Pre-Trip Report: Amy’s Mother/Daughter Birthday Miracle Trip (March 2024)

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VIRGINIA: Welcome to 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: And today you'll hear my conversation with Amy Belfey.

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VIRGINIA: Amy is a travel planner for All Things Disney, Universal, and the like.

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VIRGINIA: And you'll find her information in the show notes.

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VIRGINIA: This trip is special, though, because she's planning it for herself and her daughter, Evelyn.

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VIRGINIA: It will be their first mother daughter trip, and they will be celebrating Evelyn's upcoming fifth birthday.

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VIRGINIA: If you have a trip coming up and would like to be a trip report guest, please reach out using the link in the show notes at least a month before your trip, but the sooner the better.

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VIRGINIA: I'm especially looking for people who are planning a first time trip, whether it's a first time to one of the Orlando parks or to any other magical destination, like Disneyland, Disney's Ollani Resort, or an overseas magical adventure.

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VIRGINIA: But now, let's get into all the plans for Amy's adventure.

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VIRGINIA: Here's Amy.

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VIRGINIA: Welcome, Amy, to Where I Long To Be.

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VIRGINIA: Thank you so much for being here today.

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AMY: Yeah, thanks for having me.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, we were just talking before we started recording.

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VIRGINIA: I am dealing with a post-Disney cold, and you are anticipating a Disney cold in your future.

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AMY: Yes, exactly.

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VIRGINIA: So before we get started, I met you through Instagram.

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VIRGINIA: You are the traveling Disney nerd.

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VIRGINIA: What is the traveling Disney nerd?

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VIRGINIA: How did you come to be the traveling Disney nerd, and what do you love about Disney?

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AMY: Sure.

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AMY: So a little bit about me.

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AMY: So I live in St.

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AMY: Louis, Missouri.

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AMY: I am an associate professor of psychology at Missouri University of Science and Technology.

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AMY: And so I always liked Disney, always went to Disney a lot growing up, started really enjoying planning Disney trips for my family.

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AMY: Now I have two kids.

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AMY: Well, she's about to be five year old and a two year old.

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AMY: And I'm a scientist and professor for my full time job, but I was about to receive tenure.

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AMY: And I thought, you know, I'm about to get tenure.

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AMY: I can finally have time for a hobby again.

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AMY: What do I want my hobby to be?

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AMY: And I decided almost a year ago now to become a travel agent.

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AMY: And so I joined a travel agency and started planning Disney trips.

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AMY: I thought it would be for friends and family, and now it's really expanded.

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AMY: I really, really enjoyed being a travel advisor.

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AMY: And now I really consider it kind of a second career rather than just a hobby.

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AMY: So I started my Instagram account, you know, last summer, I guess, as a way to post about Disney and travel.

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AMY: And I really started off making a bunch of posts about scientific things from Disney movies.

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AMY: So especially as a psychologist, I love talking about, like, the movie Inside Out and emotion and memory.

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AMY: And CoCo is, like, great because my research is about music and memory and emotion and all of that kind of stuff.

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AMY: So I haven't, you know, been able to keep up with those posts as much as I originally intended to, but I still have some of that content.

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AMY: And I really enjoy being on Instagram for the community, just like all of the Disney creators on Instagram are so friendly and welcoming, and so it's been a really fun space.

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AMY: And just I've enjoyed everything about social media and travel planning and Disney.

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AMY: And it's a fun compliment to my scientific work.

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VIRGINIA: Well, it sounds like you have a lot on your plate between your now dual careers and having two very young children.

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VIRGINIA: So how are you doing at all?

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AMY: You know, people ask me that a lot.

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AMY: People ask me that even before I got into the Disney stuff.

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AMY: I'm a very type A person, let's just say.

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AMY: I like being productive.

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AMY: And it's so funny.

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AMY: My friends from academia are like, of course your hobby would be a second job.

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AMY: Because I like doing things.

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AMY: And I'm a planner.

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AMY: I enjoy planning things.

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AMY: I'm good at kind of compartmentalizing and prioritizing.

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AMY: And yeah, it's fun for me.

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AMY: So I don't know.

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AMY: I've been juggling everything and so far so good.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, I started this podcast almost a year ago during basically the busiest month of my year.

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VIRGINIA: So it was one of the...

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VIRGINIA: I'm a type A too.

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VIRGINIA: So it was kind of like, how can I de-stress from all this work I have to do?

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VIRGINIA: Oh, let me add more work.

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VIRGINIA: So I feel you.

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AMY: Right, exactly.

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VIRGINIA: So you are a travel planner now.

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VIRGINIA: What company do you do that through?

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AMY: Smart Moms Travel.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

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VIRGINIA: Yes, we have had a previous Smart Moms Travel Planner on a previous episode, and her name is Lauren, and she is NYC Disney Mom.

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VIRGINIA: So I will make sure to link to her episode as well in the show notes.

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VIRGINIA: All right, so let's get to your trip.

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VIRGINIA: So you're traveling March 1st through March 4th, and you said that this is going to be a mother-daughter trip?

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AMY: Yes, it is.

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AMY: I'm so excited about it.

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AMY: I started planning this actually right when I became a travel planner.

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AMY: I wanted to be able to take my daughter on this trip with my earnings from my travel business.

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AMY: So she's turning five in March, and so we're going just for a short weekend trip, the two of us, and I'm really, really excited.

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AMY: I don't know how I'm going to get any work done this week because I'm so excited.

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AMY: It's a week.

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VIRGINIA: How many times has your daughter been to Disney at this point?

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AMY: Yes.

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AMY: So she's been, this will be her third trip.

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AMY: So, you know, she was born shortly before COVID.

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AMY: So she was born and then I had a second kid.

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AMY: So our first trip was spring of 2022, I guess.

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AMY: Yes.

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AMY: And then we went this past September and then we're going now.

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AMY: So this will be her third time.

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AMY: She's very, very excited.

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AMY: It's going to be awesome.

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VIRGINIA: And how often do you get down to the parks yourself?

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VIRGINIA: And are you an annual pass holder?

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AMY: No, I'm thinking about it.

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AMY: I'm really thinking about it, but so I have gone.

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AMY: I went once this year with travel agency friends and probably going to go again with travel agency friends at some point.

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AMY: So I probably do like once a year trip with friends.

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AMY: And then like I'm hoping two times a year with family.

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AMY: So so we'll see.

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AMY: It's hard because I travel a lot, too, for my professor job.

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AMY: And so I don't want to be like away too much from my kids.

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AMY: So, yeah, we'll see.

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AMY: I'm not sure if an AAP is really worth it, but I mean, it would motivate me to go more if I had one.

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VIRGINIA: I'll tell you, as an out-of-state passholder, it certainly makes you look into trips a lot more than you would, because you're like, I have to make use of this, of course, because I've got it.

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VIRGINIA: But it's harder as an out-of-state passholder because there's so much more involved in terms of the planning and getting a flight if you live far enough away, which how long of a drive would it be if you drove down there?

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AMY: You know, we used to drive when I was a kid, actually.

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AMY: And I remember it being pretty fun.

