Pre-Trip Report: Molly’s Mother/Son Trontastic Birthday Trip (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: Thank you so much for joining me for another pre-trip report interview.

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VIRGINIA: This week, I'm sitting down with Molly, who was planning a birthday trip for her son, Sebastian, as he turns 11.

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VIRGINIA: If you are interested in being a trip report guest, please use the link in the show notes.

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VIRGINIA: I'm currently looking for people with trips in June and beyond, and I'd love to hear from you.

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VIRGINIA: It's a lot of fun, and I promise it's easy.

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VIRGINIA: And now, without further ado, here's Molly.

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VIRGINIA: Welcome, Molly, from Magic Memories with Molly.

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VIRGINIA: How are you?

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MOLLY: Hi, Virginia, I'm good.

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MOLLY: How are you?

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VIRGINIA: I am great.

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VIRGINIA: I'm so excited to have you here today to talk about your trip.

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MOLLY: Yes, I'm so excited.

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VIRGINIA: Just learn more about you as a person.

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VIRGINIA: So I know, you know, we're connected on Instagram, and you are a travel planner, but can you tell me and all the listeners a little bit more about how you got into that and, you know, what you love about being a travel planner?

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MOLLY: Yeah, so really what kind of started this whole thing was during the pandemic, I had been a, you know, executive and personal assistant for about 16 years.

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MOLLY: During the pandemic, I actually got laid off from my corporate position, and it was kind of one of those moments where you're like, what's next?

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MOLLY: Like, what do I do?

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MOLLY: And I kind of just had this thought of like, you know, like, what would I even want to do?

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MOLLY: Like, what would you do if like, you could do anything?

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MOLLY: I was like, I would just play on Disney Trips if I could just do anything.

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MOLLY: And then it was kind of like, bing!

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MOLLY: Wait a minute, that could be a job.

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MOLLY: So then it kind of just started the process of figuring out kind of how to get started.

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MOLLY: And I mean, it's something I truly enjoy doing.

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MOLLY: So to kind of make a career out of that was just awesome.

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MOLLY: Like I just, I couldn't, I couldn't have picked a better job.

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MOLLY: And like my corporate skills kind of did, translate into that, time management and planning.

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MOLLY: And I did travel planning for the people I supported.

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MOLLY: So it seemed like a really good fit to go that way.

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MOLLY: And I love Disney.

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MOLLY: I planned lots of different trips, but Disney is definitely my personal favorite.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, so you are able to do like universal and then things outside of the Disney and universal world?

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MOLLY: Yes, so I would say those are my favorite personally to plan, but I do European small group travel and cruises and all of that too.

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VIRGINIA: Are you with an agency?

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MOLLY: I am an independent contractor, but I do have a host agency that I work with.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, do you want to mention?

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MOLLY: So it's Main Street Travel, the host agency that I work with.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, I've spoken with a lot of travel planners over the past year of the podcast, and I think there's probably a lot of benefit to being with a host agency because then you have that support of the bigger group.

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VIRGINIA: But what I see them doing that I'm like, that looks like so much fun is going on these agency trips where they get to learn about the things that they need to know as a travel planner.

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VIRGINIA: But just from the outside looking in, it just looks like a bunch of mostly ladies having a great time at Disney together.

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VIRGINIA: So.

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MOLLY: I will say that is certainly a benefit.

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MOLLY: My host agency has had a couple in the past year that I just for timing haven't been able to join them just for my own trips and things like that.

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MOLLY: So I'm fingers crossed going to be able to get on the next one, but they are a fun group.

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VIRGINIA: And where are you located in the world?

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MOLLY: So I live in Massachusetts.

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MOLLY: So I'm kind of just above the Rhode Island border.

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MOLLY: So I'm kind of on the border of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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MOLLY: I'm closer to Providence than Boston, but.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Very nice.

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VIRGINIA: Do you know Beccy Hufflepuff in Disney?

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MOLLY: So funny.

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MOLLY: So after I listened to her episode, I reached out and I was like, I think we're neighbors.

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VIRGINIA: She's like, wait a minute.

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MOLLY: She has people that she works with like just in the town right next to mine.

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MOLLY: So it was so funny.

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MOLLY: So we became quick friends after that episode.

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VIRGINIA: Small world.

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VIRGINIA: Small, small world, yes.

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VIRGINIA: And you know, Beccy, she's always up for more friends.

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VIRGINIA: The whole theme of her episode.

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VIRGINIA: All right, I'm actually seeing her later this month because she is coming to New York and we're gonna see Aladdin on Broadway with a big group of people.

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MOLLY: Oh, so fun.

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MOLLY: Yeah.

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MOLLY: Oh, that'll be a blast.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, I'm really looking forward to it.

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VIRGINIA: All right, so let's talk about your trip dates and how you came to decide on these particular trip dates.

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VIRGINIA: Is this a time of year that you go regularly?

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MOLLY: No, I've never gone this time of year.

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MOLLY: So the reason that we picked these dates is it's my son's 11th birthday.

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MOLLY: So it's just a mother-son trip.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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MOLLY: Taking him for a nice long weekend to celebrate his 11th birthday.

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MOLLY: So he turns 11 on the eighth.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: And what are the trip dates?

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VIRGINIA: Because I don't think we said them.

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MOLLY: So we are going there March 7th to 11th.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Mother-son trip.

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VIRGINIA: So that makes me ask, is he your only child?

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VIRGINIA: And if not, what does your family makeup look like?

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MOLLY: Yeah, so he is my oldest.

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MOLLY: I have two kids.

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MOLLY: I have my son, Sebastian, and my daughter, Lyra, who is eight.

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MOLLY: So she's the baby.

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MOLLY: And I live with my husband as well and our dog.

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VIRGINIA: So.

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VIRGINIA: And we already talked about our dogs before we started recording.

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VIRGINIA: What is your dog's name?

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MOLLY: My dog's name is Demo.

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VIRGINIA: Demo.

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MOLLY: My son actually came up with the name.

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MOLLY: So kind of like meaning like a video game demo.

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MOLLY: He's very into video games.

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MOLLY: And he just said that.

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MOLLY: And we were like, actually, that's a pretty good name.

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VIRGINIA: So.

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MOLLY: He also lives up to it in the demolition sense of the word as well.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: That was my first thought was, was he a particularly rambunctious puppy that he got this name?

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MOLLY: He lived up to his name quite easily.

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VIRGINIA: I mean, what comes first?

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VIRGINIA: Chicken, egg, right?

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VIRGINIA: That's my question.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: So as a travel planner, I imagine you're doing all of the planning for this, but is Sebastian at a point in his Disney life, because I'm imagining that he has been numerous times based on what you do, that he wants to be involved in any way in the planning.

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MOLLY: So funny thing is, is that we kind of approached this as if he was one of my clients.

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MOLLY: And I guided him through the planning like I would a client, but he has picked everything we are gonna do.

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MOLLY: He has picked where we're gonna stay.

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MOLLY: He has picked where we're going when, dining, the, you know, magical extras, everything.

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MOLLY: So I left it completely up to him.

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MOLLY: I kind of feel like this is how Walt intended it, having an 11 year old plan their own Disney trip.

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MOLLY: So we'll see.

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VIRGINIA: I think he made some good choices though.

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VIRGINIA: Awesome.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: So for your son, do you know about how many trips he's been on prior to this one?

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MOLLY: This will be his third trip, if my math is correct.

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VIRGINIA: And how often do you get down to the parks?

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MOLLY: So I go a lot more frequently.

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MOLLY: I went three times in 2023, two solo trips and one family trip.

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MOLLY: So I've certainly increased the number of times I go since becoming a travel planner.

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MOLLY: We kind of, we went as a family before I was a travel planner.

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MOLLY: And then we've kind of done the Disney universal, Disney universal kind of back and forth.

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MOLLY: But yeah, I went, I went for the princess weekend last year.

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MOLLY: We went on our family trip in August and then I went back holiday time by myself.

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MOLLY: And I did both Disney and universal.

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MOLLY: So he definitely knows his way around, I will say.

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VIRGINIA: Because you go frequently, I imagine that you're an annual pass holder.

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MOLLY: I am.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Is Sebastian?

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MOLLY: No, he is not.

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MOLLY: I'm the only annual pass holder in the family, so.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Are you also an annual pass holder over or whatever they call it at universal?

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MOLLY: I'm not.

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MOLLY: I thought about it and I definitely go to Disney more than I go to universal.

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MOLLY: So I just decided not to bother, but maybe someday we'll give me the option open.

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VIRGINIA: I've looked into it only because, I definitely, I prefer Disney, but I do love going to universal for the Harry Potter stuff.

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VIRGINIA: And when you add on universal days to a Disney trip, it gets so expensive.

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VIRGINIA: So I'm like, would it actually be more affordable if I just became an annual householder over there?

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MOLLY: With them opening that new park, I'm like, maybe once that's open, we'll kind of rethink it, but.

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VIRGINIA: I definitely want to get over there once the new park is open, but it's also, it's been a while since I've been over there because we used to kind of, like maybe every other trip, we would add on a day or two at universal.

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VIRGINIA: And we just haven't done it in a number of years.

