Pre-Trip Report: Cate and James’ Simple Plan for Vacation Fun (May 2024)

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

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VIRGINIA: This week, I am happy to welcome back Cate from Ever After Adventures, this time joined by her other half, James.

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VIRGINIA: Cate and James are so much fun, and I highly encourage you to give them a follow over on Instagram and on YouTube.

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VIRGINIA: Both those links are in the show notes.

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VIRGINIA: And with that, let's dive in.

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VIRGINIA: Here are Cate and James.

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VIRGINIA: Welcome back to the podcast, Cate, and welcome to the podcast for the first time, James.

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CATE: Thank you.

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JAMES: Yes, thank you.

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JAMES: I'm excited to be here.

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VIRGINIA: I'm so excited to have you both here, which I would have been regardless, but since we last spoke, we've actually met in person.

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VIRGINIA: And so this is even more special to see your bright shining faces here.

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CATE: It was so awesome hanging out with you and the whole gang in New York.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, so much fun.

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VIRGINIA: So much fun.

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VIRGINIA: I watched your YouTube video the other day and was just reliving all of the fun.

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VIRGINIA: I will make sure I link it down in the show notes for everybody if you wanna check it out.

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VIRGINIA: But besides the rain, it was an amazing weekend.

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CATE: That rain was intense.

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CATE: I will say that.

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JAMES: You know what?

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JAMES: It was still fine with the rain anyways.

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JAMES: We got a good walk.

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JAMES: We all got to hang out.

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JAMES: And we actually did that because of me.

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JAMES: And there was a funny outcome that I was the only one who didn't buy anything and everyone else did.

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CATE: And you were the one who wanted to go shopping.

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JAMES: Yep.

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VIRGINIA: Yes.

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VIRGINIA: And somehow Cate walked away with new pants.

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VIRGINIA: So if you want to hear all about that, get the insider scoop, make sure you watch that vlog.

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VIRGINIA: And now we are here to talk about another special trip, but this one down to your happy place.

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VIRGINIA: Tell us where you're going and why.

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CATE: We are headed off to Walt Disney World.

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CATE: So typically we plan vacations around December and May.

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CATE: May we consider to be our anniversary trip.

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CATE: Technically we got married in August, but that's because it was pandemic times and our May date got pushed to June, July, August.

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CATE: But we still celebrate in May because the weather is great and it's going to be awesome.

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VIRGINIA: Nice.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: And you will be there over May the 4th.

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CATE: We sure will be.

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VIRGINIA: May the 4th be with you.

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CATE: And also with you.

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VIRGINIA: Yes, I was waiting for that.

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JAMES: We actually extended it for that.

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VIRGINIA: Very nice.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Well, let's hear your dates.

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CATE: So we're road tripping again.

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CATE: So we will depart Toronto on May the 2nd, arriving on May the 3rd.

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CATE: And we go straight through until we leave there on May the 18th, arriving home in Toronto on May the 19th.

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VIRGINIA: Nice long trip.

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VIRGINIA: Nice long trip.

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VIRGINIA: You know, there's a lot of people out there right now that are hearing those dates and feeling very jealous to have that kind of time down in Florida is amazing.

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CATE: So we like to plan longer stretches, especially with road trips and with our work situations.

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CATE: It's easier to take off a long chunk of time once than it is to take off a little chunk of time more times.

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VIRGINIA: Multiple times.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: That makes total sense.

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VIRGINIA: As someone who feels like I need to have all my ducks in a row before I go on any trip, regardless of length, it certainly would be easier, I think, if it was all in one chunk.

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VIRGINIA: All right, well, let's get into all the details.

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VIRGINIA: So driving down, you are usually stopping overnight at some point during the trip.

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VIRGINIA: Do you think that you'll stop in the same place you stopped last time?

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CATE: We certainly hope not.

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JAMES: That was a scary hotel, yes.

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VIRGINIA: And for anybody who missed it, there is a vlog on that road trip down.

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CATE: Also we're planning on leaving way earlier in the morning so that hopefully we're getting way further down the road than where we stopped last time as well.

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JAMES: We'll see if that happens.

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VIRGINIA: Was that West Virginia?

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JAMES: Yeah, the creepy hotel?

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CATE: Yeah.

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JAMES: Yeah, and it was like a brand name hotel, but owned by the rich family in the town.

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CATE: Yeah, they had like a winery.

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CATE: And it was under construction and it was still really expensive.

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CATE: It was the stupidest thing that we have ever done, but there was no real way to pivot that because there were no other hotels in the area.

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VIRGINIA: Well, we will hope that you will make better progress and hopefully you'll have good weather based on the time of year.

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VIRGINIA: So hopefully the rain will hold off on that.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Are you going to be making stops at your favorite store?

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CATE: Sheets?

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VIRGINIA: Yes, sheets.

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CATE: I am certain we will.

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JAMES: We have a funny story about that from, we went to a Disney meetup not too long ago, about an hour and a half out of Toronto.

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JAMES: And one woman who was selling stuff out of nowhere called out to us and was like, oh my God, it's the Sheets people.

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JAMES: And she's like, I just watched.

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CATE: Not even the Sheets people.

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CATE: She was like, oh, aren't you guys the vloggers that really like the gas station?

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JAMES: So that was, that threw us off a little, because for one, we virtually never get recognized.

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JAMES: And when we do, it's really endearing.

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JAMES: And sometimes I'm like, oh, I feel bad you wasted an hour watching our video.

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JAMES: But it's really fun.

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JAMES: So we hung out and ended up buying one of her things, which Cate currently uses, which is really cool.

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JAMES: It's like a snap to hold your ears.

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CATE: Yeah, it attaches to your lounge fly.

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CATE: It's like a key chain and it has a loop on it to hold your ears if you get tired of wearing them or if you're on a ride.

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CATE: It was an awesome product.

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JAMES: But it was really nice meeting people who watch our stuff.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, I feel like you need to get Sheets as a sponsor.

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CATE: We've been saying it since the first time we landed there.

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CATE: We were like, if Sheets wants to sponsor us, we're open.

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VIRGINIA: Yep, open and available.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: All right, well, let's talk where you are staying.

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VIRGINIA: Will you be on property for any or all of this trip?

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JAMES: All.

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CATE: All multiple resorts.

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VIRGINIA: How many resorts?

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CATE: Four.

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JAMES: We have four now.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, wow.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Let's go through them in order.

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VIRGINIA: Number one.

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CATE: Number one is a couple of nights at Pop Century.

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JAMES: That was an extension that we, of course, us being the biggest Star Wars fans, we booked our trip originally for the fifth and people were like, why wouldn't you be there for the fourth?

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JAMES: And we were like, yeah, you're right.

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JAMES: And so I think it was because we would have had to drive like a Thursday, Friday.

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CATE: Yeah.

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JAMES: And, you know, we have work and I have real bosses.

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JAMES: She's her own boss.

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JAMES: So I do need to please some people.

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JAMES: So just for the sake, I think when we were planning for simplicity, we'll go Saturday and end up Sunday.

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JAMES: That's what we normally do.

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JAMES: But yeah, when someone pointed out like, like, how stupid, you're not going to be there for me.

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JAMES: You're going to show up May 5th in the place where you should be for May 4th.

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JAMES: So then we ended up just hopping on and quickly searched out obviously what were the balance of cheapest, but also like comfortable.

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JAMES: Yeah.

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JAMES: So we got Pop Century last minute and it was really cheap, actually.

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JAMES: It was pretty Disney cheap, not hotel cheap.

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VIRGINIA: Right.

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VIRGINIA: Which, you know, it's surprising to me that there's not a big upcharge when it's May the 4th and Pop has Skyliner access.

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VIRGINIA: It seems like that would be something that they would add on to the price for, but not trying to give them any ideas, like keep the price reasonable.

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CATE: When he says last minute, we did book it in January, so that's not really last minute.

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CATE: And I think if you were to try to book it like last month, the prices were way, way higher if they weren't even available.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: What is resort number two?

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CATE: Number two is Saratoga Springs.

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VIRGINIA: Have you stayed at Saratoga before?

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CATE: We have not, and we bought DVC points when they were like...

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CATE: We bought a couple of resale points when they were sort of like not buying Saratoga back, like during the pandemic, and so we decided this is our first DVC trip, and we are staying at our home resort to start because why wouldn't we?

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Are you in a preferred room?

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CATE: I don't think so.

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CATE: I don't know.

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VIRGINIA: It's a different room category, so you should double check on that.

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VIRGINIA: The preferred rooms are either close to the main building or in the buildings that are closest to Disney Springs.

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VIRGINIA: Which that one is, I know the Disney Springs one, I think it's called Congress Park.

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CATE: View room details.

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CATE: I'm pulling out my Disney experience right now.

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JAMES: Deluxe studio.

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CATE: So I don't think it's preferred.

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CATE: Otherwise, it would say that, right?

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VIRGINIA: Yes.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, it should.

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CATE: So no, not a preferred.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: And are you going to be renting a car for this trip?

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VIRGINIA: No, you're driving.

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VIRGINIA: You're going to have a car.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Never mind.

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VIRGINIA: Dumb question, Virginia.

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VIRGINIA: But no, the one time I've stayed at Saratoga Springs, we had rented a car and I walked away from there saying, I really like this resort.

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VIRGINIA: I just don't know if I would want to do it without a car, just because of its location and the fact that, to me, it feels more like a home away from home.

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VIRGINIA: Like Wilderness Lodge, which is my home resort and my favorite.

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VIRGINIA: I absolutely love, but when I'm there, I feel for sure like I'm in a Disney resort.

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VIRGINIA: Whereas this one, based on the way that it's spaced out, the fact that there's a golf course there, it feels like condos or something.

