Pre-Trip Report: Disney Dames Budget to Bougie Trip (January 2025)

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

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VIRGINIA: I am your host, Virginia.

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VIRGINIA: If you are new to the show, welcome, and I hope you keep coming back.

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VIRGINIA: Regulars, thank you for your continued support.

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VIRGINIA: Today's trip report is a long time in the making.

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VIRGINIA: The Disney Dames, as we call ourselves, have talked about trying to all make it to Disney World together at some point for a few years now.

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VIRGINIA: Somehow in the fall, we started making the moves for it to actually happen, and here we are.

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VIRGINIA: A big thank you to our travel agent, Dana, who is a previous podcast guest herself.

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VIRGINIA: I've linked her information in the show notes if you're looking for a top-notch travel agent to help you plan your next magical vacation.

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VIRGINIA: I've met so many wonderful agents through the podcast, and Dana was actually the very first one that I interviewed on the show ever.

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VIRGINIA: So it's only appropriate that she's the very first agent I have used for my trip planning needs.

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VIRGINIA: Before we get started, I'll remind you that if you'd like to be a guest on the podcast, you can submit yourself through the website, which is whereilongtobepodcast.com.

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VIRGINIA: The link is in the show notes.

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VIRGINIA: I need at least a month's notice, and generally, the more the better, because I need to see if it would work with the people I already have lined up.

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VIRGINIA: I still have some slots for later this spring, so if you or someone you know have a trip coming up, please consider coming on the show to chat about it.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, let's get to these exciting trip plans.

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VIRGINIA: This pre-trip was obviously recorded long before my cold that turned into bronchitis, so please also enjoy hearing my normal voice.

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VIRGINIA: I can't wait to get that back, hopefully soon.

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VIRGINIA: And now, here are the Disney Dames.

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VIRGINIA: Welcome to my beloved Disney Dames.

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VIRGINIA: Hello.

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JEANETTE: Hi.

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VIRGINIA: So just to be clear on who each voice belongs to and for audience members who have not met any of you before because you've all been on the show at different times, let's just go one by one in alphabetical order.

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VIRGINIA: What's your name?

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VIRGINIA: Where are you from?

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VIRGINIA: Give me like a couple sentences snippet of your Disney history.

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VIRGINIA: Chrissy.

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CHRISSY: Hi, everyone.

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CHRISSY: I'm Chrissy and I am the Southern branch of the Disney Dames in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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CHRISSY: I am definitely a born and bred Disney kid from the 80s.

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CHRISSY: We're getting upon the time of year in which I have a deep desire to watch DTV Valentine, and I have gone to Disney with my sister, Maria every year for probably eight years at this point.

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CHRISSY: So it has become one of my favorite annual traditions.

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VIRGINIA: Jeanette.

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JEANETTE: Hello, I'm Jeanette.

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JEANETTE: I am the Brooklyn Disney Dame.

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JEANETTE: I am obsessed with Disney, obsessed with the parks, obsessed with Imagineering, and I'm an animation screenwriter, and I am an annual pass holder, so I get down to Disney as much as possible, generally like five, six times a year.

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JEANETTE: But I am so excited to finally get to go with all of my dames, plus our southern entagement.

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JEANETTE: And I'm just pumped for this trip.

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VIRGINIA: Maria.

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MARIA: Hello, everyone.

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MARIA: I'm Maria.

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MARIA: I am the Staten Island Disney Dame.

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MARIA: I am Chrissy's sister as well, so we've been going to Disney since we were kids.

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MARIA: It is my favorite thing to do, our annual trip to Disney.

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MARIA: I think this, if I count all the times I've been to Disney, I think this is like my 18th time going to the parks.

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MARIA: Most of those one-on-one trips with me and Chrissy, and I'm very excited to go with my dames this time.

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VIRGINIA: And Nanci.

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NANCI: Hello everybody, I'm Nanci.

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NANCI: I'm the City Island Bronx chapter, I have a whole chapter, of the Disney dames, and I grew up on the West Coast.

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NANCI: I grew up in California, so I grew up going to Disneyland very often, especially once I became an adult and could buy my own annual pass.

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NANCI: I always had an annual pass.

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NANCI: I would go by myself often like three or four times a year at least.

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NANCI: Now that I've been back on the East Coast, I've gone the last three years, usually with Virginia and also been with Jeanette last year.

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NANCI: I went the full calendar year of 2024 without going back.

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NANCI: I'm very excited to be back in the habit.

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VIRGINIA: Long overdue.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Let's just briefly before we get into our day-to-day plans, talk about how this trip came about.

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VIRGINIA: I think most appropriate probably that Chrissy and Maria start that off.

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MARIA: Sure.

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MARIA: Usually when Chrissy and I do our annual trips, we used to go in the fall because I work in a school and we have a pretty decent chunk of a break in the fall.

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MARIA: Then one year we went in the fall and then we decided to go in January as well because the flights were cheap and hotel was cheap.

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MARIA: We realized that Disney in January is delightful.

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MARIA: Sometimes it's a little chilly, sometimes it's warm enough to swim.

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MARIA: Originally we picked these dates based on the calendar of my winter break because my school is on break this week.

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MARIA: Then at one point Chrissy and I had kind of, we knew we were going and Nancy announced that she wanted to go to Disney for her birthday.

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MARIA: Her birthday is coming up on Monday, January 20th.

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MARIA: She shares a birthday with my husband who listeners may remember of a not super-duper Disney head, but lovable man anyway.

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MARIA: So I knew I couldn't abandon him for his birthday.

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MARIA: So I said, well, if you don't mind going after your birthday, and Chrissy's okay with having four older sisters, not just one, we can all make this a big gigantic Disney dame celebrating Nancy's birthday.

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MARIA: Love bunch of fun.

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MARIA: So that's what we're doing.

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VIRGINIA: I know.

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VIRGINIA: And it kind of felt like it came together pretty quickly.

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VIRGINIA: Because when was this?

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VIRGINIA: Like September?

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MARIA: I think so, yeah.

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NANCI: Yeah, I think it was.

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NANCI: It was definitely fall, and I fully expected more pushback than I got.

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MARIA: We were just like, nope, let's do it.

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VIRGINIA: Well, I mean, I think we were all on board, but then especially once we saw the prices of the flights, it was just like, in my opinion, kind of a no-brainer because going with the four of you and splitting the cost of the hotel and then-

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JEANETTE: We are saving the money by going on this Disney trip.

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VIRGINIA: The round trip ticket was what, like 200 or 250 at the most?

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, it was not much.

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JEANETTE: I used points, so it was $7.

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VIRGINIA: So very, very doable.

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VIRGINIA: And in comparison, I mean, that just feels like a drop in the bucket to me because my February trip that I had to purchase my plane tickets for because it's Presidents Week, the tickets are $700 a piece.

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VIRGINIA: So this was like, I don't know, lunch money or something.

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JEANETTE: Good Lord.

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JEANETTE: Jar box for a week.

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MARIA: It would have been silly not to go.

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CHRISSY: Yeah.

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CHRISSY: And that's been pretty typical pricing for this time of year.

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CHRISSY: I don't think I've ever paid more than maybe $275 in January for this flight direct with my baggage and everything.

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VIRGINIA: So anyway, super excited about the price.

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VIRGINIA: And then we decided for this trip that because we're going to be doing, you know, cash stay, that we would utilize the services of a travel agent to support a small business.

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VIRGINIA: And we went with Dana, who was the very first travel agent to be on Where I Long To Be podcast.

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VIRGINIA: So she helped us out.

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VIRGINIA: So shout out to Dana for being amazing.

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JEANETTE: And a friend of mine from high school, sister-in-law of one of my other high school friends.

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VIRGINIA: So Jeanette was the original person who pointed me towards Dana to get her for that first interview.

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VIRGINIA: And that was back in the time when I was really having to like work so hard to find people to be on the show.

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VIRGINIA: And so it was really, really nice to have her.

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VIRGINIA: And then we've just stayed connected this whole time.

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VIRGINIA: So she's been amazing.

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VIRGINIA: So I'll put her information in the show notes for anybody who was looking for a travel agent.

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VIRGINIA: And I know I've had a lot of travel agents on the show over the past two years.

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VIRGINIA: So my plan is that if I utilize the surfaces of a travel agent, I will likely switch it up every time just to spread the love among all of the amazing travel agents that I've gotten to speak with.

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VIRGINIA: So where will we be staying on this trip?

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VIRGINIA: Jeanette, you want to take us through the hotel?

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VIRGINIA: Sure.

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JEANETTE: We are doing an epic split stay.

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JEANETTE: We are going to start our trip at All-Star Music, where we'll be staying in a family suite, hopefully near the maracas from Caballeros.

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JEANETTE: And then we are hopping as if we're flying through space into a completely different atmosphere to Riviera for one night.

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VIRGINIA: And the one night will be in a one-bedroom DVC villa.

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VIRGINIA: So I'm thinking of this as like a budget taboo trip.

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JEANETTE: Yes.

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JEANETTE: I think that that is a great way.

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NANCI: Which is also my nickname in high school.

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VIRGINIA: Oh my word.

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VIRGINIA: So many nicknames in high school you had, Nanci.

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VIRGINIA: All right, let's get in to the day-to-day plans because we've got a lot to go through.

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VIRGINIA: So starting off with Wednesday, take it away, Maria.

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MARIA: Sure.

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MARIA: So on Wednesday morning, the four New York dames are flying out of LaGuardia.

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MARIA: And because some of the dames are a little further out from LaGuardia, I will be sleeping at Jeanette's house the night before.

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MARIA: And Nanci is sleeping over at Virginia's house.

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MARIA: So we're very excited to have a little extra sleep over time, a little party.

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MARIA: Chrissy is shaking her head and sad that she does not get in on any of these sleepovers, but we'll have plenty of sleep over time come Wednesday night.

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MARIA: So, like I said, the four of us are flying on JetBlue at a 6:55 a.m.