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VIRGINIA: And I think maybe it kind of corresponds with like when we joined DVC, because I think we've only done it once since we joined DVC, because then it became like, wow, that really does add on a lot when you're going on these trips where it feels like girl math, they don't cost very much.

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VIRGINIA: But non-girl math, I actually, I have a spreadsheet where I keep up with like how much we paid out of pocket for our DVC and how much the cash rate is for the rooms that we have booked.

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VIRGINIA: And I was curious about it because we just got back.

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VIRGINIA: And so I was like, oh, I need to go enter my cash rate in there, like the equivalent or whatever.

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VIRGINIA: And when I entered that in, we have officially had enough value in the rooms that we've stayed in with our DVC that we have exceeded now the cash that we paid at the beginning.

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VIRGINIA: So now it's just like-

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VIRGINIA: Now it's free.

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VIRGINIA: Right, so now I got like 40 more years where all I'm paying is the dues.

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VIRGINIA: And I have a separate calculation that's running on the spreadsheet to calculate what I think the average cost of dues will be for the entire 50 years.

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VIRGINIA: So that I can tell when I break even with that point.

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VIRGINIA: It's basically free from that point on.

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VIRGINIA: That will be a long time from now, but-

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MOLLY: Advanced girl math.

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VIRGINIA: I know, I feel good though that we have now stayed in enough places to make the initial investment worth it.

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MOLLY: Yeah, I don't know that I could talk my husband into DVC.

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VIRGINIA: You know what, I never could have either, but when we were there that year, so this was 2018, we were walking through Epcot and the booth person got us and was like, hey, you want a sticker?

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VIRGINIA: And we were like, okay.

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VIRGINIA: And then he offered us the opportunity to go to tour and speak with a guide or whatever.

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VIRGINIA: And that in exchange for that, they were going to give us, I think like three free pass, this was back when Fast Passes were free, but they were going to give us three additional Fast Passes for each of us and they were giving us, it was at least $100 Disney gift card just for coming to tour the place.

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VIRGINIA: And I was like, we got time, okay.

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VIRGINIA: So I'll do it for the gift card.

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VIRGINIA: And so we did, like, I knew what DVC was.

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VIRGINIA: I had not looked into it very much, but my husband had no idea what it was.

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VIRGINIA: But midway through the conversation with the guide, he was doing his math in his head and realized based on the amount of times I want to go, that it would actually benefit him to do it.

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VIRGINIA: And so we signed up like there on the spot.

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VIRGINIA: And I told it like most expensive trip souvenir ever.

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VIRGINIA: I mean, especially considering like, we didn't do alone for anything.

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VIRGINIA: Like literally like on the spot and made this decision.

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VIRGINIA: And then spent the next week and a half or so being like, oh my God, what have we done?

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VIRGINIA: But then a couple of weeks later, we had settled into the idea and we're like, this is going to be fine.

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VIRGINIA: And then it was, we love it.

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VIRGINIA: And even he loves it.

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VIRGINIA: And he's not like a Disney, not like I am.

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VIRGINIA: Like he likes Disney, but he's-

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MOLLY: Right, I have the same here.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, he likes it.

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MOLLY: But he's like, you know, I don't need to go three times a year.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, so for my husband, it was all about the math and saving money, which look at me in my spreadsheet.

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VIRGINIA: I am already saving money.

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MOLLY: There you go, see?

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MOLLY: You showed him.

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VIRGINIA: Okay, so you get down about three times a year, and how often did you say you go to Universal?

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MOLLY: I would say probably once, once in those three trips.

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MOLLY: Occasionally, I think probably we're due for a longer family trip to Universal.

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MOLLY: So I would say maybe every other year we do a little bit more of a that side thing.

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MOLLY: My husband loves the Halloween Horror Nights.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, really?

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MOLLY: We're there.

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MOLLY: I will not do it.

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MOLLY: I did it once.

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MOLLY: I surprised him with a trip for his 30th birthday.

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MOLLY: And we went there and some friends met us there and I had to be escorted out.

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MOLLY: It was too scary for me.

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MOLLY: I was like, I'm going back to Disney.

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VIRGINIA: I don't want to do this.

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MOLLY: But he loves it, loves it.

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MOLLY: So if there's good houses and stuff like that, he'll start to get that itch of I'd like to go there.

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MOLLY: So then of course me being the planner, I'm like, let's make a trip out of it.

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VIRGINIA: So when you do that, do you just chill back at the hotel and let him do things?

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MOLLY: The last time we did it, I took the kids over to Mickey's Not So Scary.

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MOLLY: He went with a friend to Halloween Horror Nights and we went and did Disney.

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MOLLY: Or yeah, hang out at the pool.

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MOLLY: There's so many other things to do.

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MOLLY: Again, my kids are getting a little older, so we can go out later.

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MOLLY: But even that, it was like, they're going to go to sleep, so it doesn't really matter.

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VIRGINIA: But yeah, I'd be too afraid to do it.

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VIRGINIA: I like scary movies, but I think I might jump out of my skin if something was jumping out at me in one of those houses.

00:14:55.250 --> 00:15:04.230
MOLLY: I think it speaks to how good it is that it was movie quality set up, but I was like, I don't even like watching scary movies.

00:15:04.250 --> 00:15:05.090
VIRGINIA: I'm such a baby.

00:15:05.110 --> 00:15:05.950
MOLLY: I'm such a wuss.

00:15:06.290 --> 00:15:06.890
VIRGINIA: No, thank you.

00:15:08.850 --> 00:15:14.470
MOLLY: That year, I went and sat at Bubba Gump Shrimp or something in the city walk, and I was like, I will be at the bar.

00:15:15.610 --> 00:15:17.110
MOLLY: Come get me when you're done.

00:15:17.250 --> 00:15:21.030
VIRGINIA: You're like, I'll be eating this all you can eat shrimp or whatever they have there.

00:15:21.050 --> 00:15:21.890
MOLLY: I don't even know.

00:15:21.910 --> 00:15:22.870
MOLLY: I was just like, I'm out.

00:15:22.930 --> 00:15:23.810
MOLLY: I can't do this.

00:15:25.030 --> 00:15:25.730
VIRGINIA: Oh my goodness.

00:15:26.130 --> 00:15:32.790
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I don't think Alex knows that Halloween Horror Nights exists because I think if he did know that it existed a few months ago.

00:15:34.190 --> 00:15:35.890
VIRGINIA: I feel like it's in my future at some point.

00:15:35.910 --> 00:15:36.370
MOLLY: Yeah, maybe.

00:15:36.390 --> 00:15:37.510
VIRGINIA: I will be like you.

00:15:37.530 --> 00:15:39.910
VIRGINIA: I'll be running out and he'll be loving life.

00:15:40.290 --> 00:15:43.010
MOLLY: We can set him up with my husband as a buddy and they can go.

00:15:43.030 --> 00:15:43.490
VIRGINIA: Let's do it.

00:15:43.630 --> 00:15:46.990
VIRGINIA: We will do a trip together and we will go to Mickey's Not So Scary.

00:15:47.670 --> 00:15:49.290
MOLLY: Yeah, we'll do the easy version.

00:15:49.550 --> 00:15:49.890
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:15:50.070 --> 00:15:50.550
VIRGINIA: I love it.

00:15:51.370 --> 00:15:51.870
MOLLY: All right.

00:15:51.990 --> 00:15:55.910
VIRGINIA: So trip dates, March 7th through 11th.

00:15:56.050 --> 00:16:00.250
VIRGINIA: So we'll just talk through all of your trip dates and what you're planning for each.

00:16:00.250 --> 00:16:04.690
VIRGINIA: My first question before you do that is where has Sebastian requested to stay?

00:16:05.570 --> 00:16:11.230
MOLLY: Well, we are staying at the Beach Club Resort, we have a bougie boy.

00:16:11.230 --> 00:16:16.830
MOLLY: We went over there to eat at beaches and cream and he was just like, he loves that area.

00:16:16.850 --> 00:16:20.470
MOLLY: So it was between that and Yacht Club and he decided Beach Club.

00:16:21.110 --> 00:16:22.070
MOLLY: It was very large to stay.

00:16:23.110 --> 00:16:26.370
VIRGINIA: I'm imagining that the pool has a little something to do with that.

00:16:26.590 --> 00:16:27.210
MOLLY: For sure.

00:16:28.990 --> 00:16:33.430
VIRGINIA: Well, I hope that you have warm enough weather to swim while you're there.

00:16:33.690 --> 00:16:40.730
VIRGINIA: When I was there, like a week or two ago, I guess two weeks ago now, there were definitely some days where it was warm enough that people could get in the pool.

00:16:40.750 --> 00:16:45.330
VIRGINIA: And by people, I mean not me because it was not warm enough for me to get in the pool, but plenty of kids were loving it.

00:16:46.410 --> 00:16:47.790
MOLLY: They'll go in in 50 degrees.

00:16:47.810 --> 00:16:48.550
MOLLY: They don't care.

00:16:49.070 --> 00:16:50.530
VIRGINIA: Have you stayed at Beach Club before?

00:16:50.790 --> 00:16:51.950
MOLLY: I have not stayed there before.

00:16:52.030 --> 00:16:52.230
MOLLY: Okay.

00:16:53.110 --> 00:16:53.670
VIRGINIA: I like it.

