Pre-Trip Report: Beccy’s WDW Fantastic Friendship Fair (January 2024)

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VIRGINIA: Welcome back to Where I Long To Be, a magical trip report podcast.

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VIRGINIA: If you are new here, my name is Virginia, and I am proud to be your host.

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VIRGINIA: If you like trip reports, you've come to the right place.

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VIRGINIA: This podcast is sort of like a buy one, get one free experience in that this episode is a pre-trip report, and the next one in your queue is the post-trip report.

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VIRGINIA: I always think it's fun to hear how people plan their trips and what actually ends up happening in the real world.

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VIRGINIA: Today, I'm thrilled to introduce you to Beccy of A__Hufflepuff__in__Disney on Instagram in case you don't know her.

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VIRGINIA: But I suspect you may know her, since Beccy is what I think of as a connector.

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VIRGINIA: She seems to thrive on making friends and connecting people she likes to each other.

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VIRGINIA: You'll hear her talk about many of the friends who have become part of her Disney family in this episode.

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VIRGINIA: And when it's over, I think you'll think of her as a friend, too.

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VIRGINIA: Here's Beccy.

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VIRGINIA: Listeners, I am very happy to report that I am sitting here today with Beccy from A Hufflepuff in Disney.

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VIRGINIA: How are you doing?

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BECCY: I'm good.

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BECCY: How are you?

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VIRGINIA: I am doing well.

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VIRGINIA: I'm so excited to have you.

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VIRGINIA: You're one of several people back to back that I have been following on Instagram.

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VIRGINIA: And it's a little bit of a fangirl situation where I'm like, I can't believe you're here in front of me.

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VIRGINIA: So it's really exciting to have you here on the podcast.

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VIRGINIA: Before we get into all of your trip details, though, I would love to know a little bit about you.

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VIRGINIA: Like, how did you come to love Disney?

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VIRGINIA: How did you come to love, presumably, Harry Potter since you're a Hufflepuff?

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VIRGINIA: And really, how did you get into the creator space because you're very active on Instagram.

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VIRGINIA: I don't know if you're active on any other platforms, but that's where I followed you on Instagram.

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BECCY: So, I don't have Facebook.

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BECCY: I got rid of that a while ago.

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BECCY: I started my Disney Instagram account at the end of 2020 slash beginning of 2021.

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BECCY: I wasn't super active on it yet.

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BECCY: We moved to Florida in 2021, so when I moved down there, I became a lot more active.

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BECCY: The first trip that I took as an adult to Disney was in 2019, with adult money.

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BECCY: I'm a kid with adult money, and now I can do whatever I want.

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BECCY: It was one of those things where it just happened to—the Instagram craze was really starting to come to fruition, I feel like.

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BECCY: Between 2016 to 2019, I was like, oh, let's go to Disney.

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BECCY: I invited a friend with me, and I've just been obsessed ever since.

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BECCY: So with those pictures—of course, then the pandemic happened.

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BECCY: So we had another trip planned in 2020, couldn't take it.

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BECCY: I just became more obsessed, and I have family who live in Florida, and my husband's kids are older, and we decided to just take the plunge.

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BECCY: I had always wanted to move.

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BECCY: He was like, all right, let's do this, and we moved, and that was it.

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BECCY: So then after I moved down there, I got a lot more into it, moved back to Rhode Island for a job, and I'm lucky enough that my job in Rhode Island is better than my job was in Florida, so I'm actually able to afford to go to Disney more now than actually when I lived there.

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BECCY: So I go to Disney now between four and six times a year.

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BECCY: Last year, I could go five.

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BECCY: This year, I actually already have six trips planned.

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BECCY: And the Harry Potter thing, I actually, I've been kind of a fan.

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BECCY: I was a movie fan before I was a book fan, I'm not going to lie.

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BECCY: I didn't really know about the books at the time.

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BECCY: I was like in college when the movies came out, and you don't really have a lot of time to do much.

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BECCY: And I saw the first few movies and then just kind of became obsessed and then read the books.

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BECCY: And now I'm like, well, in the book, this happened, but in the movie, this happened.

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BECCY: Like one of those people, but that's so that's kind of the beginnings of this.

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BECCY: So I've been doing like the Disney gram for three years, actually, actually was January of 21 that I started it.

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BECCY: So three years this month.

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BECCY: And I kind of just like to have fun with it.

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BECCY: I like to have fun with friends.

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BECCY: I find other people who have similar interests with me.

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VIRGINIA: I have a friend recently who told me that their policy is if there is a movie that has come from a book, they always watch the movie first because if you do it in reverse, you're inevitably disappointed in the things that are missing that you wanted to see happen from the book.

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VIRGINIA: But if you watch the movie first and then you read the book, it's just better that way.

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VIRGINIA: So I actually thought that was pretty smart.

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BECCY: I was just about to say that actually is really smart if you know that a book is already out but that there's already like a movie coming out that actually makes a lot of sense.

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BECCY: I've done that with like other things too that I didn't realize that there was a book and then there's a show or a movie and you're like, oh, now I want to read the book and most of the time the book is better.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: I feel like you can almost equate it to like if you're doing a split stay, it's 100% recommended that you stay in the nicer resort at the end.

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VIRGINIA: Like don't downgrade mid-trip.

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VIRGINIA: Always upgrade mid-trip.

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VIRGINIA: So I want to know then if your first adult money trip was in 2019, were you always a Disney fan when you were a kid and did you go to the parks as a kid?

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BECCY: I did go to the parks.

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BECCY: I'm not going to say often because my mom was single.

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BECCY: So I did go once.

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BECCY: Obviously everybody has a baby story that, oh, I went when I was two, but I don't remember it, which is actually me.

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BECCY: And then I went again when I was six.

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BECCY: And I actually feel like that was the worst trip of my life just because of.

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BECCY: So I went with, I'm not, I don't really want to get into like too many details just in case like too many people hear this, but let's just say I was, it was like a new family trip type thing.

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BECCY: And they were trying to make sure that like everybody got along.

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BECCY: And my sister and I were like, this is not going to work.

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BECCY: And basically we were just miserable the whole time.

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BECCY: Like I was the youngest one.

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BECCY: So they always sat me in the middle.

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BECCY: I hardly saw anything.

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BECCY: It was the only thing I really remember about it is a lot of chaos.

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BECCY: And I didn't go again until I was 14 with my mom again, and my sister.

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BECCY: I didn't go with my mom the other time.

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BECCY: And I had like the best time ever.

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BECCY: And I remember having like the best time of my life.

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BECCY: When again, when I was 17, best time ever.

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BECCY: And then, you know, you go to college and think things like trips don't really matter so much when you're trying to like survive in school and graduate.

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BECCY: So in 29, I mean, and I had already been a nurse for nine years at that point.

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BECCY: But at that time, we were finally settled like in a house and things were like, okay.

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BECCY: And I had extra cash and I was like, I'm going to go to Disney.

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BECCY: And my husband was like, okay, go to Disney.

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BECCY: I still do solo trips.

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BECCY: I'm like, do you want to show you don't want to come with me?

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BECCY: No, no, no, it's okay.

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BECCY: Someone has to stay home, right?

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BECCY: And I'm like, well, no, but okay.

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VIRGINIA: So he's not a Disney fan?

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BECCY: He's not a he's not a fan of traveling.

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BECCY: When we lived in Florida, he would come with me, especially universal because we also have universal season passes.

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BECCY: But he would always go to universal with me.

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BECCY: He's only been to Disney with me twice.

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VIRGINIA: Is he he I imagine he's a thrill seeker then if he likes to go to universal.

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BECCY: Oh, no, we don't we didn't we don't do rides when we're together because he actually does not really like rides.

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BECCY: Oh, Universal Studios has a lot of like those like the 3D rides that you're kind of just like in a car and you're not really moving.

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BECCY: I think the most thrill ride that we did there was probably the mummy where it has like that one drop on it.

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VIRGINIA: Well, the mummy turns it's a full roller coaster.

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BECCY: Yeah.

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BECCY: No, no, no.

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BECCY: But I mean, like it doesn't go upside down and like...

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Which funny enough, the first time I went to Universal and rode the mummy, I really wasn't paying attention to the signs that happen when you're in the queue.

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VIRGINIA: And so I got on the ride and you know, at the beginning, it's almost like a dark ride.

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VIRGINIA: It's just, you know, like you're looking at stuff and it's kind of creepy or whatever.

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VIRGINIA: I didn't realize it was a full on coaster.

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VIRGINIA: And so when it took off going fast out of nowhere, I just remember I was riding with Alex, and Alex must have been, he was probably five or six.

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VIRGINIA: And the two of us were just clinging to each other like, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, because we just, we had no clue this was coming.

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VIRGINIA: It's funny because now it's like the two of us will ride anything and we love it.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Well, let's get into the details of this particular trip.

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VIRGINIA: So what are your trip dates?

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VIRGINIA: Where are you going?

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VIRGINIA: And how did you decide on this particular time to travel?

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BECCY: This is my fourth January in a row going.

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BECCY: So I like third January in a row going because I obviously I didn't go in 2020.

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BECCY: But Festival of the Arts is my favorite festival, followed by Festival of the Holidays.

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BECCY: So I always go in December and in January.

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BECCY: So I have basically like three days planned just for Epcot.

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BECCY: My friend Danni is also going.

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BECCY: I'm going to the 15th to the 21st.

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BECCY: I'm staying with my friend Danni at POP from the 15th to the 19th.

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BECCY: And we had contemplated switching because the Skyliner is down for two weeks, actually starting on the 15th, I believe, or the 12th, maybe.

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BECCY: But POP's like my home.

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BECCY: I'm at POP 99% of the time.

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BECCY: You know, people look down at value resorts, but that's what allows me to go so often because I don't have to pay three times the amount for a deluxe.

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BECCY: I go to a value resort.

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BECCY: It's on the Skyliner.

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BECCY: I can go a lot more often.

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BECCY: I'm also that person that has no shame bringing snacks into the park to like save money on costly food.

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BECCY: But yeah, so I'm at POP from the 15th to the 19th.

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BECCY: And then my friend Rae comes down with her wife T on the 18th.

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BECCY: We have like reservations.

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BECCY: And then on the 19th, my friend Cassy comes down.

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BECCY: We're switching to Coronado.

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BECCY: So then I'm at Coronado from the 19th to the 21st.

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VIRGINIA: When you stay at Coronado, are you going to be in the tower or out in one of the other sections of the resort, which I don't even know what to call them.

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VIRGINIA: I think of them as neighborhoods.

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BECCY: So I'm going to tell you, I honestly have zero clue.

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BECCY: I went through a planner, or technically Cassy did.

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BECCY: And I always, always use a planner unless my friend Danni is the one booking it because she's like the whiz.

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BECCY: But I'm like, you know what, if I can have a planner do it and they get commission off of it, great.

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BECCY: So whenever I book a trip, it's always through a planner.

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BECCY: I don't know where I am.

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BECCY: I probably should look that up.

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BECCY: I'm not going to lie.

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BECCY: But the number one question I have gotten for months, actually, no, probably for like the past two or three months since we've had it booked is, oh, are you in the tower?

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BECCY: I have zero clue.

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BECCY: I really should look that up, but I have zero clue.

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VIRGINIA: Well, the good news is if you look in your My Disney Experience app, it will very distinctly say Grandestino Tower or Coronado Springs.

