Post-Trip Report: Tiffany’s BFF Trip to WDW (February 2024)

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VIRGINIA: You are listening to Where I Long To Be, a magical trip report podcast.

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VIRGINIA: I am your host, Virginia.

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VIRGINIA: Today, you will hear the post trip interview with Tiffany, who is Tiffany In Tomorrowland over on Instagram.

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VIRGINIA: Please give her a follow to add some Disney magic to your feed.

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VIRGINIA: The link is in the show notes, along with a link to her Facebook group called Disney Girlies.

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VIRGINIA: The group description says that the Disney Girlies is a safe and fun space to chat about all things Disney, share outfit ideas, plan enchanting girls trips and make lifelong friends.

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VIRGINIA: So if that sounds like something you are looking for, Tiffany would love to welcome you to the group.

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VIRGINIA: If you didn't catch Tiffany's pre-trip report episode, her trip to Walt Disney World was February 5th through 8th with two park days planned, one to Epcot and one to Magic Kingdom.

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VIRGINIA: And this was a girls trip with her best friend since ninth grade, Shelby.

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VIRGINIA: Shelby hadn't been to the parks since she was little.

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VIRGINIA: So it was not a first time trip, but there was so much that has changed over the years that in some ways it was like a first time trip.

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VIRGINIA: During this adventure, Tiffany also had arranged a meetup for the Disney girlies.

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VIRGINIA: So they got to spend some time with some other fun Disney ladies.

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VIRGINIA: Now let's get into all the magical details of the trip.

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VIRGINIA: Here's Tiffany.

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VIRGINIA: Hello, Tiffany.

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TIFFANY: Hello.

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VIRGINIA: Welcome back.

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TIFFANY: Thank you so much.

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TIFFANY: I'm so excited to be back.

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VIRGINIA: I am so excited to hear all about your trip because I was following along as you had your fantastic girls trip with your bestie.

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VIRGINIA: So excited to hear all of the details because it looked like you guys had a fantastic time.

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TIFFANY: Oh yes, it was absolutely perfect.

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TIFFANY: We very much enjoyed everything, kind of went how we planned.

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TIFFANY: We just kind of took it easy, took everything in.

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TIFFANY: It was really great.

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VIRGINIA: All right, well, let's get right down to all of the details.

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VIRGINIA: So for people who did not listen to your pre-trip report, which some people I know really just enjoy listening to the post-trip report.

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VIRGINIA: So, you know, not going to give them any grief or anything, but I wish they would listen to the pre-trip reports too.

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VIRGINIA: But if you did not listen to the pre-trip report, Tiffany's trip was Monday, February 5th through Thursday, February the 8th, and she was headed down to Walt Disney World with her bestie.

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VIRGINIA: And I don't recall whether we said her name.

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VIRGINIA: Would you like to share her name?

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TIFFANY: Yeah, her name is Shelby.

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TIFFANY: We have been best friends since ninth grade.

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TIFFANY: And so it's been over 10 years.

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TIFFANY: This was the first like trip we've ever taken together.

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TIFFANY: I told her going in like, I've been to Disney a hundred times and she hasn't been since she was super little.

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TIFFANY: So she didn't remember a lot.

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TIFFANY: And I completely left the trip up to her.

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TIFFANY: Whatever she wanted to do, we did.

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TIFFANY: You know, I kind of just let her tell me what she wanted and I booked it.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, that's nice.

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VIRGINIA: But then when, once you were there, it must've been really helpful for her to have somebody like you who goes frequently to be the one like helping her navigate and being like, oh, you want to do that?

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VIRGINIA: Great, let's do that at this time.

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VIRGINIA: Because I know it'll be less of a wait at that time, that sort of thing.

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TIFFANY: Yeah, for sure.

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TIFFANY: And it was so funny.

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TIFFANY: She was like, I remember some things, but not a lot.

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TIFFANY: And we got to Epcot and she was like, oh, are we going to ride inside the ball?

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TIFFANY: And I said, yeah, absolutely.

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TIFFANY: Like, that's my number one stop every time I'm in Epcot.

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TIFFANY: And she was like, oh, isn't Tron in there?

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TIFFANY: And I was like, no, sweet girl.

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TIFFANY: I was like, that's a magic kingdom.

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TIFFANY: So it was just kind of funny, like seeing how her brain was taking things from not being there in so long.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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TIFFANY: And from what she did remember, all the changes that they have done throughout the parks and everything.

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TIFFANY: So it was really fun to kind of just see her, see Disney for the first time again.

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VIRGINIA: And you live in the same town now?

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TIFFANY: We don't.

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TIFFANY: No, we both lived in Alabama when we met.

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TIFFANY: She had moved from Ohio to my high school and we lived in the same state until about two years ago when I got married.

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TIFFANY: So we're about two, two and a half hours apart.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: So she drove to your house to start this journey.

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VIRGINIA: Is that correct?

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TIFFANY: Yeah.

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TIFFANY: So her husband, we actually met halfway.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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TIFFANY: And he dropped her off and then we ended up leaving that night.

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TIFFANY: We were gonna wait and try to get to Orlando at like noon, which would have had us leaving at like four or five-ish, but I couldn't sleep.

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TIFFANY: So I was like, let's just go ahead and go.

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TIFFANY: So we left at two in the morning.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, wow.

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VIRGINIA: That took a different direction that I thought it was going to.

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VIRGINIA: Because I was gonna say, my note said that you were leaving at 5.30 and I thought you were gonna say, I couldn't sleep.

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VIRGINIA: So we slept a little bit longer and didn't end up leaving for a while.

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VIRGINIA: But two o'clock in the morning, Tiffany.

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TIFFANY: I was like, we went to 7-Eleven, I got my coffee and she slept primarily the whole trip.

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TIFFANY: And so I was just booking it down there.

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TIFFANY: There was no traffic.

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TIFFANY: We got to the resort All-Star Movies at around 10.30.

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TIFFANY: And at that point, I had been awake for 24 hours.

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TIFFANY: And so I went to the desk and I was like, hi, I know you probably don't have any rooms for early check-in or anything.

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TIFFANY: And she was like, well, we can definitely check.

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TIFFANY: And she had a room and we immediately went to take a nap.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, wow.

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VIRGINIA: Well, that was lucky because I was going to say, if you didn't have a spot to rest yourself, like this day would have been completely shot.

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VIRGINIA: So how long did you nap for?

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TIFFANY: So we had napped for about two and a half hours.

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TIFFANY: I was fully prepared to just like sleep in the car.

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TIFFANY: So we had our dinner at California Grill the night that we arrived, and our friend Ashley, who's based in the Orlando area does, she'll come to your resort and put tinsel in your hair.

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TIFFANY: And so we had scheduled that before our dinner.

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TIFFANY: So we woke up for that.

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TIFFANY: And I was just like, that was around four.

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TIFFANY: And so like before we went to take our nap, we did eat lunch at the resort.

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TIFFANY: So we didn't go to sleep like right when we got there.

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VIRGINIA: Right.

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TIFFANY: And so we woke up for that.

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TIFFANY: I was so excited.

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TIFFANY: The tiredness didn't really hit me until after dinner or like right before we were leaving dinner.

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TIFFANY: And I was like, oh, I'm ready for bed.

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TIFFANY: But the dinner was better than I expected.

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TIFFANY: I really enjoyed it a lot.

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VIRGINIA: What did you end up getting?

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TIFFANY: It's like a pre-fix.

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TIFFANY: So you pick like an appetizer, a meal and a dessert.

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TIFFANY: So for the appetizer, I got a California roll with the spicy mayo.

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TIFFANY: And let me tell you, when they say spicy, they mean spicy.

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TIFFANY: I was not expecting it to be so spicy.

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VIRGINIA: Which is unusual because normally when Disney says spicy, it is the tiniest bit of spicy.

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VIRGINIA: And as somebody who likes spicy, I'm always like, you call that spicy?

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TIFFANY: And it surprised me because I like, I put a lot on my bite.

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TIFFANY: I was like, oh, it's not gonna be that spicy.

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TIFFANY: And I was like, Shelby, my mouth is on fire.

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TIFFANY: I was like, I don't know what to do.

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TIFFANY: And then for the meal, I got the fillet of beef, which was just like a steak.

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TIFFANY: And it came with potatoes and green beans, and it was delicious.

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TIFFANY: And then my favorite dessert in the world is creme brulee.

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TIFFANY: So of course I had to get the creme brulee.

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VIRGINIA: If you love creme brulee, you need to go try it at Topolino's next.

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VIRGINIA: Add that to your bucket list.

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TIFFANY: Yes, I definitely will.

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VIRGINIA: They have one, and I don't remember what they call it.

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VIRGINIA: It's got some other flavor in the name of the dish.

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VIRGINIA: And it's not like vanilla or something like that.

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VIRGINIA: It's some other flavor profile that they, it's called out in the name of the dish.

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VIRGINIA: And I can't remember what it is, but whatever it is, it's delicious.

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VIRGINIA: So one of the best I've had.

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TIFFANY: This one had blood oranges with it and toasted almonds.

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TIFFANY: And it was actually a really surprisingly good combination.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, that sounds delicious.

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VIRGINIA: So when you went to California Grill for your dinner, you all were planning on Disney bounding as Wendy Darling and Tinkerbell.

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VIRGINIA: So I hope that when you share photos of your trip, it will include at least one from that Disney bound.

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TIFFANY: We've been kicking ourselves the entire time.

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TIFFANY: We did not get a picture together.

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TIFFANY: I don't know how this happened.

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TIFFANY: I think we have like a selfie together, but we didn't take like a full picture.

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TIFFANY: And I'm like, why on earth did we do that?

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TIFFANY: But we did do the bounding.

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TIFFANY: I will say it started raining, like right when we were trying to get there.

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TIFFANY: And since we were fairly dressed up, we took the bus to Magic Kingdom and hopped on the monorail.

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TIFFANY: And trying to run in the rain in little heels is not it, guys.

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TIFFANY: So we made it, but it was very, it was cold and it was raining, but it made up for it.

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TIFFANY: And we had a perfect seat for the fireworks from our table.

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TIFFANY: We were right next to the window.

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TIFFANY: So we ended up not going outside because it was so chilly.

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TIFFANY: We just watched them from our seats.

