Pre-Trip Report: Anj’s Boardwalk Birthday Trip (May 2025)

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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: Thank you all for your patience with this delayed release, since today is Tuesday, and normally you'd get your new episodes on Monday.

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VIRGINIA: I was away for an extended long weekend for my sister's wedding, and I really thought I'd have everything edited and wrapped up before I left, but things just got crazy.

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VIRGINIA: If anyone is interested, you can check out the episodes I did for my February 2024 trip that I will link to in the show notes.

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VIRGINIA: That was the trip I did with my sister, her then fiance Audrey, and their three combined children, my nephews, Maddox, Presley and Oliver.

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VIRGINIA: It was a beautiful wedding and totally worth the delayed release to give that my entire focus.

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VIRGINIA: On today's show, I'm happy to welcome back Anj, who was part of the May 2024 Fab Five Girls' Trip episodes.

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VIRGINIA: I've linked those in the show notes for everyone to enjoy as well.

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VIRGINIA: And with that, on with the show.

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VIRGINIA: Here's Anj.

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VIRGINIA: Welcome back to the podcast, Anj.

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ANJ: Thank you so much for having me, Virginia.

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VIRGINIA: This is the first time that you and I are getting to speak, just the two of us, because the last time you were here, you were here with all your gal pals, members of the Fab Five, who I will tag in the show notes.

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VIRGINIA: You guys had such a fun episode, but it's nice to get to talk to you one on one.

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ANJ: I know.

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ANJ: I'm so excited to be here, especially for May, because it is Travel Agent Appreciation Month.

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ANJ: Actually, today is Travel Agent Appreciation Day.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, wow.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Well, I appreciate you.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Why don't you tell listeners who maybe have not heard from you before a little bit about who you are, what you do, and what you love about the Disney parks?

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ANJ: I'm Angelica Haubert.

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ANJ: I am a travel advisor.

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ANJ: Disney is my specialized home of travel, but I do book locations.

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ANJ: I am a mom of three.

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ANJ: I am located in New Jersey or South Jersey, and my favorite Disney park is definitely Epcot.

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ANJ: It'll always be my favorite.

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ANJ: I don't know.

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ANJ: And favorite snack definitely has to be the cheeseburger sprinkles or a Mickey pretzel.

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VIRGINIA: All right, since Epcot is your favorite park, I have to ask you, what's your favorite festival?

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ANJ: Festival of the Holidays by far.

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ANJ: I love Christmas.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

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VIRGINIA: I have to say, you're probably the first person who said that.

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ANJ: I know.

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ANJ: I'm a little weird with it, but me and my husband, actually, we had an adult time at Epcot during Festival of the Holidays, and he really loved everything.

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ANJ: We even came home and recreated some of our favorites.

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ANJ: I think that's what pushed it over the edge to be my favorite.

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VIRGINIA: Cool.

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VIRGINIA: I have been to Festival of the Holidays once before, but the weather was absolutely terrible, so we did not get to take advantage of everything the festival offered.

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VIRGINIA: I have to give it another go.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Let's talk about this trip.

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VIRGINIA: Tell me, when are you going and why are you going?

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ANJ: Okay.

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ANJ: So we are going May 8th through the 10th for my daughter's 7th birthday.

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ANJ: She's always wanted to celebrate her birthday in Disney, and because it's like a bigger little kid birthday, it feels really special.

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ANJ: Like it's kind of like saying goodbye to like the little kid version of her.

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VIRGINIA: I see that you're getting emotional just saying that.

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ANJ: Yeah, it means a lot.

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ANJ: I'm excited to be there with my boys.

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ANJ: My oldest son is so busy with sports.

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ANJ: My youngest started sports this year.

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ANJ: So it's and then my husband coaches, I think six teams, seven teams between all the kids.

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ANJ: So even just to have three days by ourselves, I'm just really, really excited for that.

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VIRGINIA: Wow.

