Pre-Trip Report: Jeanette and Maren's runDisney California Adventure (January 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: This week, I'm excited to share another pre-trip report with Jeanette and Maren, who were the very first guests on the podcast.

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VIRGINIA: This trip is all about welcoming runDisney back to Disneyland and completing the half marathon as part of the runDisney Coast to Coast Challenge.

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VIRGINIA: So, let's get right into it.

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VIRGINIA: Here are Jeanette and Maren.

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VIRGINIA: Welcome back to the podcast, to Jeanette and to Maren.

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MAREN: Happy to be back.

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VIRGINIA: I know.

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VIRGINIA: I haven't seen you in so long.

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VIRGINIA: I mean, I've seen you on Instagram and followed all of your adventures there, but you and Jeanette were the first dynamic duo to ever have an interview on this podcast.

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VIRGINIA: So, this is like old home week.

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VIRGINIA: So, you both have a trip coming up.

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VIRGINIA: I guess before we get into the details of that trip, Maren, can you introduce yourself and how you came to love Disney?

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VIRGINIA: And then Jeanette can just give a little refresher since she has been on much more recently than you.

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MAREN: Well, hi, everyone.

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MAREN: I'm Maren from Texas.

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MAREN: Gosh, I wish I had gone back and listened to what I said before about how I came to love Disney, because I'm sure my story changes all the time because I love it so much for so many reasons.

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MAREN: Fun enough, that's not the right way to say that, but I grew up a Disneyland kid.

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MAREN: I was born in California and went to Disneyland a lot as a child.

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MAREN: In fact, every time my family would have to move, that was the way they would, I guess, calm me was we'd pack up our house, go to Disneyland, and then go to a new house.

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MAREN: Yay, everything's fine.

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MAREN: I'm a Disneyland kid at heart.

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MAREN: Then I didn't go to Disney World until I was about 18 years old, I believe, when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and I was living there at the time and was supposed to be starting my freshman year of college, but worked and then went to Disney World instead.

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MAREN: I think going from post-Katrina New Orleans to the magic of Disney probably fully cemented my Disney obsession, that very drastic change of really hard time to something so amazing.

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MAREN: And so it just keeps getting, I would say better, but probably worse in terms of the amount of time and money Disney is getting from me.

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MAREN: But yeah.

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VIRGINIA: I mean, Hurricane Katrina aside, I think that's a very common story to hear is that you have something traumatic or something tough going on in your life and you soon thereafter have a trip to Disney World, Disneyland, and it's like the first place you can forget about it again.

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MAREN: Exactly.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Jeanette.

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JEANETTE: So I'm Jeanette from Brooklyn.

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JEANETTE: I'm a Disney obsessed animation screenwriter in the process.

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JEANETTE: I love all things from Disney movies to Disney music, but particularly, particularly the parks.

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JEANETTE: I'm really obsessed with Imagineering.

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JEANETTE: I'm actually reading the Imagineering Storybook, the like 800 page home right now.

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JEANETTE: So yeah, I love Disney.

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JEANETTE: And thanks to Maren, I get to go a lot more than I used to because I have a non-Disney parks loving husband who wants to only go every, let's say, five years.

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JEANETTE: And Maren and our other friend, Mariah have become my go to Disney travel buddies and have also wrangled me into the wonderful world of runDisney.

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JEANETTE: So that's a little bit about me slash us.

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VIRGINIA: And you two met through a sewing group, if I'm remembering correctly, because both of you are makers.

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VIRGINIA: So constantly making new outfits, new accessories, new whatever for every trip you go on to the point where maybe it's a little bit of a problem.

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MAREN: Yes.

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VIRGINIA: It's okay to admit it.

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MAREN: Yes, the first step is admitting it.

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VIRGINIA: So both these ladies are excellent people to follow if you would like to see lots of cool Disney bounds and homemade things that are just like off the charts good, in my opinion.

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JEANETTE: Dapper Disney, if you will.

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VIRGINIA: Yes, dapper Disney.

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MAREN: Thank you.

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VIRGINIA: Let's hear a little bit about this particular trip.

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VIRGINIA: Where are you going?

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VIRGINIA: When are you going?

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VIRGINIA: And how did you decide upon these dates?

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MAREN: Oh, am I going to start here, Jeanette?

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VIRGINIA: Yes, Maren will start.

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MAREN: All right.

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MAREN: Well, we're going to Disneyland.

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MAREN: As I alluded to, I'm an OG Disneyland kid.

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MAREN: And so we will be...

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MAREN: Well, Jeanette's going to actually arrive before me, but the majority of our trip will occur between Saturday, January 13th and Tuesday, January 16th.

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MAREN: And the reason for these dates is it is the return of runDisney to Disneyland.

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MAREN: So I actually did the last race that Disneyland had, which I should have double checked the dates, but I think it was 2016 or 17 was the last time they had races out there.

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MAREN: So it wasn't even a COVID thing.

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MAREN: Yeah, it's been a while.

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MAREN: And so we're going for the return of the Disneyland Half Marathon.

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VIRGINIA: Well, if it wasn't COVID related, why do you think they stopped?

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MAREN: Oh, that's some hot goss.

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VIRGINIA: As someone who's not in the run Disney community, I'm like, why would you stop?

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VIRGINIA: They seem so popular.

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VIRGINIA: I don't know.

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MAREN: So the rumor, there's a couple of rumors.

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MAREN: I think Disney's official statement was that they were doing a lot of construction in the area, which is true.

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MAREN: They have some, they've had had major changes planned to downtown Disney, which I think a lot of that was stalled for some reasons, including COVID.

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MAREN: But a lot of people think it's because Disney has gotten into battles with the city of Anaheim around permitting.

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MAREN: So I think that's a very likely true cause was the battles with the city of Anaheim.

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MAREN: And so I'm glad it seems they have got them at least semi-resolved.

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VIRGINIA: For people who have not been to Disneyland, the parks are very much in the middle of Anaheim.

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VIRGINIA: It's not like Walt Disney World where it's kind of off to itself.

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VIRGINIA: So I would imagine that to coordinate a race like this, unless you were just going to have people strictly stay in the parks, which doesn't seem that feasible if you're talking about a longer distance, you kind of have to involve the streets of Anaheim.

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MAREN: Yeah, I wish we could stay in the parks the whole time, but it's actually about five miles in the parks and then the rest in the city.

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JEANETTE: And it's like the first five miles.

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VIRGINIA: That's really interesting.

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VIRGINIA: Well, Jeanette, how did Maren wrangle you into this trip?

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VIRGINIA: Was she the origin of the trip or were you the origin?

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JEANETTE: I mean, I think she was the origin, but it definitely wasn't hard to wrangle me.

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JEANETTE: She was very excited about the return of runDisney to Disneyland, which then, because I know that she has impeccable taste.

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JEANETTE: It's going to be amazing.

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JEANETTE: I have to go.

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JEANETTE: I haven't been in seven, almost eight years.

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JEANETTE: I've actually never been to Disneyland for more than one day.

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JEANETTE: This is my first time that I'm doing a multiple day trip to Disneyland, my first runDisney in Disneyland, because I'm much newer to runDisney than Maren is.

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JEANETTE: She, again, brought me into it.

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JEANETTE: Since I've been running the runDisney races, this is the first time that there has been a Disneyland one.

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VIRGINIA: When you've been to Disneyland in the past, have you had the opportunity in your one day to go both to the Magic Kingdom part of Disneyland and California Adventure?

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JEANETTE: Once, but I definitely didn't get the full experience of either of them, because one day is really pretty rushed.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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JEANETTE: I have a very vivid memory of being a kid and when my parents took me to Disneyland, and then the next day we went to Universal, and I was PO'd because I did not want to go to Universal.

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JEANETTE: I just wanted to do a second day in Disneyland.

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JEANETTE: So, I mean, there are photographs of me in Universal with like angry face all day long.

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MAREN: That is cruel and unusual punishment.

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MAREN: I can't believe your parents did that to you.

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VIRGINIA: I know.

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VIRGINIA: And that was even pre-Harry Potter.

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MAREN: I know.

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JEANETTE: It was just like Jaws and Warner Brothers characters.

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MAREN: Oh, love it.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, my goodness.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Well, because you were both makers, I have to ask, what is the theme of this particular race?

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VIRGINIA: What is the distance?

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VIRGINIA: And what are you making?

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JEANETTE: The themes of the races are pretty classic characters.

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JEANETTE: The race that we're running is Mickey and Minnie, are the main icons for the race.

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JEANETTE: I think Donald and Daisy are the icons for the 10K.

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JEANETTE: But we are going as one of my favorite character portfolio, and I think one of Maren's as well, which is DuckTales characters.

