Pre-Trip Report: Molly’s Mother/Daughter Journey of Water Adventure (May 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: And today, I have the pleasure of sharing with you another pre-trip report interview with Molly, who you may remember from her recent March Mother-Son trip.

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VIRGINIA: You know, the one where they rode Tron at least once a day.

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VIRGINIA: This time, she's planning for her upcoming trip to Walt Disney World with her daughter Lyra, who is eight.

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VIRGINIA: Before we jump into the episode, I'll remind you that Molly is a travel agent, and she would love to help you plan your next magical trip.

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VIRGINIA: Whether it's a Disney or Universal adventure, a cruise or maybe even an all-inclusive experience you're after, she can help with it all.

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VIRGINIA: All right, let's get this party started.

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VIRGINIA: Here's Molly.

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VIRGINIA: Guess who's back, back again.

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VIRGINIA: She starts dancing, now I know we're similar in age.

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VIRGINIA: It's Molly.

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VIRGINIA: So excited to be back.

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VIRGINIA: As promised, as promised, because you were on a recent episode with a mother-son trip with your son, Sebastian, and now you're back to talk through the plans for your mother-daughter trip with Lyra.

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MOLLY: Indeed, yes, we couldn't do one without the other, or there would have been many tears.

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VIRGINIA: Yes, yes, I would not want to be in that household had you made that strange decision.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Well, let's talk through all the plans for this trip.

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VIRGINIA: Obviously, we know you chose to do this trip because you needed to do one for both children.

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VIRGINIA: Children is the plural of child.

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VIRGINIA: Don't worry, I'll get going in a second.

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VIRGINIA: I'm drinking my coffee now.

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VIRGINIA: You needed to do it for that reason, but how did you choose these dates, which are May 2nd through 6th?

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MOLLY: I just wanted to go at a time that worked for everybody.

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MOLLY: I didn't want her to miss too much school.

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MOLLY: Crowd calendars and stuff can't really be trusted anymore, but it seems to be a typically less busy time before it gets too too hot, even though it looks like it's going to be 90s anyway.

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MOLLY: Those kinds of factors, I just didn't want to wait too much longer after Sebastian's trip because I knew she'd be itching to go.

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MOLLY: It seemed like putting a good month in between would be good for me too.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: This is essentially a long weekend, so she's missing three days of school at the most.

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MOLLY: Yeah, yeah, three days.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: And how old is Lyra?

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MOLLY: Lyra is eight, so she'll be nine in September, but she's eight currently.

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VIRGINIA: So what grade does that make her right now?

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MOLLY: Second grade.

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VIRGINIA: Very cute.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Now tell us a little bit about Lyra because you had mentioned several times during our previous interviews how different they were going to be on these trips because Sebastian was all about Tron and riding the rides.

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VIRGINIA: How does Lyra function in the Disney bubble?

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MOLLY: So Lyra is pretty much the polar opposite of Sebastian.

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MOLLY: Just, you know, kind of as a little backstory, when she was about five years old when we were at Disney as a family, she was like, I'm going to go on Big Thunder Mountain.

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MOLLY: And we were like, like, I didn't want to talk her out of it because she seemed very excited about it.

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MOLLY: I think she thought it was the train ride and not a roller coaster.

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MOLLY: But like we didn't put that together until we got on the ride.

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MOLLY: And she was terrified.

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MOLLY: So she like wouldn't do anything else after that because it was like our trust was broken.

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MOLLY: She was like, no, you put me on this crazy roller coaster.

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MOLLY: I don't believe you that this ride is not like that.

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MOLLY: So I'm not going on it.

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MOLLY: So it was like we completely traumatized her with Thunder Mountain.

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MOLLY: Each time we go, she does a little bit more.

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MOLLY: She does, you know, she tries something else, but it's been hard to get her to go on certain things.

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MOLLY: Like her favorite ride is Small World or Little Mermaid.

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MOLLY: You know, like she's that speed.

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MOLLY: So yeah, no real roller coasters or anything like that.

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MOLLY: She's much more into like that princess stuff.

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MOLLY: Whereas Sebastian, you know, could care less.

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MOLLY: She's a little more slow paced.

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MOLLY: She is not a rope drop person.

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MOLLY: She would rather sleep in.

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MOLLY: Like she was pretty angry at us our last trip that we like made a breakfast reservation.

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MOLLY: She's like, no, I don't want to get out of bed.

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MOLLY: So this will be not extreme park hopping.

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VIRGINIA: This will not be like anything like it was with Sebastian.

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MOLLY: I'm hopeful to have a little bit more of a laid back trip with her, but still doing some fun stuff.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: So you might be more likely to get your coffee this time.

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MOLLY: Yes, I think she will let me get my coffee.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, unlike Sebastian.

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VIRGINIA: I know, he was too busy to let me stop.

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VIRGINIA: Shout out to Sebastian.

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VIRGINIA: Shout out, yeah.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Well, let's get to the travel plans.

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VIRGINIA: So you're coming from Massachusetts, right?

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MOLLY: Yes.

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VIRGINIA: And last time you flew out of Providence?

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VIRGINIA: Yes.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Are you flying out of the same airport this time?

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MOLLY: Yeah, we're still flying out of Providence.

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MOLLY: It's very close to where I live.

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MOLLY: I live in southern Massachusetts, so we're right on the Rhode Island border.

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MOLLY: So it's a much easier airport to get to than to go to Boston.

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MOLLY: So we typically go out of that unless, for some reason, it doesn't work for us.

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MOLLY: But I'll pretty much always go out of that airport if I can.

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VIRGINIA: And she's not a morning person, so no crack of dawn flight, I'm imagining?

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VIRGINIA: Oh, she's going to have to be.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, no.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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MOLLY: So the only downside to leaving out of a smaller airport like that is there's very limited flights.

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MOLLY: So in order to kind of make the most of our short trip, we are taking a 6 a.m.

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MOLLY: flight.

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MOLLY: So that's the one day she'll have to get up early, I think.

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VIRGINIA: Well, I hope that she'll be so excited about the trip that that particular day, it won't be an issue.

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MOLLY: I hope so.

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MOLLY: I think so.

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MOLLY: I feel like she talks about it every single day, like she's very excited.

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MOLLY: And even before I left with Sebastian, she was counting down her trip.

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MOLLY: So I think it will probably need a slower day in there, but she'll be all right.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: So 6 a.m.