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AMY: My parents would rent a van with a VCR player on it on a TV.

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AMY: And we'd road trip it down there.

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AMY: But you have to stop.

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AMY: It's like 17 hours or something.

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AMY: So it's not very easy.

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AMY: And I have no interest in that myself.

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VIRGINIA: No, my son loves a road trip.

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VIRGINIA: And he still talks about the two different times we drove down.

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VIRGINIA: One time we just drove down specifically for that.

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VIRGINIA: And the other time it was like, OK, we'll go down.

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VIRGINIA: And then on the way back up, we'll visit family and that sort of thing.

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VIRGINIA: And I guess he thinks of it as an adventure.

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VIRGINIA: And I think of it as there are X number of days that now I don't get to spend the part because I'm on the road.

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VIRGINIA: So that's why I'm not interested.

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VIRGINIA: I just like to get there as quickly as possible.

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VIRGINIA: I get as much part time as I can.

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AMY: Totally agree.

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AMY: That's like when I'm going, I just move there.

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VIRGINIA: For your flight, what time of day are you going to be flying?

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VIRGINIA: Are you an early morning flyer?

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VIRGINIA: Do you like to fly middle of the day?

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VIRGINIA: What's your jam?

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AMY: I was just chatting with some of my travel agent friends about this because a friend is booking flights for a trip, and she's like, which flight options do you guys like?

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AMY: They were all like 5:30 a.m.

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AMY: I'm like, you couldn't pay me enough to take a flight at 5:30 a.m.

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AMY: I'm like, no, I am not.

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AMY: I mean, I get the whole get there early, but I'm like, I don't want to get there early and be wiped out, and I don't want my kids to be wiped out.

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AMY: Our flight leaves, it's like between eight and nine.

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AMY: That's my ideal flight time.

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AMY: I think it's early, but not crazy early.

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AMY: I like to sleep, so I want my flights to be not too early and not too late.

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AMY: We're having the same flight time there and back.

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AMY: I'm not the type of person, I don't know, I know a lot of people do this, but I could not be going to a park, doing a whole park day and then flying back at 7 p.m.

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AMY: at night back home.

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AMY: I want to get home, get unpacked, get settled.

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AMY: It's the last day of my vacation.

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AMY: I'm already mentally done with a vacation.

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AMY: We're flying there and back morning time.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: If you're leaving between 8 and 9 a.m.

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VIRGINIA: what time does that put you landing at MCO?

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AMY: Around 12.

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AMY: If the time change, yeah, it's right around noon.

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AMY: It's not too bad of a flight.

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AMY: I was considering doing this trip to Disneyland, actually, because I think it would be super fun for my daughter.

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AMY: She loves cars, but it's just so much further to get out there, even though in my mind, I'm in the middle of the country.

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AMY: I'm further from California than I am in Florida.

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VIRGINIA: When you go to Disneyland from anywhere, the east half of the country, it does help with the time change because when you get there, getting up early and being there for rope drop is no problem at all.

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AMY: It's easy.

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AMY: Yes.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Landing around noon, I haven't asked yet, but where are you going to be staying for this trip?

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AMY: We're staying at Yacht Club.

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VIRGINIA: Nice.

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VIRGINIA: Have you stayed there before?

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AMY: I have not.

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AMY: I'm really looking forward to it.

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AMY: Yeah.

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AMY: We picked the Yacht Club.

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AMY: I was going to do Yacht or Beach Club.

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AMY: Yacht Club was just a little bit cheaper, so it was a few dollars cheaper than I have, but I was like, that's fine.

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AMY: Yeah, that's what we're doing.

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AMY: I'm excited too.

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AMY: Hopefully, the weather is turned around from where it was a week or so ago.

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AMY: Hopefully, we can use the pool.

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AMY: I'm not a huge pool person myself, but of course, I have a four-year-old kid.

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AMY: She loves swimming, so hopefully, we can hit up the pool.

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VIRGINIA: Well, I was there this past week, and the first half of the week, it was pretty chilly, and then the second half of the week, it was up into the lower 70s, which that to me is a little cold to get in the pool.

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VIRGINIA: But my nephew hopped right in that pool, and I sat on the side with my margarita, and I was like, you're doing great.

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VIRGINIA: Good job.

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AMY: Yeah, exactly.

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AMY: All right.

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VIRGINIA: How do you plan to get from MCO over?

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AMY: I'm the type of person that's like, I mean, I just said I went to Yacht Club and said Beach Club to save $10 a night, but I will pretty much pay whatever I can for something that's more convenient and quicker.

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AMY: Again, this is a quick trip.

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AMY: We're going to take a car through Happy Limo, so just like a private car.

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AMY: Also dealing with car seats, it's like, I don't want to Uber, I don't want to, so we're taking just doing Happy Limo there and back.

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VIRGINIA: Have you used that service before?

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AMY: I have, yes.

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AMY: I use them myself, I use them for clients a lot who want a private transportation option, really easy to use, really great.

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AMY: I've been totally satisfied with them.

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AMY: I've used them.

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VIRGINIA: Do you know in terms of people who might be coming that have a larger party, because with you and your daughter and a shorter trip, you're not going to have much luggage, but are they able to accommodate a family of four that has a lot of luggage with them?

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AMY: Yes.

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AMY: I used them in September.

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AMY: We went down with my parents too, and my husband and my younger daughter, so there was six of us, and I don't remember it was a big SUV or something.

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AMY: I don't know anything about cars.

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AMY: It's some kind of a big SUV that can fit all of us and all of our luggage, and they can scale up to parties of, they have vans and stuff for huge parties with people.

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AMY: So it's really nice for basically whatever size you have.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Are you getting ready to the parks the first day?

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AMY: Yes, we are.

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AMY: This is my first time ever trying this with a child with me.

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AMY: So we'll see.

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AMY: But I figured like we're staying kind of close to the park.

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AMY: We're staying in a good location.

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AMY: So I'm not going to go, I don't want us to go hard the first day.

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AMY: But yes, so our plan is on the first day to arrive.

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AMY: We'll get there at noon, take the car to the hotel, drop off our stuff, and then we're going to go straight to Hollywood Studios for the afternoon.

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VIRGINIA: Now, your five-year-old daughter, what is she into at Hollywood Studios?

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AMY: Oh my gosh.

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AMY: Okay.

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AMY: So this was a huge change of plan.

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AMY: So when I first planned this trip, I was like, okay, she's not super into Star Wars.

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AMY: She likes Toy Story, but we'll just try.

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AMY: We'll just do an afternoon at Hollywood Studios, and then the second day, we'll go to Epcot all day, and the third day, we'll do Magic Kingdom all day.

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AMY: And I booked our dining and all this stuff, so I was like, that's a great plan.

00:13:13.971 --> 00:13:19.831
AMY: Well, okay, over Christmas break, my husband got her really into Star Wars.

00:13:19.911 --> 00:13:22.071
AMY: She is very, very into Star Wars right now.

00:13:22.071 --> 00:13:24.151
AMY: She's most excited.

00:13:24.171 --> 00:13:27.911
AMY: I think most excited about anything on this trip is to meet Darth Vader.

