Pre-Trip Report: Megan’s Trip Around the World for Flower & Garden (February/March 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: Today, you will hear my conversation with Megan, the owner of Park Aesthetic Company.

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VIRGINIA: She produces creative temporary tattoos for use in the Disney parks.

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VIRGINIA: If you have an upcoming trip and plan to do any sipping or snacking around the world, you'll want to check her out on Instagram.

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VIRGINIA: There she's at Park Aesthetic Co.

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VIRGINIA: Or head over to Etsy, and if you use the link in the show notes or code Virginia10, you'll get a discount that she was kind enough to share with my podcast listeners.

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VIRGINIA: If you have a trip coming up in June or beyond, and you'd like to be a trip report guest, I'd love to hear from you.

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VIRGINIA: You can find out how in the show notes.

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VIRGINIA: And if your trip will be during Food and Wine Festival, you may want to see about getting your temporary tattoos to take your festival to the next level.

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VIRGINIA: Here's Megan.

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VIRGINIA: Welcome to Megan from Park Aesthetic Co.

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VIRGINIA: How are you doing today and thank you so much for joining me.

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MEGAN: Hi, thank you for having me.

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MEGAN: I'm so excited to be here.

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VIRGINIA: Well, I'm excited to hear a little bit more about who you are.

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VIRGINIA: I've been following your work on Instagram, but can you describe for the listeners what Park Aesthetic Co is, how you came into that sort of creator space, and how did you become such a big Disney fan?

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MEGAN: Well, that starts back from day one.

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MEGAN: My family is very, very big into Disney.

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MEGAN: So I just kind of grew up with it, and it was accustomed to our family norm.

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MEGAN: But our company, Park Aesthetic Company, we focus on temporary tattoos.

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MEGAN: Originally, it was just Epcot with the drinking around, and stacking around the world aspect.

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MEGAN: But now we're branching out, and we just launched our first tattoo for Disneyland California Adventure for their food and wine festival.

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MEGAN: But our company was created back in 2021, my sister and my brother-in-law actually came up with the idea.

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MEGAN: And we went to a lot of festivals growing up, starting with the food and wine festival, Festival of the Arts, we've been to all of them, and we love the passports, but then the passports went away.

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MEGAN: So just the idea was, what can we do to make it creative and bring that aspect back?

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MEGAN: So my sister is very talented and very artistically gifted, and they created the idea of the Park Aesthetic Company with the temporary tattoos, and we just went from there.

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MEGAN: And now that I'm taking over, I'm branching out and we're reaching out to Disneyland.

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MEGAN: We're also working on a ride tattoo right now, which will launch in a few weeks, and it'll be for Magic Kingdom as well as Disneyland, and then we'll see how those go if we want to branch out even further.

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MEGAN: But our love for Disney, again, like I was saying before, started when I was born, and I was actually counting all of my times that I've been to Disney, and this will be, let me double-check, this will be my 21st time, if you include a time that I went in Disneyland.

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MEGAN: It was when COVID happened, so all the parks were closed, and they had just a festival going on where we went.

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MEGAN: So the park wasn't even, like the rides, the attractions weren't happening, but they just had food, so just to go and be in the park.

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MEGAN: So if you consider that a trip as well, this will be my 21st time.

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MEGAN: But the love came from my grandma.

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MEGAN: She was a huge Disney advocate, and all I can remember, all of my childhood memories, are her talking about Disney, her having all of her Disney travel books, and just going on all of her family vacations together.

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VIRGINIA: Wow.

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VIRGINIA: So when you would go on your family vacations, was it just your immediate family, or was it also aunts, uncles, like extended family?

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MEGAN: Originally, it was just my family.

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MEGAN: So I have a sister, my parents, and then my grandparents.

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MEGAN: So that was like our immediate.

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MEGAN: But we have gone with my aunts and uncles and my cousin.

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MEGAN: And that was like the core.

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MEGAN: So it's my mom's side of the family that would always go on these trips.

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MEGAN: And we have one aunt and uncle, so she only has one sibling.

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MEGAN: So it was a pretty intimate trip, but we would always go.

