Post-Trip Report: Rebecca’s Suite Stay in a Good Neighbor Resort (May 2024)

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VIRGINIA: Welcome back to another Post Trip Report on Where I Long To Be, a Magical Trip Report Podcast.

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

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VIRGINIA: Today, I'm happy to bring you my chat with Rebecca, who at the time we last spoke was in the beginning phase of becoming a travel agent.

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VIRGINIA: At this point, she's on her way and would love to help you plan your next magical vacation, whether it's to Disney, Universal, a cruise, an all-inclusive resort, basically anywhere.

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VIRGINIA: Rebecca's information is in the show notes, so check that out.

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VIRGINIA: And don't forget to mention to her that you heard her episodes of the podcast.

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VIRGINIA: For those who didn't get to listen to Rebecca's pre-trip episode, Rebecca, her husband Kev, her son Ollie, who recently turned six, and her son Owen, who is two, were heading to Walt Disney World May 27th through June 2nd.

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VIRGINIA: And they planned to stay at a good neighbor resort where they would have access to a three-bedroom suite.

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VIRGINIA: Since they are from North Carolina, they opted to drive.

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VIRGINIA: So, they had access to a car for the duration of the trip.

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VIRGINIA: While in Orlando, plans were made to meet up with Rebecca's friend, Taylor, and her family, which included three boys, bringing the group total to nine people when they were all together in the parks.

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VIRGINIA: Rebecca's family had three-day park tickets and were wrapping up their adventure with a couple days visiting family friends in St.

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VIRGINIA: Augustine, Florida.

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VIRGINIA: That should have you all caught up.

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VIRGINIA: So, let's dive right in.

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VIRGINIA: Here's Rebecca.

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VIRGINIA: Welcome back to the podcast, Rebecca.

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REBECCA: Thank you.

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VIRGINIA: It is today, June the 20th, and you were traveling Monday, May 27th, which was Memorial Day, through Sunday, June 2nd.

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VIRGINIA: So, you have now been back a couple of weeks.

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VIRGINIA: How are you feeling?

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VIRGINIA: Are you having the Disney Blues?

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VIRGINIA: Have they worn off?

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REBECCA: I'll put it in my husband's words, at least two more years until we go back as a family.

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REBECCA: And I guess I hadn't thought about that beforehand.

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REBECCA: This is our first ever Disney family, just us, just our immediate family trip.

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REBECCA: We've always had help.

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REBECCA: This is the first time we haven't had the grandparents or anyone else to help.

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REBECCA: And the first time we've had both kids.

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REBECCA: We've been before when we just had one, obviously kid-free.

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VIRGINIA: It makes a difference, it really does.

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VIRGINIA: Also, since we spoke last, you were in the process of getting up and running as a travel agent, and enough time has passed now, that is actually in place.

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VIRGINIA: So tell us a little bit about that.

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REBECCA: Yeah, it's like a boutique travel company, Magic for Me Travel, and it's been great getting started.

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REBECCA: I've already quoted a few people, thanks.

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REBECCA: And it's, you know, not just Disney.

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REBECCA: I think I've quoted some all-inclusive vacations and cruise lines and stuff like that.

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VIRGINIA: How did you get connected with that group?

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VIRGINIA: Did you know somebody who was already there?

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REBECCA: Yes, Morgan, the owner, I was already friends with on Instagram.

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REBECCA: And so I saw her announcements when they were looking for agents.

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REBECCA: So I liked that it was not as intimidating as the ones that like have thousands and thousands of agents all over the world.

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REBECCA: You know, this is, hey, I know the owner, and there are only a few of us, so I can ask questions and it's an easier transition.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, and there's pluses and minuses to both.

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VIRGINIA: I mean, I think that sometimes bigger agencies have, maybe have a lot of resources, but having an agency that's a little smaller and that you know the person, I think that sounds like especially just getting started, a great way to get everything up and running for yourself.

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REBECCA: Especially, it's not my full-time job.

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VIRGINIA: Right, right.

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REBECCA: So just for fun, because I'm like, I'm already literally looking at cruises or Disney vacations that I don't want to, like I'm sure my husband doesn't want me to take, so I'll get some sort of joy from someone else experiencing it.

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REBECCA: And so I don't have to take so many vacations.

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VIRGINIA: Well, I mean, maybe you'll get to a point one day where it will be your full-time job, and then taking vacations will be your job.

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REBECCA: That would be the dream.

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VIRGINIA: That is the dream.

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VIRGINIA: That truly is the dream.

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VIRGINIA: All right, well, let's talk about this vacation.

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VIRGINIA: So you were traveling with your family, husband Kev, who is a soccer coach, and Ollie and Owen, who are five and two.

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VIRGINIA: Did Ollie turn six already?

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REBECCA: He just did this past weekend.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, happy birthday, Ollie.

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VIRGINIA: Hope you had a spectacular holiday.

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REBECCA: That was the opening day.

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REBECCA: It was his birthday.

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VIRGINIA: I'm seeing it this Saturday.

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VIRGINIA: Did you love it?

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REBECCA: Yes, we loved it.

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VIRGINIA: I have to say, like, on my most recent trip with Alex, our mother-son trip, I kept finding myself being pulled towards all the Anxiety merchandise.

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VIRGINIA: I just think she is so cute.

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VIRGINIA: And I don't know.

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VIRGINIA: I'm just drawn to her.

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REBECCA: They must have put that out since we went, because I was looking for Inside Out 2 merchandise.

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REBECCA: I was literally dressed as like Joy one day, and he had an Inside Out shirt.

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REBECCA: And I think I saw a Joy doll and that's it.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Anxiety was everywhere.

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VIRGINIA: I mean, isn't it always?

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VIRGINIA: But it was everywhere when we were there.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: So I kept like they had big stuffed animals and like all different sizes.

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REBECCA: I like what is an embarrassment or what?

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REBECCA: I can't remember the big guy.

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VIRGINIA: The big guy?

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VIRGINIA: Yes, he's embarrassment.

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REBECCA: I've seen they've had like big weighted stuffies of him.

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REBECCA: I'm like, that makes so much sense.

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REBECCA: And the fact that like weighted and yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, I really I wanted to come home with something, but then I just could not justify like, where am I going to put it?

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VIRGINIA: I'm not a stuffy person.

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VIRGINIA: So that sounded funny to say.

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VIRGINIA: I'm not a stuffy person, but I'm not.

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VIRGINIA: Like I like the look of them, but I don't want them sitting around my house.

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VIRGINIA: And then I considered getting like an anxiety keychain thing they had, but it was still kind of big.

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VIRGINIA: I was like, where am I going to put that?

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REBECCA: My son's crib is, I mean, he's still in a crib and it's full of stuffies.

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REBECCA: Like I can barely see him in the monitor at night.

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REBECCA: I'm like, which is him and which is a big stuffed animal?

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VIRGINIA: Reminds me of the scene in ET, where ET is hiding amongst all of the stuffies.

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REBECCA: Yes, that's basically my son.

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REBECCA: And one of them is an ET doll that we got on our last Universal trip.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, that's funny.

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VIRGINIA: All right, well, let's get into all these details.

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VIRGINIA: So you were also meeting up with some friends there, Taylor and her husband and three boys.

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VIRGINIA: So all told, there were a lot of you on this trip.

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VIRGINIA: So nine people total.

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VIRGINIA: Let's start out with your resort, because you were staying offsite at a good neighbor resort near Disney Springs so that you could take advantage of the three-bedroom suite they had there.

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VIRGINIA: This was Lake Buena Vista Resort.

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VIRGINIA: How did you feel about it?

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REBECCA: We liked it.

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REBECCA: We said we would do it again.

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REBECCA: The proximity to all the parks were really nice.

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REBECCA: We could see Disney Springs from our balcony.

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REBECCA: We could see Epcot from our balcony.

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REBECCA: We could see Hollywood Studios.

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REBECCA: And then we actually drove each day to the park.

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REBECCA: Each park was only a 10-minute drive, so it was not bad at all.

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REBECCA: They did have shuttles.

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REBECCA: We actually attempted to take a shuttle one day, and we missed it by five minutes.

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REBECCA: We were debating whether we should anyway, so we just drove.

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REBECCA: They only have two shuttles in the morning and two shuttles at night, and a lot of them return before the fireworks anyway.

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REBECCA: We just drove.

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VIRGINIA: That's totally what I would have done, because the pressure of getting on one of the few shuttles per day, I would have just said no.

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REBECCA: I'd recommend it if people have a car there.

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REBECCA: There seemed to be a lot of people that had long-term stays that were staying there, which was nice.

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REBECCA: There was some restaurants on site.

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REBECCA: We didn't get to do any of them.

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REBECCA: That was one of our issues, is we didn't build in any resort days.

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REBECCA: It was like, park, park, park, and then we leave.

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REBECCA: There was an outlet mall right beside it as well that we didn't get to go to.

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VIRGINIA: Were you near the outlets that the character warehouse is at?

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REBECCA: We were near them because I actually stopped by there on the way thinking we could go in there.

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REBECCA: And it was Memorial Day.

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REBECCA: I did not take that into account.

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REBECCA: And I did a lap like two or three times to even find a parking spot, got the car or the stroller out, got the kids all loaded in, then went to the character warehouse.

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REBECCA: And it was a line of like 50 people waiting outside just to get in.

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REBECCA: So I'm like, no, let's just get to the hotel.

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REBECCA: But no, it's not that outlet mall.

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REBECCA: There was another smaller one that is like seven minutes down the road.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: So like you said, it was Memorial Day.

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VIRGINIA: And that was the day that you were driving down.

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VIRGINIA: So you were doing eight and a half hours in the car with your kids because Kev was joining up with you later after a soccer tournament he had to participate in.

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REBECCA: He was flying.

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VIRGINIA: So yeah.

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VIRGINIA: So how was the drive?

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REBECCA: Actually, that was the like least stressful part out of the whole trip.

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REBECCA: Like we stopped twice, both of which at Bucky's, just for gas and using the potty, grabbing snacks in and out in like 10 minutes each time and got all the kids to use the bathroom.

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REBECCA: We actually met Bucky himself at one of them.

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REBECCA: Yeah.

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REBECCA: So we got pictures of Bucky.

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REBECCA: And those are only two stops besides when I unsuccessfully stopped at the character warehouse.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: So what time did you pull into town?

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VIRGINIA: Because you were estimating probably somewhere between 3 and 4 p.m.

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VIRGINIA: Yes.

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REBECCA: I think because of the stop at the character warehouse, it ended up probably being closer to 4 or 430.

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REBECCA: And then I also did not factor in.

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REBECCA: I'm like, how am I going to get all this stuff up to our 15th floor room?

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REBECCA: I mean, yes, there's an elevator, but I also have two little kids with me.

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VIRGINIA: Are you dragging them up and down each time?

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REBECCA: Right.

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REBECCA: So that was difficult by myself.

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VIRGINIA: So what did you do in those first couple hours of the trip?

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VIRGINIA: Did you go out and have some dinner?

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VIRGINIA: Did you do any time by the pool?

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REBECCA: I thought we would do the pool, but we were just exploring the room in the hotel and unpacking.

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REBECCA: And then about 7 p.m., we went to Disney Springs.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Based on that time, that tells me that perhaps you did maybe get to see the drone show that you were aiming for.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: So I have to ask, because I did the drone show myself probably a week or two later when I was there, did you experience the insane crowds being pushed into one single entry point into the viewing area?

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REBECCA: We experienced it and we saw it, and I completely ignored it and said, nope, we are going to do what I had.

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REBECCA: I was crazy and even Google mapped it and looked and like, oh, there's this grassy area.

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REBECCA: I wonder if we can hang out by there.

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REBECCA: So I purposely parked by Cirque du Soleil, put in Cirque du Soleil and my GPS and headed there and was able to find a parking spot, knowing that's right by where I want to watch the drone show, so I can get out of there pretty quick after.

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REBECCA: So now we stayed in the grassy area.

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REBECCA: We didn't follow the entrance to that walkway where they shove everybody.

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REBECCA: And we still got pretty good views.

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REBECCA: There was only maybe one drone, a few when it's turning, that you're like, what is that?

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REBECCA: But everything else, it was rather perfect.

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VIRGINIA: We were on a grassy area down near Cirque du Soleil.

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VIRGINIA: But to get into that grassy area, it was one giant line for anybody trying to get into the viewing.

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VIRGINIA: And so we were kind of in this big...

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VIRGINIA: I don't even want to call it a line.

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VIRGINIA: It was like a little clump going past House of Blues and everything.

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VIRGINIA: And I was thinking, this is crazy.

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VIRGINIA: We're not going to have a spot to watch.

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VIRGINIA: And then we finally got up towards the grassy area.

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VIRGINIA: And there was an opening that was...

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VIRGINIA: I'm terrible at estimating things, but I'm going to say like six or seven feet wide.

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VIRGINIA: And that was the one opening.

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VIRGINIA: And so everybody kind of had to get funneled into there.

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VIRGINIA: And then once you got into the grassy area, there was plenty of room.

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VIRGINIA: And I was like, why are they doing it this way?

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VIRGINIA: It's making it such a headache.

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VIRGINIA: And once you got in, we were easily able to find a spot to sit on the grass, and I didn't have anybody right on top of me.

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REBECCA: But anyway.

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REBECCA: We probably got there over half an hour early because I mobile ordered a Deluxe Burger, just some chicken fingers for the kids.

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REBECCA: And I stopped at the Osaka booth and got a Baobab and a lemonade and brought those with us to the grassy area.

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REBECCA: And just, I mean, there was maybe only a handful of families already there.

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REBECCA: And so I just parked the stroller and like on the grass right beside us.

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REBECCA: And we had like a little picnic there and like plenty of time.

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REBECCA: So I would say get there early, picnic there and get there early because yeah, we didn't have that same problem at all.

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VIRGINIA: I also had friends who were watching it actually the same night I was.

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VIRGINIA: And they were across the water over at Saratoga Springs.

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VIRGINIA: And they had said, why don't you come over here and watch it with us because it was crazy.

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VIRGINIA: And I was just like, no, this is my one time I get to watch it.

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VIRGINIA: I want to watch it from the front like it was intended just in case because I didn't know what the backside would look like.

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VIRGINIA: Like the backside water is awesome, but is the backside of your home show?

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VIRGINIA: I don't know.

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VIRGINIA: Then I saw their videos and pictures and I think it would have been nearly as enjoyable.

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VIRGINIA: Now was the music playing that far back?

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VIRGINIA: I don't recall from their videos whether you could hear the music or not.

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VIRGINIA: At the end of the day, I'm glad I saw it from the viewing area, but it just could have been a lot better organized to get people in there.

00:13:46.818 --> 00:13:57.098
VIRGINIA: I'm glad that you didn't have to deal with that on your trip, because especially if it was you with younger kids without assistance, that would have been kind of a nightmare.

00:13:57.378 --> 00:13:58.038
REBECCA: Yeah.

00:13:58.098 --> 00:14:03.858
REBECCA: I even heard them say when they were telling people, okay, and you have to exit down this walkway and go all the way down.

00:14:03.978 --> 00:14:06.338
REBECCA: I'm like, do I have to though?

00:14:06.358 --> 00:14:07.338
REBECCA: Because I'm like parked right here.

00:14:07.518 --> 00:14:08.558
REBECCA: And she's like, yeah, that's fine.

00:14:08.758 --> 00:14:09.378
REBECCA: I'm like, yeah.

00:14:10.758 --> 00:14:15.018
REBECCA: So I was back at the hotel by 930 and the drink show started at 9.

00:14:15.338 --> 00:14:15.778
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:14:16.038 --> 00:14:21.078
REBECCA: So that shows like how close we were to it and how easy it was to get out of there after.

00:14:21.098 --> 00:14:21.978
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:14:21.998 --> 00:14:25.058
VIRGINIA: I ended up calling a Lyft from the other side of Cirque du Soleil.

00:14:25.658 --> 00:14:32.838
VIRGINIA: And there were a bunch of people just kind of like ignoring them telling you where to go to get out, because they wanted to do that same thing at the end.

00:14:33.398 --> 00:14:35.438
VIRGINIA: And people started like walking through the bushes.

00:14:35.678 --> 00:14:37.298
VIRGINIA: And I was like, that's the direction I need to go.

00:14:37.318 --> 00:14:40.138
VIRGINIA: I'm just going to follow these people who are walking through the bushes.

00:14:40.138 --> 00:14:42.638
VIRGINIA: I wouldn't feel bad if I was the first one to do it or something.

00:14:42.898 --> 00:14:44.898
VIRGINIA: But I was like, everyone's tramping through the bushes.

00:14:44.918 --> 00:14:47.578
VIRGINIA: That's what I'm going to do, too.

00:14:47.698 --> 00:14:48.038
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:14:48.258 --> 00:14:48.718
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:14:48.758 --> 00:14:50.578
VIRGINIA: Well, so did you love The Drone Show?