00:13:27.931 --> 00:13:29.131
AMY: Darth Vader is her favorite.

00:13:29.571 --> 00:13:30.831
AMY: She always loves the villains.

00:13:31.531 --> 00:13:37.371
AMY: So I've kind of changed plans a bit, but because I had our dining already booked, I was like, okay, well, I don't want to switch.

00:13:37.771 --> 00:13:39.051
AMY: I can't really switch all that around.

00:13:39.271 --> 00:13:41.391
AMY: So I'm going to be up at 5 a.m.

00:13:41.951 --> 00:13:44.631
AMY: 5.45 or whatever central time to get on Genie Plus.

00:13:45.091 --> 00:13:51.051
AMY: And we're going to hopefully get Slinky Dog and get an individual lighting name playing for Rise for the afternoon.

00:13:52.091 --> 00:13:54.211
AMY: Because she wants to go on Rise of the Resistance.

00:13:54.711 --> 00:13:58.011
AMY: First thing when we get there, I mean, we'll have to see if the timing works out.

00:13:58.031 --> 00:14:11.491
AMY: But so, yeah, day one at Hollywood Studios is going to be doing Slinky Dog, hopefully doing like Mickey Minis, doing Rise, meeting Darth Vader, whatever other Star Wars stuff we can get done that first day.

00:14:11.511 --> 00:14:13.491
AMY: But also I don't want to go too late.

00:14:13.511 --> 00:14:17.811
AMY: And then we have a dinner reservation at the Toy Story restaurant.

00:14:18.251 --> 00:14:20.351
VIRGINIA: Oh, Woody's Roundup Rodeo Barbecue.

00:14:20.371 --> 00:14:22.151
AMY: Yes, Woody's Roundup Rodeo Barbecue, yes.

00:14:22.651 --> 00:14:23.871
AMY: So we're doing that for dinner.

00:14:23.891 --> 00:14:31.671
AMY: And then probably after dinner, we'll see how we're feeling, but we might just go back to the resort after dinner and just kind of like, you know, call it.

00:14:31.691 --> 00:14:32.951
AMY: And she goes to bed pretty early, so.

00:14:33.371 --> 00:14:35.811
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I just traveled with, you know, my nephews.

00:14:35.851 --> 00:14:37.611
VIRGINIA: One of them is seven and two of them are three.

00:14:37.631 --> 00:14:39.191
VIRGINIA: And their bedtime was like seven or 730.

00:14:39.211 --> 00:14:42.791
VIRGINIA: I was like, this is so funny because I have a 13 year old.

00:14:42.811 --> 00:14:45.771
VIRGINIA: Like we haven't seen that bedtime in ages.

00:14:45.771 --> 00:14:47.251
VIRGINIA: Like he goes to bed at the same time we do.

00:14:48.851 --> 00:14:50.231
VIRGINIA: Have you eaten at Woody's Roundup?

00:14:50.411 --> 00:14:50.971
AMY: I have not.

00:14:50.991 --> 00:14:52.311
AMY: I'm really looking forward to it.

00:14:52.331 --> 00:14:53.311
AMY: I'm excited.

00:14:53.751 --> 00:14:54.191
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:14:54.311 --> 00:14:55.891
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I haven't eaten there either.

00:14:56.031 --> 00:15:01.551
VIRGINIA: And I keep wanting to, but I'm also like kind of picky about barbecue, so I'm nervous.

00:15:02.131 --> 00:15:03.071
AMY: I was thinking that.

00:15:03.091 --> 00:15:03.591
AMY: I'm from St.

00:15:03.611 --> 00:15:03.951
AMY: Louis.

00:15:03.971 --> 00:15:05.591
AMY: I mean, we have good barbecue here.

00:15:05.611 --> 00:15:07.511
AMY: I love barbecue.

00:15:08.051 --> 00:15:08.431
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:15:08.491 --> 00:15:10.111
VIRGINIA: I'm from North Carolina originally.

00:15:10.131 --> 00:15:16.071
AMY: So yes, I don't know that barbecue in Disney is going to be great.

00:15:16.111 --> 00:15:17.031
AMY: I mean, you live in New York City.

00:15:17.051 --> 00:15:17.811
AMY: I live in New York City too.

00:15:17.831 --> 00:15:20.171
AMY: There's like the best food in the world in New York City, but not barbecue.

00:15:20.191 --> 00:15:25.231
AMY: So, but anyway, I'm going for the theming.

00:15:25.251 --> 00:15:27.971
AMY: Like I think it's a missed opportunity that it's not a character meal.

00:15:27.991 --> 00:15:31.271
AMY: I wish it was a character meal, but I know it's a shame.

00:15:31.491 --> 00:15:32.651
AMY: I think it's going to be fun though.

00:15:32.671 --> 00:15:34.951
AMY: I think my daughter is really going to enjoy just like the ambiance.

00:15:35.131 --> 00:15:36.891
AMY: So I wanted to try it.

00:15:37.711 --> 00:15:46.411
VIRGINIA: Now with her newfound love of Star Wars, is she going to be Disney bounding at all on this day or wearing a Star Wars shirt or anything like that?

00:15:46.791 --> 00:15:48.331
AMY: Yes, I got her like a little dress.

00:15:48.411 --> 00:15:50.491
AMY: Oh, I don't remember the company.

00:15:50.511 --> 00:15:52.571
AMY: It's Presley Kutcher, I think is what it's called.

00:15:52.611 --> 00:15:56.031
AMY: It's like they make like comfortable princess and other themed dresses.

00:15:56.051 --> 00:15:59.031
AMY: I got her, of course, a Darth Vader dress from there.

00:15:59.051 --> 00:16:01.591
AMY: So that's what she's going to be wearing on the plane and when we get there.

00:16:01.611 --> 00:16:04.311
AMY: So she will be wearing a Darth Vader outfit.

00:16:04.631 --> 00:16:05.531
VIRGINIA: That's so cute.

00:16:05.551 --> 00:16:06.591
AMY: Hopefully on that first day.

00:16:06.611 --> 00:16:09.931
VIRGINIA: Is she a lightsaber owner?

00:16:10.211 --> 00:16:10.531
AMY: No.

00:16:10.571 --> 00:16:17.911
AMY: So I told her we're not getting, we're going to do the like plastic, you can build a plastic lightsaber.

00:16:17.931 --> 00:16:23.631
AMY: I don't remember the shop's name, but anyway, we're going to do the plastic one, not the $250.

00:16:23.691 --> 00:16:25.651
VIRGINIA: At the exit to Star Tours.

00:16:25.911 --> 00:16:26.231
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:16:26.891 --> 00:16:28.011
AMY: So that's what we're going to do.

00:16:28.031 --> 00:16:29.491
AMY: She's going to get her lightsaber there.

00:16:29.591 --> 00:16:29.951
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:16:29.971 --> 00:16:32.111
VIRGINIA: We just did that with my nephews.

00:16:32.371 --> 00:16:35.971
VIRGINIA: And I want to say it was like $40 or something like that.

00:16:35.991 --> 00:16:39.471
VIRGINIA: I think it's a little bit more, my son ended up doing like a double-ended one.