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MARIA: flight, and we are very excited to send some time in the Chase Sapphire Reserve Lounge at LaGuardia, which opens at 4.30 in the morning.

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MARIA: So we're planning on getting to LaGuardia at 4 to get through security, to be one of the first people into the lounge before our 6.55 flight.

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MARIA: And Chrissy is leaving from Philadelphia at 7.20.

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MARIA: We are arriving at different terminals once we get to MCO.

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MARIA: So the four of us are taking a mirror shuttle.

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MARIA: And Chrissy, I'm not sure if you decided on a mirror shuttle.

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MARIA: You're doing a mirror shuttle as well?

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MARIA: Excellent.

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CHRISSY: Yeah, I'm doing a mirror.

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MARIA: To take us all over to All-Star Music, drop our bags, and then we have a couple options of what we're doing.

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MARIA: I kind of have what I think we should do.

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MARIA: One option is going to Blizzard Beach.

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MARIA: I've never been to Blizzard Beach before.

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MARIA: I would love to go to Blizzard Beach.

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MARIA: I think the high temperature on Wednesday is like 59 degrees.

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MARIA: So it will feel like a blizzard.

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MARIA: So I don't, or at least cold enough for a blizzard.

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MARIA: I don't think that's happening either.

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MARIA: The other options, character warehouse, maybe hang out at Disney Springs.

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MARIA: I think I would like to go and just like check out the vibes in Magic Kingdom and like get a coffee, ride the People Mover, do the Charis, buy some popcorn and hang out.

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MARIA: And then we are going to hop over to Disney Springs because we have a 645 dinner reservation at Summer House on the Lake.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: That's a lot in one day that we're going to be doing.

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MARIA: It really is.

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VIRGINIA: I love a travel day.

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VIRGINIA: Yes.

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NANCI: I do too.

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VIRGINIA: The whole trip right in front of you, ready to go, the anticipation of it all.

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JEANETTE: Anything could happen.

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VIRGINIA: Right.

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NANCI: And that's nothing.

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NANCI: I like an airport, man.

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NANCI: I like an airport.

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VIRGINIA: I know.

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VIRGINIA: I think we all feel the same way Alex does about airports and just being excited to be there, seeing everything there is to see, waiting for your flight to be called.

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VIRGINIA: Anyway, it's going to be a great day.

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MARIA: Nope.

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CHRISSY: I was literally having a conversation with my best friend yesterday about exactly how late I could leave the airport and make my 720 flight.

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JEANETTE: That's certainly how I am too, but I'm changing my ways to go enjoy the lounge.

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JEANETTE: Thanks to Virginia.

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VIRGINIA: I'm super excited about this lounge.

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MARIA: I'm excited for the lounge.

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VIRGINIA: Because I went to the Sapphire Reserve Lounge at JFK already and it is so nice.

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VIRGINIA: And the one at LaGuardia is supposed to be even better.

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VIRGINIA: So it's too bad we won't have more time in there and based on the time of day we're going to be there.

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VIRGINIA: Because if it were a normal time of day, when you get there, there are free facials you can sign up for.

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VIRGINIA: What?

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VIRGINIA: I know.

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JEANETTE: Don't worry, ladies.

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JEANETTE: I'm bringing a green team of face masks.

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JEANETTE: We all can have DIY face masks.

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MARIA: Oh, I have Mickey and Minnie's face masks for us that I was going to bring.

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VIRGINIA: I always bring a face mask with me to Disney.

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VIRGINIA: There's just something fun about at night, at the end of the night of a park day, slapping a face mask on and just relaxing in your room.

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JEANETTE: Oh, and I have these under-eye patches that have Mickey mouses and then I got in Germany.

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JEANETTE: So maybe I'll bring them too.

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MARIA: Cute.

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NANCI: I mean, I'm a little nervous about it.

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NANCI: I know day of, Wednesday morning, I'm going to be really excited to go to the lounge.

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NANCI: Right now, I have a bit of anxiety because I work until 11 PM on Tuesday night.

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NANCI: Because I never work Tuesdays, but they're like, oh, you're going on vacation?

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NANCI: Well, we're not going to have you those days.

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NANCI: Let's put you in wherever we can.

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NANCI: So I'll be, I'm going to be tired, but I'm going to be happy, which is what happens on Disney trips, because I am normally such a night owl, that getting up early is a problem, except for at a Disney property where I'm like, bing, I'm awake, let's go, let's do things.

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MARIA: So, yeah.

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VIRGINIA: So what time do you think you'll be getting to my house, Nanci?

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NANCI: I don't know, because I'm going to be coming from Brooklyn to Queens.

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NANCI: I might treat myself to an Uber if it's not ridiculous or a half an Uber.

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NANCI: Like take the G all the way up to the top and then take one right over to you.

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NANCI: But I might get out at 11, I might get out at 10, 15.

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NANCI: I don't know.

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NANCI: I close, that's why.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: So probably at the latest round or 11.30.

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NANCI: Yeah, hopefully.

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NANCI: And then I have keys, so you don't have to stay up, of course.

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VIRGINIA: Right.

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VIRGINIA: And are you dropping robot off before?

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VIRGINIA: No.

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NANCI: Here's the fun thing.

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NANCI: My new roommate, I just moved.

00:14:35.797 --> 00:14:38.477
NANCI: My new roommate is like, why isn't he just staying here with us?

00:14:38.477 --> 00:14:39.097
NANCI: I don't care.

00:14:39.097 --> 00:14:41.237
NANCI: So the boys are off the hook.

00:14:41.237 --> 00:14:42.377
VIRGINIA: The boys are off the hook.

00:14:42.377 --> 00:14:43.137
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:14:43.137 --> 00:14:47.317
VIRGINIA: Because I've been making sure that they understood that they were taking care of robot.

00:14:47.317 --> 00:14:49.057
VIRGINIA: And Alex is off of school.

00:14:49.057 --> 00:14:51.977
NANCI: Oh, I like that they have the fear of God put into them.

00:14:52.017 --> 00:14:54.157
NANCI: But then they get the repicked.

00:14:54.157 --> 00:14:56.857
VIRGINIA: I was like, you will take care of that baby boy.

00:14:58.817 --> 00:15:05.657
NANCI: For listeners, Charles and Alex are a little squished out by my dog because he doesn't have a lower jaw.

00:15:06.737 --> 00:15:08.077
VIRGINIA: He's a little old man.

00:15:08.077 --> 00:15:09.697
VIRGINIA: He's a little old chihuahua.

00:15:09.697 --> 00:15:12.097
VIRGINIA: And apparently that happens to chihuahuas.

00:15:12.097 --> 00:15:16.257
VIRGINIA: Like their jaw just kind of just like he just he just looks like he has a little floppy mouth.

00:15:16.257 --> 00:15:17.817
VIRGINIA: And it's really more Charles.

00:15:18.157 --> 00:15:22.217
VIRGINIA: Like, Alex has been snuggling with him lately and has been fine.

00:15:22.217 --> 00:15:23.817
VIRGINIA: He was fine with him at Christmas.

00:15:23.817 --> 00:15:27.037
VIRGINIA: So he was kind of looking forward to it, I think.

00:15:27.037 --> 00:15:29.597
VIRGINIA: But that will be a load off of both of them.

00:15:29.597 --> 00:15:31.277
VIRGINIA: So thank you for letting me know that.

00:15:31.277 --> 00:15:32.017
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:15:32.017 --> 00:15:34.257
VIRGINIA: Any other notes for anybody?

00:15:34.257 --> 00:15:36.017
VIRGINIA: Things that you're excited about?

00:15:36.017 --> 00:15:41.117
VIRGINIA: Things that you have on your must-do, must-eat list for Magic Kingdom?

00:15:41.117 --> 00:15:48.077
JEANETTE: Well, I kind of mentioned that the confectionary does the make-your-own popcorn.

00:15:48.077 --> 00:15:57.617
JEANETTE: And they have a special one for Valentine's Day, which is strawberry popcorn, which kind of coincides with the Neapolitan popcorn that I so enjoyed in Tokyo, Disneyland.

00:15:57.617 --> 00:15:59.497
JEANETTE: So I'm hoping to get that.

00:15:59.497 --> 00:16:02.137
JEANETTE: And I think that that is the pro move.

00:16:02.137 --> 00:16:15.197
JEANETTE: The first day that you arrive to Disney parks, get your customizable popcorn bucket, because there's so much popcorn that you'll want to have it as like an after-park snack or like grab a little popcorn in the morning for your whole trip.

00:16:15.197 --> 00:16:15.917
NANCI: That's nice.

00:16:15.917 --> 00:16:16.577
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:16:16.577 --> 00:16:18.077
VIRGINIA: I'm interested in trying that one too.

00:16:18.077 --> 00:16:25.257
VIRGINIA: I like all the strawberry flavored things that they tend to do around Valentine's Day, like the the Joffrey strawberry things.

00:16:25.257 --> 00:16:26.677
VIRGINIA: I'm a fan.

00:16:26.677 --> 00:16:27.277
VIRGINIA: Anyone else?

00:16:27.277 --> 00:16:28.837
VIRGINIA: Anything for Magic Kingdom?

00:16:28.837 --> 00:16:33.077
NANCI: Oh, I have a question regarding that for first day stuff.

00:16:33.077 --> 00:16:35.197
NANCI: I've never been there on my birthday.

00:16:35.197 --> 00:16:40.457
NANCI: Is it if I'm not there on my actual birthday, can I still go to City Hall and get a little birthday benefit?

00:16:40.597 --> 00:16:43.797
MARIA: Girl, I was there in January and got a pin for April.

00:16:43.797 --> 00:16:44.957
MARIA: We're celebrating your birthday.

00:16:44.957 --> 00:16:45.737
MARIA: You're getting a pin.

00:16:46.637 --> 00:16:47.897
MARIA: We're celebrating Nanci.

00:16:49.537 --> 00:16:53.137
VIRGINIA: They don't card you, so you're fine.

00:16:53.137 --> 00:16:56.537
VIRGINIA: In fact, it could be all of our birthdays if we wanted it to, for real.

