Pre-Trip Report: Kelcey’s Graduation Girls’ Trip (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'm your host.

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VIRGINIA: This week, you'll hear my interview with Kelcey.

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VIRGINIA: Kelcey is a travel agent who specializes in Disney.

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VIRGINIA: So if you are looking for help with your own magical vacation, you can find her information in the show notes.

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VIRGINIA: This episode is being released on July 22nd, and July 24th will mark the retirement of Genie Plus and transition to multi-pass.

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VIRGINIA: So if you're listening after that date, just know that nothing that is mentioned in regard to Genie Plus exists anymore.

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VIRGINIA: There's a new system to learn, so check the links in the show notes for details.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, let's get to the interview.

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VIRGINIA: Here's Kelcey.

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VIRGINIA: Listeners, I am very excited to welcome Kelcey to the podcast.

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VIRGINIA: Welcome Kelcey.

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KELCEY: Hi, thank you for having me.

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VIRGINIA: Thank you for being here.

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VIRGINIA: Thank you for taking the time on a Saturday to sit down and talk some Disney with me.

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KELCEY: Oh yeah, I can talk Disney every day.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, me too.

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VIRGINIA: Me too.

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VIRGINIA: It never gets old.

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VIRGINIA: It probably gets old for the non-Disney people in our lives.

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VIRGINIA: Well, we are sitting down today because you have a trip coming up and you are heading down to Walt Disney World, correct?

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KELCEY: Yes, yes.

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VIRGINIA: June 3rd through the 7th.

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VIRGINIA: So that's a nice little trip and it's actually going to overlap with my trip.

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VIRGINIA: So we might see each other because I will be arriving on your next to last day.

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KELCEY: Yeah, that'd be so cool.

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VIRGINIA: I know, I know.

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VIRGINIA: I've got multiple people that I know that are going to be there at the same time.

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KELCEY: At the same time.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, so I'm going to have to keep an eye out for everyone.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Well, before we talk through all of the details of your trip, why don't you tell me a little bit about your Disney backstory?

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VIRGINIA: Like how did you come to love Disney?

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VIRGINIA: And I know you love it because as we sit here speaking, you have a wall that is just overflowing with ears and lounge flies.

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KELCEY: Yeah, with my ears and my lounge flies.

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KELCEY: So really, I mean, my love for Disney came probably when I was a kid.

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KELCEY: I mean, but I never got to grow up going to Disney.

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KELCEY: I didn't take my first trip until I was 29 in 2019.

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KELCEY: So after that first trip, everybody was like, you're going to be so obsessed.

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KELCEY: And I was like, no, it's probably just going to be like a one and done.

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KELCEY: We're going to be good to go.

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KELCEY: And then once I got back, I was like, okay, you guys were right.

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KELCEY: I am hooked.

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KELCEY: I'm obsessed.

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KELCEY: So right from then, I mean, it just started this little spark of Disney loving.

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VIRGINIA: One little spark.

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KELCEY: One little spark.

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KELCEY: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: So do you have any other friends in your life that are also Disney addicts?

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KELCEY: I do.

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KELCEY: I have one friend, her name is Lindsay, and we kind of met through, we live in the same area, but kind of met through Instagram.

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KELCEY: And yeah, she is just as obsessed as I am, maybe a little more.

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KELCEY: Actually, I work at a school and our principal is obsessed with Disney.

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KELCEY: He's like, you Disney adults.

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KELCEY: I'm like, you're a Disney adult.

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KELCEY: So yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, I used to try to keep my Disneydom a little bit more on the down low, but I have found that I am much happier when I'm just open about who I am.

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KELCEY: Yeah, yeah, who cares?

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VIRGINIA: Exactly.

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VIRGINIA: Well, you're very lucky that, I presume if you work at a school and this person is the principal, that in some way they're your supervisor in some form or fashion.

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VIRGINIA: And to have somebody like that who understands what your love is, it's probably helpful.

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KELCEY: He's pretty cool, yeah.

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VIRGINIA: So I understand that you have also turned your love of Disney into part of the work that you do.

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VIRGINIA: So how did that come about?

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KELCEY: Yeah, so when I went into my first trip in 2019, I kind of reached out to Facebook like, hey, does anybody have a travel agent that they use?

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KELCEY: And so many people recommended my now boss, Melissa.

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KELCEY: And right from the day that we met, I instantly knew like, oh, we're gonna be friends for life no matter what.

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KELCEY: And she would beg me, Kelcey, come join my team.

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KELCEY: You would be amazing at it.

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KELCEY: We need more agents.

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KELCEY: And I was always like, no, I'm a single mom.

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KELCEY: I already worked three jobs.

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KELCEY: I don't have time for another one.

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KELCEY: And, but every year she would just beg me, please come work, please come work.

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KELCEY: And finally in 2020, when everything happened, I was like, you know what?

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KELCEY: I'm just sitting at home, why not?

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KELCEY: And so, yeah, I joined the agency and I've been there for three years.

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KELCEY: And it's been amazing, the people that I've met and connected with.

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VIRGINIA: So when you normally go down to the parks, I imagine that sometimes you're going with agency friends, colleagues, but who do you normally travel with?

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KELCEY: Normally, my mom and my son.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, all right.

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KELCEY: Yeah, they're the ones that I always take with me normally.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, and how old is your son?

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KELCEY: He is 13.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, all right.

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VIRGINIA: I have my own only child who is 13.

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VIRGINIA: And yeah, it's a fun age, is it not?

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KELCEY: It's, oh, nobody warned me about the teenage years, for sure.

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VIRGINIA: I know, I know.

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VIRGINIA: I know, you have to basically learn a whole new vocabulary these days, I'm finding, because, I mean, all of these things, and I sound ridiculous when I say them, but like no cap and bet and like all of these words that I'm like, who am I?

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VIRGINIA: And he of course rolls his eyes, but.

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KELCEY: Oh, mine too.

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KELCEY: By the time you learn them, I feel like there's new ones out.

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VIRGINIA: Exactly, exactly.

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VIRGINIA: But we'll always be cool moms, right?

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KELCEY: Right, I mean, exactly.

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KELCEY: We're cool Disney moms.

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VIRGINIA: Exactly.

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VIRGINIA: I'm not an ordinary mom.

