Pre-Trip Report: Hailey’s Jam-Packed, Kid-Free Trip (May 2024)

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

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

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VIRGINIA: If you are a repeat listener of the show, you may remember Tiffany from Tiffany and Tomorrowland and founder of the Disney Girlies Facebook group.

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VIRGINIA: Well, today's guest, Hailey, is one of those Disney Girlies.

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VIRGINIA: So this is a crossover episode of sorts.

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VIRGINIA: Now let's get the party started.

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VIRGINIA: Here's Hailey.

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VIRGINIA: Hailey from Happily Ever Hails, welcome to the podcast.

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VIRGINIA: Hello.

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VIRGINIA: So I'm so excited to have you here because I know that you are friends with Tiffany in Tomorrowland.

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HAILEY: Yes.

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HAILEY: She's the one who started our Disney girlies group and brought us all together.

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VIRGINIA: That's so exciting to have another Disney girlie here.

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VIRGINIA: Tell me a little bit about yourself.

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VIRGINIA: Like, what's your backstory?

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VIRGINIA: How did you get into Disney?

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HAILEY: So I'm from Pennsylvania.

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HAILEY: I have three kiddos.

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HAILEY: They're all decently still young.

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HAILEY: Growing up, I loved Disney movies, watching the TV shows.

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HAILEY: I was definitely a Disney channel girlie, especially the decoms.

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HAILEY: Loved those.

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HAILEY: We went once when I was nine.

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HAILEY: I went with my parents before my sister was born.

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HAILEY: And then we didn't go after that.

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HAILEY: Growing up, I was always like, you know, I want to take my kids.

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HAILEY: But I had a feeling, I was like, I don't want to start going until I have my family complete.

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HAILEY: I didn't want to go until I had all my kids.

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HAILEY: So my youngest, who is our last, was born in 2022.

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HAILEY: And at that point, I looked at my husband and I was like, well, this is the year to go.

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HAILEY: And we took him at six months old.

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HAILEY: And we've started going every year.

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HAILEY: We do a family trip every year.

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HAILEY: And then I go multiple times a year otherwise.

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HAILEY: And then I got into being a travel agent because I loved planning our trip so much.

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HAILEY: And all my friends would ask like, oh, how'd you come up with the idea for this?

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HAILEY: And I'm like, let me plan out your whole day for you.

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HAILEY: So I figured it was pretty fitting.

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VIRGINIA: It really helps keep you in that Disney bubble in a way when you're not down there yourself.

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HAILEY: It definitely does.

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VIRGINIA: So what time of year do you usually travel?

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VIRGINIA: Is it always the same or does it vary now that you're going annually?

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HAILEY: So for our family trip, it's always in the fall.

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HAILEY: We try and do like September, October, normally because there's like a little bit lower crowds.

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HAILEY: It's not too hot.

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HAILEY: My husband's not a fan of the heat.

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HAILEY: So I try and keep it a little cooler for him.

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HAILEY: And then him and I have gone.

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HAILEY: This will be our second year.

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HAILEY: We've gone in May.

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HAILEY: Both of our birthdays are in May.

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HAILEY: So last year we went for my 30th.

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HAILEY: So this year we're going for his 30th.

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HAILEY: And then I just sprinkle in other trips when I need to.

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VIRGINIA: So are your older two kids in school at this point?

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HAILEY: My oldest is graduating kindergarten this year.

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HAILEY: And then my middle daughter, she just finished her first year of preschool.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, so in the very near future, it's going to start being a little harder to take them out of school.

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VIRGINIA: So I imagine you're going to become who I've been all these years, which is someone who has to plan my trips around the school breaks, which makes it really challenging as far as crowds and that sort of thing.

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VIRGINIA: But it's doable.

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HAILEY: Thankfully, our school district as of right now, they have a policy where you can use up to six of your 10 excused absences for the year and count them towards a vacation.

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HAILEY: So even hopefully until it becomes with standardized testing and major things like that, I'm going to try and work those six days in.

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VIRGINIA: That's fantastic.

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VIRGINIA: I've always felt like it was a little bit more strict here.

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VIRGINIA: So this trip in particular, you're traveling in May from May 24th to 26th.

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VIRGINIA: And who are you traveling with?

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HAILEY: Just me and my husband.

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VIRGINIA: How many trips have you done where it's been just the two of you?

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VIRGINIA: Or is this the first?

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HAILEY: This will be our second.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: I have to ask, is he a Disney fan?

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HAILEY: He likes to say no.

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HAILEY: But he puts up with us going very often.

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HAILEY: And I'm like, you know, you want to go.

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HAILEY: I'll say this.

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HAILEY: Our first trip, I was not as prepared as I am these days, seeing as it was our first trip.

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HAILEY: So I would put us in like hour plus long lines for characters or try to schedule too much on top of each other, kind of.

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HAILEY: So the first trip left like a little bit of a sour taste in his mouth.

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HAILEY: But then when we went, the next trip was just him and I.

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HAILEY: So I got to show him more so what it's like to be there just as like an adult and show him around, which he definitely appreciated more.

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HAILEY: And now I really think that he's looking forward to this trip as much as he doesn't want to say.

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VIRGINIA: I was going to say my husband is into Disney.

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VIRGINIA: He enjoys it, but he really enjoys it like once a year.

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VIRGINIA: And he likes to pretend that it's kind of like, oh, I'm just going because you want me to.

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VIRGINIA: But throughout the year, as we get farther away from our big annual trip that we always do in February, he'll start to say things like, oh, I really wish we were at Disney today.

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VIRGINIA: I'm like, see, you like it.

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VIRGINIA: You're just pretending.

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VIRGINIA: Now, I notice because I've paid attention to your Instagram that you are really big into what I'm going to call Disney fashion and really making the most of your park outfits.

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VIRGINIA: So how did you get into that?

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VIRGINIA: And tell me all about your Disney fashion sense.

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HAILEY: So I personally hand make a lot of my outfits.

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HAILEY: I have a small Etsy shop where I do like especially park leotards as I like to call them.

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HAILEY: They're like the body suits, super easy to wear with like an athletic skirt.

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HAILEY: And I get custom files as we call them in like the small shop world to make custom fabric.

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HAILEY: And so I make custom leotards.

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HAILEY: So most of my outfits, I start with that and then I build the whole outfit around it.

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HAILEY: So we're going to all four parks and I made an outfit for three of them and then just like bought an outfit for the fourth one.