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VIRGINIA: Then there's the touches of Disney in the room.

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VIRGINIA: When you go to the main building, obviously, I'm not going to say it doesn't feel like Disney, because it does, it totally does.

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VIRGINIA: But there's just something more homey about it, and to have a car and be able to come and go as you please, I think that I liked that feeling when we were there.

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VIRGINIA: I also liked being able to walk over to Disney Springs.

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CATE: We're excited about that.

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CATE: So would you drive to the parks instead of taking a bus, or what tips do you have for us?

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VIRGINIA: I mean, we had a rental car for the whole week, which added on, I want to say like $1,000 to our vacation.

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VIRGINIA: So we drove the car everywhere.

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VIRGINIA: We were like, besides Disney Springs, where we could walk to, we drove to every park, and it was really nice to be able to have the luxury of knowing we could leave whenever we wanted.

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VIRGINIA: We didn't have to wait on any other form of transportation.

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VIRGINIA: And then also we could run down to a pharmacy if we needed something quickly.

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VIRGINIA: It was just, it was easy.

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VIRGINIA: I, at one point, I hopped in the car.

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VIRGINIA: I drove over to French Quarter to do a beignet run, because that's what you do when you're near French Quarter.

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VIRGINIA: So, all right.

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VIRGINIA: What is resort number three?

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CATE: So we do take a little break for a weekend.

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CATE: We're going down to the beach and then we come back on the Sunday and we check into Kidani Village.

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VIRGINIA: Kidani Village.

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VIRGINIA: Have you stayed in Kidani Village before?

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CATE: No, we've stayed at Jumbo House, but not at Kidani.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: And the next resort?

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CATE: So this was just...

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JAMES: Yesterday.

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CATE: Yeah, yesterday I made the reservation.

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CATE: Because we were checking out on a Friday and it's a long weekend in Canada that weekend, we were like, why not stay an extra day?

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CATE: So we added on a royal room at Port Orleans Riverside.

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VIRGINIA: Have you stayed at Riverside before?

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CATE: Have not.

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CATE: Have stayed at French Quarter, but not Riverside.

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VIRGINIA: You know what?

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VIRGINIA: French Quarter used to be my favorite moderate and I have since decided that my two favorites sort of tied for different reasons are Riverside and Coronado.

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JAMES: Yeah.

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CATE: Coronado is like high up there for us.

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JAMES: It's my number one, it's a deluxe in disguise.

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CATE: In Grandestino.

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VIRGINIA: Exactly.

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VIRGINIA: But I would say because of how deluxe the amenities feel there, even if I'm staying in an outer room, I still get that deluxey feeling from Coronado.

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VIRGINIA: Riverside has a laid back vibe that I really love and I really like their pool.

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VIRGINIA: It's also the very first on property stay I ever had at Disney.

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VIRGINIA: So I have a soft spot for it too in a royal room.

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VIRGINIA: So I hope you enjoy your royal room.

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CATE: That's so exciting.

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CATE: And actually, so my very first stay on property was Pop Century and I haven't been back to pop since then.

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CATE: And that's maybe about 20 years ago.

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CATE: It was like the year after it first opened and I'm so excited to get back there.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, so when you went the first time, you were still anticipating that they would be opening that second side.

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CATE: Yeah, yep.

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CATE: And now it's out of animation, right?

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: And when I think back to what that second side was going to be, I'm trying to wrap my head around if you're looking at the decades and you go back farther than the 50s, things get a little dicey when you're celebrating the decades.

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VIRGINIA: Like, do we really want to relive?

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VIRGINIA: With the Great Depression, exactly.

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VIRGINIA: Do we really want to go there?

00:14:44.080 --> 00:14:47.060
VIRGINIA: Like, how are they celebrating that over there?

00:14:47.140 --> 00:14:47.680
VIRGINIA: I don't know.

00:14:47.900 --> 00:14:49.720
VIRGINIA: It's like you go to the food court and there's nothing to eat.

00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:50.100
VIRGINIA: I don't know.

00:14:52.860 --> 00:14:54.400
JAMES: You've reduced your work.

00:14:54.420 --> 00:14:56.360
CATE: Porridge and a slice of bread.

00:14:57.380 --> 00:15:03.700
VIRGINIA: Everyone gets little tickets of paper to like get their rations, so I don't know.

00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:05.880
VIRGINIA: We joke now because it's so long ago.

00:15:05.900 --> 00:15:09.120
VIRGINIA: So apologies to anyone who's listening who might have lived through the Great Depression.

00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:12.760
VIRGINIA: But at least we have art of animation now.

00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:13.560
CATE: Yes.

00:15:13.860 --> 00:15:16.800
VIRGINIA: I think in the end, that was for the best.

00:15:17.280 --> 00:15:17.720
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:15:18.920 --> 00:15:22.740
VIRGINIA: Let's get into all of the details then for this journey.

00:15:22.760 --> 00:15:25.860
VIRGINIA: So you're starting out on Friday, May the third.

00:15:26.280 --> 00:15:26.860
VIRGINIA: No, excuse me.

00:15:26.880 --> 00:15:29.360
VIRGINIA: You're starting out on Thursday, May the second.

00:15:29.440 --> 00:15:31.280
VIRGINIA: Arriving on Friday, May the third.

00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:34.120
VIRGINIA: And that is the day that you check in to Pop Century.

00:15:34.460 --> 00:15:37.280
VIRGINIA: Are you gonna be going into a park the first day or are you going to collapse?

00:15:37.760 --> 00:15:38.940
CATE: We're not planning on it.

00:15:38.980 --> 00:15:43.080
CATE: Probably planning on just filming a little room tour and checking out the resort.

00:15:43.880 --> 00:15:44.260
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:15:44.280 --> 00:15:47.540
VIRGINIA: So Saturday, May the fourth is gonna be it, the first park day.

00:15:48.160 --> 00:15:50.180
VIRGINIA: Where on earth could you possibly be going?

00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:52.680
CATE: I think we just headed on Epcot that day.

00:15:52.820 --> 00:15:53.820
JAMES: Wasn't it Animal Kingdom?

00:15:53.900 --> 00:15:54.160
JAMES: Oh yeah.

00:15:55.900 --> 00:15:58.120
CATE: We will be in Hollywood Studios on May the fourth.

00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:12.740
VIRGINIA: So based on anticipated crowds for a May the fourth Hollywood Studios day, are you going to be there like even pre-rope drop just to make sure that you're in?

00:16:13.440 --> 00:16:16.240
VIRGINIA: And does it sell out on May the fourth?

00:16:16.260 --> 00:16:16.780
VIRGINIA: I don't even know.

00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:17.980
JAMES: It is sold out.

00:16:18.280 --> 00:16:19.260
JAMES: You can't get reservations.

00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:29.260
JAMES: Cate and I, so if you watch enough of our V-logs, you'll notice that no matter how hard we try to rope drop, we just can't do it.

00:16:29.280 --> 00:16:36.380
JAMES: We're normally on time for real life, like proper events, like a doctor or something like that.

00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:43.160
JAMES: But anything outside of that, I don't know what it is, but we just fall apart and we're still late.

00:16:43.820 --> 00:16:49.820
JAMES: Now this one though, we are going to be going with some close friends that are there who actually live in Florida.

00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:57.920
JAMES: And so probably whatever time they would want to meet would more likely be the time we would go.

00:16:58.400 --> 00:17:05.180
JAMES: They also have a lot more familiarity with timing and all that because they go many times a week.

00:17:05.500 --> 00:17:05.800
JAMES: So.

00:17:05.820 --> 00:17:06.980
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:17:07.180 --> 00:17:09.860
VIRGINIA: And who are you meeting up with if you'd like to mention them?

00:17:10.840 --> 00:17:11.360
CATE: Of course.

00:17:11.900 --> 00:17:18.920
CATE: We are meeting up with Daina, who's 9.99 Happy Haunts here and her whole family.

00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:25.540
CATE: So Mark is her husband, Will of the Parkside, her daughter, Ariel, simply meant to be at Disney.

00:17:26.340 --> 00:17:32.540
CATE: And then we're meeting up with Kristina, who is World Showcase Adventures and her husband, Bryan.

00:17:32.680 --> 00:17:38.540
CATE: And I know his name is The Great Hambino, but I don't remember the exact handle.

00:17:38.560 --> 00:17:40.600
CATE: And I think there's a number or something in there.

00:17:40.620 --> 00:17:43.080
CATE: So I will have to double check that one for you.

00:17:43.100 --> 00:17:45.580
VIRGINIA: I will find it, I'm sure, and put it in the show notes.

00:17:46.080 --> 00:17:47.260
VIRGINIA: Okay, is that it?

00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:48.260
CATE: Yes.

00:17:48.900 --> 00:17:57.020
CATE: And then there's a plan for a whole whack of our Instagram friends to meet for a big group photo at around 1 p.m.

00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:58.560
CATE: Okay.

00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:02.400
VIRGINIA: Group photo in Galaxy's Edge, I'm imagining.

00:18:03.180 --> 00:18:05.420
CATE: I think it's gonna be by the Millennium Falcon.

00:18:06.520 --> 00:18:10.220
VIRGINIA: Are you going to be wearing anything special for May the 4th?

00:18:11.380 --> 00:18:19.520
VIRGINIA: By special, I mean something that you specifically got for this May the 4th or maybe just something Star Wars that you already owned.

00:18:20.320 --> 00:18:23.720
CATE: I had a lot of fun on Tmoo for the first time.

00:18:23.740 --> 00:18:28.600
CATE: And I ended up buying a couple of cool skirts.

00:18:28.680 --> 00:18:37.100
CATE: I bought like a harness, some random, like I'm not bounding as a character.

00:18:37.380 --> 00:18:41.240
CATE: I'm bounding as a person who might live in Batuu.