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VIRGINIA: All right, well, who are the people who will be joining you on this trip?

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VIRGINIA: So you and your daughter, for sure.

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ANJ: Yep.

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ANJ: And then my husband, Steve, my oldest son, Nolan, and my youngest son, Charlie.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: And how old are Nolan and Charlie?

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ANJ: So Nolan is 14.

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ANJ: He's going to be a freshman in high school next year.

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ANJ: And Charlie is four.

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ANJ: He will be five in October, on October 1st, and is extremely looking forward to his birthday, as well.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: And what is your daughter's name?

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ANJ: Audrey.

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VIRGINIA: I know that you have an annual pass.

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VIRGINIA: I don't.

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ANJ: I actually don't.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, you don't?

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VIRGINIA: Why did I think you did?

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VIRGINIA: Did you previously?

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ANJ: No, you might be thinking of Whitney and Ginger.

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VIRGINIA: Probably.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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ANJ: Now, I am very lucky with being a travel agent that we get certain benefits, which is, and then from being a top seller in my agency, I get rewarded some park tickets as well.

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ANJ: So that's awesome throughout the year.

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VIRGINIA: So what kind of tickets have you gotten for everyone?

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VIRGINIA: You're going to be there three days, but did you get three day park tickets?

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ANJ: No, so we are, we're going to enjoy Typhoon Lagoon on the first day because we're going to take advantage of that free water park day that comes in 20, 25 packages.

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ANJ: So we're excited.

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ANJ: I haven't been to Typhoon Lagoon in like a really long time.

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VIRGINIA: Has your family been?

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ANJ: No, no, they've never been.

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ANJ: So I'm excited.

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VIRGINIA: All right, watch out for that wave pool.

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ANJ: I know with the baby, I was kind of thinking that.

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ANJ: He's not, I don't know why I call him that, but I know.

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VIRGINIA: Listen, I'm a grown adult.

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VIRGINIA: I mean, not a very tall grown adult, but it will knock you over and you don't even have to be up to your waist.

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VIRGINIA: It will knock you over if you are standing at knee height.

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ANJ: Well, I'm going to definitely have to keep that in mind, but we're also excited to see Stitch because Stitch is going to be making an appearance for character meet and greets at Typhoon Lagoon.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: So that brings us back to the ticket question.

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VIRGINIA: So you're using your free water park day.

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VIRGINIA: So did you do a one or a two day ticket?

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ANJ: So this is actually not a complicated story, but I do get one Park Hopper ticket for the year being a Disney or Mark travel agent.

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ANJ: It's part of my benefits.

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ANJ: So I claim that for myself.

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ANJ: For my family, I have a very special cast member friend who gifted them tickets for Audrey's birthday, which also includes a Park Hopper.

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ANJ: And he's going to meet up with us later in the night when he's done work.

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ANJ: I'm not going to include him because I don't know if he wants to be included, but he's like a really good family friend.

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ANJ: And then the next day is actually because of Travel Agent Appreciation Month, and they gave out Animal Kingdom tickets for May.

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ANJ: Up to three tickets per travel agent, you had to enter a queue back in April.

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ANJ: So three of those tickets were covered too.

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ANJ: So I only had to pay for my son, and then I had one more ticket covered for my daughter.

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VIRGINIA: So okay.

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VIRGINIA: So you're doing Animal Kingdom on your last day, Saturday the 10th?

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ANJ: Yes ma'am.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: That makes sense because it opens the earliest, and you can get what you want to get done before you head back out.

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VIRGINIA: So what parks will you be hopping between on Friday, May the 9th?

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ANJ: Just Hollywood Studios and Epcot because we're staying at Boardwalk, and my kid's main goal is to ride Slinky Dog because they're all tall enough.

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ANJ: So that'll be a first for everyone.

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VIRGINIA: Mm-hmm.

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VIRGINIA: What kind of accommodations do you have at Boardwalk in?

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ANJ: So as of right now, you never know.