00:16:39.551 --> 00:16:43.591
VIRGINIA: And so that was more expensive, but they had a great time doing it.

00:16:43.631 --> 00:16:50.831
VIRGINIA: And like for the little ones, the cast members were very helpful because I was like, I have no idea what I'm doing building this.

00:16:50.931 --> 00:16:54.791
VIRGINIA: And I was really trusting my son to jump in and help, but he was too busy building his own.

00:16:54.811 --> 00:17:01.991
VIRGINIA: So I got the help of a cast member to help with the three-year-olds because it was like, we don't know what we're doing.

00:17:02.011 --> 00:17:03.351
VIRGINIA: Just tell us what part goes where.

00:17:04.531 --> 00:17:11.211
VIRGINIA: But it's a lot of fun and they were using them a lot and they seem pretty sturdy to me.

00:17:12.131 --> 00:17:12.771
AMY: That's awesome.

00:17:12.791 --> 00:17:13.851
AMY: I'm really excited about that.

00:17:13.871 --> 00:17:14.591
AMY: She's going to love it.

00:17:15.031 --> 00:17:15.411
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:17:16.251 --> 00:17:16.711
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:17:16.731 --> 00:17:18.471
VIRGINIA: So anything else that first day?

00:17:19.631 --> 00:17:22.271
AMY: That's really all of our plans for day one.

00:17:22.611 --> 00:17:24.171
AMY: I'm sure it's going to go so fast.

00:17:25.271 --> 00:17:25.791
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:17:25.791 --> 00:17:30.431
VIRGINIA: So Saturday, March 2nd, you mentioned that you were planning to go to Epcot.

00:17:32.211 --> 00:17:37.451
AMY: So first thing in the morning on, again, I kind of planned this all.

00:17:37.471 --> 00:17:39.971
AMY: I thought I had it all planned out, but then plans changed.

00:17:39.991 --> 00:17:43.691
AMY: So first thing in the morning, actually, we've done this our past two trips.

00:17:43.711 --> 00:17:49.191
AMY: This started because our first trip was still restricted for some COVID things.

00:17:49.211 --> 00:17:54.791
AMY: So our very first trip was in spring of 22 and we wanted, I wanted to go to Bim Bim Bop Bim Boutique, but it was still closed.

00:17:54.831 --> 00:18:00.931
AMY: So we had someone come to our room and do a makeover for Evelyn, my daughter.

00:18:01.131 --> 00:18:05.011
AMY: And this trip I was like, oh, do you want to go to the boutique?

00:18:05.031 --> 00:18:11.571
AMY: She's like, no, I kind of just want the person that comes to our room so I can just relax in the room and get my makeover.

00:18:11.591 --> 00:18:12.171
AMY: I'm like, okay.

00:18:12.671 --> 00:18:13.691
AMY: So we have someone coming.

00:18:13.871 --> 00:18:16.271
AMY: It's CoCo's Pixie Dust is the name of her company.

00:18:16.771 --> 00:18:21.691
AMY: And she's coming to our room and like the only availability she had was that at 7 a.m.

00:18:21.711 --> 00:18:23.411
AMY: on Saturday or 7.30.

00:18:23.431 --> 00:18:25.111
AMY: I don't remember which, 7.30 on Saturday, I think.

00:18:25.711 --> 00:18:31.771
AMY: And the good thing about these people though, who come to your room is that they can do whatever you want.

00:18:31.811 --> 00:18:36.751
AMY: It's not just like you have to pick out of these specific types of makeovers.

00:18:36.751 --> 00:18:46.631
AMY: So in addition to before the Star Wars thing really was happening, my daughter has really always loved cars and Lightning McQueen, her favorite color is red.

00:18:47.371 --> 00:18:52.811
AMY: And so I bought her this really cute dress on Etsy that's like a frilly Lightning McQueen dress.

00:18:52.831 --> 00:19:00.491
AMY: And so she's going to get this makeover with like a red, long braid and like gems and stuff in her hair, but she's going to be Lightning McQueen.

00:19:00.531 --> 00:19:01.591
AMY: So that's what she's getting.

00:19:01.611 --> 00:19:02.211
VIRGINIA: Oh, that's adorable.

00:19:02.231 --> 00:19:05.331
AMY: And then we're going to go to Epcot, which like, it doesn't make sense, but that's fine.

00:19:06.091 --> 00:19:07.551
AMY: She wanted the Lightning McQueen makeover.

00:19:07.751 --> 00:19:09.291
VIRGINIA: It doesn't have to make sense.

00:19:09.651 --> 00:19:10.371
VIRGINIA: It's fine.

00:19:12.071 --> 00:19:12.931
VIRGINIA: That's really cool.

00:19:13.051 --> 00:19:27.751
VIRGINIA: Okay, and when you're planning this with the CoCo's Pixie Dust company, are you sending kind of what you want in advance and talking it through so that when they get there, they're, or could you do it on the fly if you weren't sure what you wanted?

00:19:28.551 --> 00:19:33.931
AMY: So I think she needs to know what kind of accessories and what color hair extensions to do.

00:19:34.671 --> 00:19:36.971
AMY: So, and then I sent her a picture of the dress too.

00:19:36.991 --> 00:19:39.431
AMY: I asked her before I booked, I was like, can you do like Lightning McQueen?

00:19:39.451 --> 00:19:40.791
AMY: She's like, I can do whatever you want.

00:19:40.871 --> 00:19:48.751
AMY: So it's they put in these like really long hair extension things that looks like it's their actual, you know, it's integrated really nicely into the hair.

00:19:48.771 --> 00:19:56.591
AMY: So yeah, I think she just needs to know kind of like what color, what accessories, what general theme, but she didn't need it super far in advance.

00:19:57.811 --> 00:19:58.171
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:19:58.651 --> 00:19:59.411
VIRGINIA: Very good to know.

00:19:59.511 --> 00:19:59.951
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:19:59.971 --> 00:20:06.311
VIRGINIA: And that sounds super convenient because you will be able to just relax and have some coffee and do whatever.

00:20:08.511 --> 00:20:09.131
AMY: Exactly.

00:20:09.151 --> 00:20:10.511
AMY: Wake up in the morning and hang out.

00:20:10.671 --> 00:20:10.991
AMY: Yeah.

00:20:11.571 --> 00:20:17.791
VIRGINIA: Are you planning to try to make it over into Epcot for rope drop since you'll be so close?

00:20:17.811 --> 00:20:18.731
AMY: Yes, I would like to.

00:20:19.371 --> 00:20:21.091
AMY: So we'll see how long this takes.

00:20:21.551 --> 00:20:23.451
AMY: It's like supposed to take like 45 minutes to an hour.

00:20:23.471 --> 00:20:25.631
AMY: So we'll see when we get there.

00:20:25.651 --> 00:20:29.671
AMY: I'm kind of still debating exactly what our plan is gonna be.

00:20:29.691 --> 00:20:33.891
AMY: And it's just gonna be kind of like what time we get to the park.

00:20:34.311 --> 00:20:40.751
AMY: So another thing to mention is that I get motion sickness, not terrible, but I've never done Remy's before.