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VIRGINIA: puts you landing at MCO at what time?

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MOLLY: Like nine o'clock.

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MOLLY: It's about a three hour.

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VIRGINIA: And how are you planning to get from MCO to your resort?

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VIRGINIA: And I should ask, what is the resort you'll be staying at this time?

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MOLLY: So we are going to be staying at Port Orleans Riverside.

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MOLLY: We are staying in one of the Royal Princess themed rooms.

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MOLLY: I let her again, like I did with Sebastian, I let her pick and she thought those looked so cool.

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MOLLY: So we're going to check those out.

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MOLLY: I've stayed at Riverside before, but I've never stayed in one of those rooms before.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Has she stayed at Riverside before?

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MOLLY: No.

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MOLLY: I, the time I stayed there, it was when I was doing Run Disney Princess Weekend in 2023.

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MOLLY: So I was just by myself.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Getting over to the resorts.

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MOLLY: So we're going to just probably take like an Uber lift over to the resort.

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MOLLY: That worked pretty well with Sebastian.

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MOLLY: So I'll probably just do that again.

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MOLLY: And then I think we'll probably, what we did, what I did with Sebastian was we kind of got breakfast there.

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MOLLY: We were really hungry.

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MOLLY: So I'm kind of anticipating a similar thing.

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MOLLY: So we'll probably take a minute, get breakfast, you know, get our bags kind of dropped off with Bell Services.

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MOLLY: And then our plan is to head over to Hollywood Studios for the day.

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VIRGINIA: Has Lyra had any input into the plans and sort of what order you're doing things?

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VIRGINIA: Is she interested in being involved as a mini planner?

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MOLLY: She has been involved.

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MOLLY: I would say not nearly with as much detail as Sebastian, like she's kind of like, yeah, that's fine.

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MOLLY: Yeah, that's fine.

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MOLLY: But I kind of would say like, you know, like, I'd be like, hey, how about this?

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MOLLY: And she'd be like, yeah, or be like, what do you want to do here?

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MOLLY: And she'd give me like a list of the things she wants to do.

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MOLLY: Like in Hollywood Studios, she loves Alien Swirling Saucers, Toy Story Mania.

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MOLLY: I am like, really trying to get her to branch out to do Slinky Dog because I feel like she could handle it.

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MOLLY: But she's been like very nervous about doing that the past couple of times we've gone like she's almost done it.

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MOLLY: And I've been like, no, I don't want to do it when we get up close to it.

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MOLLY: So we might try that again, we'll see, but we're going to probably do like Frozen Singalong and that kind of stuff is more her speed.

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MOLLY: She gave me a list of like, this is my top three or four things I want to do.

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VIRGINIA: So any dining reservations for this first day?

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MOLLY: No dining reservations.

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MOLLY: So I think we're just going to kind of play it by ear.

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MOLLY: I don't know, like again, like with Sebastian, I kind of knew he would be up for kind of going for a long day.

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MOLLY: I don't know that she will last as long as he did in the day.

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MOLLY: So probably just do some quick service lunch.

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MOLLY: I'm thinking more, you know, like she, she eats like two things like pizza or chicken nuggets.

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MOLLY: So we'll probably try to just get something quick around there and you know, we'll see, we see how we do, how late we go, you know, it'd be, it would be great to see Fantasia.

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MOLLY: Tasmet, because we, I didn't get to see that with Sebastian.

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MOLLY: We kind of bailed out, but I don't know that she'll last that late given the early, she's a night owl, but with that early morning, I don't, I don't think she'll do it.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Are you going to be doing Jeannie Plus, individual lightning lanes, anything like that for this go round?

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MOLLY: We're definitely going to do Jeannie Plus.

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MOLLY: I think with her, I doubt that I'll do too many individual lightning lanes just because she doesn't really like those, the types of rides that are offered.

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MOLLY: She does like Flight of Passage.

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MOLLY: So I think at Animal Kingdom, we'll definitely do that one.

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MOLLY: But she, she's afraid of the one drop on rise, even though I said it's not at all a problem.

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MOLLY: But she's like, doesn't trust me.

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VIRGINIA: She's like, no, I'm not doing it.

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MOLLY: I'm like, but it's like, it's barely anything until that.

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MOLLY: And it's just a quick little bloop.

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VIRGINIA: Does she, does she ride Pirates of the Caribbean?

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MOLLY: She won't.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: I was thinking like to compare it in height, at least to that drop, even though it's a different sort of drop feeling.

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VIRGINIA: It's not very tall.

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MOLLY: So it's not so bad.

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MOLLY: And like, she's done Frozen a few times and she doesn't like that either.

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MOLLY: But she loves like Elsa is her main, I want to say princess, but her main queen.

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MOLLY: So like she's gone on it because it's like, it's Frozen, like you love Frozen, but she's like, I don't like that drop and I'm like, it's not even a drop, it's like a slide.

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MOLLY: But so it's like to even like get her to do that is sometimes hard, but I think she loves Millennium Falcon.

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MOLLY: Like she piloted the Millennium Falcon.

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MOLLY: And I was like, if you can do Millennium Falcon, that thing will like bounce you around more than anything.

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VIRGINIA: Right.

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MOLLY: Yeah, so I don't know, she's, she's just scared, I think, like, I think she would love it, but she just not ready.

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VIRGINIA: It's hard to reason with scared.

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VIRGINIA: I know.

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MOLLY: Yeah.

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MOLLY: Same.

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MOLLY: I mean, same with me.

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MOLLY: I wouldn't go on Tower of Terror because I was like, no.

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VIRGINIA: So Friday, May the third, what's the plan there?

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MOLLY: So our plan is to sleep in a bit.

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MOLLY: I knew that, you know, after that first day, she was going to want to rest.

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MOLLY: So we're going to probably do some pool time in the morning at the resort.

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MOLLY: She's big on swimming in the pool.

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MOLLY: So we'll probably spend a lot more time swimming this trip and we're going to...

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VIRGINIA: I'm sorry to interrupt.

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VIRGINIA: Are you going to go to the main pool over at Riverside or do you think you'll use one of the quiet pools?

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VIRGINIA: Because the main pool is one of my favorite moderate pools.

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MOLLY: I would like to.

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MOLLY: I think it tends to open a little bit later, I think, than the quiet pools.

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MOLLY: I feel like those always tend to open a little bit earlier.