00:18:44.100 --> 00:18:52.280
JAMES: Me, I'm not, we tried to figure out stuff for me and it just didn't work out.

00:18:52.320 --> 00:19:01.420
JAMES: So we'll see Friday night when we get there, if anything is possible, but I will just be going as an Earthling.

00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:05.160
VIRGINIA: Okay, Cate is showing a photo of her outfit.

00:19:05.880 --> 00:19:07.220
VIRGINIA: That is amazing.

00:19:07.360 --> 00:19:07.860
VIRGINIA: I love it.

00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:09.260
VIRGINIA: You need a character name.

00:19:11.460 --> 00:19:12.580
CATE: I also bought that skirt too.

00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:13.900
CATE: So we'll see how-

00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:15.080
VIRGINIA: Oh, that's cute too.

00:19:15.380 --> 00:19:16.340
VIRGINIA: That is cute too.

00:19:16.360 --> 00:19:19.000
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I'm trying to figure out what was your name.

00:19:19.020 --> 00:19:22.980
VIRGINIA: It has to be something unusual, like not a name you'd hear in the real world.

00:19:24.120 --> 00:19:25.340
CATE: We'll have to think on that one.

00:19:25.540 --> 00:19:31.020
VIRGINIA: Yeah, and maybe you should do a poll on Instagram and get input from people.

00:19:31.860 --> 00:19:35.600
VIRGINIA: Not a poll, I guess a poll is when you vote, but suggestions.

00:19:36.120 --> 00:19:39.400
CATE: Do you think it should be sort of Cate-esque?

00:19:39.420 --> 00:19:43.000
CATE: Like should it be Cato or something like that?

00:19:43.020 --> 00:19:43.800
CATE: Or should it be completely...

00:19:43.820 --> 00:19:45.600
VIRGINIA: I mean, something like that, but not Cato.

00:19:45.620 --> 00:19:49.540
VIRGINIA: And I'm specifically because of Cato Cailin from the OJ Trial.

00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:56.560
VIRGINIA: But although that was filled with a K, but I don't know.

00:19:56.780 --> 00:19:59.900
VIRGINIA: I guess because he passed away recently, it's been fresh in the news.

00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:03.940
VIRGINIA: So I feel like that's the first thing people are going to think when they think Cato.

00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:09.080
VIRGINIA: But I do think you're on to something there, something that incorporates your name.

00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:11.580
VIRGINIA: All right, we're going to figure it out.

00:20:12.140 --> 00:20:15.580
VIRGINIA: And James, I feel you're going to figure out something to wear too.

00:20:15.600 --> 00:20:29.680
VIRGINIA: I feel like, honestly, I think it's easier for you because if you just threw on some cargo pants and a basic black tee, you could look like you were on some planet about to work on a starship or something.

00:20:29.700 --> 00:20:30.240
CATE: That's true.

00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:30.960
JAMES: There you go.

00:20:31.040 --> 00:20:36.560
JAMES: Yeah, maybe weather dependent though, because if it's crazy hot there, then-

00:20:36.860 --> 00:20:37.580
CATE: Not wearing pants?

00:20:38.760 --> 00:20:41.220
VIRGINIA: No, and I don't think cargo shorts have the same effect.

00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:42.360
VIRGINIA: I don't know why.

00:20:42.380 --> 00:20:43.580
VIRGINIA: They just don't.

00:20:45.300 --> 00:20:45.760
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:20:46.300 --> 00:20:50.120
VIRGINIA: And the reason I laugh when you mentioned Timu is because I was like, oh, Becky is rubbing off on her.

00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:51.720
VIRGINIA: Becky loves Timu.

00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:55.720
VIRGINIA: I've heard her mention it multiple times.

00:20:55.940 --> 00:20:56.640
CATE: It's possible.

00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:58.300
CATE: It's a great site, by the way.

00:20:58.840 --> 00:21:00.860
CATE: Lots, lots of quality products.

00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:04.300
JAMES: I remember asking Becky, like, is it legit?

00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:09.040
VIRGINIA: I know it feels, it feels a little weird.

00:21:09.060 --> 00:21:12.660
VIRGINIA: Like, is this, is this real because the prices are so low?

00:21:13.400 --> 00:21:23.040
VIRGINIA: But if you're the second person I know that's ordered something from it and has been happy with what you received, then maybe I should give it a try.

00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:26.360
CATE: And like, I washed them all and they didn't fall apart in the wash.

00:21:26.380 --> 00:21:27.340
CATE: So there's a pro too.

00:21:28.040 --> 00:21:31.720
VIRGINIA: Well, that's a rousing recommendation.

00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:35.340
JAMES: You'll at least get one use out of it.

00:21:35.360 --> 00:21:35.560
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:38.980
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:44.260
VIRGINIA: Anything else specific for May the 4th that you are planning to participate in that day?

00:21:44.540 --> 00:21:47.740
CATE: We have OGA's Cantina reservations for that evening.

00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:50.780
VIRGINIA: For all seven of you?

00:21:51.120 --> 00:21:51.660
CATE: Yeah.

00:21:51.880 --> 00:21:53.880
CATE: Isn't that wild that we were able to get that?

00:21:54.120 --> 00:21:54.640
VIRGINIA: I know.

00:21:54.660 --> 00:21:55.360
VIRGINIA: That's quite a feat.

00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:56.160
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:21:56.740 --> 00:22:01.360
VIRGINIA: Were you on right at the dining reservation time to make that happen?

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:03.120
CATE: One of us was.

00:22:03.140 --> 00:22:05.740
CATE: Our travel agent was, actually.

00:22:05.760 --> 00:22:09.580
CATE: So this trip was booked before I became a travel agent.

00:22:09.600 --> 00:22:15.080
CATE: And so I had my friend, Fenty, book Pop for us and also book those reservations.

00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:17.220
CATE: So she was able to get that for us.

00:22:17.820 --> 00:22:18.920
VIRGINIA: OK, nice.

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:24.320
VIRGINIA: I was chuckling because I thought when you were talking about your travel agent, you were like referring to yourself.

00:22:25.900 --> 00:22:41.540
VIRGINIA: But if you want to give us her information as well, I can definitely link her information in the show notes along with yours, because Cate is now a travel agent herself and would love to help anyone who is looking to book their next magical adventure.

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:42.560
CATE: Absolutely.

00:22:42.580 --> 00:22:43.460
CATE: I definitely would.

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:46.080
VIRGINIA: You've been to Ogas multiple times, I'm sure.

00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:47.800
VIRGINIA: What is your favorite thing to get there?

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.260
CATE: Once.

00:22:49.280 --> 00:22:53.360
CATE: We only went once and it was on our honeymoon, so we haven't been since 2022.

00:22:53.380 --> 00:22:55.700
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:22:56.020 --> 00:23:00.020
VIRGINIA: Do you remember anything that you specifically are like, I have to get that again?

00:23:00.040 --> 00:23:02.200
CATE: The fuzzy tauntaun.

00:23:02.560 --> 00:23:11.900
JAMES: Except I've heard a rumor that they've changed the recipe of the fuzzy tauntaun, where it is not as-

00:23:12.300 --> 00:23:12.700
CATE: Fuzzy?

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.280
JAMES: Yeah.

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:13.840
VIRGINIA: Nummy?

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:18.340
VIRGINIA: The last time I was there, I did not order it because I don't love the numb feeling.

00:23:18.360 --> 00:23:20.740
VIRGINIA: It was a little bit much for me.

00:23:21.340 --> 00:23:22.100
VIRGINIA: I ordered something else.

00:23:22.120 --> 00:23:22.480
VIRGINIA: It was good.

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:24.840
VIRGINIA: I cannot remember what it was though.

00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:25.880
CATE: I don't think I ordered.

00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:28.120
CATE: I think you ordered it and I had a sip of it.

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:31.980
CATE: I remember really liking what I got and it came in a cool Ewok tiki mug.

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:34.260
CATE: But I don't remember what it was.

00:23:34.280 --> 00:23:38.600
JAMES: I think we actually did four different drinks.

00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:40.360
JAMES: I don't remember super well.

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:42.140
JAMES: We did it late at night.

00:23:42.800 --> 00:23:48.540
JAMES: It was probably close to the last May 4th or not last, sorry, years ago.

00:23:48.560 --> 00:23:55.220
JAMES: But it was close to that time because there was a huge kind of lightsaber situation going on after hours.

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:57.520
JAMES: Remember, people were doing a lot of photos.

00:23:57.560 --> 00:23:59.480
CATE: They do those meetups from time to time.

00:23:59.500 --> 00:23:59.700
JAMES: Yeah.

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:02.500
JAMES: So there was some sort of Star Wars meetup that we summed.

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:06.380
JAMES: And also that day, we actually did do the lightsaber.

00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:08.280
JAMES: Yeah.

00:24:08.300 --> 00:24:14.540
JAMES: So we were a part of or kind of extras in other people's Star Wars event.

00:24:15.320 --> 00:24:16.820
JAMES: But we had a lot of fun with it.

00:24:17.080 --> 00:24:19.960
VIRGINIA: Are either of you going to bring a lightsaber with you on this trip?

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:29.080
CATE: No, I think we're going to maybe borrow one from our friends so that we don't have to worry about making sure it's packed properly and it's not going to break in the car.

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:38.900
JAMES: The weirdest thing for us is we always have to kind of pack and plan navigating whatever border region we get that day.

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:45.280
JAMES: So bringing a lightsaber, sure, it could be totally fine, or it could be the thing that delays us half a day.

00:24:45.300 --> 00:24:49.160
JAMES: So we tend to just refrain.

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:57.900
JAMES: Our car, in fact, would go through beforehand just to make sure there's nothing even in there that could be interpreted or perceived as a weapon or something.