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VIRGINIA: If you're in just basic Coronado Springs, it's not going to tell you which section of Coronado Springs you're going to be in until you actually check in and get assigned a room.

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VIRGINIA: If you don't see the word tower on your reservation at this point, you're not in the tower.

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BECCY: Then I'm just at Coronado Springs.

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BECCY: I know that because I don't think we even made the reservation until November, now that I'm thinking about it.

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BECCY: Again, the only reason why we're even at Coronado instead of Pop is because it was like 35% discount with the AP for January and the Skyliner was down and Coronado ended up being kind of the same price or just a tiny bit more expensive than Pops.

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BECCY: We were like, okay, whatever, let's go to Coronado and have a little bit of a moderate feel instead of a value feel.

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BECCY: I just like to try new things.

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BECCY: I had tried going to Key West because my friend Sachi is going to be at Key West.

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BECCY: Then I guess I missed the last reservation, so that was not available anymore.

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BECCY: Then I looked at Yacht Club, which actually Rae is staying at, but we ultimately decided on Coronado because my friend Cassy really likes Coronado, so that's where we're going to stay.

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VIRGINIA: Well, if you've never stayed there before, like you said, it's nice to try new things.

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VIRGINIA: As a Disney fan, I feel like it's my obligation to try every single resort.

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VIRGINIA: I personally really like Coronado.

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VIRGINIA: Some people complain a little bit about the distance between some of the buildings and getting over to the main area where you can access the quick service and everything like that.

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VIRGINIA: But I don't mind it.

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VIRGINIA: I mean, I live in New York City, so I'm used to walking.

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VIRGINIA: So it's not that big a deal.

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VIRGINIA: I'm like, oh, I get to walk past a beautiful lake with a fountain in the middle.

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VIRGINIA: Sure, I'll do that.

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VIRGINIA: No problem.

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VIRGINIA: But it's just a beautiful resort.

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VIRGINIA: And in the main building, the coffee bar that they have right there that's sort of downstairs from the check-in is so good, like a great place to pop in and get a morning coffee.

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VIRGINIA: I think the quick service is good.

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VIRGINIA: The pool is cool.

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VIRGINIA: So there's a lot that it has going for it.

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VIRGINIA: I would definitely continue to go back to Coronado, but there's also other moderates I like too.

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VIRGINIA: So I don't know.

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VIRGINIA: If I'm in a moderate category, I just got to see what's the best price, I guess, because I have, I would say an almost equal love for the Port Orleans resorts.

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BECCY: I have visited Port Orleans, French Quarter, not Riverside, mostly for the beignets, let's be honest.

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BECCY: But I will say the very first time I ever visited Port Orleans, the bus system there, I was not impressed with.

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BECCY: So we were at the main gate and the bus picked us up and we didn't realize, because again, I stay at Valley Resort, so there's only one portal for the bus.

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BECCY: So you get picked up, everybody has to go to this one section and get picked up, but moderates are so large that there are multiple where you can get picked up.

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BECCY: So we got picked up at the main gate and then it went to like four other places and then back to the main gate.

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BECCY: And then we left and we were on our way to a reservation and we were like, because then we ended up being a little bit late, but they took us anyways.

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BECCY: I think Port Orleans was available, but I had such a bad experience with that bus system.

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BECCY: That's why we did Coronado and then a few other people were like, yeah, the buses are kind of slow at Coronado too.

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BECCY: They have kind of a similar thing to Port Orleans where they like have multiple spots where they pick you up.

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BECCY: And then sometimes there's not enough room for you depending on where you are.

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BECCY: So I don't care.

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BECCY: I'll stand if I have to all the way to the park, it doesn't bother me.

00:15:19.314 --> 00:15:25.394
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I think at French Quarter, I could be wrong, but it's much smaller.

00:15:25.414 --> 00:15:30.894
VIRGINIA: And I think it actually only has one bus stop, but it shares it with Riverside sometimes.

00:15:31.014 --> 00:15:34.514
VIRGINIA: Sometimes, it just goes to French Quarter and sometimes it shares it.

00:15:34.534 --> 00:15:42.194
VIRGINIA: So you could have experienced a pickup at French Quarter and then having to go do the loop at Riverside depending on the time of day it was.

00:15:42.214 --> 00:15:43.934
BECCY: Okay, that actually makes a lot of sense.

00:15:44.134 --> 00:15:45.634
BECCY: It was a Saturday.

00:15:45.654 --> 00:15:53.394
BECCY: It was probably around five o'clock because I know that we were on our way to the Polynesian for a reservation.

00:15:53.414 --> 00:15:58.714
BECCY: So we wanted to go to Magic to then go to the Polynesian and then the monorail was down.

00:15:58.734 --> 00:16:03.914
BECCY: So then we had to wait for a ferry and it was just like one disaster after another.

00:16:03.914 --> 00:16:07.374
BECCY: But you know when you get a sour taste in your mouth about something that you're like no, I'm all set.

00:16:07.454 --> 00:16:26.374
VIRGINIA: Give it a try, Beccy, because here's why, beignets A, B, if you are a fan of the style of food that they make in New Orleans, the restaurant over at Riverside, and I'm struggling to remember what it's called right now, like River Rooster.

00:16:26.874 --> 00:16:33.434
VIRGINIA: I can't remember, anyway, I'll put a link in the show notes, but I think it used to have a bad rap.

00:16:34.274 --> 00:16:42.854
VIRGINIA: I went there and had a really amazing meal, and they had shrimp and grits, and I'm obsessed with shrimp and grits for anybody who's been listening for a while.

00:16:43.114 --> 00:16:43.754
VIRGINIA: I just love it.

00:16:43.774 --> 00:16:48.434
VIRGINIA: I grew up in North Carolina, love shrimp and grits, and they had really good shrimp and grits there.

00:16:48.474 --> 00:16:53.034
VIRGINIA: And then the pool at Riverside in particular, I think is really cool.

00:16:53.874 --> 00:17:02.134
VIRGINIA: The Port Orleans French Quarter pool, I don't really love it per se, but I do love how small French Quarter is.

00:17:02.154 --> 00:17:04.454
VIRGINIA: It's very easy to walk and get around.

00:17:04.994 --> 00:17:20.034
VIRGINIA: So I highly recommend you give them another shot and just know that I think if you're taking the bus maybe in the morning or late at night when parks are closing, you probably would only have a one-bus situation because that's peak time.

00:17:20.454 --> 00:17:26.274
VIRGINIA: But if you're doing it kind of in the middle of the day, they're trying to hit as many places at once as they can, I think.

00:17:26.594 --> 00:17:31.634
BECCY: That actually makes a lot of sense because I am not familiar with that area at all.

00:17:31.654 --> 00:17:33.574
BECCY: That's the first time I had even gone to visit.

00:17:33.874 --> 00:17:36.374
BECCY: And then I went once with my niece to obviously go get beignets.

00:17:36.394 --> 00:17:38.014
BECCY: And I think it was like a similar situation.

00:17:38.034 --> 00:17:40.774
BECCY: But again, it was like probably Sunday at like two o'clock.

00:17:40.794 --> 00:17:43.494
BECCY: So it wasn't, you know, we were like the only ones waiting for the bus at the time.

00:17:43.514 --> 00:17:46.374
BECCY: So yeah, that makes a lot of sense now that you're saying that.

00:17:46.734 --> 00:17:52.934
BECCY: It's just, I'm not going to lie, I do not have a lot of experience with different resorts.

00:17:53.234 --> 00:17:55.294
BECCY: I have gone to Boardwalk once.

00:17:58.274 --> 00:18:16.214
BECCY: I mean, obviously I've gone to other resorts for like for dining reservations, like the Polynesian, and a lot of the deluxe hotels also have like a one stop bus, I think, where, but the buses like take forever because a lot of those people who do stay at the deluxe resorts like to take Ubers and the minivans.

00:18:16.294 --> 00:18:22.174
BECCY: So the buses don't come that often when they do come, like Boardwalk shares with Beach and Yacht.

00:18:22.554 --> 00:18:28.114
BECCY: So that's another thing that you have to like wait a while for the bus, and you have to go to multiple stops.

00:18:28.114 --> 00:18:32.754
BECCY: And I don't know, maybe that's why I like my value resorts, one stop.

00:18:33.394 --> 00:18:34.954
VIRGINIA: I love the value.

00:18:35.374 --> 00:18:36.814
VIRGINIA: Well, I should say I love Pop.

00:18:36.914 --> 00:18:38.154
VIRGINIA: I love Pop specifically.

00:18:38.174 --> 00:18:40.454
VIRGINIA: I was going to say I love the value resorts, but I don't know.

00:18:40.474 --> 00:18:44.754
VIRGINIA: Pop is the only value resort I've stayed in, and I've stayed in it multiple times because I love it.

00:18:44.874 --> 00:18:46.034
VIRGINIA: But it's great.

00:18:47.294 --> 00:18:59.774
VIRGINIA: But I think that for me, maybe it's just because I live in New York, but taking an Uber or a Lyft is not that big a deal for me because in New York, they're super expensive or they can be.

00:19:00.194 --> 00:19:08.534
VIRGINIA: But taking them down there, I can get from one place on property to another for like 10 bucks for my whole family together.

00:19:09.154 --> 00:19:10.834
VIRGINIA: So we do that frequently.

00:19:10.854 --> 00:19:14.254
VIRGINIA: I've only taken a minivan once, and it was only to say that I had taken a minivan.

00:19:14.454 --> 00:19:19.654
VIRGINIA: I don't see the need to pay more for my Lyft service just because it has polka dots on it.

00:19:19.674 --> 00:19:26.094
VIRGINIA: So and I mean, like some people do it so that they can get taken right up to like the bus depot at Magic Kingdom.

00:19:27.114 --> 00:19:29.914
VIRGINIA: That's not worth it enough for how much it costs to me.

00:19:29.934 --> 00:19:33.354
VIRGINIA: I'd rather figure out another way to get over there.

00:19:33.614 --> 00:19:37.834
BECCY: But I'm definitely the epitome of like the value stay.

00:19:39.634 --> 00:19:43.594
BECCY: I like to spend more money on experiences rather than like things.

00:19:43.774 --> 00:19:47.774
BECCY: So I'm I don't like doing a lot of reservations.

00:19:48.534 --> 00:19:52.674
BECCY: I definitely do prime orders for like snacks and breakfast.

00:19:53.954 --> 00:19:58.794
BECCY: Unless I'm only there for like a few days, then I won't bother with a prime and, you know, I'll just like pack snacks.

00:20:00.654 --> 00:20:15.854
BECCY: So I definitely utilize the the the bubble transportation as much as possible, just because even though it's $10 one way and $10 back, that's still $20 a day, times seven days.

00:20:15.874 --> 00:20:20.174
BECCY: So like for me, that's $140 that I could be spending on like other things.

00:20:20.194 --> 00:20:23.794
BECCY: I will say, though, I do not take mirrors to get to the resorts.

00:20:23.814 --> 00:20:31.374
BECCY: I always Uber, I will technically Lyft from the airport to Disney, which is always cheaper in Orlando, by the way.

00:20:32.354 --> 00:20:34.594
VIRGINIA: Yep, I prefer Lyft for whatever reason.

00:20:36.654 --> 00:20:40.614
VIRGINIA: But when I say that I Uber and I Lyft, I don't do it for every time.

00:20:40.754 --> 00:20:45.094
VIRGINIA: I base it on the time of day it is, how much time I have, all of that.