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MEGAN: And we even went for my grandma's 85th birthday.

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MEGAN: That's where she wanted to go.

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MEGAN: So she paid for us all to go to Disney and stayed at her favorite place, was the beach club.

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MEGAN: I can't afford that on my own, but if she's going to pay for it, of course, sign me up.

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MEGAN: And it was so much fun.

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MEGAN: But we, my family, like I said, it's just the four of us, so we would always go, but my grandparents would come sometimes.

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MEGAN: And we're actually going in December with my family now that I have kids and my aunt and uncle and my, I don't know what you would call her, but she's my cousin's daughter.

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MEGAN: So a cousin, a second cousin, or a cousin once removed, I'm always so confused.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, first cousin once removed.

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VIRGINIA: I used to get so confused about this, and I was like, I'm going to figure this system out.

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VIRGINIA: I'm going to look it up, and I Google it.

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VIRGINIA: And now, like, there's this really helpful chart, I'll have to send it to you, that helps you visualize, like, what it is.

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VIRGINIA: And because it's your cousin and you're both on the same level, it's first cousin and then down one generation is the once-removed part.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, it's easier when you see it visually, I think.

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VIRGINIA: So I have a question about the temporary tattoos.

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VIRGINIA: So when people are ordering those, like, if they want to prepare for a trip, how early do they need to order in order to ensure that they have the tattoos before their trip?

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MEGAN: That's a great question.

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MEGAN: So we send our tattoos with just first class mail.

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MEGAN: So they typically arrive anywhere from two to five days.

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MEGAN: I'm learning that with holidays and with inclement weather, sometimes that delays the process.

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MEGAN: But I've had orders that get there the next day.

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MEGAN: I have orders that get there three days later, but generally not more than five days.

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MEGAN: So if you give yourself a minimum a week, but I would say give yourself a little wiggle room, just in case, since I do live on the East Coast.

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MEGAN: So we're in Maryland and we do have some winter and snowstorms.

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MEGAN: So that does happen.

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MEGAN: But you could also order with priority shipment, and some people do that.

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MEGAN: So it just, again, depends on how far in advance you do prepare for your trip.

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MEGAN: But it's been going pretty well, and I'm now best friends with the people at the post office, so I'm sure they would do me favors if I needed.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, my gosh.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, you got to have friends at the post office.

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VIRGINIA: When somebody's using the tattoos, typically how long would they last?

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VIRGINIA: Like, can you go in a pool with them?

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MEGAN: Yeah, so personally, I have not gone into a pool, but they can last anywhere from two to three days.

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MEGAN: So even if they get wet, they still manage to stay on.

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MEGAN: It's just once you start scrubbing it off, that's when they're coming off.

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MEGAN: And sometimes we've had some buyers saying that you get that sticky residue as you do with any temporary tattoo, but we always put in our listing and we remind them to use any sort of rubbing alcohol or baby oil.

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MEGAN: I like to use that.

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MEGAN: But it doesn't always happen.

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MEGAN: It's just I think the longer you keep it on, you might get that little residue.

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MEGAN: But it's not bad at all.

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MEGAN: My daughter at home, she actually loves when I make videos and she's like, can I have a turn?

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MEGAN: Can I put one on now?

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MEGAN: So it's cute, but she enjoys it as well.

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VIRGINIA: How old are your kids?

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MEGAN: So my daughter, it will be three in April and my son will be one in March.

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VIRGINIA: Wow.

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MEGAN: Keeping me busy.

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VIRGINIA: Oh yeah, that's got to be busy.

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VIRGINIA: I just went on a trip with my sister and her family and we had two, three year olds, nephews with me.

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VIRGINIA: And that's a different kind of trip, I will say.

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VIRGINIA: After, you know, my son is now 13 going on 14 and it's just such a different thing to go with such young kids.

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VIRGINIA: So tell me a little bit about who's going on this particular trip with you.

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MEGAN: Yep.

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MEGAN: So in March, I guess I'm saying in March, even though that's this week, I really can't believe that, but it'll just be my husband and I.

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MEGAN: And it'll be a great little vacation, I guess you could call it, time away.

