Pre-Trip Report: Karla’s Pixar Fest Fun (June 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 for joining me today.

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VIRGINIA: If you are a first time listener, welcome, and I hope that you will consider rating and reviewing the podcast once you're done with this episode.

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VIRGINIA: Also, after the show, don't go anywhere because the companion post trip report episode will be up next.

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VIRGINIA: Today, I'm welcoming Karla, who is known as LaDisneyTeacher on Instagram.

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VIRGINIA: If you are interested in being a trip report guest, like Karla, I'm currently looking for people traveling at the end of December and through the first half of 2025.

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VIRGINIA: If that's you, now is the time to reach out.

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VIRGINIA: You can find the information in the show notes.

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VIRGINIA: All right, let's get to the fun.

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VIRGINIA: Here's Karla.

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VIRGINIA: Welcome, Karla, to the podcast.

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VIRGINIA: How are you doing?

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KARLA: I'm doing well.

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KARLA: How are you?

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VIRGINIA: I am great.

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VIRGINIA: Thank you so much for joining me today.

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KARLA: I'm excited.

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VIRGINIA: I can tell by your Instagram handle that you are a teacher.

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VIRGINIA: So you must be getting excited because it's the end of the school year.

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VIRGINIA: And I know based on the fact that we're talking that you have some vacation plans coming up that you're looking forward to.

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VIRGINIA: So why don't you tell us a little bit about who you are?

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VIRGINIA: What do you teach and what do you love about Disney?

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KARLA: Okay, well, I'm a kindergarten teacher.

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KARLA: I teach dual language and I love to work with kids.

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KARLA: But not only that, I try to incorporate Disney with my teaching strategies.

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KARLA: So I'm excited that I planned trips throughout the year, especially right now that I have this planned on May 31st to June 7th.

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KARLA: And I got to say that I love Disney because it just connects me to my inner child.

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KARLA: And it gives me that experience and looking at things with the child preview, like how they see things so magically and how to bring that into the classroom, too.

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VIRGINIA: How many kids do you have any given year in your class?

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KARLA: I have 22 kids and all of them are bilingual.

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KARLA: I teach half of the day Spanish, half of the day English, and they're fluent on both languages.

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KARLA: I think that gives me a little glimpse about my culture, too.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, that's amazing.

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VIRGINIA: God bless the teachers, especially the kindergarten teachers.

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VIRGINIA: So your handle on Instagram is LeDisneyTeacher with an underscore between the word.

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VIRGINIA: So I will make sure to link it in the show notes.

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VIRGINIA: But I would really encourage anybody who's listening to go ahead and give Karla a follow to see all of the Disney fun that she gets into.

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VIRGINIA: And also, I'm wondering, do you incorporate some of those teaching strategies that you put onto your Instagram page?

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VIRGINIA: Like, are fellow teachers going to be able to see some of that?

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KARLA: Yes, definitely.

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KARLA: I share my trips as well, but mostly I try to incorporate little strategies.

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KARLA: For example, in Spanish, we learn how to read with syllables.

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KARLA: So I put the little Mickey face with the little ears, and we incorporate one syllable and one syllable, and then the word in the middle.

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KARLA: I always try to connect with that.

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KARLA: Or in English, I have been doing like the beginning blends, for example, and I show like a little anchor chart based with Disney.

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KARLA: And I do that because kids learn in a fun way.

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KARLA: And I share that all in my Instagram.

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KARLA: You guys can find all the different strategies that I share.

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KARLA: It's different, but it's fun for the kids.

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VIRGINIA: I mean, it sounds really like a wonderful resource, not only for teachers, but just for the parents who are listening.

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KARLA: Yes, definitely.

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VIRGINIA: Very important for parents and teachers to work together.

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VIRGINIA: And, you know, as they say, it takes a village.

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KARLA: Yeah, it makes a difference.

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KARLA: It does make a difference.

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VIRGINIA: It really does.

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VIRGINIA: It really does.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: So I think you had mentioned before we started recording that you're in California.

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VIRGINIA: Is that right?

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KARLA: Yes, I'm heading out to Disneyland.

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KARLA: That's my main focus for the trip because I want to go to the Pixar Fest.

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KARLA: It hasn't been done in a while, so.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, it's exciting.

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VIRGINIA: And I am a big Pixar fan.

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VIRGINIA: So I will really be looking forward to seeing what you get into while you're there.

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VIRGINIA: Where are you coming from?

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KARLA: I'm from El Paso, Texas.

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KARLA: I'm going to fly out to Long Beach.

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KARLA: I'm going to fly to Long Beach.

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KARLA: Now we have a direct flight, so I'm excited about that.

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KARLA: And I just saved the traffic.

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KARLA: And from there, I'm planning on that evening to go to, not the park, but just go to downtown Disney just to get the vibe going.

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VIRGINIA: Sure.

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VIRGINIA: So I know that Texas is huge.

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VIRGINIA: So I am not exactly sure what part of the state El Paso is in, but are the California parks what you would consider to be your home parks?

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VIRGINIA: Is it faster for you to get there than to Florida?

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KARLA: It's kind of the same.

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KARLA: I'm in the middle.

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KARLA: El Paso is disconnected right by New Mexico and Arizona.

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KARLA: We're closer to Arizona than to San Antonio.

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KARLA: So I got to say it's like a 12-hour drive to California.

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KARLA: It's not that bad compared to Florida.

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KARLA: Florida, yeah, if you decide to drive, it's going to be a long drive.

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KARLA: But overall, it's an easy because they have direct flights, so it's not that hard.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Well, where will you be staying for this Disneyland adventure?

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KARLA: It's going to be the first time I'm going to get in an Airbnb.

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KARLA: I'm heading out with my family, and it's my first time, and I decided to do that because I think it gives me more to spend time with my family.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: When you say first time in an Airbnb, do you mean first time going to a Disney park with an Airbnb or first time Airbnb ever?

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KARLA: Oh, no, the first time in California, in Disneyland.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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KARLA: So you should stay near the park.

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VIRGINIA: Right.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: So did you go to the Airbnb website or is there another website you would recommend to look for like that sort of lodging?

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KARLA: I went directly to the Airbnb website and I just looked different reviews and to see what's the proximity of the park.

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KARLA: I didn't want to be close, close to the park.

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KARLA: I said I'm going to stay by the stadium of the Angel Stadium and the Outlets or in Chattwood too.

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VIRGINIA: Who will be traveling with you?

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KARLA: Things change out of nowhere.

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KARLA: Actually, three days ago, we're adding more family to our trip.

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KARLA: Originally, it was going to be a celebration, my 35th birthday and my brother's 30th birthday.

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KARLA: It was going to be our trip as siblings.

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KARLA: This time, my parents are going to join and we're going to be a family trip now.

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VIRGINIA: Nice.

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VIRGINIA: You'll all fit into the same Airbnb?

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KARLA: Correct.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, perfect.

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VIRGINIA: Do you mind sharing your brother's name just so we can refer to him by name?

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KARLA: He's Isaac.

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KARLA: Isaac.

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KARLA: We're celebrating because he just graduated as NP and he's got his job now finally.

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KARLA: There's practitioner.

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VIRGINIA: Wow.

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VIRGINIA: That's impressive.

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VIRGINIA: Well done.

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VIRGINIA: Congratulations to Isaac.

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VIRGINIA: And we'll just call mom and dad, mom and dad.

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VIRGINIA: Because when I talk to people, I'm like, your mom is my mom now.

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VIRGINIA: Like that's how it works.

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VIRGINIA: We're all family here.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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KARLA: You won't forget my mom's name though, if I tell you where you are.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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KARLA: Elsa.

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VIRGINIA: Elsa.

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VIRGINIA: Oh my goodness.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: That's amazing.

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VIRGINIA: If only your dad were named something like Hans or Sven or one of the other frozen names.

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KARLA: Not even.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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KARLA: Not even focal related either because it's closing.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: So flying in on the 31st, you said?