00:16:56.537 --> 00:16:57.857
JEANETTE: I'm not lying about my birthday.

00:16:57.857 --> 00:16:58.877
JEANETTE: I don't want bad birthday.

00:16:59.137 --> 00:17:00.557
VIRGINIA: No.

00:17:00.557 --> 00:17:09.497
VIRGINIA: I've only ever worn the birthday button on my actual birthday in the park, but I can understand the people who want to wear the entire trip for their birthday or whatever.

00:17:09.797 --> 00:17:11.097
VIRGINIA: Just do what you want.

00:17:11.097 --> 00:17:15.537
JEANETTE: My last birthday, I was in Disney and I wore it for the whole trip.

00:17:15.537 --> 00:17:19.877
MARIA: I'm excited for corn dog nuggets and a Nutella waffle.

00:17:19.877 --> 00:17:23.677
MARIA: Even if it's not the same waffle, I'm still excited for the waffle.

00:17:23.677 --> 00:17:25.337
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I'm bringing my own Nutella.

00:17:25.337 --> 00:17:42.117
VIRGINIA: Just say that right now because Nanci gave me a tiny little pot of Nutella in my Christmas stocking and so that's going to just be in my park bag in case I need some Nutella to go with whatever I'm getting, just emergency Nutella.

00:17:42.117 --> 00:17:42.917
NANCI: That's just smart.

00:17:42.917 --> 00:17:44.537
MARIA: It's a good condiment.

00:17:44.537 --> 00:17:47.917
VIRGINIA: I want to try the creme brulee croissant.

00:17:47.917 --> 00:17:51.297
JEANETTE: I had it on my last trip and it was really good.

00:17:51.437 --> 00:17:54.257
JEANETTE: I would be happy to head back to Kistans.

00:17:54.257 --> 00:17:56.257
JEANETTE: I still actually haven't had their cinnamon roll.

00:17:56.257 --> 00:17:56.897
VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

00:17:56.897 --> 00:17:58.257
JEANETTE: I might need to do that too.

00:17:58.277 --> 00:17:59.957
VIRGINIA: Yeah, okay.

00:17:59.957 --> 00:18:07.557
VIRGINIA: I will say, I have things I want to do, but I'm going back in February, so anything that I don't personally get done on this trip, no sweat for me.

00:18:07.557 --> 00:18:08.997
VIRGINIA: I will just do it the next time.

00:18:08.997 --> 00:18:15.537
VIRGINIA: I'd rather focus on what everyone else wants to make sure they get done, except for Jeanette because she goes all the time.

00:18:17.017 --> 00:18:19.597
JEANETTE: I'm back the same time that you're back.

00:18:19.597 --> 00:18:22.097
VIRGINIA: Jeanette goes every other month.

00:18:22.097 --> 00:18:23.117
VIRGINIA: Not so concerned about you.

00:18:23.117 --> 00:18:26.357
JEANETTE: I'm addicted to run Disney and you too can go all the time.

00:18:26.477 --> 00:18:26.737
VIRGINIA: I know.

00:18:26.737 --> 00:18:28.457
VIRGINIA: I'm doing my 5K in February.

00:18:29.217 --> 00:18:30.317
VIRGINIA: We will see.

00:18:30.317 --> 00:18:30.837
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:18:30.837 --> 00:18:36.057
VIRGINIA: Let's move on to Thursday, January 23rd.

00:18:36.057 --> 00:18:39.197
VIRGINIA: Nanci, why don't you walk us through this day?

00:18:39.197 --> 00:18:39.517
NANCI: Yes.

00:18:39.517 --> 00:18:41.797
NANCI: I'm very excited for this day.

00:18:41.797 --> 00:18:43.397
NANCI: We have a couple of lightning lanes.

00:18:43.397 --> 00:18:44.137
NANCI: We have a few.

00:18:44.137 --> 00:18:46.357
NANCI: We have one for Haunted Mansion.

00:18:46.357 --> 00:18:51.677
NANCI: We have Pirates and then I'm really, really excited for Tiana's because I have not done it yet.

00:18:51.717 --> 00:18:52.657
NANCI: And I really love-

00:18:52.657 --> 00:18:53.337
VIRGINIA: Neither have I.

00:18:53.717 --> 00:18:54.757
MARIA: Neither have I.

00:18:54.757 --> 00:18:59.017
VIRGINIA: No, because when we went in July, I didn't even go into the Magic Kingdom at all.

00:18:59.017 --> 00:19:00.017
VIRGINIA: I stuck to Epcot.

00:19:00.017 --> 00:19:00.497
NANCI: Right.

00:19:00.497 --> 00:19:03.657
JEANETTE: I've done it three times, not to brag.

00:19:03.657 --> 00:19:04.957
CHRISSY: Oh, wow.

00:19:04.957 --> 00:19:05.197
NANCI: Yeah.

00:19:05.197 --> 00:19:17.937
NANCI: So I'm very, very excited about that and as somebody who loved Splash Mountain, when I first heard it was going away, I was super sad and when I learned immediately what it was going to be replaced by, I was like, oh no, we're good.

00:19:17.937 --> 00:19:19.017
NANCI: I'm very excited about this.

00:19:19.297 --> 00:19:20.757
NANCI: So very, very excited.

00:19:20.757 --> 00:19:32.297
NANCI: But I'm so excited for our dinner that night, because I don't have a lot of requests, because I know when going with Virginia, she just knows what to hit all the time.

00:19:32.297 --> 00:19:47.877
NANCI: We do Disney very similarly, but the one request I had was dinner at the Liberty Tree, because I think about it probably weekly in my everyday life, and I love that bread pudding so much, I want to die.

00:19:47.877 --> 00:19:50.417
NANCI: So very, very, very excited about that.

00:19:50.417 --> 00:19:54.517
NANCI: And then I roped everybody else into doing it, so I'm very excited about it.

00:19:54.517 --> 00:19:57.217
VIRGINIA: And we have a couple of people who have never done it before, right?

00:19:57.217 --> 00:19:58.297
MARIA: Correct.

00:19:58.297 --> 00:19:58.957
MARIA: I have not done it.

00:19:59.417 --> 00:19:59.837
VIRGINIA: Correct.

00:19:59.837 --> 00:20:11.757
MARIA: And I'm excited, actually, I never thought I'd say this, I'm excited to try the plant-based option, because I'm lactose intolerant, and I was thinking about getting regular meat, and then asking for the side.

00:20:11.757 --> 00:20:15.057
MARIA: I was like, you know what, Maria, just dive right in and try the plant-based, it's not going to kill you.

00:20:15.577 --> 00:20:17.097
MARIA: So I'm excited to try it.

00:20:17.097 --> 00:20:18.377
JEANETTE: Well, it will all be on the table.

00:20:18.377 --> 00:20:18.837
MARIA: That's true.

00:20:19.537 --> 00:20:23.177
JEANETTE: As the resident plant-based person, it will all be on the table.

00:20:23.177 --> 00:20:30.137
JEANETTE: We will have so much food between the meat-eater's clatter and the plant-based clatter that there's no way we'll be able to get it.

00:20:30.137 --> 00:20:30.537
VIRGINIA: That's right.

00:20:30.977 --> 00:20:32.097
VIRGINIA: You're going to have to try the meat.

00:20:32.097 --> 00:20:32.997
JEANETTE: We'll have everything available.

00:20:33.297 --> 00:20:35.557
NANCI: I'm going to be challenged, Jeanette, and I will find the one I'm going to find.

00:20:35.557 --> 00:20:37.997
VIRGINIA: Oh my God, the salad is so good.

00:20:37.997 --> 00:20:39.457
JEANETTE: The salad is so good.

00:20:39.457 --> 00:20:41.077
JEANETTE: I could just eat the salad at the present day.

00:20:41.077 --> 00:20:43.257
VIRGINIA: It's the best salad maybe I've ever had in my life.

00:20:43.257 --> 00:20:44.097
NANCI: It is delicious.

00:20:44.477 --> 00:21:01.917
NANCI: But you know, as somebody who has grown up on the West Coast and going to Disneyland so often, whenever I go to Magic Kingdom, I always feel like I'm somewhat like I'm in a scuba dream because all the elements are there, but they're not in the place that I know.

00:21:01.917 --> 00:21:08.557
NANCI: And like no matter how many times we go, it's the Disneyland one.

00:21:08.557 --> 00:21:14.057
NANCI: Disneyland is so imprinted on me that I cannot, it won't override.

00:21:14.057 --> 00:21:16.097
JEANETTE: Liberty Square doesn't exist in your brain.

00:21:16.757 --> 00:21:17.477
NANCI: It does not.

00:21:17.477 --> 00:21:20.697
NANCI: I mean, it exists in my heart, Jeanette, forever.

00:21:20.697 --> 00:21:24.757
VIRGINIA: That Liberty Tree dinner is at 625.

00:21:24.757 --> 00:21:29.917
VIRGINIA: So that should leave us some time to do some other things before the park closes at nine.

00:21:29.917 --> 00:21:31.857
VIRGINIA: What are you all wanting to do?

00:21:31.857 --> 00:21:33.757
CHRISSY: Oh, we're going to watch Happily Ever After.

00:21:33.997 --> 00:21:34.937
CHRISSY: Maria is going to cry.

00:21:34.957 --> 00:21:35.977
MARIA: I'm going to make fun of her.

00:21:35.977 --> 00:21:38.417
CHRISSY: And then I'm going to get teary-eyed.

00:21:38.417 --> 00:21:40.137
JEANETTE: Packin sissies, lady.

00:21:40.137 --> 00:21:41.197
NANCI: Cry every time.

00:21:41.197 --> 00:21:43.897
MARIA: Chrissy, will you cry if you see the four of us crying?

00:21:43.897 --> 00:21:44.777
CHRISSY: Yes, probably.

00:21:44.777 --> 00:21:46.077
CHRISSY: I'm not artless.

00:21:47.257 --> 00:21:48.117
MARIA: I didn't say you were.