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VIRGINIA: Yes.

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VIRGINIA: We can always count on Jeanette to bring up DuckTales.

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VIRGINIA: It's her favorite.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: What characters from DuckTales?

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MAREN: The original plan was to include my husband, but unfortunately, he is injured.

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MAREN: We were going to have Huey, Dewey, Louie, as Mariah, myself, and my husband.

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MAREN: My dad was going to be Scrooge McDuck.

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MAREN: Then Jeanette, of course, is Webby.

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JEANETTE: Webby.

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MAREN: Of course.

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MAREN: Unfortunately, since my husband's injured, my dad is now Huey.

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MAREN: I am Dewey, and Mariah is Louie, and Jeanette, of course, remains Webby.

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JEANETTE: Webby.

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JEANETTE: The fun thing is that when we were planning this costume idea, Maren was, you know, we were discussing it, and they weren't sure who I should be because they also just ran the half marathon in Disney World, and they wanted a set of costumes that would work with or without me being there, because I wouldn't be there for the Disney World race, and I would be there for the Disneyland race, and I said, well, what about Webby?

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MAREN: The obvious choice.

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MAREN: Like, how we did not just assign that to you.

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MAREN: I don't know.

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VIRGINIA: Jeanette just screams Webby.

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JEANETTE: I am the wild card that's maybe slightly dangerous.

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JEANETTE: I don't know.

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MAREN: And spoiler alert for people who haven't seen the new series.

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MAREN: I mean, she practically is my dad's other daughter, so it totally makes sense.

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MAREN: You know, if you don't know in the new series, Webby secretly Scrooge's daughter slash clone.

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VIRGINIA: So it works.

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MAREN: It would have worked perfectly with my dad being Scrooge.

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MAREN: But anyway, it still is a perfect mashup of us.

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VIRGINIA: Well, I hope I hope that your husband's injury is not going to take him out for too long and that he'll be back on the road quickly.

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MAREN: We're still dragging him to Disney with us, to the parks with us.

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MAREN: He's just not running.

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MAREN: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: So will he find a place to kind of set up camp to be the cheerleader towards the end so that he can watch you all cross the finish line?

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MAREN: Do you think it's a good question?

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MAREN: It's a very good question.

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MAREN: We'll say yes.

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MAREN: We'll pretend that he'll get up and do it.

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JEANETTE: A late enough and B because we're on Pacific Time.

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JEANETTE: It will feel even later.

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MAREN: The Pacific Time makes Disneyland races like I think that's my dad's favorite part is the time difference.

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JEANETTE: I was thinking about that because it's like when we have when we do the Disneyland races, we have to get up at 3 in the morning, but it'll feel like 6 in the morning when we're in Disneyland.

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MAREN: Yeah, which is 5 for me.

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VIRGINIA: Early, but not nearly as early as 3.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Well, next question.

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VIRGINIA: Where are you all staying?

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JEANETTE: So I'll jump in on this one because I'm arriving a day early, really just a night early.

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JEANETTE: So I'm going to start my trip at the Alpine Inn near the Convention Center.

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VIRGINIA: And what day do you arrive?

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JEANETTE: Friday the 12th.

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JEANETTE: Friday the 12th.

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JEANETTE: And I'm going to be joined by another member of our group who is also running the 10K on Saturday.

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JEANETTE: So she's coming a day early specifically to go to the Expo on Friday and to run the 10K on Saturday.

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JEANETTE: I'm coming early just to get a little bit more park time where and because of flights from New York, it just made more sense for me to fly in on Friday than to try to cram it into Saturday.

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JEANETTE: So yeah, so one night at the Alpine Inn and then I'll probably get up very early in the morning, tug or car my bags because it's only like 10 minutes to the Disneyland Hotel, to check into the Disneyland Hotel for the bulk of our stay.

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JEANETTE: And that's where we're all staying.

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JEANETTE: I have a room that will be occupied by three people, myself, our friend Mariah, his friend Rita who's coming in early as well.

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JEANETTE: And then Maren has a room for three, which is herself, her husband and her father.

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MAREN: Actually, it's now a room for four.

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MAREN: My mom's joining us.

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JEANETTE: Oh, yeah, Joe's coming.

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VIRGINIA: Nice.

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VIRGINIA: And has anyone stayed at the Disneyland Hotel before in this group?

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MAREN: I have.

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MAREN: Let's see, has my husband?

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MAREN: So I have stayed at the Disneyland Hotel.

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MAREN: I believe I know my dad has because my dad and I have done some daddy daughter trips and I'm pretty sure that we've been nice enough to include my mom and my husband on some trips where we stayed at the Disneyland Hotel as well.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: I have never had the opportunity to stay there because the two times I guess that I've been out there, I stayed off property once and then at what is now going to be the Pixar, whatever they're calling it, but before it was, I can't even remember at this point what it was called.

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VIRGINIA: I think it was Paradise Pier.

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MAREN: Paradise Pier, yeah.

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MAREN: Paradise Pier Hotel.

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MAREN: I actually never stayed there.

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MAREN: I have stayed at the Grand Californian and at the Disneyland Hotel.

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MAREN: But yeah, actually a lot of trips when I've gone to Disneyland, when we used to go more often when the races were there, we stayed off property.

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MAREN: There are great affordable off property options.

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MAREN: And like you were saying earlier, it's all so compact and right in the middle of the city.

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MAREN: You can walk from a lot of the resorts.

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MAREN: Our decision around the Disneyland Hotel was the start of the half marathon used to take place on the road right outside the Disneyland Hotel.

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MAREN: And of course, they bring it back and they move the start to right by one of my favorite off property hotels.

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MAREN: But we're like, no, we already decided we're doing Disneyland Hotel.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Well, I think it's always a good option, regardless of where that start line is.

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VIRGINIA: Jeanette, how did you choose the Alpine Inn?

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JEANETTE: I was looking for something that was pretty affordable because it was a day that I was tagging on, wouldn't be sharing the cost of the room with as many people, wasn't sure I was actually going to share the cost with anyone.

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JEANETTE: So it might have been a hotel I was paying for myself.

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JEANETTE: And then I just read a lot of reviews.

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JEANETTE: It was kind of a combination of proximity.

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JEANETTE: The reviews were really good.

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JEANETTE: I mean, I'm expecting it to be fairly no frills, but I've already been in communications with the hotel and they seem great and really responsive.

00:16:29.032 --> 00:16:32.872
JEANETTE: And I feel like it's going to be a perfectly fine first night.

00:16:33.432 --> 00:16:40.052
JEANETTE: And then, you know, I'm doing it the right way, where you start with the cheaper hotel, upgrade to the nicer, not the other way around.

00:16:40.652 --> 00:16:40.972
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:16:40.992 --> 00:16:42.992
VIRGINIA: The other way around is not the way you want to go out.

00:16:43.012 --> 00:16:44.072
JEANETTE: It's kind of brutal.

00:16:44.432 --> 00:16:47.172
VIRGINIA: Is this a good neighbor off-property hotel?

00:16:48.012 --> 00:16:49.112
JEANETTE: No, it's not.

00:16:49.172 --> 00:17:00.632
JEANETTE: But I'm pretty sure that because we check in on the 13th and my first park day is on the 13th, I will be able to take advantage of the early morning benefit.

00:17:01.192 --> 00:17:01.852
VIRGINIA: Oh, I think so.

00:17:01.872 --> 00:17:02.592
JEANETTE: If I want to.

00:17:03.132 --> 00:17:03.492
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:17:03.832 --> 00:17:04.192
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:17:04.212 --> 00:17:08.452
VIRGINIA: Well, I will just be interested to hear a little bit more about the Alpine Inn when you get back.

00:17:08.812 --> 00:17:12.252
VIRGINIA: Was it a good option for somebody who's looking to save some money?

00:17:13.092 --> 00:17:13.472
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:17:14.032 --> 00:17:21.112
VIRGINIA: So on the 13th, it will be you and Mariah, I imagine, is the front who's coming in earlier with you.

00:17:21.132 --> 00:17:24.172
JEANETTE: Rita's coming earlier to run more races.

00:17:24.212 --> 00:17:24.592
JEANETTE: She's...

00:17:25.172 --> 00:17:30.072
JEANETTE: I haven't actually met her yet, but she is such a racer.

00:17:30.172 --> 00:17:33.472
JEANETTE: I can already tell from her Instagram and from talking to her.

00:17:33.492 --> 00:17:35.132
JEANETTE: So she just did the Dopey.

00:17:35.632 --> 00:17:38.672
JEANETTE: She's doing multiple races this weekend as well.

00:17:39.132 --> 00:17:40.452
MAREN: Actually, I have to give a plug.