00:20:45.094 --> 00:20:50.314
VIRGINIA: So I don't think there's ever been a time where I've only Ubered back and forth.

00:20:50.354 --> 00:20:54.394
VIRGINIA: There was one trip where we rented a car for the whole week.

00:20:54.474 --> 00:20:56.974
VIRGINIA: And so we did drive everywhere we were going.

00:20:57.414 --> 00:21:00.754
VIRGINIA: That was expensive too, because when you add on the cost of a rental car.

00:21:01.294 --> 00:21:02.934
VIRGINIA: So I don't tend to do that.

00:21:03.834 --> 00:21:07.594
VIRGINIA: I would again in the future, I think, under the right circumstances, I guess.

00:21:07.714 --> 00:21:11.274
VIRGINIA: But no matter where you stay, there's going to be pluses and minuses.

00:21:11.334 --> 00:21:12.834
VIRGINIA: Some of them are going to have less stops.

00:21:12.854 --> 00:21:14.174
VIRGINIA: Some of them are going to have more.

00:21:14.234 --> 00:21:17.274
VIRGINIA: But it's like you just have to weigh what you want on that particular trip.

00:21:17.614 --> 00:21:18.714
VIRGINIA: And I like the variety.

00:21:18.774 --> 00:21:23.034
VIRGINIA: I love that I can go and I can experience like a lot of the same magic.

00:21:23.154 --> 00:21:28.554
VIRGINIA: But at the same time, each trip I go on, you know, something is slightly different.

00:21:28.554 --> 00:21:31.034
VIRGINIA: So I'm staying here on one trip and there on another.

00:21:31.074 --> 00:21:33.554
VIRGINIA: And I'm going, you know, to a new reservation.

00:21:33.574 --> 00:21:34.894
VIRGINIA: I'm trying something new every time.

00:21:35.554 --> 00:21:37.294
VIRGINIA: So it keeps it keeps it fresh.

00:21:37.654 --> 00:21:37.994
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:21:38.014 --> 00:21:41.354
VIRGINIA: Let's get into the details of your trip.

00:21:42.174 --> 00:21:48.354
VIRGINIA: So coming from Rhode Island, did you get a direct flight down to Orlando for this trip?

00:21:48.934 --> 00:21:49.414
BECCY: Always.

00:21:49.714 --> 00:21:51.454
BECCY: Plug for Southwest.

00:21:51.474 --> 00:21:52.454
BECCY: That's the only flight.

00:21:52.534 --> 00:22:03.414
BECCY: That's the only airline that I will travel because they have multiple direct flights from Providence to Orlando, like three or four times a day.

00:22:03.434 --> 00:22:10.074
BECCY: So but it's either like first thing in the morning, last thing at night.

00:22:10.514 --> 00:22:13.774
BECCY: And then they usually have at least one midday one, sometimes two.

00:22:14.354 --> 00:22:28.534
BECCY: So I'm not going to lie, I am totally that person that will get up at the crack of dawn to get on a plane and just like nap on the plane if I have to so that I'm at my destination early so that I feel like I have a whole nother day.

00:22:29.554 --> 00:22:31.734
BECCY: So I'm getting on a plane at five.

00:22:32.074 --> 00:22:33.934
VIRGINIA: That sounds great to me.

00:22:33.954 --> 00:22:34.914
VIRGINIA: That makes sense.

00:22:35.054 --> 00:22:36.494
VIRGINIA: Why would you do it any other way?

00:22:36.794 --> 00:22:37.434
BECCY: Exactly.

00:22:37.454 --> 00:22:38.414
BECCY: So I'm landing at eight.

00:22:38.414 --> 00:22:43.714
BECCY: I'll probably be and I'm not planning on chuck chucking, listen to me, checking any luggage.

00:22:44.254 --> 00:22:48.274
BECCY: I got like a new duffel bag that I can like shove a bunch of stuff into it.

00:22:49.334 --> 00:22:52.074
BECCY: So I don't have to worry about getting my checked bags.

00:22:52.274 --> 00:22:54.974
BECCY: I can just go right to the lift, right to the hotel.

00:22:54.994 --> 00:22:57.594
BECCY: So I'm planning on being at pop by nine a.m.

00:22:58.334 --> 00:23:01.074
BECCY: My friend Danni is actually arriving on Sunday.

00:23:01.374 --> 00:23:02.994
BECCY: So she's already going to be in the parks.

00:23:03.034 --> 00:23:04.134
BECCY: It's like her birthday month.

00:23:04.814 --> 00:23:09.254
BECCY: So I'm meeting her depending on if she's already up and going.

00:23:09.274 --> 00:23:10.074
BECCY: She's a rope dropper.

00:23:10.094 --> 00:23:12.454
BECCY: So more than likely she'll already be at Hollywood.

00:23:12.754 --> 00:23:18.814
BECCY: So I'm just going to put my stuff in the room and hop on a bus right away and get to Hollywood.

00:23:19.854 --> 00:23:22.294
BECCY: So I should be in the parks by 10 a.m.

00:23:22.314 --> 00:23:22.794
BECCY: on Monday.

00:23:25.074 --> 00:23:25.514
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:23:25.794 --> 00:23:26.694
VIRGINIA: 10 a.m.

00:23:26.714 --> 00:23:28.194
VIRGINIA: Now, Monday is a holiday.

00:23:28.814 --> 00:23:35.594
VIRGINIA: Do you anticipate based on your prior experience that MLK Junior Day is a busy day for the parks?

00:23:36.434 --> 00:23:44.654
BECCY: I don't know if I've ever actually been on Martin Luther King Junior Day, but I usually go at the end of January when the Skyliner is open again.

00:23:46.214 --> 00:23:49.834
BECCY: But I just so happen to have other friends there.

00:23:49.854 --> 00:23:55.814
BECCY: So Danni was there, and I have a lot of other friends that are going to be there that weekend.

00:23:55.814 --> 00:24:02.154
BECCY: So instead of going by myself at the end of January like I usually do, I'm going in the middle of January.

00:24:02.174 --> 00:24:05.854
BECCY: So this is the first time I'm going in the middle of January, so I don't know.

00:24:05.874 --> 00:24:12.134
BECCY: But I will say that not all the holidays are busy in Disney World.

00:24:14.334 --> 00:24:19.114
BECCY: And that secret that's really not so secret is that the week before and after Labor Day are dead.

00:24:19.494 --> 00:24:21.334
BECCY: Of course, now everybody's saying, oh, it's dead.

00:24:21.354 --> 00:24:22.554
BECCY: This is when you should book your trip.

00:24:22.574 --> 00:24:24.974
BECCY: So I'm sure next year it's not going to be so dead.

00:24:25.514 --> 00:24:36.674
BECCY: In January, the last two weeks of January into the first week or so of February until other schools have their February vacation is also usually pretty down.

00:24:38.274 --> 00:24:52.474
BECCY: Like, if you're a rope dropper and like to get into the parks early and do your thing, like you can, if you go into Epcot as it drops and like, well, like from the International Gateway, of course, we're not going to be doing at this time and like do Remy.

00:24:52.754 --> 00:24:56.254
BECCY: Like there's, and my friend Danni is a power walker.

00:24:56.274 --> 00:24:59.634
BECCY: So we can actually get all the attractions in Epcot done by noon.

00:24:59.894 --> 00:25:02.114
BECCY: And then you can just like leisurely walk the world showcase.

00:25:02.674 --> 00:25:11.234
BECCY: So I don't anticipate it really being that busy, mostly just because it's January and there's not a lot of other people that come in January.

00:25:11.254 --> 00:25:14.934
BECCY: There's a, you know, things are being refurbished, the skyliners down.

00:25:14.934 --> 00:25:19.954
BECCY: So I don't foresee it being too busy, but I don't know, because I've never technically been on that day.

00:25:20.094 --> 00:25:20.674
BECCY: So it could be.

00:25:21.954 --> 00:25:22.374
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:25:22.834 --> 00:25:23.214
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:25:23.234 --> 00:25:32.314
VIRGINIA: As someone who's beholden to the school break schedule, I'm very much looking forward to the day when we don't plan a majority of our Disney trips around weeks that schools are off.

00:25:32.834 --> 00:25:42.394
VIRGINIA: So yeah, he has Monday off, but, and of course I have Monday off as well, but this will not be a Disney weekend for us, unfortunately.

00:25:42.954 --> 00:25:45.874
VIRGINIA: So you're going to be with your friend Danni.

00:25:46.034 --> 00:25:48.954
VIRGINIA: Is it just the two of you hanging out that day at Hollywood Studios?

00:25:49.674 --> 00:25:50.434
BECCY: Oh, actually, no.

00:25:50.454 --> 00:25:54.714
BECCY: My friend Kerry, who lives in Florida, oddly enough, she's from Rhode Island.

00:25:55.134 --> 00:25:58.954
BECCY: We did not become friends until after I had moved to Florida.

00:26:00.494 --> 00:26:05.774
BECCY: Kerry and Sarah, who both live in Florida, Carrie's from Rhode Island, mind you.

00:26:05.874 --> 00:26:14.094
BECCY: They were my first two Instagram friends from three years ago, and the three of us actually just stayed really good friends.

00:26:14.114 --> 00:26:20.074
BECCY: So Kerry is actually meeting, and when I say Danni, I meant Danielle, so I apologize for that, but I call her Danni.

00:26:20.394 --> 00:26:29.134
BECCY: But on Thursday, Danielle leaves in the evening, and my friend Rae and her wife are coming.

00:26:30.494 --> 00:26:36.434
BECCY: So like in the afternoon time, because they're driving in, so then I'm going to be hanging out with Rae for the rest of the time.

00:26:36.454 --> 00:26:37.814
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:26:37.834 --> 00:26:39.514
VIRGINIA: Let me make sure I have this all clear.

00:26:39.754 --> 00:26:43.254
VIRGINIA: So on the 15th, you are meeting...

00:26:43.274 --> 00:26:43.474
BECCY: Yeah.

00:26:43.494 --> 00:26:45.274
BECCY: So I'm going to be with Danielle at 10 a.m.

00:26:45.294 --> 00:26:45.834
BECCY: at Hollywood.

00:26:46.454 --> 00:26:52.194
BECCY: And then later in the day, I'm meeting up with my friend Kerry, who's Carrie's Ohana Life on Instagram.

00:26:52.774 --> 00:26:55.734
VIRGINIA: I was wondering if that's who you might be talking about, because I follow her.

00:26:55.854 --> 00:26:56.614
VIRGINIA: So okay.

00:26:56.634 --> 00:27:02.034
BECCY: Danielle is on Danni in Disney, like Danni period in period Disney.

00:27:02.994 --> 00:27:03.374
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:27:03.394 --> 00:27:07.534
BECCY: She's not super active on it though, but she's from Rhode Island.

00:27:07.914 --> 00:27:11.734
BECCY: So it'll be like three Rhode Island girls hanging out in Florida.

00:27:12.334 --> 00:27:16.754
BECCY: There's a lot of other Florida girls that we're also meeting up with on Saturday.

00:27:17.134 --> 00:27:28.754
BECCY: I think I counted it out that at one point there was like 11 of us, but a few people had to drop out for sickness because there's like a Florida mystery cough going around apparently.

00:27:30.094 --> 00:27:39.754
VIRGINIA: So the first day when you're hanging out at Hollywood Studios on Monday the 15th, what are your priorities for that park day?

