Pre-Trip Report: Hailey’s Triple Split Stay/Double Family Trip (September 2024)

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

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

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VIRGINIA: Thank you all so much for tuning in for another exciting pre-trip report.

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VIRGINIA: Today, you'll hear my conversation with Hailey, who was on the podcast last May for a kid-free trip with her husband, Kyle.

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VIRGINIA: The links to her previous episodes are in the show notes if you'd like to check those out on my website, which is whereilongtobepodcast.com.

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VIRGINIA: While you're there, if you are considering submitting yourself to be a future Trip Report guest, you can also find the link to the form there on the site.

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VIRGINIA: I'd love to hear from you.

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VIRGINIA: As a reminder, Hailey is a Disney travel agent, so if you're looking for help with your own magical trip, she'd love to hear from you.

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VIRGINIA: Her information is in the show notes, along with a link to her Etsy shop, where she sells the cutest custom leotards and t-shirts for trips to Disney or Universal.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, that's enough housekeeping for today.

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VIRGINIA: Let's get on with the show.

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VIRGINIA: Welcome back, Hailey.

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VIRGINIA: Listeners, we have a very special repeat guest today.

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VIRGINIA: It is Hailey from Happily Ever Hails.

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VIRGINIA: How are you?

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HAILEY: Hello, pretty good.

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HAILEY: How are you?

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VIRGINIA: I am good.

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VIRGINIA: I'm so happy to see you again.

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HAILEY: Yes, it's been too long.

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VIRGINIA: I know.

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VIRGINIA: So for listeners who have been with us for a while, Hailey was last on the show for her May, 2024 trip.

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VIRGINIA: So it's been a number of months, and now she is back because she has a big trip coming up, and you leave later this week.

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VIRGINIA: So are you ready?

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HAILEY: No, I'm ready mentally, but definitely like packing and everything.

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HAILEY: I'm not ready.

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VIRGINIA: Why don't you tell everyone a little bit about who you are in case they didn't hear your previous episode?

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HAILEY: So I'm Hailey.

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HAILEY: I'm from Pennsylvania.

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HAILEY: I have three little kids and I am a travel agent.

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HAILEY: So normally I would say we do one to two.

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HAILEY: This year we'll do two family trips.

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HAILEY: It's normally one annual family trip.

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HAILEY: And then I go on like an annual trip, just me and my husband.

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HAILEY: And then probably like four to five other times by myself just for the year.

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HAILEY: I call it my mental reset.

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HAILEY: And as a travel agent, I just feel like it's really helpful to go and experience all the different changes considering, you know, Disney makes changes all the time.

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HAILEY: So it's pretty helpful for me to be there very frequently.

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VIRGINIA: Now because you go as frequently as you do, do you and your husband have an annual pass?

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HAILEY: No, as of now, it's just me.

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HAILEY: I actually did the math and this year, it might have been smart to get him one.

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HAILEY: But when we went in May, we had free tickets because last year we attended the Christmas party and it got rained out.

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HAILEY: So they gave us like free park hopper passes.

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HAILEY: And so he had two free days.

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HAILEY: So if it wasn't for those, it would have made sense.

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HAILEY: But because of those, it didn't make sense yet.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: That's the thing is always playing that game of, where are you within your year and does it make sense for somebody to upgrade?

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VIRGINIA: Because for listeners who don't know, if you have a date based ticket and you want to, as long as your trip has not concluded, you can roll that into an annual pass while you're at the park.

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VIRGINIA: You just have to, your last day of your trip has to have not concluded.

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VIRGINIA: So just want to say I love the mug that you're drinking, your coffee or whatever.

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VIRGINIA: Chip and Dale are my favorites.

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VIRGINIA: So all right.

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VIRGINIA: Well, let's get the details on this trip.

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VIRGINIA: First of all, is there any particular reason you're going or is it just it's time?

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HAILEY: We normally do our family trip in the fall.

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HAILEY: So I like September because usually there's a little bit lower crowds.

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HAILEY: And last year we went in November and I thought it was too cold for my liking.

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HAILEY: My husband liked it.

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HAILEY: I did not.

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HAILEY: And it actually rained like a few days when we were there.

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HAILEY: So it was cold and rainy.

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HAILEY: So I was like, if anything, it's gonna rain.

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HAILEY: I would rather have it be hot and rainy.

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VIRGINIA: Yes, it is amazing that Florida can get as chilly as it does.

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VIRGINIA: You don't think of that when you think Florida.

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VIRGINIA: But when I have gone in the winter months, which I'm gonna include February in that, I wear jeans the entire time and sometimes have even had to have like a light coat with me.

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HAILEY: Yeah, I went in January.

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HAILEY: I went twice.

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HAILEY: So I went the first weekend this year and it was like 75 80.

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HAILEY: Like I was in like an athletic skirt and a tank top and I was warm.

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HAILEY: And then I went two weeks later and it was so cold on our Magic Kingdom Day.

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HAILEY: I had to like double up my leggings.

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HAILEY: I had to wear a regular shirt, buy a long sleeve shirt and buy like the fleece jacket that they had and was still freezing cold.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, I will say for anyone who's traveling in even like the December timeframe, January, February, layers are key.

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VIRGINIA: Otherwise, be prepared to purchase Disney merch simply to get warm.

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VIRGINIA: I mean, you want the merch too, but it was funny.

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HAILEY: I was looking at this jacket for a while and then it wasn't out like the first day we got there because I was in shorts, but we got there the second day and it was chillier.

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HAILEY: And as the day went on, they were bringing out like racks, like standalone racks of the fleece jacket, because I guess they knew everybody was going to buy them.

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VIRGINIA: Yep.

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VIRGINIA: I mean, good for you.

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VIRGINIA: Not as good for your wallet, but.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Who is joining you on this trip this time?

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HAILEY: So it's me, my husband, my three kids, and then my best friend, her husband, her two kids, and her mother-in-law.

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HAILEY: So my husband's name is Kyle, and then our three kids are Knoxville, Nolan, and Kane.

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HAILEY: And then my best friend, her name is Jenna, and her husband's name is Mark, and then her kids are Lily and Emily.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: What are all of the kids' ages?

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HAILEY: So Knoxville and Lily are six, Nolan is four, and then Kane and Emily are two.

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VIRGINIA: That's a lot of little ones.

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HAILEY: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Have you ever traveled with Jenna before?

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HAILEY: Me and her have done trips.

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HAILEY: We went once last summer with one of our other friends, and then her and I did just a day trip last year as well.

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HAILEY: But we've never traveled with our families before together.

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VIRGINIA: Do you feel like you have similar travel styles?

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VIRGINIA: No.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: What's the difference between the two of you?

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HAILEY: My family, we're very park open to park close, and we'll stay late for fireworks, and the kids will nap in their shoulders.

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HAILEY: Her family's very much, maybe even a late start, go back in the middle of the day for a break, and probably not even stay through fireworks.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: For this trip, do you anticipate that you will both stick with your what comes natural to you styles, and then just coordinate around that?

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HAILEY: Probably.

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HAILEY: I know I told my husband there are a few days that I have scheduled us to go back to our hotel, just because I know it'll be hot, and I figure the kids can maybe try and nap, or if they don't nap, go in the pool just for a little break.

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HAILEY: But two of the other days, we're doing some park hopping.

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HAILEY: So those days, I feel like we won't go back.

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HAILEY: I'm very much an end of the night, nighttime spectacular person.

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HAILEY: So we will always stay for those.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Where are all of these folks staying?

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HAILEY: My family has a triple split stay, actually.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, wow.

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HAILEY: Okay.

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HAILEY: Then her family-

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VIRGINIA: Hold on one second.

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VIRGINIA: Let me get my notes ready for this.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Where are the three resorts you and your family will be staying at?

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HAILEY: So our first night, we're staying at Coronado Springs.

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VIRGINIA: In Gran Destino or out in-

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HAILEY: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Gran Destino for one night.

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HAILEY: Then our chunk of the trip, so Sunday the 22nd to Friday the 27th, we're staying at Pop Century.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: And the last night?

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HAILEY: And the last night, we're staying at French Quarter.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Are any of these resorts new to you?

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HAILEY: Yes.

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HAILEY: We haven't stayed at, I've never even set foot at Coronado Springs, so that's new to all of us.

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HAILEY: No.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: You're going to get real deluxe resort vibes there.

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HAILEY: I'm excited.

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HAILEY: I have a lot of friends in my travel agency who A, talk about the resort a lot, and B, specifically talk about Dahlia Lounge.

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HAILEY: I'm very excited for that.

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VIRGINIA: I love Coronado because of all of those different food and beverage options they have there.

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VIRGINIA: I think it's just because it's a convention center hotel, so they tend to cater to adults, although there's plenty of kids there, but it just has that elevated vibe.

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VIRGINIA: So, in addition to Dahlia Lounge, if you can, I would encourage you to go into the lobby of the tower down at the lowest level, and I'm blanking on what it's called.

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VIRGINIA: I know listeners will probably be shouting it in their car or wherever they are listening to this now, but there's a coffee bar down there that in the morning sells specialty coffee, and then as the day goes on, they sell actual alcoholic drinks.

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VIRGINIA: So it is really good.

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VIRGINIA: So make sure you go down there to get your coffee if you can.

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HAILEY: I definitely will.

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VIRGINIA: What about Jenna?

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VIRGINIA: Where is she staying?

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HAILEY: They're staying at Riverside.

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VIRGINIA: Her party in total is five people.

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VIRGINIA: So are they doing one of the fifth sleeper rooms and all being together?

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HAILEY: Yep.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: So that, I think, that's over in, what is it?

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VIRGINIA: The Bayou section?

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HAILEY: I think so.

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VIRGINIA: It's the one that doesn't look like mansions.

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VIRGINIA: I believe it has those extra sleepers.

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VIRGINIA: It's the one section I have not stayed in over at Riverside.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Well, this is a lot.

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VIRGINIA: I think partly that's because when you and I originally had planned to talk, you were traveling on Sunday, the 22nd through Saturday, the 28th.

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VIRGINIA: But as we hopped on today, you let me know you had extended your trip.

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VIRGINIA: What I want to know, I guess, Hailey, is do you have an addiction to Disney where every time you schedule a trip, you add on a day here, a day at the end, a day at the beginning, and you're constantly like, well, maybe just one more day.