00:17:40.492 --> 00:17:44.172
MAREN: She just did her fifth Dopey and she PR'd her marathon.

00:17:44.732 --> 00:17:45.292
VIRGINIA: Wow.

00:17:45.332 --> 00:17:45.912
JEANETTE: Amazing.

00:17:46.492 --> 00:17:46.912
JEANETTE: Amazing.

00:17:46.932 --> 00:17:49.032
JEANETTE: Even with like kind of pretty weather too.

00:17:49.272 --> 00:17:50.932
VIRGINIA: How did she get connected to this group?

00:17:51.372 --> 00:17:52.472
MAREN: She's a Houston friend.

00:17:52.772 --> 00:18:00.192
MAREN: I met her through, funny enough, another sewing person that I used to do crossfit with.

00:18:00.352 --> 00:18:01.472
MAREN: Jeanette, I met her through Bonnie.

00:18:02.872 --> 00:18:06.092
MAREN: So I met her through a friend that Jeanette now knows who's the sewist.

00:18:06.412 --> 00:18:08.012
MAREN: She and I used to do crossfit together.

00:18:08.052 --> 00:18:12.112
MAREN: She and Rita went to, I think they went to college together.

00:18:12.132 --> 00:18:16.052
MAREN: And Bonnie was like, you're going to love Rita.

00:18:16.072 --> 00:18:17.212
MAREN: She's a runDisney nut.

00:18:17.232 --> 00:18:24.412
MAREN: And so Rita and Bonnie actually were with me when I did my first run, my first half marathon, which was a runDisney half marathon.

00:18:24.432 --> 00:18:26.872
MAREN: It was the first Avengers half marathon.

00:18:27.812 --> 00:18:36.592
JEANETTE: And it might seem slightly crazy that I'm staying with somebody that I've never met before, but because they are Maren's friends, I have a friend of a friend is not a stranger.

00:18:36.612 --> 00:18:37.452
JEANETTE: Yeah.

00:18:40.652 --> 00:18:41.092
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:18:41.992 --> 00:18:42.312
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:18:42.332 --> 00:18:44.652
VIRGINIA: So she will be tied up with other races.

00:18:44.672 --> 00:18:48.732
VIRGINIA: So is the 13th your solo part day for you, Jeanette?

00:18:50.272 --> 00:18:54.032
JEANETTE: I'm going to start the day at Disneyland, I think, by myself.

00:18:54.052 --> 00:19:00.012
JEANETTE: So check in, drop off my bags at Disneyland Hotel, go right into Disneyland.

00:19:00.692 --> 00:19:12.292
JEANETTE: Because I haven't been there in so long, because I've always had to, like, crunch both parks into a single day or most recently had to, there's just a lot of stuff I've never done before.

00:19:13.072 --> 00:19:19.372
JEANETTE: So I really want to ride, like, the Alice in Wonderland ride, and there's a lot of snacks that I want to try.

00:19:19.512 --> 00:19:21.212
JEANETTE: You know, I'm very food oriented.

00:19:22.632 --> 00:19:35.692
JEANETTE: So I figured I'd start with the classic Disneyland, and then when the rest of the party arrives, I believe you guys all have passes for California Adventure.

00:19:36.072 --> 00:19:41.192
JEANETTE: So once they arrive, I'll just hop over to California Adventure and join them.

00:19:43.052 --> 00:19:43.472
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:19:43.512 --> 00:19:53.192
VIRGINIA: And did either of you opt to get the Genie Plus service that you can do in advance of your trip at Disneyland, which I wish you could do at Disney World?

00:19:55.432 --> 00:19:58.952
MAREN: No, I'm fine with that one being a day of decision.

00:19:58.972 --> 00:20:06.052
MAREN: I do think my experience with the Genie Plus service at Disneyland is it's actually a lot better than at Disney World.

00:20:06.852 --> 00:20:17.252
MAREN: You can decide to get it the day of, and you can very likely get a, I'm going to still call it a Lightning Lane, a Genie Plus, whatever we call them now, Lane.

00:20:18.092 --> 00:20:19.432
MAREN: Or no, it is a Lightning Lane.

00:20:19.452 --> 00:20:20.692
VIRGINIA: Lightning Lane is the new term.

00:20:20.712 --> 00:20:21.492
MAREN: You got it right.

00:20:21.532 --> 00:20:22.972
MAREN: Wow.

00:20:23.732 --> 00:20:29.392
MAREN: You can usually get a Lightning Lane for like, you know, 10 minutes after you decide you want one.

00:20:29.432 --> 00:20:38.532
MAREN: I mean, for some of the more popular rides, like Radiator Springs Racers, it's going to be later in the day, but like the Spider-Man attraction at California Adventure, love it.

00:20:39.052 --> 00:20:42.112
MAREN: You can usually get a Lightning Lane really quickly for it.

00:20:42.752 --> 00:20:47.512
MAREN: So yeah, I don't think anyone got them in advance because you can get it pretty easily.

00:20:50.432 --> 00:20:50.912
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:20:51.232 --> 00:20:53.272
VIRGINIA: So what time is the rest of the group arriving?

00:20:53.952 --> 00:20:56.552
MAREN: So we are all flying in that morning.

00:20:56.572 --> 00:21:04.132
MAREN: I want to say we land the A-time difference around 10, 1030.

00:21:04.152 --> 00:21:09.332
MAREN: And so we all have to go to the Expo to pick up our packets pretty much as soon as we get there.

00:21:09.352 --> 00:21:13.472
JEANETTE: So that will actually be what I'll be hopping to from Disneyland.

00:21:13.952 --> 00:21:14.872
MAREN: Yes, that's true.

00:21:15.692 --> 00:21:17.712
JEANETTE: To the Expo and then to DCA.

00:21:19.452 --> 00:21:19.952
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:21:19.992 --> 00:21:21.072
VIRGINIA: And then to DCA.

00:21:21.092 --> 00:21:24.112
VIRGINIA: And what are your priorities going to be in DCA?

00:21:24.352 --> 00:21:27.952
VIRGINIA: And I forgot to ask, what day is the actual race?

00:21:27.972 --> 00:21:30.852
VIRGINIA: Like, will you need to go to bed early that night?

00:21:31.272 --> 00:21:38.512
MAREN: The race is Sunday, so Saturday will be an early bedtime and we'll also have to be a little bit selective on food.

00:21:38.532 --> 00:21:41.452
MAREN: So no one's got a tummy ache when they run the next morning.

00:21:43.152 --> 00:21:53.252
MAREN: So I think one of the priorities for California Adventure will be to try to find a good dining option, though we do have a dining reservation that Mariah made today for...

00:21:53.272 --> 00:21:54.232
JEANETTE: Naples.

00:21:54.732 --> 00:21:59.492
MAREN: Naples, which is the downtown Disney Sister of Vianapoli at Epcot.

00:22:00.872 --> 00:22:03.472
VIRGINIA: And Jeanette, you just recently ate at Vianapoli.

00:22:04.052 --> 00:22:06.552
JEANETTE: I did for my first time and I loved it.

00:22:06.572 --> 00:22:13.212
JEANETTE: And actually Maren and Mariah and Maren's father, Mark, ate at Vianapoli last weekend.

00:22:13.232 --> 00:22:16.292
JEANETTE: And they got the same pizza that I had gotten.

00:22:16.512 --> 00:22:18.392
MAREN: We ate there yesterday.

00:22:18.452 --> 00:22:19.952
MAREN: It was literally yesterday.

00:22:19.972 --> 00:22:25.972
MAREN: My brain can't understand that I was in Disney World yesterday and I flew home last night and spent today working.

00:22:25.972 --> 00:22:27.872
MAREN: But yeah, I ate at Vianapoli yesterday.

00:22:27.892 --> 00:22:28.552
MAREN: It was so good.

00:22:29.232 --> 00:22:34.192
VIRGINIA: So you ran a half marathon at Disney World this week.

00:22:34.732 --> 00:22:35.432
JEANETTE: On Saturday.

00:22:35.632 --> 00:22:42.312
MAREN: Well, if there are other runDisney listeners, a lot of people will know that is not exactly the case.

00:22:42.312 --> 00:22:45.712
MAREN: And no, I am not one of those people who went out and finished my six miles.

00:22:45.712 --> 00:22:46.412
MAREN: I will admit it.

00:22:46.852 --> 00:22:50.812
MAREN: I got up the next day and I ran part of it and it started raining again and I said, we're good.

00:22:51.252 --> 00:22:57.512
VIRGINIA: So yeah, I kept seeing everyone posting about how they were finishing their race around their resort.

00:22:58.052 --> 00:23:01.432
VIRGINIA: And I don't know if I were in Disney World and I were running.