00:21:48.117 --> 00:21:50.717
JEANETTE: I was going to say, you're not going to point and laugh.

00:21:50.717 --> 00:21:52.197
NANCI: Probably a little.

00:21:52.397 --> 00:21:55.757
VIRGINIA: We need a photo of the four of us crying and Chrissy just laughing at us.

00:21:55.757 --> 00:21:58.557
CHRISSY: I will take photos because I think it's adorable.

00:21:58.557 --> 00:22:05.777
JEANETTE: It'll be like when we went to see Wicked and Virginia and Nanci and I are just sobbing and Maria is like.

00:22:05.777 --> 00:22:08.337
NANCI: I'm like, it was good.

00:22:08.517 --> 00:22:12.297
MARIA: I was emotional because you were emotional, but I was like, okay.

00:22:12.297 --> 00:22:15.337
JEANETTE: We're just sobbing and controlling.

00:22:15.337 --> 00:22:18.457
VIRGINIA: I couldn't even speak for like 10 minutes after that movie.

00:22:20.037 --> 00:22:23.077
JEANETTE: I just looked at you and we're both just like.

00:22:25.637 --> 00:22:26.257
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:22:26.257 --> 00:22:28.077
VIRGINIA: Got a lot more to get through.

00:22:28.677 --> 00:22:32.297
VIRGINIA: Let's move into Friday, January 24th.

00:22:32.297 --> 00:22:34.837
VIRGINIA: Jeanette, why don't you take this one?

00:22:34.837 --> 00:22:35.677
JEANETTE: Okay.

00:22:35.677 --> 00:22:44.117
JEANETTE: I have made this day slightly complicated because as I mentioned, I am a run Disney person and I am running the Princess Half Marathon next month.

00:22:44.117 --> 00:22:45.197
JEANETTE: Yeah, it's next month.

00:22:45.197 --> 00:22:47.357
JEANETTE: Oh my God.

00:22:47.357 --> 00:22:53.117
JEANETTE: It's really cold here in New York, so I've struggled to find time when I can do long distance runs.

00:22:53.657 --> 00:23:06.317
JEANETTE: So I decided I would take advantage of the temperate weather in Orlando and do a 10-mile, am I kidding myself, run at All-Star Music.

00:23:06.317 --> 00:23:16.937
JEANETTE: So while everyone else will be probably still asleep, I'm going to get up, get ready, and start my run roughly about 6.30 in the morning.

00:23:16.937 --> 00:23:23.797
JEANETTE: I'm sure while I'm running for two hours straight, they will get up, get dressed, make themselves beautiful.

00:23:23.797 --> 00:23:29.777
JEANETTE: And they will head to Animal Kingdom, where I have gotten us some lightning lanes.

00:23:29.777 --> 00:23:37.837
JEANETTE: So they'll start their day at 8.20 or within that hour at Dinosaur, so they can say farewell to Dinosaur.

00:23:37.837 --> 00:23:38.377
MARIA: And Dr.

00:23:38.377 --> 00:23:39.397
MARIA: Seeker.

00:23:39.397 --> 00:23:39.957
MARIA: And Dr.

00:23:39.957 --> 00:23:41.537
MARIA: Seeker.

00:23:41.797 --> 00:23:43.997
JEANETTE: And Virginia's boyfriend, Dr.

00:23:43.997 --> 00:23:45.077
JEANETTE: Seeker.

00:23:45.077 --> 00:23:46.497
JEANETTE: I'm going to get that dino.

00:23:46.497 --> 00:23:49.277
JEANETTE: I'm going to skip it because I've already ridden it.

00:23:49.877 --> 00:23:56.997
JEANETTE: You know, a couple of times in morning and then 9:35 a.m.

00:23:56.997 --> 00:23:59.617
JEANETTE: They will do their Navi River.

00:23:59.617 --> 00:24:15.317
JEANETTE: And then I have strategically created a window around 10 o'clock, 10.30, so that I can shower and meet them around 10 o'clock, 10.30 at Nomad to get in at the Nomad Lounge.

00:24:15.317 --> 00:24:22.697
JEANETTE: Because what I found is it's really, really hard for a larger group to get on the waitlist later in the day.

00:24:22.697 --> 00:24:29.837
JEANETTE: If you're like two people, three people, you can get on the waitlist on the phone, on the MDE, it's not that hard.

00:24:29.837 --> 00:24:35.337
JEANETTE: But when you're five or six people, they block you out from even being able to sign up for that.

00:24:35.337 --> 00:24:45.777
JEANETTE: So if we really want to do Nomad, I think we have to get in the line, do the thing, have, as Chrissy said, have early morning churros.

00:24:45.777 --> 00:24:46.717
JEANETTE: And so that's what we're going to do.

00:24:47.297 --> 00:24:54.637
JEANETTE: And I always think of Nomad Lounge as my personal clubhouse, so I'm really excited to have the dames at my personal clubhouse.

00:24:54.637 --> 00:24:59.657
JEANETTE: The only bad thing is they don't have the flotillas with Scrooge anymore, and Scrooge is my boyfriend.

00:24:59.657 --> 00:25:02.857
JEANETTE: So that's very sad.

00:25:02.857 --> 00:25:05.497
JEANETTE: So as you are, Nomad Lounge.

00:25:35.757 --> 00:25:44.917
JEANETTE: I booked Everest, and I hope other people will book Everest after they use their early morning lightning lane, so I don't have to write it by myself, although I'll do it if I've got to.

00:25:44.917 --> 00:25:54.857
JEANETTE: And then I booked Mimo because I thought it would be an easy one for me to emberse, like to use, and then we all have the safari together.

00:25:54.857 --> 00:26:04.557
JEANETTE: And because I've done this new lightning lane process before, I know that it can be a little complicated when you're not booking a whole group together.

00:26:04.917 --> 00:26:15.657
JEANETTE: So I booked mine trying to be things that I know we could all hit, or some of us could hit while other people are, you know, riding Flight of Passage or something like that.

00:26:15.657 --> 00:26:23.757
JEANETTE: Because I have to use mine in order to not, like, screw up the rest of everybody else's planning for the day.

00:26:23.757 --> 00:26:28.837
JEANETTE: So hopefully my need to run in the morning won't, won't screw up our day too much.

00:26:28.837 --> 00:26:33.017
JEANETTE: But after we do safari, it's very likely that we'll hop somewhere.

00:26:33.997 --> 00:26:40.537
JEANETTE: I don't know, I'm thinking Epcot, because I'm thinking we might want to get our experience started with Best of the Arts.

00:26:40.537 --> 00:26:41.217
JEANETTE: I would love that.

00:26:41.537 --> 00:26:42.217
JEANETTE: That's just my opinion.

00:26:42.217 --> 00:26:44.877
MARIA: That was when I assumed we were going to Epcot.

00:26:44.877 --> 00:26:45.817
NANCI: I would love that.

00:26:45.817 --> 00:26:49.877
VIRGINIA: I'm up for whatever, but I'm always good to go for Epcot.

00:26:49.877 --> 00:26:50.537
NANCI: It's my favorite.

00:26:50.537 --> 00:26:52.717
NANCI: Is there room for Epcot on the day we get there?

00:26:52.717 --> 00:26:55.277
NANCI: I don't, I don't, do you think?

00:26:55.277 --> 00:27:07.717
VIRGINIA: So we're landing early enough that, even if we go to Magic Kingdom, we might be able to go over into Epcot before we go to dinner.

00:27:07.717 --> 00:27:08.977
VIRGINIA: I figure we'll play it by ear.

00:27:09.457 --> 00:27:14.597
VIRGINIA: And truthfully, you know, I think we all want to do as much together as we can.

00:27:14.597 --> 00:27:25.137
VIRGINIA: But if we want to break off into little groups, or if like Maria and Chrissy want to have some sister time, since we're all intruding on their annual sister trip, like we're all just going to play it by ear.

00:27:25.137 --> 00:27:39.337
VIRGINIA: And I think we've all, we all talked about this before, but like none of us are going to get our feelings hurt if somebody wants to go do something else, or even if one of us wants to take like some alone time to go do something or just walk around by ourselves.

00:27:39.337 --> 00:27:40.297
VIRGINIA: We're all good with that.

00:27:40.297 --> 00:27:42.337
VIRGINIA: So we'll figure it out on the day.

00:27:42.337 --> 00:27:42.957
VIRGINIA: Cool.

00:27:42.957 --> 00:27:47.237
VIRGINIA: All right, anything else for Animal Kingdom that anybody else wants to mention?

00:27:47.237 --> 00:27:50.417
NANCI: I just want to mention that it is my favorite of the parks.

00:27:50.417 --> 00:27:51.317
NANCI: And I love it so much.

00:27:51.317 --> 00:27:52.457
VIRGINIA: Animal Kingdom is?

00:27:52.457 --> 00:27:53.537
NANCI: Yeah, I love it.

00:27:53.537 --> 00:27:54.257
NANCI: I really do.

00:27:55.077 --> 00:27:56.217
VIRGINIA: I think the vibes are immaculate.

00:27:56.217 --> 00:27:59.157
VIRGINIA: But honestly, Nanci, I didn't know it was your favorite favorite.

00:27:59.157 --> 00:27:59.737
NANCI: It is.

00:27:59.737 --> 00:28:03.677
NANCI: And I think it's because, look, I don't like the outdoors.

00:28:03.677 --> 00:28:04.777
NANCI: I am-

00:28:04.777 --> 00:28:05.337
VIRGINIA: No, you don't.

00:28:05.337 --> 00:28:06.337
VIRGINIA: You're an indoor cat.

00:28:06.337 --> 00:28:07.377
NANCI: I am an indoor cat.

00:28:08.257 --> 00:28:12.517
NANCI: I'm not that far removed from poverty that I like to cosplay it.

00:28:12.517 --> 00:28:19.117
NANCI: But I do love a very curated outdoors experience.

00:28:20.477 --> 00:28:22.377
NANCI: And that's what Animal Kingdom feels like.

