Pre-Trip Report: Daina & Kristina’s California Dream Trip (September 2024)

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VIRGINIA: Welcome to Where I Long To Be, a Magical Trip Report Podcast.

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VIRGINIA: My name is Virginia, and I am happy to be your host.

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VIRGINIA: This week is Halloween, so it feels like the perfect time to share the pre-trip details of Daina and Kristina's trip with you all, since Halloween was so much of their focus.

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VIRGINIA: I've been crossing paths with Daina and Kristina for a while now, so I was thrilled to finally be able to chat with them and get to know them a little bit.

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VIRGINIA: We have so many friends in common, many of whom I'm sure are listening today, so shout out to all of you.

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VIRGINIA: You know who you are.

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VIRGINIA: And with that, let's dive right into the episode.

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VIRGINIA: Welcome Daina and Kristina.

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VIRGINIA: I have two very special guests with me today, Daina and Kristina.

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VIRGINIA: Welcome ladies.

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KRISTINA: Hi.

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KRISTINA: Hello.

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DAINA: So good to be here.

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VIRGINIA: So happy to have you here.

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VIRGINIA: I feel like this introduction is such a long time in the making because the two of you are such good friends with a lot of people that I'm friends with.

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VIRGINIA: And we've just never crossed paths, but I've seen so many of your photos and your Instagram reels and I've tagged you both so many times because you come up in conversations with people that I've interviewed in the past.

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VIRGINIA: So it's kind of like, okay, finally, finally, we get to have our moment.

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VIRGINIA: So I'm thrilled that you are both here.

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VIRGINIA: So I'm going to ask both of you to introduce yourselves, give your handle from Instagram, and just maybe a little bit about who you are, where you are in the world, and how you came to be the Disney fans that you are.

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VIRGINIA: So, Daina, you want to start?

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DAINA: Sure.

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DAINA: I'll go.

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DAINA: Hey, everyone.

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DAINA: I'm Daina.

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DAINA: Instagram handle is 999 Happy Haunts Here.

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DAINA: The nines are numbers.

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DAINA: I currently live in Winter Garden, Florida.

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DAINA: So right down the street from Walt Disney World, I can actually see the Magic Kingdom Castle and fireworks from my apartment, which is fantastic.

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DAINA: So I love being able to just pop in whenever, right?

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DAINA: By day, my career, I'm a Senior Instructional Designer for a large corporate company.

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DAINA: So I work in the DEI space doing learning and development trainings that I create for the company.

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DAINA: Oh gosh, love of Disney.

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DAINA: It goes back from as far as I can remember, like my dad is a huge theme park goer.

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DAINA: He loves theme parks.

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DAINA: My mom also loved it as well, but it was really my dad who was like the person when we lived in Texas growing up.

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DAINA: He was like, we're going every year to Disney and Universal.

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DAINA: It was just our yearly vacation that we did, and so I have all those special memories and things like that.

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DAINA: It's even more important and special to me now because my parents ended up getting divorced a few years ago.

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DAINA: I had those memories as a family back then, so it just has a different meaning to me now.

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DAINA: But definitely give it to my dad for instilling that love of the theme parks for me.

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DAINA: He actually taught in Florida when we moved from Texas, and he was a cast member on the weekends working parking at Hollywood Studios.

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DAINA: While he was also teaching middle school during the week, and then he actually did the opening show of Light Motors and Action Show that was at Hollywood Studios.

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DAINA: So he loves it just as much as I did.

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DAINA: So major props and kudos to him for instilling that love in me.

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DAINA: Now I've spread it to Ariel and all that good stuff.

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VIRGINIA: Is he still visiting the parks regularly?

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DAINA: He did move back to Texas several years ago, quite a while ago now.

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DAINA: He has not been back.

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DAINA: He did fly out like solo a few years ago.

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DAINA: Now he's of their age where he would need like a scooter and things like that.

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DAINA: So he's a little scared of the airlines and the delays and things that are very common nowadays.

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DAINA: So I'm working on getting him out here so that we can take him to go for a little bit.

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DAINA: So hopefully, fingers crossed, everybody send your pixie dust so that I can get him to brave the plane to get out here and then we'll take care of him to get him to the parks.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, we definitely will send all the pixie dust away.

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VIRGINIA: All right, Kristina, you're up.

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KRISTINA: My name is Kristina.

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KRISTINA: Instagram handle is World Showcase Adventures.

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KRISTINA: And I would have to say my first experience with Disney, it was my first trip ever.

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KRISTINA: I remember it was I was five years old and we went to Disneyland.

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KRISTINA: It was the first trip I can remember and grew up in Illinois.

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KRISTINA: So trips maybe were like once every other year.

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KRISTINA: But as soon as I graduated from high school, we moved to Jacksonville, Florida.

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KRISTINA: And since then, we've been pass holders since 2001.

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KRISTINA: And then we finally moved down to Orlando about three years ago.

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KRISTINA: Me and my husband and again, still pass holders.

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KRISTINA: But I just love being able to pop in whenever we want.

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KRISTINA: I'm not as close as Daina.

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KRISTINA: It does take me just a little bit longer, but it's better than being in another state.

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VIRGINIA: So yeah, tell me about it.

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VIRGINIA: So when you were growing up in Illinois, did you always go to Disneyland or did you kind of go back and forth between world and land?

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KRISTINA: It was the only trip I remembered.

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KRISTINA: To California was that first one.

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KRISTINA: All the other ones were to Florida.

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KRISTINA: I just think it was easier.

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KRISTINA: My mom worked for an airline, so their major hub was Atlanta.

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KRISTINA: She worked for Delta.

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KRISTINA: So it was an easy flight to just go from Chicago to Atlanta to Orlando.

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KRISTINA: I don't remember the Orlando trips as much, but the Disneyland trip just sticks in my mind because it was the first one.

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KRISTINA: So it will be nice to go back.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: That's the perfect segue because this trip is to Disneyland.

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VIRGINIA: So how long has it been since each of you has been out to Disneyland?

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DAINA: So I'll hop in that it's our first visit ever to Disneyland.

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DAINA: We have only ever been to Disney World.

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DAINA: So first time heading to that coast.

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DAINA: So very excited.

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KRISTINA: We went right after the pandemic.

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KRISTINA: It was either 2021, we went with some friends.

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KRISTINA: So a lot of stuff was still shut down.

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KRISTINA: We still had to wear masks.

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KRISTINA: So I'm excited to go back and be able to experience when everything is wide open.

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KRISTINA: So I'm fresher than Daina.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: And what inspired you all to take this trip at this time?

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VIRGINIA: I mean, you both are constantly in Disney World.

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VIRGINIA: What finally made you go, now's the time, let's head to land.

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DAINA: Yeah, I know for us is we, I mean, obviously, we're at Disney World all the time, right?

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DAINA: But we like to experience new and new rides and things like that.

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DAINA: They don't come out very often at Disney World.

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DAINA: It takes quite a while for it to sometimes get us into construction going.

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DAINA: And so one, we just really wanted to experience new, we were like we wanted to be where Walt walked in his park, in the original and things like that.

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DAINA: But we also think that they do Halloween much better than Disney World.

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DAINA: And I don't know if people may disagree with me on that.

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DAINA: And I will weigh in after we come back to let you know if I was correct or not.

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DAINA: But I feel like Oogie Boogie Bash is like a huge sensation that everyone always talks about.

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DAINA: And so that was our real thing is we wanted to go out during Halloween time.

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DAINA: We wanted to Oogie Boogie Bash, wanted to see Cars Land decorated for Halloween.

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DAINA: And it just seems like a different vibe and just different things to do out there.

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DAINA: So just kind of wanted to be fresh and get some new stuff going on, some comparisons and all that good stuff.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: And Kristina, how did you get roped into this?

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KRISTINA: So we weren't originally planning.

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VIRGINIA: You probably didn't take much convincing, I'm guessing.

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KRISTINA: It didn't.

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KRISTINA: So we weren't originally planned.

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KRISTINA: Like they had, they were, they told us about their plans.

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KRISTINA: And we hang out all the time.

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KRISTINA: We're either at the parks or we're at a resort.

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KRISTINA: And we're just talking.

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KRISTINA: And it came up that like, why don't you guys come?

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KRISTINA: So reached out to the travel agent and the price was, it was too good to pass up.

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KRISTINA: And we're just like, you know what?

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KRISTINA: Why not?

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KRISTINA: We haven't gone for Halloween either.

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KRISTINA: That's one thing that we definitely wanted to do with Oogie Boogie and the Nightmare Before Christmas overlay.

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KRISTINA: And the last trip we went, we went with people who had like young kids.

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KRISTINA: So they kind of stared the trip as to what to do.

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KRISTINA: And we love hanging out with Daina and Mark and Ariel.