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TIFFANY: But I was getting worried because at eight o'clock, nothing was happening.

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TIFFANY: And then our waiter was like, well, they're delaying the fireworks because of the wind and stuff.

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TIFFANY: And I was like, oh no, please don't cancel them.

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TIFFANY: But they ended up doing them around 830.

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TIFFANY: And Tinkerbell didn't fly because of the wind, but everything else was phenomenal, especially from that view.

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VIRGINIA: And they didn't give you any kind of trouble at all for wanting to stay at your table until the fireworks, right?

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TIFFANY: Oh no.

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TIFFANY: And it was actually like, I did not expect the dinner to be as long as it was.

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TIFFANY: I feel like it was so long.

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TIFFANY: Like they give you your time with each course.

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TIFFANY: They don't rush you.

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TIFFANY: You also get like a bread service.

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TIFFANY: So you have like the bread, the appetizer, the meal and the dessert.

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TIFFANY: And the waiter was so great.

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TIFFANY: He went over the menu with us.

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TIFFANY: And so by the time the fireworks ended, we had just gotten our main meal.

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TIFFANY: So it was kind of like perfect timing because they were, they said that they don't run the food out while the fireworks are going so that it doesn't get cold.

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VIRGINIA: Right.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: And we talked about that in the pre-trip interview because I was like, just leave your food.

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VIRGINIA: Nobody's going to take it.

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VIRGINIA: Go watch the fireworks.

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TIFFANY: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: It's better if they keep it in the kitchen until you're ready for it.

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TIFFANY: Yeah.

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TIFFANY: And we were wondering, because there was a long time in between our appetizer and our meal.

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TIFFANY: And I think with them delaying the fireworks, they were trying to push it a little bit longer so that they didn't bring it.

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TIFFANY: And then the fireworks just started.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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TIFFANY: But everything was great.

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TIFFANY: The fireworks were just amazing.

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TIFFANY: Shelby and I were both cheering up.

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TIFFANY: I was like, this is beautiful.

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VIRGINIA: I mean, that is, to me, it's such an emotional show.

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VIRGINIA: I just feel such an emotional connection to that show.

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VIRGINIA: So I will cry no matter what, but to be in a scenario when you're there with your best friend and you're watching them watch it for the first time and that added layer on top of it, oh my God, I feel a little teary right now just explaining what I'm talking about and I wasn't even there.

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VIRGINIA: So that must have been so special for you.

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TIFFANY: It really was.

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TIFFANY: And when we got there, we asked if there was a chance we could have a table by the window.

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TIFFANY: And they were like, obviously no promises, but we'll put it in your notes.

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TIFFANY: And we did get a table right next to the window.

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TIFFANY: It was perfect.

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TIFFANY: She was blown away by the views.

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TIFFANY: We were blown away by the resort and everything.

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TIFFANY: So it was just like, we both felt like little kids again.

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TIFFANY: Like it was just the most amazing feeling to have.

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VIRGINIA: Perfect first day.

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VIRGINIA: Oh my goodness.

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TIFFANY: Totally.

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VIRGINIA: So I'm going to mention this, although I am suspecting that this maybe did not happen based on your sleep situation, like how much energy you had in your tank at this point.

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VIRGINIA: Tiffany has a Facebook group, it's called Disney Girlies, right?

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TIFFANY: Yes.

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VIRGINIA: So you had mentioned that some of the Facebook Girlies group were also going to be there at the same time as you and that you had been planning a meetup for a different day in your trip, but that on this first day, you thought maybe you all would hang out at the pool and get to know each other a little bit, but I am guessing that your head hit the pillow the minute you got back to the resort.

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TIFFANY: Oh yes.

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TIFFANY: We all collectively, some of the girls were at Springs and we didn't get back to the room from dinner until 10.30.

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TIFFANY: Oh wow.

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TIFFANY: We got back so late and we were all just like, you know what guys, we may just have to call it a night.

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VIRGINIA: You know what they say, you gotta know when to hold them, know when to fold them.

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TIFFANY: So, and that was the best sleep I've gotten in a while.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, I'm sure.

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VIRGINIA: But I hope that you felt really refreshed after that and so that you could really make the most of your other days there.

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TIFFANY: Yeah, so the next day we did end up rope dropping Epcot and we loved that.

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TIFFANY: You know, we took the bus over, went in, we did meet up with one of the girlies, she was on the same bus, so she rode Spaceship Earth with us and then we hit up like Nemo, Soarin, all that stuff over there.

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VIRGINIA: And you had a couple of preselected DAS passes.

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VIRGINIA: So I noted that you had Soarin for 10 a.m.

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VIRGINIA: and Test Track for 11 a.m.

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TIFFANY: Yes, and so we did those pretty perfectly timed.

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TIFFANY: It was very chilly and windy that morning.

00:14:25.020 --> 00:14:28.660
TIFFANY: Shelby was like, I'm going to freeze and she bought a sweatshirt very early.

00:14:31.180 --> 00:14:40.520
TIFFANY: And then we did like after Test Track, we walked to Mexico and did my personal favorite ride I've got, which is the Grand Fiesta Tour.

00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:43.960
VIRGINIA: I love that ride too.

00:14:44.060 --> 00:14:45.880
VIRGINIA: And so do Charles and Alex.

00:14:46.100 --> 00:14:49.800
VIRGINIA: And I have to tell you, I don't know what it is about it.

00:14:49.820 --> 00:14:55.060
VIRGINIA: There's just something that is very distinctly like nostalgic to me.

00:14:55.380 --> 00:14:58.920
VIRGINIA: And when we ride it, we just have the best time.

00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:03.920
VIRGINIA: And recently we went on a trip where when we were riding it, the people in the row behind us were very drunk.

00:15:04.540 --> 00:15:07.660
VIRGINIA: And they were talking the entire time.

00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:17.480
VIRGINIA: And you don't think of the Grand Fiesta as something where you're like, oh, somebody could ruin this trip, like this ride for you.

00:15:17.980 --> 00:15:19.060
VIRGINIA: We all got off there.

00:15:19.100 --> 00:15:23.600
VIRGINIA: And like, I cannot tell you how many times Alex goes, I feel like we didn't even ride it.

00:15:23.880 --> 00:15:30.420
VIRGINIA: Like they were talking the entire time and we didn't get back on cause there's, I don't know, we had something else to do.

00:15:30.560 --> 00:15:38.000
VIRGINIA: So when we came back the next trip, we were like, we have to go do that first in UPCOT because we feel like we didn't do it the last time because of those people.

00:15:38.300 --> 00:15:44.240
VIRGINIA: So don't be those people drinking too much at UPCOT and ruining people's trip on a grand fiesta tour.

00:15:44.540 --> 00:15:52.380
TIFFANY: Yeah, and I was so bummed when we went in September, we took my sisters and there was no sound on the entire ride.

00:15:52.460 --> 00:15:54.900
TIFFANY: It was completely silent.

00:15:55.560 --> 00:15:57.600
VIRGINIA: Did they let you just go around again?

00:15:57.620 --> 00:15:58.460
VIRGINIA: Like, did they fix it?

00:15:58.480 --> 00:16:02.740
TIFFANY: Well, when we got off, I was like, hi, I don't know if you guys know, there's no sound.

00:16:03.460 --> 00:16:06.420
TIFFANY: And they're like, they said that they were trying to fix it.

00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:09.480
TIFFANY: And then we had a lightning lane for something else that we had to go to.

00:16:09.860 --> 00:16:11.560
TIFFANY: And we didn't end up making it back.

00:16:11.560 --> 00:16:14.000
TIFFANY: So this trip, we did ride it twice.

00:16:14.380 --> 00:16:15.500
VIRGINIA: Okay, what did Shelby think?

00:16:16.020 --> 00:16:16.600
TIFFANY: She loved it.

00:16:16.820 --> 00:16:18.900
TIFFANY: She really liked it a lot.

00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:22.540
TIFFANY: She liked primarily all of the rides.

00:16:22.980 --> 00:16:28.080
TIFFANY: Soarin was a little off for us because it was the California, not the world.

00:16:28.380 --> 00:16:28.780
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:16:29.100 --> 00:16:34.500
TIFFANY: And that one scene where it's going over and the cars are moving, we both got a little woozy.

00:16:34.620 --> 00:16:41.440
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I remember you had mentioned that you in particular have a little bit of issues with motion sickness.

00:16:41.460 --> 00:16:50.600
VIRGINIA: So I'm just gonna ask this, the burning question, I suspect I know the answer, but I was crossing my fingers that you would give Guardians a try this trip.

00:16:50.620 --> 00:16:51.300
VIRGINIA: Did you do it?

00:16:51.980 --> 00:16:55.300
TIFFANY: We did not.

00:16:55.700 --> 00:17:02.280
TIFFANY: We watched it like a POV on YouTube and Shelby was like, I don't know if I can handle that.

00:17:03.040 --> 00:17:10.040
TIFFANY: And we both just got nervous that we'd be on it and get sick and then ruin the night and everything.

00:17:10.040 --> 00:17:12.580
TIFFANY: And we did end up staying till the fireworks.

00:17:12.600 --> 00:17:17.000
TIFFANY: So the girlies did it like, some of them did it like three times back to back.

00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:18.960
TIFFANY: And I'm like, how are you walking right now?

00:17:19.420 --> 00:17:20.520
TIFFANY: I would be throwing up.

00:17:20.540 --> 00:17:23.400
VIRGINIA: I will write it as many times as I can.

00:17:23.420 --> 00:17:29.280
VIRGINIA: So on the days when there's the deluxe after hours, I'll do the virtual queue.

00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:31.040
VIRGINIA: I'll purchase an individual lightning lane.

00:17:31.040 --> 00:17:36.100
VIRGINIA: And then I'll do the special virtual queue that's for the deluxe after hours to get it in three times.

00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:38.500
VIRGINIA: Because I just love it that much.

00:17:38.500 --> 00:17:39.160
VIRGINIA: It's so good.

00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:48.020
VIRGINIA: So I see that you had a reservation for Akershus for lunch this day.

00:17:48.080 --> 00:17:54.660
VIRGINIA: And that was in particular because Shelby loves Belle and that was a priority for her was getting to see Belle.