00:27:40.054 --> 00:27:41.074
BECCY: I have to be honest with you.

00:27:41.174 --> 00:27:45.074
BECCY: I never set super priorities when I go to the park.

00:27:45.614 --> 00:27:47.334
BECCY: I'm more of an experienced person.

00:27:47.354 --> 00:27:48.694
BECCY: I like taking in the sights.

00:27:48.734 --> 00:27:49.894
BECCY: I like taking pictures.

00:27:50.794 --> 00:27:53.394
BECCY: When I'm with people who want to do things, that's great.

00:27:53.834 --> 00:27:59.894
BECCY: Danni is definitely like ride and attraction and thrill.

00:28:01.754 --> 00:28:05.154
BECCY: So more than likely Tower of Terror is definitely on the list.

00:28:05.554 --> 00:28:07.834
BECCY: Mickey and Minnie's is her favorite with Tower.

00:28:08.894 --> 00:28:11.714
BECCY: I love Muppets, so I'm definitely going to hit up Muppets.

00:28:11.794 --> 00:28:14.674
BECCY: And I love the Indiana Jones show, so I hope that's running.

00:28:15.554 --> 00:28:21.734
BECCY: But I know that we're not going to have a lot of great weather, so that's probably not going to be running, because I think it's supposed to rain on Monday.

00:28:22.434 --> 00:28:27.354
BECCY: But no, I never specifically have priorities, but I'm like, hey, what do you feel like doing?

00:28:27.514 --> 00:28:30.954
BECCY: Or let's do this or, you know, oh, we're going to go do this next.

00:28:30.954 --> 00:28:35.354
BECCY: So I'm very much a go with the flow person, depending on who I'm with.

00:28:35.394 --> 00:28:48.834
BECCY: I go to the park so often that I, especially if I'm with people, I never like to dictate the day because I'm there so often that I don't feel like I need to do this or I'm not going to have a good day.

00:28:48.834 --> 00:29:00.434
BECCY: So if I'm hanging out with you and we're having a good time and you want to go do this, this and this, I'm totally game to go with you because it doesn't bother me and I'm there longer than she is.

00:29:00.914 --> 00:29:06.614
BECCY: And like the other people that I'm going to be hanging out with for the weekend, you know, I'm not like, let's go see this thing now.

00:29:06.974 --> 00:29:10.014
BECCY: Like if you guys want to, you know, go here, let's go here.

00:29:10.034 --> 00:29:12.294
BECCY: You want to take it, get a snack now, let's get a snack now.

00:29:12.314 --> 00:29:14.714
BECCY: I'm very much go with the flow when I go to the park.

00:29:14.734 --> 00:29:18.394
BECCY: Unless I'm by myself, then I can kind of just leisurely walk around and do whatever I want.

00:29:19.394 --> 00:29:21.074
VIRGINIA: So Kerry lives there.

00:29:21.294 --> 00:29:24.994
VIRGINIA: So I imagine she'll be very go with the flow too because of that.

00:29:25.414 --> 00:29:28.694
BECCY: Yeah, Kerry and I have actually hung out in the parks for a few hours.

00:29:28.914 --> 00:29:34.634
BECCY: There was a huge Disney meetup back in September, which is kind of how a lot of this started.

00:29:34.654 --> 00:29:35.414
BECCY: I'm not going to lie.

00:29:35.434 --> 00:29:36.694
BECCY: I've always been friends with people.

00:29:37.534 --> 00:29:40.814
BECCY: So when I'm down there, I'm like, hey, you know, are you available?

00:29:40.814 --> 00:29:41.534
BECCY: Let's hang out.

00:29:41.574 --> 00:29:52.034
BECCY: So if I know people are there, I'm like, hey, no pressure to hang out the whole time, but like let's get together for at least a few minutes, take a picture, meet up, and then go our separate ways.

00:29:52.514 --> 00:30:00.654
BECCY: Lyndsay, who lives in Florida now, don't remember where she's from, but she initially was like, hey, I'm going to set up this big Disney Chicks Meetup.

00:30:01.034 --> 00:30:02.114
BECCY: That was last September.

00:30:02.134 --> 00:30:04.454
BECCY: And then we've all just been kind of doing it.

00:30:04.474 --> 00:30:08.274
BECCY: So every time we're in Florida, we have like this big Disney group chat.

00:30:08.554 --> 00:30:12.794
BECCY: So every time one of us are down there, we try to say, hey, who's available on this day to hang out?

00:30:12.814 --> 00:30:17.274
BECCY: And that's how we were able to figure out on like January 20th how so many people are going to hang out.

00:30:17.394 --> 00:30:21.294
BECCY: During the week, a few people might chime in and on the weekends, there's going to be a lot of us.

00:30:21.554 --> 00:30:22.474
VIRGINIA: Yeah, cool.

00:30:22.754 --> 00:30:23.294
VIRGINIA: Very cool.

00:30:23.314 --> 00:30:23.694
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:30:24.254 --> 00:30:24.574
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:30:24.794 --> 00:30:30.694
VIRGINIA: So any dining reservations that you have planned on this first day or?

00:30:31.454 --> 00:30:35.294
BECCY: No, Danni doesn't really do dining reservations.

00:30:35.314 --> 00:30:37.114
BECCY: I have to be honest with you, I could take them or leave them.

00:30:37.434 --> 00:30:40.054
BECCY: If I'm with people who want to do them, I'm like, great, let's go.

00:30:41.514 --> 00:30:46.414
BECCY: That being said, I do have three dining reservations planned for this week, but definitely not on the first day.

00:30:46.434 --> 00:30:55.674
BECCY: I think Danni and I have probably gone to the parks together at least six times, like on the same reservation.

00:30:56.234 --> 00:31:07.094
BECCY: And out of all those six times, I think we've only made a dining reservation together once, and that was at Crystal Palace, because we're both poo fans.

00:31:07.934 --> 00:31:09.054
BECCY: And that's it.

00:31:09.974 --> 00:31:10.674
BECCY: Oh, no, I lied.

00:31:10.694 --> 00:31:13.234
BECCY: We did a Candlelight Processional together last year.

00:31:13.574 --> 00:31:15.414
BECCY: Not this past year, but the year before that.

00:31:15.894 --> 00:31:18.954
BECCY: Thursday, when Rae and Tanisha come down.

00:31:19.494 --> 00:31:22.634
BECCY: It's the Broadway series for the Festival of the Arts.

00:31:22.674 --> 00:31:24.414
VIRGINIA: Is it called Disney on Broadway?

00:31:24.894 --> 00:31:26.134
BECCY: Yes, Disney on Broadway.

00:31:26.154 --> 00:31:31.334
BECCY: So we have a dining reservation on Thursday to see Patty Mirren.

00:31:31.654 --> 00:31:33.514
BECCY: And I am so thrilled.

00:31:33.614 --> 00:31:39.074
BECCY: I saw her last year and I was like right up front and she was amazing.

00:31:39.114 --> 00:31:41.774
BECCY: So I am super happy to see her again this year.

00:31:41.794 --> 00:31:44.074
VIRGINIA: So is she going to be appearing with?

00:31:44.094 --> 00:31:44.374
VIRGINIA: Do you know?

00:31:44.574 --> 00:31:47.054
BECCY: I do not know her name, but it was basic.

00:31:47.074 --> 00:31:51.614
BECCY: So Patty Mirren was Anna in Frozen and she's appearing with Elsa.

00:31:52.074 --> 00:31:54.874
BECCY: And I do not remember her name and I really should remember her name.

00:31:54.894 --> 00:31:59.954
BECCY: And I think Patty's name only stood out so much because I saw her last year and I loved her so much.

00:32:00.754 --> 00:32:05.934
BECCY: But the woman who played Elsa on Broadway will also be with her this year.

00:32:07.554 --> 00:32:10.994
VIRGINIA: And where is the dining reservation for the dining package?

00:32:11.634 --> 00:32:15.354
BECCY: We're going to Garden Grill, which I have done before and so has Rae.

00:32:15.914 --> 00:32:18.954
BECCY: But it was just something that we knew that we all liked.

00:32:19.034 --> 00:32:21.014
BECCY: So we're just going to go there.

00:32:22.154 --> 00:32:23.254
VIRGINIA: For which meal of the day?

00:32:23.274 --> 00:32:24.274
VIRGINIA: Breakfast, lunch, dinner?

00:32:24.294 --> 00:32:24.834
BECCY: It's all lunch.

00:32:25.454 --> 00:32:27.374
BECCY: Because they'll be driving in on Thursday.

00:32:27.394 --> 00:32:30.574
BECCY: So she wanted to make it late enough in the day that we weren't going to miss it just in case.

00:32:30.594 --> 00:32:32.814
BECCY: But they have a pretty lax dining policy now.

00:32:32.834 --> 00:32:34.674
BECCY: So even if we had to cancel it, we definitely could.

00:32:34.694 --> 00:32:37.254
BECCY: But no, we're all pretty excited to be seeing her.

00:32:37.934 --> 00:32:38.814
VIRGINIA: Fantastic.

00:32:38.834 --> 00:32:39.194
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:32:39.214 --> 00:32:42.794
VIRGINIA: So let's go back to Tuesday the 16th.

00:32:42.814 --> 00:32:44.674
VIRGINIA: What park are you going to on your second day?

00:32:45.934 --> 00:32:49.614
BECCY: We are doing Magic the second day, just Danni and I.

00:32:50.074 --> 00:32:56.174
BECCY: Unless, like I said, I have a few Florida friends that might end up popping in here and there, but nothing set in stone at the moment.

00:32:56.194 --> 00:32:57.554
BECCY: So we'll be doing Magic.

00:32:59.114 --> 00:33:01.274
BECCY: My favorite park is Epcot and so is Danielle's.

00:33:01.294 --> 00:33:10.154
BECCY: So I imagine that if we do end up park hopping at any point, it definitely will be to Epcot, especially being Festival of the Arts.

00:33:11.394 --> 00:33:14.294
BECCY: So we're doing Magic on the 16th, which is the Tuesday.

00:33:15.514 --> 00:33:19.014
BECCY: Wednesday, we're starting out the day in Animal Kingdom.

00:33:19.034 --> 00:33:25.054
BECCY: I think it's possible that we might end up doing the Safari.

00:33:25.414 --> 00:33:29.194
BECCY: We were both interested in it and then both forgot to make reservations.

00:33:29.214 --> 00:33:31.014
BECCY: So I am going to submit this in.

00:33:31.454 --> 00:33:32.774
VIRGINIA: The one that you pay extra for?

00:33:32.794 --> 00:33:34.154
BECCY: Yeah, like the lunch.

00:33:34.174 --> 00:33:35.634
VIRGINIA: Is it the Savor the Savannah?

00:33:38.454 --> 00:33:40.454
BECCY: This is the one where you, so it's two hours.

00:33:40.954 --> 00:33:42.494
BECCY: There's one at 10 a.m.

00:33:42.514 --> 00:33:43.454
BECCY: and then there's one at noon.

00:33:43.754 --> 00:33:48.254
VIRGINIA: Oh, it's the one where you get clipped in and you walk over the alligators or whatever.

00:33:48.674 --> 00:33:57.694
BECCY: I'm so bad at knowing what things are called, and I can't remember what that's called right now, but her and I were both interested in doing it and then both became too busy to actually book it.

00:33:58.074 --> 00:34:01.734
BECCY: But then it comes with a lunch at the end from Boma, I think it's from.