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KRISTINA: So why not?

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KRISTINA: And it's a precursor to our another trip we're taking.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Hint, hint, hint.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: We'll get more information on that, I'm sure.

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VIRGINIA: So this trip is going to be the five of you, correct?

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VIRGINIA: Yes.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: So Daina, her husband, Mark, her daughter, Ariel, Kristina, and her husband, Brian.

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VIRGINIA: Just to be clear for listeners.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: You mentioned that you used a travel agent.

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VIRGINIA: Would you like to give your travel agent a shout out?

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DAINA: Absolutely.

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DAINA: Her name is Hannah, and her Instagram handles hannahlearningthemagic, and she's with ConciEARS.

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DAINA: She's been fantastic.

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DAINA: Like I said, first timer to Disneyland.

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DAINA: I wanted somebody who has done Disneyland a lot and is an expert in that space, right?

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DAINA: Because I was like, oh, I'll let someone else take control for once, because I'm always the control freak that takes over everything.

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DAINA: So I was like, I'll let somebody else handle that, and it was fantastic working with her.

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DAINA: She did a great job, super helpful, always ready to give advice and help out, so I can't give her enough kudos and shout outs.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Fantastic.

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VIRGINIA: So where have you booked to stay for this trip?

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DAINA: Yeah.

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DAINA: So Saturday night when we get in, we're at Grand Legacy for a night, and then Sunday through Thursday morning, we're at Grand Californian, and then we moved to the Hilton Universal for our Universal days.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: So as we go through your plans, if you can just let me know as we come up on the check-in, check-out days of each of the portions of your stays.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Are you doing any multi-pass while you're out there?

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VIRGINIA: Individual lightening, rains, anything like that?

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KRISTINA: Yes.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Have you pre-booked?

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: You're close enough that you would have been able to pre-book at this point.

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KRISTINA: So that's what we were thinking because we're so used to the program here.

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KRISTINA: Disneyland, it stayed exactly the same.

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KRISTINA: The only thing that changed was the name.

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KRISTINA: So you can't pre-book anything until you actually scan into the park.

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KRISTINA: So that's been really stressful for us because it would have been nice to have pre-booked our three, you know, Lightning Lands and stuff like that.

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KRISTINA: But nope.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, it's been probably since 2019 since I went to Disneyland.

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VIRGINIA: And it was fast, fast back then.

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VIRGINIA: It wasn't even called Lightning Land at that point.

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VIRGINIA: But in my experience and the people I've interviewed for Disneyland, which obviously you two are the first back to Disneyland since this whole change.

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VIRGINIA: But prior to the change, people did not have a hard time getting their Lightning Lanes.

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VIRGINIA: And so it didn't make that big a difference to have to wait until you scanned in.

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VIRGINIA: And that way people weren't sort of holding on to things.

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VIRGINIA: So I think you'll be okay.

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DAINA: Fingers crossed.

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DAINA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Faith will figure it out.

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KRISTINA: Yeah, that's what I've heard too, that everyone is like, you're really not going to need it.

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KRISTINA: But knowing our like, if we didn't get it, then everyone would have been at the park and then we would have just been waiting in line.

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VIRGINIA: So I'm always team whatever way to get through the line faster.

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VIRGINIA: And if you get there and it's, I mean, I'll still make reservations for things, even if it's like finding Nemo or whatever.

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VIRGINIA: I'm like, I see there's no line, but I'm going to use this because I pay for it.

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VIRGINIA: So I definitely recommend getting it.

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VIRGINIA: I just, I think that once you get there and you scan in, I would be surprised if there's stress, too much stress involved in getting what you want when you're there.

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VIRGINIA: So I think it'd be okay.

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VIRGINIA: Any kind of other add-ons besides Oogie Boogie that you are doing?

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VIRGINIA: Any tours, anything like that?

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DAINA: We definitely have dining, which I'm sure we'll get into on a day-by-day basis.

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DAINA: We did just book yesterday, actually, the Yoga in Redwood Creek.

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DAINA: Oh, yes.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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DAINA: It's like at 7:30 a.m.

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DAINA: in the morning.

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DAINA: We did just book that to give that a try.

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DAINA: So super excited for that one.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: My friend, Jeanette, did that.

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VIRGINIA: I think I have an episode where she talks about it.

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VIRGINIA: Nice.

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VIRGINIA: So she really enjoyed it and said it was just very magical to see the park so empty and people standing around doing yoga.

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DAINA: Very excited for that.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Well, let's just get into your day-by-day plans then.

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VIRGINIA: So on Saturday, September 21st, what time do you arrive and which airport are you flying into?

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DAINA: We are flying into Long Beach and we arrive around 5 PM.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: How are you planning to get from the airport to where you're staying for that first night?

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DAINA: We just plan on grabbing an Uber and we'll be going to Grand Legacy to check in for that day.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: What do you know about Grand Legacy?

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DAINA: I know they have a really cool rooftop bar, which I don't think we'll have time to check out, unfortunately.

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DAINA: Got a pretty tight schedule, but it seems like a really nice good neighbor hotel.

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DAINA: I followed them on Instagram for a long time and follow their posts and I see a lot of people talking about them.

00:13:08.967 --> 00:13:11.667
DAINA: So I'm going to give them a try for a night and see how we like it.

00:13:11.667 --> 00:13:12.787
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:13:12.787 --> 00:13:13.247
DAINA: All right.

00:13:13.247 --> 00:13:19.247
VIRGINIA: So Sunday, September 22nd, that's when you're checking into the Grand Californian.

00:13:19.247 --> 00:13:20.007
VIRGINIA: Correct?

00:13:20.007 --> 00:13:20.267
DAINA: Yes.

00:13:20.267 --> 00:13:20.567
KRISTINA: Yes.

00:13:20.567 --> 00:13:21.047
DAINA: Correct.

00:13:21.047 --> 00:13:21.947
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:13:21.947 --> 00:13:29.667
VIRGINIA: Is this a, I assume this is a regular hotel room since you used a travel agent or was it a DVC cash stay?

00:13:29.667 --> 00:13:30.167
DAINA: Regular.

00:13:30.167 --> 00:13:31.447
KRISTINA: It's just a regular room.

00:13:31.447 --> 00:13:31.967
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:13:31.967 --> 00:13:32.947
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:13:32.947 --> 00:13:38.027
VIRGINIA: I am dying to stay at Grand Californian at some point in my Disney life.

00:13:38.027 --> 00:13:42.447
VIRGINIA: And I don't know, it's just so hard to get with the DVC points.

00:13:42.447 --> 00:13:45.587
VIRGINIA: So I might end up having to splurge one day.

00:13:46.367 --> 00:13:46.847
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:13:46.847 --> 00:13:51.047
VIRGINIA: So Sunday the 22nd, what is your plan for that day?

00:13:51.047 --> 00:13:52.987
VIRGINIA: Where are you going to be going first?

00:13:52.987 --> 00:13:54.507
VIRGINIA: Because I assume it's going to be a park day.

00:13:54.507 --> 00:13:55.247
VIRGINIA: I could be wrong.

00:13:55.247 --> 00:13:55.627
DAINA: Yeah.

00:13:55.627 --> 00:13:58.847
DAINA: If I can actually pop back to Saturday real quick, we do have a dinner.

00:13:58.847 --> 00:13:59.587
VIRGINIA: Oh, you do?

00:13:59.587 --> 00:14:00.007
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:14:00.007 --> 00:14:00.427
DAINA: That night.

00:14:00.427 --> 00:14:01.247
DAINA: We do.

00:14:01.247 --> 00:14:04.827
DAINA: We have the Goofy's Kitchen Halloween dinner.

00:14:04.827 --> 00:14:08.767
DAINA: So we do have that one on Saturday night, which we're super excited for, because it looks really cool.

00:14:08.867 --> 00:14:10.927
DAINA: Again, we've seen read reviews.

00:14:10.927 --> 00:14:15.887
DAINA: I'll actually be having an Instagram friend and her boyfriend join us as well for that dinner.

00:14:15.887 --> 00:14:18.227
DAINA: So seven of us will be going to dinner.

00:14:18.227 --> 00:14:18.927
DAINA: Nice.

00:14:18.927 --> 00:14:20.127
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:14:20.127 --> 00:14:21.487
VIRGINIA: It's Halloween dinner.

00:14:22.087 --> 00:14:23.167
VIRGINIA: What makes it Halloween?

00:14:23.167 --> 00:14:26.707
VIRGINIA: Are the characters wearing Halloween attire?

00:14:26.707 --> 00:14:27.567
KRISTINA: Yes.

00:14:27.567 --> 00:14:29.327
VIRGINIA: Any Halloween-themed foods there?

00:14:29.327 --> 00:14:30.767
KRISTINA: I think so.