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: And then you're just going to kind of get acclimated.

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VIRGINIA: So does that mean that Saturday, June the 1st is your first park day?

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KARLA: Yes.

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KARLA: This time, I'm excited because half of the day, I'm going to be by myself.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

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KARLA: Yes.

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KARLA: This time, my family are just going to go for two days.

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KARLA: I decided to go three days, and I reached out on Instagram to see who wants to join me, especially now that I started with the blog and the content creator.

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KARLA: I'm going to have bloggers join me, so I'm excited about that, but it's going to be on midday.

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KARLA: So the whole morning is going to be by myself.

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KARLA: And I love the fact because I'm going to experience it in a different view.

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KARLA: I always go to Disneyland, and that's going to help me connect more, and I'm going to go grab a coffee, walk around in the shops and drink a little breeze, so I'm excited.

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VIRGINIA: And which of the parks will you be going to for the solo part of your day, Disneyland or DCA?

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KARLA: I decided DCA because it's more Pixar, so I just want to go to DCA mostly this time.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, true.

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VIRGINIA: So will the second half of your day with the bloggers also be at DCA?

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KARLA: Yes, correct.

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VIRGINIA: And how many people are you meeting up with?

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VIRGINIA: Is this like a really big group of people?

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KARLA: Originally, it was going to be four.

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KARLA: It seems to be two.

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KARLA: But let's see.

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KARLA: Maybe when it gets closer to the date, it's going to get bigger.

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KARLA: And I know my cousin is going to join me.

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KARLA: I have a family member that lives over there.

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KARLA: My cousin that always joins me for the trip too.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, fantastic.

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VIRGINIA: Well, when we talk for your post-trip interview, I will make sure to get the handles of the people who actually end up meeting up with you for the blogger folks so we can tag them and include them as well.

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VIRGINIA: All right, so first half of the day solo focusing on you and everything that you want to do, are there any rides specifically in DCA that you're like, I have to do that, this trip?

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KARLA: I think all of them.

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KARLA: I love Carsland.

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KARLA: I can be sitting there on Carsland for the whole morning drinking coffee.

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KARLA: I really love the vibe.

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KARLA: But I think the first thing that I'm going to be going to, I think it's tradition.

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KARLA: I go to Soarin Over, well, it's not California anymore, Soarin Over The World, just to get me into the vibe.

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KARLA: And I just stopped there.

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VIRGINIA: We just recently had Soarin Over California at Epcot for a while.

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VIRGINIA: I can't remember how long it was up.

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VIRGINIA: It was multiple months though.

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VIRGINIA: So that was my first time to see Soarin Over California, which is interesting and a change, but I have to admit, I'm looking forward to having my traditional.

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VIRGINIA: Soarin back.

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KARLA: I miss Soarin Over California.

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KARLA: I'm not a big fan over the world.

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KARLA: I guess because that's how I saw it the first time.

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VIRGINIA: Everybody says that.

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VIRGINIA: Everybody who started with California, with your DCA day, how early do you think you're going to be getting there?

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VIRGINIA: Are you going to be rope dropping all the way to close?

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KARLA: I always try to do a rope drop, but for some reason, I arrived late or the security and I heard that they changed the security.

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KARLA: I don't know what happened.

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KARLA: They had long lines this last couple of days, so I don't know what's going on there.

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KARLA: So I'm planning on getting in line probably at 7.45, 7.30, so I can just be there at 8.30-ish, so forth or 9.

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VIRGINIA: And how late do you think you'll go?

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VIRGINIA: Are you somebody who's going to stay all the way to the end?

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KARLA: I stay till closing time.

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KARLA: I love the closing time because you can walk around and let me go to Karzai and just get on this ride.

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KARLA: Oh, there's a five minute wait on Little Mermaid.

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KARLA: Let's do it again.

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KARLA: Yeah, I want to do that.

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VIRGINIA: Last question for Saturday.

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VIRGINIA: Do you have any specific dining reservations or anything like that for the day?

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KARLA: Not for Saturday.

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KARLA: I like, I want to try all the food that they have for Pixar.

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KARLA: I saw all the amazing food and I'm like, oh, I need to try that.

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KARLA: I need to try the birria pizza.

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KARLA: I want to try the drinks there.

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KARLA: Yeah, just to experience the food for what they're offering, especially the festival.

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KARLA: But I do have reservations for the other next few days.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Well, let's get into the next few days.

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VIRGINIA: So Sunday, June 2nd, are you doing any part-time on that day?

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KARLA: Sunday, June 2nd, no, I'm going to spend time with my family.

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KARLA: I'm going to go to my first professional baseball game, to the Dodgers.

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KARLA: It's not my team, but I'm just going to go just to experience it.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, I was going to say, who is your team?

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KARLA: Yankees.

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VIRGINIA: Really?

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KARLA: I mean, you're Yankees.

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KARLA: Yes, I know you were going to say, I'm like, because you're from New York, so.

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VIRGINIA: No, I assumed that it would be like the Houston Astros or whatever.

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VIRGINIA: That's a team, right?

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VIRGINIA: Am I making that up?

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VIRGINIA: What is the Texas?

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KARLA: Texas Rangers.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, I don't know enough about baseball to know all the teams.

00:12:21.813 --> 00:12:31.053
VIRGINIA: And I'll be quite honest, besides my son's little league games that he used to have, I typically will go to a couple games here in the city per year.

00:12:32.033 --> 00:12:39.453
VIRGINIA: But what I enjoy about them is not the baseball part specifically, like I love singing the national anthem.

00:12:40.133 --> 00:12:45.653
VIRGINIA: And I love getting the snacks, especially at city field, which is where the Mets play.

00:12:46.033 --> 00:12:46.853
VIRGINIA: They have dole whip.

00:12:47.173 --> 00:12:49.093
VIRGINIA: So I'll get a dole whip.

00:12:49.113 --> 00:12:51.513
VIRGINIA: All right, people watch that sort of thing.

00:12:51.533 --> 00:12:53.273
KARLA: Don't worry, I'm not into baseball either.

00:12:53.293 --> 00:12:54.773
KARLA: I just watched the playoffs and that's it.

00:12:55.333 --> 00:12:56.793
VIRGINIA: Okay, good, good, good, good.

00:12:57.253 --> 00:12:57.733
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:12:57.873 --> 00:12:59.913
VIRGINIA: So family time and baseball game.

00:12:59.993 --> 00:13:00.393
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:13:00.753 --> 00:13:03.813
VIRGINIA: So Monday, June the 3rd, what is your plan for that day?

00:13:03.833 --> 00:13:05.913
KARLA: We're going to start at Disneyland.

00:13:06.493 --> 00:13:11.793
KARLA: We're going to start at Disneyland and hopefully arrive there early because we do have a reservation on Carnation.

00:13:12.713 --> 00:13:16.793
KARLA: I tried it for the first time on my last trip in December and I loved it.

00:13:17.213 --> 00:13:22.033
KARLA: I usually go with characters, but this time I'm like, I want that waffles again, the Mickey Mouse waffles.

00:13:23.233 --> 00:13:23.993
KARLA: I've been craving that.

00:13:24.273 --> 00:13:25.613
VIRGINIA: What time is that reservation?

00:13:25.633 --> 00:13:29.573
KARLA: I have it at 8, 10 in the morning, so hopefully.

00:13:29.633 --> 00:13:33.413
KARLA: What's sad is because I only have it for two guests, and I have to add two more.

00:13:33.433 --> 00:13:35.693
KARLA: Hopefully, they let my family go in, all of us.

00:13:36.353 --> 00:13:45.953
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I mean, hopefully, especially if you get there at least a few minutes early and know that you might have to wait a couple of minutes just because you're adding on.

00:13:46.353 --> 00:13:47.593
VIRGINIA: Probably will work out.

00:13:48.013 --> 00:13:50.953
VIRGINIA: Have any of the rest of your family eaten at Carnation before?