00:28:22.417 --> 00:28:24.197
NANCI: There's just greenery everywhere.

00:28:24.197 --> 00:28:25.117
NANCI: I love animals.

00:28:25.117 --> 00:28:27.497
NANCI: I love Flight of Passage so much.

00:28:27.497 --> 00:28:31.157
NANCI: I could crawl inside it and live there forever.

00:28:31.557 --> 00:28:34.317
VIRGINIA: And it's true, you've never once ridden it without crying.

00:28:34.317 --> 00:28:35.797
NANCI: Never, never not one time.

00:28:35.797 --> 00:28:37.117
VIRGINIA: And why do you think that is?

00:28:37.117 --> 00:28:44.237
NANCI: I think because I, when anybody asks what superpower would you pick, I would pick the gift of flight.

00:28:44.237 --> 00:28:53.477
NANCI: And I think this is the closest that it actually feels like, would feel like to be a, like a fairy.

00:28:53.477 --> 00:28:55.177
NANCI: You said dreams about-

00:28:55.177 --> 00:28:58.997
NANCI: I used to have dreams about my entire childhood.

00:28:59.337 --> 00:29:07.977
NANCI: And I and my aunt Robin, who was very, very, very close to that, passed away not too long ago, used to fake fairies being in the house.

00:29:07.977 --> 00:29:12.977
NANCI: So like we, as in our childhood, we kind of grew up really thinking they're real.

00:29:12.977 --> 00:29:16.877
NANCI: And I definitely believe they were real well past that being appropriate.

00:29:16.877 --> 00:29:18.817
NANCI: I just always wanted to be one.

00:29:18.817 --> 00:29:21.217
NANCI: And this is, God, they make it bleed.

00:29:21.217 --> 00:29:23.077
NANCI: It's just very magical to me.

00:29:23.077 --> 00:29:29.557
NANCI: It's the, it feels like the most magical experience I can have outside of they're actually being magic.

00:29:29.557 --> 00:29:32.297
NANCI: So.

00:29:32.297 --> 00:29:33.097
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:29:33.097 --> 00:29:36.057
VIRGINIA: Saturday, January 25th.

00:29:36.057 --> 00:29:36.477
CHRISSY: Yes.

00:29:36.477 --> 00:29:45.897
CHRISSY: So Saturday, we are planning to be at Epcot and experience all of the goodness for the International Festival of the Arts.

00:29:45.897 --> 00:29:57.097
CHRISSY: And, you know, with Epcot's tiering system for Lightning Lanes, our reservations are for Spaceship Earth, Living with the Land, my personal favorite, and Remy's Ratatouille Adventure.

00:29:57.097 --> 00:30:02.117
CHRISSY: And then we've all purchased individual, no, single pass Lightning Lanes.

00:30:02.117 --> 00:30:03.517
CHRISSY: I'm getting with the new lingo.

00:30:03.517 --> 00:30:13.817
CHRISSY: For Guardians of the Galaxy, I will be bringing Prescription Strength Nausea Medicine because I refuse to not, I refuse to skip it, but I also don't want to die.

00:30:15.177 --> 00:30:16.357
CHRISSY: Priorities.

00:30:16.357 --> 00:30:26.317
CHRISSY: And I was actually just saying to Maria yesterday that in a lot of our trips recently, we've mostly been hopping to Epcot.

00:30:26.317 --> 00:30:29.937
CHRISSY: And so by the time we get to the end of the day, we've been pretty exhausted.

00:30:29.937 --> 00:30:33.757
CHRISSY: And I still haven't seen the new Epcot Fireworks Show.

00:30:33.757 --> 00:30:38.057
CHRISSY: I would like to see that at some point in this trip, just because it's been there for, I think, two cycles.

00:30:38.057 --> 00:30:42.777
CHRISSY: And we have not made it, because I have, in true Chrissy fashion, picked sleep.

00:30:42.897 --> 00:30:44.017
VIRGINIA: We're not going to let you pick sleep this time.

00:30:44.017 --> 00:30:45.997
JEANETTE: I was going to say, I feel like you guys are going to break me of that.

00:30:45.997 --> 00:30:48.157
CHRISSY: But one of my favorite photos...

00:30:48.157 --> 00:30:49.237
MARIA: We're going to pump you with caffeine.

00:30:49.237 --> 00:30:49.877
MARIA: You'll be fine.

00:30:49.877 --> 00:30:58.797
CHRISSY: One of my favorite photos of Maria and I is we were on the safari and we were stopped because there was a stubborn animal in the road that did not want to move.

00:30:58.797 --> 00:30:59.957
CHRISSY: And there's a really lovely picture.

00:30:59.957 --> 00:31:03.857
CHRISSY: And Maria looks like beautiful and wind swept, and she's got her ears and she's got her coat.

00:31:03.857 --> 00:31:06.077
CHRISSY: And I am 100% passed out on her shoulder.

00:31:07.277 --> 00:31:10.237
JEANETTE: So I've fallen asleep on safari.

00:31:10.237 --> 00:31:12.697
JEANETTE: It's oddly very, it can be very calming.

00:31:12.777 --> 00:31:14.317
NANCI: Yeah, I love safari.

00:31:14.317 --> 00:31:15.377
NANCI: I love it.

00:31:15.377 --> 00:31:23.117
JEANETTE: I don't know if I will be able to make it to fireworks if we choose to do them on Friday after a 10 mile run in the morning.

00:31:23.117 --> 00:31:25.917
JEANETTE: But if we choose to do it on Saturday, I'll be happy to stay.

00:31:25.917 --> 00:31:31.017
JEANETTE: But also I would be totally fine if everyone's like, we want to stay for the fireworks on Friday.

00:31:31.057 --> 00:31:32.797
JEANETTE: And I'll be like, cool.

00:31:32.797 --> 00:31:37.597
JEANETTE: I'll be back in my Huey, Dewey and Louie bed at All-Star Music.

00:31:37.637 --> 00:31:38.977
JEANETTE: See you tomorrow.

00:31:40.517 --> 00:31:43.577
VIRGINIA: Yeah, we'll definitely make it happen, Chrissy, one of the nights.

00:31:43.577 --> 00:31:44.477
JEANETTE: I appreciate that.

00:31:44.477 --> 00:31:50.057
MARIA: And the other good thing about going to Epcot early is that we can paint the mural.

00:31:50.057 --> 00:31:51.737
MARIA: I think that closes by like 5 PM.

00:31:51.737 --> 00:31:54.537
MARIA: So if you hop over, you sometimes miss the painting.

00:31:54.537 --> 00:31:56.057
MARIA: So I'm excited for the painting.

00:31:56.057 --> 00:31:57.337
NANCI: That'll be cool.

00:31:57.337 --> 00:32:03.337
NANCI: And again, I'm going to ask one more time for people to drink around the world with me, not fully.

00:32:03.337 --> 00:32:11.817
NANCI: I think we can do it with five people where we all share one drink at every location, then nobody gets drunk and everybody gets delightfully tipsy.

00:32:13.917 --> 00:32:16.097
NANCI: Wouldn't it be great to do a little tipsy for Remy's?

00:32:16.097 --> 00:32:16.817
VIRGINIA: I don't think so.

00:32:16.817 --> 00:32:22.657
JEANETTE: Nanci, if we fulfill this dream for you, what will your new dream be?

00:32:23.277 --> 00:32:26.337
MARIA: I barely want to do Remy when I'm sober, let alone tipsy.

00:32:27.297 --> 00:32:30.097
MARIA: I'll do it, I'll do it, but sometimes I get a little emotional.

00:32:30.277 --> 00:32:32.417
CHRISSY: I'll bring the Sea Brands and the Zofran.

00:32:32.417 --> 00:32:41.637
VIRGINIA: It's Festival of the Arts, so if we made it our goal to either have a drink or a snack that we share at each country, I could be down with that.

00:32:41.637 --> 00:32:42.537
MARIA: That I can do.

00:32:42.537 --> 00:32:59.477
JEANETTE: I am oddly really into a number of the beers that are available for Festival of the Arts, which like I do drink beer, but like I'm not usually like all that excited about the beers at the Festival, but first I'm really into a lot of the beers, so I don't know that anybody is going to be joining me on that journey.

00:32:59.597 --> 00:33:00.877
NANCI: I might do that.

00:33:00.877 --> 00:33:03.277
JEANETTE: But I mean, it can count towards the drinking around the world.

00:33:03.277 --> 00:33:04.717
NANCI: I'll take a sip.

00:33:04.717 --> 00:33:09.737
VIRGINIA: Has everyone gone through your food and wine app and marked the things you're excited about?

00:33:09.737 --> 00:33:10.417
MARIA: Yes.

00:33:10.417 --> 00:33:10.837
MARIA: Not yet.

00:33:10.837 --> 00:33:14.317
NANCI: I'm going to do that actually on my birthday on Monday.

00:33:14.317 --> 00:33:16.397
NANCI: I'm going to do that early in the day.

00:33:17.297 --> 00:33:20.977
NANCI: I've actually put it on my calendar today.

00:33:20.977 --> 00:33:22.297
MARIA: I did it as soon as it came out.

00:33:25.477 --> 00:33:31.477
VIRGINIA: I was reading a Disney food blog article about their best of the festival.

00:33:32.557 --> 00:33:39.837
VIRGINIA: I wanted to compare it to the things that I had picked to see if there was anything that they said was really good that I had not already marked.

00:33:39.837 --> 00:33:45.477
VIRGINIA: Everything they said, I had already marked, so I felt pretty good about my pre-selections.

00:33:45.517 --> 00:33:46.457
VIRGINIA: I'm excited.

00:33:46.457 --> 00:33:48.137
JEANETTE: Amazing intuition.

00:33:48.137 --> 00:33:54.417
VIRGINIA: Okay, so let's move on to Sunday, January 26th.

00:33:54.417 --> 00:33:55.117
VIRGINIA: So.

00:33:55.117 --> 00:33:56.157
JEANETTE: Big day.