00:14:30.767 --> 00:14:31.727
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:14:31.727 --> 00:14:32.687
VIRGINIA: We'll find out.

00:14:32.687 --> 00:14:33.387
VIRGINIA: We will find out.

00:14:33.387 --> 00:14:33.887
VIRGINIA: I believe so.

00:14:37.367 --> 00:14:38.447
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:14:38.447 --> 00:14:39.827
VIRGINIA: Back to Sunday, then.

00:14:39.827 --> 00:14:41.107
VIRGINIA: What is the park plan?

00:14:41.707 --> 00:14:52.247
KRISTINA: I think we decided to do Disneyland as our first park day because there's an Uggie Boogie party, so we don't want to start at California Adventure since it closes early.

00:14:52.247 --> 00:14:58.627
KRISTINA: So we're doing Disneyland, and then at some point we do need to transfer our bags.

00:14:58.627 --> 00:15:01.087
KRISTINA: We need to check in to the Grand Californian.

00:15:01.707 --> 00:15:10.207
KRISTINA: And then I think we just plan on doing either all day at Disneyland or yeah, because there's no point because Uggie Boogie closes.

00:15:10.207 --> 00:15:14.647
VIRGINIA: How many park day tickets do you have for the Disney portion of your stay?

00:15:14.647 --> 00:15:18.867
DAINA: We have three park days plus Uggie Boogie Bash day for a fourth day.

00:15:18.867 --> 00:15:22.147
DAINA: So like using the Uggie Boogie Bash ticket for one day for entry at three o'clock.

00:15:22.147 --> 00:15:22.467
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:15:22.467 --> 00:15:24.667
VIRGINIA: And the park tickets you have are hoppers?

00:15:25.627 --> 00:15:25.827
DAINA: Yep.

00:15:25.827 --> 00:15:27.747
DAINA: Hoppers with the Lightning Lane Plus.

00:15:27.747 --> 00:15:28.187
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:15:28.187 --> 00:15:28.407
VIRGINIA: Perfect.

00:15:28.407 --> 00:15:28.907
DAINA: Whatever it's called.

00:15:28.907 --> 00:15:29.147
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:15:29.487 --> 00:15:31.487
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:15:31.487 --> 00:15:32.087
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:15:32.087 --> 00:15:34.227
VIRGINIA: It is very easy to hop there.

00:15:34.227 --> 00:15:41.967
VIRGINIA: So I think, Daina, you're going to be so happy for that on the days that you are able to hop outside of this first day.

00:15:41.967 --> 00:15:46.947
VIRGINIA: So at Disneyland on that first day, what is going to be your top priority?

00:15:46.947 --> 00:15:51.367
VIRGINIA: Like you first step foot into that park for the very first time.

00:15:51.367 --> 00:15:53.007
VIRGINIA: Daina, where do you want to go first?

00:15:53.367 --> 00:15:55.707
DAINA: Oh, that's a tough one.

00:15:55.707 --> 00:15:58.047
DAINA: There's so much I want to run to.

00:15:58.047 --> 00:15:59.207
DAINA: Kristina, we talked about this.

00:15:59.207 --> 00:16:00.887
DAINA: What did we decide to run to that day?

00:16:00.887 --> 00:16:03.427
DAINA: Because we just talked about this.

00:16:03.427 --> 00:16:07.867
KRISTINA: Our main priority was to get the virtual queue for Hauna Mansion.

00:16:07.867 --> 00:16:09.027
VIRGINIA: Oh, yes.

00:16:09.027 --> 00:16:11.167
VIRGINIA: The nightmare before Christmas.

00:16:12.187 --> 00:16:13.887
KRISTINA: That's a number one priority.

00:16:13.887 --> 00:16:19.227
KRISTINA: And probably because I know we have lunch reservations at Blue Bayou, but it's like an early lunch, right?

00:16:19.227 --> 00:16:20.827
KRISTINA: It's like 11 ish.

00:16:21.387 --> 00:16:34.227
KRISTINA: So, I mean, either I heard Fantasyland is really good to rope drop just because everything is so close that you can just kind of ping pong and get everything done in a fairly quick manner.

00:16:34.227 --> 00:16:38.927
KRISTINA: But I think that's as far as we discussed as to what our priorities were.

00:16:38.927 --> 00:16:42.687
KRISTINA: Kind of just we'll just kind of see where where the day takes us.

00:16:42.687 --> 00:16:48.307
VIRGINIA: I mean, there's one part of you that probably wants to go to the things that that we don't have in Disney World.

00:16:48.307 --> 00:16:53.907
VIRGINIA: And there's another part that probably wants to go to the things that we do have for the comparison's sake.

00:16:53.907 --> 00:16:55.947
DAINA: Yes, absolutely.

00:16:55.947 --> 00:16:57.967
DAINA: Yeah, definitely Haunted Mansion is our top, top thing.

00:16:57.967 --> 00:16:59.587
DAINA: Obviously, like she said, it's on virtual queue.

00:16:59.587 --> 00:17:03.287
DAINA: So we're at the mercy of whatever time we get called back for it.

00:17:03.287 --> 00:17:05.527
DAINA: But that's one of the very top things, especially for Ariel.

00:17:05.527 --> 00:17:09.807
DAINA: She's been a Nightmare Before Christmas fan for, I don't know, since birth, I think, at this point.

00:17:09.807 --> 00:17:16.707
DAINA: And she is going to be just completely amazed and in awe and probably cry.

00:17:16.707 --> 00:17:17.547
DAINA: Yeah, I'm going to call her out like that.

00:17:17.547 --> 00:17:24.607
DAINA: She's probably going to cry or she's just going to go completely silent with shock and happiness because I just know she's going to be in her feels and love it so much.

00:17:24.607 --> 00:17:25.667
DAINA: Yeah.

00:17:25.667 --> 00:17:27.047
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:17:27.047 --> 00:17:33.247
VIRGINIA: And for listeners who are not familiar with Ariel, can you tell us how old she is?

00:17:33.247 --> 00:17:33.667
DAINA: Yes.

00:17:33.667 --> 00:17:35.547
DAINA: She just turned 14 in July.

00:17:35.547 --> 00:17:39.227
VIRGINIA: So my Alex is 14, just turned 14 in June.

00:17:39.227 --> 00:17:47.027
VIRGINIA: Very fun age, I think, because they can totally hang with the adults and be in on all the humor and all of that kind of stuff.

00:17:47.447 --> 00:17:51.587
VIRGINIA: So you said you have lunch at Blue Bayou, all right.

00:17:51.587 --> 00:17:53.547
VIRGINIA: Very excited for that.

00:17:53.547 --> 00:17:57.147
VIRGINIA: Did you opt for any kind of dining package with Blue Bayou?

00:17:57.147 --> 00:18:00.147
VIRGINIA: Because I know that they have a fantastic dining package.

00:18:00.147 --> 00:18:02.007
DAINA: We did not opt for that.

00:18:02.007 --> 00:18:02.707
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:18:02.707 --> 00:18:03.607
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:18:03.607 --> 00:18:04.527
VIRGINIA: It's a good restaurant.

00:18:04.527 --> 00:18:05.547
VIRGINIA: It's very dark though.

00:18:05.667 --> 00:18:14.927
VIRGINIA: It's sort of like the San Angel in where it's like, bring your flashlight, so you can see the menu.

00:18:15.327 --> 00:18:16.247
DAINA: Our phone lights out.

00:18:16.267 --> 00:18:17.267
DAINA: Yes.

00:18:17.267 --> 00:18:18.007
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:18:18.407 --> 00:18:22.667
VIRGINIA: I am that person because I'm like, I cannot see.

00:18:22.667 --> 00:18:24.687
VIRGINIA: I need help.

00:18:24.687 --> 00:18:25.427
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:18:25.427 --> 00:18:28.727
VIRGINIA: So how late do you think you'll be staying this day?

00:18:28.727 --> 00:18:33.667
VIRGINIA: Are you going to be trying to be there for the fireworks on this first night?

00:18:33.667 --> 00:18:34.427
DAINA: I think absolutely.

00:18:34.427 --> 00:18:36.847
DAINA: I mean, we're definitely going to try to maximize our time.

00:18:36.847 --> 00:18:40.467
DAINA: Normally, you could not catch me rope dropping for anything.

00:18:41.047 --> 00:18:44.207
DAINA: Not my deal and not my favorite thing to do at all.

00:18:44.207 --> 00:18:50.667
DAINA: But for this trip, since it's new and not our normal place, I'm definitely going to rope drop and then park close.

00:18:50.667 --> 00:18:52.307
DAINA: We're just going to take it all the way.

00:18:52.307 --> 00:18:57.287
DAINA: We will take that midday break to go transfer our luggage and have an outfit change plan.