00:16:53.730 --> 00:16:57.610
VIRGINIA: I've never stayed at Yacht Club, but I enjoyed our stay at Beach Club.

00:16:57.930 --> 00:16:59.110
VIRGINIA: You can't beat the location.

00:16:59.410 --> 00:17:00.070
MOLLY: Seriously.

00:17:00.250 --> 00:17:04.570
MOLLY: It's so easy, so we're looking forward to being able to walk to Epcot, for sure.

00:17:04.870 --> 00:17:05.270
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:17:06.530 --> 00:17:07.690
VIRGINIA: The pool is very nice.

00:17:07.710 --> 00:17:21.730
VIRGINIA: I will give you a fair warning, which I think I gave the same advice to somebody I just spoke with yesterday, who's in an upcoming episode, is that the lazy river in that pool is insanely deep.

00:17:22.070 --> 00:17:24.410
VIRGINIA: So just be forewarned.

00:17:25.850 --> 00:17:31.630
VIRGINIA: I mean, I'm not tall, I'm 5'3, but I cannot stand flat-footed in the lazy river.

00:17:31.670 --> 00:17:34.170
VIRGINIA: Have you ever seen a lazy river that is that deep?

00:17:34.210 --> 00:17:34.490
VIRGINIA: No.

00:17:34.510 --> 00:17:35.810
VIRGINIA: Usually you can stand up.

00:17:35.930 --> 00:17:37.270
MOLLY: Chest deep, usually.

00:17:37.290 --> 00:17:48.030
VIRGINIA: It's like, yeah, and this is above your head, deep, and I don't understand how that came to be, but just be aware since you do have a kid.

00:17:48.290 --> 00:17:48.850
VIRGINIA: Good to know.

00:17:49.990 --> 00:17:52.110
MOLLY: Yeah, don't lose my kid in the lazy river.

00:17:52.150 --> 00:17:52.650
VIRGINIA: Exactly.

00:17:54.070 --> 00:17:54.930
VIRGINIA: Are you flying down?

00:17:55.410 --> 00:17:55.850
MOLLY: We are.

00:17:55.870 --> 00:17:56.690
MOLLY: We are flying down.

00:17:56.990 --> 00:17:57.370
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:17:57.650 --> 00:18:00.730
VIRGINIA: What time do you think you will be landing at MCU?

00:18:01.130 --> 00:18:05.790
MOLLY: We are taking an extremely early flight, so our flight is at 5 a.m.

00:18:06.490 --> 00:18:09.510
MOLLY: I have a very early riser, so I can do it with this kid.

00:18:10.390 --> 00:18:15.290
MOLLY: So we are getting there at like 8 o'clock in the morning, so we've got a good full day ahead of us once we land.

00:18:16.270 --> 00:18:25.810
VIRGINIA: Okay, that sounds very similar to my son Alex, who as we speak here at it's currently 1039 a.m.

00:18:25.810 --> 00:18:27.090
VIRGINIA: he is still asleep.

00:18:27.110 --> 00:18:29.510
VIRGINIA: So he's not an early riser, but when it comes to Disney, he is.

00:18:29.690 --> 00:18:31.410
VIRGINIA: He's willing to get up at whatever time.

00:18:32.190 --> 00:18:32.550
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:18:32.710 --> 00:18:33.610
VIRGINIA: So 5 a.m.

00:18:33.630 --> 00:18:33.950
VIRGINIA: flight.

00:18:33.970 --> 00:18:35.710
VIRGINIA: So are you going to bed that night?

00:18:36.570 --> 00:18:37.250
MOLLY: I'm going to try.

00:18:37.270 --> 00:18:41.150
MOLLY: I think I'm going to go to bed when the kids go to bed and just try to sleep.

00:18:41.510 --> 00:18:41.970
MOLLY: We'll see.

00:18:41.990 --> 00:18:46.190
MOLLY: I am definitely one of those Bec old commercial for Disney where it's like, I'm too excited to sleep.

00:18:46.210 --> 00:18:48.030
MOLLY: That is 500 percent me.

00:18:48.090 --> 00:18:52.610
MOLLY: So we'll see how much rest I actually get, but it's all right.

00:18:53.470 --> 00:18:56.830
MOLLY: We'll go on a wing and a cup of coffee and we'll be just fine.

00:18:57.970 --> 00:19:03.830
VIRGINIA: With a flight that early, how early do you need to get there before your flight?

00:19:04.270 --> 00:19:09.750
VIRGINIA: Because I don't think you're going to be dealing with a bunch of people trying to go through security.

00:19:10.110 --> 00:19:10.870
MOLLY: I doubt it.

00:19:11.410 --> 00:19:22.230
MOLLY: And we fly out of Providence, which that airport is very small and it never really has a line anyway, even for what I would consider a rush hour type flight time.

00:19:22.790 --> 00:19:29.460
MOLLY: So we're going to get there early because I'm that person that just gets panicked of being late or getting...

00:19:29.460 --> 00:19:34.010
MOLLY: the one time I don't is the time they're going to go through my bag, right?

00:19:34.030 --> 00:19:39.490
MOLLY: We are trying to do just carry on luggage, so hopefully it won't be too much that we need to stop for.

00:19:39.490 --> 00:19:43.130
MOLLY: So we're planning to leave here around 3 a.m.

00:19:43.190 --> 00:19:45.450
MOLLY: It takes about 20 to 30 minutes to get there.

00:19:46.910 --> 00:19:50.350
MOLLY: So I'll probably be a little bit before 3 a.m.

00:19:50.370 --> 00:19:51.570
MOLLY: because we'll just see.

00:19:51.690 --> 00:19:52.590
MOLLY: We'll be too excited.

00:19:52.670 --> 00:19:53.450
MOLLY: We'll just want to go.

00:19:53.630 --> 00:19:54.810
MOLLY: So it's fine.

00:19:55.670 --> 00:19:59.990
VIRGINIA: Once you land in Orlando, how are you going to be getting over to Beach Club?

00:20:00.450 --> 00:20:04.070
MOLLY: So I think we're just going to take an Uber lift over to Beach Club.

00:20:04.690 --> 00:20:10.210
MOLLY: Usually when we're with the whole family, I do some kind of car service or something like that just because of all the luggage and everything.

00:20:10.230 --> 00:20:14.870
MOLLY: But given that it's just the two of us, I think we'll just hop in a car and head over.

00:20:16.170 --> 00:20:17.950
VIRGINIA: What are your plans for that first day?

00:20:18.730 --> 00:20:20.690
MOLLY: We are going to go to Animal Kingdom.

00:20:20.710 --> 00:20:25.410
MOLLY: So we're going to drop our bags at the resort and then we're going to head over to Animal Kingdom.

00:20:28.570 --> 00:20:36.870
MOLLY: High on the list is, you know, my son is definitely a thrill ride kind of guy.

00:20:36.890 --> 00:20:42.850
MOLLY: So, you know, we've got to go on Everest, Dinosaur, Flight of Passage, and we'll do this.

00:20:42.850 --> 00:20:44.130
MOLLY: He'll do the Safari for me.

00:20:46.790 --> 00:20:48.330
VIRGINIA: Are you a thrill ride?

00:20:50.110 --> 00:20:51.470
MOLLY: I do love roller coasters.

00:20:51.470 --> 00:20:57.890
MOLLY: I would say the only thing that I've, okay, there's two rides at Disney I've never done.

00:20:58.510 --> 00:20:59.430
MOLLY: One I will never do.

00:20:59.430 --> 00:21:01.970
MOLLY: And one I think my son's probably going to talk me into this trip.

00:21:02.470 --> 00:21:04.130
MOLLY: In Mission Space, I will never do.

00:21:04.970 --> 00:21:06.750
MOLLY: No, thank you, I'm all set.

00:21:07.730 --> 00:21:09.890
MOLLY: And Tower of Terror, I don't like drop rides.

00:21:09.910 --> 00:21:19.630
MOLLY: I love coasters, but something about the drop ride is just not, like, I'm afraid of heights, but if I'm on a roller coaster and it goes fast, it doesn't bother me.

00:21:19.950 --> 00:21:28.710
MOLLY: It's that like go up, drop thing, like, I don't like the skyliner because of that, like, I get very freaked out on the skyliner.

00:21:28.730 --> 00:21:30.630
VIRGINIA: The skyliner isn't supposed to drop, so.

00:21:30.810 --> 00:21:37.730
MOLLY: I know, it's not supposed to, but it could, and my intrusive thoughts make me think it's going to every time.

00:21:37.950 --> 00:21:38.710
VIRGINIA: Understandable.

00:21:38.750 --> 00:21:39.090
MOLLY: Yeah.

00:21:39.090 --> 00:21:43.170
MOLLY: So, I mean, I will go, like, I'll go on all the coasters and stuff, it's no problem.

00:21:43.250 --> 00:21:45.330
MOLLY: And I know he's going to tuck me into Tower of Terror, so.

00:21:46.230 --> 00:22:02.790
VIRGINIA: Well, I'm hoping that if he talks you into Tower of Terror, it will not be what you imagine it should be, only because with Tower of Terror, and Alex experienced this because he was scared for years to go on, because he went on when he was five and we scared him.