00:17:55.080 --> 00:17:56.140
VIRGINIA: So how was that lunch?

00:17:57.020 --> 00:17:59.860
TIFFANY: Oh my gosh, it was absolutely amazing.

00:17:59.960 --> 00:18:03.560
TIFFANY: We, I felt like we were enjoying it more than the kids around us.

00:18:03.560 --> 00:18:09.340
TIFFANY: Like we were so excited and we got a great seat.

00:18:10.300 --> 00:18:12.940
TIFFANY: When we walked in, I was like, hey, is Belle here today?

00:18:13.280 --> 00:18:14.800
TIFFANY: And they're like, oh, it's a surprise.

00:18:14.900 --> 00:18:27.000
TIFFANY: And I was like, oh gosh, so they kept having the princesses like come out and do their little twirls and everything and we had seen three come out, but none of them were Belle.

00:18:27.060 --> 00:18:30.320
TIFFANY: And so I was getting a little nervous because there's only five princesses.

00:18:31.080 --> 00:18:34.080
TIFFANY: And I looked up and behind Shelby, she was already out.

00:18:34.140 --> 00:18:37.080
TIFFANY: And I was like, Shelby, she's literally behind you.

00:18:37.100 --> 00:18:39.760
TIFFANY: And we were just like children in a candy store.

00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:41.240
TIFFANY: It was so much fun.

00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:48.000
TIFFANY: We had Tiana, Snow White, Ariel, Sleeping Beauty, Aurora and Belle.

00:18:48.700 --> 00:18:50.140
TIFFANY: We had a great lineup.

00:18:50.380 --> 00:18:52.800
TIFFANY: They were fantastic.

00:18:54.380 --> 00:18:56.360
TIFFANY: We really enjoyed the food as well.

00:18:56.820 --> 00:19:00.260
TIFFANY: I personally, their little corndog nuggets and their mac and cheese.

00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:03.140
TIFFANY: I have the palette of a five year old.

00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:04.460
TIFFANY: So that was right up my alley.

00:19:04.460 --> 00:19:06.240
VIRGINIA: Tiffany, I have a tip for you.

00:19:06.260 --> 00:19:13.560
VIRGINIA: You can get that anywhere else for a lot less cost than at Hershey's, but then you don't have the princesses.

00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:18.260
TIFFANY: Yeah, and I will say the princesses really just like, they were great.

00:19:18.280 --> 00:19:26.660
TIFFANY: I, you know, sometimes some of them, like I feel like they're not really into it, but we had the best princesses.

00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:27.660
TIFFANY: They were amazing.

00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:28.740
TIFFANY: They were spot on.

00:19:29.260 --> 00:19:30.400
TIFFANY: Shelby was thrilled.

00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:33.320
TIFFANY: It was a really fun meal.

00:19:33.520 --> 00:19:37.980
TIFFANY: And I definitely think it's one of my favorite dinings at Disney.

00:19:38.260 --> 00:19:38.600
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:19:39.100 --> 00:19:40.280
TIFFANY: I love the atmosphere.

00:19:40.300 --> 00:19:41.640
TIFFANY: I love the food.

00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:47.100
TIFFANY: Like we had a waitress that was from Norway and she was there on her college program.

00:19:47.120 --> 00:19:48.100
TIFFANY: She was the sweetest girl.

00:19:48.120 --> 00:19:49.520
TIFFANY: I wish I could remember her name.

00:19:49.540 --> 00:19:50.260
TIFFANY: She was so sweet.

00:19:50.980 --> 00:20:01.000
TIFFANY: And it was just so fun to talk to her about like, she was telling us about Norway and how she likes the pavilion and how closely related she thinks it is.

00:20:01.020 --> 00:20:06.140
TIFFANY: And it was just so neat to hear someone who's actually from Norway say that the Norway pavilions like spot on.

00:20:06.340 --> 00:20:18.380
VIRGINIA: That is, I think true of every pavilion in there because they, from my understanding, when Epcot was built, they consulted with people from each of those countries to make sure that it was just really accurate.

00:20:19.380 --> 00:20:22.060
VIRGINIA: Well, that sounds like an amazing character meal.

00:20:22.220 --> 00:20:30.880
VIRGINIA: And I think, you know, it makes a difference if you're super excited to see them, first of all, and then it also makes a difference if you try to talk to them, you know?

00:20:30.900 --> 00:20:42.320
VIRGINIA: If you have a conversation with any character, whether they're one that speaks or not, it knocks your interaction up so many notches.

00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:47.920
VIRGINIA: And I know that some people, especially adults, are not sure what to do.

00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:51.360
VIRGINIA: Ask them about something that you know from their movies.

00:20:51.560 --> 00:20:54.040
VIRGINIA: Like, you know, that sort of thing.

00:20:54.100 --> 00:20:55.880
VIRGINIA: And it's just so much fun.

00:20:55.900 --> 00:21:01.560
VIRGINIA: And the ones that can talk back to you, it's like you'll have this whole interaction and it can be so much fun.

00:21:02.300 --> 00:21:03.740
TIFFANY: It really was great.

00:21:04.520 --> 00:21:07.540
TIFFANY: I used to be so anxious like talking to them.

00:21:07.800 --> 00:21:10.760
TIFFANY: But I feel like the more that you do it, the easier it gets.

00:21:11.540 --> 00:21:18.380
TIFFANY: And we had these little buttons that I had made that had Minnie and Daisy on them because we were bounding that day as Minnie and Daisy.

00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:21.380
TIFFANY: And they said like, happiest besties on earth.

00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:24.340
TIFFANY: And then we got the celebration pins that said girls trip.

00:21:25.100 --> 00:21:28.260
TIFFANY: And so a lot of the conversations with the princesses were around that.

00:21:28.280 --> 00:21:32.320
TIFFANY: Snow White was saying that our next trip, we can come make a pie with her.

00:21:33.080 --> 00:21:36.920
TIFFANY: Tiana was saying that Lottie and her would want to come join.

00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:39.740
TIFFANY: And it was just, the conversations were great.

00:21:39.760 --> 00:21:40.980
TIFFANY: They were very interactive.

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:43.780
TIFFANY: And they just make you feel like it's real.

00:21:43.800 --> 00:21:45.820
TIFFANY: Like next time I see Snow White, we're gonna make a pie.

00:21:45.840 --> 00:21:47.820
VIRGINIA: Right, like she's your friend now.

00:21:47.840 --> 00:21:49.580
VIRGINIA: She's part of the Disney Girlies.

00:21:49.600 --> 00:21:51.700
TIFFANY: Yeah, 100%.

00:21:53.340 --> 00:22:04.840
VIRGINIA: Okay, at this point, I want to ask you, because you had mentioned that this was, obviously for Shelby, but maybe less obvious for you, a first time at Festival of the Arts.

00:22:04.860 --> 00:22:06.800
VIRGINIA: So what did you think about that?

00:22:06.820 --> 00:22:16.700
VIRGINIA: And did you take advantage of any of the, like paint by number opportunities or looking at the chalk art and all of the things that you have available to you during this particular festival?

00:22:17.660 --> 00:22:20.780
TIFFANY: Yeah, so we did fill up on lunch.

00:22:20.800 --> 00:22:22.580
TIFFANY: So we didn't try a whole lot of snacks.

00:22:23.260 --> 00:22:27.760
TIFFANY: But we did do the paint by numbers, which was so fun.

00:22:27.780 --> 00:22:29.100
TIFFANY: I love that idea.

00:22:29.840 --> 00:22:35.320
TIFFANY: And I love that they give you like a print of what you were painting at the end so you can see what it was.

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:39.220
TIFFANY: We did buy the memory maker.

00:22:39.420 --> 00:22:43.160
TIFFANY: So we did a lot of the like festival themed magic shots with figment in them.

00:22:44.060 --> 00:22:48.200
TIFFANY: We did look at the art, which it's just, the artwork is phenomenal.

00:22:48.360 --> 00:22:50.020
TIFFANY: I'm blown away every time.

00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:54.800
VIRGINIA: Oh my God, the chalk art, the way they make it look three dimensional, it's crazy.

00:22:55.300 --> 00:23:00.580
TIFFANY: It's insane because I feel like I can hardly write my name with chalk and they're doing like murals.

00:23:00.860 --> 00:23:01.940
VIRGINIA: I know, that's true.

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:05.280
VIRGINIA: Like art aside, it's hard to write with chalk on cement.

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:08.940
VIRGINIA: And I know because I've done it in driveways when I was little, so.

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:14.040
TIFFANY: Yeah, it's just so amazing and it was so beautiful.

00:23:14.420 --> 00:23:26.260
TIFFANY: I will say, if you were going to look at the chalk art, try to do it before noon, because after the way the sun's coming in, there's a fence right there and so there was lines across it.

00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:38.220
TIFFANY: So like trying to get a picture, there was like a shadow lines over it, which it's still beautiful, you know, but to get the full experience, I would say before the sun gets on that side, over on the fence.

00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:40.400
VIRGINIA: Okay, very good tip, okay.

00:23:40.640 --> 00:23:41.020
TIFFANY: Yeah.

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:43.860
VIRGINIA: All right, so what was next?

00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:54.340
VIRGINIA: You had lunch, I know that you had goals, hopefully at some point in the day, you were able to try your brioche ice cream sandwich that you wanted to try, but I'm sure you had to walk off some of that lunch first.

00:23:57.040 --> 00:24:00.160
TIFFANY: So I made a critical error on this trip.

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:07.940
TIFFANY: And when I was looking at the park hours, I somehow looked at Magic Kingdom and was convinced Epcot closed at 10 and not nine.

00:24:08.340 --> 00:24:08.820
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:24:09.080 --> 00:24:15.740
TIFFANY: And so the brioche, we were gonna get at like 8.30 and then we can watch the fireworks with the brioche and everything.

00:24:16.300 --> 00:24:20.400
TIFFANY: So we got over there and they were sold out of brioche buns.

00:24:21.080 --> 00:24:22.040
VIRGINIA: Oh no.

00:24:22.600 --> 00:24:23.820
TIFFANY: I was like, please no.

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:34.460
TIFFANY: So I did go next door and I got creme brulee and we watched the fireworks, but we missed Remy the ride because I was convinced the park closed at 10.