00:18:57.287 --> 00:18:59.407
DAINA: So we're taking a quick break midday.

00:18:59.407 --> 00:19:02.387
DAINA: But other than that, just we're going to plan to be on the park all day long.

00:19:03.167 --> 00:19:12.727
KRISTINA: And just to enjoy the longer hours, like the fact that it's open till either 11 or 12, that's unheard of for Disney World.

00:19:12.727 --> 00:19:18.207
KRISTINA: So I plan on taking full advantage of open to close.

00:19:18.207 --> 00:19:18.567
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:19:18.567 --> 00:19:24.347
VIRGINIA: And it will be so nice to finish up your day and have such a short commute.

00:19:24.347 --> 00:19:25.087
KRISTINA: Yes.

00:19:25.107 --> 00:19:25.807
DAINA: Yes.

00:19:25.807 --> 00:19:26.967
DAINA: Absolutely.

00:19:26.967 --> 00:19:29.207
DAINA: Looking forward to that.

00:19:29.207 --> 00:19:29.547
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:19:29.727 --> 00:19:31.707
VIRGINIA: Monday, September 23rd.

00:19:31.707 --> 00:19:35.087
VIRGINIA: Does this mean that this is going to be a California Adventure Day?

00:19:35.087 --> 00:19:35.667
DAINA: It is.

00:19:35.667 --> 00:19:36.247
DAINA: Yes.

00:19:36.247 --> 00:19:40.987
DAINA: Taking things off there and we have a Lamplight Lounge lunch scheduled as well for that day.

00:19:40.987 --> 00:19:43.787
VIRGINIA: Can you say that five times fast, please?

00:19:43.787 --> 00:19:44.807
DAINA: Oh, I can try.

00:19:44.947 --> 00:19:46.447
DAINA: Me too.

00:19:46.447 --> 00:19:47.667
VIRGINIA: Lamplight Lounge lunch.

00:19:47.667 --> 00:19:48.967
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:19:48.967 --> 00:19:50.187
VIRGINIA: That's tough.

00:19:52.907 --> 00:19:57.767
VIRGINIA: What is your top thing that you're each excited about in California Adventure?

00:19:57.767 --> 00:19:58.147
VIRGINIA: Kristina?

00:20:00.667 --> 00:20:03.607
KRISTINA: I would like to spend more time in Avengers campus.

00:20:03.607 --> 00:20:05.927
KRISTINA: We didn't get to do that much at our last trip.

00:20:05.927 --> 00:20:12.387
KRISTINA: It was just go in, go on Spider-Man, see the Spider-Man show, and then leave.

00:20:12.387 --> 00:20:17.027
KRISTINA: I know for my husband, Brian, we could just leave him there.

00:20:17.027 --> 00:20:18.227
KRISTINA: He'd be fine.

00:20:18.227 --> 00:20:20.147
KRISTINA: Then I would say Cars Land.

00:20:20.387 --> 00:20:24.767
KRISTINA: I really enjoyed Cars Land during the day, but also again at night.

00:20:25.347 --> 00:20:32.867
KRISTINA: The whole, what I love about DCA is it just changes so much at night, especially Pixar Pier.

00:20:34.047 --> 00:20:35.387
KRISTINA: I'm excited for everything.

00:20:35.387 --> 00:20:38.407
KRISTINA: There's not just one specific thing.

00:20:38.407 --> 00:20:38.567
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:20:38.567 --> 00:20:39.947
KRISTINA: I'm excited for.

00:20:39.947 --> 00:20:44.647
VIRGINIA: The vibes are definitely vibing in DCA for sure.

00:20:44.647 --> 00:20:48.807
VIRGINIA: All right, Daina, what are you most excited about for California Adventure?

00:20:48.807 --> 00:20:49.567
DAINA: Another tough one.

00:20:49.747 --> 00:20:55.047
DAINA: I have a map pulled up full transparency because I don't know these parks, and so I don't even know what's in what parks.

00:20:55.067 --> 00:21:00.107
DAINA: I'm making sure I don't say something that's in the other park and sound completely ridiculous.

00:21:00.107 --> 00:21:01.787
DAINA: Cars Land is definitely one of the top ones.

00:21:01.787 --> 00:21:13.827
DAINA: I actually have a Lightning McQueen outfit planned just for that because that's probably my top area I want to see, daytime and nighttime, and because from what I've seen, I love the Halloween vibe that they put in Cars Land, so that is definitely one of my top.

00:21:13.827 --> 00:21:17.647
DAINA: I'm also super excited for the swinging will of death on the-

00:21:17.647 --> 00:21:29.447
VIRGINIA: I was going to ask you if you were going to brave that because I know never, never again, we have one in here in Coney Island just like that too.

00:21:29.447 --> 00:21:31.427
KRISTINA: I think the girls are going to do that, right?

00:21:31.427 --> 00:21:31.707
DAINA: Yeah.

00:21:31.707 --> 00:21:38.687
KRISTINA: I think we decided we're going to do, and then the guys are going to go in the not swinging version.

00:21:40.007 --> 00:21:45.547
DAINA: The girls are going to attempt the straight face challenge on there and see how we do, so we'll report back on how that goes.

00:21:45.547 --> 00:21:54.107
VIRGINIA: Good luck with that because it literally feels like the car is going to go flying off of the wheel, so I'm so ready.

00:21:54.107 --> 00:21:57.327
DAINA: I'm a huge thrill seeker, so I'm so ready, so sign me up.

00:21:57.327 --> 00:21:57.567
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:21:57.567 --> 00:21:58.507
VIRGINIA: You're a thrill seeker.

00:21:58.507 --> 00:22:00.387
VIRGINIA: Kristina, are you a thrill seeker?

00:22:00.387 --> 00:22:01.107
KRISTINA: Yes.

00:22:01.107 --> 00:22:06.307
KRISTINA: Probably not as much, probably when I was younger, but I'll still do that kind of stuff.

00:22:06.307 --> 00:22:08.587
KRISTINA: I'm not scared of it.

00:22:08.587 --> 00:22:09.227
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:22:09.227 --> 00:22:10.947
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:22:10.947 --> 00:22:15.307
VIRGINIA: Any other dining plans on the stay besides Lamplight Lounge?

00:22:15.307 --> 00:22:15.507
DAINA: Nope.

00:22:15.607 --> 00:22:16.607
DAINA: Nothing reservation-wise.

00:22:17.647 --> 00:22:28.427
DAINA: We literally have an entire shared note that Kristina created and is separated by land and park that we've all gone in and emoji rated, how much we want to try and which ones we want to try.

00:22:28.427 --> 00:22:36.827
DAINA: We have a whole system for food and drinks and coffee, so we are ready to eat at anything and drop into and eat at any given time.

00:22:36.847 --> 00:22:38.207
VIRGINIA: I love it.

00:22:38.207 --> 00:22:40.527
VIRGINIA: You are my types of ladies.

00:22:40.527 --> 00:22:41.707
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:22:41.707 --> 00:22:43.547
VIRGINIA: Question about your emoji rating system.

00:22:45.007 --> 00:22:57.947
VIRGINIA: Does the emoji designate how excited you are about it, like based on what emoji it is, or are you marking it with an emoji that designates that you that's saying that you want to try this?

00:22:58.087 --> 00:23:03.107
VIRGINIA: Like Daina is a thumbs up sign or something like that.

00:23:03.107 --> 00:23:04.127
KRISTINA: Yeah.

00:23:04.127 --> 00:23:10.747
KRISTINA: Everyone has their own specific emoji that they chose, and then went through the list and marked what they want to try.

00:23:11.667 --> 00:23:16.387
KRISTINA: And then Brian took it upon himself to make his own rating system.

00:23:16.387 --> 00:23:21.847
KRISTINA: So however many of his emojis is on each item is the one he wants to try the most.

00:23:21.847 --> 00:23:28.307
KRISTINA: So like it ranges from one emoji, I think, and then there's one that's I think three or four emojis.

00:23:28.307 --> 00:23:31.787
KRISTINA: So the four emoji one is the one that he really wants to try.

00:23:31.787 --> 00:23:32.307
VIRGINIA: Uh-huh.

00:23:32.307 --> 00:23:33.227
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:23:33.227 --> 00:23:37.407
KRISTINA: So there's a method to our madness.

00:23:37.407 --> 00:23:38.107
VIRGINIA: I love it.

00:23:38.107 --> 00:23:39.407
VIRGINIA: I love it.

00:23:39.407 --> 00:23:40.587
VIRGINIA: Organized chaos.

00:23:41.687 --> 00:23:42.127
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:23:43.727 --> 00:23:44.127
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:23:44.127 --> 00:23:46.167
VIRGINIA: Tuesday, September 24th.

00:23:46.167 --> 00:23:47.147
VIRGINIA: What's happening that day?