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ANJ: You could get lucky.

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ANJ: But I'm listed as Resort View over at Boardwalk.

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VIRGINIA: Is it a typical room size with the fifth sleeper?

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ANJ: Yes, because we are a five.

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VIRGINIA: Do you find that needing a room with a fifth sleeper sometimes limits where you're able to choose on trips because of not every room having that option and lots of people needing that situation?

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ANJ: For sure.

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ANJ: But then I also feel like I usually wind up getting what I want.

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ANJ: I'm really partial to the Boardwalk area or the Skyline area, which there's quite a few options for larger families in that area.

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ANJ: But I always like looking at my travel agent rate and knowing what I book for clients and seeing what would fit best.

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ANJ: For moderates, I do love Caribbean Beach.

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ANJ: Once again, in that area, they have a fifth sleeper.

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ANJ: It's pretty newly renovated.

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ANJ: Or Port Orleans would probably be my other favorite for a moderate, fifth sleeper situation.

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VIRGINIA: How do you feel about the sweet options at Art of Animation compared to the sweet options at All Star Music?

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VIRGINIA: Because when I had a girls' trip in January, we were kind of going back and forth between the two and we ended up staying at All Star Music because it felt like more people could sleep in an actual bed or a Murphy bed as opposed to like a pullout couch.

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VIRGINIA: And that was our deciding factor.

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VIRGINIA: But I don't know if there was something else we should have been considering.

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ANJ: Because it was a girls' trip, I would say you made the right decision by even picking All Star Music just because art of animation is so family kid oriented.

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ANJ: Also, I've stayed in the Finding Nemo suite, which is supposed to be like preferred.

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ANJ: Our one shower didn't work.

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ANJ: So I was kind of like, like, oh, like I feel like I didn't get, like, not like I didn't get a good experience.

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ANJ: Because like I, a lot of my clients love, love, love art of animation.

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ANJ: They have a great time, especially people who have like little babies and things and need more space.

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ANJ: But I would say.

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ANJ: Also, music's a great choice.

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ANJ: I don't know.

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ANJ: I don't know.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, I don't know.

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VIRGINIA: It was nice to have two baths, two full bathrooms.

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VIRGINIA: And then we had a full size fridge.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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ANJ: The full fridge is definitely like a game changer versus like a mini fridge kitchenette to feel.

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VIRGINIA: Right.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: I really enjoyed it.

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VIRGINIA: I mean, we were there for several nights before we moved over to the Riviera for one big bougie night.

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VIRGINIA: But I enjoyed it and it was my very first All-Star experience.

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VIRGINIA: So I was glad it was a good one because now I'm like, oh, that feels like it's now open as possible for me.

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VIRGINIA: Whereas before it was like, I'm so used to moderate and deluxe.

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VIRGINIA: Can I do an All-Star?

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VIRGINIA: I don't know.

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ANJ: The All-Stars have such a bad rep from the past.

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ANJ: Every high school trip, you think of All-Star sports and people, especially millennials, moving in and booking now for their families.

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ANJ: They're like, oh gosh, I don't want to book it in an All-Star.

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ANJ: The All-Star, especially All-Star movies, I find that so comparable, the preferred section to art of animation, and you're going to save a good amount of money.

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ANJ: So yeah, I think they've come a long way.

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ANJ: I think they're all right.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Do you have any dining reservations for this trip?

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ANJ: No, but here is a super fun thing that I'm doing.

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ANJ: I'm doing the quick service dining plan.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

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ANJ: Never done it myself.

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ANJ: So I plan on taking some mental notes of how much each thing is going to cost and weigh it out compared to what I paid.

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ANJ: Just because I always get so much pushback from people there, like the dining plan is not worth it.

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ANJ: It depends on how you're going to spend that money.

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ANJ: I think once again, I think this also gets kind of a controversial reputation, because people try to save those credit.