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KELCEY: I'm a cool Disney mom, yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Mine, his name is Alex.

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VIRGINIA: He has said before that he does feel very grateful that he has a mom who's into this so that he can go as frequently as he does.

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KELCEY: As he does, yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Where do you normally like to stay when you go on these trips?

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VIRGINIA: Are you on property and off property?

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KELCEY: No, I'm on property.

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KELCEY: Usually we stay at Pop Century.

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KELCEY: Just because it's cheap and we're not in the room a whole lot.

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KELCEY: So we like to stay there because it's cheaper.

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KELCEY: This trip, I'm staying at French Quarter though, because I'm bringing a friend who's never been to Disney before.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, okay, added element.

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KELCEY: Yes, she was like, I want the full experience.

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KELCEY: So we were like, okay, we'll stay at French Quarter and do it all.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, so have you stayed at French Quarter before?

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KELCEY: I've not stayed at French Quarter, but I've stayed at Riverside.

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KELCEY: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: All right, I love both.

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VIRGINIA: And for a really long time, I would say, oh, French Quarter is my favorite moderate.

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VIRGINIA: And I almost think that between the two, Riverside has been edging it out lately.

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VIRGINIA: I don't know why.

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VIRGINIA: I think there's just something about the vibe and the pool over there that I really like.

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VIRGINIA: But I also really like Benyays.

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KELCEY: I know, it was Benyays.

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KELCEY: Yeah, see, we like Riverside because of Yee-Haw Bob.

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KELCEY: I don't know if you've ever seen him.

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VIRGINIA: Oh yeah, yeah.

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KELCEY: But he is amazing.

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KELCEY: So we try to catch him every trip that we go.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, well, I hope that on this trip that perhaps they will have had some rain before you go because I understand that the boats have not been coming.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, which I didn't realize that the river there really depended on, that made it so stupid to someone who's like all into nature and conservation and stuff like that.

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VIRGINIA: But I'm like, I didn't realize it really depended that much on the rain for like the boats to be able to run.

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VIRGINIA: I just sort of assumed that the water was always deep enough for the boat.

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KELCEY: Yeah, no, I was like you.

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KELCEY: I thought the same thing when they said that it was cause of rain, I was like, what?

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, yeah.

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VIRGINIA: So here's hoping that you get some rain before your trip, but not during your trip.

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KELCEY: Not during our trip, yeah.

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KELCEY: And our pool is going to be down too, it's being refurbished, so.

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KELCEY: I was like, well, if we have time to go to the pool, we'll just walk to Riverside, but I don't know if we will.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Well, how did you decide on these particular dates?

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KELCEY: So my friend works, she's the high school secretary that's never gone before, and she just started that job this year.

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KELCEY: So she was like, we have to go when I'm not at work.

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KELCEY: So we just picked, we were like, okay, first week of June.

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KELCEY: So she said, okay, I'll be off work then.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, no, you're very like, we were talking before we started recording about the school calendars and your son and all of your school friends will be wrapped up by this time, but here in New York, we go till the very end of June.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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KELCEY: That's so crazy to me.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, the only reason we picked this time to do our mother-son trip is because they have randomly the Thursday, the sixth and Friday, the seventh off for like administrative days.

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VIRGINIA: So it's just a long weekend.

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VIRGINIA: So anyway, so when school is out as early as yours is, when do they restart?

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KELCEY: We start August 8th usually.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, that's super early.

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KELCEY: My school is only like a four day school week.

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KELCEY: We don't go on Fridays.

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KELCEY: So we have to go longer to get all of our days in.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: I've never heard of this.

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VIRGINIA: I've heard of year round school schedules before, but I've never heard of four day a week school schedules.

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KELCEY: It's amazing.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: So what hours do the kids go to school?

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KELCEY: Schools from 7.45 to 3.45.

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VIRGINIA: Which to me, that's not that much more.

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KELCEY: It's really not that bad, no.

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VIRGINIA: To always get your Fridays off?

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KELCEY: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, that sounds good.

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VIRGINIA: Sign me up.

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VIRGINIA: For this trip, where are you flying out of?

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KELCEY: Oklahoma City.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: And you have a direct flight?

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KELCEY: I don't have a direct flight there.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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KELCEY: But I have a direct flight back.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Where are you doing your layover?

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KELCEY: In Houston.

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VIRGINIA: That's not so bad.

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KELCEY: Yeah, I've never had a layover there, so we'll see.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, you just don't want to have your layover in Atlanta because it is.

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VIRGINIA: It is a big airport and involves a lot of walking.

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KELCEY: A lot of walking, yes.

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VIRGINIA: All right, so arrival day, Monday, June the 3rd, what time will you be touching down in the plane?

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KELCEY: 11.45 is when my plane lands that morning.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, all right.

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VIRGINIA: And what is your plan for the first day?

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VIRGINIA: Are you going to be doing any part time or is this going to be?

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VIRGINIA: Yep.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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KELCEY: So actually the first day I'll be by myself.

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KELCEY: My friends are taking a later flight and coming in later.

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KELCEY: So I'm going to go to Animal Kingdom for a little bit.

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KELCEY: And then I'm going to hop over to Magic Kingdom.

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VIRGINIA: And what kind of tickets do you have?

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VIRGINIA: Do you have date-based tickets or are you a pass holder?

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KELCEY: No, I have date-based tickets.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Date-based, obviously park hopper tickets, since you will be hopping on this first day.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: So landing at 11.45, will you be dropping your things off at the resort on the way over to Animal Kingdom?

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KELCEY: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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KELCEY: I'll just drop my bags and go.

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VIRGINIA: And how are you going to get from the airport over to French Quarter?

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KELCEY: So I usually use, his name is Uber Steve.

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KELCEY: He found me on TikTok one day and we kind of just became friends.

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KELCEY: He's a retired vet and he just Ubers people.

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KELCEY: He worked for Uber for a long time and then was like, hey, I don't kind of like how this is going.

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KELCEY: I'm gonna do my own thing.

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KELCEY: And he is amazing.

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KELCEY: So he always picks me up and takes me and he'll probably take me to Animal Kingdom.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, fantastic.

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VIRGINIA: So what kind of vehicle does Uber Steve drive in terms of being able to hold luggage in his car?

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KELCEY: Last time he picked me up in like a Ford Runner.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, all right, so an SUV.