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MEGAN: It's our first weekend away from the kids where we have been away more than, for me, more than 24 hours.

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MEGAN: My husband's active duty military, so he often has to travel.

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MEGAN: But this is the first time where both of us will be away from the kids for that time.

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MEGAN: But it'll be a joint business trip, as well as a little vacation.

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MEGAN: We never went on a honeymoon, again, due to the military.

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MEGAN: My husband deploying, so it'll be a little fake honeymoon going around all the countries, since we're staying in Epcot the whole day.

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MEGAN: But business is the plan, and my husband knows that I'll be taking thousands of photos, and he can't get upset with me.

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MEGAN: And he's up for the challenge, and we're both just both really excited.

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VIRGINIA: Is he any part of the business as well?

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VIRGINIA: Like, does he even have any time with his active military service to be part of the everyday aspect of Park Aesthetico?

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MEGAN: He always offers to help with cutting the tattoos and packaging the tattoos, but I'm a little bit of a perfectionist, so I like to do all that myself.

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MEGAN: But a really big support that he does is he allows me to go to the post office without bringing the kids, so I can travel on my own.

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MEGAN: But if I need anything, he's always there to support me.

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MEGAN: He always gets up very early.

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MEGAN: He's a very early bird, so if there's anything that needs to get done in the morning, he often offers to do that.

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MEGAN: But I would say as of now, more of the support position.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Well, for this trip, I imagine it is because it's going to be Flower and Garden, and that is what you are probably trying to promote with the temporary tattoos for that particular festival.

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VIRGINIA: So I have to ask, what is your favorite festival, if you had to pick one?

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MEGAN: Yeah, I was going to say it's very difficult.

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MEGAN: Originally, I would say the Food and Wine Festival, but I do, I think I am now leaning towards the Flower and Garden.

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MEGAN: We went for my sister's bachelorette in May.

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MEGAN: I believe it was May we went.

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MEGAN: It was very hot, but I just love all the topiaries.

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MEGAN: It's just such a beautiful time.

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MEGAN: And you just can't top the ambiance from the Flower and Garden Festival.

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MEGAN: And I'm very excited this trip for the new topiaries.

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MEGAN: We're big Guardians of the Galaxy fans, so can't wait to see Groot.

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MEGAN: I think it's one of my husband's favorite characters, actually.

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MEGAN: And my daughter is obsessed with Incanto, so I can't wait to bring home pictures for her of all the Mirabelle and Luisa topiaries.

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MEGAN: So it'll be fun.

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VIRGINIA: I have been saying lately that Festival of the Arts is my favorite and Flower and Garden is a close second.

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VIRGINIA: But I don't know, they're kind of tied.

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VIRGINIA: I have no idea.

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VIRGINIA: Really.

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VIRGINIA: I mean, they're both so good.

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VIRGINIA: And I think the food at Flower and Garden is always really good.

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VIRGINIA: I always like that booth that's the honey sort of based booth.

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VIRGINIA: I can't remember what it's called, but okay.

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VIRGINIA: So tell me about your trip dates.

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MEGAN: Yes, so we fly down on Thursday, February 29th, and we will go to the park on Friday.

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MEGAN: So we're only going to Epcot.

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MEGAN: We're doing a one day one day pass and we're going to get there.

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MEGAN: Park opens and we're going to leave when the park closes and we're going to spend the whole day just photographing, taking everything in.

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MEGAN: And as we mentioned before, I will be advertising the Flower and Garden tattoo, but we also just launched our specific bachelorette, the Bachelorette Around the World tattoo.

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MEGAN: All of our designs can be used for bachelorettes, but we have a specific one that says Bachelorette Around the World with little crown designs next to each country, and then we also have a bride tattoo to go along with that.

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MEGAN: Since it's a brand new launch, I also need footage of that as well.

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MEGAN: We are meeting a few friends down there as well, so hopefully we'll be able to get some good quality photos and videos with that.

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MEGAN: I'm just excited to see, now that the festival is happening, I'm very excited to see our buyers using the tattoos.