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HAILEY: But I'm the type of person that needs an outfit to match what park I'm in.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, yeah.

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VIRGINIA: You're not the only one.

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VIRGINIA: I appreciate that and I do the same, I think, but mine are not nearly as, I would say, fashion-forward as yours.

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VIRGINIA: I'm like, which shorts and t-shirt am I going to wear?

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VIRGINIA: So are you, am I correct, am I hearing correct, that somebody could make something with you and you could make the fabric look exactly the way they wanted it to?

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HAILEY: Yes and no.

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HAILEY: So I source out, I would say I have a designer who makes the fabric, and well, makes the design for the fabric, I'll like send her an idea of what I want, and she'll like draw something up and send it back to me, and then I send it to a fabric printer.

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HAILEY: So I can basically take any idea and send it to her and have her draw whatever up and then make it into custom fabric.

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VIRGINIA: That's amazing.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Well, I will definitely make sure we have that in the show notes because I know several people that I know listen to the podcast.

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VIRGINIA: Shout out Jeanette, who is one of my first listeners every Monday morning.

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VIRGINIA: And they are really into the dapper world of Disney.

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VIRGINIA: And I'm sure would be very excited to see what the possibilities are with that.

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VIRGINIA: So all right, let's get into the details of this trip.

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VIRGINIA: So Friday, May the 24th, where are you coming from to get down to Orlando and how are you getting there?

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HAILEY: We are flying out of Philly.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: You have a lot of good flight options from Philly.

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HAILEY: Yes and no.

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HAILEY: So it seemed like last year we had really great ones.

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HAILEY: I did like three day trips last year where it was like 530 down, 830 back.

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HAILEY: And this year when I was looking for them over the summer, it seems like the 530 flights have disappeared.

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HAILEY: Now they're at like 830 as the earliest ones, most days.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: And that's really what made me say that you have good flight options is because I've talked to multiple people from that area, one of which is Dad's Love Disney.

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VIRGINIA: And he does day trips frequently from that area.

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VIRGINIA: But it makes a huge difference if you can't leave until 830.

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VIRGINIA: It does.

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HAILEY: I went when Tiffany had the girlies meet up in February, I was the one who flew down for just the day.

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HAILEY: And I got a flight at 530 and came back at 830.

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HAILEY: And it was like, I think $60.

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HAILEY: And it's like, how can you be going to spend a day with your friends in Disney for $60?

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VIRGINIA: What airline was that?

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VIRGINIA: Was it Spirit?

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HAILEY: Frontier.

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VIRGINIA: Frontier.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, that would be amazing.

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VIRGINIA: I really would love to do a day trip like that, but I just haven't been able to find a flight that makes sense in terms of the price and the timing from New York City.

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VIRGINIA: So usually six o'clock is the earliest we're able to fly out.

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VIRGINIA: And so that's usually what we do because I want to make the most of my Disney time.

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HAILEY: That's how I am.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: So Friday, May 24th, what time are you landing?

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HAILEY: We land at 9.10.

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VIRGINIA: And how do you usually get from the airport over to Disney?

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HAILEY: I usually just take an Uber.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Where are you going to be staying this trip?

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HAILEY: We're staying at Pop Century.

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VIRGINIA: Nice.

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VIRGINIA: Pop is so amazing.

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VIRGINIA: I'm staying there myself in a few weeks.

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VIRGINIA: I love it.

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HAILEY: I am staying there again the second week of June as well.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, you are?

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, I'll be there the sixth through the ninth.

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HAILEY: I'm there the seventh through the ninth.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Maybe I will see you.

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VIRGINIA: Thank you.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Yes, I will be there with my son.

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VIRGINIA: We're doing a mother son trip.

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VIRGINIA: All right, checking in at the resort and then are you immediately off to a park?

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VIRGINIA: And if so, which park?

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HAILEY: So I plan on dropping our bags because I'm assuming the room probably won't be ready.

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HAILEY: And then taking the Skyliner to Riviera.

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HAILEY: Very much hopeful that I will get a last minute Topolino's reservation.

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HAILEY: I have my alert set on because when it was our 60-day mark, it didn't click in my brain that I wanted to do that breakfast, so I missed it.

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HAILEY: So I'm hoping it pops up or we can get a walk up.

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HAILEY: But if not, I'm just going to grab some coffee at La Petite and then get right back on and head to Epcot.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, fantastic.

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VIRGINIA: I love La Petite Cafe.

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VIRGINIA: So even if you can't get a Topolino's reservation, that seems like a pretty good, you know, trade-off, yes.

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VIRGINIA: Have you had the banana bread there, the chocolate chip banana bread?

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HAILEY: I have not, no.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, everybody's been talking about it and I have it on my list for June to try to stop there and get it, because I'm like, I keep hearing about this.

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VIRGINIA: Usually I go and I get the lemon ricotta pancakes from downstairs and then I get my coffee from Le Petit, but everybody keeps talking about this banana bread and that it's amazing and it has like chocolate chunks in it or something.

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VIRGINIA: So if you end up going there, something to maybe think about.

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VIRGINIA: All right, and then you said you're going to Epcot?

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HAILEY: Yes.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, you will be there while they're still doing Flower and Garden, right?

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HAILEY: Yes, yes.

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VIRGINIA: All right, are you a festival girly then?

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HAILEY: Yes, me and husband are both festival.

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HAILEY: I'll even call him a girly, but yes.

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VIRGINIA: So which is your favorite festival?

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HAILEY: I'm partial.

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HAILEY: So I do like Flower and Garden because I love looking at the topiaries.

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HAILEY: This was my first year going to Festival of the Arts, which I loved because looking at everything was amazing.

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HAILEY: And I feel like I still have a special place though for food and wine just because it was the festival that was open on like our first family trip.

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HAILEY: So when I think back to like the memories from that trip, I'm like, oh, food and wine, we ate this food here and we ate this food here.

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HAILEY: So it's like a little nostalgia.

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HAILEY: So I would say right now it's a little bit of a three-way tie.

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VIRGINIA: I used to say Festival of the Arts was my favorite just because I do love wandering all the stalls and everything, even if I don't purchase anything because I live in New York City.

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VIRGINIA: I have limited space.

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VIRGINIA: But I have recently come to realize that I think Flower and Garden is actually my favorite because what I always said that I loved about Festival of the Arts was wandering the stalls and looking at the art.