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KELCEY: Yeah, the only bad thing is that he doesn't do car seats because of the Florida laws.

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KELCEY: He's like, I don't wanna mess with that.

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KELCEY: So he only transports people that don't have kids that need car seats.

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VIRGINIA: Sure, all right.

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VIRGINIA: Well, you know, as long as people know that in advance, that is still, yeah.

00:12:12.040 --> 00:12:12.380
KELCEY: Yes.

00:12:12.660 --> 00:12:13.620
VIRGINIA: Okay, all right.

00:12:13.640 --> 00:12:15.760
VIRGINIA: So heading over to Animal Kingdom.

00:12:15.880 --> 00:12:21.100
VIRGINIA: Now, if you're going to be hopping, how many hours do you think you'll be spending in Animal Kingdom?

00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:29.740
VIRGINIA: Are you just going for a few specific things and then hopping or are you gonna like stay until, I don't even know what time Animal Kingdom closes that day?

00:12:29.760 --> 00:12:30.660
KELCEY: I know, who knows?

00:12:32.100 --> 00:12:35.020
KELCEY: So I'm only gonna go for Festival of the Lion King.

00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:38.820
KELCEY: It's one of my favorite shows and probably the Safari and then head out.

00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:43.620
VIRGINIA: When you travel, typically, do you opt for Genie Plus?

00:12:44.280 --> 00:12:44.760
KELCEY: I do.

00:12:45.260 --> 00:12:47.220
KELCEY: I feel like you really need Genie.

00:12:47.240 --> 00:12:49.860
KELCEY: Now this trip, I have a friend that's like, we don't need it.

00:12:50.040 --> 00:12:51.900
KELCEY: Our friend's going, that's never been before.

00:12:51.980 --> 00:12:59.500
KELCEY: She needs the full experience of the cues and the lines and so I think we're not gonna use it this trip, but I'm still working on her.

00:13:00.200 --> 00:13:02.680
VIRGINIA: Okay, I'm gonna put my two cents in here.

00:13:02.920 --> 00:13:03.680
KELCEY: Yeah, do it.

00:13:03.680 --> 00:13:12.520
VIRGINIA: I'm gonna argue that if you have Genie Plus, there's nothing stopping you from getting in a standby line if it's a cue that's worth being in a standby line for.

00:13:13.920 --> 00:13:32.740
VIRGINIA: However, especially if it's a first trip, you kind of want them to have the best experience they possibly can and I think that not waiting in as many lines and getting to see more things, especially during the heat of June, would probably be worth it in my opinion.

00:13:33.780 --> 00:13:35.160
KELCEY: That's my two cents.

00:13:35.560 --> 00:13:36.200
KELCEY: I agree with you.

00:13:36.380 --> 00:13:38.180
KELCEY: That's what I keep telling her.

00:13:38.200 --> 00:13:41.160
KELCEY: I'm like, if we want her to have the full experience, she's got to ride the ride.

00:13:41.540 --> 00:13:41.940
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:13:42.180 --> 00:13:42.800
VIRGINIA: Exactly.

00:13:42.860 --> 00:13:43.320
VIRGINIA: Exactly.

00:13:43.340 --> 00:13:53.780
VIRGINIA: And the ride cues are amazing in some cases, but many of them I feel like, do I really need to stand in this line to get the experience?

00:13:53.900 --> 00:13:54.240
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:13:54.260 --> 00:13:57.220
VIRGINIA: And something like Safari, that's a prime example.

00:13:57.540 --> 00:14:00.400
VIRGINIA: Do you need to stand in line for Safari?

00:14:00.500 --> 00:14:01.160
VIRGINIA: No, you don't.

00:14:04.260 --> 00:14:04.760
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:14:04.840 --> 00:14:07.760
VIRGINIA: So Lion King Safari and then hopping over to Magic Kingdom.

00:14:07.780 --> 00:14:09.780
VIRGINIA: What's your goal at Magic Kingdom?

00:14:10.340 --> 00:14:12.900
KELCEY: So Festival of Fantasy Parade, always.

00:14:13.060 --> 00:14:14.720
KELCEY: It's one of my favorites.

00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:18.160
KELCEY: Haunted Mansion, Pirates, Big Thunder.

00:14:18.180 --> 00:14:19.780
KELCEY: I'm going to try to do Tron.

00:14:19.940 --> 00:14:31.440
VIRGINIA: So do you think you'll do an individual lightning lane for Tron, or do you think you will try for like the later drop, which based on when you're going to be hopping, you will probably miss out on?

00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:34.360
KELCEY: Yeah, I'm going to try to do the individual lightning lane.

00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:36.180
KELCEY: That way I can for sure write it.

00:14:36.980 --> 00:14:37.940
VIRGINIA: Have you written it before?

00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:38.540
KELCEY: I have.

00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:39.620
KELCEY: Yeah, it's so fun.

00:14:39.640 --> 00:14:43.000
KELCEY: I do think it could be a little longer just for the hype of it.

00:14:44.260 --> 00:14:45.380
KELCEY: But it is so fun.

00:14:45.560 --> 00:14:49.820
KELCEY: And when I wrote it last, I wrote it with more friends that had never been.

00:14:49.840 --> 00:14:53.000
KELCEY: And he was like, that was the coolest ride I have ever been on.

00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:54.340
VIRGINIA: It's cool.

00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:58.880
VIRGINIA: And I always say, I don't think you have to be a big Tron the movie fan to enjoy it.

00:14:58.900 --> 00:14:59.760
KELCEY: Yeah, I've never seen it.

00:14:59.780 --> 00:14:59.980
KELCEY: Yeah.

00:15:00.800 --> 00:15:01.120
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:15:01.160 --> 00:15:06.320
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I've seen it and I can't say it was that memorable to me, but some people are like really into it.

00:15:06.340 --> 00:15:12.740
VIRGINIA: So but I think that they do a good job of telling you like a little bit of the story.

00:15:12.820 --> 00:15:15.140
VIRGINIA: But yeah, it's just such a fun ride.

00:15:16.160 --> 00:15:17.160
VIRGINIA: Are you a thrill seeker?

00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:17.760
KELCEY: I am.

00:15:17.940 --> 00:15:19.060
KELCEY: Yeah, I am.

00:15:19.220 --> 00:15:22.200
VIRGINIA: Do you ever go to non Disney parks?