00:24:34.520 --> 00:24:39.340
TIFFANY: And so we watched the fireworks and then went over there and they're like, the park closed at nine.

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:40.700
TIFFANY: And I was like, oh, okay.

00:24:41.280 --> 00:24:44.580
TIFFANY: So I did make a little error, but everything was good.

00:24:44.600 --> 00:24:46.960
TIFFANY: We still had, we still did so much.

00:24:47.040 --> 00:24:48.300
VIRGINIA: You still did a lot.

00:24:48.320 --> 00:24:49.360
VIRGINIA: You still had fun.

00:24:49.380 --> 00:25:02.940
VIRGINIA: And I think this is just like one of the things that I hope people get out of listening to these is not only like living vicariously through you and getting to have a little bit of Disney in their day, even if they're not there.

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:05.320
VIRGINIA: But I also hope that people learn things.

00:25:05.340 --> 00:25:21.760
VIRGINIA: And I think one thing that I have, I've learned the same lesson, over the past couple of years, which is A, always check the park hours because the day of, but B, sometimes Disney changes them and barely close to when your trip is.

00:25:21.780 --> 00:25:32.480
VIRGINIA: So if you're doing trip planning and you note all of the park hours and you make all your plans, I would encourage everybody, like the week before, go back and double check.

00:25:32.760 --> 00:25:40.240
VIRGINIA: Or I know that for me, I have a touring plan subscription just because I like to send my room requests through touring plans.

00:25:40.260 --> 00:25:43.620
VIRGINIA: I like to be able to take advantage of some of the things that they have behind their paywall.

00:25:44.300 --> 00:26:02.320
VIRGINIA: And one of the things that they do is if you enter your trip into your touring plans subscription so that they know that you have a trip coming up, when the park hours change, when the published hours change, I get an email telling me, on your trip, here was the original time and here's the new time, so.

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:12.940
TIFFANY: Yeah, and I think what happened was, since it was getting a little bit colder, we decided to go back to the room around, I wanna say five.

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:14.800
VIRGINIA: Oh, so you took a break.

00:26:15.580 --> 00:26:21.240
TIFFANY: We took a break, we went and put on like leggings in a hoodie to watch the fireworks and stuff.

00:26:21.760 --> 00:26:29.100
TIFFANY: And usually when, usually when you're in the park, if you open the app, the park you're in, the times come up.

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:29.860
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:36.000
TIFFANY: And I think when we left and got to the resort, I was expecting Epcot to pop up, but I think it was Magic Kingdom.

00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:37.600
VIRGINIA: Oh.

00:26:38.060 --> 00:26:41.420
TIFFANY: And so I was like, oh, like we have way more time than I thought.

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:49.280
TIFFANY: So I think that was kind of, you just need to pay attention on what's on the app because it does change what you're seeing first.

00:26:49.300 --> 00:26:56.160
TIFFANY: But after we did the Paint By Numbers, we did do our little meetup with the girls and it was great.

00:26:56.260 --> 00:26:57.100
TIFFANY: You know, we hung out.

00:26:57.120 --> 00:27:00.320
TIFFANY: We met Daisy behind the Epcot ball.

00:27:00.340 --> 00:27:01.640
TIFFANY: We took pictures with the ball.

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:07.280
TIFFANY: We did the, you know, the silly like 360 photos.

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:09.200
VIRGINIA: Yes, they're called Tiny Earth.

00:27:09.780 --> 00:27:11.100
TIFFANY: Yes, so we did those.

00:27:11.100 --> 00:27:22.880
TIFFANY: And I don't know what happened, but Shelby and I, and then one of our friends, Gwen, I don't know if we moved or what, but our faces looked so funny and we were laughing about it for hours.

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:24.020
VIRGINIA: Oh my goodness.

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:26.220
TIFFANY: Those are the funniest pictures to me.

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:28.760
TIFFANY: If you have a chance to do them, guys, they're hilarious.

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.900
TIFFANY: I love them.

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:30.280
VIRGINIA: They are.

00:27:30.300 --> 00:27:45.460
VIRGINIA: There's, what it is, is there's a little like stand with this thing on top and everybody stands around this little camera on a stand and it takes a picture 360.

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:48.040
VIRGINIA: And I like it because it makes me look taller.

00:27:49.020 --> 00:27:50.340
VIRGINIA: That's one of my favorite parts.

00:27:51.320 --> 00:27:52.260
VIRGINIA: And they're just cute.

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:54.940
VIRGINIA: I like to do, they have at least one of those in every park.

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:57.240
VIRGINIA: So it's fun to get them and compare.

00:27:58.260 --> 00:28:02.100
VIRGINIA: So your meetup with the Disney girlies was around three o'clock.

00:28:02.580 --> 00:28:04.820
VIRGINIA: How many people ended up showing up for that?

00:28:05.580 --> 00:28:08.080
TIFFANY: I think we had around 14-ish.

00:28:08.540 --> 00:28:09.900
VIRGINIA: Wow, okay.

00:28:11.040 --> 00:28:12.160
TIFFANY: 12 to 14.

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:14.200
TIFFANY: And it was really great.

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:15.140
TIFFANY: We met Daisy.

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:17.480
TIFFANY: There was a few of us who were bounding as Daisy.

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.720
TIFFANY: So she ate that up.

00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:20.440
VIRGINIA: Oh, I'm sure.

00:28:21.280 --> 00:28:28.000
TIFFANY: And then we went over to the Mexico Pavilion and met Donald, which she also ate it up.

00:28:28.360 --> 00:28:29.540
VIRGINIA: In his sombrero.

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:31.900
TIFFANY: Yes, we love everyone.

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:38.300
TIFFANY: We all call him Spicy Donald over there because he's a little bit spicier in that pavilion.

00:28:38.320 --> 00:28:40.200
VIRGINIA: You know what I am trying to remember?

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:44.740
VIRGINIA: I think my friend Jeanette, who listeners will be very familiar with because she's been on a couple of episodes.

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:47.000
VIRGINIA: I think she calls him Spicy Donald too.

00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:49.140
TIFFANY: Yeah, I don't know where that started.

00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:50.780
TIFFANY: I think it is so funny.

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:56.860
TIFFANY: And we met him and the few of us that were Daisy, we did a picture kissing him on the cheek.

00:28:57.420 --> 00:29:00.240
TIFFANY: And then the photographer was like, oh, I'm going to show Daisy.

00:29:00.620 --> 00:29:01.680
TIFFANY: And Donald was so funny.

00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:06.140
TIFFANY: He was like pouting in the corner until the guy was like, okay, I won't show him.

00:29:06.300 --> 00:29:09.100
TIFFANY: So that was really fun.

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:12.000
TIFFANY: And then we all rode Grand Fiesta tour together.

00:29:12.020 --> 00:29:13.040
TIFFANY: We took up like a whole boat.

00:29:15.780 --> 00:29:16.900
TIFFANY: And so that was fun.

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:25.400
TIFFANY: And then we kind of all like, you know, separated and we were going to meet back up for the fireworks, but everyone was just kind of like everywhere at that point.

00:29:26.100 --> 00:29:29.020
TIFFANY: And some of the girls were leaving the next day.

00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:33.880
TIFFANY: We had one girl that flew in Tuesday morning and flew out Tuesday night.

00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:35.220
VIRGINIA: Oh, wow.

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.560
VIRGINIA: From where?

00:29:37.280 --> 00:29:40.280
TIFFANY: She is in around Philly, I think.

00:29:41.580 --> 00:29:42.620
TIFFANY: She's in Pennsylvania.

00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:53.640
VIRGINIA: I know plenty of people from Philly, from New York, up here who do that like one day, not even a full day they come down.

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.860
TIFFANY: She's like a pro at it.

00:29:54.900 --> 00:29:57.500
TIFFANY: Like she knocks it out of the park.

00:29:57.540 --> 00:30:03.320
TIFFANY: So it was a lot of fun and as soon as we kind of all started separating, that's when we went and changed.

00:30:04.040 --> 00:30:17.080
TIFFANY: And when we came back, the first thing we did was, well, one, we had to start the ball being beautiful at night because something about it at night is just extra magical when it's all lit up.

00:30:17.280 --> 00:30:21.940
VIRGINIA: Did you catch the Rainbow Connection song that they play during Festival of the Arts?

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.800
VIRGINIA: You have to stand there for a little bit.

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:30.460
TIFFANY: I saw, we could see the ball changing, but I didn't necessarily hear music, I don't think.

00:30:30.600 --> 00:30:32.460
VIRGINIA: Yeah, it's not the whole time.

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:39.800
VIRGINIA: It's like, I don't know, maybe every 20, 30 minutes or so, it will play Rainbow Connection.

00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:51.920
TIFFANY: We saw it lighting up and doing all kinds of crazy things, and we did some magic shots in front of the ball, and then we wandered over to the Journey into Water with Moana.

00:30:52.020 --> 00:30:53.140
VIRGINIA: Journey of Water, yeah.

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:54.260
TIFFANY: Journey of Water, yeah.

00:30:54.520 --> 00:30:57.860
TIFFANY: And that was the first time I had been through it since it had been open.

00:30:58.500 --> 00:31:00.380
TIFFANY: It is absolutely amazing.

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:02.360
TIFFANY: They really crushed that.

00:31:02.540 --> 00:31:06.120
TIFFANY: It's beautiful, and it's so immersive.

00:31:06.600 --> 00:31:13.280
TIFFANY: I love how interactive it is, all the little details, and how you can see the ball behind Tofiti.

00:31:13.340 --> 00:31:13.920
TIFFANY: It's just...

00:31:14.540 --> 00:31:18.060
VIRGINIA: Oh, the photo opportunities are amazing.

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:22.980
VIRGINIA: So was it still light outside when you were walking through it?

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:26.180
TIFFANY: No, it was dark, and so everything was lit up.

00:31:26.840 --> 00:31:27.400
TIFFANY: And it was just...

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:28.700
TIFFANY: It looks beautiful at night.

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.580
TIFFANY: Oh, it was so beautiful.

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:31.740
VIRGINIA: I mean, it looks beautiful during the day, too, but...

00:31:31.860 --> 00:31:37.180
TIFFANY: Yeah, we wanted to do it during the day, and then we just kept like, oh, well, we'll do this, and then we'll come back.