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VIRGINIA: And you can still see some of that sort of stuff when it's not Festival of the Arts.

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VIRGINIA: And I always liked the idea of the performances, but I cannot name a single time I've stopped to listen to the Disney on Broadway thing.

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VIRGINIA: And that's really just because I live in New York City and I can see it anytime.

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VIRGINIA: So I'm like, well, let me focus on something else.

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VIRGINIA: And so it's recently occurred to me that Flower and Garden is actually my favorite.

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VIRGINIA: So I will live vicariously through you on this trip.

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VIRGINIA: And hopefully you will get to enjoy some of the amazing foods and see the topiaries and maybe the Butterfly Garden.

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VIRGINIA: I don't know if they're still doing that this year.

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VIRGINIA: That'll be a lot of fun.

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HAILEY: Yeah, I already have my list of food to try.

00:15:09.629 --> 00:15:10.549
VIRGINIA: Oh, do you?

00:15:10.989 --> 00:15:17.429
HAILEY: I went through the app that they have and I was like screenshotting and I'm like, well, we need to try this and we need to try this and this.

00:15:18.309 --> 00:15:21.049
VIRGINIA: So I've mentioned this on previous episodes.

00:15:21.069 --> 00:15:27.189
VIRGINIA: So listeners, forgive me if this is a repeat for you, but I will tell you Hailey, there is a third-party app that I love.

00:15:27.789 --> 00:15:28.629
VIRGINIA: Do you know about it?

00:15:29.049 --> 00:15:30.269
HAILEY: The Food and Wine app?

00:15:30.509 --> 00:15:30.949
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:15:32.789 --> 00:15:45.349
VIRGINIA: Because if you mark things as wish for, and then you go to the map, you can filter the map based on your wish for so that it only shows you where the things were you wanted to go to see or to eat.

00:15:45.929 --> 00:15:47.269
HAILEY: That part I did not know.

00:15:47.289 --> 00:15:47.589
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:15:47.869 --> 00:15:57.409
VIRGINIA: So that's what I do, is I mark everything I'm interested in and then I filter it so that when I'm looking at the map, I'm only seeing the little pins on the things that I said I was interested in.

00:15:57.869 --> 00:15:58.889
VIRGINIA: So top tip.

00:16:00.089 --> 00:16:00.389
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:16:00.509 --> 00:16:04.849
VIRGINIA: What kind of Disney ride person are you?

00:16:04.949 --> 00:16:09.449
VIRGINIA: Are you a thrill seeker or are you more into shows and stuff?

00:16:09.849 --> 00:16:10.829
HAILEY: I'm a thrill seeker.

00:16:11.269 --> 00:16:12.409
VIRGINIA: Are you a guardians lover?

00:16:12.849 --> 00:16:13.309
HAILEY: I am.

00:16:13.329 --> 00:16:14.369
HAILEY: Favorite ride in the park.

00:16:16.649 --> 00:16:17.089
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:16:17.109 --> 00:16:19.969
VIRGINIA: Then I have to ask, what's your favorite song to get on Guardians?

00:16:20.569 --> 00:16:22.309
HAILEY: I'm partial to September.

00:16:23.669 --> 00:16:24.129
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:16:24.689 --> 00:16:26.849
VIRGINIA: A lot of people love September.

00:16:26.869 --> 00:16:32.029
VIRGINIA: That is something I hear very frequently and I can't decide which one my favorite is.

00:16:32.049 --> 00:16:34.729
VIRGINIA: For sentimental reasons, it's everybody wants to rule the world.

00:16:35.329 --> 00:16:43.029
VIRGINIA: But in terms of what goes best with the ride, because I think they really make a difference when you're writing, how it feels.

00:16:43.729 --> 00:16:44.669
HAILEY: It definitely does.

00:16:45.169 --> 00:16:48.849
VIRGINIA: Heading over to Epcot, what's going to be your first priority, do you think?

00:16:49.129 --> 00:16:50.029
HAILEY: It's a little tricky.

00:16:50.149 --> 00:16:54.869
HAILEY: I'm not 100 percent sure because I think it's all going to depend what time we get there.

00:16:54.929 --> 00:17:10.469
HAILEY: If I can grab a Topolino's breakfast, I'm going to try and play it maybe going in if we can get there pretty early, going to do a few rides before we start the festival, eating at 11.

00:17:12.289 --> 00:17:19.629
HAILEY: I have Sorin on our list, has been test track and Guardians twice.

00:17:19.689 --> 00:17:23.009
HAILEY: Even though he's not a fan, he is not a roller coaster fan.

00:17:23.209 --> 00:17:23.769
VIRGINIA: He's not?

00:17:23.849 --> 00:17:24.189
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:17:24.209 --> 00:17:24.889
HAILEY: He's not, no.

00:17:25.049 --> 00:17:28.209
HAILEY: But he claims he'll go on it just to go with me.

00:17:28.429 --> 00:17:33.289
HAILEY: But his faces in the pictures are the funniest thing in the world.

00:17:35.509 --> 00:17:41.009
HAILEY: But those are, I think, and the three Caballeros, Grand Fiesta Tour.

00:17:41.189 --> 00:17:46.409
HAILEY: I would say those are my four top rides that I have planned for that day.

00:17:46.849 --> 00:17:51.309
VIRGINIA: I love that you include the three Caballeros in that because it's so good.

00:17:51.889 --> 00:17:54.889
HAILEY: I am a Donald lover if you ask any of my friends.

00:17:54.909 --> 00:17:56.989
HAILEY: I'm the Donald Duck Girl through and through.

00:17:57.649 --> 00:18:03.709
HAILEY: So that is one of my favorite rides just for the fact that it has Donald in it.

00:18:04.049 --> 00:18:10.069
VIRGINIA: Did you happen to ride it when they were doing maintenance on his animatronic and it was plant Donald?

00:18:10.489 --> 00:18:11.609
HAILEY: No, I did not.

00:18:11.629 --> 00:18:14.589
HAILEY: And I'm very sad that I wasn't there for that.

00:18:14.709 --> 00:18:16.029
VIRGINIA: Did you see pictures of that?

00:18:16.049 --> 00:18:16.769
HAILEY: I did.

00:18:18.229 --> 00:18:27.469
VIRGINIA: Someone, I don't know where I saw it, if it was Etsy, or if it was just somebody posting on Instagram, but I saw somebody had made a t-shirt that was like...