00:23:01.452 --> 00:23:04.272
VIRGINIA: I don't think I would go back out and finish it.

00:23:04.292 --> 00:23:07.332
VIRGINIA: I think I'd be so tempted to just go and enjoy other things.

00:23:08.052 --> 00:23:14.212
MAREN: Disney still is going to give me the same medal that I got for the half that everyone else got.

00:23:14.392 --> 00:23:17.992
MAREN: And I'm still going to get my coast to coast medal if I finish Disneyland.

00:23:18.012 --> 00:23:26.772
MAREN: So I know a lot of people had guilt around that, but I've run enough half marathons that the guilt is not there anymore.

00:23:27.812 --> 00:23:29.672
JEANETTE: And that is that's something to note.

00:23:29.692 --> 00:23:34.352
JEANETTE: So for folks who are not familiar with Ren Disney, like I wasn't not that long ago.

00:23:36.292 --> 00:23:46.412
JEANETTE: When you do the Disney World half marathon or above, and then the Disneyland half, you get a very special coast to coast race medal.

00:23:46.592 --> 00:23:49.972
JEANETTE: So an extra medal for having done those back to back races.

00:23:50.232 --> 00:23:57.052
JEANETTE: Now, I didn't do it because I knew I was going to be traveling for the holidays, and it was just going to be too much back to back to back traveling.

00:23:58.612 --> 00:24:10.652
JEANETTE: But there is a secondary coast to coast medal where you can get the coast to earn the coast to coast by running the Disneyland half and then the 10 miler in April.

00:24:10.872 --> 00:24:13.812
JEANETTE: It's a nice big window of time in between.

00:24:13.912 --> 00:24:15.232
JEANETTE: And that's what I'm doing.

00:24:17.252 --> 00:24:19.272
VIRGINIA: What does the coast to coast medal look like?

00:24:19.292 --> 00:24:21.692
VIRGINIA: Have they revealed its design yet?

00:24:22.132 --> 00:24:29.332
MAREN: You know, I bet they have and I haven't noticed the old ones were they always had like the partner statue on it.

00:24:29.612 --> 00:24:38.352
MAREN: And when they used to have the Tinkerbell half at Disneyland, if you did Princess and Tinkerbell, those were the two women focused races.

00:24:38.672 --> 00:24:43.972
MAREN: You got one that had, I don't remember if the medal itself had pink on it or just the ribbon had pink.

00:24:43.992 --> 00:24:49.972
MAREN: But that used to be the special one was if you did the ones that were specifically targeted for women runners.

00:24:50.412 --> 00:25:00.132
JEANETTE: Well, and I'm not sure if Maren will just get the like most special coast to coast or if she'll be able to get both because she's also running that 10-miler with me.

00:25:00.152 --> 00:25:02.752
JEANETTE: So I wonder if you're going to be able to get two coast to coast.

00:25:02.772 --> 00:25:04.592
VIRGINIA: So that's like the coast to coast to coast.

00:25:05.132 --> 00:25:06.132
JEANETTE: Coast to coast to coast.

00:25:06.672 --> 00:25:12.592
MAREN: So back in the day when they had Disneyland races, I ran enough to get three coast to coast medals.

00:25:13.752 --> 00:25:22.872
MAREN: And at that time, they told us the only way you could get more than one is if you had done like the princess challenge and two others.

00:25:24.212 --> 00:25:27.112
MAREN: So I got two one time, but you couldn't repeat.

00:25:27.132 --> 00:25:28.932
JEANETTE: But we are doing the springtime challenge.

00:25:29.012 --> 00:25:31.252
MAREN: Well, I think I would need one more land race.

00:25:31.712 --> 00:25:32.632
MAREN: So I don't know.

00:25:32.632 --> 00:25:33.452
MAREN: It doesn't matter.

00:25:33.472 --> 00:25:36.872
MAREN: I like shirts more than I like medals, which is a whole weird thing.

00:25:37.432 --> 00:25:43.672
JEANETTE: I'm super excited because I think I'm going to get my first long-sleeve runDisney race shirt.

00:25:44.652 --> 00:25:45.272
MAREN: You should.

00:25:45.652 --> 00:25:49.092
JEANETTE: Living in the North, like that's going to be very valuable to me.

00:25:51.672 --> 00:25:56.412
VIRGINIA: So what is the temperature supposed to be like out in California for this week?

00:25:56.432 --> 00:25:58.232
JEANETTE: During the race, like 45 degrees.

00:25:58.252 --> 00:25:59.272
JEANETTE: It's going to be cold.

00:26:02.432 --> 00:26:11.172
JEANETTE: I just got a sweatshirt to go over my very cute costume because I can't freeze for the sake of fashion.

00:26:11.792 --> 00:26:12.592
MAREN: Throw away gear.

00:26:13.772 --> 00:26:19.952
VIRGINIA: I was going to ask, is it a cheap sweatshirt that if you are tired of it, you'll just like let it go on the race.

00:26:20.512 --> 00:26:23.952
JEANETTE: It's cheap enough that I could, but I just got it today and I like it.

00:26:23.972 --> 00:26:26.112
JEANETTE: So I might like just wrap it around my waist.

00:26:26.132 --> 00:26:26.592
JEANETTE: I don't know.

00:26:26.612 --> 00:26:26.972
JEANETTE: We'll see.

00:26:27.312 --> 00:26:29.692
MAREN: No, that's why you get something you don't like.

00:26:29.712 --> 00:26:31.172
MAREN: So you will throw it away.

00:26:31.392 --> 00:26:32.952
JEANETTE: But I wanted something pink.

00:26:32.952 --> 00:26:34.652
JEANETTE: So it was still webbyish.

00:26:35.192 --> 00:26:35.552
MAREN: Oh dear.

00:26:35.572 --> 00:26:39.152
JEANETTE: You know, like fashion, function, fun.

00:26:39.892 --> 00:26:43.652
VIRGINIA: Oh my goodness.

00:26:44.312 --> 00:26:44.692
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:26:44.712 --> 00:26:49.572
VIRGINIA: Well, anything else to note for that Saturday in terms of plans?

00:26:49.932 --> 00:26:52.572
VIRGINIA: And if not, then what time do you think you'll go to bed?

00:26:52.852 --> 00:26:59.112
JEANETTE: I think it's going to be pretty gem packed between, you know, folks coming in, us dealing with the expo.

00:26:59.132 --> 00:27:02.332
JEANETTE: Hopefully it won't be too crowded because it's not the first day of the expo.

00:27:04.092 --> 00:27:08.712
JEANETTE: And then trying to get a meal in our bellies before like 7 p.m.

00:27:08.732 --> 00:27:11.332
JEANETTE: because we want to be in bed by 8.

00:27:11.952 --> 00:27:12.272
MAREN: Yes.

00:27:13.032 --> 00:27:13.532
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:27:13.552 --> 00:27:19.732
VIRGINIA: Bed by 8 and then up by 3 o'clock the next morning for this half marathon.

00:27:20.112 --> 00:27:22.692
MAREN: You know, and we might not have to get up quite as early.

00:27:22.712 --> 00:27:30.392
MAREN: We'll have to kind of do some identifying of our route because we should be able to actually walk to the starting line versus Disney World.

00:27:30.412 --> 00:27:32.372
MAREN: You get up that early because you have to get on a bus.

00:27:32.392 --> 00:27:39.552
MAREN: So I think once we get there and we have a better lay of the land, hopefully we can learn that we get to sleep till like 3.30, maybe 4.

00:27:44.552 --> 00:27:50.752
VIRGINIA: Anything that you all do morning of a race to prepare that's special that kind of makes it easier for you?

00:27:51.292 --> 00:27:52.632
JEANETTE: I don't have any secrets.

00:27:52.992 --> 00:27:53.912
JEANETTE: I mean, I get up.

00:27:54.172 --> 00:27:56.972
JEANETTE: I do my makeup because I want to look good in the pictures.

00:27:58.972 --> 00:28:00.712
MAREN: I don't because I'd sweat it all off.

00:28:01.812 --> 00:28:05.332
VIRGINIA: Well, and Maren, my experience with you is you like to make a face at the camera.

00:28:05.992 --> 00:28:06.692
MAREN: This happens.

00:28:09.212 --> 00:28:14.552
MAREN: I mean, I could do a made up face, like one with some nice eyelashes and stuff, but I am such a...

00:28:15.212 --> 00:28:16.852
MAREN: Sorry, people, I'm a sweaty beast.

00:28:17.272 --> 00:28:23.912
JEANETTE: I used to teach hot yoga, so I have a makeup routine down that is sweat proof.

00:28:24.372 --> 00:28:25.372
VIRGINIA: That sounds good.