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:41.640
TIFFANY: And then I really felt like time just went away from us so quick.

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:43.160
TIFFANY: I feel like we did so much.

00:31:43.280 --> 00:31:50.880
TIFFANY: And I mean, I feel like it's impossible to go to Disney World and do a park a day and complete everything.

00:31:51.360 --> 00:31:52.360
VIRGINIA: Oh, oh, for sure.

00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:58.020
VIRGINIA: I mean, you could be there for a whole week, more than a week, and not get everything done.

00:31:58.120 --> 00:31:58.940
TIFFANY: So yeah.

00:31:59.180 --> 00:32:01.580
TIFFANY: And so, like I said, I left it up to Shelby.

00:32:01.600 --> 00:32:03.140
TIFFANY: We did everything she wanted to do.

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:17.500
TIFFANY: After Moana's walkthrough, we went, that's when we headed over to France and we did stop in the UK because they had a Tinkerbell magic shot where it's like she's in her little lantern.

00:32:17.760 --> 00:32:18.160
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:32:19.320 --> 00:32:28.480
TIFFANY: And we loved that, oh, I also don't remember if I mentioned this, we found out the night that we founded as Wendy and Tinkerbell, it was Peter Pan's anniversary.

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:29.960
TIFFANY: So that was such a fun little.

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:32.060
VIRGINIA: Oh, it was meant to be.

00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:33.920
TIFFANY: Yeah, I was like that.

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:41.380
TIFFANY: And so the little like Peter Pan stuff that we kept finding all week, we tried to do because we were like, that's just so fun that that happened.

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.740
VIRGINIA: Oh, that's amazing.

00:32:43.560 --> 00:32:44.200
TIFFANY: So we did that.

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:49.280
TIFFANY: And then we did watch, I can't even remember, is this Harmonious?

00:32:49.620 --> 00:32:50.140
VIRGINIA: Luminous.

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:51.300
TIFFANY: Luminous.

00:32:52.060 --> 00:32:57.040
TIFFANY: I can never, I can't keep up with all the name changes, but we did watch out.

00:32:57.060 --> 00:33:00.440
TIFFANY: It was the first time I had seen it and it was really, really pretty.

00:33:00.760 --> 00:33:02.320
TIFFANY: I very much enjoyed it.

00:33:02.600 --> 00:33:05.640
VIRGINIA: How would you compare it to past Epcot shows that you've seen?

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:16.580
TIFFANY: I think this one, I felt like this one was way longer and I felt like it had more in it, which it's been a minute since I've seen an Epcot show.

00:33:17.280 --> 00:33:21.780
TIFFANY: So I could be just completely off, but I really enjoyed it.

00:33:21.800 --> 00:33:22.800
TIFFANY: I thought it was fun.

00:33:24.320 --> 00:33:25.140
TIFFANY: Shelby loved it.

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:29.440
TIFFANY: We watched it from the France Pavilion, which I felt like it was a great spot.

00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:31.560
TIFFANY: I felt like we could see everything.

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:38.700
TIFFANY: Some of the girls watched it in Japan from the tower and they said that view was phenomenal.

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.820
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:33:39.840 --> 00:33:50.380
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I was just talking to, I think it was Beccy, yeah, Beccy from A Hufflepuff in Disney, who at this point, by the time listeners are hearing this episode, they will have already heard Beccy's.

00:33:51.260 --> 00:34:00.280
VIRGINIA: And she was asking whether anybody can just go up to the tower in Japan and watch it or whether it's a special area.

00:34:00.300 --> 00:34:04.540
VIRGINIA: And I told her that my impression was anybody was, it was just sort of first come first served.

00:34:04.560 --> 00:34:06.540
VIRGINIA: So it sounds like that is confirmed.

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:09.720
TIFFANY: Yeah, it's just, I think wherever you can get first.

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:14.280
TIFFANY: I will say like watching in France, there was like a line of people at the wall.

00:34:14.520 --> 00:34:18.840
TIFFANY: So you kind of have to like find your spot in between people's heads that you can see.

00:34:20.080 --> 00:34:21.780
TIFFANY: But it was a great show.

00:34:22.640 --> 00:34:25.700
TIFFANY: Our magic bands, I know they light up with some of the shows.

00:34:25.720 --> 00:34:26.800
TIFFANY: I feel like it lit up.

00:34:27.160 --> 00:34:31.000
TIFFANY: It was vibrating more with Epcot shows than with Happily Ever After.

00:34:31.020 --> 00:34:34.960
TIFFANY: And that was really fun for Shelby, because, you know, it was her first magic band.

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.860
TIFFANY: So she was just loving that.

00:34:36.220 --> 00:34:37.720
VIRGINIA: Which one did she choose?

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:39.360
TIFFANY: She got Tinkerbell.

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.920
VIRGINIA: Well, perfect.

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:42.420
VIRGINIA: And which one were you wearing?

00:34:43.020 --> 00:34:49.260
TIFFANY: I was wearing that night, I have an Orange Bird one that is typically like my go to Epcot band.

00:34:50.140 --> 00:35:04.700
VIRGINIA: No, I saw that one and I was considering it because I love Orange Bird as a mascot, but I can't get anything that he is on that is like to wear usually because it's too much orange and orange is not my color.

00:35:05.140 --> 00:35:10.280
VIRGINIA: But I'm like, maybe I should get the magic band because I can get away with a little orange just on a magic band.

00:35:11.040 --> 00:35:11.580
TIFFANY: I love it.

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:20.740
TIFFANY: I like to pick magic bands and like I only wear Orange Bird in Epcot and then I have a castle pink one that I can only wear in Magic Kingdom.

00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:23.400
TIFFANY: And I'm like, I have set bands for set places.

00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:24.420
VIRGINIA: Oh yeah.

00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:24.660
TIFFANY: Yeah.

00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:26.420
TIFFANY: But I love the Orange Bird.

00:35:26.740 --> 00:35:28.480
TIFFANY: He's on my phone case too.

00:35:28.600 --> 00:35:33.780
TIFFANY: I think he's the cutest besides Figment, him and Figment are pretty much tied.

00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:34.560
TIFFANY: They're my favorites.

00:35:37.140 --> 00:35:37.660
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:35:37.700 --> 00:35:49.620
VIRGINIA: So after fireworks and after discovering that you could not ride Remy because the park was closed, did you do anything besides make your way back to the resort to get some sleep?

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:53.100
TIFFANY: So we did just end up going back because everything was closing.

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:55.320
TIFFANY: We did see there was a bride.

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:57.560
TIFFANY: She was getting her Epcot wedding that night.

00:35:58.080 --> 00:35:59.640
TIFFANY: It was beautiful.

00:35:59.660 --> 00:36:01.460
TIFFANY: We saw the setup over by France.

00:36:02.060 --> 00:36:03.160
TIFFANY: She looked stunning.

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:06.380
TIFFANY: So that was fun to see, like a fairytale wedding.

00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:07.200
TIFFANY: We really liked that.

00:36:07.220 --> 00:36:12.620
TIFFANY: And then we just got on the bus and we went back and almost immediately went to sleep.

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:14.960
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:18.800
VIRGINIA: Well the next day you had your big magic kingdom day.

00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:24.360
VIRGINIA: So you had planned to rope drop this day as well because you were all about maximizing your time.

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:26.440
VIRGINIA: What time did you make it out the door?

00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:29.040
TIFFANY: So we woke up at 630.

00:36:29.220 --> 00:36:32.520
TIFFANY: We got out the door 745 ish.

00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:35.000
VIRGINIA: And what time did Magic Kingdom open this day?

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:36.860
TIFFANY: So we got in.

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:37.960
TIFFANY: Yeah.

00:36:38.080 --> 00:36:47.380
TIFFANY: And then we got in at 830 with the Resort early entry and we had breakfast at Crystal Palace at 840.

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:55.820
VIRGINIA: You noted that you were, I'm going to call it a Disney bound, but it wasn't a Disney bound per se, but you were dressed in poofy princess dresses, you said.

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:56.760
TIFFANY: Yes.

00:36:58.300 --> 00:37:11.080
TIFFANY: So I wore like a blue poofy dress and carousel ear, so I was kind of leaning towards the carousel and then Shelby wore a pink and blue one with sleeping beauty ears and a sleeping beauty bag.

00:37:11.100 --> 00:37:14.420
TIFFANY: So she was more Disney bounding than I was, I would say.

00:37:14.540 --> 00:37:19.520
VIRGINIA: Well, you could say that the two of you in combination were Disney bounding fantasy land.

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:20.820
TIFFANY: Yeah.

00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:27.600
TIFFANY: I mean, it was, I was definitely way out of my comfort zone because we were getting a lot of looks and I was like, oh gosh.

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:28.500
VIRGINIA: Why do you think?

00:37:28.600 --> 00:37:29.100
TIFFANY: I don't know.

00:37:29.120 --> 00:37:33.520
TIFFANY: I don't know if people were just like, you know, surprised that it was very cold, I will say.

00:37:33.800 --> 00:37:35.400
TIFFANY: And so people probably thought we were crazy.

00:37:36.100 --> 00:37:37.220
VIRGINIA: I can understand that.

00:37:37.240 --> 00:37:47.560
VIRGINIA: But yeah, when you're in Disney, there should be absolutely no shame in wearing a poofy princess dress, no matter whether you're five or whether you're 35.

00:37:47.680 --> 00:37:48.020
TIFFANY: Yeah.

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:56.980
TIFFANY: I will say once we got to the park, it just, it felt magical and I got a lot more comfortable and I was like, this is so fun.

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:58.860
TIFFANY: I want to wear dresses all the times in Disney now.

00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:02.900
VIRGINIA: What was the temperature for a majority of this particular day?

00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:09.580
TIFFANY: So it was in the fifties, like high fifties, mid sixties throughout the day.

00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:12.580
VIRGINIA: See I could not have done that then because I would have been freezing.

00:38:13.560 --> 00:38:14.820
TIFFANY: I am a trooper.

00:38:15.040 --> 00:38:17.140
TIFFANY: I was just like, I don't want to ruin my outfit.

00:38:17.160 --> 00:38:18.700
TIFFANY: Shelby was definitely wearing a hoodie.

