Pre-Trip Report: Bambi’s Walt Disney Studios Tour Trip (January/February 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 taking some time out of your week to be with me.

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VIRGINIA: I hope this show helps you make it until your own next trip.

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VIRGINIA: On today's pre-trip report, I am thrilled to be welcoming my longtime friend Bambi to the show.

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VIRGINIA: Bambi is someone I have been hoping to have as a guest from the moment I started podcasting and the time has finally come.

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VIRGINIA: One technical thing I want to mention is that there is some crackling on Bambi's track at a couple of points during the show.

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VIRGINIA: During our pre-trip interview, I didn't hear it when we were actually recording, so I didn't know it was an issue until I was editing.

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VIRGINIA: Each time it happens, it's over fairly quickly, so it shouldn't interfere too much with your enjoyment of the episode.

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VIRGINIA: Fortunately, when we recorded the post-trip episode, I did notice it right away and we were able to correct it in the moment.

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VIRGINIA: Just remember when you hear it that I gave you the heads up and that I thank you in advance for ignoring it.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, let's stop gabbing and get into it.

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VIRGINIA: Here's Bambi.

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VIRGINIA: Welcome to the podcast, Bambi.

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BAMBI: Thanks.

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BAMBI: Good to be here.

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VIRGINIA: Bambi is one of my best friends from high school.

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VIRGINIA: I cannot believe I finally convinced you to come on the podcast.

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BAMBI: But you know, I tend to be kind of shy.

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VIRGINIA: She's not.

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VIRGINIA: She's lying, folks.

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VIRGINIA: She's lying.

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VIRGINIA: She's turned into a liar all these years later.

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VIRGINIA: Why don't you tell the listeners about yourself?

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VIRGINIA: Specifically, what is your connection to the world of Disney, so to speak?

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BAMBI: Sure, sure.

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BAMBI: Well, obviously, my name is Bambi.

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BAMBI: So my parents liked Disney just a little bit.

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BAMBI: They thought it would be an easy name to remember, which I guess is true.

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BAMBI: Everybody always remembers my name, even though I can't remember anybody else's.

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BAMBI: And my mom was, I guess, her first trip to Walt Disney World in Florida was when it first opened.

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BAMBI: So they went there within the first month or two, I think it was.

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BAMBI: And so she fell in love with it and they instantly started going a lot.

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BAMBI: And so growing up as a kid, they would take me, I'm an only child, they would take me to Disney World about every three years, three or four years we would go.

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BAMBI: And that was like the big trip that we dreamed about.

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BAMBI: And so it was just always ingrained, always watched the movies, watched Walt Disney, Wonderful World of Color, and Davy Crockett and all the things.

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BAMBI: So just kind of been ingrained since birth, I guess.

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VIRGINIA: And I know that a few years ago when you and I randomly ran into each other in Epcot, you had an annual pass at that point.

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VIRGINIA: Do you still?

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BAMBI: We actually just canceled it or didn't renew last year.

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BAMBI: So we had it, we've had it for I think about five years straight.

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BAMBI: So my husband and I got married in 2013.

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BAMBI: We were dating, we got an annual pass once because we live in Charleston.

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BAMBI: So it's just a quick five and a half hour drive.

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BAMBI: And so we kind of got them every few years just so we could enjoy it.

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BAMBI: And then we got the year before COVID and then COVID happened and we were afraid we would lose the pass and we'd never be able to get it back.

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BAMBI: So we just kept renewing and renewing and renewing and decided to give it a rest for a year or two and and try some other things, which is why we're going to Disneyland this year.

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VIRGINIA: So, okay.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: So Disneyland, you have been before.

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VIRGINIA: Has Michael been before?

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BAMBI: He has been to Disneyland.

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BAMBI: He has not been to the California Adventure side.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: So how long ago was it for each of you to get out there?

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BAMBI: We went I think it was two years ago and we were very lucky.

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BAMBI: So the reason we were there and the reason we're going to be there again is we sometimes have work trips that take us to Los Angeles and or San Diego.

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BAMBI: And so we just tagged a couple of extra days on to a work trip and we were there right before Christmas.

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BAMBI: So we got to see all the Christmas decor and you know, it's a small roll and all that set for the holidays, which is pretty cool.

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BAMBI: It's a little bit different from what we're used to in Florida.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: They make it Snoop back there.

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BAMBI: They do.

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BAMBI: It's awesome.

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VIRGINIA: So since you all travel to San Diego for work on a somewhat regular basis, have you ever been over to the hotel Coronado?

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BAMBI: Yes.

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BAMBI: So I have not been inside it, but we've walked along the beach and yeah, we've been right there.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Cool.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: I was on a business trip there and we were trying to figure out what to do for dinner in the evening after our sessions and everything.

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VIRGINIA: And I was like, we have to go over there because it inspired the Grand Floridian and it was so pretty.

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VIRGINIA: And inside is beautiful too.

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VIRGINIA: It kind of reminded me more of the inside of the Yacht Club than of the Grand Floridian, only because it was very like woody.

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VIRGINIA: And you know how the Yacht Club has that like posh, lots of wood feel.

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VIRGINIA: So anyway, it was really cool.

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VIRGINIA: I highly recommend anybody who's in that area at any point to go check it out because it's just stunning.

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BAMBI: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Let's get into the details of this trip.

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VIRGINIA: So what date are you heading out from Charleston over to the West Coast?

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BAMBI: So we're actually sandwiching it in between two work trips.

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BAMBI: So we are heading out to San Diego on January 26th.

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BAMBI: And then on the 30th, which is a Thursday, we're going to drive from San Diego up to Anaheim, and we'll be there through Monday, February 3rd.

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BAMBI: So basically that Friday, Saturday, Sunday, we're going to play.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: And you're renting a car for the entire trip?

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BAMBI: Yeah.

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BAMBI: So I'll have the car for two weeks across all the work trips and all the things.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Where are you staying when you get into Anaheim, and how did you decide to stay there?

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BAMBI: So actually, we were conflicted because when we go to Disney World in Florida, I'm adamant that we must stay at a Disney property.

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BAMBI: So the Yacht Club and Boardwalk are two of our favorites there.

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BAMBI: So it pains me to say it, but we are staying at a Marriott property instead of a Disney property.

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BAMBI: So we're just staying at a Fairfield in Anaheim.

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BAMBI: We're just going to be resting our head on the pillow and leaving.

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VIRGINIA: So it's a good neighbor hotel, though, right?

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VIRGINIA: Like it has an affiliation with Disneyland.

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BAMBI: No, no, this is it's just a little bit further outside, and it's just your kind of everyday Fairfield in.

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VIRGINIA: How far is it from like, can you walk to the parks?

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BAMBI: No, I think it's I think it's like a 10 minute drive or something like that.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, OK, because I was looking recently at the good neighbor hotels because with Disneyland, I agree.

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VIRGINIA: I like love to stay on property.

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VIRGINIA: That's usually what I want to do.

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VIRGINIA: But when it comes to Disneyland, you can save a lot of money by staying in an offsite hotel.

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VIRGINIA: And many of them are super close.

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VIRGINIA: And it doesn't really seem to matter as much there.

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VIRGINIA: And I have a business trip coming up to Anaheim in June.

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VIRGINIA: And so, of course, I'm doing what Disney people do, which is, should I tack on a couple of extra days?

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BAMBI: Yep.

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VIRGINIA: And so I've been looking.

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VIRGINIA: And there was a Fairfield End that I was looking at that was within walking distance that looked very nice.

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VIRGINIA: And it was a good neighbor hotel.

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VIRGINIA: So you get the benefit, I think, of early entry and that sort of thing with the good neighbor hotels.

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VIRGINIA: So I'm sure it will be fine.

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VIRGINIA: Fairfield Ends are lovely.

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VIRGINIA: And you're just going to be sleeping there anyway.

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VIRGINIA: So yeah, for sure.

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BAMBI: We are huge Marriott Bonvoy people.