00:23:47.147 --> 00:23:47.427
DAINA: All right.

00:23:47.427 --> 00:23:49.187
DAINA: So that's Oogie Boogie Bash Day.

00:23:49.187 --> 00:23:55.247
DAINA: So in the morning, we plan on popping over to the Pixar Hotel, to hopefully meet Bing Bong.

00:23:55.247 --> 00:23:59.887
DAINA: Just check that hotel out and see it because it looks really awesome from what we've seen.

00:23:59.887 --> 00:24:05.627
DAINA: Then we have Mickey's Autumn Adventure Brunch Buffet that morning.

00:24:05.627 --> 00:24:06.487
DAINA: We're super excited about it.

00:24:06.487 --> 00:24:09.667
DAINA: Again, in super cute fall outfits this time instead of Halloween outfits.

00:24:10.587 --> 00:24:11.627
DAINA: Very excited to try that.

00:24:11.627 --> 00:24:20.227
DAINA: Then we'll just basically take it easy and get ready in our outfits to go enter DCA for Oogie Boogie Bash right at three o'clock on the dot when we can get in.

00:24:20.547 --> 00:24:23.227
VIRGINIA: How late does Oogie Boogie go?

00:24:24.867 --> 00:24:25.727
DAINA: Is it midnight?

00:24:25.727 --> 00:24:27.307
KRISTINA: That's a very good question.

00:24:29.207 --> 00:24:30.287
DAINA: My gut says midnight.

00:24:30.387 --> 00:24:32.927
VIRGINIA: My heart hitting questions here.

00:24:34.547 --> 00:24:39.507
DAINA: I just, you know, am prepared to stay through whenever it closes, so I don't even pay attention to it.

00:24:40.687 --> 00:24:44.907
DAINA: I want to say midnight, but I could totally be making that up, but that's somewhere around there.

00:24:44.907 --> 00:24:48.487
KRISTINA: Luckily, there is one tonight, so let me look.

00:24:48.487 --> 00:24:58.547
VIRGINIA: While you're looking that up, because I have not put any effort into looking up Oogie Boogie Bash because, A, I've never interviewed anybody who's gone and B, I've never had any plans to go during this time of year.

00:24:59.167 --> 00:25:02.867
VIRGINIA: Is there trick-or-treating just like there is at Not So Scary?

00:25:02.867 --> 00:25:03.287
DAINA: Yeah.

00:25:03.287 --> 00:25:11.167
DAINA: They have the treat trails, but this is where I feel like it's way better at Oogie Boogie Bash, is because their treat trails are each associated with a villain.

00:25:11.167 --> 00:25:22.467
DAINA: Hades is a brand new one this year, so he has his whole stage and get up and performance that he does, and that's one of the treat trails you go through to get your candy, and then each other person has their own trail.

00:25:22.467 --> 00:25:27.727
DAINA: To me, it's really fun, or at least I assume it's going to be a very fun way to do it.

00:25:27.727 --> 00:25:33.687
DAINA: Very excited to try it and see some villains that we don't ever get to see out here in person at Disney World.

00:25:33.687 --> 00:25:37.267
VIRGINIA: Yeah, and have some candy that maybe won't melt.

00:25:37.267 --> 00:25:37.787
KRISTINA: Yes.

00:25:37.787 --> 00:25:38.047
DAINA: That's true.

00:25:38.047 --> 00:25:40.067
KRISTINA: Yes.

00:25:40.067 --> 00:25:41.107
KRISTINA: I looked it up.

00:25:41.107 --> 00:25:43.767
KRISTINA: It goes from 6 to 11.

00:25:43.767 --> 00:25:45.047
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:25:45.047 --> 00:25:45.887
KRISTINA: All right.

00:25:45.887 --> 00:25:46.727
DAINA: That wasn't too far off.

00:25:46.727 --> 00:25:48.467
KRISTINA: We will be there till 11.

00:25:48.467 --> 00:25:53.007
VIRGINIA: Well, you'll start making your way out at 11 very slowly, I'm sure.

00:25:53.007 --> 00:25:54.447
KRISTINA: We're going to go all the way to the back.

00:25:54.647 --> 00:25:56.367
KRISTINA: Make sure you're exactly right.

00:25:56.367 --> 00:25:59.547
VIRGINIA: Strategically be in the farthest corner.

00:25:59.547 --> 00:26:01.087
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:26:01.087 --> 00:26:03.047
DAINA: Exactly my thoughts on what I was going to say.

00:26:03.047 --> 00:26:05.947
VIRGINIA: Maybe you could be on the wheel of death at 11.

00:26:05.947 --> 00:26:06.467
KRISTINA: Yes.

00:26:06.467 --> 00:26:09.807
KRISTINA: We could just hop into a line right in the middle of the house.

00:26:09.807 --> 00:26:10.867
VIRGINIA: I'm not feeling well.

00:26:10.867 --> 00:26:13.767
VIRGINIA: It's going to take me a while to get to the front.

00:26:13.767 --> 00:26:14.167
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:26:14.187 --> 00:26:16.767
VIRGINIA: Wednesday, September 25th.

00:26:17.647 --> 00:26:19.007
DAINA: That's our last park day.

00:26:19.007 --> 00:26:22.547
DAINA: I believe we have DCA again is our starter point.

00:26:22.547 --> 00:26:32.627
DAINA: This is the day we plan on doing more park hoppings because at that point, hopefully, we'll have an idea of like, oh, I really want to go back to this area or this ride, so we'll know where we want to spend our time.

00:26:32.627 --> 00:26:39.107
DAINA: We don't have any reservations that day for food, just taking it as it goes and where we want to bop to.

00:26:39.107 --> 00:26:44.467
DAINA: We do have yoga at 7.30 in the morning that morning, however, for that special event one.

00:26:44.827 --> 00:26:45.747
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:26:45.747 --> 00:26:50.547
VIRGINIA: They used to have that sort of thing in Disney World too, in Magic Kingdom, right?

00:26:50.547 --> 00:26:53.627
VIRGINIA: I've seen them doing like sunrise yoga for something.

00:26:53.627 --> 00:26:56.727
DAINA: So there's Run Disney, there's yoga every race weekend.

00:26:56.727 --> 00:26:57.527
DAINA: Oh, that's what I saw.

00:26:57.527 --> 00:27:03.667
DAINA: I don't know if they've done it separately from that, but definitely every Run Disney weekend, it's in one of the parks, they'll do yoga.

00:27:03.667 --> 00:27:05.427
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I did see the sign up for that.

00:27:05.427 --> 00:27:10.387
VIRGINIA: We're doing, as a family, we're doing our very first Run Disney race in February.

00:27:10.387 --> 00:27:12.567
VIRGINIA: We're doing the 5K.

00:27:12.567 --> 00:27:16.707
VIRGINIA: And I saw the yoga sign up and I was just like, no, let's start with the 5K.

00:27:16.707 --> 00:27:19.727
VIRGINIA: Like, you don't need to go crazy on the fitness on your vacation.

00:27:20.307 --> 00:27:21.587
VIRGINIA: Just yet.

00:27:22.707 --> 00:27:24.287
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:27:24.287 --> 00:27:26.787
VIRGINIA: Thursday, the 26th.

00:27:26.787 --> 00:27:30.247
VIRGINIA: Is this your checkout day from Grand Californian?

00:27:30.247 --> 00:27:31.227
KRISTINA: Yes.

00:27:31.227 --> 00:27:32.387
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:27:32.387 --> 00:27:33.527
VIRGINIA: Where are you moving to?

00:27:35.727 --> 00:27:43.627
KRISTINA: We get to travel all the way up to Los Angeles and we are trekking into the Hilton Universal City.

00:27:43.627 --> 00:27:49.247
KRISTINA: That's right there, I'm assuming, within the Universal CityWalk Complex.

00:27:49.247 --> 00:27:51.887
KRISTINA: That's what it looks like on the map.

00:27:51.887 --> 00:27:55.007
KRISTINA: And we'll be there for our time at Universal.

00:27:55.007 --> 00:27:55.327
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:27:55.327 --> 00:28:02.067
VIRGINIA: And Kristina, since you have been to Disneyland before, have you been to Universal Hollywood before?

00:28:02.767 --> 00:28:06.287
KRISTINA: Probably when I was in single digits.

00:28:06.287 --> 00:28:06.607
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:28:06.607 --> 00:28:08.167
KRISTINA: So I don't remember.

00:28:08.167 --> 00:28:09.407
VIRGINIA: So really fresh in your mind.

00:28:09.407 --> 00:28:14.447
KRISTINA: Yeah, this is going to be just, I might as well just say it's brand new, because I'm not going to remember anything.

00:28:14.447 --> 00:28:15.087
VIRGINIA: Uh-huh.