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MOLLY: So we'll see.

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MOLLY: We might do some pool hopping.

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MOLLY: We want to go over to French Quarter and grab beignets.

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MOLLY: So I was even thinking maybe we could go swim over there for a minute because I think their pool just reopened after refurbishment.

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MOLLY: So yeah, I don't know.

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MOLLY: We might do some pool hopping.

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MOLLY: Let's check them all out.

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MOLLY: But then we're planning to probably head to Epcot around noontime or around lunchtime with the plan of staying through fireworks that night.

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MOLLY: So kind of late start with a later leaving time.

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VIRGINIA: What are her priorities at Epcot if she's a princess gal?

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VIRGINIA: What does she love at Epcot?

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MOLLY: So we are definitely going to go meet Asha.

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MOLLY: She hasn't met Asha from Wish yet and we wanted to meet her.

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MOLLY: We really like that movie.

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MOLLY: She hasn't done Journey of Water yet so she really is excited to do that.

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MOLLY: She loves Remy's.

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MOLLY: I'll probably do Frozen even though she doesn't like that drop.

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MOLLY: She wants to do the Kid Cot Fun Stops, which I tried to get her to do the last time and she wasn't interested.

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MOLLY: Now she's like, we should do that.

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MOLLY: I was like, okay, we'll try to do those.

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MOLLY: She likes three cabieros, anything that's like a slow moving boat ride she loves, but doesn't want to do living with the land.

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VIRGINIA: What?

00:13:48.522 --> 00:13:49.442
MOLLY: I don't know what this one.

00:13:49.522 --> 00:13:51.482
MOLLY: I was like, but it's a slow moving boat ride.

00:13:51.762 --> 00:13:53.522
VIRGINIA: I know, but she'll grow into it.

00:13:53.602 --> 00:13:53.982
VIRGINIA: I know.

00:13:54.022 --> 00:13:57.262
MOLLY: Yeah, that will be like adult Lyra's favorite ride.

00:13:57.282 --> 00:13:57.522
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:13:57.542 --> 00:13:58.822
VIRGINIA: It's going to be a slow burn.

00:14:01.542 --> 00:14:05.622
VIRGINIA: Have you considered trying the DuckTales adventure with her?

00:14:05.662 --> 00:14:06.842
MOLLY: I would love to do that.

00:14:06.862 --> 00:14:15.522
MOLLY: I was thinking that maybe we could try to start that with some of the countries and see how she likes it, because I feel like that would be something she'd be into too.

00:14:16.842 --> 00:14:20.502
MOLLY: I was a big DuckTales fan growing up, so I'm like, I would love to do it.

00:14:21.062 --> 00:14:37.102
MOLLY: It's funny because I think we saw, I know it's like a lot of interactive stuff, and I think the last time we were there, we were in the Mexico Pavilion and we saw something pop up, and I don't want to say what it was because I don't want to give it away if someone's doing this game, and I think it's like the finale of the game.

00:14:38.322 --> 00:14:44.082
MOLLY: Because something happened and I was like, I have never seen that before, and that seems weird.

00:14:44.282 --> 00:14:51.742
MOLLY: So if we do it, maybe we could do like a little spoiler podcast where I reveal what it is, but.

00:14:53.382 --> 00:15:03.022
VIRGINIA: I tried to do it with my family in Mexico and we did like the very first thing and from the get-go, neither of them were interested in participating.

00:15:03.042 --> 00:15:04.362
VIRGINIA: It was just kind of like, oh, that's cool.

00:15:06.082 --> 00:15:15.362
VIRGINIA: So I did it actually in December with Jeanette and Nanci, and we did Germany, which it takes like 20 or 30 minutes.

00:15:15.542 --> 00:15:17.382
VIRGINIA: And I mean, I don't know about the other countries.

00:15:17.522 --> 00:15:22.562
VIRGINIA: I've got it on my list to make my way around doing all of the countries at some point.

00:15:23.182 --> 00:15:30.162
VIRGINIA: But Germany was really cool because Germany, you're inside the pavilion, but also it takes you over to like the little train area.

00:15:30.182 --> 00:15:36.962
VIRGINIA: And so it's all kind of condensed, but there's things that happen that you're like, I didn't know that was an animatronic.

00:15:37.702 --> 00:15:39.642
MOLLY: Yeah, or like you didn't even know it was like there.

00:15:39.902 --> 00:15:41.702
MOLLY: And Lyra loves the little train area.

00:15:41.722 --> 00:15:44.002
MOLLY: So like she loves all that little like intricate stuff.

00:15:44.022 --> 00:15:45.642
MOLLY: So I just feel like it would be up her alley.

00:15:45.662 --> 00:15:50.822
MOLLY: But yeah, I feel like it also takes, like it's probably not something you can do all in one swoop.

00:15:50.842 --> 00:15:52.642
MOLLY: Like I feel like it takes a good chunk of time.

00:15:52.662 --> 00:15:59.422
MOLLY: So if you're like trying to get rides done, I can see people being like, I don't have the time to do this whole thing.

00:15:59.422 --> 00:16:00.622
MOLLY: But it sounds fun.

00:16:00.722 --> 00:16:05.242
VIRGINIA: If you're a frequent Disney goer, then you know, it's 20 to 30 minutes.

00:16:05.262 --> 00:16:06.602
VIRGINIA: It's something different to do.

00:16:06.702 --> 00:16:08.762
VIRGINIA: I would never do all of the countries at one time.

00:16:08.782 --> 00:16:11.882
VIRGINIA: I don't even know that I would do more than one country in a day.

00:16:12.062 --> 00:16:14.062
VIRGINIA: But definitely worth trying.

00:16:14.082 --> 00:16:21.822
VIRGINIA: And if she likes that train area, then I would recommend, just because it's the one I've done to completion, Germany was cool.

00:16:22.462 --> 00:16:27.502
MOLLY: I saw a couple of clips online, too, of the one in the UK Pavilion and another one.

00:16:27.522 --> 00:16:30.642
MOLLY: And I was like, okay, like this seems cool.

00:16:30.662 --> 00:16:36.722
MOLLY: And I know it's gone through a couple of iterations with some different characters, which I never did the earlier versions either.

00:16:36.742 --> 00:16:40.782
MOLLY: But yeah, maybe now is the time to start it and see how it goes.