00:34:02.314 --> 00:34:05.074
BECCY: Yeah, so we were both super interested in doing it.

00:34:05.094 --> 00:34:07.434
BECCY: So I got to look into that before we actually go.

00:34:08.334 --> 00:34:10.514
VIRGINIA: It's the Wild Africa Trek.

00:34:10.734 --> 00:34:13.134
BECCY: Wild Africa Trek, yep.

00:34:13.514 --> 00:34:21.274
VIRGINIA: I was considering doing that one, and then it has not worked out in terms of timing for me on any of my recent trips.

00:34:22.174 --> 00:34:25.234
BECCY: Well, that's the other thing too, is that it happens rain or shine.

00:34:25.514 --> 00:34:30.034
BECCY: And generally speaking, January is a super mild months ago.

00:34:30.054 --> 00:34:38.234
BECCY: Like I've never ever had an issue with rain in January, February, like ever.

00:34:38.254 --> 00:34:48.674
BECCY: And it looks like between the Monday and the Sunday that I'm there, there's only like one completely dry day, which actually might be Wednesday.

00:34:49.074 --> 00:34:53.554
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I, when I was down in December, I was just down for a weekend.

00:34:53.574 --> 00:34:58.894
VIRGINIA: And it was that Saturday that it was like the rainiest Saturday they'd ever had.

00:34:59.654 --> 00:35:00.774
VIRGINIA: It was insane.

00:35:00.794 --> 00:35:02.934
VIRGINIA: It rained from sunup to sundown.

00:35:02.994 --> 00:35:10.054
VIRGINIA: And it was, I mean, it was still magical because I was in Disney, but I've never been there where it's rained that long in a day.

00:35:10.074 --> 00:35:12.114
VIRGINIA: Like usually it's like an hour or whatever.

00:35:12.254 --> 00:35:13.834
VIRGINIA: And that was not the case.

00:35:13.854 --> 00:35:21.594
VIRGINIA: So I'm going to cross my fingers that your trip, even in spite of whatever the weather is saying now, is going to be drier than that.

00:35:21.594 --> 00:35:23.014
VIRGINIA: So we will see.

00:35:23.994 --> 00:35:34.214
BECCY: I feel like Florida is similar to New England in a sense where the weather literally changes so often that I might look tomorrow and it might be sunny the whole trip.

00:35:34.554 --> 00:35:39.554
BECCY: Because two weeks ago when I looked it was only going to rain like two days and now it's going to rain like five.

00:35:39.934 --> 00:35:45.854
BECCY: But I'm also hoping that the rain, like you said, kind of comes in like short bursts.

00:35:45.914 --> 00:35:47.254
BECCY: I have a rain jacket.

00:35:47.274 --> 00:35:48.474
BECCY: I've got shoe covers.

00:35:49.454 --> 00:35:53.754
BECCY: You know, I always bring extra socks just in case my feet get wet.

00:35:53.794 --> 00:35:55.314
BECCY: But I'm hoping for the best.

00:35:55.334 --> 00:35:57.734
BECCY: But I'll check the weather and see if that's going to work out.

00:35:58.554 --> 00:35:59.634
VIRGINIA: Okay, I have to ask.

00:35:59.734 --> 00:36:01.234
VIRGINIA: Tell me more about these shoe covers.

00:36:01.634 --> 00:36:05.614
VIRGINIA: Are they like a disposable kind of shoe cover or are they something more heavy duty?

00:36:06.034 --> 00:36:06.934
BECCY: No, like rubber.

00:36:07.074 --> 00:36:08.474
BECCY: You can get them on Amazon.

00:36:09.214 --> 00:36:15.594
BECCY: My friend Danielle actually has like the really good ones that she got on Amazon that are like the heavy duty, the tread on the bottom and everything.

00:36:16.014 --> 00:36:18.474
BECCY: And you like slip your foot in and you zip them up.

00:36:20.334 --> 00:36:21.974
BECCY: Which are meant to like reuse.

00:36:22.074 --> 00:36:22.894
BECCY: I'm not going to lie.

00:36:22.914 --> 00:36:25.134
BECCY: I got a bunch on Tmoo.

00:36:25.234 --> 00:36:32.534
BECCY: I got clear plastic ones that kind of look like like a raincoat more or less that you like zip tie the top.

00:36:33.814 --> 00:36:35.414
BECCY: Like a drawstring on the top, I should say.

00:36:35.934 --> 00:36:36.254
VIRGINIA: Sure.

00:36:36.274 --> 00:36:47.214
BECCY: And the other ones are like just the stretchy rubber that kind of have tread at the bottom that you can slip over your sneaker so that your sneaker stays for the most part dry.

00:36:47.294 --> 00:36:57.394
BECCY: So if you're walking into a puddle that's a little deeper than you thought, at least it's like unless you're going up past your ankle, it's going to make your shoe waterproof.

00:36:57.414 --> 00:36:59.594
BECCY: It's like they're meant to reuse.

00:36:59.794 --> 00:37:04.574
BECCY: So they're like slightly durable rubber or whatever stretchy material.

00:37:05.154 --> 00:37:17.334
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I think this is something I have to investigate because when we went in December and had that day, it was so rainy that my friends had to stay up and do laundry to wash and dry all of our shoes.

00:37:17.374 --> 00:37:25.094
VIRGINIA: Otherwise, we would not have had dry shoes to wear the next day because it was that wet and there was no way they were going to dry in time because they were just soaked.

00:37:25.734 --> 00:37:29.534
VIRGINIA: So now I'm all invested in like, how do I stay dry?

00:37:30.234 --> 00:37:31.394
VIRGINIA: How do I keep my shoes dry?

00:37:31.414 --> 00:37:35.014
BECCY: A really, really good pair is definitely on Amazon.

00:37:35.034 --> 00:37:37.294
BECCY: That's where she got hers and that's where I looked into getting mine.

00:37:37.334 --> 00:37:42.014
BECCY: And then I fell down a Timu rabbit hole one day and got like this.

00:37:42.894 --> 00:37:44.634
BECCY: The raincoat is honestly super good.

00:37:44.654 --> 00:37:48.754
BECCY: I mean, the zipper kind of sucks, but it also has buttons on it.

00:37:49.114 --> 00:37:51.814
BECCY: But it's like this super cover head.

00:37:51.834 --> 00:37:53.654
BECCY: Like it has like a thing that comes out to.

00:37:54.994 --> 00:37:55.394
BECCY: Yeah.

00:37:55.494 --> 00:38:04.454
BECCY: And then I'm only five foot and I got the largest size they have because obviously it's coming from like the other side of the world where people are usually more petite.

00:38:04.694 --> 00:38:09.074
BECCY: So I did get the largest size, which actually does fit me perfectly and I could with like even with the backpack on.

00:38:10.334 --> 00:38:12.854
BECCY: But I'm so short that it goes down to like almost my feet.

00:38:14.634 --> 00:38:15.234
VIRGINIA: That's funny.

00:38:15.454 --> 00:38:16.714
BECCY: And I don't care because it's clear.

00:38:16.734 --> 00:38:18.054
BECCY: So it's it's like whatever.

00:38:18.074 --> 00:38:21.114
BECCY: And it's only you're only aware in his reigns.

00:38:21.154 --> 00:38:21.654
BECCY: Who cares?

00:38:21.674 --> 00:38:22.934
BECCY: You're never going to see these people again.

00:38:22.954 --> 00:38:24.114
BECCY: It doesn't matter to me.

00:38:24.134 --> 00:38:25.954
BECCY: So I do have that.

00:38:26.154 --> 00:38:36.334
BECCY: And I got like four different pairs of shoe covers just in case because I wear most of my shoes are the Skechers with like the super like thick, thick, thick soles, like wide bottoms.

00:38:36.674 --> 00:38:41.154
BECCY: So if I put a hole in it, whatever, throw it away, put it, get a new one because they were only $2.50 apiece.

00:38:41.174 --> 00:38:42.294
BECCY: So yeah.

00:38:42.694 --> 00:38:43.014
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:38:43.194 --> 00:38:43.554
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:38:43.634 --> 00:38:45.234
VIRGINIA: I am definitely going to look into that.

00:38:45.594 --> 00:38:47.674
BECCY: Also, I will say one last thing.

00:38:48.634 --> 00:38:51.134
BECCY: I don't care how much I've already packed.

00:38:51.374 --> 00:38:55.154
BECCY: I always bring at least two things to wear on my feet.

00:38:56.394 --> 00:39:06.234
BECCY: In the summertime, like I'll bring, I wear like those cloud slippers, like the memory foam sandals that you can also get on TV, by the way, and a pair of sneakers I'll bring.

00:39:07.094 --> 00:39:11.954
BECCY: Like this trip, I don't care if I have to shove them in my pockets.

00:39:11.974 --> 00:39:17.074
BECCY: I'm bringing another pair of sneakers with me just for that reason because I'm miserable if my feet are wet.

00:39:18.434 --> 00:39:18.814
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:39:19.034 --> 00:39:19.374
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:39:19.394 --> 00:39:25.614
VIRGINIA: The only reason I normally do too and the only reason I didn't have a second pair is because that was literally a 48-hour trip for me.

00:39:26.454 --> 00:39:31.614
VIRGINIA: I did not anticipate that I was going to be having that situation.

00:39:31.614 --> 00:39:33.674
VIRGINIA: I thought, oh, it'll rain.

00:39:33.874 --> 00:39:37.714
VIRGINIA: I thought if it rained, it wouldn't be for that long, it wouldn't be that bad.

00:39:39.174 --> 00:39:43.554
VIRGINIA: It was just the worst rain I've ever experienced there.

00:39:44.614 --> 00:39:59.894
BECCY: I came in on that Monday and my friend Jack was actually also there for the torrential downpour and I want to say, no, there was no party that night.

00:39:59.914 --> 00:40:01.294
BECCY: There was a party on Sunday night.

00:40:01.534 --> 00:40:03.494
VIRGINIA: They canceled the party that weekend.

00:40:03.934 --> 00:40:04.554
BECCY: Okay, that's what I thought.

00:40:04.574 --> 00:40:06.554
VIRGINIA: Yeah, because I was down there the same weekend.

00:40:06.574 --> 00:40:08.694
VIRGINIA: It was like Dad's Love Disney was down there.

00:40:09.294 --> 00:40:12.374
VIRGINIA: Somebody else was also down there specifically for the party.

00:40:12.394 --> 00:40:15.154
VIRGINIA: I can't remember who and the party was canceled.

00:40:15.354 --> 00:40:16.674
VIRGINIA: That's all they had flown down for.

00:40:17.054 --> 00:40:20.274
BECCY: Was this the weekend after Thanksgiving or a more recent weekend?

00:40:20.294 --> 00:40:20.834
VIRGINIA: Oh, no, no, no.

00:40:21.154 --> 00:40:22.034
VIRGINIA: It was more recent.

00:40:22.034 --> 00:40:22.434
VIRGINIA: It was.

00:40:22.454 --> 00:40:23.214
BECCY: Okay, okay.

00:40:23.774 --> 00:40:29.274
VIRGINIA: Yeah, this was like December the 16th was the Saturday.

00:40:29.834 --> 00:40:33.414
BECCY: So the weekend after Thanksgiving, there was also parental downpour.

00:40:33.414 --> 00:40:45.614
BECCY: Actually I want to say it was a Sunday because I think that there was a Mickey's Very Merry That Night that was either mostly rained out or it kind of stopped raining by time the party happened.