00:13:50.953 --> 00:13:53.833
VIRGINIA: And I should ask, have they been to Disneyland before?

00:13:54.013 --> 00:13:54.413
KARLA: Yes.

00:13:55.193 --> 00:13:57.313
KARLA: Actually, my mom is obsessed with Disney just like me.

00:13:57.573 --> 00:13:58.273
VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

00:13:58.433 --> 00:13:58.873
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:13:58.893 --> 00:14:00.553
KARLA: Like mother, like daughter.

00:14:00.633 --> 00:14:00.993
KARLA: Yeah.

00:14:01.013 --> 00:14:03.193
KARLA: The love for Disney came from my mom, definitely.

00:14:03.213 --> 00:14:06.193
KARLA: Since I was little, a newborn, my bed, everything was Mickey.

00:14:07.453 --> 00:14:10.953
KARLA: I just like Mickey Mouse, and she started putting that Disney into me.

00:14:11.253 --> 00:14:15.393
KARLA: We haven't done a lot of restaurants, but Carnation is one that she wants to try.

00:14:15.413 --> 00:14:18.333
KARLA: I did try it in December with my brother.

00:14:18.353 --> 00:14:19.793
KARLA: That time, my mom didn't want to go.

00:14:20.513 --> 00:14:27.053
KARLA: And she's like, I should have gone because it happened to me most times, I'm like, I told you, you missed out.

00:14:27.353 --> 00:14:30.793
VIRGINIA: So growing up, how frequently would you say you went?

00:14:30.973 --> 00:14:33.733
KARLA: I think that's the reason I go whenever I can.

00:14:33.853 --> 00:14:37.793
KARLA: Because when I was a child, we didn't have the possibility to go to Disneyland that often.

00:14:38.373 --> 00:14:41.133
KARLA: My first trip was when I was 17.

00:14:41.613 --> 00:14:43.993
KARLA: That was actually my high school graduation trip.

00:14:45.293 --> 00:14:47.813
KARLA: That was my very first time I went to the Disneyland Park.

00:14:48.013 --> 00:14:54.193
VIRGINIA: After that, what did it take for you to become the level of Disney adult that you are now?

00:14:55.413 --> 00:15:00.433
VIRGINIA: I mean, you say you always loved Disney, but what was the moment where you were like, this is it?

00:15:00.813 --> 00:15:02.253
KARLA: I think all the time.

00:15:02.273 --> 00:15:04.813
KARLA: I've been obsessed with Disney since I've been little.

00:15:04.913 --> 00:15:05.733
KARLA: I like to draw.

00:15:05.753 --> 00:15:07.333
KARLA: I used to really draw like Mickey's.

00:15:07.353 --> 00:15:08.693
KARLA: I like to scribble back and forth.

00:15:09.113 --> 00:15:11.413
KARLA: I'm obsessed also with Nightmare Before Christmas.

00:15:12.273 --> 00:15:16.273
KARLA: And then, yeah, since I grew up, I used to watch Disney Channel.

00:15:16.453 --> 00:15:17.253
KARLA: That's like my...

00:15:17.253 --> 00:15:22.133
KARLA: I'm the 90s girl that used to watch Lizzie McGuire, the Cheetah Girls and all that.

00:15:22.153 --> 00:15:24.353
KARLA: I think that's what got me into it more.

00:15:25.313 --> 00:15:30.253
KARLA: Now with the possibility that with my job and I can go more, I decided, you know what?

00:15:30.713 --> 00:15:31.633
KARLA: Why do it one time?

00:15:31.653 --> 00:15:33.993
KARLA: If I can go more than one time per year, I'll go.

00:15:35.193 --> 00:15:41.213
KARLA: It's been two consecutive years that I've been going three years, three years, three times, I'm sorry, three times to the parks.

00:15:41.953 --> 00:15:42.293
VIRGINIA: Uh-huh.

00:15:42.453 --> 00:15:42.853
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:15:43.473 --> 00:15:46.753
VIRGINIA: So, does that mean that you are a magic key holder?

00:15:47.033 --> 00:15:50.473
KARLA: No, it's expensive for non-California residents.

00:15:51.573 --> 00:15:52.013
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:15:52.053 --> 00:15:59.773
VIRGINIA: I didn't know if based on how frequently you go, whether it was like less money to do that than to pay for individual tickets every time.

00:16:00.053 --> 00:16:01.213
KARLA: No, I did the math.

00:16:01.693 --> 00:16:09.313
KARLA: I honestly did the math and it would be like almost a thousand nine hundred, let's say for the whole year.

00:16:09.873 --> 00:16:16.193
KARLA: But if I go three times, I'm only spending, because sometimes I go for two days, probably like nine hundred dollars.

00:16:17.293 --> 00:16:17.633
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:16:19.393 --> 00:16:31.133
VIRGINIA: I know you have to, I do that same math every single year because we've been pass holders at Disney World, which, you know, as an out-of-state pass holder, you have to, you have to really work to make it make it worth it.

00:16:31.153 --> 00:16:35.413
VIRGINIA: Luckily, we have the our pass through the DVC discount.

00:16:35.433 --> 00:16:42.473
VIRGINIA: So we get like the Florida rate, but every year I have to do the math to see how many days do I think I'll be going and will it be worth it.

00:16:43.353 --> 00:16:44.493
VIRGINIA: So it's important.

00:16:44.513 --> 00:16:59.933
VIRGINIA: It's important for everybody to really think that through because it's, it's exciting to have a pass, but it's also, you know, you want to make sure you're being smart with your money because if you have more money left over, we got more money to spend on food and merchandise and all of the other Disney things.

00:17:02.393 --> 00:17:03.553
KARLA: I'm obsessed with lunch flies.

00:17:03.573 --> 00:17:05.313
KARLA: I don't think I can fit in my room anymore.

00:17:05.333 --> 00:17:06.733
KARLA: I have like 22 lunch flies or more.

00:17:07.113 --> 00:17:07.973
VIRGINIA: Oh my goodness.

00:17:08.133 --> 00:17:08.613
VIRGINIA: Wow.

00:17:09.333 --> 00:17:09.873
VIRGINIA: Wow.

00:17:10.933 --> 00:17:12.353
VIRGINIA: I have zero.

00:17:13.773 --> 00:17:14.733
VIRGINIA: I'm an ear person.

00:17:14.753 --> 00:17:17.053
KARLA: When you start with one, you start getting addicted to them.

00:17:17.253 --> 00:17:17.833
VIRGINIA: I worry.

00:17:17.853 --> 00:17:19.013
VIRGINIA: I think they're so cute.

00:17:19.033 --> 00:17:23.073
VIRGINIA: I really, I see them all the time where I'm like, oh, I would really like that one.

00:17:23.453 --> 00:17:26.293
VIRGINIA: But then I worry it's not enough space for me.

00:17:26.373 --> 00:17:31.653
VIRGINIA: Then I have like a compact sort of park bag that I love that holds everything.

00:17:32.393 --> 00:17:34.413
VIRGINIA: And I'm just such a creature of habit.

00:17:34.873 --> 00:17:35.853
VIRGINIA: But I look at them.

00:17:35.873 --> 00:17:36.673
VIRGINIA: I admire them.

00:17:37.373 --> 00:17:38.273
KARLA: I'm obsessed with them.

00:17:38.553 --> 00:17:39.133
KARLA: I need to stop.

00:17:39.253 --> 00:17:40.433
KARLA: I've been controlling myself.

00:17:40.453 --> 00:17:41.513
KARLA: I've been controlling myself.

00:17:41.533 --> 00:17:43.373
KARLA: But I don't know for how long.

00:17:43.473 --> 00:17:53.433
VIRGINIA: Well, I mean, there might come a day where you have to sort of like assess, is it worth getting rid of a few to get a few new ones, depending on how much you love all of the ones you currently have.

00:17:53.813 --> 00:17:56.433
VIRGINIA: I can tell by the look on your face, you're like, I don't want to part with any.