00:16:40.802 --> 00:16:46.062
MOLLY: But we also have a dinner reservation that Lyra wanted.

00:16:46.122 --> 00:16:49.522
MOLLY: This was like her first thing she requested was Space 220.

00:16:49.882 --> 00:16:52.822
MOLLY: We've eaten there before, and she loved it.

00:16:54.482 --> 00:16:57.922
MOLLY: They have chicken fingers, so we'll be okay.

00:16:58.142 --> 00:17:01.342
MOLLY: I will pay a large sum for some chicken fingers.

00:17:01.822 --> 00:17:02.722
VIRGINIA: For chicken fingers.

00:17:03.042 --> 00:17:05.242
VIRGINIA: Got it.

00:17:05.382 --> 00:17:07.462
VIRGINIA: After dinner, you mentioned fireworks.

00:17:07.562 --> 00:17:11.862
VIRGINIA: Are you going to be looking for a good spot right after dinner?

00:17:12.322 --> 00:17:18.802
VIRGINIA: Or how do you navigate, particularly Luminous, because not everyone's done Luminous yet.

00:17:19.122 --> 00:17:20.622
VIRGINIA: Where do you aim to view them from?

00:17:20.982 --> 00:17:29.722
MOLLY: I've only seen Luminous once with Sebastian, but I feel like the good thing about the Epcot nighttime shows is that there's so many spots you could go to.

00:17:29.822 --> 00:17:33.542
MOLLY: I am not a stake it out for an hour ahead of time person.

00:17:33.982 --> 00:17:35.822
MOLLY: She'll have to go to the bathroom and we'll lose our spot.

00:17:36.022 --> 00:17:37.762
MOLLY: It's not worth it to me.

00:17:37.762 --> 00:17:45.622
MOLLY: So we'll probably venture over a little bit beforehand and just try to find a decent place for her to stand.

00:17:45.902 --> 00:17:50.082
MOLLY: Usually UK, Canada has some spots.

00:17:50.582 --> 00:17:59.742
MOLLY: With Sebastian, we watched from the bridge in France just because we wanted to dart out to our hotel afterward, but that's a pretty popular spot.

00:17:59.782 --> 00:18:02.722
MOLLY: But yeah, we'll probably just see where we find a little spot.

00:18:02.742 --> 00:18:05.962
MOLLY: I think we'll have some time to kill post-dinner because our dinner is pretty early.

00:18:06.222 --> 00:18:07.062
VIRGINIA: What time is dinner?

00:18:07.402 --> 00:18:07.902
MOLLY: Five.

00:18:09.602 --> 00:18:15.602
MOLLY: So we'll probably do Moana again at night and work our way back over there.

00:18:15.742 --> 00:18:17.362
MOLLY: Maybe do some more duck tail stuff.

00:18:17.382 --> 00:18:17.822
MOLLY: Who knows?

00:18:18.202 --> 00:18:19.762
MOLLY: I think we're going to probably take it pretty...

00:18:19.762 --> 00:18:21.922
MOLLY: She wants to do the playground.

00:18:21.942 --> 00:18:26.562
MOLLY: She's just definitely not as focused on the attractions there.

00:18:30.102 --> 00:18:31.502
MOLLY: So we'll see where it takes us.

00:18:32.582 --> 00:18:36.722
VIRGINIA: You'll still be there at a time when Flower and Garden will be going on.

00:18:37.042 --> 00:18:38.782
VIRGINIA: Has she been to Flower and Garden before?

00:18:39.042 --> 00:18:44.022
MOLLY: Yeah, when she was about five, when we went as a family, it was Flower and Garden.

00:18:44.042 --> 00:18:46.922
MOLLY: So I think that was the last time we were there for that.

00:18:47.142 --> 00:18:54.022
MOLLY: But it was funny because she was art directing me to take pictures with her with all the topiary.

00:18:54.042 --> 00:18:55.722
MOLLY: She really loved all the different characters.

00:18:58.202 --> 00:19:01.802
MOLLY: There's one of Kermit the Frog and she'd do a frog pose.

00:19:03.882 --> 00:19:04.982
MOLLY: She's too much.

00:19:05.182 --> 00:19:05.922
MOLLY: She's a character.

00:19:05.922 --> 00:19:07.382
MOLLY: She's meant for life on the stage.

00:19:07.402 --> 00:19:15.582
MOLLY: So I'm sure we'll get some more artistic shots with the topiaries and Lyra to compare from the last time.

00:19:16.362 --> 00:19:16.822
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:19:17.042 --> 00:19:19.902
VIRGINIA: I hope she will take some artistic pictures of you as well.

00:19:19.922 --> 00:19:21.862
VIRGINIA: I would love to see what she directs you to do.

00:19:25.982 --> 00:19:26.462
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:19:26.662 --> 00:19:29.022
VIRGINIA: Saturday, may the fourth be with you.

00:19:29.942 --> 00:19:31.342
VIRGINIA: What are you doing this day?

00:19:31.362 --> 00:19:36.442
VIRGINIA: Are you going to avoid Hollywood Studios at all costs?

00:19:36.682 --> 00:19:42.022
MOLLY: Originally, we were going to go there, and then I got very panicked that it was going to be so busy.

00:19:42.342 --> 00:19:45.702
MOLLY: So that's when we swapped it to our first day.

00:19:46.602 --> 00:19:48.742
MOLLY: So we're going to do Animal Kingdom that day.

00:19:48.762 --> 00:19:55.762
MOLLY: We actually have a Topolino's reservation from when I thought we were going to go to Hollywood Studios, but it's a little on the later side.

00:19:55.782 --> 00:20:02.322
MOLLY: It's at 1130, so I'm trying to bump it a little earlier because I feel like that's going to take a good chunk out of our day.

00:20:02.342 --> 00:20:05.542
MOLLY: But she's going to want to take a slow morning anyway.

00:20:05.562 --> 00:20:10.102
MOLLY: So in Animal Kingdom, we can kind of just do some leisurely stuff.

00:20:10.122 --> 00:20:15.102
MOLLY: It's open until 7 that night, so it's a pretty good chunk of time anyway.

00:20:16.922 --> 00:20:19.002
VIRGINIA: What does she enjoy at Animal Kingdom?

00:20:19.222 --> 00:20:25.762
MOLLY: We're actually going to try the animation experience for the first time, because she is big into drawing.