00:33:56.157 --> 00:33:58.517
VIRGINIA: It is a big day.

00:33:58.517 --> 00:34:05.957
VIRGINIA: We are not sure exactly what we're doing with the entire day, so we'll just walk through all of the different options.

00:34:05.957 --> 00:34:08.717
VIRGINIA: So first of all, we are having brunch at 10 a.m.

00:34:08.717 --> 00:34:15.097
VIRGINIA: at Topolino's and Maria and Chrissy have not done a character meal even, much less Topolino's.

00:34:15.377 --> 00:34:18.757
VIRGINIA: So, so excited to do that.

00:34:18.757 --> 00:34:20.777
VIRGINIA: What are you guys looking forward to?

00:34:20.777 --> 00:34:21.617
VIRGINIA: The two of you?

00:34:21.617 --> 00:34:23.417
MARIA: I think mostly the character interactions.

00:34:23.697 --> 00:34:26.917
MARIA: I've heard good things about the character interactions there.

00:34:26.917 --> 00:34:29.077
MARIA: And also I hear good things about the steak and eggs.

00:34:29.077 --> 00:34:30.797
MARIA: It's one of my favorite brunch foods.

00:34:30.797 --> 00:34:31.157
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:34:31.157 --> 00:34:31.637
VIRGINIA: Chrissy?

00:34:31.637 --> 00:34:34.037
CHRISSY: I'll be honest, I forgot there were character interactions.

00:34:34.037 --> 00:34:36.697
CHRISSY: I don't know how I feel about that.

00:34:36.697 --> 00:34:37.697
CHRISSY: It'll be fine.

00:34:37.717 --> 00:34:39.077
VIRGINIA: It's so cute.

00:34:39.077 --> 00:34:40.457
VIRGINIA: They wear cute little outfits.

00:34:40.457 --> 00:34:41.417
VIRGINIA: You're going to love it.

00:34:41.437 --> 00:34:42.717
JEANETTE: They're their artist outfits.

00:34:42.717 --> 00:34:44.537
NANCI: The ones that we did at the, what is it?

00:34:44.537 --> 00:34:47.797
NANCI: The rotating restaurant where it's just...

00:34:47.797 --> 00:34:48.497
VIRGINIA: Garden Grill.

00:34:48.497 --> 00:34:53.277
NANCI: That was constant character interaction where there's just not much going on.

00:34:53.277 --> 00:34:54.477
VIRGINIA: It's not like that at Topolino's.

00:34:54.477 --> 00:34:56.497
NANCI: It's not like that at Topolino's, I believe.

00:34:56.497 --> 00:34:58.317
NANCI: So at least there's that.

00:34:58.317 --> 00:34:58.637
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:34:58.637 --> 00:35:01.417
VIRGINIA: You'll get to see each of the characters once.

00:35:01.537 --> 00:35:04.657
VIRGINIA: Whereas at Garden Grill, they're constantly coming around.

00:35:04.657 --> 00:35:08.277
VIRGINIA: And it does get a little bit awkward the fourth or the fifth time you see that.

00:35:08.277 --> 00:35:09.977
CHRISSY: That's what I was worried about.

00:35:09.977 --> 00:35:10.957
VIRGINIA: You're not going to have that here.

00:35:11.517 --> 00:35:13.377
VIRGINIA: No need to worry.

00:35:13.377 --> 00:35:22.677
VIRGINIA: And then our options for this day, because this is the day that we're going to be checking out of All-Star Music and checking into the Riviera.

00:35:22.677 --> 00:35:25.417
VIRGINIA: And originally, the Riviera was not part of our plans.

00:35:25.417 --> 00:35:28.737
VIRGINIA: We were just going to be at All-Star Music.

00:35:28.737 --> 00:35:33.937
VIRGINIA: But then they announced the dates for DVC's Moonlight Magic Parties.

00:35:33.937 --> 00:35:38.837
VIRGINIA: And I realized that one of them was on Sunday the 26th at Hollywood Studios.

00:35:39.097 --> 00:35:49.677
VIRGINIA: So, I kind of decided, because I've never been down there at a time when a Moonlight Magic Party has been happening, that regardless of what everybody else wanted to do, I was going to stay one more night.

00:35:49.677 --> 00:35:55.737
VIRGINIA: And then I asked if everybody else was into staying one more night to potentially try to go to that party.

00:35:55.737 --> 00:35:59.957
VIRGINIA: And to my great surprise, everybody was into it.

00:35:59.957 --> 00:36:09.317
VIRGINIA: And so, we got a one-bedroom DVC villa at the Riviera Resort and just did a cash night for that.

00:36:09.317 --> 00:36:19.057
VIRGINIA: And as long as I did it through our DVC membership services and made the reservation that way, then it counted to be eligible for the early registration.

00:36:19.057 --> 00:36:26.357
VIRGINIA: And the other day, I managed to try the early registration process and got our tickets to Moonlight Magic.

00:36:26.357 --> 00:36:28.797
VIRGINIA: So we are going to be going to that.

00:36:28.837 --> 00:36:30.937
VIRGINIA: You're so excited.

00:36:30.937 --> 00:36:35.777
VIRGINIA: The party starts at 930 and goes until 1230 a.m.

00:36:35.777 --> 00:36:41.977
VIRGINIA: I think we're supposed to get an email a day or two before that will tell us what time we can actually get into Hollywood Studios.

00:36:41.977 --> 00:36:47.377
VIRGINIA: I'm suspecting we will probably be able to get in around 7, 730, but I'm just not sure yet.

00:36:47.957 --> 00:36:55.937
VIRGINIA: So we basically have from brunch until whatever time we're allowed to get into Hollywood Studios to do whatever we would want to do.

00:36:56.257 --> 00:36:59.537
VIRGINIA: Because we're changing resorts this day, Blizzard Beach is also an option.

00:36:59.537 --> 00:37:02.357
VIRGINIA: I think it's still going to be too cold, but it is an option.

00:37:02.357 --> 00:37:08.937
VIRGINIA: We'll be at Riviera as early as we can get ourselves over there because of the reservation for brunch.

00:37:08.937 --> 00:37:11.877
VIRGINIA: So we might hang out in the hot tub.

00:37:11.877 --> 00:37:13.137
VIRGINIA: I'm not sure.

00:37:13.137 --> 00:37:14.737
VIRGINIA: We might go to Disney Springs.

00:37:14.737 --> 00:37:16.537
VIRGINIA: We might go to the character warehouse.

00:37:16.537 --> 00:37:20.697
VIRGINIA: Those who might want to go to a park could potentially go to a park.

00:37:20.697 --> 00:37:23.957
VIRGINIA: It's just going to be a nice day where we play it right here.

00:37:24.557 --> 00:37:35.037
NANCI: As of right now, it says that Sunday the 26th will be 73 degrees with a low of 55 and just cloudy with only a 7% chance of rain.

00:37:35.037 --> 00:37:39.917
VIRGINIA: I don't know what temperature I would feel good about going to a water park with.

00:37:39.917 --> 00:37:40.677
JEANETTE: I think 80.

00:37:40.677 --> 00:37:42.037
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:37:42.037 --> 00:37:44.017
VIRGINIA: I have no concept of temperatures.

00:37:44.017 --> 00:37:50.617
VIRGINIA: Like if you tell me what temperature something is, especially if it's below 80, I'm like, I don't feel like I know what that means.

00:37:52.277 --> 00:37:53.157
JEANETTE: Right.

00:37:53.157 --> 00:37:54.577
JEANETTE: That's why I say 80.

00:37:54.637 --> 00:38:01.437
CHRISSY: As children, when we wanted to go to the pool, we used to have like an old school time and temperature phone number in our town.

00:38:01.437 --> 00:38:06.377
CHRISSY: And so we could go to the pool if we called time and temperature and the official temperature was like over 78.

00:38:06.377 --> 00:38:10.137
CHRISSY: So I feel like that is an ingrained threshold in my life.

00:38:12.237 --> 00:38:23.257
JEANETTE: I can remember though being in Disney World as like a teenager, like pre-teenage, and we were staying at Riverside and it was so cold.

00:38:23.257 --> 00:38:30.137
JEANETTE: It was so cold that like I had packed one sweatshirt and I wore that sweatshirt every single day on this trip.

00:38:30.137 --> 00:38:32.837
JEANETTE: And I was like, no, I'm going in the pool.

00:38:32.837 --> 00:38:33.437
JEANETTE: I don't care.

00:38:33.437 --> 00:38:34.277
JEANETTE: I'm going in the pool.

00:38:34.797 --> 00:38:41.517
JEANETTE: And there was clouds of steam coming off the swimming pool at Riverside.

00:38:41.517 --> 00:38:44.397
JEANETTE: And I got in it and it felt great in the water.

00:38:44.397 --> 00:38:48.637
JEANETTE: It had heated that water up, but it was so cold coming out of it.

00:38:48.637 --> 00:38:53.057
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I'm interested in going to Blizzard Beach at some point, just because I've never been there.

00:38:53.057 --> 00:38:55.617
VIRGINIA: I've only ever been to Typhoon Lagoon.

00:38:55.617 --> 00:39:01.197
VIRGINIA: So Nanci and I were talking the other day and kind of talking about like what the plan was going to be.

00:39:01.937 --> 00:39:15.597
VIRGINIA: And in my mind, if some people want to go to Blizzard Beach, I might be willing at least to go over there, even if I don't plan to get in anything, just to literally walk a loop around the park and just see what it's like before moving on to do something else.

00:39:15.597 --> 00:39:19.917
VIRGINIA: Just because, you know, I always see pictures at Blizzard Beach and it looks really cool.

00:39:19.917 --> 00:39:23.557
VIRGINIA: And if the water was really heated, maybe I would do something.

00:39:23.557 --> 00:39:24.037
VIRGINIA: I don't know.

00:39:24.037 --> 00:39:27.977
VIRGINIA: Even if it's heated, then you got to get out and move to the next water slide and it's freezing.