00:15:22.460 --> 00:15:27.060
VIRGINIA: Like what is your local place that you would go to closest to where you live?

00:15:27.300 --> 00:15:30.720
KELCEY: So closest to us would be probably Six Flags in Texas.

00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:34.680
KELCEY: But we don't ever really venture out more.

00:15:34.920 --> 00:15:36.600
KELCEY: My son is not a ride person.

00:15:37.020 --> 00:15:37.600
VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:41.040
KELCEY: So we just don't really go anywhere other than Disney.

00:15:42.800 --> 00:15:46.480
VIRGINIA: When you said Six Flags, did you mean the one over San Antonio?

00:15:46.780 --> 00:15:48.940
KELCEY: Yeah, there's one in San Antonio and one in Arlington.

00:15:49.800 --> 00:15:51.360
KELCEY: So Arlington's a little closer to me.

00:15:51.880 --> 00:15:52.480
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:15:52.760 --> 00:15:57.340
VIRGINIA: I have actually been to the one in San Antonio once.

00:15:57.600 --> 00:16:04.300
VIRGINIA: And it was fun, but it was one of those places where I just wished I was at Disney the whole time.

00:16:04.560 --> 00:16:04.860
KELCEY: Yeah.

00:16:05.960 --> 00:16:06.240
KELCEY: Yeah.

00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:08.680
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:16:08.840 --> 00:16:13.820
VIRGINIA: So Festival of Fantasy, Haunted Mansion, all of the classics.

00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:17.080
VIRGINIA: You said that your friends are joining later.

00:16:17.400 --> 00:16:19.480
VIRGINIA: When are they actually joining up with you?

00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:23.840
KELCEY: So they won't actually, their flight doesn't land until 1130 that night.

00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:27.580
KELCEY: So they won't be with me until the next day.

00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:28.380
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:16:28.760 --> 00:16:32.340
VIRGINIA: When they land, are they staying at French Quarter as well?

00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:33.440
KELCEY: Yeah.

00:16:33.460 --> 00:16:34.480
KELCEY: We're all staying in the same room.

00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:35.060
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:16:35.160 --> 00:16:38.760
VIRGINIA: So they'll just be coming in and you will already be off to Dreamland.

00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:39.580
KELCEY: Knocked out.

00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:39.780
KELCEY: Yeah.

00:16:41.280 --> 00:16:41.740
KELCEY: We hope.

00:16:41.780 --> 00:16:42.200
VIRGINIA: We hope.

00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:43.100
KELCEY: Yes.

00:16:43.180 --> 00:16:43.460
KELCEY: Yeah.

00:16:43.920 --> 00:16:44.280
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:16:44.540 --> 00:16:47.500
VIRGINIA: With them arriving so late, what's the plan the next day?

00:16:47.520 --> 00:16:53.380
VIRGINIA: I'm imagining that you won't be able to get up at the crack of dawn necessarily just because of the lateness of their arrival.

00:16:53.900 --> 00:16:56.860
KELCEY: No, I've already told them you picked the late flight, you're getting up.

00:16:57.320 --> 00:16:58.000
VIRGINIA: Oh, really?

00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:00.180
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:03.880
KELCEY: So our next day will be Hollywood Studios.

00:17:04.860 --> 00:17:05.340
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:17:06.040 --> 00:17:08.580
VIRGINIA: So what time does Hollywood Studios open that day?

00:17:08.600 --> 00:17:08.920
VIRGINIA: Do you know?

00:17:09.040 --> 00:17:12.540
KELCEY: Early entry is at 8 AM and then the park officially opens at 830.

00:17:12.840 --> 00:17:13.260
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:17:13.280 --> 00:17:14.740
VIRGINIA: So that's really early.

00:17:15.420 --> 00:17:24.040
VIRGINIA: So what time do you anticipate forcing your roommates to get up and head out?

00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:28.940
KELCEY: I'm going to probably be in line for the bus by 7, 710.

00:17:29.060 --> 00:17:29.360
KELCEY: Yeah.

00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:30.000
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:17:30.020 --> 00:17:32.040
KELCEY: I'll let them sleep for four or five hours.

00:17:32.300 --> 00:17:32.680
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:36.600
VIRGINIA: So on this trip, it's you and your friend.

00:17:36.620 --> 00:17:39.060
KELCEY: So I'm going with my friends, Jennifer and Deana.

00:17:39.200 --> 00:17:39.560
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:17:39.560 --> 00:17:40.140
VIRGINIA: Fantastic.

00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:42.560
VIRGINIA: And which one has never been before?

00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:43.660
KELCEY: Jennifer.

00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:46.780
KELCEY: Deana is kind of a Disney vet.

00:17:46.900 --> 00:17:48.700
KELCEY: This will be our second trip to Disney together.

00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:49.560
VIRGINIA: Oh, fine.

00:17:49.780 --> 00:17:50.200
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:17:50.780 --> 00:17:51.180
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:17:51.200 --> 00:18:02.680
VIRGINIA: So you all are giving Jennifer the first time experience that you wish you had had and are going to make it as magical as possible.

00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:04.460
VIRGINIA: So I love that.

00:18:04.700 --> 00:18:12.340
VIRGINIA: It's always something I look forward to is trying to convert someone else into a Disney adult.

00:18:12.360 --> 00:18:13.400
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:18:13.420 --> 00:18:16.320
KELCEY: When we talk about it, she's always like, I don't understand what you're saying.

00:18:16.340 --> 00:18:17.360
KELCEY: And I'm like, can you just wait?

00:18:18.280 --> 00:18:18.600
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:18:20.300 --> 00:18:20.800
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:18:20.820 --> 00:18:26.520
VIRGINIA: So getting out the door super early, what is going to be your first priority at Hollywood Studios?

00:18:26.540 --> 00:18:30.840
VIRGINIA: And I'm gonna put my two cents in again, especially at Hollywood Studios.

00:18:30.860 --> 00:18:32.300
VIRGINIA: I think you really need Jeannie Bluff.

00:18:33.120 --> 00:18:34.360
KELCEY: I know I do too.

00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:36.340
KELCEY: So I am for sure.

00:18:36.360 --> 00:18:38.860
KELCEY: I keep telling Jennifer, I'm just gonna buy it and not tell her.