00:20:25.782 --> 00:20:27.122
MOLLY: And I was like, you've got to check that out.

00:20:27.142 --> 00:20:28.122
MOLLY: We've gone out there.

00:20:28.162 --> 00:20:30.122
MOLLY: She loves the affection section out there.

00:20:30.142 --> 00:20:32.162
MOLLY: So we go out there for that.

00:20:32.182 --> 00:20:35.162
MOLLY: But I was like, we should try the animation thing.

00:20:35.182 --> 00:20:36.322
MOLLY: So we're going to do that.

00:20:37.782 --> 00:20:41.962
MOLLY: She loves Flight of Passage and Navi River Journey, so she loves Pandora.

00:20:42.182 --> 00:20:51.342
MOLLY: She loves Triceratops Spin, so we're probably going to have to go into Dinoland with the thought that maybe it's not going to be around too much longer, which is sad for us.

00:20:51.462 --> 00:20:52.982
MOLLY: Safari, did I say that already?

00:20:53.002 --> 00:20:53.322
MOLLY: I don't know.

00:20:53.742 --> 00:20:55.922
MOLLY: Safari, she loves the animal trails.

00:20:55.942 --> 00:20:57.802
MOLLY: We like just kind of walking around.

00:20:57.822 --> 00:20:58.802
MOLLY: She likes the shows.

00:20:58.822 --> 00:21:02.142
MOLLY: She said that she really wants to make sure to see the Nemo show again.

00:21:03.222 --> 00:21:09.942
MOLLY: She does like the Lion King one, but she said that Nemo is more important, so apparently she likes that one more.

00:21:11.442 --> 00:21:14.702
MOLLY: But yeah, just mostly checking out the animals.

00:21:17.242 --> 00:21:21.062
VIRGINIA: If you cannot get a better time for Topolino's, are you going to cancel?

00:21:21.522 --> 00:21:23.062
MOLLY: No, we're going to just do it.

00:21:24.062 --> 00:21:34.222
MOLLY: We go frequent enough that I'm like, okay, if we have a half day at Animal Kingdom, even though I personally feel it is a full day park, we'll be okay with it.

00:21:35.322 --> 00:21:45.422
MOLLY: And I feel like the later half is usually people are leaving, so it's not usually too bad with lines or anything, and we're going to have Genie Plus, so I think we'll still have plenty of time to do everything we want to do.

00:21:46.382 --> 00:21:51.662
VIRGINIA: So for your Genie Plus, because you won't be getting there until so much later, are you going to be on at 7 a.m.

00:21:51.682 --> 00:21:56.762
VIRGINIA: to get your first thing and then be doing the modification game to stack for the afternoon?

00:21:56.982 --> 00:22:05.002
MOLLY: Yeah, I have a problem where it's a game to me, and I have to gamify the system.

00:22:05.022 --> 00:22:10.022
MOLLY: So I will just try to stack for later in the day and make sure we have all our stuff ready to go.

00:22:12.202 --> 00:22:13.542
VIRGINIA: But yeah, I have no chill.

00:22:13.562 --> 00:22:15.002
MOLLY: I have to get on and do it.

00:22:15.662 --> 00:22:16.322
VIRGINIA: I get it.

00:22:16.402 --> 00:22:24.202
VIRGINIA: Stacking, not only to get as many done as possible, but stacking to get them done in the order that makes the most sense.

00:22:24.462 --> 00:22:35.382
VIRGINIA: There is such a sick satisfaction when you're like, ha, I got all my Genie Plus observations in one side of the park, and I'm going to hit them in the order I'm supposed to.

00:22:35.762 --> 00:22:38.802
MOLLY: I can just walk in a circle instead of ping-ponging back and forth.

00:22:39.962 --> 00:22:40.842
MOLLY: There's something about it.

00:22:40.962 --> 00:22:44.682
MOLLY: I feel like I get more for my money when I do it that way.

00:22:44.702 --> 00:22:45.742
MOLLY: I don't know.

00:22:46.042 --> 00:22:47.362
MOLLY: I won somehow.

00:22:47.442 --> 00:22:47.962
VIRGINIA: I don't know.

00:22:47.982 --> 00:22:48.422
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:22:48.442 --> 00:22:53.082
VIRGINIA: You're more likely to purchase it again in the future because you won the system.

00:22:55.862 --> 00:22:56.182
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:22:58.602 --> 00:22:59.222
VIRGINIA: Oh, my goodness.

00:23:00.182 --> 00:23:06.422
VIRGINIA: Sunday, May the 5th, and that's Revenge of the 5th Day, I think they call it.

00:23:06.882 --> 00:23:08.982
VIRGINIA: Or did they call it Revenge of the 5th?

00:23:09.362 --> 00:23:09.962
MOLLY: I don't know.

00:23:10.042 --> 00:23:14.542
MOLLY: I'm maybe not a good enough Star Wars fan for all my wonderful Star Wars friends.

00:23:14.562 --> 00:23:15.122
VIRGINIA: I'm sorry.

00:23:15.842 --> 00:23:22.902
VIRGINIA: I think they do, and the only reason I've heard that is because May the 4th be with you, I think, is more like the light side.

00:23:22.922 --> 00:23:23.922
VIRGINIA: Gotcha.

00:23:23.942 --> 00:23:26.802
VIRGINIA: Revenge of the 5th Sith.

00:23:27.042 --> 00:23:27.702
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:23:27.822 --> 00:23:30.022
VIRGINIA: Revenge of the 5th.

00:23:30.042 --> 00:23:31.262
MOLLY: Everybody deserves their day.

00:23:35.102 --> 00:23:35.622
MOLLY: Celebrate.

00:23:35.702 --> 00:23:36.202
VIRGINIA: Oh, gosh.

00:23:36.222 --> 00:23:43.122
VIRGINIA: You know what just occurred to me is the people who are celebrating May the 4th, May the 4th would already be busy, but the fact that it's falling on a Saturday.

00:23:45.342 --> 00:23:46.422
MOLLY: I know.

00:23:46.442 --> 00:23:47.562
MOLLY: I was just like, I don't...

00:23:48.462 --> 00:23:51.522
MOLLY: I mean, I like Star Wars, but she does not care.

00:23:51.682 --> 00:23:58.342
MOLLY: She likes that area of the park and stuff, but she, I don't think, ever sat through any of the movies.