00:38:18.720 --> 00:38:19.780
TIFFANY: She was like, I'm frozen.

00:38:19.800 --> 00:38:23.620
TIFFANY: So it did warm up during the day.

00:38:23.680 --> 00:38:29.420
TIFFANY: So the only time that you would really get cold is when the wind blew because the wind felt like straight ice.

00:38:29.580 --> 00:38:31.480
TIFFANY: Like that was the cold part.

00:38:31.900 --> 00:38:33.960
TIFFANY: The sun was out for a majority of the day.

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:37.180
TIFFANY: So it felt like when you were in the sun, it was warm.

00:38:37.200 --> 00:38:39.820
TIFFANY: When you went into the shade, it was definitely chilly.

00:38:41.240 --> 00:38:44.860
TIFFANY: But it wasn't that bad once, you know, we started like warming up.

00:38:45.520 --> 00:38:47.380
VIRGINIA: And with all the walking you're doing, I'm sure.

00:38:47.620 --> 00:38:48.700
TIFFANY: Yeah, exactly.

00:38:48.720 --> 00:38:50.240
TIFFANY: So it wasn't terrible.

00:38:50.740 --> 00:38:52.800
TIFFANY: I felt like a princess.

00:38:52.820 --> 00:38:54.280
TIFFANY: I had so much fun dressing up.

00:38:54.840 --> 00:38:58.000
VIRGINIA: Everybody deserves to feel like a princess.

00:38:58.520 --> 00:39:01.660
VIRGINIA: So tell us, how was the breakfast at Crystal Palace?

00:39:02.120 --> 00:39:04.120
TIFFANY: So I loved it.

00:39:04.120 --> 00:39:04.880
TIFFANY: Shelby loved it.

00:39:04.900 --> 00:39:10.860
TIFFANY: She loved her and Piglet had a little moment because she was wearing primarily pink.

00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:12.640
TIFFANY: So that was fun.

00:39:12.880 --> 00:39:16.860
TIFFANY: I personally, Crystal Palace is one of my favorite breakfast on property.

00:39:16.880 --> 00:39:18.300
TIFFANY: I love the food.

00:39:18.340 --> 00:39:20.060
TIFFANY: I love the characters.

00:39:20.080 --> 00:39:21.860
TIFFANY: It's just it's a really fun environment.

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:26.940
VIRGINIA: I've only eaten there for dinner, so I need to get over there for breakfast at some point.

00:39:27.660 --> 00:39:32.320
TIFFANY: They have a cheesy potato casserole that I could just eat that.

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:33.380
TIFFANY: It is so good.

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:34.960
VIRGINIA: It sounds good.

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:35.860
TIFFANY: I look forward to it.

00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:37.780
TIFFANY: I'm a sucker for potatoes.

00:39:38.660 --> 00:39:43.700
VIRGINIA: I mean, if you're not a sucker for potatoes, then you're doing this life wrong.

00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:47.160
TIFFANY: So we had a great breakfast there.

00:39:48.380 --> 00:39:54.800
TIFFANY: And then afterwards, we had the early DAS passes for Haunted Mansion and Pirates.

00:39:55.720 --> 00:39:57.500
TIFFANY: And those were so fun.

00:39:57.960 --> 00:40:00.420
TIFFANY: Shelby had remembered pirates a little.

00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:02.920
TIFFANY: And so she was very anxious.

00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:05.080
TIFFANY: And then we got to the drop.

00:40:05.340 --> 00:40:08.240
TIFFANY: And this was the first time I really like sat in the front row.

00:40:08.260 --> 00:40:13.780
TIFFANY: And I was like, you know, the drop sounds a little higher when you're sitting in the front.

00:40:15.460 --> 00:40:19.340
TIFFANY: And so she was a little bit anxious for that because she's not a huge drop person.

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:22.540
TIFFANY: But we ended up writing it like twice that day.

00:40:22.560 --> 00:40:24.180
VIRGINIA: It's not a bad drop.

00:40:24.720 --> 00:40:25.520
TIFFANY: It's really not.

00:40:25.540 --> 00:40:28.800
TIFFANY: It just sounds a lot worse than it is when you're approaching it.

00:40:28.860 --> 00:40:35.320
VIRGINIA: I mean, I would say to me, the worst part of the drop is, is this nasty water going to splash up onto me?

00:40:36.100 --> 00:40:36.540
TIFFANY: Oh, yeah.

00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:41.260
TIFFANY: And I will say being in the front, we got quite wet.

00:40:43.380 --> 00:40:50.740
TIFFANY: And then when you get to that first boat where the cannons are going off into the water, we got splashed again.

00:40:52.460 --> 00:40:56.480
TIFFANY: So I feel like there's not really a good place to sit on the boat and not get wet.

00:40:56.500 --> 00:41:00.640
TIFFANY: I feel like between the drop and the splashes, you're going to get water on you at some point.

00:41:00.960 --> 00:41:09.780
VIRGINIA: When I sit in sort of the middle of the boat, like a little farther back, and then I'm in one of the middle seats, I'm okay, I'm okay.

00:41:09.800 --> 00:41:12.000
TIFFANY: Yeah, you know, it's still so fun.

00:41:12.020 --> 00:41:16.440
TIFFANY: And then, you know, we took pictures in our dresses around the park.

00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:20.720
TIFFANY: I took some in front of the carousel since my ears were matching.

00:41:20.720 --> 00:41:29.520
TIFFANY: And there was a really fun Peter Pan magic shot over behind the carousel next to Pinocchio's.

00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:33.860
TIFFANY: And it looks like Peter's shadow is behind you on the wall.

00:41:34.720 --> 00:41:37.960
VIRGINIA: Oh, is this something that was for the anniversary of Peter Pan?

00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:42.320
VIRGINIA: Or is that just a new magic shot that's going to be around for a while?

00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:42.700
VIRGINIA: Do you know?

00:41:43.140 --> 00:41:44.220
TIFFANY: I have no idea.

00:41:44.240 --> 00:41:48.440
TIFFANY: She was taking our pictures with our backs towards the carousel.

00:41:48.460 --> 00:41:51.220
TIFFANY: And so the carousel and the castle were behind us.

00:41:51.220 --> 00:41:55.320
TIFFANY: And then she said, well, I want to take one of you against the wall with your arms crossed.

00:41:55.800 --> 00:41:58.980
TIFFANY: And I was like, okay, that's a little weird, but whatever.

00:41:59.000 --> 00:42:05.880
TIFFANY: And I didn't know it was a magic shot until a few hours later, we were looking through our pictures and we were like, whoa, wait a minute.

00:42:06.400 --> 00:42:07.840
VIRGINIA: Oh, see, there's the magic.

00:42:08.680 --> 00:42:10.540
VIRGINIA: Yeah, you are the magic, Tiffany.

00:42:11.060 --> 00:42:12.000
VIRGINIA: You are the magic.

00:42:13.240 --> 00:42:15.460
TIFFANY: So it was, that was a really fun one.

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:21.540
TIFFANY: And then around like noonish, we did go and change into something a little bit more comfortable.

00:42:21.560 --> 00:42:26.720
VIRGINIA: And I saw these pictures and these outfits were so cute.

00:42:26.780 --> 00:42:28.520
VIRGINIA: So please describe them in detail.

00:42:30.180 --> 00:42:41.600
TIFFANY: Yes, so we had one of our friends has an Etsy shop and she makes like leotards for adults and children with these super fun fabrics.

00:42:41.620 --> 00:42:46.640
TIFFANY: So we had one that looked like the Mickey Mouse fan club and it had his face all over it.

00:42:46.660 --> 00:42:52.520
TIFFANY: And then we found these red skirts with like kind of built in suspenders.

00:42:54.440 --> 00:43:01.760
TIFFANY: And we wore those with Mickey ears, like red and black Mickey ears and then of course like the Mickey socks.

00:43:01.860 --> 00:43:09.600
TIFFANY: And my friends had the Disney girlies, we did a Secret Santa and they had sent me a Mouseketeer magic band.

00:43:10.100 --> 00:43:12.280
TIFFANY: And I was like, this is perfect.

00:43:14.460 --> 00:43:18.680
VIRGINIA: So you did an outfit change and a magic band change midway through the day.

00:43:18.700 --> 00:43:24.620
VIRGINIA: And you are a girl after my own heart because I have to match my magic band to whatever I'm wearing.

00:43:25.360 --> 00:43:25.760
TIFFANY: Oh, yes.

00:43:25.940 --> 00:43:38.420
TIFFANY: So like the dresses were so fun, but I will say like the sleeves do get irritating after a while because they're so fluffy and like they have that elastic on them to make them stay in place.

00:43:39.040 --> 00:43:41.820
TIFFANY: And so I just wouldn't be comfortable wearing them all day.

00:43:41.840 --> 00:43:46.740
TIFFANY: So we did want to switch into something, you know, that we could knock out some rides in.

00:43:47.060 --> 00:43:48.960
VIRGINIA: Well, the outfits were so cute.

00:43:49.020 --> 00:44:01.820
VIRGINIA: And for listeners that are interested in these Mickey Mouse Club leotards or any other kind of leotards, I will get the link from Tiffany and put it into the show notes so everybody can check that out.

00:44:02.540 --> 00:44:09.180
TIFFANY: Yeah, she has great leotards and she's about to start doing like little tie dresses that are...

00:44:09.560 --> 00:44:11.140
VIRGINIA: Oh, the kind that tie the shoulders?

00:44:11.840 --> 00:44:12.180
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:44:12.200 --> 00:44:13.760
TIFFANY: They are so cute.

00:44:13.780 --> 00:44:15.440
TIFFANY: So she has a great shop.

00:44:15.460 --> 00:44:16.320
TIFFANY: Definitely check it out.

00:44:17.000 --> 00:44:17.860
TIFFANY: And they're so...

00:44:17.940 --> 00:44:22.140
TIFFANY: The fabric itself was so soft and so like stretchy.

00:44:22.220 --> 00:44:24.400
TIFFANY: It was just so comfortable.

00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:28.760
TIFFANY: And it was definitely easier to like get...

00:44:28.780 --> 00:44:30.820
TIFFANY: I felt like get stuff done and like rides.

00:44:30.840 --> 00:44:34.520
TIFFANY: There were some rides I was nervous to wear like the dresses on like roller coasters.