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MEGAN: Right now, the Flower and Garden is our top seller and we have had lots of people reach out saying that they're going to tag us in their videos or pictures or whatever they might take, so I'm just very excited to see the art come to life and it'll be great if we actually see someone in the park using our tattoos.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, that would be so cool.

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VIRGINIA: What time on Thursday are you envisioning arriving at your resort?

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MEGAN: Ironically enough, this time we are not staying at a Disney resort.

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MEGAN: The reason why we're doing that is because it's such a quick trip.

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MEGAN: My husband, his parents actually live in Florida, so we will be able to see them as well.

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MEGAN: They live 40 minutes away in Leesburg, Florida, so we're going to stay with them.

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MEGAN: But typically, we're always the resort people and I always tell my husband, I can't go to Disney without a resort.

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MEGAN: However, here I am going to Disney without a resort.

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VIRGINIA: I mean, yeah, to go to Disney without a resort is better than not going to Disney.

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VIRGINIA: So, right?

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MEGAN: Right, exactly.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, what time are you going to arrive at MCO?

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MEGAN: We will arrive at 7 p.m.

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VIRGINIA: Do you know if you'll be flying into the new terminal and have you done that yet into Terminal C?

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MEGAN: So, I have not.

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MEGAN: I was actually just talking to my sister about that.

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MEGAN: She thinks we might be because we're flying frontier straight from Baltimore.

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MEGAN: But I have not flown into the new one.

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MEGAN: We were actually talking about it because we were just stationed overseas.

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MEGAN: So, I actually am back at the States.

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MEGAN: It's only been a few months we've been back here.

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MEGAN: So, I'm only used to traveling in Europe.

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MEGAN: So, I'm in this, even though I've, you know, born and raised in America, the last two years I've been living in Europe.

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MEGAN: So, I only have this like mindset of, okay, what do we need to prepare for?

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MEGAN: What do we need to pack?

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MEGAN: And how we travel in those airports?

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MEGAN: And it was an amazing experience.

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MEGAN: So, now I'm like, oh, okay, now we're going back to where we're from.

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MEGAN: Do we remember how to travel through Orlando?

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MEGAN: We know it's a huge airport, but it'll be fun.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: I'm looking up and I don't think it's Terminal C actually.

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VIRGINIA: I think you're going to be probably BNB.

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VIRGINIA: Well, that's unfortunate.

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VIRGINIA: Hopefully, you'll get to Terminal C eventually.

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VIRGINIA: It's beautiful.

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VIRGINIA: So, arriving at 7 p.m.

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VIRGINIA: and how will you get from the airport to Leesburg?

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MEGAN: My in-laws are going to pick us up.

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MEGAN: So, we also are very, very appreciative of that.

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VIRGINIA: Yes.

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VIRGINIA: That will be very helpful.

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VIRGINIA: So, how are you going to get from Leesburg to Epcot then?

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VIRGINIA: Are they driving you there as well?

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MEGAN: We are going to borrow one of their cars.

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MEGAN: We are trying to convince my mother-in-law to come with us to the park, but sometimes she has to babysit our nephew.

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MEGAN: So, we don't know for sure, but we're hoping fingers crossed that she'll be able to come too.

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VIRGINIA: If she does come, would she be up for being there park open to park closed?

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MEGAN: We keep warning her.

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MEGAN: I think my husband is more worried about how she'll handle the whole full day experience.

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MEGAN: But I think she's a trooper, so I think she'll be able to handle it.

00:15:21.374 --> 00:15:26.714
MEGAN: She might have to sit down and maybe listen to some of the concerts and take a little break here and there.

00:15:27.294 --> 00:15:31.534
MEGAN: But I think she would enjoy the vacation aspect of it, though, and being with us.

00:15:31.554 --> 00:15:36.074
MEGAN: We don't get to see her often, being that we do move around a lot and we're on the East Coast.

00:15:36.394 --> 00:15:41.434
MEGAN: Well, sorry, we're both on the East Coast, but we're North and she's Southeast, so we don't see her as often as we'd like.