00:14:50.658 --> 00:14:52.178
REBECCA: We did love The Drone Show.

00:14:52.378 --> 00:14:52.878
REBECCA: I loved it.

00:14:52.898 --> 00:14:54.658
REBECCA: I had never seen a Drone Show before in my life.

00:14:54.658 --> 00:14:55.618
REBECCA: So that was the first.

00:14:55.638 --> 00:14:57.178
VIRGINIA: Me either.

00:14:57.298 --> 00:14:57.458
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:14:57.478 --> 00:14:59.138
VIRGINIA: You're going to see one in Paris, I think, though.

00:14:59.218 --> 00:15:00.038
REBECCA: I hope so.

00:15:00.058 --> 00:15:04.498
REBECCA: They haven't announced the entertainment for That Far In Advance.

00:15:04.518 --> 00:15:05.258
REBECCA: That's in November.

00:15:05.698 --> 00:15:08.878
REBECCA: And actually, our last day there will be the first day of the Christmas stuff.

00:15:08.958 --> 00:15:10.418
REBECCA: So I get to see some Christmas things, too.

00:15:10.598 --> 00:15:16.378
REBECCA: But I don't know what happens between like, that's a difference I've noticed in Disneyland Paris and Disney World.

00:15:16.718 --> 00:15:20.418
REBECCA: Like, they announce things a year in advance at Disney World and everybody can plan for it.

00:15:20.438 --> 00:15:25.358
REBECCA: Disneyland Paris, it's like, oh, yeah, tomorrow, we're going to have the Inside Out characters meet and greet.

00:15:25.858 --> 00:15:30.918
REBECCA: And you're like, like, oh, like, if that that would be big news in Disney World.

00:15:30.938 --> 00:15:32.818
REBECCA: And it's just like, yeah, whatever, Disneyland Paris.

00:15:33.018 --> 00:15:34.358
REBECCA: They're they're more like ennui.

00:15:34.378 --> 00:15:38.778
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:15:39.038 --> 00:15:40.538
VIRGINIA: What was your favorite part of the drone show?

00:15:44.058 --> 00:15:57.518
REBECCA: Maybe Mandalorian, Grogu or oh, I remember the Mary Poppins character and it was probably the end, though, because we were all like shouting out and guessing what each different character was.

00:15:57.538 --> 00:15:59.278
REBECCA: Because sometimes you had like a look a little bit.

00:15:59.698 --> 00:16:00.338
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:16:00.358 --> 00:16:01.118
REBECCA: Like, oh, what is that?

00:16:01.878 --> 00:16:06.578
VIRGINIA: Yeah, you know what, I looked back at my videos that I took on my phone.

00:16:07.078 --> 00:16:12.238
VIRGINIA: And in some cases, when I was looking at the sky, I was like, what is that?

00:16:12.838 --> 00:16:18.398
VIRGINIA: When I looked back at my video, it was more clear through the video footage what it was than in real life.

00:16:18.538 --> 00:16:22.278
VIRGINIA: So I don't know why that was, but yeah, it was so cool.

00:16:23.098 --> 00:16:25.578
VIRGINIA: I would highly recommend everybody do it at least once.

00:16:25.878 --> 00:16:26.178
REBECCA: Yeah.

00:16:26.318 --> 00:16:32.658
REBECCA: The only other notable things from Disney Springs were we did do Swirls on the Water, which is something I had wanted to do.

00:16:33.078 --> 00:16:38.618
REBECCA: And I'll have to post some videos, but I got like the cutest videos because they serve them in basically little martini glasses.

00:16:38.638 --> 00:16:41.898
REBECCA: So like my little toddlers are drinking from these martini glasses.

00:16:42.218 --> 00:16:44.898
VIRGINIA: Oh, you got the flight?

00:16:45.198 --> 00:16:45.698
VIRGINIA: The flight.

00:16:46.058 --> 00:16:47.458
VIRGINIA: What were the flavors in the flight?

00:16:47.918 --> 00:16:48.338
REBECCA: Oh, man.

00:16:48.418 --> 00:16:49.498
REBECCA: I don't remember something.

00:16:49.618 --> 00:16:56.858
REBECCA: There's a strawberry one, and then I think there was a pineapple one, and then maybe like a vanilla or coconut kind of one.

00:16:57.198 --> 00:16:58.818
REBECCA: The strawberry was definitely my kid's favorite.

00:17:00.738 --> 00:17:06.218
REBECCA: I had seen it on the menu and knew I wanted to try it because I like cider, and this was a cider float.

00:17:07.158 --> 00:17:10.978
REBECCA: I got like a pineapple Dole Whip with the cider, and it was good.

00:17:10.998 --> 00:17:14.898
REBECCA: It was really, really hot that day, so it's like everything was melting so quick.

00:17:14.918 --> 00:17:16.758
REBECCA: We had to eat them quick.

00:17:18.058 --> 00:17:18.598
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:17:18.638 --> 00:17:21.138
VIRGINIA: Let's move into Tuesday, May 28th.

00:17:21.858 --> 00:17:31.538
VIRGINIA: So this was an Animal Kingdom Day, and I have a note that Kev was already there at that point but was not joining you that day.

00:17:32.038 --> 00:17:33.238
VIRGINIA: So this was a meeting friends.

00:17:33.258 --> 00:17:33.838
VIRGINIA: The plans did change.

00:17:34.558 --> 00:17:35.038
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:17:35.118 --> 00:17:35.638
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:17:35.638 --> 00:17:36.498
VIRGINIA: So what happened?

00:17:36.698 --> 00:17:37.618
REBECCA: So this is what happened.

00:17:37.638 --> 00:17:38.158
REBECCA: My husband's...

00:17:38.738 --> 00:17:39.198
REBECCA: Yeah.

00:17:39.218 --> 00:17:47.518
REBECCA: So he's not a big Disney person, kind of grumpy when we go on trips, but then he normally does surprise me in the moment, and it's like, oh no, I'll go.

00:17:47.538 --> 00:17:49.418
REBECCA: And so he did go with us to Animal Kingdom.

00:17:50.878 --> 00:17:54.798
REBECCA: And so we all went and we drove and we got there around 9.45.

00:17:54.818 --> 00:17:57.998
REBECCA: So early-ish, we did not rope drop any days.

00:17:58.018 --> 00:18:02.218
REBECCA: I mean, that's with our family, it's just not in the cards if we want to have a decent day at all.

00:18:02.358 --> 00:18:03.178
REBECCA: My kids don't nap.

00:18:03.198 --> 00:18:11.598
REBECCA: So it's like we, you know, if we want to have a good day, it has to either, you know, come late, stay late or come early and leave very early.

00:18:13.238 --> 00:18:13.598
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:18:13.618 --> 00:18:20.438
VIRGINIA: Well, you had a lot of things on your list that you were interested in doing and some things that you had never done before.

00:18:20.878 --> 00:18:22.418
VIRGINIA: So how did you start off your day?

00:18:22.438 --> 00:18:23.518
VIRGINIA: What did you aim for first?

00:18:24.238 --> 00:18:25.578
REBECCA: We aim for breakfast.

00:18:25.918 --> 00:18:34.698
REBECCA: And I knew I wanted to try that, like the coconut coffee that everybody talks about that is in Africa.

00:18:34.718 --> 00:18:37.078
REBECCA: So I definitely wanted to do that.

00:18:37.098 --> 00:18:47.878
REBECCA: So we headed straight there and I did get my coffee and all the guys, my family got like the croissant sandwiches and I got a guava Danish.

00:18:48.698 --> 00:18:49.258
VIRGINIA: Those are good.

00:18:49.278 --> 00:18:50.358
REBECCA: I maybe had one bite.

00:18:50.378 --> 00:18:52.478
REBECCA: My kids devoured that they were fighting over it.

00:18:53.938 --> 00:18:56.378
REBECCA: So I did not get my guava Danish, but they got theirs.

00:18:57.358 --> 00:18:59.158
VIRGINIA: And how did you feel about the coconut coffee?

00:19:00.178 --> 00:19:01.578
REBECCA: I mean, it was okay.

00:19:01.878 --> 00:19:03.358
REBECCA: I think it gets hyped up too much.

00:19:03.378 --> 00:19:04.798
REBECCA: It's just yeah, it's okay.

00:19:04.918 --> 00:19:08.478
REBECCA: Like, I don't think it deserves the hype, but it was good.

00:19:09.758 --> 00:19:10.338
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:19:10.658 --> 00:19:17.558
REBECCA: But it was it was already busy and hot and we had just got there and I felt like, you know, and the wait times were pretty high.

00:19:17.578 --> 00:19:20.518
REBECCA: This is the only day we didn't do Genie Plus because I never do Animal Kingdom.

00:19:20.858 --> 00:19:23.858
REBECCA: And the wait times were a little higher than I expected.

00:19:24.598 --> 00:19:31.178
REBECCA: But we were nearby the Lion King show and I looked it up and there was one starting at 11 and it was like 1030.

00:19:31.198 --> 00:19:34.278
REBECCA: So I'm like, we have our food, we've eaten most of it.

00:19:34.298 --> 00:19:36.898
REBECCA: Let's take the last bit and just wait in line and eat it.

00:19:37.278 --> 00:19:37.598
VIRGINIA: Sure.

00:19:37.618 --> 00:19:38.158
REBECCA: We did.

00:19:38.178 --> 00:19:42.458
REBECCA: And it's a good thing we did because we were one of the last people into the show.

00:19:43.578 --> 00:19:44.558
REBECCA: We did make it into the show.

00:19:44.998 --> 00:19:45.558
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:19:46.418 --> 00:19:50.138
VIRGINIA: And this was your first time doing Lion King, according to my notes.

00:19:50.158 --> 00:19:51.818
VIRGINIA: So how did you like it?

00:19:52.358 --> 00:19:53.338
REBECCA: It was so cool.

00:19:53.358 --> 00:19:54.338
REBECCA: We all loved it.

00:19:55.558 --> 00:19:57.598
REBECCA: The kids were dancing along.

00:19:57.618 --> 00:20:02.298
REBECCA: We made them watch Lion King for Mother's Day because for some reason, they're just not interested in it.

00:20:02.318 --> 00:20:05.418
REBECCA: But now that they saw it on Mother's Day, they actually really like it.

00:20:05.958 --> 00:20:07.818
REBECCA: So they knew the characters and everything.

00:20:08.778 --> 00:20:12.378
REBECCA: My secret agenda to get them to like certain things before we go.

00:20:12.398 --> 00:20:13.118
VIRGINIA: I love it.

00:20:13.278 --> 00:20:13.678
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:20:14.118 --> 00:20:16.378
VIRGINIA: And what was after the Lion King show?

00:20:17.938 --> 00:20:22.858
REBECCA: Then we met up with my friend Taylor and her kids in Pandora.

00:20:23.838 --> 00:20:28.358
REBECCA: They wrote dropped every single day and they were staying on site and they could get in early.

00:20:28.378 --> 00:20:30.098
REBECCA: So they got in early every single day.

00:20:30.118 --> 00:20:32.338
REBECCA: So a lot of times they had already done a lot before we got there.

00:20:32.358 --> 00:20:40.458
VIRGINIA: Well especially at Animal Kingdom because with the early opening time at Animal Kingdom, early entry for onsite folks is 730 a.m.

00:20:40.978 --> 00:20:41.178
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:20:41.198 --> 00:20:42.058
REBECCA: And I think they got there then.

00:20:42.358 --> 00:20:42.678
REBECCA: Yeah.

00:20:42.698 --> 00:20:42.898
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:20:44.278 --> 00:20:48.438
REBECCA: I mean the whole trip, I can, you know, I say it's hot, it's, you know, it's always hot in Florida.

00:20:48.938 --> 00:20:49.158
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:20:49.958 --> 00:20:57.098
REBECCA: So we, and with five little kids, we just got like a pretzel and the night blossom and the rum blossom were on my list.

00:20:57.578 --> 00:21:02.858
REBECCA: So we did that and we just kind of chilled out there while we were deciding on game plan.

00:21:04.378 --> 00:21:11.118
REBECCA: And after that we went over to Dinosaur because I also hadn't done Dinosaur and Ollie was tall enough to do Dinosaur.

00:21:11.118 --> 00:21:16.738
REBECCA: We thought maybe Owen, because he's like 39 inches, but no, he was not tall enough.

00:21:17.318 --> 00:21:19.598
REBECCA: And he was not happy that he wasn't tall enough.

00:21:20.498 --> 00:21:22.898
REBECCA: And it started raining at that like exact moment.

00:21:23.678 --> 00:21:24.078
VIRGINIA: Oh no.

00:21:24.098 --> 00:21:25.558
VIRGINIA: So where did they go while you rode?

00:21:25.678 --> 00:21:30.638
REBECCA: They had planned on going to the playground, like the dino yard, but it started raining.

00:21:30.658 --> 00:21:31.498
VIRGINIA: The boneyard, yeah.

00:21:31.518 --> 00:21:32.718
REBECCA: Yeah, the boneyard, yeah.

00:21:32.938 --> 00:21:35.278
REBECCA: So I don't know what they did for like a little bit.

00:21:35.298 --> 00:21:38.438
REBECCA: Probably just hid somewhere under shelter until it stopped raining.

00:21:40.658 --> 00:21:46.198
REBECCA: But me, Ollie, Taylor and her oldest, who is four, went on dinosaur.

00:21:46.718 --> 00:21:47.078
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:21:47.098 --> 00:21:49.238
VIRGINIA: How did the kids like dinosaur?

00:21:49.258 --> 00:21:51.318
VIRGINIA: Because it can be a little scary.

00:21:51.498 --> 00:21:57.218
REBECCA: He wasn't scared, which is good, because on some rides, he like closes his eyes the entire time.

00:21:57.758 --> 00:22:00.098
REBECCA: But it was so dark and like, what is there to be scared of?

00:22:00.118 --> 00:22:01.018
REBECCA: You can hardly see anything.

00:22:01.698 --> 00:22:02.998
REBECCA: So no, it wasn't too bad.

00:22:03.218 --> 00:22:05.958
REBECCA: I don't think neither of us wanted to do it again.

00:22:06.358 --> 00:22:13.418
REBECCA: I'm like, man, I don't know what I was picturing, and I've done POV, YouTube walkthroughs of the rides and stuff like that.

00:22:14.098 --> 00:22:18.798
REBECCA: I thought it was going to be more of a roller coaster-y, but it's just like a car.

00:22:19.378 --> 00:22:19.738
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:22:19.758 --> 00:22:20.918
REBECCA: It's like a Jeep or something.

00:22:21.298 --> 00:22:21.678
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:22:21.678 --> 00:22:28.218
VIRGINIA: And it's the same as the Indiana Jones ride out in Disneyland in terms of the vehicle and the track.

00:22:28.878 --> 00:22:33.658
VIRGINIA: So anybody who's ever done that ride in Disneyland, it's the same thing, just darkened with dinosaurs.

00:22:33.858 --> 00:22:35.838
REBECCA: It was under the refurbishment when we went there.

00:22:36.158 --> 00:22:38.078
VIRGINIA: There's something about it I love, though.

00:22:38.098 --> 00:22:38.398
VIRGINIA: I don't know.

00:22:38.418 --> 00:22:40.338
VIRGINIA: It has a particular smell to it, too.

00:22:40.338 --> 00:22:42.258
VIRGINIA: Every once in a while, we catch that.

00:22:42.798 --> 00:22:44.378
VIRGINIA: I can't remember where we were recently.

00:22:44.838 --> 00:22:48.758
VIRGINIA: We walked in somewhere, Alex and I, and he goes, it smells like dinosaur in here.

00:22:50.018 --> 00:22:50.958
VIRGINIA: You're right, it does.

00:22:52.478 --> 00:22:56.218
REBECCA: Well, I'm going to be on the other side, and I definitely don't mind that one being updated.

00:22:56.898 --> 00:22:57.438
VIRGINIA: Reverse.

00:22:57.598 --> 00:22:57.778
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:22:59.038 --> 00:23:24.538
VIRGINIA: It's going to feel the same way, but in terms of the feeling of the ride, but my recollection of the Indiana Jones version at Disneyland, you go through one scene where there's a bunch of snakes, because Indiana Jones doesn't like snakes, and then the part where you go down the hill right after the big dinosaur has roared at you, that is where the big ball is kind of coming at you in the Indiana Jones ride.

00:23:26.338 --> 00:23:26.798
VIRGINIA: It's cool.

00:23:27.018 --> 00:23:27.378
VIRGINIA: It's cool.

00:23:27.398 --> 00:23:27.458
REBECCA: It's cool.

00:23:27.518 --> 00:23:28.678
VIRGINIA: I'm looking forward to the refurbishment.

00:23:28.698 --> 00:23:35.918
VIRGINIA: The part I will sorely miss, I think, is the smell just for nostalgia, and then also my beloved Dr.