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BAMBI: So might as well get the points, right?

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, exactly.

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VIRGINIA: And nothing is going to stop you from going into the Disney resorts there and checking it out.

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VIRGINIA: So that will be fine.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: So arriving on Thursday, January 30th, what time do you think you'll be pulling into town?

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BAMBI: We'll probably get there around probably late afternoon, you know, two or three o'clock.

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BAMBI: Check in and just kind of hang out a bit.

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VIRGINIA: Any dinner plans that night?

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BAMBI: So, usually, so again, this is like the weird trip for me.

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BAMBI: So I'm usually very anal retentive.

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BAMBI: I like to have my itinerary all mapped out and all the things.

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BAMBI: And I'm not there yet from this one.

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BAMBI: And it's actually starting to give me a little bit of anxiety.

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BAMBI: But we will probably go somewhere.

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BAMBI: And they have a, I don't think they call it Downtown Disney.

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BAMBI: Maybe they do.

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BAMBI: They do?

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BAMBI: Okay.

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BAMBI: So we're probably going to try to do something there in that property, but we haven't scheduled anything yet.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: If you're over there, you're going to be very close to Trader Sam's over at the Disneyland Hotel.

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VIRGINIA: So maybe you could make it over there for a drink either before or after dinner.

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VIRGINIA: It's January.

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VIRGINIA: I am not familiar with what the weather is like there in January.

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VIRGINIA: I'm guessing it's kind of chilly.

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VIRGINIA: Is that what you've been seeing?

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BAMBI: Yeah.

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BAMBI: It looks like it's going to be in the 60s and it'll get a little bit cooler.

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BAMBI: 60s is good for me.

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BAMBI: So I know you're in New York and 60s is like summer, but I'm in Charleston and that's like our summer and that's like our winter.

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BAMBI: Yeah.

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BAMBI: So I would say shorts and a sweatshirt would probably be comfortable.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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BAMBI: Perfect weather.

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VIRGINIA: I don't think I would wear shorts in 60-degree weather.

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BAMBI: Oh, come on.

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VIRGINIA: No.

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VIRGINIA: I'm going down to Disney World in a week from tomorrow and we're talking here on January 14th.

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VIRGINIA: So tomorrow is the 15th.

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VIRGINIA: That will be my one week away and I think the highs are going to be in the upper 60s, lower 70s and I'm like, that's jeans every day for me.

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VIRGINIA: Because it gets cold in the evenings.

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BAMBI: Okay.

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BAMBI: I won't make fun of you.

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BAMBI: Externally, I'll just keep that internal.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Now, I go every February and every February, I think I usually bring a pair of shorts in case it gets abnormally hot, but I'm very comfortable in jeans on a 70-degree day and then in the evening when it gets colder, I'm like, I'm so glad I'm wearing these jeans.

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BAMBI: I'm hitting that pre-menopause age, so I'm hot all the time.

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BAMBI: So give me some shorts and I'm happy girl.

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VIRGINIA: Well, you've always been somebody who really liked being out in the warm weather and all of that.

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VIRGINIA: So I can appreciate that you are remaining true to who I knew you to be back in the day.

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BAMBI: For sure.

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VIRGINIA: Or for shorts, you should say.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: So Friday, January 31st, what is the plan?

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BAMBI: So my niece is actually a cast member at Disney World in Orlando.

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BAMBI: And so she has never been to Disneyland.

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BAMBI: So we are flying her out to join us.

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BAMBI: So we're going to be at the LAX airport at we're making her get up at ungodly early in the morning.

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BAMBI: So I think she arrives in California around 8 in the morning.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, wow.

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BAMBI: So we're going to pick her up.

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VIRGINIA: Wait, so what time does her flight leave from Orlando?

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BAMBI: I think she said she's going to have to get up at like 3 o'clock in the morning.

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BAMBI: It's a direct flight.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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BAMBI: But yeah, she's got to get up like when most people her age are going to bed and get to the airport and just suffer through it.

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VIRGINIA: What does she do at Disney World?

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BAMBI: She went through the college program and in the college program she worked in Epcot in retail.

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BAMBI: Then she accepted a part-time position outside of the college program when she graduated that and she's now, I think Disney calls it something different, but she's basically a hostess at Boat Rites, which is a property restaurant.

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BAMBI: I think she's hoping to go full-time sometime in the next year.

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VIRGINIA: I love Boat Rites.

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VIRGINIA: I think it is severely underrated and they have really good shrimp and grits there.

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BAMBI: I'm not eating there, but I have had the pimento cheese balls at the little bar that's right next door to Boat Rites.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Where Yee-Haw Bop plays.

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BAMBI: Yes.

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BAMBI: They will change your life.

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BAMBI: Stop by there for two seconds just for the cheese balls, even if you just do a run by cheese ball.

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BAMBI: They're amazing.

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VIRGINIA: I feel like I had some as an appetizer when I ate there.

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BAMBI: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: I don't know.

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VIRGINIA: I'd have to ask my friend Nanci to correct my memory.

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VIRGINIA: You know Nanci.

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VIRGINIA: Nanci and Bambi.

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VIRGINIA: So I talk about Nanci frequently because she's one of my Disney dames.

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VIRGINIA: For listeners, Bambi was one of my bridesmaids.

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VIRGINIA: So we did high school together, we did college together, and lifelong friends.

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BAMBI: So when you're rich and famous, I'll sell out for all the good secrets.

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VIRGINIA: Please don't.

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BAMBI: I won't, I won't.

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BAMBI: Never, never.

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VIRGINIA: Anyway, when Nanci and I did a girls trip there, we ate at Bo Wright's together.

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VIRGINIA: And that's the one time I've eaten there.

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VIRGINIA: I don't think I've stayed at Riverside since that particular trip.

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VIRGINIA: And it was really good.

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VIRGINIA: We were both very impressed with it.

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VIRGINIA: And I'm always on a quest for trying every kind of shrimp and grits I can ever try.

00:12:58.137 --> 00:13:01.957
VIRGINIA: And Charleston, where you live, has some of the best shrimp and grits.

00:13:02.017 --> 00:13:03.557
BAMBI: Yes, absolutely.

00:13:03.557 --> 00:13:04.817
BAMBI: For sure.

00:13:04.817 --> 00:13:07.637
VIRGINIA: I wish I could remember where I had some last time I was there.

00:13:07.637 --> 00:13:09.917
VIRGINIA: It was somewhere downtown, like a little kind of...

00:13:09.917 --> 00:13:11.877
BAMBI: 82 Queen is really good.

00:13:12.397 --> 00:13:14.797
BAMBI: They're kind of world renowned, shrimp and grits.

00:13:14.997 --> 00:13:15.937
BAMBI: There's a bunch of places.

00:13:16.097 --> 00:13:17.337
VIRGINIA: Oh, yeah, yeah.

00:13:17.337 --> 00:13:19.057
BAMBI: That'll be on your Charleston podcast.

00:13:19.057 --> 00:13:21.417
BAMBI: We'll come back and do one of those.

00:13:21.417 --> 00:13:24.017
VIRGINIA: OK, so she's flying out to join you.

00:13:24.017 --> 00:13:26.397
VIRGINIA: And what will you all be doing?

00:13:26.397 --> 00:13:29.997
BAMBI: So we are going to pick her up, pump her full of coffee.

00:13:31.757 --> 00:13:33.997
BAMBI: I think Randy's Donuts, I think that's the name of it.

00:13:33.997 --> 00:13:39.497
BAMBI: There's this iconic donut shop that's just right close to LAX that you see in the movies and all the things.

00:13:39.497 --> 00:13:43.117
BAMBI: So we'll probably run by there and get some coffee and donuts.

00:13:43.117 --> 00:13:44.457
BAMBI: And then it's going to kind of depend.

00:13:44.457 --> 00:13:49.197
BAMBI: So right now, the horrible fires are going on out there.

00:13:49.197 --> 00:13:49.497
VIRGINIA: That's true.