00:40:45.634 --> 00:40:49.034
BECCY: But like it wasn't a full parade, the outside characters weren't out.

00:40:49.554 --> 00:40:52.754
BECCY: I mean, a party is a party, whatever, there's still plenty of other things to do.

00:40:52.774 --> 00:40:55.494
BECCY: But it's a little disappointing when the full party doesn't happen.

00:40:56.774 --> 00:40:57.094
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:40:58.174 --> 00:41:02.534
VIRGINIA: Well, crossing our fingers, your situation this week is going to be good.

00:41:02.554 --> 00:41:07.074
VIRGINIA: Now a lot of people will park hop on their Animal Kingdom Day.

00:41:07.594 --> 00:41:09.554
VIRGINIA: Are you planning to do any park hopping that day?

00:41:09.574 --> 00:41:11.534
VIRGINIA: Or it's only going to be Animal Kingdom?

00:41:14.294 --> 00:41:16.794
BECCY: No, we'll probably end up park hopping by the end.

00:41:16.814 --> 00:41:18.934
BECCY: So we both have annual passes.

00:41:20.414 --> 00:41:23.074
BECCY: And actually everybody that I'm seeing also has an annual pass.

00:41:23.994 --> 00:41:31.014
BECCY: So I feel like annual passes, if you don't park hop, what are you doing?

00:41:31.054 --> 00:41:31.754
BECCY: No, I'm just kidding.

00:41:32.874 --> 00:41:44.114
BECCY: But no, I mean, I know that for Animal Kingdom, depending on if we do the Wild Africa Check or not, I know that we'll hit up Pandora.

00:41:44.114 --> 00:41:45.514
BECCY: We'll definitely do the Safari.

00:41:45.834 --> 00:41:46.994
BECCY: Maybe a few other things.

00:41:47.734 --> 00:41:50.414
BECCY: I don't think Danielle doesn't really like to do.

00:41:50.894 --> 00:41:52.574
BECCY: Well, maybe she'll do Lion King.

00:41:52.594 --> 00:41:53.014
BECCY: I don't know.

00:41:53.574 --> 00:41:54.714
BECCY: I think it's up in the air.

00:41:55.434 --> 00:41:56.934
BECCY: I love Animal Kingdom.

00:41:58.694 --> 00:42:03.514
BECCY: However, on my solo trips, that's usually the park that I cancel.

00:42:03.694 --> 00:42:05.154
BECCY: Not I cancel, that I don't go to.

00:42:05.334 --> 00:42:06.914
BECCY: Like, I know people are going to come at me for that.

00:42:06.934 --> 00:42:11.714
BECCY: But it's just it's so much walking that when you're by yourself, it's just like a lot.

00:42:12.694 --> 00:42:16.154
BECCY: But no, we'll probably end up park hopping by the end of the day.

00:42:16.834 --> 00:42:19.054
VIRGINIA: I'm assuming to Epcot.

00:42:19.794 --> 00:42:21.814
BECCY: Probably to Epcot, let's be honest.

00:42:25.054 --> 00:42:25.434
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:42:25.434 --> 00:42:27.914
VIRGINIA: Thursday the 18th, what's the park plan for that day?

00:42:28.654 --> 00:42:29.474
BECCY: Oh, Epcot.

00:42:29.494 --> 00:42:31.814
BECCY: We are definitely in Epcot at the opening.

00:42:32.094 --> 00:42:33.774
BECCY: Danni and I will be going there.

00:42:33.794 --> 00:42:35.374
BECCY: We'll probably just do like our normal thing.

00:42:36.554 --> 00:42:39.114
BECCY: She has to leave the park at four.

00:42:41.294 --> 00:42:45.974
BECCY: Rae and Tanisha are coming in probably around two o'clock, because like I said, they'll be driving in.

00:42:46.374 --> 00:42:54.754
BECCY: We have a reservation at Garden Grill for $3.45, and then the Disney on Broadway is for $6.45.

00:42:54.774 --> 00:42:59.954
BECCY: So definitely doing Cosmic at least once that day, if not twice.

00:43:00.654 --> 00:43:05.494
BECCY: Rae has already said that they might end up going back to the hotel room after the show.

00:43:05.514 --> 00:43:06.714
BECCY: I might stay for the fireworks.

00:43:07.174 --> 00:43:08.474
BECCY: Actually, let's not lie.

00:43:08.494 --> 00:43:09.974
BECCY: I'm probably going to stay for the fireworks.

00:43:10.774 --> 00:43:12.634
VIRGINIA: Have you seen Luminous before?

00:43:13.014 --> 00:43:14.094
BECCY: No, I haven't.

00:43:14.394 --> 00:43:22.674
BECCY: So I was there on the 5th, and number one, the Walt Disney statue was open to the public on the 5th.

00:43:23.074 --> 00:43:28.394
BECCY: It was an hour wait just to get a picture with him, and there was no photo pass.

00:43:28.934 --> 00:43:30.534
BECCY: And of course, you're waiting in line for an hour.

00:43:30.554 --> 00:43:37.434
BECCY: So I got friendly people next to me, and I was like, I will totally take a million pictures of you if you promise to take some pictures of me.

00:43:38.014 --> 00:43:51.234
BECCY: And as I was walking the World Showcase, and that was at 3 o'clock when I finally got out of the line for a wall, and there were already people lined along the entire World Showcase.

00:43:53.234 --> 00:43:56.994
BECCY: Not even just one person deep, at least two people deep by 3 p.m.

00:43:57.434 --> 00:44:06.534
BECCY: The entirety of the lake was just already full, and it was like, no, it was just a lot.

00:44:07.274 --> 00:44:13.614
BECCY: Plus it was the end of my trip anyways, and I just didn't feel like fighting with people.

00:44:14.934 --> 00:44:19.174
VIRGINIA: No, and you go so often that it's kind of like, I have to see it next time.

00:44:19.194 --> 00:44:22.074
VIRGINIA: So I'll be interested to hear what you think of it.

00:44:22.254 --> 00:44:24.474
VIRGINIA: I haven't had a chance to see it yet myself either.

00:44:24.494 --> 00:44:32.494
VIRGINIA: It just hasn't worked out on any of my, I guess the only trip I've been at that it's been open was the December trip and it was just such a quick one.

00:44:33.394 --> 00:44:44.554
BECCY: I will say, as far as fireworks are concerned, the only time, I never plan on doing fireworks unless it's like a January, February trip.

00:44:45.494 --> 00:44:47.154
BECCY: A lot of times it's because of the weather.

00:44:47.714 --> 00:44:58.054
BECCY: August is so unpredictable that even if you stake out good spots, it might start raining exactly when the fireworks happen, which is actually what happened last August.

00:44:58.974 --> 00:45:03.414
BECCY: I was going to go watch Oh my God, Happily Ever After.

00:45:03.974 --> 00:45:07.474
BECCY: Danni was like, Let's hang out in Epcot a little bit longer.

00:45:07.554 --> 00:45:09.274
BECCY: We'll do Cosmic one more time.

00:45:09.294 --> 00:45:09.994
BECCY: We'll catch some dinner.

00:45:10.574 --> 00:45:16.494
BECCY: Thank God I listened to her because at 9 o'clock when the fireworks were supposed to start, the skies opened up.

00:45:17.274 --> 00:45:21.134
BECCY: It was completely not even on the Weather Channel.

00:45:22.174 --> 00:45:29.394
BECCY: I'm hoping that I do both sets of fireworks, the Happily Ever After and Luminous.

00:45:30.534 --> 00:45:30.974
BECCY: Luminous.

00:45:30.994 --> 00:45:33.634
BECCY: Yeah, Luminous.

00:45:33.654 --> 00:45:51.814
BECCY: Just because even on the one day that I was in Magic Kingdom in December that I could have watched Happily Ever After, December is so busy that depending on how packed Main Street is and the courtyard castle, they'll actually go over the loudspeaker and be like, there's way too many people.

00:45:51.854 --> 00:45:59.274
BECCY: You can no longer come to this area, which they actually ended up doing about an hour, maybe 45 minutes before it started.

00:46:00.014 --> 00:46:05.754
BECCY: And we were meeting people because my friend Molly's husband was coming into the park after work.

00:46:05.854 --> 00:46:10.734
BECCY: So we had to go around where Crystal Palace is actually where the first aid is.

00:46:11.034 --> 00:46:17.194
BECCY: They had an alleyway behind the shop, behind the Emporium to go to Town Square.

00:46:17.234 --> 00:46:18.134
BECCY: That's how we had to go.

00:46:18.494 --> 00:46:21.494
BECCY: Main Street was completely packed all the way until the tree.

00:46:22.334 --> 00:46:24.594
BECCY: I couldn't have even watched it if I wanted to.

00:46:24.594 --> 00:46:25.634
BECCY: It was like that busy.

00:46:25.954 --> 00:46:28.934
BECCY: And at 6 o'clock, I was with my friend Ashlee too.

00:46:29.174 --> 00:46:30.674
VIRGINIA: I follow Ashlee ever after.

00:46:31.414 --> 00:46:41.914
BECCY: So my friend Emma, Emma Enchanted, MagicalMolly101 and Ashlee ever after, we were all actually hanging out for Dapper Day and we all went to Magic Kingdom.

00:46:42.334 --> 00:46:45.914
BECCY: And at like 6 o'clock, we were about to get in line for Jungle Cruise.

00:46:45.934 --> 00:46:47.314
BECCY: We had a Genie Plus for it.

00:46:47.654 --> 00:46:51.934
BECCY: It was going to be like an hour and a half to just get on Jungle Cruise, even like with the Genie Plus.

00:46:52.074 --> 00:46:56.394
BECCY: And I looked at Ashlee, who's not there that often, and I said, what are your plans for the rest of the evening?

00:46:56.434 --> 00:46:58.134
BECCY: I do not want your plans to be ruined.

00:46:58.394 --> 00:47:00.634
BECCY: And she said, I want to watch Happily Ever After.

00:47:00.654 --> 00:47:02.334
BECCY: I want to see the projections.

00:47:02.634 --> 00:47:05.034
BECCY: So I said, OK, then you're going to have to come with me right now.

00:47:05.054 --> 00:47:09.134
BECCY: I can get you a spot in front of the fence, but only if you go right now.

00:47:09.714 --> 00:47:14.574
BECCY: So we went right to the castle, got her like the last possible spot along the fence.

00:47:14.874 --> 00:47:16.014
BECCY: And it was like 6 o'clock.

00:47:16.034 --> 00:47:20.054
BECCY: And I said, OK, you can't move from this spot now because the minute you move, someone will take it.

00:47:21.694 --> 00:47:24.794
BECCY: So her and her husband, I think he ended up going to get like ice cream for the two of them.

00:47:24.814 --> 00:47:27.794
BECCY: They just sat there for like two and a half hours until the fireworks.

00:47:29.694 --> 00:47:30.294
BECCY: That was fun.

00:47:30.814 --> 00:47:31.394
BECCY: Well, for them.

00:47:31.474 --> 00:47:32.854
BECCY: And then we checked in.

00:47:33.274 --> 00:47:37.094
BECCY: But yeah, no, the rest of us were like, oh, you know, we've seen it before.

00:47:37.094 --> 00:47:38.114
BECCY: So it's like no big deal.

00:47:38.634 --> 00:47:43.674
BECCY: But yeah, it gets packed in December, which is not part of this conversation.