00:23:35.938 --> 00:23:39.378
VIRGINIA: Seeker from the pre-show, because I'm obsessed with him.

00:23:39.498 --> 00:23:41.598
VIRGINIA: I just think he's so funny, so.

00:23:44.038 --> 00:23:44.418
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:23:44.438 --> 00:23:45.998
VIRGINIA: What was after dinosaur?

00:23:46.838 --> 00:23:49.518
REBECCA: Then I think we met them in the boneyard, right?

00:23:49.538 --> 00:23:51.758
REBECCA: That's what it's called, and they'd been there for a while.

00:23:52.618 --> 00:23:55.158
REBECCA: I think we went on the hunt for a missing shoe at one point.

00:23:55.498 --> 00:23:58.678
REBECCA: I mean, things you've got to do with five little kids.

00:23:58.798 --> 00:24:04.698
REBECCA: Like somebody took their shoes off in the middle of this giant playground that you have to go climb things and find.

00:24:04.798 --> 00:24:06.078
REBECCA: So we played there a while.

00:24:06.718 --> 00:24:09.318
REBECCA: We tried to do Triceratops spend so many times.

00:24:09.338 --> 00:24:11.498
REBECCA: I took them over there, we waited in line, it went down.

00:24:12.038 --> 00:24:20.618
REBECCA: And then even later on, my husband tried to take Owen, because while we were doing things that he couldn't do, and it went down again.

00:24:20.638 --> 00:24:23.678
REBECCA: So they just had a rough time of it.

00:24:24.158 --> 00:24:27.638
VIRGINIA: That's a lot of times for a ride that just goes in circles to go down.

00:24:27.658 --> 00:24:27.938
REBECCA: Right.

00:24:28.178 --> 00:24:32.198
REBECCA: And it was raining on and off a lot, like summer showers and stuff that day.

00:24:32.798 --> 00:24:33.558
REBECCA: But there was a lot.

00:24:33.578 --> 00:24:39.478
REBECCA: Yeah, in general, Animal Kingdom this day was hot, rainy, and a lot of ride breakdowns.

00:24:39.498 --> 00:24:42.158
REBECCA: So not the best in general of park days.

00:24:42.438 --> 00:24:49.298
VIRGINIA: I might be skipping ahead, but did you end up buying an individual lightning lane for Flight of Passage as you had planned?

00:24:49.838 --> 00:24:50.778
REBECCA: We did, yes.

00:24:51.038 --> 00:24:54.658
REBECCA: I bought it for me and Ollie and we got a 140 time.

00:24:55.798 --> 00:24:59.078
VIRGINIA: So where are we in the timeline of the day after the boneyard time?

00:25:00.058 --> 00:25:06.798
REBECCA: We're maybe around or probably right around 140, because that's probably why we're like, okay, we got to go so we can get a flight of passage.

00:25:07.118 --> 00:25:07.558
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:25:07.978 --> 00:25:13.998
REBECCA: But then we passed by a Russell meet and greet, and Ollie's normally afraid of characters.

00:25:14.458 --> 00:25:20.518
REBECCA: But we had just watched up in the car on the way to Disney, and so it was fresh in their mind.

00:25:21.218 --> 00:25:24.778
REBECCA: And I always feel like Russell isn't, he's not a scary character.

00:25:24.798 --> 00:25:29.138
REBECCA: He looks like a human, like it's like a human, but it's a character still.

00:25:30.078 --> 00:25:34.398
REBECCA: So we got in line for him because we did buy an autograph book at Disney Springs the day before.

00:25:34.418 --> 00:25:37.938
REBECCA: And so he was all about trying to get people to sign his autograph book now.

00:25:37.958 --> 00:25:44.098
REBECCA: So we waited in line for him, and he left and came back, so we had to wait a while, but it was still really cute.

00:25:45.238 --> 00:25:46.878
REBECCA: By the time he did it, it was like 2.15.

00:25:48.078 --> 00:25:56.118
REBECCA: And we kept on walking over to Pandora and ended up, I think we got there pretty late, but within the hour that you're supposed to.

00:25:56.298 --> 00:25:57.478
REBECCA: And that was his first time on it.

00:25:57.778 --> 00:25:58.778
VIRGINIA: Ollie's first time.

00:25:59.718 --> 00:26:00.558
VIRGINIA: Did he enjoy it?

00:26:01.038 --> 00:26:01.618
REBECCA: He did.

00:26:01.638 --> 00:26:02.638
REBECCA: He loved it.

00:26:02.658 --> 00:26:11.618
REBECCA: There was like, I think a Scottish family was on the ride with us, and it was their first time doing it, and they did not like it.

00:26:12.098 --> 00:26:12.758
VIRGINIA: Oh, really?

00:26:12.778 --> 00:26:14.278
REBECCA: They were like, oh my gosh.

00:26:14.298 --> 00:26:16.338
REBECCA: Like, I don't know what they were expecting.

00:26:16.358 --> 00:26:17.998
REBECCA: But yeah, they weren't big fans.

00:26:18.058 --> 00:26:23.758
REBECCA: And even like the big dad guy was the one sitting beside Ollie, and then I was on the other side.

00:26:23.778 --> 00:26:27.278
REBECCA: And he like looked over at Ollie halfway through, and he's like, like, are you okay?

00:26:27.298 --> 00:26:27.958
REBECCA: You liking it?

00:26:27.978 --> 00:26:28.718
REBECCA: And he's like, yeah.

00:26:29.218 --> 00:26:31.658
REBECCA: Because his kids were like not liking it.

00:26:32.678 --> 00:26:35.058
VIRGINIA: But even the adults of that group didn't like it?

00:26:35.358 --> 00:26:35.838
REBECCA: Yeah.

00:26:35.858 --> 00:26:38.458
REBECCA: It's like the mom was freaked out by it.

00:26:38.478 --> 00:26:40.878
REBECCA: That's my favorite ride.

00:26:42.438 --> 00:26:42.998
VIRGINIA: That's crazy.

00:26:43.018 --> 00:26:43.718
REBECCA: We loved it.

00:26:45.058 --> 00:26:45.658
VIRGINIA: I'm glad.

00:26:45.678 --> 00:26:46.198
VIRGINIA: I'm glad.

00:26:46.278 --> 00:26:46.638
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:26:46.978 --> 00:26:50.098
VIRGINIA: Ollie can be a future Disney adult.

00:26:50.118 --> 00:26:50.858
VIRGINIA: He's earned that title.

00:26:50.878 --> 00:26:51.338
REBECCA: Oh, yes.

00:26:51.398 --> 00:26:52.638
REBECCA: He's well on his way.

00:26:52.658 --> 00:26:59.718
REBECCA: Oh, and on the other hand, I don't know if he'll be a Disney adult because there were not many rides he could ride in the entire park.

00:26:59.738 --> 00:27:03.218
REBECCA: And then the one he could, Triceratops, Ben, kept on shutting down.

00:27:03.238 --> 00:27:07.738
REBECCA: And so it had been all day and he had not been on a single ride.

00:27:08.358 --> 00:27:08.918
VIRGINIA: Oh, no.

00:27:09.418 --> 00:27:09.918
REBECCA: Yeah.

00:27:10.498 --> 00:27:17.238
REBECCA: And so while I was in line for Flight of Patg, I told my husband, I'm like, oh, and this comes up a lot during the trip.

00:27:17.738 --> 00:27:22.738
REBECCA: My husband doesn't have the app on his phone, could, but doesn't want to write.

00:27:22.778 --> 00:27:25.698
REBECCA: So I'm like, he's always relying on me to do these things.

00:27:25.718 --> 00:27:28.538
REBECCA: And so I'm like, oh, look, Safari is like a 15 minute wait right now.

00:27:28.578 --> 00:27:29.658
REBECCA: Just take them on Safari.

00:27:30.498 --> 00:27:32.778
REBECCA: And so they went on Safari and they had a good time.

00:27:33.258 --> 00:27:35.518
REBECCA: But then they were both done.

00:27:35.998 --> 00:27:39.458
REBECCA: I didn't mention it, but Owen did not sleep hardly at all the night before.

00:27:39.478 --> 00:27:41.578
REBECCA: We tried every trick of the book.

00:27:41.598 --> 00:27:43.238
REBECCA: We could not get him to go to sleep.

00:27:44.338 --> 00:27:48.258
REBECCA: So it was probably it was past midnight when he went to sleep.

00:27:49.038 --> 00:27:50.898
REBECCA: And so he was very cranky all day.

00:27:50.938 --> 00:27:53.118
REBECCA: And then to not be able to ride any rides.

00:27:53.498 --> 00:27:55.298
REBECCA: Yeah, so he wasn't having a good day.

00:27:55.798 --> 00:27:58.198
REBECCA: And my husband already was thinking of not going to the park.

00:27:58.218 --> 00:28:04.758
REBECCA: So he ended up just taking Owen back in the car to the hotel to go to the pool at like three o'clock.

00:28:05.258 --> 00:28:10.498
VIRGINIA: Okay, so then they agreed to come back and get you or you were going to be taking a lift or an Uber?

00:28:11.158 --> 00:28:13.198
REBECCA: I was going to take a lift or an Uber with Ollie.

00:28:14.118 --> 00:28:14.598
VIRGINIA: That works.

00:28:16.318 --> 00:28:18.798
VIRGINIA: So at no point he fell asleep in his stroller.

00:28:19.398 --> 00:28:19.958
REBECCA: Oh, no way.

00:28:20.038 --> 00:28:20.298
REBECCA: No.

00:28:20.778 --> 00:28:21.138
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:28:21.578 --> 00:28:21.858
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:28:21.878 --> 00:28:23.878
REBECCA: And I did not think in any world that would happen either.

00:28:23.898 --> 00:28:24.978
VIRGINIA: But okay.

00:28:24.998 --> 00:28:27.618
VIRGINIA: And what can we do to get Kev to download the app?

00:28:28.698 --> 00:28:29.838
REBECCA: I actually did at one point.

00:28:29.858 --> 00:28:33.038
REBECCA: So the next day that comes up and I start to get it.

00:28:33.078 --> 00:28:33.438
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:28:33.458 --> 00:28:41.298
VIRGINIA: I get it if you don't want to deal with Genie Plus, if that's too intimidating for you, like if you've already got an expert in your party, like let them handle it.

00:28:41.498 --> 00:28:48.858
VIRGINIA: But just to be able to look up the map even to say like, oh, the wait time is here or oh, I need a restroom, there's where it is, you know?

00:28:49.458 --> 00:28:49.798
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:28:49.818 --> 00:28:50.798
VIRGINIA: I'm glad you convinced him.

00:28:50.818 --> 00:28:52.918
VIRGINIA: I was starting to feel really concerned for you.

00:28:55.138 --> 00:28:59.218
VIRGINIA: So, after they took off, what did you do in Animal Kingdom without them?

00:29:00.498 --> 00:29:06.378
REBECCA: So I was already with Taylor because I think she had a similar time for Fight a Passage, so we just went together.

00:29:07.158 --> 00:29:09.018
REBECCA: Mobile ordered Satooli Cafe.

00:29:09.038 --> 00:29:11.938
REBECCA: I always get the little kids burger pods there.

00:29:12.258 --> 00:29:12.678
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:29:12.918 --> 00:29:13.338
VIRGINIA: Mm-hmm.

00:29:13.418 --> 00:29:19.438
REBECCA: Which I learned that they, okay, I did not click the I'm here, like, you know how when you open mobile order?

00:29:19.858 --> 00:29:20.658
VIRGINIA: You have to say I'm here.

00:29:20.678 --> 00:29:21.438
VIRGINIA: And they just made it anyway.

00:29:21.458 --> 00:29:22.858
REBECCA: But I didn't ever click that.

00:29:23.238 --> 00:29:29.378
REBECCA: So I did it while I was waiting in line at Flight of Passage, and it said it was already making it.

00:29:29.398 --> 00:29:31.578
REBECCA: I'm like, oh, and so I couldn't edit the time.

00:29:31.598 --> 00:29:34.318
REBECCA: By the time I got there, it was like, no, they canceled it.

00:29:35.098 --> 00:29:40.978
REBECCA: And so I walked up there and they were like, oh, here, we'll just order it right now in front of me and we'll remake it.

00:29:42.778 --> 00:29:43.198
REBECCA: So they did.

00:29:43.218 --> 00:29:44.778
REBECCA: It's not like I had to wait in line again.

00:29:44.798 --> 00:29:45.578
VIRGINIA: Uh-huh.

00:29:45.758 --> 00:29:53.638
VIRGINIA: But sometimes they make you show that you have the order to even get into Sattuli's table area because it gets busy in there.

00:29:53.998 --> 00:29:56.338
VIRGINIA: So were they doing that at that time?

00:29:56.358 --> 00:29:57.258
VIRGINIA: Like did that come up?

00:29:57.558 --> 00:30:00.858
REBECCA: We went in there a few times and like they weren't checking anybody's thing.

00:30:00.878 --> 00:30:02.038
REBECCA: They let anybody just kind of come in.

00:30:02.558 --> 00:30:02.918
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:30:03.538 --> 00:30:12.738
VIRGINIA: If it's like right in the middle of lunchtime, they're definitely more aware of like who actually has a food order in versus who's just trying to find a table to sit at.

00:30:12.878 --> 00:30:13.218
REBECCA: Yeah.

00:30:13.438 --> 00:30:17.578
REBECCA: And all three of my friends' kids do nap in their strollers.

00:30:17.598 --> 00:30:19.138
REBECCA: So they were doing that a lot.

00:30:19.718 --> 00:30:27.398
REBECCA: And so that's why we'd have to just like kind of somebody would at least have to just like sit down with the stroller and somewhere that's air conditioned with them for a while.

00:30:27.798 --> 00:30:28.198
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:30:28.638 --> 00:30:30.098
REBECCA: That was one of their time that time.

00:30:30.118 --> 00:30:31.998
REBECCA: So I think two of her kids were sleeping.

00:30:32.458 --> 00:30:36.038
REBECCA: After that, my friend left because they were staying at Animal Kingdom Lodge that night.

00:30:36.658 --> 00:30:39.058
REBECCA: And so they have like a really cool pool and stuff like that.

00:30:39.078 --> 00:30:40.138
REBECCA: So they just headed back there.

00:30:40.718 --> 00:30:42.058
REBECCA: And Ollie wanted to stay.

00:30:42.078 --> 00:30:43.078
REBECCA: So we kept doing things.

00:30:43.098 --> 00:30:45.198
REBECCA: We went and met Moana at 335.

00:30:46.698 --> 00:30:49.898
REBECCA: Then we walked around and got in line for Everest.

00:30:49.978 --> 00:30:54.958
REBECCA: And literally right after we got in line, they cut off the line and said, the ride is down.

00:30:55.158 --> 00:30:58.198
REBECCA: And then five minutes later, they said everybody has to evacuate the ride.

00:30:58.378 --> 00:31:00.278
REBECCA: Like we couldn't even wait in line for it to go back up.

00:31:00.878 --> 00:31:01.778
REBECCA: And he cried.

00:31:03.578 --> 00:31:05.238
VIRGINIA: Had he ever done Everest before?

00:31:05.378 --> 00:31:07.178
REBECCA: No, he never had.

00:31:07.458 --> 00:31:08.118
VIRGINIA: That's too bad.

00:31:08.478 --> 00:31:09.258
REBECCA: So he was really sad.

00:31:09.278 --> 00:31:14.098
REBECCA: But throughout the rest of the day, I kept on checking to see if it came back up, but it never did.

00:31:14.278 --> 00:31:15.498
REBECCA: So we went and did Safari.

00:31:15.518 --> 00:31:16.438
REBECCA: It was a walk on.

00:31:16.458 --> 00:31:19.438
REBECCA: And we did Tough To Be A Bug and it was a walk on.

00:31:19.458 --> 00:31:21.478
REBECCA: He had done both of those before.

00:31:22.398 --> 00:31:23.618
REBECCA: But I'm sure he doesn't remember.

00:31:24.278 --> 00:31:29.198
REBECCA: Then we did the river journey ride, the Navi River Journey at 530.

00:31:29.938 --> 00:31:35.698
REBECCA: It was marked a 55-minute wait, but we were off the ride by 615.

00:31:35.718 --> 00:31:36.798
REBECCA: So that's not too bad.

00:31:37.718 --> 00:31:40.258
REBECCA: We met like another family in line.

00:31:40.278 --> 00:31:41.638
REBECCA: It was just a mom and her son.

00:31:43.118 --> 00:31:45.078
REBECCA: Then like a solo traveler.

00:31:45.638 --> 00:31:48.238
REBECCA: So we talked to them the whole time in line and that was nice.

00:31:48.558 --> 00:31:50.238
REBECCA: She even exchanged numbers with me.

00:31:50.338 --> 00:31:55.578
REBECCA: Then we had already ridden Flight of Passage, but it was in the night.

00:31:55.818 --> 00:31:59.718
REBECCA: We've rid everything you can ride other than Everest, which was down.