00:15:41.794 --> 00:15:42.154
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:15:42.614 --> 00:15:52.654
VIRGINIA: Since this is primarily, I would say, a business trip because you have so many photos planned and videos, do you anticipate that you will get on any rides while you're there?

00:15:53.034 --> 00:15:55.814
MEGAN: So right now, I'm only planning on just one.

00:15:56.214 --> 00:16:02.634
MEGAN: So we are going to try to at 7 o'clock to sign up for Cosmic.

00:16:02.654 --> 00:16:03.474
MEGAN: We've never done that.

00:16:03.494 --> 00:16:08.654
MEGAN: I haven't been to Disney World since 2019, I believe it was.

00:16:09.334 --> 00:16:13.674
MEGAN: So again, with us being stationed overseas, we had the luxury of going to Disneyland Paris.

00:16:13.774 --> 00:16:15.754
MEGAN: We took my daughter there for her first birthday.

00:16:17.074 --> 00:16:19.774
MEGAN: But we've and then before that, we lived in San Diego.

00:16:19.794 --> 00:16:20.754
MEGAN: So we were on the West Coast.

00:16:21.254 --> 00:16:26.074
MEGAN: And I never thought I would actually make it to Disneyland since I've always been an East Coast girl born and raised in New Jersey.

00:16:26.594 --> 00:16:27.754
MEGAN: We always go to Disney World.

00:16:27.974 --> 00:16:30.734
MEGAN: So we went I've been able to experience that.

00:16:30.754 --> 00:16:34.434
MEGAN: But now that we're back home, it's like funny.

00:16:34.454 --> 00:16:37.754
MEGAN: I feel like a foreigner to Disney World, even though that's my bread and butter.

00:16:37.774 --> 00:16:39.854
MEGAN: But it's just been so long since I've been there.

00:16:39.874 --> 00:16:44.114
MEGAN: So we are going to go on the one ride and we'll see what the day comes.

00:16:44.294 --> 00:16:48.774
MEGAN: I don't think we'll have enough energy to go on more or the time.

00:16:49.514 --> 00:16:51.314
MEGAN: But we'll see what happens.

00:16:52.254 --> 00:16:52.554
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:16:52.614 --> 00:16:57.794
VIRGINIA: I mean, if you see a very short wait time or something like that, maybe, maybe you'll do that.

00:16:57.794 --> 00:16:59.874
VIRGINIA: Where in New Jersey are you originally from?

00:17:00.074 --> 00:17:06.154
MEGAN: So I was born in Ridgewood, up in northern Jersey, but I grew up my whole life in Plainsboro.

00:17:06.834 --> 00:17:09.454
MEGAN: So it's kind of central Jersey near Princeton.

00:17:10.374 --> 00:17:10.814
VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

00:17:11.014 --> 00:17:11.394
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:17:11.674 --> 00:17:13.634
VIRGINIA: Yeah, my husband is a Jersey boy.

00:17:13.654 --> 00:17:17.294
VIRGINIA: He grew up in Whippany that's right outside of Morristown.

00:17:17.994 --> 00:17:22.354
VIRGINIA: So that we get there quite frequently because that's where my in-laws are still still living.

00:17:22.474 --> 00:17:25.214
MEGAN: I feel like once you get from Jersey, you never leave.

00:17:26.294 --> 00:17:26.674
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:17:26.894 --> 00:17:27.254
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:17:27.274 --> 00:17:32.534
VIRGINIA: He's I mean, he spent his whole growing up in Jersey wanting to be in the city.

00:17:33.074 --> 00:17:35.734
VIRGINIA: And so, you know, he lives here in the city.

00:17:35.754 --> 00:17:39.554
VIRGINIA: But I'm like, you know, you're a Jersey boy.

00:17:41.374 --> 00:17:41.834
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:17:41.854 --> 00:17:58.294
VIRGINIA: So in terms of the festival, do you have any I know that you're going to try to get a lot of photos in front of the booths, but are there any booths or anything like that in particular that you're looking forward to trying while you're there?

00:17:58.674 --> 00:18:00.434
MEGAN: I'm looking forward to the whole experience.