00:47:43.694 --> 00:47:44.874
BECCY: So moving on, right?

00:47:46.554 --> 00:47:46.954
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:47:46.974 --> 00:47:48.234
VIRGINIA: Well, let's see.

00:47:48.234 --> 00:47:51.174
VIRGINIA: So Friday, the 19th, which park are you going to that day?

00:47:52.474 --> 00:47:54.134
BECCY: The end result will be Epcot.

00:47:54.494 --> 00:47:55.974
BECCY: I'm switching hotels that day.

00:47:56.354 --> 00:48:00.174
BECCY: So I'm going to end up getting a lift from Pop to Coronado to check in.

00:48:00.194 --> 00:48:06.894
BECCY: I know that they move your luggage for you, but I'd rather take it there myself and be like, okay, now it's checked in.

00:48:07.074 --> 00:48:08.454
BECCY: Then I can come back at the end of the day.

00:48:08.474 --> 00:48:11.614
BECCY: And I know my luggage is there and I can bring it to the room if I have to.

00:48:12.034 --> 00:48:14.194
BECCY: And Cassy's coming in that day in the afternoon.

00:48:15.274 --> 00:48:22.534
BECCY: So I might go to Magic first because, let's face it, Sleepy Hollow Quick Service Breakfast is probably the best on property.

00:48:22.814 --> 00:48:23.354
BECCY: I'm just kidding.

00:48:24.634 --> 00:48:25.454
VIRGINIA: It's one of the best.

00:48:25.474 --> 00:48:26.294
VIRGINIA: It's among the best.

00:48:28.154 --> 00:48:35.754
VIRGINIA: You have to get your coffee somewhere else because I don't think that the coffee that they have available there does not meet my coffee needs.

00:48:35.774 --> 00:48:39.574
VIRGINIA: So I go buy my coffee and then I walk over to Sleepy Hollow to get my Nutella waffle.

00:48:40.094 --> 00:48:42.234
BECCY: Yes, yes, definitely.

00:48:42.754 --> 00:48:47.134
BECCY: Or just like the very big Mickey waffle with the strawberries and whipped cream on it.

00:48:48.254 --> 00:48:50.034
BECCY: That's good too.

00:48:50.414 --> 00:49:03.814
BECCY: So I'll probably do that and just like walk around for a few minutes and then probably I'll meet up with Rae and Tanisha in Hollywood Studios because Cassy had wanted to go to Hollywood Studios when she got in.

00:49:03.974 --> 00:49:06.674
BECCY: So when she gets in at like two o'clock, we'll all be there for a little bit.

00:49:07.254 --> 00:49:14.934
BECCY: And then Friday night, after Molly and her husband Ben get out of work, they're going to meet us in Epcot.

00:49:14.954 --> 00:49:21.814
BECCY: We have a reservation at the new restaurant in the Japan Pavilion for like six o'clock.

00:49:22.234 --> 00:49:23.474
VIRGINIA: Okay, fantastic.

00:49:23.614 --> 00:49:27.474
VIRGINIA: And I will be quite honest that I do not remember the name of that.

00:49:27.614 --> 00:49:30.054
VIRGINIA: And even if I did, would I remember how to pronounce it?

00:49:30.154 --> 00:49:30.774
VIRGINIA: I'm not sure.

00:49:31.274 --> 00:49:32.314
VIRGINIA: So do you?

00:49:32.334 --> 00:49:34.914
BECCY: I don't remember the name.

00:49:35.274 --> 00:49:39.354
BECCY: I keep having to look at my app, the MDE app.

00:49:39.734 --> 00:49:41.614
BECCY: And even Rae was like, Oh, where are you going?

00:49:41.634 --> 00:49:42.394
BECCY: I'm like, I have no idea.

00:49:42.414 --> 00:49:43.694
BECCY: But I'm going to send you a screenshot of it.

00:49:43.694 --> 00:49:44.994
BECCY: It's the new Japan Pavilion one.

00:49:45.234 --> 00:49:46.254
VIRGINIA: I just looked this up.

00:49:46.274 --> 00:49:47.614
VIRGINIA: It's Shikisai.

00:49:47.894 --> 00:49:48.674
BECCY: That's where I'm going.

00:49:50.574 --> 00:49:52.154
VIRGINIA: And I assume I'm saying that correct.

00:49:52.994 --> 00:49:53.454
VIRGINIA: Who knows?

00:49:54.254 --> 00:49:55.154
BECCY: I heard it was great.

00:49:55.254 --> 00:49:56.634
BECCY: Emma's already gone a few times.

00:49:56.954 --> 00:50:08.254
BECCY: So I heard from Emma that every season, so like spring, summer, autumn, winter, winter, they have like a different scene up on their wall with the tree.

00:50:11.614 --> 00:50:13.434
BECCY: And supposedly they give you like a punch card.

00:50:13.434 --> 00:50:16.594
BECCY: So if you go during all four seasons, they give you like a free dessert.

00:50:17.014 --> 00:50:18.414
BECCY: So you know, might be fun to try.

00:50:18.434 --> 00:50:23.334
VIRGINIA: Okay, I think it's quite pricey.

00:50:23.354 --> 00:50:26.074
VIRGINIA: So I feel like you've earned the free dessert if you go four times.

00:50:26.254 --> 00:50:27.194
BECCY: Oh, yeah, definitely.

00:50:28.174 --> 00:50:39.734
VIRGINIA: Yeah, this will definitely have to be on our list at some point because my husband Charles and Alex as well both really love sushi and it looks like they have a lot of options for that there.

00:50:40.394 --> 00:50:42.294
VIRGINIA: Any other major plans for Friday?

00:50:42.574 --> 00:50:42.954
BECCY: No.

00:50:43.034 --> 00:50:45.674
BECCY: Like I said, I'm definitely a go with the flow person.

00:50:46.074 --> 00:50:49.254
BECCY: I know Rae is, so is Cassy, so is Molly.

00:50:49.274 --> 00:50:54.814
BECCY: So once we're all together at night, we'll probably just end up like walking around.

00:50:55.034 --> 00:50:57.734
BECCY: We just like walk around aimlessly like, hey, let's do this, hey, let's do that.

00:50:57.754 --> 00:50:58.934
BECCY: Hey, let's go try this snack.

00:50:59.374 --> 00:51:03.754
BECCY: So I imagine that that's probably what Friday will be and Saturday.

00:51:04.514 --> 00:51:06.294
BECCY: Saturday we're back in Epcot.

00:51:06.574 --> 00:51:08.814
BECCY: Cassy and I will be in Coronado, so we'll be going there.

00:51:09.194 --> 00:51:11.514
BECCY: Rae and Tanisha will be meeting us up.

00:51:11.794 --> 00:51:13.634
BECCY: Sachi is going with 40.

00:51:15.114 --> 00:51:16.234
BECCY: So she's going to be there.

00:51:16.434 --> 00:51:20.574
BECCY: Emma's coming back from Paris on Friday, so she's meeting up with us Saturday.

00:51:21.914 --> 00:51:23.454
BECCY: Molly and Ben are going to be there Saturday.

00:51:24.134 --> 00:51:30.734
BECCY: Kerry is going to try, depending on her husband's work schedule, to be there on Saturday.

00:51:30.794 --> 00:51:34.674
BECCY: There's a few other ladies that might meet up.

00:51:34.734 --> 00:51:43.074
BECCY: I know two of them have become under the weather in the past week, so they probably won't, but we'll still have the time.

00:51:43.194 --> 00:51:47.354
BECCY: And I will hope that they come, but it still stinks that they don't feel good.

00:51:47.614 --> 00:51:47.974
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:51:48.294 --> 00:51:54.414
VIRGINIA: We have made it to Sunday, the 21st, which is your departure day, so what time is your flight?

00:51:54.434 --> 00:51:58.174
VIRGINIA: Do you have any kind of time to go do anything on Sunday?

00:51:58.194 --> 00:51:59.514
BECCY: Oh, yeah, definitely.

00:51:59.694 --> 00:52:03.154
BECCY: Cassy is driving back, I think between two and four.

00:52:03.174 --> 00:52:03.934
BECCY: She wanted to be out.

00:52:04.434 --> 00:52:06.714
BECCY: She has like an eight-hour drive back.

00:52:06.854 --> 00:52:09.014
BECCY: I think Rae is leaving on Sunday.

00:52:09.034 --> 00:52:12.334
BECCY: Satya and I both have late, like 7 p.m.

00:52:12.354 --> 00:52:18.834
BECCY: flights, so I don't even have to be at the airport until five, like five o'clock earliest.

00:52:19.634 --> 00:52:25.054
BECCY: I'm not checking any bags and I have the TSA pre-check, so I don't even have to take off my shoes.

00:52:25.074 --> 00:52:40.694
BECCY: So I literally like, and Southwest has Skycap on the outside where you can pay them like a, it's suggested that you give them a tip to like check your bags and print out your your ticket.

00:52:40.714 --> 00:52:46.554
BECCY: So I'll probably give them a little bit just to print out my ticket just so I can like walk right through to TSA pre-check.

00:52:46.854 --> 00:52:49.834
BECCY: So I don't even have to leave the parks until 4.

00:52:49.854 --> 00:52:53.594
VIRGINIA: Do you even need to print a ticket though at this point?

00:52:53.594 --> 00:53:04.174
VIRGINIA: Because when I look at my airline tickets with the carriers that I fly with, because Southwest never has flights that work really well from New York to Orlando.

00:53:04.614 --> 00:53:09.094
VIRGINIA: But when I look at my ticket on the app, it has the TSA pre-check logo on it.

00:53:09.194 --> 00:53:10.714
VIRGINIA: And that's what I show when I go through.

00:53:10.734 --> 00:53:11.334
BECCY: Okay.

00:53:12.174 --> 00:53:19.114
BECCY: So I'm one of those people that I took forever to change the name on my Southwest account.

00:53:19.134 --> 00:53:20.814
BECCY: So it still had my maiden name on it.

00:53:20.834 --> 00:53:27.154
BECCY: So I was still buying tickets with my maiden name and then I would go to the counter in Providence and have them switch it to my married name.

00:53:27.174 --> 00:53:28.694
BECCY: So I'm so used to having them printed out now.

00:53:28.934 --> 00:53:35.434
BECCY: This is actually going to be my first flight that I probably don't have to have a ticket printed out because it actually has my married name on it now.

00:53:37.054 --> 00:53:46.754
BECCY: It was like for three years and then finally because I was traveling with my birth certificate and my marriage certificate in like an envelope and then it was in like this waterproof envelope and I would have traveled.

00:53:46.914 --> 00:53:49.094
VIRGINIA: And then you're worried about losing it on your trip.

00:53:49.214 --> 00:54:07.154
BECCY: And then I would like have this backpack that had like a special laptop thing that I would like slip it in there and I would like check it five times and like for like years I actually just left it in this envelope in the waterproof thing and left it in that specific backpack because I would always travel with it and now it's finally like back in my filing.

00:54:07.154 --> 00:54:08.474
BECCY: I saved my filing cabinet.

00:54:09.734 --> 00:54:13.394
BECCY: I'm super ADHD and I have what my sister likes to call it dune piles.

00:54:13.414 --> 00:54:14.454
BECCY: So I don't have a filing cabinet.

00:54:14.474 --> 00:54:15.734
BECCY: I have a filing backpack.