00:18:39.740 --> 00:18:41.540
KELCEY: I'm just gonna get it for all of us and not tell her.

00:18:41.560 --> 00:18:43.700
KELCEY: Jennifer is a huge Star Wars fan.

00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:52.100
KELCEY: So our top priority that day is gonna have to be Rise of the Resistance because she's like, that's the one thing I want to ride.

00:18:52.780 --> 00:18:58.040
KELCEY: So I told her I would buy the individual Lightning Lane for all of us and we could just ride it.

00:18:59.960 --> 00:19:03.180
KELCEY: So I want to get her on like that one, Tower of Terror, Slicky Dog.

00:19:04.180 --> 00:19:06.360
KELCEY: I don't think Rock and Roller will be open then.

00:19:06.900 --> 00:19:08.560
VIRGINIA: I think it's supposed to be back open.

00:19:08.580 --> 00:19:09.500
KELCEY: Oh, is it?

00:19:09.820 --> 00:19:10.720
VIRGINIA: I think so.

00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:20.980
VIRGINIA: I mean, I could be wrong, but I feel like I remember looking at it for my own trip and thinking, oh good, we're gonna get it because when we were there last time it was closed.

00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:23.120
KELCEY: Okay, well, I hope it's open then.

00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:24.500
VIRGINIA: Yeah, yeah.

00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:29.180
KELCEY: We have ogas that night also at, I booked us the very last reservation.

00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:30.000
VIRGINIA: Oh, fine.

00:19:30.020 --> 00:19:35.320
KELCEY: So we're doing ogas at 950 and then we'll go out and the park will be empty.

00:19:35.660 --> 00:19:38.100
VIRGINIA: Yeah, you can get some really good photos on your way out.

00:19:38.120 --> 00:19:39.220
KELCEY: Yeah, that's what I told her.

00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:40.600
KELCEY: I was like, we got to get the good pictures.

00:19:42.060 --> 00:19:46.320
VIRGINIA: Any other dining plans for this day, reservations or will you do quick service?

00:19:46.800 --> 00:19:50.000
KELCEY: Yeah, we're just going to do a quick service for most of the trip actually.

00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:53.700
VIRGINIA: And it sounds like this is an open to close day.

00:19:54.120 --> 00:19:57.500
VIRGINIA: So are you someone who takes a break midday?

00:19:58.680 --> 00:20:02.600
KELCEY: So when I'm with my mom and my son, normally we'll go back to the resort and kind of rest.

00:20:02.620 --> 00:20:05.080
KELCEY: But when I'm with friends, nope, we just keep trucking.

00:20:05.380 --> 00:20:06.120
VIRGINIA: Keep powering through.

00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:10.140
VIRGINIA: Okay, and there's plenty of good places in the park to sit and take a break.

00:20:10.300 --> 00:20:10.780
KELCEY: For sure.

00:20:11.040 --> 00:20:12.640
KELCEY: Yeah, and watch the shows.

00:20:13.120 --> 00:20:15.160
VIRGINIA: Yeah, exactly, exactly.

00:20:15.660 --> 00:20:17.260
VIRGINIA: Wednesday, June the 5th.

00:20:17.280 --> 00:20:18.380
VIRGINIA: What's the plan for that day?

00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:19.900
KELCEY: That will be our Epcot day.

00:20:21.320 --> 00:20:25.100
KELCEY: So we don't have any reservations for that day.

00:20:25.120 --> 00:20:31.200
KELCEY: We kind of just wanted Jennifer to experience all the countries and all the food and just to have fun with that.

00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:34.920
VIRGINIA: And it's one of those rare times when there will not be a festival going on.

00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:36.900
KELCEY: I am big mad about that.

00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:44.900
VIRGINIA: I mean, I sort of am too, because when I booked Flower and Garden Festival had typically been going a little bit longer.

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:52.180
VIRGINIA: And so I thought when I booked this trip that I was gonna get to catch the tail end of it and then it ends like a week before.

00:20:52.260 --> 00:20:56.900
VIRGINIA: And so very upsetting because I love Flower and Garden.

00:20:58.460 --> 00:21:03.480
VIRGINIA: But I also, I can't remember the last time I was at Epcot where there wasn't some sort of festival going on.

00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:06.740
VIRGINIA: So I'm kind of interested to see what that's going to be like.

00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:10.060
KELCEY: I don't think I've ever been when there hasn't been a festival going on.

00:21:10.080 --> 00:21:13.560
KELCEY: So it'll be interesting, like you said, to see what they're gonna do.

00:21:14.360 --> 00:21:18.800
VIRGINIA: In terms of the countries, what are you most excited about showing Jennifer?

00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:21.380
KELCEY: Probably Italy.

00:21:21.660 --> 00:21:27.020
KELCEY: She got to host a foreign exchange student for a year and she was from Italy.

00:21:27.040 --> 00:21:32.860
KELCEY: So I'm excited to kind of just go back in there and show her the gift shops and the food and.

00:21:33.260 --> 00:21:34.220
VIRGINIA: Yeah, yeah.

00:21:34.820 --> 00:21:42.600
VIRGINIA: It's just, it's amazing how it seems, I've never been to Italy, but it's how accurate it feels back there.

00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:46.100
VIRGINIA: So it'll be fun to see what she thinks of that.

00:21:46.600 --> 00:21:48.880
VIRGINIA: What other countries are you looking forward to?

00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:53.140
VIRGINIA: Or is Deana looking forward to showing Jennifer?

00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:54.900
KELCEY: Probably Mexico.

00:21:55.120 --> 00:21:59.440
KELCEY: We usually go there first and we start in Mexico.

00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:02.100
VIRGINIA: Do you specifically start at La Cava?

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:03.960
KELCEY: Oh yeah, for sure.

00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:08.440
VIRGINIA: You got to.

00:22:08.520 --> 00:22:10.240
VIRGINIA: What's your go-to order in La Cava?

00:22:10.360 --> 00:22:12.400
KELCEY: I don't know, just like a margarita classic.

00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:13.580
VIRGINIA: Just a classic?

00:22:13.600 --> 00:22:13.920
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:17.660
VIRGINIA: I'm a big avocado margarita fan.

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.540
VIRGINIA: So good.

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:23.680
VIRGINIA: I've tried some of their other things, but I just keep going back to the avocado.