00:18:00.974 --> 00:18:10.734
MEGAN: We will stop at every stand and hopefully our stomachs can handle all the food and beverages that we're going to be trying.

00:18:11.234 --> 00:18:17.274
MEGAN: But I'm very excited to sample all the different food selection at Mexico and in Norway.

00:18:17.294 --> 00:18:18.614
MEGAN: Those are my two favorite countries.

00:18:19.334 --> 00:18:21.134
MEGAN: And I just always love the food there.

00:18:21.814 --> 00:18:24.754
MEGAN: But honestly, I could say the same for all the different stands.

00:18:25.534 --> 00:18:40.834
MEGAN: I remember a few years ago when I went to the Food and Wine Festival, there was a stand right outside, like when you enter the World Showcase and you go to the right, it was just a stand there and they had some sort of steak with chimichurri sauce and it was just delicious.

00:18:41.374 --> 00:18:47.834
MEGAN: So it's always fun to see what they have in store and all the new foods and the new flavors.

00:18:48.214 --> 00:19:00.434
MEGAN: So I'm just excited to be able to go back and go to the festival again in such short notice really because we booked our trip kind of very last minute, but we're very excited for the opportunity.

00:19:00.634 --> 00:19:05.274
MEGAN: And my husband, he just loves anything so he'll be happy eating and drinking anything.

00:19:06.854 --> 00:19:08.294
VIRGINIA: What kind of weather are you expecting?

00:19:08.314 --> 00:19:09.154
VIRGINIA: Have you looked yet?

00:19:09.974 --> 00:19:16.894
MEGAN: I have looked and a few days ago it said a 30% chance of rain, but now it's back to being just cloudy and 78.

00:19:16.934 --> 00:19:19.014
MEGAN: So that's a big change from where I am.

00:19:19.994 --> 00:19:29.614
MEGAN: But I know Florida weather obviously changes spur of the moment, but the last I checked it did say cloudy and 78 during the day.

00:19:30.414 --> 00:19:39.134
VIRGINIA: That's to me pretty perfect because it's warm enough that you can get away with like a short sleeve shirt, but if you wanted to wear jeans or something, you're still comfortable.

00:19:39.154 --> 00:19:40.314
VIRGINIA: You're not overheated.

00:19:41.034 --> 00:19:46.114
VIRGINIA: And if it's cloudy, maybe you won't run the risk of getting a sunburn quite as badly.

00:19:47.934 --> 00:19:48.274
MEGAN: Yes.

00:19:48.814 --> 00:19:50.474
MEGAN: We do have ponchos just in case.

00:19:50.494 --> 00:19:52.954
MEGAN: I have my Mickey ponchos that I always pack with me.

00:19:55.374 --> 00:19:57.914
VIRGINIA: Do you have an umbrella as well or are you a purely poncho girl?

00:19:58.194 --> 00:19:59.314
MEGAN: I just do the poncho.

00:19:59.614 --> 00:20:01.334
MEGAN: I don't really like carrying an umbrella around.

00:20:01.354 --> 00:20:15.454
VIRGINIA: I usually prefer umbrella, but lately I've had some really rainy days in Disney and have started putting a poncho in my bag as well because when it's raining sideways, there's not much an umbrella can do.

00:20:18.774 --> 00:20:27.274
VIRGINIA: Okay, anything else that you're looking forward to or that you want to share about your trip or about anything related to your company?

00:20:27.594 --> 00:20:37.754
MEGAN: Yeah, so just with our company, again, this is a business trip just to get more content as far as posting on social media and trying to get our name out there.

00:20:38.254 --> 00:20:53.214
MEGAN: But we're just really excited for our future because we have lots of creative designs that are in the works and we've had great success already with our buyers and we have recent buyers who are still being committed and we appreciate the support there.

00:20:53.594 --> 00:20:57.094
MEGAN: But we're really excited for our ride tattoo that's coming up.

00:20:57.554 --> 00:21:05.574
MEGAN: What's difficult is we don't want to cross any lines where we use any designs that are trademarked so everything is hand-drawn.

00:21:05.594 --> 00:21:07.134
MEGAN: It's all original creations.