00:17:56.453 --> 00:18:02.113
KARLA: Yeah, because I'm actually looking at them right now and I'm like, no, because most of them are Disney edition, like the Disney Park editions.

00:18:02.593 --> 00:18:02.913
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:18:02.933 --> 00:18:05.293
KARLA: And I have like the 100 anniversary ones.

00:18:05.313 --> 00:18:06.733
KARLA: I have the three of them actually.

00:18:06.753 --> 00:18:07.213
VIRGINIA: Uh-huh.

00:18:07.233 --> 00:18:07.973
VIRGINIA: Actually four of them.

00:18:08.113 --> 00:18:09.173
KARLA: Now that I'm counting, it's four.

00:18:09.713 --> 00:18:10.153
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:18:10.473 --> 00:18:12.953
VIRGINIA: The first step is admitting you have a problem, Karla.

00:18:15.813 --> 00:18:16.273
VIRGINIA: It's okay.

00:18:16.293 --> 00:18:17.473
VIRGINIA: It's not a bad problem to have.

00:18:18.133 --> 00:18:18.573
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:18:18.813 --> 00:18:20.233
VIRGINIA: That was a big sidetrack.

00:18:20.253 --> 00:18:21.673
VIRGINIA: Let's get back into your plans.

00:18:21.753 --> 00:18:28.793
VIRGINIA: So, Monday, June the 3rd, after your carnation breakfast reservation, what are going to be your priorities for the day?

00:18:29.013 --> 00:18:29.533
KARLA: It's funny.

00:18:29.753 --> 00:18:36.173
KARLA: I start the tradition just like how I did it with my mom the first time that we went because my mom has been to Disney before when I went.

00:18:36.653 --> 00:18:39.153
KARLA: The first thing I always do go to the ticket room.

00:18:39.593 --> 00:18:40.853
KARLA: That's the tradition for us.

00:18:41.573 --> 00:18:47.073
KARLA: I know people wait because they're always so hot, let me just go to the ticket room and relax there and eat a dough whip.

00:18:47.413 --> 00:18:48.813
KARLA: No, I do the first thing in the morning.

00:18:49.093 --> 00:18:51.713
KARLA: While I'm there, I'll do my reservations for my Genie Plus.

00:18:51.953 --> 00:18:56.273
KARLA: First thing, I like Indiana Jones prior to the Caribbean.

00:18:56.333 --> 00:18:59.593
KARLA: A lot of people are like, I know Pirates of the Sport, no, for me, I love it.

00:18:59.613 --> 00:19:03.273
KARLA: It's like you get into the movie and the Haunted Mansion.

00:19:03.293 --> 00:19:05.253
KARLA: I like the New Orleans Square.

00:19:05.473 --> 00:19:09.413
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I was going to say everything that you're saying is all in that same area.

00:19:09.433 --> 00:19:11.013
VIRGINIA: So all right, I got it.

00:19:11.033 --> 00:19:14.713
VIRGINIA: Everyone else turns right and you're like, no, left.

00:19:14.833 --> 00:19:15.773
VIRGINIA: Left is where it's at.

00:19:15.993 --> 00:19:17.273
KARLA: And there's no people, there's no crowd.

00:19:17.333 --> 00:19:17.853
KARLA: It's perfect.

00:19:18.033 --> 00:19:18.933
VIRGINIA: Right, right.

00:19:19.013 --> 00:19:21.953
VIRGINIA: Is there anything specific your family is going to be looking forward to this day?

00:19:22.053 --> 00:19:30.153
KARLA: I think my mom likes, even though it's like a love and hate, the, I forgot the name, the roadway, the one with the tree.

00:19:30.193 --> 00:19:30.953
VIRGINIA: Big Thunder Railway.

00:19:30.973 --> 00:19:31.773
KARLA: Yeah, that one.

00:19:32.313 --> 00:19:33.413
VIRGINIA: Okay, Big Thunder Railroad.

00:19:33.493 --> 00:19:35.873
KARLA: You always want to say runaway railroad.

00:19:35.893 --> 00:19:36.273
KARLA: You're right.

00:19:37.053 --> 00:19:38.233
KARLA: But yeah, Big Thunder.

00:19:38.893 --> 00:19:41.053
KARLA: My mom is like a love and hate relationship with that one.

00:19:41.373 --> 00:19:43.333
KARLA: She yells like crazy, but it's her favorite.

00:19:43.353 --> 00:19:47.973
KARLA: And I know for a fact, I need to get that reservation done in the morning and in the evening if I can.

00:19:48.813 --> 00:19:49.233
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:19:50.093 --> 00:19:54.113
VIRGINIA: Are you going to be doing any individual lightning lanes this day?

00:19:54.133 --> 00:19:58.753
VIRGINIA: And I should ask, what are the individual lightning lanes in Disneyland?

00:19:59.093 --> 00:20:02.293
VIRGINIA: Rise of the Resistance, something you pay for separately outside of Genie Plus?

00:20:02.533 --> 00:20:04.353
KARLA: Yes, Rise of the Resistance.

00:20:04.373 --> 00:20:10.113
KARLA: They used to have the runaway railroad, and they took it off.

00:20:10.493 --> 00:20:12.373
KARLA: So now it's on the queue.

00:20:13.213 --> 00:20:13.553
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:20:13.593 --> 00:20:14.333
KARLA: It's just that one.

00:20:14.373 --> 00:20:14.833
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:20:15.293 --> 00:20:19.173
VIRGINIA: And I'm just curious, I get to know, will you be purchasing that or are you going to try to do it stand by?

00:20:19.193 --> 00:20:21.573
KARLA: I did stand by in September.

00:20:21.593 --> 00:20:22.333
KARLA: It wasn't that packed.

00:20:22.353 --> 00:20:23.753
KARLA: I got a 45 minute wait.

00:20:23.773 --> 00:20:29.493
KARLA: It wasn't that bad because it has like, you can walk through, it's like you're in the ride on the waiting area.

00:20:29.653 --> 00:20:35.173
KARLA: But if it's long, I'm willing to pay because my dad has not experienced it.

00:20:35.773 --> 00:20:39.973
KARLA: And I would love for him to see it because I think it's super well done.

00:20:42.393 --> 00:20:43.973
VIRGINIA: Is he a big Star Wars fan?

00:20:44.233 --> 00:20:44.853
KARLA: None of us are.

00:20:46.753 --> 00:20:47.753
KARLA: I know the characters.

00:20:48.493 --> 00:20:50.833
KARLA: I know all of them, like the classic ones, right?

00:20:51.313 --> 00:20:51.773
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:20:51.953 --> 00:20:53.953
KARLA: Don't ask me about the movies.

00:20:54.253 --> 00:20:55.033
KARLA: There are a lot of them.

00:20:55.053 --> 00:20:56.493
KARLA: And I'm like, okay, I'm gonna have a marathon.

00:20:56.513 --> 00:20:58.413
KARLA: But I'm like, no, I think by the fifth one, I'll be done.

00:20:59.193 --> 00:21:02.153
VIRGINIA: Yeah, listen, I like Star Wars.

00:21:02.273 --> 00:21:03.533
VIRGINIA: I am not a super fan though.

00:21:03.873 --> 00:21:09.393
VIRGINIA: I have seen the Star Wars movies probably, you know, I don't know how many times.

00:21:09.753 --> 00:21:12.473
VIRGINIA: And can I remember what happened in any of them?

00:21:13.453 --> 00:21:14.973
VIRGINIA: Besides the first one, no.

00:21:14.993 --> 00:21:19.893
VIRGINIA: And by first one, I mean number four, the one that like originally first came out.

00:21:20.673 --> 00:21:23.533
VIRGINIA: But you know what, I think it's, I think it's fun.

00:21:23.553 --> 00:21:39.213
VIRGINIA: And if you can appreciate, you know, what Star Wars is, even if you're not a super fan, it what they've done there with the theming and the rides is just so impressive that I think it's so easy to enjoy it, even if you don't consider yourself to be a super fan.