00:39:27.977 --> 00:39:33.497
VIRGINIA: And I'm not so sure about that, but I am very curious to see it in person at some point.

00:39:33.497 --> 00:39:37.837
VIRGINIA: So anything else about this day anybody wants to mention?

00:39:37.837 --> 00:39:48.457
JEANETTE: I mean, you mentioned it, but I would just say like, if we don't do it on Wednesday when we arrive, I definitely want to go to Character Warehouse because I've never been to Character Warehouse.

00:39:48.457 --> 00:39:51.857
JEANETTE: And I know Nanci and Virginia, you guys love going.

00:39:51.857 --> 00:39:54.897
JEANETTE: Maria and Chrissy, do you normally go?

00:39:54.897 --> 00:39:55.697
MARIA: Sometimes.

00:39:55.697 --> 00:40:03.017
MARIA: I think maybe half of the times we kind of venture over there, depending upon how many park tickets we have and when we get there, blah, blah, blah.

00:40:03.017 --> 00:40:11.457
NANCI: I vote for Sunday seeing as I opted to only buy park tickets for five days, and I'd like to go on the Mondays.

00:40:11.457 --> 00:40:13.097
NANCI: It would just work out better for me.

00:40:13.097 --> 00:40:17.117
NANCI: But Sunday seems like a good day to go to Character Warehouse.

00:40:17.117 --> 00:40:20.797
NANCI: If anybody else is into it, I would be absolutely into it.

00:40:20.977 --> 00:40:23.097
VIRGINIA: I would definitely be into it.

00:40:23.097 --> 00:40:37.397
VIRGINIA: My feeling about Character Warehouse, particularly because I live in a place where I can get to normal outlets fairly easily is I Uber over there, I roll up, do what I want to do in the Character Warehouse, and then I leave.

00:40:37.397 --> 00:40:43.417
VIRGINIA: It's like maybe an hour experience for me, because I do look over every single thing.

00:40:43.417 --> 00:40:44.877
VIRGINIA: I'm like Nanci.

00:40:44.877 --> 00:40:59.257
VIRGINIA: I get in and I start on one side and I'm literally looking at everything in the store, but I move pretty quickly because I know what I want, I know what I don't want, I know what I've seen before, and so I'll just get through that as quickly as possible, and then I'm done and ready to move on.

00:40:59.257 --> 00:41:01.837
VIRGINIA: It's not like a big time suck.

00:41:01.837 --> 00:41:25.177
JEANETTE: One thing I might do if we go to Character Warehouse is I was reading a blog post by The Mouselets about pin training, and they suggested that you buy packets of pins at Character Warehouse because they're like $12 for six pins or something like that, and then those are really good ones to use for trading if that's something that you want to try to do.

00:41:25.537 --> 00:41:26.517
JEANETTE: I might do that.

00:41:26.517 --> 00:41:35.697
VIRGINIA: Yeah, that's what I did when I was preparing for my big family trip with my nephews, because I thought that they would enjoy pin trading.

00:41:35.817 --> 00:41:58.997
VIRGINIA: So I just leading up to that trip for a couple of years, every time I'd go to the Character Warehouse, I would buy pins because they're the real Disney pins, but they're reduced enough that I felt good being able to hand over, because I had three nephews coming on the trip, and I was able to hand each of them a lanyard like chock full of pins already because they're so affordable from the outlets.

00:41:58.997 --> 00:42:02.897
VIRGINIA: That brings us to Monday, January 27th, our departure day.

00:42:02.897 --> 00:42:06.797
NANCI: I'm already sad about it, and it's not even actually our departure day.

00:42:06.797 --> 00:42:08.377
VIRGINIA: I know, but the good thing is...

00:42:08.377 --> 00:42:09.717
JEANETTE: Can we just not talk about it?

00:42:09.717 --> 00:42:10.537
JEANETTE: Let's not talk about it.

00:42:10.537 --> 00:42:14.777
VIRGINIA: The good thing is that we still have plenty of fun to have on this day.

00:42:14.777 --> 00:42:21.617
VIRGINIA: So we have a park reservation at Epcot, and we probably will end up there by the afternoon at the latest.

00:42:21.617 --> 00:42:24.357
VIRGINIA: I know we all have different departure times.

00:42:24.557 --> 00:42:29.197
VIRGINIA: So Jeanette and Nanci and I have a 7:59 p.m.

00:42:29.197 --> 00:42:33.877
VIRGINIA: flight out of Orlando heading back to LaGuardia.

00:42:33.877 --> 00:42:39.737
VIRGINIA: And then Chrissy and Maria are both leaving in the 4.30 to 5 o'clock range.

00:42:39.737 --> 00:42:43.417
VIRGINIA: So even with that, there's still a good chunk of the day to enjoy.

00:42:43.417 --> 00:42:55.377
VIRGINIA: So I know that for Jeanette and Nanci and I, because we have a later lunch booked at Via Napoli at 2:50 p.m., that we can keep or not keep or whatever we feel like doing that day.

00:42:55.377 --> 00:42:59.937
JEANETTE: I mean, I booked this when it looked like it was going to rain on the 27th.

00:42:59.937 --> 00:43:03.617
JEANETTE: So it's kind of like shelter from the rain and eat pizza.

00:43:03.617 --> 00:43:04.317
VIRGINIA: Yeah, we'll see.

00:43:04.337 --> 00:43:08.217
JEANETTE: But if we don't need shelter from the rain, then we can do more food.

00:43:08.217 --> 00:43:09.097
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:43:09.097 --> 00:43:19.677
VIRGINIA: And so either way, I think we will end up back at Epcot, especially because from Epcot, it will be easy to get back to Riviera to get our stuff from Bell Services to head to the airport.

00:43:20.477 --> 00:43:27.237
VIRGINIA: Maria and Chrissy, because you have a slightly earlier flight time, what is your plan for Monday?

00:43:27.237 --> 00:43:33.497
MARIA: So I think it depends on what we do the other days, because like Nanci, we also have five-day park hoppers.

00:43:33.497 --> 00:43:43.357
MARIA: So if we still have a park ticket left, I imagine, I think we said we would go into Epcot, so we can do whatever we want for like another round of whatever foods we want.

00:43:43.357 --> 00:43:46.697
MARIA: And because it's going to be so easy to get back to Riviera.

00:43:46.697 --> 00:43:52.357
MARIA: So in my head, that's kind of what we were doing, Chris, does that sound like a good plan for Monday?

00:43:52.357 --> 00:43:53.337
CHRISSY: Yeah.

00:43:53.337 --> 00:43:57.977
CHRISSY: I mean, a 430 flight, it still gives you a decent chunk of time in the morning.

00:43:57.977 --> 00:44:06.237
CHRISSY: So I imagine it will fill in the gaps of what didn't happen the other days, minus fireworks.

00:44:06.237 --> 00:44:09.377
VIRGINIA: And that brings us to the end of our trip plans.

00:44:09.377 --> 00:44:12.717
VIRGINIA: So I am super excited about this trip.

00:44:12.717 --> 00:44:25.737
VIRGINIA: This trip has been getting me through the past month with how busy everything's been at work, and every time I think about it, I just get so super excited because I've been to Disney with Nanci a number of times.

00:44:25.737 --> 00:44:28.737
VIRGINIA: I've been down at Disney with Jeanette.

00:44:28.737 --> 00:44:37.317
VIRGINIA: Last year, we actually were there on a trip together, and we've bumped into, not bumped into each other, we've purposefully met up at the parks on separate trips before.

00:44:37.317 --> 00:44:41.297
JEANETTE: A magical half day at Magic Kingdom together that I remember fondly.

00:44:41.297 --> 00:44:49.157
VIRGINIA: So it's going to just be so amazing to have all of us Disney Dames together and just taken over the parks.

00:44:49.157 --> 00:44:51.817
VIRGINIA: I'm thinking of us as this like girl gang.

00:44:51.817 --> 00:44:55.777
NANCI: Wearing our matching jackets, we've neglected to tell everybody.

00:44:55.777 --> 00:44:57.537
VIRGINIA: Oh, yes.

00:44:57.537 --> 00:44:59.957
JEANETTE: Watch out, Walt Disney World.

00:45:00.737 --> 00:45:01.497
JEANETTE: You don't know what's coming.

00:45:01.497 --> 00:45:04.357
VIRGINIA: Jeanette, why don't you tell everybody about our matching jackets real quick?

00:45:04.357 --> 00:45:04.697
JEANETTE: Sure.

00:45:05.097 --> 00:45:06.497
JEANETTE: I don't even remember.

00:45:06.497 --> 00:45:09.957
JEANETTE: You guys have to remind me exactly how this was inspired.

00:45:09.957 --> 00:45:12.617
NANCI: I believe I shouted, matching jackets.

00:45:14.857 --> 00:45:18.457
VIRGINIA: I think it's matching something, like matching shirt, whatever.

00:45:18.617 --> 00:45:23.317
VIRGINIA: Then when you said jackets, I said it should be like the pink ladies jackets.

00:45:23.317 --> 00:45:25.937
VIRGINIA: It's like our little gang.

00:45:25.937 --> 00:45:35.277
VIRGINIA: We got sweatshirt jackets and I had some custom patches made that say Disney Dames that can be sewn onto the back of the jackets.

00:45:35.457 --> 00:45:38.237
VIRGINIA: Some of us have pink and some of us have black.

00:45:38.237 --> 00:45:40.877
JEANETTE: Our names are embroidered on the front, compliments of my mother.

00:45:41.197 --> 00:45:43.317
VIRGINIA: Then we'll put the patch on the back that says Disney Dames.

00:45:43.497 --> 00:45:47.997
VIRGINIA: Because when we got them, Jeanette noticed that there's a seam on the back.

00:45:47.997 --> 00:45:49.097
VIRGINIA: There's a yoke.

00:45:49.097 --> 00:45:56.597
VIRGINIA: We have decided to put the patch above the yoke line which gives it a little bit of a spirit jersey look.