00:22:03.290 --> 00:22:10.950
VIRGINIA: So, but when he finally got on again, he was like, it doesn't feel like you're falling, it feels like you're, like, floating.

00:22:10.970 --> 00:22:21.650
VIRGINIA: And it doesn't do, I mean, because it's randomized, it's not necessarily, like, you go up and it's just, like, one big drop, like, it's, like, little drops in the back up.

00:22:21.910 --> 00:22:26.950
VIRGINIA: And then because of all of that, you're kind of, like, floating in your seat, so it's a different feeling.

00:22:27.670 --> 00:22:28.750
VIRGINIA: And then it's the theming.

00:22:29.010 --> 00:22:37.690
VIRGINIA: And I will say that, like, if you took me to a park, like Six Flags or something, I'm not riding their drop tower thing that's, like, out in the open.

00:22:38.510 --> 00:22:40.330
VIRGINIA: Tower of Terror is one of my favorite rides, though.

00:22:41.210 --> 00:22:51.450
VIRGINIA: So, it's, to me, it makes a difference that you're kind of inside, like, you only see the outside when you get, like, right up to the top where they take your photo slash a video of you.

00:22:52.210 --> 00:22:55.930
VIRGINIA: Which is going to be hilarious if you do that to me.

00:22:56.050 --> 00:22:58.150
VIRGINIA: So, I'm pressing my fingers you get on it, actually.

00:22:58.910 --> 00:23:00.670
VIRGINIA: Mission Space, meh.

00:23:01.610 --> 00:23:02.990
VIRGINIA: I hope you don't get on that.

00:23:03.290 --> 00:23:05.410
MOLLY: I don't think I'm missing anything there, so.

00:23:05.670 --> 00:23:06.770
VIRGINIA: I don't think you are.

00:23:06.790 --> 00:23:12.050
VIRGINIA: I mean, I've done both the green and the orange, and I don't think I will ever do orange again.

00:23:12.070 --> 00:23:14.850
VIRGINIA: It just, like, it did not make me feel great.

00:23:15.090 --> 00:23:16.650
VIRGINIA: I don't love green either, though.

00:23:16.670 --> 00:23:20.230
VIRGINIA: Like, green, it's very claustrophobic.

00:23:20.610 --> 00:23:22.810
VIRGINIA: And I just don't love it.

00:23:22.970 --> 00:23:28.210
VIRGINIA: So, but I do it a, like, I would say every couple of years, I do the green side just to be like, okay.

00:23:29.870 --> 00:23:30.210
VIRGINIA: Got it.

00:23:30.350 --> 00:23:30.690
VIRGINIA: Got it.

00:23:30.710 --> 00:23:30.950
VIRGINIA: Check.

00:23:30.970 --> 00:23:31.250
MOLLY: Check.

00:23:31.390 --> 00:23:34.070
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:23:34.530 --> 00:23:34.910
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:23:34.990 --> 00:23:37.350
VIRGINIA: Are you planning on using Genie Plus at all?

00:23:37.370 --> 00:23:37.630
MOLLY: Yes.

00:23:38.710 --> 00:23:40.330
VIRGINIA: Every day or select?

00:23:40.630 --> 00:23:40.990
MOLLY: Yeah.

00:23:41.010 --> 00:23:45.090
MOLLY: I would say we're probably going to just try to, I love not waiting in the lines.

00:23:45.110 --> 00:23:48.550
MOLLY: I, you know, I kind of budget that in to my trips, even when I'm by myself.

00:23:49.170 --> 00:23:54.670
MOLLY: I just, I just find it to be so much easier to get in, get out, get what you need to do done and.

00:23:54.910 --> 00:23:56.510
VIRGINIA: And then focus on other things while you're.

00:23:56.530 --> 00:23:56.710
MOLLY: Yeah.

00:23:56.750 --> 00:24:08.050
MOLLY: I just, I feel like it, it is expensive or, you know, it can be especially for like a family, but I feel like if you kind of just keep that budget in mind, it doesn't feel as bad.

00:24:09.350 --> 00:24:10.690
VIRGINIA: What about individual lightning lanes?

00:24:11.170 --> 00:24:11.790
MOLLY: Definitely.

00:24:12.030 --> 00:24:12.450
MOLLY: Yes.

00:24:12.850 --> 00:24:15.570
MOLLY: We will use all the, all the help we can get.

00:24:16.430 --> 00:24:17.310
VIRGINIA: Okay, perfect.

00:24:17.930 --> 00:24:20.770
VIRGINIA: Anything else on the agenda for the first day besides Animal Kingdom?

00:24:20.790 --> 00:24:26.630
VIRGINIA: Because I'm imagining you will be very tired and I would be shocked if you stayed the entire day in the-

00:24:27.250 --> 00:24:29.790
MOLLY: Oh, so we have a tall order.

00:24:30.130 --> 00:24:35.350
MOLLY: My son wants to ride, his favorite ride is Tron and he wants to ride it every day of the trip.

00:24:36.550 --> 00:24:39.650
MOLLY: So that is our goal for this trip is to ride Tron every day.

00:24:39.930 --> 00:24:49.570
MOLLY: So our plan is to do Animal Kingdom and then hop over to Magic Kingdom to at least just ride Tron if nothing else.

00:24:49.690 --> 00:24:56.950
MOLLY: We're hoping that maybe we can do it towards the end of the night and then stay for the fireworks but we will bail out if we need to.

00:24:58.330 --> 00:24:58.730
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:24:58.890 --> 00:25:00.230
VIRGINIA: Again, I know.

00:25:00.250 --> 00:25:01.030
MOLLY: I know.

00:25:01.050 --> 00:25:03.670
VIRGINIA: Fireworks are a different night in the trip, but we'll see.

00:25:03.690 --> 00:25:05.030
VIRGINIA: Maybe you'll prove me wrong.

00:25:05.530 --> 00:25:11.950
VIRGINIA: Okay, so with Tron, that should be an individual lightening for this day in particular.

00:25:11.970 --> 00:25:12.190
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:25:12.210 --> 00:25:13.370
MOLLY: Yeah, so we're going to try to buy.

00:25:13.530 --> 00:25:17.610
MOLLY: I feel like if I buy that, that will be motivation enough to get there.

00:25:17.950 --> 00:25:18.430
MOLLY: Yeah.

00:25:18.530 --> 00:25:23.950
MOLLY: So I'm like, if we do it towards the end of the day, then we'll have to go there because I've already purchased it.

00:25:23.970 --> 00:25:34.290
VIRGINIA: So do you anticipate in between having a little bit of downtime even if it's just, let's go sit in a restaurant and chill?

00:25:34.710 --> 00:25:34.990
MOLLY: Yeah.

00:25:35.010 --> 00:25:37.790
MOLLY: He, Sebastian, really wants to check out Nomad Lounge.

00:25:37.810 --> 00:25:40.070
MOLLY: He hasn't done the Nomad Lounge thing yet.

00:25:40.090 --> 00:25:45.430
MOLLY: So we are fingers crossed going to get on the walk up wait list for that so we can have just kind of a little bit of time.

00:25:46.010 --> 00:25:47.490
MOLLY: Animal Kingdom is my favorite park.

00:25:47.510 --> 00:25:49.850
MOLLY: So I love just kind of hanging around there anyway.

00:25:49.870 --> 00:25:56.550
MOLLY: So our plan is kind of do a ride, kind of chill for a bit, get a snack, and then kind of move through kind of slowly.

00:25:57.650 --> 00:26:00.110
MOLLY: So hopeful we can do the Nomad Lounge.

00:26:00.130 --> 00:26:00.890
MOLLY: I love it there.

00:26:01.270 --> 00:26:01.710
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:26:02.110 --> 00:26:02.530
VIRGINIA: Nice.

00:26:02.550 --> 00:26:11.750
VIRGINIA: I think I'm going to recommend what Alex loves when we go there because Alex is a Nomad Lounge kid and I hope Sebastian becomes a Nomad Lounge kid.

00:26:12.070 --> 00:26:17.810
VIRGINIA: I always get the Jen's Tattoo drink, which is like a vodka-based drink with like watermelon.

00:26:17.830 --> 00:26:18.930
VIRGINIA: I can't remember what all it has in it.

00:26:19.130 --> 00:26:24.390
VIRGINIA: But they have a non-alcoholic version of it that's called Hibiscus something.

00:26:24.790 --> 00:26:25.350
MOLLY: Oh, okay.

00:26:25.910 --> 00:26:29.350
VIRGINIA: And so it's basically exactly the same thing but without the vodka.

00:26:29.350 --> 00:26:30.750
VIRGINIA: And so that's what Alex gets.

00:26:30.770 --> 00:26:48.530
VIRGINIA: And the difference between the two besides the vodka is that the vodka version of it comes with a Hibiscus flower in the drink, which is like a nature sort of gummy flower almost.

00:26:48.550 --> 00:26:53.290
VIRGINIA: It's almost like it's made out of what you would imagine like a fruit snack to be made out of.

00:26:54.070 --> 00:26:56.610
VIRGINIA: But it's all natural and it looks beautiful in the drink.

00:26:57.770 --> 00:27:11.670
VIRGINIA: And pro tip, they don't put that on the non-alcoholic version, I think, A, because the non-alcoholic version is cheaper, so you haven't really paid for the flower, but also it helps them visually tell the difference between the ones with the alcohol and the ones without.