00:21:39.593 --> 00:21:49.713
VIRGINIA: And to get emotional even, like my son did a lightsaber build, and I I'm standing there like tearing up just because he's getting, you know, whatever they're like, now you have the force.

00:21:49.733 --> 00:21:51.933
VIRGINIA: And I was just like, Oh, my God, he's got the force.

00:21:54.213 --> 00:22:06.833
KARLA: No, I'm not gonna lie, I love to go to Star Wars, the Star Wars land, because more galaxy edge there, how they call it, because I like to go to the stormtroopers always get attacked by the stormtroopers for some reason.

00:22:07.353 --> 00:22:09.813
KARLA: The first time I got attacked, they had me working out in front of them.

00:22:10.973 --> 00:22:11.433
VIRGINIA: Really?

00:22:11.453 --> 00:22:12.813
KARLA: Yeah, they're so funny.

00:22:12.833 --> 00:22:14.653
KARLA: I'm like, what's happening with search troopers and me?

00:22:14.673 --> 00:22:17.813
KARLA: Like, they just pick on me all the time every time they see them.

00:22:19.073 --> 00:22:21.573
KARLA: But last time I saw them, they allowed me to take a selfie.

00:22:21.593 --> 00:22:26.013
KARLA: They don't allow you because they're in, you know, and they're on duty, right?

00:22:26.253 --> 00:22:27.153
KARLA: Yeah, they're on duty.

00:22:27.173 --> 00:22:33.233
KARLA: But actually, this time, they post and I also post with Chewbacca, I just post with my hand on my hip.

00:22:33.253 --> 00:22:35.553
KARLA: It was posted the same way as me, it was so funny.

00:22:36.613 --> 00:22:37.533
KARLA: It gets you.

00:22:37.593 --> 00:22:38.893
KARLA: I'm not gonna lie, it gets you.

00:22:38.993 --> 00:22:39.373
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:22:40.313 --> 00:22:40.693
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:22:40.713 --> 00:22:44.633
VIRGINIA: Well, do you think that on this day, you will all stay for the fireworks?

00:22:44.873 --> 00:22:45.613
KARLA: Definitely.

00:22:45.633 --> 00:22:46.913
KARLA: That's what I'm looking forward to.

00:22:47.133 --> 00:22:55.773
KARLA: I heard the Pixar Fest has a really good show, especially because I'm a big, big fan of Toy Story and Coco.

00:22:56.773 --> 00:22:57.873
VIRGINIA: Oh, I love Coco.

00:22:58.053 --> 00:23:00.053
VIRGINIA: Coco is so good.

00:23:00.073 --> 00:23:02.693
VIRGINIA: I cry every single time, every single time.

00:23:02.913 --> 00:23:03.333
KARLA: Me too.

00:23:03.333 --> 00:23:04.633
KARLA: I cannot even watch it anymore.

00:23:04.653 --> 00:23:06.313
KARLA: I lost my grandma two years ago.

00:23:06.593 --> 00:23:07.513
VIRGINIA: Oh, I'm so sorry.

00:23:07.533 --> 00:23:09.113
KARLA: So it's like, I can't watch it anymore.

00:23:09.133 --> 00:23:16.153
KARLA: But for me, any little scene that they put on the castle or over there at DCA, I start crying.

00:23:16.293 --> 00:23:19.533
KARLA: It's like, it's beautiful and I can't wait to see it.

00:23:21.193 --> 00:23:24.893
VIRGINIA: Do you have a spot kind of in mind that you want to watch that?

00:23:24.913 --> 00:23:33.733
VIRGINIA: Because I think I remember that for their fireworks and castles shows, what they're projecting on Main Street is pretty prominent.

00:23:33.753 --> 00:23:40.133
VIRGINIA: So do you want to be far enough back that you can have a view of that and the castle or how will that work?

00:23:40.513 --> 00:23:41.893
KARLA: I tend to go to the front.

00:23:42.493 --> 00:23:50.553
KARLA: I've been lucky enough or like, I went to the Oogie Boogie badge and I was able to go to Disneyland and I was standing in the middle.

00:23:51.613 --> 00:23:53.953
KARLA: I was so lucky to be in the middle and view everything.

00:23:54.553 --> 00:23:56.673
KARLA: I'm not a big fan of standing on the back.

00:23:56.873 --> 00:23:58.413
KARLA: I've done it for several years.

00:23:58.933 --> 00:24:00.733
KARLA: It's not the same experience of being in the front.

00:24:01.033 --> 00:24:07.193
VIRGINIA: In your experience in Disneyland, are people staking out their spots really early?

00:24:07.213 --> 00:24:11.513
VIRGINIA: Because in Disney World, they're there super early trying to get their fireworks spot.

00:24:11.653 --> 00:24:12.573
KARLA: Oh, definitely.

00:24:12.733 --> 00:24:20.933
KARLA: But I guess because I go as a small group, they allow me to go into little spots and I started noticing like they start moving around and you fit in.

00:24:21.013 --> 00:24:32.953
KARLA: Now I'm seeing that they bring like a big, I don't know, like a sheet and they sit on it so they can cover a big area and I'm like, you guys know when we stand, we're going to have a lot of space in between, so that's why I tend to be close there.

00:24:33.693 --> 00:24:34.113
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:24:34.233 --> 00:24:34.933
KARLA: That's a good...

00:24:34.953 --> 00:24:39.273
KARLA: But yeah, they start like at around, I'm not going to lie, like at five o'clock.

00:24:39.373 --> 00:24:39.793
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:24:40.133 --> 00:24:41.273
VIRGINIA: No, that's a really good tip.

00:24:41.293 --> 00:24:50.353
VIRGINIA: If people are sitting down, staking out their spots, getting near them is a good idea because when they're told you have to stand, suddenly there's more space.

00:24:50.693 --> 00:24:50.993
KARLA: Yes.

00:24:51.013 --> 00:24:51.313
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:24:51.893 --> 00:24:52.253
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:24:52.533 --> 00:24:53.473
VIRGINIA: I'm going to remember that.

00:24:53.533 --> 00:24:53.993
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:24:54.413 --> 00:24:57.893
VIRGINIA: Let's get into Tuesday, June the 4th.

00:24:58.073 --> 00:24:59.813
VIRGINIA: What is your plan for Tuesday?

00:25:00.873 --> 00:25:04.313
KARLA: For Tuesday, we're going to head to DCA, Disney California Adventure.

00:25:05.113 --> 00:25:09.913
KARLA: I do have a reservation for Lamplight, which I'm excited.

00:25:09.933 --> 00:25:12.673
KARLA: I've never been to Lamplight and it's perfect.

00:25:12.873 --> 00:25:16.413
KARLA: If it's with Pixar, I'm excited.

00:25:16.433 --> 00:25:18.293
KARLA: I told my brother, I already have the reservation.

00:25:18.313 --> 00:25:19.713
KARLA: It's going to be like a brunch kind of thing.

00:25:20.233 --> 00:25:21.633
KARLA: And we're looking forward for that.

00:25:21.693 --> 00:25:22.653
VIRGINIA: What time is that at?

00:25:22.733 --> 00:25:26.973
KARLA: We have it, I think at 11, like 11, 10.

00:25:27.273 --> 00:25:31.453
VIRGINIA: So you should have some time to get a few things done before that even happens.

00:25:31.473 --> 00:25:34.733
VIRGINIA: So what do you think will be your first goal when you walk into the park?

00:25:34.753 --> 00:25:35.393
VIRGINIA: Where are you heading?

00:25:36.213 --> 00:25:40.313
KARLA: Since my first, my first day that I'm going to be at DCA is going to be on Saturday.

00:25:40.333 --> 00:25:42.893
KARLA: I'm going to go to, of course, soaring over the world.