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.220
KELCEY: Back to that one.

00:22:24.320 --> 00:22:24.620
KELCEY: Yeah.

00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:25.540
KELCEY: I've never had that one.

00:22:25.560 --> 00:22:26.840
KELCEY: I don't like avocado.

00:22:27.120 --> 00:22:27.660
VIRGINIA: You know what?

00:22:28.320 --> 00:22:31.460
VIRGINIA: It tastes just like a creamy margarita.

00:22:32.540 --> 00:22:35.920
VIRGINIA: It's one of the few frozen margaritas I enjoy.

00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:39.080
VIRGINIA: I typically prefer my margaritas to be on the rocks.

00:22:40.520 --> 00:22:40.960
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:22:41.540 --> 00:22:50.380
VIRGINIA: Well, it's going to be a lot of fun for you to take Jennifer on things that to you are like classic Disney thing.

00:22:51.100 --> 00:23:04.460
VIRGINIA: About something like, for example, the three caballeros in Mexico and just be like explaining what she's about to see and hoping that she gets it and gets into it and is not like, what the heck is this?

00:23:04.800 --> 00:23:06.080
KELCEY: Where do these people bring me?

00:23:07.320 --> 00:23:10.000
VIRGINIA: Exactly.

00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:11.340
VIRGINIA: That's so much fun.

00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:13.560
VIRGINIA: What about guardians?

00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:19.340
KELCEY: I am very prone to motion sickness.

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:29.660
KELCEY: I have actually never rode guardians just for that reason because I'm terrified I'm going to get sick, but I have some Dramamine and I think I'm going to try it this time with them.

00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:34.740
VIRGINIA: Kelcey, please, can you promise me that you're going to try it?

00:23:34.780 --> 00:23:35.580
KELCEY: That I'm going to try it.

00:23:35.600 --> 00:23:36.460
KELCEY: Yes, I promise.

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:43.260
VIRGINIA: Because I don't think that, to me, I don't think it will cause motion sickness.

00:23:43.800 --> 00:23:52.740
VIRGINIA: Now, I know some people are really sensitive, but I know so many people who occasionally get motion sickness and are not affected by Guardians.

00:23:53.260 --> 00:23:53.640
KELCEY: Oh, good.

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.100
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:23:54.120 --> 00:23:54.340
VIRGINIA: I'm like-

00:23:54.360 --> 00:23:55.200
VIRGINIA: Because it's so smooth.

00:23:55.360 --> 00:23:55.700
KELCEY: Okay.

00:23:56.020 --> 00:23:56.740
KELCEY: No, I'm going to try it.

00:23:56.760 --> 00:23:57.580
KELCEY: I've already told you.

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:59.820
KELCEY: I will take the Dramamine and I will get on.

00:24:00.760 --> 00:24:01.100
VIRGINIA: Good.

00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:05.080
VIRGINIA: Because I think sometimes people hear, oh, the cars spin.

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:07.040
VIRGINIA: It is not a spinning ride.

00:24:07.840 --> 00:24:12.680
VIRGINIA: It is the car's turn to have you look at things that you should be looking at.

00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:13.100
VIRGINIA: The other way.

00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:14.040
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:24:14.060 --> 00:24:17.820
VIRGINIA: So I mean, like at the very beginning, the takeoff is backwards.

00:24:18.260 --> 00:24:25.140
VIRGINIA: But after that, the turning that you're doing is really just to show you specific things.

00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:31.280
VIRGINIA: So my advice is always whatever direction the car is turning you, make sure you're just looking in that direction.

00:24:31.300 --> 00:24:31.900
KELCEY: That direction.

00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:33.960
VIRGINIA: Don't be looking all around like crazy.

00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:38.120
VIRGINIA: Just like trust that it's going to show you what you need to be looking at.

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:49.000
VIRGINIA: Because if you're a thrill seeker and the fact that I know that I know you already enjoy Rock n Roller Coaster and things like Tower of Terror, I don't think it's going to be a problem for you at all.

00:24:49.020 --> 00:25:00.680
VIRGINIA: In fact, I feel and we'll see how it pans out in the post trip interview, but I feel like you're going to ride it and be like, oh my gosh, I have missed out on riding this.

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.620
KELCEY: What was I missing?

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:02.820
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:25:03.080 --> 00:25:03.920
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:25:04.380 --> 00:25:08.240
VIRGINIA: Well, we will all be excited to hear how you enjoy that.

00:25:10.280 --> 00:25:12.060
VIRGINIA: How long do you think you'll be in EPCOT this day?

00:25:12.080 --> 00:25:14.600
VIRGINIA: Are you staying till fireworks?

00:25:15.040 --> 00:25:16.680
KELCEY: I don't think so.

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:20.760
KELCEY: We haven't really talked about our EPCOT plan that day.

00:25:20.780 --> 00:25:27.500
KELCEY: I haven't seen the new EPCOT fireworks show and I haven't even watched videos of it because if we do stay for it, I want to be surprised.

00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.460
KELCEY: Right.

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:29.040
KELCEY: Yeah.

00:25:29.060 --> 00:25:30.420
KELCEY: So I don't know if we'll stay or not.

00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:35.860
VIRGINIA: Well, that will be to be determined and we look forward to hearing what you end up doing.

00:25:36.560 --> 00:25:39.200
VIRGINIA: All right, Thursday, June the 6th.

00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:41.420
KELCEY: This is our Magic Kingdom Day.

00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:44.180
VIRGINIA: This is my arrival day.

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:46.220
VIRGINIA: So I will be over in EPCOT.

00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:47.680
KELCEY: Oh man.

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:51.000
VIRGINIA: That is our first order of business.

00:25:51.040 --> 00:25:51.420
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:25:51.540 --> 00:25:53.860
VIRGINIA: Like we love EPCOT so much.

00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:59.480
VIRGINIA: Usually I like to do Magic Kingdom my first day, but I don't know, we just really need to go to EPCOT.

00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:00.880
KELCEY: That's usually how we are.

00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:03.360
KELCEY: We do Magic Kingdom first and last day normally.

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:03.720
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:26:03.840 --> 00:26:04.160
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:05.240
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:26:05.580 --> 00:26:07.800
VIRGINIA: So Magic Kingdom, I imagine you're going to rope drop.