00:28:15.087 --> 00:28:16.047
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:28:16.047 --> 00:28:23.127
VIRGINIA: Daina and Kristina, how often do you all get over to the Universal Parks in Orlando?

00:28:23.127 --> 00:28:25.287
VIRGINIA: Are you both pass holders there as well?

00:28:25.287 --> 00:28:25.707
DAINA: Not yet.

00:28:25.707 --> 00:28:26.947
DAINA: I'm about to get our passes back.

00:28:26.947 --> 00:28:29.247
DAINA: We did have them for a while when we were living up in Jacksonville.

00:28:29.247 --> 00:28:31.447
DAINA: Weren't utilizing them enough to justify having them.

00:28:31.887 --> 00:28:35.007
DAINA: But now that we're back close, we're ready to get them back and get grooved.

00:28:35.007 --> 00:28:44.267
DAINA: I went to HHN a couple of weeks ago with some friends, and it was like, oh, I really miss Universal, so now we're going to get them back so we can get over there more often, because I do miss it.

00:28:44.267 --> 00:28:44.807
DAINA: We do love it.

00:28:44.807 --> 00:28:46.167
DAINA: That's where my husband and I met.

00:28:46.287 --> 00:28:47.467
DAINA: Oh, did you?

00:28:47.527 --> 00:28:52.787
DAINA: Yes, we worked entertainment together over there, so it definitely has special memories and stuff for us.

00:28:53.127 --> 00:28:54.287
VIRGINIA: Very cool.

00:28:54.287 --> 00:28:55.407
VIRGINIA: What about you, Kristina?

00:28:55.407 --> 00:28:58.507
KRISTINA: When we moved down from Jacksonville, that was the main thing.

00:28:59.327 --> 00:29:16.967
KRISTINA: Me and my husband, we got passes, but where we're located, we are south of Disney, so the only way to get to Universal is to take I-4, which if anyone knows, it's a coin flip.

00:29:17.167 --> 00:29:19.547
KRISTINA: You don't know.

00:29:20.167 --> 00:29:37.567
KRISTINA: In probably the two years that we had the pass, we maybe went three times just because the hours aren't conducive, like they tend to close earlier than Disney and pair that with traffic or only going on weekends, it was just too busy.

00:29:37.567 --> 00:29:40.607
KRISTINA: We just didn't get the use out of it.

00:29:42.447 --> 00:29:52.867
KRISTINA: So we currently don't have passes, we probably won't get passes, but didn't they just come out with a ticket deal for Florida residents?

00:29:52.947 --> 00:29:59.447
KRISTINA: It was like $200 or $300 to go from now until March of next year.

00:29:59.447 --> 00:30:03.167
KRISTINA: So we might grab that just because of Christmas.

00:30:03.167 --> 00:30:08.947
KRISTINA: I really like Christmas at Universal Studios because they have the whole Macy's Parade and all that stuff.

00:30:08.947 --> 00:30:10.067
KRISTINA: So.

00:30:10.067 --> 00:30:10.947
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:30:10.947 --> 00:30:22.087
VIRGINIA: So for your Universal Studios time, are you planning to hit those parks on your check-in day on Thursday, September 26th?

00:30:22.687 --> 00:30:26.147
DAINA: Yeah, we took advantage of their buy one day, get one day free.

00:30:26.147 --> 00:30:28.147
DAINA: Package that they had going on is a promo out there.

00:30:28.147 --> 00:30:36.027
DAINA: So after we transfer over and transfer luggage, drop the luggage and all the good stuff, we plan on heading into the parks.

00:30:36.027 --> 00:30:37.167
DAINA: They do have shorter hours.

00:30:37.167 --> 00:30:39.287
DAINA: The two days are there because it is HHN each night.

00:30:39.307 --> 00:30:41.207
DAINA: So it's like nine to six.

00:30:41.207 --> 00:30:42.587
DAINA: I believe both days that were there.

00:30:42.587 --> 00:30:45.727
DAINA: Mark and I are actually going to go to HHN on Thursday night.

00:30:45.727 --> 00:30:51.067
DAINA: Just the two of us because we are really, really wanting to compare to the one here in Orlando.

00:30:52.547 --> 00:30:54.287
DAINA: Ariel is just going to vibe with Kristina and Brian.

00:30:54.287 --> 00:30:59.427
DAINA: They're graciously going to host her for us so that we can dip off and do that on Thursday.

00:30:59.427 --> 00:31:01.727
DAINA: So very thankful for that.

00:31:01.727 --> 00:31:04.667
VIRGINIA: I'm sure it is not an issue for them at all.

00:31:04.687 --> 00:31:05.927
KRISTINA: Absolutely not.

00:31:05.927 --> 00:31:07.927
KRISTINA: Not at all.

00:31:07.927 --> 00:31:14.307
VIRGINIA: So for your Universal Studios time, what is your top priority?

00:31:14.307 --> 00:31:15.587
KRISTINA: It's probably going to be the same.

00:31:15.587 --> 00:31:19.947
KRISTINA: It's probably Super Mario Land is what we're most excited for.

00:31:20.967 --> 00:31:21.767
KRISTINA: Well, at least I am.

00:31:21.767 --> 00:31:24.967
KRISTINA: I'm sure Daina and everyone is too.

00:31:24.967 --> 00:31:25.267
DAINA: Yes.

00:31:25.267 --> 00:31:27.787
DAINA: We have the early access ticket on Friday that we added on.

00:31:27.787 --> 00:31:33.007
DAINA: It was a cheap add-on to be able to get in an hour before the park opens for Nintendo World.

00:31:33.027 --> 00:31:37.627
DAINA: It also includes an express pass to their Backlot Tour as well.

00:31:37.627 --> 00:31:38.807
DAINA: So we took advantage of that.

00:31:38.807 --> 00:31:40.407
DAINA: So Friday morning, that's where we'll be starting.

00:31:41.907 --> 00:31:57.007
DAINA: Mark, Ariel, and myself are also very excited for the Jurassic World ride because Jurassic Park is one of my favorite IPs, and our Jurassic Park River adventure here at Orlando is looking a little worn down with animatronics.

00:31:58.267 --> 00:32:07.567
DAINA: They have upgraded theirs to Jurassic World, so it actually has the Indominus and the T-Rex fighting in it, and it has an LED screen with the Mosasaur scene and stuff.

00:32:07.567 --> 00:32:16.767
DAINA: So it actually is totally different and looks way higher quality than what ours currently looks as, so we're very excited to see that version of it because it just looks really cool from the POVs we've seen.

00:32:16.767 --> 00:32:19.267
DAINA: So that's my other favorite thing that I'm excited for.

00:32:20.267 --> 00:32:21.047
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:32:21.047 --> 00:32:26.127
VIRGINIA: Kristina, anything else that you're looking forward to outside of Nintendo?

00:32:26.127 --> 00:32:31.887
KRISTINA: I actually have, I didn't do my research as to exactly what else they have there that we don't hear.

00:32:31.887 --> 00:32:36.907
KRISTINA: I'll say Harry Potter because that's always a cool land to go into.

00:32:36.907 --> 00:32:45.487
KRISTINA: I think I'm just more interested just to see, since it is an actual working movie studio, just the backstage tour, like I'm interested in seeing that.

00:32:45.487 --> 00:32:51.107
KRISTINA: If we can see anything being filmed, because we are going during the week, so maybe we could see something.

00:32:51.107 --> 00:32:55.847
KRISTINA: But it looks huge from the map, so I'm just excited just to go.

00:32:55.847 --> 00:33:06.207
VIRGINIA: I think when you go, you will realize exactly how many things that you know have been filmed in that location.

00:33:06.207 --> 00:33:11.787
VIRGINIA: Then just by doing different angles, they make it look like it's a totally different space.

00:33:11.787 --> 00:33:17.187
VIRGINIA: I know when you go through their main town, that's where they filmed the Gilmore Girls.

00:33:17.187 --> 00:33:21.147
VIRGINIA: You're going to see that barn where the dance classes were and you're going to see the gazebo.

00:33:21.147 --> 00:33:24.627
VIRGINIA: Then it's the same town that they used for WandaVision.

00:33:25.827 --> 00:33:30.247
VIRGINIA: Then it was in one of the coffee shops right there off of that area.

00:33:30.247 --> 00:33:31.607
VIRGINIA: It was in La La Land.

00:33:31.607 --> 00:33:34.607
VIRGINIA: That's where she worked before she got famous.

00:33:34.607 --> 00:33:38.407
VIRGINIA: You're just going to see so many things where you're like, wait a second.

00:33:38.407 --> 00:33:47.907
VIRGINIA: It's like once you have visited it, when you are watching TV shows and movies from here forward, you will be like, that's the back lot.