00:24:57.920 --> 00:25:07.220
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I thought it would be easier for you driving through, but yeah, I know that you say that, I guess I can see how that would perhaps be interpreted the wrong way.

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:17.040
VIRGINIA: We had a hard time one time trying to bring a lightsaber on the plane from New York, like obviously in Orlando, they know exactly what it is.

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:23.080
VIRGINIA: But Alex was bringing one back with him for a future trip and wanted to bring it, obviously.

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:31.280
VIRGINIA: And we were going through security and they did the whole thing, like you have to step over here, what is this?

00:25:31.320 --> 00:25:36.100
VIRGINIA: He had it in his carrying case and the guy just had no idea and I was trying to explain.

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:44.020
VIRGINIA: And then he calls his manager over and the manager was so cool because he immediately walked up and he was like, what color kyber crystal you got there?

00:25:44.040 --> 00:25:46.720
VIRGINIA: And he started talking Star Wars with Alex.

00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:50.440
VIRGINIA: And so I was like, yeah, see, I told you it was harmless.

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:54.360
CATE: I was like, is that first guy never watched Star Wars?

00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:55.180
CATE: Is it possible?

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:56.440
CATE: You find the one person?

00:25:57.280 --> 00:25:58.500
VIRGINIA: It was so weird.

00:25:58.540 --> 00:26:03.220
VIRGINIA: We were like, you're seriously not going to let us do it because I was like, what are we going to do at this point?

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:05.140
VIRGINIA: Because this was his nice one he had built there.

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:11.760
CATE: So you know, yeah, so we built that lightsaber on the first trip and it has stayed home ever since then.

00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:29.060
JAMES: I would love to bring it down and like actually play with it, but it's more like a decorative see I'm torn because when I think about having props and stuff, when I was a kid, having all that stuff was always like kind of an annoyance thing that then you had to be responsible for.

00:26:29.080 --> 00:26:32.660
JAMES: Yeah, the one you build there doesn't collapse.

00:26:33.260 --> 00:26:35.420
JAMES: So you'd always have this thing over your shoulder.

00:26:35.560 --> 00:26:47.000
JAMES: So I think part of it was also like myself personally, it doesn't add any value for me to just kind of walk around with a stick in my like a lighting up stick in my hand.

00:26:49.040 --> 00:26:57.560
JAMES: So I won't be carrying anything extra, in fact, I try to carry as little as possible and somehow I end up with all of Cate's stuff.

00:26:57.580 --> 00:27:04.420
VIRGINIA: So she looks at him lovingly.

00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:09.000
JAMES: For me personally, it's really the experience, the people I'm around.

00:27:09.380 --> 00:27:14.140
JAMES: I would like to like cosplay a little, you know, without all the extra gear.

00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:18.540
JAMES: If I can make that happen in the short time.

00:27:18.560 --> 00:27:21.060
CATE: In the one hour that we're going to be there before we have to go to.

00:27:21.080 --> 00:27:33.880
JAMES: But if I don't, I'm not going to be upset because being there is just so magical in itself that being immersed in it with costume and all that won't really be a deal breaker for the experience for me.

00:27:34.580 --> 00:27:42.060
VIRGINIA: Yeah, they will probably, especially because it's May the 4th, have some lightsabers with the photopass photographers for people to hold.

00:27:42.080 --> 00:27:42.920
CATE: That would be awesome.

00:27:43.060 --> 00:27:46.600
CATE: Yeah, I don't have any lightsaber photos of myself.

00:27:46.620 --> 00:27:50.440
CATE: We have some really cool ones of James from that honeymoon trip, but I didn't get any.

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:52.360
VIRGINIA: Do you all have Memory Maker?

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.020
CATE: Yes.

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.860
VIRGINIA: Okay, fantastic.

00:27:55.560 --> 00:27:57.780
VIRGINIA: All right, anything else to note about May the 4th?

00:27:57.800 --> 00:27:59.320
JAMES: We're going to be exhausted.

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:30.240
VIRGINIA: All right, we've got 14 more days to get through, so we're not going to go into super big detail about the rest of these days just because this is a pre-trip report and we really want to hear the details when you get back, but let's go light speed and get through all the rest of the days and just find out a basic structure of what you're doing, what park are you going to, where are you having advanced dining reservations, and if there's anything specific that you think you should note, then please feel free to bring it up.

00:28:30.620 --> 00:28:31.940
VIRGINIA: All right, Sunday, May the 5th.

00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:34.000
CATE: This is going to be a really fun day.

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:42.180
CATE: So, with the same group of people, we're doing a boys versus girls four-park scavenger hunt challenge.

00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:43.480
VIRGINIA: Wow.

00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:45.700
VIRGINIA: Explain.

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:51.960
JAMES: She's like, okay, maybe we will stay here for a while.

00:28:52.020 --> 00:28:54.500
CATE: So it's not fully fleshed out yet.

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:56.940
CATE: We knew that we wanted to do four parks in one day.

00:28:56.960 --> 00:29:00.000
CATE: We know that we want to separate into groups.

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:05.380
CATE: We're going to have a bunch of different tasks worth different point values.

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:10.740
CATE: And whoever has the most points by the end of the day wins the challenge.

00:29:12.600 --> 00:29:13.900
VIRGINIA: Well, this sounds like fun.

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:16.940
CATE: We've never done four parks in one day before.

00:29:17.100 --> 00:29:18.680
CATE: Two is our max in one day.

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:19.800
JAMES: By accident.

00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:20.880
CATE: No, we park hopped.

00:29:21.280 --> 00:29:22.340
JAMES: No, it was by accident.

00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:30.660
JAMES: We were like, we're old and one park is normally all we can sustain, so.

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:36.820
VIRGINIA: I have also never done four parks in one day.

00:29:37.540 --> 00:29:40.320
VIRGINIA: And Alex and I are going to attempt it when we're there in June.

00:29:40.560 --> 00:29:41.040
CATE: Nice.

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:41.840
CATE: All right.

00:29:41.860 --> 00:29:45.460
VIRGINIA: So we will definitely want to hear about all of the rules.

00:29:45.520 --> 00:29:48.100
VIRGINIA: And because you will each be on a separate team, that's great.

00:29:48.120 --> 00:29:53.920
VIRGINIA: Because then we can get the perspective of what was happening on each team, you know, while the other one was not there.

00:29:54.120 --> 00:29:57.200
VIRGINIA: The big question I have is, what do you get if you win?

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:58.740
CATE: To be determined?

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:02.080
CATE: I guess we didn't talk about that yet.

00:30:02.080 --> 00:30:05.820
CATE: Maybe the winner buys a loser or the loser buys the winner dinner.

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:07.660
CATE: We'll have to talk.

00:30:08.560 --> 00:30:09.400
JAMES: It's not just my decision.

00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:12.100
JAMES: She's looking at me as if I have the magical answer.

00:30:12.300 --> 00:30:14.760
VIRGINIA: I mean, well, there are two ways you could do it.

00:30:14.780 --> 00:30:24.560
VIRGINIA: You could say, okay, if the guys win, the girls have to do something specific, like pay for them to go have a drink or something, I don't know, or vice versa.

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:29.880
VIRGINIA: Or you just within yourselves as a couple could say, this is how you and I are going to play this.

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:32.680
VIRGINIA: If I win, then yeah.

00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:34.060
CATE: I'm liking this.

00:30:34.080 --> 00:30:39.700
CATE: This is a way, like if I win, then you have to buy me 10 lounge flies.

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:42.860
VIRGINIA: Oh, that's a big prize.

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:45.800
JAMES: I mean, I probably already have.

00:30:47.040 --> 00:30:49.280
JAMES: Do I get any retroactive sort of?

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:51.700
VIRGINIA: You get credit for a couple.

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:55.560
JAMES: There's one argument I get to win, right?

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:57.320
CATE: You can win an argument.

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.680
VIRGINIA: Oh my goodness.

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.140
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:02.760
VIRGINIA: That sounds like a blast.

00:31:02.780 --> 00:31:05.820
VIRGINIA: I cannot wait to see how that all plays out.

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:06.540
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:31:06.560 --> 00:31:07.900
VIRGINIA: Monday, May the 6th.

00:31:08.320 --> 00:31:09.460
CATE: No big notes here.

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:10.540
CATE: We're going to do Epcot.

00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:12.280
CATE: It's extended evening hours.

00:31:12.560 --> 00:31:15.560
CATE: It's going to be our first time doing extended evening hours.

00:31:15.580 --> 00:31:16.900
CATE: So we're looking forward to it.

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:20.520
CATE: But other than that, nothing really specific about that day.

00:31:20.620 --> 00:31:21.520
JAMES: See the fireworks.

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:31.380
JAMES: We have yet to see, even though we've been there, like a lot of times where we could have seen it, we actually did not end up seeing it any one of those times.

00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:32.000
VIRGINIA: Same.

00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:37.480
VIRGINIA: My tip for extended evening hours at Epcot is that most of the food is closed.

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:42.400
VIRGINIA: So prepare yourself before the hours start to make sure you have eaten.

00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:45.060
VIRGINIA: I think the fish and chips is usually the only thing that's open.

00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:46.600
VIRGINIA: And maybe connections.

00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:58.500
VIRGINIA: And then when it comes to getting, like, quote unquote, getting things done during those hours because everything is so spread out, it's a little bit harder to do as much as you would at like Magic Kingdom extended hours.

00:31:58.640 --> 00:32:04.160
VIRGINIA: But any extra time you can spend in Epcot is a good day in my book.

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:04.800
CATE: Totally.

00:32:04.820 --> 00:32:08.480
CATE: And we're like nighttime park people, so that's our vibe.