00:27:11.690 --> 00:27:12.570
MOLLY: I was going to say so they know.

00:27:12.810 --> 00:27:13.210
MOLLY: Yeah.

00:27:13.230 --> 00:27:14.810
VIRGINIA: They come in different glasses too.

00:27:15.010 --> 00:27:22.030
VIRGINIA: It's like a glass, but I've noticed because we've done it enough times, the shape of the glass for the non-alcoholic version was also different.

00:27:22.050 --> 00:27:31.230
VIRGINIA: But if you ask very nicely, you can ask for the flower on the side for your kid to put into their drink.

00:27:31.630 --> 00:27:33.190
VIRGINIA: And they usually will do it.

00:27:33.210 --> 00:27:38.390
VIRGINIA: They just won't bring it out with the flower in it because they don't want to mix up and give your kid the vodka.

00:27:40.990 --> 00:27:52.410
VIRGINIA: But Alex loves that hibiscus flower because like I said, it's like a gummy treat and it feels like, I don't know, I guess grown up for him to have something like that floating in his beverage.

00:27:52.950 --> 00:27:53.350
MOLLY: Yeah.

00:27:53.650 --> 00:27:54.030
MOLLY: All right.

00:27:54.310 --> 00:27:55.190
VIRGINIA: We'll have to do that.

00:27:57.090 --> 00:27:57.750
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:27:57.810 --> 00:28:00.310
VIRGINIA: What is on the agenda for Friday, March the 8th?

00:28:00.930 --> 00:28:03.290
MOLLY: So that is Sebastian's actual birthday.

00:28:04.330 --> 00:28:06.610
MOLLY: And he has chosen to do Magic Kingdom.

00:28:07.330 --> 00:28:09.930
MOLLY: Again, I think because of the love of Tron.

00:28:09.950 --> 00:28:14.750
MOLLY: So we're gonna try to do the virtual queue and individual lightning lane that day.

00:28:16.410 --> 00:28:20.530
MOLLY: He also has requested we get the Nutella waffle for breakfast there.

00:28:20.550 --> 00:28:23.890
MOLLY: So I think we're gonna try to get there early to have that.

00:28:23.910 --> 00:28:25.750
MOLLY: That's his favorite thing there.

00:28:27.330 --> 00:28:30.290
VIRGINIA: I really like Sebastian already and we've met a lot.

00:28:30.590 --> 00:28:31.950
MOLLY: He has good taste for sure.

00:28:31.970 --> 00:28:32.750
VIRGINIA: He does.

00:28:32.810 --> 00:28:34.810
VIRGINIA: I think he's like a foodie in the making.

00:28:35.010 --> 00:28:36.830
MOLLY: He definitely is.

00:28:36.850 --> 00:28:39.550
MOLLY: Like he loves like to cook and all that stuff.

00:28:39.570 --> 00:28:39.870
MOLLY: I mean.

00:28:40.410 --> 00:28:41.130
VIRGINIA: Oh, awesome.

00:28:41.610 --> 00:28:42.030
VIRGINIA: Awesome.

00:28:42.110 --> 00:28:42.470
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:28:42.730 --> 00:28:48.050
VIRGINIA: Are you doing any special dining reservations because it will be his birthday?

00:28:48.510 --> 00:28:51.310
MOLLY: So, I have a lunch plan that he does not know about.

00:28:51.330 --> 00:28:53.070
MOLLY: This is the one thing he doesn't know.

00:28:53.270 --> 00:28:55.690
MOLLY: He knows we're going to lunch, but he doesn't know where.

00:28:55.710 --> 00:29:02.450
MOLLY: And I guess since this won't air until after our trip, I can tell you it's Steakhouse 71.

00:29:03.550 --> 00:29:07.410
MOLLY: So, we are taking a break in the middle of the day to head over to the contemporary to do that.

00:29:07.430 --> 00:29:08.610
MOLLY: He loves burgers.

00:29:08.630 --> 00:29:15.770
MOLLY: So, I was like he has to, you know, have he has to try this famous burger over at Steakhouse 71.

00:29:17.530 --> 00:29:21.110
VIRGINIA: Oh, that will be very exciting.

00:29:21.130 --> 00:29:23.670
VIRGINIA: They have other good things there too, but the burger is good.

00:29:24.310 --> 00:29:29.310
VIRGINIA: And they also I feel like I feel like I remember really liking the onion rings there.

00:29:31.270 --> 00:29:34.990
VIRGINIA: My, my memory could be could be I've never eaten there.

00:29:35.050 --> 00:29:36.190
VIRGINIA: So you haven't.

00:29:36.250 --> 00:29:36.930
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:29:37.230 --> 00:29:37.590
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:29:37.790 --> 00:29:39.590
MOLLY: So we're trying something new for both of us.

00:29:39.670 --> 00:29:41.710
VIRGINIA: Yeah, it's it's nice.

00:29:41.730 --> 00:29:44.290
VIRGINIA: I usually I'll be honest, I usually don't get the burger.

00:29:44.310 --> 00:29:46.110
VIRGINIA: I got it once and it was good.

00:29:47.170 --> 00:29:50.090
VIRGINIA: But maybe I don't have like high burger tastes.

00:29:50.190 --> 00:29:54.290
VIRGINIA: I really like you know, what is the the burger place over at Disney Springs?

00:29:54.690 --> 00:29:55.750
MOLLY: Oh, Deluxe Burger.

00:29:55.830 --> 00:29:57.530
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I really love the Deluxe Burger.

00:29:57.550 --> 00:29:59.390
VIRGINIA: And I was like, I like Deluxe Burger better.

00:30:00.650 --> 00:30:13.750
VIRGINIA: So but they have they have an entree called I think it's called like the steak and eggs or something like that, that that is really good.

00:30:13.770 --> 00:30:27.130
VIRGINIA: Definitely make sure you allow enough time to check out the photography and stuff like as you enter the restaurant or maybe on your way out because they have a lot of like black and white photos of Walt and I'm so excited to check it out.

00:30:27.150 --> 00:30:28.570
MOLLY: Yeah, it sounds really fun.

00:30:29.290 --> 00:30:30.170
VIRGINIA: Are you gonna walk?

00:30:30.170 --> 00:30:32.390
VIRGINIA: Are you gonna do the monorail?

00:30:33.630 --> 00:30:37.070
MOLLY: I think we'll probably walk I guess it'll depend on how we're feeling.

00:30:38.090 --> 00:30:39.890
MOLLY: I feel like it's just quicker to walk.

00:30:39.930 --> 00:30:40.390
MOLLY: I don't know.

00:30:40.410 --> 00:30:40.510
VIRGINIA: I don't know.

00:30:40.850 --> 00:30:45.750
VIRGINIA: I think it actually is because sometimes it can take the monorail a bit of time.

00:30:45.770 --> 00:30:46.870
MOLLY: Depending on when you catch it.

00:30:46.890 --> 00:30:47.230
MOLLY: Yeah.

00:30:47.630 --> 00:30:52.090
VIRGINIA: But there is something iconic about riding the monorail into the contemporaries.

00:30:52.190 --> 00:30:58.410
MOLLY: Yeah, I think we might after our lunch, I kind of want to go check out the Easter set up at the Grand Floridian.

00:30:58.430 --> 00:31:06.630
MOLLY: So I was like, maybe we can do like monorail loop after lunch and kind of take our time getting if we want to go back to the park or if we want to go somewhere else.

00:31:06.650 --> 00:31:07.170
MOLLY: I'm not sure.

00:31:08.750 --> 00:31:13.090
MOLLY: So we might do a little monorailing after, let our tummies digest.

00:31:14.370 --> 00:31:19.330
VIRGINIA: I completely forgot that you were going to be there at a time of year when there could be Easter decorations.

00:31:20.310 --> 00:31:21.310
MOLLY: So that's exciting.

00:31:21.470 --> 00:31:24.330
VIRGINIA: Is Grand Floridian the only one that does something for you?

00:31:24.350 --> 00:31:31.330
MOLLY: So I know they have like all the like big like eggs and they have like the little like house that you can buy treats and stuff from.

00:31:31.550 --> 00:31:43.890
MOLLY: But I think Beach Club and Yacht Club have some decoration stuff because I know they do like they do like the topiaries from Flower Garden, but like chocolate or something.

00:31:43.910 --> 00:31:47.170
MOLLY: So okay, we're going to check those out too, given that we're over there.

00:31:47.190 --> 00:31:50.090
MOLLY: But yeah, I've never been at this time.

00:31:50.290 --> 00:31:52.790
MOLLY: Like we've gone in May, we've gone in the summer.

00:31:53.010 --> 00:31:56.550
MOLLY: So I've just like I've never had the like Easter stuff set up.

00:31:56.570 --> 00:32:07.030
VIRGINIA: So yeah, I'll also be curious to hear about the crowds because for some people this is a like spring break time, not for for New York City.

00:32:07.030 --> 00:32:08.810
VIRGINIA: I don't do you not for us either.

00:32:08.850 --> 00:32:11.150
MOLLY: We do February break and then April.

00:32:11.310 --> 00:32:12.350
VIRGINIA: Yeah, same here.