00:32:00.298 --> 00:32:02.578
REBECCA: So we had time.

00:32:02.638 --> 00:32:04.958
REBECCA: So I asked if he wanted to ride Flight of Passage again.

00:32:04.998 --> 00:32:05.778
REBECCA: He said yes.

00:32:05.798 --> 00:32:07.318
REBECCA: So we got mine for Flight of Passage.

00:32:07.898 --> 00:32:10.078
REBECCA: I've actually never waited in the regular line.

00:32:11.058 --> 00:32:12.538
REBECCA: I've only done Lightning Lane.

00:32:12.838 --> 00:32:15.878
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I've only ever waited in the regular line, I think one time.

00:32:15.898 --> 00:32:16.398
REBECCA: Yeah.

00:32:16.418 --> 00:32:20.078
REBECCA: It was posted a 90-minute wait, but we only waited 55 minutes.

00:32:20.778 --> 00:32:21.418
VIRGINIA: Not too bad.

00:32:21.418 --> 00:32:28.358
VIRGINIA: Usually at the end of the day, I think they inflate the times just to make it so that people will be like, I won't hop in line before.

00:32:28.358 --> 00:32:28.698
REBECCA: Right.

00:32:28.758 --> 00:32:30.598
REBECCA: I think the park closed at 7 that day.

00:32:30.618 --> 00:32:34.178
REBECCA: So by the time we got out, it was after park closed.

00:32:34.198 --> 00:32:35.758
REBECCA: So we took some pictures.

00:32:36.498 --> 00:32:47.578
REBECCA: Yes, since my friend is an annual pass holder, and we were our linked as friends on the app, any pictures that we take gets sent to her.

00:32:47.598 --> 00:32:50.618
REBECCA: Then she downloads them and sends them to us.

00:32:50.978 --> 00:32:51.318
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:32:51.598 --> 00:32:54.258
REBECCA: But we basically have Photo Passer Memory Maker.

00:32:54.278 --> 00:32:54.598
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:32:54.698 --> 00:32:55.038
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:32:55.178 --> 00:33:01.398
REBECCA: So we got some of those and then we just took a lift back to the hotel, which was only $13 and we didn't wait at all.

00:33:01.418 --> 00:33:03.218
REBECCA: I'm like, man, I would do that again.

00:33:03.238 --> 00:33:04.498
REBECCA: That was an easy ride.

00:33:04.778 --> 00:33:05.098
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:33:05.158 --> 00:33:11.378
VIRGINIA: Especially at Animal Kingdom, where it can get really close to the entrance to pick you up, unlike Magic Kingdom.

00:33:11.818 --> 00:33:12.138
VIRGINIA: Right?

00:33:12.218 --> 00:33:12.618
REBECCA: Yes.

00:33:13.238 --> 00:33:13.558
REBECCA: Yeah.

00:33:13.558 --> 00:33:16.138
REBECCA: But there's a lot on the list I didn't get a chance to do.

00:33:17.198 --> 00:33:19.898
REBECCA: Still haven't done the Rafiki's train.

00:33:20.058 --> 00:33:23.338
REBECCA: Because it was so rainy that day, no one wants to get a petting zoo when it's rainy.

00:33:24.298 --> 00:33:25.798
VIRGINIA: No.

00:33:26.038 --> 00:33:29.098
REBECCA: Then we didn't do the Feathered Friends in flight, but that's fine.

00:33:29.498 --> 00:33:31.818
REBECCA: We didn't do the water rapids because again, it's raining.

00:33:31.838 --> 00:33:33.638
REBECCA: We don't really need to get more wet.

00:33:33.858 --> 00:33:36.758
REBECCA: That's one thing I'm pretty bummed about is not doing the Finding Nemo show.

00:33:37.278 --> 00:33:46.658
REBECCA: But since we got there a little later in the day and then we're trying to do things, the last show was already done by the time we had some time.

00:33:46.858 --> 00:33:48.918
VIRGINIA: Well, you'll get back the next time, right?

00:33:49.078 --> 00:33:49.398
REBECCA: Yeah.

00:33:49.578 --> 00:33:53.178
REBECCA: But no, otherwise, it was pretty magical that we got to go and flight a passage twice.

00:33:53.198 --> 00:33:54.358
REBECCA: I was not expecting that.

00:33:54.758 --> 00:33:58.878
VIRGINIA: Once you got back to your hotel, what did you end up doing for the rest of the evening?

00:34:00.038 --> 00:34:07.918
REBECCA: I think we met them straight at the pool and we just ordered food from the pool, which we basically did almost every night.

00:34:07.938 --> 00:34:09.858
REBECCA: Because the pool was really nice.

00:34:09.878 --> 00:34:12.038
REBECCA: I had a big ship.

00:34:12.518 --> 00:34:18.238
REBECCA: The funny thing is, Ollie was tall enough to ride every single ride at Disney World.

00:34:18.658 --> 00:34:21.578
REBECCA: Not tall enough for the world will slide at the hotel though.

00:34:22.338 --> 00:34:23.218
VIRGINIA: Oh, that's a bummer.

00:34:23.578 --> 00:34:24.278
REBECCA: Yeah.

00:34:24.358 --> 00:34:26.678
REBECCA: We even had some older kids try to sneak them on.

00:34:26.698 --> 00:34:28.278
REBECCA: It was their idea.

00:34:29.298 --> 00:34:32.498
REBECCA: We were like, well, whatever, y'all have to try it.

00:34:32.518 --> 00:34:33.198
REBECCA: It did not work.

00:34:33.538 --> 00:34:34.678
REBECCA: He's like, where are my shoes?

00:34:34.698 --> 00:34:36.278
REBECCA: They're pretty tall, like crocs.

00:34:36.678 --> 00:34:41.318
VIRGINIA: I'm imagining a group of older kids just surrounding him so that the lifeguards don't see him in the center.

00:34:41.558 --> 00:34:45.878
VIRGINIA: One thing I forgot to ask you about, because you were going to be doing some Disney bounding.

00:34:45.898 --> 00:34:51.538
VIRGINIA: So I noted that for Animal Kingdom, you were going to be bounding as Groot because it's a tree park.

00:34:52.218 --> 00:34:53.898
VIRGINIA: So did you end up doing that?

00:34:54.318 --> 00:34:54.978
REBECCA: I did.

00:34:54.998 --> 00:34:55.958
REBECCA: I had a brown linen romper.

00:34:58.718 --> 00:35:06.798
REBECCA: And I had gotten some vines and stuff from a thrift store and cut them up and made a belt out of it.

00:35:06.818 --> 00:35:11.998
REBECCA: Just tied it around my existing belt for the outfit and then braided it through my hair.

00:35:12.018 --> 00:35:16.538
REBECCA: And then had a little Groot toy that my kid had that I attached to my bag.

00:35:16.998 --> 00:35:17.438
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:35:17.538 --> 00:35:23.138
VIRGINIA: So let's move on to Wednesday, May 29th, which was an Epcot day.

00:35:23.138 --> 00:35:28.018
VIRGINIA: And you were not sure how you were going to Disney bound this day, but you thought maybe Joy from Inside Out.

00:35:28.038 --> 00:35:29.758
VIRGINIA: So what did you choose?

00:35:30.078 --> 00:35:31.638
REBECCA: I did do Joy from Inside Out.

00:35:31.658 --> 00:35:40.758
REBECCA: Yeah, I had a like a lime green athletic dress with like the built in shorts and some sparkly blue ears I wore.

00:35:40.798 --> 00:35:42.278
REBECCA: So a very subtle bound.

00:35:42.278 --> 00:35:44.358
VIRGINIA: But yeah, nice.

00:35:44.678 --> 00:35:47.418
VIRGINIA: And timely with the release of Inside Out 2.

00:35:47.718 --> 00:35:52.058
REBECCA: And my son had like an Inside Out 2 shirt that said like a core memory day.

00:35:52.918 --> 00:35:54.558
VIRGINIA: Oh, yeah, definitely.

00:35:54.818 --> 00:35:55.278
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:35:55.758 --> 00:35:57.558
VIRGINIA: Well, what did you do at UPCUT?

00:35:58.318 --> 00:35:59.838
REBECCA: We did do Genie Plus this day.

00:36:00.278 --> 00:36:02.618
REBECCA: But first, it's right at 7 a.m.

00:36:02.718 --> 00:36:06.058
REBECCA: I got on the virtual queue for Guardians and I got it.

00:36:06.558 --> 00:36:11.978
REBECCA: I can't remember what my group number was, but we ended up having like an estimated callback time of like 1 p.m.

00:36:12.318 --> 00:36:12.698
REBECCA: Okay.

00:36:12.858 --> 00:36:13.298
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:36:13.318 --> 00:36:13.938
VIRGINIA: That's good.

00:36:14.638 --> 00:36:19.038
VIRGINIA: And so did you also do an individual lightning lane for Guardians?

00:36:19.258 --> 00:36:29.218
REBECCA: We just did the virtual queue and I only booked it for myself because Ollie had been on it before and said it made his tummy hurt and it was really scary and he definitely didn't want to do it again.

00:36:29.258 --> 00:36:30.658
REBECCA: So I just booked it for myself.

00:36:30.978 --> 00:36:32.198
REBECCA: Okay.

00:36:32.638 --> 00:36:34.078
REBECCA: And then we did Genie Plus.

00:36:34.098 --> 00:36:37.558
REBECCA: I think I did Test Track first and I think the call time was like 11.

00:36:37.858 --> 00:36:39.118
REBECCA: So we got to the park at like 10.

00:36:39.458 --> 00:36:41.518
VIRGINIA: Is Owen tall enough to ride Test Track?

00:36:41.858 --> 00:36:43.518
VIRGINIA: Because you were not sure.

00:36:44.598 --> 00:36:45.718
REBECCA: No, he was not.

00:36:46.398 --> 00:36:48.278
VIRGINIA: Oh, I'm feeling so bad for this little guy.

00:36:48.298 --> 00:36:50.438
VIRGINIA: Like he just wants to ride everything.

00:36:53.278 --> 00:36:54.838
REBECCA: That's what I was telling people right after our trip.

00:36:54.858 --> 00:36:55.878
REBECCA: They're like, oh, how was it?

00:36:55.898 --> 00:37:04.138
REBECCA: I'm like, I mean, it's tough because last time we went, it's not like he could ride these things, but he was not as aware that he wasn't riding anything.

00:37:04.158 --> 00:37:09.898
REBECCA: And now he's old enough to be aware that he's not riding things and he's not happy about it.

00:37:10.098 --> 00:37:19.438
REBECCA: So that's a tough age, like right between two and three when they're tall enough and like, can understand everything that's going on, but can't ride a lot.

00:37:20.178 --> 00:37:22.818
VIRGINIA: So what did he do while you were in test track?

00:37:23.058 --> 00:37:26.898
REBECCA: Well, we at least started out with Nemo and Friends and then Turtle Talk with Crush.

00:37:26.918 --> 00:37:28.038
REBECCA: So at least like, okay.

00:37:28.058 --> 00:37:28.758
VIRGINIA: He had something.

00:37:29.178 --> 00:37:29.558
REBECCA: Yeah.

00:37:29.578 --> 00:37:30.718
REBECCA: Then I think we did that every day.

00:37:30.738 --> 00:37:31.758
REBECCA: Like we started with Lion King.

00:37:31.778 --> 00:37:35.158
REBECCA: We always did something that everybody can do when we first went to the park.

00:37:35.778 --> 00:37:36.478
REBECCA: So we did that.

00:37:36.498 --> 00:37:37.298
REBECCA: They like that.

00:37:37.878 --> 00:37:45.578
REBECCA: And then we went over when we went over to test track while my husband went to like the exit area because I knew they had some like games and stuff.

00:37:46.058 --> 00:37:53.198
REBECCA: But another reason that not having the app on his phone came back, apparently, you cannot play those games without scanning in.

00:37:53.378 --> 00:37:53.918
VIRGINIA: You can't?

00:37:54.418 --> 00:37:54.938
REBECCA: Yeah.

00:37:54.958 --> 00:38:00.418
REBECCA: A lot of them, like some of the design games were like you design your car and then race it around the virtual track.

00:38:00.438 --> 00:38:01.778
REBECCA: I guess you have to scan in for it.

00:38:02.398 --> 00:38:03.518
REBECCA: And I didn't realize that.

00:38:03.538 --> 00:38:07.398
REBECCA: So I'm like, yeah, go to the playground like and yeah, he's like, we can't play any of these games.

00:38:07.858 --> 00:38:08.398
VIRGINIA: Well, okay.

00:38:08.418 --> 00:38:09.018
VIRGINIA: Here's my question.

00:38:09.318 --> 00:38:12.158
VIRGINIA: When you say scan in, did you just need to scan your park ticket?

00:38:12.418 --> 00:38:13.238
REBECCA: Yes, you do.

00:38:13.438 --> 00:38:13.758
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:38:13.798 --> 00:38:16.018
VIRGINIA: So he he didn't have a physical park ticket.

00:38:16.218 --> 00:38:17.978
REBECCA: No, because we're not staying on site.

00:38:18.258 --> 00:38:23.278
REBECCA: And you get those like when you go to the hotel and you know, that's your room key is the physical park ticket.

00:38:23.918 --> 00:38:27.738
VIRGINIA: When you check into your hotel, yes, you get a room key.

00:38:28.198 --> 00:38:39.698
VIRGINIA: But if you have park tickets and you're not staying on site, generally when you show up, they will give you a physical park ticket card.

00:38:39.938 --> 00:38:41.378
REBECCA: At the hotel or at the park?

00:38:41.698 --> 00:38:44.618
VIRGINIA: At the park, like the very first time you go, like the first day you go.

00:38:44.638 --> 00:38:46.598
REBECCA: Okay, no, we didn't get anything like that.

00:38:46.618 --> 00:38:47.758
VIRGINIA: Maybe you have to ask for it.

00:38:47.838 --> 00:38:53.918
REBECCA: I think you have to wait in a separate line to like, yeah, we've because we've done that before, but we realized it wasn't really necessary.

00:38:54.418 --> 00:38:57.958
REBECCA: So this time I'm like, well, if we're always together, then it doesn't matter.

00:38:58.118 --> 00:39:00.958
REBECCA: But lesson learned, we were not all together.

00:39:02.978 --> 00:39:06.378
VIRGINIA: So at that point, did he download the app?

00:39:07.218 --> 00:39:08.698
VIRGINIA: When did the app downloading happen?

00:39:09.298 --> 00:39:19.778
REBECCA: It happened because when we rider swapped, he had to have my phone to get on the to scan into the ride because it was only on my phone at that point.

00:39:19.798 --> 00:39:22.038
REBECCA: So we had to switch phones for him to go on the ride.

00:39:22.558 --> 00:39:23.658
REBECCA: We switched phones.

00:39:24.198 --> 00:39:26.378
REBECCA: And while I had his phone, I downloaded the app.

00:39:26.638 --> 00:39:27.258
VIRGINIA: Well done.

00:39:28.298 --> 00:39:29.278
VIRGINIA: I'm applauding you here.

00:39:29.858 --> 00:39:34.158
REBECCA: So I downloaded the app on his phone while he was on it with Ollie.

00:39:34.518 --> 00:39:45.278
REBECCA: And I went to one of those play areas right by Connections Cafe, but it's like zero shade, artificial grass, so hot.

00:39:45.958 --> 00:39:47.198
REBECCA: And it's all like metal.

00:39:47.258 --> 00:39:49.858
REBECCA: Like it's not designed very well.

00:39:49.878 --> 00:39:54.998
REBECCA: And no one was really playing there because it's so hot that you're burning yourself trying to play on these toys.

00:39:55.218 --> 00:39:56.278
REBECCA: So we didn't stay there long.

00:39:56.518 --> 00:40:02.518
VIRGINIA: Tip for next time, even if you do not want to ride Mission Space, there is a play area at the bottom of Mission Space.

00:40:03.098 --> 00:40:03.458
REBECCA: Yes.

00:40:03.878 --> 00:40:08.378
REBECCA: And I told my husband about that as somewhere he could go, but I don't think they ever made it over there.

00:40:09.718 --> 00:40:10.098
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:40:10.978 --> 00:40:12.578
VIRGINIA: Well, what was next?

00:40:13.178 --> 00:40:22.618
REBECCA: When they got back, I had also bought my youngest Owen a few toys and stuff like that because I felt so bad that he wasn't able to ride these rides.

00:40:22.638 --> 00:40:24.738
REBECCA: So he definitely got some merch.

00:40:25.518 --> 00:40:29.718
REBECCA: And then when they got back, we went into Club Cool because it was also so very hot.

00:40:29.858 --> 00:40:34.998
REBECCA: So the drink sounded good and everybody liked that for a little bit on those sticky floors.

00:40:35.238 --> 00:40:36.418
VIRGINIA: Did they have Beverly?