00:28:25.392 --> 00:28:28.632
VIRGINIA: All right, well, if anybody's looking for makeup tips, you know who to go to.

00:28:28.652 --> 00:28:29.412
JEANETTE: Not Maren.

00:28:33.572 --> 00:28:38.692
JEANETTE: She turned me on to some amazing lipstick, so she's underestimating herself.

00:28:39.252 --> 00:28:40.292
MAREN: But not for a race.

00:28:40.852 --> 00:28:49.332
MAREN: But my trick, my pre-race trick, is to eat a banana and feel really nervous, even though I've run a million races.

00:28:50.492 --> 00:29:02.452
JEANETTE: Well, I will definitely be both eating a banana, because that's just a great idea, and feeling extremely nervous, because I basically am under trained for the past month due to travel and illness.

00:29:03.052 --> 00:29:07.092
JEANETTE: So this is going to be the scariest race I have run yet.

00:29:07.712 --> 00:29:21.712
JEANETTE: I mean, I'm going to knock on wood that it's the scariest race that I ever run, because I've been training since August, but I have this huge gap in my training due to a pretty annoying flu, but I digress.

00:29:23.612 --> 00:29:27.532
MAREN: But ducks quack together, and we're not going to leave her behind.

00:29:27.552 --> 00:29:32.772
JEANETTE: They won't leave me behind, and they won't let the balloon ladies sweep me, so they've got my back.

00:29:33.352 --> 00:29:35.672
VIRGINIA: I can't even imagine you getting swept by balloon ladies.

00:29:35.692 --> 00:29:36.692
MAREN: She'll be fine.

00:29:37.052 --> 00:29:40.732
VIRGINIA: That's not a concern, at least on my part, at all for you, Jeanette.

00:29:40.792 --> 00:29:41.552
VIRGINIA: I have the faith.

00:29:42.512 --> 00:29:46.052
VIRGINIA: All right, so anybody aiming for PR this go-around?

00:29:46.512 --> 00:29:50.252
VIRGINIA: That's a personal record for non-runner folks out there.

00:29:50.352 --> 00:29:52.672
MAREN: A personal record, and how many pictures we can get?

00:29:52.692 --> 00:29:54.832
VIRGINIA: I'm acting like I'm part of your club.

00:29:54.852 --> 00:29:55.772
VIRGINIA: I am not a runner.

00:29:55.912 --> 00:29:57.372
MAREN: We can change that, Virginia.

00:29:57.832 --> 00:30:03.292
JEANETTE: You can join us in April and just do a 5K or a 10K.

00:30:04.012 --> 00:30:04.872
VIRGINIA: Oh, my goodness.

00:30:05.152 --> 00:30:06.712
VIRGINIA: I've done 5Ks before.

00:30:06.712 --> 00:30:09.712
VIRGINIA: I have done 5Ks before here in New York.

00:30:10.192 --> 00:30:14.832
VIRGINIA: Does anybody foresee a nap on that day after running the half marathon?

00:30:18.992 --> 00:30:20.032
JEANETTE: We'll play it by ear.

00:30:20.052 --> 00:30:24.372
JEANETTE: Last year when I did the Princess half, which was my first half, I didn't feel the need to nap.

00:30:24.392 --> 00:30:28.672
JEANETTE: In fact, I met up with you, Virginia, in Magic Kingdom that day.

00:30:31.112 --> 00:30:34.472
JEANETTE: But then we did have an earlier dinner and went to bed earlier that night.

00:30:34.492 --> 00:30:44.712
JEANETTE: So whether it's a nap that refuels us for a longer evening or an earlier bedtime, again, there will be sleep.

00:30:45.612 --> 00:30:47.872
VIRGINIA: What park do you all plan to go to that day?

00:30:48.692 --> 00:30:59.272
JEANETTE: We have passes for Disneyland that day because one of the members of our group was able to wrangle us a reservation at Club 33.

00:30:59.732 --> 00:31:00.472
JEANETTE: What?

00:31:00.912 --> 00:31:02.272
VIRGINIA: Club 33?

00:31:05.912 --> 00:31:06.212
JEANETTE: I know.

00:31:06.232 --> 00:31:07.752
JEANETTE: And we have a party of eight.

00:31:07.752 --> 00:31:09.192
JEANETTE: So it is a real party.

00:31:09.212 --> 00:31:16.192
JEANETTE: And this is the event for which we makers made.

00:31:17.612 --> 00:31:19.072
VIRGINIA: Is this a lunch or a dinner?

00:31:19.392 --> 00:31:24.192
MAREN: It's a dinner, which is why Maren will need a nap because it's at 8 p.m.

00:31:25.272 --> 00:31:27.032
JEANETTE: Then we need a nap.

00:31:27.812 --> 00:31:30.812
JEANETTE: I didn't realize how late that was.

00:31:31.012 --> 00:31:31.352
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:31:31.372 --> 00:31:33.312
VIRGINIA: So there's not going to be an earlier bedtime.

00:31:34.112 --> 00:31:34.512
JEANETTE: No.

00:31:35.532 --> 00:31:40.712
VIRGINIA: What are your maker plans for this amazing Club 33 experience?

00:31:40.812 --> 00:31:43.872
VIRGINIA: And I should ask, has anybody been to a Club 33 before?

00:31:43.892 --> 00:31:45.392
JEANETTE: I have not.

00:31:45.932 --> 00:31:46.392
VIRGINIA: I have.

00:31:46.832 --> 00:31:47.312
VIRGINIA: Oh, you have.

00:31:48.152 --> 00:31:54.272
MAREN: Yeah, it was before they did their last remodel.

00:31:54.832 --> 00:31:57.032
MAREN: So probably over 10 years ago.

00:31:57.052 --> 00:32:04.432
MAREN: Yeah, I think it has to have been over 10 years ago before they did their last big remodel and they changed their reservation policy at that time.

00:32:05.312 --> 00:32:08.872
MAREN: So I used to have a connection that no longer works.

00:32:09.132 --> 00:32:14.392
MAREN: So, yeah, I was able to go a couple of times with my dad back in the day.

00:32:14.412 --> 00:32:16.972
MAREN: I think I went once for brunch and once for dinner.

00:32:17.672 --> 00:32:18.432
MAREN: It's incredible.

00:32:18.592 --> 00:32:23.112
MAREN: And I've heard since the remodel and expansion, it's even more incredible.

00:32:23.112 --> 00:32:29.492
MAREN: So to me, this is practically a new experience because it's going to be very different from the time I did get to go before.

00:32:30.112 --> 00:32:32.512
VIRGINIA: Will they let you take pictures while you're in there?

00:32:32.972 --> 00:32:35.112
VIRGINIA: Or is it like super secret, no pictures?

00:32:36.052 --> 00:32:38.032
MAREN: I think they should let us take pictures.

00:32:38.972 --> 00:32:51.052
MAREN: My dad's most hopeful that we can buy merch because when we went over 10 years ago, he got a polo and it is so funky that he really would like a fancy Club 33 polo.

00:32:51.072 --> 00:32:53.032
VIRGINIA: All right, on to the makes.

00:32:53.492 --> 00:32:54.352
VIRGINIA: What are you making?

00:32:54.732 --> 00:33:11.652
JEANETTE: So I actually, for my birthday last year, I made what is known as a starburst dress in black and white polka dots where the skirt, half of it is black on white and half of it is white on black polka dots, so it's very Minnie Mouse.

00:33:12.492 --> 00:33:24.652
JEANETTE: I wore it in Jamaica for my birthday, not Minnie Mouse, you know, the meaning in the way I accessorized it, but this time I'm going to accessorize it Minnie Mouse.

00:33:24.692 --> 00:33:31.492
JEANETTE: I have these amazing ears that Maren actually gave to me where you can switch out which bow you have.

00:33:31.512 --> 00:33:37.132
JEANETTE: And so oftentimes when I make a garment, I will make a matching bow to go with these Minnie Mouse ears.

00:33:37.152 --> 00:34:01.832
JEANETTE: So I have these polka dots, black, white, white and black bow and also a gorgeous glimmering necklace, which connects to Maren's look that she made for Club 33 and she made hers much more recently and much more specifically for this event.

00:34:03.092 --> 00:34:07.852
MAREN: Yes, I had not been sewing as much as I would like lately.

00:34:07.872 --> 00:34:14.112
MAREN: I'd started on a project when we were supposed to go to Dapper Day last year, but we had to change our plans around.

00:34:15.172 --> 00:34:26.392
MAREN: But the dress I was making for Dapper Day, when Jeanette and I had gone on our sewing retreat, it was the pattern that I had worked on on the retreat and got it fitted to me very well, and so I'm using that pattern again.

00:34:27.112 --> 00:34:28.572
MAREN: It's called the carousel dress.