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HAILEY: It depends.

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HAILEY: With our family trips, I would say more so yes, because we drive, so it makes it easier to like shift plans around.

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HAILEY: Normally, when we fly for like two or three days, I stick to that schedule because I'll buy the plane tickets first or I'll go just over the weekend when my husband's home with the kids.

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HAILEY: So it makes it a lot easier when we're all going together.

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VIRGINIA: Have you ever done a split stay with three resorts before?

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HAILEY: I've never done a split stay in general.

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VIRGINIA: Well, then I will be very interested after all of this is over to see how you feel about it because in some ways a split stay can be exciting because you get multiple experiences and you get to, you know, if you think about it, it's almost like you get to restart your trip a couple of times.

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VIRGINIA: But on the other hand, it's a lot of like keeping your stuff organized to get to the next one and I mean it helps I think that your two of your three, you're only there for one night.

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VIRGINIA: But I've done it where I've divided up three equally and done like three nights at each.

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VIRGINIA: I don't think I'll ever do that again.

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VIRGINIA: It was too much packing and never feeling like I was settled and I like to get settled.

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HAILEY: So I figured what I was going to do was just like for the first night since we're at a different hotel, pack everybody in like one bag and then just take that one bag in and then leave like our main suitcases for everybody else in the car until we get to Pops since we're there for most of the time and then do the same with the last night as well.

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VIRGINIA: That's very smart and since you mentioned it, you will have your car because you are driving.

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VIRGINIA: So what is the length of the drive from where you are in Pennsylvania down to Orlando?

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HAILEY: So when I look it up, it specifically says 15 and a half with no stops.

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HAILEY: But obviously, we have to stop, normally eat, bathroom break.

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HAILEY: So I'd say normally add on like two, two and a half hours to that.

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VIRGINIA: Do you try to do it all in one go typically?

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HAILEY: Yeah, my husband does not like to stop overnight.

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HAILEY: So what we'll try to do is normally, we will drive at least a few hours to get out of PA, stop for dinner, eat dinner, change the kids into their pajamas and put them back in the car and then just go overnight.

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VIRGINIA: Do you sleep while he's driving?

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HAILEY: How do you?

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HAILEY: A little bit.

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HAILEY: I definitely fall asleep, but it's a very light sleep.

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VIRGINIA: Mm-hmm, yeah.

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VIRGINIA: I'm the same way too.

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VIRGINIA: I very easily fall asleep in the car, but then my body is constantly feeling like I need to be alert even though I'm not the one driving.

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VIRGINIA: So, it's just constantly waking back up to make sure we're still alive.

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VIRGINIA: So, how does that affect you for once you arrive and you've been essentially up all night?

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HAILEY: So, I mean, me personally, I just run on the adrenaline.

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HAILEY: Like when we went last year, it was the same thing.

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HAILEY: I was like sleeping a little bit in the car.

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HAILEY: And then normally throughout the night for like a good like two or three hours, like once he gets pretty tired, I'll take over and then I'll drive and he'll take a nap.

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HAILEY: But then at least last year when we got there, so it's kind of the plan for this year too.

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HAILEY: He's super tired.

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HAILEY: So I normally take the kids and explore the hotel a little bit.

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HAILEY: So we'll probably do that.

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HAILEY: Maybe get a snack and then he'll take like a nap for like two or three hours.

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VIRGINIA: And then he's good to go.

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VIRGINIA: Now, I cannot recall, so remind me, is he a big Disney fan?

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HAILEY: He says no, but we go all the time.

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VIRGINIA: So he's okay with it.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: My husband also is like, no, this is for you.

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VIRGINIA: But then occasionally we'll be like, I miss Disney.

00:15:53.635 --> 00:15:58.515
VIRGINIA: Are you renting anything for this trip, like any strollers or anything like that?

00:15:58.515 --> 00:16:00.175
HAILEY: No, it's a bonus of driving.

00:16:00.175 --> 00:16:02.075
HAILEY: We just throw ours in the trunk.

00:16:03.055 --> 00:16:08.935
VIRGINIA: I know that for your May trip, you were very much a Jeannie Plus, an individual Lightning Lane person.

00:16:08.935 --> 00:16:14.015
VIRGINIA: So this is going to be a trip where multi-pass is in effect.

00:16:14.015 --> 00:16:16.535
VIRGINIA: Do you plan to use that service?

00:16:16.535 --> 00:16:19.535
VIRGINIA: And if so, does Jenna also plan to use that service?

00:16:19.535 --> 00:16:20.855
HAILEY: I do not.

00:16:20.855 --> 00:16:27.975
HAILEY: And it's very weird because I was a stand on the hill Jeannie Plus or die person.

00:16:27.975 --> 00:16:35.735
HAILEY: But my biggest thing with it now is A, the tears and B, they took all the characters off of it.

00:16:36.135 --> 00:16:37.215
VIRGINIA: Oh, they did?

00:16:37.215 --> 00:16:43.295
HAILEY: Yeah, you can't get, there's no more character meet and greets as a lightning lane.

00:16:43.295 --> 00:16:43.855
VIRGINIA: Oh, wow.

00:16:43.855 --> 00:16:44.675
VIRGINIA: I did not know that.

00:16:44.675 --> 00:16:45.235
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:16:45.235 --> 00:16:57.135
HAILEY: So it makes it very hard for me to consider the worth when my two smallest can't really go on a lot of rides yet.

00:16:57.855 --> 00:17:03.015
HAILEY: And Kyle does not like roller coasters.

00:17:03.035 --> 00:17:14.215
HAILEY: So a lot of the rides that are like big that I feel like you need multi pass for, my family won't even really be going on.

00:17:14.215 --> 00:17:16.975
HAILEY: So I didn't buy it this time.

00:17:16.975 --> 00:17:18.335
HAILEY: We're going to see how it goes.

00:17:18.335 --> 00:17:22.195
HAILEY: I did buy a few single passes though.

00:17:23.075 --> 00:17:32.735
VIRGINIA: Okay, when you go on one of your solo trips, girls trips, that sort of thing, are you going to be planning to do multi pass in the future?

00:17:32.735 --> 00:17:33.375
HAILEY: Possibly.

00:17:33.375 --> 00:17:40.395
HAILEY: I was just there two weeks ago for work and me and one of the girls that I was with, we got it.

00:17:40.395 --> 00:17:48.915
HAILEY: Even though we were only going to be in the park for like two and a half hours at night, we got it specifically just to ride Tiana's.

00:17:50.295 --> 00:18:02.795
HAILEY: I still don't have a full grasp on if everything will be available enough because we only used it for the three preselected rides we had.

00:18:02.795 --> 00:18:11.655
HAILEY: I feel like eventually when I go and I am by myself, I will at least try it out one day just to see how the system works.

00:18:11.655 --> 00:18:11.895
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:18:11.895 --> 00:18:15.995
VIRGINIA: I have not been down since multi pass has been in effect.

00:18:16.555 --> 00:18:21.535
VIRGINIA: The next time I go will be the next time I give it a try presumably.

00:18:21.535 --> 00:18:23.535
VIRGINIA: What are the priorities for this trip?

00:18:23.535 --> 00:18:27.335
HAILEY: Honestly, just let the kids do what they want.

00:18:28.115 --> 00:18:37.455
HAILEY: Knoxville, he went once this year so far when him and I went for our mother-son trip, and then the other two haven't been this year yet.

00:18:38.235 --> 00:18:42.755
HAILEY: It's letting them pick what rides they want to go on.

00:18:42.755 --> 00:18:54.695
HAILEY: I know Knoxville wants to go on flight of passage because when we went in November, he went on Expedition Everest, which he was super excited for, and it's 44 inches.

00:18:54.695 --> 00:19:04.415
HAILEY: Then Kyle took him over to do flight of passage with him together and they said he wasn't tall enough, even though they're like the same 44 inches.

00:19:04.415 --> 00:19:06.355
HAILEY: He was super upset about that.

00:19:06.675 --> 00:19:13.715
HAILEY: That's all he's been talking about since last year was, when we go next year, I'll be tall enough to fit on it.

00:19:14.295 --> 00:19:16.795
HAILEY: So he's waiting for that.

00:19:16.795 --> 00:19:23.435
VIRGINIA: Did they give him one of those certificates that said, when you're tall enough, come back and skip the line?

00:19:23.435 --> 00:19:28.995
HAILEY: They did not, but they gave both Kyle and Knoxville a fast pass.

00:19:28.995 --> 00:19:33.395
HAILEY: It was Jeannie at the time, Lightning Lane for Navi River Journey.

00:19:33.395 --> 00:19:34.175
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:19:34.175 --> 00:19:34.555
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:19:34.555 --> 00:19:35.435
VIRGINIA: That was nice of them.

00:19:35.435 --> 00:19:36.635
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:19:36.635 --> 00:19:37.175
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:19:37.175 --> 00:19:39.575
VIRGINIA: Well, let's get into your actual park plan.

00:19:39.995 --> 00:19:44.535
VIRGINIA: Arriving on the 20th or leaving on the 20th.

00:19:44.535 --> 00:19:46.155
HAILEY: Yeah, leaving on the 20th.

00:19:46.155 --> 00:19:46.795
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:19:46.795 --> 00:19:52.655
VIRGINIA: Leaving on the 20th in the evening in pajamas for the kids, arriving on Saturday the 21st.

00:19:52.655 --> 00:19:56.855
VIRGINIA: The night of the 21st is your Coronado Gran Destino night.

00:19:56.855 --> 00:19:57.835
HAILEY: Yes.

00:19:57.835 --> 00:19:59.115
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:19:59.115 --> 00:20:04.975
VIRGINIA: You said exploring the resort, letting your husband take a nap.

00:20:04.975 --> 00:20:09.695
VIRGINIA: Do you think you'll go into any parks this day or do you think primarily resort time?

00:20:10.015 --> 00:20:11.235
HAILEY: Just resort time.

00:20:11.235 --> 00:20:14.515
VIRGINIA: Any plans to get over to Disney Springs on this trip?

00:20:14.515 --> 00:20:15.915
HAILEY: I think our last day.