00:18:28.269 --> 00:18:30.889
VIRGINIA: It was plant Donald.

00:18:32.229 --> 00:18:32.849
VIRGINIA: Really funny.

00:18:33.589 --> 00:18:41.109
VIRGINIA: Based on the time of your flight, you are going to be on a plane during the 7 o'clock virtual queue.

00:18:41.609 --> 00:18:41.869
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:18:41.889 --> 00:18:51.169
VIRGINIA: Are you just going to by default only try for the 1 o'clock virtual queue or do you try to do that from the plane on the Wi-Fi?

00:18:51.189 --> 00:18:58.949
HAILEY: This time, we're flying Spirit because of the fact that they have Wi-Fi on the plane and Frontier does not.

00:18:59.909 --> 00:19:07.969
HAILEY: I got a Spirit ticket so I can specifically do my 7 o'clock virtual queue booking and Genie Plus booking.

00:19:08.709 --> 00:19:10.109
VIRGINIA: Have you done that before?

00:19:10.829 --> 00:19:14.469
VIRGINIA: Now I'm asking for personal reasons because I'm thinking about the same thing.

00:19:14.469 --> 00:19:19.269
VIRGINIA: And I was like, is the Wi-Fi on a plane going to be good enough to do the virtual queue?

00:19:19.589 --> 00:19:22.849
HAILEY: So I did it last year when we went on our adult only trip.

00:19:23.329 --> 00:19:26.309
HAILEY: This will be the test though, because last year we flew American.

00:19:26.329 --> 00:19:31.389
HAILEY: So I don't know if like American has a better Wi-Fi than Spirit will.

00:19:32.089 --> 00:19:43.809
HAILEY: But I was able to get us in the virtual queue and get our individual lightning lane and get our Jeannie Plus booking all at 7 from the plane Wi-Fi last year.

00:19:44.749 --> 00:19:47.429
VIRGINIA: Well, I'm going to try for it on June 6th.

00:19:48.469 --> 00:19:49.529
VIRGINIA: We'll see what happens.

00:19:50.369 --> 00:19:52.349
VIRGINIA: I did book Stand By Skipper.

00:19:52.369 --> 00:19:53.209
VIRGINIA: Have you ever done that?

00:19:53.569 --> 00:19:54.189
HAILEY: I have not.

00:19:54.509 --> 00:19:54.829
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:19:55.029 --> 00:19:56.029
VIRGINIA: I'm going to be using that.

00:19:56.049 --> 00:19:56.909
VIRGINIA: I've used it before.

00:19:57.029 --> 00:20:03.609
VIRGINIA: So with that at 7 a.m., it will book your lightning lane for you as long as you tell it what you want.

00:20:03.689 --> 00:20:05.829
VIRGINIA: So that's at least one thing off the list.

00:20:05.869 --> 00:20:14.849
VIRGINIA: But I'm happy to hear that you have been successful on a previous trip, even if it was a different airline, because that gives me hope, gives me hope.

00:20:14.909 --> 00:20:16.549
VIRGINIA: If not, I guess I'll wait till 1.

00:20:16.569 --> 00:20:24.169
VIRGINIA: But I will confess, I have never done, I don't think I've ever done a one o'clock virtual cue drop because I've always gotten the 7.

00:20:26.909 --> 00:20:27.269
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:20:27.289 --> 00:20:30.689
VIRGINIA: Well, after those rides, you said you're going to be taking in the festival.

00:20:31.109 --> 00:20:34.469
HAILEY: Hubby and I, we like to eat and drink around the world.

00:20:34.489 --> 00:20:41.269
HAILEY: We normally share everything, but we plan on doing it a little quicker just because we are park hopping.

00:20:41.449 --> 00:20:42.469
HAILEY: Oh, you are?

00:20:43.889 --> 00:20:49.349
HAILEY: I plan on trying to leave Epcot, I would say, by like 2.45.

00:20:49.369 --> 00:20:51.849
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:20:52.609 --> 00:20:58.929
VIRGINIA: If you end up having breakfast at Topolino's, that will significantly reduce how much park time you have.

00:20:58.949 --> 00:21:02.789
VIRGINIA: Will that change what time you would leave the park if you ended up getting that breakfast?

00:21:03.509 --> 00:21:04.209
HAILEY: Not really.

00:21:04.209 --> 00:21:13.989
HAILEY: We actually have a DVC tour booked at 3.30 at the Polynesian, so we have to be there by that time.

00:21:14.449 --> 00:21:19.389
HAILEY: They have like a promotion going on right now where if you tour it, you get a free $200 gift card.

00:21:20.349 --> 00:21:25.349
HAILEY: So I'm like, all right, I will come and walk around the Polynesian because I love it there.

00:21:26.569 --> 00:21:27.529
VIRGINIA: You know what?

00:21:27.549 --> 00:21:30.969
VIRGINIA: I did the same thing in 2018.

00:21:31.389 --> 00:21:52.629
VIRGINIA: I got stopped by somebody in Epcot and we got, I think it was $150 Disney gift card and three extra free fast passes and I can't remember what else, but we went to the Polynesian and did our tour there and walked away with a DVC contract.

00:21:52.929 --> 00:21:57.789
VIRGINIA: So just FYI, be careful.

00:21:58.989 --> 00:22:01.469
HAILEY: Yeah, he's very stern.

00:22:01.489 --> 00:22:15.649
HAILEY: So this actually happened before we went to like a, I don't remember, it might have been like a gun show or something like that, that we went to and they had one of those booths like, hey, when a free vacation, put your name in.

00:22:15.669 --> 00:22:17.709
HAILEY: And they called us and they're like, oh, you won.

00:22:17.729 --> 00:22:18.549
HAILEY: It's like three days.

00:22:18.569 --> 00:22:21.889
HAILEY: You just have to listen to our little timeshare presentation.

00:22:22.409 --> 00:22:27.189
HAILEY: So we went and then we ended up buying one through them and we've never used it.

00:22:27.209 --> 00:22:30.789
HAILEY: So he looked at me and he's like, we're not getting another one.

00:22:30.809 --> 00:22:32.029
VIRGINIA: Oh, my goodness.

00:22:32.089 --> 00:22:34.269
VIRGINIA: So are you able to sell that one?

00:22:34.709 --> 00:22:35.729
HAILEY: I haven't looked into it yet.