00:34:29.012 --> 00:34:46.972
MAREN: It usually has a little floofy flounce at the bottom, but I'm doing a straight, more streamlined silhouette without the flounce, and it's a black and gold and silver cotton fabric from a designer called Purple Dragon Fabrics, and it's all over Mickey's.

00:34:46.992 --> 00:35:01.192
MAREN: I think it was supposed to be like a New Year's Eve print, but it's just a fancy all over black and gold and shiny little mini Mickey's, not minnie, but small Mickey's, and then of course I have a necklace that matches it as well.

00:35:02.132 --> 00:35:07.452
VIRGINIA: Is it the kind of fabric where you can't really tell that it's Mickey Mouse's unless you get closer to it?

00:35:08.212 --> 00:35:09.192
MAREN: Oh no, it's Mickey's.

00:35:09.452 --> 00:35:11.092
JEANETTE: It's very clearly Mickey.

00:35:12.652 --> 00:35:18.352
JEANETTE: I would add that my necklace and Maren's necklace are very similar.

00:35:18.512 --> 00:35:22.552
JEANETTE: Hers is like the dark color tape and mine is like the light.

00:35:22.572 --> 00:35:28.872
JEANETTE: So she's got like black with hot pink and then mine is like white stones with light pink Mickey's.

00:35:28.952 --> 00:35:31.652
JEANETTE: And they have like little Mickey's that are along the chain.

00:35:31.892 --> 00:35:32.292
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:35:32.312 --> 00:35:33.292
VIRGINIA: I can't wait to see these.

00:35:34.252 --> 00:35:40.292
VIRGINIA: Are either Mariah or Rita going to be making things for their dinner as well?

00:35:40.312 --> 00:35:42.692
VIRGINIA: Because I'm assuming they are both part of this party of eight.

00:35:43.272 --> 00:35:44.792
MAREN: So Mariah is not a sowist.

00:35:45.812 --> 00:35:55.172
MAREN: Rita is not a sowist in terms of normal clothes, but she is one of the most amazing runDisney costumers you will ever meet.

00:35:55.592 --> 00:35:58.112
MAREN: She and her mom make her costumes together.

00:35:58.132 --> 00:36:04.212
MAREN: Her Tiana look for the Disney Marathon was incredible yesterday.

00:36:04.232 --> 00:36:04.892
MAREN: Yesterday.

00:36:04.912 --> 00:36:06.792
MAREN: I keep having to go to my steps yesterday for me.

00:36:06.792 --> 00:36:07.952
JEANETTE: Yeah, I know.

00:36:08.332 --> 00:36:15.012
MAREN: I don't think she's going to wear a costume to Club 33, but I'm sure they will both look incredibly stylish.

00:36:16.372 --> 00:36:21.432
VIRGINIA: And where in Disneyland is the Club 33 location?

00:36:21.872 --> 00:36:26.132
MAREN: So it's essentially upstairs of Pirates of the Caribbean is the best way to describe it.

00:36:26.812 --> 00:36:30.352
MAREN: But yeah, it kind of is.

00:36:30.372 --> 00:36:40.812
MAREN: But then it also sprawls over almost more upstairs the Blue Bayou restaurant and then over the new the restaurant that's recently been rethemed to Tiana.

00:36:41.972 --> 00:36:55.132
MAREN: It takes over all of that area, because really above Pirates was the Disney Dream Suite, which I understand that during the last Club 33 remodel, they moved some of Club 33 into that Dream Suite area.

00:36:55.152 --> 00:37:00.332
MAREN: So I did one of the Disneyland backstage tours forever ago.

00:37:00.352 --> 00:37:03.612
MAREN: And usually for that one, it's called a Walk and Waltz footsteps.

00:37:03.752 --> 00:37:09.252
MAREN: Usually you go to the Firehouse, but the Firehouse was closed when we did it, so they took us into the Dream Suite.

00:37:09.272 --> 00:37:12.992
MAREN: So I actually got to see the Dream Suite above Pirates.

00:37:13.132 --> 00:37:17.212
MAREN: But again, this was before the remodel, so my understanding is that looks different too now.

00:37:18.052 --> 00:37:27.832
VIRGINIA: So when you say Dream Suite, do you mean sort of like a Disney World where you can win an opportunity to stay in the castle, like that sort of like a hotel room Dream Suite?

00:37:28.272 --> 00:37:29.372
MAREN: Yes, exactly.

00:37:29.392 --> 00:37:35.832
MAREN: The one at Disneyland has several, I don't know what it looks like now, had several bedrooms.

00:37:35.832 --> 00:37:40.652
MAREN: One of them had a train that went around the whole thing, and it was like Adventureland themed.

00:37:40.672 --> 00:37:41.772
MAREN: It was incredible.

00:37:42.312 --> 00:37:58.932
JEANETTE: So I've been reading a book about Disneyland, and according to the book I was reading, the Dream Suites are not really often used as a hotel stay or like a contest win anymore, but they are often used for like private events.

00:37:58.952 --> 00:38:03.392
JEANETTE: Like you can pay a lot of money and have your birthday party there or something.

00:38:03.852 --> 00:38:05.032
MAREN: How much money do I need?

00:38:05.052 --> 00:38:08.672
MAREN: More than I'll ever have.

00:38:10.372 --> 00:38:14.812
VIRGINIA: I was watching, I can't remember which creator it was.

00:38:14.832 --> 00:38:27.172
VIRGINIA: I'll have to look it up, but there was some video tour, room tours of some bigger suites in the Disneyland Hotel, I think, that had these themes like you're talking about.

00:38:27.192 --> 00:38:28.692
JEANETTE: They have this super cool theme.

00:38:28.712 --> 00:38:34.732
JEANETTE: There was one suite that's frontier land and one suite that's adventure land.

00:38:36.712 --> 00:38:48.192
VIRGINIA: I'll have to find those videos and link to them in the show notes because you watch them and you're like, I have to stay there one day, but it's probably pretty pricey.

00:38:48.912 --> 00:38:52.212
VIRGINIA: Monday, January 15th, what are your plans for that day?

00:38:52.832 --> 00:38:54.832
JEANETTE: We all have passes for DCA.

00:38:56.352 --> 00:39:01.052
JEANETTE: I think it's pretty, our plans are pretty loosey goosey for that day.

00:39:01.072 --> 00:39:08.492
JEANETTE: I know I would like to get on the Guardians ride that is there that day if I can.

00:39:08.512 --> 00:39:14.092
JEANETTE: Maren's stomach may not allow her to join.

00:39:14.112 --> 00:39:18.212
MAREN: It's so well done, but oof, it's a doozy.

00:39:19.532 --> 00:39:26.812
VIRGINIA: Their former Tower of Terror has been reimagined as Guardians of the Galaxy Mission Breakout.

00:39:27.432 --> 00:39:34.172
VIRGINIA: Music involved, and I think the music is random, so you can have a different experience every time, much like our Cosmic Rewind coaster.

00:39:34.192 --> 00:39:39.552
VIRGINIA: Have you done this before, Jeanette, or this will be the first time?

00:39:39.852 --> 00:39:40.672
JEANETTE: I've never done it.

00:39:41.932 --> 00:39:45.352
JEANETTE: It was not open when I went to DCA before.

00:39:45.372 --> 00:39:49.212
JEANETTE: I went to DCA before all the major re-theming.

00:39:50.072 --> 00:39:59.492
JEANETTE: I think Cars Land was technically open, but we didn't do it for time's sake because we were just putting everything into one day.

00:40:00.412 --> 00:40:04.412
JEANETTE: So if I could also get on Reveal Your Springs racers, I would like to.

00:40:04.432 --> 00:40:05.712
JEANETTE: It might involve me.

00:40:06.332 --> 00:40:06.792
JEANETTE: I don't know.

00:40:06.872 --> 00:40:14.752
JEANETTE: Do they have the individual lightning names that I can just pay money to get on or for any of these things or not really?

00:40:15.852 --> 00:40:19.612
MAREN: I think there's at least one that does, but I don't remember which it is.

00:40:19.852 --> 00:40:21.032
JEANETTE: So I might throw money at it.

00:40:21.052 --> 00:40:21.572
JEANETTE: We'll see.

00:40:21.572 --> 00:40:24.232
JEANETTE: And if anybody wants to throw money at it with me, they can.

00:40:24.392 --> 00:40:28.372
VIRGINIA: Will you be there late enough in the evening that if you're in Cars Land, you'll get to see the lights turn on?

00:40:28.932 --> 00:40:29.332
JEANETTE: Yes.

00:40:29.712 --> 00:40:45.172
JEANETTE: In fact, we will be there for most of the day because we have, thanks to Maren this time, we have a reservation for the Magic Key Terrace because Maren is a Magic Key holder.