00:20:15.915 --> 00:20:18.615
HAILEY: I have a breakfast scheduled over there.

00:20:18.615 --> 00:20:19.135
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:20:19.135 --> 00:20:19.855
VIRGINIA: Nice.

00:20:19.855 --> 00:20:20.955
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:20:20.955 --> 00:20:27.015
VIRGINIA: Moving into Sunday, September 22nd, then what park do you think you'll end up in?

00:20:27.015 --> 00:20:29.495
HAILEY: We're actually not at a park this day either.

00:20:29.495 --> 00:20:30.155
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:20:30.155 --> 00:20:35.755
HAILEY: We have a breakfast reservation at Rick's Sports Bar and Grill at Coronado.

00:20:36.695 --> 00:20:41.915
HAILEY: I heard that they have Mickey waffles that are stuffed with chicken.

00:20:41.915 --> 00:20:45.875
HAILEY: My husband loves chicken and waffles.

00:20:46.895 --> 00:20:48.175
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:20:48.175 --> 00:20:50.155
HAILEY: We plan on just doing that for breakfast.

00:20:50.155 --> 00:21:07.615
HAILEY: We plan on hanging out at the pool at Coronado, and then probably about three o'clock, heading over to Pop, checking out our room there, getting settled in, and then we have a storybook dining reservation for dinner.

00:21:07.615 --> 00:21:08.055
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:21:08.055 --> 00:21:10.555
VIRGINIA: Over Wilderness Lodge.

00:21:10.555 --> 00:21:12.375
VIRGINIA: Have you done that meal before?

00:21:12.375 --> 00:21:13.315
HAILEY: We have.

00:21:13.315 --> 00:21:14.795
HAILEY: It's my husband's favorite.

00:21:15.075 --> 00:21:17.155
HAILEY: That's like his one non-negotiable.

00:21:17.155 --> 00:21:17.755
HAILEY: Yeah.

00:21:17.755 --> 00:21:20.035
VIRGINIA: Is it the food or getting to meet the Evil Queen?

00:21:20.035 --> 00:21:21.895
HAILEY: It's the salmon.

00:21:21.895 --> 00:21:23.535
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:21:23.535 --> 00:21:24.015
VIRGINIA: Really?

00:21:24.015 --> 00:21:24.655
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:21:24.655 --> 00:21:25.495
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:21:25.495 --> 00:21:28.375
VIRGINIA: I don't remember what the salmon was like.

00:21:28.375 --> 00:21:33.155
VIRGINIA: I imagine that's probably what I would have ordered there too because I love salmon.

00:21:33.775 --> 00:21:35.475
VIRGINIA: But I've only been there once.

00:21:35.475 --> 00:21:35.695
HAILEY: Yeah.

00:21:35.695 --> 00:21:39.475
HAILEY: I don't eat fish, so I just let him.

00:21:39.475 --> 00:21:47.155
HAILEY: For my meal, I could honestly eat 35 cups of that little mushroom bisque or whatever that they bring in the beginning.

00:21:47.155 --> 00:21:50.615
HAILEY: I would just be fine with a big bowl of that as my meal.

00:21:50.615 --> 00:21:50.895
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:21:51.135 --> 00:21:52.035
VIRGINIA: It's good food over there.

00:21:52.035 --> 00:21:54.335
VIRGINIA: I definitely recommend everybody give it a try.

00:21:54.335 --> 00:21:58.555
VIRGINIA: Then the opportunity to meet the Evil Queen is pretty amazing.

00:21:58.555 --> 00:21:58.675
HAILEY: Yeah.

00:21:58.675 --> 00:22:01.495
HAILEY: I'm dressing up like her, so it should be fun.

00:22:02.455 --> 00:22:03.875
VIRGINIA: Oh, fun.

00:22:03.875 --> 00:22:04.195
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:22:04.195 --> 00:22:13.255
VIRGINIA: I just saw the cutest video on, I think it was TikTok the other day, of a little girl dressed exactly like the Evil Queen walking up to meet the Evil Queen.

00:22:13.255 --> 00:22:16.235
VIRGINIA: It was so cute.

00:22:16.235 --> 00:22:16.995
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:22:16.995 --> 00:22:20.015
VIRGINIA: Let's get into Monday, September 23rd then.

00:22:20.015 --> 00:22:24.195
HAILEY: So this is our Hollywood Studios day.

00:22:24.195 --> 00:22:24.515
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:22:24.515 --> 00:22:28.215
VIRGINIA: And I didn't ask, when is Jenna arriving in all of these plans?

00:22:28.215 --> 00:22:32.455
HAILEY: Oh, they're arriving on Sunday, the 22nd.

00:22:32.455 --> 00:22:32.915
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:22:32.915 --> 00:22:34.535
VIRGINIA: Does she also live in Pennsylvania?

00:22:35.715 --> 00:22:36.535
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:22:36.535 --> 00:22:37.515
VIRGINIA: Is she also driving?

00:22:37.515 --> 00:22:38.955
HAILEY: Yes.

00:22:38.955 --> 00:22:39.955
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:22:39.955 --> 00:22:44.775
VIRGINIA: So she is driving and arriving on the 22nd.

00:22:44.775 --> 00:22:48.375
VIRGINIA: And then will she also be doing Hollywood Studios on Monday, the 22nd?

00:22:48.615 --> 00:22:49.595
HAILEY: Yep.

00:22:49.595 --> 00:22:50.255
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:22:50.255 --> 00:22:50.615
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:22:50.615 --> 00:22:52.615
VIRGINIA: What are your plans for Hollywood Studios?

00:22:52.615 --> 00:22:55.455
HAILEY: Our plans are to rope drop Slinky Dog.

00:22:56.615 --> 00:23:04.495
HAILEY: Both my two older, so Knoxville Nolan and her oldest, Lily, will be the ones to go on it.

00:23:04.495 --> 00:23:08.215
HAILEY: So it'll be, I think, about six of us.

00:23:08.215 --> 00:23:14.495
HAILEY: So hopefully we can get over there for the early entry and rope drop Slinky Dog.

00:23:14.495 --> 00:23:19.555
VIRGINIA: Any other specific priorities on this day with so many little ones?

00:23:19.555 --> 00:23:28.795
HAILEY: I would say probably after that, Toy Story Mania and Alien Swirling Saucers, and then Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway.

00:23:28.795 --> 00:23:35.095
HAILEY: Those are the four rides that almost everybody can go on except for Slinky.

00:23:35.095 --> 00:23:38.215
HAILEY: Those are just the four main rides for everybody.

00:23:38.215 --> 00:23:40.435
VIRGINIA: Do you have any dining plans for Hollywood Studios?

00:23:40.435 --> 00:23:40.895
HAILEY: Yeah.

00:23:40.895 --> 00:23:44.035
HAILEY: We're doing Ogas.

00:23:44.035 --> 00:23:47.595
HAILEY: My family is doing Ogas at 12.40.

00:23:47.595 --> 00:23:58.155
HAILEY: I figured it would be a nice little cool down break, before we plan to leave for a little bit and go back to our hotel.

00:23:58.155 --> 00:24:05.855
HAILEY: Then all of us have a Hollywood and Vine dinner planned at 4.15.

00:24:05.855 --> 00:24:09.255
HAILEY: It's the Fantasmic dining package.

00:24:09.255 --> 00:24:10.235
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:24:10.235 --> 00:24:14.475
VIRGINIA: How challenging was it to get a reservation for that many people?

00:24:14.475 --> 00:24:17.195
HAILEY: We had to split it up into two groups of five.

00:24:19.415 --> 00:24:24.335
HAILEY: I'm actually her travel agent as well, so I was booking everything.

00:24:24.335 --> 00:24:30.315
HAILEY: On my laptop, I was doing my family, and then on my iPad, I was doing her family.

00:24:30.315 --> 00:24:38.955
HAILEY: We were doing two groups of five for about seven days, all in one shot.

00:24:38.955 --> 00:24:40.175
VIRGINIA: Oh, wow.

00:24:40.175 --> 00:24:50.095
VIRGINIA: It's a lot of work, but you're a professional, so I'm sure it was fine just trying to get it all done can be a little bit challenging.

00:24:50.095 --> 00:24:50.475
HAILEY: Oh, yeah.

00:24:50.475 --> 00:24:51.475
HAILEY: Lots of coffee.

00:24:51.475 --> 00:24:52.615
VIRGINIA: Oh, yeah.

00:24:52.615 --> 00:24:54.135
VIRGINIA: Coffee from your Chippendale Mucks.

00:24:54.135 --> 00:24:57.115
HAILEY: Yes.

00:24:57.115 --> 00:24:58.295
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:24:58.295 --> 00:25:01.915
VIRGINIA: Hollywood Studios, you said it's a Fantasmic package.

00:25:01.915 --> 00:25:06.975
VIRGINIA: So what time does Fantasmic play for that package?

00:25:06.975 --> 00:25:13.395
HAILEY: So when you get the dining package, it's the first showing, and I think right now, first showing is 8.30.

00:25:13.395 --> 00:25:14.415
VIRGINIA: That will be so much fun.

00:25:14.415 --> 00:25:15.535
VIRGINIA: I love Fantasmic.

00:25:15.575 --> 00:25:16.895
HAILEY: It's my favorite.

00:25:16.895 --> 00:25:19.895
VIRGINIA: Have the kids seen Fantasmic before?

00:25:19.895 --> 00:25:21.595
HAILEY: Knoxville has.

00:25:21.595 --> 00:25:23.935
HAILEY: None of the other kids have yet.

00:25:23.935 --> 00:25:24.575
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:25:24.575 --> 00:25:31.175
VIRGINIA: Are you at all concerned about the little ones and the scariness factor of Fantasmic?

00:25:31.175 --> 00:25:37.115
HAILEY: If anything, I think my youngest, he might like point and go like, scary.

00:25:37.115 --> 00:25:39.815
HAILEY: But once he sees Mickey, he'll be fine.

00:25:39.895 --> 00:25:41.315
HAILEY: He loves Mickey Mouse.

00:25:41.315 --> 00:25:46.375
VIRGINIA: That is good to know, because sometimes the snake is the scary part.

00:25:46.375 --> 00:25:52.095
VIRGINIA: Oh, and the water part where they're showing all of the different villains morphing into each other.