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ANJ: Then you're at the end like crap, I have like 12 snacks I have to use, or I have three quick services.

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ANJ: It's like you got to just go out of the gate and start spending those credit.

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ANJ: Then if you run out, you ran out.

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ANJ: But don't hoard them to the end type thing.

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VIRGINIA: Right.

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VIRGINIA: I think it's a little bit like gambling.

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VIRGINIA: In general, the house is going to win or the mouse is going to win.

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VIRGINIA: You have to be getting the most expensive things if you're trying to get more bang for your buck out of it.

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VIRGINIA: But really, when I think about the dining plan, I'm not somebody who needs to use it.

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VIRGINIA: I will always come out ahead just paying out of pocket and eating whatever I feel like eating.

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VIRGINIA: But it depends on what you value.

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VIRGINIA: So do you value not having to think about it and just knowing that it's paid up front?

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VIRGINIA: Or do you value getting the most for your money?

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VIRGINIA: Which in that case, I would argue, you're better off just paying out of pocket.

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VIRGINIA: But a lot of people really like that feeling of, I've paid for it, I don't need to think about it anymore.

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VIRGINIA: If you are very money value driven like I am, I'm like, I couldn't stand paying more than I would have.

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VIRGINIA: So it just really depends on the person and how you look at that sort of thing.

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ANJ: Yeah, so for two nights, it was $438.

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ANJ: So that's literally going to be my money stance on it.

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ANJ: But my son being 14 counts as an adult in that.

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ANJ: So it opens up a big variety of what he could possibly get.

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ANJ: He's an eater.

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ANJ: So for my youngest, he could take some of his credits and I can make it work with my little one.

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ANJ: So I'm going to definitely play with it.

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ANJ: Even for me and my husband's snack credit, you can use a snack credit over at any of the Epcot festivals.

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ANJ: It'll have it next to it.

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ANJ: So instead of getting a pretzel, you can get something really good.

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VIRGINIA: Right.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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ANJ: So just that.

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ANJ: Then me and my husband, we drink.

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ANJ: So even add alcoholic beverage onto a quick service like two times a day.

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ANJ: We all know drinks are expensive.

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ANJ: I mean, they're expensive at any venue, but they're expensive in Disney.

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ANJ: So that's a way to maximize that money point value.

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VIRGINIA: Right.

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VIRGINIA: Right.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Which is where the kids who count as adults, that's where you're not going to get the value because the prices, including the alcohol in terms of how much it costs, but they're obviously not going to drink anything.

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VIRGINIA: But I think that doing it on a smaller trip like this is the perfect way to experience it because there's no way you're going to forget about credits in three days time.

00:15:32.361 --> 00:15:36.741
VIRGINIA: You're going to make the most of it and you're probably going to get a lot of bang for your buck.

00:15:36.741 --> 00:15:37.241
ANJ: Yeah.

00:15:37.241 --> 00:15:41.301
ANJ: Now, I'm really excited to definitely play with it more.

00:15:41.301 --> 00:15:44.281
ANJ: Like I said, I've never had a quick service.

00:15:44.281 --> 00:15:46.561
ANJ: One, so I was like, why not add it?

00:15:46.561 --> 00:15:49.761
ANJ: It's at $400 for five people to eat for three days.

00:15:49.761 --> 00:15:51.661
ANJ: That's pretty fit.

00:15:51.661 --> 00:15:56.021
VIRGINIA: So yeah, and it includes the refillable mugs, right?

00:15:56.021 --> 00:15:56.341
ANJ: Yeah.

00:15:56.341 --> 00:16:01.741
ANJ: So that's huge because day one, we're only going to the water park for a little bit and then we're hanging at Boardwalk.

00:16:01.741 --> 00:16:08.021
ANJ: So my son can go fill up his power read as many times as he wants or my kids can go fill up as many times as they want.

00:16:08.021 --> 00:16:11.621
ANJ: Coffee in the morning, you can fill it up two times over while you're getting ready.