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:17.240
JAMES: Yeah, we went to the very first after hours event, which was kind of the same, which we were surprised about.

00:32:17.260 --> 00:32:20.340
JAMES: Most of the food was closed and we did eat at the fish and chips.

00:32:20.360 --> 00:32:26.580
JAMES: But the weirder part about that event is that you couldn't go around all of World Showcase.

00:32:26.620 --> 00:32:30.560
JAMES: They cut it off between China and Germany or something.

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.720
CATE: Yeah, something like that.

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:32.600
JAMES: So you couldn't even walk.

00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:39.300
VIRGINIA: If you want to do Remy and then say, OK, let's go do Frozen, you have to walk away that maybe you would not have naturally.

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:41.440
VIRGINIA: Oh, I like how you both did that in sync.

00:32:41.860 --> 00:32:48.300
VIRGINIA: They both just wildly gestured going the way that you would need to go.

00:32:49.060 --> 00:32:53.900
VIRGINIA: Yes, it was sort of if they had had a wand in their hands, they would have activated something in a window in front of them.

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:55.800
VIRGINIA: I'm sure had they been at Universal.

00:32:58.720 --> 00:33:01.600
CATE: I could never get those things to work.

00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:05.780
JAMES: My wand was getting me to there.

00:33:05.800 --> 00:33:07.020
VIRGINIA: Yeah, those are tough sometimes.

00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:09.480
VIRGINIA: All right, Tuesday, May the 7th.

00:33:09.840 --> 00:33:14.100
CATE: Which by the way is his mom's birthday and my sister's birthday.

00:33:14.120 --> 00:33:15.620
CATE: So we'll be calling home that day.

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:22.940
CATE: And then we'll be going to Animal Kingdom and planning on walking to Disney Springs for dinner.

00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:26.460
VIRGINIA: Okay, so is Tuesday, May the 7th the day you check in to Saratoga?

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:27.980
CATE: No, that was actually the 5th.

00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:29.920
CATE: Whoops.

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:33.100
VIRGINIA: Wednesday, May the 8th.

00:33:33.520 --> 00:33:37.920
JAMES: Oh, so I really wanted to do Keys to the Kingdom.

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:44.040
JAMES: We did, but ever since I've been seeing videos on it, I've actually known about it.

00:33:44.060 --> 00:33:54.920
JAMES: And I think last trip, like we tried to do it last second, but you just can't get into it in like a couple of weeks, so that was a huge priority for this trip.

00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:58.440
JAMES: I really wanted to do this and thankfully Cate did too.

00:33:58.820 --> 00:34:00.820
JAMES: So we are doing that at 9.30 in the morning.

00:34:01.360 --> 00:34:06.460
JAMES: And then also for Magic Kingdom, there is extended evening hours till midnight that night.

00:34:06.900 --> 00:34:12.240
JAMES: So we're going to probably nap after and then just spend the rest of the day there because I love Magic Kingdom at night.

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:12.800
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:20.160
VIRGINIA: I was going to say knowing Cate, there's got to be a nap in here if you're doing 9.30 and extended evening hours because nobody loves a nap like Cate.

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:23.600
CATE: James is the one who got me into naps in the first place.

00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:28.860
VIRGINIA: A personal question, couch nap or bed nap?

00:34:29.080 --> 00:34:29.980
VIRGINIA: Because I have feelings.

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:30.740
CATE: Bed nap.

00:34:31.680 --> 00:34:32.480
VIRGINIA: James is thinking.

00:34:32.540 --> 00:34:34.560
JAMES: Like if I'm at home or if I'm-

00:34:34.580 --> 00:34:35.420
VIRGINIA: Yeah, if you're at home.

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.540
VIRGINIA: If you're at home.

00:34:37.020 --> 00:34:38.520
JAMES: Couch naps are better.

00:34:39.540 --> 00:34:40.000
VIRGINIA: Me too.

00:34:40.020 --> 00:34:40.640
VIRGINIA: I think so too.

00:34:41.600 --> 00:34:41.820
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.240
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:42.760
VIRGINIA: I would never-

00:34:45.060 --> 00:34:45.280
VIRGINIA: Exactly.

00:34:45.560 --> 00:34:46.140
VIRGINIA: Exactly.

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:50.600
VIRGINIA: Because if you lie down in your bed, it's like I'm going to bed for the night and then it's hard to get up.

00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:53.440
VIRGINIA: When you lay down on the couch, you're like, I'm here for like an hour.

00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:54.560
VIRGINIA: I'm good to go.

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:57.420
VIRGINIA: Laying down and then I'm getting back up and resuming my day.

00:34:58.120 --> 00:34:58.680
VIRGINIA: Thank you.

00:34:59.080 --> 00:35:01.000
VIRGINIA: I'm so glad we're in agreement on this.

00:35:03.160 --> 00:35:05.060
VIRGINIA: But totally different if you're in a resort.

00:35:05.540 --> 00:35:09.280
VIRGINIA: I don't think I would ever want to lay on the couch at a resort unless it was pulled out into bed warm.

00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:12.960
JAMES: I don't even want to sit on them mostly.

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:15.820
VIRGINIA: I know, honestly, like how often do they get cleaned?

00:35:15.820 --> 00:35:16.540
VIRGINIA: I'm not so sure.

00:35:16.560 --> 00:35:21.720
VIRGINIA: So all right, I am very jealous about this Keys to the Kingdom experience you're going to have.

00:35:22.140 --> 00:35:31.000
VIRGINIA: I myself am dying to do it, but have taken a sacred vow not to do it until Alex is 16 and able to do it with me.

00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:33.620
CATE: That makes sense.

00:35:33.720 --> 00:35:34.600
CATE: How old is he?

00:35:34.620 --> 00:35:35.600
CATE: How long do you have to wait?

00:35:36.160 --> 00:35:38.140
VIRGINIA: He will be 14 at the end of June.

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:42.700
VIRGINIA: So two years, well, probably two and a half years because we always go in February.

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:47.240
JAMES: So we actually heard a very interesting perspective on Keys to the Kingdom.

00:35:48.100 --> 00:35:54.220
JAMES: One person was saying they actually do it quite often because the cost for it, I think it's like 120.

00:35:54.240 --> 00:36:04.920
JAMES: It's not super expensive or it could be different today, maybe a little more, but the relative cost for what you get and all the magic you kind of get to experience and see.

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:12.560
JAMES: They said that this is something they almost try to do at least once on every trip they go because it's always different.

00:36:12.560 --> 00:36:18.060
JAMES: They say that each time you go, it is so dependent on who is actually leading the tour.

00:36:18.100 --> 00:36:21.280
JAMES: They've never had the same tour person, tour guide.

00:36:22.040 --> 00:36:28.320
JAMES: And so they said that it is like a completely different and magical experience every time.

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:34.040
JAMES: And so cost of value, they said that it's worth it to do it once on every trip.

00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:35.360
VIRGINIA: OK.

00:36:35.680 --> 00:36:40.280
VIRGINIA: I still have to wait till he's 16 to start because if I ever went without him, he would not be happy at all.

00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:41.020
CATE: Yeah, definitely.

00:36:42.100 --> 00:36:50.780
VIRGINIA: The one that we can do now, I really want to do the one at Animal Kingdom where you get to walk over the bridge and across the tops of the wild Africa trek.

00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:55.240
VIRGINIA: Yes, yes, because I think he's plenty old enough to do that.

00:36:55.300 --> 00:37:07.260
CATE: So badly, we almost booked up for this trip, but then we were like, you know what, since we go in the winter, I'd rather do it in a cooler month than when I'm going to be dripping and sweating buckets.

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:08.480
VIRGINIA: That's true.

00:37:08.660 --> 00:37:10.960
VIRGINIA: That's true because Animal Kingdom can get very hot.

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:11.620
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.300
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:13.060
JAMES: Even in the winter.

00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:14.720
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:15.780
VIRGINIA: For sure.

00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:19.380
VIRGINIA: All right, May the 9th, which is a Thursday.

00:37:20.680 --> 00:37:24.460
CATE: We have planned this as a semi-rest day.

00:37:25.160 --> 00:37:29.700
CATE: We have breakfast reservations at 1900 Park Fair.

00:37:31.120 --> 00:37:32.620
CATE: We have not tried it before.

00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:39.480
VIRGINIA: So this, with all the changes, will be the very first time you are experiencing it because the characters are different now.

00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:42.620
VIRGINIA: So I will be interested to hear how you like it.

00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:45.960
CATE: And I've heard good things about strawberry soup.

00:37:46.160 --> 00:37:50.180
CATE: So that's like on my radar of what we need to get.

00:37:51.200 --> 00:37:52.280
VIRGINIA: Yes, it's good.

00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:52.880
VIRGINIA: It's cold.

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:54.780
CATE: It's like a strawberry smoothie.

00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:55.300
CATE: I've heard.

00:37:55.320 --> 00:38:00.080
VIRGINIA: It's like a strawberry smoothie, but just like thinner and you eat it like a soup.

00:38:00.080 --> 00:38:01.040
VIRGINIA: It's very good.

00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:10.240
VIRGINIA: I would really like to go back at some point, but I'm having a hard time getting past the fact that the stepmother and step-sisters will not be there.

00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:11.620
CATE: Yeah, I would have liked to.

00:38:11.860 --> 00:38:12.660
VIRGINIA: They're so good.

00:38:12.680 --> 00:38:14.220
VIRGINIA: At the same time, you get to see Tiana.

00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:15.800
VIRGINIA: So, I mean, that's a win.

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:20.660
CATE: For me personally, Mirabelle is one of my absolute favorite Disney characters of all time.

00:38:20.680 --> 00:38:21.920
VIRGINIA: I forgot she's going to be there.