00:33:47.907 --> 00:33:57.507
VIRGINIA: I recognize it because you start to see little things that stand out to you from it, that otherwise would have looked like any town in the US that they're trying to make it look like.

00:33:58.047 --> 00:33:59.827
VIRGINIA: But you have the insider knowledge.

00:33:59.827 --> 00:34:05.347
KRISTINA: Brian is going to be pointing everything out, and he's going to be like, shut up.

00:34:08.947 --> 00:34:10.267
KRISTINA: I'm excited for that.

00:34:10.267 --> 00:34:10.687
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:34:10.687 --> 00:34:20.927
VIRGINIA: I miss the studios tour that they had back in the old MGM days where in Orlando, you could see the Golden Girls house and all of that stuff.

00:34:20.927 --> 00:34:21.767
KRISTINA: I love that.

00:34:21.767 --> 00:34:22.127
KRISTINA: Yes.

00:34:22.127 --> 00:34:22.827
VIRGINIA: I know.

00:34:22.827 --> 00:34:24.127
VIRGINIA: Good times.

00:34:25.327 --> 00:34:28.247
VIRGINIA: I was in high school when I visited, and saw that.

00:34:28.247 --> 00:34:31.047
VIRGINIA: So it's like where that used to be.

00:34:31.047 --> 00:34:33.507
VIRGINIA: I have absolutely no concept of that.

00:34:33.507 --> 00:34:41.227
VIRGINIA: I think it was back in the Toy Story area, but I'm not sure.

00:34:42.247 --> 00:34:45.427
VIRGINIA: It's a whole new park to me every time I go to Hollywood Studios.

00:34:45.427 --> 00:34:52.627
VIRGINIA: So Friday the 27th, you're going to start with your early access, and you have two Park Day tickets.

00:34:52.627 --> 00:34:56.487
VIRGINIA: So what other things are you going to prioritize?

00:34:56.547 --> 00:34:59.127
VIRGINIA: Do you have any special dining experiences?

00:34:59.127 --> 00:35:03.067
VIRGINIA: Do they have a nighttime show there that you are interested in watching?

00:35:03.067 --> 00:35:04.147
VIRGINIA: I don't even know.

00:35:04.147 --> 00:35:05.027
DAINA: That's a great question.

00:35:05.027 --> 00:35:07.107
DAINA: I have not looked into the entertainment.

00:35:07.107 --> 00:35:09.387
DAINA: I'm not normally somebody who flocks to entertainment stuff.

00:35:09.387 --> 00:35:14.047
DAINA: I'm more like rides food oriented, so that's normally what I hone in on more.

00:35:14.047 --> 00:35:17.107
DAINA: We will definitely look before we show up, however.

00:35:17.127 --> 00:35:22.967
DAINA: Also, since they're closing early both nights for HHN, I don't know if they're still working on a normal schedule of having a night show.

00:35:22.967 --> 00:35:29.007
DAINA: So I don't know that we really have any priorities other than Nintendo World that day with it being early access.

00:35:29.007 --> 00:35:32.547
DAINA: I think it's not a huge park ride wise compared to what we're used to.

00:35:32.547 --> 00:35:38.267
DAINA: So I don't think we'll have any issue getting through like what we want to get through and then just rewriting our favorites that we want to ride again.

00:35:38.267 --> 00:35:42.947
DAINA: I also, obviously for Instagram, we love to stop and take pictures and videos and things like that.

00:35:42.947 --> 00:35:49.627
DAINA: So I like to be able to go leisurely through a park and be able to stop and not feel like I'm running a marathon through there to get through the day.

00:35:49.627 --> 00:35:57.807
DAINA: So hopefully by having two days, we'll be able to just take it at our own pace and vibe, and stop for some pictures and all that good stuff.

00:35:57.807 --> 00:35:59.507
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:35:59.507 --> 00:35:59.967
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:35:59.967 --> 00:36:05.787
VIRGINIA: So Friday, September 27th, what are you doing this day?

00:36:06.107 --> 00:36:23.167
DAINA: Actually, at night, we might be hopping over across the street to an Italian restaurant for dinner because an Instagram follower would graciously responded to my recommendation request and said that there's a fantastic Italian place across the street and they sing like every few minutes in Italian and things like that, and it sounds awesome.

00:36:24.207 --> 00:36:28.287
DAINA: So we may actually pop over there for dinner because CityWalk, their CityWalk, I don't know, seems a little small.

00:36:28.287 --> 00:36:31.687
KRISTINA: It seems like also they have the same kind of restaurants that we have here.

00:36:31.687 --> 00:36:37.647
KRISTINA: So it's nothing that would stand out like, oh, we have to go there because we don't have it here.

00:36:37.647 --> 00:36:41.387
KRISTINA: And it's just going to be theme park food, you know, theme park restaurants.

00:36:41.387 --> 00:36:47.727
KRISTINA: So and if we're there where we can go to like this different experience in different restaurant, why not?

00:36:47.727 --> 00:36:48.947
KRISTINA: Plus who doesn't like Italian food?

00:36:49.527 --> 00:36:50.567
KRISTINA: I mean, yeah, exactly.

00:36:50.567 --> 00:36:52.347
KRISTINA: I mean, exactly.

00:36:52.347 --> 00:36:57.987
DAINA: We'll probably grab some voodoo donuts for sure, too, because voodoo donuts are always, they're always fun and delicious.

00:36:57.987 --> 00:36:58.607
VIRGINIA: Oh, yeah.

00:36:58.607 --> 00:36:59.187
VIRGINIA: Oh my gosh.

00:36:59.187 --> 00:37:02.047
VIRGINIA: What's your favorite voodoo donut?

00:37:02.047 --> 00:37:09.847
DAINA: Oh, the one I actually had a couple weeks ago was like, it was a big, huge one that was painted like a coffin and it had like glitter icing and black and white icing on it.

00:37:09.847 --> 00:37:11.927
DAINA: And it was like cookies and cream filled.

00:37:11.967 --> 00:37:13.207
DAINA: And it was fantastic.

00:37:13.207 --> 00:37:13.927
DAINA: It was so good.

00:37:14.167 --> 00:37:21.567
DAINA: But my normal go-to one is the Portland cream that has the Bavarian or Boston cream filling inside of it.

00:37:21.567 --> 00:37:22.547
DAINA: It's like, yeah.

00:37:22.547 --> 00:37:26.627
VIRGINIA: I can't remember what the one was called that I liked, but I think it had bacon on top.

00:37:26.627 --> 00:37:29.007
DAINA: Oh, that's Mark's favorite, the maple bacon bar.

00:37:29.007 --> 00:37:30.307
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:37:30.307 --> 00:37:30.687
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:37:30.687 --> 00:37:32.387
VIRGINIA: Bacon makes everything better.

00:37:32.387 --> 00:37:34.527
VIRGINIA: Kristina, do you have a favorite voodoo donut?

00:37:34.527 --> 00:37:38.107
KRISTINA: We just had the, it was called the Chuckles.

00:37:38.107 --> 00:37:40.367
KRISTINA: It was like chocolate and peanut butter.

00:37:40.367 --> 00:37:43.547
KRISTINA: And it wasn't like peanut butter icing.

00:37:43.587 --> 00:37:44.747
KRISTINA: It was like peanut butter fudge.

00:37:44.747 --> 00:37:48.147
KRISTINA: And it was just like a regular yeast donuts.

00:37:48.147 --> 00:37:50.747
KRISTINA: But it was just like the chocolate and peanut butter.

00:37:50.767 --> 00:37:53.767
KRISTINA: One is one of the best combinations.

00:37:53.767 --> 00:37:56.507
KRISTINA: But it's just, it's just good.

00:37:56.507 --> 00:38:00.047
KRISTINA: I haven't unfortunately had them that often.

00:38:00.047 --> 00:38:05.287
VIRGINIA: I love donuts and I try to, I actually try to actively avoid them because it's a real problem.

00:38:05.287 --> 00:38:07.867
VIRGINIA: Like I will eat way too many.

00:38:07.867 --> 00:38:10.167
VIRGINIA: Where I have not tried is Everglazed.

00:38:10.547 --> 00:38:15.747
VIRGINIA: So is Everglazed comparable to Voodoo Doughnut or do you have a preference?

00:38:15.747 --> 00:38:18.147
KRISTINA: I think we had this exact conversation.

00:38:18.147 --> 00:38:20.247
DAINA: We did.

00:38:20.427 --> 00:38:29.087
DAINA: I would put Voodoo a step above, like one notch above Everglazed personally, only because I'm a cream filled doughnut type person.

00:38:29.087 --> 00:38:30.567
DAINA: I don't like just like a regular doughnut.

00:38:30.987 --> 00:38:32.767
DAINA: I have to have it stuffed.