00:16:11.621 --> 00:16:15.821
ANJ: Like, you know, I always try to make it a bit like that.

00:16:17.161 --> 00:16:20.161
ANJ: And then at the end, I'm going to be like, why we have five cups?

00:16:21.961 --> 00:16:25.501
VIRGINIA: You just have to get rid of the older ones at home and replace them with the newer ones.

00:16:25.501 --> 00:16:27.441
VIRGINIA: And it's a constant cycle.

00:16:27.441 --> 00:16:29.361
ANJ: They just die in your cabinet.

00:16:29.361 --> 00:16:31.781
ANJ: But it's worth it while you're there.

00:16:31.781 --> 00:16:32.401
VIRGINIA: It's true.

00:16:32.401 --> 00:16:32.781
VIRGINIA: It's true.

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VIRGINIA: So you've stayed at Boardwalk before, right?

00:16:36.841 --> 00:16:37.821
ANJ: Yes.

00:16:37.821 --> 00:16:38.161
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:16:38.161 --> 00:16:41.081
VIRGINIA: Have the rest of your family stayed at Boardwalk?

00:16:41.081 --> 00:16:42.681
ANJ: Everybody except for Charlie.

00:16:42.681 --> 00:16:44.081
ANJ: This will be his first time.

00:16:44.081 --> 00:16:53.321
ANJ: But we stayed my daughter's first trip back in 2019 at Boardwalk with my mom and my dad.

00:16:53.321 --> 00:17:02.141
ANJ: So it was admittedly four adults and one child and a baby in the room I'm about to be in.

00:17:05.381 --> 00:17:08.721
VIRGINIA: Well, and she probably won't remember it because of being a baby.

00:17:08.721 --> 00:17:11.941
VIRGINIA: So this will sort of be like a first trip there for her too.

00:17:11.941 --> 00:17:13.781
ANJ: Yeah, no, no, she doesn't.

00:17:13.781 --> 00:17:14.761
ANJ: She doesn't remember that.

00:17:14.761 --> 00:17:16.421
ANJ: She remembers Saratoga Springs.

00:17:16.521 --> 00:17:18.901
ANJ: That was like the last resort she was at.

00:17:19.481 --> 00:17:26.221
ANJ: And my daughter thinks Saratoga Springs is like the absolute bomb, which would be like, what?

00:17:26.221 --> 00:17:27.881
ANJ: But she liked that there was no kids.

00:17:27.881 --> 00:17:31.761
ANJ: So like the splash area was like all hers.

00:17:31.761 --> 00:17:35.001
ANJ: The games were like there was only five kids at the whole entire pool.

00:17:35.001 --> 00:17:36.881
ANJ: Like she's like, this is great.

00:17:39.501 --> 00:17:41.561
VIRGINIA: I love that.

00:17:41.561 --> 00:17:53.821
VIRGINIA: So since this is a trip in honor of her birthday, what are some of her priorities in terms of attractions, things like that, that are on your We Must Do This list for Audrey?

00:17:53.821 --> 00:18:03.541
ANJ: So like I said, Slinky Dog's like number one, Mickey and Minnie's Runway Railway, Frozen Ever After for rides, possibly Remy's.

00:18:03.541 --> 00:18:08.881
ANJ: Although Ratatouille, I get so nauseous on, I just have to close my eyes.

00:18:08.881 --> 00:18:13.341
ANJ: But I would do it for them if they wanted to ride it.

00:18:14.661 --> 00:18:17.521
ANJ: But she's a big character, really big character gal.

00:18:18.121 --> 00:18:20.461
ANJ: She really loves meeting the character.

00:18:20.461 --> 00:18:23.921
ANJ: She's always been all about that, taking the time with that.

00:18:23.921 --> 00:18:26.761
ANJ: So we're kind of just going at her speed.

00:18:26.761 --> 00:18:35.441
ANJ: I do want my husband and my son to ride Rock and Roller Coaster for just like, it's ending in August.