00:13:49.497 --> 00:14:00.677
BAMBI: So our current plan, we actually are members of D23, and we bought the only way you can do a studio tour in Burbank is through D23.

00:14:00.677 --> 00:14:04.237
BAMBI: So we got tickets for the three of us to do a studio tour that afternoon.

00:14:04.237 --> 00:14:10.677
BAMBI: So assuming the studio is open and everybody's okay and all the things, then we'll be heading out there in the afternoon.

00:14:10.677 --> 00:14:12.357
VIRGINIA: I've heard that tour is amazing.

00:14:12.357 --> 00:14:14.597
VIRGINIA: So I hope it is able to happen.

00:14:14.597 --> 00:14:25.277
VIRGINIA: Do they give you any kind of indication via email or anything, just like a, hey, if things are not open, here's what we're going to do or refund or anything like that?

00:14:25.377 --> 00:14:28.437
BAMBI: Yeah, no word yet, but I'm keeping an eye open for sure.

00:14:28.437 --> 00:14:28.877
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:14:28.877 --> 00:14:31.857
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I know it's just horrific what's happening out there.

00:14:32.917 --> 00:14:34.657
VIRGINIA: Everything just seems to be moving so quickly.

00:14:35.317 --> 00:14:45.197
VIRGINIA: Definitely sending all of our love to the people in California and just hoping that everybody is staying safe and that it calms down as quickly as it can.

00:14:45.197 --> 00:14:46.357
BAMBI: For sure.

00:14:46.357 --> 00:14:46.777
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:14:46.777 --> 00:14:50.737
VIRGINIA: Is she staying with you for the rest of the trip as well or just coming out for this tour?

00:14:51.637 --> 00:14:57.597
BAMBI: No, she's just coming out for the Disney Experience and then we're going to drop her off at the airport on Monday.

00:14:57.597 --> 00:14:58.337
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:14:58.337 --> 00:15:03.677
VIRGINIA: What kind of tickets did you all opt for and was she able to get you discounted tickets?

00:15:03.677 --> 00:15:07.037
BAMBI: She was not able to get discounted tickets.

00:15:07.037 --> 00:15:11.477
BAMBI: I believe that she can as a cast member, but there's only certain slots open.

00:15:13.497 --> 00:15:17.277
BAMBI: This is a fairly recent development that we're going to do this.

00:15:18.057 --> 00:15:21.537
BAMBI: So she's free for herself as a cast member.

00:15:21.537 --> 00:15:25.357
BAMBI: Michael and I have a two day, one part per day.

00:15:25.357 --> 00:15:30.897
BAMBI: So we decided not to do park hoppers and then I upgraded to the Lightning Lane Multipass.

00:15:30.897 --> 00:15:33.797
BAMBI: I'm fairly new to the Lightning Lane Multipass.

00:15:33.797 --> 00:15:36.617
BAMBI: Usually when we go, we just wing it.

00:15:36.617 --> 00:15:39.057
BAMBI: So I've got to figure out how to use it.

00:15:40.137 --> 00:15:42.997
BAMBI: I'm sure she'll tell me she probably knows how to do all that stuff.

00:15:42.997 --> 00:15:46.437
VIRGINIA: I am somebody who will happily throw money at something not to have to wait in line.

00:15:46.957 --> 00:15:51.177
VIRGINIA: And so we will be using it for this Girls Trip I'm going on.

00:15:51.177 --> 00:15:55.857
VIRGINIA: Once you get there and scan in, as soon as you scan into one, then you use one, you get another one.

00:15:55.857 --> 00:15:56.457
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:15:56.457 --> 00:15:57.477
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:15:57.477 --> 00:16:06.677
VIRGINIA: When you are there for your part-time, are you planning on driving the 10 minutes in your own rental car or will you Uber?

00:16:06.677 --> 00:16:11.337
VIRGINIA: Because I don't know what the parking is like at the parks.

00:16:11.337 --> 00:16:13.217
BAMBI: Well, so the parking was interesting.

00:16:13.337 --> 00:16:16.717
BAMBI: So you can add that to your ticket when you buy it online.

00:16:16.717 --> 00:16:17.277
VIRGINIA: Oh, you can't?

00:16:17.277 --> 00:16:17.537
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:16:17.537 --> 00:16:17.897
BAMBI: Yeah.

00:16:18.257 --> 00:16:21.457
BAMBI: It's $30 per day.

00:16:21.817 --> 00:16:26.117
BAMBI: But it said that you could buy it with your ticket, but you're not guaranteed a parking spot.

00:16:26.157 --> 00:16:30.957
BAMBI: So I was like, well, why would I buy it with my ticket if I'm not going to get a parking spot?

00:16:32.197 --> 00:16:36.857
BAMBI: So that's one of the things actually we'll probably investigate when we get there on Thursday.

00:16:36.857 --> 00:16:41.117
BAMBI: Try to feel that out and it sounds like we're very much the same.

00:16:41.197 --> 00:16:47.257
BAMBI: If it's easier for me to throw money at an Uber just to get there and not have to walk five miles, then I'll probably just do that.

00:16:48.297 --> 00:16:51.197
BAMBI: So whatever's easiest to get me there soon.

00:16:51.197 --> 00:16:57.117
VIRGINIA: Yeah, it seems like if you were going to buy it with your ticket, they should know that you're coming and have enough spaces for you.

00:16:57.297 --> 00:16:58.537
VIRGINIA: I don't know.

00:16:58.537 --> 00:17:03.717
VIRGINIA: I'm not an urban planner, but that's what I would think.

00:17:03.717 --> 00:17:04.237
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:17:04.237 --> 00:17:08.757
VIRGINIA: So Saturday, February 1st, which park are you doing?

00:17:08.797 --> 00:17:10.377
BAMBI: We are doing Disneyland that day.

00:17:10.957 --> 00:17:11.677
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:17:11.677 --> 00:17:13.317
VIRGINIA: I love Disneyland.

00:17:13.317 --> 00:17:16.597
VIRGINIA: The only thing I don't like about it is their little itty bitty castle.

00:17:16.597 --> 00:17:22.397
VIRGINIA: And only because it's so shocking when you're so used to the castle in Florida.

00:17:22.397 --> 00:17:25.477
VIRGINIA: So what are you looking forward to this day?

00:17:25.477 --> 00:17:26.577
VIRGINIA: What are your priorities?

00:17:26.577 --> 00:17:28.677
VIRGINIA: How are you going to organize your day?

00:17:28.677 --> 00:17:32.897
BAMBI: Well, it'll be really cool to see Rachel's reaction to it, you know, because she hasn't seen it.

00:17:32.897 --> 00:17:34.817
BAMBI: So that'll be really, really neat.

00:17:34.817 --> 00:17:40.897
BAMBI: Priorities are going to be to ride attractions that either are vastly different.

00:17:40.897 --> 00:17:44.317
BAMBI: So like Pirates is very different there than it is in Orlando.

00:17:44.317 --> 00:17:46.857
BAMBI: So we definitely want to hit up those that are very different.

00:17:46.857 --> 00:17:51.357
BAMBI: And then anything that we can't ride or we don't have in Orlando.

00:17:51.357 --> 00:17:52.417
BAMBI: So for example, like Mr.

00:17:52.417 --> 00:17:55.497
BAMBI: Toad's Wild Ride, like growing up, I always loved that one.

00:17:55.497 --> 00:17:56.737
BAMBI: So we have to ride.

00:17:56.737 --> 00:17:59.157
BAMBI: That's a big priority for me is to ride that one.

00:17:59.177 --> 00:18:12.717
BAMBI: Usually food is a big priority and I try to like pre-book like all the restaurants, but I think we're going to try to do, you know, fast service and quick pick up things just so we can experience as much of the attractions and the shows as possible.

00:18:12.717 --> 00:18:25.737
BAMBI: I am sad because the Abraham Lincoln, so when you first walk in, you know, in the front, they've got the Abraham Lincoln show and then the, you know, kind of the inspiration for the Hall of Presidents and they're redoing that as a Walt Disney show.

