we ended up walking around to Boardwalk Deli for lunch.
01:34:27.834 --> 01:34:30.054
MOLLY: So we did like the big loop around the lake.
01:34:30.834 --> 01:34:33.154
MOLLY: And then went over there and got some food.
01:34:33.174 --> 01:34:37.094
MOLLY: We got a grilled cheese and a Reuben sandwich.
01:34:37.474 --> 01:34:38.034
MOLLY: They were good.
01:34:38.054 --> 01:34:38.994
MOLLY: It was pretty good.
01:34:39.554 --> 01:34:45.574
MOLLY: And then we kind of slowly made our way back to get our stuff and head to the airport.
01:34:46.294 --> 01:34:49.814
MOLLY: And we just started getting really sad because it was such a fun trip.
01:34:50.014 --> 01:34:56.134
MOLLY: And neither one of us wanted to leave, but very, you know, very easy travel.
01:34:56.334 --> 01:34:58.274
MOLLY: We got a lift back to the airport.
01:34:58.574 --> 01:35:01.094
MOLLY: It was a very easy travel day.
01:35:01.114 --> 01:35:04.794
MOLLY: Like everything went smoothly, which can't ask for much more than that.
01:35:05.054 --> 01:35:05.854
MOLLY: And that was it.
01:35:05.874 --> 01:35:08.974
MOLLY: That was the end of our trip.
01:35:09.954 --> 01:35:13.174
VIRGINIA: Oh, I love the fact that you two did this together.
01:35:13.194 --> 01:35:15.714
VIRGINIA: A little mother son adventure.
01:35:15.734 --> 01:35:20.174
VIRGINIA: I'm hoping to do the same in June with Alex.
01:35:20.194 --> 01:35:23.814
VIRGINIA: So we'll see if it all works out like it's supposed to.
01:35:24.594 --> 01:35:28.514
VIRGINIA: When is the next time that Sebastian will be back in Disney World?
01:35:28.534 --> 01:35:32.294
VIRGINIA: Because I know that you and he do not always go together.
01:35:32.314 --> 01:35:37.374
VIRGINIA: You do some solo trips, and I think you have a trip coming up, a mother daughter trip.
01:35:37.934 --> 01:35:38.314
VIRGINIA: Yes.
01:35:38.614 --> 01:35:39.134
VIRGINIA: Is that right?
01:35:40.054 --> 01:35:40.394
MOLLY: Yeah.
01:35:40.414 --> 01:35:47.174
MOLLY: The only way that we could even do this was if I already had one plan with my daughter because she was already...
01:35:47.254 --> 01:35:50.594
MOLLY: That's tough to watch your brother walk out the door to Disney without you.
01:35:50.614 --> 01:35:54.654
MOLLY: So I will be traveling with her in early May.
01:35:55.714 --> 01:35:59.474
MOLLY: We don't have any other trips on the calendar as of yet.
01:35:59.674 --> 01:36:02.774
MOLLY: So I don't know when he will be back.
01:36:03.574 --> 01:36:07.574
MOLLY: And honestly, after the one I have with my daughter, I'm not sure when I'll be back.
01:36:08.374 --> 01:36:09.554
MOLLY: We've got nothing else planned.
01:36:09.934 --> 01:36:16.234
MOLLY: I know that we want to try to do Epic Universe and Universal opens next year.
01:36:16.294 --> 01:36:19.914
MOLLY: So that is definitely something we're hoping to plan.
01:36:19.934 --> 01:36:23.074
MOLLY: So will that also turn into a Disney trip?
01:36:23.074 --> 01:36:26.094
MOLLY: I don't know.
01:36:26.114 --> 01:36:29.694
MOLLY: I would like to go back late summer, early fall to Disney this year.
01:36:29.714 --> 01:36:33.054
MOLLY: I'm hoping to go once Tiana's opens.
01:36:33.254 --> 01:36:40.214
MOLLY: So I've proposed to my husband that if he doesn't want to join us, I could just take the kids and do that.
01:36:40.674 --> 01:36:41.674
MOLLY: So we'll see.
01:36:41.694 --> 01:36:43.474
<v SPEAKER_3>All right.
01:36:43.494 --> 01:36:44.474
MOLLY: We'll see what happens.
01:36:44.834 --> 01:36:49.334
VIRGINIA: Well, in the meantime, at least you have the one in May to look forward to.
01:36:50.634 --> 01:36:56.194
VIRGINIA: Thank you so much for coming on the podcast and for sharing all the details of your adventure.
01:36:56.434 --> 01:36:58.814
VIRGINIA: And I can't wait to see all the photos.
01:36:59.094 --> 01:37:04.254
VIRGINIA: And I hope that we will get to talk sometime again very soon, maybe for your May trip.
01:37:04.874 --> 01:37:05.534
MOLLY: All right.
01:37:05.534 --> 01:37:07.294
MOLLY: Yeah, it was so wonderful to talk to you.
01:37:07.314 --> 01:37:09.454
MOLLY: It was a great trip.
01:37:09.474 --> 01:37:12.774
MOLLY: I'm so glad I was able to do this with him.
01:37:12.834 --> 01:37:15.874
MOLLY: And it was kind of on this side of his childhood.
01:37:16.094 --> 01:37:19.754
MOLLY: I felt like it was like it was a good time to do it.
01:37:19.794 --> 01:37:23.234
MOLLY: And, you know, I'm glad that we had the opportunity to do so.
01:37:23.254 --> 01:37:25.014
MOLLY: And it was so fun talking to you about it.
01:37:25.034 --> 01:37:29.114
MOLLY: I was like, if I could just talk about Disney all the time, I'd be happy.
01:37:29.134 --> 01:37:31.994
MOLLY: So, so great to talk to you about all the details.
01:37:33.174 --> 01:37:34.574
MOLLY: Talk to you anytime.
01:37:35.694 --> 01:37:37.534
VIRGINIA: And then I will definitely take you up on that.
01:37:37.814 --> 01:37:38.354
MOLLY: All right.
01:37:40.214 --> 01:37:41.274
VIRGINIA: Thank you again, Molly.
01:37:41.674 --> 01:37:42.414
MOLLY: Thank you.
01:37:43.514 --> 01:37:46.274
VIRGINIA: Thank you, Molly, for being an amazing trip report guest.
01:37:46.594 --> 01:37:48.294
VIRGINIA: I enjoyed having you on so much.
01:37:48.314 --> 01:37:52.594
VIRGINIA: And listeners, I hope you did too, because this is not the end of Molly's reign.
01:37:52.974 --> 01:37:59.754
VIRGINIA: You'll hear her on an upcoming trip report as she heads back to Walt Disney World for a mother-daughter trip with her daughter Lyra.
01:38:00.574 --> 01:38:12.854
VIRGINIA: If you are looking for help planning your own trip, whether it's to Disney or Universal Property, a cruise on your favorite cruise line, an all-inclusive resort vacation in the Caribbean or any other destination, Molly is your gal.
01:38:13.294 --> 01:38:16.534
VIRGINIA: You will find her website in the show notes, and she would love to hear from you.
01:38:17.134 --> 01:38:19.994
VIRGINIA: And with that, another episode is in the books.
01:38:20.414 --> 01:38:28.734
VIRGINIA: I hope everyone is having a wonderful week, and whether you have a trip countdown going on or not, you'll keep daydreaming about where you long to be.