00:22:35.889 --> 00:22:46.929
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I would look into selling it or whether you can rent out the nights or something like that because that's a lot of money to go to waste.

00:22:47.169 --> 00:22:50.849
HAILEY: Thankfully, it was like, not that expensive.

00:22:50.869 --> 00:23:01.809
HAILEY: I mean, of course, you know what I mean, like money, I'm still just throwing away every month, but at least I'm thankful that it's not hundreds upon hundreds of dollars just down the drain.

00:23:02.929 --> 00:23:08.969
VIRGINIA: Well, as you go to your DVC presentation, it is very easy to sell a DVC contract if you need to.

00:23:09.989 --> 00:23:12.989
VIRGINIA: And it's very easy to rent out your points if you can't use them.

00:23:13.849 --> 00:23:24.809
VIRGINIA: And based on the price that we paid when we bought our DVC, now it sounds like I'm trying to sell you on this, but all I was going to say is like based on...

00:23:24.909 --> 00:23:32.169
VIRGINIA: So when we bought our DVC, the price that we paid at the time, like I could still sell our contract for that much now.

00:23:32.449 --> 00:23:33.549
VIRGINIA: And we've taken all these trips.

00:23:34.529 --> 00:23:37.329
VIRGINIA: So it is not the same as other timeshares.

00:23:37.349 --> 00:23:39.929
VIRGINIA: And I've frankly loved every minute of it.

00:23:39.929 --> 00:23:43.289
VIRGINIA: Did I go into that presentation thinking I was going to walk out a DVC owner?

00:23:43.749 --> 00:23:44.389
VIRGINIA: No, I did not.

00:23:44.749 --> 00:23:59.869
VIRGINIA: But my husband is a numbers man, and he listened to the presentation and had his little calculator in his brain going about how many times I wanted to go and realized that it was actually going to save us money in the long run.

00:23:59.889 --> 00:24:01.409
HAILEY: That's definitely my husband.

00:24:01.429 --> 00:24:15.649
HAILEY: But I'm just hopeful that once I start using all of my travel benefits, because we get it like a discount, I'm hopeful that that helps offset how many trips we go on.

00:24:16.249 --> 00:24:18.589
VIRGINIA: Yeah, yeah, that sounds like a good plan.

00:24:18.789 --> 00:24:30.309
VIRGINIA: Well, the good news is, as far as I understand, compared to other timeshare presentations, this is much lower pressure, and it does not take up as much time.

00:24:30.329 --> 00:24:35.789
VIRGINIA: I don't remember, I couldn't tell you how long ours was because we did end up purchasing.

00:24:35.809 --> 00:24:38.549
VIRGINIA: So there was like the added stuff of like getting all that set up.

00:24:39.009 --> 00:24:40.949
VIRGINIA: But it's not going to take up a ton of time.

00:24:41.489 --> 00:24:47.729
VIRGINIA: And at least when we did it, when we were done, they were willing to drive us wherever we wanted to go next.

00:24:47.909 --> 00:24:51.869
VIRGINIA: So I'm imagining that you're probably going to the Magic Kingdom after though.

00:24:52.349 --> 00:24:57.769
HAILEY: Yeah, they said it would take probably like half an hour to 45 minutes for the tour.

00:24:58.549 --> 00:25:00.549
HAILEY: And then we just planned on hopping on.

00:25:00.569 --> 00:25:02.089
HAILEY: Well, it all depends.

00:25:02.129 --> 00:25:05.269
HAILEY: I might try and look at what time Trader Sam's opens.

00:25:05.789 --> 00:25:09.029
HAILEY: I think they open at four, I want to say.

00:25:09.369 --> 00:25:17.329
HAILEY: So if I really want to take my husband and myself, I haven't been yet, but I've watched a lot of like vlogs on that bar.

00:25:17.349 --> 00:25:19.609
HAILEY: But I think that he would enjoy it.

00:25:20.629 --> 00:25:23.489
HAILEY: And we don't get to do things like that when we have the kids.

00:25:24.029 --> 00:25:31.729
HAILEY: So I'm hoping if our tour ends at like four, we can go and try and grab a drink there before heading over to the Magic Kingdom.

00:25:33.049 --> 00:25:34.709
VIRGINIA: Well, I will cross my fingers for you.

00:25:35.629 --> 00:25:39.909
VIRGINIA: So Magic Kingdom, are you going to be there until the end?

00:25:39.909 --> 00:25:41.829
VIRGINIA: Are you staying through to close?

00:25:41.829 --> 00:25:42.169
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:25:42.369 --> 00:25:44.609
VIRGINIA: So is that your general vibe?

00:25:44.629 --> 00:25:47.029
VIRGINIA: Are you an open to close girly?

00:25:47.569 --> 00:25:48.669
HAILEY: A hundred percent.

00:25:48.789 --> 00:25:49.769
HAILEY: My husband hates it.

00:25:50.389 --> 00:25:50.849
VIRGINIA: Oh no.

00:25:51.389 --> 00:25:58.369
VIRGINIA: So when you do that, do you usually take a break during the day or like when you're there with your family, when you have younger kids with you?

00:25:58.849 --> 00:26:05.849
HAILEY: So when we have the kids, most of the time, the younger two, they're four and two.

00:26:06.129 --> 00:26:08.909
HAILEY: So they'll still just kind of nap wherever.

00:26:08.929 --> 00:26:12.469
HAILEY: So we kind of have them like nap in the stroller most of the time.

00:26:13.189 --> 00:26:18.789
HAILEY: And we're the kind of family who does a lot of, we like our character sit down meals.

00:26:19.149 --> 00:26:23.649
HAILEY: So we normally do at least like one of those throughout the day to give them like a break.

00:26:23.989 --> 00:26:26.369
HAILEY: We'll go in like shows or things like that.

00:26:26.889 --> 00:26:32.549
HAILEY: We haven't done any midday breaks for either of our trips that we've done yet.

00:26:33.269 --> 00:26:43.829
HAILEY: But this year on our family trip, I actually have at least two days where I have a little bit of going back to the hotel and letting them rest.

00:26:45.689 --> 00:26:46.169
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:26:46.349 --> 00:26:48.909
VIRGINIA: So what are your priorities for Magic Kingdom?

00:26:49.209 --> 00:26:51.529
HAILEY: I definitely want the cheeseburger spring rolls.

00:26:51.549 --> 00:26:55.409
HAILEY: I definitely want to take my husband on.