00:25:43.113 --> 00:25:53.993
KARLA: This time, I want to go directly, directly to Carsland, grab a coffee, sit there, maybe grab a little dessert, a little breakfast and just sit there for a little bit and enjoy the moment.

00:25:55.153 --> 00:25:56.833
VIRGINIA: I love Carsland at night.

00:25:56.953 --> 00:25:57.373
KARLA: Yes.

00:25:57.733 --> 00:26:01.373
KARLA: When they change the music, have you seen it when they turn on the lights?

00:26:01.393 --> 00:26:02.993
VIRGINIA: Yes, when they do the transition.

00:26:03.133 --> 00:26:03.533
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:26:03.753 --> 00:26:06.733
VIRGINIA: No, that is something to be there for, for sure.

00:26:06.753 --> 00:26:07.273
KARLA: Definitely.

00:26:07.553 --> 00:26:11.233
VIRGINIA: What are your priorities besides Carsland in DCA?

00:26:11.253 --> 00:26:16.993
VIRGINIA: Is your family going to want to do some of the Pixar festival booths or anything like that?

00:26:17.313 --> 00:26:19.473
KARLA: We want to watch, of course, the parade.

00:26:19.493 --> 00:26:23.173
KARLA: We're excited about that because they're characters that we don't see very often.

00:26:23.613 --> 00:26:24.093
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:26:24.113 --> 00:26:27.373
KARLA: Hopefully go to them because we like to take pictures with characters.

00:26:27.393 --> 00:26:28.093
KARLA: I'm not going to lie.

00:26:28.433 --> 00:26:32.773
KARLA: We're excited that we're going to be able to see Mike and Salif because my brother is obsessed with them.

00:26:33.833 --> 00:26:38.893
KARLA: I'm excited that I'm going to be able to take a picture with the Incredibles with the original outfit.

00:26:39.553 --> 00:26:46.653
KARLA: There's little things that add the magic and I think Pixar Fest is just pictures with the characters, try to do your best and pull it off with that.

00:26:46.733 --> 00:26:49.173
VIRGINIA: So what is your favorite Pixar movie?

00:26:49.393 --> 00:26:50.473
VIRGINIA: Is it Toy Story?

00:26:50.693 --> 00:26:52.893
KARLA: Toy Story when I was little, of course, and right now Coco.

00:26:53.173 --> 00:26:54.113
KARLA: It's like the both of them.

00:26:54.173 --> 00:26:54.533
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:26:54.773 --> 00:26:55.193
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:26:55.813 --> 00:26:58.693
VIRGINIA: It's sometimes very hard to pick a favorite when they are all so good.

00:26:59.153 --> 00:26:59.953
VIRGINIA: It's really hard.

00:27:00.833 --> 00:27:03.753
KARLA: And then Up is another one that's so good.

00:27:04.093 --> 00:27:06.413
KARLA: That's another one like Tear, Tear right there.

00:27:06.433 --> 00:27:06.993
VIRGINIA: I know.

00:27:07.253 --> 00:27:07.993
VIRGINIA: I know.

00:27:08.273 --> 00:27:09.053
VIRGINIA: So good.

00:27:09.153 --> 00:27:11.453
VIRGINIA: They really know how to get you in the heartstrings.

00:27:12.373 --> 00:27:13.213
KARLA: Elemental.

00:27:13.213 --> 00:27:13.873
KARLA: Oh my goodness.

00:27:13.893 --> 00:27:14.553
KARLA: That new movie.

00:27:15.473 --> 00:27:16.693
VIRGINIA: I have not seen that one yet.

00:27:17.813 --> 00:27:21.513
VIRGINIA: I heard mixed things, but are you saying that I should watch it?

00:27:22.313 --> 00:27:23.693
VIRGINIA: I mean, I'm going to watch it eventually.

00:27:23.713 --> 00:27:25.353
VIRGINIA: Obviously, I'm a Disney super fan.

00:27:25.373 --> 00:27:27.293
KARLA: I will watch it eventually.

00:27:27.313 --> 00:27:28.713
KARLA: It has such a good message.

00:27:29.173 --> 00:27:29.553
KARLA: I love it.

00:27:30.453 --> 00:27:31.473
KARLA: It is super cute too.

00:27:31.773 --> 00:27:34.273
KARLA: If you like Inside Out, I don't know if you've seen that Inside Out.

00:27:34.293 --> 00:27:34.633
VIRGINIA: I did.

00:27:34.873 --> 00:27:35.773
VIRGINIA: I did like Inside Out.

00:27:35.793 --> 00:27:40.393
KARLA: It's kind of similar in the last book, like the characters, but they're really good.

00:27:41.173 --> 00:27:42.013
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:27:42.253 --> 00:27:44.533
VIRGINIA: I will add it to, well, it's already on my list.

00:27:44.633 --> 00:27:46.453
VIRGINIA: I will move it up on my list.

00:27:47.373 --> 00:27:47.653
KARLA: There.

00:27:47.933 --> 00:27:48.213
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:27:48.533 --> 00:27:49.593
KARLA: You let me know how it goes.

00:27:52.133 --> 00:27:55.713
VIRGINIA: In DCA, do they still have a nighttime parade?

00:27:56.113 --> 00:27:57.013
KARLA: No, not anymore.

00:27:58.113 --> 00:27:58.893
VIRGINIA: Oh, dang.

00:27:58.973 --> 00:27:59.353
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:27:59.713 --> 00:28:01.053
KARLA: They've been taking a lot of things out.

00:28:01.573 --> 00:28:02.113
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:28:02.133 --> 00:28:05.173
VIRGINIA: The nighttime parade there was so good.

00:28:05.193 --> 00:28:12.413
VIRGINIA: I remember seeing Mac from Cars driving down the street, all lit up.

00:28:12.833 --> 00:28:20.273
VIRGINIA: It was just, it was so stunning to see that in full size, like life size version of a Mac truck.

00:28:21.413 --> 00:28:22.993
VIRGINIA: Oh, it was just so good.

00:28:23.133 --> 00:28:27.233
KARLA: But in Cars time, they usually drive around during the nighttime, all the cars.

00:28:27.253 --> 00:28:27.673
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:28:27.833 --> 00:28:37.933
VIRGINIA: But Mac specifically, because it was so big, I think it was just like, you see the cars driving around in Carsland, but you don't see Mac driving around.

00:28:37.953 --> 00:28:42.293
VIRGINIA: So to get to see him in that parade, I just remember feeling so impressed by that.

00:28:42.373 --> 00:28:43.093
VIRGINIA: That's too bad.

00:28:43.093 --> 00:28:44.793
VIRGINIA: I miss all the nighttime parades.

00:28:45.333 --> 00:28:45.953
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:28:46.193 --> 00:28:48.893
KARLA: I like the electrical parade that they used to have.

00:28:48.893 --> 00:28:50.873
KARLA: That was beautiful.

00:28:50.993 --> 00:28:53.573
KARLA: I don't think any parade can beat that, honestly.

00:28:53.613 --> 00:28:57.913
VIRGINIA: And if you hear the music now from that, it takes you right back.

00:28:58.153 --> 00:28:59.813
KARLA: Yes, that's me in my classroom.

00:28:59.853 --> 00:29:00.973
KARLA: I put it all in plug-ups.

00:29:00.993 --> 00:29:04.113
VIRGINIA: Yes, I put it on my Spotify sometimes when I'm working.

00:29:05.873 --> 00:29:06.593
KARLA: That relaxes me.

00:29:06.613 --> 00:29:07.733
KARLA: And I'm like, oh, okay.

00:29:08.273 --> 00:29:09.913
VIRGINIA: Let's be team up at Disney.

00:29:10.893 --> 00:29:11.293
VIRGINIA: Uh-huh.

00:29:11.433 --> 00:29:12.713
VIRGINIA: I think a lot of us do that.

00:29:12.733 --> 00:29:14.873
VIRGINIA: It's like whatever can take us there mentally.