00:26:08.860 --> 00:26:09.320
KELCEY: For sure.

00:26:09.340 --> 00:26:09.620
KELCEY: Yeah.

00:26:10.280 --> 00:26:10.460
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:10.760
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:26:12.020 --> 00:26:18.220
VIRGINIA: And what are your things that you are so excited to show Jennifer specifically?

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:19.780
KELCEY: To show Jennifer.

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:24.440
KELCEY: She's like a spooky Halloween person, so definitely Haunted Mansion.

00:26:25.080 --> 00:26:25.480
VIRGINIA: Of course.

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:25.720
KELCEY: Yeah.

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.100
VIRGINIA: Of course.

00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:28.560
KELCEY: Mine Train, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train.

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:30.700
KELCEY: That'll be one that I have to get her on.

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.260
KELCEY: Peter Pan.

00:26:32.040 --> 00:26:43.400
KELCEY: I've been trying to tell her like, hey, if we do stand in line for some of these rides, you're going to think that was lame, but we'll get her on Peter Pan, Winnie the Pooh, People Mover.

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:44.320
KELCEY: I love People Mover.

00:26:44.760 --> 00:26:45.120
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:26:45.520 --> 00:26:45.780
KELCEY: Yeah.

00:26:45.800 --> 00:26:46.220
KELCEY: Yeah.

00:26:46.340 --> 00:26:48.780
KELCEY: So Pirates of the Caribbean, I think she'll love.

00:26:48.800 --> 00:26:53.400
KELCEY: Jungle Cruise, I think she'll love because she's kind of a fun, sarcastic person.

00:26:53.600 --> 00:26:54.100
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:56.240
VIRGINIA: Do you have any dining plans for this day?

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.340
KELCEY: We do.

00:26:57.360 --> 00:26:59.820
KELCEY: We're actually going to go to 1900 Park Fair for breakfast.

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:01.180
VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:03.260
VIRGINIA: With the new character option.

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:09.220
KELCEY: So we're going to rope drop and go hang out there for a little bit and then our reservation is closer to noon.

00:27:09.520 --> 00:27:09.840
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:27:09.860 --> 00:27:13.420
KELCEY: So yeah, we'll go back over there and eat breakfast and then go back.

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.140
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:17.920
VIRGINIA: So when you go there, will you be taking the monorail to get there?

00:27:18.520 --> 00:27:18.820
KELCEY: Yes.

00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:19.180
KELCEY: Yeah.

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:20.040
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:20.800
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:27:20.820 --> 00:27:30.120
VIRGINIA: So she will get a chance to ride the monorail through the Contemporary and then past the Polynesian, so she'll get a little bit of a glimpse of what those are.

00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:30.980
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.140
KELCEY: Yeah.

00:27:31.320 --> 00:27:32.160
VIRGINIA: Well, that's great.

00:27:32.280 --> 00:27:43.100
VIRGINIA: I always like to hear about resort time being incorporated, whether it's the resort you're staying at or getting to see some of these amazing resorts.

00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:43.600
KELCEY: For sure.

00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:44.120
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:47.240
VIRGINIA: Having a meal at the Grand Floridian is a fantastic idea.

00:27:49.020 --> 00:27:50.660
KELCEY: And we're going to try to get her on the Skyliner.

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:54.520
KELCEY: We don't have anywhere to go on it, but I was like, even if we get on it and just ride it and come back.

00:27:55.280 --> 00:28:02.400
VIRGINIA: Well, I mean, okay, let's say you're not going to stay the entire time at Epcot.

00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:12.180
VIRGINIA: You could potentially take the Skyliner and go and maybe do like a drink over at the Riviera or something.

00:28:13.020 --> 00:28:14.420
KELCEY: I think she'll love the Riviera too.

00:28:14.560 --> 00:28:19.700
VIRGINIA: And then take it back and catch the bus from there.

00:28:20.280 --> 00:28:21.000
KELCEY: From there.

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:21.880
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:27.680
VIRGINIA: Well, yeah, definitely worth getting on and trying all of the different modes of transportation.

00:28:28.320 --> 00:28:28.620
KELCEY: Yes.

00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:28.920
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.980
KELCEY: I want her to see it all.

00:28:30.260 --> 00:28:30.580
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:28:31.520 --> 00:28:34.420
VIRGINIA: How are you handling your departure day?

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:40.260
VIRGINIA: So Friday, June the 7th, are you going to be doing some part time or will you not have time?

00:28:40.280 --> 00:28:41.440
KELCEY: No, I won't have time.

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:44.380
KELCEY: They are going to Animal Kingdom that day.

00:28:46.060 --> 00:28:47.400
KELCEY: And they were like, do you want to join us?

00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:48.400
KELCEY: And I said, no, I can't.

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:48.960
KELCEY: I don't have time.

00:28:49.020 --> 00:28:51.420
KELCEY: So I have to be at the airport.

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:52.480
KELCEY: I think at 11 something.

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.520
VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

00:28:54.780 --> 00:28:56.800
VIRGINIA: Is your flight at 11 or you have to be there at 11?

00:28:56.820 --> 00:28:57.880
KELCEY: I have to be there at 11.

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.640
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:28:58.980 --> 00:28:59.440
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:28:59.660 --> 00:29:02.200
VIRGINIA: So enough time to have a beignet breakfast.

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:03.240
KELCEY: For sure.

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:04.460
KELCEY: With my coffee.

00:29:04.580 --> 00:29:04.860
KELCEY: Yep.

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:06.460
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:09.980
VIRGINIA: And then what time do they leave that they are able to do some part time?

00:29:10.120 --> 00:29:10.920
VIRGINIA: Are they flying out that evening?

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:14.200
KELCEY: Their flight doesn't leave until I think three or four that night.

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:14.700
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:29:14.760 --> 00:29:23.700
VIRGINIA: Well, anything else that you specifically want to mention about your plans for this trip and, you know, priorities, really?

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:29.300
KELCEY: Really just getting Jen to experience the Disney magic.

00:29:29.320 --> 00:29:38.080
KELCEY: I keep saying like, Disney is such a magical place and I know it sounds so corny and you aren't going to understand it until you walk into that Disney bubble.

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:40.180
KELCEY: And she is just, she's so excited.

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:42.660
KELCEY: She's never had any interest in going to Disney.