00:20:40.771 --> 00:20:44.851
AMY: So I'm a little bit hesitant to do Remy's just because I've heard it can cause motion sickness.

00:20:44.871 --> 00:20:47.251
AMY: And also like, my daughter doesn't even know that ride exists.

00:20:47.271 --> 00:20:50.031
AMY: So like, if she doesn't know, then she doesn't know.

00:20:50.071 --> 00:20:53.911
AMY: So I think we might try and do rope drop and do Frozen.

00:20:55.191 --> 00:20:56.691
AMY: Because she does really like the Frozen ride.

00:20:57.531 --> 00:20:59.391
AMY: And she's also very interested in doing test tracks.

00:20:59.411 --> 00:21:01.971
AMY: So I might do test track for our first Genie Plus.

00:21:01.991 --> 00:21:07.311
AMY: Cause last time we went, she wasn't tall enough to do, I think it gets to be 40 inches for test track.

00:21:07.351 --> 00:21:08.531
AMY: Anyway, she wasn't tall enough to do it.

00:21:09.011 --> 00:21:10.551
AMY: And then she really was interested.

00:21:10.571 --> 00:21:12.191
AMY: I always show her videos of all the rides.

00:21:12.211 --> 00:21:15.231
AMY: I didn't show her Remmys, cause I was like, I don't know if we're going to do it.

00:21:15.411 --> 00:21:27.371
AMY: And so I think we're going to do, try and do rope drop, do Frozen, and then hopefully get an early morning test track, Lightning Lane, and pretend Remmys doesn't even exist.

00:21:28.031 --> 00:21:33.231
VIRGINIA: OK, if you do ever decide to try Remmys, I would recommend trying it at the end of your park day.

00:21:33.711 --> 00:21:34.711
AMY: Yes, yes.

00:21:34.731 --> 00:21:35.211
VIRGINIA: Just in case.

00:21:36.211 --> 00:21:40.911
VIRGINIA: Because I can see, I don't tend to get motion sick on rides that much.

00:21:40.951 --> 00:21:45.651
VIRGINIA: I will get motion sick if I try to read my phone in the car or something like that.

00:21:45.691 --> 00:21:54.971
VIRGINIA: And then always when I go to Universal and do the Simpsons experience, there's something about that that makes me not feel great.

00:21:55.271 --> 00:21:56.931
VIRGINIA: But other than that, I'm usually fine.

00:21:56.951 --> 00:22:01.851
VIRGINIA: But I can totally see how Remmys in particular could affect somebody's motion sickness.

00:22:01.931 --> 00:22:03.251
AMY: Yeah, so I'm not doing that.

00:22:03.271 --> 00:22:04.171
AMY: I'm not doing guardians.

00:22:04.191 --> 00:22:06.091
AMY: I know everyone's like, you've never done guardians.

00:22:06.111 --> 00:22:07.231
AMY: I'm like, I'm too terrified.

00:22:07.251 --> 00:22:07.951
AMY: I don't want to.

00:22:08.771 --> 00:22:10.211
AMY: I'm not messing with that.

00:22:10.311 --> 00:22:14.311
AMY: So when we go as a whole family, my husband can take her on that.

00:22:14.331 --> 00:22:15.271
AMY: But that's not for me.

00:22:15.291 --> 00:22:17.031
AMY: I'm not, especially when I'm by myself with a kid.

00:22:17.051 --> 00:22:21.771
AMY: It's like the last thing I want is to be feeling sick when I'm by myself with my kid.

00:22:21.891 --> 00:22:24.211
AMY: I already told her, I'm like, we're not going on the teacups ride.

00:22:24.231 --> 00:22:25.031
AMY: I can't do that.

00:22:25.071 --> 00:22:26.891
AMY: So she understands that.

00:22:27.271 --> 00:22:30.371
VIRGINIA: When I was there last week, my sister and her family came.

00:22:30.651 --> 00:22:32.071
VIRGINIA: And it was all of their first times.

00:22:32.111 --> 00:22:35.331
VIRGINIA: And they had the same concerns because they get a little bit motion sick.

00:22:35.671 --> 00:22:41.391
VIRGINIA: Particularly, my sister's fiancee had said, I don't think I could do the teacups.

00:22:41.891 --> 00:22:45.491
VIRGINIA: And I said, I hate the teacups too, but I do it.

00:22:45.571 --> 00:22:47.431
VIRGINIA: And then I just don't move the thing at all.

00:22:47.451 --> 00:22:50.291
VIRGINIA: In fact, I hold the wheel so that I don't move.

00:22:51.011 --> 00:22:54.671
VIRGINIA: And so when they got on, she got into her own teacup.

00:22:55.131 --> 00:22:59.691
VIRGINIA: And then the kids got on with my husband into a separate teacup.

00:22:59.731 --> 00:23:05.331
VIRGINIA: And then so she just held her wheel still and then videotaped them having fun in their teacup.

00:23:06.431 --> 00:23:12.591
VIRGINIA: But yeah, you have to learn those little tricks to get around it because the spinning, meh, it's not for me.

00:23:12.811 --> 00:23:13.291
VIRGINIA: Not for me.

00:23:13.671 --> 00:23:15.551
AMY: Yeah, definitely not for me.

00:23:15.771 --> 00:23:18.671
VIRGINIA: Do you have dining plans for Saturday?

00:23:19.351 --> 00:23:19.771
AMY: Yes.

00:23:20.051 --> 00:23:23.591
AMY: So we are doing lunch at Space 220, which I've never done before.

00:23:23.611 --> 00:23:29.631
AMY: And I'm super excited because my daughter has always, since she was two said she wants to be an astronaut when she grows up.

00:23:29.871 --> 00:23:33.731
AMY: But we will not be doing mission space because also motion.

00:23:33.751 --> 00:23:36.351
AMY: I don't want to do mission space, but we're doing Space 220 for lunch.

00:23:36.371 --> 00:23:37.911
AMY: And I think we're going to love that.

00:23:37.931 --> 00:23:38.431
AMY: I'm excited.

00:23:38.831 --> 00:23:42.991
VIRGINIA: Have you ever thought about going over to the Space Center on one of your future trips?

00:23:43.311 --> 00:23:44.691
AMY: I have thought about that.

00:23:44.711 --> 00:23:46.071
AMY: Yes, I would really like to.

00:23:46.131 --> 00:23:47.931
AMY: I think we need to do that sometime.

00:23:47.951 --> 00:23:50.171
AMY: There's so much to do in the area.

00:23:50.191 --> 00:23:51.891
AMY: But yes, I've heard it's really amazing.

00:23:51.911 --> 00:23:52.611
AMY: I really want to go there.

00:23:52.611 --> 00:23:53.311
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I have too.

00:23:53.331 --> 00:23:56.191
VIRGINIA: I haven't done it yet, but it's on my bucket list.

00:23:56.731 --> 00:23:58.711
VIRGINIA: All right, lunch at Space 220.

00:23:59.151 --> 00:24:00.071
VIRGINIA: That's exciting.

00:24:00.191 --> 00:24:04.011
VIRGINIA: And then what time do you plan on leaving the park that day?