00:40:36.598 --> 00:40:37.858
REBECCA: Everyone did try Beverly.

00:40:37.878 --> 00:40:40.198
REBECCA: No one liked it, but yes, we all tried all the flavors.

00:40:41.078 --> 00:40:45.738
REBECCA: And then also because I didn't have my phone, I couldn't mobile order.

00:40:46.018 --> 00:40:49.598
REBECCA: Otherwise, I would have been on top of that and would have mobile ordered lunch for everybody.

00:40:49.858 --> 00:40:50.758
REBECCA: But I didn't have my phone.

00:40:51.038 --> 00:40:55.878
REBECCA: So when I got my phone back, I looked and the mobile order time was like, you couldn't do it for the next 30 minutes.

00:40:55.898 --> 00:40:57.238
REBECCA: I'm like, well, we might as well just wait in line.

00:40:57.318 --> 00:40:59.158
REBECCA: So we waited in line at Connections Cafe.

00:40:59.178 --> 00:41:03.138
REBECCA: Again, this is the day after the festival ended.

00:41:03.398 --> 00:41:05.718
REBECCA: So there was hardly any, there's no booths around.

00:41:05.818 --> 00:41:09.438
REBECCA: But man, Connections Cafe was busy and it was stressful.

00:41:09.458 --> 00:41:12.198
REBECCA: There was like no seating, even though it's huge.

00:41:12.578 --> 00:41:16.158
REBECCA: And if you look at the park map that day, you'd be like, oh, the wait times aren't that bad.

00:41:16.178 --> 00:41:17.238
REBECCA: It's not that busy of a day.

00:41:17.258 --> 00:41:19.818
REBECCA: But Connections Cafe told a different story.

00:41:20.338 --> 00:41:21.238
REBECCA: It was so busy.

00:41:21.378 --> 00:41:28.838
VIRGINIA: Typically in Connections, they have a section that they reserve for people who actually have food on their tray.

00:41:28.978 --> 00:41:30.458
VIRGINIA: Did you notice that section?

00:41:30.698 --> 00:41:36.418
REBECCA: No, and I noticed a lot of people putting their stuff everywhere to reserve spots and stuff like that.

00:41:36.858 --> 00:41:45.818
VIRGINIA: Okay, this is kind of near the section where you would be picking up a mobile order and the windows look out towards Guardians of the Galaxy.

00:41:46.578 --> 00:41:54.718
VIRGINIA: That section, there's usually a cast member at the entrance that will not let you in unless you actually have your food already, because people do that.

00:41:54.738 --> 00:42:03.418
VIRGINIA: People will reserve spots all over the other seating areas, and so it's like the one place you can go to and have a little bit better luck of finding a seat.

00:42:03.498 --> 00:42:19.638
REBECCA: Okay, well I did send my husband to find a seat while I waited for the food, but then calling him to say, where are you once I have this big tray of food, and then I walked around the entire thing with a big tray of food with a five-year-old was very stressful, but eventually I found him.

00:42:20.258 --> 00:42:23.238
REBECCA: Okay, and so we are all, you know, my husband, you know, we are.

00:42:23.258 --> 00:42:23.838
VIRGINIA: We did a break.

00:42:24.278 --> 00:42:26.258
REBECCA: Yeah, it's like we had just got there.

00:42:26.278 --> 00:42:31.318
REBECCA: We've only been on a few rides and already we're like stressed and angry and hot.

00:42:32.138 --> 00:42:33.938
REBECCA: Oh, and then my guardian's key was called.

00:42:34.038 --> 00:42:36.398
REBECCA: And it was, remember, I just booked that for myself.

00:42:37.398 --> 00:42:40.178
REBECCA: And so we're already grumpy.

00:42:40.258 --> 00:42:41.618
REBECCA: And then it's like, oh, and bye.

00:42:41.658 --> 00:42:43.738
REBECCA: I'm leaving to go ride this ride all by myself.

00:42:44.098 --> 00:42:45.358
REBECCA: Bye, have fun with the kids.

00:42:47.018 --> 00:42:48.478
REBECCA: Like was not helping things.

00:42:49.338 --> 00:42:51.058
REBECCA: Luckily, Ollie saved the day.

00:42:51.078 --> 00:42:53.538
REBECCA: He was like, what if I go with you?

00:42:53.558 --> 00:42:56.618
REBECCA: And I'm like, you would you would ride guardians again?

00:42:56.698 --> 00:42:58.038
REBECCA: Like he said, you wouldn't ride it again.

00:42:58.058 --> 00:43:00.478
REBECCA: He's like, I'll try to ride it again.

00:43:00.478 --> 00:43:01.438
REBECCA: Like, I'll stay with you.

00:43:01.458 --> 00:43:06.578
REBECCA: I'm like, oh, I'm like, I only bought a virtual key for myself.

00:43:06.598 --> 00:43:10.118
VIRGINIA: Wait, was this virtual queue not individual like Neilian, right?

00:43:10.338 --> 00:43:11.638
REBECCA: It was a virtual queue, not an individual.

00:43:12.738 --> 00:43:13.058
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:43:13.178 --> 00:43:13.798
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:43:13.798 --> 00:43:23.018
VIRGINIA: When you said that you only booked it for yourself, in my head, I was like, you should have booked it for everybody who could ride it just in case because kids are fickle and they might change their mind.

00:43:23.358 --> 00:43:27.038
VIRGINIA: So I'm imagining that they were fine with it and they let him through.

00:43:27.138 --> 00:43:27.478
REBECCA: Right.

00:43:27.498 --> 00:43:28.458
REBECCA: I went to Guest Services.

00:43:28.478 --> 00:43:30.138
REBECCA: I remember passing, it was right around the corner.

00:43:30.278 --> 00:43:39.718
REBECCA: So I told my husband like, go on, you know, Spaceship Earth and there's a fun playground or whatever in the exit.

00:43:39.738 --> 00:43:40.818
REBECCA: So y'all go do that.

00:43:41.238 --> 00:43:42.258
REBECCA: I'll take him on Guardians.

00:43:42.278 --> 00:43:43.358
REBECCA: I'm like, I'm sure we'll be fine.

00:43:43.418 --> 00:43:47.058
REBECCA: And yeah, within a minute, there was no line for the Guest Services.

00:43:47.078 --> 00:43:49.078
REBECCA: And within a minute, they were like, yep, happens all the time.

00:43:49.098 --> 00:43:49.518
REBECCA: There you go.

00:43:49.758 --> 00:43:51.178
REBECCA: So we walked over to Guardians.

00:43:51.858 --> 00:43:56.718
REBECCA: I know the virtual queue sometimes can be long, but no, it's only like half an hour.

00:43:56.738 --> 00:43:58.438
VIRGINIA: Oh, that's not bad at all.

00:43:59.318 --> 00:44:00.658
REBECCA: So that kind of saved the day.

00:44:01.218 --> 00:44:03.518
VIRGINIA: How did he feel after writing it this time?

00:44:03.658 --> 00:44:06.618
REBECCA: Well, it broke down the one and only time we'd been on it before.

00:44:06.798 --> 00:44:11.798
REBECCA: And it broke down right as, not to spoil it for everyone, but right after it shoots you backwards.

00:44:13.038 --> 00:44:20.598
REBECCA: And so we were waiting there, anticipating like in the dark what's going to happen for like over a minute, we were stuck there.

00:44:21.478 --> 00:44:22.918
REBECCA: And so that was kind of scary.

00:44:22.938 --> 00:44:24.998
REBECCA: And so this time obviously that didn't happen.

00:44:25.578 --> 00:44:29.198
REBECCA: And so he said because that it didn't break down, that he liked it a lot.

00:44:29.338 --> 00:44:30.618
REBECCA: And it was one of his favorite rides now.

00:44:31.018 --> 00:44:31.938
VIRGINIA: What song did you get?

00:44:32.118 --> 00:44:32.978
REBECCA: Ran So Far Away.

00:44:33.338 --> 00:44:34.478
VIRGINIA: Oh, I Ran, yes.

00:44:34.518 --> 00:44:35.658
REBECCA: I Ran, okay, yeah.

00:44:35.838 --> 00:44:38.898
REBECCA: Which our first time we got Konga, which I hear a lot of people want to get Konga.

00:44:38.918 --> 00:44:42.198
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I always hear a lot of people want to get a lot of songs.

00:44:42.218 --> 00:44:44.898
VIRGINIA: I Ran is the only one that I really don't like.

00:44:45.038 --> 00:44:45.738
REBECCA: Yeah, I didn't love it.

00:44:45.758 --> 00:44:49.558
REBECCA: I didn't have anything in my mind of what I really wanted to get, you know.

00:44:50.638 --> 00:44:52.698
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I'm pretty much okay with most things.

00:44:52.718 --> 00:44:55.618
VIRGINIA: If I get I Ran though, I'm like, I don't know.

00:44:57.058 --> 00:44:59.098
VIRGINIA: I guess I just don't have a connection to that song.

00:45:00.358 --> 00:45:00.658
REBECCA: Yeah.

00:45:01.258 --> 00:45:06.478
VIRGINIA: All right, so once you were reunited with the family, what did you all do next together?

00:45:07.838 --> 00:45:13.658
REBECCA: We actually separated because he was grumpy and I'm like, you just need a margarita.

00:45:13.798 --> 00:45:15.498
REBECCA: So I dropped him off in Mexico.

00:45:17.018 --> 00:45:18.758
REBECCA: And I'm like, I'll take the kids for a while.

00:45:18.758 --> 00:45:20.078
REBECCA: We'll go on Frozen.

00:45:20.098 --> 00:45:22.658
REBECCA: We had like a Genie Plus coming up for that.

00:45:22.698 --> 00:45:27.098
REBECCA: So we went over there, got on Frozen and did that.

00:45:27.118 --> 00:45:31.218
REBECCA: And by the time we were done with that, he had had his margarita and was in a better mood.

00:45:31.778 --> 00:45:32.498
VIRGINIA: Okay, good.

00:45:32.618 --> 00:45:34.158
VIRGINIA: Sometimes you got to read the room, right?

00:45:36.618 --> 00:45:40.158
VIRGINIA: So did he go to La Cava or did he go to the outside booth?

00:45:40.518 --> 00:45:43.258
REBECCA: I'm not sure which he went to.

00:45:43.438 --> 00:45:51.658
REBECCA: And actually we didn't meet up after that because I really, before I met back up with my husband, I'm like, I have some treats on my list and I want to knock out before he's around.

00:45:51.698 --> 00:45:55.878
REBECCA: So let me go to the Carmel Kutch and get some treats.

00:45:57.378 --> 00:45:58.498
REBECCA: And so we did.

00:45:58.618 --> 00:46:04.838
REBECCA: And I got the kids like a Mickey ice cream bar, but it was a marshmallow covered in chocolate and caramel.

00:46:05.818 --> 00:46:09.438
REBECCA: Not the best thing in like a hundred degree heat, you know, pretty messy.

00:46:09.558 --> 00:46:11.058
VIRGINIA: You need to eat that inside.

00:46:12.338 --> 00:46:12.698
REBECCA: Yeah.

00:46:12.718 --> 00:46:19.138
REBECCA: So we ended up throwing like half of those away and I got the butter bar, but I didn't want to eat it yet.

00:46:19.838 --> 00:46:20.918
REBECCA: And I've waited too long.

00:46:20.938 --> 00:46:26.178
REBECCA: And by the time I ate it, it was like, you know, a melty buttery mess, but it was so good.

00:46:26.698 --> 00:46:27.938
REBECCA: That's why I tried it.

00:46:28.358 --> 00:46:31.078
VIRGINIA: I feel like you can't really go wrong with anything in there.

00:46:31.138 --> 00:46:32.498
VIRGINIA: It's so good.

00:46:32.758 --> 00:46:33.178
VIRGINIA: So good.

00:46:33.198 --> 00:46:34.318
REBECCA: That was the first time I've been there.

00:46:34.338 --> 00:46:36.958
REBECCA: I mean, I feel like I'm intimidated every time I try to go in.

00:46:36.978 --> 00:46:37.818
REBECCA: I'm like, oh, it's a long line.

00:46:38.718 --> 00:46:39.758
VIRGINIA: Oh no, it goes fast.

00:46:39.818 --> 00:46:40.958
REBECCA: It does go fast.

00:46:41.858 --> 00:46:46.518
REBECCA: And actually we also, since we are in Germany, we passed by Snow White's meet and greet.

00:46:46.538 --> 00:46:48.718
REBECCA: So we stopped in and that was actually kind of a long line.

00:46:48.938 --> 00:46:51.798
REBECCA: But it was worth it and we got her signature.

00:46:52.678 --> 00:46:57.778
REBECCA: And my youngest weirdly didn't want to meet her, but Ollie really did and got her signature.

00:46:57.818 --> 00:47:00.238
REBECCA: And then we met up back with my husband in Norway.

00:47:00.998 --> 00:47:05.098
VIRGINIA: So did he end up going on Frozen with you or he met up with you after Frozen?

00:47:05.538 --> 00:47:08.818
REBECCA: He met after Frozen, but he went in to see Anna and Elsa with us.

00:47:09.718 --> 00:47:12.658
REBECCA: We did get some treats first in Norway.

00:47:12.678 --> 00:47:17.578
REBECCA: I wanted the Viking coffee, but I got the non-alcoholic kind because I'm like, it's just too hot.

00:47:17.598 --> 00:47:19.938
REBECCA: And I would just want to be able to chug this frozen drink.

00:47:20.798 --> 00:47:27.198
REBECCA: And it's a good thing I did get the non-alcoholic because we ran into a celebrity that only my husband would know.

00:47:27.418 --> 00:47:33.358
REBECCA: It's a soccer player from England and a place for his team, West Ham.

00:47:33.418 --> 00:47:34.778
REBECCA: That's the team he follows in England.

00:47:35.198 --> 00:47:36.598
REBECCA: And so, of course, he would know him.

00:47:37.538 --> 00:47:39.678
REBECCA: But no one else in the whole park would, just him.

00:47:39.698 --> 00:47:45.198
REBECCA: And so he was trying to get a view of him and kicked over my drink.

00:47:45.838 --> 00:47:46.438
VIRGINIA: Oh, gosh.

00:47:46.518 --> 00:47:46.958
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:47:47.458 --> 00:47:48.398
REBECCA: But I sent him back.

00:47:48.418 --> 00:47:50.678
REBECCA: I'm like, oh, because obviously I wasn't happy.

00:47:51.078 --> 00:47:54.338
REBECCA: But they replaced it for free because it wasn't the alcohol at hand.

00:47:54.338 --> 00:47:56.838
REBECCA: But if it had the alcohol, they're like, we couldn't have replaced it.

00:47:57.278 --> 00:47:57.718
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:47:58.118 --> 00:48:01.958
VIRGINIA: Well, did he go over and say hello to this soccer?

00:48:02.678 --> 00:48:02.898
VIRGINIA: He did.

00:48:02.918 --> 00:48:05.178
REBECCA: He was like, oh, like, hey, mate or whatever.

00:48:05.198 --> 00:48:07.438
REBECCA: But he's like, I'm going to not take up your time.

00:48:07.458 --> 00:48:08.578
REBECCA: You're like, you're with your family.

00:48:08.658 --> 00:48:10.098
VIRGINIA: Tip of the hat to you.

00:48:10.118 --> 00:48:10.418
REBECCA: Yes.

00:48:10.438 --> 00:48:11.138
REBECCA: So that was cool.

00:48:11.158 --> 00:48:12.938
REBECCA: So I'm sure that helped improve his day, too.

00:48:12.958 --> 00:48:14.658
REBECCA: I think he said this was his favorite park.

00:48:14.758 --> 00:48:19.758
REBECCA: So despite the rough lunch, he still had a good time.

00:48:20.138 --> 00:48:24.018
REBECCA: And on an Elsa, you know how they send people in groups?

00:48:24.038 --> 00:48:25.638
REBECCA: Like there's like a group of four.

00:48:25.658 --> 00:48:27.338
REBECCA: Well, we were the last of the group.

00:48:27.958 --> 00:48:32.398
REBECCA: And I don't know if it's because we are the last of the group, but they spent so long with my kids.

00:48:33.378 --> 00:48:34.998
REBECCA: I was even like, OK, let's go.

00:48:35.018 --> 00:48:36.918
REBECCA: Like, you don't have to keep talking to them.

00:48:36.938 --> 00:48:37.898
REBECCA: We can leave.

00:48:37.918 --> 00:48:43.578
REBECCA: And they were like talking about Spider-Man and stuff because my kids are obsessed with Spider-Man.

00:48:43.738 --> 00:48:46.518
REBECCA: And they were like, Oh, do you have a friend that has powers too?

00:48:46.578 --> 00:48:48.238
REBECCA: You know, and stuff like that.

00:48:48.298 --> 00:48:52.818
REBECCA: And you know how they have like the automatic PhotoPass boxes?