00:18:25.737 --> 00:18:28.337
BAMBI: So that's going to be shut down while we're there.

00:18:28.337 --> 00:18:30.777
VIRGINIA: Is that the only thing that's shut down while you're there?

00:18:30.777 --> 00:18:32.577
BAMBI: No, it's a small world.

00:18:32.637 --> 00:18:36.357
BAMBI: It's going to be shut down because they're un-Christmasing it.

00:18:37.537 --> 00:18:41.577
BAMBI: And the de-Christmasification has begun.

00:18:42.757 --> 00:18:45.237
BAMBI: And what's the other one?

00:18:45.237 --> 00:18:54.737
BAMBI: Haunted Mansion is supposed to be open, but if they hit any snags in reverting the holiday theme for that one, then that one might be closed too.

00:18:54.737 --> 00:18:59.897
VIRGINIA: I mean, the good thing is that Disneyland as a park has so many rides.

00:19:00.257 --> 00:19:05.357
VIRGINIA: So even with a couple of things down, you're still going to have so much to be able to do.

00:19:05.357 --> 00:19:14.317
VIRGINIA: And many of the rides that are the same as in Disney World are the versions in Disneyland are better, in my opinion.

00:19:14.317 --> 00:19:18.117
VIRGINIA: Like Space Mountain, so much smoother.

00:19:18.117 --> 00:19:20.517
VIRGINIA: So much smoother.

00:19:20.517 --> 00:19:21.537
BAMBI: Well, how can it not be?

00:19:21.537 --> 00:19:22.077
BAMBI: That one's pretty...

00:19:22.257 --> 00:19:25.037
BAMBI: It's always a must do, but it is kind of rickety.

00:19:25.077 --> 00:19:25.957
VIRGINIA: It's a must do.

00:19:25.957 --> 00:19:29.117
VIRGINIA: And it's one of those things where I am a...

00:19:29.497 --> 00:19:31.057
VIRGINIA: You probably would...

00:19:31.057 --> 00:19:34.077
VIRGINIA: I mean, I assume because you've been listening to the show, you know, I'm a thrill seeker now.

00:19:34.077 --> 00:19:36.377
VIRGINIA: And I was not a thrill seeker growing up at all.

00:19:36.377 --> 00:19:38.017
VIRGINIA: Like a little miss safety.

00:19:38.017 --> 00:19:41.937
VIRGINIA: Like that doesn't seem like I'm going to be able to stay in it without falling out of it.

00:19:41.937 --> 00:19:43.117
VIRGINIA: I'm not doing that.

00:19:43.117 --> 00:19:49.357
VIRGINIA: And now I'm like, give me Guardians of the Galaxy, give me Velocicoaster if I'm over at Universal.

00:19:49.357 --> 00:19:50.517
VIRGINIA: I love it all.

00:19:50.517 --> 00:19:52.697
VIRGINIA: So I always have to ride Space Mountain.

00:19:52.997 --> 00:20:01.977
VIRGINIA: And every single time I do lately, and I think it's just based on age, at some point during the ride, I'm like, why did I do this again?

00:20:01.977 --> 00:20:03.837
VIRGINIA: It is so jerky.

00:20:05.077 --> 00:20:08.877
VIRGINIA: Especially like there's like a part where you kind of go over a hill.

00:20:08.877 --> 00:20:11.417
VIRGINIA: And it feels like you're going to bounce off the tracks.

00:20:11.417 --> 00:20:14.677
VIRGINIA: Like it feels like the cart is going to come unhooked.

00:20:14.677 --> 00:20:15.877
VIRGINIA: And you're just going to go flying.

00:20:15.877 --> 00:20:18.897
BAMBI: Have you been on, what's it called?

00:20:19.317 --> 00:20:21.717
BAMBI: It's the Mount Everest one that they have out there.

00:20:22.517 --> 00:20:23.017
BAMBI: Matterhorn?

00:20:23.017 --> 00:20:24.017
BAMBI: Yeah.

00:20:24.017 --> 00:20:26.117
BAMBI: Is that one more smooth?

00:20:26.117 --> 00:20:30.117
VIRGINIA: No, it's jerky and very close.

00:20:30.117 --> 00:20:33.957
VIRGINIA: Same sort of ride vehicle as in our Space Mountain.

00:20:33.957 --> 00:20:38.877
VIRGINIA: And I hear a lot of people referring to that as like a free chiropractic adjustment.

00:20:39.137 --> 00:20:39.997
BAMBI: Oh, sweet.

00:20:39.997 --> 00:20:40.777
BAMBI: That would be good.

00:20:40.777 --> 00:20:43.157
VIRGINIA: To be fair, you paid for your part ticket, so it's not free.

00:20:45.057 --> 00:20:47.077
VIRGINIA: But I mean, just be prepared.

00:20:47.157 --> 00:20:57.617
VIRGINIA: And then, of course, we're getting to be a certain age where getting in and out of ride vehicles that are that low to the ground is not as easy as it used to be.

00:20:57.617 --> 00:21:00.317
VIRGINIA: But I'm going to keep doing it as long as I absolutely can.

00:21:00.317 --> 00:21:07.837
BAMBI: So yeah, I might have to ride those by myself because Michael, my husband is just over six feet tall.

00:21:07.917 --> 00:21:12.997
BAMBI: And so sometimes the ones where you have to crouch a little bit, he's like, no, right, not not working for these legs.

00:21:13.437 --> 00:21:17.777
VIRGINIA: No, you like to ride something where your knees are going to have to be in your face.

00:21:17.777 --> 00:21:20.057
VIRGINIA: Like I would not blame him.

00:21:20.057 --> 00:21:22.617
VIRGINIA: I mean, you and I, neither of us are tall.

00:21:22.617 --> 00:21:27.117
VIRGINIA: So like, it's just really the crickety nests of our of our joints.

00:21:27.117 --> 00:21:28.957
VIRGINIA: But you know, there's plenty of space.

00:21:28.957 --> 00:21:31.217
VIRGINIA: I don't need a whole lot of leg room.

00:21:31.217 --> 00:21:32.917
VIRGINIA: What about Indiana Jones?

00:21:32.917 --> 00:21:33.877
VIRGINIA: Are you looking forward to that one?

00:21:33.877 --> 00:21:35.997
VIRGINIA: I can't remember if you're an Indiana Jones fan.

00:21:35.997 --> 00:21:37.297
BAMBI: Yeah, I forgot that one's out there.

00:21:37.297 --> 00:21:39.837
BAMBI: Yeah, that that'll be that's always a good one.

00:21:39.837 --> 00:21:40.477
BAMBI: That one's fun.

00:21:40.477 --> 00:21:41.897
BAMBI: Alice in Wonderland is another good one.

00:21:43.377 --> 00:21:48.537
BAMBI: I mean, it's not like it's a thrill-seeker ride, but it's just kind of fun to do something you can't do again.

00:21:48.537 --> 00:21:49.977
VIRGINIA: Right, exactly.

00:21:49.977 --> 00:21:51.257
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:21:51.257 --> 00:21:54.997
VIRGINIA: Also the Snow White ride that they have out there.

00:21:54.997 --> 00:21:55.997
BAMBI: Yeah, that one's good.

00:21:55.997 --> 00:22:03.917
BAMBI: Well, you've been walking through the castle, because you know they've got the little, you can see the Sleeping Beauty story through the castle and walk through and see that.

00:22:03.917 --> 00:22:06.537
BAMBI: Like that's epic.

00:22:06.577 --> 00:22:11.377
BAMBI: And the Little Mermaid ride, the old 20,000 Leagues, like that was really cool.

00:22:11.377 --> 00:22:13.357
BAMBI: Yeah, so many cool things.

00:22:13.357 --> 00:22:17.537
VIRGINIA: I really enjoy it out there and it's been a number of years since I've been there.