00:44:35.880 --> 00:44:38.280
TIFFANY: I was a little nervous for that so I'm glad that we changed.

00:44:38.740 --> 00:44:47.160
TIFFANY: We did just like small dark rides in the dresses and then we did like the first thing we did after we changed was Seven Dwarfs Mine Train.

00:44:47.240 --> 00:44:48.900
TIFFANY: So that was so exciting.

00:44:49.240 --> 00:44:50.540
VIRGINIA: How did she like that?

00:44:50.540 --> 00:44:54.200
VIRGINIA: Because I know that would not have been around when she was little.

00:44:54.940 --> 00:44:55.720
TIFFANY: Yeah.

00:44:55.840 --> 00:44:57.420
TIFFANY: So it was her first time.

00:44:57.480 --> 00:44:58.620
TIFFANY: She loved it.

00:44:58.620 --> 00:45:06.880
TIFFANY: She was like getting anxious because we sat towards the front and you know when you're looking at the ride, it looks like you just drop right when you go.

00:45:07.480 --> 00:45:09.080
TIFFANY: And it's not that bad of a drop.

00:45:09.100 --> 00:45:10.300
TIFFANY: It's just kind of getting you down.

00:45:10.820 --> 00:45:15.260
TIFFANY: And I was like, I promise it's not like a scary drop off the bat, like you're going to be fine.

00:45:15.280 --> 00:45:16.440
TIFFANY: And we ended up loving it.

00:45:16.600 --> 00:45:17.660
TIFFANY: It was so much fun.

00:45:17.680 --> 00:45:20.980
TIFFANY: And then we just kind of like hopped around and did rides here and there.

00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:25.620
TIFFANY: We rode the people mover twice because I'm a people mover girl.

00:45:25.960 --> 00:45:26.600
VIRGINIA: Me too.

00:45:26.620 --> 00:45:27.100
VIRGINIA: Me too.

00:45:27.280 --> 00:45:29.420
VIRGINIA: I'm a member of the people mover van globe.

00:45:30.060 --> 00:45:31.240
TIFFANY: Yes, absolutely.

00:45:31.360 --> 00:45:34.780
TIFFANY: And I will say this is the first trip that I felt like I wasn't rushing.

00:45:36.000 --> 00:45:48.300
TIFFANY: I was just kind of like we were both just taking it easy and trying to not like push ourselves to the extreme, just kind of like sit back and taking all the views and everything.

00:45:48.320 --> 00:45:51.700
TIFFANY: And it was just it ended up being such a great day.

00:45:52.080 --> 00:45:56.840
TIFFANY: We didn't do like every ride that we wanted, but we did a majority of them.

00:45:58.400 --> 00:46:00.040
TIFFANY: We didn't get to do thunder.

00:46:00.060 --> 00:46:01.300
TIFFANY: It kept closing.

00:46:03.020 --> 00:46:10.240
VIRGINIA: We had not even during fireworks, because I know that that was your plan was originally to ride it during the fireworks.

00:46:11.200 --> 00:46:12.900
TIFFANY: So it kept closing.

00:46:12.980 --> 00:46:16.400
TIFFANY: And then we got to the point we were just so exhausted.

00:46:16.920 --> 00:46:19.500
TIFFANY: We left like as the fireworks were starting.

00:46:20.340 --> 00:46:22.300
TIFFANY: We were like, you know, we saw him the other night.

00:46:22.360 --> 00:46:25.500
TIFFANY: We're at this point just flat out exhausted.

00:46:26.200 --> 00:46:29.000
TIFFANY: So we just kind of it was just a relaxing day.

00:46:29.020 --> 00:46:29.720
TIFFANY: We got a lot done.

00:46:29.740 --> 00:46:31.700
TIFFANY: And we did get to meet Mickey in our outfits.

00:46:31.720 --> 00:46:32.700
TIFFANY: And that was so fun.

00:46:32.740 --> 00:46:34.160
TIFFANY: He absolutely loved them.

00:46:34.700 --> 00:46:35.680
VIRGINIA: What was he wearing?

00:46:35.900 --> 00:46:37.680
TIFFANY: He was in his magician outfit.

00:46:38.040 --> 00:46:38.600
VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

00:46:38.680 --> 00:46:39.060
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:46:39.200 --> 00:46:41.500
TIFFANY: So it was a lot of fun seeing him.

00:46:41.660 --> 00:46:43.680
TIFFANY: And we did.

00:46:43.680 --> 00:46:47.300
TIFFANY: We saw the Cinderella stepsisters that morning.

00:46:47.320 --> 00:46:49.300
TIFFANY: They were walking through when we were in our dresses.

00:46:49.480 --> 00:46:52.480
TIFFANY: And I told one of them, I was like, you look great.

00:46:52.500 --> 00:46:53.940
TIFFANY: And she was like, I know I'm beautiful.

00:46:54.040 --> 00:46:55.080
TIFFANY: And I was like, oh, okay.

00:46:58.560 --> 00:47:03.840
TIFFANY: And then the other one, I can't remember who's who, but the pink purple dress.

00:47:03.860 --> 00:47:09.020
VIRGINIA: Anastasia is the one with the red hair, and Drizella is the one with the brunette hair.

00:47:14.420 --> 00:47:18.620
TIFFANY: So Anastasia came up and she was like, oh, you have puffy sleeves like me.

00:47:18.640 --> 00:47:23.000
TIFFANY: And it was just such a fun interaction with them like walking through the park, you know.

00:47:23.600 --> 00:47:26.600
VIRGINIA: They are some of the best characters to interact with.

00:47:26.600 --> 00:47:32.120
VIRGINIA: So if you ever see them back there in Fantasyland, like go have a conversation with them.

00:47:32.180 --> 00:47:33.560
VIRGINIA: They are hilarious.

00:47:34.400 --> 00:47:36.900
TIFFANY: They really are because I was like, oh, you guys look beautiful.

00:47:36.920 --> 00:47:37.820
TIFFANY: And she was like, I know.

00:47:37.880 --> 00:47:39.900
TIFFANY: I was like, oh, okay, shut Ruby off.

00:47:39.920 --> 00:47:41.320
TIFFANY: But they're so fun.

00:47:41.340 --> 00:47:46.980
TIFFANY: It was just a great day, you know, and the bus ride back was definitely, we were both fighting sleep.

00:47:47.000 --> 00:47:52.820
TIFFANY: So we got back, we went to sleep and we got to sleep in until like 930.

00:47:53.200 --> 00:47:55.420
TIFFANY: Which a blessing.

00:47:55.460 --> 00:47:56.420
VIRGINIA: You needed that.

00:47:56.980 --> 00:48:07.320
VIRGINIA: You were planning to use on this last day on Thursday, February 8th, you were planning to use a voucher for mini golf and do the Fantasia golf course at 10 AM.

00:48:07.340 --> 00:48:09.200
VIRGINIA: Did you end up doing that?

00:48:09.420 --> 00:48:14.800
TIFFANY: So the night of Magic Kingdom, we were like, we are so tired.

00:48:14.820 --> 00:48:16.240
TIFFANY: We don't want like a set plan.

00:48:16.260 --> 00:48:17.660
TIFFANY: We're just going to go with the flow.

00:48:19.360 --> 00:48:21.020
TIFFANY: So we didn't do the mini golf.

00:48:21.040 --> 00:48:24.200
TIFFANY: We did cancel our lunch reservations at Planet Hollywood.

00:48:25.100 --> 00:48:30.900
TIFFANY: And we just, we woke up, we packed and just kind of hung out until like time to check out.

00:48:31.160 --> 00:48:31.480
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:48:31.500 --> 00:48:33.160
TIFFANY: We ate lunch at the resort.

00:48:33.480 --> 00:48:36.760
TIFFANY: And all the cheerleaders were arriving.

00:48:38.040 --> 00:48:42.020
VIRGINIA: And yes, we had talked about the fact that it was going to be cheer week.

00:48:42.380 --> 00:48:45.640
VIRGINIA: And you weren't sure because you were not at All-Star sports.

00:48:45.660 --> 00:48:50.480
VIRGINIA: You were at All-Star movies, but we weren't sure whether you would feel the effects of the cheerleader.

00:48:50.500 --> 00:48:52.860
VIRGINIA: So they were just arriving on this last day.

00:48:53.520 --> 00:48:57.320
TIFFANY: So there were some that had gotten there the day before.

00:48:57.620 --> 00:49:02.860
TIFFANY: And when we were at the room to change, we heard something.

00:49:02.880 --> 00:49:06.380
TIFFANY: I looked out the door and they were practicing right outside.

00:49:07.080 --> 00:49:09.120
TIFFANY: It was like a group of them and I was like, whoa.

00:49:09.340 --> 00:49:16.400
TIFFANY: So there was definitely the crowd levels were definitely higher in Magic Kingdom because some of them were arriving.

00:49:16.940 --> 00:49:20.880
TIFFANY: My sister's school was actually there, but they didn't arrive until the day we left.

00:49:21.260 --> 00:49:31.720
TIFFANY: And I think a majority of groups were arriving the day that we left because we had seen so many cheerleaders in movies.

00:49:31.740 --> 00:49:34.360
TIFFANY: We were like, we'll go to music to eat lunch.

00:49:35.160 --> 00:49:36.800
TIFFANY: And it was just as crazy.

00:49:36.900 --> 00:49:41.060
TIFFANY: I mean, there was cheerleaders everywhere, which it was fun to see.

00:49:41.080 --> 00:49:44.900
TIFFANY: They were all excited and they were matching outfits, but it was swamped.

00:49:46.600 --> 00:49:50.920
TIFFANY: And it was the first time I had ever actually gone over to the music side.

00:49:51.400 --> 00:49:53.120
TIFFANY: So it was the first time seeing that resort.

00:49:53.140 --> 00:49:54.220
TIFFANY: And it is so cute.

00:49:54.240 --> 00:49:55.600
TIFFANY: Yeah, I really enjoyed it.

00:49:55.640 --> 00:49:57.920
TIFFANY: And then we just went to Disney Springs.

00:49:57.920 --> 00:50:00.860
TIFFANY: We did some shopping over there.