00:29:15.913 --> 00:29:16.433
VIRGINIA: It helps.

00:29:16.453 --> 00:29:17.553
VIRGINIA: It helps get through the week.

00:29:18.333 --> 00:29:18.853
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:29:19.033 --> 00:29:24.113
VIRGINIA: So Wednesday, June the 5th, I don't think you're doing any other park day.

00:29:24.133 --> 00:29:28.033
VIRGINIA: So is there anything special on Wednesday the 5th that you wanted to mention?

00:29:28.313 --> 00:29:30.133
KARLA: On that day, our group is going to split.

00:29:30.153 --> 00:29:31.673
KARLA: My brother is going to go with his friend.

00:29:31.933 --> 00:29:33.133
KARLA: They're going to go to Six Flags.

00:29:33.173 --> 00:29:34.453
KARLA: I'm not down to go to Six Flags.

00:29:34.913 --> 00:29:36.733
KARLA: I don't like the big roller coasters.

00:29:36.733 --> 00:29:37.553
KARLA: I'm not into that.

00:29:38.133 --> 00:29:39.713
KARLA: I think I'm just going to go tour around.

00:29:39.733 --> 00:29:41.373
KARLA: I'm going to go to probably Hollywood.

00:29:42.053 --> 00:29:43.453
KARLA: I want to go back to...

00:29:44.513 --> 00:29:46.293
KARLA: It's a bar show kind of thing.

00:29:46.593 --> 00:29:47.613
KARLA: It's called The Beetle House.

00:29:48.673 --> 00:29:49.593
VIRGINIA: Oh, I have not heard of this.

00:29:49.613 --> 00:29:50.033
VIRGINIA: What is it?

00:29:50.833 --> 00:29:52.273
KARLA: Actually, they have one in New York.

00:29:52.933 --> 00:29:53.433
VIRGINIA: They do?

00:29:53.973 --> 00:29:54.513
VIRGINIA: Tell me about it.

00:29:54.553 --> 00:29:54.973
KARLA: Yes.

00:29:55.353 --> 00:29:55.753
KARLA: Okay.

00:29:55.773 --> 00:29:58.213
KARLA: So The Beetle House is more like Tim Burton vibes.

00:29:58.553 --> 00:29:59.493
KARLA: You go there and...

00:30:00.993 --> 00:30:01.333
KARLA: What?

00:30:01.353 --> 00:30:02.113
KARLA: I'm obsessed with Tim Burton.

00:30:03.333 --> 00:30:03.613
KARLA: Yeah.

00:30:04.093 --> 00:30:07.313
KARLA: So you walk in there and Beetlejuice get like, hey, how are you?

00:30:07.333 --> 00:30:10.613
KARLA: And they have like different drinks that are spooky.

00:30:10.633 --> 00:30:14.653
KARLA: And then all of a sudden you see Edward Scissorhands doing the show.

00:30:15.053 --> 00:30:20.733
KARLA: And then all of a sudden you see from Pirates of the Caribbean, you know, they come in, all the characters.

00:30:21.153 --> 00:30:26.533
KARLA: Also, you see Sally walking around and the decoration is just stunning.

00:30:26.533 --> 00:30:29.133
KARLA: It's like you go into the movie, literally.

00:30:29.493 --> 00:30:32.993
KARLA: But it's like different types of movie and it's so Tim Burton.

00:30:33.013 --> 00:30:34.413
KARLA: They have pictures of Tim Burton everywhere.

00:30:34.433 --> 00:30:38.873
KARLA: They have the snake from Beetlejuice, from The Wall coming out.

00:30:39.033 --> 00:30:43.333
KARLA: That's in California, but I bet in New York it's more amazing.

00:30:43.953 --> 00:30:48.053
VIRGINIA: I'm Googling it right now because how?

00:30:48.233 --> 00:30:52.413
VIRGINIA: I've lived here 24 years and I have never heard of this.

00:30:53.553 --> 00:30:55.553
VIRGINIA: Oh my goodness, this looks amazing.

00:30:55.573 --> 00:30:57.373
VIRGINIA: Yes, yes, yes.

00:30:58.653 --> 00:31:04.053
VIRGINIA: My Disney loving girlfriends, we call ourselves the Disney dames, will love this.

00:31:05.013 --> 00:31:07.433
KARLA: We're going to have to do it the other side.

00:31:07.453 --> 00:31:08.353
KARLA: It's amazing, the show.

00:31:08.373 --> 00:31:13.373
KARLA: All of a sudden, the lights start flickering, and then boom, the center station, they start singing.

00:31:15.553 --> 00:31:15.893
KARLA: Yeah.

00:31:16.773 --> 00:31:17.473
VIRGINIA: I'm sold.

00:31:17.493 --> 00:31:18.213
VIRGINIA: The drinks.

00:31:18.233 --> 00:31:18.993
VIRGINIA: Oh my goodness.

00:31:19.073 --> 00:31:23.733
KARLA: The drinks, wow, they serve like a little scull, and then the little group.

00:31:24.053 --> 00:31:24.513
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:31:24.933 --> 00:31:25.333
KARLA: All right.

00:31:25.833 --> 00:31:26.353
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:31:26.553 --> 00:31:27.153
VIRGINIA: Thank you.

00:31:27.673 --> 00:31:33.893
VIRGINIA: Karla, you have earned your non-existent podcast pay in that one moment by telling me about that.

00:31:34.873 --> 00:31:36.093
KARLA: That's my plan for Wednesday.

00:31:36.813 --> 00:31:37.393
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:31:37.493 --> 00:31:37.973
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:31:38.053 --> 00:31:39.013
VIRGINIA: Fantastic.

00:31:39.053 --> 00:31:39.933
VIRGINIA: That's so exciting.

00:31:39.953 --> 00:31:41.333
VIRGINIA: And I'm being for real.

00:31:41.353 --> 00:31:43.453
VIRGINIA: I'm totally planning a girl's night around that.

00:31:43.473 --> 00:31:45.353
VIRGINIA: That sounds like so much fun.

00:31:46.193 --> 00:31:46.693
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:31:46.793 --> 00:31:48.713
VIRGINIA: Thursday, June the 6th.

00:31:48.873 --> 00:31:49.913
VIRGINIA: What are you doing that day?

00:31:49.913 --> 00:31:52.493
KARLA: We're going to get all together, probably just tour around.

00:31:52.873 --> 00:31:54.893
KARLA: I told my cousin that I wanted to go to the beach.

00:31:55.913 --> 00:32:00.393
KARLA: Since I usually go to the beach in the summer, this time we're not because we're going to California.

00:32:01.333 --> 00:32:02.973
KARLA: I go to Cancun usually to Mexico.

00:32:03.733 --> 00:32:05.773
KARLA: But I'm like, let's just try California beaches.

00:32:05.793 --> 00:32:07.553
KARLA: They're not compared to the ones over there.

00:32:07.573 --> 00:32:08.693
KARLA: I'm not gonna lie.

00:32:09.033 --> 00:32:17.613
KARLA: But let's just try one or two and just wander around, go to different restaurants, locally owned, and just spend time with my family.

00:32:19.553 --> 00:32:23.253
VIRGINIA: Do you know which beach you're going to go to specifically?

00:32:23.693 --> 00:32:26.453
KARLA: I was telling them about, well, Malibu is a little far.

00:32:26.873 --> 00:32:28.333
KARLA: Santa Monica is not that pretty.

00:32:28.353 --> 00:32:29.033
KARLA: I like the pier.

00:32:29.673 --> 00:32:33.853
KARLA: But I think my favorite Costa Mesa.

00:32:34.053 --> 00:32:36.193
VIRGINIA: I haven't been to that one, but I've heard of it.

00:32:36.213 --> 00:32:37.773
KARLA: Yeah, I like to go to Costa Mesa.

00:32:37.953 --> 00:32:39.313
KARLA: I forgot the name of the beach.

00:32:39.333 --> 00:32:41.193
KARLA: You see, I'm like, freak out the name.