00:21:08.234 --> 00:21:14.814
MEGAN: And that's the challenging part about the ride because when you think of a ride, you picture exactly how it looks like.

00:21:15.274 --> 00:21:22.034
MEGAN: But you have to create it in a way where the buyer gets the idea and knows what you're talking about but you're not using Disney logos.

00:21:22.234 --> 00:21:29.294
MEGAN: So it's really cool to see it come to life and we're just excited for it to be available for everyone.

00:21:29.314 --> 00:21:31.974
MEGAN: And we're also doing a kid version and an adult version.

00:21:33.014 --> 00:21:48.454
MEGAN: The kid tattoo will be more catered towards the younger children, so for the younger rides because obviously my children are two and one right now, but I have a lot of cousins that are eight, nine, ten, and they're already going on all the bigger kid rides.

00:21:48.474 --> 00:21:57.054
MEGAN: So even though it's a quote unquote adult tattoo, it's more the general tattoo that will have all the thrill rides and all those target ones.

00:21:57.074 --> 00:22:02.954
MEGAN: And you also have to pick the top rides because you can't fit all the rides on your arm with a tattoo.

00:22:03.634 --> 00:22:06.074
MEGAN: But we're trying to fit the best.

00:22:06.414 --> 00:22:07.414
MEGAN: I guess you could, right?

00:22:07.434 --> 00:22:08.014
MEGAN: Yeah, you could.

00:22:08.974 --> 00:22:10.354
MEGAN: It won't be aesthetically easy, no.

00:22:10.374 --> 00:22:12.054
VIRGINIA: You could do multiple tattoos all over your arm.

00:22:12.074 --> 00:22:12.874
MEGAN: Yes, yes.

00:22:13.854 --> 00:22:15.734
MEGAN: There you go.

00:22:15.754 --> 00:22:16.254
VIRGINIA: That's funny.

00:22:17.194 --> 00:22:18.094
VIRGINIA: Well, that's exciting.

00:22:18.114 --> 00:22:32.814
VIRGINIA: And I know, you know, younger kids tend to love using temporary tattoos as it is, but they also, you know, I can see them really getting into checking off all the boxes and, you know, indicating what they've done and what they have left to do.

00:22:32.854 --> 00:22:33.954
VIRGINIA: So that's really cool.

00:22:34.754 --> 00:22:35.714
VIRGINIA: I'm excited for that one.

00:22:35.734 --> 00:22:38.914
VIRGINIA: I wish I had it this past week when I was there with my little nephews.

00:22:39.334 --> 00:22:40.734
VIRGINIA: They would have really gotten into that.

00:22:41.454 --> 00:22:46.554
VIRGINIA: Well, thank you so much for sharing all the details of your upcoming trip.

00:22:46.574 --> 00:22:49.254
VIRGINIA: And we can't wait to hear how it all goes.

00:22:49.274 --> 00:22:53.474
VIRGINIA: And I can't wait to share your information with listeners.

00:22:53.494 --> 00:22:56.314
VIRGINIA: So listeners, you can look in the show notes.

00:22:56.334 --> 00:23:09.474
VIRGINIA: I'll have all of the links and hopefully we'll have some photos from your trip that will show off all of your wonderful products there so that people can take a look at that and order for themselves.

00:23:10.734 --> 00:23:15.334
VIRGINIA: But I really appreciate you taking the time to talk to me today and we will talk again very soon after your trip.

00:23:15.534 --> 00:23:16.314
MEGAN: Thank you so much.

00:23:16.334 --> 00:23:17.234
MEGAN: Thank you for having me.

00:23:17.854 --> 00:23:18.434
VIRGINIA: Thank you.

00:23:20.574 --> 00:23:23.034
VIRGINIA: Thank you, Megan, for joining me on the podcast.

00:23:23.194 --> 00:23:26.074
VIRGINIA: Listeners, the Post Trip Report is up and ready now.

00:23:26.294 --> 00:23:27.994
VIRGINIA: So what are you waiting for?

00:23:28.014 --> 00:23:32.434
VIRGINIA: Until next time, keep daydreaming about where you long to be.