00:50:01.180 --> 00:50:05.740
TIFFANY: I tried the Little Mermaid float at Swirls on the Water.

00:50:05.760 --> 00:50:07.020
VIRGINIA: How was that?

00:50:07.760 --> 00:50:08.740
TIFFANY: Oh, so good.

00:50:08.760 --> 00:50:10.260
TIFFANY: I am a very picky person.

00:50:10.280 --> 00:50:13.300
TIFFANY: So pineapple and vanilla is like my go-to to be safe.

00:50:14.120 --> 00:50:18.140
TIFFANY: But this one was cherry and lime and it was absolutely delicious.

00:50:18.260 --> 00:50:19.200
TIFFANY: I highly recommend.

00:50:20.440 --> 00:50:21.040
VIRGINIA: Sounds good.

00:50:21.700 --> 00:50:26.900
VIRGINIA: I know that you had planned to try to get to Gideon's to bring both of your husband's back cookies.

00:50:27.480 --> 00:50:28.600
VIRGINIA: Did you make it to Gideon's?

00:50:29.000 --> 00:50:30.000
TIFFANY: We did not.

00:50:30.000 --> 00:50:32.460
TIFFANY: The line was so long.

00:50:32.480 --> 00:50:33.620
TIFFANY: It was like wrapped around.

00:50:33.640 --> 00:50:35.140
TIFFANY: We just did not have the energy.

00:50:35.160 --> 00:50:43.180
TIFFANY: We did get like right before we left Magic Kingdom, I got my husband a popcorn bucket full of popcorn because he did mention that he missed popcorn.

00:50:43.880 --> 00:50:46.440
TIFFANY: So I brought that back and it was actually still good.

00:50:46.460 --> 00:50:49.980
TIFFANY: We were munching on it yesterday and it was really nice.

00:50:50.120 --> 00:50:52.080
TIFFANY: It wasn't stale like at all.

00:50:52.220 --> 00:51:00.320
TIFFANY: So I brought him that and then I got him a Lube Skywalker t-shirt and a Groot shoulder pal because he loves the shoulder pals.

00:51:00.740 --> 00:51:01.960
VIRGINIA: That's cute.

00:51:02.320 --> 00:51:03.640
VIRGINIA: What did you get for yourself?

00:51:03.660 --> 00:51:06.760
VIRGINIA: Anything fun that you picked up at Disney Springs?

00:51:08.620 --> 00:51:14.080
TIFFANY: One of my presents from The Girlie Secret Santa was a Donald Nui-mo.

00:51:14.340 --> 00:51:16.940
TIFFANY: I did find Daisy and I had to get her.

00:51:16.960 --> 00:51:26.020
TIFFANY: I think they're new because I haven't seen them before, but they had all the different lands on t-shirts in World of Disney.

00:51:27.880 --> 00:51:31.880
TIFFANY: They had Tomorrowland, Fantasyland, Adventureland, Main Street.

00:51:32.080 --> 00:51:35.740
TIFFANY: I got the Tomorrowland one because it had the People Mover on it.

00:51:37.060 --> 00:51:39.360
VIRGINIA: You really are part of the People Mover fan club.

00:51:39.380 --> 00:51:41.180
TIFFANY: I love it.

00:51:41.820 --> 00:51:42.840
TIFFANY: That is what we got.

00:51:44.760 --> 00:51:55.280
TIFFANY: We left around, I want to say like 1, 1.30 and we got back to Chattanooga at like 10.30.

00:51:55.860 --> 00:51:56.720
TIFFANY: It wasn't bad.

00:51:58.040 --> 00:52:02.300
TIFFANY: On the way down there, since we left so early, I did not hit any traffic.

00:52:03.040 --> 00:52:06.880
TIFFANY: Coming home, Atlanta was absolutely insane as per usual.

00:52:06.900 --> 00:52:12.180
TIFFANY: Then Chattanooga is expanding the highways.

00:52:12.500 --> 00:52:16.900
TIFFANY: We were two miles from my house and stuck in standstill traffic.

00:52:17.940 --> 00:52:22.760
TIFFANY: I was like, they only had one lane open, so it took forever to get through.

00:52:22.780 --> 00:52:28.760
TIFFANY: But once we got through, we got home and we immediately just went to sleep.

00:52:28.780 --> 00:52:31.740
TIFFANY: We were so tired, but it wasn't a bad drive.

00:52:32.060 --> 00:52:33.900
TIFFANY: We just chatted the whole way.

00:52:33.920 --> 00:52:37.020
TIFFANY: And of course, we had to stop at Buc-ee's, the best place to stop.

00:52:37.040 --> 00:52:47.280
VIRGINIA: Yeah, it's definitely become a little attraction of its own, the Buc-ee's stop for people who do the drive down to Disney.

00:52:47.680 --> 00:52:48.080
VIRGINIA: Oh, yeah.

00:52:48.620 --> 00:52:51.200
VIRGINIA: Oh, Tiffany, this sounds like so much fun.

00:52:51.880 --> 00:52:53.120
VIRGINIA: I love a girl's trip.

00:52:53.140 --> 00:53:03.040
VIRGINIA: It's just, it's, you know what, it's a different vibe than going with your family and just to be there with a close friend or a small group of close friends.

00:53:03.540 --> 00:53:04.760
VIRGINIA: It's just so much fun.

00:53:04.780 --> 00:53:16.300
VIRGINIA: I will make sure that I get the Disney Girlies link from you so we can put it in the show notes so that everybody can find the group and join the party if they want.

00:53:16.640 --> 00:53:21.160
VIRGINIA: Any other plans to go back to Disney already on the calendar?

00:53:22.120 --> 00:53:27.520
TIFFANY: We haven't booked yet, but my husband is talking about wanting to go for his birthday in August.

00:53:29.300 --> 00:53:36.640
TIFFANY: We had talked about perhaps May going back, but now he's saying he might want to do a cruise instead.

00:53:37.320 --> 00:53:38.380
VIRGINIA: Oh, a Disney cruise?

00:53:39.560 --> 00:53:39.960
TIFFANY: Maybe.

00:53:39.980 --> 00:53:45.320
TIFFANY: I'm going to let him pick what he wants to do.

00:53:45.320 --> 00:53:47.080
TIFFANY: We'll see how that goes.

00:53:47.100 --> 00:53:54.100
TIFFANY: I feel like our past few vacations have been Disney, so if he wants a Disney break, I will allow one.

00:53:56.960 --> 00:54:02.760
VIRGINIA: I hope you get back down in August, though, because it's a good time to go, in my opinion.

00:54:02.780 --> 00:54:03.860
VIRGINIA: It's very hot.

00:54:04.460 --> 00:54:07.780
TIFFANY: Yeah, I think we would do a smaller trip.

00:54:09.000 --> 00:54:15.320
TIFFANY: I love week-long trips, but I feel so insanely drained after them.

00:54:15.460 --> 00:54:19.500
TIFFANY: I've really been enjoying the four-day trips.

00:54:19.660 --> 00:54:25.100
TIFFANY: I feel like you get your little touch of Disney without completely overdoing it.

00:54:26.680 --> 00:54:29.660
TIFFANY: And he is a Hollywood Studios fanatic.

00:54:29.680 --> 00:54:30.660
TIFFANY: He loves Star Wars.

00:54:30.660 --> 00:54:39.180
TIFFANY: And so I try not to go to Hollywood Studios when he's not there, because I feel almost guilty, because I'm in your favorite place.

00:54:39.760 --> 00:54:44.220
TIFFANY: So he's been talking about wanting to go back just to see Hollywood Studios.

00:54:44.240 --> 00:54:45.360
TIFFANY: So we'll see.

00:54:46.200 --> 00:54:57.560
VIRGINIA: Well, if you go on a cruise in May, let's say, and you drive down and you're leaving out of Port Canaveral or whatever the port is called.

00:54:57.880 --> 00:55:02.500
VIRGINIA: I mean, maybe you could work in a day at Hollywood Studios for him.

00:55:02.520 --> 00:55:06.320
TIFFANY: Yeah, I have definitely thrown that idea.

00:55:06.340 --> 00:55:15.980
TIFFANY: And even if we do a different cruise line out of Orlando, you know, I'm like, or out of Port Canaveral, I'm like, we could do a day.

00:55:16.180 --> 00:55:18.520
TIFFANY: Like, we could get you your Star Wars fix.

00:55:18.540 --> 00:55:20.020
TIFFANY: And I will not complain at all.

00:55:22.260 --> 00:55:24.420
VIRGINIA: Just be careful about May the 4th because...

00:55:25.580 --> 00:55:26.340
TIFFANY: Oh, yeah...

00:55:26.340 --> 00:55:26.340
VIRGINIA: .

00:55:26.340 --> 00:55:29.060
VIRGINIA: Galaxy's Edge is very busy on that day.

00:55:29.880 --> 00:55:32.560
TIFFANY: I think that would both be a little too much for us.

00:55:32.580 --> 00:55:38.380
TIFFANY: It would be fun to experience, but I don't like crowds very much.

00:55:38.400 --> 00:55:41.540
TIFFANY: I like to go on the calmer days to the books.

00:55:43.800 --> 00:55:50.100
VIRGINIA: All right, well, Tiffany, thank you so much for being up, for joining me here on the podcast.

00:55:50.100 --> 00:56:05.260
VIRGINIA: It's been so delightful to get to know you a little bit, and I hope that at some point we cross paths in the park, and I encourage everyone to head over to Tiffany's page, give her a follow, and keep up with all her other magical adventures in the future.

00:56:06.100 --> 00:56:08.260
TIFFANY: Yes, and thank you so, so much for having me.

00:56:08.280 --> 00:56:09.820
TIFFANY: This was an absolute blast.

00:56:09.960 --> 00:56:12.220
TIFFANY: And I very much enjoyed it.

00:56:12.900 --> 00:56:14.080
VIRGINIA: Oh, thank you.

00:56:16.400 --> 00:56:21.540
VIRGINIA: Thank you to Tiffany for being such a fun guest and for sharing your love of the Disney magic with me.

00:56:22.160 --> 00:56:23.620
VIRGINIA: That will be all for today.

00:56:23.640 --> 00:56:29.760
VIRGINIA: I hope everyone has a wonderful week and that wherever you are, you'll keep daydreaming about where you long to be.