00:45:56.597 --> 00:45:58.217
VIRGINIA: I think it's going to be super cute.

00:45:58.217 --> 00:46:05.277
JEANETTE: I have actually already applied the patches to mine and Chrissy's and Maria's with my sewing machine and they do indeed.

00:46:05.857 --> 00:46:07.857
VIRGINIA: Okay, and was it easy to sew them on?

00:46:07.857 --> 00:46:19.237
JEANETTE: I kind of did mine as a trial and made a mess, but then if you go right along the dotted lines that are outside of the patch, it comes out beautifully.

00:46:19.237 --> 00:46:21.357
JEANETTE: So like Chrissy and Maria's are perfect.

00:46:21.357 --> 00:46:25.097
JEANETTE: Mine, I did three times and is mostly perfect.

00:46:26.237 --> 00:46:26.597
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:46:26.597 --> 00:46:32.497
VIRGINIA: I might have to dig my sewing machine out then to do it because I was planning on doing mine and Nanci's and just doing it by hand.

00:46:33.117 --> 00:46:36.697
VIRGINIA: But that sounds like a dumb idea when I have a sewing machine.

00:46:36.697 --> 00:46:38.617
JEANETTE: Do you have an edge stitch foot?

00:46:38.617 --> 00:46:39.037
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:46:39.037 --> 00:46:39.597
JEANETTE: Okay.

00:46:39.597 --> 00:46:46.317
JEANETTE: I would use the edge stitch foot and sort of guide it around the patch with the edge.

00:46:46.317 --> 00:46:47.317
JEANETTE: Why is that word so hard to do?

00:46:47.317 --> 00:46:47.757
VIRGINIA: You can do it.

00:46:47.757 --> 00:46:49.637
JEANETTE: Now, edge stitch foot.

00:46:49.637 --> 00:46:50.217
VIRGINIA: Good job.

00:46:50.217 --> 00:46:51.617
VIRGINIA: Good job.

00:46:51.617 --> 00:46:52.637
JEANETTE: Thank you.

00:46:53.117 --> 00:47:00.837
VIRGINIA: Anyway, they're going to be super cute, and I like that we all chose whether we preferred black or pink so that it can be to our taste.

00:47:00.837 --> 00:47:06.737
VIRGINIA: I know we'll choose at least one day where we're like, this is a day where for sure all wearing our jackets together.

00:47:06.737 --> 00:47:09.637
VIRGINIA: But I think some of us will be wearing them the whole time.

00:47:09.637 --> 00:47:12.417
VIRGINIA: Some people will just wear it when they feel like it.

00:47:12.417 --> 00:47:15.857
VIRGINIA: But we'll have one day where we are officially a girl gang.

00:47:15.897 --> 00:47:18.877
MARIA: So we can get photofest pictures with them, obviously.

00:47:18.877 --> 00:47:25.757
JEANETTE: We have to, because that has to be featured on Where I Long To Be on social media.

00:47:25.757 --> 00:47:26.537
MARIA: Definitely.

00:47:26.537 --> 00:47:26.957
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:47:26.957 --> 00:47:31.177
VIRGINIA: Any final thoughts from anybody as we prepare to leave on this epic journey?

00:47:31.177 --> 00:47:40.337
NANCI: I'm just very, very, very excited that as women in our 40s, it's hard to plan things where all of us can do things.

00:47:40.337 --> 00:47:42.077
NANCI: We've made it such a priority.

00:47:42.077 --> 00:47:43.877
NANCI: And I'm so grateful for this friend group.

00:47:44.317 --> 00:47:52.157
NANCI: And we're even getting to go to Disney World together, all of us, even with all of our disparate lives and the things going on.

00:47:52.157 --> 00:47:54.677
NANCI: I'm just really grateful that we've all come along.

00:47:54.677 --> 00:47:57.977
NANCI: And I'm excited to spend my vacation with you all.

00:47:58.697 --> 00:47:59.097
NANCI: Same.

00:47:59.097 --> 00:48:04.037
CHRISSY: I appreciate that I've now indoctrinated my coworkers, that they're like, oh, that's winter break.

00:48:04.037 --> 00:48:04.937
CHRISSY: You're going to Disney.

00:48:04.937 --> 00:48:06.377
CHRISSY: And I'm like, yeah, it's sacred.

00:48:06.377 --> 00:48:07.537
CHRISSY: We're not talking about it.

00:48:07.537 --> 00:48:08.217
CHRISSY: Bye.

00:48:08.217 --> 00:48:11.937
CHRISSY: My work husband has even placed an order where he's like, hey, if you see this, can you buy it for me?

00:48:11.997 --> 00:48:14.237
CHRISSY: And I was like, yes, because I love you.

00:48:14.237 --> 00:48:18.137
NANCI: Oh, that's what I want to do with the Haunted Mansion popcorn bucket at Disneyland.

00:48:18.137 --> 00:48:22.057
NANCI: I'm so bummed we don't have that one.

00:48:22.057 --> 00:48:22.697
VIRGINIA: Which one?

00:48:22.697 --> 00:48:23.257
NANCI: The bride.

00:48:23.257 --> 00:48:24.897
JEANETTE: Maybe it will be a character warehouse.

00:48:24.897 --> 00:48:27.017
VIRGINIA: Well, I'm going to Disneyland in June.

00:48:27.017 --> 00:48:28.497
NANCI: I need you to get that for me, please.

00:48:28.497 --> 00:48:30.757
VIRGINIA: Remind me as it gets closer.

00:48:30.757 --> 00:48:33.097
VIRGINIA: This is going to be such an amazing trip, ladies.

00:48:33.097 --> 00:48:36.517
VIRGINIA: I'm so, so, so excited.

00:48:36.517 --> 00:48:46.237
VIRGINIA: Our chat has been popping the past couple, I mean, our chat is always popping, but it's been especially popping the past week or two as we've gotten closer and closer to our departure date.

00:48:46.237 --> 00:48:49.137
VIRGINIA: And so today is Sunday the 19th.

00:48:49.137 --> 00:48:52.197
VIRGINIA: We have a mere three days to go.

00:48:52.197 --> 00:48:53.537
CHRISSY: Probably pack.

00:48:53.537 --> 00:48:55.257
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I need to, I need to pack.

00:48:55.257 --> 00:48:57.437
VIRGINIA: I need to go buy a couple shirts or something.

00:48:57.437 --> 00:49:02.797
VIRGINIA: I feel like suddenly I don't have any long sleeve shirts of any kind.

00:49:02.797 --> 00:49:10.717
VIRGINIA: I mean, I think I'm going to bring some spirit jerseys maybe, but I'd like like long sleeve t-shirts or something that I could wear under a jacket and be comfortable.

00:49:10.717 --> 00:49:15.217
VIRGINIA: So that's exactly what I'm going to do as soon as we get off this interview as I'm heading down the road.

00:49:15.217 --> 00:49:18.217
NANCI: I know I bought some leisure wear pants.

00:49:18.217 --> 00:49:24.477
VIRGINIA: I don't know why, but when you say leisure wear, I'm picturing like bell bottoms made out of polyester.

00:49:24.477 --> 00:49:26.837
CHRISSY: I was imagining Princess Jasmine's pants.

00:49:26.837 --> 00:49:28.917
VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

00:49:28.917 --> 00:49:32.517
CHRISSY: Homegirl just had a real company costume is all I'm saying.

00:49:32.937 --> 00:49:34.357
VIRGINIA: She does, she does.

00:49:34.357 --> 00:49:50.137
JEANETTE: I actually have a sewing pattern from Charm Patterns, my beloved Charm Patterns that I write for, that is called the Jasmine Jumpsuit, and it is those rounded pants and halter top that all go together.

00:49:50.137 --> 00:49:51.417
VIRGINIA: It's like MC Hammer pants.

00:49:51.417 --> 00:49:52.097
JEANETTE: I've never made it.

00:49:52.097 --> 00:49:53.497
VIRGINIA: Isn't that what he was wearing?

00:49:53.497 --> 00:49:55.997
VIRGINIA: Well, I guess he was wearing Jasmine pants.

00:49:55.997 --> 00:49:56.517
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:49:56.517 --> 00:49:57.117
MARIA: Yes.

00:49:58.437 --> 00:49:59.277
MARIA: Let's get it right.

00:49:59.277 --> 00:50:01.037
JEANETTE: Give credit where credits do.

00:50:01.037 --> 00:50:04.837
NANCI: I feel like those Jasmine pants are wearing him too.

00:50:06.177 --> 00:50:17.397
VIRGINIA: On that note, thank you all for joining me today, and I will see you all bright and early Wednesday morning, and Chrissy, we'll meet you at MCO.

00:50:17.397 --> 00:50:18.017
CHRISSY: Yay.

00:50:18.017 --> 00:50:21.337
VIRGINIA: Well, no, we will meet you at All-Star Music because we're coming to different terminals.

00:50:21.337 --> 00:50:21.897
VIRGINIA: There we go.

00:50:21.897 --> 00:50:22.477
CHRISSY: I respect that.

00:50:22.477 --> 00:50:23.617
CHRISSY: All right.

00:50:23.617 --> 00:50:24.357
VIRGINIA: Thank you so much.

00:50:24.357 --> 00:50:24.977
CHRISSY: Bye, Virginia.

00:50:25.017 --> 00:50:25.517
CHRISSY: Love you, girls.

00:50:26.317 --> 00:50:28.537
NANCI: Bye.

00:50:28.537 --> 00:50:30.257
VIRGINIA: Thank you, Disney Dames.

00:50:30.257 --> 00:50:33.217
VIRGINIA: Thank you, ladies, for making this scheduling work.

00:50:33.217 --> 00:50:37.817
VIRGINIA: The post-trip episode from our trip is out now and ready for your listening pleasure.

00:50:37.817 --> 00:50:40.177
VIRGINIA: Don't forget to add that to your queue.

00:50:40.177 --> 00:50:45.297
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00:50:45.297 --> 00:50:48.797
VIRGINIA: Until next time, keep daydreaming about where you long to be.