00:22:17.537 --> 00:22:23.617
VIRGINIA: So I'm looking forward to my June trip and to hearing how years go so that I can remember all the things that I want to do.

00:22:23.617 --> 00:22:33.897
VIRGINIA: One thing you need to make sure that you do while you're there is have a churro, because the churros in Disneyland are far superior to the churros that we have in Disney World.

00:22:34.577 --> 00:22:38.237
BAMBI: My husband grew up in churros in Argentina, so he'll be very happy to hear that.

00:22:38.477 --> 00:22:41.857
VIRGINIA: Well, either that or he'll just be judging them and be like, this is not a real churro.

00:22:41.857 --> 00:22:48.017
VIRGINIA: But to me, beyond the ones that you can get at Nomad Lounge, the churros in Disneyland are amazing.

00:22:48.017 --> 00:22:59.297
VIRGINIA: I think what it is, my understanding is that in Disneyland, somebody just recently told me this, that in Disneyland, they make them, I think at the cart where they're being sold.

00:22:59.577 --> 00:23:08.397
VIRGINIA: In Disney World, they're made in some other building, and then they get brought over to where they're going to be sold, and that makes a huge difference apparently.

00:23:08.657 --> 00:23:11.197
BAMBI: Apparently, I'm probably going to get it wrong.

00:23:11.197 --> 00:23:13.717
BAMBI: I can't remember if it's Disneyland or California Adventure.

00:23:13.717 --> 00:23:19.697
BAMBI: One of the parks while we're there, they have, I would say the equivalent of the Food and Wine Festival.

00:23:19.697 --> 00:23:22.917
BAMBI: So I guess they have similar festivals going on at Disneyland.

00:23:25.657 --> 00:23:30.577
BAMBI: It seems like just from the food list that I've looked at, it's very Asian inspired, which is awesome.

00:23:30.757 --> 00:23:34.977
BAMBI: Because we love Thai food and Indian food and Chinese food.

00:23:34.977 --> 00:23:39.277
BAMBI: I mean, so that'll be fun too, whichever park that ends up being.

00:23:39.277 --> 00:23:40.537
VIRGINIA: I think it's California Adventure.

00:23:40.537 --> 00:23:40.857
BAMBI: Is it?

00:23:40.857 --> 00:23:41.177
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:23:41.177 --> 00:23:41.777
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:23:41.957 --> 00:23:46.977
VIRGINIA: And they have that section that's San Fransokyo themed.

00:23:46.977 --> 00:23:54.237
VIRGINIA: And I heard that the food that they sell in that area, which does have the Asian flair to it, is very good.

00:23:54.237 --> 00:23:58.617
VIRGINIA: I interviewed somebody who did the California Adventure Food and Wine Festival last year.

00:23:58.657 --> 00:23:59.557
BAMBI: I'll have to look for that.

00:23:59.897 --> 00:24:03.957
VIRGINIA: So yeah, there's somebody talking about the different booths and everything.

00:24:05.117 --> 00:24:13.337
VIRGINIA: I'm jumping in to confirm that it was Ashlee from Ashlee Ever After who I interviewed and who had done the Disney California Adventure Food and Wine Festival last year.

00:24:13.337 --> 00:24:19.577
VIRGINIA: I've linked both her pre and post trip reports in the show notes for anyone who wants to check that out.

00:24:19.577 --> 00:24:20.117
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:24:20.117 --> 00:24:27.797
VIRGINIA: So you're doing Disneyland on Saturday, February 1st, which must mean you're doing California Adventure on February 2nd.

00:24:28.277 --> 00:24:28.357
BAMBI: Yes.

00:24:28.357 --> 00:24:32.277
VIRGINIA: So what are you looking forward to in California Adventure?

00:24:32.277 --> 00:24:37.437
BAMBI: So I haven't been to California Adventure in probably 20.

00:24:37.437 --> 00:24:42.057
BAMBI: I mean, it was just a few years after it opened, so 20 plus years.

00:24:42.377 --> 00:24:44.757
BAMBI: Obviously, I was like six when it.

00:24:46.737 --> 00:24:49.797
BAMBI: So it's been a long, long time since I've been there.

00:24:49.797 --> 00:24:51.997
BAMBI: My husband's never been there and Rachel's never been there.

00:24:51.997 --> 00:24:56.037
BAMBI: So that's going to be just a day of new, which is always fun.

00:24:56.097 --> 00:24:57.157
BAMBI: It's kind of fun.

00:24:57.177 --> 00:24:59.057
BAMBI: So that'll be really awesome.

00:25:00.097 --> 00:25:02.197
BAMBI: Of course, the Avengers campus.

00:25:02.197 --> 00:25:04.297
BAMBI: Looking very much forward to going there.

00:25:04.297 --> 00:25:05.477
BAMBI: We love Guardians of the Galaxy.

00:25:05.477 --> 00:25:06.837
BAMBI: It's our favorite ride.

00:25:06.837 --> 00:25:13.337
BAMBI: So riding the Guardians version of the Tower of Terror is going to be terrifying, but it's going to be awesome.

00:25:13.337 --> 00:25:15.757
BAMBI: So looking forward to that.

00:25:15.757 --> 00:25:17.837
BAMBI: And then they do, it's weird to me.

00:25:17.837 --> 00:25:22.797
BAMBI: So I guess Disneyland doesn't have fireworks every night, which is like sacrilegious.

00:25:22.797 --> 00:25:26.117
BAMBI: I mean, because you have to have fireworks every night at the castle, right?

00:25:26.757 --> 00:25:27.797
BAMBI: But they don't have that.

00:25:27.797 --> 00:25:34.537
BAMBI: So they have the Wonderful World of Color, which is, I guess, the show at California Adventure.

00:25:34.537 --> 00:25:37.097
BAMBI: And so that's happening that night.

00:25:37.097 --> 00:25:45.137
BAMBI: So I'm actually in the process now trying to figure out if we're going to do the dessert party or the dinner party, because I want to make sure we get a spot for that.

00:25:45.137 --> 00:25:45.717
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:25:45.717 --> 00:25:47.417
VIRGINIA: Yeah, it's a lot of fun.

00:25:47.417 --> 00:25:56.197
VIRGINIA: So I would prioritize throwing money at that so that you have a good spot, especially since you don't go to those parks very often.

00:25:56.197 --> 00:25:59.157
VIRGINIA: What about the Incredicoaster?

00:25:59.157 --> 00:26:00.277
BAMBI: I don't know about this one.

00:26:00.277 --> 00:26:01.157
BAMBI: What is this?

00:26:01.157 --> 00:26:02.817
VIRGINIA: Oh, you don't know about Incredicoaster?

00:26:02.817 --> 00:26:03.197
BAMBI: No.

00:26:03.197 --> 00:26:04.537
VIRGINIA: I mean, it's been open for a while.

00:26:04.537 --> 00:26:10.377
VIRGINIA: It used to be when California Adventure first opened, it was called California Screamin, I think.

00:26:10.377 --> 00:26:13.837
VIRGINIA: And it's the roller coaster that you can see in California Adventure.

00:26:13.837 --> 00:26:19.657
VIRGINIA: Like it's an outdoor coaster and it's got Mickey's face on sort of the one loop-to-loop.

00:26:20.017 --> 00:26:22.817
VIRGINIA: So they've re-themed it to be Incredibles themed.

00:26:22.817 --> 00:26:32.377
VIRGINIA: And it is so much fun because even though it just looks like kind of a normal coaster, it actually has a story line to it because you are...

00:26:33.857 --> 00:26:36.997
VIRGINIA: When you take off in the car, it's like you're Dash.

00:26:36.997 --> 00:26:42.157
VIRGINIA: So you hear Dash counting down and you're chasing after Baby Jack Jack who's gotten away.

00:26:42.157 --> 00:26:42.917
BAMBI: Oh, that's cool.

00:26:42.917 --> 00:26:48.197
VIRGINIA: And so like as you go through the tunnel, you see the characters on the sides.