00:18:35.441 --> 00:18:39.161
ANJ: It's going to be Muppets, you know, that's the end of it.

00:18:39.161 --> 00:18:40.501
ANJ: So.

00:18:40.501 --> 00:18:41.021
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:18:41.021 --> 00:18:45.501
VIRGINIA: Well, are you doing any multi-pass lightning lane action for this trip?

00:18:46.581 --> 00:18:48.921
ANJ: So, I'm not.

00:18:48.921 --> 00:19:00.161
ANJ: I might get like a single pass if I need it for like Guardians or something, but my son get approved for the dot pass.

00:19:02.441 --> 00:19:09.621
ANJ: So, we're, you know, it's going to be our first with him, like my last one having it.

00:19:11.081 --> 00:19:13.581
ANJ: So, we're going to go with the flow on that too.

00:19:13.581 --> 00:19:17.961
VIRGINIA: So, in terms of using that, has it changed?

00:19:17.961 --> 00:19:27.081
VIRGINIA: I know that like how you get approved for it has changed, but is it still the same that you can book some in advance of your trip?

00:19:27.081 --> 00:19:31.461
ANJ: So, when we just got approved, she didn't ask me.

00:19:31.461 --> 00:19:43.021
ANJ: We'll just pop in the minute we scan into a park officially, and then it'll sit on my Disney Experience app for 270 days until it expires.

00:19:43.021 --> 00:19:43.801
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:19:43.801 --> 00:19:44.301
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:19:44.301 --> 00:19:46.181
ANJ: But that's how it works.

00:19:46.181 --> 00:19:47.101
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:19:47.101 --> 00:19:47.441
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:19:47.441 --> 00:19:52.781
VIRGINIA: Well, that will be interesting to see how all of that ends up panning out.

00:19:52.781 --> 00:19:57.821
VIRGINIA: I was in a party once that somebody in our party had it.

00:19:58.001 --> 00:20:02.461
VIRGINIA: So, it was a little bit much to balance that with the multi-pass.

00:20:02.801 --> 00:20:06.541
VIRGINIA: And it was, you know, it took a lot of coordination.

00:20:06.541 --> 00:20:12.021
VIRGINIA: But I think if you're only using one instead of both, it probably will be a little bit easier.

00:20:12.021 --> 00:20:13.701
ANJ: Yeah.

00:20:13.701 --> 00:20:17.181
VIRGINIA: Any special cake plans for birthday?

00:20:17.181 --> 00:20:21.621
VIRGINIA: Are you going to be popping into the cake bake shop to grab a slice?

00:20:21.621 --> 00:20:24.581
ANJ: Oh, 100 percent.

00:20:24.581 --> 00:20:26.301
ANJ: Actually, it's funny you say that.

00:20:26.301 --> 00:20:31.421
ANJ: I'm drinking out of my cake bake champagne flute as we are speaking.

00:20:33.241 --> 00:20:46.321
ANJ: I purchased that the last time I was there, and I came home and told my husband I have to drink everything out of it for the price to ever make sense that I paid this much for a six ounce tumbler.

00:20:47.781 --> 00:20:49.961
ANJ: But it's worth it.

00:20:49.961 --> 00:20:52.781
ANJ: But yeah, we'll definitely be stopping in there for sure.

00:20:52.781 --> 00:20:53.241
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:20:53.241 --> 00:21:00.721
VIRGINIA: Well, I guess the last information I need to know before we head out is what are your flights like?

00:21:00.821 --> 00:21:04.421
VIRGINIA: Are you flying at the crack of dawn tomorrow?

00:21:04.421 --> 00:21:05.081
ANJ: Yes, ma'am.

00:21:05.081 --> 00:21:07.181
ANJ: We got to be at the parking spot.

00:21:07.181 --> 00:21:08.721
ANJ: We're going out of Philadelphia.