00:38:22.160 --> 00:38:22.960
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:38:23.380 --> 00:38:27.860
VIRGINIA: You definitely need to wear something that's just tribute to her that day if you have something already.

00:38:28.540 --> 00:38:29.260
VIRGINIA: Or if you don't.

00:38:30.180 --> 00:38:30.780
VIRGINIA: Oh, do you?

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:33.580
VIRGINIA: James is like, we have multiple things.

00:38:34.640 --> 00:38:35.100
VIRGINIA: From T.Mu.

00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:38.020
CATE: Two years ago?

00:38:38.040 --> 00:38:38.800
CATE: No, not from T.Mu.

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:42.020
CATE: This is actually just like a little t-shirt that I made.

00:38:42.080 --> 00:38:56.060
CATE: Yeah, for two years ago, New Year's Eve, the first time that we did New Year's Eve, I made us little matching shirts that said fantastical and magical, and they have like little fireworks with Mickey hearts or heads in the center.

00:38:56.640 --> 00:39:00.240
CATE: And I think we're both packing those, so maybe we'll do a matching shirt day.

00:39:01.560 --> 00:39:02.020
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:03.640
JAMES: You've a dress too, don't you?

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:04.660
CATE: Not of Mirabelle.

00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:06.320
JAMES: Every other princess.

00:39:08.020 --> 00:39:09.740
VIRGINIA: Do you have a Mirabelle lounge lie?

00:39:10.120 --> 00:39:19.080
CATE: I have an inconto one with like the casita and like tiny little images of all the characters.

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:27.500
CATE: But there's this really cool Mirabelle one that I saw recently that someone posted at Marshall's and I keep looking for it and I don't think I'll find it.

00:39:27.520 --> 00:39:30.460
CATE: So maybe I should just pack that one to bring with me.

00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:31.380
CATE: Yeah.

00:39:31.580 --> 00:39:32.140
VIRGINIA: Why not?

00:39:32.160 --> 00:39:35.380
VIRGINIA: Then it gives you something to talk about with her when she comes around to your table.

00:39:36.240 --> 00:39:36.560
CATE: Yeah.

00:39:36.720 --> 00:39:37.160
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:39:39.720 --> 00:39:40.680
VIRGINIA: Anything else?

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:43.600
VIRGINIA: Are you going to be using the pool or anything?

00:39:43.620 --> 00:39:44.420
JAMES: Discounts.

00:39:45.140 --> 00:39:47.000
CATE: Character warehouse, outlet mall.

00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:47.660
CATE: Character warehouse.

00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:48.280
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:39:49.260 --> 00:39:49.660
VIRGINIA: Nice.

00:39:50.260 --> 00:39:50.900
CATE: Big fans.

00:39:51.300 --> 00:39:52.280
VIRGINIA: Me too.

00:39:52.820 --> 00:39:53.900
VIRGINIA: Friday May the 10th.

00:39:54.300 --> 00:39:58.200
CATE: So on Friday, we check out of Saratoga.

00:39:58.720 --> 00:40:03.360
CATE: We meet up with some friends and then we drive to the beach for the weekend.

00:40:03.580 --> 00:40:04.180
JAMES: Clear water.

00:40:04.540 --> 00:40:05.340
VIRGINIA: Clear water.

00:40:06.760 --> 00:40:08.820
VIRGINIA: And you have family there, correct?

00:40:09.180 --> 00:40:11.300
CATE: My parents have a house there.

00:40:11.300 --> 00:40:15.960
CATE: So my parents are going to be in Toronto and they have kindly given us the keys.

00:40:16.640 --> 00:40:17.920
VIRGINIA: Which friends are you meeting up with?

00:40:17.940 --> 00:40:20.080
VIRGINIA: The same ones or a different group this time?

00:40:20.100 --> 00:40:20.800
CATE: Same friends.

00:40:21.880 --> 00:40:24.440
VIRGINIA: When you meet up with them, are you doing breakfast?

00:40:24.460 --> 00:40:24.900
VIRGINIA: What are you doing?

00:40:26.900 --> 00:40:27.720
CATE: We're just driving.

00:40:29.720 --> 00:40:31.200
VIRGINIA: Oh, they're coming with you to the beach.

00:40:31.560 --> 00:40:32.020
CATE: Yes.

00:40:33.060 --> 00:40:33.420
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:35.060
VIRGINIA: Okay, I lost that detail.

00:40:35.660 --> 00:40:37.020
VIRGINIA: That was lost in translation for me.

00:40:37.040 --> 00:40:38.800
VIRGINIA: No, it's totally me.

00:40:39.600 --> 00:40:41.720
VIRGINIA: Okay, so they are all coming to the beach with you.

00:40:41.720 --> 00:40:42.920
VIRGINIA: That is exciting.

00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:47.480
VIRGINIA: And you said that you will be there for basically the weekend.

00:40:47.500 --> 00:40:52.080
VIRGINIA: So you're there Friday, May 10th and leaving on Monday the 13th?

00:40:52.100 --> 00:40:52.640
VIRGINIA: Is that right?

00:40:52.660 --> 00:40:54.480
CATE: No, we'll leave on Sunday.

00:40:55.500 --> 00:41:04.440
CATE: I think Sunday is Mother's Day, so Daina will want some family time and we check into Kidani Village on Sunday.

00:41:04.780 --> 00:41:08.400
VIRGINIA: Are you going to be doing any part time that day?

00:41:09.140 --> 00:41:10.620
VIRGINIA: If so, is it Animal Kingdom?

00:41:11.400 --> 00:41:22.020
CATE: Maybe depending on when we get in, not Animal Kingdom, we are thinking of perhaps going over to Epcot to see if we can catch a simple plan set.

00:41:22.520 --> 00:41:27.480
CATE: One of my favorite bands ever and I am so stoked that they are playing while we're there.

00:41:27.620 --> 00:41:30.860
JAMES: A recent favorite band though, not always one of their favorites.

00:41:30.880 --> 00:41:31.540
CATE: That is true.

00:41:32.340 --> 00:41:33.860
VIRGINIA: I have to look them up.

00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:40.520
VIRGINIA: I've heard of them and I feel certain that they have hits that I've probably heard a million times, but I don't know what they are.

00:41:40.540 --> 00:41:42.560
CATE: I can send you some tracks.

00:41:43.180 --> 00:41:43.740
VIRGINIA: Oh, please.

00:41:43.760 --> 00:41:44.320
VIRGINIA: Please do.

00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:44.920
VIRGINIA: Please do.

00:41:44.940 --> 00:41:57.540
VIRGINIA: I am always, I'm one of those people that I get like in, I don't know, I get caught on if I like something, I will listen to it, listen to it, listen to it until then it's like I cannot listen to this anymore, and then I move on to the next thing.

00:41:57.860 --> 00:41:59.440
CATE: I can empathize with that statement.

00:41:59.740 --> 00:42:00.240
JAMES: Both of us.

00:42:01.480 --> 00:42:11.840
JAMES: Especially, you know what, I will say for music today, I don't find, personally, I don't find a lot of the new stuff coming out over the inventive.

00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:21.180
JAMES: And so I've actually found myself regressing and kind of listening to a lot more of the things, you know, that brought me good feelings, happy times when I was younger.

00:42:21.540 --> 00:42:27.440
JAMES: And so Simple Plan actually was a band that came out, I was in my teens still, I'm 40 now, right?

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:30.120
CATE: And I hated them when they first came out.

00:42:30.140 --> 00:42:37.300
CATE: Like I remember I met them at like one of those big festival shows and I was like, wow, these guys are kind of snobby or something.

00:42:37.320 --> 00:42:39.660
CATE: And it was just probably a weird perception thing.

00:42:39.980 --> 00:42:45.820
CATE: So then I just like, I decided that I hated their music until I met James and he started playing some of their stuff.

00:42:45.840 --> 00:42:48.420
CATE: And I'm like, wow, I love this band so much.

00:42:50.640 --> 00:42:51.800
VIRGINIA: Well, how old were you then?

00:42:51.820 --> 00:43:01.740
VIRGINIA: Because I mean, if you were looking at it through the lens of a teenager, then maybe reflecting back on like with your adult eyes, you can be like, no, they weren't being weird.

00:43:01.760 --> 00:43:06.100
VIRGINIA: They were just like tired from a long day of meeting, greeting people.

00:43:06.980 --> 00:43:09.740
CATE: They spoke primarily French, I think, at the time.

00:43:17.840 --> 00:43:23.840
JAMES: Why they got hate a lot is because they were like the prototypical emo band.

00:43:23.860 --> 00:43:37.360
JAMES: They were very popular emo band and they sang very emo sort of songs, but yet they would be at all these festivals with like really heavy, really heavy punk bands and stuff like Rancid would be there.

00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:45.240
JAMES: And there was one festival I was at, in fact, and they were on the stage right before Rancid was supposed to come on.

00:43:45.600 --> 00:43:52.360
JAMES: And so there was a pile of Rancid fans and they were literally throwing bottles at Simple Plan on the stage.

00:43:53.540 --> 00:44:01.740
JAMES: So I think, I think there was just, and you know how teenagers are, they for whatever reason, they hate everything.

00:44:02.480 --> 00:44:07.180
JAMES: But now that I'm older, I've probably liked them a lot more now.

00:44:07.280 --> 00:44:13.640
JAMES: And I've really come to learn the beauty of their music and the things they sing about.

00:44:13.660 --> 00:44:16.880
JAMES: And so I appreciate it so much more now.

00:44:16.980 --> 00:44:23.240
JAMES: And you just kind of realize like the good values that these bands were actually trying to say.

00:44:23.260 --> 00:44:35.200
JAMES: And when you're young and dumb and whatever, you don't really, you're not listening to it necessarily for the lyrics, you're like the beat and you're, you know, it's something you can kind of jam to or whatever.