00:26:55.929 --> 00:26:59.349
HAILEY: He hasn't been on any of the roller coasters at Magic Kingdom.

00:26:59.769 --> 00:27:04.329
HAILEY: So Tron, Space, Seven Dwarfs and Big Thunder.

00:27:04.529 --> 00:27:06.209
HAILEY: All of those are on my list.

00:27:07.909 --> 00:27:10.789
HAILEY: And then I love Small World.

00:27:10.889 --> 00:27:12.409
HAILEY: I'm still a small world girl.

00:27:12.549 --> 00:27:15.049
HAILEY: So doing Small World is on the list as well.

00:27:16.089 --> 00:27:24.449
VIRGINIA: For the Tron and Seven Dwarfs specifically, are you going to be purchasing any individual lightning lanes?

00:27:25.069 --> 00:27:30.169
HAILEY: For Tron, yes, because we won't be at Magic Kingdom by one.

00:27:30.189 --> 00:27:38.389
HAILEY: I plan on getting the individual lightning lane because that should be like the only way that we can ride it that day.

00:27:38.969 --> 00:27:46.089
HAILEY: And then Seven Dwarfs, I'm the type of person who likes to use that little hack where you just hop right in right before they close.

00:27:47.129 --> 00:27:47.449
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:27:47.789 --> 00:27:51.589
VIRGINIA: And usually at that time of night, it looks longer than it actually is.

00:27:51.949 --> 00:27:58.189
HAILEY: Yeah, I think when I did it last year, it said the wait time was like 55 minutes, but I think I waited like 20.

00:27:59.449 --> 00:27:59.809
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:28:00.149 --> 00:28:04.289
VIRGINIA: I think it's like a ploy to get everybody out of the park.

00:28:05.409 --> 00:28:06.249
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:28:06.309 --> 00:28:10.089
VIRGINIA: So Saturday, May the 25th, what is the plan for that day?

00:28:10.809 --> 00:28:15.349
HAILEY: So plan is to wake up and early entry rope drop Animal Kingdom.

00:28:17.109 --> 00:28:20.049
HAILEY: And then head right for Flight of Passage.

00:28:22.549 --> 00:28:24.929
VIRGINIA: Is Flight of Passage your favorite in Animal Kingdom?

00:28:25.249 --> 00:28:25.629
HAILEY: Yes.

00:28:25.789 --> 00:28:29.029
HAILEY: It's my second favorite throughout the whole parks.

00:28:29.409 --> 00:28:33.349
HAILEY: And my husband says it's his favorite ride across all the parks.

00:28:35.289 --> 00:28:37.229
VIRGINIA: Are you an Avatar the movie fan?

00:28:38.389 --> 00:28:43.569
HAILEY: I just watched it recently, like a month ago.

00:28:44.069 --> 00:28:46.409
HAILEY: I thought it was a good movie, but...

00:28:48.049 --> 00:28:48.329
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:28:48.829 --> 00:28:50.269
VIRGINIA: Your face says it all.

00:28:50.289 --> 00:28:59.969
VIRGINIA: Because I think you and I would probably have a really good time together in the parks because my favorite ride is Guardians and my second favorite ride is Flight of Passage.

00:29:00.049 --> 00:29:06.349
VIRGINIA: I guess if we're talking thrill rides, I mean, People Mover has a place in my heart.

00:29:06.729 --> 00:29:10.609
HAILEY: I forgot to mention that, but People Mover is definitely one of my favorites.

00:29:10.729 --> 00:29:13.269
HAILEY: I actually, for my shop, I just made a shirt.

00:29:13.389 --> 00:29:22.769
HAILEY: It has the People Mover on it and it says, like, Official People Mover Fan Club because us Disney girlies, we call ourselves the People Mover Fan Club.

00:29:23.589 --> 00:29:24.549
VIRGINIA: I love it.

00:29:24.729 --> 00:29:25.629
VIRGINIA: It's so good.

00:29:25.789 --> 00:29:37.009
VIRGINIA: Sometimes I just want to hear the narration and I have to admit, I got a little frustrated when they changed the narrator voice, but now it's grown on me.

00:29:37.229 --> 00:29:44.649
VIRGINIA: So, now I can hear that version too and it just, there's something about it that just makes me feel like, okay, I'm at Disney in my mind.

00:29:45.449 --> 00:29:53.689
VIRGINIA: Anyway, what I was going to say is I have seen the movie Avatar and I don't really care for it at all, but I love the land.

00:29:53.769 --> 00:29:57.529
VIRGINIA: I love the rides and I even love Navi River Journey.

00:29:57.549 --> 00:30:05.069
VIRGINIA: I just think it's so peaceful and calm and I love it, but you will not catch me sitting down to watch that movie if it happens to be on TV.

00:30:05.749 --> 00:30:14.709
HAILEY: I told my husband I would watch the second one because I heard a lot of people say that the way of water is better than the first one.

00:30:14.729 --> 00:30:17.929
HAILEY: I'm like, okay, I love the land and the ride so much.

00:30:18.309 --> 00:30:27.149
HAILEY: I'll give it one more chance and watch that one, but I don't really feel the need to be like, oh, hey, I want to sit down and watch a movie and it'd be Avatar.

00:30:27.589 --> 00:30:27.969
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:30:28.169 --> 00:30:28.589
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:30:28.689 --> 00:30:30.569
VIRGINIA: What else are you going to be doing in Animal Kingdom?

00:30:30.769 --> 00:30:31.949
HAILEY: I definitely want to.

00:30:32.009 --> 00:30:42.729
HAILEY: He has not been on Dinosaur yet, and I feel like with the big Dino Land rethemed talk, I need to get him on that before it gets rethemed.

00:30:44.369 --> 00:30:47.209
HAILEY: Other than that, I wouldn't say too much.

00:30:47.289 --> 00:30:54.549
HAILEY: Maybe the safari, depending on the wait time, but definitely I want to try and get us a Nomad Lounge.

00:30:55.069 --> 00:30:55.529
VIRGINIA: Oh yeah.

00:30:56.049 --> 00:30:56.429
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:30:56.929 --> 00:30:58.029
VIRGINIA: I love Nomad Lounge.

00:30:58.049 --> 00:30:59.509
VIRGINIA: Do you have a go-to drink there?

00:30:59.529 --> 00:31:02.489
HAILEY: So, I've only been there once.