00:40:45.872 --> 00:40:49.392
VIRGINIA: I don't even know anything about this Magic Key Terrace.

00:40:49.452 --> 00:40:50.052
VIRGINIA: What is it?

00:40:50.532 --> 00:40:53.552
VIRGINIA: Magic Key is their version of the annual pass holder, right?

00:40:53.892 --> 00:40:54.592
JEANETTE: It is.

00:40:54.612 --> 00:40:58.232
MAREN: It's Maren's most ridiculous use of her income last year.

00:41:00.752 --> 00:41:15.972
MAREN: Well, we had several trips planned and honestly, at the time, just, you know, park tickets are so expensive that based on the timing of our trips, it just about paid out for me to do a Magic Key and they were on sale.

00:41:16.052 --> 00:41:18.972
MAREN: They literally stopped selling them like two days after I bought mine.

00:41:20.552 --> 00:41:28.872
MAREN: But yeah, I have to say Disneyland gives a lot more perks to their Magic Key annual pass holders.

00:41:29.272 --> 00:41:42.432
MAREN: So there is a restaurant upstairs of Wine Country Trattoria at California Adventure that is reserved for Magic Key holders and their guests only.

00:41:42.992 --> 00:41:48.992
MAREN: And so when I got my Magic Key, my dad and I went and the food is great.

00:41:49.012 --> 00:41:50.092
MAREN: The drinks are great.

00:41:50.372 --> 00:41:55.632
MAREN: A lot of the drinks are kind of Disney themed, at least have like a nod to Disney.

00:41:57.612 --> 00:42:02.812
MAREN: So part of the area where the Magic Key is used to be the upstairs seating for Wine Country Trattoria.

00:42:03.232 --> 00:42:12.132
MAREN: And the rest of it used to be this little wine lounge that all the wines they served there were part of the Disney family of wine.

00:42:12.152 --> 00:42:15.732
MAREN: So like Frank family and Silverado and ones like that.

00:42:16.752 --> 00:42:19.432
MAREN: But now that whole area is the Magic Key Terrace.

00:42:19.512 --> 00:42:23.272
MAREN: So yeah, it's reserved for Magic Key holders and then their guests.

00:42:23.452 --> 00:42:26.072
MAREN: It's got little snacks, more than big bites.

00:42:27.052 --> 00:42:37.892
MAREN: There's a macaroni and cheese that comes with bone marrow on the side that I'm really hoping the mac and cheese is vegetarian if we ask for no bone marrow because it was really good mac and cheese and I would like Jeanette to get to have some.

00:42:38.172 --> 00:42:39.032
JEANETTE: Fingers crossed.

00:42:39.832 --> 00:42:40.112
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:42:40.132 --> 00:42:45.912
VIRGINIA: And for listeners who are new this episode, Jeanette is basically vegetarian, but will eat fish.

00:42:46.112 --> 00:42:46.452
VIRGINIA: So.

00:42:46.592 --> 00:42:46.832
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:42:47.592 --> 00:42:47.992
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:42:48.012 --> 00:42:49.232
VIRGINIA: So that's a reservation.

00:42:49.252 --> 00:42:55.852
VIRGINIA: If they only have snacks and things, is this just a snack, like midday break type reservation or is it a meal?

00:42:56.172 --> 00:42:58.072
MAREN: It can be whatever we want it to be.

00:42:58.092 --> 00:43:00.872
MAREN: You can order enough snacks that snacks become a meal.

00:43:01.832 --> 00:43:06.532
JEANETTE: Or you could order just a few and then snack around DCA for the rest of the evening.

00:43:07.232 --> 00:43:12.212
MAREN: There's plenty of good dining options, especially with Sam from Sokio's re-theming.

00:43:12.232 --> 00:43:15.812
MAREN: So yeah, there's a lot of good food at California Adventure.

00:43:15.832 --> 00:43:16.932
MAREN: There's a lot of good food at Disney.

00:43:17.612 --> 00:43:19.672
VIRGINIA: Lots of good food choices in Disneyland.

00:43:20.212 --> 00:43:20.532
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:43:20.552 --> 00:43:22.352
VIRGINIA: Anything else in particular for that day?

00:43:22.992 --> 00:43:30.132
MAREN: I was going to say the only other ride that I had alluded to earlier that I'm going to make sure everyone does is the Web Slingers Spider-Man ride.

00:43:30.532 --> 00:43:41.732
MAREN: So California Adventure does have Toy Story Midway Mania, which I love, but Web Slingers is like a, I would call it a newer, more advanced version of Midway Mania.

00:43:42.052 --> 00:43:47.092
MAREN: You do play as an individual, but you also play as a team, and it is really fun.

00:43:47.452 --> 00:43:48.692
MAREN: I freaking love it.

00:43:48.692 --> 00:43:53.032
MAREN: And of course, Tom Holland is in the little intro scene, so that doesn't hurt either.

00:43:53.052 --> 00:43:54.232
MAREN: I love Tom Holland.

00:43:54.252 --> 00:44:03.292
JEANETTE: It's not going to do for me what Poe Dameron in Rise of the Resistance does, but I'm sure it will be fun.

00:44:07.632 --> 00:44:13.332
MAREN: You know, Tom Holland doesn't tell us we're a fine-lunching look, a fine-looking bunch of recruits.

00:44:15.992 --> 00:44:18.212
JEANETTE: I'm thinking about getting tattooed as a tramp stamp.

00:44:23.672 --> 00:44:24.512
VIRGINIA: Oh my goodness.

00:44:24.532 --> 00:44:26.092
VIRGINIA: Disney after dark.

00:44:26.552 --> 00:44:27.452
VIRGINIA: Disney after dark.

00:44:34.112 --> 00:44:34.992
VIRGINIA: Oh, come on, Rob.

00:44:35.012 --> 00:44:35.512
VIRGINIA: You're no fun.

00:44:39.372 --> 00:44:40.472
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:44:40.792 --> 00:44:43.832
VIRGINIA: So the following day is your departure day.

00:44:45.212 --> 00:44:48.152
VIRGINIA: And what time are each of you leaving?

00:44:48.172 --> 00:44:52.212
VIRGINIA: And will you get any park time on Tuesday, January 16th?

00:44:52.612 --> 00:45:00.192
MAREN: So my parents are leaving in the morning due to dog sitting arrangements and also the time difference.

00:45:00.212 --> 00:45:02.112
MAREN: That's such a brutal flight for all of us.

00:45:02.132 --> 00:45:09.912
MAREN: Like, right, it's so great going to Disneyland for the time difference for the races, but coming home, you just lose so much time.

00:45:09.932 --> 00:45:18.592
MAREN: So my parents leave early Tuesday morning and Mariah and I are both flying out around the same time.

00:45:18.952 --> 00:45:20.672
MAREN: I want to say 6 p.m.

00:45:20.732 --> 00:45:22.492
MAREN: out of LAX.

00:45:22.952 --> 00:45:26.132
MAREN: So I'm hoping to get a decent park day.

00:45:26.152 --> 00:45:27.452
MAREN: Unfortunately, you know, 6 p.m.

00:45:27.472 --> 00:45:30.732
MAREN: out of LAX on a weekday means we'll hit some traffic trying to get out there.

00:45:32.432 --> 00:45:33.352
VIRGINIA: What about you, Jeanette?

00:45:33.552 --> 00:45:35.212
JEANETTE: My plans are a little different.

00:45:36.472 --> 00:45:41.832
JEANETTE: I have a good friend who lives in Mission Viejo, and that day is her birthday.

00:45:42.532 --> 00:45:47.972
JEANETTE: So she is going to come down to Disneyland and meet me.

00:45:48.672 --> 00:45:51.052
JEANETTE: And we're going to spend her birthday in Disneyland.

00:45:51.192 --> 00:45:53.032
JEANETTE: And then she's going to take me home that night.

00:45:53.692 --> 00:45:58.172
JEANETTE: And we're going to have a sleepover and spend the next day together.

00:45:58.232 --> 00:46:01.992
JEANETTE: And then she's going to drive me to LAX that night, so the Wednesday night.

00:46:03.932 --> 00:46:04.732
VIRGINIA: Well, that'll be fun.

00:46:04.892 --> 00:46:07.032
VIRGINIA: You'll be in Disneyland, Maren, maybe.

00:46:07.712 --> 00:46:08.172
MAREN: Where am I?

00:46:08.232 --> 00:46:09.572
MAREN: I think I'm in Disneyland also.

00:46:10.512 --> 00:46:11.092
MAREN: I don't know.

00:46:11.112 --> 00:46:14.352
MAREN: Then we can park hop.