00:44:35.340 --> 00:44:39.600
JAMES: So but today they're one of our top bands for sure.

00:44:39.740 --> 00:44:40.020
CATE: Yeah.

00:44:40.240 --> 00:44:40.700
VIRGINIA: Cool.

00:44:40.720 --> 00:44:48.740
VIRGINIA: Well, that's really amazing that it overlaps with your travel plan so that you can potentially go see them if you have the energy to do so.

00:44:51.120 --> 00:44:52.780
VIRGINIA: Monday, May the 13th.

00:44:53.660 --> 00:45:01.680
CATE: It's our actual Epcot Day and so we have the Garden Rocks dining package.

00:45:01.920 --> 00:45:10.980
CATE: So we'll be having breakfast at Garden Grill and then we have the reserved seating for the 645 Simple Plan Show.

00:45:12.440 --> 00:45:20.360
VIRGINIA: So regardless of whether you feel like doing it on the Sunday, you will know that you have it planned for the Monday.

00:45:20.820 --> 00:45:21.320
CATE: Definitely.

00:45:22.400 --> 00:45:24.620
VIRGINIA: All right, Tuesday, May the 14th.

00:45:25.560 --> 00:45:27.580
CATE: Magic Kingdom, no other notes.

00:45:30.580 --> 00:45:31.240
VIRGINIA: Perfection.

00:45:31.360 --> 00:45:31.860
VIRGINIA: No notes.

00:45:32.020 --> 00:45:32.400
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:45:33.320 --> 00:45:44.340
JAMES: Well, Magic Kingdom, there's twice now where we've had to just kind of leave abruptly because either the environment or we're feeling it.

00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:48.420
JAMES: Like the last time we left because we're just like this, we're not feeling this.

00:45:48.420 --> 00:45:54.660
JAMES: Like it was like 11, of course, we did our early, our version of rope dropping.

00:45:54.720 --> 00:46:03.480
CATE: No, we actually rope dropped that day because we got Tron boarding group six and you were like, I wanted to sleep in, but then I got the best boarding group ever.

00:46:03.840 --> 00:46:07.780
JAMES: So after that, we were just kind of like, we're not feeling this.

00:46:07.880 --> 00:46:12.100
JAMES: And so we took off and went to discount and shopped.

00:46:12.360 --> 00:46:17.520
JAMES: And then the time before that they had extending evening hours, but I don't think it was just deluxe.

00:46:17.580 --> 00:46:19.100
JAMES: I think it was like for everyone.

00:46:19.200 --> 00:46:22.000
CATE: It was just a late night and it was jam packed.

00:46:22.020 --> 00:46:26.540
JAMES: And it was like, literally, they said they were not even permitting any other people.

00:46:26.560 --> 00:46:33.180
JAMES: And we were with another group that we literally walked in, did a circle around the front part and just walked right back out.

00:46:33.720 --> 00:46:36.040
JAMES: And then we went to...

00:46:36.660 --> 00:46:37.920
JAMES: We went bar hopping.

00:46:37.940 --> 00:46:38.480
CATE: Yeah.

00:46:38.560 --> 00:46:39.320
JAMES: Hotel hopping.

00:46:40.000 --> 00:46:42.440
VIRGINIA: Well, that's a good alternative, in my opinion.

00:46:42.840 --> 00:46:43.460
CATE: Definitely.

00:46:44.280 --> 00:46:52.580
VIRGINIA: And that, my friends, is the beauty of an annual pass, because you can dip into a park and dip right back out, Wednesday, May the 15th.

00:46:53.120 --> 00:46:55.840
CATE: This is our Animal Kingdom Day.

00:46:56.400 --> 00:46:57.900
CATE: And at 10 a.m.

00:46:57.920 --> 00:47:00.480
CATE: on this day, we have Caring for Giants booked.

00:47:01.720 --> 00:47:06.060
VIRGINIA: Oh, and you were going to try to do that before and didn't get to for some reason, right?

00:47:06.780 --> 00:47:07.280
CATE: Yes.

00:47:07.780 --> 00:47:10.240
CATE: So we're very excited to see elephants.

00:47:11.320 --> 00:47:15.460
VIRGINIA: I wonder, do you think you'll get to see Cora, the baby elephant?

00:47:16.000 --> 00:47:17.140
CATE: I sure hope so.

00:47:17.240 --> 00:47:22.520
CATE: I saw some of Krista's photos and Krista is Canucks Who Disney.

00:47:23.160 --> 00:47:27.020
CATE: She was just there last week, I think, or two weeks ago.

00:47:27.240 --> 00:47:37.860
CATE: And she did, I don't remember if it was on the Wild Africa track or the Caring for Giants, but she has photos of little baby Cora and I really hope we get to see her.

00:47:39.340 --> 00:47:41.040
VIRGINIA: So cute, so cute.

00:47:41.360 --> 00:47:41.820
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:47:42.080 --> 00:47:44.500
VIRGINIA: Thursday, May the 16th, we're nearing the end.

00:47:44.520 --> 00:47:49.900
VIRGINIA: So I'm guessing this is when you are moving over to Riverside?

00:47:50.660 --> 00:47:51.480
CATE: Not yet.

00:47:51.500 --> 00:47:56.320
CATE: So we're still at Kidani for one more night there.

00:47:57.200 --> 00:48:02.400
CATE: We're going to do Epcot and then we're going to have dinner off property with our friends.

00:48:03.160 --> 00:48:05.880
VIRGINIA: Anywhere special that you've been to before that you'd recommend?

00:48:06.360 --> 00:48:09.440
VIRGINIA: Because I think sometimes people are not sure what to do when they go off property.

00:48:10.360 --> 00:48:24.980
CATE: So I have not been to this place, but Daina has and it's called Simply Capri and it's an Italian place that I believe is also the owners also own Via Napoli at Epcot.

00:48:26.580 --> 00:48:27.040
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:48:27.060 --> 00:48:32.460
VIRGINIA: So then it's bound to be good and probably more affordable because it's off property.

00:48:32.640 --> 00:48:34.720
JAMES: Is there anything out there really?

00:48:35.700 --> 00:48:40.320
VIRGINIA: I mean, when you put it on Disney property, it automatically shoots up by a little bit.

00:48:40.340 --> 00:48:41.940
CATE: Yeah, definitely.

00:48:41.960 --> 00:48:43.100
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:48:43.200 --> 00:48:44.820
VIRGINIA: Friday, May the 17th.

00:48:46.480 --> 00:48:59.620
CATE: So this is when we check out of Animal Kingdom and we have an 1145 breakfast at Topolinos Terrace, which is our absolute favorite character dining place.

00:49:01.060 --> 00:49:05.960
CATE: And then that's the night that we also check in to Port Orleans Riverside.

00:49:06.300 --> 00:49:10.940
CATE: And we're just going to spend a day checking out the resort and hanging out in our royal room.

00:49:12.660 --> 00:49:14.100
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:49:15.680 --> 00:49:17.500
VIRGINIA: Are you going to walk over to get beignets?

00:49:18.300 --> 00:49:18.640
CATE: Yes.

00:49:20.340 --> 00:49:20.680
VIRGINIA: Good.

00:49:20.760 --> 00:49:22.500
VIRGINIA: That's probably the correct answer.

00:49:22.520 --> 00:49:31.640
CATE: Probably we will also walk over there or drive over there before we start the drive home the next day so that we can have beignets on the car ride home.

00:49:32.540 --> 00:49:33.000
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:49:33.260 --> 00:49:33.780
VIRGINIA: I love it.

00:49:33.800 --> 00:49:34.220
VIRGINIA: I love it.

00:49:34.220 --> 00:49:34.560
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:49:34.660 --> 00:49:35.180
VIRGINIA: Question.

00:49:35.200 --> 00:49:37.240
VIRGINIA: Do you prefer a plain beignet?

00:49:37.920 --> 00:49:41.640
CATE: I have not tried anything other than a plain beignet.

00:49:42.420 --> 00:49:49.380
VIRGINIA: I have had the ones with the, that come with like the dipping sauce, which I guess that's still a plain beignet, but you can get it with the caramel.

00:49:49.620 --> 00:49:50.100
CATE: Yeah.

00:49:50.240 --> 00:49:51.540
CATE: I do like the caramel sauce.

00:49:52.440 --> 00:49:59.660
VIRGINIA: And what I am interested to try, just to see if I like it, is the, they have the, like, is it rum?

00:49:59.680 --> 00:50:00.520
CATE: The boozy ones?

00:50:00.720 --> 00:50:01.140
CATE: Yeah.

00:50:01.160 --> 00:50:01.540
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:50:01.580 --> 00:50:02.900
VIRGINIA: The boozy beignets.

00:50:03.160 --> 00:50:04.180
VIRGINIA: You can inject it.

00:50:04.200 --> 00:50:07.160
VIRGINIA: Like you're like, I don't know, giving it a vaccine or something.

00:50:09.720 --> 00:50:10.880
JAMES: They also, what do they do?

00:50:10.900 --> 00:50:16.180
JAMES: They do like the fireball whiskey, and I think they do Baileys.

00:50:17.080 --> 00:50:19.460
CATE: I don't know that much about boozy beignets.

00:50:21.960 --> 00:50:22.180
CATE: Yeah.

00:50:22.200 --> 00:50:22.420
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:50:22.460 --> 00:50:24.680
VIRGINIA: I think it's, I think it's worth, worth trying.

00:50:24.700 --> 00:50:39.200
VIRGINIA: Although I did hear from somebody that they recommended, instead of actually injecting it into the beignet, inject it into the little paper tray thingy, because then you could take your beignet and dunk into it, as opposed to making a huge mess that every time you take a bite.