00:31:03.129 --> 00:31:08.369
HAILEY: And when I went, I can't even remember what I got, but it was not great.

00:31:09.149 --> 00:31:16.889
HAILEY: So I've seen a lot of my friends go and they had a drink with like a watermelon in it.

00:31:16.889 --> 00:31:19.889
HAILEY: I can't remember the name of it, but it has like a big watermelon slice.

00:31:20.169 --> 00:31:24.069
HAILEY: And I'm like, I like watermelon, so I might go for that.

00:31:24.669 --> 00:31:33.449
VIRGINIA: I usually get the Jen's Tattoo, which is a vodka-based drink and it has watermelon is like the fruit flavoring in it.

00:31:33.789 --> 00:31:38.169
VIRGINIA: And it has a viscous flower on the top that you can eat.

00:31:38.229 --> 00:31:39.809
VIRGINIA: It's natural, but it's like a fruit snack.

00:31:41.489 --> 00:31:41.669
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:31:41.689 --> 00:31:43.889
VIRGINIA: I'll be interested to see what it is.

00:31:43.909 --> 00:31:48.929
VIRGINIA: I'll take a look at the menu later because I'm a big watermelon fan, so sounds good to me.

00:31:49.789 --> 00:31:50.209
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:31:50.269 --> 00:31:51.769
VIRGINIA: And are you park hopping on this day?

00:31:53.429 --> 00:32:03.929
HAILEY: After Animal Kingdom, when we leave, we're going to go take the bus back to our hotel just so I can change and you really can only take the bus from Animal Kingdom anyways.

00:32:04.729 --> 00:32:12.089
HAILEY: And then we're finishing the night at Hollywood Studios, so I figure go back, change and then just take the Skyliner over to Hollywood.

00:32:13.549 --> 00:32:15.829
VIRGINIA: What do you like to do at Hollywood Studios?

00:32:16.709 --> 00:32:19.169
HAILEY: My favorite thing overall is phantasmic.

00:32:19.209 --> 00:32:21.609
HAILEY: I am a phantasmic girl through and through.

00:32:22.069 --> 00:32:26.389
HAILEY: So that's obviously like my number one priority when we're there.

00:32:26.929 --> 00:32:34.789
HAILEY: But I also love, I'm a Tower of Terror girl, but my husband says, he's like, I don't like roller coasters, but I'll go on them with you.

00:32:34.809 --> 00:32:36.469
HAILEY: He's like, I am not going on that.

00:32:36.489 --> 00:32:41.169
HAILEY: He's like, I do not like up and down rides, so I refuse.

00:32:42.629 --> 00:32:46.309
HAILEY: So I don't know if that will be a ride that I go on this trip or not.

00:32:48.309 --> 00:32:53.589
VIRGINIA: So he's never ridden it before, he's just based on what he knows about himself, doesn't think he'll like it.

00:32:53.929 --> 00:32:57.429
HAILEY: Yeah, he says he just hates drop rides.

00:32:58.369 --> 00:32:59.409
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:33:00.309 --> 00:33:09.829
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I would not do a drop ride if it were the kind that's outside at like a Six Flags where you're just basically just a circle attached to a pole drop.

00:33:10.769 --> 00:33:15.869
VIRGINIA: I just think Tower of Terror is different than that, but I don't know, I hope you get to ride it even if he doesn't.

00:33:16.449 --> 00:33:21.449
VIRGINIA: Maybe you could get a lightning lane and do it real quick while he's having a drink somewhere.

00:33:21.829 --> 00:33:24.469
HAILEY: Yeah, if I can get a good one, I might just have to do it.

00:33:24.809 --> 00:33:29.329
VIRGINIA: Yeah, just set him down at that jaw phrase because they do have cocktails there.

00:33:30.789 --> 00:33:32.709
VIRGINIA: You can sit and enjoy some shade.

00:33:33.229 --> 00:33:34.169
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:33:34.249 --> 00:33:36.949
VIRGINIA: You said Fantasmic is your ultimate goal.

00:33:37.709 --> 00:33:40.829
VIRGINIA: Anything else that you have to get done while you're there?

00:33:41.369 --> 00:33:46.769
HAILEY: So we have a reservation at Ogas mid-afternoon.

00:33:47.329 --> 00:33:54.949
HAILEY: We went on our family trip last year, but it's different vibes when you have three kids attached at your hip.

00:33:55.309 --> 00:33:55.869
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:33:57.229 --> 00:34:00.809
HAILEY: So just the two of us going to Ogas should be a fun time.

00:34:01.649 --> 00:34:05.169
HAILEY: He enjoys rise of the resistance a lot.

00:34:06.209 --> 00:34:12.429
HAILEY: So depending on if I can grab us a individual lightning lane, I might do that.

00:34:14.149 --> 00:34:18.629
HAILEY: We have actually never been on Star Tours, either one of us.

00:34:18.949 --> 00:34:19.569
VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

00:34:20.129 --> 00:34:22.969
HAILEY: And he's never been on Smuggler's Run.

00:34:22.989 --> 00:34:32.209
HAILEY: So trying to get him to do those rides, I think he'll have fun because he's a very video game kind of guy.

00:34:33.049 --> 00:34:35.589
HAILEY: So he enjoys more of like the simulation.

00:34:35.729 --> 00:34:37.489
HAILEY: So I think he'll enjoy those rides.

00:34:37.769 --> 00:34:43.429
VIRGINIA: Well, both of those are ones that I think it would be very easy to have a lightning lane for.

00:34:43.449 --> 00:34:48.089
VIRGINIA: But even if you don't, the wait for Star Tours is hardly ever very long.

00:34:48.569 --> 00:34:52.289
VIRGINIA: And if it is, you just wait because it'll go down again later.

00:34:52.769 --> 00:34:58.449
VIRGINIA: And then for Millennium Falcon, if really push game to shove, you could do the single rider line.

00:34:58.909 --> 00:35:01.309
VIRGINIA: As long as you don't care about being a pilot.

00:35:02.209 --> 00:35:03.709
VIRGINIA: Usually that that works out.

00:35:04.629 --> 00:35:07.129
VIRGINIA: Sunday, May 26th is your departure day.

00:35:07.149 --> 00:35:09.469
VIRGINIA: Do you have any part time scheduled for this day?

00:35:10.189 --> 00:35:17.829
HAILEY: No part time, but we have breakfast scheduled at Chef Art Smith's homecoming at Disney Springs.