00:48:52.838 --> 00:48:55.358
REBECCA: It took 97 photos.

00:48:56.178 --> 00:48:57.158
VIRGINIA: What on earth?

00:48:57.438 --> 00:48:57.978
VIRGINIA: OK.

00:48:57.998 --> 00:49:01.958
REBECCA: I have 97 photos with Anna and Elsa.

00:49:02.178 --> 00:49:03.778
VIRGINIA: Well, here's the thing about those boxes.

00:49:03.798 --> 00:49:07.818
VIRGINIA: So if it took 97, not all of them are going to be good.

00:49:08.158 --> 00:49:13.718
VIRGINIA: So it's kind of good that it took that many so you could have a better shot at having some good pictures.

00:49:14.218 --> 00:49:16.818
REBECCA: But that's how long we were there, though.

00:49:16.838 --> 00:49:20.358
REBECCA: I guess you don't see the people that are waiting behind you.

00:49:20.358 --> 00:49:23.058
REBECCA: But I knew there were still people waiting behind us.

00:49:24.038 --> 00:49:26.278
REBECCA: And it's not like they were big Anna and Elsa fans.

00:49:26.298 --> 00:49:28.578
REBECCA: They were talking about people they like, like Spider-Man.

00:49:29.458 --> 00:49:29.998
REBECCA: Yeah.

00:49:30.678 --> 00:49:31.758
REBECCA: But we have our signatures.

00:49:32.178 --> 00:49:37.178
VIRGINIA: A nice break for those characters to talk about something that they don't normally get to talk about.

00:49:38.438 --> 00:49:39.878
REBECCA: Yeah.

00:49:40.538 --> 00:49:46.078
REBECCA: And then we kept on trying to meet up with Taylor and her family, but we were just on different schedules that day.

00:49:46.218 --> 00:49:50.398
REBECCA: And it was actually this day that we were like, why are we making this so hard?

00:49:50.398 --> 00:49:53.358
REBECCA: Let's just go to guest services and have them link up all of our accounts.

00:49:54.138 --> 00:49:55.958
REBECCA: Because just me and her were linked.

00:49:56.138 --> 00:49:59.558
REBECCA: But I couldn't make anything for her family, and she couldn't make reservations for my family.

00:49:59.578 --> 00:50:02.838
REBECCA: So they went and linked up our accounts.

00:50:02.858 --> 00:50:06.038
REBECCA: So at least the next day, we're like, we can book things together.

00:50:06.638 --> 00:50:07.298
REBECCA: Yeah, okay.

00:50:07.318 --> 00:50:08.878
REBECCA: And the rest of Epcot Day.

00:50:09.178 --> 00:50:11.638
VIRGINIA: We talked a little bit about this during your pre-trip interview.

00:50:12.378 --> 00:50:20.538
VIRGINIA: And now that people are hearing your experience, I really want to advocate for anybody who's listening, who is planning their own trip.

00:50:21.358 --> 00:50:23.278
VIRGINIA: Every adult should have my Disney experience.

00:50:23.398 --> 00:50:23.698
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:50:24.378 --> 00:50:33.798
VIRGINIA: And if you are there and you're intending to meet up with other people, it helps if you're at least linked in the system, so that if you choose to do something together, it is easier.

00:50:34.238 --> 00:50:41.318
VIRGINIA: Because getting everybody linked up while you're in the park, yeah, you can do it, but it took time out of your day to do that.

00:50:41.318 --> 00:50:46.558
VIRGINIA: So do all of that in advance of your trip, and you will make things so much easier for yourself.

00:50:47.138 --> 00:50:48.758
REBECCA: Yes, yes, I agree with that.

00:50:49.358 --> 00:50:55.638
REBECCA: And I wish we didn't have to separate so much as a family, and that's another thing is I don't like the child swap system at Disney.

00:50:56.058 --> 00:50:56.358
REBECCA: Yeah.

00:50:56.878 --> 00:51:01.418
REBECCA: I like it at Universal because my youngest thinks he is going on the ride.

00:51:01.438 --> 00:51:02.718
REBECCA: He gets to do all the pre-shows.

00:51:02.718 --> 00:51:04.278
REBECCA: We get to stay together as a family.

00:51:04.298 --> 00:51:08.698
REBECCA: The only time we're separated is when someone's physically on the ride, so for like five minutes.

00:51:09.398 --> 00:51:13.578
REBECCA: Like here, test track took an hour out of our day that we're separated.

00:51:13.598 --> 00:51:25.018
VIRGINIA: Yeah, no, I had never used the child swap system until I went in February with my sister and her family, and because we had little kids with us, that was the only time I'd ever done it.

00:51:25.038 --> 00:51:37.338
VIRGINIA: Because back in the day when we'd go with Alex, if he was too scared to ride something, well, I guess the very first time we went, it was with my in-laws, so they would stay with him.

00:51:37.718 --> 00:51:50.178
VIRGINIA: But after that, when it was just the three of us going as a family, like we would go through the line and say, like rock and roller coaster, he was scared to ride it for the longest time, they would let him wait with a cast member while the two of us rode it.

00:51:50.618 --> 00:51:57.078
VIRGINIA: And then we would just, because that ride is so short, it was like they were watching him for two minutes, and then there we were again taking him off.

00:51:57.638 --> 00:52:06.758
VIRGINIA: But when we went in February and we had to do the child swap system, or rider swap I should say, child swap makes it sound like you're just like exchanging kids because you want that one more.

00:52:07.118 --> 00:52:12.478
VIRGINIA: But it takes a ton of time out of your time.

00:52:13.798 --> 00:52:15.538
VIRGINIA: It makes it really hard to coordinate.

00:52:15.538 --> 00:52:20.018
VIRGINIA: And I say this all the time, like I love Disney, it is magical.

00:52:20.158 --> 00:52:25.058
VIRGINIA: Universal is fun, Disney is magical, but there are so many things that Universal is doing right.

00:52:25.598 --> 00:52:26.938
REBECCA: Yeah, I agree with that.

00:52:28.038 --> 00:52:29.298
VIRGINIA: All right, what was next?

00:52:29.718 --> 00:52:31.518
REBECCA: Yes, so we met back up with my friend.

00:52:31.938 --> 00:52:38.118
REBECCA: So the husbands took the baby and just went and drank around the world, as they do.

00:52:38.938 --> 00:52:46.038
REBECCA: And me and Taylor took all the other four kids and we had linked up our things.

00:52:46.058 --> 00:52:48.138
REBECCA: And so we booked the last few Genie Pluses.

00:52:48.898 --> 00:52:52.458
REBECCA: But we met up in Mexico first and we did the three Caballero fried together.

00:52:53.638 --> 00:52:56.578
REBECCA: We got like the street corn, but I'm like, without any of the spices.

00:52:56.598 --> 00:52:58.378
REBECCA: And my kids loved it and devoured it.

00:52:59.478 --> 00:53:01.978
REBECCA: And so me and Ollie hadn't done Soarin.

00:53:01.998 --> 00:53:03.538
REBECCA: They already had earlier in the day.

00:53:04.678 --> 00:53:11.038
REBECCA: Me and Ollie went on Soarin and she took the younger kids and her four-year-old on like living with the land, since it's right there.

00:53:13.098 --> 00:53:21.618
REBECCA: And then we all went on figment together and played in the like, you know, figment playground area afterwards.

00:53:22.358 --> 00:53:30.318
REBECCA: And then it seemed like it was a lot longer we were apart, but I think we just took our time heading back and we stopped for a lot of pictures and stuff.

00:53:31.358 --> 00:53:38.998
REBECCA: But then we met back up with them eventually in Japan because I had like the mochi ice cream on my list.

00:53:39.138 --> 00:53:44.878
REBECCA: And I didn't realize for anyone who wants mochi ice cream, it's all the way through the Japan shop in the very back left corner.

00:53:44.898 --> 00:53:47.658
REBECCA: They have like a separate register for like cold stuff.

00:53:48.158 --> 00:53:51.698
VIRGINIA: Yeah, it's next to the candy section for anybody who's not familiar.

00:53:52.218 --> 00:53:52.498
REBECCA: Yeah.

00:53:52.518 --> 00:53:53.278
VIRGINIA: So how was that?

00:53:54.238 --> 00:53:54.918
REBECCA: It was good.

00:53:54.938 --> 00:53:57.638
REBECCA: I definitely got more than we needed because I'm like couldn't decide what flavor.

00:53:57.658 --> 00:53:59.978
REBECCA: So I got like a mango and I got like a strawberry flavor.

00:53:59.998 --> 00:54:01.938
REBECCA: We definitely had to throw some of it away.

00:54:02.318 --> 00:54:06.138
REBECCA: And they got some candy and some other fun things like that.

00:54:06.818 --> 00:54:08.418
REBECCA: And the guys met up with us there.

00:54:09.098 --> 00:54:11.398
REBECCA: The kids, I swear it was about an hour.

00:54:11.578 --> 00:54:14.398
REBECCA: All the kids, you know, minus the baby, played hide and go seek.

00:54:14.998 --> 00:54:19.378
REBECCA: In the Japan section, we just said, you can't go up the stairs.

00:54:19.378 --> 00:54:21.138
REBECCA: You'll have to like stay here where we can see us.

00:54:21.158 --> 00:54:23.938
REBECCA: But they have like some picnic tables right there and it's empty.

00:54:23.958 --> 00:54:27.578
REBECCA: Like no one goes back there unless you're exiting the Japan shop thing.

00:54:27.598 --> 00:54:32.798
REBECCA: So we just sat there and drank and ate and the kids played hide and go seek for about an hour.

00:54:32.938 --> 00:54:35.378
REBECCA: And then before we knew it, the fireworks were starting.

00:54:35.738 --> 00:54:39.558
REBECCA: And all of the kids sat like without us like arranging them.

00:54:39.578 --> 00:54:45.418
REBECCA: They all sat down there kind of behind, you know, with like the Japan Arch.

00:54:45.438 --> 00:54:47.078
REBECCA: So it's behind there.

00:54:47.098 --> 00:54:50.938
REBECCA: And so we didn't have anyone else around us.

00:54:50.958 --> 00:54:53.918
REBECCA: And the kids all lined up sitting nicely watching the fireworks.

00:54:54.158 --> 00:54:56.638
REBECCA: And we got pictures and that was kind of magical.

00:54:57.718 --> 00:55:01.038
REBECCA: And we did not plan to stay until close, but yeah, it just worked out.

00:55:01.438 --> 00:55:02.778
VIRGINIA: How did you feel about Luminous?

00:55:02.998 --> 00:55:05.058
REBECCA: I wasn't watching it that intently.

00:55:05.078 --> 00:55:10.978
REBECCA: I could tell, you know, we weren't even close to the water, but I could tell some things were going on.

00:55:10.998 --> 00:55:12.738
REBECCA: But really, I just saw the fireworks part of it.

00:55:13.418 --> 00:55:16.778
REBECCA: So there's a lot of things on my list that we didn't do at Epcot either.

00:55:17.278 --> 00:55:19.998
VIRGINIA: But you had a very full day in spite of that.

00:55:20.618 --> 00:55:21.858
REBECCA: Yes, we did.

00:55:21.878 --> 00:55:24.218
REBECCA: This is the first time I've used Genie Plus at Epcot.

00:55:24.398 --> 00:55:25.558
REBECCA: Normally, I think you don't need it.

00:55:25.578 --> 00:55:27.378
REBECCA: And I still think you don't need it.

00:55:29.678 --> 00:55:31.498
REBECCA: But like my kids don't do Rimmies.

00:55:31.518 --> 00:55:33.638
REBECCA: They're afraid of Rimmies, so we didn't even try to do Rimmies.

00:55:33.658 --> 00:55:37.618
REBECCA: But it was probably worth it just for like Frozen and Test Track.

00:55:38.258 --> 00:55:41.018
REBECCA: Because those were going to be like hour waits, no matter what.

00:55:41.038 --> 00:55:42.158
REBECCA: So that saves us two hours.

00:55:42.178 --> 00:55:43.778
REBECCA: So I think it's still worth it.

00:55:43.778 --> 00:55:47.998
REBECCA: But also Epcot's so big, I felt like we were jumping around so much.

00:55:48.098 --> 00:55:54.998
REBECCA: It's like to get to Test Track, we had to go, you know, otherwise we would have hit some of the other things that were around that area.

00:55:55.178 --> 00:56:06.118
VIRGINIA: Well, and that goes back to the things that Universal is doing right, that if you're paying extra for their Express Pass service, you don't have to book a reservation for it.

00:56:06.138 --> 00:56:10.038
VIRGINIA: You just go and it just makes it so easy.

00:56:10.058 --> 00:56:12.258
VIRGINIA: There's so much less planning involved.

00:56:12.438 --> 00:56:13.478
REBECCA: So, yeah.

00:56:14.178 --> 00:56:14.578
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:56:14.598 --> 00:56:16.038
VIRGINIA: Thursday, May 30th.

00:56:16.058 --> 00:56:20.518
VIRGINIA: This was a Hollywood Studios day and you were planning to bound as R2D2.

00:56:21.058 --> 00:56:22.118
REBECCA: Yes, and I did.

00:56:22.518 --> 00:56:25.318
VIRGINIA: You thought that maybe you would start off your Davis and Pool time.

00:56:25.338 --> 00:56:26.478
VIRGINIA: Did you end up doing that?

00:56:26.898 --> 00:56:27.558
REBECCA: You know what?

00:56:27.598 --> 00:56:33.138
REBECCA: I think we did because we didn't get to go to the pool the day before because we ended up staying at Epcot way later.

00:56:33.158 --> 00:56:33.538
REBECCA: So, you know what?

00:56:33.558 --> 00:56:34.978
REBECCA: I think we did go to the pool that morning.

00:56:35.098 --> 00:56:38.638
REBECCA: We did because we ordered breakfast at the pool bar.

00:56:38.978 --> 00:56:39.958
REBECCA: I remember.

00:56:41.238 --> 00:56:41.718
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:56:42.378 --> 00:56:46.698
VIRGINIA: And you had told me that you and Kev are both more recent Star Wars fans.

00:56:47.018 --> 00:56:54.998
VIRGINIA: So, going to Hollywood Studios and getting to experience Galaxy's Edge was this Kev's first time at Galaxy's Edge?

00:56:55.558 --> 00:56:58.558
REBECCA: I had made him go before and we've had like a date night there and stuff.

00:56:58.578 --> 00:57:00.338
REBECCA: So, we've done Galaxy's Edge before.

00:57:00.378 --> 00:57:03.838
REBECCA: And so, it wasn't like a big focus of this trip or anything.

00:57:04.358 --> 00:57:04.878
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:57:04.898 --> 00:57:08.118
VIRGINIA: So, where did you head first once you made it over to Hollywood Studios?

00:57:08.958 --> 00:57:11.198
REBECCA: Well, we did do Genie Plus.

00:57:11.618 --> 00:57:14.418
REBECCA: And so, right at 7, I booked Slinky Dog Bash.

00:57:15.238 --> 00:57:19.058
REBECCA: And the callback time was 12.30.

00:57:20.158 --> 00:57:23.098
REBECCA: So, we made it into the park right around 12.30.

00:57:24.058 --> 00:57:24.278
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:57:24.298 --> 00:57:25.738
REBECCA: Because we did the pool in the morning.

00:57:26.158 --> 00:57:26.538
VIRGINIA: Got it.

00:57:26.558 --> 00:57:28.298
REBECCA: We knew we weren't trying to get there early.

00:57:28.438 --> 00:57:33.958
REBECCA: And I knew I wanted to stay for Fantasmic, so I didn't want to get there too early if I'm making everybody stay late.

00:57:34.998 --> 00:57:35.998
REBECCA: So, we met.

00:57:36.058 --> 00:57:39.958
REBECCA: But because we had linked up all our accounts, I booked Slinky Dog Bash for everybody.

00:57:40.038 --> 00:57:42.338
REBECCA: So, at least all of our Genie Pluses were...

00:57:42.358 --> 00:57:44.018
VIRGINIA: The same time.

00:57:44.178 --> 00:57:44.598
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:57:45.158 --> 00:57:45.538
VIRGINIA: Perfect.

00:57:45.558 --> 00:57:47.358
REBECCA: Although, once again, they rope dropped.

00:57:48.578 --> 00:57:50.258
REBECCA: And so, they had done a lot before we...

00:57:50.478 --> 00:57:53.438
REBECCA: You know, so much before we got there, because we didn't get there till 12.30.

00:57:53.618 --> 00:57:56.838
REBECCA: So, we didn't always stay together, but at least, you know, the big rides were all together.

00:57:56.858 --> 00:57:57.718
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:57:57.718 --> 00:58:09.258
VIRGINIA: And that's one of the things about doing a big group like that, is I think that sometimes people go into these trips thinking, oh, we need to be together the whole time for this to be like a good experience for us.