00:54:16.134 --> 00:54:20.994
BECCY: So all my important documents are in specific folders in a backpack.

00:54:23.734 --> 00:54:24.474
BECCY: In my bedroom.

00:54:25.354 --> 00:54:26.014
VIRGINIA: Makes sense.

00:54:26.294 --> 00:54:26.654
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:54:26.674 --> 00:54:26.954
BECCY: But whatever.

00:54:26.974 --> 00:54:27.894
BECCY: As long as they're all together.

00:54:27.914 --> 00:54:28.634
VIRGINIA: Take and run.

00:54:28.654 --> 00:54:29.134
VIRGINIA: Take and run.

00:54:30.794 --> 00:54:31.154
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:54:31.174 --> 00:54:33.374
VIRGINIA: Well, yeah, I don't think you need to print a ticket.

00:54:33.394 --> 00:54:38.374
VIRGINIA: I think you can not only save the time of stopping at the sky cap thing, but also you could save your tip.

00:54:40.034 --> 00:54:40.634
BECCY: Oh, sorry.

00:54:42.174 --> 00:54:42.894
BECCY: Yeah, whatever.

00:54:43.574 --> 00:54:44.334
BECCY: That works, right?

00:54:45.694 --> 00:54:46.074
BECCY: Yeah.

00:54:46.094 --> 00:54:47.414
BECCY: So I can probably just walk right through.

00:54:47.814 --> 00:54:51.894
VIRGINIA: So what part did you say you're going to go to on Sunday during the day?

00:54:52.274 --> 00:54:59.174
BECCY: So Sunday, we're starting off at, Cassy and I are starting off at Animal Kingdom because we do have a reservation at Tusker House that I have never been to before.

00:55:00.654 --> 00:55:01.874
BECCY: My family has gone.

00:55:03.514 --> 00:55:06.334
BECCY: When I was living in Florida, it's breakfast, yeah.

00:55:07.134 --> 00:55:09.694
BECCY: Sorry, I should have been more specific about that.

00:55:09.954 --> 00:55:17.354
BECCY: So when I was living in Florida, my family did come to visit for a few weeks, but I was obviously like I couldn't just take two weeks off to hang out with them.

00:55:17.374 --> 00:55:19.994
BECCY: So I was working and they did that on one of the days that I couldn't get off.

00:55:20.854 --> 00:55:23.534
BECCY: So I am actually pretty excited to do Tusker House in the morning.

00:55:25.374 --> 00:55:28.254
BECCY: And then, surprise, surprise, we are probably switching to Epcot.

00:55:29.914 --> 00:55:31.214
VIRGINIA: I could have guessed that.

00:55:33.274 --> 00:55:33.734
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:55:33.734 --> 00:55:36.214
VIRGINIA: And then does Sachi fly at the same time as you?

00:55:36.234 --> 00:55:38.374
VIRGINIA: Do you think you'll split a lift to the airport?

00:55:38.734 --> 00:55:46.374
BECCY: I got to get in touch with her because I think that we actually do both have 7-ish PM flights.

00:55:46.694 --> 00:55:49.454
BECCY: But we are not at the same hotel.

00:55:49.594 --> 00:55:52.934
BECCY: I'm going to be at Coronado and she's going to be at Key West.

00:55:54.054 --> 00:56:10.374
BECCY: So, we would probably have to hook up somewhere in order to split something and then at that time by time, I get my luggage and go to Disney Springs or get a lift to go to where she is at that point.

00:56:10.394 --> 00:56:13.254
BECCY: We may as well just get a separate one.

00:56:13.274 --> 00:56:17.174
BECCY: But I'll probably talk to her at some point and be like, hey, is this something that you're interested in doing?

00:56:17.194 --> 00:56:21.314
BECCY: In which case, we'll try to maybe just, because I know that we're going with minimal luggage.

00:56:21.354 --> 00:56:25.474
BECCY: I could probably just get on the bus with the luggage, meet at Disney Springs and then catch it from there.

00:56:25.494 --> 00:56:33.514
BECCY: But I feel like at that point, I don't know, sometimes the buses to and from Disney Springs are also not time reliable.

00:56:34.014 --> 00:56:36.294
VIRGINIA: No, they seem to be much more sporadic.

00:56:36.994 --> 00:56:37.534
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:56:38.234 --> 00:56:43.194
BECCY: And when I lived in Florida, I'm a visiting nurse, I do home care.

00:56:43.714 --> 00:56:52.914
BECCY: And I had befriended some people down there who, like the entire family worked for Disney and one of my friend's husbands was a bus driver for Disney.

00:56:52.934 --> 00:56:55.854
BECCY: He ended up going to work for actually Mears.

00:56:56.474 --> 00:57:17.054
BECCY: But he said that until they had like switched management, there was like one person that would be just walking around the buses to see which resort had a lot of people at it, that the buses hadn't come in a while, which resort the buses happened to come very often.

00:57:17.674 --> 00:57:20.414
BECCY: Even though a bus just came, this resort is getting pretty full.

00:57:20.434 --> 00:57:29.094
BECCY: So instead of you going to this resort, I'm going to have you pick up the guests from that bus stop and go to that resort first.

00:57:29.734 --> 00:57:31.214
BECCY: And then I guess they stopped doing that.

00:57:31.234 --> 00:57:34.094
BECCY: So sometimes you do wait a while.

00:57:34.354 --> 00:57:46.914
BECCY: And probably like three years ago now, two years ago, I remember like trying to leave Magic and we were at Boardwalk and we had waited like a long time, like a long time.

00:57:47.034 --> 00:57:50.474
BECCY: And like we watched multiple buses come for like the same resort.

00:57:50.474 --> 00:57:53.114
BECCY: And I'm that person that will chime in and I was like, Oh, excuse me.

00:57:53.814 --> 00:57:54.554
BECCY: I'm really sorry.

00:57:54.574 --> 00:57:59.374
BECCY: But it looks like, you know, a lot of the resorts have gotten two or three buses and we haven't gotten one yet.

00:57:59.394 --> 00:58:02.214
BECCY: And then like, once that gets brought to their attention, they're like, Oh, okay.

00:58:02.234 --> 00:58:06.794
BECCY: And then the next bus that came, they switched to Boardwalk from wherever they were supposed to go.

00:58:06.814 --> 00:58:14.614
BECCY: So and I feel like Disney Springs doesn't really have a lot of, there's not enough action for people to like be looking for it.

00:58:14.614 --> 00:58:20.614
BECCY: So I've waited up to like 45 minutes to get a bus back to the resort from Disney Springs.

00:58:20.614 --> 00:58:23.894
BECCY: So it's definitely going to take a long time.

00:58:24.554 --> 00:58:24.954
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:58:25.254 --> 00:58:27.654
VIRGINIA: I can't remember who I was interviewing recently.

00:58:27.674 --> 00:58:33.134
VIRGINIA: I want to say maybe it was Jon, the WDW runner.

00:58:34.594 --> 00:58:51.414
VIRGINIA: I think it was him that was telling me that he had an experience at Animal Kingdom actually where he was trying to get back to the resort and there were multiple buses coming for other resorts but never his and the line was just getting longer and longer.

00:58:51.434 --> 00:59:08.014
VIRGINIA: And there didn't seem to be somebody standing out there kind of monitoring, but he went on to his MDE app and used the chat function and was able to chat with guest relations to explain and then they were like, okay, we're sending a bus your way.

00:59:08.034 --> 00:59:19.474
VIRGINIA: Right, so I would advise anybody if you don't see a cast member standing around that you could alert them like you did that at least give the MDE chat function a try.

00:59:19.654 --> 00:59:20.134
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:59:20.634 --> 00:59:23.354
BECCY: That's actually not a bad idea to utilize.

00:59:24.014 --> 00:59:24.434
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:59:24.454 --> 00:59:30.194
VIRGINIA: Because I feel like if you're waiting, I can understand at Disney Springs, they don't come as often.

00:59:30.674 --> 00:59:37.614
VIRGINIA: I feel like I wouldn't start to feel too irritated by it until probably about the 20 minute mark mark.

00:59:37.654 --> 00:59:40.674
VIRGINIA: At about 20 minutes, I'd be like, no, one should have come by now.

00:59:40.934 --> 00:59:41.434
BECCY: Yeah.

00:59:41.734 --> 00:59:56.294
BECCY: I mean, it's so hard because if it's a Wednesday at three o'clock and there's not a lot going on and I know that a lot of the value resorts only have one bus that travels in between Disney Springs to that resort.

00:59:56.654 --> 00:59:58.234
BECCY: So it's one round trip.

01:00:00.074 --> 01:00:14.934
BECCY: And I want to say from Pop to Animal Kingdom, like from midday, there's only one bus that travels back and forth for like probably two hours after opening and maybe two hours before closed.

01:00:14.954 --> 01:00:22.174
BECCY: It's only one bus that goes back and forth until probably it gets like busy because I have waited a long time to go to Animal Kingdom from Pop as well.

01:00:22.734 --> 01:00:24.454
VIRGINIA: Mm-hmm.

01:00:25.714 --> 01:00:26.694
VIRGINIA: Oh, Disney blesses.

01:00:27.074 --> 01:00:30.394
BECCY: It's like one of those lovely things, like I'm still going to use it, but I'm going to complain about it.

01:00:30.474 --> 01:00:30.934
VIRGINIA: I know.

01:00:30.954 --> 01:00:32.194
VIRGINIA: I'm happy they exist.

01:00:32.214 --> 01:00:34.654
VIRGINIA: But do I wish there were Skyliners that went everywhere?

01:00:34.754 --> 01:00:35.154
VIRGINIA: Yes.

01:00:35.374 --> 01:00:35.934
VIRGINIA: Yes, I do.

01:00:38.934 --> 01:00:39.454
VIRGINIA: Alright.

01:00:39.554 --> 01:00:48.294
VIRGINIA: Well, Beccy, it has been fun talking through all your plans and I'm excited to hear how everything goes, in particular, your weather.

01:00:48.314 --> 01:00:50.914
VIRGINIA: I hope that everything goes okay for that.

01:00:52.054 --> 01:01:01.654
VIRGINIA: But we'll ask you to take some good notes and pay attention to what your plans actually turn out to be so we can really talk through everything that you get into all the adventures.

01:01:02.134 --> 01:01:03.354
VIRGINIA: I'm crossing my fingers.

01:01:03.374 --> 01:01:06.694
VIRGINIA: There's a wild Africa truck in your future because I really want to hear about it.

01:01:07.234 --> 01:01:11.694
VIRGINIA: But have a magical trip, safe travels, and we will talk very soon.

01:01:12.514 --> 01:01:13.074
BECCY: Definitely.

01:01:13.694 --> 01:01:14.174
VIRGINIA: Thank you.

01:01:15.434 --> 01:01:15.954
BECCY: Bye.

01:01:17.834 --> 01:01:20.914
VIRGINIA: Thank you, Beccy, for sharing all of your plans with me.

01:01:21.354 --> 01:01:25.854
VIRGINIA: If you are interested in being a Trip Report guest like Beccy, the link is in the show notes.

01:01:26.514 --> 01:01:31.054
VIRGINIA: As a reminder, Beccy's Post Trip Report is live and ready for your listening pleasure.

01:01:31.334 --> 01:01:33.154
VIRGINIA: So you don't want to miss that.

01:01:33.854 --> 01:01:37.354
VIRGINIA: As always, keep daydreaming about where you long to be.