00:23:58.462 --> 00:24:03.402
MOLLY: So it would be lost on her, and I'm like, maybe we should just go a different day.

00:24:04.562 --> 00:24:07.502
VIRGINIA: I'm guessing that on Sunday, you're headed to Magic Kingdom.

00:24:07.842 --> 00:24:16.342
MOLLY: Yes, we're going to end strong with her favorite park is Magic Kingdom, and we have a lot we want to do this day.

00:24:16.402 --> 00:24:22.522
MOLLY: So we probably won't rope drop, but we will probably try to get there pretty early.

00:24:23.282 --> 00:24:32.942
MOLLY: Tons on the agenda, mostly all the Fantasyland rides, like that's her favorite place, Small World, Peter Pan, all that stuff.

00:24:32.962 --> 00:24:34.682
MOLLY: She just loves all of it.

00:24:35.082 --> 00:24:50.322
MOLLY: So we'll make our way through the rides, and she has a Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique reservation at 2.30 in the afternoon, and I'm so excited because we've never done that with her, and I'm at the point where I'm like, we are probably nearing the end of this window.

00:24:50.562 --> 00:24:55.882
MOLLY: So while she still likes princesses, I'm jumping on it.

00:24:56.022 --> 00:24:56.782
MOLLY: I've never done it.

00:24:57.502 --> 00:24:57.962
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:24:58.982 --> 00:25:03.222
VIRGINIA: Are you bringing a dress for her, or will she be picking one out from their choices?

00:25:03.702 --> 00:25:14.142
MOLLY: So we're wearing a pretty nice Rapunzel dress to the park, and I'm kind of with the idea that if she doesn't see something she really wants...

00:25:14.562 --> 00:25:21.822
MOLLY: I'll be honest, she has some sensory stuff, so if it's a real scratchy dress or something, she's maybe not going to be super happy.

00:25:21.842 --> 00:25:24.042
MOLLY: So we have an alternative.

00:25:24.102 --> 00:25:30.602
MOLLY: If she wants to pick one out, I'm totally open to her doing whatever she wants other than the $500 ones.

00:25:32.142 --> 00:25:36.222
MOLLY: You can pick out the dresses that aren't the special edition ones.

00:25:36.722 --> 00:25:37.662
MOLLY: The next teardown.

00:25:38.882 --> 00:25:43.402
VIRGINIA: I did not even realize they had special edition $500 ones.

00:25:43.582 --> 00:25:45.202
MOLLY: Yeah, so there's different packages you can get.

00:25:45.222 --> 00:25:46.802
MOLLY: You can just get the hair and makeup done.

00:25:46.822 --> 00:25:47.882
MOLLY: You can do just the dress.

00:25:47.902 --> 00:25:49.122
MOLLY: You can do the dress with a little accessory.

00:25:52.262 --> 00:25:56.702
MOLLY: It's like jewelry or an accessory package, or there's the famous people.

00:25:56.722 --> 00:26:03.282
MOLLY: The people there on those VIP tours are getting that next level up that us common folk can't really justify.

00:26:05.982 --> 00:26:18.002
VIRGINIA: Well, Rapunzel dress she's bringing with her, but in looking at the dresses that they have as options, did any catch your eye as being like, okay, maybe she would like that one?

00:26:18.342 --> 00:26:31.322
MOLLY: Yeah, I think she, again, she loves Elsa, so anytime there's anything frozen, if there's something Elsa, she'll probably want it just because she can never have too much Elsa stuff.

00:26:31.342 --> 00:26:43.022
MOLLY: She's also really, like, she loves Snow White and Belle, and she has a bunch of Ariel stuff too, so I feel like, I don't know, I could see her going in any direction, so we'll see what she decides.

00:26:43.022 --> 00:26:48.522
MOLLY: I feel like she thinks she's gonna get an Elsa dress, but I feel like once she gets in there, she might change her mind, so.

00:26:48.862 --> 00:26:54.442
VIRGINIA: Will she know if she feels the dress, whether it's gonna be irritating to her or not?

00:26:54.702 --> 00:26:55.542
MOLLY: I hope so.

00:26:55.542 --> 00:26:58.842
MOLLY: I think that's gonna have to be a conversation where I'm like, do you think you'll be comfortable?

00:26:58.882 --> 00:27:05.722
MOLLY: And honestly, like, even if she just, like, wears it for an hour and we get some pictures, like, it can be just, like, a dress-up dress.

00:27:05.742 --> 00:27:06.482
MOLLY: It's fine.

00:27:06.502 --> 00:27:09.362
MOLLY: Like, I'm not gonna stress too much.

00:27:09.402 --> 00:27:11.782
MOLLY: Like, we can always change back into the other one that's comfortable.

00:27:13.782 --> 00:27:14.222
VIRGINIA: So let's see.

00:27:14.242 --> 00:27:16.102
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:27:16.122 --> 00:27:18.902
VIRGINIA: Well, what's happening after Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique?

00:27:19.302 --> 00:27:21.622
MOLLY: So, yeah, so we'll probably do a little bit more time in the park.

00:27:21.642 --> 00:27:29.742
MOLLY: I was kind of hoping that, like, after she does that, we can kind of go meet the princesses at, you know, Princess Fairytale Hall to get some pictures just for fun.

00:27:30.542 --> 00:27:34.182
MOLLY: And then we have dinner at 1900 Park Fare.

00:27:34.522 --> 00:27:38.322
MOLLY: So we have a 630 dinner reservation over at the Grand Floridian.

00:27:38.782 --> 00:27:41.102
MOLLY: And it just, you know, just reopened recently.

00:27:41.242 --> 00:27:45.682
MOLLY: So I don't really know too much what to expect, but it seems like people are enjoying it.

00:27:45.722 --> 00:27:47.262
MOLLY: So it should be fun.

00:27:47.602 --> 00:27:49.522
VIRGINIA: Do you know which characters are there now?

00:27:49.922 --> 00:27:59.322
MOLLY: So right now, I think it's Cinderella, Mirabelle, Aladdin as Prince Ali, and Tiana in her Bayou outfit.

00:28:00.122 --> 00:28:03.962
VIRGINIA: Okay, so the stepmother and step-sisters are missing.

00:28:04.022 --> 00:28:07.202
MOLLY: Yeah, so this is like, I guess it's the Wishmakers.

00:28:07.282 --> 00:28:07.782
MOLLY: I know.