00:29:43.260 --> 00:29:46.460
KELCEY: And I graduated college actually two weeks ago.

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:48.540
KELCEY: And they were like, I did.

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.360
VIRGINIA: Congratulations.

00:29:49.380 --> 00:29:50.640
KELCEY: They were like, well, thank you.

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:52.180
KELCEY: They said, what do you want to do?

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:53.860
KELCEY: And I said, I want us to go to Disney.

00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:55.200
KELCEY: And they were like, okay, we'll go.

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:59.960
KELCEY: And I just said it like jokingly and they were like, no, we'll for real go for you.

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:01.920
VIRGINIA: Oh, that's so nice.

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.180
KELCEY: Yeah.

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:02.860
KELCEY: I know.

00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:03.660
KELCEY: I have the best friends.

00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:09.360
VIRGINIA: You have to immediately upon arrival, get a I'm celebrating button.

00:30:09.380 --> 00:30:10.040
KELCEY: Yes, a button.

00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:11.080
KELCEY: Yep.

00:30:11.100 --> 00:30:14.060
VIRGINIA: And maybe it's time to add to your ear collection.

00:30:14.060 --> 00:30:16.400
VIRGINIA: Although I feel like the graduation cap.

00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:17.960
VIRGINIA: Oh, right here.

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:19.240
VIRGINIA: Oh, it's there already.

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:20.060
VIRGINIA: Fantastic.

00:30:20.080 --> 00:30:21.920
VIRGINIA: So that will be in your luggage.

00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:22.660
VIRGINIA: I am sure.

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:23.460
KELCEY: Yep.

00:30:23.760 --> 00:30:25.720
KELCEY: I'm going to take a picture and I'm in all four parts.

00:30:25.820 --> 00:30:32.960
VIRGINIA: So are you are you someone who who like plans all of your outfits around all of your different ears?

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.520
VIRGINIA: Because that's me.

00:30:33.540 --> 00:30:33.960
KELCEY: For sure.

00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:35.420
KELCEY: Oh, yeah, for sure.

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:39.120
KELCEY: And if I have an outfit that I don't have ears for, I'm like, okay, I got to get ears for this outfit.

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:41.000
KELCEY: That's probably why I have so many.

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:41.780
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:30:41.860 --> 00:30:47.280
VIRGINIA: And we were talking before we started recording, but you said you had how many 31 pairs.

00:30:47.560 --> 00:30:48.780
VIRGINIA: Oh, my goodness, wow.

00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:50.520
VIRGINIA: That's an investment.

00:30:50.800 --> 00:30:51.820
KELCEY: That's a real investment.

00:30:54.600 --> 00:30:56.040
VIRGINIA: Are you going to wear one pair each day?

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:57.220
KELCEY: Yeah, probably.

00:30:57.420 --> 00:31:01.420
KELCEY: Well, on my arrival day, I'll wear more than one because I'm hopping, so I'll change.

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:03.120
VIRGINIA: Are you going to change whole outfits?

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:03.840
KELCEY: I am.

00:31:04.600 --> 00:31:04.920
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:07.260
VIRGINIA: You cannot wear animal print into the Magic Kingdom.

00:31:07.300 --> 00:31:08.640
KELCEY: Into the Magic Kingdom, I know.

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:09.260
KELCEY: That's what I said.

00:31:09.280 --> 00:31:10.500
KELCEY: I was like, it just doesn't match.

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:13.100
VIRGINIA: Oh, my goodness.

00:31:13.120 --> 00:31:18.360
VIRGINIA: Well, with the heat and everything, a change of clothes is probably, you know, going to feel good anyway.

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:18.440
KELCEY: Yes.

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:18.580
KELCEY: Yeah.

00:31:18.600 --> 00:31:23.440
KELCEY: And I'll be wearing dresses the whole time because I just feel like it won't be as hot.

00:31:26.600 --> 00:31:33.100
VIRGINIA: Well, this is going to be such a fun time celebrating your graduation, taking Jennifer for the first time.

00:31:33.120 --> 00:31:37.920
VIRGINIA: And I'm going to cross my fingers that you will for sure get on Guardians.

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:38.780
KELCEY: Yes, I am.

00:31:38.800 --> 00:31:49.300
VIRGINIA: And I'm sure that you will be able to do the Genie Plus every day because there's nothing like showing a first timer Disney and being able to show them more things.

00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:50.180
KELCEY: More things.

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:50.960
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:55.420
VIRGINIA: The last thing you want is for her to walk away going like, we didn't laugh the whole time.

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:55.920
VIRGINIA: It was crabby.

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.240
KELCEY: I know.

00:31:56.260 --> 00:31:56.780
VIRGINIA: It's odd.

00:31:58.420 --> 00:32:00.080
VIRGINIA: It doesn't have to be that way.

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:00.780
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:10.200
VIRGINIA: Well, I look forward to talking to you upon your return home and have a magical trip and travel safely.

00:32:11.040 --> 00:32:11.320
KELCEY: Yeah.

00:32:11.340 --> 00:32:11.760
VIRGINIA: Thank you.

00:32:11.880 --> 00:32:12.280
VIRGINIA: You too.

00:32:14.020 --> 00:32:18.300
VIRGINIA: Thank you to Kelcey for taking the time to sit down and talk through all the trip plans.

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:22.040
VIRGINIA: Listeners, you can listen to Kelcey's post trip episode right now.

00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:29.780
VIRGINIA: Don't forget to click the follow or subscribe button on the podcast app of your choice so that the latest episode will always be waiting for you.

00:32:30.560 --> 00:32:37.140
VIRGINIA: As you heard in the trip plans, Kelcey likes using Uber Steve for her ground transportation from MCO to her Disney resorts.

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:43.340
VIRGINIA: Uber Steve has kindly provided his number for listeners to reach out if you would also like to plan a ride.

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:48.340
VIRGINIA: Please be sure to use the number for texting only as that's how he prefers to be reached.

00:32:48.660 --> 00:32:54.460
VIRGINIA: And don't forget to mention that you got his information from listening to Kelcey's episode of Where I Long To Be.

00:32:55.260 --> 00:32:56.280
VIRGINIA: That's all for today.

00:32:56.600 --> 00:33:00.580
VIRGINIA: Thank you for listening and keep daydreaming about where you long to be.