00:25:52.095 --> 00:26:02.395
VIRGINIA: If you're a listener and you've never seen Fantasmic before and you have little kids, I normally don't like to spoil myself, but I would encourage you to spoiler yourself just to make sure that your kids are going to be okay.

00:26:03.555 --> 00:26:03.895
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:26:03.895 --> 00:26:06.895
VIRGINIA: Tuesday, September 24th.

00:26:06.895 --> 00:26:07.815
VIRGINIA: Where are you headed?

00:26:07.815 --> 00:26:16.195
HAILEY: So this day, my family's park hopping, her family's not, but we're all starting at Epcot.

00:26:16.195 --> 00:26:18.115
VIRGINIA: What are your priorities for Epcot?

00:26:18.115 --> 00:26:26.655
HAILEY: So since we're staying at Pop Century, rope dropping, Remy's is pretty important since it's back there.

00:26:26.655 --> 00:26:30.935
HAILEY: And none of my kids have actually done it before.

00:26:30.975 --> 00:26:33.915
VIRGINIA: Oh, do they like the movie Ratatouille?

00:26:33.915 --> 00:26:35.055
HAILEY: They do.

00:26:35.075 --> 00:26:37.075
VIRGINIA: Oh, cool.

00:26:37.075 --> 00:26:40.235
VIRGINIA: Well, I hope that you're able to get on to Remy's.

00:26:40.235 --> 00:26:43.135
VIRGINIA: It is much better, I think, to get it done earlier in the year.

00:26:43.135 --> 00:26:45.395
HAILEY: Yeah, that's how I feel.

00:26:45.395 --> 00:26:50.155
HAILEY: When I went with Knoxville in June, we went because we stayed at Pop.

00:26:50.475 --> 00:26:52.255
HAILEY: We went, we got on the Skyliner.

00:26:52.255 --> 00:26:57.175
HAILEY: We waited in line for like 20 minutes in like the early entry line.

00:26:57.175 --> 00:27:00.775
HAILEY: And then we made it over into like the pavilion.

00:27:00.775 --> 00:27:03.075
HAILEY: And they're like, oh, it's closed.

00:27:03.075 --> 00:27:04.975
HAILEY: We're like, okay.

00:27:04.975 --> 00:27:09.975
HAILEY: And then by that point, it was probably 845, 850.

00:27:09.975 --> 00:27:24.435
HAILEY: So I'm like, by the time we would hike it 10 minutes over to like Frozen, it probably will be a very long line, especially because all these people that were at Remy are now going over there.

00:27:24.435 --> 00:27:27.455
HAILEY: So I was like, yeah, no, we'll just go and we met poo.

00:27:27.455 --> 00:27:28.415
HAILEY: So all right.

00:27:28.415 --> 00:27:32.315
VIRGINIA: Well, crossing my fingers that they will get on it this time.

00:27:32.315 --> 00:27:33.675
VIRGINIA: Anything else that day?

00:27:33.675 --> 00:27:36.035
VIRGINIA: And where are you hopping to, you said?

00:27:36.035 --> 00:27:36.295
HAILEY: Yeah.

00:27:36.295 --> 00:27:43.735
HAILEY: So after Remy, we plan on trying to head over to Frozen, and see how long the wait is.

00:27:43.735 --> 00:27:52.515
HAILEY: Definitely at some point throughout the day doing Frozen because again, my kids have never been on that ride, which we go like every year.

00:27:52.515 --> 00:27:57.135
HAILEY: So it's weird that they haven't been on like the two biggest rides at Epcot.

00:27:57.135 --> 00:28:05.055
HAILEY: But so doing that, probably meeting Anna and Elsa, because my daughter loves Frozen.

00:28:05.055 --> 00:28:12.215
HAILEY: And then we have a single pass for me in Knoxville to do Guardians, because obviously.

00:28:13.735 --> 00:28:15.795
VIRGINIA: Has Knoxville done Guardians before?

00:28:15.795 --> 00:28:17.055
HAILEY: He has.

00:28:17.055 --> 00:28:18.015
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:28:18.015 --> 00:28:20.115
VIRGINIA: And he is a thrill seeker, it sounds like.

00:28:20.115 --> 00:28:24.055
HAILEY: So the first time he loved it, he got off, he said, that's the best thing ever.

00:28:24.055 --> 00:28:28.175
HAILEY: And then when we went just him and I, he got off and he was like, I don't know.

00:28:28.175 --> 00:28:30.615
HAILEY: And I'm like, you're not, no fear.

00:28:30.615 --> 00:28:34.795
HAILEY: You're going to ride it again just to make sure, because he still talks about it.

00:28:34.795 --> 00:28:39.155
HAILEY: He sits here and he makes a list and he's like, these are my top five favorite rides.

00:28:39.155 --> 00:28:42.655
HAILEY: And he still puts it like in his top five favorite.

00:28:42.655 --> 00:28:45.735
HAILEY: And I'm like, OK, so like, go on again.

00:28:45.735 --> 00:28:52.335
HAILEY: Like, I don't know if you just were out of it that day because it was so hot, but you liked the ride.

00:28:52.335 --> 00:28:53.175
VIRGINIA: Hmm.

00:28:53.175 --> 00:28:56.855
VIRGINIA: Do you have any Guardian songs you have not gotten yet?

00:28:56.855 --> 00:28:58.955
HAILEY: I think I've gotten them all.

00:28:58.955 --> 00:28:59.675
VIRGINIA: OK.

00:28:59.675 --> 00:29:00.855
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:29:00.875 --> 00:29:05.975
VIRGINIA: Usually people have at least one that they haven't gotten, but I am like you.

00:29:05.975 --> 00:29:06.695
VIRGINIA: I'm very lucky.

00:29:06.695 --> 00:29:09.735
VIRGINIA: I've been able to get them all at this point.

00:29:09.735 --> 00:29:09.955
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:29:09.955 --> 00:29:11.935
VIRGINIA: You said you were going to be park hopping?

00:29:11.935 --> 00:29:12.855
HAILEY: Yes.

00:29:12.855 --> 00:29:16.015
HAILEY: Well, after Guardians, we're doing Ackers Shoes first.

00:29:16.015 --> 00:29:19.935
HAILEY: We all have a breakfast reservation for Ackers Shoes.

00:29:19.935 --> 00:29:20.775
VIRGINIA: Oh, OK.

00:29:20.775 --> 00:29:22.355
VIRGINIA: So breakfast with all of you.

00:29:22.355 --> 00:29:23.835
HAILEY: Yes.

00:29:23.835 --> 00:29:26.435
VIRGINIA: OK.

00:29:26.435 --> 00:29:28.115
VIRGINIA: Have you done Ackers Shoes before?

00:29:28.155 --> 00:29:31.395
HAILEY: I personally have when I went with Friends.

00:29:31.395 --> 00:29:32.415
HAILEY: Nobody else has yet.

00:29:33.315 --> 00:29:34.515
VIRGINIA: OK.

00:29:34.515 --> 00:29:35.195
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:29:35.195 --> 00:29:39.455
VIRGINIA: So after your Ackers Shoes plans, where do you think you'll be heading?

00:29:39.455 --> 00:29:44.155
HAILEY: Then we're heading to Animal Kingdom for a little bit.

00:29:44.155 --> 00:29:45.575
VIRGINIA: OK.

00:29:45.575 --> 00:29:46.395
VIRGINIA: Animal Kingdom.

00:29:46.395 --> 00:29:51.575
VIRGINIA: Is this when your Flight of Passage writing will happen?

00:29:51.575 --> 00:29:54.495
HAILEY: Yes.

00:29:54.495 --> 00:29:55.595
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:29:55.595 --> 00:29:58.015
VIRGINIA: What about the the younger kids?

00:29:58.015 --> 00:30:06.175
VIRGINIA: I mean, you said Knoxville is excited to write it, but how close is Nolan to being able to ride?

00:30:06.175 --> 00:30:06.935
HAILEY: She might be.

00:30:06.935 --> 00:30:08.435
HAILEY: She's like five inches away.

00:30:08.435 --> 00:30:11.875
HAILEY: So like it's definitely not going to happen by next week.

00:30:11.875 --> 00:30:14.075
HAILEY: But we do rider swap.

00:30:14.075 --> 00:30:17.035
HAILEY: So like him and Knoxville will check in.

00:30:17.035 --> 00:30:24.315
HAILEY: I'll take the other two over, maybe just get like the night blossom for them to have while we wait.

00:30:24.675 --> 00:30:33.595
HAILEY: And we like to walk around in the store because I have to remember to bring on my May trip, I got my Banshee Preston.

00:30:33.595 --> 00:30:37.155
HAILEY: So I'm going to have to bring him with me.

00:30:37.155 --> 00:30:38.835
VIRGINIA: I forgot about Preston.

00:30:38.835 --> 00:30:40.975
HAILEY: They'll like to look at those in the store.

00:30:40.975 --> 00:30:42.375
HAILEY: So we'll just do that.

00:30:42.375 --> 00:30:47.435
HAILEY: And because I bought them the single pass, it shouldn't take too long.

00:30:47.455 --> 00:30:51.675
HAILEY: So we'll do that while they're on the ride and then we'll swap.

00:30:51.675 --> 00:30:58.795
HAILEY: And I think, I mean, if we're lucky enough, normally when you do rider swap, they'll let the kid go twice.

00:30:59.495 --> 00:31:03.235
HAILEY: So he might even be able to ride it twice, like back to back.

00:31:03.995 --> 00:31:05.575
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:31:05.575 --> 00:31:06.955
VIRGINIA: Crossing my fingers for that.

00:31:06.955 --> 00:31:10.795
VIRGINIA: I had only ever done rider swap in our February trip when my sister and her family came.

00:31:10.795 --> 00:31:13.935
VIRGINIA: I had never had really a reason to.

00:31:13.935 --> 00:31:27.235
VIRGINIA: And while it does slow you down because then you're waiting a lot, the one really good thing is that at least one kid in the group gets to ride twice, or an adult if you wanna arrange it that way.

00:31:28.395 --> 00:31:31.575
VIRGINIA: All right, anything else in Animal Kingdom?

00:31:31.575 --> 00:31:36.015
HAILEY: I'll probably go on Everest because Knoxville likes that ride.