00:28:07.802 --> 00:28:10.802
MOLLY: I feel like everyone who's, I never went to it beforehand.

00:28:10.822 --> 00:28:13.682
VIRGINIA: We went once and they were the best part.

00:28:14.502 --> 00:28:17.362
MOLLY: That's all I hear is people are so disappointed that they're gone.

00:28:17.382 --> 00:28:25.082
MOLLY: I do think the new kind of theming of it is Wishmakers or people who have made wishes and had them come true.

00:28:25.102 --> 00:28:29.282
MOLLY: So it seems really fun, but yeah, it's kind of a bummer.

00:28:29.302 --> 00:28:38.262
MOLLY: Because they're fun to interact with in the park, so I can only imagine in a character dining situation that the stepsisters are just so much fun.

00:28:38.922 --> 00:28:39.282
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:28:39.302 --> 00:28:41.062
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:28:41.082 --> 00:28:44.282
VIRGINIA: When you were there, it's a buffet, I would imagine.

00:28:44.302 --> 00:28:45.202
VIRGINIA: It's still a buffet.

00:28:46.142 --> 00:28:49.802
VIRGINIA: I think they have the strawberry soup on the menu there.

00:28:49.822 --> 00:28:50.782
MOLLY: This is what I'm hearing.

00:28:50.802 --> 00:28:52.782
MOLLY: I was like, what is that?

00:28:52.802 --> 00:28:53.362
MOLLY: Is it hot?

00:28:53.382 --> 00:28:53.922
MOLLY: Is it cold?

00:28:54.602 --> 00:28:55.922
MOLLY: It's apparently cold, yeah.

00:28:57.222 --> 00:29:00.122
VIRGINIA: I mean, think pureed strawberries.

00:29:00.362 --> 00:29:00.682
MOLLY: Yeah.

00:29:00.882 --> 00:29:07.542
MOLLY: Somebody said it's like a smoothie, kind of, more of like a strawberry smoothie situation.

00:29:07.562 --> 00:29:09.262
MOLLY: I was like, oh, okay, I can get behind that.

00:29:09.762 --> 00:29:11.682
VIRGINIA: Yeah, with like a soup consistency.

00:29:12.482 --> 00:29:12.922
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:29:14.102 --> 00:29:17.402
MOLLY: Well, I will try it and I will report back.

00:29:17.642 --> 00:29:26.282
MOLLY: And then after that, I think we're probably going to go back to the park and catch the fireworks, but probably not from the hub area.

00:29:27.802 --> 00:29:35.102
MOLLY: So there's, she gets pretty scared around really loud noises, so we tend to bring headphones and stuff for her.

00:29:35.122 --> 00:29:41.142
MOLLY: So we watched them from like behind the castle before, and that was okay.

00:29:41.162 --> 00:29:54.382
MOLLY: So we may just try to like do some rides if we want, maybe something again, and then just try to find a spot either, you know, back in fantasy land or like somewhere where we can still see them, but not be elbow to elbow with people.

00:29:56.022 --> 00:30:04.642
VIRGINIA: And somebody had recommended, I think it was Jon, who's the WDW runner that I interviewed before.

00:30:04.662 --> 00:30:06.562
VIRGINIA: Was it him?

00:30:07.122 --> 00:30:07.682
VIRGINIA: I'm not sure.

00:30:08.042 --> 00:30:21.542
VIRGINIA: Anyway, he had recommended over on the sort of back side of Cosmic Rays, there's a place where you can sit and you can still see the projections on the castle, but sort of from the side.

00:30:21.602 --> 00:30:22.842
MOLLY: Like on the side view?

00:30:22.902 --> 00:30:24.582
MOLLY: Yeah, I'll have to check that out.

00:30:24.902 --> 00:30:36.222
VIRGINIA: And then after he said that, since whenever that was, someone else mentioned that they had tried that spot as well, and that was good because it was a lot less people.

00:30:36.502 --> 00:30:44.742
VIRGINIA: And I think there's outdoor tables or if it's not outdoor tables, then it's tables inside Cosmic Rays where they're piping in the music, but you can still see.

00:30:45.582 --> 00:30:47.402
VIRGINIA: So something to consider.

00:30:47.722 --> 00:31:07.762
MOLLY: We actually we ended up, it's funny, we hid in Cosmic Rays during a Halloween party once during the Halloween fireworks because we were, it was when I had just taken the kids by myself, my husband was at Halloween Horror Nights and we were on Dumbo and the fireworks started and she was like freaking out.

00:31:08.022 --> 00:31:21.162
MOLLY: So it's like, OK, so we got off Dumbo and we like hoofed it over to Cosmic Rays and hid in there and they were having like a dance party or something in there with like the zombies, which my kids didn't know who they were.

00:31:21.502 --> 00:31:24.222
MOLLY: And like it ended up being like the most fun part of our night.

00:31:24.242 --> 00:31:30.722
MOLLY: Like they were like the characters that were in there were interacting with the kids so much and they had a blast and they were just dancing.

00:31:30.742 --> 00:31:34.822
MOLLY: So I was like, oh, OK, we picked the right place to hide, I guess.

00:31:34.842 --> 00:31:38.722
MOLLY: So we'll have to see about watching the fireworks from over there.

00:31:38.742 --> 00:31:39.842
MOLLY: So that's a good tip.

00:31:40.542 --> 00:31:55.842
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I would say if you're thinking about doing that, maybe Google to see exactly where that spot is within Cosmic Rays because I even now talking about it and having eaten at Cosmic Rays fairly recently, I'm like, where?

00:31:55.922 --> 00:31:56.882
VIRGINIA: Where are they talking about?

00:31:56.902 --> 00:32:00.602
MOLLY: I think there are some windows that face that direction.

00:32:00.622 --> 00:32:07.422
VIRGINIA: Yeah, they said it's sort of across from where you get a, where you get a, what is it, the cattail thing?

00:32:07.742 --> 00:32:09.302
MOLLY: OK, yeah, the Cheshire.

00:32:10.222 --> 00:32:12.762
VIRGINIA: Yes, it's sort of right across from that, I guess.

00:32:12.822 --> 00:32:15.102
MOLLY: OK, yeah, I know what you're talking about.

00:32:15.862 --> 00:32:20.582
MOLLY: That makes sense, because it's kind of like on your way over that little bridge there.