00:50:39.220 --> 00:50:40.400
VIRGINIA: I mean, beignets are messy enough.

00:50:40.420 --> 00:50:42.880
CATE: I was thinking you would just inject it right into your mouth.

00:50:43.460 --> 00:50:44.820
VIRGINIA: I mean, you could.

00:50:45.080 --> 00:50:47.540
VIRGINIA: That's an option that is, that is allowed.

00:50:48.780 --> 00:50:58.620
JAMES: To be honest, though, is there really like a clean beignet, like whether you inject it with something or not, you're getting covered in something.

00:50:59.960 --> 00:51:00.260
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:51:00.360 --> 00:51:01.960
VIRGINIA: Do not wear a dark color shirt.

00:51:05.680 --> 00:51:06.380
VIRGINIA: Oh my goodness.

00:51:06.980 --> 00:51:07.480
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:51:07.540 --> 00:51:09.340
VIRGINIA: Saturday, May the 18th.

00:51:09.940 --> 00:51:10.560
JAMES: Sadly.

00:51:10.720 --> 00:51:11.400
CATE: Checking out.

00:51:11.780 --> 00:51:12.440
CATE: Driving home.

00:51:13.700 --> 00:51:15.500
VIRGINIA: What time do you think you'll be hitting the road?

00:51:15.520 --> 00:51:16.860
CATE: I don't know.

00:51:17.100 --> 00:51:25.940
CATE: I personally hope we can maybe do it a little bit more relaxed, knowing that we have the day off, but it depends on if we really...

00:51:26.980 --> 00:51:29.480
CATE: We could extend it into a three-day drive.

00:51:29.500 --> 00:51:32.760
CATE: I don't think either of us really wants to do that, but we could.

00:51:32.780 --> 00:51:40.440
CATE: The option is there, but I prefer not to wake up super early after this massive jam packed schedule.

00:51:40.940 --> 00:51:41.200
CATE: Yeah.

00:51:41.220 --> 00:51:44.320
VIRGINIA: You could decide on the road, how you're feeling.

00:51:44.600 --> 00:51:46.080
VIRGINIA: When do you want to stop and take a break?

00:51:46.640 --> 00:51:47.140
CATE: Totally.

00:51:47.360 --> 00:51:50.080
JAMES: Sometimes, we would like to extend it.

00:51:50.100 --> 00:51:52.560
JAMES: There's some really interesting cities.

00:51:52.580 --> 00:51:54.560
JAMES: We love Columbia.

00:51:54.720 --> 00:51:55.480
CATE: South Carolina.

00:51:55.500 --> 00:51:56.740
JAMES: South Carolina is one of our...

00:51:57.340 --> 00:52:03.000
JAMES: It was somewhere we accidentally ended up on maybe our first driving trip, which is many.

00:52:04.760 --> 00:52:11.100
JAMES: We just loved the town and we ended up eating at a really awesome local breakfast place that was run by three people.

00:52:12.300 --> 00:52:21.900
CATE: We didn't leave to continue the road trip until noon, so it's nice to stay in a city for a little bit of time, even if you're not extending it.

00:52:21.920 --> 00:52:26.400
CATE: It's different than just driving in, going to Sheetz, charging the car and leaving.

00:52:27.360 --> 00:52:27.880
VIRGINIA: That's true.

00:52:28.140 --> 00:52:28.960
VIRGINIA: That is very true.

00:52:29.740 --> 00:52:45.540
VIRGINIA: As I've been to Columbia so many times in my life and never really seen the town, because it was always a halfway point from where I grew up in North Carolina to getting to Charleston, where we used to go to the beach on the Isle of Palms.

00:52:46.180 --> 00:52:49.220
VIRGINIA: Columbia was just our place to stop and have lunch.

00:52:49.800 --> 00:52:56.300
VIRGINIA: All I know of Columbia, South Carolina is the Hardee's that's right off the road where we would stop and have lunch.

00:52:57.220 --> 00:53:00.440
CATE: We have bad stories about bad Hardee's.

00:53:05.560 --> 00:53:10.460
VIRGINIA: Oh, no, I mean, to be fair, this was in the 80s, so I'm going to age myself there.

00:53:10.480 --> 00:53:16.060
VIRGINIA: This was definitely in the 80s and it probably has had plenty of time to adjust.

00:53:16.080 --> 00:53:22.580
VIRGINIA: I remember liking it, but I mean, it was Hardee's, it was not five-star dining or anything like that.

00:53:23.460 --> 00:53:37.480
VIRGINIA: But anyway, all right, well, this is an epic adventure starting with May the 4th really kicking things off for you, which is really kicking things off with a bang.

00:53:37.680 --> 00:53:58.440
VIRGINIA: So I can't wait to hear all about how it is and especially your adventures with all these friends and especially the challenge you're going to be doing because this is is just such a fun concept and I can't wait to hear how it evolves and what the rules are and what the prize is for whoever wins.

00:53:59.400 --> 00:54:01.300
CATE: Yeah, we will have to determine a prize.

00:54:02.400 --> 00:54:05.820
JAMES: We actually will be vlogging all of it.

00:54:05.900 --> 00:54:13.320
JAMES: We've got multi-camera setups now planned and so we will have something fun for this.

00:54:14.820 --> 00:54:21.560
JAMES: But yeah, we're going to wing it a little because we're like days away, like that's this Sunday.

00:54:22.340 --> 00:54:25.600
CATE: And it's Tuesday.

00:54:25.620 --> 00:54:29.740
JAMES: But we do have a long drive to think about things and plan and so on.

00:54:30.280 --> 00:54:34.500
VIRGINIA: Yes, especially Cate's Batu name, right?

00:54:34.600 --> 00:54:35.000
CATE: Yes.

00:54:35.540 --> 00:54:36.680
CATE: We're going to need a report.

00:54:37.000 --> 00:54:41.880
VIRGINIA: We need a report back on that because we don't want to leave listeners hanging.

00:54:42.700 --> 00:54:43.700
VIRGINIA: They're going to be wondering.

00:54:44.340 --> 00:54:48.700
CATE: I will add that to my little to-do list to make sure that I don't forget.

00:54:49.920 --> 00:54:50.900
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:54:50.900 --> 00:54:53.740
VIRGINIA: And if you have enough time, James will need a name too.

00:54:56.900 --> 00:54:57.920
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:54:57.940 --> 00:55:00.840
VIRGINIA: Whether you're costumed or not, I think everyone needs a Batu name.

00:55:01.140 --> 00:55:03.300
VIRGINIA: I'm going to challenge you both to come up with something.

00:55:03.520 --> 00:55:12.820
JAMES: I do have a good one that people used to joke around calling me, but they would do it with like the accented way, so it's James, but they would go Yamis.

00:55:13.160 --> 00:55:14.360
JAMES: So maybe it could be-

00:55:15.260 --> 00:55:17.020
JAMES: That's kind of like the Star Wars name.

00:55:17.480 --> 00:55:18.040
VIRGINIA: I like it.

00:55:18.140 --> 00:55:18.820
VIRGINIA: I like it.

00:55:18.940 --> 00:55:19.440
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:55:19.640 --> 00:55:20.760
VIRGINIA: Well done, Yamis.

00:55:21.440 --> 00:55:22.040
JAMES: There we go.

00:55:23.660 --> 00:55:26.180
VIRGINIA: I mean, you could be like Cate or something.

00:55:26.640 --> 00:55:27.200
CATE: There we go.

00:55:27.680 --> 00:55:31.160
CATE: Which is kind of like what my nonna would call me.

00:55:31.660 --> 00:55:34.460
CATE: It's Ca or Caterina.

00:55:35.360 --> 00:55:36.600
CATE: That's like the Italian ver-

00:55:36.660 --> 00:55:38.620
CATE: that's my Italian name is Caterina.

00:55:39.580 --> 00:55:41.660
CATE: So I could go with something like that.

00:55:41.680 --> 00:55:42.620
JAMES: Mine's Giacomo.

00:55:43.200 --> 00:55:43.900
CATE: Yeah, that's true.

00:55:43.920 --> 00:55:44.840
CATE: That's your name in Italian.

00:55:45.400 --> 00:55:46.700
VIRGINIA: Giacomo Finale.

00:55:51.920 --> 00:55:56.980
VIRGINIA: Well, thank you both and we will speak after you get back and hear all about this magical adventure.

00:55:57.000 --> 00:55:57.800
VIRGINIA: Thank you so much.

00:55:58.380 --> 00:55:59.500
CATE: Thank you so much.

00:55:59.520 --> 00:56:00.320
CATE: This was awesome.

00:56:00.340 --> 00:56:00.620
CATE: Yep.

00:56:02.920 --> 00:56:05.520
VIRGINIA: Thank you to Cate and James for joining me on the show.

00:56:05.820 --> 00:56:07.820
VIRGINIA: Their post-trip episode is up now.

00:56:08.540 --> 00:56:15.060
VIRGINIA: As you will have heard in the episode, this trip was planned by Cate's travel planner, Stacey, whose information is in the show notes.

00:56:15.320 --> 00:56:21.660
VIRGINIA: So if you reach out to Stacey, make sure you let her know that you were referred by Cate via Where I Long To Be Podcast.

00:56:22.260 --> 00:56:30.760
VIRGINIA: Since getting this specific trip on the books, Cate has actually joined the ranks of travel agent herself, so her information is also in the show notes.

00:56:31.040 --> 00:56:34.580
VIRGINIA: I know you will be in good hands with both Stacey or Cate.

00:56:35.460 --> 00:56:36.540
VIRGINIA: That's all for today.

00:56:36.920 --> 00:56:40.820
VIRGINIA: Thank you for listening and keep daydreaming about where you long to be.