00:24:04.031 --> 00:24:05.251
VIRGINIA: Are you going to make it a full day?

00:24:05.271 --> 00:24:06.671
VIRGINIA: Are you going to take a midday break?

00:24:07.251 --> 00:24:11.671
AMY: So my thinking is like feeling out where we're at at lunch.

00:24:11.871 --> 00:24:14.351
AMY: Like, I usually do like to do a midday break.

00:24:15.491 --> 00:24:16.071
AMY: But I don't know.

00:24:16.091 --> 00:24:16.891
AMY: She's a little older now.

00:24:16.891 --> 00:24:17.711
AMY: I'm going to see.

00:24:17.711 --> 00:24:30.911
AMY: I think I would really like to do the Moana Journey Through Water, Journey Through Water, whatever it's called, and Soarin, so I might kind of take us over to the other side of the park, maybe kind of like loop around on our way out.

00:24:31.051 --> 00:24:33.091
AMY: So I'm going to feel it out and see what she wants to do.

00:24:33.131 --> 00:24:41.931
AMY: If she wants to go back to Hollywood Studios, I think we probably will go back there because we have to do Lightning McQueen's Racing Academy with her Lightning McQueen outfit on.

00:24:41.951 --> 00:24:43.951
AMY: And that's the only Lightning McQueen thing at Disney World.

00:24:43.971 --> 00:24:47.811
AMY: So we're definitely going to go back to Hollywood Studios at some point and do that.

00:24:50.071 --> 00:24:56.231
AMY: So the afternoon is kind of like I made a dinner reservation actually Garden Grill because I did have us planning to do a whole day Epcot.

00:24:56.851 --> 00:24:57.851
AMY: I will probably cancel it.

00:24:57.871 --> 00:25:01.731
AMY: I just can't imagine we're going to be in Epcot until dinner time, which is kind of a bummer.

00:25:01.751 --> 00:25:02.371
AMY: I've never eaten there.

00:25:02.391 --> 00:25:02.971
AMY: I'd like to.

00:25:03.011 --> 00:25:06.751
AMY: But I think we're going to just play it by ear in the afternoon and see what she wants to do.

00:25:06.771 --> 00:25:07.631
AMY: If she wants to go back.

00:25:07.671 --> 00:25:09.591
AMY: I mean, we have to go do Lightning McQueen for sure.

00:25:10.131 --> 00:25:13.651
AMY: But what time we go over there, if we take a break or not, I don't know.

00:25:13.671 --> 00:25:16.551
AMY: We're just going to see what we feel like.

00:25:17.131 --> 00:25:24.511
VIRGINIA: Have you looked up Lightning McQueen Racing Academy to make sure that, like, does it run all day or does it have showtimes that end before the park ends?

00:25:24.711 --> 00:25:25.671
AMY: That's a good point.

00:25:25.671 --> 00:25:26.391
AMY: That's a good point.

00:25:26.411 --> 00:25:29.331
AMY: I'm guessing it doesn't probably run all day.

00:25:30.511 --> 00:25:34.931
AMY: I mean, I just kind of assumed it would go at least until like late afternoon.

00:25:34.951 --> 00:25:35.971
AMY: But that's a really good point.

00:25:35.991 --> 00:25:37.911
VIRGINIA: It should probably go to late afternoon at least.

00:25:37.911 --> 00:25:45.651
VIRGINIA: But it just seems like because it's geared towards the younger set that it probably is not going until all hours of the night.

00:25:45.791 --> 00:25:46.451
AMY: That's a good point.

00:25:46.471 --> 00:25:46.791
AMY: Yeah.

00:25:46.811 --> 00:25:48.311
AMY: We're not going to ever be really late.

00:25:48.891 --> 00:25:55.671
AMY: I'm kind of actually thinking we might just pop over to Moana, try and do Soarin and then go over to...

00:25:55.691 --> 00:25:58.651
AMY: Because our lunch at Space to 20 is like 11 o'clock.

00:25:58.671 --> 00:25:59.351
AMY: So it's pretty early.

00:26:01.071 --> 00:26:02.371
AMY: So anyway, we'll see.

00:26:03.051 --> 00:26:05.411
AMY: We'll see what we want to prioritize and what we end up doing.

00:26:05.431 --> 00:26:06.211
AMY: But yeah.

00:26:06.591 --> 00:26:14.491
VIRGINIA: And you're going to get Soarin around the world, which I'm a little jealous of because there was still Soarin over California during my trip.

00:26:15.611 --> 00:26:17.371
AMY: Yeah, I'm excited for that.

00:26:17.851 --> 00:26:21.531
VIRGINIA: And this will be your first time doing the Moana Journey of Water?

00:26:21.911 --> 00:26:22.231
AMY: Yes.

00:26:22.491 --> 00:26:22.871
AMY: Yes.

00:26:22.951 --> 00:26:23.091
VIRGINIA: OK.

00:26:23.531 --> 00:26:24.251
VIRGINIA: It's cute.

00:26:24.511 --> 00:26:27.571
VIRGINIA: It doesn't take very long, but it's cute.

00:26:28.351 --> 00:26:34.531
VIRGINIA: And it definitely I'm hoping that you'll have some nice sunny weather to be able to actually take advantage of the...

00:26:34.631 --> 00:26:35.651
AMY: Enjoy the water.

00:26:36.011 --> 00:26:36.491
VIRGINIA: The water.

00:26:37.951 --> 00:26:38.471
AMY: All right.

00:26:38.631 --> 00:26:42.611
VIRGINIA: So Sunday, March the 3rd, you said is going to be a Magic Kingdom Day?

00:26:42.851 --> 00:26:43.251
AMY: Yes.

00:26:43.271 --> 00:26:43.911
AMY: That's going to be Magic.

00:26:43.931 --> 00:26:44.211
AMY: I know.

00:26:44.251 --> 00:26:46.311
AMY: My daughter was like, why are we going to Magic Kingdom last?

00:26:46.331 --> 00:26:47.291
AMY: I'm like, because we...

00:26:47.811 --> 00:26:51.691
AMY: So most of our trips we've spent the majority of the time at Magic Kingdom.

00:26:51.711 --> 00:26:54.591
AMY: Actually, my daughter's never even been to Hollywood Studios before ever.

00:26:55.011 --> 00:26:55.951
AMY: Oh, OK.

00:26:56.291 --> 00:27:02.451
AMY: Her first time at Hollywood Studios, because we've only gone on short trips and just done Epcot and Magic Kingdom before.

00:27:03.111 --> 00:27:05.851
AMY: So, I mean, I've been to Hollywood Studios, but she never has before.

00:27:05.871 --> 00:27:09.211
AMY: So I was like, well, that's why we're going to do the other place.

00:27:09.231 --> 00:27:12.471
AMY: You haven't been before first, but I think it's going to be hard.

00:27:12.491 --> 00:27:17.231
AMY: We usually do two days at Magic Kingdom, so it's going to be hard to, she's going to probably miss that.

00:27:17.271 --> 00:27:18.831
AMY: We're not going to probably be able to do everything.

00:27:18.851 --> 00:27:21.711
AMY: But so I would like to get over there.