00:26:48.257 --> 00:26:58.057
VIRGINIA: And it's like it's one of the only traditional sort of style coasters like that, that I really think nailed a story.

00:26:58.057 --> 00:27:03.237
VIRGINIA: And that's what I like about Disney coasters in particular, is that there is a story line to it.

00:27:03.697 --> 00:27:05.737
VIRGINIA: And they really got it right with that one, in my opinion.

00:27:05.737 --> 00:27:07.177
VIRGINIA: It's a lot of fun.

00:27:07.177 --> 00:27:07.557
BAMBI: That's cool.

00:27:07.557 --> 00:27:11.137
BAMBI: Yeah, we'll have to definitely put that one on because that one wouldn't have been on my list, honestly.

00:27:11.137 --> 00:27:11.517
BAMBI: It would have been...

00:27:11.517 --> 00:27:15.837
BAMBI: Well, I mean, of course you want to try to hit everything, but it wouldn't have been at the top of the list.

00:27:15.897 --> 00:27:16.097
BAMBI: Right?

00:27:16.097 --> 00:27:16.837
BAMBI: Yeah.

00:27:16.837 --> 00:27:17.037
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:27:17.337 --> 00:27:17.857
BAMBI: Cool.

00:27:17.857 --> 00:27:28.737
VIRGINIA: What I recommend you maybe consider skipping is what I and a lot of people refer to as the Wheel of Death, which is their Ferris wheel.

00:27:28.737 --> 00:27:33.277
VIRGINIA: But it's the ones that have the swinging cars.

00:27:33.277 --> 00:27:34.577
BAMBI: No, that's a pass.

00:27:34.577 --> 00:27:38.437
VIRGINIA: It literally feels like you're just going to fall off of the thing.

00:27:38.917 --> 00:27:40.117
VIRGINIA: It's not.

00:27:40.117 --> 00:27:40.737
BAMBI: I'm not.

00:27:40.737 --> 00:27:44.797
BAMBI: So I think I was a thrill seeker before you were because I used to pick on you about that.

00:27:45.997 --> 00:27:50.537
BAMBI: But but Ferris wheels are just they already scare me to death.

00:27:50.537 --> 00:27:51.957
BAMBI: Like so we go to London.

00:27:51.957 --> 00:27:54.797
BAMBI: There's no way I'm riding that London Eye like somebody else can have that.

00:27:54.797 --> 00:27:55.157
BAMBI: Right.

00:27:55.157 --> 00:27:58.517
BAMBI: So, yeah, that would it would not even cross my universe to even think.

00:27:58.577 --> 00:27:59.817
BAMBI: Yeah.

00:27:59.817 --> 00:28:12.117
VIRGINIA: Yeah, we did not ride the London Eye, not because I was afraid of it, but it was because I live in New York City and looking at things from high up is kind of like, man, I've seen buildings before.

00:28:12.177 --> 00:28:15.437
VIRGINIA: I was like, I'm not going to pay for this wheel thing.

00:28:15.437 --> 00:28:18.797
VIRGINIA: But the wheel of death, it is very scary.

00:28:18.797 --> 00:28:21.517
VIRGINIA: So I don't think I ever need to do that again.

00:28:21.517 --> 00:28:26.217
VIRGINIA: Now, could I be convinced to get on it if somebody wanted to just like have fun and watch me scream?

00:28:26.217 --> 00:28:27.317
VIRGINIA: Sure, I suppose so.

00:28:27.317 --> 00:28:30.397
VIRGINIA: But I'm not going to go on it, you know, just of my own volition.

00:28:31.577 --> 00:28:32.057
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:28:32.057 --> 00:28:36.877
VIRGINIA: What else in California Adventure are you looking forward to doing?

00:28:36.877 --> 00:28:40.157
BAMBI: So I think Cars Land is there, is that right?

00:28:40.157 --> 00:28:41.677
BAMBI: So definitely want to do Cars Land.

00:28:41.677 --> 00:28:44.137
BAMBI: And we want to also see, of course, the shows that go along.

00:28:44.137 --> 00:28:45.937
BAMBI: So we're not just ride people, we like the shows.

00:28:45.937 --> 00:28:47.517
BAMBI: So we want to do the adventure shows.

00:28:47.517 --> 00:28:52.857
BAMBI: But my niece is, she kind of grew up with Cars as her favorite Pixar film.

00:28:52.857 --> 00:28:54.277
BAMBI: So she's very stoked about that.

00:28:54.277 --> 00:28:56.817
BAMBI: So that'll be kind of cool to see, to, you know, watch her.

00:28:57.157 --> 00:28:58.597
BAMBI: As I'm talking, she's like seven.

00:28:59.177 --> 00:29:00.637
BAMBI: She's like 22.

00:29:00.637 --> 00:29:04.057
VIRGINIA: She's a grown adult with a job.

00:29:04.057 --> 00:29:09.837
BAMBI: But it'll still be cool to, you know, kind of see that and go through and see those rides.

00:29:09.837 --> 00:29:16.497
BAMBI: I also think, I can't remember if it's California Adventure, but they've got like the legendary like footlong cheese stick.

00:29:16.497 --> 00:29:18.837
BAMBI: Have you seen this?

00:29:18.837 --> 00:29:21.717
VIRGINIA: I have, and I can't remember which park it's in either.

00:29:21.717 --> 00:29:29.717
BAMBI: So we had one, they now have it at the little booth at Broadway, or excuse me, at BoardWalk in Disney World.

00:29:29.717 --> 00:29:33.657
BAMBI: And another, I must be a cheese person, but yes, that is another thing that will change your life.

00:29:33.657 --> 00:29:35.737
VIRGINIA: So you are a cheesy person.

00:29:35.737 --> 00:29:39.017
BAMBI: We will definitely all put in the cheese.

00:29:39.017 --> 00:29:43.717
BAMBI: So yeah, so that'll be fun if we can grab one of those.

00:29:44.177 --> 00:29:47.097
BAMBI: I can't even think of what else is in there in that park.

00:29:47.097 --> 00:29:48.737
BAMBI: That one's just so foreign to me.

00:29:49.197 --> 00:29:52.857
BAMBI: I don't really, it'll be very, like I'll actually have to use a map there.

00:29:52.937 --> 00:29:53.277
VIRGINIA: Oh yeah.

00:29:53.277 --> 00:29:54.937
BAMBI: I don't have a clue, you know.

00:29:54.937 --> 00:29:57.977
VIRGINIA: So yeah, me too, me too.

00:29:57.997 --> 00:30:11.297
VIRGINIA: One thing that if you can time it right, trying to be over in Cars Land when it gets dark, because when the lights come on in Cars Land and all the neon and everything and they start playing that Shaboom Shaboom song, it's really cute.

00:30:11.297 --> 00:30:12.397
BAMBI: OK, that's cool.

00:30:12.397 --> 00:30:15.037
VIRGINIA: And I know Alex grew up watching Cars as well.

00:30:15.037 --> 00:30:19.797
VIRGINIA: There was a period of time where I probably could have quoted the entire movie to you.

00:30:19.797 --> 00:30:21.877
VIRGINIA: But I have not seen it in a really long time.

00:30:21.877 --> 00:30:24.237
VIRGINIA: Really, really cute land there.

00:30:24.237 --> 00:30:26.037
VIRGINIA: And DCA is just it's different.

00:30:26.277 --> 00:30:33.537
VIRGINIA: It to me feels it feels very much like Hollywood Studios, but very much with a California twist to it.

00:30:33.537 --> 00:30:34.097
BAMBI: Yeah, I can see.

00:30:34.097 --> 00:30:38.897
BAMBI: Is that where the rise of fear, resistance and all that is in that park?

00:30:38.897 --> 00:30:39.837
VIRGINIA: That yes.

00:30:39.837 --> 00:30:40.137
BAMBI: Yeah.

00:30:40.137 --> 00:30:40.617
VIRGINIA: Oh, wait, wait.

00:30:40.617 --> 00:30:41.197
VIRGINIA: No, no, no.