00:32:12.370 --> 00:32:12.790
VIRGINIA: Same here.

00:32:13.110 --> 00:32:16.010
VIRGINIA: So but some people don't get the two breaks.

00:32:16.030 --> 00:32:18.590
VIRGINIA: They just get the one sort of in between.

00:32:18.590 --> 00:32:24.850
MOLLY: Yeah, I know in colleges do spring break in March too, because that was yeah, I don't know.

00:32:24.910 --> 00:32:27.290
MOLLY: Disney is a big college spring break destination.

00:32:27.690 --> 00:32:31.670
VIRGINIA: I feel like not, but you never know.

00:32:33.770 --> 00:32:35.710
VIRGINIA: All right, anything else that evening?

00:32:37.250 --> 00:32:39.570
MOLLY: We're kind of just going to see where the day takes us.

00:32:39.610 --> 00:32:42.670
MOLLY: I'm kind of hopeful that we'll go back to the resort for a bit.

00:32:42.790 --> 00:32:50.370
MOLLY: And then I think our tentative plan is to kind of pop into Epcot to see the fireworks if we're feeling up for it.

00:32:51.530 --> 00:33:00.250
MOLLY: I kind of get you know, there's with all the food booths and stuff, we get a little snack and just kind of do a little pop in to Epcot given that we're so close, but we'll see how we feel.

00:33:00.250 --> 00:33:03.970
MOLLY: We might need some serious rest that day.

00:33:04.190 --> 00:33:17.170
VIRGINIA: You just might because with that early start, if you go hard on day one, I know, like it sounds like you're going to, then Friday at some point, it will catch up with you.

00:33:17.190 --> 00:33:18.070
VIRGINIA: For sure.

00:33:18.230 --> 00:33:21.310
VIRGINIA: So definitely, you know, build in your time to grab your coffees.

00:33:21.630 --> 00:33:24.370
MOLLY: Yeah, lots of coffee this trip.

00:33:24.870 --> 00:33:25.310
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:33:25.330 --> 00:33:26.930
VIRGINIA: Saturday, March the 9th.

00:33:27.190 --> 00:33:28.130
VIRGINIA: What is the plan there?

00:33:28.450 --> 00:33:32.690
MOLLY: So that day, we are going to head into Epcot.

00:33:32.750 --> 00:33:35.610
MOLLY: We'll see if we can rope drop Remy's.

00:33:35.630 --> 00:33:39.610
MOLLY: If not, I'm not too worried about it because we're going to be doing Genie Plus and all that.

00:33:40.190 --> 00:33:44.890
MOLLY: But we have the dolphin encounter at 1030.

00:33:45.570 --> 00:33:51.550
MOLLY: So we're going to walk our way through to the other side of the park because you have to meet up for that at the front entrance.

00:33:52.970 --> 00:33:58.990
MOLLY: So we're planning to just kind of slowly make our way over there depending on what time we wake up and do that.

00:33:59.010 --> 00:34:01.250
MOLLY: So neither one of us have ever done it.

00:34:01.570 --> 00:34:09.190
MOLLY: That was the magical or enchanted extra that he chose for this trip is he wanted to do the dolphins in depth encounter.

00:34:09.470 --> 00:34:12.170
VIRGINIA: Is this the one where you get in the water?

00:34:12.530 --> 00:34:12.890
MOLLY: Yes.

00:34:13.190 --> 00:34:14.570
MOLLY: Well, you don't dive.

00:34:14.870 --> 00:34:21.870
MOLLY: But so you'll you do a lot of like backstage of like the care of the animals at the seas.

00:34:22.310 --> 00:34:32.890
MOLLY: And then you get they say you'll be in like waist deep water and they bring the dolphin to well, the dolphin isn't forced to participate, but they said that they're so friendly that chances are pretty good.

00:34:32.910 --> 00:34:33.790
MOLLY: They're going to come over to you.

00:34:34.030 --> 00:34:37.010
MOLLY: So they kind of like bring it to you and waist deep water.

00:34:38.010 --> 00:34:40.950
VIRGINIA: Have you ever have you ever met a dolphin before?

00:34:41.410 --> 00:34:43.010
MOLLY: I've never met a dolphin before.

00:34:43.310 --> 00:34:46.390
MOLLY: I've seen them, but I've never been in the water with one.

00:34:47.190 --> 00:34:52.730
VIRGINIA: Yeah, we did something like that when we were in Jamaica, I think we did like a dolphin thing.

00:34:52.790 --> 00:34:53.850
VIRGINIA: We were in the water.

00:34:53.850 --> 00:35:00.350
VIRGINIA: So we got to hold on to the fin and they pulled us and it was it was cool, but not flattering photos at least for me.

00:35:01.190 --> 00:35:01.810
VIRGINIA: That's fair.

00:35:03.370 --> 00:35:06.210
VIRGINIA: Do you have memory maker?

00:35:06.250 --> 00:35:10.330
VIRGINIA: And if so, do they take any PhotoPass photos while you're in this encounter?

00:35:10.710 --> 00:35:12.210
MOLLY: So I have memory maker.

00:35:12.230 --> 00:35:25.870
MOLLY: Yes, I have it with my annual pass and I have read in different like reviews of the experience that there is a PhotoPass photographer that is there, but it is not mentioned in the description of the thing.

00:35:25.890 --> 00:35:30.890
MOLLY: So I'm fingers crossed that the people that have done it are telling the truth and that's a regular thing.

00:35:30.910 --> 00:35:35.270
MOLLY: But because I'm like, why why meet a dolphin if I'm not going to have a picture of it?

00:35:35.290 --> 00:35:36.990
VIRGINIA: I know I need evidence.

00:35:37.550 --> 00:35:38.630
VIRGINIA: So I'll report back.

00:35:39.690 --> 00:35:45.730
MOLLY: Okay, we're hopeful that there will be a photographer there because you cannot take pictures backstage at all.

00:35:45.750 --> 00:35:47.090
MOLLY: Like you can't have your phone.

00:35:47.310 --> 00:35:47.690
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:35:47.710 --> 00:35:49.670
MOLLY: For any of that type of tour.

00:35:49.690 --> 00:35:49.970
MOLLY: So.

00:35:51.770 --> 00:35:59.530
VIRGINIA: Have you ever done any of the other magical extra animal things like an animal kingdom or anything like that?

00:35:59.550 --> 00:36:03.250
MOLLY: I have I like I'm I'm feel like I'm just checking them all off.

00:36:03.270 --> 00:36:04.590
MOLLY: I like I love all of those things.

00:36:04.610 --> 00:36:06.850
MOLLY: So I've done the Savor the Savannah tour.

00:36:07.590 --> 00:36:10.750
MOLLY: I did that on one of my solo trips and I absolutely loved it.

00:36:11.150 --> 00:36:12.850
MOLLY: Would highly, highly, highly recommend it.

00:36:13.410 --> 00:36:19.470
MOLLY: My husband and I did the the nighttime one at Animal Kingdom Lodge where you get like the night.

00:36:20.570 --> 00:36:20.930
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:36:21.090 --> 00:36:22.930
MOLLY: And that was also phenomenal.

00:36:22.990 --> 00:36:30.770
MOLLY: And I would highly recommend like they I have to say like Disney doesn't like it's just above and beyond what you would expect.

00:36:30.790 --> 00:36:34.110
MOLLY: I mean, like I've never done like an actual like African Safari.

00:36:34.130 --> 00:36:35.530
VIRGINIA: But yeah, it's pretty cool.

00:36:38.790 --> 00:36:41.970
VIRGINIA: Well, I bet as a travel planner, you could organize one for yourself.

00:36:42.590 --> 00:36:44.250
MOLLY: Maybe I could someday.

00:36:46.010 --> 00:36:56.850
VIRGINIA: Anything else on that Saturday or do you think you'll you'll pretty much be taking advantage of Flower and Garden before, of course, you inevitably hop over to Magic Kingdom to Dutron?

00:36:57.070 --> 00:36:57.370
MOLLY: Yeah.

00:36:57.390 --> 00:36:59.230
MOLLY: So at some point we have to go Dutron.

00:36:59.650 --> 00:37:02.510
MOLLY: But yeah, we're I think Guardians is high on our list.

00:37:03.170 --> 00:37:03.910
MOLLY: Journey of Water.

00:37:03.930 --> 00:37:05.230
MOLLY: I've done it, but my son hasn't.

00:37:05.250 --> 00:37:06.390
MOLLY: He wants to check that out.

00:37:07.830 --> 00:37:10.090
MOLLY: He wants to do Test Track, Soren.

00:37:10.290 --> 00:37:13.510
MOLLY: So yeah, I think we'll we'll we'll spend the majority of our time at Epcot.

00:37:13.530 --> 00:37:19.910
MOLLY: And I think probably just pop over to Magic Kingdom for a quick ride on Tron and come back.

00:37:20.490 --> 00:37:22.690
VIRGINIA: Oh, and you will have Soren Around the World.

00:37:23.630 --> 00:37:24.090
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:37:25.090 --> 00:37:25.810
VIRGINIA: Thank goodness.

00:37:27.490 --> 00:37:28.990
VIRGINIA: I have missed it.