00:32:41.513 --> 00:32:42.293
KARLA: I'll come back right now.

00:32:43.233 --> 00:32:49.133
VIRGINIA: When we talk in your post trip, you'll tell me where exactly you went and whether it was worth trying to so people will know.

00:32:49.153 --> 00:32:53.413
VIRGINIA: Because I know a lot of people do look to do a beach day when they're at Disneyland.

00:32:53.433 --> 00:32:57.333
KARLA: And I like to go to a brewery before that because they always call Newport Beach now that I remember.

00:32:57.473 --> 00:32:58.013
KARLA: Newport Beach.

00:32:58.033 --> 00:33:00.713
KARLA: We go to a little brewery that they have in Leon.

00:33:00.733 --> 00:33:01.793
KARLA: It's called Chihuahua.

00:33:02.153 --> 00:33:03.673
KARLA: And my family is from Chihuahua.

00:33:03.853 --> 00:33:06.853
KARLA: So we like to go just to do a little connection, take pictures.

00:33:06.873 --> 00:33:09.553
KARLA: Last time they gave us all the gear, the promotion.

00:33:09.573 --> 00:33:16.173
KARLA: They gave us scarves, they gave us hats, shirts, everything because they knew for a fact that we were from that state in Mexico.

00:33:16.913 --> 00:33:19.233
KARLA: So it was super fun and I want to go back again.

00:33:19.293 --> 00:33:19.673
VIRGINIA: Cool.

00:33:19.773 --> 00:33:20.113
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:33:20.113 --> 00:33:22.533
VIRGINIA: And Friday, June the 7th, is that your departure day?

00:33:22.693 --> 00:33:23.913
KARLA: Yes, certainly.

00:33:24.653 --> 00:33:25.573
VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

00:33:25.593 --> 00:33:27.893
VIRGINIA: What time of the day will you be leaving?

00:33:27.913 --> 00:33:31.393
VIRGINIA: Is it a morning flight or will you have some time to do some stuff before you leave?

00:33:31.893 --> 00:33:34.393
KARLA: I think we leave at 1230.

00:33:35.973 --> 00:33:38.453
VIRGINIA: So not a whole lot of time, maybe breakfast or something.

00:33:38.653 --> 00:33:43.893
KARLA: Maybe breakfast, but sometime in that, I don't know when I have time, I want to go to the Pixar Hotel.

00:33:44.513 --> 00:33:44.933
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:33:45.113 --> 00:33:47.673
KARLA: Just visit the lobby, just get the glimpse of it.

00:33:48.373 --> 00:33:51.193
VIRGINIA: They've finished the renovations for that hotel?

00:33:51.213 --> 00:33:58.933
VIRGINIA: Because when I stayed there, it was still Paradise Pier, but I didn't know when the Pixar Pier hotel stuff was finished.

00:33:59.193 --> 00:34:01.933
KARLA: Yeah, they have the like a pianist, like it's a soul.

00:34:02.833 --> 00:34:03.973
KARLA: Oh, okay.

00:34:04.873 --> 00:34:09.833
KARLA: I forgot the name of that character, but it's from Inside Out, the purple one with the big ground like that.

00:34:09.853 --> 00:34:11.173
KARLA: You can take pictures there with him.

00:34:11.513 --> 00:34:12.673
KARLA: You don't see him everywhere.

00:34:12.873 --> 00:34:13.873
KARLA: It's just in that place.

00:34:14.233 --> 00:34:15.513
VIRGINIA: Oh, Bing Bong.

00:34:15.533 --> 00:34:15.933
KARLA: Bing Bong.

00:34:16.413 --> 00:34:17.033
VIRGINIA: Bing Bong.

00:34:17.593 --> 00:34:17.933
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:34:18.033 --> 00:34:18.493
KARLA: Bing Bong.

00:34:18.993 --> 00:34:19.393
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:34:19.833 --> 00:34:21.773
VIRGINIA: I think that there might be a restaurant there.

00:34:21.793 --> 00:34:24.393
VIRGINIA: Maybe you could book a quick breakfast or something.

00:34:24.973 --> 00:34:29.973
KARLA: I've been looking to it, but I think I just saw that there's like a beach where I'm like, oh, I want a restaurant.

00:34:29.993 --> 00:34:30.393
KARLA: Let's see.

00:34:31.053 --> 00:34:31.453
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:34:31.653 --> 00:34:32.333
VIRGINIA: I was there.

00:34:32.353 --> 00:34:37.213
VIRGINIA: I feel like there was a character meal there.

00:34:38.333 --> 00:34:39.293
VIRGINIA: Maybe I was wrong.

00:34:39.313 --> 00:34:41.873
VIRGINIA: Maybe we walked over to Disneyland Hotel and did that.

00:34:42.013 --> 00:34:42.813
VIRGINIA: I can't remember.

00:34:42.833 --> 00:34:44.533
KARLA: And they have another one in Grand, California.

00:34:45.053 --> 00:34:45.933
KARLA: The storytellers.

00:34:46.393 --> 00:34:46.873
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:34:47.533 --> 00:34:54.293
VIRGINIA: But even if you just did a quick service breakfast or something and just walk around and maybe tour all three resorts, maybe just go pop your head into each one.

00:34:54.473 --> 00:34:56.113
KARLA: I really want to go to the Pixar, definitely.

00:34:56.533 --> 00:34:59.733
VIRGINIA: I didn't ask on your arrival day.

00:34:59.813 --> 00:35:04.593
VIRGINIA: So I'll ask now, are you flying in to LAX or to John Wayne?

00:35:04.693 --> 00:35:05.153
KARLA: None of them.

00:35:05.373 --> 00:35:05.953
KARLA: Long Beach.

00:35:06.873 --> 00:35:07.613
VIRGINIA: Oh, Long Beach.

00:35:07.633 --> 00:35:07.873
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:35:07.913 --> 00:35:08.673
VIRGINIA: You might have said that.

00:35:08.693 --> 00:35:08.973
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:35:09.033 --> 00:35:10.373
KARLA: Yeah, it's a small airport.

00:35:10.373 --> 00:35:11.453
KARLA: There's no traffic.

00:35:12.193 --> 00:35:15.153
KARLA: I think it's closer to Anaheim.

00:35:15.773 --> 00:35:17.693
KARLA: You get there probably in 24 minutes.

00:35:17.933 --> 00:35:18.673
KARLA: It's not that bad.

00:35:19.333 --> 00:35:19.713
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:35:19.733 --> 00:35:21.653
VIRGINIA: Yeah, that's not bad at all.

00:35:22.093 --> 00:35:24.293
VIRGINIA: Well, this sounds like an exciting trip.

00:35:24.313 --> 00:35:26.733
VIRGINIA: I can't wait to talk to you about how it all goes.

00:35:26.873 --> 00:35:29.753
VIRGINIA: And I hope that you have so much fun at Pixar Fest.

00:35:29.853 --> 00:35:33.813
VIRGINIA: And we will all look forward to hearing about all of your adventures.

00:35:33.833 --> 00:35:34.793
VIRGINIA: So have a magical trip.

00:35:34.893 --> 00:35:38.373
KARLA: Can't wait to share all my pictures and all my experience.

00:35:40.273 --> 00:35:43.053
VIRGINIA: Thank you again to Karla for joining me on the show.

00:35:43.493 --> 00:35:45.953
VIRGINIA: Listeners, don't forget to give Karla a follow.

00:35:46.233 --> 00:35:47.613
VIRGINIA: Her handle is in the show notes.

00:35:47.853 --> 00:35:51.653
VIRGINIA: And stay tuned because Karla's Post Trip Report is up next.

00:35:52.473 --> 00:35:55.373
VIRGINIA: I appreciate you all taking the time to listen today.

00:35:55.813 --> 00:36:00.893
VIRGINIA: Wherever you are and whatever you're doing, keep daydreaming about where you long to be.