00:31:36.015 --> 00:31:40.995
HAILEY: And if they're still there, like I don't want to say it like that because it makes me so sad.

00:31:40.995 --> 00:31:53.235
HAILEY: But if the characters are still in Dino land, I'm putting them at like the top of my list because Dino, Chip and Dale are like one of my favorite meet and greets.

00:31:53.235 --> 00:31:59.215
HAILEY: And I saw them two weeks ago and I was like, Hi, are they still going to be here in two weeks?

00:31:59.215 --> 00:32:03.055
HAILEY: And a cast member told me, we don't know, it's day to day.

00:32:03.055 --> 00:32:06.395
HAILEY: She said that they already started clearing out their break room.

00:32:06.395 --> 00:32:08.935
HAILEY: And I'm like, don't tell me that.

00:32:08.935 --> 00:32:11.275
HAILEY: It would be so sad.

00:32:11.275 --> 00:32:15.395
VIRGINIA: Well, now I'm imagining Chip and Dale sitting around having a cup of coffee.

00:32:15.395 --> 00:32:17.335
VIRGINIA: They're like, we're on a break.

00:32:18.495 --> 00:32:29.255
VIRGINIA: I was sometime within the past six months, probably looking for new Animal Kingdom shirts and that sort of thing for future trips.

00:32:29.255 --> 00:32:39.175
VIRGINIA: And when I was looking for that, I did see some t-shirts that popped up as options for Animal Kingdom, and it was Chip and Dale in their dino costumes.

00:32:39.175 --> 00:32:45.235
VIRGINIA: So perhaps you would like to preserve that memory by getting a Chip and Dale dino costume t-shirt.

00:32:45.235 --> 00:32:48.275
HAILEY: I have some that I specifically made for my shop.

00:32:48.275 --> 00:32:52.555
HAILEY: So if you were on Etsy, some of those that you saw might have been mine.

00:32:52.555 --> 00:32:53.715
VIRGINIA: Oh my gosh.

00:32:53.715 --> 00:33:01.835
VIRGINIA: Okay, so you're gonna have to give me the link so that I can make sure I put it in the show notes because I'm sure anybody listening to this is gonna be like, I wanna see the shirt she's talking about.

00:33:01.835 --> 00:33:05.495
HAILEY: Yeah, when I went two weeks ago, I was actually wearing one.

00:33:05.495 --> 00:33:12.995
HAILEY: It had them on it and it has like a picture of that drink that you can get at like Restaurante Source Lounge with like the Mickey ears.

00:33:12.995 --> 00:33:17.215
HAILEY: And it says like, my happy place is Dino Land USA.

00:33:17.215 --> 00:33:20.255
HAILEY: And when I met them in that shirt, they were like freaking out.

00:33:20.255 --> 00:33:24.295
HAILEY: And I'm like, I know, and soon you won't be here.

00:33:26.455 --> 00:33:28.935
VIRGINIA: Yeah, it's going to be a retro shirt very soon.

00:33:28.935 --> 00:33:29.515
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:33:29.515 --> 00:33:32.335
VIRGINIA: Wednesday, September 25th.

00:33:32.335 --> 00:33:35.075
HAILEY: We're going to Magic Kingdom.

00:33:35.075 --> 00:33:36.015
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:33:36.015 --> 00:33:38.715
VIRGINIA: And Jenna's family is going to join you at Magic Kingdom.

00:33:38.715 --> 00:33:39.195
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:33:39.195 --> 00:33:46.515
VIRGINIA: So you're starting together basically every day in a part together, whether they show up late or not.

00:33:46.515 --> 00:33:47.735
HAILEY: Monday through Wednesday, yes.

00:33:47.895 --> 00:33:50.055
HAILEY: Thursday, we're doing different things.

00:33:50.055 --> 00:33:50.475
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:33:50.475 --> 00:33:50.795
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:33:50.795 --> 00:33:53.735
VIRGINIA: So let's finish up with Wednesday then.

00:33:53.735 --> 00:33:56.595
VIRGINIA: So Magic Kingdom together.

00:33:56.595 --> 00:34:00.395
VIRGINIA: And do you have any individual lightning lanes for Magic Kingdom?

00:34:00.395 --> 00:34:00.635
HAILEY: Yeah.

00:34:00.635 --> 00:34:06.855
HAILEY: My family has them for seven dwarves for me, Knoxville and Nolan.

00:34:06.855 --> 00:34:09.495
HAILEY: And then her family has it for seven dwarves as well.

00:34:09.495 --> 00:34:13.775
HAILEY: And I think she got her husband one for Tron.

00:34:13.775 --> 00:34:14.835
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:34:14.835 --> 00:34:15.215
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:34:16.115 --> 00:34:23.415
VIRGINIA: And Tron has recently just switched over to standby line instead of the virtual queue.

00:34:23.415 --> 00:34:27.195
VIRGINIA: So any thoughts on that as a travel agent?

00:34:27.195 --> 00:34:46.675
HAILEY: I think it's helpful because on trips that I was there last year, I heard people when I was waiting to go up, like my group to be called, I heard people come down and they were like super disappointed because I guess they didn't know that it was either virtual queue or you had to buy it.

00:34:46.675 --> 00:35:01.255
HAILEY: So I guess from a travel perspective, it's nice because even if they just go and they show up and they don't know about virtual queue or they don't know about single pass, they can still get on the ride.

00:35:01.255 --> 00:35:10.535
HAILEY: Me personally, I'll do it maybe if I'm by myself on a trip, first thing in the morning, end of the night.

00:35:10.535 --> 00:35:11.615
HAILEY: It's just so short.

00:35:11.755 --> 00:35:15.955
HAILEY: I would never wait a crazy amount of time to do it.

00:35:15.955 --> 00:35:16.415
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:35:16.415 --> 00:35:17.535
VIRGINIA: I feel the same way.

00:35:18.695 --> 00:35:24.295
VIRGINIA: You have to think about what rides and attractions you're willing to wait for.

00:35:25.555 --> 00:35:32.435
VIRGINIA: I think that the length of the experience definitely comes into play, especially with something as short as Tron.

00:35:32.435 --> 00:35:34.255
VIRGINIA: It is so short.

00:35:34.255 --> 00:35:35.235
VIRGINIA: It's awesome.

00:35:35.235 --> 00:35:36.535
HAILEY: It's so short.

00:35:36.535 --> 00:35:38.715
HAILEY: If you buy it, it's like 20 some dollars.

00:35:38.935 --> 00:35:42.595
HAILEY: I'm like, I'm not because Kyle doesn't even like roller coasters.

00:35:42.595 --> 00:35:48.415
HAILEY: He went on it in our May trip because he said he would try all the roller coasters once.

00:35:48.415 --> 00:35:55.835
HAILEY: I bought it then just because we didn't start at the park, so we couldn't get into the virtual queue.

00:35:55.835 --> 00:36:02.275
HAILEY: I was like, that's the only time that I'm willing to spend like $20 for the ride.

00:36:02.275 --> 00:36:03.935
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:36:03.935 --> 00:36:06.455
VIRGINIA: What else are you going to be doing on this Wednesday?

00:36:07.275 --> 00:36:14.995
HAILEY: So a lot of probably like the smaller fantasy land and obviously People Mover.

00:36:14.995 --> 00:36:17.075
HAILEY: It's Kyle's favorite ride.

00:36:17.075 --> 00:36:19.835
HAILEY: I have him a T-shirt for People Mover.

00:36:21.195 --> 00:36:25.435
HAILEY: We have breakfast reservations at Crystal Palace.

00:36:27.175 --> 00:36:27.735
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:36:27.735 --> 00:36:29.155
VIRGINIA: Breakfast at Crystal Palace.

00:36:29.155 --> 00:36:32.635
VIRGINIA: Is Crystal Palace, remind me, the place where you can get the churro waffles?

00:36:33.835 --> 00:36:36.075
HAILEY: Yes, okay.

00:36:36.075 --> 00:36:40.135
VIRGINIA: I have not tried those yet, but they are so high up on my list.

00:36:40.135 --> 00:36:41.495
HAILEY: Yeah, they're pretty good.

00:36:41.495 --> 00:36:43.515
VIRGINIA: I love churros and I love waffles.

00:36:44.655 --> 00:36:45.255
HAILEY: All right.

00:36:45.255 --> 00:36:47.915
VIRGINIA: Anything else on Wednesday?

00:36:47.915 --> 00:36:55.995
HAILEY: I don't think really just this might be another day since we are not park hopping that we go back for a midday break.

00:36:55.995 --> 00:37:01.035
HAILEY: I think I'm going to let that up to Kyle and the kids because he's not a big fan of the bus.

00:37:02.235 --> 00:37:10.495
HAILEY: When we have a stroller, so if he wants to deal with taking a bus back and forth for a midday break then we can.

00:37:10.495 --> 00:37:25.035
HAILEY: If not, I would be fine with even just hopping on the monorail and heading to one of the resorts and just relaxing, letting them get out of the park for a cool down for a little bit and then go back.

00:37:25.035 --> 00:37:27.915
VIRGINIA: What is your stroller situation when you have three?

00:37:30.495 --> 00:37:33.055
HAILEY: I've done a lot of different ones every trip.

00:37:33.055 --> 00:37:41.775
HAILEY: The first trip, we rented a side-by-side, and that was a pain in the butt to fold up on the bus.

00:37:41.915 --> 00:37:46.355
HAILEY: You have to also fold a side-by-side up on the Skyliner.

00:37:46.355 --> 00:37:48.235
HAILEY: That was also a pain in the butt.

00:37:48.235 --> 00:37:54.355
HAILEY: We figured out if it's a double long, you do not have to fold them up on the Skyliner because it can just roll right into the middle.

00:37:55.015 --> 00:38:05.635
HAILEY: So last year, we took a double long, but it was one that when it had to be folded up, you had to take the seats completely off to fold it up.

00:38:05.635 --> 00:38:08.495
HAILEY: So it was in like three pieces.

00:38:08.495 --> 00:38:11.055
HAILEY: So that was also not fun.

00:38:11.055 --> 00:38:15.855
HAILEY: So this year, I have done my research after all that.