00:58:09.278 --> 00:58:17.338
VIRGINIA: But I will argue, you know, all day long, that if you have a big group, you should have touch points like that during the day.

00:58:17.338 --> 00:58:19.118
VIRGINIA: Like, we're going to meet up to do Slinky Dog.

00:58:19.218 --> 00:58:21.518
VIRGINIA: We're going to meet up for dinner.

00:58:21.578 --> 00:58:24.738
VIRGINIA: And you pre-plan a touch point or two for the whole group.

00:58:24.818 --> 00:58:26.038
VIRGINIA: Like, we're all doing this.

00:58:26.298 --> 00:58:29.458
VIRGINIA: But then beyond that, you split up into smaller groups.

00:58:29.478 --> 00:58:33.138
VIRGINIA: And it just makes it easier and everybody can have something that they can enjoy.

00:58:33.178 --> 00:58:36.598
VIRGINIA: So don't feel pressured to stay with your group the entire time.

00:58:36.958 --> 00:58:38.138
REBECCA: Yeah, I agree with that.

00:58:38.278 --> 00:58:51.278
REBECCA: The only other thing is like if you start booking Genie Pluses for part of your group and then like the other part, you know, somebody from the other side comes in and wants to join you, you're like, you've already used this Genie Plus or, you know, I'll look it up for you.

00:58:51.298 --> 00:58:52.218
REBECCA: Then it gets complicated.

00:58:52.238 --> 00:58:54.118
REBECCA: But as long as you're, you know, you're on the same page.

00:58:54.138 --> 00:58:55.538
VIRGINIA: As long as you know in advance what you're going to do.

00:58:55.538 --> 00:58:56.198
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:58:57.058 --> 00:58:57.458
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:58:57.478 --> 00:58:59.518
VIRGINIA: So what did you do next?

00:59:00.058 --> 00:59:02.158
REBECCA: Well, Owen could ride Slinky Dog.

00:59:02.178 --> 00:59:03.798
REBECCA: This was so he was so excited.

00:59:03.818 --> 00:59:08.678
REBECCA: This was his first ever roller coaster and he was very excited about it and it was really cute.

00:59:08.698 --> 00:59:12.178
REBECCA: And now even like when we got back, you know, when people are like, how was your trip?

00:59:12.198 --> 00:59:15.038
REBECCA: He's like, I rode my first ever roller coaster.

00:59:15.858 --> 00:59:17.398
VIRGINIA: Uh-huh.

00:59:17.458 --> 00:59:19.138
VIRGINIA: Did he throw his little arms up in the air?

00:59:19.858 --> 00:59:21.238
REBECCA: No, but we don't do that either.

00:59:21.258 --> 00:59:23.678
REBECCA: We're not big arms up people.

00:59:26.158 --> 00:59:26.698
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:59:27.338 --> 00:59:31.018
VIRGINIA: So did you stay in Toy Story Land after doing Slinky Dog?

00:59:31.458 --> 00:59:36.218
REBECCA: No, because when we were walking in, we like went by, what is it called?

00:59:36.238 --> 00:59:38.578
REBECCA: The Waltz Theater thing.

00:59:38.638 --> 00:59:39.658
VIRGINIA: One Man's Dream.

00:59:40.118 --> 00:59:45.298
REBECCA: Yeah, and Ollie saw they were like advertising Inside Out 2 and they had like a preview there.

00:59:45.318 --> 00:59:47.918
REBECCA: He was all about that and wanted to go do that.

00:59:48.318 --> 00:59:48.678
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:59:48.758 --> 00:59:51.098
REBECCA: And so, and it was hot again.

00:59:51.118 --> 00:59:53.658
REBECCA: So we're like, yeah, let's go do the thing in the AC.

00:59:54.278 --> 00:59:56.878
REBECCA: So we went there after because we promised them we would.

00:59:56.898 --> 01:00:01.518
REBECCA: And we, you know, they have like a showing every 15 minutes or something like that.

01:00:01.898 --> 01:00:05.738
REBECCA: So I think the longest we waited was maybe 15 minutes and it was so cute.

01:00:05.778 --> 01:00:08.318
REBECCA: Like it made me really look forward to Inside Out 2.

01:00:08.518 --> 01:00:12.058
REBECCA: And even my husband was like, you know, wow, that was like really good.

01:00:12.298 --> 01:00:12.938
REBECCA: And it was.

01:00:13.638 --> 01:00:17.238
REBECCA: And after watching the movie, I'm like, they did show like the I feel like they did.

01:00:17.258 --> 01:00:18.458
REBECCA: They did a really good job on that.

01:00:18.918 --> 01:00:20.098
VIRGINIA: Yeah, yeah.

01:00:20.158 --> 01:00:22.778
VIRGINIA: I watched the preview when I was there and it got me really hyped.

01:00:22.798 --> 01:00:26.218
VIRGINIA: So I will finally get to see it in a couple of days and I'm really excited.

01:00:26.238 --> 01:00:27.418
VIRGINIA: All right.

01:00:27.438 --> 01:00:28.298
VIRGINIA: What was after that?

01:00:30.718 --> 01:00:38.298
REBECCA: We had a Genie Plus booked for Mickey's Runaway Railroad, which was right there, but it wasn't quite time.

01:00:38.318 --> 01:00:40.398
REBECCA: So I'm like, let's stay in this area.

01:00:40.418 --> 01:00:44.278
REBECCA: So I think we went to do the Frozen Ever After thing.

01:00:44.298 --> 01:00:45.038
VIRGINIA: Uh-huh.

01:00:45.878 --> 01:00:51.038
REBECCA: So we did that and me and Ollie have done it before, but Owen and my husband haven't.

01:00:51.458 --> 01:00:56.658
REBECCA: And I thought he would kind of think it was cheesy, but he was like, that was really cute.

01:00:56.698 --> 01:00:58.198
REBECCA: And I'm like, oh, you liked it.

01:00:59.578 --> 01:01:04.618
REBECCA: I didn't want to hype it up too much for him because, you know, it depends each time, like how the jokes land.

01:01:05.078 --> 01:01:05.418
VIRGINIA: Right.

01:01:05.538 --> 01:01:09.278
REBECCA: And I thought it wasn't as funny as some of the ones I've seen, but it was still really cute.

01:01:09.458 --> 01:01:11.418
VIRGINIA: Well, I'm glad you all got to do that together.

01:01:11.438 --> 01:01:12.498
VIRGINIA: All right.

01:01:13.038 --> 01:01:14.478
VIRGINIA: What else did you get into?

01:01:15.078 --> 01:01:18.958
REBECCA: I think we did the Disney Junior Dance Party as well since it was right there.

01:01:18.978 --> 01:01:21.698
VIRGINIA: Can you tell me, like, who do you see at that dance party?

01:01:21.718 --> 01:01:22.838
VIRGINIA: Because I haven't done it in years.

01:01:23.838 --> 01:01:28.078
REBECCA: You see Vampirina, which I'm like, do they even still show?

01:01:28.098 --> 01:01:29.198
REBECCA: I don't think she has new episodes.

01:01:29.438 --> 01:01:30.798
REBECCA: I feel like they need to update it some.

01:01:30.798 --> 01:01:35.778
REBECCA: But you see Vampirina, maybe Fancy Nancy.

01:01:38.238 --> 01:01:44.918
REBECCA: This one had Timon, like from Lion King, which last time he wasn't there, so that was interesting.

01:01:45.438 --> 01:01:51.518
REBECCA: And then you see Mickey Mouse as like the runaway or the Roadster Racer Mickey Mouse.

01:01:51.898 --> 01:01:52.198
REBECCA: Yeah.

01:01:52.638 --> 01:01:53.498
REBECCA: Okay.

01:01:54.238 --> 01:01:55.018
VIRGINIA: Did they enjoy it?

01:01:55.458 --> 01:01:56.098
REBECCA: They did.

01:01:56.118 --> 01:01:56.798
REBECCA: The kids loved it.

01:01:56.818 --> 01:01:58.938
REBECCA: They were the perfect age for it where they're still dancing.

01:01:58.958 --> 01:02:00.498
REBECCA: It's not like embarrassing yet for them.

01:02:02.518 --> 01:02:12.398
REBECCA: I made like a reel though, like, because I noticed, you know, I did like the Bluey music, the mom versus, and then it's like, Mom, I was sitting on the floor at the Disney Junior dance party, making memories of the kids.

01:02:12.778 --> 01:02:18.558
REBECCA: And then you could scan over and there's like a corner, like away from everything with like a bench seating.

01:02:18.578 --> 01:02:24.718
REBECCA: And it's just a bunch of dads just sitting there, like all on their phones, like away from the kids.

01:02:26.938 --> 01:02:37.698
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I have to admit, when we did that with Alex, when he was really little, I was like, oh my God, a place to sit down and be in air conditioning and just like zone out for a minute.

01:02:38.318 --> 01:02:45.838
VIRGINIA: Do whatever it takes to get you through your day at Disney, including sit there and just like zone out in the Disney Junior dance party.

01:02:46.238 --> 01:02:48.358
REBECCA: Yeah, my kids are just attached to the hip at me.

01:02:48.378 --> 01:02:50.498
REBECCA: They wouldn't let me not sit with them.

01:02:52.018 --> 01:02:53.958
VIRGINIA: No, I sat with Alex, but I just zone out.

01:02:55.938 --> 01:02:59.878
REBECCA: I think they were going to step on people's hands because they kept on pushing us closer and closer.

01:03:00.158 --> 01:03:07.278
REBECCA: There's people leaning back with their hands, propping them up and I'm like, don't be dancing on their hands.

01:03:07.298 --> 01:03:07.778
REBECCA: Watch out.

01:03:08.378 --> 01:03:14.158
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I feel like when we saw it, it was not very, I mean, this was years ago, but it was not packed at all.

01:03:14.578 --> 01:03:15.478
VIRGINIA: We had plenty of space.

01:03:15.498 --> 01:03:25.318
VIRGINIA: In fact, my memory of it is that I took my backpack, laid it behind me and I laid down and put my head propped up on my backpack and just kind of like chilled in the air conditioning.

01:03:25.338 --> 01:03:26.098
REBECCA: That sounds nice.

01:03:26.158 --> 01:03:27.538
REBECCA: It sounds like our day was more busy.

01:03:29.858 --> 01:03:31.658
VIRGINIA: Well, it's easy with one kid.

01:03:32.598 --> 01:03:34.978
VIRGINIA: So, all right, what was after that?

01:03:35.418 --> 01:03:39.318
REBECCA: We met Vampirina because right afterwards, right outside it, they have places you can meet them.

01:03:39.338 --> 01:03:40.978
REBECCA: So he wanted to get another autograph.

01:03:41.118 --> 01:03:42.098
REBECCA: So we got hers.

01:03:43.058 --> 01:03:46.898
REBECCA: And then we had planned to go to meet Olaf because that's nearby.

01:03:47.678 --> 01:03:51.438
REBECCA: But the weight was still kind of high, you know, and we didn't care that much to weight.

01:03:51.958 --> 01:04:01.798
REBECCA: So we just went to Baseline Tap House and, you know, got like a beer and pretzel and kind of waited there for a minute to figure out what our next step was.

01:04:03.238 --> 01:04:10.158
REBECCA: And then my friend Taylor called and she said that she had a Lightning Lane for Rise of Resistance.

01:04:10.178 --> 01:04:10.698
REBECCA: She had bought it.

01:04:10.718 --> 01:04:16.178
REBECCA: I wasn't going to buy it because my plan was to just like jump in line for it towards the end of the night.

01:04:16.978 --> 01:04:19.418
REBECCA: But then her kid fell asleep.

01:04:20.038 --> 01:04:22.378
REBECCA: Her oldest, she was old enough to go on it with her, fell asleep.

01:04:22.398 --> 01:04:24.318
REBECCA: And so she was like, do you want me to take Ollie on it?

01:04:24.338 --> 01:04:27.918
REBECCA: And I'm like, oh, but then like this would be his first one.

01:04:27.938 --> 01:04:29.218
REBECCA: I don't want to miss it.

01:04:30.398 --> 01:04:35.318
REBECCA: So we went and talked to Guest Services and they gifted me a Rise of Resistance Lightning Lane.

01:04:35.958 --> 01:04:36.438
VIRGINIA: Oh, wow.

01:04:37.258 --> 01:04:38.518
VIRGINIA: That's really amazing.

01:04:38.798 --> 01:04:39.238
REBECCA: Yeah.

01:04:41.938 --> 01:04:43.138
VIRGINIA: So how did he like it?

01:04:44.458 --> 01:04:45.238
REBECCA: He loved it.

01:04:45.318 --> 01:04:45.578
REBECCA: Yeah.

01:04:45.598 --> 01:04:52.298
REBECCA: And so we left the husbands and the sleeping kids and then Owen at baseline tap house and we found a spot inside.

01:04:52.318 --> 01:04:55.718
REBECCA: So they had pretzels and beer and AC, so they were okay.

01:04:55.738 --> 01:04:56.298
VIRGINIA: What about the kids?

01:04:56.318 --> 01:04:57.478
VIRGINIA: Were the kids enjoying their beers?

01:04:58.878 --> 01:05:02.358
REBECCA: We did get some non-alcoholic things for the kids that they were liking.

01:05:02.518 --> 01:05:04.938
VIRGINIA: Just to clarify, I'm letting you get that in there.

01:05:06.018 --> 01:05:08.938
VIRGINIA: Lest anyone thinks that the kids were without.

01:05:09.518 --> 01:05:12.138
REBECCA: Yes, they are half British, but not that British enough.

01:05:12.398 --> 01:05:12.738
VIRGINIA: Right.

01:05:15.858 --> 01:05:21.598
REBECCA: And when we went to Rise of Resistance, I don't know if I've done the Lightning.

01:05:21.898 --> 01:05:26.718
REBECCA: I must have done the Lightning Lane for it before, but I was shocked that there was just no wait.

01:05:26.758 --> 01:05:28.278
REBECCA: It was a walk on on the Lightning Lane.

01:05:28.298 --> 01:05:33.218
REBECCA: I thought at least 10 minutes or something, but no, we just walked right on.

01:05:34.458 --> 01:05:35.298
REBECCA: And he did love it.

01:05:35.358 --> 01:05:37.918
REBECCA: I did warn him there would be that little drop, but he was fine.

01:05:38.438 --> 01:05:43.418
VIRGINIA: What about, I'm really kind of thinking more about the intimidation factor of the stormtroopers.

01:05:43.518 --> 01:05:51.238
VIRGINIA: So how did he deal with that, you know, them yelling at him or whatever to get in line and go here and go there?

01:05:52.098 --> 01:05:53.758
REBECCA: Yes, he wasn't that bad.

01:05:53.778 --> 01:05:58.818
REBECCA: And I like, you know, held on to him and had him, you know, held his shoulders like the whole time and stuff like that.

01:05:59.318 --> 01:06:03.038
REBECCA: And he didn't want to get too close to, you know, that first room where you see the storm troopers.

01:06:03.058 --> 01:06:05.478
REBECCA: He didn't want to, like, take a picture with them or anything.

01:06:05.498 --> 01:06:07.818
REBECCA: Yeah, he did OK.

01:06:08.458 --> 01:06:09.118
VIRGINIA: OK, good.

01:06:10.358 --> 01:06:11.218
VIRGINIA: Did he like the drop?

01:06:11.858 --> 01:06:12.738
REBECCA: He didn't mind it.

01:06:13.358 --> 01:06:18.118
REBECCA: But yeah, because he's afraid of Tower of Terror and he, you know, but no, this wasn't that bad.

01:06:18.998 --> 01:06:21.138
REBECCA: But no, he didn't call this like his favorite ride.

01:06:21.158 --> 01:06:24.898
REBECCA: I think at the end of the whole trip, you know, when I asked what his favorite ride was, he said Guardians.

01:06:24.998 --> 01:06:26.958
VIRGINIA: OK, nice.

01:06:27.658 --> 01:06:28.138
VIRGINIA: All right.

01:06:28.418 --> 01:06:29.618
VIRGINIA: He's a convert.

01:06:30.098 --> 01:06:30.558
REBECCA: Yes.

01:06:31.498 --> 01:06:31.938
VIRGINIA: All right.

01:06:31.978 --> 01:06:36.118
VIRGINIA: After that, did you go back to retrieve the rest of the group from baseline?

01:06:37.058 --> 01:06:38.718
REBECCA: We did.

01:06:38.738 --> 01:06:40.218
REBECCA: And I might be getting the order backwards.

01:06:40.238 --> 01:06:52.638
REBECCA: But at some point, me and Ollie, and it might have been right before Rise of Resistance, but we went to Star Tours, which I actually, and this is my Guardians where it's like, I'm like, nope, never doing that again because it made me sick the first time I ever did it.

01:06:54.058 --> 01:06:55.738
REBECCA: But I knew they had new scenes.

01:06:57.298 --> 01:06:58.378
REBECCA: So we did do it.