00:37:29.010 --> 00:37:31.850
VIRGINIA: I didn't even ride Soren when I was there two weeks ago.

00:37:32.330 --> 00:37:35.150
VIRGINIA: A, we just ran out of time with with our trip.

00:37:35.170 --> 00:37:40.350
VIRGINIA: But B, I was like, I don't love Soren over California.

00:37:40.690 --> 00:37:43.930
VIRGINIA: And I didn't want my sister to see that for her first time.

00:37:44.490 --> 00:37:45.690
MOLLY: You didn't want that to be the memory.

00:37:45.710 --> 00:37:46.810
VIRGINIA: No, avert your eyes.

00:37:48.810 --> 00:37:56.770
MOLLY: So I went in December and it was the line was just like exorbitantly long for Soren and I didn't have Genie Plus that day for whatever.

00:37:56.790 --> 00:38:00.750
MOLLY: I think I was just doing like a half day or something and I was like, you know what, I'm just gonna skip it.

00:38:00.770 --> 00:38:01.830
MOLLY: So I didn't do it either.

00:38:02.090 --> 00:38:05.550
MOLLY: So my mind will only be for around the world as well.

00:38:05.750 --> 00:38:06.150
VIRGINIA: Good.

00:38:07.210 --> 00:38:09.750
VIRGINIA: Around the world, I think, you know, is iconic.

00:38:10.510 --> 00:38:16.950
VIRGINIA: You have to see your bent Eiffel Tower and well, bent everything.

00:38:16.970 --> 00:38:20.410
VIRGINIA: Like even the pyramids look bent, you know, if you're sitting in certain spots.

00:38:21.550 --> 00:38:28.410
VIRGINIA: But yes, and then also the smells and just like the transitions I love.

00:38:28.610 --> 00:38:32.430
VIRGINIA: And soar over California is not that it's very abrupt.

00:38:32.490 --> 00:38:36.430
VIRGINIA: And you can smell oranges, but I can't recall smelling anything else besides oranges.

00:38:36.930 --> 00:38:37.330
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:38:37.390 --> 00:38:39.130
MOLLY: Like I'll just go smell an orange.

00:38:39.130 --> 00:38:39.850
VIRGINIA: It's right.

00:38:39.890 --> 00:38:40.190
MOLLY: Right.

00:38:40.590 --> 00:38:41.150
VIRGINIA: Exactly.

00:38:41.950 --> 00:38:42.370
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:38:42.390 --> 00:38:44.710
VIRGINIA: Let's move into Sunday, March the 10th.

00:38:45.490 --> 00:38:48.490
MOLLY: So our plan is to start at Hollywood Studios.

00:38:48.510 --> 00:38:52.370
MOLLY: We're probably going to try to take the boat from Beach Club over to Hollywood Studios.

00:38:54.710 --> 00:39:00.250
MOLLY: My son is quite sad that Rock and Roller Coaster is under refurbishment because that is one of his favorites.

00:39:00.670 --> 00:39:01.990
MOLLY: I am not as sad.

00:39:02.010 --> 00:39:06.550
MOLLY: It's not one of my favorites, but it is what it is.

00:39:06.570 --> 00:39:11.090
MOLLY: I'm like, oh no, oh no, oh darn, we're not going to get to ride that.

00:39:12.730 --> 00:39:21.210
MOLLY: So we'll do all the Star Wars stuff that's a favorite in our house and Toy Story as well.

00:39:21.490 --> 00:39:24.410
MOLLY: He will reluctantly go on Mickey and Minnie's with me.

00:39:24.830 --> 00:39:29.050
MOLLY: So that's one of my favorite rides, but he's like, yeah, it's all right.

00:39:29.490 --> 00:39:30.570
VIRGINIA: It's really cute.

00:39:31.370 --> 00:39:32.510
MOLLY: I know, it's really good.

00:39:33.530 --> 00:39:37.330
MOLLY: And like I said before, I think he's probably going to talk me into Tower of Terror.

00:39:37.350 --> 00:39:42.490
MOLLY: He loves Tower of Terror and I'm very nervous about it, but we'll see if I can be brave.

00:39:43.510 --> 00:39:49.690
MOLLY: And then we have a lunch reservation at Roundup Rodeo Barbecue, which neither one of us has done.

00:39:50.690 --> 00:39:52.250
MOLLY: So we're going to check that out, too.

00:39:52.270 --> 00:39:55.170
MOLLY: A lot of new restaurants for us this trip.

00:39:55.470 --> 00:39:58.390
VIRGINIA: Are you a family who's into barbecue?

00:39:58.890 --> 00:40:01.570
MOLLY: Yeah, like yeah, I guess.

00:40:01.590 --> 00:40:03.930
VIRGINIA: There's a huge question mark in that.

00:40:03.930 --> 00:40:05.290
MOLLY: Well, we're from Massachusetts.

00:40:05.310 --> 00:40:09.330
MOLLY: It's not like we have like a, you know, I feel like there's lots of different kinds of barbecue.

00:40:09.570 --> 00:40:15.610
MOLLY: And I feel like if you are a barbecue person, you're like, this is the type and I am, you know, every other type is terrible.

00:40:15.890 --> 00:40:21.190
MOLLY: And like, I wouldn't say that, like, I like barbecue, I like, you know, like pulled pork and barbecue sauce.

00:40:21.190 --> 00:40:25.430
MOLLY: Like, I'm not that picky about it, I guess, but we'll see.

00:40:25.450 --> 00:40:27.530
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:40:27.790 --> 00:40:29.210
VIRGINIA: Hopping over to Magic Kingdom.

00:40:29.910 --> 00:40:32.010
MOLLY: At some point, yes, we have to do it.

00:40:32.010 --> 00:40:41.670
MOLLY: I think we'll probably, my hope is that we'll take kind of a big afternoon break here and kind of either do go from Hollywood Studios to Magic Kingdom and then take a break.

00:40:41.690 --> 00:40:48.910
MOLLY: I think we're going to try to get some good pool time in the state if the weather cooperates and then maybe go back for Fantasmic.

00:40:48.930 --> 00:40:54.230
MOLLY: They have actually, I just checked the hours and they're back to doing two of them that night.

00:40:54.610 --> 00:40:55.090
VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

00:40:55.250 --> 00:40:56.870
MOLLY: So we might try to do the later.

00:40:56.950 --> 00:41:04.390
MOLLY: Like, I, again, I feel like I'm kind of going to play it by ear on what we do that evening if we go, like we've seen Fantasmic numerous times.

00:41:04.410 --> 00:41:05.750
MOLLY: So it's like, I love it.

00:41:05.790 --> 00:41:10.450
MOLLY: It's one of my favorite nighttime shows, but I'm like, you know, if we have to cut something.

00:41:10.970 --> 00:41:11.350
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:41:11.370 --> 00:41:16.470
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I'm just taking a look at my phone to see, like, what the weather projections might possibly be.

00:41:16.490 --> 00:41:16.690
VIRGINIA: I know.

00:41:17.650 --> 00:41:22.470
MOLLY: It was like rain, and then it was like, not rain, and then it was like rain on two days.

00:41:24.770 --> 00:41:27.450
VIRGINIA: Well, regardless, it will be what it will be.

00:41:28.290 --> 00:41:28.610
VIRGINIA: So.

00:41:29.050 --> 00:41:30.050
MOLLY: We'll make the best of it.

00:41:30.530 --> 00:41:30.970
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:41:31.170 --> 00:41:34.710
VIRGINIA: So Monday, March 11th is your departure day.

00:41:34.870 --> 00:41:36.030
VIRGINIA: What time is your flight?

00:41:36.050 --> 00:41:39.970
VIRGINIA: Like, how much time will you have for some Disney magic before you have to leave?

00:41:40.190 --> 00:41:42.430
MOLLY: So our flight isn't until 4 p.m.

00:41:42.450 --> 00:41:44.210
MOLLY: So we have a good amount of time.

00:41:45.690 --> 00:41:47.850
MOLLY: Not a lot, but like a good half day.

00:41:48.850 --> 00:41:51.610
MOLLY: We have a Cape May Cafe breakfast.

00:41:52.650 --> 00:41:57.370
MOLLY: And then we're going to just hopefully like just hang out and enjoy the resort that morning.

00:41:58.390 --> 00:42:00.710
MOLLY: No park time is planned for that day.

00:42:00.730 --> 00:42:03.090
MOLLY: So no Tron for him on that day.

00:42:04.770 --> 00:42:12.390
MOLLY: But yeah, so we're just going to hang out at the resort, have our breakfast, get ready to go and then probably head out around like 1 30 or so.

00:42:12.410 --> 00:42:13.810
MOLLY: We're in Terminal C.

00:42:13.810 --> 00:42:21.690
MOLLY: So I still plan to get there like I'm not because SEO is so crazy sometimes.

00:42:22.510 --> 00:42:27.710
MOLLY: But Terminal C is usually, fingers crossed, it still will be pretty easy to get through security.

00:42:29.350 --> 00:42:36.990
MOLLY: So we're flying JetBlue, which I, if you can fly JetBlue into MCO, it's a lot easier.

00:42:37.770 --> 00:42:38.610
VIRGINIA: It's really nice.

00:42:38.630 --> 00:42:40.750
VIRGINIA: And I love, I do love Terminal C.