00:38:15.855 --> 00:38:22.595
HAILEY: And I got one that has like just a seat in the front and then in the back is like a bench.

00:38:22.915 --> 00:38:25.255
HAILEY: So the baby will sit in like the normal seat in the front.

00:38:25.255 --> 00:38:33.155
HAILEY: And then Nolan, if she doesn't want to walk, or Knoxville, whoever doesn't really want to walk, can just sit on the bench in the back.

00:38:33.155 --> 00:38:34.155
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:38:34.155 --> 00:38:37.495
VIRGINIA: So they're not all three going to be able to take a nap on the go.

00:38:37.495 --> 00:38:40.335
VIRGINIA: So if they are going to nap, it's going to involve going back to the resort.

00:38:40.335 --> 00:38:40.635
HAILEY: Yeah.

00:38:40.635 --> 00:38:43.075
HAILEY: Knoxville doesn't normally nap.

00:38:44.355 --> 00:38:47.675
HAILEY: I mean, like sometimes if we're in a car and driving, he might fall asleep.

00:38:48.275 --> 00:38:53.475
HAILEY: But he will be the least likely out of them to nap.

00:38:53.475 --> 00:38:54.015
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:38:54.015 --> 00:38:57.875
VIRGINIA: So what do you have on tap for the afternoon?

00:38:57.875 --> 00:39:01.475
HAILEY: Probably, I mean, same thing, just like the little rides.

00:39:01.475 --> 00:39:05.155
HAILEY: So Knoxville does tell me he wants to go on Tiana's.

00:39:05.155 --> 00:39:11.895
HAILEY: So at some point, I will probably try and get the virtual queue for myself and him to go on Tiana's.

00:39:14.715 --> 00:39:23.075
VIRGINIA: Based on his age and how long Splash Mountain was closed for the Tiana's refurb, I'm guessing he's never been on Splash Mountain.

00:39:23.075 --> 00:39:23.595
HAILEY: Nope.

00:39:23.595 --> 00:39:30.775
HAILEY: On our first trip, Splash Mountain was still open, but none of the kids were tall enough to ride it.

00:39:30.775 --> 00:39:34.935
HAILEY: So we skipped it and then it closed after that.

00:39:35.975 --> 00:39:37.375
VIRGINIA: Have you ridden Tiana's yet?

00:39:37.375 --> 00:39:37.915
HAILEY: I have.

00:39:37.915 --> 00:39:39.555
VIRGINIA: I'm excited to ride it for the first time.

00:39:39.635 --> 00:39:43.735
HAILEY: It's cute, although when I went, I got soaked.

00:39:43.735 --> 00:39:46.175
HAILEY: I was not happy about that.

00:39:46.175 --> 00:39:46.915
VIRGINIA: Where were you sitting?

00:39:46.915 --> 00:39:47.795
HAILEY: The front row.

00:39:47.795 --> 00:39:49.775
HAILEY: They put us in the front row.

00:39:49.775 --> 00:39:56.455
HAILEY: It was so weird because the first little, it was not even the big hill that got us soaked the most.

00:39:56.455 --> 00:39:59.655
HAILEY: It was like the first little splash.

00:39:59.655 --> 00:40:10.435
HAILEY: It splashed us a little bit and then it was like an after splash that came up and it A, got me soaked, B, it filled our row with a puddle of water.

00:40:10.435 --> 00:40:13.675
HAILEY: I was just sitting in a puddle of water.

00:40:13.675 --> 00:40:15.395
HAILEY: I had jean shorts on.

00:40:15.395 --> 00:40:17.395
HAILEY: Oh, no.

00:40:17.915 --> 00:40:19.775
HAILEY: Yeah, they were soaked.

00:40:19.775 --> 00:40:28.855
HAILEY: Then we went down the big and because we were in the front, we got the full, so we got off and I was like, oh my goodness, I am wet.

00:40:29.975 --> 00:40:38.215
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I remember with Splash Mountain, sometimes you could sit in the front and get super soaked, and sometimes you sat in the front and it wasn't quite so bad.

00:40:38.215 --> 00:40:42.855
VIRGINIA: It just felt like you are playing a game of chance.

00:40:42.855 --> 00:40:51.755
VIRGINIA: But I have heard that most people are asking to sit in the back for Tiana's if they don't want to get wet and that it's not as bad.

00:40:51.755 --> 00:41:02.575
VIRGINIA: Now, how they can affect what those splashes and the drops are, like when it's basically the same right track, I don't know, but maybe they did something with it.

00:41:02.575 --> 00:41:07.255
VIRGINIA: I know in Disneyland, their version of Splash Mountain was worse than ours.

00:41:07.475 --> 00:41:09.395
VIRGINIA: You for sure got soaked.

00:41:09.395 --> 00:41:09.715
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:41:09.715 --> 00:41:12.755
VIRGINIA: And I don't know if it was because it was a single log.

00:41:12.755 --> 00:41:15.935
VIRGINIA: So ours is people sitting side by side.

00:41:15.935 --> 00:41:17.535
VIRGINIA: Theirs is just a single log.

00:41:17.715 --> 00:41:22.335
VIRGINIA: And I remember getting just like my shoes completely wet.

00:41:22.335 --> 00:41:25.215
VIRGINIA: I was like, I'm never doing this in Disneyland again.

00:41:26.335 --> 00:41:30.435
VIRGINIA: Because I don't particularly like to get wet in the middle of my park day.

00:41:30.435 --> 00:41:35.055
VIRGINIA: But if it's hot and I'm wearing the right footwear, then I'm all for it.

00:41:35.055 --> 00:41:39.675
VIRGINIA: And with Tiana's, I'll ride it no matter what, just because I love Princess and the Frog.

00:41:39.675 --> 00:41:41.735
VIRGINIA: And I'm so excited to see what they've done with it.

00:41:41.735 --> 00:41:42.795
VIRGINIA: So it doesn't matter.

00:41:43.295 --> 00:41:43.915
VIRGINIA: I will be on it.

00:41:44.255 --> 00:42:00.895
HAILEY: Yeah, I'm going to hopefully try and get the seven, like the super early queue, because we are, I have like two outfits planned for everybody that day, because I know also they're probably going to want to play in like the splash area, Casey's splash.

00:42:00.895 --> 00:42:02.575
HAILEY: And so, right.

00:42:02.575 --> 00:42:07.915
HAILEY: And we learned our mistake our first time we went, our first trip, and they wanted to play on that.

00:42:07.915 --> 00:42:09.355
HAILEY: And we didn't have extra clothes.

00:42:09.875 --> 00:42:16.795
HAILEY: So we had to buy like the expensive towels and still wait for them to dry.

00:42:16.795 --> 00:42:21.035
HAILEY: So now I'm like, Nope, Magic Kingdom, automatic two outfits.

00:42:21.035 --> 00:42:23.115
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:42:23.115 --> 00:42:25.435
VIRGINIA: You live, you learn, especially with kids.

00:42:25.435 --> 00:42:26.975
HAILEY: Oh, yeah.

00:42:26.975 --> 00:42:27.335
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:42:27.335 --> 00:42:30.515
VIRGINIA: You are staying for Happily Ever After, I presume.

00:42:30.515 --> 00:42:31.715
HAILEY: Yes.

00:42:31.715 --> 00:42:32.715
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:42:32.715 --> 00:42:45.875
VIRGINIA: Do you typically get out there early to wait for a spot, or how do you handle it with kids that are young and may not want to sit around and wait for a show like that to start?

00:42:45.875 --> 00:42:47.075
HAILEY: I'm not 100 percent sure yet.

00:42:47.075 --> 00:42:54.535
HAILEY: So last year on our, actually last year on our Magic Kingdom Day, it was only a party.

00:42:54.535 --> 00:42:58.595
HAILEY: So we were only at the Christmas party and it got rained out.

00:42:58.595 --> 00:43:01.515
HAILEY: And then the year before, the fireworks also got rained out.

00:43:01.835 --> 00:43:07.055
HAILEY: So I guess fingers crossed, they won't get rained out this time.

00:43:07.055 --> 00:43:10.615
HAILEY: So my kids actually haven't seen Happily ever after yet.

00:43:10.615 --> 00:43:13.575
HAILEY: But like normally we'll do the Epcot fireworks.

00:43:13.575 --> 00:43:15.235
HAILEY: We do that every trip.

00:43:16.255 --> 00:43:25.755
HAILEY: We just kind of walk up maybe like 10, 15 minutes beforehand, get them some popcorn and just kind of find a spot wherever.

00:43:28.355 --> 00:43:28.695
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:43:28.695 --> 00:43:35.015
VIRGINIA: As long as you're not picky about where you're standing, that sounds like a fine plan to me.

00:43:35.015 --> 00:43:43.895
VIRGINIA: Speaking of parties, are there any Halloween parties on your Magic Kingdom time on this trip that you're going to be contending with?

00:43:43.895 --> 00:43:48.975
HAILEY: So Wednesday, no, we specifically planned it so there wasn't a party.

00:43:48.975 --> 00:43:55.415
HAILEY: But then Thursday morning, we're starting at Magic Kingdom because there is a party that day.

00:43:56.535 --> 00:44:01.055
VIRGINIA: Okay, so hopefully that will mean lower crowds during the day for you.

00:44:01.055 --> 00:44:02.995
VIRGINIA: Are you hopping to another park?

00:44:02.995 --> 00:44:04.115
HAILEY: Yeah.

00:44:04.115 --> 00:44:06.095
VIRGINIA: Okay, which park are you going to hop to that day?

00:44:06.095 --> 00:44:06.875
VIRGINIA: Epcot.

00:44:06.875 --> 00:44:08.295
VIRGINIA: What is your hopping strategy?

00:44:08.295 --> 00:44:12.555
VIRGINIA: Are you going to wait till after lunch or how long will you stay in Magic Kingdom?

00:44:12.555 --> 00:44:13.855
HAILEY: I'm not 100% sure yet.

00:44:13.855 --> 00:44:20.055
HAILEY: So first thing in the morning, we have a 1900 park fair breakfast reservation.

00:44:21.075 --> 00:44:30.115
HAILEY: And then right after that, Nolan has a Bippity Boppity Boutique reservation that her and I will go to.

00:44:30.115 --> 00:44:33.515
HAILEY: And that's at 930, I think.