00:30:41.197 --> 00:30:41.737
VIRGINIA: Sorry.

00:30:41.737 --> 00:30:43.317
VIRGINIA: That's in Disneyland, oddly enough.

00:30:43.777 --> 00:30:44.677
VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

00:30:44.677 --> 00:30:45.037
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:30:45.037 --> 00:30:57.437
VIRGINIA: So when you go into Disneyland and you kind of go down Main Street, I believe that their galaxy's edge is back there sort of like off in the left diagonal.

00:30:57.437 --> 00:31:00.777
VIRGINIA: And I think it's behind like Critter Country or something.

00:31:00.777 --> 00:31:07.097
VIRGINIA: It's weird to me, but that's, I mean, it's just not what I'm used to because, you know, it's very different in Orlando.

00:31:07.097 --> 00:31:07.357
BAMBI: Yeah.

00:31:07.357 --> 00:31:10.017
BAMBI: Well, and that's what we skipped when Michael and I went a couple of years ago.

00:31:10.377 --> 00:31:13.637
BAMBI: We skipped all that because it was last on the list.

00:31:13.637 --> 00:31:15.517
BAMBI: And of course, you never make it through everything in a day.

00:31:15.517 --> 00:31:15.917
BAMBI: Right.

00:31:15.917 --> 00:31:16.437
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:31:16.437 --> 00:31:16.757
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:31:16.757 --> 00:31:19.517
BAMBI: So I'll be surprised if we end up hitting that stuff.

00:31:19.517 --> 00:31:24.897
VIRGINIA: For Disneyland, talking about that, Tiana's is open there, I think.

00:31:24.897 --> 00:31:25.677
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:31:25.677 --> 00:31:26.617
BAMBI: I think so.

00:31:26.617 --> 00:31:27.137
BAMBI: I think so.

00:31:27.137 --> 00:31:27.537
BAMBI: Yeah.

00:31:27.537 --> 00:31:30.377
VIRGINIA: Are you all going to ride it?

00:31:30.377 --> 00:31:36.597
BAMBI: I've ridden the one in Orlando and I don't know, I loved Splash Mountain.

00:31:36.597 --> 00:31:39.257
BAMBI: You know, it was always just one of my favorite rides.

00:31:39.337 --> 00:31:42.937
BAMBI: So, you know, I'm sad that it's not the same.

00:31:43.077 --> 00:31:46.457
BAMBI: I'm all about just adding more rides instead of getting rid of the old ones.

00:31:47.997 --> 00:31:49.337
BAMBI: So, I mean, it'll be on the list.

00:31:49.337 --> 00:31:50.717
BAMBI: It won't be at the top of the list.

00:31:50.717 --> 00:32:06.217
BAMBI: But, you know, yeah, I'm sure if we have time and people aren't freezing, because when we wrote it in that Tiana's at Disney World a few months ago, it was, we definitely, we were at the front of the boat and we like to eat, so we weren't the light load in the front.

00:32:06.337 --> 00:32:09.737
BAMBI: So we kind of like the whole log just went under the water, right?

00:32:09.737 --> 00:32:18.557
VIRGINIA: You know, from what I've heard, and I still have not gotten to do it in Orlando yet, and I was also somebody who really loved Splash Mountain.

00:32:18.557 --> 00:32:23.337
VIRGINIA: And but I'm also like Tiana is one of my favorite princesses, so I'm excited to give that a try.

00:32:23.337 --> 00:32:35.417
VIRGINIA: From what I've heard from everybody has spoken to who has written Tiana's at this point, everyone seems to make it sound like you get so much wetter with this new version, even though I don't think they changed.

00:32:35.717 --> 00:32:37.597
VIRGINIA: Like did they increase the water level?

00:32:37.597 --> 00:32:47.017
VIRGINIA: I'm not sure what happened, but everybody I know who's written it is like, yeah, I don't know, they did something and now like you come off and you're just like totally drenched.

00:32:47.017 --> 00:33:05.717
VIRGINIA: And my experience with Splash Mountain in Disneyland was when I wrote that, it was you got so soaked compared to Florida to the point where I was like, I'm never doing that in California again, because like totally wet shoes, it was just a nightmare.

00:33:05.717 --> 00:33:10.077
VIRGINIA: And I never felt like it was that bad in Orlando, but that was how I felt about the one in California.

00:33:10.077 --> 00:33:13.357
VIRGINIA: And I don't know if maybe the opposite has happened for them.

00:33:13.357 --> 00:33:18.617
VIRGINIA: Maybe it was like you totally got soaked before and now it's not as bad now, but it's to be honest, I don't know.

00:33:18.617 --> 00:33:19.817
BAMBI: Is the log different?

00:33:19.817 --> 00:33:20.837
BAMBI: I want to say...

00:33:20.837 --> 00:33:21.917
VIRGINIA: I don't think it is.

00:33:21.917 --> 00:33:28.237
BAMBI: It's the same log, because isn't the logs in one of the Disney parks, it's like a log flume type log versus the light?

00:33:28.237 --> 00:33:30.497
VIRGINIA: What I mean by the same is I mean I think it...

00:33:30.497 --> 00:33:34.337
VIRGINIA: I don't think they swapped out the logs in California.

00:33:34.337 --> 00:33:36.557
VIRGINIA: I don't think they swapped out the logs.

00:33:36.557 --> 00:33:40.557
VIRGINIA: But in California, it's a single person.

00:33:40.557 --> 00:33:42.397
VIRGINIA: I don't remember how many it fits.

00:33:42.397 --> 00:33:46.177
VIRGINIA: And then the same thing is true with Space Mountain.

00:33:46.177 --> 00:33:48.817
VIRGINIA: In Orlando, it's a single person row.

00:33:48.817 --> 00:33:55.677
VIRGINIA: And then in California, it's two by two, which is kind of nice because then you get to like ride with your buddy.

00:33:55.677 --> 00:33:57.657
BAMBI: Yeah, interesting.

00:33:57.657 --> 00:33:58.177
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:33:58.177 --> 00:33:58.797
BAMBI: Yeah, it might be neat.

00:33:58.797 --> 00:33:59.757
BAMBI: I don't know.

00:33:59.757 --> 00:34:01.437
BAMBI: I guess we'll see how cold it really is.

00:34:01.437 --> 00:34:03.997
BAMBI: Let's see if my shorts, if the shorts are a bad idea.

00:34:03.997 --> 00:34:06.597
BAMBI: And I'm like freezing that we might not ride.

00:34:06.597 --> 00:34:10.937
VIRGINIA: Listen, you know, maybe it's an opportunity to buy some new Disney apparel.

00:34:10.937 --> 00:34:12.937
BAMBI: Oh, there you go.

00:34:12.937 --> 00:34:14.397
VIRGINIA: It's a shop opportunity.

00:34:14.437 --> 00:34:15.737
BAMBI: There you go.

00:34:17.857 --> 00:34:19.237
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:34:19.237 --> 00:34:29.357
VIRGINIA: Same plan here in terms of dining plans, like not doing any sit down reservations, just kind of letting the wind take you where you happen to be when you get hungry.

00:34:29.357 --> 00:34:30.697
BAMBI: Yeah, I think so.

00:34:31.177 --> 00:34:36.137
BAMBI: Unless we end up doing the dining option for the wonderful world of color.

00:34:36.137 --> 00:34:36.957
VIRGINIA: Sure.

00:34:36.957 --> 00:34:38.597
BAMBI: That was Southern, the wonderful world of color.

00:34:38.877 --> 00:34:40.677
VIRGINIA: The wonderful world of color.

00:34:40.677 --> 00:34:42.297
BAMBI: I'm from the South.

00:34:44.817 --> 00:34:47.097
VIRGINIA: What are the choices if you know off the top of your head?

00:34:47.097 --> 00:34:51.777
VIRGINIA: This is not a pop quiz that you're going to fail, but in terms of restaurants to pick for that dinner.

00:34:51.777 --> 00:34:52.917
BAMBI: Oh, gosh.