00:42:41.310 --> 00:42:53.610
VIRGINIA: One thing I have started doing recently that I didn't even think to do before probably six months ago is looking up on the airport's website, it will give you an estimate of how long the security line is.

00:42:55.370 --> 00:43:02.390
VIRGINIA: And I looked at Orlando, but I also will look at like the New York City Airport, whichever one I'm planning to fly out of.

00:43:02.410 --> 00:43:06.610
VIRGINIA: So it gives me a sense of like, do I really need to get out the door and get over there?

00:43:06.630 --> 00:43:08.450
VIRGINIA: Or do I have a little bit more time?

00:43:08.490 --> 00:43:15.390
VIRGINIA: So you could monitor that and kind of give you a sense of when to call your Uber or Lyft.

00:43:16.790 --> 00:43:25.750
MOLLY: So yeah, so we'll hang out and enjoy the resort that morning until we have to, until we sadly have to head home.

00:43:25.890 --> 00:43:27.910
VIRGINIA: And you'll be coming home with an 11-year-old.

00:43:28.170 --> 00:43:28.670
MOLLY: Yes.

00:43:28.910 --> 00:43:31.510
VIRGINIA: You're going there with a 10-year-old, coming home with an 11-year-old.

00:43:32.630 --> 00:43:33.290
VIRGINIA: Oh my gosh.

00:43:33.310 --> 00:43:34.410
VIRGINIA: They grow up so fast.

00:43:34.410 --> 00:43:35.130
VIRGINIA: It really do.

00:43:35.150 --> 00:43:38.550
VIRGINIA: I'm sure that you're looking at this kid going like, how did this happen?

00:43:39.190 --> 00:43:39.830
MOLLY: Seriously.

00:43:39.890 --> 00:43:50.850
MOLLY: And I feel like this is a really good age for this trip too, because I feel like he's embarrassed by me, but not enough that he wouldn't just stay with me and hang out with me.

00:43:51.170 --> 00:43:52.010
VIRGINIA: What grade is he in?

00:43:52.450 --> 00:43:53.370
MOLLY: He's in fifth grade.

00:43:53.990 --> 00:43:54.410
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:43:54.430 --> 00:44:01.790
VIRGINIA: So are the schools in Massachusetts, is it sixth grade where you become a middle school student there?

00:44:01.810 --> 00:44:05.490
MOLLY: So technically our town starts in fourth grade.

00:44:05.810 --> 00:44:09.590
MOLLY: So he's been in middle school since fourth grade, but they keep them kind of separate.

00:44:09.610 --> 00:44:12.450
MOLLY: So I feel like it's mini middle school.

00:44:12.730 --> 00:44:14.610
VIRGINIA: Fourth through eighth is middle school for you?

00:44:14.630 --> 00:44:17.330
MOLLY: Fourth through seventh and then eighth is at the high school.

00:44:18.170 --> 00:44:19.170
VIRGINIA: Oh, that's different.

00:44:19.230 --> 00:44:19.590
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:44:19.610 --> 00:44:21.970
MOLLY: Yeah, so it kind of like overlaps a little differently.

00:44:22.130 --> 00:44:24.690
MOLLY: Even like what I grew up with, that was not the case.

00:44:25.050 --> 00:44:25.470
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:44:25.650 --> 00:44:41.110
VIRGINIA: I grew up with, maybe it was just my town, but we had elementary was kindergarten through third, middle school was fourth through sixth, junior high was seventh and eighth, and then high school was ninth through 12th.

00:44:41.130 --> 00:44:47.450
VIRGINIA: But Alex, he had elementary through fifth and then middle school is sixth through eighth and then he's about to start high school next year.

00:44:47.750 --> 00:44:55.090
MOLLY: It's funny how different it is, but it's definitely becoming a middle schooler in all ways that you would think so.

00:44:55.110 --> 00:44:56.210
VIRGINIA: Oh, I'm sure.

00:44:57.530 --> 00:45:08.170
VIRGINIA: It's such a transition and in a lot of ways, I was unprepared for how grown up they seem so quickly.

00:45:08.190 --> 00:45:08.470
MOLLY: Yeah.

00:45:08.830 --> 00:45:09.230
MOLLY: Yeah.

00:45:09.250 --> 00:45:10.730
MOLLY: It happens so much faster.

00:45:10.790 --> 00:45:15.310
MOLLY: You're like, I thought I had more time before whatever this milestone is and it's like, nope.

00:45:15.490 --> 00:45:24.130
VIRGINIA: Because even like a year or two ago, he just seemed like such a kid and now Alex seems like a young man.

00:45:24.170 --> 00:45:27.270
VIRGINIA: And I mean, it doesn't help the fact that he's taller than me.

00:45:27.930 --> 00:45:33.430
MOLLY: My son is at like by 11 is literally like almost as tall as me.

00:45:33.450 --> 00:45:36.210
MOLLY: So he's five feet and I'm five three.

00:45:36.230 --> 00:45:42.150
MOLLY: So it's like, by the end of this year, like we could be taller than me for sure.

00:45:42.170 --> 00:45:42.190
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:45:42.470 --> 00:45:48.250
VIRGINIA: So I just like Alex is like five eight or something like he's a lot taller than me.

00:45:48.270 --> 00:45:54.790
VIRGINIA: Like I stand there and I look up at him and then I look at the tennis shoes that are inevitably laying around the house and they look like boats.

00:45:55.190 --> 00:45:56.530
MOLLY: They're like clown shoes.

00:45:57.130 --> 00:45:59.810
VIRGINIA: It's like I think his feet are bigger than my husband's at this point.

00:45:59.830 --> 00:46:03.430
VIRGINIA: Like it's yeah, it just goes so quickly.

00:46:03.610 --> 00:46:07.470
VIRGINIA: And you know, it sounds like you two have a great relationship to begin with.

00:46:07.490 --> 00:46:19.350
VIRGINIA: But taking a trip like this together, I just hope that you come out of it, you know, with an even closer bond and that this will just be really special for the two of you and he'll remember it forever.

00:46:19.750 --> 00:46:21.110
MOLLY: Yeah, I'm really looking forward to it.

00:46:21.130 --> 00:46:28.290
MOLLY: I feel like when we go as a family, usually it's the kind of thing where like my daughter does not want to do like these rides.

00:46:28.310 --> 00:46:30.250
MOLLY: So like my husband will split off with him and go.

00:46:30.270 --> 00:46:37.490
MOLLY: So it's like it's going to be able to, you know, see it kind of a different side of this trip with him because I'll be, you know, the one doing these rides with him.

00:46:37.510 --> 00:46:41.030
MOLLY: And again, maybe sometimes push beyond my comfort level, but that's okay.

00:46:42.030 --> 00:46:43.430
VIRGINIA: That's your birthday gift.

00:46:43.550 --> 00:46:45.050
MOLLY: Yeah, right.

00:46:45.070 --> 00:46:46.290
MOLLY: I said I'll do anything.

00:46:46.290 --> 00:46:47.670
MOLLY: I'll do anything you want to do.

00:46:47.690 --> 00:46:51.270
MOLLY: I will not do Mission Space, but I will do anything you want to do.

00:46:52.290 --> 00:46:54.830
MOLLY: So he's taking the reins and it'll be fun.

00:46:54.850 --> 00:46:57.690
MOLLY: It'll be fun to see kind of through his eyes too, I think.

00:46:57.950 --> 00:47:00.570
VIRGINIA: Yeah, it's going to be amazing.

00:47:00.590 --> 00:47:02.190
VIRGINIA: I cannot wait to hear all about it.

00:47:02.210 --> 00:47:14.130
VIRGINIA: When you get back, please take lots of pictures, take good notes so that you can tell the listeners everything that happened and listeners that Post Trip Report is live and ready for you to listen to right this second.

00:47:14.150 --> 00:47:16.990
VIRGINIA: So you might as well just move on to that episode right now.

00:47:17.150 --> 00:47:21.110
VIRGINIA: So thank you so much, Molly, and we will talk very soon.

00:47:21.530 --> 00:47:22.670
MOLLY: Thank you for having me.

00:47:22.730 --> 00:47:23.290
MOLLY: Talk soon.

00:47:25.010 --> 00:47:27.470
VIRGINIA: Thank you again to Molly for joining me on the show.

00:47:27.890 --> 00:47:35.490
VIRGINIA: Molly is a travel planner who specializes in trips to Disney, among other destinations, and she would love to help you plan your next trip.

00:47:36.010 --> 00:47:42.370
VIRGINIA: Vacations, especially to Disney, can be stressful, but they don't have to be when you have someone like Molly in your corner.

00:47:42.850 --> 00:47:46.990
VIRGINIA: Her services are free as she gets paid commission directly from Disney when you travel.

00:47:47.330 --> 00:47:52.790
VIRGINIA: You'll find her website linked in the show notes along with links to her social channels, so make sure to give her a follow.

00:47:53.410 --> 00:47:54.850
VIRGINIA: That is all for this week.

00:47:55.130 --> 00:47:59.150
VIRGINIA: You can hear Molly's post-trip episode now, and I hope you'll give that a listen.

00:47:59.550 --> 00:48:02.950
VIRGINIA: Until next time, keep daydreaming about where you long to be.