00:46:14.412 --> 00:46:18.252
MAREN: I think everyone got park hoppers and, you know, the weird magic key holder.

00:46:18.272 --> 00:46:27.912
JEANETTE: So I do have a little funky situation because we had this trip planned for November and then we moved it to April.

00:46:28.172 --> 00:46:32.332
JEANETTE: Now the plan is to do Dapper Day in Disneyland in April.

00:46:33.052 --> 00:46:40.252
JEANETTE: And I had two tickets and one of my tickets was a three day ticket, which I pretty quickly realized was not a good purchase.

00:46:40.272 --> 00:46:41.612
JEANETTE: I should have at least bought a four day.

00:46:43.352 --> 00:46:54.512
JEANETTE: So because my girlfriend is coming in and she only has a single day ticket for a single park ticket because she was like spending your birthday in Disneyland is just awesome.

00:46:54.532 --> 00:46:56.652
JEANETTE: That's what I want to do and that's all I want to do.

00:46:58.032 --> 00:47:03.872
JEANETTE: I just went ahead and added a single day ticket to my ticket package.

00:47:04.452 --> 00:47:08.612
JEANETTE: So it is just a single day Disneyland alone ticket.

00:47:08.632 --> 00:47:10.812
JEANETTE: So I will not be able to hop that day.

00:47:11.772 --> 00:47:12.612
JEANETTE: OK, I know.

00:47:12.692 --> 00:47:13.312
JEANETTE: Sad face.

00:47:14.012 --> 00:47:14.772
MAREN: That's OK.

00:47:14.792 --> 00:47:15.292
MAREN: We will.

00:47:15.512 --> 00:47:19.332
MAREN: We can make magic happen no matter what the park situation is for us.

00:47:19.412 --> 00:47:20.412
JEANETTE: 100 percent.

00:47:20.752 --> 00:47:31.332
JEANETTE: And this means that now I have a five day ticket saved up for our April check where we won't have as much race stuff to interfere with our park hours.

00:47:32.872 --> 00:47:34.912
VIRGINIA: Well, there's so much to do in Disneyland.

00:47:34.932 --> 00:47:39.312
VIRGINIA: You can definitely occupy the span of a day without needing to hop.

00:47:39.692 --> 00:47:41.212
VIRGINIA: It's just that the parks are so close.

00:47:41.232 --> 00:47:46.052
VIRGINIA: So if you do hop when you do have the opportunity to do that, it's just so easy there, which I love.

00:47:46.072 --> 00:47:51.672
VIRGINIA: I mean, it's sort of like it's like Epcot and Hollywood Studios, but even closer, even easier.

00:47:51.692 --> 00:47:52.032
MAREN: Yeah.

00:47:52.552 --> 00:47:58.432
MAREN: You know, I don't think we mentioned we have a reservation for Lamplight Lounge or we had one.

00:47:59.832 --> 00:48:00.472
MAREN: We still have it.

00:48:00.492 --> 00:48:00.792
MAREN: OK.

00:48:00.832 --> 00:48:05.412
MAREN: And, you know, we had it for the day before the race, so we're like, I'm not sure if that's the right thing.

00:48:05.912 --> 00:48:14.892
MAREN: What's good about Disneyland is you do have better luck getting reservations like a day of than you do at Disney World.

00:48:14.892 --> 00:48:17.132
MAREN: Well, World, I've had pretty decent luck lately, too.

00:48:18.192 --> 00:48:28.572
MAREN: But so I think to the places we'd like to hit up that aren't officially on the list, and we'll just have to see what we can pull off when we're there, are definitely Lamplight Lounge and Trader Sam's.

00:48:29.132 --> 00:48:31.172
MAREN: The Trader Sam's at Disneyland.

00:48:31.172 --> 00:48:31.892
MAREN: I'm sorry.

00:48:32.252 --> 00:48:33.692
MAREN: I love Orlando.

00:48:34.072 --> 00:48:37.652
MAREN: Trader Sam's at Disneyland is so much better than Trader Sam's.

00:48:37.872 --> 00:48:42.132
MAREN: Grog, Grotto, Grotto, whatever Disney World that I could never get into.

00:48:42.152 --> 00:48:42.952
MAREN: It's just not even...

00:48:42.972 --> 00:48:45.672
VIRGINIA: Is it smaller in Disney World?

00:48:46.012 --> 00:48:47.912
MAREN: Actually, Land's pretty darn small, too.

00:48:48.312 --> 00:48:49.952
VIRGINIA: Hmm.

00:48:51.132 --> 00:48:53.332
MAREN: Yeah, I think they're both about the same size.

00:48:53.352 --> 00:48:57.232
MAREN: It just seems like they figured out a better way to churn people through at Land.

00:48:58.752 --> 00:49:00.212
JEANETTE: I'm a big Tiki fan.

00:49:00.432 --> 00:49:02.852
JEANETTE: I love to go to Tiki bars when I travel.

00:49:02.872 --> 00:49:04.112
JEANETTE: I know Maren does, too.

00:49:04.392 --> 00:49:09.952
JEANETTE: And I haven't been to the Trader Sam's at Disneyland.

00:49:09.952 --> 00:49:16.752
JEANETTE: So that is a must do, whether we do it this trip, whether we're able to fit it in this trip or if it gets off to the April trip.

00:49:17.072 --> 00:49:21.032
VIRGINIA: Do they have like a virtual queue type situation?

00:49:21.532 --> 00:49:21.952
VIRGINIA: They do.

00:49:23.692 --> 00:49:30.972
VIRGINIA: I think one of the benefits of Disneyland being so small also is if you go about your day and you're on that list, it would be very easy to hop back over.

00:49:31.332 --> 00:49:37.712
VIRGINIA: Whereas at Disney World, if you're in the Magic Kingdom, maybe you could hop back over pretty easily.

00:49:37.732 --> 00:49:41.212
VIRGINIA: But coming from anywhere else, it could take you a while to get back.

00:49:41.232 --> 00:49:43.112
VIRGINIA: So it's more challenging to get in.

00:49:43.392 --> 00:49:46.432
VIRGINIA: I still have yet to get in at either Trader Sam's location.

00:49:46.452 --> 00:49:48.012
VIRGINIA: So one day.

00:49:48.012 --> 00:49:52.312
JEANETTE: I've been to the one in Disney World because I got there at like 2 30.

00:49:52.332 --> 00:49:55.232
JEANETTE: It was not a super busy time of the year.

00:49:55.252 --> 00:49:59.632
JEANETTE: And we were like in the first round of people on the waitlist.

00:49:59.652 --> 00:50:01.872
JEANETTE: So we were like the first round of people to be seen.

00:50:03.132 --> 00:50:03.432
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:50:04.192 --> 00:50:04.452
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:50:04.992 --> 00:50:08.812
VIRGINIA: There's always something new to do, regardless of which park you're going to.

00:50:08.852 --> 00:50:17.972
VIRGINIA: It's impossible to always get everything done, which is, you know, for us who like to go, just even more excuses to get back again.

00:50:18.212 --> 00:50:23.312
VIRGINIA: Do you foresee, Maren, because was it you that makes a lot of last minute things?

00:50:24.592 --> 00:50:25.632
VIRGINIA: It's the eighth now.

00:50:26.052 --> 00:50:27.312
VIRGINIA: You've got a couple more days.

00:50:27.372 --> 00:50:32.492
VIRGINIA: Are you going to do anything last minute in terms of makes before your trip?

00:50:33.492 --> 00:50:37.232
MAREN: No, I just have to finish the dress that I'm already working on.

00:50:38.772 --> 00:50:47.392
MAREN: I do need to make a small adjustment to Mariah's costume from our last race since we're rewearing ours.

00:50:47.712 --> 00:50:49.472
MAREN: I have to wash them.

00:50:49.732 --> 00:50:53.252
MAREN: No full out last minute makes, probably, very likely.

00:50:53.272 --> 00:50:55.772
MAREN: Well, I don't have anything tomorrow evening.

00:51:00.172 --> 00:51:04.872
VIRGINIA: It would not surprise me if when we talk next time, you say, oh, I made this other thing last minute.

00:51:05.872 --> 00:51:06.352
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:51:06.452 --> 00:51:11.692
VIRGINIA: Well, thank you both so much, and we will talk after your magical trip has concluded.

00:51:11.712 --> 00:51:16.352
VIRGINIA: Thank you to Jeanette and Maren for joining me once again.

00:51:16.732 --> 00:51:22.192
VIRGINIA: If you want to hear all about how their trip went, head on over to the post trip interview, which is up right now.

00:51:22.872 --> 00:51:26.232
VIRGINIA: Until next time, keep daydreaming about where you long to be.