00:34:53.297 --> 00:35:02.097
BAMBI: Actually, I did look it up and I don't know if everything else was sold out and there was only one option, but there was only one option when I looked at it.

00:35:02.317 --> 00:35:06.577
BAMBI: I couldn't tell you what the name of it was, but it looked like it was-

00:35:06.957 --> 00:35:08.777
VIRGINIA: Was it the Italian place?

00:35:08.777 --> 00:35:12.097
BAMBI: No, it was some kind of like...

00:35:12.557 --> 00:35:14.717
BAMBI: I felt that I didn't qualify when I looked at the name of it.

00:35:14.717 --> 00:35:16.957
BAMBI: It was something like Passholders.

00:35:16.957 --> 00:35:18.317
BAMBI: It was some kind of like-

00:35:18.317 --> 00:35:19.817
VIRGINIA: Oh, yeah.

00:35:19.817 --> 00:35:21.737
VIRGINIA: It's like a magic key lounge or something?

00:35:21.737 --> 00:35:22.457
BAMBI: Yes, yes.

00:35:22.897 --> 00:35:23.117
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:35:23.117 --> 00:35:29.077
VIRGINIA: I think you either have to be a magic key holder yourself or the person that you're with has to be a magic key holder.

00:35:29.077 --> 00:35:29.617
BAMBI: Yeah.

00:35:29.617 --> 00:35:32.157
BAMBI: In which case, no magic keys.

00:35:32.157 --> 00:35:34.677
VIRGINIA: No, but maybe you can still get into the dessert party or something.

00:35:35.237 --> 00:35:35.657
BAMBI: Yeah.

00:35:35.657 --> 00:35:37.057
BAMBI: Well, I think we were leaning towards it.

00:35:37.057 --> 00:35:43.517
BAMBI: So based on my read, the dessert party, it actually has seats.

00:35:44.317 --> 00:35:51.637
BAMBI: So if you get there early enough, then you can get a good seat and then you're hanging out and you're eating your sugar and whatever.

00:35:51.637 --> 00:35:54.897
VIRGINIA: Do they have any non-sugar options?

00:35:54.897 --> 00:36:07.377
VIRGINIA: Because that's one of my gripes with the dessert parties is I think it's great to have a dedicated place to sit, but I've only ever been to one dessert party where they offered enough non-dessert fare to make me happy.

00:36:07.377 --> 00:36:09.337
VIRGINIA: It was one that they had at Hollywood Studios.

00:36:09.337 --> 00:36:17.037
VIRGINIA: It was just like in addition to all the desserts, they have vegetables and hummus and cheese platters and stuff like that.

00:36:17.037 --> 00:36:18.257
VIRGINIA: That's more my speed.

00:36:18.257 --> 00:36:21.777
VIRGINIA: I like a little bit of sweet stuff, but I'm more about the savory.

00:36:21.777 --> 00:36:25.697
BAMBI: I'm more savory as well, but it didn't even cross my mind to see if they have that kind of thing.

00:36:25.697 --> 00:36:30.177
BAMBI: I just figured it would be lots of sweet stuff and I would just drink my beverages.

00:36:30.177 --> 00:36:36.917
VIRGINIA: Well, if you're going in it for mostly the seats anyway, then it'll be what it'll be.

00:36:36.917 --> 00:36:39.997
VIRGINIA: I don't think you're going to get your value out of the food no matter what it is.

00:36:41.157 --> 00:36:47.797
VIRGINIA: It's not like it's $80 worth of cheese, anyway, or however much it costs.

00:36:47.797 --> 00:36:51.537
BAMBI: I'll just get a couple of foot long cheese sticks before I go in and I'll be good.

00:36:51.537 --> 00:36:52.337
BAMBI: It'll be fine.

00:36:52.337 --> 00:36:55.197
VIRGINIA: Just like throw them in your bag.

00:36:55.257 --> 00:36:57.517
VIRGINIA: What are you doing?

00:36:57.517 --> 00:36:59.597
BAMBI: Just having my snack.

00:37:02.137 --> 00:37:03.257
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:37:03.257 --> 00:37:06.377
VIRGINIA: That brings us to Sunday, February 2nd.

00:37:08.017 --> 00:37:11.837
VIRGINIA: Oh, wait, taking that back because that's what we were just talking about.

00:37:12.977 --> 00:37:20.017
VIRGINIA: That brings us to Monday, February 3rd, which is your departure day and her departure day as well?

00:37:20.017 --> 00:37:20.917
BAMBI: Yes.

00:37:20.917 --> 00:37:24.217
BAMBI: We'll get up not quite as ungodly early.

00:37:24.457 --> 00:37:28.017
BAMBI: I think we have to have her at the airport by like 10 or something.

00:37:28.017 --> 00:37:33.697
BAMBI: Then we'll drop her off at the airport and then we will drive on to our next destination.

00:37:33.697 --> 00:37:34.357
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:37:34.357 --> 00:37:36.837
VIRGINIA: Where are you headed from there?

00:37:36.837 --> 00:37:42.237
BAMBI: We are headed another small town in the middle of California.

00:37:42.277 --> 00:37:46.697
BAMBI: We're actually, we are going to have to figure out a new route because the traditional route.

00:37:46.757 --> 00:37:49.377
BAMBI: Yeah, the traditional route is blocked.

00:37:49.377 --> 00:37:50.457
BAMBI: So, okay.

00:37:50.457 --> 00:37:51.417
BAMBI: Yeah.

00:37:51.417 --> 00:37:53.077
VIRGINIA: How long do you have to do your drive?

00:37:53.077 --> 00:37:58.137
VIRGINIA: Do you have to get it done in that one day or are you going to take any time like for a night somewhere else?

00:37:58.137 --> 00:38:02.637
BAMBI: No, just that one day and we've got business meetings that Tuesday morning.

00:38:02.637 --> 00:38:04.297
BAMBI: So, okay.

00:38:04.297 --> 00:38:04.777
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:38:04.777 --> 00:38:11.337
VIRGINIA: Well, this is going to be so much fun to hear, especially you Bambi, telling me all about your adventures.

00:38:11.337 --> 00:38:14.197
VIRGINIA: I cannot wait to hear all about it.

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VIRGINIA: I hope that you have a fantastic time.

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VIRGINIA: I hope the fires have died down significantly, hopefully all the way by then.

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BAMBI: Yeah.

00:38:22.257 --> 00:38:24.597
VIRGINIA: And just have a wonderful time.

00:38:24.597 --> 00:38:26.577
VIRGINIA: Please tell Michael I said hello.

00:38:26.577 --> 00:38:27.697
BAMBI: I shall.

00:38:27.697 --> 00:38:28.757
BAMBI: This has been great.

00:38:28.757 --> 00:38:30.957
VIRGINIA: I had so much fun and I can't wait to talk to you again.

00:38:30.957 --> 00:38:33.117
VIRGINIA: So, until next time.

00:38:33.117 --> 00:38:35.457
BAMBI: TTFN.

00:38:35.457 --> 00:38:39.817
VIRGINIA: Thank you again to Bambi for making my wish come true and joining me on the show.

00:38:39.817 --> 00:38:42.317
VIRGINIA: Bambi's Post Trip Report is up next.

00:38:42.317 --> 00:38:43.737
VIRGINIA: So don't miss out on that.

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VIRGINIA: If you or someone you know would enjoy being a Trip Report guest, the link is in the show notes.

00:38:49.177 --> 00:38:54.057
VIRGINIA: You can also submit your trip for consideration through the website, which is whereilongtobepodcast.com.

00:38:55.157 --> 00:38:58.937
VIRGINIA: I'm currently looking for people traveling in June and beyond.

00:38:58.937 --> 00:39:00.237
VIRGINIA: That's all for now.

00:39:00.237 --> 00:39:02.937
VIRGINIA: Time to head into the Post Trip episode.

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VIRGINIA: Until then, keep daydreaming about where you long to be.