00:38:33.807 --> 00:38:42.987
DAINA: Like tons of Voodoo Doughnuts have the filling inside of them, whereas Everglazed is a lot more like they're, they're grand and have a ton of stuff on them, but they don't have the filling.

00:38:42.987 --> 00:38:45.847
DAINA: So to me, I just gravitate for Voodoo for that reason.

00:38:45.847 --> 00:38:48.307
DAINA: But I think Everglazed has great doughnuts as well.

00:38:48.307 --> 00:38:49.147
KRISTINA: Yes.

00:38:49.147 --> 00:38:49.727
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:38:49.727 --> 00:38:54.487
VIRGINIA: Saturday, the 28th, your departure day, what time does your flight leave?

00:38:54.487 --> 00:38:57.267
DAINA: Hours is from Long Beach at noon.

00:38:57.267 --> 00:38:59.027
DAINA: Kristina and them are in different flights.

00:38:59.027 --> 00:39:03.947
KRISTINA: We are flying out of Orange County at like 1230.

00:39:05.227 --> 00:39:05.707
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:39:05.707 --> 00:39:07.407
VIRGINIA: So similar time.

00:39:07.407 --> 00:39:12.347
VIRGINIA: So you'll both probably have to leave at around the same time.

00:39:12.347 --> 00:39:12.887
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:39:13.207 --> 00:39:18.747
VIRGINIA: And what time does that put you back in the Orlando area?

00:39:18.747 --> 00:39:20.887
DAINA: I think we're due back at 8.10.

00:39:20.887 --> 00:39:21.847
DAINA: We're on a non-stop.

00:39:22.107 --> 00:39:28.547
KRISTINA: So we go through Dallas and we get back at around like 10.

00:39:28.547 --> 00:39:29.167
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:39:29.167 --> 00:39:32.087
VIRGINIA: Well, this is going to be a very exciting trip.

00:39:32.087 --> 00:39:40.867
VIRGINIA: I cannot wait to follow the two of you on this and see what kind of trouble you get yourselves into, especially on the Wheel of Death.

00:39:40.867 --> 00:39:42.947
VIRGINIA: Good luck.

00:39:42.947 --> 00:39:43.507
KRISTINA: Yes.

00:39:43.507 --> 00:39:44.107
VIRGINIA: Thank you.

00:39:44.107 --> 00:39:45.127
VIRGINIA: You're gung ho now.

00:39:45.127 --> 00:39:49.567
VIRGINIA: I'm really interested to see how you feel about it after.

00:39:49.587 --> 00:39:51.047
DAINA: Hopefully we'll make it back for post trip.

00:39:51.447 --> 00:39:51.967
KRISTINA: Yeah.

00:39:51.967 --> 00:39:56.887
VIRGINIA: No, because I'm a thrill seeker too, and I do not like that specific type of thrill.

00:39:58.487 --> 00:40:01.107
VIRGINIA: The feeling that I'm actually going to fly off the thing.

00:40:01.107 --> 00:40:07.587
VIRGINIA: Same thing with, they also have swings there like at a county fair type swings.

00:40:07.587 --> 00:40:09.467
VIRGINIA: I'm not a fan.

00:40:09.467 --> 00:40:14.247
VIRGINIA: There's too much risk that I feel like somebody could fall out of it.

00:40:14.247 --> 00:40:15.027
VIRGINIA: I know I'm not going to.

00:40:15.027 --> 00:40:15.787
VIRGINIA: I'm a grown adult.

00:40:15.787 --> 00:40:20.707
VIRGINIA: I can sit in the seat and I can hang on, but there's something that makes me nervous about it.

00:40:20.707 --> 00:40:21.847
VIRGINIA: So I just don't do it.

00:40:21.847 --> 00:40:30.167
DAINA: Listen, I've done the swings at Six Flags that are like 300 feet up in the air and that was the scariest thing I've ever done in my entire life.

00:40:30.167 --> 00:40:30.707
VIRGINIA: Oh my gosh.

00:40:30.707 --> 00:40:33.887
DAINA: I've gone skydiving and those swings are scarier than skydiving.

00:40:35.007 --> 00:40:35.467
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:40:35.467 --> 00:40:38.447
VIRGINIA: Actually, one of the scariest rides I ever did was also to Six Flags.

00:40:38.447 --> 00:40:46.467
VIRGINIA: It was in Texas and it was a Batman themed ride, and it was like a roller coaster that was very short, but it was like on a track.

00:40:46.807 --> 00:40:51.607
VIRGINIA: But then as you were going around the track, your seat was also flipping.

00:40:51.607 --> 00:40:54.087
DAINA: You're talking about the Joker at Six Flags over Texas.

00:40:54.087 --> 00:40:54.947
DAINA: I've ridden that one.

00:40:54.947 --> 00:40:56.787
DAINA: It used to be my home park growing up.

00:40:56.787 --> 00:41:05.247
VIRGINIA: It was the worst thing I have ever ridden in my life, and I did it for Alex because he must have been seven at the time.

00:41:05.247 --> 00:41:06.807
VIRGINIA: We were visiting.

00:41:06.807 --> 00:41:15.987
VIRGINIA: My best friend lived in Austin, and so while we were there, we were like, let's take him so he has something fun to do because otherwise we were touring the Alamo and doing all this stuff.

00:41:16.907 --> 00:41:19.307
VIRGINIA: We went there and he was like, I want to ride that.

00:41:20.467 --> 00:41:28.227
VIRGINIA: She stayed with her feet on the ground, if I recall correctly, and I was like, okay, let me get on here with this kid.

00:41:29.427 --> 00:41:33.707
VIRGINIA: The minute we took off, I was just like, I hate this, I hate this, I hate this, I hate this, I hate this.

00:41:33.707 --> 00:41:40.787
VIRGINIA: Then we got off and I know he was scared out of his mind, but do you know what he did as a seven or eight-year-old?

00:41:40.787 --> 00:41:42.247
VIRGINIA: That was my favorite.

00:41:42.407 --> 00:41:45.127
VIRGINIA: No, it wasn't, it was not.

00:41:45.127 --> 00:41:47.027
VIRGINIA: I was there.

00:41:47.027 --> 00:41:48.567
DAINA: I love it.

00:41:48.567 --> 00:41:50.447
DAINA: That one is quite the ride.

00:41:50.447 --> 00:41:50.827
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:41:50.827 --> 00:41:52.987
VIRGINIA: It's like you really get shaken up.

00:41:52.987 --> 00:41:54.407
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:41:54.407 --> 00:41:56.967
VIRGINIA: Anyway, I'm very excited to hear all about this trip.

00:41:56.967 --> 00:42:05.567
VIRGINIA: I hope you all travel safely and that you have the best time and the best weather and all of the magical vibes that I can send to you right now.

00:42:05.567 --> 00:42:07.527
VIRGINIA: So have so much fun.

00:42:07.527 --> 00:42:10.287
KRISTINA: The weather seems like it's going to cooperate.

00:42:10.287 --> 00:42:13.447
KRISTINA: It looked like it was scary for a while, like it was going to be in the 90s.

00:42:13.447 --> 00:42:14.927
KRISTINA: And we're like, oh, really?

00:42:14.927 --> 00:42:17.627
KRISTINA: Trying to get away from from the 90s.

00:42:17.627 --> 00:42:21.507
VIRGINIA: I have never been out to California and experienced the 90s.

00:42:21.507 --> 00:42:24.227
VIRGINIA: Like it is usually very mild.

00:42:24.227 --> 00:42:24.827
KRISTINA: Yes.

00:42:24.827 --> 00:42:28.987
KRISTINA: But I think we just checked today and it's going to be like in like the low 80s.

00:42:28.987 --> 00:42:30.687
KRISTINA: I'm just happy that there's no humidity.

00:42:30.687 --> 00:42:32.027
KRISTINA: So that's, that's, yeah.

00:42:32.027 --> 00:42:32.607
KRISTINA: No thinking.

00:42:32.607 --> 00:42:33.167
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:42:33.167 --> 00:42:33.847
DAINA: We'll take it.

00:42:33.847 --> 00:42:34.107
KRISTINA: Yeah.

00:42:34.107 --> 00:42:35.287
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:42:35.287 --> 00:42:35.887
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:42:35.887 --> 00:42:41.167
VIRGINIA: Well, I will talk to both of you very soon and have so much fun.

00:42:41.707 --> 00:42:43.167
DAINA: Thank you so much.

00:42:44.787 --> 00:42:48.607
VIRGINIA: Thank you so much to Daina and Kristina for joining me on the show.

00:42:48.607 --> 00:42:51.447
VIRGINIA: Their post trip report is out and up next.

00:42:51.447 --> 00:42:53.487
VIRGINIA: So don't go anywhere.

00:42:53.487 --> 00:42:58.007
VIRGINIA: And as I always like to say, keep daydreaming about where you long to be.