00:35:18.209 --> 00:35:19.909
VIRGINIA: Oh, sounds so good.

00:35:19.929 --> 00:35:21.069
VIRGINIA: Have you had it before?

00:35:21.089 --> 00:35:22.169
HAILEY: I have not.

00:35:22.749 --> 00:35:26.329
VIRGINIA: Oh, you have to get the deviled eggs if you like deviled eggs.

00:35:29.309 --> 00:35:29.929
VIRGINIA: So good.

00:35:30.889 --> 00:35:31.909
VIRGINIA: That's really exciting.

00:35:31.929 --> 00:35:35.369
VIRGINIA: They do a really good breakfast brunch type thing.

00:35:35.589 --> 00:35:40.469
VIRGINIA: And I think the Sunday one is just top notch, top notch.

00:35:40.989 --> 00:35:41.429
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:35:41.509 --> 00:35:43.049
VIRGINIA: Anything else after breakfast?

00:35:43.509 --> 00:35:52.909
HAILEY: My husband wants to try and go to the movie theater to see if the times work out because he claims it's his birthday weekend and he wants something for him.

00:35:52.949 --> 00:35:59.409
HAILEY: So he wants us to see Godzilla before we make our way to the theater.

00:36:00.749 --> 00:36:02.549
VIRGINIA: Can't we see Godzilla at home?

00:36:03.589 --> 00:36:09.489
HAILEY: We work opposite schedules, so it's a little tough to get just the two of us time.

00:36:09.829 --> 00:36:17.529
HAILEY: But I told him, I said, it all depends because if it's a two hour movie and we have breakfast at nine, I don't know.

00:36:19.209 --> 00:36:25.529
HAILEY: If you're okay with leaving the movie, maybe before it's over, then it might work out.

00:36:26.189 --> 00:36:32.069
VIRGINIA: I wouldn't do that, A, because that's just like a waste of the movie money.

00:36:32.429 --> 00:36:38.969
VIRGINIA: But I have not seen it myself, but my son saw it and Alex said that the fights at the end were amazing.

00:36:40.049 --> 00:36:41.189
HAILEY: Then I'll have to tell him.

00:36:43.929 --> 00:36:50.549
VIRGINIA: So I don't know, maybe you could just pre-plan a time to go see it when you get back and then use your Disney Springs time.

00:36:50.569 --> 00:36:58.189
VIRGINIA: You know, if you were looking for an activity to do, I haven't done it yet myself, but I hear really good things about Splitsville.

00:36:58.349 --> 00:37:08.249
HAILEY: So we actually ate there on our first trip and we were supposed to go bowling, but I think there was like a 45 minute wait for like the lanes.

00:37:08.809 --> 00:37:13.649
HAILEY: So we ended up not doing it, but I will say they have amazing food.

00:37:13.869 --> 00:37:16.809
VIRGINIA: That's what I keep hearing over and over again.

00:37:17.649 --> 00:37:21.149
VIRGINIA: And you would never guess that, but all right.

00:37:22.109 --> 00:37:23.849
VIRGINIA: Anything else planned for this day?

00:37:23.869 --> 00:37:26.329
VIRGINIA: And I should ask like, what time is your flight?

00:37:27.309 --> 00:37:30.809
HAILEY: So we leave at 325.

00:37:31.169 --> 00:37:33.769
HAILEY: So have to be at the airport by like 1 30.

00:37:34.349 --> 00:37:34.769
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:37:34.969 --> 00:37:35.449
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:37:35.769 --> 00:37:39.549
VIRGINIA: Yeah, that's going to be cutting it close for a movie experience.

00:37:43.009 --> 00:37:47.689
VIRGINIA: All right, well, anything else you want to tell us about this trip in particular?

00:37:47.849 --> 00:37:58.789
HAILEY: I think I did forget to mention when we're done on our Hollywood Studios night, we plan on going to the Boardwalk area and checking out those bars.

00:37:58.809 --> 00:38:01.629
HAILEY: So like Jelly Rolls, Abra Kedab Bar.

00:38:02.849 --> 00:38:09.549
HAILEY: I'm just excited to check out the adult side of Disney because we haven't done that before.

00:38:10.409 --> 00:38:10.789
VIRGINIA: Nice.

00:38:10.949 --> 00:38:11.349
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:38:11.509 --> 00:38:16.989
VIRGINIA: Well, that will be a lot of fun, A, and B, easy to get back to your resort.

00:38:17.469 --> 00:38:21.489
VIRGINIA: Well, I should say depending on the time of night that we're done, you might have to take it over.

00:38:21.589 --> 00:38:24.389
VIRGINIA: But still not too far, right?

00:38:24.569 --> 00:38:24.929
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:38:25.289 --> 00:38:27.409
VIRGINIA: That sounds like a lot of fun.

00:38:27.429 --> 00:38:30.089
VIRGINIA: I have never been to Abra Kedab Bar.

00:38:30.109 --> 00:38:30.449
VIRGINIA: Have you?

00:38:30.469 --> 00:38:31.929
HAILEY: I have not, no.

00:38:32.209 --> 00:38:32.549
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:38:32.989 --> 00:38:33.329
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:38:33.849 --> 00:38:38.209
VIRGINIA: Yeah, it was on my list for my solo trip and I just never, never made it over there.

00:38:39.689 --> 00:38:40.209
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:38:40.349 --> 00:38:46.989
VIRGINIA: Well, I look forward to hearing how all of this goes and speaking with you after the trip is over.

00:38:47.009 --> 00:38:51.469
VIRGINIA: I hope that you have safe travels and an amazing and magical trip.

00:38:51.969 --> 00:38:52.729
HAILEY: Thank you.

00:38:54.509 --> 00:38:56.989
VIRGINIA: Thank you again to Hailey for joining me on the show.

00:38:57.469 --> 00:39:06.669
VIRGINIA: If you are looking for a travel agent's help in planning your next magical vacation or something custom to wear on your next vacation, Hailey would love to help you out.

00:39:07.009 --> 00:39:08.569
VIRGINIA: Her links are in the show notes.

00:39:09.209 --> 00:39:15.509
VIRGINIA: And now it's time to head over to the next episode where you can hear all the details from Hailey's post trip interview.

00:39:16.249 --> 00:39:19.909
VIRGINIA: Until then, keep daydreaming about where you long to be.