01:06:58.398 --> 01:07:05.998
REBECCA: And I am glad we did it because I didn't realize or maybe I just don't remember of all the like, they have an R2D2 and I was dressed as him in there.

01:07:05.998 --> 01:07:08.258
REBECCA: So I took some pictures with R2D2 and stuff.

01:07:08.298 --> 01:07:09.858
REBECCA: So we did Star Tours and that was cute.

01:07:10.078 --> 01:07:20.318
REBECCA: And then after that, I think we had Toy Story Mania and Alien Swirling Saucers.

01:07:20.418 --> 01:07:22.818
REBECCA: And those are our last two kind of left to do.

01:07:23.198 --> 01:07:25.818
REBECCA: Wait, no, at some point we did Mickey's Runaway Railroad.

01:07:26.038 --> 01:07:27.338
REBECCA: That was before Baseline Taphouse.

01:07:28.198 --> 01:07:29.218
REBECCA: And we did that all together.

01:07:30.018 --> 01:07:33.838
VIRGINIA: When you say all together, do you mean with Taylor and her family or just your family?

01:07:33.998 --> 01:07:35.718
REBECCA: Yeah, her family and our family.

01:07:35.738 --> 01:07:39.178
REBECCA: And her three-year-old screamed the entire time of the ride.

01:07:40.418 --> 01:07:40.798
VIRGINIA: Really?

01:07:40.818 --> 01:07:42.978
REBECCA: Yes, he was not liking it.

01:07:43.438 --> 01:07:45.238
REBECCA: And she was like, I'm so sorry.

01:07:45.258 --> 01:07:47.058
REBECCA: I had no idea that he wouldn't like this.

01:07:50.478 --> 01:07:51.078
VIRGINIA: Poor thing.

01:07:51.098 --> 01:07:52.258
REBECCA: He was okay by the end.

01:07:53.018 --> 01:07:53.438
VIRGINIA: All right.

01:07:53.458 --> 01:07:58.498
VIRGINIA: So when you finished up those last rides, what time of the day would you say it was?

01:07:59.158 --> 01:08:00.978
REBECCA: We were struggling at the last few rides in.

01:08:00.998 --> 01:08:06.458
REBECCA: In fact, I think Taylor and her family even left right after Toy Story Mania because they had been there since rope drop.

01:08:06.698 --> 01:08:11.538
REBECCA: And it was like, I don't know, five o'clock-ish.

01:08:11.558 --> 01:08:12.558
REBECCA: But they were pretty done.

01:08:12.858 --> 01:08:14.858
REBECCA: And my husband doesn't do spending rides.

01:08:14.958 --> 01:08:21.618
REBECCA: So I took the kids on the Slinky Dog Dash, not Slinky Dog Dash, Alien Swirling Saucers.

01:08:22.278 --> 01:08:26.198
REBECCA: And I've actually never done it either because it's just not one of those that you have to do.

01:08:26.218 --> 01:08:27.838
VIRGINIA: It's an easy one to walk past.

01:08:28.198 --> 01:08:29.018
REBECCA: Yeah, yeah.

01:08:29.078 --> 01:08:29.858
VIRGINIA: So it was cute.

01:08:29.878 --> 01:08:30.338
REBECCA: We did it.

01:08:30.558 --> 01:08:32.398
REBECCA: It was like the teacups.

01:08:32.418 --> 01:08:34.558
REBECCA: I took a video while we were on it and stuff.

01:08:34.998 --> 01:08:35.638
REBECCA: It was cute.

01:08:35.738 --> 01:08:37.658
REBECCA: And in fact, I lost Ollie on the way to that ride.

01:08:37.758 --> 01:08:45.218
REBECCA: Between the 20 feet between the stroller area and where you scan in, he somehow got turned around.

01:08:45.238 --> 01:08:46.858
REBECCA: And I went and scanned all three of us in.

01:08:46.878 --> 01:08:48.878
REBECCA: And then I turned around and I only have one kid there.

01:08:49.118 --> 01:08:52.678
REBECCA: And then the people, you know, right there, they were like, well, what's wrong?

01:08:52.698 --> 01:08:54.678
REBECCA: I'm like, I'm missing a child.

01:08:55.518 --> 01:08:56.938
REBECCA: But he had gotten turned around.

01:08:56.958 --> 01:09:00.418
REBECCA: And then he went back to Kev because he knew he was with the stroller.

01:09:00.438 --> 01:09:01.718
REBECCA: So it was fine.

01:09:02.018 --> 01:09:03.718
REBECCA: And that was not the first time we lost.

01:09:03.718 --> 01:09:07.598
REBECCA: I think we've had three other times during the trip that a kid was lost for like a split second.

01:09:08.258 --> 01:09:10.578
REBECCA: It happens with that many kids.

01:09:10.798 --> 01:09:14.018
REBECCA: Two of the times the kids ran off on purpose because they were like upset.

01:09:14.738 --> 01:09:23.958
REBECCA: And then one of the time it was Owen that ran off because I like wouldn't buy him a $40 pen, like a PIN, because we had started collecting them.

01:09:24.718 --> 01:09:28.258
REBECCA: And I didn't notice because I was like checking out.

01:09:28.558 --> 01:09:33.018
REBECCA: And I turn around and I see just her kids there in the stroller and not her.

01:09:33.038 --> 01:09:34.758
REBECCA: I'm like, where's Taylor?

01:09:34.778 --> 01:09:36.958
REBECCA: And he was like, do you want to go get Owen?

01:09:36.978 --> 01:09:37.498
REBECCA: I'm like, what?

01:09:38.138 --> 01:09:39.638
REBECCA: And Owen had ran off and she grabbed him.

01:09:39.658 --> 01:09:43.538
REBECCA: So thank goodness.

01:09:43.558 --> 01:09:44.178
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

01:09:44.818 --> 01:09:54.698
VIRGINIA: Because you had so many young kids in the group, did you have any kind of conversations with the kids before the trip or like right when you got there about what to do if you got separated?

01:09:55.578 --> 01:09:56.078
REBECCA: Yes.

01:09:56.098 --> 01:09:59.718
REBECCA: I'm a paranoid mom, so we have this conversation all the time.

01:09:59.918 --> 01:10:03.738
REBECCA: And my now six-year-old, he's had my phone number memorized for at least a year.

01:10:03.758 --> 01:10:06.558
REBECCA: So he knows what to do if he gets separated.

01:10:06.578 --> 01:10:09.858
REBECCA: And the other ones always say, do you want to find a cast member or another mom?

01:10:09.878 --> 01:10:11.078
REBECCA: That's what I tell them.

01:10:11.638 --> 01:10:13.318
VIRGINIA: Did you have any kind of trackers on them?

01:10:13.598 --> 01:10:13.958
REBECCA: No.

01:10:14.278 --> 01:10:18.578
REBECCA: We bought one that we used when our oldest had just started kindergarten.

01:10:19.338 --> 01:10:23.758
REBECCA: And it broke at some point and wasn't super helpful anyway.

01:10:25.298 --> 01:10:25.638
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

01:10:25.898 --> 01:10:29.258
VIRGINIA: My nephews had Apple AirTags on them on our trip.

01:10:29.658 --> 01:10:31.198
VIRGINIA: So I can still track them.

01:10:31.218 --> 01:10:31.778
VIRGINIA: I know where they are.

01:10:31.958 --> 01:10:33.118
VIRGINIA: They're in my Find My Phone.

01:10:34.718 --> 01:10:35.118
VIRGINIA: All right.

01:10:35.278 --> 01:10:38.238
VIRGINIA: So you said that you had wanted to do Fantasmic, right?

01:10:38.978 --> 01:10:41.478
REBECCA: Yes, I did not have to do it.

01:10:41.578 --> 01:10:44.698
REBECCA: No, it was like seven o'clock now.

01:10:45.358 --> 01:10:52.938
REBECCA: And even Ollie, who's been the Disney adult trooper throughout the whole thing, was like, I just want to go home and go to the pool.

01:10:54.418 --> 01:10:58.798
REBECCA: No, I'm not going to be that person that abandons my family to do something.

01:10:58.818 --> 01:11:00.438
REBECCA: So I went along with it.

01:11:00.618 --> 01:11:08.238
REBECCA: And I'm like, fine, but I have to get the black coffee first on the way out.

01:11:08.458 --> 01:11:09.098
REBECCA: On the way out.

01:11:09.118 --> 01:11:09.458
REBECCA: Yeah.

01:11:09.478 --> 01:11:10.198
REBECCA: So I grabbed that.

01:11:10.498 --> 01:11:11.718
REBECCA: So there's so much I didn't get.

01:11:11.738 --> 01:11:13.838
REBECCA: This is the first time I think I've ever been to Hollywood Studios.

01:11:13.858 --> 01:11:14.998
REBECCA: I didn't get a Ronto wrap.

01:11:15.478 --> 01:11:16.498
REBECCA: Love a Ronto wrap.

01:11:17.678 --> 01:11:19.458
REBECCA: We didn't even go down Hollywood Boulevard.

01:11:20.338 --> 01:11:20.678
REBECCA: Yeah.

01:11:20.698 --> 01:11:22.378
REBECCA: So there's a lot we didn't do.

01:11:22.978 --> 01:11:28.398
REBECCA: But then if you think about it, we were only there like, I don't know, six or seven hours.

01:11:28.418 --> 01:11:30.198
REBECCA: Now, not even, like six hours.

01:11:30.218 --> 01:11:31.418
REBECCA: And we did so much.

01:11:32.318 --> 01:11:35.318
REBECCA: It was really planned to perfection because of stacking lightning lanes.

01:11:35.678 --> 01:11:36.338
VIRGINIA: Sounds like it.

01:11:37.038 --> 01:11:39.858
VIRGINIA: Had you had the black calf before or was this your first time?

01:11:40.158 --> 01:11:41.318
REBECCA: This was my first time having it.

01:11:41.878 --> 01:11:44.698
VIRGINIA: OK, I have to ask because I just had it recently for the first time too.

01:11:45.018 --> 01:11:45.718
VIRGINIA: How did you like it?

01:11:45.858 --> 01:11:50.678
REBECCA: I don't know if they ran out of cups, but I was given like not the cup that I know it's supposed to be served in.

01:11:50.698 --> 01:11:54.038
REBECCA: Just a plain white paper cup.

01:11:54.798 --> 01:11:55.298
VIRGINIA: Oh, OK.

01:11:55.618 --> 01:11:58.338
REBECCA: Yeah, so I'm like, is this this is mine?

01:12:00.238 --> 01:12:02.398
REBECCA: My kids liked eating the like Cocoa Puffs out at the top.

01:12:02.878 --> 01:12:08.918
VIRGINIA: OK, I was really looking forward to trying it and I have to admit I did not care for it.

01:12:09.078 --> 01:12:17.578
REBECCA: Yeah, I had lower expectations for this one than the coconut coffee at Animal Kingdom, but I feel like they both were like, yeah, just OK.

01:12:17.998 --> 01:12:20.558
VIRGINIA: Yeah, like I think it's it's Instagrammable.

01:12:21.138 --> 01:12:24.498
VIRGINIA: I did like the Cocoa Puffs, but what is there not to like about Cocoa Puffs?

01:12:24.658 --> 01:12:27.358
VIRGINIA: But the coffee itself, I was just like meh.

01:12:27.418 --> 01:12:32.638
REBECCA: Yeah, still my favorite drink in all of them is the Rum Blossom at Animal Kingdom.

01:12:32.658 --> 01:12:33.358
REBECCA: That still wins.

01:12:33.878 --> 01:12:36.178
REBECCA: Oh, and then there's alcohol, so not coffee, but still.

01:12:36.658 --> 01:12:40.758
VIRGINIA: But even if you get the Night Blossom, like the non-alcoholic version of it, it is so good.

01:12:40.778 --> 01:12:48.698
REBECCA: I feel like when I went, I don't know, three or four years ago, the Rum Blossom and the Night Blossom were two different flavored drinks in two different colors.

01:12:49.478 --> 01:12:53.238
REBECCA: And now they're the exact same drink and they just put a rum.

01:12:53.698 --> 01:12:59.518
REBECCA: They literally just make the same drink and then they put a floater of a rum on top of one that you're supposed to mix in yourself.

01:12:59.858 --> 01:13:04.898
VIRGINIA: So they also have a margarita there that is a different color.

01:13:04.918 --> 01:13:14.378
VIRGINIA: So I don't know if you're thinking about that or not, because honestly, I prefer the Night Blossom, even though I like alcoholic drinks.

01:13:14.478 --> 01:13:16.658
VIRGINIA: It's just like there's something about the Night Blossom.

01:13:16.678 --> 01:13:19.358
VIRGINIA: It's just so refreshing and I know it's not going to make me tired.

01:13:19.378 --> 01:13:20.938
VIRGINIA: And so I always just get the Night Blossom.

01:13:22.518 --> 01:13:25.298
REBECCA: We got one of each so the kids could share with us.

01:13:25.318 --> 01:13:25.718
REBECCA: Yeah.

01:13:26.398 --> 01:13:29.938
VIRGINIA: So you could be right, but I just don't know.

01:13:30.178 --> 01:13:30.598
REBECCA: Yeah.

01:13:30.638 --> 01:13:32.458
REBECCA: Maybe I'm just not remembering right either.

01:13:32.478 --> 01:13:34.818
REBECCA: That's still my favorite.

01:13:35.158 --> 01:13:40.818
VIRGINIA: This basically wraps up your Disney time because Friday, May 31st, you drove to St.

01:13:40.838 --> 01:13:43.998
VIRGINIA: Augustine and spent a couple days with friends there.

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VIRGINIA: And then you arrived back home on Sunday, June the 2nd.

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VIRGINIA: So I imagine that your St.

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VIRGINIA: Augustine time was very relaxing compared to your Disney time.

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VIRGINIA: Anything of note during those couple of days to mention?

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REBECCA: No.

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REBECCA: Our friends rented a boat on the Jacksonville River, some sort of big river in Jacksonville.

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REBECCA: But then we didn't get in the water.

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REBECCA: I'm like, there's gators, right?

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REBECCA: It's Jacksonville, Florida.

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REBECCA: There's going to be gators.

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REBECCA: So we didn't even get in the water.

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REBECCA: But it was still fun to like, and all the kids got to like drive the boat and stuff like that.

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REBECCA: They live in Nakatee, which is like a big neighborhood there with like a big, big water park.

01:14:28.318 --> 01:14:30.878
REBECCA: So the next day we spent the whole day at the water park.

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REBECCA: That was fun.

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REBECCA: And then, yeah, we left pretty early the next morning.

01:14:35.778 --> 01:14:37.278
REBECCA: And the drive was uneventful as well.

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VIRGINIA: So I know that you have a trip coming up in November to Disneyland, Paris, and we've already prearranged that we are going to do a trip report for that.

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VIRGINIA: So listeners can get excited to hearing from you again at that time.

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VIRGINIA: But as a family, what are your next Disney World or Disneyland plans?

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VIRGINIA: Do you have anything on the books or an idea of when you might think about going as a family again?

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REBECCA: I know my husband has some work trips in Florida in January.

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REBECCA: So much like this past January, we piggybacked on that and we went to Universal.

01:15:11.278 --> 01:15:12.958
REBECCA: We might do something like that again.

01:15:12.978 --> 01:15:15.838
REBECCA: I don't know which park yet, but we might travel down there.

01:15:17.078 --> 01:15:20.678
REBECCA: Or we have a cruise out of Florida in February.

01:15:20.838 --> 01:15:24.458
REBECCA: So maybe like a day or two before or after we might do something.

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REBECCA: And yeah, again, I don't know if it will be Universal or Disney or maybe even Legoland or something.

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REBECCA: I'm not sure.

01:15:33.258 --> 01:15:37.198
REBECCA: But yes, hopefully one of those two times we can make something work.

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REBECCA: And yeah, that's also why I didn't like push my agenda too much on this family trip, because I knew I had one coming up in November.

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REBECCA: And no, it's not the same parks.

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REBECCA: But, you know, that's my time.

01:15:50.178 --> 01:15:52.718
REBECCA: That's my birthday trip that I can do what I want.

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VIRGINIA: Well, Rebecca, it has been a pleasure talking with you.

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VIRGINIA: And I can't wait to talk to you again after your Disneyland Paris trip.

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VIRGINIA: Thank you so much for taking the time to join me here on the show.

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REBECCA: Yeah, thank you.

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REBECCA: It's been fun.

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VIRGINIA: Thank you again to Rebecca for joining me on the show.

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VIRGINIA: As a reminder, listeners who are looking for help planning their next trip can reach out to Rebecca using the information in the show notes.

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VIRGINIA: Rebecca has a trip planned to Disneyland Paris for November and will be coming back to the podcast to talk with me all about that.

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VIRGINIA: So make sure you tune in to hear the details of that trip once those episodes are released.

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VIRGINIA: That's all we have time for today.

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