00:21:08.721 --> 00:21:11.221
ANJ: So we're going to be at the parking spot at like 3 a.m.

00:21:11.221 --> 00:21:14.541
ANJ: And our flight takes off by like 5 45 a.m.

00:21:14.541 --> 00:21:18.641
ANJ: We will hopefully be in Orlando no later than 8 30 a.m.

00:21:18.641 --> 00:21:26.561
ANJ: And that's when my driver, I use Jeffrey's private transportation for myself and my clients.

00:21:26.561 --> 00:21:28.281
ANJ: One of his guys will be pick us up.

00:21:28.821 --> 00:21:38.701
ANJ: I absolutely love his service because booster seats, car seats, whatever may have you can get included in that price and he does not charge you until the time of pick up.

00:21:38.701 --> 00:21:40.041
ANJ: Super great.

00:21:40.041 --> 00:21:40.841
VIRGINIA: Oh, fantastic.

00:21:40.841 --> 00:21:43.241
VIRGINIA: I'll definitely put his information in the show notes.

00:21:43.241 --> 00:21:43.861
ANJ: Oh, amazing.

00:21:43.861 --> 00:21:44.661
ANJ: Yeah, no, totally.

00:21:44.661 --> 00:21:46.761
ANJ: I absolutely love his service.

00:21:47.981 --> 00:22:02.001
ANJ: And then on the way home, we leave Boardwalk around 5 30 and our flights around like 7 30 ish and we'll be back in the Philadelphia area by 11 ish.

00:22:02.001 --> 00:22:03.281
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:22:03.281 --> 00:22:07.381
VIRGINIA: Have you traveled at this particular time of May before?

00:22:07.381 --> 00:22:11.841
ANJ: I did, but it was a week later last year.

00:22:11.841 --> 00:22:14.421
ANJ: So not the exact weekend.

00:22:14.421 --> 00:22:14.821
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:22:14.821 --> 00:22:21.581
VIRGINIA: I'm just wondering like what the crowds might be like, because I don't think you're going to be hitting up against anybody's spring break at this late date.

00:22:21.581 --> 00:22:26.101
VIRGINIA: And I think it's too early for people to be out of school, no matter where you are in the country.

00:22:26.101 --> 00:22:28.941
VIRGINIA: So I'm thinking maybe you'll have light crabs.

00:22:28.941 --> 00:22:32.541
VIRGINIA: I'm going to knock on all the wood that I can reach from where I'm sitting.

00:22:32.541 --> 00:22:36.521
ANJ: On the crowd calendar, it looked very promising.

00:22:36.521 --> 00:22:43.281
ANJ: Towards the end of the week and closer to Mother's Day, it looked like it picked up a little bit, but we'll be out of that.

00:22:44.801 --> 00:22:45.821
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:22:45.821 --> 00:22:46.161
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:22:46.161 --> 00:22:53.281
VIRGINIA: Well, I think I have all the information I need, and I cannot wait to talk to you when you get back from this fantastic birthday adventure.

00:22:53.881 --> 00:22:54.881
ANJ: Oh, well, thank you.

00:22:54.881 --> 00:22:56.161
ANJ: And we're excited.

00:22:58.181 --> 00:23:01.121
VIRGINIA: Thank you again to Anj for joining me on the podcast.

00:23:01.121 --> 00:23:08.141
VIRGINIA: If you have a trip coming up and you'd like to be a Trip Report guest, please submit your trip for review on my website, which is whereilongtobepodcast.com.

00:23:09.641 --> 00:23:13.681
VIRGINIA: The button you're looking for there is labeled Be Our Guest.

00:23:13.681 --> 00:23:17.621
VIRGINIA: And that's a wrap on another great pre-Trip Report episode.

00:23:17.621 --> 00:23:20.801
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00:23:21.261 --> 00:23:30.121
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00:23:30.121 --> 00:23:32.241
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00:23:32.241 --> 00:23:35.861
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