00:27:21.731 --> 00:27:29.391
AMY: I'm debating if I want to even do like a minivan ride over there just for quickness sake.

00:27:29.771 --> 00:27:30.931
AMY: Rather than a bus, we'll see.

00:27:32.951 --> 00:27:35.671
AMY: But then I'm hoping we can get there for early entry.

00:27:35.911 --> 00:27:39.951
AMY: Usually for early entry, we just like to do a bunch of the Fantasyland rides.

00:27:40.431 --> 00:27:40.671
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:27:40.691 --> 00:27:44.971
AMY: Like right after the other and get those out of the way, although definitely not the teacups this time.

00:27:44.991 --> 00:27:51.891
AMY: But her favorite, favorite ride that we will be doing, first lightning lane on Genie Plus Tour is going to be Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

00:27:51.911 --> 00:27:53.631
AMY: She loves Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

00:27:55.571 --> 00:27:59.191
VIRGINIA: And Big Thunder will not be open at the very beginning of the day.

00:27:59.211 --> 00:27:59.431
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:27:59.771 --> 00:28:00.111
AMY: Yes.

00:28:00.131 --> 00:28:04.831
AMY: That's why it's going to be our first, our first lightning lane pick is going to be Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

00:28:06.671 --> 00:28:07.031
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:28:07.051 --> 00:28:08.051
VIRGINIA: So she's a thrill seeker.

00:28:08.831 --> 00:28:09.931
AMY: She absolutely is.

00:28:09.971 --> 00:28:10.311
AMY: Yes.

00:28:10.751 --> 00:28:11.591
AMY: 100 percent.

00:28:12.351 --> 00:28:12.831
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:28:12.851 --> 00:28:14.811
VIRGINIA: So have you ridden Tron?

00:28:15.711 --> 00:28:16.091
AMY: Yes.

00:28:16.111 --> 00:28:18.411
VIRGINIA: And are you planning on doing it on this trip?

00:28:18.991 --> 00:28:23.731
AMY: I'm not because I just don't know what she would be doing by herself while I'm on Tron.

00:28:23.751 --> 00:28:24.791
AMY: I rode Tron when I went down.

00:28:24.811 --> 00:28:26.691
VIRGINIA: Oh, she's not tall enough to do Tron.

00:28:26.711 --> 00:28:29.571
AMY: She's not anywhere close to being tall enough.

00:28:32.311 --> 00:28:35.051
AMY: So yeah, she's not tall enough for Tron.

00:28:35.071 --> 00:28:39.211
AMY: She would like enjoy Tron someday, but not this.

00:28:39.231 --> 00:28:39.811
AMY: Yeah, I just looked up.

00:28:39.831 --> 00:28:41.031
AMY: It has to be 48 inches.

00:28:41.251 --> 00:28:45.091
AMY: She is actually something I'm like, I don't know if I want to do or not.

00:28:45.111 --> 00:28:46.831
AMY: She's actually tall enough to do Space Mountain.

00:28:46.851 --> 00:28:50.631
AMY: She's very tall for a four-year-old, but I think we're still going to skip.

00:28:50.651 --> 00:28:52.891
AMY: I think that may be a little too dark.

00:28:52.911 --> 00:28:54.311
AMY: I think it might be a little too much for her.

00:28:54.871 --> 00:29:08.691
VIRGINIA: I mean, yeah, I think that the dark is one thing, but the thing, so my son wrote it when he was five for the first time, and I spent the entire ride nervous for him because it's front to back seat.

00:29:08.711 --> 00:29:10.351
VIRGINIA: He applied himself, yes.

00:29:10.831 --> 00:29:16.531
VIRGINIA: I spent the whole time with my hands over the seat, trying to let him know I was there.

00:29:17.691 --> 00:29:18.171
VIRGINIA: He loved it.

00:29:18.231 --> 00:29:20.411
VIRGINIA: I didn't need to worry about it, but I did.

00:29:21.331 --> 00:29:22.991
AMY: Yeah, I had that same thought.

00:29:23.011 --> 00:29:24.651
AMY: In Big Thunder Mountain, you sit next to each other.

00:29:24.671 --> 00:29:25.291
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:29:25.451 --> 00:29:27.491
VIRGINIA: They can grab on to you if they need to.

00:29:29.311 --> 00:29:32.371
VIRGINIA: What else is on your list for Magic Kingdom?

00:29:32.771 --> 00:29:33.971
AMY: That's so yes.

00:29:33.991 --> 00:29:40.391
AMY: We're going to hopefully get done a bunch of the Fantasy Land Rides during early entry, then go over to Big Thunder Mountain, and then again, play by ear.

00:29:40.411 --> 00:29:46.931
AMY: I'll probably buy an individual Lightning Lane for Seven Horse Mine Train because she also loves that ride too, as do I.

00:29:47.251 --> 00:29:54.051
AMY: We'll go over to Big Thunder Mountain, and then probably do Pirates, Haunted Mansion.

00:29:54.071 --> 00:29:54.751
AMY: She's a ride.

00:29:54.771 --> 00:29:56.191
AMY: She's just ride, ride, ride, ride, ride.

00:29:56.211 --> 00:29:59.011
AMY: We're going to try and do as many rides as we possibly can.

00:29:59.131 --> 00:30:01.951
AMY: I have no lunch reservations.

00:30:01.971 --> 00:30:03.091
AMY: We'll probably do Cosmic Rays.

00:30:03.111 --> 00:30:05.831
AMY: She likes Cosmic Rays.

00:30:05.851 --> 00:30:09.671
AMY: Somehow loop around back to Tomorrowland and do that for lunch.

00:30:11.271 --> 00:30:12.391
AMY: This is all up the air.

00:30:12.411 --> 00:30:13.871
AMY: It's like, what Lightning Lanes do we get?

00:30:13.891 --> 00:30:15.411
AMY: Where are we going to be at at that time?

00:30:15.431 --> 00:30:16.511
AMY: Yeah.

00:30:16.531 --> 00:30:17.211
AMY: Then go from there.

00:30:17.231 --> 00:30:19.131
AMY: I do have a dinner reservation.

00:30:19.151 --> 00:30:27.311
AMY: I thought that last day was going to be, maybe we'd do an early, because we have an early flight out.

00:30:27.331 --> 00:30:32.471
AMY: I made a dinner reservation actually back in our hotel at Beaches and Cream for dinner.

00:30:32.791 --> 00:30:36.711
AMY: I'm going to just see where she's at, because I don't think we'll do a midday break that day.

00:30:36.791 --> 00:30:49.651
AMY: I thought she might be spent by 6.30 at night, and then we'll just go back and do that, and then maybe try and just either stand outside our resort, or just walk into Epcot to see Luminous that night.

00:30:50.931 --> 00:30:53.311
AMY: That's my tentative plan for the evening.

00:30:54.611 --> 00:30:55.771
VIRGINIA: Have you seen Luminous yet?

00:30:56.311 --> 00:30:56.651
AMY: No.

00:30:57.471 --> 00:30:58.451
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I haven't either.