00:44:33.515 --> 00:44:40.095
HAILEY: So then after that, obviously, we'll get some pictures of her and her outfit.

00:44:40.095 --> 00:44:46.055
HAILEY: And I'm sure they'll probably want to do like a few smaller of the rides, especially if they have low wait times.

00:44:46.055 --> 00:44:52.055
HAILEY: And I'm thinking we'll probably head to Epcot by like one at the latest.

00:44:53.255 --> 00:44:59.615
VIRGINIA: Do you have any sense of which princess Nolan may choose for Bibli Babli Boutique?

00:44:59.655 --> 00:45:04.495
HAILEY: I'm stuck because I think she's, so she doesn't know she's doing it yet.

00:45:04.495 --> 00:45:07.255
HAILEY: But I ask her all the time, I'm like, who's your favorite princess?

00:45:07.255 --> 00:45:09.795
HAILEY: And automatically she says Belle.

00:45:09.795 --> 00:45:12.595
HAILEY: She loves the movie and Belle's dress is yellow.

00:45:12.595 --> 00:45:14.855
HAILEY: And her favorite color is yellow.

00:45:15.955 --> 00:45:17.415
HAILEY: So that comes into big play.

00:45:17.795 --> 00:45:23.975
HAILEY: But then she's also a huge Anna fan.

00:45:23.975 --> 00:45:29.835
HAILEY: So I'm very torn between which two of those she'll pick.

00:45:29.835 --> 00:45:30.455
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:45:30.455 --> 00:45:33.735
VIRGINIA: I think it's probably just going to come down to what the dress looks like in person.

00:45:33.735 --> 00:45:37.315
HAILEY: That's what it's literally going to come down to in that minute, her picking the dress.

00:45:38.795 --> 00:45:41.555
HAILEY: I even said last week, I called Kyle.

00:45:41.555 --> 00:45:46.795
HAILEY: I was like, hey, I'm actually at the store and they have a bell dress.

00:45:46.795 --> 00:45:48.615
HAILEY: I'm like, should I get it?

00:45:48.875 --> 00:45:52.395
HAILEY: We just do the hair and makeup package.

00:45:52.395 --> 00:45:58.395
HAILEY: Then I was like, no, what if she wants to change her mind at the last minute?

00:45:58.395 --> 00:46:01.935
HAILEY: Because she's like that.

00:46:01.935 --> 00:46:14.115
HAILEY: When we went on our first trip, she had the full Disney brand on a dress and even the boots, the high-heeled boots.

00:46:14.355 --> 00:46:17.015
HAILEY: She was not even two yet.

00:46:17.015 --> 00:46:25.895
HAILEY: She was one and a half and she walked all of Epcot in high-heeled boots because that's how much she loved them.

00:46:25.915 --> 00:46:27.195
VIRGINIA: Oh, my goodness.

00:46:27.195 --> 00:46:27.435
VIRGINIA: Wow.

00:46:28.075 --> 00:46:28.615
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:46:28.615 --> 00:46:29.935
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:46:29.935 --> 00:46:32.695
VIRGINIA: Well, we will see what her choice is.

00:46:32.695 --> 00:46:33.735
VIRGINIA: That's exciting.

00:46:33.735 --> 00:46:36.995
VIRGINIA: And when are you going to reveal it to her?

00:46:36.995 --> 00:46:37.995
VIRGINIA: At breakfast?

00:46:37.995 --> 00:46:39.355
HAILEY: Yeah, probably at breakfast.

00:46:39.355 --> 00:46:45.655
HAILEY: We'll say, hey, you know, like don't take too long eating your food because we're going to go do something special.

00:46:45.655 --> 00:46:55.015
HAILEY: And then when we get there, she'll be, I think she'll be very happy because whenever I'm getting ready for anything and I'm putting on makeup, she's like, can I wear makeup?

00:46:55.015 --> 00:46:56.215
HAILEY: So I think she'll be excited.

00:46:57.955 --> 00:47:01.835
VIRGINIA: You have to get it in when they are young enough to appreciate Bibbidi-Babbidi Boutique.

00:47:02.635 --> 00:47:04.815
VIRGINIA: It goes by so quickly, Hailey.

00:47:05.115 --> 00:47:08.575
VIRGINIA: So enjoy it while you can.

00:47:08.575 --> 00:47:09.535
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:47:09.535 --> 00:47:12.795
VIRGINIA: Let's move into Friday, September 27th.

00:47:12.795 --> 00:47:18.355
HAILEY: So Friday, we have a breakfast reservation at Topolino's.

00:47:18.355 --> 00:47:18.835
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:47:18.835 --> 00:47:20.715
HAILEY: So we'll be heading over there.

00:47:20.715 --> 00:47:25.275
HAILEY: And then obviously, of course, I have to get my coffee at La Petite.

00:47:25.515 --> 00:47:26.295
VIRGINIA: Oh, yes.

00:47:26.295 --> 00:47:27.275
VIRGINIA: Yes, you do.

00:47:27.275 --> 00:47:28.155
VIRGINIA: It's the best.

00:47:28.155 --> 00:47:42.975
HAILEY: Probably just like explore around the Riviera, because as many times as I've been to the Riviera for Topolino's and even just La Petite, I don't think I've ever really like walked around very much outside of Riviera.

00:47:42.975 --> 00:47:52.335
HAILEY: Just like come right out of La Petite into like the little like stair area right by the water and then just get right back on the Skyliner.

00:47:52.695 --> 00:48:03.855
VIRGINIA: Definitely go downstairs and check out the quick service and the pool bar area, even if you're not going to get anything because you will have already eaten, but just for future reference.

00:48:03.855 --> 00:48:06.295
VIRGINIA: So they have really good food options at Riviera.

00:48:06.295 --> 00:48:07.615
HAILEY: I know I hear that.

00:48:07.615 --> 00:48:12.755
HAILEY: Riviera is like my number one bucket list to stay next year.

00:48:15.715 --> 00:48:16.695
VIRGINIA: It's on my list too.

00:48:16.695 --> 00:48:26.935
VIRGINIA: In fact, for our February trip when it became our seven-month mark for DVC, that's when you can potentially select a resort that is not your home resort.

00:48:26.935 --> 00:48:30.555
VIRGINIA: And so I had my little list of priorities because we're trying to get around to them all.

00:48:30.555 --> 00:48:37.235
VIRGINIA: And Riviera was my top priority, but I was not able to get it for a significant amount of our stay.

00:48:37.235 --> 00:48:46.695
VIRGINIA: And if I'm going to do a split stay, which looks like we're ending up doing, I only want to do like one or two nights at somewhere else and then have a bulk of it.

00:48:46.695 --> 00:48:49.035
VIRGINIA: So Riviera will have to have another time.

00:48:51.915 --> 00:48:54.555
VIRGINIA: Are you going to into a park on the stay?

00:48:54.555 --> 00:48:54.915
HAILEY: No.

00:48:54.915 --> 00:48:55.635
HAILEY: Okay.

00:48:55.635 --> 00:49:03.195
HAILEY: Well, so I might actually end up at a park like me personally that night once.

00:49:03.195 --> 00:49:11.975
HAILEY: So after Topolino's, we'll go back, we'll end up switching our hotel, go over to French Quarter, and then probably hang out at the pool there for a while.

00:49:11.975 --> 00:49:19.235
HAILEY: And then that night, Tiffany, it's actually her and her husband are going to be at Epcot.

00:49:19.235 --> 00:49:22.375
HAILEY: So I might head over there.

00:49:22.375 --> 00:49:25.895
VIRGINIA: Listeners, Tiffany is Tiffany in Tomorrowland.

00:49:25.895 --> 00:49:28.915
VIRGINIA: They are very good friends, so that's very exciting.

00:49:29.655 --> 00:49:32.735
VIRGINIA: So you might go to Epcot with Tiffany.

00:49:32.735 --> 00:49:33.255
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:49:33.255 --> 00:49:37.375
VIRGINIA: Any other of Tiffany's Disney girlies meeting up there?

00:49:37.375 --> 00:49:42.695
HAILEY: I think she said her and her husband were meeting up with somebody else that they follow on Instagram.

00:49:42.695 --> 00:49:44.615
HAILEY: I cannot for the life of me remember their name.

00:49:45.395 --> 00:49:50.935
HAILEY: So if it actually happens and we meet up, I'll definitely get their names for the post-trip.

00:49:50.935 --> 00:49:51.695
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:49:51.695 --> 00:49:57.455
HAILEY: But listeners will be excited to hear this, especially if you listen to Tiffany's trip.

00:49:57.455 --> 00:50:05.475
HAILEY: She said on Facebook the other day that she thinks this is the trip that she will go on Guardians.

00:50:05.475 --> 00:50:05.895
VIRGINIA: What?

00:50:05.895 --> 00:50:06.635
HAILEY: Yes.

00:50:06.635 --> 00:50:08.895
HAILEY: So I was like, that's why I'm there.

00:50:09.275 --> 00:50:12.995
HAILEY: We're wearing our matching 3 Caballero's ears.

00:50:12.995 --> 00:50:13.915
HAILEY: And I...

00:50:13.915 --> 00:50:15.255
VIRGINIA: Okay, Hailey, you have a job now.

00:50:15.255 --> 00:50:15.615
VIRGINIA: I know.

00:50:15.615 --> 00:50:16.615
VIRGINIA: You have a job.

00:50:16.615 --> 00:50:19.555
VIRGINIA: Your job is to get that girl on Guardians.

00:50:19.555 --> 00:50:19.995
HAILEY: I know.

00:50:19.995 --> 00:50:21.995
HAILEY: She's going with her husband, Nick.

00:50:21.995 --> 00:50:24.035
HAILEY: So I'm like hopeful that like, you know what I mean?

00:50:24.035 --> 00:50:26.835
HAILEY: Like he can help, like it'll be fine.

00:50:26.835 --> 00:50:30.435
HAILEY: And we can get her on Guardians.

00:50:30.435 --> 00:50:31.115
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:50:31.115 --> 00:50:34.935
VIRGINIA: I made her promise me that when she did it, she would let me know.

00:50:34.935 --> 00:50:36.035
VIRGINIA: That would be amazing.