00:32:21.402 --> 00:32:23.222
MOLLY: So if you're standing back from it, that might work.

00:32:23.482 --> 00:32:24.702
MOLLY: I'm sure we'll find a spot.

00:32:24.722 --> 00:32:33.702
MOLLY: I just, just dealing with the crowd does not appeal to me, so, but we want to see the fireworks, you know, it's our last night.

00:32:34.122 --> 00:32:40.282
VIRGINIA: Now to your last day, speaking of last night, what is the plan for Monday, May the 6th?

00:32:40.302 --> 00:32:47.882
VIRGINIA: What time is your flight and what time do you think you need to get out of the Disney bubble to make your flight on time?

00:32:48.782 --> 00:32:59.302
MOLLY: So our flight's at 11 a.m., so I think we're probably just going to have to get up and go, maybe a little breakfast, depending on if I can rouse my sleeping princess.

00:32:59.902 --> 00:33:08.882
MOLLY: But yeah, we'll probably hit the road to get to the airport around 8.30, so not much of a day there that last day, unfortunately, which is a bummer, but...

00:33:09.402 --> 00:33:11.382
VIRGINIA: What terminal will you be flying in and out of?

00:33:11.842 --> 00:33:15.202
MOLLY: We go out of Terminal C, so it's a lot easier.

00:33:15.222 --> 00:33:21.702
MOLLY: The security tends to not be too, too bad, at least in my experience so far.

00:33:21.862 --> 00:33:22.862
MOLLY: You know, never say never.

00:33:22.882 --> 00:33:25.402
MOLLY: But kind of a bummer of a day.

00:33:26.122 --> 00:33:27.222
VIRGINIA: I know, I know.

00:33:27.502 --> 00:33:30.862
VIRGINIA: But at least there's stuff to do at Terminal C, because...

00:33:30.862 --> 00:33:31.442
MOLLY: There is.

00:33:32.322 --> 00:33:41.602
VIRGINIA: That's what I don't like about A and B is that the good stuff is before you ever get over into your actual wing or whatever you want to call it.

00:33:41.762 --> 00:33:42.942
VIRGINIA: It's before security.

00:33:42.962 --> 00:33:49.362
MOLLY: Yeah, and you have to go back to that little hub from your gate to even get coffee or anything.

00:33:49.382 --> 00:33:50.102
MOLLY: It's like a hoof.

00:33:51.102 --> 00:33:57.882
MOLLY: I mean, Terminal C is also, you've got to hoof it down to your gate, but there's at least stuff peppered in, which is helpful.

00:33:58.562 --> 00:34:01.542
VIRGINIA: And there's stuff to look at, is really what I was thinking about.

00:34:01.562 --> 00:34:12.282
VIRGINIA: Because in A and B, if you want to go to the Disney store or the Universal store, you're doing it before you ever even get into the security line, which is really annoying to me.

00:34:12.462 --> 00:34:16.822
VIRGINIA: Because then you're rushed and you feel like you have to be paying attention to that.

00:34:16.842 --> 00:34:24.782
VIRGINIA: But Terminal C, you get back there and it's kind of like, you just wander until it's time for you to go to your gate.

00:34:24.802 --> 00:34:24.922
MOLLY: Yeah.

00:34:24.942 --> 00:34:27.542
MOLLY: And I feel like there's really good food options.

00:34:27.562 --> 00:34:29.462
MOLLY: I love it.

00:34:30.902 --> 00:34:34.762
MOLLY: I don't care to ever go back to A and B if I can help it.

00:34:36.122 --> 00:34:40.142
MOLLY: I will take JetBlue to Terminal C for the rest of my life if I can.

00:34:40.442 --> 00:34:42.282
VIRGINIA: We unfortunately have a lot of airline miles.

00:34:42.302 --> 00:34:43.262
VIRGINIA: Well, not unfortunately.

00:34:44.122 --> 00:34:45.622
VIRGINIA: Let me complain about my airline miles.

00:34:45.862 --> 00:34:47.902
VIRGINIA: I have a lot of airline miles with United.

00:34:48.602 --> 00:34:54.662
VIRGINIA: So we frequently, especially at our main annual trip time is always in February.

00:34:54.702 --> 00:34:57.922
VIRGINIA: And the tickets are so expensive for that week because it's Presidents Week.

00:34:57.942 --> 00:35:02.622
VIRGINIA: So we inevitably fly United because we use the miles for the really expensive flight times.

00:35:02.642 --> 00:35:03.182
MOLLY: You got to do it.

00:35:03.202 --> 00:35:04.442
MOLLY: Yeah, I get that.

00:35:05.042 --> 00:35:11.562
VIRGINIA: But when I go at the beginning of June, I'm back to my beloved JetBlue and I'm very excited.

00:35:11.582 --> 00:35:21.902
VIRGINIA: And Alex is too because he was like, yes, the Universal Store, because he loves that Universal Store with the screen that goes up the wall and the dragons come in and it's just so cool.

00:35:21.982 --> 00:35:25.042
MOLLY: And you got Haggard's bike in there, or I guess Sirius' bike.

00:35:26.962 --> 00:35:27.902
MOLLY: But yeah, I love it.

00:35:27.922 --> 00:35:31.262
MOLLY: Yeah, it's such a, like they really did a great job with that.

00:35:31.282 --> 00:35:32.722
MOLLY: It's such a cool spot.

00:35:33.162 --> 00:35:33.682
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:35:33.762 --> 00:35:36.202
VIRGINIA: I cannot wait to hear how this trip goes.

00:35:36.222 --> 00:35:42.002
VIRGINIA: I can't wait to see pictures particularly of her Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique transformation.

00:35:42.022 --> 00:35:44.382
VIRGINIA: I hope you have a wonderful trip.

00:35:44.502 --> 00:35:49.502
MOLLY: Yes, I will definitely take lots of pictures and notes to report back.

00:35:51.222 --> 00:35:54.562
VIRGINIA: Thank you again to Molly for joining me for another trip report.

00:35:54.902 --> 00:35:58.802
VIRGINIA: Molly's information is in the show notes, so make sure you give her a follow.

00:35:58.882 --> 00:36:02.042
VIRGINIA: And don't forget to reach out when you're planning your next trip.

00:36:02.682 --> 00:36:08.362
VIRGINIA: Whenever that next trip will be, make sure you keep daydreaming about where you long to be.