00:30:58.731 --> 00:31:04.631
VIRGINIA: I meant to watch it this time, and it just did not happen.

00:31:04.651 --> 00:31:07.511
VIRGINIA: So Luminous from either inside or outside the park.

00:31:08.891 --> 00:31:09.171
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:31:09.311 --> 00:31:14.471
VIRGINIA: Your flight on Monday, March the 4th is around 8 or 9 AM again?

00:31:14.751 --> 00:31:15.851
AMY: It's something like that.

00:31:15.871 --> 00:31:17.711
AMY: I think it's 9, 9.30.

00:31:18.011 --> 00:31:22.631
AMY: Not terribly early, but again, fairly early, just to get us home and get settled.

00:31:22.951 --> 00:31:27.531
VIRGINIA: So what time is Happy Limo coming to pick you up on that day?

00:31:27.551 --> 00:31:29.611
AMY: That's a good question.

00:31:29.931 --> 00:31:33.631
AMY: They let you pick whatever time you feel comfortable with, which is nice.

00:31:33.651 --> 00:31:36.591
AMY: It's not like, oh, we must come get you three hours before.

00:31:36.611 --> 00:31:41.051
AMY: I think I have it set so that we'll arrive at the airport two hours before our flight.

00:31:42.051 --> 00:31:42.571
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:31:42.591 --> 00:31:43.591
VIRGINIA: Do you have TSA pre-check?

00:31:44.071 --> 00:31:44.991
AMY: Yes, definitely.

00:31:45.011 --> 00:31:45.411
VIRGINIA: Okay, good.

00:31:46.691 --> 00:31:47.471
VIRGINIA: That makes a difference.

00:31:48.011 --> 00:31:48.771
AMY: Yes, for sure.

00:31:48.791 --> 00:31:51.631
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:31:51.651 --> 00:31:54.351
VIRGINIA: Anything else special to note about this trip?

00:31:54.371 --> 00:31:59.951
VIRGINIA: It sounds like it's going to be as many rides as possible, and that's going to be the main priority.

00:32:00.571 --> 00:32:02.371
AMY: Yes, lots and lots of rides.

00:32:02.391 --> 00:32:07.711
AMY: Definitely going to have her little celebration button for the birthday.

00:32:07.731 --> 00:32:09.251
AMY: Makeover is going to be fun.

00:32:09.271 --> 00:32:10.511
AMY: Lots of Star Wars stuff.

00:32:10.531 --> 00:32:11.631
AMY: It's going to be awesome.

00:32:12.011 --> 00:32:25.791
AMY: Yeah, I don't have actually any time in the itinerary in my mind for Storm Along Bay, and I feel like I would feel so bad staying at Yacht Club and not doing Storm Along Bay, but I'm just like, there's a lot of feel it out time.

00:32:25.951 --> 00:32:27.251
AMY: We'll see if that happens.

00:32:27.571 --> 00:32:31.471
AMY: We'll see what she wants to do, and then that'll determine if we go to Storm Along Bay or not.

00:32:31.751 --> 00:32:33.471
VIRGINIA: Have you been in Storm Along Bay before?

00:32:33.471 --> 00:32:34.231
VIRGINIA: I have not.

00:32:34.371 --> 00:32:34.651
AMY: No.

00:32:35.331 --> 00:32:43.791
VIRGINIA: Just word to the wise as somebody who has done the pool time, the lazy river is insanely deep.

00:32:44.151 --> 00:32:44.771
AMY: Oh, really?

00:32:44.911 --> 00:32:45.571
AMY: Oh, wow.

00:32:45.711 --> 00:32:46.911
VIRGINIA: Yeah, taller than me.

00:32:47.471 --> 00:32:48.051
AMY: Oh, wow.

00:32:48.591 --> 00:32:52.471
VIRGINIA: I don't understand why there's a lazy river that is that deep.

00:32:52.931 --> 00:32:55.911
VIRGINIA: You cannot just walk along with a float.

00:32:56.191 --> 00:32:57.011
AMY: That's weird.

00:32:57.031 --> 00:32:57.291
AMY: Okay.

00:32:57.311 --> 00:32:58.111
AMY: I didn't realize that.

00:32:58.491 --> 00:32:58.851
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:32:59.371 --> 00:33:00.131
VIRGINIA: It's crazy.

00:33:00.471 --> 00:33:01.911
AMY: That's good information to know.

00:33:02.271 --> 00:33:02.651
AMY: Yeah.

00:33:02.671 --> 00:33:06.471
VIRGINIA: Just be careful because you will either want to be on top of your float or whatever.

00:33:06.491 --> 00:33:11.771
VIRGINIA: If she's not a super strong swimmer, I would just avoid the lazy river area all together.

00:33:11.991 --> 00:33:20.651
VIRGINIA: But the sand bottom area where you can walk in, and then if she likes thrills, the waterslide is really great.

00:33:20.671 --> 00:33:30.831
VIRGINIA: The only issue I have with the waterslide is you have to walk out of the pool area, cross a thoroughfare type sidewalk to get to the entrance, which is not that big a deal.

00:33:30.851 --> 00:33:31.631
VIRGINIA: It's not very far.

00:33:32.091 --> 00:33:40.251
VIRGINIA: But it is if you have a young child and you don't want them going out there by themselves and then you have to be constantly walking cross and then walking back to meet them at the bottom.

00:33:40.991 --> 00:33:44.551
VIRGINIA: It can be a little bit of a puzzle to put together.

00:33:45.491 --> 00:33:50.951
VIRGINIA: Well, thank you so much for talking through all of your trip details with us.

00:33:52.151 --> 00:33:59.411
VIRGINIA: For people who are listening, the post-trip report is up and live right now at this very moment that you're listening to this.

00:34:00.451 --> 00:34:03.451
VIRGINIA: I encourage you to head on over there and see how Amy's trip went.

00:34:03.831 --> 00:34:04.731
VIRGINIA: Thank you so much, Amy.

00:34:05.311 --> 00:34:05.691
AMY: Awesome.

00:34:05.711 --> 00:34:06.451
AMY: Thanks for having me.

00:34:08.471 --> 00:34:11.151
VIRGINIA: Thank you, Amy, for talking through all of your plans.

00:34:11.551 --> 00:34:16.291
VIRGINIA: If you were thinking about planning a trip to a magical destination, Amy would love to help you.

00:34:16.611 --> 00:34:20.011
VIRGINIA: Her services are free since Disney and Universal pay her commission.

00:34:20.251 --> 00:34:23.171
VIRGINIA: So take advantage of her knowledge and know-how.

00:34:23.571 --> 00:34:29.091
VIRGINIA: Amy's post-trip report is up and ready now, and it's the last episode of season one.

00:34:29.511 --> 00:34:38.031
VIRGINIA: In honor of the upcoming one-year anniversary of the show, I'm also currently doing a giveaway on Instagram, so check it out and enter to win.

00:34:38.391 --> 00:34:44.931
VIRGINIA: You have until April 7th to enter and a winner will be announced on the podcast anniversary April 9th.

00:34:45.551 --> 00:34:50.271
VIRGINIA: That's all for now, and as always, keep daydreaming about where you long to be.