00:50:36.035 --> 00:50:36.515
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:50:36.515 --> 00:50:37.435
VIRGINIA: I think she's going to love it.

00:50:37.435 --> 00:50:37.955
HAILEY: I do too.

00:50:38.035 --> 00:50:41.395
VIRGINIA: Of course, she just needs a little push.

00:50:41.395 --> 00:50:42.275
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:50:42.275 --> 00:50:50.975
VIRGINIA: So Saturday, September 28th, that is the day that you are checking out a French Quarter and hitting the road back to Pennsylvania.

00:50:50.975 --> 00:50:51.995
HAILEY: Yes.

00:50:51.995 --> 00:50:57.775
VIRGINIA: So what time do you anticipate you will be getting out the door and on the road?

00:50:57.775 --> 00:51:01.095
HAILEY: Yeah, that I honestly don't know as of yet.

00:51:01.095 --> 00:51:02.075
HAILEY: That's up in the air.

00:51:02.075 --> 00:51:08.335
HAILEY: So I know we have a breakfast reservation as of right now at House of Blues.

00:51:08.335 --> 00:51:12.175
HAILEY: And then I figure we'll probably do a little bit of Disney Springs time.

00:51:12.175 --> 00:51:16.095
HAILEY: I still really want to get into Gideon's because I have yet to be.

00:51:16.095 --> 00:51:19.955
HAILEY: Every time I go, it's like super long wait.

00:51:19.955 --> 00:51:22.675
HAILEY: But it's never been to the point where there's even been a virtual queue.

00:51:23.935 --> 00:51:28.535
HAILEY: So it's just like a 45-minute like standby.

00:51:28.535 --> 00:51:31.155
HAILEY: I guess you would call it lane.

00:51:31.155 --> 00:51:34.875
HAILEY: And it's in the direct sun.

00:51:34.875 --> 00:51:40.915
HAILEY: And if it's like that, when we go this time, I probably won't be able to anyways, because my kids will not just wait in a line.

00:51:40.915 --> 00:51:46.275
HAILEY: Even if I tell them it's for a cookie, they'll look at me and be like, I don't want to wait for a cookie.

00:51:46.275 --> 00:51:51.795
VIRGINIA: Given the fact that this is a Saturday, I'm going to say you should be prepared for a long wait.

00:51:51.975 --> 00:52:00.935
VIRGINIA: But perhaps the wait will be long enough that you could go and get yourself on a queue and then go to your breakfast.

00:52:00.935 --> 00:52:05.635
VIRGINIA: And then maybe it would be called at a time when it makes sense for you to come.

00:52:05.635 --> 00:52:18.695
HAILEY: Yeah, that's what I was hoping since it's a weekend or the fact that since we'll be, I actually don't know if we'll be driving there or not yet because of the fact that we're at French Quarter, we could just take the boat.

00:52:18.695 --> 00:52:29.315
HAILEY: So I was hopeful to see if we could get over there before our breakfast reservation because I think breakfast is at like 10, 20, I think.

00:52:29.315 --> 00:52:35.635
HAILEY: So if anything, I'll just want to try and go over there first, see what the wait is like.

00:52:35.655 --> 00:52:44.415
HAILEY: Or if we can't get into Gideon's, maybe try and get into that summer house on the lake and try their cookies because I haven't tried those yet either.

00:52:44.415 --> 00:52:49.895
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I mean, if you're going specifically for cookies, that would be a good plan B, I think.

00:52:50.515 --> 00:52:53.175
VIRGINIA: My favorite thing at Gideon's is the cold brew coffee.

00:52:53.175 --> 00:53:02.315
VIRGINIA: In fact, I wish they had a walk up quick window for people who only wanted to get coffee because I do like the cookies, but I've had them a number of times now.

00:53:02.315 --> 00:53:07.975
VIRGINIA: I don't really feel the need to go and stock up on cookies every time I go there.

00:53:07.975 --> 00:53:12.835
VIRGINIA: But if the line were not so long, I would totally get in line just for the cold brew.

00:53:12.895 --> 00:53:14.995
HAILEY: I hear it's great.

00:53:14.995 --> 00:53:24.495
VIRGINIA: The one thing that you should think about when you're thinking about whether you drive or take the boat is that both Gideon's and House of Blues are on the opposite end of Disney Springs.

00:53:24.495 --> 00:53:28.955
VIRGINIA: So if you take the boat, that's going to be a little bit of a hike to get over there.

00:53:28.955 --> 00:53:35.255
VIRGINIA: So because parking at Disney Springs is free, it may be worth it just to go and drive your car.

00:53:35.255 --> 00:53:36.475
HAILEY: It might be.

00:53:36.475 --> 00:53:37.555
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:53:37.555 --> 00:53:39.175
VIRGINIA: I have never eaten at House of Blues.

00:53:39.175 --> 00:53:39.615
VIRGINIA: Have you?

00:53:39.615 --> 00:53:40.975
HAILEY: No.

00:53:40.975 --> 00:53:42.695
VIRGINIA: I should say House of Blues at Disney Springs.

00:53:42.695 --> 00:53:45.735
VIRGINIA: I've eaten at a House of Blues before, not this one.

00:53:46.375 --> 00:53:48.355
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:53:48.355 --> 00:53:48.735
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:53:48.735 --> 00:53:53.155
VIRGINIA: Anything else that you plan to do before you leave town?

00:53:53.155 --> 00:53:56.075
HAILEY: I don't think so.

00:53:56.075 --> 00:54:00.355
HAILEY: So actually, there are going to be a few of the Disney girlies.

00:54:00.355 --> 00:54:11.295
HAILEY: They're doing a little meet up on Saturday at a park, but seeing as we'll already be checked out of our hotel, I won't be joining sadly.

00:54:11.295 --> 00:54:17.155
HAILEY: But I told any of them since I'm at French Quarter, if they want beignets to come over.

00:54:17.155 --> 00:54:21.395
HAILEY: And we can at least try and meet up for a quick beignet run.

00:54:21.395 --> 00:54:23.935
HAILEY: So we'll see that might happen.

00:54:23.935 --> 00:54:24.835
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:54:24.835 --> 00:54:27.515
VIRGINIA: What park are they doing their meet up at?

00:54:27.515 --> 00:54:29.515
HAILEY: I want to say UPCOT.

00:54:29.515 --> 00:54:30.535
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:54:30.535 --> 00:54:35.355
HAILEY: I tried to not get in that group chat because I was too sad.

00:54:38.055 --> 00:54:39.455
VIRGINIA: Well, what time are they meeting up?

00:54:40.995 --> 00:54:44.175
HAILEY: The afternoon, I think three maybe, three or four.

00:54:44.175 --> 00:54:44.975
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:54:44.975 --> 00:54:45.975
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:54:45.975 --> 00:54:51.495
VIRGINIA: Well, I mean, I'm going to hold out hope for you that you could pop in and just say hello.

00:54:51.495 --> 00:54:55.815
VIRGINIA: But if not, then there's always next time.

00:54:55.815 --> 00:54:56.475
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:54:56.475 --> 00:55:02.415
VIRGINIA: Anything else that you want to share about this trip before we say goodbye for today?

00:55:02.415 --> 00:55:03.155
HAILEY: I don't think so.

00:55:03.155 --> 00:55:14.095
HAILEY: I'm just I'm very excited to do a different like pace because when it's just myself or even when it was just Kyle and I, we were very like, go, go, go.

00:55:14.095 --> 00:55:16.275
HAILEY: Didn't do a lot of the shows.

00:55:16.275 --> 00:55:18.115
HAILEY: I mean, I do character meet and greets.

00:55:18.115 --> 00:55:22.055
HAILEY: I try all the time because that's my favorite thing.

00:55:22.055 --> 00:55:29.115
HAILEY: But even like if Kyle and Knoxville go wait in like a longer line, like they'll do for Rise of the Resistance.

00:55:29.115 --> 00:55:33.475
HAILEY: I take the younger ones and try and do like shows or characters.

00:55:33.655 --> 00:55:39.935
HAILEY: So I'm just excited for a more laid back and chill vibe this time.

00:55:41.075 --> 00:56:04.295
VIRGINIA: Do you think that in terms of touring the parks with Jenna and her family, will her older daughter Lily be willing to do some of the things that Knoxville's doing, leaving you and the littles and Jenna or Mark to come with the littles while one of them goes with the older kids?

00:56:04.295 --> 00:56:13.035
HAILEY: Yeah, we have at least, we have a plan for Rise of the Resistance because nobody bought a single pass for that.

00:56:13.035 --> 00:56:18.555
HAILEY: So we have it planned at least for like Kyle, Knoxville, Mark and Lily to wait in that line.

00:56:18.555 --> 00:56:24.455
HAILEY: And then the rest of us will go take the other three kids and do like shows.

00:56:24.455 --> 00:56:29.995
HAILEY: I know Nolan really wants to do the Beauty and the Beast show in Hollywood Studios.

00:56:29.995 --> 00:56:33.815
HAILEY: So we'll do that, meet a few characters.

00:56:33.815 --> 00:56:34.315
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:56:34.315 --> 00:56:41.855
VIRGINIA: Well, I am very much looking forward to seeing how all this turns out and I'm so excited that you're back.

00:56:41.855 --> 00:56:47.375
VIRGINIA: So we will talk again very soon and I hope that you have a wonderful trip and please drive safely.

00:56:47.375 --> 00:56:47.715
HAILEY: Yes.

00:56:47.715 --> 00:56:48.735
HAILEY: Thank you so much.

00:56:48.735 --> 00:56:49.835
HAILEY: Talk to you soon.

00:56:49.835 --> 00:56:50.275
HAILEY: All right.

00:56:50.275 --> 00:56:52.315
VIRGINIA: Bye.

00:56:52.315 --> 00:56:56.435
VIRGINIA: Thank you again to Hailey for taking the time to sit down with me and chat about your plans.

00:56:56.935 --> 00:56:59.655
VIRGINIA: Hailey's Post-Trip Report episode is up now.

00:56:59.655 --> 00:57:04.475
VIRGINIA: So please make sure you give that a listen to hear how everything turned out.

00:57:04.475 --> 00:57:08.295
VIRGINIA: Until next time, keep daydreaming about where you long to be.